Lord Kelvin's early home : being the recollections of his sister the late Mrs. Elizabeth King / together with some family letters and a supplementary chapter by the editor, Elizabeth Thomson King ; with illustrations from Mrs. King's own drawings and those of her daughters.

King, Elizabeth, 1818-1896.

Date:: 1909

Credit: Lord Kelvin's early home : being the recollections of his sister the late Mrs. Elizabeth King / together with some family letters and a supplementary chapter by the editor, Elizabeth Thomson King ; with illustrations from Mrs. King's own drawings and those of her daughters. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$H3 in Scotland—where we saw the raw cotton, rough as it is gathered, put into the machinery, and traced it till it came out fine thread ready for the loom. These mills were founded towards the close of last century \i.e. the i8th century] by Mr. Dale, a man who was originally a simple hand-loom weaver. Besides being clever and industrious he was truly good, and did his utmost for the welfare of his workpeople, the number of whom continually increased till they came to be counted by thousands. He established good schools for the children, and would not take them too young into his works, nor till they could read and write and cast accounts. This, of course, was long before there were any Factory Acts. He prospered greatly, and well deserved to prosper. His son-in-law, Robert Owen, succeeded him and carried on his work, largely developing it till the schools became quite famous and looked upon as models. He may be called the inventor of infant schools, for he first instituted them and proved their value. The education in all these schools was provided free for the work- people. It was these schools that I was so$