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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.
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 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.
Among the many things that I showed Sir John [Herschel] while at Hammerfield, was a piece of white calico on which I had got printed one million spots. This was for the purpose of exhibiting one million in visible form. In astronomical subjects a million is a sort of unit, and it occurred to me to show what a million really is. Sir John was delighted and astonished at the sight. He went carefully over the outstretched piece with his rule, measured its length and breadth, and verified its correctness.
Week by week my orders grew, and the flat of the old mill soon assumed a very busy aspect.
In order to keep pace with the influx of work I had to take on fresh hands.
In 1854 I took out a patent for puddling iron by means of steam.
