Editing Injector (section)

===Giffard===
The injector was invented by [[Henri Giffard]] in early 1850s and patented in France in 1858, for use on [[steam locomotive]]s.<ref>{{cite book|author=Strickland L. Kneass|title=Practice and Theory of the Injector|url=https://archive.org/details/practiceandtheo04kneagoog|publisher=John Wiley & Sons (Reprinted by Kessinger Publications, 2007 )|year=1894|isbn=978-0-548-47587-4}}</ref> It was patented in the [[United Kingdom]] by [[Sharp, Stewart and Company]] of [[Glasgow]].

After some initial scepticism resulting from the unfamiliar and superficially paradoxical mode of operation,<ref name="k1910">{{cite book |author=[[Strickland Landis Kneass]] |title=Practice and Theory of the Injector |publisher=John Wiley & Sons (Reprinted by Wentworth Press, 2019) |year=1910 |isbn=978-0469047891}}</ref>{{rp|5}} the injector became widely adopted for steam locomotives as an alternative to mechanical pumps.{{r|k1910|p=5,7}}