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1847 Of Vulcan Iron Works, West Bromwich, member #49 of IMech E
1849 Henry Smith conducted experiments on the air resistance of spoked and plain disc wheels [1]
1851 Bankrupt; the Vulcan works were sold
1864 His membership of I Mech E was "erased".
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