Show INVENTOR OP LEAD LED L I 1 4 fc I 1 tr jrobert afo kydd of muton there them was bomin milton pa tu to im a man M n of ot wonderful genius it Is ia said his name was robert ind and he died la in 1247 poor four children v ta filia two of bf whom hom still allu reside thercie e ft 11 th the 16 louisville commercial mr seydell wa was a coppersmith coppersmit I 1 it and was a almost continually V working ont oat some device connected with tb he machinery a chinery la in his factory to him it Is related by some of thi the oldest elti citizens zeni of this place belou belongs gathe the disco discovery iery of the abo process of making lead pipe and like many other othe inventors the idea of making the same was stolen from him and further developed to its present form and manufacture it was in the latter part pan of the Us that the idea suggested itself to him and the following is the way he wrought it out he first took a slug casting or of lead placing it on an a mandel or rod of steel about sixteen feet long and one inch in diameter etea the mandel was highly polished and upon this he drew or rolled out the lead to the full length of t the rod thus giving him an inch bore and the material was rolled lt it is said to one fourtha inch making a total diameter of i one and one ane half inches tor for the pipe after completing several sections of the length of the mandel he soldered them together milking mailing tae me pipe ot ol whatever length he desired he put it to practical use by fastening it to pump heads and also aleo running it from springs to connect watering troughs and spring houses in the country round about here being greatly pleased with his bis discovery and receiving the most flattering of comments from his friends and neighbors he be concluded to malm make |