Precision Makers. A history of the instruments industry in Britain and France, 1870-1939
Details:
- Author(s) Williams, Mari E W
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1994
- Pages 216pp; illus
- Publisher Routledge
- Place Published London
Topics:
- Name Comparative international studies
- Name Innovation, diffusion & invention, inc technology & products
- Name Research & development inc operational research
- Name Education - occupational skills & training
- Name Government intervention exc legislation & regulation
- Name Geopolitical event, natural disaster, etc, impact on business inc end of empire, war, disease, catastrophe, etc, exc industrial conflict
Countries:
- France
Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
- Visit British Library's website
Groups:
Notes:
Scholarly account of the precision instruments manufacturing industry within the context of the performance of British industry generally and compared with the industry in France. Structured essentially chronologically, but dealing with issues such as nature, structure and strategy; innovation ; research and development; education and training; government support; impact of war. Chapters include: 'Industry in Britain, 1870-1900'; 'New developments, 1900-14'; 'Instruments and the war - industry and government'; 'Instruments and war - research and development'; 'The aftermath of war'; 'Survival strategies'; 'Recovery through rearmament'. Much about individual businesses, inter alia:, Elliott Brothers (London) Ltd, R W Munro Ltd, Barr & Stroud Ltd, Cambridge Scientific Instrument Co Ltd, C F Casella. Also British Scientific Instrument Research Association