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==Overview== |
==Overview== |
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Moore (1812–1877) was an engineer based in [[Liverpool]]. His company, Sampson Moore & Co. specialised in casting large iron structures and owned North Foundry in Gt Howard Street Liverpool. Sampson Moore & Co. supplied mortars for the Royal Navy<ref>[http://www.worldnavalships.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8610 Royal Navy Circular No 1, sent by Inspector of Machinery's Office, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich 14 June 1855]</ref> and goods were shipped overseas on the 105 ft wooden steamship, the '''SS James Dennistoun'''.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131104035105/http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=14193 Shipping Times, Clydebuilt database 2002]</ref> In 1876 Sampson Moore designed and supplied the first ever electric [[overhead crane]], which was used to hoist guns at the [[Royal Arsenal]] in Woolwich, London.<ref>"Overhead power travelling crane for the Gun Factory of the Royal Arsenal" The Engineer, 22 September 1876, p219</ref> Specifically he patented the improved winch mechanism that allowed the lifting of heavier weights (such as naval guns) by an electric motor.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/23214/pages/566/page.pdf The London Gazette, 1 Feb 1867 (original patent filed on 25 Jan 1854)]</ref> Electric [[overhead crane]]s were subsequently installed in several [[Foundry|foundries]] in the north of England and were considered one of many technical advancements of the British [[Industrial Revolution]].<ref>Yorke, Stan (2005) '' The Industrial Revolution Explained: Steam, Sparks and Massive Wheels (England's Living History)'' Countryside Books, {{ISBN|978-1853069352}}</ref> The invention was celebrated in the [[2012 Summer Olympics opening ceremony|Opening Scene of the London 2012 Olympics]], where an electric [[overhead crane]] lifted cast [[Olympic rings]] out of a staged foundry in the Pandemonium scene.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19025686 BBC News report on London Olympics Opening Ceremony]</ref> Other notable inventions included a machine for rolling tobacco<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22612/pages/1687/page.pdf The London Gazette, 28 March 1862 (patent 766, page 1687)]</ref> and machines for rolling and polishing rice.<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22550/pages/3832/page.pdf The London Gazette, 24 Sept 1861 (patent 1423, page 3832)]</ref><ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/22522/pages/2592/page.pdf The London Gazette, 21 June 1861 (patent 1423, page 2592)]</ref> |
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==Violin Collection== |
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Moore was also well known as a collector of violins. Several of Moore's instruments were included in the "Special Exhibition" of musical instruments in London in 1872.<ref>"Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments" by George A. Dissmore and Charles Reade, South Kensington Museum (1872)</ref> These included violins by [[Carlo Ferdinando Landolfi|Landolfi]] made in 1776 and a Richard Duke violin from 1756.<ref>"The Violin Family and its Makers in the British Isles" by Brian W Harvey, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1995. pp 183-185</ref> The exhibition was chaired by [[Alfred, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha|Prince Alfred, the Duke of Edinburgh]],<ref>"Catalogue of the Special Exhibition of Ancient Musical Instruments" by George A. Dissmore and Charles Reade, South Kensington Museum (1872)</ref> who was himself a keen violinist and subsequently Sampson Moore supplied Prince Alfred with several instruments. In 1874 he located two violins which had belonged years earlier to the Prince's late uncle the [[Prince Adolphus, Duke of Cambridge|Duke of Cambridge]], for which Alfred was particularly appreciative.<ref>Letter from HRH the Duke of Edinburgh to Sampson Moore, sent by Arthur B Haig, Equerry, postmarked 8 May 1874</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Sampson Moore married Elizabeth Grindle (b. 1806) on 20 Jun 1833 at the church of St Peter in Liverpool. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Moore (b. |
Sampson Moore married Elizabeth Grindle (b. 1806) on 20 Jun 1833 at the church of St Peter in Liverpool. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Moore (b. Moore, who was living in Tasmania at the time of his father's death.<ref>[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article8951907 The Mercury Newspaper, Hobart, Tasmania, Volume XXX Number 5125, 19 March 1877]</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 23:32, 5 September 2022
Sampson Moore (1812–1877) was an English engineer and inventor based in Liverpool, England during the industrial revolution. His company, Sampson Moore & Co. produced a number of notable inventions.
Overview
Personal life
Sampson Moore married Elizabeth Grindle (b. 1806) on 20 Jun 1833 at the church of St Peter in Liverpool. They had one daughter, Elizabeth Moore (b. Moore, who was living in Tasmania at the time of his father's death.[1]