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 167,645 pages of information and 247,064 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.

Radio Instruments

From Graces Guide
November 1923. 4-Valve model.
November 1923. 5-Valve model.
September 1933.

of Purley Way, Croydon, Surrey. Telephone: Thornton Heath 3211. Cables: "Instradio, Croydon"

1922 Exhibited a crystal set at the 1922 Wireless Exhibition

1923 Fitted a radio in a Fiat

1925 "Radio Instruments, Ltd, of 12. Hyde-street, New-Oxford-street, London, , W.C.1 , informs us that it has just appointed new representatives in the Northern district."[1]

1936 The instrument manufacturing department of Radio Instruments Ltd, of Croydon, approved manufacturers to the Air Ministry and other Government departments, was acquired by Aeronautical and General Instruments[2] but not the part of the business concerned with wireless receiving sets and parts for home use.

1936 The company was wound up voluntarily; J. Joseph was chairman[3]

1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Radio Apparatus. (Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. C.1539) [4]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1925/01/23
  2. [1] Flightglobal / Archive
  3. London Gazette 1 May 1936
  4. 1947 British Industries Fair p226