Matthew Piers Watt Boulton

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.

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.

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." Tew Park more or less still exists.

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This person had 0 publications and 8 patents in this database.

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-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-1866-2809 (English title: Propelling aerial vessels, Filing date: 1866)
• 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)

Names	Matthew Piers Watt Boulton
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Tech areas	Aileron
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