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Cheaper goods fuel consumerism with its mixed bag of results. Best parts are the early chapters illustrating the advances in manufacturing and precision in britain, although some attention is paid to the american concept of interchangeable parts. Auth... Read More

The how precision engineers created the modern world is an outstanding exploration of how increasing precision made steam power, firearms, gps, jet turbines and much more possible. A chapter describes the hubble telescope and its focus problem correct... Read More

Simon winchester is a wonderful writer and storyteller. Winchester is a fine author who makes technical stuff very accessible.

Simon winchester has a gift for merging the intimate with the big picture and the sweep of history. He talks about the process of making lacquerware and the tooling used to make it. He also raises awareness of the costs as well as the fun of the ever-... Read More

However, for the armchair enthusiast he always delivers.

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The focus on attribution of credit overshadows the practical description of processes, which serve as the foundation of modern and contemporary fabrication techniques. The author is a typical elitist brit who thinks everything important in this world ... Read More

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Quality

At least for me, the book starts slowly but the subjects become very interesting starting with the chapters on automotive assembly lines.

This personable book shows the growth of the modern world through engineers, technicians, quality folks, and a few major industrialists.

An experiment with the yellow sodium d line was unsuccessful.

I wish you all the best sir, and hope you’re very pleased with the reception of this great work!

Price

His goal was a low cost automobile the average man could afford.

Shipping

Next came wooden pulley blocks for the navy’s sailing ships.

Competitiveness

Many of these new machines discount the value of craftsmanship.

“the perfectionists: how precision engineers created the modern world,” by simon winchester, harper-collins, 2018.

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This product had a total of 1,308 reviews as of our last analysis date on Sep 21 2022.