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We overlook them daily, but they hold our world together. 'The Caliber Protocol' documents the invisible fight over dimensions and standards that first made the Industrial Revolution possible. Before there were standards, every machine was a handcrafted unique piece.We examine how the introduction of uniform screw threads radically changed the power relations of the world markets. It is the story of visionary engineers like Whitworth and Sellers, who understood that precision is the key to mass production. Learn how national standards became political weapons.Discover the technical challenges...

The appearance of this little book needs a word of explanation. While at the front with the Ulster Division, the late Captain A. P. I. Samuels, had kept a very complete record of events, and collected all the material available, with the object of being in a position, some day, to publish an account of the doings of the Division, and particularly of his own Battalion, the 11th Royal Irish Rifles (South Antrim Volunteers.) It has been willed, however, that he should not be spared to carry out his intention. Like so many of his gallant comrades he gave his life for his country, being killed in...