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John Hancock, President of Congress,
was the first to sign the Declaration of Independence, writing his name in large, plain letters, and saying:

"There! John Bull can read my name without spectacles. Now let him double the price on my head, for this is my defiance!"

Then he turned to the other members, and solemnly declared:"We must be unanimous. There must be no pulling different ways. We must all hang together."

"Yes," said Franklin, "we must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall all hang separately."

Then Charles Carroll, thinking that his writing looked shaky, added the words, "of Carrollton," so that the King should not be able to make any mistake as to whose name stood there.

Each year we celebrate the 4th of July - the day that in a hushed hall in Philadelphia in 1776 each signer of the Declaration of Independence proudly and publicly took his turn affixing his signature to the document...or did they....

Here's what really happened...

This tale was apparently concocted by Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin, who wrote about it in their letters after the event.

Only two people, John Hancock and Charles Thomson, signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4th. It wasn't until about a month later, on August 2, that the majority of the delegates signed it. And it wasn't until five years later, in 1781, that the last signature was finally added.

The Continental Congress would only admit that Hancock's and Thomson's names were on the document. Everyone else signed in secrecy. It wasn't until the following January that the signers' names were made public.

In the Declaration of Independence as first written by Thomas Jefferson, there was a clause abolishing slavery. Because of popular pressures, however, Jefferson deleted the clause.

After its ratification, the Declaration of Independence was moved about from place to place, finding shelter in ten different cities and five different states between 1776 and 1951. During this time, it twice escaped destruction by fire and was almost captured by the British in both the Revolution and the War of 1812.

Since 1952, the document has been kept in the National Archives in Washington, D.C.

So, from all of us at RBI...

Why Doesn't Stainless Steel Rust?

Stainless steel doesn't rust because of the interaction between its alloying elements and the environment, according to Scientific American (August 2001). It contains iron, chromium, manganese, silicon, carbon, and in many cases, significant amounts of nickel and molybdenum. These elements react with oxygen from water and air to produce a very thin, stable film that consists of such corrosion products as metal oxides and hydroxides. Chromium plays a dominant role in reacting with oxygen to form this film.

This stable film prevents additional corrosion by acting as a barrier that limits the access of oxygen and water to the underlying metal surface.

Because the film forms so readily and tightly, just a few atomic layers of the material reduce the rate of corrosion to very low levels. The film is much thinner than the wavelength of visible light, and so it is difficult to see without the aid of modern instruments. Thus, although the steel is in fact corroded at the atomic level, it appears stainless to the unaided eye.

Hello From Wuxi, China!

During a recent visit to China, we had the opportunity to spend time with some of the people who are part of our Wuxi, China facility!

(1) Rubien Chen, President and CEO of RBI Bearing. (2) Yungjun, an engineer who is a graduate of Jiangnan University with a degree in Mechanical Design. (3) Mark Balog, District Sales Manager USA. (4) Zhaojun, Assistant manager of our Wuxi Office.(5) Mike Kenney, Vice President USA. (6) Amy, an accountant in Wuxi. (7) Jiangbo, Manager of the Wuxi office who graduated from Jiangnan University with a degree in Macromolecular Chemistry. (8) Jacob, an engineer who is a graduate of Henan University of Science and Technology with a degree in Design and Manufacture.

Final Word

After Fred Astaire's first screen test, a 1933 memo from the MGM testing director said, "Can't act. Slightly bald. Can dance a little." Astaire kept that memo over the fireplace in his Beverly Hills home.

A relatively unsuccessful marketer of restaurant equipment, he didn't sell his first hamburger until age 52. At a time when many people prepare for retirement, Ray Kroc built McDonald's from a handful of hamburger stands into the world's largest food chain.

When his older brother was killed during WWII, he first withdrew into a shell. Then he began to listen to the radio to ease his pain. Soon he was dreaming about hosting his own radio show. That led Dick Clark to start American Bandstand.

Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper for lacking ideas. He also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.

One of the secrets to life
is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.
--Jack Penn

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