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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.


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