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Apprentice for 5 years in the engine works of Messrs [[T. M. Tennant and Co|Tennants]] of Leith and Messrs [[Blackwood and Gordon]] of Port Glasgow
1868-73 Apprentice in the engine works of Messrs [[T. M. Tennant and Co|Tennants]] of Leith and Messrs [[Blackwood and Gordon]] of Port Glasgow


1.5 years as shop draughtsman with [[J. and J. Thomson]], Glasgow
1874-5: 1.5 years as shop draughtsman with [[J. and J. Thomson]], Glasgow


1 year as draughtsman with [[John Macfarlane Gray|J. McF. Gray]] of Board of Trade
1876: 1 year as draughtsman with [[John Macfarlane Gray|J. McF. Gray]] of Board of Trade


2 years superintending the execution of marine engine work at the Smithfield works on the Isle of Dogs
1877-8 Superintended the erection of marine engine work at the Smithfield works on the Isle of Dogs


1.5 years superintending for '''Sheppard and Co Steamers''' of Bombay, at Glasgow and Bombay
1878-80: 1.5 years superintending for '''Sheppard and Co Steamers''' of Bombay, at Glasgow and Bombay


1880 Joined I Mech E, of '''Cornac Iron Works''', Bombay.
1880 Joined I Mech E, of '''Cornac Iron Works''', Bombay.


1885 of [[Donald, Henesey and Couper|Donald Henesey and Cowper]], Ripon Iron Works, Frero Road, Bombay; correspondence care of Messrs. Fleming Wilson and Co., 24, 25, 27 Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C.
1880-3 Works Manager at Cornac Iron Works
 
1883-8 Managing partner of [[Donald, Henesey and Couper|Donald Henesey and Cowper]], Ripon Iron Works, Frero Road, Bombay; correspondence care of Messrs. Fleming Wilson and Co., 24, 25, 27 Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C. Afterwards [[Donald and Co]], Bombay
 
1888-9 in charge of Engineering branch of John Fleming and Co, merchants, Bombay


1890 c/of J. Macfarlane Gray, St. Katharine Dock House, Tower Hill, London, E.
1890 c/of J. Macfarlane Gray, St. Katharine Dock House, Tower Hill, London, E.
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1897 Resigned from I Mech E
1897 Resigned from I Mech E


1917 Re-elected to I Mech E
WWI Second lieutenant RFC
 
1918 Re-elected to I Mech E; consultant with [[Pulsometer Engineering Co]]
 


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 16:23, 1 August 2018

1868-73 Apprentice in the engine works of Messrs Tennants of Leith and Messrs Blackwood and Gordon of Port Glasgow

1874-5: 1.5 years as shop draughtsman with J. and J. Thomson, Glasgow

1876: 1 year as draughtsman with J. McF. Gray of Board of Trade

1877-8 Superintended the erection of marine engine work at the Smithfield works on the Isle of Dogs

1878-80: 1.5 years superintending for Sheppard and Co Steamers of Bombay, at Glasgow and Bombay

1880 Joined I Mech E, of Cornac Iron Works, Bombay.

1880-3 Works Manager at Cornac Iron Works

1883-8 Managing partner of Donald Henesey and Cowper, Ripon Iron Works, Frero Road, Bombay; correspondence care of Messrs. Fleming Wilson and Co., 24, 25, 27 Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, London, E.C. Afterwards Donald and Co, Bombay

1888-9 in charge of Engineering branch of John Fleming and Co, merchants, Bombay

1890 c/of J. Macfarlane Gray, St. Katharine Dock House, Tower Hill, London, E.

1896 of Barrow-in-Furness

1897 Resigned from I Mech E

WWI Second lieutenant RFC

1918 Re-elected to I Mech E; consultant with Pulsometer Engineering Co


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Sources of Information

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