ON Saturday night last, Sir Joseph Whitworth died at the English Hotel, Monte Carlo. In the department of mechanical engineering there is, perhaps, no greater name, and his career was one upon which ...

Whitworth's father was a Stockport artisan and his mother died early. When Joseph was aged 11, his father left the children with foster parents in order to train as a minister of religion. After some ...

The Whitworth is proudly part of The University of Manchester, operating as a convening space between the University and the people of the city. It was founded in 1889 as The Whitworth Institute and ...

THE career of Sir Joseph Whitworth, one of the greatest engineers of his time, is especially interesting, since he was the first man to grapple successfully with the problem of obtaining precision of ...

The Whitworth Meteorological Observatory is a fully-automated, state of the art meteorological facility, replacing the original observatory set up and located in Whitworth Park in August 1892. The new ...

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