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British Gas Engine & Engineering Co., Ltd.
London, England, U.K.
Manufacturer Class: Steam and Gas Engines

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Patent Number Date Title Name City Description
187,903,213 Aug. 11, 1879 Compression Gas Engine James Atkinson , England Note: Early English patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in January. The patent # used in DATAMP represents the year of issue and the patent #. This patent is #3,213 of the year 1879.
306,712 Oct. 21, 1884 Gas Engine James Atkinson , England Patented in England, 22 Sep 1881, #4,086 & 14 Sep 1882, #4,378.
Abstract:
My invention relates to improvements in gas-engines in which the power is obtained by the ignition and subsequent expansion of a combustive mixture of gas and air, such gas and air_ being exploded or ignited at atmospheric pressure; and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide a main slide admitting gas and air and igniting the same, combined with a supplementary slide to regulate the exhaust; second, to provide a separate self-acting air-inlet, in combination with a slide valve or valves for admitting gas and air, for the purpose of obtaining fall atmospheric pressure in the cylinder at the time of ignition; third, to cover the ignition port excepting at the right time for ignition.
Claim:
In a gas-engine, the combination of a slide-valve admitting gas and air, with a self-acting valve admitting air during the same stroke..
336,505 Feb. 16, 1886 Gas Engine James Atkinson , England Patented in England,28 Feb 1885, #2,712; in France, 21 May 1885, #169,071; and in Belgium, 30 May 1885, #69,074.
188,603,522 Mar. 12, 1886 Cyclic Gas Engine James Atkinson , England Note: Early English patents (pre 1916) were numbered by the year and started at patent #1 at the start of each year in Janurary. The patent # used in DATAMP represents the year of issue and the patent #. This patent is #3,522 of the year 1886.