Mudd and Co
W. R. Mudd and Co of Leicester.
1889 Patent. 18,887. W. R. Mudd, Leicester, an improved device or contrivance for automatically extinguishing cradles and the like.[1]
1891 Patent. 12 323. W. R. Mudd and A. Pochin, engineers, Newarke street, Leicester, improvements in apparatus for regulating and controlling the supply of gas to boot and shoe finishers stands, applicable also for other similar purposes.[2]
1894 May. Showed boot making machinery at the 1894 International Shoe and Leather Exhibition.[3]
1894 Partnership dissolved. '...the Partnership heretofore subsisting between us the undersigned, Alfred Pochin and William Robert Mudd, carrying on business in copartnership as Engineers, at Leicester, in the county of Leicester, under the style or firm of W. R. Mudd and Co., was this day dissolved by mutual consent. All debts due to and owing by the said firm will be received and paid by the undersigned William Robert Mudd, who will continue to carry on the said business under the said name of W. R. Mudd and Co...'[4]
1895 May. Showed an array of machinery and sundries at the 1895 International Shoe and Leather Exhibition.
1897 W. R. Mudd and Co., Shoe Machinery Engineers, Newark-street, Leicester, who are giving up making machinery for the boot and shoe trade...sale of boot and shoe machinery.[5]
1900 Advert: By direction of the Newfound Cycle Components Co, cycle parts manufacturers, and W. R. Mudd and Co, General Engineers, who are declining business - long list of machinery for sale.[6]
A lathe by W. R. Mudd & Co was advertised for sale on ebay in 2022. It was a basic machine of about 3"-4" centre height, back-geared, non-screwcutting.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Leicester Daily Post - Monday 09 December 1889
- ↑ Leicester Daily Post - Monday 03 August 1891
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/04/06 p368
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:5 June 1894 Issue:26519 Page:3277
- ↑ Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 15 May 1897
- ↑ Leicester Chronicle - Saturday 21 July 1900