Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 174,193 pages of information and 250,321 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.
French inventor of an oscillating furnace, a machine riveter and other devices.
1894 'Following American practice, Messrs. A. Piat and Sons, of Paris, have recently substituted pinions of compressed rawhide for mortise wheels with good results. The pinions work noiselessly with cast-iron wheels, are very strong, and wear little. They are unaffected by oil, but should be protected from water.'[1]
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