Tools for the job. A short history of machine tools

London: B.T.Batsford Ltd., 1965. - 256 p. Язык: English. Book description It is impossible to study the history of technology without becoming aware of the crucially important part played in that history by machine tools and their makers. This book is covering objectively and comprehensively the interplay of metal-working production needs and complementary development of the machine tool in both the Old and New Worlds. Author Mr L.T.C. Rolt is engineer-historian. Contents Machines in the craftsman's workshop Industrial machine tools of the eighteenth century The first machine shops Henry Maudslay - metal cutting becomes an art Clement, Fox, Roberts, Nasmyth and Whitworth Drives, gears and gear-cutting machines The rise of America - interchangeable manufacture American mashine tools and their makers The precision grinding machine and its influence Metal cutting becomes a science Tools of the twentieth century