- Wright's associates, George Elkington and Henry Elkington were awarded the first patents for electroplating in 1840.
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- ...Room5 Lithograph of the Elkington Plating Room.5Holding a virtual monopoly with the gold and silver electroplating patent rights the Elkington Plating Works...
- But George Elkington, an Englishman, is frequently given the credit for developing commercial electroplating. ... How Electroplating Works?
- The Elkington's held a monopoly on electroplating for many years due to their patent for an inexpensive method of electroplating.
- Wright and the Elkington cousins improved upon these findings and were able to roll out their silver and gold electroplating for a patent.
- The Elkington cousins later in 1840 used potassium cyanide as their electrolyte and managed to create a feasible electroplating method for gold and silver.
- In the 1840s George and Henry Elkington, in their Birmingham factory, were working on applying the electroplating process in a commercial way.
- ...By the mid-1860s Elkington’s employed nearly a thousand workers and was firmly established as the leading silver- and electroplate company in the world.