Wilkinson John — Iron Founder

Generated portrait. Not a historical photograph.

Overview

Wilkinson is already on 32-Pounder Naval Cannon. Improved boring techniques developed by him during the 1770s dramatically improved reliability.¹

The Boring Credit

This note covers that 1770s credit only. Birth, death, a named mill, and a patent stay on RESEARCH_QUEUE.

Early casting produced unreliable metal — burst barrels killed their own crews. The Royal Brass Foundry — Woolwich is named on the same 32-pounder sentence and stays a red-link on RESEARCH_QUEUE.²

Sources

• @white2005nelson
• 32-Pounder Naval Cannon

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Footnotes

1. Improved boring techniques during the 1770s dramatically improved reliability: 32-Pounder Naval Cannon. ↩

2. Burst barrels from early casting; Royal Brass Foundry named on the same sentence: same note. Do not invent birth, death, a named mill, or a patent. Do not write the Woolwich foundry note here. ↩