Joseph Whitworth Summary

Joseph Whitworth 1803-1887 British mechanical engineer and inventor whose attention to quality and precision gained him a worldwide reputation for superior machine tools. Whitworth developed and perfe... Read more

Joseph Whitworth brought the practice of machine tool manufacture to new levels of accuracy and precision. He was born in Stockport, Cheshire, England, in 1803, the son of a schoolmaster and Congregat... Read more