biography
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Whitworth, Sir Joseph
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| male
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| lived:
| (1803–87)
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| biography:
| Engineer and machine-tool manufacturer, born in Stockport, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. After working as a mechanic for some years, he began to make his own machine tools, exhibited them at the Great Exhibition of 1851, and quickly gained a reputation for their quality and accuracy. He established standard screw threads and the equipment for forming and gauging them, and developed a method of casting ductile steel. He founded Whitworth scholarships for encouraging engineering science. |
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