Master of Precision
, subject: Henry Leland, Cadillac, Lincoln, and precision manufacturing in the early American automobile industry.
David dedicated Episode #128 to this Henry Leland biography, then named it in Episode #130 while applying Leland’s machinist-training lesson.
About the book
Master of Precision, written by Henry Leland's daughter-in-law Ottilie Leland with Minnie Dubbs Millbrook, traces Leland's exacting engineering standards from his early machining career through founding Cadillac and Lincoln. David Senra covers it as a dedicated episode.
Why read it
Best if you want the Henry Leland biography David covered in Episode #128 and later named while applying Leland’s machinist-training lesson in Episode #130.
Key themes
- Machinist training
- A later application
Evidence and original sources
This record is supported by 3 public evidence rows linked to original Founders episodes.
- Henry Leland (Cadillac) — The episode centers on Master of Precision, with the host identifying and reading from it as the book being discussed.
- Walter Chrysler — David explicitly identifies Master of Precision as a recently covered book and applies Henry Leland's machinist-training lesson.
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