Born Greenock. Engineer. Worked with steam engines, devising a separate condenser which greatly improved efficiency. The watt unit of power was named for him.
Died Handsworth, Staffordshire.
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Alfred Samuel Allsop
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Alexander Binnie
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Richard Trevithick
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Albert Grant
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Peabody WW2 memorial
E1, John Fisher Street, Block L, Peabody Buildings
Both lists gives the age of each person and, for the visitors, their home address. Of the 64 adults, 42 are female, reflecting the fact t...
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E. Evans Cronk
Andrew Behan has done some research on this man with the splendid name: His full name was Edwyn Evans Cronk. Born in 1846 in Sevenoaks, Kent, the son of Edwyn Evans Cronk and Isabella Cronk, née B...
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