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William Strutt (inventor)

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326: 216: 337:. Sylvester documented the new ways of heating hospitals that were included in the design and the healthier features such as self-cleaning and air refreshing toilets. Strutt incorporated many new features into the infirmary including his fire-proof construction and novel heating that allowed the patients to breathe fresh heated air whilst old air was channelled up to a glass and iron dome at the centre. Strutt's infirmary culminated in a giant statue of 345:. Sylvester described the advances that Strutt had made and this was successful in three ways. Sylvester was able to take the new ideas for heating and apply them in numerous other building projects. The Derby Infirmary was seen as a leader in European architecture and architects and visiting Royalty were brought to see its features. 348:
Strutt died in 1830 and was buried in the Unitarian Chapel in Friargate, Derby. The President of the Royal Society eulogised Strutt in 1831 as "author of those great improvements in the construction of stoves, and in the economical generation and distribution of heat, which have of late years been so
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mill in Derby, the Warehouse at Milford (pulled down in 1964 to make a car park), and then the new West Mill, built in 1795 at Belper. Tile and gypsum plaster floors were supported on brickwork arches supported on cast-iron columns. The timber beams were encased in thin sheet iron. To reduce weight,
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One of Strutt's most important concerns was the development of fire-resistant structures and technology in textile mills and the application of these in other contexts. A major problem with the nineteenth-century timber-framed mills was fire, particularly if they worked with inflammable materials.
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and, after a good education, joined his father's business at the age of fourteen. He also inherited his father's mechanical abilities and is said to have thought of the self-acting
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Strutt built a number of other mills in Belper and Milford, of which the most remarkable was perhaps the Round Mill. This is believed to have been influenced by the ideas of
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Mill burnt down in 1788, it was rebuilt with sheets of tin fastened to the beams as protection. Many engineers of the day were addressing the problem which was nationwide.
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in 1810. In 1779 he was made a freeman of Derby and Burgess of the Borough, allowing him to vote in Parliament. He was co-founder of the
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in King Street, Derby and used it as his family home until his death. He became a successful architect, designing many of the bridges in
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extensively and so usefully introduced in the warming and ventilation of hospitals and public buildings".
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and George Benson dealt with commercial and management side respectively. It became known as
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Be that as it may, he looked after the technical side of the business, while his brothers,
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In 1819 Strutt designed and built the Derby Infirmary, which he worked on with his friend
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The philosophy of domestic economy: as exemplified in the mode of warming ... p.71
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The Derby Philosophers; Science and Culture in English Urban Society, 1700–1850
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the upper floors were supported on hollow earthenware pots encased in plaster.
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The Strutts and the Arkwrights, 1758-1830: A Study of the Early Factory System
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Strutt had used cast-iron for bridges in Derby, and applied it to building a
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patented it in 1830, but the technology was not available to make it work.
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after it burnt down in 1803 using an iron-framed structure pioneered by
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and other individuals, and was President for twenty-eight years.
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Heinemann, republished 1991 Cromford: Scarthin Books
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He married Barbara, the daughter of Thomas Evans of
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Derby Infirmary

R.R.Reinagle
Lord Belper
Jedediah Strutt
Joseph Strutt
FRS
Belper
Derbyshire
fire-resistant
Jedediah Strutt
mule
Richard Roberts
Joseph
St Helen's House
Derby
Derbyshire General Infirmary
Derby Philosophical Society
Thomas Gisborne
Erasmus Darwin

Francis Chantrey
Derby Museum and Art Gallery
Darley Abbey
calico
Belper North Mill
Charles Bage
Ditherington
Shrewsbury
Jeremy Bentham

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