Meter
T. C. Howden and Co.
Category
Scientific instruments
Date
Unknown
Materials
Leather, Metal
Measurements
180 mm (W)125 mm (D)
Place of origin
Birmingham
Collection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1231119.4
Summary
One of a set of six 'Type B Huggenberger Tensometers', made by T.C.Howden and Co of Fleet Street Birmingham for Vickers Armstrong (.1-6), in a leather case (.7).
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Makers and roles
T. C. Howden and Co., manufacturer