Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Robert Willis (2)

From Graces Guide

Robert Willis of E. B. Wilson and Co

1849 Willis's farmer's Steam-Engine.[1]. This was an undertype traction engine, with two cylinders of 6.25" dia, 10" stroke. Unusually, the longitudinal seam of the boiler barrel was fire-welded rather than being riveted.

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Sources of Information

  1. Practical Mechanics Journal 1849/50 p195