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1894 Bankrupt.<ref>London Gazette 31 Aug 1894</ref> | 1894 Bankrupt.<ref>London Gazette 31 Aug 1894</ref> | ||
1901 A hydraulic engineer, working on his own account, lived with his parents in Halifax<ref>1901 census</ref> | 1901 A hydraulic engineer, working on his own account, lived with his parents in Halifax<ref>1901 census</ref> | ||
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1901 'Mr. P. Pitman of Halifax' supplied a 3ft diameter Pelton wheel, with two nozzles, to the Tamer(? Tarvin?) Waterworks, Chester. It was combined with a steam engine to drive a dynamo for lighting.<ref>[[The Engineer 1901/06/21]], p.645</ref> | 1901 'Mr. P. Pitman of Halifax' supplied a 3ft diameter Pelton wheel, with two nozzles, to the Tamer(? Tarvin?) Waterworks, Chester. It was combined with a steam engine to drive a dynamo for lighting.<ref>[[The Engineer 1901/06/21]], p.645</ref> | ||
1907 Married Ethel Marian Norton in Pershore | Moved with his family to Bosbury, Ledbury. | ||
1907 Married Ethel Marian Norton in Cropthorne, Pershore | |||
1910 Associate member of I Mech E | 1910 Associate member of I Mech E | ||
Revision as of 11:25, 12 December 2024
Percy Hector Pitman, of Percy Pitman
1871 Born in Prestwich, Manchester
1881 Living with his family in Altrincham[1]
1891 A mechanic, living with his family in Burnage, Lancs[2]
1894 Bankrupt.[3]
1901 A hydraulic engineer, working on his own account, lived with his parents in Halifax[4]
1901 'Mr. P. Pitman of Halifax' supplied a 3ft diameter Pelton wheel, with two nozzles, to the Tamer(? Tarvin?) Waterworks, Chester. It was combined with a steam engine to drive a dynamo for lighting.[5]
Moved with his family to Bosbury, Ledbury.
1907 Married Ethel Marian Norton in Cropthorne, Pershore
1910 Associate member of I Mech E
1911 Percy Hector Pitman 40, Hydraulic Engineer and Designer Of Water Wheels, lived in Acton with Ethel Marian Pitman 26, Helen Marian Pitman 2, Florence Ethel Pitman 1[6]
1926 Granted US Patent No. 1,608,565 for a needle valve and flow deflector which to control the speed of jet-impelled water wheels.
1961 Percy Pitman died at Wood Green, Middlesex.
See Also
Sources of Information
- [1] Bosbury History Resource website - PERCY HECTOR PITMAN 1871-1961