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James J. Hicks
From Graces Guide
of 8 to 10 Hatton Garden, London, EC.
1861 Company established.
1885 Gold medal for improvements in thermometers and other philosophical instruments
1910 Exhibited instruments used in investigating the upper atmosphere[1] - this could be the company otherwise described as Hicks and Co
1911 Incorporated with Stanley and Co
1914 Scientific instrument manufacturers. Specialities: standard meteorological instruments, aneroid barometers, clinical thermometers. Employees 150. [2]
1934 Katathermometer.
See Also
Sources of Information
- ↑ The Times, Dec 21, 1910
- ↑ 1914 Whitakers Red Book