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Vickers was a British engineering company that existed from 1828 until 1999. It was formed in Sheffield as a steel foundry by Edward Vickers and his father-in-law...15 KB (1,688 words) - 03:55, 29 July 2024- as Naylor Vickers and Company. It began life making steel castings and quickly became known for casting church bells. In 1854 Vickers' sons Thomas and...16 KB (1,894 words) - 19:43, 9 April 2024
& Armaments Company. In 1911 the company was renamed Vickers Limited, and in 1927 became Vickers Armstrongs Limited after a merger with Armstrong Whitworth...8 KB (657 words) - 03:48, 2 July 2024
Scacchi and Richard E. Grant. Vickers starred with Carryl Thomas in the thriller film Death in Shoreditch. In 2022, Vickers had a main role as Sauron in...6 KB (437 words) - 17:39, 1 September 2024- Maxim gun (redirect from Vickers-Maxim)absorbed into the mother Vickers company, leading first to the Vickers-Maxim gun and then, after Vickers' redesign, the Vickers machine gun.[citation needed]...35 KB (3,492 words) - 07:55, 24 August 2024
The Vickers machine gun or Vickers gun is a water-cooled .303 British (7.7 mm) machine gun produced by Vickers Limited, originally for the British Army...56 KB (6,367 words) - 01:24, 30 August 2024- Maisonneuve offered Vickers a first-class location" to establish the yard, and "an extended lease on the land and deferred taxes." Vickers Sons & Maxim established...17 KB (1,733 words) - 02:19, 15 June 2024
Company, which was taken over by Vickers, Sons and Company in 1897 to form Vickers, Sons & Maxim. This gave Vickers a complete naval shipbuilding, engineering...5 KB (488 words) - 16:00, 20 July 2024- Vickers-Armstrongs Limited was a British engineering conglomerate formed by the merger of the assets of Vickers Limited and Sir W G Armstrong Whitworth...19 KB (2,031 words) - 15:21, 16 June 2024
a few months before the Second Boer War broke out. It was built by Vickers, Sons & Maxim of Barrow on a special Coventry-built Daimler chassis and had...4 KB (434 words) - 07:38, 7 February 2023
QF 1-pounder pom-pom (redirect from Vickers 1-pdr)versions in British service (i.e. from 1900) were labelled Vickers, Sons and Maxim (VSM) as Vickers had bought out Maxim-Nordenfelt in 1897 but they are the...21 KB (2,322 words) - 20:42, 15 July 2024
Edward Vickers VD (9 July 1833 – 19 October 1915) was Chairman of Vickers Limited. The second son of Edward Vickers and Anne Naylor, Tom Vickers was born...4 KB (302 words) - 19:54, 12 July 2024
purchase by Vickers Corporation in 1897, formed 'Vickers, Son & Maxim'. Their improved development of the Maxim gun design, the Vickers machine gun,...32 KB (3,689 words) - 23:54, 12 May 2024- British-Spanish-Association taking contracts In the following proportions: 40% Vickers Sons and Maxim, 30% the Marquis of Comillas of the Spanish Transatlantic Company...9 KB (890 words) - 20:12, 7 March 2024
Wolseley Motors (category Vickers)in 1975. Herbert Austin (1866–1941) in 1905 Colonel Thomas Vickers (1833–1915) Albert Vickers [la] (1838–1919) Sir Hiram Maxim (1840–1916) caricature by...44 KB (5,324 words) - 14:56, 9 August 2024
Martha Vickers (born Martha MacVicar; May 28, 1925 – November 2, 1971) was an American model and actress. Vickers was born Martha MacVicar in Ann Arbor...9 KB (509 words) - 21:47, 23 April 2024
directors lost interest in the venture and shortly after Wolseley's death Vickers, Sons and Maxim took over the embryo business, Austin and the Wolseley name...13 KB (1,720 words) - 16:11, 10 May 2024
barony by his son Cyril. Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose in a Hawker Tomtit Armstrong Siddeley Sapphire 200 turbojet Name plate: Vickers, Sons & Maxim Wolseley...10 KB (1,071 words) - 09:22, 29 August 2024- profitable industry. In 1901, Wolseley's embryo car business was acquired by Vickers, Sons and Maxim. The postwar rise of synthetic textiles sharply reduced the...12 KB (1,072 words) - 07:09, 17 August 2024
numbered 700 officers and ratings in 1907, but increased to 810 in 1916. Vickers, Sons & Maxim was the prime contractor for the ship's machinery, but as they...46 KB (5,825 words) - 13:07, 4 August 2024
- Men-at-the-Bar by Joseph Foster Vickers, Edward 3322556Men-at-the-Bar — Vickers, EdwardJoseph Foster Vickers, Edward, B.A., Emmanuel Coll., Camb., 1865
- Meredith Vickers: Any casualties? David: Casualties, ma'am? Meredith Vickers: Has anyone died? David: No, ma'am … everyone's fine. Meredith Vickers: Well
- Muttart (Canada), S. Waite, H. Rost, P. Lample, F. Arbab, H. Nikjoo, S. Vickers, P. Christensen, E. Anello, J. Savi, E. Tinto, M. Higgins and L. Nuguchi