Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,666 pages of information and 247,074 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.

Samuel Thornton

From Graces Guide

Samuel Thornton (1804-1879), of James Thornton and Son


1804 Born, son of James Thornton and his wife Catharina Cox[1]

Father of Falkland Samuel Thornton

1847 Of Bradford Street, Birmingham

1854 Continued the business of James Thornton and Sons as sole partner.

1857 Presented a paper to the I Mech E on a "Ventilating Apparatus for Buildings, &c.," the invention of Mr. Charles Watson, of Halifax.

1879 Died

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