Engine Patents
From Graces Guide
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1915 Established by Harry Ricardo [1]
WWI Engine research. Developed the engine that would eventually be used in the first successful tank design, the British Mark V. A total of over 8,000 of Ricardo's tank engines were put into military service, making it the first British-designed engine to be produced in large numbers. The Mark IX tank and the British version of the Mark VIII (tank) also used a Ricardo engine.
Ricardo set up a private research centre for research into the internal combustion engine using £30,000 that he had received from the government in recognition of his work on the Mk V tank engine.
1919 Moved to Shoreham
1920 The name was changed to Ricardo and Co Engineers.[2]
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