My Father Was Always Anxious To Give

My Father Was Always Anxious To Give Pleasure To His Children. Accordingly, He Took Me One Day, As A Special Treat, To The Top Of The Grand Old Tower, To See The Chimes Played.

In Order To Keep Pace With The Influx Of Work I Had To Take On Fresh Hands.

In Course Of Time The Brothers Cowper Removed The Manufacture Of Their Printing Machines From London, To Manchester. There They Found Skilled And Energetic Workmen, Ready To Carry Their Plans Into Effect.

Time Passed By. I Had Furnished Steam Hammers To The Principal Foundries In England. I Had Sent Them Abroad, Even To Russia. At Length It Became Known To The Lords Of The Admiralty That A New Power In Forging Had Been Introduced.

In 1854 I Took Out A Patent For Puddling Iron By Means Of Steam.