Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (896 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 147666921X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Beautifully written story about a business and the family behind" according to Bruna Boyle. Beautifully written story about a business and the family behind it. The story is an important one: The company represents the industrialization and preeminence of America, and its evolution. It leaves the reader with much to think about.. J. Eastman said Little State, Big firm, Big impact. Not growing up in Rhode Island but in neighboring Massachusetts I was unaware of the tremendous impact that firms like Brown & Sharpe had on the city of Providence, the State of Rhode Island and the world, but this book by Ged Carbone has gone a long way in dispelling my ignorance in the matter. He has written a concise history of Brown & Sharpe which tells their story from the small shop run by Joseph Brown in 18Little State, Big firm, Big impact Not growing up in Rhode Island but in neighboring Massachusetts I was unaware of the tremendous impact that firms like Brown & Sharpe had on the city of Providence, the State of Rhode Island and the world, but this book by Ged Carbone has gone a long way in dispelling my ignorance in the matter. He has written a concise history of Brown & Sharpe which tells their story from the small shop run by Joseph Brown in 1833 to the dissolution of the company 168 years later. His book reads like a novel with insight into the lives of the three generations of Sharpe men who led the company. Little State, Big firm, Big impact Not growing up in Rhode Island but in neighboring Massachusetts I was unaware of the tremendous impact that firms like Brown & Sharpe had on the city of Providence, the State of Rhode Island and the world, but this book by Ged Carbone has gone a long way in dispelling my ignorance in the matter. He has written a concise history of Brown & Sharpe which tells their story from the small shop run by Joseph Brown in 1833 to the dissolution of the company 168 years later. His book reads like a novel with insight into the lives of the three generations of Sharpe men who led the company. to the dissolution of the company 168 years later. His book reads like a novel with insight into the lives of the three generations of Sharpe men who led the company. "Five Stars" according to Amazon Customer. Just received my signed copy! Can't wait to read this important history of manufacturing in Rhode Island!
They truly helped shape Rhode Island, the nation and the modern world. Samuel Darling, an eccentric inventor from Maine, joined up and brought with him his engine for marking precise graduations on measuring instruments. The men and women of Brown & Sharpe produced and marketed a dazzling array of measuring devices, machine tools and precision machinery. Lucian Sharpe, with his son Henry and grandson Henry, Jr., guided the company for more than a century--and along with it the global machine tools industry. The history of Brown & Sharpe covers more than 150 years of technological development, labor history and public policy, cu
Carbone tells its story in an easy readable fashion, with photos from the archives adding to the account"--Cranston Herald. "comprehensive history of one of Rhode Island's leading manufacturers and employers.
This is his third book. Carbone completed a John S. . Knight Fellowship at Stanford University, and earned a master's degree in public humanities at Brown University. He lives in Warwick, Rhode Island. Gerald M