Joseph Whitworth
1803-1887
British mechanical engineer and inventor whose attention to quality and precision gained him a worldwide reputation for superior machine tools. Whitworth developed and perfe...
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Joseph Whitworth brought the practice of machine tool manufacture to new levels of accuracy and precision. He was born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, in 1803, the son of a schoolmaster and Congregat...
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Joseph Whitworth
Joseph Whitworth