Background
He was born in London, the son of Angier March Perkins and was likely apprenticed to his father. After further work for his father, and in Hamburg and Berlin before establishing the partnership of A. M. Perkins & Son with his father.
He was born in London, the son of Angier March Perkins and was likely apprenticed to his father. After further work for his father, and in Hamburg and Berlin before establishing the partnership of A. M. Perkins & Son with his father.
He devoted his energies to heating and refrigeration and combined great imagination with practical engineering instincts. He also contributed to the development of the steam engine. Among his innovations were:
The "Polly Perkins" - mobile steam ovens for the British Army;
Steam ovens for use in bakeries;
High-pressure steam tractors;
The Anthracite - a 70-ton yacht powered by high-pressure steam;
Express - a 160 ft steamship powered by a Perkins 800 horse power quadruple compound engine;
the "Arktos" cold chamber (1888) for preserving food.
Loftus Patton Perkins (born 1867).
And
Ludlow Patton Perkins (1872–1928). Perkins died in London and was buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.
The firm subsequently merged with Joseph Baker, Sons & Company, as Baker Perkins. McConnell, A. (2004) "Perkins, Loftus (1834–1891)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, accessed 21 August 2007 (subscription or United Kingdom public library membership required)
Muir, A. (1968).
The History of Baker Perkins.
Cambridge: West. Heffer & Sons Limited.
The Baker Perkins Historical Society.
Member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, (1861);
Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers, (1881).