Frederick Walton

Frederick Walton

Frederick Edward Walton (13 March 1834[1] – 16 May 1928),[2] was an English manufacturer and inventor whose invention of Linoleum in Chiswick[3] was patented in 1863.[4] He also invented Lincrusta in 1877.

Early life

Walton was born in 1834, near Halifax.

Invention of Linoleum

In 1860, he established an experimental factory in Chiswick where he worked on oxidisation of linseed oil, fr which he was granted a patent in 1860.[4]. He experimented with the oxidized oil as a replacement for rubber and in 1863 patented this new material.[4] Walton called this new cloth "linoleum".[3] He moved his factory for Staines, and in 1864, formed the Linoleum Manufacturing Company[5] and by 1869 the factory in Staines was exporting to Europe and the United States.[6]

Patents

Walton obtained further patents for processes related to the production of linoleum. In 1863, he patented a method of passing sheets of coloured linoleum through rollers to emboss a pattern on them. In 1882, he patented machinery to make inlaid mosaic floor coverings. He also invented a number of related products, most notably Lincrusta, an embossed wall-covering base on linoleum, launched in 1877.[3]

Death

He died in 1928, aged 94.

Books

  • Company, Frederick Walton and (1881). Lincrusta. The Sunbury wall decoration. LCCN unk82056986.
  • Walton, Frederick (1925). The infancy and development of linoleum floorcloth.

References

  1. ↑ "C&EN Archives". Retrieved 28 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Today in Science History. Retrieved 28 February 2014
  3. 1 2 3 Jones, M.W. (21 Nov 1918). The history and manufacture of floorcloth and linoleum. Society of Chemical Industry.
  4. 1 2 3 "The Floorcloth and Linoleum Industry". Scottish Bankers Magazine. 5. 1913.
  5. ↑ http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/155036986
  6. ↑ Powell, Jane; Linda Svendsen (2003). Linoleum. Gibbs Smith. ISBN 1-58685-303-1.


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