Talk:Henry Cort

message: I've removed (and corrected) the link to Book Rags that I initially added, because you need to pay a fee to access the information.  I've moved it here in case anyone already has a subscription and is interested.  Noisy | Talk 22:17, 10 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: There are aspects of this article that are not quite accurate at present.  I hope to find time to correct them, from Mott's work (now cited), which remains the best biographical source, despite some more recnet work by others.  Peterkingiron 22:22, 28 April 2006 (UTC)
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message: The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. --KenWalker | Talk 00:33, 2 July 2007 (UTC)
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message: "The importance of Cort's improvements to the process of iron making were recognised as early as 1786 by Lord Sheffield who regarded them (undeservedly) along with James Watt's work on the steam engine as more important than the loss of America.[9]"
Undeservedly in whose opinion? The source's? Does this sentence mean it shouldn't ranked with the steam engine, or that neither/both together weren't as significant as the loss of the thirteen colonies?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 143.159.253.71 (talk) 16:33, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Henry Cort vs the American Revolution 

message: The current article, curiously in the "personal life" section, said that other ironworks used a modified process and so avoided paying royalties on the patented Cort process. However, the Guardian says "he patented the innovation. Five years later, Cort was discovered to have embezzled vast sums from navy wages and the patents were confiscated and made public, allowing widespread adoption in British ironworks." (my emphasis)
This seems to be a conflict. I am not knowledgeable enough to feel like I should edit the article, but can someone who knows the 18th/19th century patent situation better please clear this up? Thanks a lot! Cheers!--95.89.78.72 (talk) 15:36, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Cort did not embezzle anything.  His problem was that he was dependent on loans from Adam Jellicoe, who had made him a loan from public money in his hands.  The money in question belonged to the Navy Board, upon whom the patents effectively devolved; "confiscated" is not quite the right word.  It decided not to enforce the patents or allow Cort to do so, so that the effect was that they became publicly available.  Quite how fast the patents were adopted remains unclear.  Peterkingiron (talk) 20:26, 19 August 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Patents confiscated?