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1838 [[Frank Clarke Hills]] set up as a manufacturing chemist at Deptford, making sulphuric acid as and other products. | |||
c.1840 [[Frank Clarke Hills]] developed a steam road vehicle at the Chemical Works | c.1840 [[Frank Clarke Hills]] developed a steam road vehicle at the Chemical Works | ||
1844 Hills opened a second factory downstream at Greenwich and for the next half century the firm continued to prosper, owning also a flour mill and chemical manure works at the | |||
Greenwich site. | |||
1846 Hills patented a method for removing ammonia from coalgas. | |||
1849 Explosion at Hill's Chemical Works at Deptford<ref>The Morning Post November 10, 1849</ref> | 1849 Explosion at Hill's Chemical Works at Deptford<ref>The Morning Post November 10, 1849</ref> | ||
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1891 '''Frank Clarke Hills and Co.''' (chemical), (T.A. Davies manager), Marsh Lane, Greenwich, Surrey. Listed as manure manufacturer or merchant<ref> Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891</ref> | 1891 '''Frank Clarke Hills and Co.''' (chemical), (T.A. Davies manager), Marsh Lane, Greenwich, Surrey. Listed as manure manufacturer or merchant<ref> Kelly's Directory of Kent, Surrey & Sussex, 1891</ref> | ||
By 1893 was [[F. C. Hills and Co]]<ref> The Times, Nov 16, 1893</ref> | 1892 Hills died. His firm survived him to about the end of the century. | ||
By 1893 the business was [[F. C. Hills and Co]]<ref> The Times, Nov 16, 1893</ref> | |||
Revision as of 17:27, 17 November 2017
1838 Frank Clarke Hills set up as a manufacturing chemist at Deptford, making sulphuric acid as and other products.
c.1840 Frank Clarke Hills developed a steam road vehicle at the Chemical Works
1844 Hills opened a second factory downstream at Greenwich and for the next half century the firm continued to prosper, owning also a flour mill and chemical manure works at the Greenwich site.
1846 Hills patented a method for removing ammonia from coalgas.
1849 Explosion at Hill's Chemical Works at Deptford[1]
1849 Frank Clarke Hills, of Deptford, gained a patent on improved method of manufacturing gas[2]
1858 F. C. Hills, chemical manufacturer, Creek St, Deptford[3]
1891 Frank Clarke Hills and Co. (chemical), (T.A. Davies manager), Marsh Lane, Greenwich, Surrey. Listed as manure manufacturer or merchant[4]
1892 Hills died. His firm survived him to about the end of the century.
By 1893 the business was F. C. Hills and Co[5]