Michael Radcliffe Ward
Michael Radcliffe Ward (c. 1859, Alderley - ) was an English electrical engineer and automotive pioneer. After making engineering innovation in electric lighting, he went on to develop electric buses.
By 1879 Radcliffe Ward was working for the .[1] In 1881 he designed a Gramme machine which could power could 4 to 6 arc lights of 4000 nominal candle power per light.[1] In February of that year he ran some experiments at George's Pier Head, Liverpool along with Alderman , chairman of the light company.[2] They used one of the Gramme machines along with a multitubular boiler and vertical engine supplied by The light produced was mor effective in penetrating the fog than the pre-existing gas lights.[2]
In 1882 Radcliffe Ward was named as the electrical engineer working for the Faure Electric Accumulator Company, working with the consultants William Edward Ayrton and Camille Alphonse Faure.[3]
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- ^ a b "Radcliffe Ward - Graces Guide". www.gracesguide.co.uk. Grace's Guide Ltd. Retrieved 24 September 2020.
- ^ a b "Experiments With The Electric Light At Liverpool". The Electrician (1 March1879). 1879.
- ^ "The Faure Electric Accumulator Company". . No. 4 March 1882. 1882.
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