Muirhead, James Patrick (1813 - 1898)

Englischer Anwalt, Biograph, Schriftsteller und Herausgeber

Muirhead übersetzte, schrieb und bearbeitete verschiedene Werke über das Leben von Watt. Befreundet mit dessen Sohn widmete er einen Großteil seiner Kraft der Würdigung der Leistungen des Vaters. Obwohl Rechtsanwalt von Beruf, machten ihn seine ausgedehnten Recherchen zum Experten auf diversen ingenieurtechnischen Gebieten. Seine Sammlung von Dokumenten, die Watt und Boulton betrafen, erlaubte ihm schließlich die Herausgabe einer umfassenden Watt-Biographie.

variant spelling:
Muirhead, James Patrick

Curriculum vitae

* 26.07.1813	The Grove	born
1838 - 1846	Edinburgh	Anwalt
1847 - 1898	Haseley Court	Schriftsteller
† 15.10.1898	Haseley Court	died

Collections

Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920

Literature

	The origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt ; illustrated by his correspondence with his friends and the specifications of his patents ; in three volumes Author: Muirhead, James Patrick Published: 1854
	Correspondence of the late James Watt on his discovery of the theory of the composition of water. with a letter from his son Author: Muirhead, James Patrick Published: 1846
	The life of James Watt, with selections from his correspondence Author: Muirhead, James Patrick Published: 1858
	The origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt: Introductory memoir and extracts from correspondence Author: Muirhead, James Patrick Published: 1854
	The origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt: Extracts from correspondence Author: Muirhead, James Patrick Published: 1854
	The origin and progress of the mechanical inventions of James Watt: Letters patent, specifications of patents, and appendix Author: Muirhead, James Patrick Published: 1854

Secondary literature

	A Contribution to the History of Kinematics. Watt's Straight-line Linkages and the Early French Contributions to the Theory of the Planar 4-Bar Coupler Curve, in: Mechanism and machine theory : tmm Author: Koetsier, Teun Published: 1983
	Kinematics of mechanisms from the time of Watt Author: Ferguson, Eugene S. Published: 1962

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DMG-Lib		https://www.dmg-lib.org/dmglib/handler?biogr=779004
Europeana		http://www.europeana.eu/portal/record/2020801/dmglib_handler_biogr_779004.html
GBV		http://gso.gbv.de/PPN?PPN=608434051

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Muirhead, James Patrick (1813 - 1898)