My Father Was Always Anxious To Give

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

Our History Begins Before We Are Born. We Represent The Hereditary Influences Of Our Race, And Our Ancestors Virtually Live In Us.

Everything Connected With War And Warlike Exploits Is Interesting To A Boy.

From A Very Early Period Of My Life I Have Derived The Highest Enjoyment From Listening To Music, Especially To Melody, Which Is To Me The Most Pleasing Form Of Composition.

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.