Petroleum Association
of South Sea House, Threadneedle-street
1866 The rules of the Association were agreed[1]
It regulated the oil trade in London by testing the flash point of samples and issuing certificates for imported (essentially American) petroleum; Alfred G. Kemp was the Association's secretary and tester[2]
A similar Society operated in Liverpool.
1870 Thomas Boverton Redwood became secretary and chemist to the Association; he developed testing methods.
1885 The Petroleum Association applied for a licence from the Board of Trade to be a limited liability body but without the word "limited" in its title; its purposes include promoting of importation of petroleum and to make and promote regulations for the conduct of the trade.[3]
1889 Redwood resigned from the Association. William Fox became chemist of the Association[4]
By 1897 the test methods were being called into question as favouring the industry[5]
1898 The Association was in liquidation[6]
See Also
Sources of Information
- Reports from Select Committees of the House of Lords and Evidence, Volume 9, 1872 [2]