author
Edwin A. Battison
1915–2009
A machinist, curator, and historian of precision manufacturing, he helped preserve the story of American machine tools and the people who built them. He is best known as the founder of the American Precision Museum in Windsor, Vermont.
2 Audiobooks
Screw-Thread Cutting by the Master-Screw Method since 1480
by Edwin A. Battison
The Auburndale Watch Company : first American attempt toward the dollar watch
by Edwin A. Battison
About the author
Born in 1915 and raised in Windsor, Vermont, Edwin A. Battison developed an early fascination with machinery, tools, and how things worked. That hands-on curiosity shaped a life spent studying the history of invention and manufacturing, with a special interest in machine tools and precision engineering.
Battison worked in the machine-tool world before joining the Smithsonian, where he served as a curator in mechanical engineering and timekeeping. He later became the founding director of the American Precision Museum, created in the old Robbins and Lawrence Armory in Windsor, and helped build it into an important home for the history of manufacturing in the United States.
Remembered as a collector, researcher, writer, and mentor, Battison devoted decades to saving artifacts, knowledge, and stories that might otherwise have been lost. He died in 2009, leaving behind a lasting legacy in museums, industrial history, and the preservation of early American technology.