Industry & technology (215 pages found in this category)


Stimson Safari Six

The Stimson Safari Six is a Mini-based six-wheeled pickup motor vehicle designed by Barry Stimson.

Stimson Scorcher

Three-wheeled motor vehicle designed by Barry Stimson and first produced in the UK in 1976.

Stimson Sting

Three-wheeled motor vehicle designed by Barry Stimson, introduced into the UK in 2002, and continued in production until 2007.

Stimson Storm

Three-wheeled motor vehicle designed by Barry Stimson and offered for sale as a kit car.

Stretford process

Process developed during the late 1950s to remove hydrogen sulfide from town gas. It was the first liquid phase oxidation process for converting H2S into sulfur to gain widespread commercial acceptance.

Sunbeam Tiger

High-performance V8 version of the British Rootes Group’s Sunbeam Alpine roadster, designed in part by the American car designer and racing driver Carroll Shelby and produced from 1964 until 1967.

Swinton Pottery

Founded in 1745 and renamed the Rockingham Works in 1826, the company produced fine porcelainware until 1842.

Tackler

Supervisor in a textile factory responsible for the working of a number of power looms and the weavers who operated them.

Tankersley ironstone bed

Named from its outcrop at Tankersley near Barnsley in South Yorkshire.

Tapputi

Babylonian chemist and a royal perfume maker.