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 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 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.

W. E. Wightman

From Graces Guide

of Malton, Yorkshire

1823 Advert: 'To Journeymen GUN-MAKERS. TWO good WORKMEN may have constant employ, by applying at WIGHTMAN's PATENT GUN MANUFACTORY, MALTON. N. B. References to Character will be required. All Letters must be Post paid. Malton, April 10, 1823.'[1]

1824 Wightman's Percussion Lock [2]

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Sources of Information

  1. York Herald - Saturday 12 April 1823
  2. Mechanics Magazine 1824/03/13