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business was consolidated under the control of his sons Edward Elgar
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Engineer magazine in 1919. Edward Whitney created the business trading in scientific equipment as a sideline to his existing business, and so placed it under his son Edward Elgar Whitney in 1875. When Edward Whitney Snr died in 1888 the
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water wheel. Connected to a water supply this could be used to drive light loads via a pulley and belt. Water motors had uses such as laboratory stirrers, charging batteries, and driving sewing machines. It was reported in 1905 that the
Whitney Water Motor was rated at 1/4h.p. with 60psi water
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At some time during or immediately after the war, the company acquired stock and casting patterns from several companies, including the model steam fittings of
Betrand Garside, the model locomotive 'specialities' of Southwark Engineering Co, and the productions of the Gas Engine Repair Co.
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Whitney was involved in the production of gunmetal bevel wheels for aircraft, and pressure safety valves that were modified for use on aircraft fuel tanks. The electrical side of the business was involved in the production of
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The business lasted until the war, and there are references to centrifugal water pumps for air raid shelters by a C.C.Whitney & Co Ltd of London during the war years. The business was reported to have been "bombed out" during the war.
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enclosed in a large elaborate globe. This was driven by current from their own
Atkinson twin-cylinder gas engine driving an electric generator, and was at the time the only electric light in the neighbourhood.
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pressure, which they felt was conservative. It was still advertised in 1931, available as a complete unit, or as a set of castings.
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comprise a large amount of brass or bronze castings in preference to cast iron. They all bore a small oval badge stating
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Engineering Firms of To-Day : Messrs. Whitney, The Model Engineer, Vol XL, no 943, 22 May 1919, pp389-393
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