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 162,344 pages of information and 244,505 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.

Metropolitan Gas Meters

From Graces Guide

of Hyson Green Works, Nottingham. Telephone: 75263. Telegraphic Address: "Gasometer, Nottingham"

1900 The company was registered on 19 June, in reconstruction of Frank Wrights Pre-Payment Gas Meter Corporation, to acquire certain patent rights. The capital was largely written down in the reconstruction. [1]

1924 Patent - Improvements in coin-freed gas meters. [2]

1927 Patent - Improvements in gas-meters. [3]

1937 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. ordinary and Prepayment Gas Meters of standard high capacity and small high capacity series. Single Convertible and Optional Coin Mechanisms. Bakelite Diaphragm Mountings. "Duplex" Clock controllers for street lighting. (Stand No. Ca.402) [4]


See Also

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Sources of Information

  1. The Stock Exchange Year Book 1908
  2. [1] Wikipatents
  3. [2] Wikipatents
  4. 1937 British Industries Fair Page 389