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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Title 'Apparatus for the measurement of the level and flow of liquids', provisional specification, 1911 Reference UK0108 SC MSS 287/01/01 Date 25 July 1911 to 21 August 1911 Creator George Frederick Shotter Scope and Content Letter from the Patent Office (form P.Acc.2), dated 21 August 1911, giving notice of acceptance of G F Shotter's application with a provisional specification for a patent for, 'improvements in or relating to apparatus for the measurement of the level and flow of liquids' - patent no. 17044. The letter was contained within a complete copy of the provisional specification dated 25 July 1911 which has been prepared by Boult Wade & Tennant, international patent agents, 111 & 112 Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, EC. Exent 2 Items Admin. history/Biography George Frederick Shotter (1886-1971) was an expert in the field of electrical measuring instrumentation. He had over 100 patents to his name and wrote numerous papers on instrument jewels and pivots. He was the 1st President of the Meter Engineers' Technical Association (formed in 1926) and was Chairman of the IEE's Meter and Instument Section in 1936. Together with George Frank Tagg he wrote the book 'induction-type integrating meters', published by Pitman & Sons in 1960. George spent his career working for the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company (Northmet) and earlier in his career was concerned with the development of the Northmet Testing Laboratory. Whilst working for Northmet he undertook extensive technical work for the British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association which by the mid-1930s was commonly referred to as the Electrical Research Association (ERA), for whom he wrote several reports. Following his retirement George carried out research for Gulf Oil, the Electricity Generating Board and the Coal Board. George joined the IEE as an Associate Member in 1928, became a Member in 1935, and a Fellow in 1966. He gained 6 IEE Premium Awards including the Kelvin, John Hopkinson and Ferranti Premiums. He was also awarded the Centenary Medal from New Zealand for his paper on earthing. Level of description file Hierarchy browser 110000003 Special Collection Manuscripts contains 321 parts UK0108 SC MSS 287 G F Shotter papers, patents and technical reports contains 7 parts UK0108 SC MSS 287/01 G F Shotter patents and related papers contains 95 parts UK0108 SC MSS 287/01/01 'Apparatus for the measurement of the level and flow of liquids', provisional specification, 1911

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'Apparatus for the measurement of the level and flow of liquids', provisional specification, 1911
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 287/01/01
Date
25 July 1911 to 21 August 1911
Creator
George Frederick Shotter
Scope and Content
Letter from the Patent Office (form P.Acc.2), dated 21 August 1911, giving notice of acceptance of G F Shotter's application with a provisional specification for a patent for, 'improvements in or relating to apparatus for the measurement of the level and flow of liquids' - patent no. 17044. The letter was contained within a complete copy of the provisional specification dated 25 July 1911 which has been prepared by Boult Wade & Tennant, international patent agents, 111 & 112 Hatton Garden, Holborn Circus, EC.
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2 Items
Admin. history/Biography
George Frederick Shotter (1886-1971) was an expert in the field of electrical measuring instrumentation. He had over 100 patents to his name and wrote numerous papers on instrument jewels and pivots. He was the 1st President of the Meter Engineers' Technical Association (formed in 1926) and was Chairman of the IEE's Meter and Instument Section in 1936. Together with George Frank Tagg he wrote the book 'induction-type integrating meters', published by Pitman & Sons in 1960. George spent his career working for the North Metropolitan Electric Power Supply Company (Northmet) and earlier in his career was concerned with the development of the Northmet Testing Laboratory. Whilst working for Northmet he undertook extensive technical work for the British Electrical and Allied Industries Research Association which by the mid-1930s was commonly referred to as the Electrical Research Association (ERA), for whom he wrote several reports. Following his retirement George carried out research for Gulf Oil, the Electricity Generating Board and the Coal Board. George joined the IEE as an Associate Member in 1928, became a Member in 1935, and a Fellow in 1966. He gained 6 IEE Premium Awards including the Kelvin, John Hopkinson and Ferranti Premiums. He was also awarded the Centenary Medal from New Zealand for his paper on earthing.
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