Difference between revisions of "John Lang and Sons"
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1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with a number of lathes with their well-known system of variable speed driving by means of expanding pulleys. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 8th October 1920 p358</ref> | 1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with a number of lathes with their well-known system of variable speed driving by means of expanding pulleys. <ref>[[The Engineer]] of 8th October 1920 p358</ref> | ||
Member of [[Associated British Machine Tool Makers]] | |||
1961 Lathe manufacturers, machine tool makers and engineers. 800 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> | 1961 Lathe manufacturers, machine tool makers and engineers. 800 employees. <ref>[[1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE]]</ref> |
Revision as of 16:33, 27 July 2015
John Lang and Sons of Johnstone, nr Glasgow were machine tool manufacturers.
1873 Company founded.
1894 Surfacing and boring Lathe. [1]
1895 Visit to the works by a party from the Institution of Mechanical Engineers
1911: 12 inch Centre Lathe. [2]
1916 Private company.
1920 September. Exhibited at the Machine Tool and Engineering Exhibition at Olympia with a number of lathes with their well-known system of variable speed driving by means of expanding pulleys. [3]
Member of Associated British Machine Tool Makers
1961 Lathe manufacturers, machine tool makers and engineers. 800 employees. [4]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer of 21st December 1894 p547-8
- ↑ Machine Tools by James Weir French in 2 vols. Published 1911 by Gresham
- ↑ The Engineer of 8th October 1920 p358
- ↑ 1961 Dun and Bradstreet KBE