James Grieve Lorrain
James Grieve Lorrain, M.I.Mech.E., M.I.E.E., was an electrical engineer and chartered patent agent. One of his patents for automatically responsive electronic systems included the use case of a balloon whose altitude could be regulated by a system which responded to changes in pressure by heating or cooling the balloon's air. As a patent agent his recorded address was Norfolk House, Norfolk Street, London, W.C.[1].
Lorrain studied at Edinburgh University, University College London, the Royal School of Mines, and the College of France; then worked for the Scottish Telephonic Exchange. He founded the Anglo-Indian Telephone Company in 1880. He began working as patent agent, as well as consulting engineer, in 1886.[2][3]
Patents whose inventor or applicant is James Grieve Lorrain
- Patent GB-1885-6753 (Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1885-339, Filing date: 1885-06-03)
- Patent GB-1885-6859 (Supplementary to patent: Patent GB-1885-339, Filing date: 1885-06-05)
- Patent GB-1888-11354 (English title: Electrical propulsion, Filing date: 1888-08-07)
Patents whose inventor or applicant is J. G. Lorrain
- Patent GB-1885-339 (Filing date: 1885-01-10)
Patents for which J. G. Lorrain was the patent agent
- Patent GB-1910-10323 (Inventors: Lionel Alfred Carter, English title: Toy flying machines)
- Patent GB-1910-20497 (Inventors: Erhard Brunsmann, English title: Universal Steering Gear for Beater Flying Machine, Supplementary to patent: Patent DE-1909-228529)
- Patent GB-1910-20498 (Inventors: Erhard Brunsmann, English title: Drive for Wings or Beater Flying Machines with several Wings Alternately Actuated by Crank Shaft and Tractive Means)
- Patent GB-1911-26558 (Inventors: Louis-Alphonse Canda, English title: Improvements in Hangars, Supplementary to patent: Patent FR-1910-11-26)
References
Names | J. G. Lorrain; James Grieve Lorrain |
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Birth date | 1852 |
Death date | August 23, 1917 |
Countries | GB, Scotland |
Locations | Edinburgh; London; Paris |
Occupations | engineer, electrical engineer |
Tech areas | Electronics, Cybernetics |
Affiliations | Institution of Mechanical Engineers, freemasons, Royal Physical Society of Edinburgh, Chartered Institute of Patent Agents, Société Française de Physique, Society of Chemical Industry, American Institute of Electrical Engineers |
Wikidata id | Q63159977 |