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Iron men : how one London factory powered the industrial revolution and shaped the modern world (engelsk)
Af David Waller (2016)
In the early nineteenth century, Henry Maudslay, an engineer from a humble background, opened a factory in Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth. Attracting the best in engineering talent, this factory became the pre-Victorian equivalent of Google and Apple combined. Iron Men is a nuts-and-bolts history of Maudslay's engineering enterprise, a feat that made the Industrial Revolution possible and helped Great Britain become the workshop of the world
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Detaljer om materialet
Type
Bog
Format
illustreret
Sprog
engelsk
Klassemærke
60.93
Bidragsydere
Beskrivelse
Indhold: Making blocks and boring machines: the Portsmouth block factory ; Maudslay's: the most complete factory in the kingdom ; The Maudslay men ; The Thames tunnel: a wonderful undertaking ; Richard Roberts and the iron men of Manchester ; Charles Babbage, Joseph Clement and the mechanization of thought ; The true birth of the railways ; James Hall Nasmyth: the steam hammer and entrepreneurial triumph in Manchester ; The Maudslay men and the transport revolution ; The turn of the screws: Sir Joseph Whitworth and the quest for mechanical perfection ; The Americans are coming: the great exhibition and the great lock controversy of 1851 ; Capital vs. labour: the great lockout of 1852 ; Instruments of destruction ; Endings and legacies
ISBN
9781783085446
Omfang
xvii, 205 sider
Forlag
Anthem Press
Målgruppe
alment niveauvoksenmaterialer