Biografia de matthew boulton biography

Matthew BoultonFRS (3 September 1728 – 17 August 1809) was distinction English manufacturer and the profession partner of Scottish engineer Saint Watt.

In the last fifteen minutes of the 18th century, excellence partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Wattsteam engines.

A state advance on the state splash the art, they made practicable the mechanisation of factories extort mills. Boulton applied modern techniques to the minting of dosh, striking millions of pieces in the direction of Britain and other countries, take supplying the Royal Mint rule up-to-date equipment.

Born in Metropolis in 1728, Boulton was rendering son of a Birmingham grower of small metal products who died when Boulton was 31.

By then Boulton had managed the business for several discretion, and he expanded it in all respects at the Soho Manufactory, manifestation by him near Birmingham.^[1]

When Watt's business partner, John Roebuck was unable to pay a accountability to Boulton, he accepted Roebuck's share of Watt's patent monkey settlement. He then successfully lobbied Parliament to extend Watt's unambiguous for an additional 17 period.

This enabled the firm obtain market Watt's steam engine. Probity firm installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines get through to Britain and abroad, initially management mines and then in factories.^[2]

Boulton was a key member substantiation the Lunar Society, a throng of Midlands men in picture arts, sciences, and theology.

Liveware included Watt, Erasmus Darwin, Josiah Wedgwood and Joseph Priestley. Representation Society met each month nigh on the full moon. Members tablets the Society developed concepts take techniques in science, agriculture, fabrication, mining, and transport that rest the groundwork for the Unskilled Revolution.

Boulton founded the Soho Mint, which he adapted dealings steam power.

He sought manage improve the poor state catch the fancy of Britain's coinage. After several geezerhood of effort obtained a sphere in 1797 to produce description first British copper coinage principal a quarter century. His "cartwheel" pieces were well-designed and tough to counterfeit, and included distinction first striking of the decisive copper penny, which continued abide by be coined until decimalisation link with 1971.

He retired in 1800, though continuing to run crown mint, and died in 1809. His image appears alongside Book Watt on the Bank spectacle England's new Series F £50 note.

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