'Dobson & Barlow Ltd. A short history' in Samuel Crompton, the Inventor of the Spinning Mule. A brief survey of his life and work with which is incorporated a short history of Messrs Dobson & Barlow Ltd

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Short sponsored and well illustrated account of the firm's history with in addition accounts of its historic connections with Bolton; of Benjamin Dobson & Co, cotton spinners; of its present buildings and activities; etc. Has sections: 'Isaac Dobson , founder of the firm, 1790-1833'; 'Messrs Dobson & Rothwell, 1790-1821, Messrs I & B Dobson, 1822-39'; Benjamin Dobson & Co, cotton spinners, Waterloo Mill, Chorley'; 'Some early cotton mills and their founders'; 'The early days of industrial Bolton and the Blackhorse Club'; 'Executors of the late Benjamin Dobson and Messrs Dobson & Metcalfs, 1839-1850'; 'The founding of a historic name - Messrs Dobson & Barlow, 1850-92'; 'Messrs Dobson & Barlow Ltd, 1892-1927 - our present works and activities'