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 162,356 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.

Ernest James Coles

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May 1904.

E. J. Coles of E. J. Coles and Co

1899 Working as an engineer for Hewetsons.[1]

1900. Took part in the 1900 One Thousand Mile Trial driving a Benz.

Reported have gained a reputation as a 'trick' driver. appearing in music halls driving up and down steps and steering the tiller with his bare toes.


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Sources of Information

  1. The Autocar 1899/02/18

The Dawn of Motoring by Erik Johnson and published by Mercedes-Benz UK in 1986