two inventive lives from the American industrial revolution /
First Statement of Responsibility
Anthony J. Connors
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xii, 282 pages ;
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24 cm
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Excelsior editions
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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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