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Edwin A. Battison
1915–2009
A lifelong student of machines and making, this Vermont-born historian helped preserve the story of American precision manufacturing. He founded the American Precision Museum and spent years at the Smithsonian turning deep technical knowledge into vivid public history.
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
Growing up in Windsor, Vermont, he developed an early fascination with machine shops, tools, clocks, and the people who made things work. That curiosity stayed with him for life and grew into a serious study of mechanical history.
His expertise eventually took him to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, where he served as a curator of mechanical engineering before retiring in 1973. He also wrote books and articles that helped explain the history of tools, machines, and invention to both general readers and specialists.
He is especially remembered as the founder of the American Precision Museum in Windsor. By helping save the historic Robbins and Lawrence Armory and building an important collection of machine tools and industrial artifacts, he left behind a lasting home for the history of American manufacturing.