135:
256:
142:
As a mechanical engineer his works were various and important; many of them were in the adaptation of original and ingenious modes of reducing and manufacturing metals, and the improvement of the machinery connected therewith. In the introduction of steam navigation he had a large share; he made some
39:
He studied mechanics in his father's watch and clock making shop, and engineering under his grandfather
William Brunton (16 July 1706 – 22 March 1787), who was a colliery viewer in the neighborhood. (His grandfathers death certificate states that William Brunton was actually a portioner in Dalkeith,
109:
From 1825 to 1835 he appears to have been practising in London as a civil engineer. In 1832, with Henry
Habberley Price, he proposed a 'Bristol and London Railway' at an estimated cost of £2.5m but sufficient financial support was not forthcoming. Quitting the metropolis in 1935 he took a share in
199:
Brunton died at the residence of his son, William
Brunton, at Camborne, Cornwall, 5 October 1851, having married, 30 October 1810, Anne Elizabeth Button, adopted daughter of John and Rebecca Dickinson of Summer Hill, Birmingham. She died at Eaglesbush, Neath, Glamorganshire, 1845, leaving sons who
183:
In the course of his career he obtained many patents, but derived little remuneration from them, although several of them came into general use. Latterly he turned his attention to the subject of improved ventilation for collieries, and sent models of his inventions to the Great
Exhibition in Hyde
158:
At the
Butterley works he applied the principle of a rapid rotation of the mould in casting iron pipes, and incurred great expense in securing a patent, only to find that a foreigner, who used the same process in casting terra cotta, had recited in his specifications that the same mode might be
105:
In 1815 he returned to
Birmingham, having become a partner in and the mechanical manager of the Eagle Foundry, where he remained ten years, during which time he designed and executed a great variety of important works.
150:
Brunton took out nine patents in all, three of them while he was in
Birmingham. His first was for a steam boiler furnace with a revolving bed and a vibrating hopper which distributed the fuel evenly. His
134:
143:
of the original engines used on the Humber and the Trent, and some of the earliest on the Mersey, including those for the vessel which first plied on the
Liverpool ferries in 1814. He fitted out the
180:
colliery, which worked with a load up a gradient of 1 in 36 during all the winter of 1814. Early in 1815, through some carelessness, this machine exploded and killed thirteen persons.
79:. He remained at Soho until he was made foreman and superintendent of the engine manufactory. Still only twenty-one, he would be sent alone to rectify problems on customers premises.
266:
155:
was used on the works of most of the tin mines in
Cornwall, as well as at the silver ore works in Mexico, and his fan regulator was also found to be a most useful invention.
192:
After his experience at Neath, he occasionally reappeared in his profession, but was never again fully embarked in business. He was a member of the
200:
became well known engineers in their own right - John born 1812, William born 1817, J. Dickinson born 1821 and George born 1823.
184:
Park. He was intimate with all the engineers of the older school, and was almost the last of that celebrated set of men.
271:
193:
36:
He was the eldest son of Robert
Brunton, a watchmaker (14 Aug 1748–1834) of Dalkeith, where he was born.
303:
298:
177:
94:, and being deputed to represent his master in many important missions he made the acquaintance of
19:
163:
95:
118:, where he erected copper smelting furnaces and rolling mills. He became connected with the
293:
288:
169:
8:
83:
61:
76:
162:
The most novel and ingenious of his inventions was the walking machine called the
87:
115:
99:
91:
282:
260:
126:
in 1838; here a total failure ensued, and the savings of his life were lost.
28:
Senior (26 May 1777 – 5 October 1851) was a Scottish engineer and inventor.
147:
at Plymouth in 1824, the first steamer that ever took a man-of-war in tow.
72:
49:
68:
57:
53:
259: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the
152:
119:
111:
229:
Private publication, reprinted 1970 Wakefield: S.R.Publishers.
168:, which he made at Butterley in 1813 for use on the company's
173:
123:
48:
In 1790 he commenced work in the fitting shops of the
196:, but the date of his admission has not been found.
280:
122:Works in the same county, and with a brewery at
275:. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.
18:For the mayor of Melbourne, Australia, see
133:
281:
71:, being attracted by the fame of the
227:Birmingham Inventors and Inventions
82:Leaving Soho in 1808 he joined the
13:
216:Williamson's Street Directory 1784
14:
315:
176:. A second one was built for the
272:Dictionary of National Biography
254:
242:, 1825, pp. 131–5, with a plate.
102:, and other eminent engineers.
232:
219:
210:
194:Institution of Civil Engineers
138:Drawing of a Brunton calciner.
67:In 1796, he migrated south to
1:
203:
187:
129:
31:
75:, obtaining employment with
7:
10:
320:
17:
43:
40:not a colliery viewer)
20:William Brunton (mayor)
240:Treatise on Rail Roads
139:
225:Prosser, R.B. (1881)
137:
159:applied to metals.
140:
304:English inventors
299:English engineers
145:Sir Francis Drake
62:Richard Arkwright
311:
276:
267:Brunton, William
258:
257:
243:
236:
230:
223:
217:
214:
77:Boulton and Watt
319:
318:
314:
313:
312:
310:
309:
308:
279:
278:
264:
255:
247:
246:
238:Nicholas Wood,
237:
233:
224:
220:
215:
211:
206:
190:
132:
88:Benjamin Outram
84:Butterley Works
46:
34:
26:William Brunton
23:
12:
11:
5:
317:
307:
306:
301:
296:
291:
252:
251:
245:
244:
231:
218:
208:
207:
205:
202:
189:
186:
131:
128:
116:Glamorganshire
100:Thomas Telford
92:William Jessop
45:
42:
33:
30:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
316:
305:
302:
300:
297:
295:
292:
290:
287:
286:
284:
277:
274:
273:
268:
262:
261:public domain
249:
248:
241:
235:
228:
222:
213:
209:
201:
197:
195:
185:
181:
179:
175:
171:
167:
166:
160:
156:
154:
148:
146:
136:
127:
125:
121:
117:
113:
107:
103:
101:
97:
93:
89:
85:
80:
78:
74:
70:
65:
63:
59:
55:
51:
41:
37:
29:
27:
21:
16:
270:
253:
239:
234:
226:
221:
212:
198:
191:
182:
164:
161:
157:
149:
144:
141:
108:
104:
81:
73:Soho Foundry
66:
50:cotton mills
47:
38:
35:
25:
24:
15:
294:1851 deaths
289:1771 births
250:Attribution
165:Steam Horse
114:Tin Works,
96:John Rennie
283:Categories
204:References
188:Later life
130:Inventions
69:Birmingham
58:David Dale
54:New Lanark
32:Early life
178:Newbottle
56:built by
153:calciner
60:and Sir
263::
170:tramway
120:Maesteg
112:Cwmafan
44:Career
174:Crich
124:Neath
110:the
90:and
269:".
172:at
86:of
52:at
285::
98:,
64:.
265:"
22:.
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
_(14595192618).jpg){kind=spacer}