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Red bound book with 'Minute Book' on the spine. On the front is 'Evershed & Vignoles Ltd. General Meeting Minute Book No. 1'. This book was purchased in 1938 from Waterlow & Sons Ltd and contains an A to Z index at the front (unused) followed by 110 pages numbered in the top corner. The first meeting in the book starts at page 2 and is the Minutes of the forty-fifth Ordinary General Meeting held at Acton Lane Works Chiswick at 2 p.m. on Friday 22nd July 1938 chaired by E.B.Vignoles. The minutes refer to the retirement of Sydney Evershed from the Board after service as a Director for over 43 years and to his significant scientific achievements (invention of the testing set in 1889 which was the forerunner of the Megger, the Evershed Helm Indicator adopted by the Navy in 1896 and the “Q.C.” fire control gear of 1908). Also mentioned were his scientific work and the many scientific papers that arose from it. Printed copies of the 43rd and 44th Annual Reports are glued in at the end of the Minutes. In the Minutes of the forty-seventh Meeting on 26th July 1940 (page 17) it is mentioned that E.B.Vignoles was standing down as Chairman and replaced by A.Vines and that it was E.B.Vignoles who coined the “Megger” Trade Mark. A printed copy of the 45th Annual Report is glued in at the end of the Minutes. The last entry in the book are the Minutes of the Fifty-first Meeting on 24th October, 1944. The minutes refer to the death of T.M.Tuley Accountant to the Company, an underestimate in tax liability of £25,606 and the forthcoming 50th Anniversary of the Company.