Bicycle mechanic Charlie Taylor is best known for his collaboration with which two gentlemen in the early part of the 20th century?
"California and invested his life savings in several hundred acres of real estate near the Salton Sea, but the venture failed. He returned to Dayton in 1936, and he and Orville helped Henry Ford in the planning, moving and restoration of the Wright family home and one of the Wright Brothers bicycle shops to Ford's Dearborn, Michigan, heritage village about great Americans. Orville also gave Taylor an annuity of $800 a year. In 1941 Taylor returned to California, finding work in a defense factory. He had a heart attack in 1945 and was no longer able to work. By 1955"
"build Taylor a revolutionary steam-powered pacing tandem, behind which he could attack world records and challenge the leading exponents of paced racing."" Although the tandem was temperamental, it helped Taylor break Eddie McDuffie's one-mile world record on November 15, 1899, with a time of 1:19 at a speed of . In late 1899, Taylor signed a contract to race with the Iver Johnson's Arms & Cycle Works team of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, during the 1900 racing season. In 1900, when the LAW no longer governed professional bicycle races in the U.S., Taylor's future as a professional racer was in jeopardy. Fortunately,"
"Initially Philip was concerned with pharmaceuticals and apparatus, while John worked on metallurgical chemistry. They were backed by the Martineau family. One joint invention was an ""acetometer"", used to check excise duty on vinegar. Philip Taylor resided in the adjoining parish of Bromley. He went into business with John Martineau the younger, as Taylor & Martineau of City Road. The partnership was dissolved in 1827. The City Road business of Taylor & Martineau was a foundry and engineering works. It produced steam engines, gas generators, and pumps. The elder John Martineau was involved in the business, at least financially. John"
"of the Taylor Foundry Company. Charles Batchelor Charles W. Batchelor (December 25, 1845 – January 1, 1910) was an inventor and close associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison during much of Edison’s career. He was involved in some of the greatest inventions and technological developments in history. Charles Batchelor was born on Christmas Day, 1845, and raised in Manchester, England. He was a draftsman and mechanist, and later on in his life he was Thomas Alva Edison's friend and right-hand man. In 1870, while working for a textile equipment manufacturer, he was sent to the United States to install"
"Berthollet and Scheele. The idea was suggested to Taylor by Dr Richard Kirwan F.R.S. and according to the article on 'Bleaching' in ""Rees's Cyclopædia"", which Taylor wrote: In 1788 they took as an apprentice James Watt, Jr. (1769-1848) Taylor retired from his Manchester business in 1800 and in February of that year was appointed Secretary to the Society of Arts, a post he held until his death in 1816. For ""Rees's Cyclopædia"" he contributed articles on: Charles Taylor (calico printer and dyer) Charles Taylor (died 1816) was a Manchester calico printer and dyer, who later became Secretary of the Society"
"front of the Hay and Willits bicycle shop. Taylor earned $6 a week for cleaning the shop and performing the stunts, plus a free bicycle worth $35. It is likely that Taylor received his nickname of ""Major"" because he performed the cycling stunts wearing a military uniform. Taylor left the Hay and Willits shop in 1892 or early 1893 to take a job as head trainer for Harry T. Hearsey's bicycle shop in Indianapolis, teaching local residents how to ride. About two years later, while working at Hearsey's shop, Taylor met Louis D. ""Birdie"" Munger, a former high-wheel bicycle racer"
"Winslow Taylor, participated in the development of Taylor's work since the late 19th century, and became a promoter of scientific management in the first decennia of the 20th century. Taylor himself had developed his system of management at the Midvale Steel company. Afterwards he had introduced his system among others in the shops of the William Sellers and Company machine tool firm, sponsored by William Sellers himself, but this collapsed when Sellers retired. As one of its directors Lewis had become acquainted with Taylor's system, but this didn't make a lasting impression. About their further interaction Merkle (1980) summarized: Over"
"being very graceful looking, well built, and engineered for performance. Iver Johnson sponsored the career of bicycle racing champion Marshall Taylor beginning in 1900. The most noted I-J model was the truss-bridge frame which featured a curved tube under the top tube to strengthen the frame for use on the rough roads of the early twentieth century. Bicycle production ceased in 1940 with the buildup of arms production prior to World War II. Today, Iver Johnson bicycles are highly collectible, well sought after, and relatively rare compared to most other major manufacturer's products from that time. An Iver Johnson bicycle"
"the world."" For the 1899 racing season, Taylor went to Syracuse and with Munger's assistance he signed a contract to race for the E. C. Stearns Company. Taylor, Munger, and Harry Sager, who was Taylor's bicycle parts sponsor, initially planned to negotiate a deal with the Olive Wheel Company; however, the men were able to work out a more lucrative contract with Stearns, who agreed to build Taylor's bicycles using a chainless gear mechanism that Sanger had designed. The bicycles only weighed about and had an gear for sprinting and a gear for longer, paced runs. Stearns ""also agreed to"
"called ""Isaac Taylor & Co."" Gütgemann then adopted John Taylor as his English name, and began making bicycles and fittings. He opened a small shop in Great Hampton street in Birmingham. He met another bicycle maker named William Gue and they started building bicycles together in 1896 under the name ""Taylor Gue Ltd"". In 1904 they took over the Belgian firm Kelekom Motors and began experimenting with motorized bicycles. They created their first motorcycle, the 2 horsepower Veloce, in 1905. It struggled on the marketplace and Taylor Gue was wound up in 1905. Taylor went straight on to found a"
"other forty per cent of shareholders in Humber. The marque continued to be used under Chrysler until 1976. In 1857 Josiah Turner and James Starley formed the Coventry Sewing Machine Company, and recruited skilled engineers from the London area to join them, one of whom was William Hillman. In 1869 the firm changed its name to the Coventry Machinists Company, and like many other manufacturers in the area embarked on producing velocipedes. In 1870 Hillman and Starley patented a new bicycle called the ""Ariel"" and by 1885 Hillman was a partner of the bicycle manufacturer Hillman Herbert and Cooper, producing"
"was Taylor's employer, lifelong friend, and mentor, had decided to move his bicycle manufacturing business to the state of Massachusetts, which was also a more tolerant area of the country. Munger and Charles Boyd, a business partner, established the Worcester Cycle Manufacturing Company with factories in Worcester, and Middletown, Connecticut. For Taylor, who continued to work for Munger as a bicycle mechanic and messenger between the company's two factory locations, the move to the East Coast offered ""higher visibility, larger crowds, increased sponsorship dollars, and greater access to world-class cycling venues."" After Taylor's relocation to Massachusetts, he joined the all-black"
"Charles Turner (musician) Charles Turner (Charles Henry Turner, May 26, 1936 – May 19, 2006) was an American jazz trumpeter. Turner performed with Frank Sinatra for eight years, Ella Fitzgerald, Jimmy Dorsey, Ralph Flanagan, Harry James, Charlie Spivak, Count Basie and many other great musicians of the 20th century. Charles Turner was one of America's greatest lead jazz trumpeters. In a career spanning over thirty years, he played lead trumpet for some of the best jazz bands, Las Vegas show bands, and Los Angeles studio Orchestras. Charles Henry Turner was born to Charles Rodgers Turner and Norma (Durrance) Turner in"
"arrived in the city to enter into negotiations with the Olive Wheel Company, however, they were able to work out a more lucrative contract with Stearns who agreed to build Taylor's bicycles using the Sager gear chainless mechanism designed by Harry Sager. The bikes only weighed about and had an gear for sprinting and a gear for longer, paced runs. Stearns also agreed to build Taylor a ""revolutionary"" steam-powered pacing tandem ""behind which he could attack world records and challenge the leading exponents of paced racing."" Although the pacing tandem was temperamental, Taylor easily broke the world record of in"
"architecture/town planning/publishing couple, George Augustine Taylor and Florence Mary Taylor for some years following their marriage in 1907. In 1914 Wilshire travelled again to the USA, this time to investigate the latest methods for the use of steel and concrete in construction. Wilshire shared the Victorian era fascination with technology and invention. In 1894 he and E E Tournay-Hinde were granted a patent for a form of water crossing consisting of submerged iron tubes for pedestrian or vehicular traffic and, in the same year, they developed an innovative proposal to replace the old Pyrmont Bridge (Sydney) with a tunnel. In"
"Charles Batchelor Charles W. Batchelor (December 25, 1845 – January 1, 1910) was an inventor and close associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison during much of Edison’s career. He was involved in some of the greatest inventions and technological developments in history. Charles Batchelor was born on Christmas Day, 1845, and raised in Manchester, England. He was a draftsman and mechanist, and later on in his life he was Thomas Alva Edison's friend and right-hand man. In 1870, while working for a textile equipment manufacturer, he was sent to the United States to install some equipment in a Newark,"
"1896. By 1896, he was being paid handsomely by the Stearns bicycle factory to race on its amateur team. The League of American Wheelmen did not approve of ""paid amateurs"" in bicycle racing. After they threatened Oldfield with blacklisting, he ""outfoxed the league"" and formed his own racing team, ""Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles"". Marshall ""Major"" Taylor, a top bicycle racer and world class athlete of the day, went to Syracuse, New York, for the 1899 season with his friend, mentor and manager, Louis ""Birdie"" Munger to sign a contract with Stearns. Taylor, Munger and sponsor, Harry Sager had"
"John Taylor (inventor) John Crawshaw Taylor is a British inventor, entrepreneur, horologist and philanthropist best known for his extensive research into electric kettles. John C Taylor was born on 25 November 1936 in Buxton, Derbyshire to Eric Hardman Taylor (1904-1972) and Gwendolen Marjorie Jones (1904-1975). John had one older sister, Judith Sian Taylor (1934-2011). When the Second World War commenced on 3 September 1939 it was decided that John would be sent to Canada along with his mother and sister. On 30 May 1940 they travelled to Montréal, Canada and settled in Belleville, Ontario until 28 January 1945 when they"
"include Bill Champlin, Chuck Findley and Lenny Castro. Taylor then appeared on Bob Welch's album ""Man Overboard"". In 1981, he appeared on the album ""1234"" by The Rolling Stones member Ron Wood. Since 2011 he is working with Ukulele Ray and regularly plays at NAMM. Since 2013 he tours with ""The Gypsy Experience"". Alvin Taylor Alvin Taylor (born March 26, 1953) is an American drummer, producer and musical director, who is best known for his work with Elton John, Eric Burdon, George Harrison, Billy Preston and Bob Welch. Alvin Taylor started playing drums at the age of 5. He played"
"Taylor and Johansson's bike aquaplaned and slid off the road and collided with a telephone pole along the closed public road course that was used once a year for the Finnish GP. The emergency services were removing him from the wreckage when a second sidecar team slid off into them. Taylor was sadly killed in the second accident. He was buried in the local cemetery at Pencaitland, and a memorial to him has been erected in the village in December 2006. A memorial also stands in Beveridge Park, Kirkcaldy, overlooking Railway Bend on the old motorcycle racing circuit. Jock Taylor"
"his annuity and Social Security income were inadequate and he became a charity case in the Los Angeles County Hospital. When his plight was publicized, the aviation industry raised funds to move him to a private facility. He died on January 30, 1956, eight years to the day after Orville, his friend and employer. Taylor is buried at the Portal of Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation in Burbank, California, a shrine to aviation history. Charlie Taylor (mechanic) Charles Edward Taylor (May 24, 1868 – January 30, 1956) was an American inventor, mechanic and machinist. He built the first aircraft engine"
"motorcycle parts together. In 7th-grade wood shop, Paul started learning the tools of the trade that would later turn into a career, a company, and eventually a corporation. His artistry with woodworking caught the attention of famed Taylor Guitars co-founder and lead designer Bob Taylor. Akers watched and learned from Taylor and gained inspiration and respect for Taylor's attention to skill and detail while following his creative passion. Two years later, Akers entered college at Biola University where he met northwest native, Leanne Kolbe. Paul graduated with honors, in 1983, with a degree in education. That same year Leanne and"
"electric four-string tenor guitar with the Art Tatum Trio. Kenny Burrell established himself in the guitar-bass-drums format during the 1950s as did Barney Kessel and Herb Ellis with the Oscar Peterson Trio. Kessell continued the swing aspect of Christian's music into the 1950s. As the swing era turned to bebop, guitarists moved away from Charlie Christian's style. Two pioneers of bebop, Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie, recorded with young guitarists Bill DeArango and Remo Palmier and inspired Chuck Wayne to change his approach. After playing in big bands with Woody Herman and Benny Goodman, Billy Bauer explored unconventional territory with"
"be found anywhere in America"". It was in the 1880s that Frederick Winslow Taylor rose through the ranks at Midvale, from lathe operator, to gang boss, to engineer, to chief engineer of the works. During this time he developed the core of his philosophy of scientific management, which later became enormously influential (and often controversial) throughout the field of industrial engineering. Other notable people who worked for Midvale Steel or in close cooperation with it include Henry Gantt, James Buchanan Eads, Theodore Cooper, and Francis B. Foley. Charles E. Brinley, president of Baldwin Locomotive Works during the World War II"
"who owned the Munger Cycle Manufacturing Company, a racing bicycle factory in Indianapolis. (Munger later established the Worcester Cycle Manufacturing Company factory in Worcester, Massachusetts.) With a shared interest in bicycle racing, the two became friends and Munger hired the teenaged Taylor to work odd jobs that included sending Taylor to area high schools and colleges to train cyclists and promote Munger's line of racing bicycles. Munger had also ""made up his mind to make Taylor a champion"" and coached him to become a racer. While working for Munger, Taylor joined the See-Saw Cycling Club, an all-black cycling club in"
"a Cigarette card of them on their tandem. In a series of 50 cards called ""Cycling 1839-1939"", they were featured on titled ""Tandem track position"". Ernie Mills (cyclist) Ernest Victor Mills (10 April 1913 – 1972), commonly known as Ernie Mills, was an English amateur cyclist who, with his teammate Bill Paul, set the British 12-hour record on a tandem in 1934 and re-established it in 1936 with a 'world's best performance'. In 1937, in Italy, they set the world one-hour tandem record which stood for 63 years until September 2000. The Addiscombe Cycle Club teammates set 20 world and"
"chemical business, backed by Martineau money. Under the influence of the Martineaus, the Taylors introduced a high-pressure boiler manufactured by John Braithwaite the younger. Martineau became a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers in 1821. After the business of Taylor & Martineau fell away, he in 1827 went into steel manufacture, with Johann Conrad Fischer and Richard Carter Smith. He had an earlier patent on a steel process. With his family, John Martineau planned an emigration to the USA. After his death in 1832 on board ship, they had to return to London. Martineau was closely associated with George"
"20th Century, Abbey, Jubilee, Prestige, Par, and King. Like Gabriel Brown, Alec Seward and Brownie McGhee, Willis relocated to New York City. At first he was recorded on his own, but eventually his record companies frequently paired him with accompanists. Judson Coleman joined Willis on his 20th Century recordings, and McGhee was employed in 1949. McGhee and Sonny Terry contributed to Willis's later recordings. Willis played in various musical styles, from slow blues to up-tempo country dance tracks. However, he spurned the growing popularity of folk blues and R&B. He was musically conscious of Blind Lemon Jefferson and Luke Jordan,"
"Alvin Taylor Alvin Taylor (born March 26, 1953) is an American drummer, producer and musical director, who is best known for his work with Elton John, Eric Burdon, George Harrison, Billy Preston and Bob Welch. Alvin Taylor started playing drums at the age of 5. He played in various local bands and began his professional career at the age of 14, when he started touring with Little Richard. As part of Richard's band, Taylor played with Jimi Hendrix, Billy Preston and opened a show Elvis Presley. He went on to play with PG&E on their number one record, ""Are You"
"Dizzy Reece With Charlie Rouse With Sahib Shihab With Horace Silver With Jimmy Smith With Johnny ""Hammond"" Smith With Louis Smith With Sonny Stitt With Clark Terry With Toots Thielmans With Stanley Turrentine With Mal Waldron With Randy Weston With Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse With Lem Winchester With Kai Winding & J. J. Johnson With Frank Wright Art Taylor Arthur S. Taylor, Jr. (April 6, 1929 – February 6, 1995) was an American jazz drummer who ""helped define the sound of modern jazz drumming"". As a teenager, Taylor joined a local Harlem band that featured Sonny Rollins, Jackie McLean"
"Philip Taylor (civil engineer) Philip Taylor (1786–1870) was an English civil engineer. A significant innovator of the 1820s in steam engine design, he moved abroad to become an industrial leader in France and Italy. He was the fourth son of John and Susannah Taylor of Norwich; and the brother of Richard Taylor, Edward Taylor, John Taylor and Sarah Austin. He was educated at Dr. Houghton's school in Norwich. Between 1801 and 1805 Taylor was with his brother John, who was employed by a copper mine in western Devon, for the Martineau family of Norwich. They came to know the Cornish"
"and at 15 he quit school to become a professional musician. At the age of 15 Martin joined the band of Lennie Hastings, jazz drummer who spent many years with the Alex Welsh band. The band included Nick Stevenson (trumpet), Peter Skivington (bass guitar), Ron Brown (trombone), and Jamie Evans (piano). Hastings was able to attract George Chisholm and Beryl Bryden. Over the next few years Taylor played in numerous bands, holiday camps, radio dates, and cruise ships. One cruise led to playing with the Count Basie orchestra. Performing dates in and around London brought him into contact with jazz"
"Billy Taylor (jazz bassist) William Taylor Sr. (April 3, 1906 – September 2, 1986) was an American jazz bassist. He was born Washington, D.C. and died in Fairfax, Virginia. Taylor began playing tuba but later picked up bass alongside it. After moving to New York City in 1924, he played with Elmer Snowden (1925), Willie Gant and Arthur Gibbs (1926), Charlie Johnson (1927–29, 1932–33), Duke Ellington (1928), McKinney's Cotton Pickers (1929–31), Fats Waller (1934), and Fletcher Henderson. He recorded with Jelly-Roll Morton on three sessions in 1930. From 1935 to 1940 he again played with Ellington, and it is for"