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Educated at Charterhouse.  
Educated at Charterhouse.  


Apprenticed to [[Gulcher Electrical Co]]., Ltd., London; evening Classes at [[Finsbury Technical College]].  
1894-1907 Apprenticed to [[Gulcher Electrical Co]]., Ltd., Battersea, London; evening classes at [[Finsbury Technical College]].  


Assistant to Dr. [[O. J. Steinhart]] in Chemical and Electrolytic Syndicate, Ltd.
Assistant to Dr. [[O. J. Steinhart]] in Chemical and Electrolytic Syndicate, Ltd.

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Metallurgist.

Born son of the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., Premier of and Agent General for New Zealand.

Educated at Charterhouse.

1894-1907 Apprenticed to Gulcher Electrical Co., Ltd., Battersea, London; evening classes at Finsbury Technical College.

Assistant to Dr. O. J. Steinhart in Chemical and Electrolytic Syndicate, Ltd.

Partner in the firm of Steinhart and Vogel for 14 years; carrying out large scale investigations into new processes; Joint Managing Director in a company formed to manufacture Tungsten metal.

1914 Appointed by a combination of High Speed Steel makers to design and erect a Tungsten factory and subsequently appointed General Manager in charge of the whole business.

WWI Specially exempt for manufacture of Tungsten metal required for munition manufacture

1920 At a meeting of the British Association regarding tungsten for the manufacture of high-speed steel. [1]

1922 M.I.E.E., M.Inst.M.M., Chem. and Elec. Engr., of High Speed Steel Alloys, Ltd., Widnes, Lancs.



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  1. The Engineer 1920/09/03