Joseph Howard (Manchester)
From Graces Guide
Extract from an article in the American Machinist, 1904 [1]:-
At one time Joseph Howard was employed as a patent office draughtsman in Manchester, which brought him into close contact with the likes of Richard Roberts, Joseph Whitworth, William Fairbairn, James Nasmyth, etc. One of his prized possessions was a set of drawing instruments once owned by John George Bodmer.
He was later employed as manager at the Manchester engineering works of Butterworth, and while there he received a box from Otto containing one of the original Otto gas engines, with a view to the manufacture of the engines under licence in England. He returned the case unopened! Eventually Crossley Brothers took up its manufacture in the UK.
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- ↑ [1] 'A Veteran Engineer and his Work' by James Vose, American Machinist, 28 April 1904