Matthew Boulton: selling what all the world desires

Explains how Boulton, a Birmingham "toy"-maker producing buttons, buckles and silverware, went into business with James Watt and exported Boulton & Watt steam engines all over the world. His determination to discourage counterfeiters led to a contract to manufacture British coinage at...

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Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New Haven [u.a.] Yale Univ. Press 2009
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Zusammenfassung:Explains how Boulton, a Birmingham "toy"-maker producing buttons, buckles and silverware, went into business with James Watt and exported Boulton & Watt steam engines all over the world. His determination to discourage counterfeiters led to a contract to manufacture British coinage at his mint, and his ormolu ornaments decorated aristocratic drawing rooms.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:258 S. zahlr. Ill.
ISBN:9780300143584