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IT is with regret that we record the death on February 10, at the age of seventy-five years, of Mr. George Cussons, the founder of the well-known firm of scientific apparatus makers of Lower Broughton, Manchester. Mr. Cussons in his early manhood gained a studentship at the Royal School of Mines, London, and upon the completion of the course became a drawing-master and also a teacher of geometry and mechanical sub jects in evening classes in towns near Manchester. Having considerable mechanical skill, acquired in the course of his apprenticeship, he devised a variety of models and apparatus, which he employed effectively to demonstrate the problems arising in the course of his teaching. Finding great advantage accruing therefrom, he was induced to enter business life as a manufacturer of apparatus to be used in the demonstration of the subjects of geometry, theoretical and applied mechanics, and of physics. Among other excellent apparatus he designed and patented a much-improved Atwood's machine to demonstrate the laws of falling bodies. His firm gained well-deserved repute among Technical Institutions for the excellence and adaptability of its apparatus.
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Mr. George Cussons. Nature 109, 315 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/109315a0
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