Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
How 'bout some Humpday Triviola?
I won't mention how nice the weather has been here in Mount Level for fear of jinxing it. But let's just say that I'm enjoying it! On to the question:
Two Scotland born brothers started this company in 1892. A lot of woodworking has used their products over the years. But during the war years they were a major manufacturer of aircraft gun turrets. What company am I referring to?
Tom
A name known to many a Craftsman
Although it doesn't sound particularly Scottish.
Re: How 'bout some Humpday Triviola?
Charles and Alexander Meston started Emerson
Gee, I thought that would take longer... Answer
Bill gets credit for first in. Galen got it right too.
Two Scotland-born brothers, Charles and Alexander Meston, who saw a tremendous business opportunity in patenting a reliable electric motor, started the company. They persuaded John Wesley Emerson, a former Union army officer, judge and lawyer, to be their principal investor. The company, then known as Emerson Electric Manufacturing Co., quickly began exploring new uses for the largely untested technology of electricity in a variety of household and commercial applications.
In 1892, Emerson sold the first electric fans in America - a product for which the company soon became renowned. As the company grew, it expanded its product line by attaching electric motors to new products such as sewing machines, dental drills, player pianos and power tools.
During World War II, Emerson was a supplier to the U.S. Army Air Force, becoming the world's largest manufacturer of aircraft gun turrets. In the postwar era, the company faced the dual challenges of rationalizing its highly seasonal fan product lines and responding to heightened competition from much larger electric motor manufacturers.
Well done gents!
Tom