TURNING THE COPPER BAND OF A 9.2-INCH HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELL 16 DRILLING SAFETY-PIN HOLE IN FUSE 16 INSPECTING AND GAUGING FUSES 17 TURNING THE OUTSIDE AND FORMING THE NOSE-END OF A 9.2-INCH HIGH-EXPLOSIVE SHELL 17 ASSEMBLING FUSES 20 COOLING SHELL FORGINGS 20 OPERATING A LUMSDEN PLAIN GRINDER: RE-FORMING 8-INCH HIGH-EXPLOSIVE CUTTERS 21 ENGRAVING METAL PARTS FOR COMPASSES 28 COLOURING AEROPLANE PLANES 28 CHIPPING AND GRINDING BLADES OF CAST IRON PROPELLER WITH PORTABLE TOOLS 29 WOMAN ACTING AS MATE TO JOINER MAKING SEA-PLANE FLOATS 29 CUTTING FRAYED-EDGE TAPE 36 BRAZING TURBINE ROTOR SEGMENT 36 MOUNTING CARDS FOR DRY COMPASSES 37 TREADLE POLISHING-MACHINES, FOR SMOOTHING LENSES 37 SLITTING AND ROUGHING OPTICAL GLASS 44 VIEW OF CANTEEN KITCHEN 44 WEIGHING FERRO CHROME FOR ANALYSIS 45 BALSAMING LENSES 52 MAKING INSTRUMENT SCALES 53 PAINTING A SHIP'S SIDE IN DRY DOCK 60 GENERAL VIEW OF WOMEN AT WORK ON AIRCRAFT FABRIC 61 THE CANTEEN 61 THE WOMAN'S PART CHAPTER I: THE ADVENT OF WOMEN IN ENGINEERING TRADES SHARING A COMMON TASK--DILUTION--HEROISM IN THE WORKSHOP In a period of titanic events it is difficult to characterize a single group of happenings as of special significance, yet at the end of the war it is likely that Great Britain will look back to the transformation of her home industries for war purposes as one of the greatest feats she has ever accomplished. The arousing of a nation to fight to the death for the principle of Liberty is doubtless one of the most stirring of spectacles in the human drama; it has repeated itself throughout history; but it has been left to this century to witness in the midst of such an upheaval the complete reorganization of a nation's industry, built up slowly and painfully by a modern civilization for its material support and utility.