Hi, Does anyone have information for a company called F. C. Nestler of 39 St. James's Street, London SW. It sold lighting for aviation and railways about the time of World War 1. Ideally I would love to see a catalog from the company. One of their suppliers was Paris-Ignicole. Thanks, Fred
Hi Michel, I came across this article (see below) and, eventually, hope to find a copy of the catalog mentioned in it. MESSRS FC NESTLER LTD of 39 St James's Street London SW have issued a catalogue of the Paris Ignicole Incandescent Paraffin Lamps These lamps are used by railways for lighting stations break down gangs permanent way work etc. The lamps are fed from a tank by a thin copper tube This tank is half filled with paraffin and kept under pressure by a pump similar to a cylists tyre pump Paraffin passes from the tank into the pipe and thence to the lamps The paraffin penetrates into the vaporiser and under the action of heat is changed into gas A Bunsen burner controls the mixture of air and gas to the head of the burner above which the mixture burns with a transparent blue flame of a very high temperature An incandescent mantle placed on this flame changes the heat into light. On the French State Rys a moderator is used in connection with the lamps This is located between the lamp and the tank and when fitted the lamps work from five to seven days at an absolutely uniform pressure without refilling with either paraffin or air. Locomotive Railway Carriage and Wagon Review, Volume 20
Found this: Among the companies engaged in sub-contract aircraft work was the firm of F. C. Nestler, Ltd., and near the close of 1916 they constructed a manoeuvrable 100 h.p. Monosoupape Gnome-powered single-seat biplane scout to the designs of Mons. Boudot. The Nestler Scout was quite conventional in conception but was abandoned after it crashed at Hendon on 26th March, 1917, while being flown by J. B. Fitzsimmons who lost his life in the accident. Also of interest: Accident Nestler Scout , Monday 26 March 1917 Looks like their only major foray into building entire planes ended with this crash.
