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Author Connors, Anthony J., author.

Title Ingenious machinists : two inventive lives from the American industrial revolution / Anthony J. Connors.

Publication Info. Albany : State University of New York Press, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource.
Series Excelsior editions
Excelsior editions.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction: machinists in the early republic -- Industrial glimmerings : Massachusetts before 1790 -- Revolutionary technology : Rhode Island, 1775-1790 -- The progress of a textile machinist : Paul Moody, 1794-1814 -- Oziel's son : David Wilkinson, 1790-1815 -- Company man : Paul Moody at Waltham, 1813-1823 -- Toward Wilkinsonville : David Wilkinson, 1815-1828 -- Respectable company man about town : Paul Moody at Lowell, 1823-1831 -- "We all broke down" : David Wilkinson, 1829-1852 -- Epilogue: ingenious machinists -- Notes -- Glossary -- Essay on sources -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Subject Wilkinson, David, 1771-1852.
Moody, Paul.
Machinists -- United States -- Biography.
Inventors -- United States -- Biography.
Industrial revolution -- United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Textiles & Polymers.
Other Form: Print version: Connors, Anthony J. Ingenious machinists 9781438454023 (DLC) 2014002126 (OCoLC)871186897
ISBN 9781438454030 (electronic bk.)
1438454031 (electronic bk.)
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