Development of the Royal Small Arms Factory (Enfield Lock) and its Influence upon Mass Production and Product Design, c1820-1880
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- Author(s) Lewis, Jim
- Publication type Dissertation, PhD
- Year published 1996
- Pages
- Publisher University of Middlesex
- Place Published Hendon
Topics:
- Name Production of goods & services - methods & organisation
- Name Government procurement
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- Name Middlesex University Library
- City Hendon
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW4 4BT
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Examines technological change in relationship to the technical procurement systems operated by the Board of Ordnance / Royal Small Arms Factory to find them influential in delaying progress of the British military small arms industry towards the standardisation of weapons through a mechanised system of manufacture. Indicates that 'Britain's seeming technological pause in the field of small arms manufacture was more due to political influence and the administrative structures than to a lack of technical expertise on the part of its engineers, entrepreneurs and craftsmen'