Michael Owens and the glass industry / Quentin R. Skrabec, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skrabec, Quentin R.

Contributor:

Herman V. Ames Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Owens, Michael Joseph, 1859-1923.

Owens, Michael Joseph.

Industrialists--United States--Biography.

Industrialists.

Glass trade.

United States.

Inventors--United States--Biography.

Inventors.

Glass trade--United States--Biography.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Gretna, La. : Pelican Pub., [2006]

Summary:

With nine companies and 49 patents bearing his name, Michael J. Owens is a paradoxically inconspicuous influence on daily life. His invention of the Owens Bottle Machine revolutionized the container industry, making mass-marketed food and beverages both sanitary and consistently proportioned. A big-picture, true-to-life Horatio Alger character, his automated inventions were vital to electric lighting, food and beverage packaging, advanced optics, and automotive safety. The reduction of child labor was a direct and significant outcome of his inventions. Born in 1859 to an Irish West Virginian mining family, Owens, himself a child laborer, ultimately became known as the father of project management. Quentin Skrabec's engaging account is the first biography on this unpretentious, resourceful, colorful, and dynamic industrialist and inventor.

Contents:

The glass age

American glass : Libbey

Michael Owens : the Irish glassmaker

Libbey brings his company to Toledo

Toledo : the glass city

Owens : the last of the Victorian managers

Edison's light bulb lights the way

The Columbian Exhibition of 1893

The Owens revolution

Owens : the revolutionary

Owens: the industrialist

The taming of the lions

The Owens legacy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Herman V. Ames Fund.

ISBN:

158980385X

9781589803855

OCLC:

71173682

Publisher Number:

99937508770