Boulton
Britishnoun
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Molly-Star Kirk, Cherie Boulton and Leona McKenzie were all patients at the Farndon Unit in Newark, Nottinghamshire, when they died between 2022 and 2024.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2026
And ever since Matthew Boulton bankrolled Watt’s engine—and got rich off it—folks with dreams and some extra cash have been eager to get a piece of the action.
From Barron's ● Jan. 13, 2026
Jane Boulton, one of the stars of Airline, joked that the TV documentary led to the "misconception that a lot of people missed their flight".
From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2025
Lynn Boulton, the Sierra Club’s local conservation chair, walked along a dirt road to what was once a marshy alkali meadow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2025
By 1800 only 2,200 steam engines had been built in Britain, some two thirds of which were Newcomen engines, and a quarter Boulton and Watt engines.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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