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Armstrong was created Baron Armstrong of Cragside in June 1887 – he was usually thereafter referred to as Lord Armstrong. He became a member of the North of England Mining Institute and Mechanical Engineers in 1866, when mechanical engineers were first able to join the Institute. He was then a Vice President from 1866-69, President from 1872 ...
William George Armstrong. Baron Armstrong of Cragside (1810 –1900) An Industrial Genius. 2010 marks the bicentenary of William George Armstrong, recognised as one of Britain’s leading scientists and industrialists of the 19th Century. Born in 1810 in Shieldfield, Newcastle upon Tyne, Armstrong invented the hydraulic crane and the Armstrong Gun.
William George Armstrong, primer barón Armstrong, CB Kt FRS (26 de noviembre de 1810 - 27 de diciembre de 1900) fue un ingeniero e industrial inglés que fundó la empresa manufacturera Armstrong Whitworth en Tyneside. También fue un eminente científico, inventor y filántropo. En colaboración con el arquitecto Richard Norman Shaw ...
The brilliant inventor and engineer William George Armstrong died on December 27th, 1900, aged ninety. William George Armstrong A brilliant inventor and engineer, William George Armstrong was also an armaments magnate, a considerate and generous man who manufactured killing machinery in large quantitities. Born in 1810, the son of a Newcastle ...
William George Armstrong was born on November 26, 1810 in Newcastle upon Tyne. When George Armstrong began his career, he trained to be a solicitor, becoming a partner in a legal practice. However, he was heavily interested in the fields of Science and Engineering. This would shape the rest of his life, starting with lectures at Newcastle’s ...
William George Armstrong, primer barón Armstrong fue un ingeniero e industrial británico, que fundó la empresa mecánica Armstrong Whitworth en Tyneside. También fue un eminente científico, inventor y filántropo. En colaboración con el arquitecto Richard Norman Shaw, construyó en Northumberland Cragside, la primera casa del mundo iluminada por hidroelectricidad. Se le considera el ...
Armstrong's 'monster' gun revealed. A unique image has been discovered of William Armstrong’s 111-ton ‘monster’ gun. Published on 11 June 1887 in the Illustrated London News, the picture shows the testing of the weapon – then the largest gun in existence – at Woolwich Arsenal in southeast London. Constructed at the Elswick Works of ...
