Thomas Parry Osborne Yale
Thomas Parry Osborne Yale (1868-1923) Electrical and Motor Car Engineer, Blaenau-Festiniog, North Wales
Born the son of W. C. Yale-Jones-Parry of Madryn Castle, Carnarvonshire
1897 Married at St. Geo. Han. Sq., London to Lina Gosens.[1]
1919 of Blaenau-Festiniog, North Wales.[2]
1922 M.I.E.E., Electrical and Motor Car Engineer, Blaenau-Festiniog, North Wales. T. A.: "Yale, Bettws-y-Coed." b. 1868; third s. of late W. C. Yale-Jones-Parry of Madryn Castle, Carnarvonshire. Ed. Marlborough College, Germany, France, U.S.A., Faraday House. With Ernest Scott and Mountain, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Discovered the "quick-stirring" process in electroplating, by which means the rate at which some metals could be satisfactorily deposited was increased enormously, e.g., zinc by a thousand-fold faster than the generally-accepted rate laid down by Professor Kiliani of Munich. Founded the Yale Electric Power Co., Ltd., at Blaenau-Festiniog, North Wales, which is the first hydro-electric plant for the supply of power to the public in Great Britain, without auxiliary steam or gas. Founded the Bettws-y-Coed Motor Co.
1923 Died age 54.[3]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ North Wales Chronicle - Saturday 06 March 1897
- ↑ 1919 Institution of Electrical Engineers: Members
- ↑ Widnes & Runcorn Chronicle - Saturday 13 January 1923