Difference between revisions of "Alfred Soames"
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1897 of 16 Red Lion St, London, gained a patent on securing shaft bearings to the frames of machinery | 1897 of 16 Red Lion St, London, gained a patent on securing shaft bearings to the frames of machinery | ||
1901 Managing director of electrical manufacturing company (presumably [[Langdon-Davies Motor Co]]), living in Bromley with Florence Soames 36, Gladys Mary Soames 9, Robert Ely Soames, Nora Soames 2<ref>1901 census</ref> | 1901 Managing director of electrical manufacturing company (presumably [[Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Co]]), living in Bromley with Florence Soames 36, Gladys Mary Soames 9, Robert Ely Soames, Nora Soames 2<ref>1901 census</ref> | ||
1903-4 [[Walter Langdon-Davies]] and Alfred Soames, both of 101 Southwark Street, Surrey, gained patents on internal combustion engines, gear changers, clutches, etc. Such patents were the basis of the [[Soames]] car. | 1903-4 [[Walter Langdon-Davies]] and Alfred Soames, both of 101 Southwark Street, Surrey, gained patents on internal combustion engines, gear changers, clutches, etc. Such patents were the basis of the [[Soames]] car. |
Latest revision as of 14:14, 28 December 2018
Alfred Soames (c1865-1929), Engineer.
of Faraday House, 66, Southampton-Row, Holborn, London (1918)
c.1865 Born in Bromley, Kent
1890 Married Florence Aitken in Bromley[1]
1894 One of the Partners in Nalder Brothers and Co when Herbert Nalder left the partnership[2]
1896 With Francis Henry Nalder, both of 16 Red Lion St, Clerkenwell, gained a patent on electric switches
1897 of 16 Red Lion St, London, gained a patent on securing shaft bearings to the frames of machinery
1901 Managing director of electrical manufacturing company (presumably Langdon-Davies Electric Motor Co), living in Bromley with Florence Soames 36, Gladys Mary Soames 9, Robert Ely Soames, Nora Soames 2[3]
1903-4 Walter Langdon-Davies and Alfred Soames, both of 101 Southwark Street, Surrey, gained patents on internal combustion engines, gear changers, clutches, etc. Such patents were the basis of the Soames car.
1911 Living on private means in Hadleigh, Sussex, with Florence Soames 44 and Gladys Mary Soames 19[4]
1918 Co-inventor of the Differential Electro-Magneto Clutch with Walter Langdon-Davies[5], which they patented together.
Also see Davies and Soames
1929 Died in Kensington[6]