Download or read book The History of N. V. Philips' Gloeilampenfabrieken: Volume 2, A Company of Many Parts written by A. Heerding and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1988 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume in a history of the Philips company examines the growth and development of the firm from its establishment in 1891 until the retirement of Gerard Philips in 1922, which covered a period of dramatic expansion.