Donkin, Bryan

Donkin, Bryan
born March 22, 1768, Sandree, Northumberland, Eng.
died Feb. 27, 1855, London

British inventor.

Initially apprenticed to a papermaker, Donkin perfected a version of the Fourdrinier machine. He established a factory to produce and can vegetable soups and preserved meats for the Royal Navy. With a printer he developed a forerunner of the rotary press and a composition printing roller. He became a civil engineer in London, received two gold medals from the Society of Arts, and was a founder of the British Institution of Civil Engineers (1818).

* * *

▪ British industrialist
born March 22, 1768, Sandree, Northumberland, Eng.
died Feb. 27, 1855, London

      developer of a commercial application of the so-called Fourdrinier machine for making paper and inventor of the composition roller used in printing.

      While serving as an apprentice to a papermaker, John Hall, in Dartford, Kent, Donkin was engaged to perfect a papermaking machine that had been devised in 1798 by Nicolas-Louis Robert of France and later patented in England by Henry and Sealy Fourdrinier. He completed the first practical Fourdrinier machine at Frogmore Mill, Hertfordshire, about 1803 and in subsequent years constructed 191 more.

      In 1812, using the ideas of the French inventor Nicolas-François Appert, who had devised a method for preserving food in stoppered bottles, he established a factory to produce and can vegetable soups and preserved meats for the Royal Navy. A year later Donkin and a printer developed a forerunner of the rotary press and a composition printing roller. Because the old flatbed press that moved back and forth could not print fast enough to produce large numbers of newspapers, the inventors arranged four trays, each containing a page of type, on the four sides of a revolving spindle. An important feature of the new machine was the use of inking rollers made of glue and treacle (composition). Although this machine eventually failed, composition rollers were widely adopted. After 1815 Donkin became a civil engineer in London, received two gold medals from the Society of Arts, and was a founder (1818) of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Donkin, Bryan — (22 mar. 1768, Sandree, Northumberland, Inglaterra–27 feb. 1855, Londres). Inventor británico. Inicialmente aprendiz de un fabricante de papel, perfeccionó una versión de la máquina de Fourdrinier. Estableció una fábrica para producir y enlatar… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Bryan Donkin — L ingénieur Bryan Donkin Naissance 22 mars 1768 Sandoe, Northumb …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Donkin — Bryan Donkin Bryan Donkin (* 22. März 1768 in Sandhoe, Northumberland; † 27. Februar 1855) war ein englischer Ingenieur und Erfinder. Er war ein gelernter Papiermacher und assistierte 1806 Henry Fourdrinier (1766–1854) seine Papiermaschine zu… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bryan Donkin — (* 22. März 1768 in Sandhoe, Northumberland; † 27. Februar 1855) war ein englischer Ingenieur und Erfinder. Er war ein gelernter Papiermacher und assistierte 1806 Henry Fourdrinier (1766–1854) seine Papiermaschine zu perfektionieren. Zusammen mit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Bryan Donkin — Infobox Person name = Bryan Donkin image size = 150px caption = Bryan Donkin birth name = birth date = 22 March 1768 birth place = Sandoe, Northumberland death date = 27 February 1855 death place = death cause = resting place = resting place… …   Wikipedia

  • Bryan — /bruy euhn/, n. 1. William Jennings /jen ingz/, 1860 1925, U.S. political leader. 2. a city in E Texas. 44,337. 3. a male given name. * * * (as used in expressions) George Bryan Bryan William Jennings Donkin Bryan Herrick James Bryan * * * ▪… …   Universalium

  • Bryan — (as used in expressions) George Bryan Bryan, William Jennings Donkin, Bryan Herrick, James Bryan …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Donkin (surname) — Donkin is a surname, and may refer to: Bryan Donkin (1835–1902), mechanical engineer (in DNB John Donkin (1802–1854), engineer (in DNB Bryan Donkin (1768 1855), English engineer, inventor and industrialist Dylan Donkin (21st century), American… …   Wikipedia

  • Bryan Donkin — noun English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container the first tin can (1768 1855) • Syn: ↑Donkin • Instance Hypernyms: ↑engineer, ↑applied scientist, ↑technologist …   Useful english dictionary

  • Donkin — noun English engineer who developed a method of preserving food by sterilizing it with heat and sealing it inside a steel container the first tin can (1768 1855) • Syn: ↑Bryan Donkin • Instance Hypernyms: ↑engineer, ↑applied scientist,… …   Useful english dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”