 | George Crompton - 1927 - 248 páginas
...in the woolen mills. See AH Cole, "American Woolen Manufacture," Cambridge, I9Z6, Vol. I, p. 234. ' "My people had been workers in metal from the time...and were never told to persons outside the family." From "The Iron Puddler," by James Davis, p. 30, used by special permission of the publishers, The Bobbs-Merrill... | |
 | Nicholas K. Bromell - 1993 - 300 páginas
...least seem to be authentic moments of self- revelation. James Davis writes that the men in his family "were proud of their skill, and the secrets of the...passed from father to son as a legacy of great value." From James Davis, too, one learns more specifically that iron-puddling is a complicated process requiring... | |
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My father was an iron worker, and his father before him. My people had been workers in metal from the time when the age of farming in Wales gave way to the birth of modern industries. They were proud of their skill, and the secrets of the trade were passed... 