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Iron Men

How One London Factory Powered the Industrial Revolution and Shaped the Modern World

David Waller author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Anthem Press

Published:22nd Apr '19

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The remarkable story of Henry Maudslay – the ambitious engineering innovator who made the Industrial Revolution possible

A nuts and bolts history of engineering enterprise in the first half of the nineteenth century, based on the life and work of Henry Maudslay and his followers

In the early nineteenth century, Henry Maudslay, an engineer from a humble background, opened a factory in Westminster Bridge Road, a stone’s throw from the Thames. His workshop became in its day the equivalent of Google and Apple combined, attracting the country’s best in engineering talent. Their story of innovation and ambition tells how precision engineering made the industrial revolution possible, helping Great Britain become the workshop of the world.

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ISBN: 9781783089611

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 26mm

Weight: 454g

226 pages