Is there a good book (or web page) documenting the history of such small lathes/machines and their designers? There seems to be a lot of misinformation (folks

Is there a good book (or web page) documenting the history of such small lathes/machines and their designers? There seems to be a lot of misinformation (folks claiming Gingery was melting down working machines to make his, when they were iron or steel and he was casting aluminum)....