Frank Dawson

John Wilkinson

King of the Ironmasters

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From a farming background in Cumbria, John Wilkinson's remarkable abilities and ambitions ensured his rise to pre-eminence among the gifted pioneers of the industrial revolution. His colleagues and friends were similarly talented characters, including James Watt, Josiah Wedgwood, Richard Crawshay and Thomas Telford.Wilkinson achieved great leaps in the iron industry and munitions, including the first use of sound castings and accurate boring for cannon manufacture, but he was also influential in the development of steam railway engines, waterways, and copper refining, and worked extensively with lead and chemicals. But while Wilkinson's techn… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Lake, David (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-7524-7756-5
EAN: 9780752477565
Produktnummer: 14814905
Verlag: The History Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
Seitenangabe: 128 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 1'080 KB

Über den Autor

Frank Dawson went to live in the Wilkinson family home as a teacher in 1978, intent on running residential field studies from the property but knowing little of Wilkinson's history at the time. Fascination ensued and he began documentary research and to give lectures on the subject. He spent many years gathering the information in this book. David Lake is a member of the Broseley History Society who has undertaken to finish and publish Frank's work after his death.