Bernard Lauth

Bernard Lauth
Born	August 23, 1820 Alsace
Died	June 25, 1894 near Howard, Pennsylvania in Centre County
Residence	Pittsburgh
Ethnicity	German American
Occupation	inventor
Known for	cold rolling
Religion	Roman Catholic
Spouse	Elizabeth Wilhelm
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] He invented and patented the process for cold rolling of iron in 1859.^[3] In 1871, he purchased the iron furnace at Howard, Pennsylvania, where he built a rolling mill in 1882.

References

^ "Bernard Lauth". http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/centre/bios/lauth-bernard.txt. 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 http://books.google.com/books?id=Y46BAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA6-PA9&lpg=RA6-PA9&dq=%22Bernard+Lauth%22+American+Iron&source=bl&ots=oY-2ys1NeB&sig=KkQv14yEvW594nbzGjAZzVYzZoQ&hl=en&ei=jJHKSpnMIIzOM7f2lPMH&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#v=onepage&q=%22Bernard%20Lauth%22%20American%20Iron&f=false
^ Patent [1]

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Name	Lauth, Bernard
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Date of birth	August 23, 1820
Place of birth	Alsace
Date of death	June 25, 1894
Place of death	near Howard, Pennsylvania in Centre County