Clerke, Clement
Other Business Names:
- Clerke, Sir Clement
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- Dudley, Dudley, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
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Basic metals production
Copper & brass smelting
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Basic metals production
Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Sir Clement Clerke was a late 17th century landowner in Leicestershire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire who invested unsuccessfully in industrial enterprises including ironmaking at Dudley, lead smelting near Bristol, etc. Noted as an innovator, especially of reverberatory furnaces
Publications:
- Copper smelting in England. Revival at the end of the seventeenth century by Jenkins, Rhys
- Copper works at Redbrook and Bristol by Jenkins, Rhys
- Sir Clement Clerke and the adoption of coal in metallurgy by King, Peter W
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Clerke, Sir Clement
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Bristol, City of Bristol, Avon, South West, England
- Dudley, Dudley, West Midlands, West Midlands, England
Sectors:
- Basic metals production Copper & brass smelting
- Basic metals production Iron, steel & related alloys production
Notes:
Sir Clement Clerke was a late 17th century landowner in Leicestershire, Shropshire and Gloucestershire who invested unsuccessfully in industrial enterprises including ironmaking at Dudley, lead smelting near Bristol, etc. Noted as an innovator, especially of reverberatory furnacesPublications:
- Copper smelting in England. Revival at the end of the seventeenth century by Jenkins, Rhys
- Copper works at Redbrook and Bristol by Jenkins, Rhys
- Sir Clement Clerke and the adoption of coal in metallurgy by King, Peter W