Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,718 pages of information and 247,131 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class VII.: Irish Engineering Co

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150. IRISH ENGINEERING COMPANY, London Office, 11 John Street, Adelphi.

Finch and Willey's patent safety railway wheel. The peculiarity of this wheel consists in the rim of the skeleton or inner wheel being firmly imbedded in a dovetailed recess in the tire, throughout its whole circumference, rendering all other fastening, as bolts, etc., unnecessary, and preventing the possibility of accident from the breakage or throwing off of the tire. The tire can also be worn much thinner than ordinary.

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