Claudel-Hobson was a series of British carburettors manufactured by the H. M. Hobson (Aircraft and Motor) Components Ltd..

First introduced in 1908, they were widely used in British car and aircraft engines in the early 20th Century. Applications included Sunbeam automobiles as well as Armstrong-Siddeley, Bristol

Bristol Aeroplane Company

The Bristol Aeroplane Company, originally the British and Colonial Aeroplane Company, was both one of the first and one of the most important British aviation companies, designing and manufacturing both airframes and aero engines...

, de Havilland

De Havilland

The de Havilland Aircraft Company was a British aviation manufacturer founded in 1920 when Airco, of which Geoffrey de Havilland had been chief designer, was sold to BSA by the owner George Holt Thomas. De Havilland then set up a company under his name in September of that year at Stag Lane...

, and Napier

Napier & Son

D. Napier & Son Limited was a British engine and pre-Great War automobile manufacturer and one of the most important aircraft engine manufacturers in the early to mid-20th century...

aircraft engines.

External links

• http://www.localhistory.scit.wlv.ac.uk/Museum/Transport/planes/hobsons/hobson01.htm