Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,237 pages of information and 244,492 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

J. S. Willway and Sons

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Radiator valve at Tyntesfield, North Somerset

1895-1899 Business address: Drawbridge, Bristol

1899-1903 Business address: St Augustine's Parade, Bristol

John Sweet Willway (c.1826-1914)

The above information is from the Lucerna Magic Lantern website.

Maker of the 'Gwyer' gas light, suited to oxy-hydrogen lights for cinematographs [1]

Photo of 1895 'improved Pendant Saturator' (Saturateur oxyéthérique) for cinematographs here [2]. 'Le saturateur 'Pendant' est plus particulièrement en usage en Angleterre pour les projections cinématographiques .... Ce carburateur oxyéthérique s'emploie à l'extérieur des lanternes, et peut se fixer au mur ou à tout autre endroit, à une certaine distance de l'appareil.' Distributed in France by Maison de la Bonne Presse, 5 rue Bayard, Paris.

1899 Bicycle retailers

Electrical and gas engineers.

1913 Extension to store 100 cars.[3]

See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. [1] 'The Beginnings Of The Cinema In England, 1894-1901: Volume 1: 1894-1896' by John Barnes, University of Exeter Press, 1976
  2. [2] Catalogue des appareils cinématographiques de la Cinémathèque française et du CNC - saturateur oxyéthérique
  3. The Autocar 1913/03/29