مردان آهنین: چگونه یک کارخانهٔ لندن انقلاب صنعتی را به حرکت درآورد و دنیای مدرن را شکل داد

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. | 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 and Apple combined, attracting the best in engineering talent. The people who worked left to set up their own businesses. These included Joseph Clement, who constructed the Difference Engine, the world's first computer, and Joseph Whitworth, who moved to Manchester and by the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851 was deemed the world's foremost mechanical engineer. 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. Making Blocks And Boring Macines: 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. David Waller ; [foreword By Norman Foster]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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