Difference between revisions of "Thomas Aldridge Weston"
Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
1861 A draughstman, lodging in Birmingham; in the same house Fritz Simmons 32, [[Edward Tangye]] 28, [[George Tangye]] 25 | 1859 Patent to Thomas Aldridge Weston, of King's Norton, Accountant, for the invention of "a new or improved pulley."<ref>London Gazette 6 May 1859</ref>, followed by many more patents over the next 20 years. | ||
1861 A draughstman, lodging in Birmingham; in the same house were Fritz Simmons 32, [[Edward Tangye]] 28, [[George Tangye]] 25 also lodging - all engineers<ref>1861 census</ref> | |||
1867 of 29 Graham St, Birmingham, when he joined the Inst of Mechanical Engineers | 1867 of 29 Graham St, Birmingham, when he joined the Inst of Mechanical Engineers |
Revision as of 08:55, 16 January 2018
1859 Patent to Thomas Aldridge Weston, of King's Norton, Accountant, for the invention of "a new or improved pulley."[1], followed by many more patents over the next 20 years.
1861 A draughstman, lodging in Birmingham; in the same house were Fritz Simmons 32, Edward Tangye 28, George Tangye 25 also lodging - all engineers[2]
1867 of 29 Graham St, Birmingham, when he joined the Inst of Mechanical Engineers
By 1872 Weston was in New Jersey, USA[3]
1877 Weston was in Stamford, Conn., USA[4]
Obituary 1909 [5]
WE have to record with regret the death of Mr. Thomas Aldridge Weston, which occurred on May 3rd at St. Luke's Hospital, New York. Mr. Weston, who was born in Birmingham in 1832, was the inventor of the Weston differential pulley block, and he was also responsible for various other improvements in connection with mechanical engineering work. Weston pulley blocks are manufactured in England by Tangye Brothers and in America by Yale and Towne and Co., and by the Brown Hoist Company, of Cleveland, Ohio. For many years Mr. Weston was associated with the former American company.