British Machine-Tool Industry, 1850-1914

Machine tools are vital to our industrial, metal-using society. This book is the first history of the British machine-tool industry during an important period of its development, a time when it played a crucial part in the transformation of the British economy. The author discusses the structure of the industry, its performance in international trade, and, through an analysis of the voluminous records of one firm, its efficiency and productivity.Floud, Roderick is the author of 'British Machine-Tool Industry, 1850-1914', published 1976 under ISBN 9780521212038 and ISBN 0521212030.