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Wilkin and Clark

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1869. Ballast break for Midland Railway.
1870.

of South Street, Finsbury.

  • Engineers.

Partnership of Marmaduke Wilkin and John Clark, inventors of a chain brake for railway vehicles

1868 Patent application by Marmaduke Wilkin, of 2, Saint James'-terrace, in the parish of Paddington, county of Middlesex, Gentleman, and John Clark, of 23, Chippenham-terrace, in the parish and county aforesaid, Engineer, have given the like notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in steam boilers and furnaces in part applicable to surface condensers of marine engines."[1]

1869 Patent by Marmaduke Wilkin, of 2, Saint James'-terrace, parish of Paddington, county of Middlesex, Gentleman, and John Clark, of 23, Chippenham-terrace, parish of Paddington, county of Middlesex, Engineer, for the invention of "an improved lamp for lighting mines."[2]

1869 Patent application by Marmaduke Wilkin, of 2, St. James-terrace, parish of Paddington, county of Middlesex, Gentleman, and John Clark, of 23, Chippenham-terrace, parish and county aforesaid, Engineer, have given the like notice in respect of the invention of "improvements in railway breaks."[3]

1870 Patent to Marmaduke Wilkin, of 2, Saint James'-terrace, parish of Paddington, county of Middlesex, Gentleman,John Clark, of 8, Belmont-terrace, parish of Kensington, county of Middlesex, Engineer, and Adam Scott, of 3, Blomfield-crescent, parish of Paddington, county of Middlesex, Gentleman, for an invention of "improvements in subdividing particles of water and other fluids, and applying the same to sanitary and other purposes."[4]

1877 Messrs Wilkin and Clark, as proprietors of the Clark and the Clark and Webb's brakes (sic), wrote to The Times pointing out that the Clark (sic) vacuum brake and the Clark and Webb (sic) vacuum brake had been adopted by the London and North Western Railway and the Somerset and Dorset Railway, refuting the suggestion that Westinghouse and the Smith's brakes had driven out other continuous brake systems[5].*

1878 the Partnership between Marmaduke Wilkin, John Clark, and Adam Scott, carrying on business as Engineers, at 44, Finsbury-circns, in the city Of London under the style or firm of Wilkin and Clark, was issolved[6]


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Sources of Information

  1. London Gazette 8 Dec 1868
  2. London Gazette 5 March 1869
  3. London Gazette 18 May 1869
  4. London Gazette 7 March 1873
  5. The Times, 1 January 1877
  6. London Gazette 3 December 1878
  • There would seem to have been some confusion here in reporting the Clark and Clarke names.