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| '''1925 Obituary
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| "WE hear with great regret of the death, on November 19th, in a nursing home, of Mr. H. W. Morley, - a mechanical engineer of the first water. Mr. Morley served his time with [[Kitson and Co]]., Ltd., of Leeds, and subsequently took an engineering course at Bradford Technical College. He then worked with Mr. Wilson Hartnell for a time, and also with [[Hick, Hargreaves and Co]]., Ltd., of Bolton. In 1890, when still quite a young man, he became proprietor of [[Cole, Marchent and Co]].'s works at Bradford, and changed the name of the firm to [[Cole, Marchent and Morley]].Ltd. There he wrestled with difficulties and overcame them. The works and the machines were too small for a good deal of the engines he undertook
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| to build, but he was not to be beaten by obstacles of that kind, and devised ingenious means of sur-mounting them. A tour round his shops with Mr. Morley himself was an education in mechanical engineering,
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| for he had studied with care all sort of problems of design and manufacture, and loved to talk about them. He developed the drop piston valve type of steam engine, and invented an ingenious piston valve with restrained rings. As the pistons had to drop quite freely and yet be steam-tight, the slightest distortion of the liners either by heat changes or mechanical means had to be prevented, and Mr. Morley went into the problem with his customary thoroughness and sound mechanical genius. In 1912 the firm took up the manufacture of Diesel engines, and again Mr. Morley found fascinating problems to tackle. His health, however, had become indifferent, and in 1913 he retired from active work but carried on a consulting practice for a few firms; and mills in the Bradford area. He was a member of the [[Institution of Mechanical Engineers]], and one of the founders of the [[Bradford Engineering Society]]. He did much to help and encourage the public engineering of Bradford, for he brought to all engineering subjects sound common sense combined with a profound knowledge of his craft. <ref>The Engineer 1925/12/04</ref>
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