Percy Hector Pitman
Percy Hector Pitman, of Percy Pitman
1871 Born in Prestwich, Manchester
Moved with his family to Bosbury, Ledbury.
1894 Bankrupt.
1901 'Mr. P. Pitman of Halifax' supplied a 3ft diameter Pelton wheel, with two nozzles, to the Tamer(?) Waterworks, Chester. It was combined with a steam engine to drive a dynamo for lighting.[1]
1901 A hydraulic engineer, working on his own account, lived with his parents in Halifax[2]
1907 Married in Pershore
1910 Associate member of I Mech E
1911 Percy Hector Pitman 40, Hydraulic Engineer and Designer Of Water Wheels, lived in Acton with Ethel Marian Pitman 26, Helen Marian Pitman 2, Florence Ethel Pitman 1[3]
1926 Granted US Patent No. 1,608,565 for a needle valve and flow deflector which to control the speed of jet-impelled water wheels.
1961 Percy Pitman died at Wood Green, Middlesex.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [2] Bosbury History Resource website - PERCY HECTOR PITMAN 1871-1961