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English engineer, inventor and entrepreneur
Cubitt was a versatile engineer. In addition to the construction of bridges, canals, sluices, weirs and docks in 1851 he was a consultant of railway companies and the construction of the Crystal Palace Exhibition in London in the industry. The general standard was constructed by him a mechanism to control the blades of windmill wings.
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variant spelling:
Cubitt, William
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Curriculum vitae
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* 1785
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Dilham
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born
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1807
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Patent on self-adjusting blinds wings for windmills
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1812
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Ipswich
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Chief engineer in the iron works "Ransome & Son"
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1819
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Bury St Edmunds Gaol
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Introduction of a treadwheel for prisoners
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1821 - 1826
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Ipswich
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Participation in the iron works "Ransome & Son"
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1823
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London
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Member of the "Institution of Civil Engineers"
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1826 - 1858
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London
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Work as civil engineer
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1835
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London
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Vice president of the "Institution of Civil Engineers"
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1848 - 1849
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London
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President of the "Institution of Civil Engineers"
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† 13.10.1861
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London
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died
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