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'''1951 Obituary <ref>[[The Engineer 1951 Jul-Dec: Index]]</ref> | '''1951 Obituary <ref>[[The Engineer 1951 Jul-Dec: Index]]</ref> | ||
We have learned with regret of the recent death of Mr. J. E. Southcombe, a director of [[Germ Lubricants|Germ Lubricants Ltd]]. Mr. Southcombe, who was sixty-six, graduated at Liverpool University in 1907. | |||
Southcombe, a director of [[Germ Lubricants|Germ Lubricants Ltd]]. | |||
Mr. Southcombe, who was sixty-six, graduated at Liverpool University in 1907. | |||
During the First World War, he collaborated with the late [[Henry Matthew Wells|Mr. Henry | During the First World War, he collaborated with the late [[Henry Matthew Wells|Mr. Henry Wells]] in an investigation of the properties of "fatty oils" and their use as compounding agents with mineral oils for lubrication. | ||
Wells]] in an investigation of the properties of "fatty oils" and their use as compounding agents | |||
with mineral oils for lubrication. | |||
Mr. Southcombe joined the board of [[Henry Wells Oil Co|Henry Wells Oil Company, | Mr. Southcombe joined the board of [[Henry Wells Oil Co|Henry Wells Oil Company, Ltd]]. (later renamed Germ Lubricants, Ltd.), in 1929, and since then had taken a prominent part in that firm's development, not only on the technical side, but also on the administrative. | ||
Ltd]]. (later renamed Germ Lubricants, Ltd.), in | |||
1929, and since then had taken a prominent part | |||
in that firm's development, not only on the technical | |||
side, but also on the administrative. | |||
He was a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum and the author | He was a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum and the author of "The Chemistry of the Oil Industry" and "Lubricating Oil Tests and their Significance." | ||
of "The Chemistry of the Oil Industry" and "Lubricating Oil Tests and their Significance." | |||
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James Edward Southcombe (1885-1951)
1951 Obituary [1]
We have learned with regret of the recent death of Mr. J. E. Southcombe, a director of Germ Lubricants Ltd. Mr. Southcombe, who was sixty-six, graduated at Liverpool University in 1907.
During the First World War, he collaborated with the late Mr. Henry Wells in an investigation of the properties of "fatty oils" and their use as compounding agents with mineral oils for lubrication.
Mr. Southcombe joined the board of Henry Wells Oil Company, Ltd. (later renamed Germ Lubricants, Ltd.), in 1929, and since then had taken a prominent part in that firm's development, not only on the technical side, but also on the administrative.
He was a Fellow of the Institute of Petroleum and the author of "The Chemistry of the Oil Industry" and "Lubricating Oil Tests and their Significance."