Publisher:
1996,
xiii + 338pp, 28 illus, 10 figs, genealogical table, stiff paper covers. AJS: Sir Joseph Whitworth (1803-87) was arguably Britain's best everûmechanical engineer, world famous for the standard screw thread namedûafter him, machine tool designs so innovative he pioneered a new era, andûhis revolutionary hexagonally rifled guns.
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