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Richard Beaumont-Thomas was the managing director of a major South Wales iron, steel and tinplate manufacturing company named Richard Thomas and Co Ltd〔(Dictionary of Welsh Biography )〕 which eventually merged with Baldwins〔(Baldwins )〕 to become Richard Thomas and Baldwins. He was born on 25 May 1860 at Oxford, the eldest son of his father, tinplate manufacturer Richard Thomas(). Richard Beaumont Thomas married Nora Anderson, the fourth daughter of James Anderson a Tea Merchant, of Dundee and Elizabeth Ann Downes at Holy Trinity Church, Tulse Hill, London on 2 August 1888. Richard and Nora produced four children *Vera Nora Beaumont-Thomas born 12 June 1889, died 24 Nov 1900, *Colonel Lionel Beaumont-Thomas MC MP born 1 Aug 1893, *Irene Murial Beaumont-Thomas born 9 Oct 1894 and, *Reginald Alexander Beaumont-Thomas born 3 Sep 1903. ==Inventions== During 1885, assisted by Robert Davies, Richard Beaumont-Thomas invented a cleaning machine and a dusting machine.〔''Men of Steel, The History of Richard Thomas and his Family'', David Wainwright, Quiller Press, 1986〕 These machines made possible the continuous production of tinplate. Richard Beaumont-Thomas continued this inventive streak, in 1897 together with his brother Hubert Spence-Thomas, a continuous tinning machine〔(Patents )〕 was patented. The patents for these inventions were issued and utilised by the tinplate industry globally. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Richard Beaumont-Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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