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Stanley, William Ford Robinson (English instrument maker and author, 1829-1909)
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Note: Born 2 February 1829; died 14 August 1909. William Ford Robinson Stanley first set up business for himself in 1854, and began a career inventing scientific instruments, however the name W. F. Stanley & Co. doesn't appear until 1900, according to the Dictionary of National Biography. Over time, Stanley invented an affordable "Panoptic Stereoscope," various improved surveying instruments, a meteronometer for measuring wind direction, and the steel-wire bicycle tire, among others, until his death in 1909. The firm dissolved in 1960. |
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W. F. Stanley & Co. in 1900 |
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(English instrument makers, 1900-1960) [500045584] |
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(English instrument maker and author, 1829-1909) ..... [CCA Preferred]
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