'Growth of mass production engineering' in A E Musson & E Robinson, Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
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- Author(s) Musson, A E
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1969
- Pages pp473-509
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
Topics:
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Based on' A E Musson, 'James Nasmyth and the early growth of mechanical engineering', Economic History Review, 10, 1957. Deals with early initiatives to make machinery for mass production especially through 'self acting' machine tools introduced in late 18th and early 19th centuries and also mass production organisation