Kitson Empire Lighting Co
of Stamford, Lincs., Manufacturers of Lamps
1902 Company established as the Kitson Light Foreign Supply Co., London.
Amalgamated with Empire Light also originally owned by Arthur Kitson.
1911 Incorporated as a Limited Company. Successor of Kitson Empire Co.
1911 Chairman: Walter Coates. Managing Director: Arthur Kitson.
1911 Issued catalogue on a light that burns lamp oil without a wick. [1]. Kitson Empire Patent System of Lighting.
1911 Issued the tradmark Kelite that from December 1911 onwards was stamped on all lamps and spare parts made by it. [2] Claimed that the "Kelite" patent inverted-Domestic Portable Lamp was the safest, best and most economical light known, 100 candle power. Made in brass or lacquered; also all kinds of hanging lamps, &c., for domestic use and all forms of indoor lighting to burn Petroleum or Paraffin Oil.
1911 Incorporated as a limited company.
1914 Manufacturers of lamps etc. Specialities: lamps and parts pertaining to the Kitson Empire patent system of lighting; "Kelite" inverted domestic portable lamp, made in brass or lacquered; all kinds of hanging lamps for domestic use and all forms of indoor lighting to burn petroleum or paraffin oil. [3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 1st September 1911 p242
- ↑ The Engineer 1911/12/01 p 576.
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book