Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry : Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001

by Gerald M. Carbone , Rhode Island Historical Society

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Format Paperback / Softback

ISBN-10 147666921X

ISBN-13 9781476669212

Publisher McFarland & Co Inc

Imprint McFarland & Co Inc

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Apr 18th, 2017

Print length 288 Pages

Weight 490 grams

Dimensions 25.40 x 17.80 x 1.50 cms

Product Classification: History of the Americas Industrialisation & industrial history Manufacturing industries History of engineering & technology

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The history of Brown & Sharpe turns out to be not only an important technological and economic story, but also a fascinating human story. Gerald Carbone's history of Brown & Sharpe tells the story of the company, bringing people to life, putting them into the context of Rhode Island's and the nation's history, and the history of technology and the political economy of the United States.

Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the global machine tools industry.

The men and women of Brown & Sharpe produced and marketed a dazzling array of measuring devices, machine tools and precision machinery. They truly helped shape Rhode Island, the nation and the modern world. The history of Brown & Sharpe covers more than 150 years of technological development, labor history and public policy, culminating in history''s longest strike.

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