Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Dawson Gas Engine Syndicate

From Graces Guide

of 76-78 Queen Victoria Street, London

1894 Description of Dawson gas engines, with a drawing of 50 HP vertical engine[1]

1895 Advertising vertical gas and oil engines

1896 Paris E. Singer adapted a Dawson engine for a motor car

Subsequently the business was restyled Paris Singer Ltd

1899 Henry Thomas Dawson petitioned for the winding-up of the Syndicate[2]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. Engineering 1895/01/18
  2. The London Gazette 7 February 1899
  • A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1996. ISBN 1 873098 37 5