Ovid Topham 1780-1848, of Ovid Topham and Sons. The sons were Charles and George. Their partnership was dissolved in 1851.[1]
Engineer and millwright, of Whitecross Street, St. Luke, Middx (1837)
1837 Patent sealed 5 October for a sluice valve, intended to provide reliable, low maintenance service on underground pipelines. [2] [3]. Drawings [dingler.culture.hu-berlin.de/pj075/image_markup/tab075508.html here] (double click on small images).
1848 Died on 9 May, aged 68. Address: Hornsey Road, Holloway.[4]
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- ↑ [1] The London Gazette, Jan 1851
- ↑ [2] The London Journal of Arts and Sciences, and Repertory of Patent Inventions edited by William Newton, Vol XV, 1840, pp.42-6
- ↑ 'A History of Technology and Invention - Progress through the Ages - The Expansion of Mechanization: 1725-1860' Edited by Maurice Daumas, translated by Eileen B. Hennessy, Crown Publishers Inc., 1979. First published in France in 1968 as 'Histoire Générale des Techniques'. p.457
- ↑ The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol XXIX, Jan-June 1848