Chapter 1 - Stars, Seconds, Cylinders and Steam (Tolerance 0.1), tells of (John WIlkinson)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wilkinson_(industrialist)] and his precision boring machine, patented in 1774. It also mentions (John Harrison)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison] and his quest for a clock, usable at sea and sufficiently precise to measure Longitude - though this is covered in more depth in (Longitude)[https://books.paladyn.org/book/7043/s/longitude] by Dava Sobel.