Title
Archival material relating to Muirhead & Co. Telephoto equipment
Reference
YA1985.123/MS0401
Production date
1947 - 1947
Creator
- Muirhead & Co. LtdBiographyBiography
Muirhead & Co. Ltd, electrical measuring and control equipment manufacturers
Muirhead & Co. Ltd. was established by Alexander Muirhead in 1894. In 1896 the company moved to Elmers End in Beckenham, Kent. The company went private in 1904. Prior to the First World War and during the interval between the two wars the Company specialised in the development and manufacture of terminal equipment for submarine cable stations, and in addition it produced a wide range of electrical and scientific instruments. By the 1930's the submarine telegraph section of the communications industry was in decline but by that time the Company had acquired considerable reputation for the precision and accuracy of its electrical and mechanical products.
The company was public in 1960 where they were manufacturers of precision electrical instruments and condensers. Specialised in picture telegraph, measuring and testing equipment for the electrical and communication industries. Muirhead & Co. acquired Addison Electric Co. in 1962 and acquired Vactric Control Equipment in 1972.
Muirhead successfully pioneered Precision R.C. Oscillators, Wave Analysers and other laboratory measuring and test equipment and due to excellence in design and production, a range of voltage standards cells were still being made after more than a century. The company was reformed into Muirhead Aerospace.
Scope and Content
1 box containing manuals and wiring diagrams for Telephoto equipment, made by Muirhead & Co. Ltd and used in the Daily Telegraph wire room.
Extent
0.2 linear metres
Archival history
Donated to the Greater Manchester Museum of Science and Industry, along with the Telephoto equipment, by the Daily Telegraph
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Associated people and organisations
- The Daily TelegraphBiographyBiography
Founded as the The Daily Telegraph and Courier by Colonel Arthur B. Sleigh in June 1855. Joseph Moses Levy, the owner of The Sunday Times, agreed to print the newspaper, and to pay for the inital cost of printing the first edition. However, the newspaper was not a succes and Colonel Sleigh was unable to pay the ongoing costs. Joseph Levy took over the newspaper and relaunched it as The Daily Telegraph.
- Muirhead & Co. LtdBiographyBiography
Muirhead & Co. Ltd, electrical measuring and control equipment manufacturers
Muirhead & Co. Ltd. was established by Alexander Muirhead in 1894. In 1896 the company moved to Elmers End in Beckenham, Kent. The company went private in 1904. Prior to the First World War and during the interval between the two wars the Company specialised in the development and manufacture of terminal equipment for submarine cable stations, and in addition it produced a wide range of electrical and scientific instruments. By the 1930's the submarine telegraph section of the communications industry was in decline but by that time the Company had acquired considerable reputation for the precision and accuracy of its electrical and mechanical products.
The company was public in 1960 where they were manufacturers of precision electrical instruments and condensers. Specialised in picture telegraph, measuring and testing equipment for the electrical and communication industries. Muirhead & Co. acquired Addison Electric Co. in 1962 and acquired Vactric Control Equipment in 1972.
Muirhead successfully pioneered Precision R.C. Oscillators, Wave Analysers and other laboratory measuring and test equipment and due to excellence in design and production, a range of voltage standards cells were still being made after more than a century. The company was reformed into Muirhead Aerospace.
Subject
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
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