William Henry Fowler
Fowler Calculators Ltd was a manufacturer of slide rules and other scientific and mathematical instruments, based in Manchester, England and founded by William Henry Fowler (ca. 1854–1932). Life of William Henry Fowler William Henry Fowler, born in Oldham, England, began his interest in engineering and manufacturing around age 14 when he began training in textiles and machinery at the Oldham firm of Platt Brothers. He then went on to study mathematics at Owens College in Manchester in the 1870s. Following his time at Owens College, he became an assistant engineer for the Manchester Steam Users' Association (ca. 1877–1888) and worked as the general manager at the Chadderton Iron Works Co. Fowler became editor for the weekly journal ''The Practical Engineer'' in 1891, which led to him starting the Scientific Publishing Company in 1898. That year, ''The Mechanical Engineer''—his weekly journal under the Scientific Publishing Company—published a design for a circular calculato ...
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