The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
English edition
English edition cover.
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
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Cover sourceA popular history of precision and its role in engineering. Simon Winchester examines the instruments, standards and production decisions that make it possible to manufacture and combine components.