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Joseph John Butcher (1849-1919) | |||
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'''1920 Obituary <ref>[[1920 Institution of Mechanical Engineers: Obituaries]]</ref> | |||
JOSEPH JOHN BUTCHER was born in Liverpool on 30th August 1849. | |||
After serving a short time in the works of [[Smith and Carvey|Smith and Carvey]], Liverpool, he was engaged for three years in superintending the manufacture of furnace-feeding apparatus at the works of [[Clarke, Chapman and Co|Clarke, Chapman and Co.]], Gateshead-on-Tyne, and then started in practice as a consulting engineer. During this period he gave much attention to the development of the gas-engine, and contributed many articles to the technical press. | |||
In 1889 he went to America, where he devoted much time to various inventions; his later years were largely occupied with the construction of an aeroplane, of quite a different type from those then in use. | |||
His death took place at Victoria, B.C., in November 1919, at the age of seventy. | |||
He became a Member of this Institution in 1884. | |||
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[[Category: Deaths]] | [[Category: Deaths 1910-1919]] | ||
[[Category: Institution of Mechanical Engineers]] | |||
Latest revision as of 18:08, 4 November 2013
Joseph John Butcher (1849-1919)
of 4 St. Nicholas' Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
1920 Obituary [1]
JOSEPH JOHN BUTCHER was born in Liverpool on 30th August 1849.
After serving a short time in the works of Smith and Carvey, Liverpool, he was engaged for three years in superintending the manufacture of furnace-feeding apparatus at the works of Clarke, Chapman and Co., Gateshead-on-Tyne, and then started in practice as a consulting engineer. During this period he gave much attention to the development of the gas-engine, and contributed many articles to the technical press.
In 1889 he went to America, where he devoted much time to various inventions; his later years were largely occupied with the construction of an aeroplane, of quite a different type from those then in use.
His death took place at Victoria, B.C., in November 1919, at the age of seventy.
He became a Member of this Institution in 1884.