Grace's Guide To British Industrial History

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Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 162,364 pages of information and 244,505 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.

Evans Electroselenium

From Graces Guide

of Westminster Bank Chambers, Bishop's Stortford, Herts. Telephone: Bishop's Stortford, 702. Cables: "Evans, Bishop's Stortford"

1939 - 1954 also at Harlow

The company was founded by Arthur Evans in the late 1930s, and was based on the exploitation of the applications of the selenium photocell.[1]

1947 Listed Exhibitor - British Industries Fair. Manufacturers of Photoelectric Cells, Barrier Layer Type for both Direct Reading Instruments and Valve Amplifiers. Direct Reading Test Tube Colorimeters. Reflectometers for comparing reflectance of flat surfaces. Electronic Counting Devices and Controls. (Olympia, Ground Floor, Stand No. A.1013) [2]

Became part of Sherwood Scientific Ltd.

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Sources of Information

  • [1] London Science Museum Collections