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Wouldhave's boat was to be built of copper, made buoyant by the use of cork, and incapable of being capsized. Although it did not meet with full approval, Wouldhave was awarded one [[Guinea (British coin)|guinea]] for his trouble.<ref name="mackenzie">{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=Eneas |coauthors=Marvin Ross|title=An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham|publisher=Mackenzie and Dent|location=Newcastle upon Tyne|date=1834|volume=1|pages=51-52|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=azEQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51|accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref> [[Henry Greathead]] also made a submission, which was deemed the most satisfactory, and was rewarded by being employed to build a boat as directed by the committee.<ref name="naval">{{cite book|title=The Naval Chronicle|publisher=Bunney & Gold|location=Shoe Lane, London|date=1802|volume=VII, January - July 1802|pages=485-498|chapter=Invention of the life-boat|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1yQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA496|accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref><ref name="NLBI">{{cite book|title=The Life-Boat|publisher=National Life-Boat Institution|location=London|date=1 September 1852|pages=89-91|chapter=Greathead's original life-boat|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bGQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA89|accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref> |
Wouldhave's boat was to be built of copper, made buoyant by the use of cork, and incapable of being capsized. Although it did not meet with full approval, Wouldhave was awarded one [[Guinea (British coin)|guinea]] for his trouble.<ref name="mackenzie">{{cite book|last=Mackenzie|first=Eneas |coauthors=Marvin Ross|title=An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham|publisher=Mackenzie and Dent|location=Newcastle upon Tyne|date=1834|volume=1|pages=51-52|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=azEQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA51|accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref> [[Henry Greathead]] also made a submission, which was deemed the most satisfactory, and was rewarded by being employed to build a boat as directed by the committee.<ref name="naval">{{cite book|title=The Naval Chronicle|publisher=Bunney & Gold|location=Shoe Lane, London|date=1802|volume=VII, January - July 1802|pages=485-498|chapter=Invention of the life-boat|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=1yQoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA496|accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref><ref name="NLBI">{{cite book|title=The Life-Boat|publisher=National Life-Boat Institution|location=London|date=1 September 1852|pages=89-91|chapter=Greathead's original life-boat|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=bGQFAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA89|accessdate=2008-11-21}}</ref> |
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Wouldhave's claims to have invented the lifeboat were hampered by his poverty and violent language. |
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In a letter to the editor of The Monthly Magazine dated Feb.16,1807, Hailes says that around the time of Greathead's recognition in parliament in 1802, he had asserted Wouldhave's right to the invention, and invited Greathead to prove otherwise. He had not done so, apart from some letters to newspapers, and editors continued to present Greathead to the public as the inventor of the lifeboat. In 1806 Hailes published a pamphlet titled "An enquiry concerning the invention of the lifeboat". In July of that year a letter was published in the Gentlemans Magazine claiming the invention for Lukin. |
Mr. Hailes, mathematician familiar with marine architecture, supported Wouldhave's claim to the invention, and believed that the curved keel was an error.<ref name=mackenzie1825/>In a letter to the editor of The Monthly Magazine dated Feb.16,1807, Hailes says that around the time of Greathead's recognition in parliament in 1802, he had asserted Wouldhave's right to the invention, and invited Greathead to prove otherwise. He had not done so, apart from some letters to newspapers, and editors continued to present Greathead to the public as the inventor of the lifeboat. In 1806 Hailes published a pamphlet titled "An enquiry concerning the invention of the lifeboat". In July of that year a letter was published in the Gentlemans Magazine claiming the invention for Lukin. |
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William Wouldhave | |
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| Born | 1751 |
| Died | 28 September 1821, in his 70th year[1] |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation(s) | Clerk of St.Hilda's Chapel, South Shields |
| Known for | Lifeboat design |
William Wouldhave (1751–1821) is a rival of Lionel Lukin for the title of inventor of the lifeboat. His tombstone, erected thirteen years before Lukin’s, describes Wouldhave as:
‘Inventor of that invaluable blessing to mankind the Lifeboat’
Wouldhave, who was a parish clerk from South Shields, did not succeed with the practical application of his invention until 1789, three years after Lukin’s converted coble was presented to Dr Sharpe. In this year a competition was launched to reward any inventor who could provide a craft for the purpose of saving lives from shipwreck. This following the tragic fate of the doomed Newcastle ship, the Adventure that had gone aground near the coast at the mouth of the river Tyne. From the shore, although clearly visible, nothing could be done to save the passengers and crew who were seen to be dropping from the rigging into the sea.
Wouldhave's boat was to be built of copper, made buoyant by the use of cork, and incapable of being capsized. Although it did not meet with full approval, Wouldhave was awarded one guinea for his trouble.[2] Henry Greathead also made a submission, which was deemed the most satisfactory, and was rewarded by being employed to build a boat as directed by the committee.[3][4]
Wouldhave's claims to have invented the lifeboat were hampered by his poverty and violent language. Mr. Hailes, mathematician familiar with marine architecture, supported Wouldhave's claim to the invention, and believed that the curved keel was an error.[5]In a letter to the editor of The Monthly Magazine dated Feb.16,1807, Hailes says that around the time of Greathead's recognition in parliament in 1802, he had asserted Wouldhave's right to the invention, and invited Greathead to prove otherwise. He had not done so, apart from some letters to newspapers, and editors continued to present Greathead to the public as the inventor of the lifeboat. In 1806 Hailes published a pamphlet titled "An enquiry concerning the invention of the lifeboat". In July of that year a letter was published in the Gentlemans Magazine claiming the invention for Lukin. [6]
References
- ^ Sykes, John (1824). Local records; or, Historical register of remarkable events, which have occurred exclusively in the counties of Durham and Northumberland, town and county of Newcastle upon Tyne, and Berwick upon Tweed. Newcastle. Retrieved 2008-11-24.
- ^ Mackenzie, Eneas (1834). An Historical, Topographical, and Descriptive View of the County Palatine of Durham. Vol. 1. Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent. pp. 51–52. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ "Greathead's original life-boat". The Life-Boat. London: National Life-Boat Institution. 1 September 1852. pp. 89–91. Retrieved 2008-11-21.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
mackenzie1825was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Richard Philips, ed. (August 1, 1807). The Monthly Magazine. Vol. 24. London. pp. 6–8. Retrieved 2008-11-24.