Thornton 1962 catalogue
For all the Thorntonites out there, I have uploaded my recently acquired 1962 AG Thornton Ltd catalogue (9.6 MB PDF) and price list (1.7 MB PDF) to the Internet Archive.…
Stanley catalogue sizes
In my earlier post on Stanley's 1966 catalogue, I noticed an oversight that deserved clarification. Having described the two formats of catalogue that Stanley relied on from the early years of the…
1966 and All That – Stanley’s last catalogue
1966 may have been a memorable year for England's football team, but what about for the venerable English instrument maker WF Stanley? Having finally managed to track down a copy…
Purple Reign
Tangentially to my recent post on Bagshaw's patent diagrammeter, I was reminded of something that had always puzzled me, but until now had not seemed of any particular significance. As…