LEAD MANUFACTURING IN BRITAIN: A HISTORY
Written by D.J. Rowe
Published by Croom Helm
in 1983
ISBN: 0709922507
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LEAD MANUFACTURING IN BRITAIN: A HISTORY
Written by D.J. Rowe.
Stock no. 2135920
1st.
1983.
Hardback.
Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.
Black cloth with gilt title to spine. B/w photos. ISBN: 0709922507. Page edge browning. Wrapper is edge-creased with a few marks.
Front cover
Contents
- List of Tables
- Preface
- The Lead Manufacturing Industry from Ancient Times to the Eighteenth Century
- The Formation of Walkers, Fishwick & Co., 1778-1800
- The Manufacturing of Lead Shot
- Expansion of Walkers, Parker & Co. from 1800 to 1889
- The Foundation and Growth of Other Lead Manufactuers up to the Late-nineteenth Century
- The Development of the Lead Manufacturing Industry in the Nineteenth Century
- Industrial Lead Poision and the Measures Taken to Prevent it
- The Transition to Limited Companies, 1889-1914
- Amalgamation in the Industry and the Foundation and Expansion of Associated Lead Manufactuers Ltd
- The Lead Manufacturing Industry in the Inter-war Years
- The Industry and the Development of Associated Lead Manufactuers Ltd since the Second World War
- Statistical Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index