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John Oakey (inventor)
John Oakey (1813 – 10 January 1887) was an English inventor and founder of John Oakey & Sons Ltd. a manufacturer of sandpaper and polishing materials. Oakey was apprenticed to a piano maker where he learnt to make sandpaper by glueing sand or powdered glass onto paper. He developed a better process suitable for mass-production and set up in business at Walworth, London in 1833, before moving his business to Wellington Mill at Westminster Bridge Road. He subsequently developed many wet and dry sand and emery papers, and a range of polishing compounds including lead blacking, ''Wellington'' Knife Polish, Silversmith's Soap and Plate Powder, and furniture polishes. Advertisements for "Oakey's Knife Polish" were a common feature on buses and trams in the early twentieth century. He died in 1887 and was buried at West Norwood Cemetery West Norwood Cemetery is a rural cemetery in West Norwood in London, England. It was also known as the South Metropolitan Cemetery. One of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sandpaper
upright=1.35, Sheets of sandpaper with different grit sizes (40 (coarse), 80, 150, 240, 600 (fine)). Sandpaper and glasspaper are names used for a type of coated abrasive that consists of sheets of paper or cloth with abrasive material glued to one face. There are many varieties of sandpaper, with variations in the paper or backing, the material used for the grit, grit size, and the bond. In the modern manufacture of these products, sand and glass have been replaced by other abrasives such as aluminium oxide or silicon carbide. It is common to use the name of the abrasive when describing the paper, e.g. "aluminium oxide paper", or "silicon carbide paper". Sandpaper is produced in a range of grit sizes and is used to remove material from surfaces, whether to make them smoother (for example, in painting and wood finishing), to remove a layer of material (such as old paint), or sometimes to make the surface rougher (for example, as a preparation for gluing). The grit size of san ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walworth, London
Walworth () is a district of south London, England, within the London Borough of Southwark. It adjoins Camberwell to the south and Elephant and Castle to the north, and is south-east of Charing Cross. Major streets in Walworth include the Old Kent Road, New Kent Road and Walworth Road. History The name Walworth is probably derived from Old English ''Wealh'' "Briton" and the suffix ''-worth'' "homestead" or "enclosure" and, thus, "British farm". Walworth appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Waleorde''. It was held by Bainiard from Archbishop Lanfranc of Canterbury. Its domesday assets were: 3½ hides; one church, four ploughs, of meadow. It rendered £3. John Smith House is on Walworth Road, and was renamed in memory of John Smith, who was leader of the Labour Party from 1992 up to his sudden death in 1994. A former headquarters of the Labour Party, it was often seen in news reports at election times and in the background as people came and went from meetings o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emery Paper
Emery paper is a type of abrasive paper or sandpaper, that can be used to abrade (remove material from) surfaces or mechanically finish a surface. Operations include deburring, polishing Polishing is the process of creating a smooth and shiny surface by rubbing it or by applying a chemical treatment, leaving a clean surface with a significant specular reflection (still limited by the index of refraction of the material accordin ..., paint removal, corrosion removal, sizing, etc. This is accomplished by rubbing the abrasive-coated paper, with some pressure, against the object being processed. Abrasion may be performed by hand, electrically powered, or air powered equipment. Description Emery is a naturally occurring rock of impure crystalline aluminium oxide (Al2O3 mixed with oxides of silicon (e.g. SiO2), iron (Fe), and other elements and varying small percentages of clay and other silicates for example: kaolinite (Al4Si4O10(OH)8)). Smaller particles abrade smaller amou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
