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 167,703 pages of information and 247,104 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.

Thomas Rea

From Graces Guide

Patented a roller skate in 1866, 'with single line of rollers each revolving on two centres or sockets'. [1]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1876/02/18