Edit: Oops - somehow missed the other post mentioning this book. Sorry! These are covered with a charming personal story by Simon Winchester in his book The Pe

Edit: Oops - somehow missed the other post mentioning this book. Sorry! These are covered with a charming personal story by Simon Winchester in his book The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World It's reviewed here: https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/the-perfectionists-how-precision-engineers-created-the-modern-world/ https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/the-perfectionists-how-pre... and the audiobook as pretty good too.