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 162,260 pages of information and 244,501 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.

Darwin Bates

From Graces Guide

Lieut.-Col. Darwin Bates T.D., J.P., D.L., M.I.E.E., Electrical Engineer

1867 Born son of Henry Walter Bates, F.R.S.

Ed. University College School, London.

c.1883-90 India Rubber Co, Silvertown (8 years)

c.1890-6 City of London Electric Light Co (5 years). 1890-6 as Mains Supt.

1891 Patentee of the Bates H.T. fuse

1896- Manager of Prescot Works, British Insulated and Helsby Cables, Ltd.

1901 Joint Patentee with G. W. Peard of the Bates and Peard Automatic Water Seal Annealing Furnace for non-ferrous metals.

WWI Senior Major of 5th South Lancs. Regiment

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