Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 167,707 pages of information and 247,104 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
Grace's Guide is the leading source of historical information on industry and manufacturing in Britain. This web publication contains 147,919 pages of information and 233,587 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them.
of Clerkenwell, London.
Scientific instrument and Clockmakers.
Founded by Aynsworth Thwaites in 1740
The firm has continued in business [1]
The book 'London's Industrial Heritage' by Aubrey Wilson (David & Charles, 1967) features a description and illustration of a gear cutting machine in use in the 1960s, having been made by the company over 100 years earlier.
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