J. Gilbert and Co
John Gilbert of Boston Street, Hackney Road, London
1847 Bankrupt. '...Bankruptcy issued and now in prosecution against John Gilbert of the Engine Works, Boston-street, Hackney-road, in the county of Middlesex, Millwright and Engineer...'[1]
1848 Short description of Gilbert's double cylinder steam engine [2]. It was a beam engine of the 'vibrating pillar kind' (grasshopper?), with the low pressure cylinder in line with the HP cylinder, but beneath the bedplate, i.e. a tandem compound engine. A 12 HP engine was working 12 hours a day driving sawing machinery, the boiler fuel being sawdust.
1850 'STEAM ENGINES. GILBERT’S DOUBLE CYLINDER is the simplest, cheapest, and most economical ever devised.
Parties requiring Steam Engines should apply for particulars to J. Gilbert and Co., Engine Works, Boston-street, Hackney-road, London.
PS. Several High-pressure Engines and Boilers, from 2 to 20-horse-power, to be disposed of.' [3]
1855 Patent. '552. And John Gilbert, of the Engine Works, Boston-street, Hackney, in the county of Middlesex, Engineer, has given the like notice in respect of the invention of "an improved pump or pumping apparatus."'[4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:30 November 1847 Issue:20801 Page:4464
- ↑ The Practical Mechanic's Journal, p.239, December 1848
- ↑ Bury and Norwich Post - Wednesday 24 April 1850
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:19 June 1855 Issue:21731 Page:2356