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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
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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