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 162,253 pages of information and 244,496 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.

J. Brockie

From Graces Guide

James Brockie

1880 of Throgmorton St, London EC; became an associate of the Society of Telegraph Engineers

Early 1880s: joined Johnson and Phillips

Invented the Brockie-Pell Arc Lamp and other arc lamps


1894 of Charlton; head of the lighting department of Johnson and Phillips; became a member of the Inst of Electrical Engineers (sponsored by Gisbert Kapp and Bennett Pell).


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Sources of Information

  • UK, Electrical Engineer Membership Forms