By the early 19th century a second Iron Age had begun, with ships, bridges, trains and industrial machinery being constructed from the newly popular metal. Burton explains the innovations in manufacturing processes that enabled so many advances in technologies using iron and steel, but also focuses on the human cost of this progress, which brought new risks of deadly accident for the workers and ruined the lungs of Sheffield’s knife grinders.
https://www.psbooks.co.uk/the-iron-men-the-workers-of-the-iron-age-in-georgian-britain-9780750959551501216The Iron Menhttps://www.psbooks.co.uk/media/catalog/product/5/0/501216_c475c7862d6764183f2b19efe29e1e55.jpg5.995.99GBPInStock/History/History/Categories/Industrial HistoryBy the early 19th century a second Iron Age had begun, with ships, bridges, trains and industrial machinery being constructed from the newly popular metal. Burton explains the innovations in manufacturing processes that enabled so many advances in technologies using iron and steel, but also focuses on the human cost of this progress, which brought new risks of deadly accident for the workers and ruined the lungs of Sheffield’s knife grinders.Paperback00add-to-cartrrp_info:£14.99productId:39178bic_code:HBTK, KN, KND, KNJH, TDPDHBTK, KN, KND, KNJH, TDPD£14.99Anthony BurtonGeneral230x155mmHistory PressYesPaperbackIndustrialManufacturing
