Front matter
Reading edition
“Seven one-thousandths, three one-thousandths, one one-thousandth—one record after another was passed.
At last a wire was drawn that measured one four-thousandth of an inch in diameter—twelve times finer than the hair on your head.
The spider, so long counted a master workman, had been outdone.”
John A. Roebling FOUNDER OF JOHN A. ROEBLING’S SONS COMPANY
OUTSPINNING THE SPIDER
THE STORY OF WIRE AND WIRE ROPE
By
John Kimberly Mumford
PUBLISHED BY
Robert L. Stillson Co.
New York
Copyright, 1921, by
Robert L. Stillson Company
New York