Michael E. Smith tells the fascinating story of the inventors,
entrepreneurs and artisans who contributed to the Industrial
Revolution in Derbyshire. He describes the development of
well-known industrial enterprises as diverse as Crown Derby, the
Midland Railway, Rolls-Royce and the Butterley Company as well as
many others. Derbyshire played an important part in the history of
Britain's industrial development. The Romans mined lead here, and
from mediaeval times coal mining, iron working and the manufacture
of pottery were all important. The Silk Mill, built at Derby in
1722, has a good claim to being Britain's first factory, and in
1771, at Cromford, Richard Arkwright created a system of industrial
production, that was copied throughout the world. As water power
was replaced by steam, Derbyshire colliers hewed millions of tons
of coal to fuel the later phase of the Industrial Revolution. With
the coming of the railways, Derby became an important manufacturing
centre, and firms such as James Smith, making uniforms, and
Bemrose, printing tickets and timetables, piggybacked to prosperity
in the wake of this railway boom. By the 20th century a number of
engineering firms had established themselves within the county, and
in 1940 Spitfires and Hurricanes powered by Rolls-Royce engines won
the Battle of Britain. In the post-war world the development of the
jet engine and new industries such as nuclear engineering kept
Derbyshire in the forefront of technical research and industrial
development. Michael E. Smith tells the fascinating story of the
inventors, entrepreneurs and artisans who contributed to the
Industrial Revolution in Derbyshire as well as later developments
in aviation and chemical and nuclear engineering. He describes the
development of well-known industrial enterprises as diverse as
Crown Derby, the Midland Railway, Offiler's Brewery, Rolls-Royce,
Bemrose, the Butterley Company and Toyota as well as many others.
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