William Weild
1848 'List of New Patents for November, 1848 ..... William Weild, of Manchester, mechanical draftsman, for certain improvements in machinery for spinning cotton and other fibrous substances.'[1]
1855 'English Patents Sealed During Week Ending Sept. 8, 1855 .... Dated May 7, 1855.- William Weild of Manchester, machinist, for improvements in looms or machinery for weaving pile fabrics
1859 Patent No. 2139 for a method of cutting flutes in fluting rollers, inclined to the axis of the roller [2]
1860 William Weild, Atlas Works, Manchester[3]
1873 A William Weild, C.E., of Manchester, died suddenly at Summerhill, Shandon, Helensburgh, on 8 October [4]
See Weild and Co
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Preston Chronicle, 9 December 1848
- ↑ The Practical Mechanic's Journal, 1 Aug 1863, p.127
- ↑ 1860 Institution of Mechanical Engineers
- ↑ Paisley Herald and Renfrewshire Advertiser, 11 October 1873