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  • Three of Sterling's collages sit on Nicoll's walls, alongside an illustration of roses by Howard Tangye, one of Nicoll's tutors at Central Saint Martins.

    A room of my own: Richard Nicoll 2011

  • Tangye has since designed the tattoo on Nicoll's arm.

    A room of my own: Richard Nicoll 2011

  • The view over Tangye near Kajaki to the hills beyond.

    An Ordinary Soldier Doug Beattie MC With Philip Gomm 2008

  • “So did I, once,” said Tangye, and wagged his head.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • Like one who had been bottled up for months, Tangye flowed on.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • Tangye had taken off his spectacles and was polishing them on a crumpled handkerchief.

    Australia Felix 2003

  • A number of gas engines -- such as Bisschop's (much used for very small powers), Robson's (at present undergoing transformation in the able hands of Messrs. Tangye), Korting's, and others -- are in use; but, so far as I can learn, all require a larger quantity of gas than those previously referred to.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 508, September 26, 1885 Various

  • Tangye, who did so much for the preservation of local antiquities.

    The Cornwall Coast

  • A small Tangye engine, placed under the supervision of the driver of a large engine of the works, drives an 'A' size 'Gramme' machine, which feeds a 'Crompton' 'E' lamp.

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 288, July 9, 1881 Various

  • Steam-pumps are here in force -- direct by Tangye and others, and rotary by both of the Gwynnes, whose name has been so long and is so intimately associated with this class of machines.

    Lippincott's Magazine, December 1878 Various

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