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 167,713 pages of information and 247,105 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.

Escher, Wyss and Co

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1860.

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1862.
1866.
1872. Compound Twin Screw Marine Engines.
1872. Boiler for Twin Screw Marine Engines.
1872. Compound Twin-Screw Marine Engines.
June 1888. Water power installation at Gokak, India.[1]

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June 1888. Water power installation at Gokak, India.
August 1899.
1900. Horizontal Compound Engine.
1900. Vertical Condensing Engine.
The first Zoelly turbine, made in 1903 by Escher, Wyss, and on display at the Deutsches Museum
February 1901.
1902.
January 1902.
February 1911.

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1918.
1971.

of Zürich, Switzerland. London Office: 109 Victoria Street, Westminster, SW.

1866 Oscillating engines for paddle steamer described and illustrated in 'Engineering'. The works manager at the time was M. Murray Jackson[2]

1872 'Charles de Gonzenbach-Escher, trading under the name of Escher, Wyss, and Company, of Paris, France'[3]

1887 Constructed plant ay Gokak, India, driving a cotton spinning mill using three water turbines of 250 HP each, the power being transmitted by wire cable (see drawings) [4]

1892 Description of the aluminium naphtha yacht Mignon, built to the order of A. Nobel, Paris, for cruising on the waters of La Seine. 6 HP engine: three cylinders, single acting.[5]

1902 Advert mentions Alphonse Steiger

1925 Opened offices at 74, Bath-Street, Glasgow.[6]

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