Before Turner & Co (see previous post), there was the partnership between John Barrow and Thomas Turner, unsurprisingly called Barrow &Turner.
John Barrow was the inventor of Barrow and Turner's first door spring which he patented in 1815, receiving 10 Guineas for his inventiveness and awarded the Silver Isis Medal from the committee for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce based in London.
John Barrow was the inventor of Barrow and Turner's first door spring which he patented in 1815, receiving 10 Guineas for his inventiveness and awarded the Silver Isis Medal from the committee for the Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce based in London.
Unfortunately I have only the above picture to show for now taken from the Transactions of the Society of Arts, Volume 33 (Google Books). The engraving shows both a double action and a single action door spring.
For those interested further reading with regard to John Barrow's door spring can be found in the link below:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J81UAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=john+barrow+door+spring&source=bl&ots=X4KnvSFATB&sig=eMzFddbRGmu5h5b9abSo4AdAs8w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq47nh0NvcAhWny4UKHZWCBxUQ6AEwBHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=john%20barrow%20door%20spring&f=false
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For those interested further reading with regard to John Barrow's door spring can be found in the link below:
https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=J81UAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA149&lpg=PA149&dq=john+barrow+door+spring&source=bl&ots=X4KnvSFATB&sig=eMzFddbRGmu5h5b9abSo4AdAs8w&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjq47nh0NvcAhWny4UKHZWCBxUQ6AEwBHoECAYQAQ#v=onepage&q=john%20barrow%20door%20spring&f=false
As always please feel free to Comment.
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