I was rather disappointed by this book. Felt that it spent a lot of time waffling about irrelevant detail[1] and failed to really present a coherent narrative about how precision engineering was developed.

Conversely I rather enjoyed The Origins of Efficiency by Brian Potter, which tackles the topic of how manufacturing became scaled and efficient. I would love to read a similar book on precision.

[1] particularly the endless guff about Rolls Royce, which I felt really detracted from the book