'International exchange of men and machines, 1750-1800. As seen in the business records of Matthew Boulton' in A E Musson & E Robinson, Science and Technology in the Industrial Revolution
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- Author(s) Robinson, Eric
- Publication type Chapter
- Year published 1969
- Pages pp216-30
- Publisher Manchester University Press
- Place Published Manchester
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- Name Transfer of technology, processes, management techniques, etc
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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'Based on' E Robinson, International exchange of men and machines, 1750-1800. As seen in the business records of Matthew Boulton, Business History, 1, 1958, pp3-15. 'The object of this paper is to inquire how far this system of secrecy and protection was consistently adopted by Matthew Boulton in his dealings with foreigners, and how far, by the end of the eighteenth century, it had come to be replaced by a more liberal attitude. It will be seen that patriotic duty in this matter often conflicted with self interest ...'