Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,717 pages of information and 247,131 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Richard Roberts of Sharp, Roberts and Co is regarded as having developed the first slotting machines, a type of metal-cutting machine tool which came to paly a vital role in engineering manufacture.
An 1835 example is prominently displayed at Manchester's Museum of Science and Industry.
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