Alexander Gilmour
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Alexander "Lex" Gilmour (1930 — 2006) attended Queen's University, Belfast (QUB), earning BSc, MSc and PhD degrees in Chemistry. After graduating from QUB in 1956, he obtained a position at Short Brothers
, the company which developed black box flight recorder technology. He met his future wife, Miriam, at Short's.
By 1961 he had found new employment at the British Oxygen Corporation. In 1962 he and Miriam were married. In 1966 Gilmour was named Europe
an engineering manager of Mallory Batteries Incorporated (MBI), the manufacturers of Duracell batteries, where he remained for 15 years. Gilmour made the preliminary designs for the 9 Volt “PP3” battery.
In 1980 Gilmour moved to the British Ever Ready Electric Company. For almost two decades he ran his own consulting firm, Lexcel Technology Ltd., which held the Rechargeable electrochemical cell's U.S. patent (#5,741,607; 980421).
Short Brothers
Short Brothers plc is a British aerospace company, usually referred to simply as Shorts, that is now based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Founded in 1908, Shorts was the first company in the world to make production aircraft and was a manufacturer of flying boats during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s...
, the company which developed black box flight recorder technology. He met his future wife, Miriam, at Short's.
By 1961 he had found new employment at the British Oxygen Corporation. In 1962 he and Miriam were married. In 1966 Gilmour was named Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an engineering manager of Mallory Batteries Incorporated (MBI), the manufacturers of Duracell batteries, where he remained for 15 years. Gilmour made the preliminary designs for the 9 Volt “PP3” battery.
In 1980 Gilmour moved to the British Ever Ready Electric Company. For almost two decades he ran his own consulting firm, Lexcel Technology Ltd., which held the Rechargeable electrochemical cell's U.S. patent (#5,741,607; 980421).