Tredgold

Tredgold

Tredgold, Thomas, geb. 1788 zu Brandon in der englischen Grafschaft Hampshire, war erst Tischler, kam 1813 zu dem Architekten Atkinson nach London, wo er sich Fertigkeit im Zeichnen u. in Sprachen u. Kenntnisse in fast allen Wissenschaften erwarb, so daß er schon nach wenigen Jahren der Rathgeber aller Architekten u. Ingenieurs wurde. Er baute das große Gewächshaus in Zionhouse u. ein zweites für Bretton-Hall, welches jetzt in Chatsworth steht; er starb 1829 in London u. schr.: Elementary principles of carpenter, 2. A. 1824; Versuch über die Festigkeit des Gußeisens u. anderer Metalle, deutsch, Lpz. 1826; Grundsätze der Heizung u. Ventilirung öffentlicher Gebäude, Wohnhäuser etc., deutsch 1826; Abhandlungen über Eisenbahnen u. Dampfwagen, 1825; The Steamengine, 1827.


Pierer's Lexicon. 1857–1865.

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