James Brindley of Staffordshire started his self-made career in 1773 by working at mill wheels, at the age of seventeen, having been born poor in a village.

• 斯塔福郡的詹姆斯布林德雷，出生于一个贫苦的农村家庭；一七七三年，他十七岁，就着手改良磨坊的车轮，从而开始了他那自我奋斗的生涯。