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2 unusual facts about Thwaites


Calamander wood

It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka.

Thwaites, Cumbria

The River Duddon flows through the valley, rising in the mountains between Eskdale and Langdale, before flowing into the Irish Sea near Broughton in Furness.


Astrarium of Giovanni Dondi dell'Orologio

Seven such reconstructions were built by Peter Haward of Thwaites and Reed, London; examples of these can be found in the Smithsonian Institution and The Time Museum Illinois.

George Henry Kendrick Thwaites

In March 1849, on the death of George Gardner, Thwaites was appointed superintendent of the botanical gardens at Peradeniya, Ceylon.

Robinson Thwaites

Thwaites' eldest daughter, Mary Elizabeth Thwaites, married the Chief Clerk to Bow Street Magistrates' Court, John Alexander (chief clerk).

In 1893, the foundry at the Consett Iron Works was using a Roots blower made by Thwaites Brothers.

Thwaytes

Ann Thwaytes (1789–1866) English philanthropist also known as Mrs Thwaites, Ann Thwaites and Mrs Thwaytes


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