Southampton - The Avenue Prior to 1904. And Beauchamp Tower.

            The Postcard

A postcard bearing no publisher's name that was posted in Southampton on Saturday the 31st. December 1904 to:

Miss Dunn,
16, Divinity Road,
Cowley Road,
Oxford.

The message on the divided back of the card was as follows:

"Thank you for the
pretty calendar.
Wishing you all a
very Happy and
Prosperous New
Year."

Beauchamp Tower

So what else happened on the day that the card was posted?

Well, the 31st. December 1904 was not a good day for Beauchamp Tower, because he died on that day.

Beauchamp Tower, who curiously was given the same name as part of the inner defensive wall of the Tower of London, was born on the 13th. January 1845 in Moreton, Essex.

Beauchamp Tower was an English inventor and railway engineer who is chiefly known for his discovery of full-film or hydrodynamic lubrication.

Beauchamp Tower - The Early Years

Beauchamp Tower was born the son of Robert Beauchamp Tower, rector of Moreton, Essex and educated at Uppingham School, Rutland. 

He decided at the age of 16 that he wanted to become an engineer, and received early training at the Armstrong Works at Elswick, where he stayed for a few months as a draughtsman after completing his four-year apprenticeship.

Beauchamp Tower's Inventions

Beauchamp Tower held several patents regarding an apparatus for maintaining a constant plane in a floating vessel. The apparatus is based on the gyroscopic principle. 

One of the applications of this patent was steadying guns on board an undulating ship. 

In 1977, he was named by Duncan Dowson as:

"One of the 23 Men of Tribology".

Tribology is the study of friction, wear, lubrication, and the design of bearings; the science of interacting surfaces in relative motion.

Beauchamp Tower's Influence

Tower's work on lubrication influenced many other engineers, including Osborne Reynolds, who acknowledged Tower in his 1886 paper on lubrication and the viscosity of olive oil. 

Lord Kelvin credited Tower with the idea of a chain and pulleys as part of his Tide-Predicting Machine.

Taken on: June 10, 2022

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