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- William Bickford (1774–1834) was an English inventor, who, formerly a currier, invented the safety fuse for use in mining.
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He is best known as the inventor of the safety fuse, which was inspired by watching a friend, James Bray making rope. With his son-in-law George Smith, he established a factory in Tuckingmill for the production of his invention, and in its first year it produced 45 miles of fuse.
British inventor. Learn about this topic in these articles: invention of safety fuse. In explosive: Safety fuse. …the use of explosives was William Bickford, a leather merchant who lived in the tin-mining district of Cornwall, England.
William Bickford may refer to: William Bickford (1774–1834), inventor of the safety fuse. William Bickford (1815–1850), first pharmacist and pharmaceutical chemist in the colony of South Australia.
William Bickford was born at Ashburton in Devon and became a currier and leather merchant at Illogan. Upset by the amount of injuries caused by mining, he invented a safety fuse that saved...
The safety fuse is a type of fuse invented and patented by English inventor William Bickford in 1831. Originally it consisted of a "tube" of gunpowder surrounded by a waterproofed varnished jute "rope."
Jan 12, 2022 · William Bickford was born in Devon in 1774. He worked in leather preparation in Truro, before moving to Tuckingmill near Camborne. Although he had no previous connection with the mining industry, Bickford was distressed by miners’ injuries caused by the methods of setting off explosives to break up large amounts of rock.
Far safer than quills packed with gunpowder In 1831, Cornishman William Bickford patented the safety fuse. This simple invention, which is a length of string containing gunpowder coated in tar,...
