Foundry, Forge, and Factory: With a Chapter on the Centenary of the Rotary Press
- Author(s): William John Gordon
- Category: Tools
- Publisher: The Religious Tract Society
- Publish year: 1899
- ISBN: 9678000015976
- Number of Pages: 229
THIS book is the outcome of a trip to the workshops of the North. It takes us from the Tyne to the Forth and Clyde, and back by way of Barrow, Liverpool and St. Helens, to Manchester and Birmingham. It deals with many phases of industry, some of which are new.
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COVER
PREFACE
CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I - ' ARMSTRONG'S '
CHAPTER II - THE FORTH BRIDGE
CHAPTER III - AMONG THE SHIPWRIGHTS
CHAPTER IV - THE FOUNDRY BOYS
CHAPTER V - HAEMATITE
CHAPTER VI AMONG THE TIMBERMEN
CHAPTER VII - AMONG THE GLASSWORKERS
CHAPTER VIII - BUILDING A RAILWAY CARRIAGE
CHAPTER IX - A REEL OF COTTON
CHAPTER X - PRINTING A COTTON GOWN
CHAPTER XI - THE CENTENARY OF THE ROTARY PRESS