Lewis R. Heim
Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry
by Robert V. Jacobs
Lewis R. Heim
Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry
by Robert V. Jacobs
The first comprehensive biography of Lewis R. Heim, a mechanical genius and industrial entrepreneur whose many inventions helped usher in the modern American industrial age. Heim is best remembered for inventing the Centerless Cylindrical Grinder, which allowed for mass production of machinery and automobiles. The Heim Rod Bearing, meanwhile, revolutionized the production of precision-made bearings for moving vehicles ranging from cars and tanks to submarines and jet fighter aircraft. This exhaustive study makes an invaluable contribution to our better understanding of the beginnings of the modern industrial age and how one man's mechanical genius and business acumen led to a hugely successful industry.
Published by The Connecticut Press, Lewis R. Heim: Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry belongs in every business school and engineering library for what it offers both scholars and students of mechanical engineering an early modern American industry. Published in the summer of 2019, this 456 pp., softcover edition is fully indexed, with hundreds of illustrations and helpful appendices on Heim's inventions and efforts to protect his various global patents during the turbulent early years of modern industry.
The first comprehensive biography of Lewis R. Heim, a mechanical genius and industrial entrepreneur whose many inventions helped usher in the modern American industrial age. Heim is best remembered for inventing the Centerless Cylindrical Grinder, which allowed for mass production of machinery and automobiles. The Heim Rod Bearing, meanwhile, revolutionized the production of precision-made bearings for moving vehicles ranging from cars and tanks to submarines and jet fighter aircraft. This exhaustive study makes an invaluable contribution to our better understanding of the beginnings of the modern industrial age and how one man's mechanical genius and business acumen led to a hugely successful industry.
Published by The Connecticut Press, Lewis R. Heim: Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry belongs in every business school and engineering library for what it offers both scholars and students of mechanical engineering an early modern American industry. Published in the summer of 2019, this 456 pp., softcover edition is fully indexed, with hundreds of illustrations and helpful appendices on Heim's inventions and efforts to protect his various global patents during the turbulent early years of modern industry.
The book is now available through The Connecticut Press website as well as your favorite bookstore. Lewis R. Heim: Mechanical Genius of Modern Industry (ISBN: 978-0-99-77907-2-6; LCCN 2019935649), $27.50.
$27.50 Softcover