Quotes About Hatmaking

Also, the realization that fumes from the nitrate of mercury used in the felt-making process affected the nerves of hatmakers and caused their speech to blur and nerves to twitch — hence the term "mad as a hatter" — also helped the public to lose interest.

As late as 1742, London hatters beat to death a man who dared shape headgear without having gone through the apprentice system.