Vivian Lewis Limited produced a large number of engines for industrial and agricultural applications: pumping water, sawing wood, cutting chaff, cleaning wheat, turning the separator, and a dozen other jobs...

The exact dates of manufacture are not known, but they were certainly available from 1910 (when numerous advertisements appeared in the press, such as the one below right) to 1917 (when the Vivian Lewis letterhead still listed agricultural petrol engines amongst its offerings). The 1921 letterhead does not mention engines. Additional information would be most welcome.

There are few surviving Lewis agricultural engines, but here is one snapped at a rally about 30 years ago:

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