blockversewordysbillionaire.aiyourlistWhiteboardAppquizieunschool

News

Home
Popular
Elections
Library
Play

Genius — OpenServe

George Bower — latest news, discussion & facts — IJR

Sponsored

George Bower

inventor

George Bower

19th-century English businessperson

0members1here now

Ask Genius Site

Feed Discussions About

Loading

Comments

Ask Genius by OpenServe:

Free account · your comment posts right after signup

About George Bower

George Bower (1827-1911), was the owner of the Vulcan Iron Works, St. Neots, Cambridgeshire and was a leading manufacturer of equipment for gasworks. He is also described as a waterworks engineer, and manufacturer of gas stoves and stationary steam engines. In 1855 he patented the National Gas Apparatus. This was intended for sale to Country Houses and factories. By 1856 Bower started to concentrate on larger schemes for providing gasworks and established the Provincial Gaslight and Coke Company. In 1862 he patented George Bower's Bye-Pass Valves and Governor for Gas Works He also

0

members

1

here now

Occupation: inventor
Born: 1827
Died: November 29, 1911

Everything about George Bower →

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Live room · 1 here

Be the first in the room — members see you arrive.

Not who you're looking for? Others named George Bower: New Zealand rugby union player · Australian rules footballer (1884-1964) · English engraver