Life: February 18, 1862 - October 18, 1939
Birthday: February 18
Death: October 18
In my own house I rigged up a laboratory and studied chemistry in the evenings, determined that there should be nothing in the manufacture of steel that I would not know. Although I had received no technical education I made myself master of chemistry and of the laboratory, which proved of lasting value.
topic: House, Evening, Steel, Technical Education