William Speirs Simpson

1896.

William Speirs Simpson. 1910

William Speirs Simpson (1845-1917) of the Simpson Lever Chain Co and prolific inventor

c1845 Born in Glasgow

Attended Glasgow University. Specialist in Metallurgy especially welding.

1877 Patent. '404. To William Speirs Simpson, of Battersea Park-road, London, in the county of Surrey, Mathematical Instrument Maker, for the invention of "a new or improved vent peg or tap."'

Many patents listed on a variety of subjects including cutting of metals and purification of coke as well as cycle components, in Britain and other countries.

1891 Agreement with the Railway and General Automatic Library Ltd for the company to acquire rights to patents on the automatic supply of books, etc. The company was placed in liquidation in 1892.

1892 William Spiers Simpson (sic) was declared bankrupt

1894 Examples of the use of the technique that he and Professor Church had invented for the preservation of paintings were to be found in the South Kensington Museum

1896 Patent 186. William Spears Simpson, 166 Fleet Street, London. An improvement in or relating to the bridges of violins and similar stringed musical instruments.

1899 The Simpson's Lever Chain and Cycle Co was wound up; this process was subject to a public inquiry.

1901 William S Simpson 51, civil engineer, employer, lived in South Battersea with Eliza Simpson 37, Ailsa Simpson 9

1906 of Battersea Park Road, London, patent on "Improved method of and apparatus for the purification and calcination of peat, brown coal or lignite and like substances."

1910 With Howard Oviatt, both of Victoria Street, London, applied for a South African patent on "improvements in the direct production of iron and steel from the ore"

1910 Inventor of Armour-Plating Ships With Fusion-Welding.

1915 Baptism of his wife, Eliza, and his daughter, Iona

1917 Died in Putney, late of Glasgow

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