Darling and Schwartz
Darling & Schwartz of Bangor, Maine, USA
- Makers of high quality tools. Typically, their tools were etched or stamped D. & S.
1852 Samuel Darling invented a graduating engine and began the manufacture of rules and squares at Bangor. His first partner was Edward H Bailey, but after a year he formed a new partnership with Michael Schwartz, a saw maker and hardware dealer of Bangor.
1862: At the 1862 Exhibition in London, Darling & Schwartz of Bangor, Maine, showed measuring instruments in the category 'USA Class XIII - Philosophical Instruments &c', for which they were awarded a bronze medal, 'For the excellence and accuracy of the manufacture of their steel scales, and straight edges'.
1866 Darling and Schwartz formed a partnership with competitors Brown and Sharpe.
The partnership continued as Darling, Brown & Sharpe until 1892, when Darling's interests were bought out [1]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ 'English & American Tool Builders' by Joseph Wickham Rowe