Elliott Brothers (computer company)

The Elliot Brothers were an instrument geared to English company.

History

The father, William Elliott ( * 1780 or 1781 in the parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, London, † 1853) started in 1795 a seven-year apprenticeship with the compass and instrument maker William Backwell and founded in 1800 his own business W. Elliott. He described himself as a mathematical, optical and philosophical instrument maker. In 1850 he took his sons from his third marriage ( with Emma ), Frederick Henry Elliott ( † 1873) and Charles Alfred Elliott ( † 1877) in the company on which then changed its name to William Elliott and Sons. At the World Exhibition in 1851 it was awarded a bronze medal. 1865 Charles retired and Frederick led the company until his death on alone.

Fredericks widow Susan Elliott ( † March 25, 1880 ) took Willoughby Smith added as a business partner, the company was now the most famous manufacturer of Telegraphieausrüstungen. In the Paris Electrical Exhibition in 1881, the company won a gold medal for his precision instruments. Around 1893 took over the formerly headed by Elliott Brothers Richard Theiler M Operating W Theiler & Sons in North London. The mid-1960s, the company employed approximately 35,000 employees.

Business

• Scientific instruments barometer
• Galvanometer
• Optical instruments

• Flight Instruments (from 1910) speedometer
• Altimeter
• Altimeter

• Computer (from 1950)