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A Terry clip around the drum of a potentiometer. A Terry clip (or Terry's clip) is a spring metal clip used to hold a cylindrical object, for example, to secure a bicycle pump onto a bicycle frame. The object to be held is pushed into the clip to secure it, and pulled out to release.
He soon found the interest and demand so great that he needed a major expansion or partner and, on 22 February 1934, entered into a licensing agreement with Herbert Terry and Sons in Redditch. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Terry's manufactured and marketed the lamp, while Carwardine continued to develop the concept, producing a number of other versions and ...
Terry had also registered the trademark 'Joseph Terry's and Sons' in 1876, which would later become incorporated under his chairmanship in 1895 as 'Joseph Terry & Sons Ltd.', three years before his death at the age of 70 in 1898, during an attempt to become Member of Parliament for the City of York constituency in a by-election.
The Staffordshire Potteries is the industrial area encompassing the six towns Burslem, Fenton, Hanley, Longton, Tunstall and Stoke (which is now the city of Stoke-on-Trent) in Staffordshire, England. [1] North Staffordshire became a centre of ceramic production in the early 17th century, [2] due to the local availability of clay, salt, lead and ...
Burslem's most famous sons include the potter Josiah Wedgwood, the watercolour painter James Holland (1800–1870), Ian "Lemmy" Kilmister, the founder, bassist and lead singer of Motörhead, and Robbie Williams, who was a major shareholder in Port Vale and whose family are still resident in the area.
Terry's (formerly Terry's of York) is a British chocolate and confectionery brand. The original company was founded in 1767 in York , England, and was part of the city's famous confectionery triumvirate along with Rowntree's and Cravens. [ 1 ]
Sauceboat by Enoch Wood & Sons, c. 1840, showing a pass in the Catskill Mountains. In Brooklyn Museum. He began a business in Burslem in 1783 with his cousin Ralph Wood II, as an earthenware manufacturer; the two were the leading pottery modellers of the period. In 1790 he went into partnership with James Caldwell (1759-1838), a local lawyer ...
Wade Ceramics was established in 1867 in Burslem, England. [5] [6] It originally comprised several different companies founded by various members of the Wade family and was united as Wade Potteries Limited in 1958. The original companies were: Wade & Myatt (later became George Wade & Son, which made industrial ceramics and Wade Whimsies).