Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Co
Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Co. of Southwark, maker of Electric motors.
1891 The business was set up (according to the adverts of the successor company)
1896 Description of the Langdon-Davies AC motor: 'In the machine we are about to describe, which is being introduced by the Alternate-Current Electro-Motor Syndicate, Limited, of 2 and 4, Penywern-road, London, S.W., such improvements have been made by Mr. Langdon-Davies in the magnetic arrangements that the motor has an efficiency, according to Dr. Thompson’s report, of 91 per cent, at its maximum power, ....'[1]
1898 The company was registered on 27 January.
1898 The catalogue advertised their range of electric motors
1899 Advertised alternating current electric motors for hire or purchase
1899 On the winding up of Nalder Brothers and Co, each shareholder would receive one share in Langdon Davies Electric Motor Co Limited for each share held in that company[2]
1901 Alfred Soames, who had been a partner in Nalder Brothers, was the managing director of an electrical manufacturing company[3]
1903 Catalogue issued
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Engineering 1896/06/19
- ↑ London Gazette 29 Dec 1899
- ↑ 1901 census