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English and American tool builders

Chapter 31: A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TOOL BUILDING
By Joseph Wickham Roe
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A historical survey and collection of biographies that traces the technical and personal development of machine-tool making in England and the United States. It profiles pioneering craftsmen and engineers—Maudslay, Wilkinson, Bramah, Nasmyth, Whitworth, Eli Whitney and American firms such as Colt, Pratt & Whitney, Robbins & Lawrence and Brown & Sharpe—while explaining key inventions (lathe, planer, gearing, interchangeability) and regional centers of manufacture. Chapters combine technical description, industrial context, and firm histories to show how toolmaking practices enabled mass production and shaped later engineering, concluding with appendices and a partial bibliography.

A PARTIAL BIBLIOGRAPHY ON TOOL BUILDING

  • Smiles: Industrial Biography. Boston, 1864.
  • Smiles: Men of Invention and Industry. N. Y., 1885.
  • Smiles: Boulton and Watt. London, 1904.
  • Smiles: The Stephensons. London, 1904.
  • Smiles: Smeaton and Rennie. London, 1904.
  • Beck: Beiträge zur Geschichte des Maschinenbaues. Berlin, 1900.
  • Matschoss: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie. Berlin, Bände I-V, 1909-1913.
  • Sargant: “Sir Samuel Bentham,” in “Essays of a Birmingham Manufacturer.” London, 1869.
  • Bentham, Mary S.: Memoirs of Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Bentham, in Papers and Practical Illustrations of Public Works. London, 1856.
  • Beamish: Life of Sir Marc Isambard Brunel. London, 1862.
  • Nasmyth: Autobiography of James Nasmyth, Edited by Smiles. London, 1883.
  • Holtzapffel: Turning and Mechanical Manipulation. London, 1847.
  • Buchanan: Millwork and other Machinery. London, 1841.
  • Perrigo: Modern American Lathe Practice. N. Y., 1907.
  • Perrigo: Change Gear Devices. N. Y., 1915.
  • Camus: Treatise on the Teeth of Wheels (English Translation). London, 1837.
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  • Fairbairn: Mills and Millwork. London, 1863.
  • Pole: Life of Sir William Fairbairn. London, 1877.
  • Memoir of John George Bodmer, in Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Vol. XXVIII. London, 1869.
  • Farey: Treatise on the Steam Engine. London, 1827.
  • Price: Fire and Thief-proof Depositories, and Locks and Keys. London, 1856.
  • Baker: Elements of Mechanism. London, 1858.
  • Bishop: History of American Manufactures. 3 Vols. Philadelphia, 1868.
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  • Field: State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.
  • Goodrich: History of Pawtucket, R. I. Pawtucket, 1876.
  • Wilkinson: Memoir of the Wilkinson Family. Jacksonville, Ill., 1869.
  • Fitch: Report on Manufactures of Interchangeable Mechanism, in U. S. Census, 1880. Volume on “Manufactures.”
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  • Olmstead: Memoir of Eli Whitney. New Haven, 1846.
  • Woodworth: American Tool Making and Interchangeable Manufacturing. N. Y., 1911.
  • Blake: History of Hamden, Conn. New Haven, 1888.
  • Blake: New Haven Colony Historical Papers, Vol. V. New Haven, 1894.
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  • Washburn: Manufacturing and Mechanical Industries of Worcester. Philadelphia, 1889.
  • Iles: Leading American Inventors. N. Y., 1912.
  • Parton: Captains of Industry. Boston, 1891.
  • Van Slyck: Representatives of New England. Boston, 1871.
  • Goddard: Eminent Engineers. N. Y., 1905.
  • Lathrop: The Brass Industry. Shelton, Conn., 1909.
  • Anderson: The Town and City of Waterbury. 3 Vols. New Haven, 1896.
  • Evans: The Young Millwright and Miller’s Guide. Philadelphia, 1826.
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  • Cist: Cincinnati in 1851. Cincinnati, 1851.
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  • Porter: Engineering Reminiscences. N. Y., 1908.
  • Transactions of the Institution of Civil Engineers. London.
  • Transactions of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. London.
  • Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  • Journal of the Franklin Institute. Philadelphia.
  • Files of “American Machinist,” New York.
  • Files of “Machinery,” New York.
  • Files of “Engineering Magazine,” New York.
  • Files of “Cassier’s Magazine,” New York.
  • Files of “Engineering News,” London.
  • Files of “Engineering,” London.

Much of the data in the latter portions of this book is derived from private correspondence and personal interviews, and is, therefore, not available for reference.