Archdale machine tools
Subtitle: 1868-1948.
Publisher: James Archdale & Co. Ltd.
Published: 1948
Place of publication: Birmingham [etc.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 100
Subjects: James Archdale and Company.; Machinery industry — Great Britain — History
First sentence: THE West Riding of Yorkshire is a country of rolling hills, wind-swept moorlands and deep, narrow valleys, situated in the heart of the Pennine Chain, the 'backbone of England' which stretches from just south of the Scottish Border to the Peak of Derbyshire.
Description: A history of the engineering company, James Archdale & Co, Ltd, of Ledsam Street Birmingham & Blackpole, Worcester, UK.
Table of contents: pagenum: 1
label: I
class: chapter
title: Early days; pagenum: 4
title: The founding and early growth
class: chapter
label: II; pagenum: 5
class: section
title: No Specialization; pagenum: 6
class: section
title: Ammunition and Small Arms Machinery; pagenum: 12
class: section
title: A Wide Variety of Machine Tools; pagenum: 21
label: III
class: chapter
title: The intermediate years 1912-25; pagenum: 21
class: section
title: The First World War; pagenum: 21
class: section
title: Specialization; pagenum: 25
class: section
title: Evolution towards Modern Designs; pagenum: 45
label: IV
class: chapter
title: Present-day-activities; pagenum: 59
class: section
title: Radial Drilling Machines; pagenum: 65
class: section
title: Vertical Drilling Machines; pagenum: 68
class: section
title: Multiple-Spindle Drilling Machines; pagenum: 77
class: section
title: Horizontal Milling Machines; pagenum: 83
class: section
title: Vertical Milling Machines; pagenum: 87
class: section
title: Special Purpose Machines; pagenum: 99
title: What of the future?
class: chapter
label: V