Revisi per 16 Juni 2011 23.55 sunting Sanko (bicara \| kontrib) 4.051 suntingan ←Membuat halaman berisi ''''George Sorocold''' (perkiraan tahun 1668 – perkiraan tahun 1738) adalah seorang insinyur di Derby, Inggris di abad ke-18. == Biografi == Ia dilahirkan d...'		Revisi per 17 Juni 2011 00.08 sunting balikkan Sanko (bicara \| kontrib) 4.051 suntingan →Biografi Revisi selanjutnya →
Baris 7: Tahun 1692, ia membangun distribusi air yang pertama di kota, menggunakan kincir air untuk memompa air kedalam pipa sepanjang empat mil menggunakan batang dari pohon ''elm''. Untuk pekerjaan ini ia membuat mesin bor, yang kemudian ia patenkan. Distribusi air ini berfungsi sampai hampir seratus tahun, dan ia mengerjakan beberapa pekerjaan yang sama di beberapa daerah, di [[Bridgnorth]], [[Bristol]], [[Deal, Kent\|Deal]], [[King's Lynn]], [[Leeds]], [[Newcastle upon Tyne]], [[Norwich]], [[Portsmouth]], [[Sheffield]], dan [[Great Yarmouth]]. Di [[London]] ia membangun ''Marchants Water Works'', merombak ''London Bridge Water Works'' dan peningkatan saluran [[New River (Inggris)\|New River]]. Diantara penemuannya termasuk pompa yang bekerja dengan kincir air yang naik dan turun berdasarkan tinggi arus air. Sebuah paten juga diberikan pada rekan kerjanya, John Hadley pada tahun 1693. [[File:Derby Silk Mill pre 1910.jpg\|thumb\|right\|Pemintalan Sutra Derby sebelum tahun 1910, dimana George Sorocold pernah terlibat dalam pembangunan sistem kincir airnya untuk menjalankan mesin-mesin pemintalan]] Tahun 1695 dan 1699, ia membuat perencanaan untuk navigasi [[Sungai Derwent]], meskipun akhirnya tidak dipakai. Ia juga terlibat dalam pengembangan sungai-sungai [[Sungai Lea\|Lea]], [[Sungai Aire\|Aire]] dan [[Sungai Cam\|Cam]]. Ia membangun pemintalan sutra pertama di Derby atas instruksi Thomas Cotchett, yang bekerja dengan pemintal sutra dari [[Spitalfields]] di London dan menyadari keunggulan pemanfaatan tenaga air dalam proses pemintalan. Ia menyalin model mesin-mesin yang digunakan oleh penggilingan masyarakat [[Belanda]]. Mungkin karena lebih tidak efisien dibanding buatan masyarakat [[Italia]], atau karena alasan bisnis, pekerjaan itu gagal.<ref>Cooper, B., (1983) ''Transformation of a Valley: The Derbyshire Derwent'' Heinemann, republished 1991 Cromford: Scarthin Books</ref> <!-- In 1695 and 1699, he produced plans for improving navigation of the [[River Derwent, Derbyshire\|River Derwent]], although they were not put into practice. He was also involved in improvements to the Rivers [[River Lea\|Lea]], [[River Aire\|Aire]] and [[River Cam\|Cam]]. He built the first silk mill in Derby to the instruction of Thomas Cotchett, who had worked with the silk weavers of [[Spitalfields]] in London, and realised the benefit of applying power to the spinning process. He copied machines that were already in use by the [[Dutch people\|Dutch]] spinners. Perhaps because they were less efficient than the [[Italian people\|Italian]] ones, or perhaps for business reasons, the project failed. <ref>Cooper, B., (1983) ''Transformation of a Valley: The Derbyshire Derwent'' Heinemann, republished 1991 Cromford: Scarthin Books</ref> The idea was taken up by [[John Lombe]] who, with his brother Thomas, engaged Sorocold to build [[Lombe's Mill\|a new, larger mill]], based on the Italian pattern, on the site of the old one, completed in 1722. For Sorocold, who had previously been engaged with pumps and water wheels, this was something of a challenge. The machinery when finished contained 10,000 spindles, with 25,000 spinning reel bobbins, nearly 5000 star wheels, over 9000 twist bobbins and 46,000 winding bobbins, all to be driven by a single water wheel. Lombe's Mill, extensively reconstructed after a fire in 1910, is now the [[Derby Industrial Museum]]. Baris 20 ⟶ 21: Sorocold achieved national fame, and was the first non-military person to be styled "engineer." His date of death is uncertain, but believed to be sometime after 1738. --> ==Referensi== {{reflist}}

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