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Description: | Matthew Boulton, FRS (3 September 1728 17 August 1809) was an English manufacturer and business partner of Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a great advance on the state of the art, making possible the mechanisation of factories and mills.
Coin, commemorative coin to recognise the death of Mathew Boulton on August 17th 1809. Inscription reads ' in memory of his Obesequies Aug 24th 1809 ' | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Temporal: | 24th August 1809
King George III (1760-1820) | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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