1885 International Inventions Exhibition

1885. Interior of the Electric Light Shed at the Inventions Exhibition.

held at the Exhibition-buildings, Royal Horticultural-gardens, South Kensington, London.

09th November 1885 - "The number of visitors to this Exhibition for the week ending September 5th was 141,857; total since the opening, 2,589,842."

• Gas Engines.
• Clarke and Gillespie.
• Cobham and Co.

Also see The Engineer 1885/07/24

• Electrical Engineering Exhibitors:
• R. E. Crompton and Co.

• Siemens.
• Burgin
• Crompton
• Lumley.
• Mather and Platt.

Also see The Engineer 1885/07/24

• Machinery Exhibitors:
• Sharp, Stewart and Co, of The Atlas Works, Manchester.
• W. T. Glover and Co.
• Michele's Patent Automatic Cement Testing Machine by V. De Michele.
• Watson, Laidlaw and Co of Glasgow.
• Stothert and Pitt of Bath.
• George Anderson and Co.
• Kerr, Stuart and Co.
• John Watson.
• Henry J. Coles.
• Duncan Brothers.
• George Kent.
• Baldwin Latham.
• Oswald Brown.
• Joseph Quick and Sons.
• Sealey Allin.
• Hardy Patent Pick Co.
• Wainwright and Stainer.
• J. L. Spoor.
• Swallwell and Moore.

• Horology Exhibitors:
• Ayrton and Perry.
• C. Shepherd.
• J. W. Benson.
• American Waltham Watch Co.
• Grimshaw and Baxter.
• American Watch Tool Co.
• E. Dent and Co.
• Wycherley, Hewitt and Co of Prescot.
• Haswell and Sons.
• British Horological Institute.
• Victor Kullberg.
• E. Dent and Co.
• R. G. Webster.
• English Watch Co.
• J. F. Hills.
• A. and H. Rowley.
• G. Bendon and Co.
• N. C. Firth.
• Standard Time and Telephone Co.
• R. L. Jones.
• Samper and Co.
• De Gruyter Clock Manufacturing Co.
• Lege and Co
• Alfred J. Frost.
• Latimer Clark.
• James Rigg.
• Benson
• D. Buckney.

• Miscellaneous Exhibitors:
• Prices Patent Candle Co.
• E. A. Cowper.
• Anderson and Gallwey.
• Thomas Horn and Sons of Gray Street, Waterloo Road.
• Amos and Smith of Hull.
• Appleby Brothers.
• Dunston Engine Works Co and T. Archer.
• Messrs Harpers of Aberdeen.
• George Scott and Son.
• B. G. Smith of Halifax.
• Joseph Richmond and Co.
• Hastie-Brotherhood Hydraulic Engine, by Hydraulic Engineering Co, of Chester.
• London Hydraulic Power Co.
• Messrs Mintons, of Stoke-on-Trent.
• Self-Fastening Coal Plate by W. Halford.

• Other Exhibitors:
• Walsh's Self-Regulating Mill and Purifier Feed by J. E. Walsh of Halifax.
• Gover's Railway Carriage Window by H. Charles Gover.
• Marsden's Stone Breakers - H. R. Marsden of Leeds.
• Conradi's Tram Car Guard -H. Conradi.
• Kalasnikoff's Vertical Boiler - E. C. Froom.
• Sterne's Compound Buffer and Draw String - L. Sterne and Co of Glasgow.
• Barrow Machine Rock Drill for Mining by Barrow Rock Drill Co.
• Thomson and Browning
• W. Hindson.
• R. Robson.
• Keeling and Rigby.
• C. H. Rosher.
• W. H. Swain.
• Acaster Rail Joint Co.
• James and Frederick Howard.
• Anderson's Water-Purifying Apparatus -Easton and Anderson of Erith.
• Parsons' Patent High Speed Engine.
• Borland's Injectors.
• Hulse's Machine Tools,Hulse and Co of Salford.
• Sheppards' Dead-Weight Crushing Mill, Charles Sheppard and Sons.
• Goodfellow and Matthews' Engines.
• Mather's Portable Engine -G. R. Mather.
• Wicksteed's Testing Machine - Joshua Buckton and Co of Leeds.
• Budenberg's High Pressure Gauge - A. Budenberg- Budenberg Gauge Co.
• Bernays' Steam Pumps - Joseph Bernays of London and T. Larmuth and Co.
• Compound Engine for London and North Western Railway.
• The Wenham Light - F. H. Wenham.
• Blythswood Indicator by Archibald C. Campbell and W. T. Goolden (Won Gold).
• Improved Axle and Axle Box by W. L. Banting.
• Poyser's Railway Car by J. Poyser.
• The Automatic Vacuum Brake - Automatic Vacuum Brake Co and Gresham and Craven.

• Electric Light Installations at the Inventions Exhibition:
• Crompton and Co.
• Edison-Swan.
• Paterson and Cooper.
• Siemens Brothers.
• Anglo-American Brush Co.
• Goolden and Trotter.
• Elwell-Parker.
• Mackie
• Andrews
• Clarke, Chapman and Co.
• Jablochkoff Electric Light Co.
• Gulcher Electric Light Co.
• Goulard and Gibbs.
• Pilsen-Joel.
• Cordner, Allen and Co.
• Maxim-Weston Co.
• Thompson-Houston.
• Clark-Bowman.
• Sun Lamp Co.
• Woodhouse and Rawson.
• W. H. Allen and Co.
• Consolidated Electric Co.

• Steam Engines
• Hick, Hargreaves and Co.
• Messrs Galloway.
• Davey, Paxman and Co.
• Manning, Wardle and Co of Leeds.
• Merryweather and Sons.
• Mr. Parnell.
• Messrs Kitson of Leeds.
• Coal Brookdale Co.
• D. Adamson and Co - 25 Horse-Power Wheelock Engine.
• F. W. Webb- Compound Locomotive, London and North Western Railway.
• Goodfellow and Matthews of Hyde, Manchester.
• Babcock and Wilcox.
• Greenwood and Batley of Leeds.
• Alley and MacLellan of Glasgow.
• Deakin and Parker of Manchester.

• Jury Awards - The Engineer 1885/08/14.

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