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Frederick Simms (other)
Frederick Simms may refer to: * Frederick Richard Simms (1863–1944), British engineer and businessman * Frederick Walter Simms Frederick Walter Simms (24 December 1803 – 27 February 1865) was a British civil engineer. Born in London, Simms suffered from ill-health in his younger years (as his obituary put it, he was "of delicate constitution", and some difficulty wa ... (1803–1865), British civil engineer * Fred Simms (1929–1997), Australian rules footballer {{hndis, Simms, Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Richard Simms
Frederick Richard Simms (12 August 1863 – 22 April 1944)M.I.M.E., M.I.A.E., M.I.Ae.E., M.S.E.; Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Member of the Institution of Automobile Engineers, Member of the Institution of Aeronautical Engineers, Member of the Society of Engineers was a British mechanical engineer, businessman, prolific inventor and motor industry pioneer. Simms coined the words "petrol" and "motorcar".Simms wrote from Berlin to his solicitor in London on 8 February 1891 telling Hendriks he had come to an agreement with Daimler and in that letter he uses ''petrol'' and ''motorcar''. Later Gottlieb Daimler claimed the word petrol had been in common use in England when he lived there in the 1860s.Death of Mr. F. R. Simms, ''The Times'', Monday, 24 April 1944; pg. 6 He founded the Royal Automobile Club, and the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders. Family and education Simms was born in Hamburg "of an old Warwickshire family", the son of Frederick ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Walter Simms
Frederick Walter Simms (24 December 1803 – 27 February 1865) was a British civil engineer. Born in London, Simms suffered from ill-health in his younger years (as his obituary put it, he was "of delicate constitution", and some difficulty was encountered in finding him suitable employment until via the influence of his brother he was despatched to Ireland as an assistant to the Ordnance Survey. After leaving Ireland Simms became an astronomical assistant at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, under John Pond. He resigned his post on 31 October 1835, apparently having hoped to be awarded the post of First Assistant, for which he was "quite incompetent" in the words of Sir George Biddell Airy. He returned to his former occupation as a surveyor and civil engineer, visiting France with Richard Tappin Claridge,Obituary of Frederick Walter Simms, p.121 who in the 1830s patented the use of Seyssel asphalt in the UK, and later working with Claridge on the introduction of asphalt to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
