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'''Williamson''' was a maker of [[aerial camera]]s.
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The Williamson Kinematograph Company was a UK company established by James Williamson in 1898, and continued by his son Colin. Williamson senior was Scottish, but set up his company at Hove on the English south coast. The company later had a manufacturing plant (as the Williamson Manufacturing Company) in Willesden, north London. Colin Williamson held a number of patents, for photographic shutters, aerial cameras (such as the First-World-War [[Williamson L-type camera|L-type aerial camera]]), cinematographic and enlarging equipment and more general engineering designs.<ref>[https://worldwide.espacenet.com/patent/search?q=num%20%3D%20%22GB%22%20AND%20%28ia%20%3D%20%22Williamson%20Colin%20Martin%22%20OR%20ia%20%3D%20%22Colin%20Martin%20Williamson%22%29 British Patents] held by Colin Williamson, at [https://worldwide.espacenet.com/ Espacenet].</ref>
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*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200390.html Williamson L.B. Aero-Camera] at flightglobal.com [http://www.flightglobal.com]
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Williamson_(film_pioneer) Wikipedia article about James A. Williamson]
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*[http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1921/1921%20-%200390.html Williamson L.B. Aero-Camera] at [http://www.flightglobal.com Flightglobal.com]
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*[https://www.leitz-auction.com/en/Williamson-Mfg.-Pistol-Camera/A00282 Williamson 'Pistol' camera] - a hand-held camera for 2¼x3¼-inch exposures, on a pistol grip with a galilean viewfinder, with a 5-inch f/4.5 Ross Xpres and Gammax [[everset]] shutter, sold at the 43rd Leitz Photographica Auction, in November 2023.
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The Williamson Kinematograph Company was a UK company established by James Williamson in 1898, and continued by his son Colin. Williamson senior was Scottish, but set up his company at Hove on the English south coast. The company later had a manufacturing plant (as the Williamson Manufacturing Company) in Willesden, north London. Colin Williamson held a number of patents, for photographic shutters, aerial cameras (such as the First-World-War L-type aerial camera), cinematographic and enlarging equipment and more general engineering designs.[1]

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  1. British Patents held by Colin Williamson, at Espacenet.

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