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 162,259 pages of information and 244,500 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.

Marine Instruments

From Graces Guide

1941 A collaboration between Kelvin, Bottomley and Baird and Henry Hughes and Son established as Marine Instruments.

1947 As a result of the success of this collaboration, the two companies amalgamated as Kelvin and Hughes; existing shareholders were invited to contribute to new shares; the semi-private nature of the business was not changed and no shares were offered to the general public[1]

1949 The name of Marine Instruments was changed to Kelvin and Hughes (Marine)[2]


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Sources of Information

  1. The Times, Sep 01, 1947
  2. The Times, Sep 19, 1949