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 162,258 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Louis Simon and Son

From Graces Guide

of Gas Engine Works, Wilford Road, Nottingham

See Louis Simon and his son Conrad Simon

1862 Exhibited Bronze powder, varnish, and printing-ink.

c.1869 Involved in marketing the Otto and Langen atmospheric engine made by Crossley Brothers

Late 1870s. Involved in the Eclipse Silent Gas Engine built in America by Brayton

1877 Exhibited a book folding machine

1881 Employing 20 Men.[1]

c.1882 Introduced an engine under the patents of Louis Simon and Francis Wetenburch


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. 1881 Census
  • A-Z of British Stationary Engines by Patrick Knight. Published 1999. ISBN 1 873098 50 2