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* 1889 Name of [[T. B. Barker and Co]] changed to [[Forward Gas Engine Co]]
1889 Name of [[T. B. Barker and Co]] changed to [[Forward Gas Engine Co]]


* 1889 [[Frederick Lanchester]] joined the [[Forward Gas Engine Co]] of Birmingham. The company was employing 300 men at this time.
1889 [[Frederick Lanchester]] joined the company which was employing 300 men


* 1889 [[George Herbert Lanchester|George Lanchester]] started an apprenticeship with the [[Forward Gas Engine Co]] in Birmingham. His elder brother, Frederick, was already Works Manager with the same company.  
1889 [[George Herbert Lanchester|George Lanchester]] started an apprenticeship with the company. His elder brother, Frederick, was already Works Manager with the same company.  


* 1893 [[Frederick Lanchester]] left the company in order to pursue a full-time career as a research scientist, concentrating on the field that would later come to be known as aerodynamics. George, though still only 19, took over his brother’s position as Works Manager.
1893 Frederick Lanchester left the company in order to pursue a full-time career as a research scientist, concentrating on the field that would later come to be known as aerodynamics. George, though still only 19, took over his brother’s position as Works Manager.


* 1894 Forward Gas Engine. Article and illustrations in 'The Engineer' <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 6th April 1894 p292</ref>
1894 Forward Gas Engine. Article and illustrations in 'The Engineer' <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 6th April 1894 p292</ref>


* Between 1894 and 1898 the brothers worked together on the development of a petrol (gasoline) powered passenger car. There being no established auto-component industry, a large number of components had to be designed and constructed from scratch, and much of this detailed work was undertaken by George, both for the first Lanchester car and for two subsequent mechanically identical prototypes.
1902 Forward gas engine. 2 hp. Exhibit at [[Anson Engine Museum]]


* Late 1890s [[Frederick Lanchester|Frederick]] and [[George Herbert Lanchester‎|George]] amd their middle brother [[Frank Lanchester|Frank]] set up the [[Lanchester Engine Co]] to sell Frederick's designs.
1904 The company was bought by [[G. Kynoch and Co|Kynoch]]
 
* 1902 Forward gas engine. 2 hp. Exhibit at [[Anson Engine Museum]]
 
* 1904 The company was bought by [[G. Kynoch and Co|Kynoch]]


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

Revision as of 09:29, 15 November 2011

of Birmingham, engine makers

1889 Name of T. B. Barker and Co changed to Forward Gas Engine Co

1889 Frederick Lanchester joined the company which was employing 300 men

1889 George Lanchester started an apprenticeship with the company. His elder brother, Frederick, was already Works Manager with the same company.

1893 Frederick Lanchester left the company in order to pursue a full-time career as a research scientist, concentrating on the field that would later come to be known as aerodynamics. George, though still only 19, took over his brother’s position as Works Manager.

1894 Forward Gas Engine. Article and illustrations in 'The Engineer' [1]

1902 Forward gas engine. 2 hp. Exhibit at Anson Engine Museum

1904 The company was bought by Kynoch

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Sources of Information

  1. ↑ The Engineer of 6th April 1894 p292
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