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.

William Bourne Say

From Graces Guide

Made an unsuccessful patent for a roller skate in 1866, 4th August, for (1) a mode of obtaining a rocking motion ; (2) facilitation of turning; (3) metal axle box ; and (4) wheels made in a single piece.' [1]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1876/02/18