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        Iron and Steel in Nineteenth-Century America

        Iron and Steel in Nineteenth-Century America

        Iron and Steel in Nineteenth-Century America

        An Economic Inquiry

        by Peter Temin

        ISBN: 9780262200035

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: October 15, 1964

        In the nineteeth century, as the United States rapidly increased its area, population, and income, the American iron and steel industry also underwent tremendous expansion, both to meet the increased...
        History of the Grinding Machine

        History of the Grinding Machine

        History of the Grinding Machine

        A Historical Study in Tools and Precision Production

        by Robert S. Woodbury

        ISBN: 9780262730020

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 15, 1959

        History of the Gear-Cutting Machine

        History of the Gear-Cutting Machine

        History of the Gear-Cutting Machine

        A Historical Study in Geometry and Machines

        by Robert S. Woodbury

        Foreword by Abbott Payson Usher

        ISBN: 9780262730013

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 15, 1958

        History of the Lathe to 1850

        History of the Lathe to 1850

        History of the Lathe to 1850

        A Study in the Growth of a Technical Element of an Industrial Economy

        by Robert S. Woodbury

        ISBN: 9780262730044

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 15, 1961

        History of the Milling Machine

        History of the Milling Machine

        History of the Milling Machine

        A Study in Technical Development

        by Robert S. Woodbury

        ISBN: 9780262730037

        Publisher: The MIT Press

        Pub Date: June 15, 1960

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