Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 173,443 pages of information and 249,854 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.

Mass Products

From Graces Guide
1931. A New Toggle Press.

of 75 Victoria Street, Westminster. Works: Parkstone.

1931 Mr. Frank Humphris of Parkstone, Dorset, was the inventor of the Humphris Press.[1]

1932 Description of Humphris toggle-action presses. 'The press is now being used by Messrs. Mass Products, Limited, 75, Victoria-street, London, S.W.l, at their works at Parkstone, Dorset, in the manufacture of nails, washers, &c., by an ingenious process, in which the perforated sheet so left is available for a variety of purposes, such as replacing expanded metal, instead of being treated as scrap. The press is being manufactured under licence from Messrs. Mass Products, Limited.' [2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Engineer 1931/12/11
  2. Engineering 1932/04/01