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'''Reynolds and Branson''' was a company in Leeds, UK, apparently founded in 1816.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p819.</ref><ref name=Grace>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Reynolds_and_Branson Grace's Guide]; the entry includes an advertisement for three items: patient record cards, filing drawers for them, and suppositaries!</ref> The company had premises in central Leeds, at 14 Commercial Street and 13 Briggate. | '''Reynolds and Branson''' was a company in Leeds, UK, apparently founded in 1816.<ref name=McK>{{McKeown12}} p819.</ref><ref name=Grace>[http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Reynolds_and_Branson Grace's Guide]; the entry includes an advertisement for three items: patient record cards, filing drawers for them, and suppositaries!</ref> The company had premises in central Leeds, at 14 Commercial Street and 13 Briggate. | ||
− | The firm was apparently founded by Thomas Harvey.<ref name=Bennion>Bennion, Elisabeth (1979) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DftZWlVnzH8C&pg=PA319&lpg=PA319 ''Antique Medical Instruments''], Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications/University of California Press, London, 1979, p319. at [http://books.google.co.uk/bkshp?hl=en&tab=pp Google Books].</ref> Subsequent company names include Harvey & Reynolds (1856), Harvey, Reynolds & Fowler (1861), Haw & Reynolds (1864), Haw, Reynolds & Co. (1867) and Reynolds & Branson (1886),<ref name=Bennion/> mostly recorded at addresses in Commercial Street and Briggate. '''Harvey, Reynolds & Company''' was also at the same addresses in 1881<ref>[http://mickymike1.co.uk/images/Leeds%20Minerals%20Paper%20Work/H%20Reynolds%201881%20Ad.jpg 1881 advertisement] for Harvey, Reynolds & Co.'s Phosphorade, at Mickey Mike's [http://mickymike1.co.uk/index.htm Leeds Ginger Beer & Mineral Water Bottles] (including [http://mickymike1.co.uk/images/Leeds%20Ginger%20Beers/R%20&%20B%202.jpg ginger beer] and [http://mickymike1.co.uk/reynolds.htm mineral water] bottles and [http://mickymike1.co.uk/leeds_pot_lids.htm pot lids] by Reynolds & Branson).</ref> | + | The firm was apparently founded by Thomas Harvey.<ref name=Bennion>Bennion, Elisabeth (1979) [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=DftZWlVnzH8C&pg=PA319&lpg=PA319 ''Antique Medical Instruments''], Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications/University of California Press, London, 1979, p319. at [http://books.google.co.uk/bkshp?hl=en&tab=pp Google Books].</ref> Subsequent company names include Harvey & Reynolds (1856), Harvey, Reynolds & Fowler (1861), Haw & Reynolds (1864), Haw, Reynolds & Co. (1867) and Reynolds & Branson (1886),<ref name=Bennion/> mostly recorded at addresses in Commercial Street and Briggate. '''Harvey, Reynolds & Company''' was also at the same addresses in 1881<ref>[http://mickymike1.co.uk/images/Leeds%20Minerals%20Paper%20Work/H%20Reynolds%201881%20Ad.jpg 1881 advertisement] for Harvey, Reynolds & Co.'s Phosphorade, at Mickey Mike's [http://mickymike1.co.uk/index.htm Leeds Ginger Beer & Mineral Water Bottles] (including [http://mickymike1.co.uk/images/Leeds%20Ginger%20Beers/R%20&%20B%202.jpg ginger beer] and [http://mickymike1.co.uk/reynolds.htm mineral water] bottles and [http://mickymike1.co.uk/leeds_pot_lids.htm pot lids] by Reynolds & Branson).</ref> By this date, Harvey (if the same man) would have been very old or dead, and it is probable this was a trading name used by the surviving company owners. |
The company is generally described as a chemist and optician, but also made general medical equipment (including microscopes<ref>[http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/14924118_harvey-reynolds-and-co-microscope-from-leeds Microscope] by Harvey, Reynolds & Co., sold at auction by [http://www.rbantiques.com/ Red Baron Antiques], Altanta, GA in January 2013.</ref> and mercury thermometers<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150407061532/https://hpsmuseumleeds.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/allbutts-clinical-thermometer/ The Allbutt Clinical Thermometer] (archived), made by Harvey, Reynolds & Co., at the blog of the University of Leeds' [http://hpsmuseumleeds.wordpress.com/ Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine].</ref>) and photographic items,<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishjournalp01socigoog#page/n258/mode/1up ''British Journal of Photography'' Vol XXI (1874), No. 733, p247], 'The Harrogate Rest', describing a portrait photographer's head-rest introduced by Harvey, Reynolds & Co.; at the [http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive].</ref> including cameras and magic lanterns. | The company is generally described as a chemist and optician, but also made general medical equipment (including microscopes<ref>[http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/14924118_harvey-reynolds-and-co-microscope-from-leeds Microscope] by Harvey, Reynolds & Co., sold at auction by [http://www.rbantiques.com/ Red Baron Antiques], Altanta, GA in January 2013.</ref> and mercury thermometers<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150407061532/https://hpsmuseumleeds.wordpress.com/2012/08/31/allbutts-clinical-thermometer/ The Allbutt Clinical Thermometer] (archived), made by Harvey, Reynolds & Co., at the blog of the University of Leeds' [http://hpsmuseumleeds.wordpress.com/ Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine].</ref>) and photographic items,<ref>[http://www.archive.org/stream/britishjournalp01socigoog#page/n258/mode/1up ''British Journal of Photography'' Vol XXI (1874), No. 733, p247], 'The Harrogate Rest', describing a portrait photographer's head-rest introduced by Harvey, Reynolds & Co.; at the [http://www.archive.org/ Internet Archive].</ref> including cameras and magic lanterns. | ||
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==Cameras, etc== | ==Cameras, etc== | ||
* Half-plate tailboard camera, about 1890 <ref>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0184 Reynolds and Branson half-plate tailboard camera], about 1890, at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk Wood and Brass]</ref> | * Half-plate tailboard camera, about 1890 <ref>[http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk/detail.php?cat_num=0184 Reynolds and Branson half-plate tailboard camera], about 1890, at [http://www.woodandbrass.co.uk Wood and Brass]</ref> | ||
− | * Whole- or half-plate field camera, about 1890.<ref name=McK | + | * Whole- or half-plate field camera, about 1890.<ref name=McK/> |
* 'Phoenix' shutter: a rather crude shutter, with a hinged flap as the opening blind for each lens, that automatically releases a dropping plate as the closing blind (the 'drop' is accelerated by a tensioned rubber band). The Phoenix was made in both normal mono and stereo models<ref name=EP>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_S1.html#S86 Stereo Phoenix shutter] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref><ref>[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/item130.htm Mono Phoenix shutter] in the catalogue of an exhibition [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/ ''Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging''] at [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ Museum of the History of Science, Oxford] 20 May - 13 September 1997.</ref> Reynolds & Branson patented the Phoenix in 1883, and Branson patented a further development of the shutter on his own. | * 'Phoenix' shutter: a rather crude shutter, with a hinged flap as the opening blind for each lens, that automatically releases a dropping plate as the closing blind (the 'drop' is accelerated by a tensioned rubber band). The Phoenix was made in both normal mono and stereo models<ref name=EP>[http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/site/entry_S1.html#S86 Stereo Phoenix shutter] at [http://www.earlyphotography.co.uk/index.html Early Photography].</ref><ref>[http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/item130.htm Mono Phoenix shutter] in the catalogue of an exhibition [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/cameras/ ''Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging''] at [http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/ Museum of the History of Science, Oxford] 20 May - 13 September 1997.</ref> Reynolds & Branson patented the Phoenix in 1883, and Branson patented a further development of the shutter on his own. | ||
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==Links== | ==Links== | ||
− | * [ | + | * [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=pn%3DGB189316373A British Patent 16373 of 1893] granted to F.W. Branson, ''Improvements in or in connection with cameras'', describing (i) the use of ribs to strengthen and stiffen the sliding parts of a focusing bed, and (ii) a design for a rack-and-pinion focusing mechanism using racks with teeth cut at an angle and pinions cut in a spiral, to give smoother focusing operation than a conventional rack and pinion; at [http://worldwide.espacenet.com/ Espacenet], the patent search facility of the European Patent Office. |
* [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009119_168246&DISPLAY=FULL Photograph of a photographic exhibition] of 1891 in the Leeds City Art Gallery, with a display case of goods by Reynolds and Branson, presumably sponsors of the exhibition; at [http://www.leodis.net/default.aspx Leodis] - ''a photographic archive of Leeds''. [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009119_168247&DISPLAY=FULL Another display case], facing this one, showed goods by [[Pearson and Denham]]. | * [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009119_168246&DISPLAY=FULL Photograph of a photographic exhibition] of 1891 in the Leeds City Art Gallery, with a display case of goods by Reynolds and Branson, presumably sponsors of the exhibition; at [http://www.leodis.net/default.aspx Leodis] - ''a photographic archive of Leeds''. [http://www.leodis.net/display.aspx?resourceIdentifier=2009119_168247&DISPLAY=FULL Another display case], facing this one, showed goods by [[Pearson and Denham]]. | ||
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Advertisement from Jackson's Cyclist's Guide to Yorkshire by Tom Bradley, 1900 (Publisher: Richard Jackson, Leeds). Given the date, 'as used in South Africa' may well refer to the Boer War. Scan by Michael Fawcett (Image rights) |
Reynolds and Branson was a company in Leeds, UK, apparently founded in 1816.[1][2] The company had premises in central Leeds, at 14 Commercial Street and 13 Briggate.
The firm was apparently founded by Thomas Harvey.[3] Subsequent company names include Harvey & Reynolds (1856), Harvey, Reynolds & Fowler (1861), Haw & Reynolds (1864), Haw, Reynolds & Co. (1867) and Reynolds & Branson (1886),[3] mostly recorded at addresses in Commercial Street and Briggate. Harvey, Reynolds & Company was also at the same addresses in 1881[4] By this date, Harvey (if the same man) would have been very old or dead, and it is probable this was a trading name used by the surviving company owners.
The company is generally described as a chemist and optician, but also made general medical equipment (including microscopes[5] and mercury thermometers[6]) and photographic items,[7] including cameras and magic lanterns.
Half-plate tailboard camera image by eBayer videohdv (Image rights) |
Cameras, etc
- Half-plate tailboard camera, about 1890 [8]
- Whole- or half-plate field camera, about 1890.[1]
- 'Phoenix' shutter: a rather crude shutter, with a hinged flap as the opening blind for each lens, that automatically releases a dropping plate as the closing blind (the 'drop' is accelerated by a tensioned rubber band). The Phoenix was made in both normal mono and stereo models[9][10] Reynolds & Branson patented the Phoenix in 1883, and Branson patented a further development of the shutter on his own.
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 McKeown, James M. and Joan C. McKeown's Price Guide to Antique and Classic Cameras, 12th Edition, 2005-2006. USA, Centennial Photo Service, 2004. ISBN 0-931838-40-1 (hardcover). ISBN 0-931838-41-X (softcover). p819.
- ↑ Grace's Guide; the entry includes an advertisement for three items: patient record cards, filing drawers for them, and suppositaries!
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bennion, Elisabeth (1979) Antique Medical Instruments, Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications/University of California Press, London, 1979, p319. at Google Books.
- ↑ 1881 advertisement for Harvey, Reynolds & Co.'s Phosphorade, at Mickey Mike's Leeds Ginger Beer & Mineral Water Bottles (including ginger beer and mineral water bottles and pot lids by Reynolds & Branson).
- ↑ Microscope by Harvey, Reynolds & Co., sold at auction by Red Baron Antiques, Altanta, GA in January 2013.
- ↑ The Allbutt Clinical Thermometer (archived), made by Harvey, Reynolds & Co., at the blog of the University of Leeds' Museum of the History of Science, Technology and Medicine.
- ↑ British Journal of Photography Vol XXI (1874), No. 733, p247, 'The Harrogate Rest', describing a portrait photographer's head-rest introduced by Harvey, Reynolds & Co.; at the Internet Archive.
- ↑ Reynolds and Branson half-plate tailboard camera, about 1890, at Wood and Brass
- ↑ Stereo Phoenix shutter at Early Photography.
- ↑ Mono Phoenix shutter in the catalogue of an exhibition Cameras: the Technology of Photographic Imaging at Museum of the History of Science, Oxford 20 May - 13 September 1997.
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Links
- British Patent 16373 of 1893 granted to F.W. Branson, Improvements in or in connection with cameras, describing (i) the use of ribs to strengthen and stiffen the sliding parts of a focusing bed, and (ii) a design for a rack-and-pinion focusing mechanism using racks with teeth cut at an angle and pinions cut in a spiral, to give smoother focusing operation than a conventional rack and pinion; at Espacenet, the patent search facility of the European Patent Office.
- Photograph of a photographic exhibition of 1891 in the Leeds City Art Gallery, with a display case of goods by Reynolds and Branson, presumably sponsors of the exhibition; at Leodis - a photographic archive of Leeds. Another display case, facing this one, showed goods by Pearson and Denham.