Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.
c.1819 Born[1]
1847 of 13A Cannon Row, Westminster
c.1850 Conducted large scale experiments to confirm the mathematical design calculations on the strength of the Torksey Bridge over the Trent, an early example of a tubular girder bridge.[2]
1851 Prepared the working drawings of Sir Joseph Paxton’s design of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition[3], and later worked on its move to Sydenham.
1857 Died in Reading[4]
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