Julius Leonard Fox Vogel
Metallurgist.
Born son of the Hon. Sir Julius Vogel, K.C.M.G., Premier of and Agent General for New Zealand.
Educated at Charterhouse.
1894 Apprenticed to Gulcher Electrical Co., Ltd., Battersea, London; evening classes at Finsbury Technical College.
Assistant to Dr. O. J. Steinhart in Chemical and Electrolytic Syndicate, Ltd.
Partner in the firm of Steinhart and Vogel for 14 years; carrying out large scale investigations into new processes.
1914 Appointed by a combination of High Speed Steel makers to design and erect a Tungsten factory and subsequently appointed General Manager in charge of the whole business.
WWI Specially exempt for manufacture of Tungsten metal required for munition manufacture
1920 At a meeting of the British Association regarding tungsten for the manufacture of high-speed steel. [1]
By 1922 M.I.E.E., M.Inst.M.M., Chem. and Elec. Engr., of High Speed Steel Alloys, Ltd., Widnes, Lancs.
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Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1920/09/03