A meeting of minds
Soho House
Boulton , Watt and the Lunar Society
Not content with his manufacturing factory and his steam engines, Matthew Boulton used Soho House as a meeting places for the great minds of his time. Here was created the Lunar Society - an eclectic mixture of scientists, engineers and thinkers.
Boulton inhabited Soho House from 1766 to 1809 and today this Museum houses some of the products of Boulton's nearby factory - where buttons and buckles, clocks and vases, and silver and Sheffield plate tableware were made - and where he developed the steam engine in partnership with James Watt.
Submitted by: Peter Gallant, 01 March 2003
