deaths
Matthew Boulton, English businessman and engineer, co-founded Boulton and Watt (born 1728)
Related Wikipedia articles
Matthew Boulton
English industrialist (1728–1809)
Matthew Boulton was an English businessman, inventor, mechanical engineer, and silversmith. He was a business partner of the Scottish engineer James Watt. In the final quarter of the 18th century, the partnership installed hundreds of Boulton & Watt steam engines, which were a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Boulton and Watt
British engineering firm, 1775–1895
Boulton & Watt was an early British engineering and manufacturing firm in the business of designing and making marine and stationary steam engines. Founded in the English West Midlands around Birmingham in 1775 as a partnership between the English manufacturer Matthew Boulton…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
August 17
Day of the year
August 17 is the 229th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 136 days remain until the end of the year.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)