4 0 c m
30cm
actual image size: 22cm x 32cm
Description
Photograph of Bennet Woodcroft (1803-1879), manufacturer of silk and muslin in Manchester and Salford, England. Woodcroft was clerk to the Commisioners of Patents, 1864-1876. In 1846 he started up a busines as a consulting engineer and patent agent in London. He was Profesor of Machinery at University College, London from 1847 until 1851. Woodcroft also published various works relating to inventions and inventors.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10303234
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