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 162,258 pages of information and 244,499 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.

William Bourdon

From Graces Guide
62-inch Humber Ordinary and 26-inch Bourdon. From 'Bartleet's Bicycle Book' No. 15.

No. 15. 26 inch 'ordinary.' One of the smallest machines ever made. Built about 1885 by William Bourdon, Bromley, Kent, for his son Marcus, now a well-known journalist in Coventry. Plain bearings throughout. Weight 20 lbs. Loaned by Mr. M. Bourdon. Comparison with the 62 inch 'ordinary' in the photograph makes an interesting contrast. [1]

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