Difference between revisions of "Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti"
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* 1881 Employed as an assistant to the Chief Research Engineer at Siemens in London | * 1881 Employed as an assistant to the Chief Research Engineer at Siemens in London | ||
* 1882 Left Siemens. Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd is formed to manufacture the alternator developed by | * 1882 Left Siemens. Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd is formed to manufacture the alternator developed by Ferranti under licence from Sir William Thomson (Thomson - later Lord Kelvin - had developed a similar alternator at the same time independently). | ||
* 1883 Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd | * 1883 Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd wound up at the end of the year. Sebastian bought back his own patents and set up a company called S. Z. de Ferranti in partnership with C. P. Sparks and others. | ||
* 1887 Engineer to the London Electric Supply Corporation company (LESCo). Designed and built the Deptford Generating Station, the world's first power station. | * 1887 Engineer to the London Electric Supply Corporation company (LESCo). Designed and built the Deptford Generating Station, the world's first power station. | ||
* 1891 contract | * 1891 Ferranti's contract was not renewed; Ferranti left LESCo | ||
* 1896 S. Z. de Ferranti Limited set up | * 1896 S. Z. de Ferranti Limited set up Hollinwood factory in Oldham | ||
* 1897 production began at Oldham | * 1897 production began at Oldham |
Revision as of 13:16, 18 May 2010
Sebastian Z. de Ferranti
- 1864 Sebastian Ziani de Ferranti born 9th April at Bold Street Liverpool
- 1881 Employed as an assistant to the Chief Research Engineer at Siemens in London
- 1882 Left Siemens. Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd is formed to manufacture the alternator developed by Ferranti under licence from Sir William Thomson (Thomson - later Lord Kelvin - had developed a similar alternator at the same time independently).
- 1883 Ferranti, Thompson and Ince Ltd wound up at the end of the year. Sebastian bought back his own patents and set up a company called S. Z. de Ferranti in partnership with C. P. Sparks and others.
- 1887 Engineer to the London Electric Supply Corporation company (LESCo). Designed and built the Deptford Generating Station, the world's first power station.
- 1891 Ferranti's contract was not renewed; Ferranti left LESCo
- 1896 S. Z. de Ferranti Limited set up Hollinwood factory in Oldham
- 1897 production began at Oldham