patent

54-56 Townsend Street, Dublin.

“…James established a mineral company at 54 to 56 Townsend
Street, Dublin circa 1867. He was Protestant Nationalist in favour of Home Rule and a campaigner for
Parnell. He was elected town councillor for the Trinity ward in 1883, deputy chairman of the Public
Health Committee in 1888, High Sheriff in 1891 and Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1893. The unveiling of the
Father Mathew statue sculpted Mary Redmond was one of his first public duties. Top sellers for the
company in 1892 were Shanks Hop bitters and Shanks Orange Champagne. He was a JP for County
Dublin and managing director of James Shanks and Co Ltd. He was a major shareholder, managing
director and licensee of the Grand International Hotel at Bray. The licence was transferred to Frank
Bethell in 1904. He was CEO of the International exhibition at Herbert Park in 1907. The company
became Walter Brights Ltd circa 1909 and a winding up the business of J Shanks and Co was issued in
1910..”

www.youwho.ie/shanks.html

Which gives a rather broad date range of 1883 - 1910

Suck Diesel The date range is a start.

Suck Diesel I could do with a glass of the Shanks Hop bitters at the moment!

The man himself in 1901.

Justice of Peace for County of Dublin Managing Director Shanks and Co Ltd Mineral Worker Makers Dublin and Grand International Stoke Live Bray

Some transcription issues there?

John Emery Harriman of Brookline, Massachusetts held a U.S. Patent for a "Flying Machine," but the patent drawings do not much resemble the aircraft in this picture. Patent number: 972448 Filing date: Feb 8, 1904 Issue date: Oct 11, 1910 However, the issue date on the patent is the same specified on this illustration, so it is clear that Harriman thought this aircraft was a variation on his invention. Harriman also held a number of other patents, for example a flatiron, a pipe-coupling device, and a rotary engine.

Thanks for the information and for providing a link to the patent. We’ll look into it.

I added him to Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Emery_Harriman

很漂亮

very nice~

That is amazing - the date, 1865, I mean. I had an artificial arm with a split hook, which opened in the same way as this hand does, the hook opens as you push your arm forwards, as you pull back the hook shuts by means of a thick rubber band. This was 100 yrs later! Not much progress then, but since then things are so different!