e/George Saxon & Co

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has gloss	eng: George Saxon & Co was a company that manufactured stationary steam engines. It was based in the Openshaw district of Manchester in England. The company produced large steam-driven engines for power stations and later for textile mills in Lancashire and elsewhere. Biography George Saxon was born in Manchester in 1821. He served an apprenticeship with William Fairbairn, and rose to supervisor. In 1851, he moved to be foremn at Benjamin Goodfellow's works in Hyde, Greater Manchester. Here in 1854, he invented and patented a fusible plug for steam boilers. That year he formed his own business at Spring Works, Openshaw, trading as George Saxon. He was a mill-wright. He probably started manufacturing steam engines in 1860. He patented many small improvements to engine design. He was elected president of the Manchester Association of Engineers in 1871. He was also a member if the Institute of Mechanical Engineers. His sons followed him into the business and continued it after his death in 1879. .
lexicalization	eng: George Saxon & Co
instance of	(noun) external-combustion engine in which heat is used to raise steam which either turns a turbine or forces a piston to move up and down in a cylinder steam engine

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