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100 1 _aRoe, Joseph Wickham,
_d1871-1960
245 1 0 _aEnglish and American tool builders
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2023
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2023-11-05
508 _adeaurider, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"English and American Tool Builders" by Joseph Wickham Roe is a historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the significant contributions of various tool builders in England and America, highlighting figures like Henry Maudslay and Eli Whitney, whose innovations laid the groundwork for modern industrial manufacturing. Roe emphasizes the critical, yet often overlooked, role of these pioneers in the evolution of machine tools, which are foundational to all subsequent industrial arts. At the start of the book, the author explains the book's purpose: to illuminate the essential work of tool builders and their influence on modern industry, contrasting their legacy with that of more recognized figures like statesmen and soldiers. He positions the tool builders not just as skilled artisans but as creative minds who significantly advanced mechanical technology. The opening sections explore the state of machine tools in the late 18th century and the advancements that arose during this transformative period, laying the groundwork for the detailed biographies of key figures that follow in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York: McGraw Hill Book Company, 1916
653 _aIndustrial arts -- Biography
653 _aMachine-tools
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/englishamericant00roej
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72046
999 _c112772
_d112772