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Introduction Jan. E Mitzliger

This essay is about Jan E Matzeliger who was born on September 15, 1852, in South America. At the age of ten, Matzeliger was sent to work in his father's machine shop. He soon discovered that he worked well with his hands and machines. He also learned a great deal about machinery. Despite this early interest in machinery, Matzeliger did not immediately become an engineer or inventor. Meanwhile in 1871 he left Surinam and became a sailor.

Early life At an early age jan showed a remarkable ability to repair complex machinery and often did so when accompanying his father to a factory. When he was young,slim,rather handsome jan e matzliger arrived in lynn, massachusetts in 1876, he could barely read a word of english Jan's father was a manager of machine shops, and he soon saw that his son had a great talent for working with machines. When jan was ten years old,he was apprenticed as a machinist.


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