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1645026801Code 6897b Antique AnemometerBrass anemometer, complete with four scales, signed George & Griffin Ltd from the 1950s and placed in its original velvet-covered leather case and complete with brass support with joint. I
n excellent condition, fully functional.
Case size cm 11x8,5x9,5 - inches 4.3x3.3x3.6
An anemometer is an antique instrument to measure air flux and it is used to survey and measure speed of air masses. Anemometer with mobile propellers probably comes from windmills; this idea was used for example by Robert Hooke about from 1670, one of the most important scientist in XVII century for scientific revolution.
The origins of George & Griffin Ltd go back to circa 1881, when the company Baird & Tatlock was founded in Glasgow. In 1896, the partnership dissolves: Hugh Harper Baird went to London and John Tatlock in Glasgow. In 1903, the London company became Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd. In 1915, the Glasgow firm took the same name, with a big dispute over who had the rights of using that name. The two firms held the same name until 1925, when the Glasgow company merged with John J. Griffin & Sons, Ltd and began trading under the name of Griffin & Tatlock Ltd in 1929. In 1954, Griffin & Tatlock merged with W. & J. George & Becker Ltd. and Standley Belcher & Mason Ltd. to form Griffin & George Ltd., which is still in existence today.
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