How precision engineers created the modern world

By:

Winchester, Simon

Publication details: London William Collins 2018Description: xii,395pISBN:

9780008241773

DDC classification:

745.2 WIN

Contents:

Contents List of Illustrations xi Prologue 1 Chapter 1: Stars, seconds, cylinders and steam 23 Chapter 2: Extremely flat and incredibly close 53 Chapter 3: A gun in every home, a clock in every cabin 81 Chapter 4: On the verge of a more perfect world 107 Chapter 5: The irresistible lure of the highway 129 Chapter 6: Precision and peril, six miles high 173 Chapter 7: Through a glass, distinctly 215 Chapter 8: Where am I, and what is the time? 255 Chapter 9: Squeezing beyond boundaries 275 Chapter 10: On the necessity for equipoise 307 Afterword: the measure of all things 331 Acknowledgements 357 A Glossary of possibly Unfamiliar Terms 361 Bibliography 369 Index 375

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Contents
List of Illustrations xi
Prologue 1
Chapter 1: Stars, seconds, cylinders and steam 23
Chapter 2: Extremely flat and incredibly close 53
Chapter 3: A gun in every home, a clock in every cabin 81
Chapter 4: On the verge of a more perfect world 107
Chapter 5: The irresistible lure of the highway 129
Chapter 6: Precision and peril, six miles high 173
Chapter 7: Through a glass, distinctly 215
Chapter 8: Where am I, and what is the time? 255
Chapter 9: Squeezing beyond boundaries 275
Chapter 10: On the necessity for equipoise 307
Afterword: the measure of all things 331
Acknowledgements 357
A Glossary of possibly Unfamiliar Terms 361
Bibliography 369
Index 375

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