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A to Z of British Blowlamps: Manufacturers, brand / trade names, and other names. |
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Note: This A to Z is in the process of being updated |
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Introduction This A to Z has been adapted from, and supersedes, a version originally produced for the Blowlamp Society quarterly publication Blowlamp News, editions BN84 & BN85. Although it is based on a number of lists and other sources, it is by no means exhaustive. Some of the blowlamp names & references are obscure, but are still included even if there is no, or little, information about them, providing a lead to possible further research. The distinction between a manufacturer's name and a brand or trade (or retailers) name is, in some cases, not always clear, and subject to possible revision. Occasionally, names or nameplates may simply have been applied to identify ownership. Many of the better known manufacturers produced a large and diverse range of blowlamps and related equipment. As such, it is outside the scope of this A to Z to list or describe all the models or variants of a given manufacturer. Rather, it aims to provide a brief background history (where known) with illustrative examples, adverts etc as available, and, again, provide a lead to possible further research. Any comments, additions or corrections would of course be much appreciated. Please go to the feedback page. |
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Manufacturer / Brand / Trade name. (Brand / trade names in italics) |
Address
or Location |
Known |
Brand / Trade Name(s) (which see) |
Notes Generally, names in the notes in bold type can be cross-referred within the Manufacturer / Brand / Trade Name column to the far left. |
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The
name "A-E, British Made" has been reported on at least two
examples of a standard one-pint
paraffin blowlamp, which has similar appearance and detail to those
produced by Howes & Burley. "A-E, British Made" is
either stamped into the tank
side, or stamped onto a brass badge soldered to the tank side. A brazing
lamp of the Barthel (Patent) type has also been recorded. |
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90-91
Blackfriars
Road, London |
Yes? |
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Tools
& equipment specialists and retailers. Known blowlamp examples are of a small
jeweller’s type, with name stamped on the shoulder. No other
information, and nothing to say that Abbott Birks were the actual
manufacturers. |
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Beacon Works, Morley, near Leeds |
Yes? |
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Re-formed as Hailwood and Ackroyd in 1927, they claimed to be "actual makers" of oil and acetylene lamps, miner's safety lamps, brazing lamps, lighting glassware, metal stampings, brass and iron castings et al. The brazing lamp advertised was of the Barthel (Patent) "Diamantin" type. Did they supply these brazing lamps for retail by others? |
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Example
known is a self-heating soldering iron (SHSI). The only identifying marks
are “ACME” & "British Made" variously stamped on the soldering copper head & filler cap. No
information on the actual manufacturer. |
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144 High Holborn, London |
George Adams, established in 1905, were tool and equipment retailers, including paraffin stoves and various blowlamps and brazing lamps. Their name appears on a plate, soldered to the tank of (probably) an early Primus pint petrol blowlamp. |
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83
Clifford Street, Birmingham B19 |
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Hecla |
Known
examples are of a small jeweller’s type blowlamp with name stamped into
either the lid or the underside of the tank. They are seen with the
British "broad arrow" ordnance mark. Not known if Alfred Shirley Ltd were the actual manufacturers. Alfred
Shirley were known as general brassfounders, for hearth furniture, and Hecla
copper cylinder hot water bottles. |
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Aberdeen |
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Manufacturer
of engines and thrashing machines, founded 1898. Primus 617 starting lamp
produced for them. |
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King’s Heath, Worcestershire |
Yes |
Invincible |
A known example, a small petrol blowlamp, has "Invincible", "A H Allen", and patent number 23741 imprinted on the tank. It has an unusual pump arrangement. No other information. |
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106
Victoria Street, London SW1 |
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The firm, which amalgamated in 1920 with Imperial Light Ltd and the Dissolved Acetylene Company, under the name Allen-Liversidge, specialised in acetylene welding plant and blowpipes, and in night landing lights for aerodromes; also experimental work in this field. Small picnic burner, also run on acetylene. No known association with blowlamps as such. |
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Amor |
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Brand
/ trade name of Love, Frank Ltd. |
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Brand
/ trade name of Shaw,
John & Sons,
(Wolverhampton) Ltd (J S & S). See also Governor. |
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Claudius Ash & Sons were associated with dental equipment. Founded in 1820, Subsequently, Claudius Ash, Sons & Co (1905). Still in business today? An example of a small spirit blowlamp known, "C Ash & Sons ENGLAND" stamped on the filler cap, but may have been manufactured for Ash by others? |
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Plume
Street, Birmingham |
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Hot
Ro |
ASL Airflow Ltd (Associated Sprayers Ltd) produced (or supplied) a flame gun / weed burner (Hot Rod). Formerly known as
French,
W T & Son. |
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Barthel (Patent) |
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A surprisingly large number of British manufacturers / retailers used the Barthel patented design for a 5 pint brazing lamp, the "Diamantin" type. Companies / brand names included A - E, Ackroyd & Best, Corona (Howes & Burley Ltd), CrisCol (Christopher Collins Limited), Duco (Brown Bros), Doesit (Kitson - Empire Lighting Co), Halycon (Brown Bros), Lidgerwood & Co (Kitson Empire Lighting Co), Millennium (Lake & Elliot), Monitor, Oriflamme (King’s Norton Metal Co), Pinchbeck Brothers, Samuel Heath & Sons, Veritas (Falk, Stadelmann & Co) & William Soutter & Son. |
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Shudehill
Mill, Miller Street, Manchester |
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Beanco
/ |
Hardware
manufacturer and supplier
established 1863. Not thought to be a blowlamp manufacturer, but their name plate
appears on various models of small petrol blowlamp by Max Sievert &
others. The name also appears,
stamped into the tank of a number of small Swedish style petrol lamps. See
also the Swedish Lamp. |
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Beanco |
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Brand
/ trade name of Baxendale & Co Ltd. |
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Bennett, A & Co |
Liverpool and Manchester(?) |
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Food et al importers and merchants. |
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Benson,
J W Ltd |
Ludgate
Hill, and 25 Old Bond
Street, W1 |
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Makers
of clocks and watches, and were also goldsmiths,
jewellers & silversmiths. Possible link to Valtock Ltd. Not
known specifically as blowlamp manufacturers. |
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Bering
Engineering Ltd |
Doman
Road, Camberley, Surrey |
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The
name can be found on an example of a flame gun / weed burner. No
information otherwise. |
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Cradley
Heath,
West Midlands |
Yes |
Parasene
/ |
The Company was founded in 1905, although the production of paraffin blowlamps and pressure stoves did not commence until a later date. Due to similarities, there may be a connection with Taymar Ltd, and the Two Tiger(s) name. |
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Biggs
Wall & Co |
13 Cross Street, Finsbury, London EC |
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Gas
engineers. Known example is of a jeweller’s type blowlamp, which
has a Biggs Wall name plate soldered to the side. Not believed to be a
manufacturer of this blow lamp. |
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Bi-Metals
(Britinol) Ltd |
St
Mary's Works, Bridge Road, London
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Yes? |
Britinol
/ |
Manufacturers
(assumed) of small spirit blow lamps. Also produced or supplied soldering
outfits, solder etc. |
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Blackstone & Co Ltd |
Stamford, Lincolnshire |
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Oil and gas engine, and agricultural machinery manufacturer. Associated engine starting lamps include, for example, Primus 659 or 701/05 type, and Optimus 528. |
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Bladinol |
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Small
methylated spirit blowlamp which
looks
much
like a Britinol or Tinol.
Therefore possibly produced for Bladon by Bi-Metals
(Britinol) Ltd |
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Birmingham |
Yes |
Diamond Brand / Bladinol |
Bladon as a manufacturing concern can be traced back to the 1870s.
Although it is not certain, it is thought that they did not start the
manufacture of blow lamps until 1926. However, there are to be found examples of a
steel tanked paraffin model with a brass nameplate dated 1918. A large
range of models / types were produced. |
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Braby,
F & Co |
London,
Liverpool, Glasgow (and Adelaide) |
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Braby
were founded in 1837, as galvanised iron manufacturers, and later,
engineers associated with steel frame buildings. Not thought to be a
blowlamp manufacturer, but their name plate appears on models of
(probably) Swedish blow lamps. |
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Bradley,
David
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USA? |
Yes? |
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An
example of a flame gun / weed burner,
possibly made in the United States, and / or distributed by Sears
Roebuck? |
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British
Perfection |
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Brand
/ trade name of Burridge & Co. |
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British
Safety Stove Company |
Birmingham
12 |
Yes? |
Safety |
Also
known as, and distributed by, Turley & Williams Ltd. |
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British
Thermidor |
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A
name probably associated with the brand / trade name Thermidor,
of Heath, Samuel & Sons Ltd. |
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Briton,
the |
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Possible
reference to the Briton Motor Co, or Briton
Lamps. No information otherwise, and no known association with
blowlamps. |
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Britinol |
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Brand
/ trade name of Bi-Metals (Britinol) Ltd. |
Brown
Brothers
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Great
Eastern St London EC2 |
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Duco
/
Imp
Marco
/ Halcyon |
Cycle
and Motor Material Manufacturers and Merchants. Supplied
(rather than manufactured?) a range of brazing lamps & outfits / blow
lamps, including Duco & Marco, also
paraffin & petrol blowlamps of ‘British Make’ & ‘Swedish
Make’. See also the Swedish Lamp. |
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Buflam
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Brand
/ trade name of Twigg, Charles & Co. |
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Bullfinch |
Kings Road, Birmingham |
Yes? |
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Gas
/ propane fed blow torches / burners / soldering irons, and other gas
equipment. No other information. |
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Brand
/ trade name of Townson & Coxson. |
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Burridge
& Co |
114
Leopold St Birmingham |
Yes |
British
Perfection |
Range of petrol blowlamps, and patented soldering-iron attachment. A possible link existed between Burridge and Heath, Samuel & Sons Ltd. |
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Bush, Herman |
125 Hessle Road, Hull |
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Patented a jeweller's type "Improved Combination Lamp and Blow-pipe" in 1887, which was adjustable to three working positions to vary the flame. It was advertised (and assumed manufactured?) in America. |
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Calor
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Dex |
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Presumably
a brand / trade name of Calor Gas Co Ltd, after the acquisition of Dex
Industries Ltd, believed to be in the 1950s. Produced butane gas
portable cooking stoves and blowlamps (using interchangeable fuel
bottles?). See also Dexagas
and WECO. |
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Calor - Weco |
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Example of a gas torch reported, with the imprinted names CALOR and WECO. |
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Carsons Ltd |
Known example of a Primus 605 paraffin blowlamp, with the name Carsons Ltd, Pipe Fitters, imprinted on a brass nameplate, soldered to the side of the tank. |
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Campbell
Gas Engine Co |
Kingston,
Halifax |
Yes, for their use |
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Gas
& oil engine manufacturers. Founded 1883. Known example of an engine
starting lamp, manufactured for, and by, Campbell. |
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Carbide Carrier |
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Known
example is of a small jeweller’s type blow lamp, with name stamped on
brass plate, soldered to tank side. No other information, and nothing to say
that Carbide Carrier were the actual manufacturers. |
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Chapman,
J P J |
Bournemouth |
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Known
example of (probably) a Primus paraffin blowlamp, with the name Chapman
imprinted on the underside of the tank. |
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Christopher
Collins Limited |
St
Paul’s Square, |
Yes? |
CrisCol |
Advertised
as makers of electric & acetylene lamps for motor & other
vehicles, ships, railways etc. Company closed c1928. At least three models
of blowlamp (and a stove) are known with the CrisCol
name imprinted on the tank. Not known if they were the actual
manufacturers. |
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Clayrite |
Birmingham |
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Possible
brand / trade name associated with oil cans, hydraulic jacks, automobile
lamps. No known connection with blowlamps. |
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Pint
paraffin blowlamp by
Heath, Samuel & Sons Ltd |
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Cobena |
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No
information. Possible brand / trade name. |
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Coleman
- Monitor |
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Known
examples of Monitor (type) paraffin and small petrol models. Possibly
the outcome of a collaboration between the US / Canadian company Coleman,
and Monitor Engineering and Oil
Appliances Ltd. |
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Coleman - Taymar |
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Coles |
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A
blowlamp known with this name, similar to a Garratt
& Fowler. |
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Columbia |
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No
information. |
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Comet |
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Possibly brand / trade name of Sinclair (& Co?). |
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Corona |
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Brand
/ trade name of Howes & Burley Ltd. |
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Cotton
& Johnson |
Gerrard
Street, London |
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Established
c1800. Machine tools, equipment and metals stockist, and government
contractors. Name associated with an early patent “torch” or
“Self-acting Blowing-lamp”. Their
name appears on a brass plate soldered to the tank of a small
jeweller’s type blowlamp. No other information. |
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CrisCol
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Brand
/ trade name of Christopher Collins
Limited. |
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Crossland, R & A G |
Cartbridge
Lane, |
Yes? |
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Examples
of pint paraffin blow lamps seen, some with (earlier?) wooden handle.
Known to manufacture / supply copper cistern components. No other
information. |
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Cross
Country |
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Possibly
a brand / trade name (manufacturer unknown) for a model(s) of a flame gun
/ weed burner. |
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Davi-Jet |
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Probably
a brand / trade name (manufacturer unknown) of a small (mains) gas blow
torch. |
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David Bradley |
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Possibly Sears, American? |
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Davis,
B W |
Birmingham |
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Easilod? / Davisian? |
The
name B W Davis is linked with
the brand / trade names Davisian and Easilod.
No other information. |
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Dex
Industries Ltd |
Wee-Dex
Works, Twickenham, Middx. |
Yes |
Wee-Dex |
Produced
butane portable cooking stoves and blowlamps (using interchangeable fuel
bottles) and gas pokers. Believed to have been bought out by Calor
in the 1950s when the name
Calor-Dex may have been introduced. |
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Dexagas |
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Possible
brand / trade name. See Calor-dex and Dex Industries Ltd. |
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Dixon |
The name "Dixon 538", and "Anchor, The Mark of Quality" imprinted on a brass label, soldered on to the tank of a (probably half-pint) paraffin blowlamp of indeterminate manufacturer. |
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Diamond
Brand |
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Brand
/ trade name associated with Bladon,
T E & Son. |
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Doesit |
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Name
associated with a large capacity brazing outfit with flexible connection
between tank and burner. Possible brand / trade name of the
Kitson - Empire Lighting Co who produced a similar brazing outfit.
(Similar also to one supplied by Brown
Brothers). A quarter pint petrol / spirit blowlamp also known. |
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Duco |
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Brand
/ trade name of large brazing lamps / outfits supplied by Brown
Brothers. |
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Dunlop Tyres |
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A
number of companies were associated with the Dunlop name. Known
example is of a jeweller’s type blow lamp, with "Dunlop Tyres"
stamped on to tank side. No other information, and nothing to say that
Dunlop were the actual manufacturers. |
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Paraffin
blowlamps. Possibly a brand / trade name of the Swedische
Lamp Co, and / or Meads
Brothers. |
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Easilit
Blow Lamp Co |
34
Watford Road, Kings Norton, Birmingham. |
Yes |
Easilit |
Most
notably, a model of blowlamp with dual control valves, for “improved
safety, ease of lighting, and cleaning”. Presumably founded by, or
associated with, Thomas Yates / Yates Brothers. |
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Easilod |
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Brand
/ trade name linked with Davis, B W.
Also, possible link with
Easilit Blow Lamp Co. |
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Empire |
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Model
name given to certain Burmos blowlamps, made
by Townson & Coxson Ltd. |
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Empire
Furnace |
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No
information. |
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Engineering Centre, the |
Eastbank Street, Southport |
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English
Blowpipe |
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No
information. |
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EPIgas |
Stockport (later Japan) |
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Started as EPI in Stockport c1960. Production moved to Japan in 1994. Noted for butane and similar stoves, and also a blowlamp fuelled by butane from a replaceable cannister. |
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EPR |
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Known example is of a small jeweller’s type blowlamp with name stamped into spigot to tank side. Not known if EPR were the actual manufacturers. Possibly American. |
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Exhibit
& Trading Co |
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Petrol
blowlamp very similar to Criscol.
Not known as a blowlamp manufacturer. |
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London
/ Glasgow |
Yes? |
Veritas
/ Falks / |
Company
established 1881. Known for pressure lanterns / lighting. Not known if a
blowlamp manufacturer? Their range of standard paraffin blowlamps had strong similarities to
those of (for example) RM
Manufacturing & Engineering Co Ltd, Meads
Brothers, and possibly Berlyn,
M H Co Ltd. |
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Falks
Veritas |
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A
subsidiary (1919) of Falk, Stadelmann & Co Ltd. |
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Firefly |
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Brand
/ trade name associated with distributors
Wrights of Lymm. Effectively these were
Bladon / Diamond Brand
petrol blowlamps (see also XL).
Nothing known about their association with Bladon. |
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Fireman |
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Same
as Firefly. |
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Example
of a pint paraffin blowlamp known, similar to (for example) that produced
by RM Manufacturing. Presumed to be a
retailer / ironmonger supplier. |
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Fluxite
Ltd |
West
Lane Works, Rotherhithe, London |
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Fluxite |
Known
for solder paste, but also distributed a small soldering set with a Britonol
type spirit lamp, stamped The
Fluxite Lamp. |
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French,
W T & Son |
Birmingham |
Yes? |
Mysto
/ Hot
Rod |
Manufacturers
of (mainly) garden and similar sprays (Mysto). Produced (or supplied) a flame gun / weed burner (Hot
Rod). See also
ASL Airflow Ltd. |
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G.B.B. |
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Name
in triangle stamped into side of tank of Primus type pint paraffin
blowlamp with vertical burner. No other information. |
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G.P.O. |
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Known example is of a small jeweller’s type blow lamp, with "GPO" (General Post Office) and the military "broad arrow" mark stamped into underside of tank. Presumably supplied to the GPO by an unknown manufacturer. |
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Garratt
& Fowler |
London
SE |
Yes? |
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A
mouth-blown type of lamp, advertised for the use of plumbers & painters, which
was based on the 1882 patent of James Garratt, with at least six
variations / models. |
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Gas
Lighting Improvement Co,
the (GLICO) |
London
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The
main business was motor spirit, oil and associated products.
A blowlamp with their name is known where the burner can be easily
adjusted to a horizontal or vertical position, possibly based on a 1912
patent by Arthur Remington, Birmingham. No other information. |
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Gem |
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Brand
/ trade name of Woodward & Copelin. |
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Georgian |
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Model
name given to certain Burmos blowlamps, made
by Townson & Coxson Ltd. |
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Glynwinna |
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Name seen on brass plate soldered to tank of at least three models of paraffin / petrol blowlamps. "Made in England" stamped into the underside of the tank of at least one example. Name also reported as seen on the underside of an Amor half-pint petrol blowlamp. Glynwinna not thought to be the manufacturer. May have been distributed by a company near Swansea, Wales, until just after WWII. |
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Governor
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Brand / trade name of Shaw, John & Sons, (Wolverhampton) Ltd (J S & S). |
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Greens
/ Greens Patent |
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Possible
reference to 1909 patent of Walter Green, Birmingham, and Alfred William
Heath, director of Samuel Heath & Sons. Involved adaptations of what appears to
be the basic Burridge blowlamp.
See also Pollitt’s. |
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Gudwrun
Flux and Fittings Co |
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Gudwrun |
Presumably
producers of Gudwrun soldering flux, which was marketed / sold by the Sanitary
& Water Fittings Mfg Co. No known connection with blowlamp
manufacture. |
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Gumley,
L |
London |
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No
information. |
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H
& S |
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A
blowlamp known with this name, similar to a Garratt
& Fowler. |
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Hailwood and Ackroyd |
Morley, near Leeds |
Yes? |
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See Ackroyd & Best Ltd. |
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Halycon
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Name
on small brazing lamp much like a Howes
& Burley. Trade name of / supplied by Brown
Brothers. |
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Hamilton & Co |
London |
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Agents |
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Handy |
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Brand
/ trade name of Hattersley & Davidson Ltd. |
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Hattersley
& Davidson Ltd |
Norfolk
Street, Sheffield |
Yes? |
Handy |
Known
examples are of small jeweller’s type blowlamps, with name stamped on
the lid / nameplate on tank. Engineers,
brassfounders and pump manufacturers (from early 1900s?) Not known
if Hattersley & Davidson were the actual manufacturers of blowlamps.
Possibly produced and / or sold the Handy soldering set? |
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Heath, Samuel & Sons Ltd |
Leopold
Street, Birmingham 12 |
Yes. |
Thermidor
/
Heathware |
Their
origins as brass founders can be traced back to c1820. Stove &
blowlamp production started as early as c1918. Samuel Heath & Sons Ltd
bought out R M Manufacturing &
Engineering Co Ltd in 1950. See also Heathware. |
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Heathware |
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Early
brand / trade name of Heath,
Samuel & Sons
(S H & S).
Also (later) the name seen
on blowlamps with the RM Mfg
logo, after RM Mfg &
Engineering Co
Ltd
were bought out by Heath,
Samuel & Sons
(S H & S) in 1950. |
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Hauck
Flame Gun Co Ltd |
Wisbech |
Yes? |
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Large
capacity flame gun with flexible connection between tank and burner. Has
label “The Hauck
Flame Gun Co Ltd, Wisbech, England” on tank. Possibly manufactured in
England under licence from the Hauck Mfg Co. Brooklyn, New York. |
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Hekla
Furnace |
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No
information. May be a name associated with a Swedish maker / brand name. |
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Hibernia |
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Name
linked to Marples, William, and Sons Ltd. No other information. |
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Hobday, Henry Amos |
45 High Street, Chatham |
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Originally the partnership of Hobday & Tovey, until c1890. Thereafter, until 1939, H A Hobday was variously listed as tool merchant, cutler, and tool manufacturer. Name found on plate soldered to side of tank of large brazing lamp (Barthel ‘Diamantin’ type). Hobday were unlikely to have been the manufacturer; possibly a retailer, or their nameplate denoted ownership of the equipment. |
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Hopkinson, J |
Huddersfield |
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Known example is of a small jeweller’s type blow lamp, with "J Hopkinson, Engineer, Hudderesfield" and the number 639 imprinted on the tank side. No other information, and nothing to say that Hopkinson's were the actual manufacturers. |
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Hornsby
- Akroyd |
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Name
by which Herbert Akroyd Stuart oil
engines were developed & marketed by
Hornsby, Richard & Sons. |
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Hornsby,
Richard & Sons |
Grantham |
Yes, for their use |
Hornsby-
Akroyd |
Richard
Hornsby & Sons
were engine and machinery manufacturers. A heavy cast iron purpose built
starting blow lamp was manufactured by and for them. |
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Hot
Rod |
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Brand
/ trade name of French, W T & Son, and also of ASL (Airflow). |
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Howes
& Burley
Ltd
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Bishop
Street, Birmingham |
Yes? |
Corona |
Carriage
& motor lamp / fittings manufacturers from c1900. Suppliers (or
possibly manufacturers) of a small range of blow lamps / brazing lamps. |
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Imp,
the (Carlton Co, Boston, MA) |
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Yes |
The
Imp |
Small
alcohol torch manufactured by the Carlton Co, Boston, Massachusetts.
Possibly this (or similar) was supplied by Brown
Brothers. |
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Invicta |
Canterbury |
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Contemporary
tool supplier of a modern gas blowlamp. No other information. |
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Invincible |
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Brand
/ trade name associated with Allen,
A H. |
|
J |
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|
John
Bull |
|
|
|
An
early petrol blowlamp, very like a Sunbeam.
No other information. |
|
John Shaw & Sons
(J S & S) |
Wolverhampton |
Yes |
Governor
/ Lamb / Anglo Swedish |
See Shaw, John & Sons. |
|
K |
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|
KN |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of the King’s Norton Metal Company. |
|
Kelite |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Kitson - Empire Lighting Co, the. |
|
Kenrick,
Archibald & Sons Ltd |
West
Bromwich |
|
Bettatool
/ Aurora |
An
iron foundry from 1791. Cast iron hollow ware, ironwork, castings etc.
Example(s) of a stove known with the name Kenrick & “Aurora”
pressed into the tank and other parts. Not known as a blowlamp
manufacturer. |
|
|
|
KN
/ |
Originally a private mint, founded in King’s Norton in the 19th century. Later (with others) founded ICI, in 1926. Only blowlamp connection is nameplate on side of tank of an Optimus type pint paraffin blowlamp, which states KN, and ‘trademark’ Oriflamme. Not certain if a blowlamp manufacturer, though they appear to have been manufcturers of a pressure stove. |
|
|
Kirk
& Merifield |
Bradford
Street, Birmingham |
|
Kirmer |
Started
1893. Makers of bicycles, and later, motorcycles. Trade / brand name Kirmer.
No other information. Not thought to be a blowlamp manufacturer. |
|
Kirmer |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Kirk & Merifield. |
|
Stamford,
Lincolnshire |
Yes |
Kelite
|
Company
established in 1902 as the Kitson Light Foreign Supply Co, London. In 1914
amalgamated with Empire Light. Manufactured domestic lamps / lighting,
stoves, and a range of blowlamps & brazing lamps, possibly from
as early as 1914. |
|
|
L |
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Lake
& Elliot Ltd |
Albion
Works, Braintree |
|
Millennium
/ Express? |
Motorcycle
and motor tool manufacturers. Name found on plate soldered to side of tank of large
brazing lamp (Barthel ‘Diamantin’ type). Not known if Lake &
Elliott were the manufacturers or retailers of said brazing lamps. |
|
Lamb
Lamp & Tool Company |
|
Yes? |
Lamb? |
The
company was taken over by Shaw,
John & Sons,
(Wolverhampton) Ltd in c1914. The Lamb
brand name was adopted by John Shaw
for their small petrol blowlamps, a self-heating soldering iron, and a
small laboratory lamp, but it is not known if any of these had been
produced by the Lamb Lamp & Tool Company prior to its takeover. |
|
Lidgerwood
& Co |
Coatbridge,
North Lanarkshire |
|
|
(Possibly)
machinery and marine engineers / general export merchants. Name possibly
appears on a brazing lamp. Also, a known reference to a filler cap
illustration, and a Kelite
plaque. |
|
Little
Wonder |
|
|
|
Small
(early) petrol models numbered 1 and 2 noted. Little Wonder possibly a brand / trade name of an (as yet)
unidentified manufacturer. |
|
London
Furnace Company |
|
|
|
A
portable lead / glue etc melting stove / furnace, model number 710 noted,
with a Primus 702 blowlamp supplying the heat. Otherwise nothing known of
the Company. |
|
Love,
Frank Ltd |
Westminster
Bridge Road, London |
|
Amor
/ Roma / XL |
Plumbers
brass / lead work, valves, fittings etc. Company established in 1908 from
which first blowlamp is said to date. The Roma
and XL models seem to be versions of a Diamond Brand, whilst
the Amor – a small petrol blowlamp – has quite distinctive
features. |
|
M |
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|
Macrome
Ltd |
Berkeley
Road East, Hay Mills, Birmingham |
|
|
Macrome
manufactured machine tools etc, and provided a surface treatment for
steel. Their name (as suppliers) appears on a stick-on label on Burmos paraffin
blowlamps. |
|
McAllan |
Walton-on-Thames |
|
Paramajor? |
“Paramajor
24” flame gun reported. No other information. |
|
McCaul |
|
|
|
The
name McCaul (model M126) has
been seen stamped into the tank of what appears to be a Monitor 125/126. No
other information. |
|
McNume |
|
|
|
Name
associated with a spirit lamp. No other information. |
|
MACOL
(or Marcol) |
|
|
|
Possibly
acronym, or brand / trade name for
Manufacturers Accessories Co Ltd. |
|
Major |
|
|
|
See also Valtock |
|
Manufacturers
Accessories Co Ltd |
London? |
|
Macol? |
Possibly
MACOL. No other information. |
|
Marco |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of brazing lamp(s) supplied by Brown
Brothers. Also, name stamped on examples of (early) small petrol blow
lamp, but not known if linked with Brown Brothers. |
|
Marion |
|
|
|
Possibly
manufacturer of photographic equipment. No known association with
blowlamps. |
|
Marples,
William, and Sons Ltd |
Sheffield |
Yes? |
Hibernia
/ Shamrock |
Tool manufacturers. Known examples are of a small jeweller’s type blowlamp (Shamrock / Hibernia brand?). Not known if Marples were the actual manufacturers |
|
Matthews,
Henry
& Co |
|
|
|
No
information. |
|
Phoemax
Works, Temeside, Ludlow |
Yes? |
Phoemax
/ Duo-Burn |
Listed
as “pressure oil appliance manufacturers” in 1955. Their trade names
appear on stick-on labels on paraffin blow lamps, but not known if Meads
is the manufacturer. Model types are similar to RM
Mfg & Engineering Co Ltd,
and so possible connection?
See also Swedische Lamp Co. |
|
|
Melhuish,
R, Ltd |
Fetter
Lane, |
|
|
Richard
Melhuish & Sons
were tool stockists / distributors. They sold the blowlamps of several
other makers, to which the Melhuish
nameplate is sometimes attached. |
|
Merx
Ltd |
Sevenoaks / St Andrews Hill, London EC4 |
|
|
A “self heating” soldering iron, thought to have been fuelled by calcium carbide? What are thought to be two French versions are also known, Mox and Alox. |
|
Metal
Agencies Co |
|
|
|
Founded
1894. Builders'
engineers, plumbers' merchants, ironmongers etc. Manufacturers of
fireplaces and tubular steel products. Possible suppliers of blowlamps,
otherwise no known connection. |
|
Metropolitan |
|
|
|
No
information. |
|
Millennium |
|
|
|
See Lake & Elliot. |
|
Monitor
(Engineering &) Oil Appliances Ltd |
Birmingham |
Yes |
Monitor |
Monitor
were a prolific manufacturer of blowlamps, brazing lamps, pressure stoves &
other oil appliances. The origins of the company are unclear but they were
owned from an early stage by
Parkinson, W & Co Ltd, a part of Parkinson
& Cowan Ltd. |
|
Monument
Brand |
Brixton,
London. |
|
|
Monument
is the brand name of Monument Tools, a supplier of plumbing tools. Known
blowlamp examples are of a small jeweller’s type, with Monument Brand stamped on the base of the tank. No other
information, and nothing to say that Monument Tools were the actual
manufacturers. |
|
Moon & Stars (logo) |
|
|
|
Paraffin
blowlamp (with stick-on ‘Moon & Stars’ logo) similar to those
produced / distributed by Berlyn, M H Co Ltd. |
|
Moore
& Wright (Sheffield) Ltd |
Handsworth,
Sheffield |
Yes? |
Moorite |
Precision
and hand tools manufacturer. Their name is stamped on the base of
the tank of a range of small
jeweller’s type blowlamps, but nothing to say that Moore & Wright
were the actual manufacturers. |
|
Mosers |
Borough
High Street, London SE1 |
|
|
Engineering,
hardware & tools distributors. Name associated with a spirit lamp. No
other information. |
|
Multum
in Parvo |
|
|
|
Known
example is of a small jeweller’s type blowlamp, similar to a type found
with a Melhuish label. Nothing
to say who were the actual manufacturers. Multum
in Parvo
means "much from little". |
|
Mysto |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of French, W T & Son, supplier (or manufacturer?) of the Hot
Rod Flame Gun / weed burner. |
|
Mytaz |
|
|
|
Name
associated with a flame gun / weed burner. No other information. |
|
N |
||||
|
Nautilus |
|
|
|
No 6 made in England. See alsoPrimus & BA Hjorth |
|
New London Furnace |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The name "Nordic, made in England" appears on a stick on label, on Veritas (type) paraffin blowlamps. |
|
|
Nurse,
Charles, &
Co |
Invicta
Tool Works, Walworth Road, London |
|
|
Tool
merchants. Supplied an “improved” self-heating soldering iron, the
manufacturer of which is unidentified. |
|
O |
||||
|
Oldfield, G & Sons |
|
|
|
|
|
Oriflamme |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of the King’s Norton Metal Company. |
|
P |
||||
|
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Berlyn, M H Co Ltd. |
|
|
Parkinson & Cowan Ltd |
|
|
|
Parent
company to Monitor (Engineering
&) Oil Appliances Ltd. |
|
Parkinson,
W & Co Ltd |
London
& Birmingham |
|
Monitor? |
Gas
apparatus
manufacturers. Started in 1816. Merged with W & B Cowan in 1900 to
form Parkinson & Cowan Ltd. Parent
company to Monitor (Engineering
&) Oil Appliances Ltd. |
|
Peak
Ga |
|
|
|
A
butane blow torch known, with replaceable fuel canisters. |
|
Pear Tree |
|
|
|
Name on stick-on label |
|
Perrin Hughes & Co Ltd |
Hatton Garden, Liverpool |
|
|
Brass nameplate appears on a modified Optimus Nobel (type 411) pint paraffin blowlamp, presumably produced for a special purpose. |
|
Petroflam |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Twigg, Charles & Co. |
|
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Meads Brothers, Ludlow. See also Duo-Burn. |
|
|
Phoenix |
|
|
|
SHSI. See Tyzack |
|
Pinchbeck |
|
|
|
No
information. |
|
|
|
|
Believed
to be a brand / trade name of Berlyn,
M H Co Ltd. |
|
|
Pollard |
London |
|
|
Small jeweller's type blowlamp with "Pollard, London" stamped onto thumbscrew. Also other impressed mark "GPO"? |
|
Pollitt’s |
|
|
|
Name
(possibly) appearing on blowlamp, being the subject of the 1909 patent of
Walter Green and Alfred William Heath concerning adaptations of what
appears to be the basic Burridge blowlamp. (See also
Heath,
Samuel & Sons, and Greens /
Greens patent). |
|
Pool,
W H & Sons |
Chipstaple,
Taunton |
Yes, for their use |
|
Company
formed in 1847 as wheelwrights. Manufacturers of oil engines from the late
1890s.
Example known of an engine starting lamp, manufactured for, and by, Pool. |
|
Portable
Furnace & Patents Co Ltd, the |
381
Mansfield Road, Carrington, Nottingham |
Yes? |
|
Portable lead etc melting furnaces, at least three models noted. Sometimes referred to as Tyers Patent, Carrington, based on the patents of Frederick W Tyers, of Carrington, Nottingham, and possibly on the patent(s) of J O Tyers, one time M.D. Also possible connection with Prichard, Hugh & Co and Sheen. |
|
Pratt,
A & Co |
London |
|
|
A
blowlamp known, with this name, similar to a Garratt
& Fowler. No other information. |
|
Premier,
the |
|
|
|
Name
given to small petrol blowlamp by Smallwood
Brothers. |
|
Pritchard,
Hugh & Sons Ltd |
Greasley
Street, Nottingham |
Yes? |
|
Believed
to be manufacturers of Sheen
flame guns / weed burners. Possible connection with the
Portable Furnace & Patents Co Ltd. |
|
R |
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|
RM
Manufacturing &
Engineering Co Ltd |
Birmingham |
Yes. |
RM? |
RM Manufacturing & Engineering Co Ltd were bought out in 1950 by
Heath,
Samuel & Sons Ltd, who then sold
blowlamps under the RM name, with the
addition of the Heathware
brand / trade name. Said to have had a factory capable of making stoves and
blow lamps. Models found are similar to those by Meads
Brothers. |
|
Radiweld |
|
|
|
No
information. |
|
Rawlplug
Co Ltd |
London |
|
Rawlplug |
Manufacturers
of (mainly) wall fixings. Small spirit blowlamp known, similar to Bi-Metals
(Britinol) Ltd. Not known if Rawlplug were the actual manufacturers. |
|
Regency |
|
|
|
Model
name given to certain Burmos blowlamps, made
by Townson & Coxson Ltd. |
|
Reliance
Patent |
|
Yes? |
|
Known
for (early) petrol blowlamp with cast brass tank. Similar to the American
Gierth patent torches. No other information.
Possibly sold by Marples, William, and Sons Ltd. |
|
Rex |
Bridge Rd, London N9 |
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Bi-Metals (Britinol) Ltd. |
|
Roberts |
|
|
|
Small jeweller's blowlamp with "Roberts, Pat. June 13, 99" stamped on underside of tank. CHECK THIS |
|
Robins
& Malin |
|
|
RM? |
Thought
to be the RM in RM Mfg &
Engineering Co Ltd. |
|
Rolls
Royce (nameplate). |
|
|
|
Nameplate
with Rolls Royce, Patent 1927 imprinted thereon, soldered to tank of a Howes
& Burley Ltd blowlamp. Possibly equipment owned by Rolls Royce
with name thereon to mark ownership? |
|
Roma |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Love, Frank Ltd. The Roma
is very likely a Diamond Brand / Bladon. |
|
Ronson |
|
|
Varaflame |
Butane
type blow torch. |
|
Ross,
Courtney & Co |
Upper
Holloway, London, N |
|
|
Established
1890. Manufacturing engineers, for the motor car and electrical trades. Known
blowlamp example is a small jeweller’s type, with brass nameplate
soldered to tank. Not known as a manufacturer of blowlamps. |
|
Rotherham's |
Coventry |
|
|
Small jeweller's blowlamp. See all marks in photos. |
|
S |
||||
|
Safety |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of British Safety Stove Co Ltd. See also Turley & Williams Ltd. |
|
Safety
Stove |
|
|
|
Probably
a variation of the name British
Safety Stove Co Ltd. |
|
Samuel Heath & Sons Ltd (S H & S) |
Leopold
Street, Birmingham 12 |
Yes. |
Thermidor
/
Heathware |
See Heath, Samuel & Sons Ltd. |
|
Sanitary
& Water Fittings Mfg Co |
|
|
|
Suppliers
of Gudwrun Soldering Flux. Gudwrun
was a brand / trade name of the Gudwrun
Flux and Fittings Co.
The Sanitary & Water Fittings Mfg Co is not know |
|
Sevenoaks
|
|
|
|
Possibly
a reference to Merx Ltd, Sevenoaks. No other information. |
|
Shamrock |
|
|
|
Possibly
a brand / trade name of Marples,
William, and Sons Ltd. |
|
Shaw, John & Sons
(J S & S) |
Wolverhampton |
Yes |
Governor
/ Lamb / Anglo Swedish |
The company dated back to c1800 and were manufacturers and later wholesalers. Shaw’s took over many companies, including the Lamb Lamp & Tool Company in c1914. It is believed that at about this time they started the production of their varied range of blowlamps, notably under the Governor brand. |
|
Sheen |
|
|
|
Possibly
a brand / trade name of a flame gun / weed burner, possibly by Prichard,
Hugh & Co. |
|
Shirley,
Arthur & Edward |
Coventry |
|
|
Produced
patent (c1900) for blowlamp which was manufactured by Bridgeport Brass Co
(Queen) Bridgeport, Connecticut. |
|
Simplex,
the |
|
|
|
Associated
with (or sold by) the name Tyack (or possibly Tyzack?) No other
information. |
|
Sinclair
(& Co?) |
Finsbury? |
|
|
Possible
association with Sinclair & Co, who exhibited a
liquid fuel burner to generate steam, in 1900. Name also possibly
associated with the brand / trade name Comet.
No other information. |
|
Sims, T B |
See Willard Brown. |
|||
|
Smallwood
Brothers |
76
Bury New Road, and Mount Pleasant, Manchester |
Yes? |
Premier,
the |
Listed
as “inventors, patentees & makers”. Recorded as being operational
between at least 1916 & 1935. |
|
Soutter,
W & Sons Ltd |
Farm
Street, Birmingham |
|
Soutterware
|
Art
metal workers and manufacturers of electric light and gas fittings. Name
imprinted on brass plate, soldered to side of Barthel type brazing lamp. No other information. |
|
Stesco
|
|
Yes? |
|
A
small coil burner stove known (possibly part of a series of spirit
lamps?). Stesco possibly the manufacturer? |
|
Stirling
|
|
|
|
A
paraffin blowlamp, possibly by
Falk, Stadelmann & Co Ltd, sold under the name Stirling. |
|
Stones
(Patent Universal Regulator) |
|
|
|
Known
examples are of a small jeweller’s type blow lamp. No other information. |
|
Strength
Brand |
|
|
|
Blowlamp(s)
example similar to Burridge &
Co. No other information. |
|
Stockholm Supreme |
|
|
|
Could be Monitor???? |
|
Stones Patent |
|
|
|
Small jeweller's type blowlamp, attributed with the name "Stones Patent Universal Regulator". CHECK if a watch maker?? |
|
Stuart
Turner
&
Co |
Henley-on-Thames |
Yes? |
|
From
1906 the company produced model steam engines, gas engines etc. A blowlamp
is associated with the name (possibly with a Primus burner?), and possibly
for use with a Babcock
boiler. Not known if Stuart Turner were the manufacturers of the blowlamp. |
|
Sunbeam,
the |
|
|
|
Small petrol example known with “The Sunbeam Blow Lamp, Guaranteed British Made” impressed into the tank. No other information. See also John Bull, and Marco. |
|
Swede,
the |
|
|
|
A
version of an Amor
small petrol blowlamp. (See also Love,
Frank). Has a brass nameplate soldered to the tank with “The
Swede, Trade Mark, and British Production”, and an image of an
actual Swede. |
|
Swedish,
the |
|
|
|
Name
which could refer to the
Swede or, more likely, the Swedish Lamp. |
|
Swedish
Lamp |
|
|
|
The name Swedish Lamp (probably attributable to B A Hjorth & Co) was also later given to similar models produced by other Swedish, and possibly British, manufacturers intended for resale by stockists or retailers. Possible (British) examples of this are Beanco, and Brown Brothers. |
|
Swedische
Lamp Co |
Ludlow |
Yes? |
Duo-Burn |
A
pint paraffin blowlamp with the name “Duo-Burn
by Swedische Lamp Co” on label.
A connection therefore with Meads
Brothers. See also Phoemax
and Duo-Burn. |
|
Swift
Jet |
|
|
|
A
small spirit blowlamp similar in style and principle to a Valtock.
No other information. |
|
T |
||||
|
T
& W |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Turley & Williams Ltd / British
Safety Stove Co Ltd. |
|
Tangye
Brothers |
Cornwall
Works, Clement Street, Birmingham |
|
|
Company started in 1856 by Richard Tangye. Manufacturers of engines and other heavy equipment. Two types of starting lamp were manufactured by Bladon for starting Tangye engines. Max Sievert also supplied starting lamps for Tangye engines. |
|
Manchester
3 |
Yes? |
Taymax |
May
also have supplied blow lamps under the Two
Tiger(s) label, for resale by Fletcher Hardware, a UK retailer
and ironmonger supplier. Taymax blowlamps are like those of Berlyn,
M H Co Ltd, so a possible connection. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tecalemit |
Plymouth
and Brentford |
|
|
Company
started 1927. Lubrication specialists. No known connection with blowlamps.
There are German blowlamps with the name Tecalemit,
similar to certain Barthel models. |
|
Terladon
|
|
|
|
Name
(may be incorrect) associated with a jeweller’s type blowlamp. No other
information. |
|
Thermidor |
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Heath,
Samuel & Sons Ltd. |
|
Thornley, S Ltd |
Link to Diamond Brand (by Bladon)? |
|||
|
Tiger |
|
|
|
By
Taymar Ltd or similar. A
possible derivation of the name Two Tiger or Two
Tigers. Possibly also a
brand / trade name for a flame gun / weed burner. |
|
Tilley
Lamp Co |
Various,
including London, & later, Belfast |
Yes |
|
Manufacturers
of pressure lamps from as early as c1818. At least two models of
refrigerant leak detector lamps were manufactured in Belfast. |
|
Tinol
British |
|
|
|
A small spirit blowlamp similar to Bi-Metals (Britinol) Ltd and which has the name Tinol imprinted into the tank side. Tinol were thought to have been originally of German manufacture, so Tinol British assumed to have been manufactured or distributed under license? |
|
Toga |
|
|
|
Known
examples are of a small jeweller’s type blow lamp. No other information,
and nothing to say that Toga were the actual manufacturers. Possibly sold by Buck &
Hickman. |
|
Tomes
& Son(s) |
London |
|
Letter T, Within a star |
Not
thought to be a blowlamp manufacturer, but their name plate appears on a
standard paraffin blow lamp. Possibly a firm of monumental masons. |
|
Townson
& Coxson Ltd |
Essington
Street, |
Yes |
Burmos |
Makers
of Burmos brand portable stoves, gas rings, blowlamps,
sprayers etc. Some Burmos blowlamps were given model names, such as Empire,
Georgian, Regency, Tudor, Windsor. See also Macrome
Ltd. |
|
Lists of "Blow Pipes and Lamps" and "Brazing Lamps" from what is believed to be the Dunlop Trader Handbook (unknown date). |
||||
|
Tudor |
|
|
|
Model
name given to certain Burmos blowlamps, made
by Townson & Coxson Ltd. |
|
Tudorcourt
Gas Appliances Ltd |
47
- 48
Piccadilly, London, W1 |
|
|
Possibly
a propane type blowlamp known. No other information. |
|
Turley
& Williams Ltd |
Highgate
Street Works, Birmingham 12 |
Yes? |
Safety / T & W |
Also
known as British Safety Stove Co Ltd. Believed to have started c1925. Stove
manufacturers. Their name is found stamped into the (steel) tank of WWII
production paraffin blow lamps. |
|
Twigg,
Charles & Co |
Perry
Bar, Birmingham |
Yes |
Buflam
/ Petroflam |
Light
engineering manufacturers during the 1940s and 50s. They produced a small
range of lamps, blowlamps, & stoves under the Buflam
and Petroflam labels. The company went into receivership in 1957. |
|
Two Tiger, or Two Tigers |
|
|
|
Believed
to be a brand / trade name of Fletchers,
a UK ironmonger supplier. Blow lamps with the Two
Tiger(s) label were like those produced / supplied by Taxmar
Ltd or Berlyn, M H & Co,
so a possible connection. |
|
Tyers
Patent, Carrington |
Nottingham |
|
|
Name by which the Portable Furnace & Patents Co Ltd is sometimes referred to, based on the patents of Frederick W Tyers, of Carrington, Nottingham. (The Tyers of Carrington name later reappeared on a propane burner). |
|
Tyzack, S & Son |
|
|
|
See Phoenix |
|
U |
||||
|
Underhay, F G |
Clerkenwell, London |
|
|
Engineers, brass founders etc. Name associated with a spirit lamp. No other information. |
|
V |
||||
|
Valtock
Ltd |
Warwick / Sherwood St, London |
Yes |
Valtock |
Valtock
Ltd produced three models of blowlamp, burning methylated spirit, two of
which were “automatic” (or self-acting). No other information. |
|
Valor Veritas |
Birmingham |
|
|
Propane blowlamp? CHECK. A connection between Valor Heating and Falk, Stadelmann. Produced propane? stoves etc See also CCS articles .... Check |
|
Velocity |
|
|
|
Thought to be a blowlamp retailer. No other information. |
|
|
|
|
Brand
/ trade name of Falk, Stadelmann & Co Ltd. The German Veritas
trademark had been owned by Jean Stadelmann & Co and was
acquired by Falk Stadelmann in London, initially for gas lamp mantles. |
|
|
W |
||||
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W
& W |
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Known
examples are of a small jeweller’s type blow lamp, with name stamped on
tank base. No other information, and nothing to say that W
& W were the actual manufacturers. |
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W Parkinson & Co |
London & Birmingham |
Yes? |
Monitor? |
See
Parkinson,
W & Co Ltd |
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WACO |
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Possible alternative name or spelling to WECO. |
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WECO |
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Name
associated with Calor (see Calor-Dex).
A gas fired soldering iron known with the names Calor & WECO. |
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Wee-Dex |
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Brand / trade name of Dex Industries Ltd |
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Wells,
A C & Co |
Manchester, & London |
Yes? |
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Started
c1888. Produced a range of “light lamps” having heavy cast iron (pressurised)
tanks, and burning tar oil to produce a flame for lighting. Also noted for
their “kettle torch lamps”, paint sprayers, filters etc. |
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Willard
Brown Co (T
B Sims) |
Windsor,
Berkshire |
Yes? |
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Manufactured
(?) a twin tube type meths blowlamp similar to Valtock. |
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William
Hurlock, Junior Ltd |
Denmark
Hill, London |
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Tyre
distributors / manufacturers(?). No known connection with blowlamps. |
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William
Marples & Sons Ltd |
Sheffield |
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See
Marples,
William, and Sons Ltd |
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William Soutter & Son |
Birmingham |
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See
Soutter,
W & Sons Ltd |
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Windsor |
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Model
name given to certain Burmos blowlamps, made
by Townson & Coxson Ltd. |
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Wnots (Enots?) |
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Enots?? See photo etc of Wnots.... |
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Woodward
Brothers & Copelin Ltd |
Peckham
S E / Sutton / Croydon |
Ye |
The
Gem / Gem
Lamp |
Company
first recorded in 1904. Closed 1947. Produced a range of brazing lamps
including a model with twin tanks and flexible hose to the burner. |
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Write
& Butler Lamp Manufacturing Co |
Birmingham |
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Company
started in 1866, and patented & produced lamps, burners and stoves.
The initials WB appear, inscribed into the tank of an early Max Sievert type S,
but not known if connected. Falk,
Stadelmann & Co Ltd had incorporated Write & Butler (by 1933). |
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Wrights
of Lymm Ltd |
Lymm,
Cheshire |
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Firefly / Fireman |
Company
established 1840. Associated with gilding, sign
writing etc. Two brands of blowlamp are known, Fireman
and Firefly, based on Bladon
/ Diamond Brand products (with handle variants). Also thought to
have sold a range of Max Sievert blowlamps in the 1950s, and also said to
be agents for Taymar Ltd. |
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X |
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XL |
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Brand / trade name of Love, Frank Ltd. The XL appears to be a Diamond Brand (Bladon) |
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Y |
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Yates
Brothers Ltd |
Darwen,
Lancashire |
Yes |
Easilit |
Thomas
Yates was described as “Traveller”, of
“Sunnyhurst”, Darwen, Lancashire. Took out a patent in 1908 for
a “Blowlamp with dual control valves, for improved safety, ease of
lighting, and cleaning”. Presumably founder of / associated with, the Easilit
Blow Lamp Co, Kings Norton. |
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Acknowledgements and sources of further information |
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See Website Links page British Patents For cross-reference to British Blowlamp related patents, see the comprehensive list on the Blowlamp Society website http://www.blowlampsociety.com/20160706.uk.patents%20blowlamps.%20reduced%20columns.pdf Another invaluable source of information is the excellent PHILIPPE TOUILLET Book of British Blowlamps. See the Blowlamp Society link http://www.blowlampsociety.com/catalogueillus.html |
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