If you can't visit but are interested in the topic and the beginning of the industrial revolution in general, the YouTube channel "Machine Thinking" has a video about this[1][2] and related topics.
E.g. in another video he explains how to get a perfectly plan surface from scratch: Rubbing two somewhat flat surfaces together until they are smooth enough does not work, you might end up with a subtly concave/convex combination. But do that with three surfaces and the result can only be perfectly flat, though it will take quite some time.
Nice channel, thanks for sharing. Great presenter, too: The Fresh Revolution is a vast and complicated subject, but that's not going to stop me from grossly simplifying it.
Our equivalent museum here in Sydney is the Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences (MAAS) / Powerhouse Museum[0] which is currently in a state of transition as a political football, unfortunately. Australia seems to have largely given up on creative industry and industrial education.
E.g. in another video he explains how to get a perfectly plan surface from scratch: Rubbing two somewhat flat surfaces together until they are smooth enough does not work, you might end up with a subtly concave/convex combination. But do that with three surfaces and the result can only be perfectly flat, though it will take quite some time.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=waEqmfH7z2Y - Paris' Temple To Science - Part I
[2]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djB9oK6pkbA - The 1751 Machine that Made Everything