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• W4383343313 abstract "TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Book Reviews 305 people felt a railway line would be better. In 1844 Hudson, the “Rail­ way King,” proposed a railway from Syton to Peterborough which would compete with the canal. It was proposed to sell the canal to the railway, which could use the same line for its track. Lord Harborough, through whose land the canal passed, was determined to oppose the railway and used his tenants to prevent the railway company from making a survey. The railway company sent a large party of surveyors with a strong body of navvies, supported by two or three prizefighters, who were met by a party of thirty or forty of the Earl’s men, and a scuffle broke out. A further fight took place two days later, and a few further battles took place during November 1845, so that the railway had to avoid Lord Harborough’s land; but in the meantime the canal company had agreed to sell itself to the railway. The railway line was built on top of many stretches of the canal, which was closed some time in 1847. The sale of this canal caused some concern nationally, and a Parlia­ mentary Select Committee on Railway and Canal Amalgamation was appointed to inquire into the prospects of railway monopolies being created. The book concludes with a survey of the physical remains of the canal as they stand today, now that both canal and railway have closed. Tew gives an interesting account of a small canal which helped to develop the area it served and paid a dividend for much of its life. He shows how important the canals were in England during the Indus­ trial Revolution, for they stimulated trade and formed the foundations on which later inventions such as railways could be based. Without investment in canals, the momentum of the early Industrial Revolution would not have gathered way so quickly. R. L. Hills* A History of Machine Tools, 1100-1910. By W. Steeds. Oxford: Claren­ don Press, 1969. Pp. xx+179; 51 text figures plus 153 plates. J17.95. Although its format of 8 X 11 inches and large, easily read type are attractive and may suggest books aimed solely at the popular market, this is a serious, detailed history. At the same time, it is not one of search­ ing and penetrating analysis. What it does do is present the broad forward sweep of machine-tool development, as assembled from pub­ lished sources. Although the reader with no machine-tool exposure at all may find this a challenging first book, it is in a style that will be easily read and assimilated by those who have had some exposure to the trade or field although not necessarily to its history. For those to whom this book may be an introduction to machine-tool history, it presents progressive steps which may be easily followed and grasped. * Dr. R. L. Hills, curator of the Manchester Museum of Science and Technology, is author of Machines, Mills and Uncountable Costly Necessities, a study of the effects of windmills and steam engines used in draining the Fens. 306 Book Reviews TECHNOLOGY AND CULTURE Readers with a deeper background will find a wealth of new material for their consideration, particularly in the numerous illustrations. The text contains fifty-one figures in its 179 pages (including references and index) and, following these, 153 plates. Since many of these plates are subdivided into as many as four parts, the total number of machines or details covered is close to 260 in these plates alone. The 210-year period surveyed is covered in five chapters, preceded by a short introductory chapter on the period up to 1700 so that the reader has some back­ ground with which to start the period within the compass defined by the title. Twenty pages and twenty plates are devoted to the 18th cen­ tury. As might be expected, the 19th century requires more detailed coverage; it is treated in periods of thirty years each up to 1890. The sixth and concluding chapter covers the remaining twenty years, 18901910 . Machine tools are treated according to the usual definition, which excludes both wood-working machines and..." @default.
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