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    Sir John Isaac Thornycroft FRS (1 February 1843 – 28 June 1928) was an English shipbuilder, the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company and member...
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    3824333 John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, usually known simply as Thornycroft, was a British shipbuilding firm founded by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick...
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  • Isaac Thomas Thornycroft (22 November 1881 – 6 June 1955) was an English motorboat racer who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain...
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    Thornycroft was an English vehicle manufacturer which built coaches, buses, and trucks from 1896 until 1977. In 1896, naval engineer John Isaac Thornycroft...
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  • (1872–1960), British civil engineer John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), British shipbuilder John I. Thornycroft & Company Limited, the shipbuilding company...
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    left side reads, THIS STATUE BY THOMAS THORNYCROFT/ WAS PRESENTED TO LONDON BY HIS SON/ SIR JOHN ISAAC THORNYCROFT C.E./ AND PLACED HERE BY THE LONDON COUNTY...
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  • Thornycroft (1814–95), sculptor John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), son of Thomas, marine engineer John Edward Thornycroft (1872–1960), son of John Isaac...
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  • Thubron Thomas Scott-Ellis A. G. Fentiman Isaac Thomas Thornycroft Bernard Boverton Redwood John Field-Richards John Marshall Gorham Sophia Hope Gorham Warwick...
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  • Thornycroft was born in 1873 in Hammersmith into the Thornycroft family, daughter of Blanche Ada (née Coules) (1846–1936) and John Isaac Thornycroft....
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  • Coules and Sir John Isaac Thornycroft, the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company. His sister, the naval architect Blanche Thornycroft played an increasingly...
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  • 7 m) LOA, 16 ft (4.9 m) LWL. Nautilus (Redwing 5) was owned by John Isaac Thornycroft (the same name as his first steam launch). So popular was the design...
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    addition to his parents, Thornycroft's grandfather John Francis was also a distinguished sculptor. His brother, Sir John Isaac Thornycroft, became a successful...
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  • Cheshire hamlet. Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928) was the founder of the Thornycroft shipbuilding company. "Hamo Thornycroft's Family". The New York...
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  • Hamo Thornycroft was also a sculptor, her sisters Alyce Thornycroft and Helen Thornycroft were artists, and her brother Sir John Isaac Thornycroft was...
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    tubes. The term cavitation first appeared in 1895 in a paper by John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928) and Sydney Walker Barnaby (1855–1925)—son of Sir Nathaniel...
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    found in street names all over Chiswick. In 1864, John Isaac Thornycroft, founder of the John I. Thornycroft & Company shipbuilding company, established a...
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    Frances). Hamo Thornycroft became a sculptor while daughters Alyce, Theresa Thornycroft, and Helen Thornycroft became artists. John Isaac Thornycroft became a...
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    Academy between 1839 and 1874. In later life Thornycroft worked with his elder son John Isaac Thornycroft (who was to become a shipbuilder) on designs...
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  • David Keith Brown (1928–2008) Peter Du Cane CBE (1901–1984) Sir John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928) Bernard Waymouth (1824–1890) Sir Eric Yarrow MBE (1920–2018)...
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    tractor. Production models were built by Thornycroft, 25 being built in 1924. Niblett was Sir John Isaac Thornycroft's son-in-law. Although capable for its...
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    century; Theresa Thornycroft and Ellen Thornycroft Gosse studied painting under Ford Madox Brown.) Helen's brother John Isaac Thornycroft began his shipbuilding...
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    by Swedish scientist Emanuel Swedenborg in 1716. The shipbuilder John Isaac Thornycroft patented an early design for an air cushion ship / hovercraft in...
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    disturbances were dying down. In 1898 John Isaac Thornycroft began production of steam-powered lorries in the town and Thornycroft's quickly grew to become the town's...
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  • upon Tyne. 1899–1901: Developments on the hydrofoil by shipbuilder John Isaac Thornycroft (1843–1928), from the concept of Italian Enrico Forlanini. 1912:...
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    the submarine – Research headed by Ernest Rutherford Hydrofoil – John Isaac Thornycroft Inflatable boat HMS Warrior The world's first iron armoured and...
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    steam vans and lorries. Naval engineer John Isaac Thornycroft built his first steam lorry in 1896. Thornycroft's first petrol vehicle was built in 1902...
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    site to build electric launches from 1888. In 1904 shipbuilder John Isaac Thornycroft established the Hampton Launch Works, generating cabin cruisers...
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    launches and canoes that were built on the island. Around 1904 John Isaac Thornycroft set up the Hampton Launch Works on the island, an offshoot of the...
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  • London causes over 5,000 deaths. John I. Thornycroft & Company is established as shipbuilders by John Isaac Thornycroft in Chiswick. Harlequin F.C. is established...
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    HMS Daring (1893) (category Ships built by John I. Thornycroft & Company)
    company founder John Isaac Thornycroft. When Daring failed the sea trial cavitation was analyzed more deeply for the first time. Thornycroft records suggest...
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