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About the recent E-book IMM........
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The factory technology trail. Who held it? What was it, and where was the trail of technology started? Writing this book has been an inside look at the remarkable history of tools, men, laws, trade, knowledge and education systems, government and more. It is like a Grand Tour of the process and methods of industry. This e-book book is filled with many obscure and unusual stories, techniques, and methods. In it, mechanical industry has been traced back to it's causes, the philosophy, and the science which made it all possible.
Manufacturing is the art of taking a raw material and producing a tradable commodity. Using machines to provide man with the treasures and tools of a civilized society. Read about the inventors, philosophers, and mechanical thinkers across
Europe, and America that made it all happen. I've been furnishing people for a few years now with innovative wood products, jigs and information. I have over 2,800 woodworkers who subscribe to my hardwood directory and follow-up news. The information in this book has been collected from the research of hundreds of books, letters, and historical and technical writings . Many of these enlightening grains of information, were the result of hours of repetitive research from old books, many of them hundreds of years old. This is not another technical book, but a history book of the men, the economics, the politics, and the methods that changed history. The world had a mentality of waste. Economics forced them to use their heads to work smarter, not work harder. They didn't realize that much of what they were performing was time honored, artisan type, one at a time manufacturing. After extensive research, there is no doubt about the role of manufacturing. Manufacturing and trade have been said by many scholars, to be the only solution for nations to prosper. Historically, manufacturing (implementing natural resources) and trade have sustained society, banks, health care, business, armies, and governments. Read the who, when and what the methods were that changed the economies of the world and influenced our modern culture. Methods is a history book of the men, the economics, the politics, and the methods that changed history. Here are some of the chapters included in the book:
Chapter 1 Responsibility and ownership.
Chapter 2 So who spread all of the manufacturing knowledge?
Chapter 3 Mechanical worship, the founders....
Chapter 4 Dude.....A miss is as good as a mile.
Chapter 5 Manufacturing minds..... America, europe and around the world
Chapter 6 Bikes to cars to mars...... Oh my!
Chapter 7 Reaching critical mass....Planes, trains and madison avenue too......
Chapter 8 Henry Ford
Chapter 9 Thomas Edison, prince of light, sound, and cracking batteries....
Chapter 10 Simply repeatable
When one generation becomes boldly reassured, it can often fail to transfer the knowledge vital for its survival. We only need to look at the
Pyramids, Florence, Incas, Babylon, and Stonehenge. Society actually has lost technological knowledge of many things throughout history. Are you concerned about your taxes consistently rising? Can health care be more efficient? Are you wondering why a traffic ticket cost upwards of
$150? Does your state tax keep rising? Do your health care taxes keep going up? The source of all of these problems can be laid directly in correlation with the lose of our tax base of manufacturing jobs. Learning history , and elusive stories and techniques can fertilize the imagination and give confidence, respect, and meaning for the use of machine tools. This was told to me by an 85 year old machine shop teacher who managed a South American factory. But the real trailblazers who discovered mass production and precision tools are rarely taught in conventional books and schools. Training, and classes are not always a solution, people need historical inspiration. They are removed of the details of industry that are rarely mentioned.
Recently NAMS, the National Coalition of Manufacturing has been on the forefront of make America aware of the urgency of training and educating new skilled workers. On their website they have posted a petition called, coalition for the future of manufacturing below are a few things mentioned in a recent petition from NAMS: manufacturing is the engine that drives American prosperity. It is as central to our economic security as it is to our national security. Since July 2000, manufacturing has lost 2.7 million jobs. Output is experiencing its slowest recovery from a recession in more than 80 years. Every $1.00 in manufactured goods generates an additional $1.43 worth of additional economic activity and more than any other economic sector. The national association of manufacturers really gets it. They understand how everything in the economy and politics is, and always has been applied to manufacturing and trade.
IMM describes the men who knew this 300 years ago. Here's more facts...... Just recently professor emeritus of political science at the University of Tampere in Finland said research says that intelligence is the largest factor behind economic success. Prices go up, and manufacturing jobs go away. Taxes go up..... Utility cost go up.... Health care goes up.... Traffic tickets increase..... State taxes rise because of job loses .... The source of all of these problems can be laid directly in correlation with the lose of our tax base created by manufacturing jobs. Like stated above by the professor emeritus of political science intelligence is the largest factor training, and classes are not always a solution.
People need historical inspiration. They are removed from the details of industry that are rarely mentioned. More about this book... I have never known an ambitious, highly skilled artisan, or tradesman, who didn't know his history. History can give you many role models to inspire ambition and integrity. Our education process can be a disservice to omit profound history in the practice of any occupation about the ingenious machines and methods.
IMM contains a bibliography, and complete word search capabilities. This book covers the history of machines and culture responsible for the largest and fastest economic boom in the history of the world. It explains what, where, when, why, and how the industrial revolution came about. The important science, social, economic, and political aspects are studied here also. It is not a course in machine technology, economics, or science, but goes to the historical root of matters that gave birth to manufacturing. Machines can duplicate, and people began to realize that. It soon became wiser to build machines than to build consumables, so machine makers began showing up onto the scene. Machines can be made to make things. Their popularity became very significant to engineers. Engineers soon put more value into machines than into common products that were sellable but did not duplicate. Engineers also begin to look at machines for their incredible abilities. They could be arranged to duplicate parts consistently, and abundantly. The manufacture of mechanical devices was achieved by an assortment of new scientific and mechanical processes. Much of the e-book is like a technical manual for manufacturing. It is for metal workers, engineers, and woodworkers who want to know the history and the techniques of and for mass production. Knowing history is like armor for any craftsman. It gives a craftsman his confidence. We have very limited texts and useful material concerning industry. Also, civilization without history ceases to have identity. Without identity there is no solid purpose; without purpose, creativity can wither. Learning history, and elusive stories and techniques can fertilize the imagination and give confidence, respect, and meaning for the use of machine tools. I have never known an ambitious, highly skilled artisan, or tradesman, who didn't know his history. History gives us many role models to inspire ambition and integrity, but few know about these great men. What role did economics play in the industrial revolution. The book explores things for example; how do you systematize a production shop? Want to know what are the most common mistakes made in modern metal, wood, and manufacturing shops? What are the traits of a successful metalworker, or woodworker? One trait is an undivided, unshakable concentration of completing masterful work.
IMM studies many personality traits of the little known masters of the industrial revolution. The Royal London Society was founded around 1662, and the
French academy of science shortly after. These societies were founded for men of science to promote it's integrity and it's advancement. Ben Franklin won a medal by the
English Royal Society in 1753. These are only the more well known facts, but the book is filled with the obscure, less known history, facts, and many profound details of industry that are rarely mentioned. The majority of the artisan population probably never reads, or pursues useful, unique, and insightful technical knowledge. From my experience in many manufacturing settings, workers who study and read about manufacturing and their trade are not very common. They do not have the time. In this day and age, things are so fast paced that most people are only concerned with the high pressure cares of the moment.
I found it to be very unfortunate that the processes and techniques that can change, and improve society, and industry, are so widely scattered, obscure, and guarded. The techniques involved in manufacturing of goods are rarely transferred effectively, and can be lost and buried under billions of pages of disconnected material, and technical books. In our current economic conditions, many of the masters remaining, who know these skills, are being laid off, or they are being replaced by robots, computers, and software. About the Ingenious Machines and Methods is written by a lifelong toolmaker and machine lover who has a fascination with the archeology of machines and economics, and the true source of scientific ideas and mechanical philosophy. This book is a collection of information gleaned from the back rooms of industrial history, condensed and distilled from long, mystifying, talking down to you technical books and essays. It is filled with vital, useful information to inspire respect and wonder for machines that provide the whole world with abundance. this highly revealing book contains a bibliography, and complete word search capabilities. It is in windows format. The regular price for this book is $29.00. Approximate file size (750 kb). It downloads in seconds on a DSL connection, and in a few minutes on a regular 56k modem. You will be easily directed to the file, or, you can request the Windows CD.
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