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Re: Sextant manufacturers
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2007 Oct 26, 21:14 +0100
From: George Huxtable
Date: 2007 Oct 26, 21:14 +0100
I had written | > One example, not on Alex's list, is Sewill, of Liverpool, and Alex replied- | I was hesitating about Sewell, because his sextant | (your sextant) looks exactly like a Heath of the same | epoch. But perhaps "Maker to the Royal Navy" means something, | so I added him to the list. It's Sewiill, not Sewell. and to his listing of- | > | Henry Hughes and Son, formerly Kelvin and Hughes, | > | (Fenchurch str., London) I suggested that ought to be the other way round.. | | Why do you think so?? | Kelvin could (and did!) participate in this enterprise in XIX | century, while Hughes and Son (=Husun) | was very common in XX century. So it looks like they dropped | Kelvin's name... Because Kelvin Hughes still exists, and still has products under the "Husun" name, but alas, no longer sextants. | | > email "Gloria Clifton"| | Do you know of any publications of her | with the list of manufacturers? Yes, but only from long ago. "Directory of British scientific instrument makers, 1550-1851", by Gloria C Clifton, London 1995. George. contact George Huxtable at george@huxtable.u-net.com or at +44 1865 820222 (from UK, 01865 820222) or at 1 Sandy Lane, Southmoor, Abingdon, Oxon OX13 5HX, UK. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To post to this group, send email to NavList@fer3.com To , send email to NavList-@fer3.com -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---