Edmund Bruce Ball FRSE (21 May 1873 – 17 June 1944) was an English hydraulic engineer.
His talent won him a scholarship to study engineering at Manchester Technical School.
[2] On completion of this apprenticeship in 1895, Ball was elected a Whitworth Exhibitioner[2] and also received a Queen’s Prizeman for Science.
[3] He had a very successful career, starting as Chief Designer for Benjamin Goodfellow & Co in Hyde, Manchester.
[4] His last position also gave him control of two subsidiary companies: British Pitometer and Hydrautomat.