Related to the Moore's work, I also enjoyed Engineering reminescences[0] as a historical account how people figured out ways to make accurate things in metal, more than a hundred years ago.

0: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72043

You might also like English and American Tool Builders by Joseph Wickham Roe, I picked up a copy from a free library and enjoyed it. I should probably skim it again, then set it free into the system for someone else to find.

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72046

Thanks, seems to fit the theme!

A better link would have been:

https://mooretool.com/about-us/publications/

(the book is long out of print, and used copies are exorbitant, but maybe if enough folks express interest it will get a reprint)