sentences:  In the 1890s the company employed about 300 men, including a number of indentured apprentices.By 1914 this had grown to in excess of 400.The company produced a number of notable employees who went on to contribute to the development of various spheres of engineering in the twentieth century after leaving Burrell's, the most famous of these being Edmund Bruce Ball who later went on to become President of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers in 1939.