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"1872 William Stevens Squire (1834–1906) of Dunn, Squire and Co, initially at Stratford in Essex, formed the company Squire, Chapman & Co. with Mr Spencer Chapman, premises at North Woolwich Rd, Silvertown, as makers of sulphuric acid[1]. Squire took his assistant Rudolph Messel with him to the new business.
 
"1872 William Stevens Squire (1834–1906) of Dunn, Squire and Co, initially at Stratford in Essex, formed the company Squire, Chapman & Co. with Mr Spencer Chapman, premises at North Woolwich Rd, Silvertown, as makers of sulphuric acid[1]. Squire took his assistant Rudolph Messel with him to the new business.
 
Messel developed a process for the manufacture of fuming sulphuric acid, which was in great demand as a raw material in the dyestuffs industry. The key to the process was the combination of pure sulphur dioxide and oxygen gases using a platinized pumice catalyst. The process was patented by Squire in 1875." http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Spencer_Chapman_and_Messel  
 
Messel developed a process for the manufacture of fuming sulphuric acid, which was in great demand as a raw material in the dyestuffs industry. The key to the process was the combination of pure sulphur dioxide and oxygen gases using a platinized pumice catalyst. The process was patented by Squire in 1875." http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Spencer_Chapman_and_Messel  

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Operation

1872


Location

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Located in

London


Produced

Oleum, Sulphuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid, Nitric Acid, Battery Acid


Used Raw Materials

Sulfur


|1872 |1878 |Squire, Chapman & Co |-


|1878 |1899 |Chapman, Messel and Co |-


|1899 |1965 |Spencer Chapman & Messel Ltd |-


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Description

"1872 William Stevens Squire (1834–1906) of Dunn, Squire and Co, initially at Stratford in Essex, formed the company Squire, Chapman & Co. with Mr Spencer Chapman, premises at North Woolwich Rd, Silvertown, as makers of sulphuric acid[1]. Squire took his assistant Rudolph Messel with him to the new business. Messel developed a process for the manufacture of fuming sulphuric acid, which was in great demand as a raw material in the dyestuffs industry. The key to the process was the combination of pure sulphur dioxide and oxygen gases using a platinized pumice catalyst. The process was patented by Squire in 1875." http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Spencer_Chapman_and_Messel

I can't really find any information on when they stopped manufacturing at this location. According to the Times, after the merger sometime in 1964-1966 to form Berk Spencer Acids, a new works was going to be built at Stratford. http://find.galegroup.com/ttda/infomark.do?&source=gale&prodId=TTDA&userGroupName=usaskmain&tabID=T003&docPage=article&searchType=BasicSearchForm&docId=CS369583759&type=multipage&contentSet=LTO&version=1.0


https://books.google.ca/books?id=m8TsygLyfSMC&lpg=PA839&ots=fYeuykc6On&dq=Spencer%20Chapman%20and%20Messel&pg=PA839#v=onepage&q=Spencer%20Chapman%20and%20Messel&f=false

https://books.google.ca/books?id=xriMAgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA385&ots=FKzHtg79wP&dq=spencer%20chapman%20%26%20messel&pg=PA385#v=onepage&q=spencer%20chapman%20&%20messel&f=false