His First Machine
Bull needed almost 2 years to implement his ideas, which would be its first complete machine.
The machine was presented in his workshop to the Storebrand directors on 12 January 1921 and subsequently acquired for 20,000 pounds on 21 January 1921. The machine did not have success because it was not sufficiently efficient, stable and reliable as expected. However, it was in operation until 1926.
At the same time, Bull had contacted an old friend from high school by Nordstrand, Reidar Knutsen who headed the company Oka. Because of this contact he met Knut Andreas Knutsen, Reidar's younger brother, who was an engineer, and who began working with Bull.
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