From A Very Early Period Of My

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

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

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

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.