Title
Collection of trade literature relating to electrical testing equipment and domestic appliances
Reference
YA1985.44
Production date
1900 - 1950
Creator
- Belling & Co. LtdBiographyBiography
Manufacturer of electric heaters and ovens, based in Enfield and established 1912 by Charles Reginald Belling. The company was acquired by the Glen Dimplex Group in 1992, but the brand name continues to be used.
- Servis Domestic Appliances LtdBiographyBiography
Domestic appliance manufacturer, active c1910
- Henry Tinsley and Company LimitedBiographyBiography
Manufacturers of scientific instruments, submarine telegraph equipment and electric measuring instruments
Henry Tinsley and Co. Ltd. was established in 1904 by Henry Tinsley. He started making galvanometers and resistance boxes in a workshop at his home in Elmers Road, Beckenham. The business grew and in 1907 the firm moved to Stanley House, Eldon Park Road, South Norwood where Tinsley entered into a partnership with another instrument maker named Snell - becoming Snell & Tinsley, making telegraph apparatus, condensers, standard cells, potentiometers and 'bridges'. Snell however died after one year of the partnership leaving Henry Tinsley in sole ownership.
In 1916 the business moved again to Werndee Hall and in 1919 DC Gall Henry's young cousin joined the firm until he retired at the age of 77in 1970. That same year the company was sold to Agricultural Holdings Ltd, which had a large engineering division into which Tinsley became incorporated. Agricultural Holdings Co. Ltd was itself sold to Booker McConnel Ltd, with the exception of Tinsley and one or two other small companies which then became The Tinsley Group Ltd. The company trades under the name Tinsley today.
- Electrolux LtdBiographyBiography
Swedish corporation founded in 1910 as Elektromekaniska AB, manufacturing home and professional appliances. The name was changed to Elektrolux after merging with Lux AB in 1919, and the spelling changed to Electrolux in 1957.
Scope and Content
1 box of trade literature, including brochures for automatic telephones, various domestic appliances and electrical testing equipment, mostly relating to objects in the collection.
Extent
0.05 linear metres
Archival history
The trade literature came in with a collection of objects donated by UMIST. Some, but not all, of the literature relates to objects in the collection.
Level of description
TOP
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum
Conditions governing access
Open access.
Conditions governing Reproduction
Copies may be supplied in accordance with current copyright legislation and Science Museum Group terms and conditions.