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Herbert Newton Casson
Herbert Newton Casson (1869–1951) was a Canadian-born journalist, author, and business expert known for his works on industrial management and entrepreneurship. He wrote extensively on business efficiency, leadership, and technological innovations, with notable books like "The Romance of Steel" and "The History of the Telephone." Casson was also a pioneer in promoting scientific management principles and influenced early 20th-century business practices. His work was aimed at helping industrialists and business leaders maximize productivity through organization and innovative approaches.
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PREFACE This is the story of our most useful business. It is a medley of mechanics, millionaires, kings, inventors and farmers; and it is intended for the average man and woman, boy and girl. Although I have taken great pains to make this book accurate, I have written it in the fashion of romance, because it tells a story that every American ought to know. The fact is that the United States owes much...
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CHAPTER I. THE BIRTH OF THE TELEPHONE In that somewhat distant year 1875, when the telegraph and the Atlantic cable were the most wonderful things in the world, a tall young professor of elocution was desperately busy in a noisy machine-shop that stood in one of the narrow streets of Boston, not far from Scollay Square. It was a very hot afternoon in June, but the young professor had forgotten the heat...
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