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1 online resource (434 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Failure and Success in Manufacturing-The General Motors-Toyota NUMMI Joint Venture; Section I: The Age of the Artisan; Chapter 2: The Stone Age; 2.1. The First Manufacturing Technique-Cutting; 2.2. The Second Manufacturing Technique-Changing Material Properties; 2.3. The Third Manufacturing Technique-Joining; 2.4. The Fourth Manufacturing Technique-Coating; 2.5. The Fifth Manufacturing Technique-Casting and Molding; 2.6. The Sixth Manufacturing Technique-Forming |
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2.7. Manufacturing at the End of the Stone AgeBibliography; Chapter 3: The Urban Revolution-The Emergence of Society; 3.1. The Neolithic Revolution-From Nomadic Hunters to Settled Farmers; 3.2. Early Division of Labor-The Emergence of the Artisan during the Bronze Age; 3.3. At the Bottom of the Social Hierarchy-Slave Labor and Its Supervision; 3.4. Transition from the Bronze Age to the Iron Age; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Advances during Antiquity; 4.1. Breaking the Energy Constraint-Animal, Water, and Wind Power; 4.2. Accumulating Knowledge-Science and Engineering Writings |
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4.3. The First Standardization-The Harappan Culture4.4. Imperial China; 4.5. The Roman Empire; Bibliography; Chapter 5: The Middle Ages in Europe; 5.1. The Rise of the Towns; 5.2. Agricultural Developments; 5.3. Spread of Early Labor-Saving Technology; 5.4. The Role of Medieval Guilds; 5.5. The Putting-Out System; Bibliography; Section II: The Industrial Revolution-Manufacturing Gets Mechanized; Chapter 6: Early Modern Europe; 6.1. Manufacturing Technology; 6.2. Working Together-The Emergence of the Manufactory; Bibliography; Chapter 7: Pioneers of a New Age-The Factory System |
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7.1. The Arsenal of Venice-The Largest Industrial Site in Europe of Its Time7.2. Ironmonger Ambrose Crowley and the Economies of Scale; 7.3. Potter Josiah Wedgwood-The Science of Manufacturing Processes; 7.4. John Lombe's Silk Mill in Derby-Mechanization and Industrial Espionage; 7.5. Sir Richard Arkwright and the Cromford Cotton Mill-Full-Scale Mechanization; 7.6. The Montgolfier Paper Mill-Pioneer in Human Relations; Bibliography; Chapter 8: Fire Is Stronger than Blood and Water-Steam Power; 8.1. The Development of the Steam Engine |
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8.2. The First Engineering Workshops-Matthew Boulton and the Soho Manufactory8.3. Power Goes Mobile-Steam Powered Locomotion; 8.4. Steel-A New Industry Based on Fire and Iron; 8.5. The Invisible Industry-Chemicals; Bibliography; Chapter 9: Interchangeable Parts-The Endof Filing in Assembly; 9.1. Honoré Blanc and French Musket Production; 9.2. Block Production at Portsmouth; 9.3. The Unwilling Entrepreneur-Eli Terry's Wooden Clocks; 9.4. Springfield and Harpers Ferry Armories- The American System of Manufacturing; 9.5. What about Eli Whitney?; Bibliography; Chapter 10: Social Conflict |
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10.1. Effect on Society |
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Print version record |
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Manufacturing processes -- History
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Manufacturing processes
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781498756310 |
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149875631X |
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