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JOHN (1728-1808) , " the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

STAFFORDSHIRE

Staffordshire See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron-See also:

MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master," was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1728 at See also:

CLIFTON

Clifton, See also:

Cumberland, where his See also:

FATHER

father had risen from See also:

day labourer to be overlooker in an iron See also:

FURNACE

furnace. A See also:

box-iron, patented by his father, but said to have been invented by the son, helping laundresses to gratify the frilled See also:

TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste of the dandies of the day, was the beginning of their fortunes. This they made at Blackbarrow, near See also:

Furness. When he was about twenty, John moved to Staffordshire, and built, at See also:

BILSTON

Bilston, the first furnace there, and, after many exPeriments, succeeded in utilizing See also:

COAL

coal instead of See also:

wood-See also:

CHARCOAL

charcoal in puddling and smelting. The father, who now had See also:

WORKS

works at Bersham, near See also:

Chester, was again joined by his son, who constructed a new See also:

BORING

boring See also:

machine, of an accuracy heretofore unequalled. See also:

James See also:

WATT, JAMES (1736-1819)

Watt found that the See also:

WORK

work of this machine exactly filled his requirements for his " See also:

FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

engine " for cylinders bored with greater precision. Wilkinson, who now owned the Bersham works, resolved to start the manufacture of wrought iron at See also:

BROSELEY

Broseley on a larger See also:

scale, and the first engine made by See also:

BOULTON, MATTHEW (1728-1809)

Boulton and Watt was for him to See also:

BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow the See also:

bellows there. Heretofore bellows were worked by a See also:

WATER

water See also:

wheel or, when See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power failed, by horses. His neighbours in the business, who were contemplating installing See also:

Newcomen engines, waited to see how his would turn out. Great care was taken in all its parts, and Watt himself set it up See also:

early in 1776. Its success made thereputation of Boulton and Watt in the Midland counties. Wilkinson now found he had the power alike for the nicest and the most stupendous operations.

The See also:

steam See also:

CYLINDER (Gr. KvAwSpos, from KvXivaety, to roll)

cylinder suggested to him the See also:

plan of producing blast now in use. He was near coal; he surrounded himself with capable men, whom he fully trusted; he made a See also:

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article, and soon obtained large orders and prospered. In 1786 he was making 32-pounders, howitzers, swivels, mortars and shells for See also:

government. The difficulty of getting See also:

BARGES

barges to carry his See also:

war material down the See also:

Severn led him, in 1787, to construct the first iron See also:

BARGE (Med. Lat. barca, possibly connected with Lat. baris, Gr. flaps, a boat used on the Nile)

barge—creating a wonderful sensation among owners and builders. Wilkinson taught the See also:

French the See also:

art of boring See also:

CANNON (a word common to Romance languages, from the Lat. canna, a reed, tube, with the addition of the augmentative termination -on, -one)

cannon from the solid, and See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast all this tubes, cylinders and iron work required for the See also:

Paris water-works, I See also:

long one. In Shakespearian characters he was- very popular the most formidable undertaking of the day. He also erected in the provinces. In 1766 he became a partner of See also:

Joseph See also:

Baker the first steam engine in See also:

France, in connexion with these works. in the management of several See also:

YORKSHIRE

Yorkshire theatres, and See also:

SOLE (Solea)

sole \Vilkinson is said to have anticipated by many years the manager after his partner's See also:

DEATH

death in 1770 of these and others. introduction of the hot blast for furnaces, but the leathern pipes, In this capacity he was both liberal and successful. He died then used, scorched, and it was not a success. His were the first on the 16th of See also:

NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1803. coal-cutting See also:

MACHINES

machines. He proposed and cast the first iron See also:

BRIDGE

bridge.

See his See also:

MEMOIRS

Memoirs (4 vols., 1790) and The Wandering Patentee (4 It connected Broseley and See also:

MADELEY

Madeley, across the Severn, and its vols., 1795)• span of too ft. 6 in. was considered a triumphal wonder. Wilkin- WILL, in See also:

PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy. The " Problem of Freedom " provides son was now a See also:

man of great means and greater See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence. He in reality a See also:

COMMON

common See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title under which are grouped difficulties issued tokens of See also:

COPPER (symbol Cu, atomic weight 63.1, H=1, or 63.6, O = 16)

copper, bearing his likeness and on the See also:

REVERSE

reverse and questions of varying and divergent See also:

INTEREST

interest and See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character. a forge and tools of the See also:

trade, See also:

SILVER

silver coins for 3S. 6d., and also These difficulties arise quite naturally from the See also:

OBLIGATION

obligation, See also:

pound notes, as other tradesmen of that day did. He never which metaphysicians, theologians, moral philosophers, men wrote a See also:

LETTER (through Fr. lettre from Lat. littera or litera, letter of the alphabet; the origin of the Latin word is obscure; it has probably no connexion with the root of linere, to smear, i.e. with wax, for an inscription with a stilus)

letter without using the word iron, indeed he was iron- of See also:

SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science, and psychologists alike recognize, to give an See also:

account, mad, and provided by will that he should be buried in an iron consistent with their theories, of the relation of man's power See also:

COFFIN (from Lat. cophinus, Gr. K64wos, a coffer, chest or basket, but never meaning " coffin " in its present sense)

coffin, preferably in his See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

garden at See also:

Castle See also:

Head, near Lindal. He of deliberate and purposive activity to the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the universe, died on the 14th of See also:

JULY

July 1808. In the See also:

main, no doubt, the problem is a metaphysical problem, Wilkinson was twice married without issue. His very large and has its origin in the effort to reconcile that belief in man's See also:

PROPERTY

property was frittered away during a lawsuit brought by a freedom which is regarded by the unsophisticated moral See also:

con-See also:

NEPHEW

nephew against the illegitimate See also:

CHILDREN, LAW RELATING TO

children whom he had named as sciousness as indisputable, with a belief in a universe governed by his heirs. It was carried from various courts in the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom to rational and necessary See also:

LAWS

laws. But the See also:

HISTORICAL

historical origin of the the See also:

House of Lords and then to the See also:

Court of See also:

CHANCERY

Chancery.

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