Range and Vision. The first hundred years of Barr & Stroud
Details:
- Author(s) Moss, Michael, & Iain Russell
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1988
- Pages 256pp; illus
- Publisher Mainstream Publishing
- Place Published Edinburgh
Topics:
- Name Government procurement
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Scholarly narrative account commissioned by the firm. Chapters include: 'Professors in business, 1888-1900'; ''Our rangefinders have proved the most accurate ...', 1900-14'; 'Anniesland at war, 1914-19' [ie the firm's factory]; 'Departures, 1919-39'; ''That little toyshop in Anniesland ...', 1939-54'; 'New objectives, 1954-60'; 'Through a glass darkly, 1964-77'; 'Sighting the future, 1977-88'