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[[Image:JD_BC_Maritime01.jpg|thumb|Compass and binnacle displayed at the [[Maritime Museum of BC]]. ]] | [[Image:JD_BC_Maritime01.jpg|thumb|Compass and binnacle displayed at the [[Maritime Museum of BC]]. ]] | ||
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[[Image:Im201403Wad-Kelvin-James.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Waddamana Power Station, Tasmania]]. ]] | [[Image:Im201403Wad-Kelvin-James.jpg|thumb| Exhibit at [[Waddamana Power Station, Tasmania]]. ]] |
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1899 Lord Kelvin resigned from his University chair
1900 Kelvin became a director in the newly formed limited liability company, Kelvin and James White Ltd which acquired the business of James White. At the same time, Kelvin's nephew, James Thomson Bottomley (1845-1926), joined the firm.
c.1904, a London branch office was opened which by c1915 had become known as Kelvin, White and Hutton Ltd.
1913 Kelvin and James White Ltd underwent a change of name becoming Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird Ltd.