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While the focus of popular attention has been on engineers who produced ever greater achievements in bridge design, on the railways, and on sea, new achievements depended on vital improvements in t...he precision of parts. More than any other, one man was responsible the vital revolution of machine tools and workshop practise which enabled the great works - a ruddy Eastender called Henry Maudslay. In the last ten minutes Peter Evans talks to management consultant Joe Boothe about the current state of engineering and manufacturing.
While the focus of popular attention has been on engineers who produced ever greater achievements in bridge design, on the railways, and on sea, new achievements depended on vital improvements in t...he precision of parts. More than any other, one man was responsible the vital revolution of machine tools and workshop practise which enabled the great works - a ruddy Eastender called Henry Maudslay. In the last ten minutes Peter Evans talks to management consultant Joe Boothe about the current state of engineering and manufacturing.
| Series: | Generals of the revolution; Series 2 |
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| Episode | 4 |
| First transmission date: | 1994-02-27 |
| Published: | 1994 |
| Rights Statement: | Rights owned or controlled by The Open University |
| Restrictions on use: | This material can be used in accordance with The Open University conditions of use. A link to the conditions can be found at the bottom of all OUDA web pages. |
| Duration: | 00:31:06 |
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| Producer: | Dick Taylor |
| Contributor: | Peter Evans |
| Publisher: | BBC Open University |
| Keyword(s): | Henry Maudslay; Isombard Brunel; Joseph Bramah; Machine Tools; Marc Brunel; Screw cutting lathe |
| Master spool number: | 93YT0171 |
| Production number: | T004_04 |
| Available to public: | no |
