Steve Redgell:
Fantastic repertoire. You are truly a very, very talented and creative raconteur of "history".
With your kind indulgence I would like to query you further.
Thomas Benjamin Tibbey was English, 1849-1906.
I don't see any connection. My family ancestry was Bentheimer, a principality between the Netherlands and Germany. Back in the old days Tibbe was spelled Tibbet. That goes back to the 11th Century Romans, best info available.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BentheimSorry that I haven't been able to follow the development of your Wetless Combuster but I am definitely open completely to more enlightenment.