Ernest George Phillips

Ernest George Phillips, born in 1880, is known from surviving bibliographic records as the author of Pneumatic Conveying, first published in London by Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons in 1921.

The book is a technical study of how compressed air can be used to transport heavy solid materials, and it was aimed at engineers, factory managers, and students. Contemporary summaries of the text note that it combines explanation of the underlying principles with practical examples from real installations, suggesting that Phillips wrote from direct professional experience.

Very little biographical information about his personal life was confirmed in the sources reviewed, so most of what can be said with confidence comes through his published work. Even so, that book gives a clear impression of a specialist writer interested in efficient industrial design and the growing technologies of modern manufacturing.