Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Industrial safety
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
Industrial Welfare
The Shipbuilding Industry
Author: L. A. RitchiePublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719038051
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This work aims to facilitate the study of the shipbuilding industry by making available information on the present location of shipbuilding archives. The brief histories of about 200 businesses are offered.
Twentieth Century Industrial Archaeology
Author: Michael StrattonPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1136748016
Category : Architecture
Languages : en
Pages : 249
Book Description
This book examines the industrial monuments of twentieth- century Britain. Each chapter takes a specific theme and examines it in the context of the buildings and structure of the twentieth century. The authors are both leading experts in the field, having written widely on various aspects of the subject. In this new and comprehensive survey they respond to the growing interest in twentieth-century architecture and industrial archaeology. The book is well illustrated with superb and unique illustrations drawn from the archives of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. It will mark and celebrate the end of the century with a tribute to its remarkable built industrial heritage.
Marine Engineer and Motorship Builder
Author: English Patents of Inventions, Specifications
Author: The Iron Age
Author: The Battleship Builders
Author: Ian JohnstonPublisher: Naval Institute Press
ISBN: 1612519466
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 322
Book Description
The launch in 1906 of HMS Dreadnought, the world’s first all-big-gun battleship, rendered all existing battle fleets obsolete while at the same time wiping out the Royal Navy’s numerical advantage. Britain urgently needed to build an entirely new battle fleet of these larger, more complex and more costly vessels. In this she succeeded spectacularly: in little over a decade fifty such ships were completed, almost exactly double what Germany achieved. This heroic achievement was made possible by the country’s vast industrial nexus of shipbuilders, engine manufacturers, armament firms and specialist armor producers, whose contribution to the creation of the Grand Fleet is too often ignored.
Planning and Profits
Author: Christopher W. MillerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 1786940663
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
In a time of great need for Britain, a small coterie of influential businessmen gained access to secret information on industrial mobilisation as advisers to the Principal Supply Officers Committee. They provided the state with priceless advice, but, as insiders utilised their access to information to build a business empire at a fraction of the normal costs. Outsiders, in contrast, lacked influence and were forced together into a defensive ring - or cartel - which effectively fixed prices for British warships. By the 1930s, the cartel grew into one of the most sophisticated profiteering groups of its day. This book examines the relationship between the private naval armaments industry, businessmen, and the British government defence planners between the wars. It reassesses the concept of the military-industrial complex through the impact of disarmament upon private industry, the role of leading industrialists in supply and procurement policy, and the successes and failings of government organisation. It blends together political, naval, and business history in new ways, and, by situating the business activities of industrialists alongside their work as government advisors, sheds new light on the operation of the British state. This is the story of how these men profited while effectively saving the National Government from itself.
Iron and Steel Industry and British Foundryman
Author: Transactions
Author: Iron and Steel InstitutePublisher:
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Category : Iron industry and trade
Languages : en
Pages : 674
Book Description
Includes sect. "A survey of literature on the manufacture and properties of iron and steel, and kindred subjects" (title varies)