Table of Contents

Introduction; 1. The engineering industries; 2. The technical history of machine tools, 1850–1914; 3. The machine tool industry: structure and explanation; 4. International trade in machine tools; 5. Greenwood and Batley: history, records and methods; 6. Greenwood and Batley: markets and prices; 7. Greenwood and Batley: production; Conclusion; List of works cited; Notes; Index.

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This book is the first history of the British machine-tool industry during a time when it played a crucial part in the transformation of the British economy.