Joseph Huddart (1741-1816) was an inventor, hydrographer, and engineer hailing from Cumberland who made his fortune improving the design and manufacture of rope. He also Continue
Feltham, J. (1804). The Picture of London, for 1804, Etc. [By J. Feltham.]. United Kingdom: Richard Phillips. Styled Walker’s Orrery, after the inventor Adam Walker, the eidouranion was a type Continue
Countess of Powis, Lady Henrietta Antonia Clive (1758-1830), was a writer, mineral collector, botantist and is now credited with creating one of the earliest systematic Continue
Henrietta Caroline Bentley received a patent for a “bed for invalids, which may be made and the linen changed without inconveniencing the patient” (Stanley, 1995). Continue
