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1870 "NOTICE is hereby given, that the trustee under a certain deed of assignment for benefit of creditors, executed by Christopher Brakell, William Hoehl, and William Gunther, all of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Engineers, carrying on business in copartnership together,under the style or firm of The North Moor Foundry Company, on the 27th day of November, 1868, will, on the 1st day of March next, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, make a First and Final Dividend under the said deed of the estate and effects of the said Christopher Brakell, William Hoehl, and William Gunther, among those creditors whose debts shall then have been admitted; and all creditors who have not already sent in particulars of their debts must, before the said 1st day of March next, send in particulars of the same to the under-signed, and be prepared, if required, to prove the same,otherwise they will be excluded from the benefit of the said Dividend"<ref>London Gazette 8 Feb 1870</ref> | |||
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of Oldham, maker of stationary engines. [1]
1852 Company established by Christian Schiele
However, according to a notice published by C. Schiele and Co in 1863, "Mr. Schiele never was a member of the North Moor Foundry Company, such Company being composed of persons who were formerly in the employ of Mr. Schiele, and to whom Mr. Schiele granted licences on royalty for his old Patent Fan of 1851, and Turbines of 1852 and 1855, and which licences Mr. Schiele withdrew in January of this year (i.e. 1863)."
1853 Patent. '2892. To Christian Schiele, of North Moor Foundry, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Engineer, for the invention of "improvements in preventing undue oscillation in engines, machinery, carriages, and other apparatus."[2]
1860 Schiele & Williams of the North Moor Foundry Co supplied a steam turbine-driven ventilating machine for the troop ship Indus. The impulse turbine and the double flow centrifugal fan were on the same shaft, and discharged 600,000 lbs of air per hour.[3]
1862 Description and illustrations of Christian Schiele's patent turbines made by the North Moor Foundry Co. The vanes are described as being similar to Jonval's, but with the water entering the runner's vanes at the centre and leaving at both ends (i.e. double exit), so as to avoid imposing a thrust load on the drive shaft. Guide passages could be isolated individually to reduce output, giving good part-load efficiency.[4]
1862 Patent notice 1568 to Christopher Brakell, William Hoehl, and William Gunther, Engineers, all of The North Moor Foundry Company, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, for the invention of "improvements in steam and other motive engines."[5]
1862 Awarded a medal for their steam 'turbins' and fans at the 1862 London Exhibition.[6]
1863 Patent. '2429. To William Hoehl, Christopher Brakell, and William Gunther, of the North Moor Foundry Company, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, for the invention of "improvements in rotary engines worked by steam, water, or other motive power."'[7]
1863 Maker of Platt and Schiele's Compound High Pressure Fans.
1865 Patent notice 465 by Christopher Brakell, William Hoehl, and William Gunther, of the North Moor Foundry Company, Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, for an invention of " an improved composition as a substitute for leather or other similar materials."[8]
1869 Maker of Brakell's patent fan (see advert)
1870 "NOTICE is hereby given, that the trustee under a certain deed of assignment for benefit of creditors, executed by Christopher Brakell, William Hoehl, and William Gunther, all of Oldham, in the county of Lancaster, Engineers, carrying on business in copartnership together,under the style or firm of The North Moor Foundry Company, on the 27th day of November, 1868, will, on the 1st day of March next, or as soon thereafter as conveniently may be, make a First and Final Dividend under the said deed of the estate and effects of the said Christopher Brakell, William Hoehl, and William Gunther, among those creditors whose debts shall then have been admitted; and all creditors who have not already sent in particulars of their debts must, before the said 1st day of March next, send in particulars of the same to the under-signed, and be prepared, if required, to prove the same,otherwise they will be excluded from the benefit of the said Dividend"[9]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ Stationary Steam Engines of Great Britain by George Watkins. Vol 10
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:23 December 1853 Issue:21505 Page:3763
- ↑ The Practical Mechanic's Journal, March 1861
- ↑ [1] The Engineer, 7 Feb 1862, p.92
- ↑ London Gazette 20 Jun 1862
- ↑ Morning Post, 12 July 1862
- ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:16 October 1863 Issue:22780 Page:4937
- ↑ London Gazette 28 Feb 1868
- ↑ London Gazette 8 Feb 1870