Newton and Wright
of 72 Wigmore Street, London, W, Electrical and Scientific Instrument Makers; Factory, 471, Hornsey Road, London, N.
c1704 The original Newton company was established - see Newton and Co.
1911 Coolidge in the USA released details of his improved X-ray tube.
1911 Newton and Wright was incorporated as a private limited company, part of Newton and Co.
1914 Electrical and scientific instrument makers. Specialities: X-ray and electro-medical apparatus. [1]
1915 Russell Wright of the company applied for and was granted a licence to make a high tension voltmeter (patented by Bauer of Germany) for use with X-Ray tubes[2]
1922 Chairman: H. C. Newton, Managing Director: R. S. Wright. Shared premises with Newton and Co, the associated optical firm. Specialities: X-Ray and Electro-medical Apparatus.
1937 Voluntary liquidation[3]
1945 Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co acquired a large interest in the company, maker of X-ray apparatus and optical instruments[4]
1948 AEI merged the X-ray interests of Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co, Newton and Wright Ltd and the Victor X-Ray Corporation into the new company Newton Victor Ltd[5] [6].
See Also
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: E
- 1914 Whitakers Red Book: S
- 1914 Who's Who in Business: Company N
- Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co 1899-1949 by John Dummelow: 1939-1949
- Newton Victor
- Newton and Co
- Russell Stuart Wright
- The Engineer 1920/02/27
- The Engineer 1946 Jan-Jun: Index
- Thomas George Wright
- Victor X-Ray Corporation