John Eliot Howard (1807-1883) – Pioneering work with the development of quinine
John Howard m. Maria Crewdson (1807-1892)Lloyd H Fox was the great grandson of John Howard and Maria Crewdson
Luke Howard’s Barograph
From the Science Museum website: Barograph clock made by Alexander Cumming (1731 or 1732-1814), London, England, 1766. It consists of a compensated pendulum regulator clock and a mercury barograph mechanism for measuring changes in air pressure, which are recorded on the circular paper chart around the outside of the dial. Two tubes of mercury are […]
Stream Power – The Waters That Made Wellington
A short film illustrating how local waterways were adapted and channelled to provide the power for the town’s woollen mills – fuelling Wellington’s 19th century growth
Glendurgan’s ‘living puzzle’ has been restored
From Cornwall Live: Cornwall’s ‘living maze’ is ready for 200 more years after the completion of its restoration project. The near mile-long stretch of maze is an endless spiral of challenges from exit to entrance. Located at Glendurgan Garden, near the hamlet of Durgan on the Helford River, the National Trust location is home to the […]
Luke Howard – 250th Anniversary of his birth
From Tottenham Clouds website: Monday 28 November 2022is the 250th anniversary of the birth ofLuke Howard, Namer of Clouds From The Times, November 29th 2022: “Did a meeting with a meteorologist leave Austen inspired?”From The Times, November 28th 2022: “The father of meteorology” From the Tottenham Clouds website: “Goethe: In honour of Mr Howard” […]
A cloud index at Paddington Station
From CrossRail website:American artist Spencer Finch’s man-made sky in the 120-metre long roof canopy at the new Paddington station, directly above Eastbourne Terrace and Departures Road, has been created using original pastel drawings of 32 different types of clouds, which would never naturally appear together, each hand-drawn by the artist. The canopy progresses from the chunkiest cumulo nimbus through to […]
Venerable cloth weaver Fox Brothers keeps on spinning
From the Financial Times 3rd April, 2022
Francis Fox (1818 -1914)
Display panel at Bristol Temple Meads Station, December 2021 Lloyd was the 2nd cousin twice removed of Francis Fox Reference Not to be confused with Sir Francis Fox (1844-1927) responsible for the 1878 replacement of the train shed at Bristol Temple Meads railway station. (no link to Lloyd Fox uncovered so far!). Interestingly he was […]
The Pease Carriage
From the Beamish Transport Online website: Pease family town carriage returns The museum has, for many years (since 1962), owned an 1840 Town Coach, built for the Pease family by George Ha of Darlington. The Pease family are, of course, synonymous with the origins of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. For the last few decades […]
Wisley Gardens
From the Wisley website: The Royal Horticultural Society was given Wisley in 1903, although at that time only a small part of the 24ha (60 acres) estate was actually cultivated as a garden, the remainder being wooded farmland. The original garden was the creation of George Fergusson Wilson – businessman, scientist, inventor and keen gardener and […]