Industrial Biography--Iron Workers and Tool Makers

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Industrial Biography--Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles

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  urgedtheformationofaharbouratNewhaveninSussex;and,finally,discoursedatconsiderablelengthuponthetin,iron,linen,andwoollentrades,settingforthvariousmethodsfortheirimprovement。

  Inthislastsection,afterreferringtothedepressioninthedomestictintradeCornishtinsellingsolowas70s。thecwt。,hesuggestedawayofrevivingit。WiththeCornishtinhewouldcombine”theRomancindersandiron-stoneintheForestofDean,whichmakesthebestironformostusesintheworld,andworksuptothebestadvantage,withdelightandpleasuretotheworkmen。”Hethendescribedthehistoryofhisowneffortstoimportthemanufactureoftin-platesintoEnglandsomesixteenyearsbefore,inwhichhehadbeenthwartedbyChamberlaine’spatent,asabovedescribed,——andofferedsundryqueriesastotheutilityofpatentsgenerally,which,sayshe,”havethetendencytodrivetradeoutofthekingdom。”

  AppendedtothechapteronTinisanexceedinglyamusingdialoguebetweenatin-minerofCornwall,aniron-minerofDeanForest,andatravellerhimself。FromthiswegatherthatYarranton’sbusinesscontinuedtobethatofaniron-manufacturerathisworksatAshleynearBewdley。Thustheiron-minersays,”About28yearssinceMr。

  YarrantonfoundoutavastquantityofRomancinders,nearthewallsofthecityofWorcester,fromwhenceheandotherscarriedawaymanythousandtonsorloadsuptheriverSevern,untotheiriron-furnaces,tobemelteddownintoiron,withamixtureoftheForestofDeaniron-stone;andwithin100yardsofthewallsofthecityofWorcestertherewasduguponeofthehearthsoftheRomanfoot-blasts,itbeingthenfirmandinorder,andwas7footdeepintheearth;andbythesideoftheworktherewasfoundapotofRomancointothequantityofapeck,someofwhichwaspresentedtoSir[Wm。]Dugdale,andpartthereofisnowintheKing’sCloset。”*

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