The Adjustable Spanner - History, Origins and Development to 1970

Featuring serious and comical observations parallel its chequered life, this book focuses on its beginnings in the blacksmith's shop to over-designed and lovingly engineered treasures from the small Birmingham machinist.

About the author

Ron Geesin was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, but escaped to England at the age of just 17 in a jazz band. After four years touring with the band, Ron began his solo career in London. In 1970, he composed music for the features The Body and Sunday Bloody Sunday while co-composing Pink Floyd's first gold album, 'Atom Heart Mother'. Over the years this polymath has been the subject of 'One Man's Week' for BBC Television, formed a one-man record company, written and presented two series for BBC Radio, made music for many documentaries and feature films, and continued to perform live and broadcast across the UK and Europe. In 1996 he became Senior Research Fellow at the University of Portsmouth, focussing on light and sound relationships, which led to his designing several large-scale installations. Now living in Sussex with his wife, Ron has been collecting adjustable spanners for over thirty years, and the results of this passion form the basis for this book.

Product details

• Authors: RON GEESIN, Geesin Ron
• Publisher: Wiley
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2015
• EAN: 9781785000355
• ISBN: 978-1-78500-035-5
• Dimensions: 215 mm x 260 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 920 g
• Illustrations: 300 colour photographs, Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert, Raster, farbig
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Mechanical engineering, production engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Mechanical, Mechanical Engineering, Antiques, vintage and collectables