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William Brunton Senior (26 May 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a Scottish engineer and inventor. Early life. He was the eldest son of Robert Brunton, a watchmaker (14 Aug 1748–1834) of Dalkeith, [1] where he was born.
Jan 20, 2020 · William Brunton’s Mechanical Traveller or Steam Horse falls into the second category. William Brunton was born in 1777 at Lochwinnoch, in Scotland. His father had a watch and clock making shop where he had his first training as a mechanic.
May 14, 2020 · Move over Linford Christie - here comes William Brunton's wholly remarkable locomotive with legs.
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The Steam Horse was constructed by the Butterley Company in Derbyshire in 1813 by William Brunton (1777–1851). Also known as the Mechanical Traveller, it had a pair of mechanical legs, with feet that gripped the rails at the rear of the engine to push it forwards at about three miles an hour.
Aug 1, 2017 · Faithful readers of this space know we sometimes like to use Addendum to give relatively unknown 19th Century mechanical engineers/inventors their well-deserved props. Like, for example, William Brunton (1777-1851), who is credited - but generally unknown - with inventing the Steam Horse, also known as the Mechanical Traveler.
- Jack Mcguinn
Sir William Brunton (1867-1938), businessman and lord mayor, was born on 1 February 1867 at Carlton, Victoria, son of David Brunton, mason, and his wife Margaret, née Lonie, both Scottish-born. He was educated at Princes Hill State School and, after his father died, was apprenticed in 1880 as a carpenter and joiner.
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