Roberts, Richard, & Co, mechanical engineers
Other Business Names:
- Sharp, Thomas
- Fothergill, Benjamin
- Dobinson, R G
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
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Professional services
Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
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Mechanical engineering
Machine tool production
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Transport equipment production
Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
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Mechanical engineering
Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Richard Roberts, 1789-1864, set up in business in Manchester in 1816 to design and make gear cutting machines, lathes and planing machines. Later gas meters, textile making machinery, clockwork, locomotives, etc. Emerged as a leading designer and maker of machine tools. In partnership with Thomas Sharp, 1823-41, later with Benjamin Fothergill and R G Dobinson. 1860 gave up manufacturing to become a consulting engineer in which role he moved to London in 1860
Publications:
- 'Fox of Derby - Murray of Leeds - Roberts and Whitworth of Manchester' in S Smiles, Industrial Biography. Iron workers and tool makers by Smiles, Samuel
- Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864 by Hills, Richard L
- Life and Works of Richard Roberts by Catterall, G S
- New light on Richard Roberts, textile engineer, 1789-1864 by Chaloner, W H
- Origins of the power loom revisited by Holden, Roger N
- 'Richard Roberts and the iron man of Manchester' in D Waller, Iron Men. How one London factory powered the Industrial Revolution and shaped the modern world by Waller, David
- Richard Roberts. His life and inventions by Dickinson, H W
- 'Richard Roberts' in J A Cantrell & G Cookson (eds), Henry Maudslay and the Pioneers of the Machine Age by Hills, Richard L
- Richard Roberts the inventor by Bailey, W H
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Sharp, Thomas
- Fothergill, Benjamin
- Dobinson, R G
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- London, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- Manchester, Manchester, Greater Manchester, North West, England
Sectors:
- Professional services Engineering consultancy services - mechanical
- Mechanical engineering Machine tool production
- Transport equipment production Railway locomotive, rolling stock & components production & repair
- Mechanical engineering Textile & wearing apparel making machinery production
Notes:
Richard Roberts, 1789-1864, set up in business in Manchester in 1816 to design and make gear cutting machines, lathes and planing machines. Later gas meters, textile making machinery, clockwork, locomotives, etc. Emerged as a leading designer and maker of machine tools. In partnership with Thomas Sharp, 1823-41, later with Benjamin Fothergill and R G Dobinson. 1860 gave up manufacturing to become a consulting engineer in which role he moved to London in 1860Publications:
- 'Fox of Derby - Murray of Leeds - Roberts and Whitworth of Manchester' in S Smiles, Industrial Biography. Iron workers and tool makers by Smiles, Samuel
- Life and Inventions of Richard Roberts, 1789-1864 by Hills, Richard L
- Life and Works of Richard Roberts by Catterall, G S
- New light on Richard Roberts, textile engineer, 1789-1864 by Chaloner, W H
- Origins of the power loom revisited by Holden, Roger N
- 'Richard Roberts and the iron man of Manchester' in D Waller, Iron Men. How one London factory powered the Industrial Revolution and shaped the modern world by Waller, David
- Richard Roberts. His life and inventions by Dickinson, H W
- 'Richard Roberts' in J A Cantrell & G Cookson (eds), Henry Maudslay and the Pioneers of the Machine Age by Hills, Richard L
- Richard Roberts the inventor by Bailey, W H