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

Synopsis

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.