English & American Tool Builders, by Joseph Wickham Roe. 315 Pages. Softbound. In his classic work, English & American Tool Builders, author Joseph Wickam Roe examines the lives of some of the great men of the machine tool industry, and in so doing, accurately recounts the development of the art of metalworking from the early 1800's into this century. Included in this well written book are accounts of the lives of Henry Maudslay, Samuel Bentham, James Nasmyth, Joseph Whitworth, Eli Whitney, Samuel Colt, Brown & Sharpe, and more. Roe's theme is that the great inventions all were built upon the previous inventions and that machine tools, once they were created, led to the building of more complex tools that could build even more complex tools. Illustrated with diagrams of machinery and portraits of the great inventors who produced them, "Tool Builders" is as much about the ascent of man as it is about tools and machines. A very well written and inspiring book. Highly recommended. $20.95 (BK-0157)