Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd
Other Business Names:
- Troughton & Simms
- Cooke, Thomas, & Sons Ltd
- Vickers Ltd
- Troughton, Edward
- Simms, William
- Cooke, Thomas
- Vickers Instruments Ltd
- Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Charlton, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- York, City of York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
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Mechanical engineering
Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
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Precision instruments production
Optical equipment inc eyewear production
Notes:
Established in 1922 when Troughton & Simms merged with Thomas Cooke & Sons Ltd of York, owned by Vickers, to form Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd. Fully owned by Vickers in 1924. Made microscopes, military telescopes, theodolites, etc. Expanded substantially 1939-45. Known as Vickers Instruments Ltd from 1963 and assets sold in c1988 to Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc of USA
Publications:
- At the Sign of the Orrery. The origins of the firm of Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd, brought up to date by P D Scott Maxwell by Taylor, E W, & J S Wilson with P D Scott Maxwell
- 'Cooke, Troughton & Simms' in A McConnell, Instrument Makers to the World. A history of Cooke, Troughton & Simms by McConnell, Anita
- History and Achievements and Products of Cooke Troughton & Simms by Unknown
Groups:
Other Business Names:
- Troughton & Simms
- Cooke, Thomas, & Sons Ltd
- Vickers Ltd
- Troughton, Edward
- Simms, William
- Cooke, Thomas
- Vickers Instruments Ltd
- Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc
Locations city-town / local authority / county1974 / region-state / country:
- Charlton, Greater London, Greater London, Greater London, England
- York, City of York, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire & the Humber, England
Sectors:
- Mechanical engineering Armaments & ammunition production exc warships, aircraft, cannon, hand guns and cartridges, swords, etc
- Precision instruments production Optical equipment inc eyewear production
Notes:
Established in 1922 when Troughton & Simms merged with Thomas Cooke & Sons Ltd of York, owned by Vickers, to form Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd. Fully owned by Vickers in 1924. Made microscopes, military telescopes, theodolites, etc. Expanded substantially 1939-45. Known as Vickers Instruments Ltd from 1963 and assets sold in c1988 to Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc of USAPublications:
- At the Sign of the Orrery. The origins of the firm of Cooke Troughton & Simms Ltd, brought up to date by P D Scott Maxwell by Taylor, E W, & J S Wilson with P D Scott Maxwell
- 'Cooke, Troughton & Simms' in A McConnell, Instrument Makers to the World. A history of Cooke, Troughton & Simms by McConnell, Anita
- History and Achievements and Products of Cooke Troughton & Simms by Unknown