Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
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Matthew Piers Watt Boulton (a.k.a. M.P.W. Bolton) was an independent British scientist now credited with inventing and patenting the aileron in 1868, long before it became a standared device.[1]
His grandfather was the Matthew Boulton who was a business partner of James Watt, inventor of the high pressure steam engine and a major figure in the first/British industrial revolution.[2]
Many images of Boulton's patents and work are on Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Matthew_Piers_Watt_Boulton
In 1868 Boulton reported his location as Tew Park, County of Oxford, and his "occupation" as "Gentleman."[3] Tew Park more or less still exists.[4]
References
- ↑ Patent GB-1868-392
- ↑ w:Matthew Boulton
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Great Tew on en.wp
Patents whose inventor or applicant is Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
- Patent GB-1868-1988
- Patent GB-1866-2489 (English title: Propelling aerial vessels)
- Patent GB-1866-2809 (English title: Propelling aerial vessels)
- Patent GB-1868-392 (English title: Improvements in Propulsion and in Aerial Locomotion, and in Apparatus connected therewith, Parts of which are applicable to Projectiles and to Boilers)
- Patent GB-1875-574 (English title: Generator)
- Patent GB-1867-915 (English title: [Propeller blade arrangement])
- Patent GB-1867-696 (English title: Propelling vessels, Filing date: 1867-03-11)
- Patent GB-1868-1005 (English title: Aerial locomotion, Supplementary to patent: , Filing date: 1868-03-24)
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