Arthur Rollason (of Long Eaton)
1851 Born at Exhall, Warwickshire[1] [2]
1870s Married Harriet; they had 2 children
1881 Living in Leyton, Essex; warehouseman for German manufactory[3]
1891 Mechanical Engineer, of Long Eaton[4]
c1890 The five Wells Brothers formed a partnership with John Henry Hamilton and Arthur Rollason to produce the Premier gas engine
1896 Patent with John Henry Hamilton of Sandiacre on use of gas or oil engine for self-propelled vehicles
By 1901 was at Lime Grove, Long Eaton, Derby; patented improvement in gas motor engines
1901 Commercial traveller, self employed[5]
1905 Patented a process for recovering gold from ores; patented improvement in Otto cycle engines
1907 Patented improvements in carburettors, and in four stroke engines.
1908 With Benjamin Ely, patented improvements in treatment of cokes to improve their combustion; described as gas engineer
1909 Patented improvements in production of flour
1911 Patented improvements in production of gas from coal.
1911 Commercial traveller (mechanical engineering), in the gas production engineering industry, of 13 Lime Grove, Long Eaton[6]
1913 Patented improvements in production of oils from coals and other materials
1916 Patented improvements relating to production of iron; described as metallurgist, of Station Road, Nottingham
1917 Patented increase in density of molten metals; patented bricks from dolomite; of Lime Grove, Long Eaton.
1919 Patented improvements in production of ammonia