“Seven one-thousandths, three one-thousandths, one one-thousandth—one record after another was passed.
At last a wire was drawn that measured one four-thousandth of an inch in diameter—twelve times finer than the hair on your head.
The spider, so long counted a master workman, had been outdone.”
John A. Roebling
FOUNDER OF JOHN A. ROEBLING’S SONS COMPANY
OUTSPINNING THE SPIDER