The Entwistle Company, still in business today, was founded in 1918 by James L. Entwistle, who was an electrical engineer and professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Entwistle founded the Company in Rhode Island for the purpose of manufacturing specialized machinery for producing insulated electrical wire, which was an important emerging technology at the time. Over the ensuing years, Entwistle acquired other capital machinery product lines and pursued defense-related work and acquisitions, which has resulted in a diverse product mix. The Company's operations were moved to Hudson, Massachusetts in 1970. ¹

Mr Entwistle was born April 18th, 1899 in Central Falls Rhode Island. ² His parents were Albert E Entwistle and Rhoda A Entwistle. ³

Entwistle graduated from MIT in 1921 ⁴ and became an Assistant Professor in 1929. ⁵

Entwistle married Miss Irene Bowen Jollie on July 12th, 1921 ⁶ They had a son James L Entwistle Jr. ⁷

Mr Entwistle died, April 12th, 1988 in Washington Maine. ²

US1525282A WIRE INSULATION TESTER	US1511055A CIRCUIT CLOSER FOR CAR.DOORWAYS
US2062168A TOY HORSE RACING GAME	US2510743A TESTING UNIT FOR WIRE SPARKERS
US2485871A INSULATED ELECTRIC WIRE TESTING	US2530655A MACHINE FOR APPLYING PRESSURE SENSITIVE
US2581180A APPARATUS FOR STRIPING WIRE	US2745377A STRAND STRIPING MACHINE
US2751733A MACHINE FOR TAPING WIRE COIL	US2711026A WIRE MEASURING DEVICE
US2706091A WIRE PAY-OFF MACHINE	US2730987A APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY WACUUM COATING OF INTERIOR OF GLASS TUBES WITH METAL
US2016030A CARD SHUFFLING AND DEAING DEWCE

¹ About the Entwistle Company

² United States Social Security Death Index

³ United States Census, 1900

⁴ The Tech, Official Undergraduate News Organ of MIT, March 12th, 1928

⁵ The Tech, Official Undergraduate News Organ of MIT. October 11th, 1929

⁶ The Tech, Official Undergraduate News Organ of MIT. October 11th, 1929

⁷ United States Census, 1930