Descripción de los aparatos inventados para elevar agua y otros fluidos, y modos de realizarlo [Manuscrito] Mateo Boulton, escudero de Soho, en el Condado de Staffordshire. 1797.
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Boulton, Matthew, 1728-1809
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Matthew Boulton (1728-1809) inherited his father's metal business in 1759, and began building a new factory in 1761, just north of Birmingham at Soho in Handsworth, England. It housed workshops, offices, a showroom, and accommodation for the workers. It produced buttons, buckles, boxes and japanned wares, as well as more luxury goods such as silverware. By 1775, the factory employed over 700 people, working in over 40 workshops. In 1788, when he believed he would soon receive a large coinage ord...
