Running counter to the general decline of technological industries in post-Victorian Britain, optical munitions provides an important, previously overlooked, study into the business of manufacturing.
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'Historians of technology, business and war will all find interesting lessons in this book ... [ a] meticulously researched and well-written account of Britain's optical munitions industry.' Technology and Culture
Preface and Acknowledgements
vii
List of Figures and Tables
ix
List of Technical Terms
xi
Introduction
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1 The Emergence of the Industry, 1888-99
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2 The Growth in Importance from the Boer War to 1906
35
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3 Expansion and Consolidation, 1907-14
59
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4 The Impact of War, August 1914 to mid-1915
85
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5 Industrial Mobilization: The Ministry of Munitions and its Relationship with the Industry
