Lodge Plugs
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Born in 1851, Oliver Lodge became a prominent physicist and academic. Experimenting with lightning rods, Lodge discovered that the lightning would bypass the coiled copper wire attached to the rod by jumping a gap.
It wasn't Oliver Lodge who developed the spark plugs that took the Lodge name, but rather two of his children, sons Brodie and Alec. As the brothers worked on their ignition and sparking system, they formed Lodge Brothers in Birmingham, England in 1904.
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MoreBorn in 1851, Oliver Lodge became a prominent physicist and academic. Experimenting with lightning rods, Lodge discovered that the lightning would bypass the coiled copper wire attached to the rod by jumping a gap.
It wasn't Oliver Lodge who developed the spark plugs that took the Lodge name, but rather two of his children, sons Brodie and Alec. As the brothers worked on their ignition and sparking system, they formed Lodge Brothers in Birmingham, England in 1904.
While Lodge Brothers designed the plugs, they went into a partnership with another Birmingham firm, the Sphinx Sparking Plug Co., to manufacture them. In 1913 the company merged with the Mascot spark company, which had mastered the gas seal. The new company bore the name The Lodge Sparking Plug Company.
Lodge's product line also included electric lighting, coils and other ignition components. During the World War I years, the company contributed to the Allied effort by perfecting plugs suitable for use in aircraft engines. After the war, the company shortened its name to Lodge Plugs.
Subject ID: 50159
Subject ID: 50159
