Ingenious machinists
Subtitle: two inventive lives from the American industrial revolution
By: Anthony J. Connors
Series: Excelsior editions
Publisher: State University of New York Press; Excelsior Editions; Excelsior Editions/State University of New York Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9781438454023; 9781438454016; 9781438454030
Subjects: Machinists; Biography; Inventors; Industrial revolution
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-275) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: machinists in the early republic; title: Industrial glimmerings : Massachusetts before 1790; title: Revolutionary technology : Rhode Island, 1775-1790; title: The progress of a textile machinist : Paul Moody, 1794-1814; title: Oziel's son : David Wilkinson, 1790-1815; title: Company man : Paul Moody at Waltham, 1813-1823; title: Toward Wilkinsonville : David Wilkinson, 1815-1828; title: Respectable company man about town : Paul Moody at Lowell, 1823-1831; title: "We all broke down" : David Wilkinson, 1829-1852; title: Epilogue: ingenious machinists; title: Notes; title: Glossary; title: Essay on sources; title: Bibliography; title: Index.