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James H


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Footed wheels on light artillery in Middle East.
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A new one on me. Of the type normally seen on heavier guns, but apparently used in Gaza/Palestine.

bottrill-wheel-ww1y-x640.jpg

Came across it while looking into the ped-rail (sic)/Bottrill/Dreadnaught (sic) question. Much confusion surrounding this. Anyone familiar with the Dreadnaught Wheel and how it came by the name? It would suggest a trade-name, but I haven't found a patent or registered trademark.

 



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The name activated something in my memory. Quick search gave me an entry in the Australian biographies:

http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bottrill-frank-5302

A couple of Australian patents turned up as well (attached).

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Charlie

Edit: It looks like the term "Dreadnaught Wheels" goes back to Boydell's 1846 patent on traction engine wheels - found an image of these fitted to a

later Burrell traction engine (attached).



-- Edited by CharlieC on Friday 11th of September 2015 11:12:01 PM



-- Edited by CharlieC on Friday 11th of September 2015 11:45:53 PM

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Thanks, Charlie. Very nice documents. I've found quite a few similar devices, including an interesting thing called the Anderson Wheel. The puzzle that remains is that Bottrill's device is suddenly announced as "the Dreadnaught" without any explanation as to how or when it acquired such a name. It's not a generic name, so I assume it must have been a marketing name, but no details.



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