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Engineer and inventor. Cubitt became known for the accuracy and finish of his patterns for the iron castings of machines. Self-regulating windmill sails were invented and patented by him in 1807, at which period he settled at Horning, Norfolk, in business as a millwright.
Major General Sir William George Cubitt, KCVO, CBE, DL (born 1959) is a former senior British Army officer who served as General Officer Commanding London District and Major-General commanding the Household Division from 2007 until his retirement in 2011.
Sir William Cubitt (bautizado el 9 de octubre de 1785 1 - 13 de octubre de 1861) fue un eminente ingeniero civil británico. Inventó un tipo de vela para las aspas de los molinos de viento y la rueda disciplinaria. Trabajó en canales, muelles y vías férreas, incluidos el Ferrocarril del Sureste y el Great Northern Railway.
…1818 by the British engineer Sir William Cubitt (1785–1861) as a means of usefully employing convicts. The device was a wide hollow cylinder, usually composed of wooden steps built around a cylindrical iron frame, and was designed in some cases to handle as many as 40 convicts.
Treadwheel, penal appliance introduced in 1818 by the British engineer Sir William Cubitt (1785–1861) as a means of usefully employing convicts. The device was a wide hollow cylinder, usually composed of wooden steps built around a cylindrical iron frame, and was designed in some cases to handle as.
- Geoffrey Abbott
Sir William Cubitt. occupation: Engineer, Millwright. Nationality: English; British. born in: Dilham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. 1807 - settled at Horning as a millwright. 1812 - moved to the firm of Ransomes of Ipswich, makers of agricultural implements, becoming first chief engineer, where he invented the treadmill as a method of ...
Sir William Cubitt (1785-1861) was an eminent English civil engineer and millwright who was employed in many of the great engineering undertakings of his time. 1785 October 9th. Born at Dilham in Norfolk, son of Joseph Cubitt (1760-1829), miller, and his wife Hannah Lubock (1765-1831).
