Iron Men
How One London Factory Powered the Industrial Revolution and Shaped the Modern World
In the early nineteenth century, Henry Maudslay, an engineer from a humble background, opened a factory in Westminster Bridge Road, Lambeth, a stone's throw from the Thames. Maudslay invented precision engineering, which made the industrial revolution possible, helping Great Britain become the workshop of the world.He developed mass production, interchangeable components, and built the world's first all-metal machine tools, which quite literally shaped the modern world. Without his inventions, there would have been no railways, no steam-ship industry and no mechanised textiles industry.His factory became the pre-Victorian equivalent of Google…
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- ISBN: 978-1-78308-961-1
- EAN: 9781783089611
- Produktnummer: 30554337
- Verlag: Anthem Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 224 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.0 cm x D1.3 cm 305 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 305
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