The ‘springboard’ of this accelerating development was the existence in Britain of a body of experienced gas equipment manufacturers, long united within the Society of British Gas Industries, as mature as the supply industry itself and well versed in the application of `methods of test’ and in setting standards of performance for its products. This has now expanded to provide a quarter of the nation’s `Final Uses’ energy with an overall efficiency which is the envy of the industry’s competitors and of inestimable benefit to the economy in the current world fuel situation. TOMORROW? A CRYSTAL BALL (Remember this was written in 1979 C.S.)Īfter more than a century of original invention and steady improvement in manufacture and design, great progress has been achieved by the British gas appliance and equipment makers during the last fifty years in all significant aspects of gas utilisation. PROGRESS IN DOMESTIC INSTALLATION PRACTICEġ9. THE MANUFACTURERS THE START OF COLLABORATIONġ7. THE MARKET PLACE IN THE EARLY THIRTIES, BACKGROUND 1929 – 1939Ĥ. For anyone interested in the history of the Industry this is an invaluable reference and, with the agreement of the Institution I have been given the opportunity to republish it electronically as a means of disseminating the information more widely and of course filling in details for many aspects of the history of William Sugg & Co which will be found elsewhere within this website. Thus this paper provides an important chronological history of both appliances and manufacturers peppered liberally of course with the achievements of William Sugg & Co in this context. Whilst this website is dedicated to providing Sugg specific information, this paper, which was presented by Crawford Sugg in 1979, provided an overview of gas ‘utilisation’ indicating and illustrating the steady improvement in appliance design and manufacture achieved by the British gas appliance and equipment makers “during the last fifty years” (from 1979 back) in all significant aspects of gas utilisation.

Honorary Secretary, The Institution of Gas Engineers. Special Street Lamps for Royal Premises & Other Locations.Īlbum 6 Taken from a paper presented to the Institution of Gas Engineers at the 116th Annual General Meeting, London, May 1979 under the titleīy P.Crawford Sugg, Bsc(Eng), A.C.G.I., C.Eng., F.I.Gas.E., F.C.I.B.S.Burner Clockwork Time Controllers and The Comet Igniter.Incandescent & Superheated Burners, Mantles & Nozzles.Open Flame Burners & Steatite + some Test &/or Demonstration Kits.Burners, Nozzles & Mantles & Clockwork Controllers.

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