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  • Thumbnail for Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies
    Ransomes, Sims and Jefferies Limited was a major British agricultural machinery maker also producing a wide range of general engineering products in Ipswich...
    34 KB (4,156 words) - 18:53, 1 June 2024
  • 1846 Ransomes & May. added Charles May 1852 Ransomes & Sims. added William Dillwyn Sims 1869 Ransomes, Sims & Head. added John Head 1881 Ransomes, Sims &...
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    Limited (later plc): Ransomes & Rapier Limited. Rapier himself took the leading part in the 1875 negotiation and construction by Ransomes & Rapier of China's...
    7 KB (631 words) - 18:53, 29 November 2023
  • company Ransomes and May, in which his uncle Charles May was a partner. Charles left in 1852 and the company became Ransomes and Sims. Sims remained...
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    Carol; Weaver, michael (1989). Ransomes 1789-1989:200 years of excellence: A bicentennial celebration. Ipswich: Ransomes Sims & Jeffries PLC. Airy, George...
    4 KB (554 words) - 18:05, 21 January 2023
  • was able to do them without. During World War II, Edwards worked at Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies in Ipswich. Edwards became a household name after playing...
    5 KB (247 words) - 14:05, 11 September 2023
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    the world's first commercial motorised lawnmower was built by Ransomes in 1902. Ransomes & Rapier was a major British manufacturer of railway equipment...
    90 KB (7,912 words) - 10:36, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Trolleybuses in Ipswich
    Suffolk, Ransomes of Ipswich, and Tilling-Stevens of Maidstone, Kent. Once reliability had been assessed, 15 vehicles were ordered from Ransomes and another...
    23 KB (2,902 words) - 15:43, 18 May 2024
  • leaving the Royal Navy he worked for the agricultural equipment company Ransomes, Sims & Jeffries. Arthur joined the Territorial Army and was attached as a...
    9 KB (1,175 words) - 00:10, 22 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2
    private British manufacturers such as G & J Weir, Boulton & Paul Ltd and Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies. Early in the F.E.2b's career, a second Lewis gun was added...
    28 KB (3,707 words) - 23:02, 25 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Electric motorcycles and scooters
    controller, with speeds of 6, 24 and 56 km/h (4, 15 and 35 mph). In 1919, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies made a prototype electric motorcycle in which the batteries...
    63 KB (6,324 words) - 20:50, 21 April 2024
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    bodied Thornycroft. In 1926 three trolleybuses were purchased from Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies, who supplied another five in March 1929. Two existing Thornycroft...
    6 KB (343 words) - 00:22, 27 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ipswich Transport Museum
    is a good representation of the Ipswich manufacturers Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies and Ransomes & Rapier and of electric vehicles. Local rail and waterway...
    21 KB (2,500 words) - 00:52, 1 August 2023
  • Thumbnail for Ransomes Industrial Estate
    Ransomes Industrial Estate, also known as Ransomes Europark is combined retail and business park located in Priory Heath Ward, Ipswich, on the southeastern...
    2 KB (153 words) - 09:08, 31 December 2023
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    the entrance to both the Orwell Works and White City Works sites of Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies were on Duke Street, as well as their garage which housed...
    2 KB (228 words) - 16:31, 11 August 2023
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    coil) for regenerative braking. The Orwell Electric Truck introduced by Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies in England during WW1 used regenerative braking switched...
    53 KB (6,058 words) - 14:30, 31 May 2024
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    start to appear until the early years of the 19th century. In 1841, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies produced an early traction engine. The design (which was...
    41 KB (4,871 words) - 11:50, 29 May 2024
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    1730 to James Small's improved "Scots Plough" metal in 1763. In 1789 Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies was producing 86 plough models for different soils. Powered...
    127 KB (13,507 words) - 13:26, 15 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Richard Garrett & Sons
    first trolleybus route in 1923, Garrett and another local manufacturer, Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies both saw an opportunity, and decided to enter the trolleybus...
    20 KB (2,692 words) - 10:30, 14 October 2023
  • Nidec Motor Corporation Perm Motor [8] Power Machines Electrosila plant Ransomes, Sims & Jefferies Rosenergomash Rotem Rotomac Electricals, India [9] Ruf Automobile...
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