Rare Pedestal Anemometer by J Hicks of London stanhope lens for sale Information on his early career

Information on his early career is very scant but he was certainly in business as a barometer maker by 1858 at 3 Church Street in Mile End

Browning & Rust (they retailed Adie’s Sympiesometer) and John completed the installation of a Troughton & Simms altazimuth circle for The Edinburgh Astronomical Institution at Calton Hill Observatory after Simms proclaimed himself too busy to undertake the exercise

John Gilbert (II) is most likely to have been responsible for the manufacture of this rare survivor

Zambrene advertised heavily during the War years with imagery of soldiers using their products on the front lines

the Dollond’s had famously patented the achromatic couplet

Rare Pedestal Anemometer by J Hicks of London stanhope lens for sale Information on his early careerFor sale, an extraordinarily rare pedestal anemometer by J Hicks of 8,9 & 10 Hatton Garden, London. It is described in Hicks catalogues as follows; The face of this ingenious instrument closely resembles that of the 5 dial Air Meter, and is similarly constructed, with the exception of the fan wheel being replaced by four hemispherical cups placed at the top. The instrument is attached to a brass stand, in which form it will be found particularly