Record Number: 24689
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'Lady Charlotte stopped a few days with friends near Winchester, and while there her husband read in The Times '"[...] of a wonderful discovery in the manufacture of iron, made by one Mr. Bessemer, who, by an application of cold blast to pig iron, converts it into material of the quality of wrought iron, without using any fuel, thus superseding puddling etc. Charley was quite excited about it, and read the account aloud to me before we set out on the afternoon walk."'
Century:1850-1899
Date:15 Aug 1856
Country:England
Timedaytime
Place:city: (near) Winchester
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:1826
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:n/a
Religion:n/a
Country of Origin:n/a
Country of Experience:England
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:article on new method of iron production
Genre:Technology
Form of Text:Print: Newspaper
Publication DetailsIn the Times
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:24689
Source:Lady Charlotte Schreiber
Editor:Earl of Bessborough
Title:Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891
Place of Publication:London
Date of Publication:1952
Vol:n/a
Page:60
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Lady Charlotte Schreiber, Earl of Bessborough (ed.), Extracts from her Journal 1853-1891, (London, 1952), p. 60, http://www.open.ac.uk/Arts/reading/UK/record_details.php?id=24689, accessed: 28 September 2024
Additional Comments:
Lady Charlotte and her children had inherited from her first husband, John Josiah Guest, the Dowlais Iron Company, so content of article of interest to Lady Charlotte, who had controlled the iron business in the period immediately following her first husband's death, and prior to her eldest son's coming of age.