James Brindley of Stratford shire started his self-made career in 1733 by working at mill wheels, at the age of seventeen, having been born poor in a village.

• 斯坦福郡的詹姆斯·布林德雷，出身于一个贫苦的农村家庭，1733年，十七岁的他，就着手改良磨坊的车轮，从而开始了他那自我奋斗的生涯。