Day Gas Engine Co
of Bath
1892 Joseph Day granted a patent on a three-port two-cycle engine
1892 Frederick W. C. Cocks, an employee of the company took out a patent for improvements to the Day engine
1892 Article on the engine published in 'Iron' [1]
1893 Engine production was undertaken by Llewellin and James
1893 The Valveless Gas Engine Syndicate formed and licensed Easton and Anderson to make the engines
1894 Joseph Day was bankrupt
Production of the engine was carried out by the Millbury Pier Engineering Co
1908 The Day Motor Co was formed
Notes
A Day-Cock engine is in the London Science Museum and has a bore of 51mm and a stroke of 83mm.
A 2-hp Day-Cock engine is in the Deutsches Museum in Munich and has a bore of 82mm, a stroke of 133mm and a capacity of 0.86 litres. See photo.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The North-Eastern Daily Gazette, Friday, August 26, 1892
- A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1996. ISBN 1 873098 37 5