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Jul 10, 2024 · John Wilkinson (born 1728, Clifton, Cumberland, Eng.—died July 14, 1808, Bradley, Staffordshire) was a British industrialist known as “the great Staffordshire ironmaster” who found new applications for iron and who devised a boring machine essential to the success of James Watt’s steam engine.
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2 days ago · Mary Priestley, by Carl F. von Breda (1793); daughter of ironmaster Isaac Wilkinson, sister of industrialist John Wilkinson. In 1761, Priestley moved to Warrington in Cheshire and assumed the post of tutor of modern languages and rhetoric at the town's Dissenting academy, although he would have preferred to teach mathematics and natural philosophy.
Jul 19, 2024 · Wilkinson, of Hilcote-hall: — The ancestor of John Wilkinson, Esq., now of Hilcote-hall, settled at that place about the beginning of the last century, and died in 1721. The elder son of his son John Wilkinson, Esq., assumed the name of Lindley in 1782.
In 1774, John Wilkinson invented a drilling machine capable of drilling holes with great precision. From 1788 to 1806, there was a significant increase in the production of iron and its application in shipbuilding, hardware, and agricultural machinery.
6 days ago · John Wilkinson of Dringhouses, son of Robert Wilkinson. Seth Agar, clock & watchmaker, son of Ric. Agar, hosier & pinner. William Matheray, mariner, son of ...
Jul 17, 2024 · Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London. A New History of London Including Westminster and Southwark. Originally published by R Baldwin, London, 1773. This free content was digitised by double rekeying. Public Domain. Citation: BHO Chicago MLA. John Noorthouck, 'Addenda: The Mayors and Sheriffs of London', in A New History of London ...
4 days ago · John Wilkinson (1728–1808) English industrialist. John ‘Iron Mad’ Wilkinson developed the manufacture and use of cast iron. These precision-made cast iron cylinders were important in steam engines. Sir Richard Arkwright (1732–1792) English entrepreneur and ‘father of the industrial revolution.’
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