Pilkington Brothers and the Glass Industry (Hardcover, 1)

Introduction ?1. The family background ?2. The historical background to the flat glass industry in Britain ?3. An unpromising start ?4. The collapse of a competitor and the struggle for survival ?5. The introduction of a new technique ??6. Years of contrast ?7. A labour crises ?8. The removal of British competitors ?9. Competition from Belgium and consolidation at St Helens ?10. Expansion once more ?11. Labour relations and welfare services in the later years of the nineteenth century ?12. Colliery affairs ?13. International, technical and other developments, 1900?1914 ?14. Epilogue, 1914?1959 Appendix ?1. The Pilkington pedigree ?2. Wages list for the weeks ending May 12 and 19, 1849 ?3. Statements issued by Pilkingtons during the labour crisis of 1845 ?4. Bessemer’s experiments with glass, 1841?51 ?5. Exports of Belgian window glass to Britain and the United States, 1850?913 ?6. Extract from Siemens’ furnace patent specification of 1870 ?7. Biographical notes on the directions of the Company ?8. The early history of the Flow process: Pilkingtons’ association with the Ford Motor Company, Detroit