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'''List of British engineers and their patents'''. This is a historical list of [[Great Britain|British]] [[engineer]]s, and [[patent]]ees, who do not yet have biographical articles. |
'''List of British engineers and their patents'''. This is a historical list of [[Great Britain|British]] [[engineer]]s, and [[patent]]ees, who do not yet have biographical articles. |
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Revision as of 07:33, 19 November 2015
List of British engineers and their patents. This is a historical list of British engineers, and patentees, who do not yet have biographical articles.
A
- Anderson, Harry Percival Harvey, with John McCullum and Steam Heat Conservation Company Ltd. See Anderson condensing system
- Patent GB336599[1]
B
- Bell, Arthur Morton has published some books on locomotives.[2]
- Three patents, two obtained jointly with James Holden.[3]
C
- Carlton oder Carleton, Thomas William. Partner with John Charles Taite, trading as Taite and Carlton.[4]
- Patent CA35069[5]
- Cowan, William, was born in Edinburgh in 1823 and died in Aberdeen on 10 March 1898. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway from 1857 to 1883.[6]
- No known patents
- Cumming, Christopher. Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Highland Railway from 1915 to 1922.[7]
- Patent GB190404179[8]
D
- Davis, Frederic Jocelyn.
- Three patents, one obtained jointly with James Holden.[9]
M
- McCullum, John, with H.P.H. Anderson and Steam Heat Conservation Company Ltd. See Anderson condensing system. The surname is spelt McCullum in the patent but some sources give McCallum.
- Patent GB336599[1]
P
- Pettigrew, William Frank, was born in Glasgow on 24 January 1858 and died in Redhill, Surrey on 22 January 1941. He was Locomotive Superintendent of the Furness Railway, 1896-1918.[10]
- One patent, obtained jointly with Walter Reuben Preston.[11]
- Preston, Reuben Thomas
- Twenty-four patents, two obtained jointly with James Holden.[12]
R
- Riekie, John
- Fifteen patents, one with John F. McIntosh.[13]
- Russell, Frederick Vernon (1870-1942). Chief draughtsman at the Stratford Works of the Great Eastern Railway.[14]
- Six patents, four obtained jointly with James Holden.[15]
- Ruthven, Archibald St Clair. This may be Archibald St Clair Ruthven (1842-1925) or his son of the same name (1875-1951).[16]
- Two patents, with John F. McIntosh.[17]
- Ruthven, John Folds (born 1820), was Locomotive Superintendent of the Great North of Scotland Railway from 1855 to 1857.[18]
- No known patents
- Ruthven, Morris West (born 1812), son of John Ruthven (born 1783) and Mary West.[19]
- Scotch patent dated 28 March 1839 "for improvements in boilers for generating steam..."[20]
T
- Taite, John Charles. Partner with Thomas William Carlton (or Carleton), trading as Taite and Carlton, engineers and commission agents.[4]
- Eighteen patents, two obtained jointly with James Holden.[21]
- Tiddeman, Edmund Spenser, was related (by marriage) to The Spooners of Porthmadog [22]
- Six patents, two obtained jointly with James Holden.[23]
W
- Wigram, Reginald
- Two patents, obtained jointly with James Thompson Marshall.[24]
References
- ^ a b "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ Clough, Ben C. "Results for 'au:Bell, Arthur Morton,'". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ a b http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/26363/pages/225/page.pdf
- ^ "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Brief Biographies of Mechanical Engineers". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
- ^ "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "William Frank Pettigrew". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - Bibliographic data". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "James Holden, Stephen Holden, Alfred John Hill and Frederick Vernon Russell of the Great Eastern Railway". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Genealogy Scottish family birth records census ancestry Scotland uk". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2013-01-18.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR)". Steamindex.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Genealogy Scottish family birth records census ancestry Scotland uk". ScotlandsPeople. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ^ The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette - Google Books. Books.google.co.uk. Retrieved 2013-01-21.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "James Spooner (Person)". Festipedia. 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ "Espacenet - results view". Worldwide.espacenet.com. 2012-12-19. Retrieved 2013-01-17.