Johnson &Phillips Company
Johnson &Phillips Company
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In UK there was a company Johnson &Phillips Ltd,Charlton,London who were making transformers,cables and switchgear. They originally published such well known volumes,J&P Transformer Book. J&P Switchgear Book.
Where were their factories?What happened to them? Who acquired them? When they went out of circuit?
Where were their factories?What happened to them? Who acquired them? When they went out of circuit?





RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
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RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
This sounds like a job for Scotty.
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RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
You might want to have a look for a book titled "The History of Johnson and Phillips. A romance of seventy-five years". There are a few on Amazon and with the online booksellers.
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RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
Can you give some details?
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RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
After a week or two of digging around I have found... virtually nothing!
Looks like they were heavily involved in the marine cable-laying business, as well as other more conventional electrical business. There are traces of them until the early 1960s but I don't know what became of them after that.
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RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
A few links which might be of interest:
http://www.naukri.com/gpw/johnsonphillips/index.ht... I suspect little more than the name remains today.
http://www.atlantic-cable.com/CableCos/JohnsonPhil...
http://gihs.gold.ac.uk/gihs50.html - J&P section is about half way to the bottom.
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
I have alreday ordered the book you mentioned.One book seller from South Africa offered me the same. Last two months, Iam waiting for it,coming by snail mail.
Do you have any material on the publication history of J &P Transformer Book.Where we can get details?
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
There's also the J&P Switchgear Book which is equally interesting if rather less well-known. Much of the technology described in my copy is archaic, but it's useful for me working in a site with legacy installations which are as old as I am. I don't think it's still in print.
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
Slightly off-topic but are you aware of The Switchgear Handbook (two volumes) and The Protective Gear Handbook, both published by Pitman for the Metropolitan Vickers Company? Both are highly informative and written to a very high standard, although obviously they relate to the technology of yesteryear. I think there may be a few more books in the series, although I have not yet found them.
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company
RE: Johnson &Phillips Company