An engagingly written account of textile engineering in its key northern centres, rich with historical narrative and analysis.
Introduction
The Coming of Machinery
The Age of Machinery
Shaping an Industry
The Machine-makers
Ingenious Mechanics
The Social Life of the Engineer
Innovating
Reaching Maturity
Appendix 1: Keighley textile engineers
Appendix 2: Leeds engineering businesses established before 1830
Appendix 3: Estimates of textile machinery at work in the United Kingdom, 1835-56
Bibliography