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'''John Lang and Sons''' of Johnstone, nr Glasgow were machine tool manufacturers. | '''John Lang and Sons''' of Johnstone, nr Glasgow were machine tool manufacturers. | ||
1873 Company founded. | |||
1894 Surfacing and boring Lathe. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 21st December 1894 p547-8</ref> | |||
1911: 12 inch Centre Lathe. <ref>Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham</ref> | |||
1916 Private company. | |||
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with a number of lathes with their well-known system of variable speed driving by means of expanding pulleys. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 8th October 1920 p358</ref> | |||
1961 Lathe manufacturers, machine tool makers and engineers. 800 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == | ||
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Revision as of 16:49, 23 November 2011
John Lang and Sons of Johnstone, nr Glasgow were machine tool manufacturers.
1873 Company founded.
1894 Surfacing and boring Lathe. [1]
1911: 12 inch Centre Lathe. [2]
1916 Private company.
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with a number of lathes with their well-known system of variable speed driving by means of expanding pulleys. [3]
1961 Lathe manufacturers, machine tool makers and engineers. 800 employees. [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 21st December 1894 p547-8
- ↑ Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
- ↑ The Engineer of 8th October 1920 p358
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE