Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900 - Edwin Banfield Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900 by Edwin Banfield for sale born in 1828 in Bethnal

born in 1828 in Bethnal Green

Nautical & Mathematical Instrument Manufacturers to Her Majesty’s Royal Navy

Both Father and Son had died by 1961

The founder died in 1859 but his son continued to trade under the original name and took out two patents during the 1850’s and 1860’s relating to improvements to compasses

this more industrial focus led to the company moving out of London in 1898 to Lewisham in Kent but it continued to produce a range of instruments from meteorological to telegraphic whilst also manufacturing naval gunnery tables

Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900 - Edwin Banfield Barometer Makers and Retailers 1660-1900 by Edwin Banfield for sale born in 1828 in BethnalThis book is an alphabetical list of over 4,000 barometer makers and retailers who were active in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland from the time of the earliest domestic instruments up to 1900. The list includes working or estimated working dates, business addresses where known and other activities engaged in by makers. Other information given includes unusual styles of instruments made or handled, the relationship between some makers, their