- Bernard Lauth
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name = Bernard Lauth
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birth_date = August 23, 1820
birth_place=Alsace
death_date = June 25, 1894
death_place = nearHoward, Pennsylvania in Centre County
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residence =Pittsburgh
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ethnicity = German American
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known_for =cold rolling
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occupation = inventor
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religion =Roman Catholic
spouse = Elizabeth Wilhelm
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relations =William Laud
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footnotes =Bernard Lauth , born August 23, 1820. [cite web |title=Bernard Lauth |url=http://files.usgwarchives.org/pa/centre/bios/lauth-bernard.txt |accessdate=8-30-2008] invented and patented the process for cold rolling of iron in 1859. [Patent [http://www.google.com/patents?id=1MNhAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1&lpg=PP1&dq=%22cold+rolling%22+%22Bernard+Lauth%22&source=web&ots=lOJSGAXd16&sig=8TQknOMR5oYPRR5iE29_8QrL_Uw&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result] ] In 1871, he purchased the iron furnace at
Howard, Pennsylvania , where he built a rolling mill in 1882.References
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