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Thomas Boulsover

Thomas Boulsover (1705 – 9 September 1788), was a Sheffield cutler who is best remembered as the inventor of Sheffield Plate. He made his fortune manufacturing various items, but especially buttons using the process, he later diversified into making cast steel and saws.

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Thomas Boulsover

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Thomas Boulsover (1705 – 9 September 1788), was a Sheffield cutler who is best remembered as the inventor of Sheffield Plate. He made his fortune manufacturing...

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Old Sheffield Plate

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(or OSP) is the name generally given to the material developed by Thomas Boulsover in the 1740s, a fusion of copper and silver which could be made into...

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Porter Brook

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passes Wire Mill Dam, where there is a monument celebrating the life of Thomas Boulsover, the inventor of Sheffield Plate. The grade II listed structure was...

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List of English inventions and discoveries

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Sheffield plate, a layered combination of silver and copper, invented by Thomas Boulsover (1705–1788). 1746: The lead chamber process, for producing sulfuric...

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1705 in science

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undated – Charles Labelye, Swiss engineer (died c. 1781) undated – Thomas Boulsover, English inventor (died 1788) undated – Faustina Pignatelli, Italian...

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Sheffield

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obsolete in 1856 by Henry Bessemer's invention of the Bessemer converter. Thomas Boulsover invented Sheffield plate (silver-plated copper) in the early 18th century...

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List of British innovations and discoveries

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Aspdin Sheffield plate – Thomas Boulsover Water frame – Richard Arkwright Stainless steel – Harry Brearley Rubber Masticator – Thomas Hancock Power Loom –...

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History of Sheffield

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steel than had previously been available. At around the same time Thomas Boulsover invented a technique for fusing a thin sheet of silver onto a copper...

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Economy of Sheffield

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Bessemer Steel Company to Sheffield to be at the heart of the industry. Thomas Boulsover invented Sheffield Plate (silver-plated copper), in the early 18th...

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List of people from Sheffield

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1660–1663 Richard Bentall, clinical psychologist Henry Bessemer, engineer Thomas Boulsover, inventor of Sheffield Plate Harry Brearley, inventor of stainless...

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Plated ware

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date back to ancient times, large scale production dates to 1742 when Thomas Boulsover, of Sheffield, England developed a process by which silver plates were...

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Timeline of Sheffield history

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better quality of steel than had previously been available. 1743: Thomas Boulsover, working in Sheffield, invented "Sheffield plate". 1751: River Don...

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Sharrow Mills

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introducing the production of Sheffield plate through his acquaintance with Thomas Boulsover as well as saw making. He also had an interest and some knowledge in...

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Listed buildings in Sheffield S11

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About 1920 II Thomas Boulsover Monument 53°21′42″N 1°32′09″W / 53.36175°N 1.53572°W / 53.36175; -1.53572 (Monument to Thomas Boulsover on north side...

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Whiteley Wood Hall

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various tenants before selling it to Thomas Boulsover, the inventor of Sheffield Plate in 1757. In 1760 Boulsover bought land to the north of the hall...

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