Iron and
steel are
very
obedient.
Whether it
were not
possible
to make a
spinner
that would
not rebel,
nor
mutter,
nor scowl,
nor strike
for wages,
nor
emigrate?
At the
solicitation
of the
masters,
after a
mob and
riot at
Staley
Bridge,
Mr.
Roberts of
Manchester
undertook
to create
this
peaceful
fellow,
instead of
the
quarrelsome
fellow God
had made.
After a
few
trials, he
succeeded,
and, in
1830,
procured a
patent for
his
self-acting
