In 1812, British inventor Sir William Congreve patented a manual sprinkler system using perforated pipes along the ceiling.
The system was designed by William Congreve was covered by patent No 3606 dated the same year.
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In 2002 Sir Derek Bibby, 2nd baronet, and great-great-grandson of the founder and past chairman and president of the firm, was aged 80 and terminally ill with leukemia.
In 1820 Donkin worked with Sir William Congreve on preventing the forgery of excise stamps, using a method of two-colour printing with compound printing plates.
This resulted in an improved method of extracting saltpetre and consequently higher quality gunpowder.