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Sir Joseph Whitworth

Sir Joseph Whitworth was undoubtedly one of the great Victorian mechanical engineers, ranking alongside great men such as George Stephenson, and I.K.

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He was born in Stockport on the 21st of December, , his father, Mr. Charles Whitworth, being proprietor of a large day and boarding school in that town.

At the age of sixteen he went to Alontreal and in became a clerk in a grocery business, where he remained for tAventy-four years, first as clerk and later.

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Although he did not take on large developments such as railways and steamships, he produced the machine tools, which made these developments possible. He made such an impression that his contributions are as important today as they were in his own lifetime.

He is not known as well for his inventions as for his great ability to perfect existing ideas, to extremely high standards. His achievements were based upon logical methods and painstaking precision.

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He is best remembered for his promotion of true plane surfaces and the Whitworth screw thread. His promotion of standard measures and interchangeability brought about an engineering revolution.

Sir Joseph Whitworth was a determined man who by sheer force of character was used to getting his own way.

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