Bernard Lauth
Bernard Lauth | |
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Born |
August 23, 1820 Obersteinbach, Bas-Rhin, Alsace, France |
Died |
June 25, 1894 (aged 73) near Howard, Pennsylvania in Centre County |
Residence | Pittsburgh |
Occupation | inventor |
Known for | cold rolling |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Wilhelm |
Parent(s) | Bernard Lauth and Catharina Barbara Dauenhauer |
Relatives | William Laud |
Bernard Lauth was born August 23, 1820 in Alsace, France.[1] He founded the American Iron Works in 1850, and formed a partnership with B.F. Jones in 1851.[2] In 1854, Lauth retired from the steel firm, selling his partnership to James H. Laughlin, who led the company to be renamed Jones and Laughlin Steel Company.[3] He invented and patented the process for cold rolling of iron in 1859.[4] In 1871, he purchased the iron furnace at Howard, Pennsylvania, where he built a rolling mill in 1882.
References
- ↑ "Bernard Lauth". Retrieved 2008-08-30.
- ↑ Swank, James Moore, ed. (1902). "Death of Hon. B.F. Jones". Statistics of the American and foreign iron trades for 1902. Annual statistical report of the American Iron and Steel Association. American Iron and Steel Association. Philadelphia: Allen, Lane & Scott. pp. 9–10. OCLC 7450172.
- ↑ Thurston, George H. (1888). Allegheny county's hundred years. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh, Digital Research Library. p. 258.
- ↑ Patent
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