Brown & Sharpe and the measure of American industry : making the precision machine tools that enabled manufacturing, 1833-2001
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Carbone, Gerald M.,
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Lubar, Steven D., writer of foreword.
Rhode Island Historical Society.
Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017].
ISBN
9781476669212, 147666921X
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viii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Published
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017].
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Language
English
ISBN
9781476669212, 147666921X

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 260-262) and index.
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"Joseph Brown, founder of Brown & Sharpe, was a skilled clockmaker who invented new machines, and new ways to make things. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the global machine tools industry. The men and women of Brown & Sharpe produced and marketed a dazzling array of measuring devices, machine tools and precision machinery. They truly helped shape Rhode Island, the nation and the modern world. The history of Brown & Sharpe covers more than 150 years of technological development, labor history and public policy, culminating in history's longest strike." --Amazon

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Brown & Sharpe.
Machine-tool industry -- Rhode Island.
Manufacturing industries -- Rhode Island -- History.
Rhode Island -- History.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Carbone, G. M., & Lubar, S. D. (2017). Brown & Sharpe and the measure of American industry: making the precision machine tools that enabled manufacturing, 1833-2001 . McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carbone, Gerald M. and Steven D., Lubar. 2017. Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001. McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Carbone, Gerald M. and Steven D., Lubar. Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Carbone, Gerald M.,, and Steven D. Lubar. Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001 McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2017.

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