Tools for the job: A history of machine tools to 1950

by L.T.C. Rolt

274 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1965

About the author

Lionel Thomas Caswall Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L.T.C. Rolt) was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering figures including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. He is also regarded as one of the pioneers of the leisure cruising industry on Britain's inland waterways, and as an enthusiast for both vintage cars and heritage railways.

Reviews

[Douglas Bridger · Rating 4 out of 5]

Who would have thought that a history of machine tools would be interesting? In fact I found this absorbing and readily understandable. All my early employment doing an apprenticeship at GKN was brought back to me too.

For anyone interested in machines I think this would be a good read, although it obviously finishes in the early 1960s.