Exactly : how precision engineers created the modern world
Winchester, Simon2019
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Place reservation for Exactly : how precision engineers created the modern worldHere, author Simon Winchester maps the amazing trajectory of the fathers of engineering. The lives of Wilkinson, Whitworth, Maudslay, Bramah, and Ramsden are interwoven with anecdotes such as the invention of the Rolls-Royce and Thomas Jefferson's innovations, offering a fascinating narrative about the men who shaped today's world.
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Exactly : how precision engineers created the modern world / Simon Winchester.
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London : William Collins, 2019.
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xiv, 395 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
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Originally published: 2018.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008241780 (pbk)
Dewey class:
620'.00922620.00922
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English
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2764205
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