William Winlaw

William Winlaw was an 18th-century English agricultural machinery inventor and manufacturer with a factory in Margaret Street, Cavendish Square, London.[2][3][4]

Trade card of William Winlaw in the collection of the British Museum[1]

Winlaw produced machine equipment and implements used in agriculture and husbandry.[5] He invented and patented many new machines and pieces of equipment in the late 18th century.[6][7][8] Examples include:[9]

At the time of his death in 1796, William Winlaw was described as the "Engine-maker to the Prince of Wales and Duke of Clarence", namely Prince George (1762–1830), later King George IV, and Duke William (1765–1837), later King William IV.[13][4] Winlaw's Will is held by the National Archives in the United Kingdom.[14]

Machinery by William Winlaw

The following are some machines and implements used in agriculture and husbandry, made by William Winlaw:[2]

References
  1. "William Winlaw". The British Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  2. Winlaw, William (1786). A Description of Some Engines and Implements Used in Husbandry, &c. Made and Sold by William Winlaw, Engine-maker, Margaret-Street, Cavendish-Square, London. John Hay/Gale Ecco. ISBN 978-1140934615. (republished 2010)
  3. Winlaw, William (1786). "A description of some engines and implements used in husbandry, &c [microform]: made and sold by William Winlaw, engine-maker, Margaret-Street, Cavendish-Square, London". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  4. "From George Washington to Arthur Young, 1 November 1787". Founders Online. United States: National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 24 January 2021.
  5. Andrews, G. H. (1852). Rudimentary treatise on agricultural engineering (PDF). London: J. Weale.
  6. Ransome, J. A. (1843). The implements of agriculture (PDF). London: J. Ridgway. OCLC 1046652001.
  7. Chronological index of patentees and applicants for patents of invention (PDF). Vol. 1617. London: Patent Office. 1852.
  8. Subject-matter index of specifications of patents (PDF). London: Patent Office. 1857.
  9. Johnson, C. W.; Emerson, G. (1868). "The farmer's and planter's encyclopaedia of rural affairs; embracing all the most recent discoveries in agricultural chemistry, suited to the comprehension of unscientific readers" (PDF). Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott & Co. OCLC 1045105261. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  10. "A Description of William Winlaw's Mill, for Separating the Grain from the Corn, in Place of Threshing". Annals of Agriculture. 6: 152–155. 1786.
  11. "Mr. William Winlaw" (PDF). Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. 8. 1790.
  12. "Mr. William Winlaw" (PDF). Transactions of the Society, Instituted at London, for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. 10. 1792.
  13. "William Winlaw". The Morning Post and Fashionable World. London. 8 August 1796.
  14. "Will of William Winlaw, Engine Maker of Margaret Street Cavendish Square, Middlesex". UK: The National Archives. 2 November 1796. Retrieved 23 January 2021. (ref PROB 11/1282/12)


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