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yorwba • today at 11:23 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

Thomas Austin in 1820 "discharged" the employee. And Stoke-on-Trent is in Britain.


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layer8 • today at 11:37 AM

Maybe he was really an electrician.

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jareklupinski • today at 11:27 AM

its a long way across the pond, and you know how stories go when they travel :)