death_date death_place birth_place nationality article_title discipline birth_date employer name
07 august 1904 putney , london limehouse , london british william adams -lrb- locomotive engineer -rrb-
 mechanical , locomotive 15 october 1823 north western railway london railway great eastern railway london and south william adams
william adams -lrb- locomotive engineer -rrb-

william adams -lrb- 1823 -- 1904 -rrb- was the locomotive superintendent of the north london railway from 1858 to 1873 ; the great eastern railway from 1873 until 1878 and the london and south western railway from then until his retirement in 1895 .
he is best known for his locomotives featuring the `` adams bogie '' , a device with lateral centring springs -lrb- initially made of rubber -rrb- to improve high-speed stability .
he should not be mistaken for william bridges adams -lrb- 1797 -- 1872 -rrb- a locomotive engineer who , confusingly , invented the `` adams axle '' -- a radial axle that william adams incorporated in designs for the london and south western railway .
