W. H. Willcox and Co
W. H. Willcox and Co of 32-38 Southwark Street, London SE. Works in Castle Street.
1876 Company established.
1894 Crank-pin lubricator. [1]
1895 Advert. Engineers' stores and oil merchants. [2]
1897 Incorporated as a private limited company.
1899 Advert. Injectors and semi-rotary pump. Engineers' stores and oil merchants. [3]
1900 June. Royal Agricultural Show at York. Showed various engineer's tools and appliances. [4]
1901 Horizontally-opposed piston pump described in 'Engineering'. It had a rubber ball valve in each piston, and needed no external non-return valves.[5]. Note: Referred to in the article as W. H. Wilcox.
1905 Advert. Engineers general stores and supplies. [6]
1911 Electrical Exhibition. Lubricating oils. [7]
1913 Advert for engineering needs. [8]
1914 Engineers' stores, oil refiners, hose, pump and belting manufacturer. Specialities: cylinder and lubricating oils, hand-sewn leather belting, wire bound hose, semi-rotary wing pumps, injectors, lubricators, packing, oil filters, tube cleaning apparatus. [9]
1917 Advert for engineering requisites. [10]
1919 Advert for engineering requisites. [11]
1951 Advert for all engineers' stores and supplies. [12]
1960 Advert for engineering supplies. [13]
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Engineer 1894/11/09 p422
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1895. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p13
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1899. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p13
- ↑ The Engineer of 22nd June 1900 p650
- ↑ Engineering, 5 July 1901, p.4
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1905. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p13
- ↑ The Engineer of 29th September 1911 p329
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1913. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p33
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1917. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p7
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1919. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p7
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1951. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p59
- ↑ Mechanical World Year Book 1960. Published by Emmott and Co of Manchester. Advert p55