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Latest revision as of 10:17, 12 November 2020
Francis Watkins, an American, arrived in England about 1856[1]. He was introduced to Arthur Keen by Thomas Astbury and became Keen's first business partner, probably in 1856[2].
Astbury had recognized the potential of a patent for a nut-making machine that Watkins was trying to sell in Britain.