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1853 Listed as 'Elce, Thomas, Jun., machine maker (J. Elce and Co), Brook Cottage, Fallowfield.[1]
1861 Patent. '1159. To Thomas Elce the younger, of the firm of Messieurs John Elce and Company, of the city of Manchester, Machine Makers, for the invention of " certain improvements in machinery for combing wool, cotton, and other fibres."'[2]
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