Below is a scan from the back of my 1893 Brown & Sharpe Catalog. It’s the beginning of a catalog within a catalog. “Darling” refers to Samuel Darling, who had a partnership with Brown & Sharpe from 1866 until 1896 or so. Here’s a screw & wire gauge made during that time. … You stick […]

Sometime around WW1 Brown & Sharpe introduced the No. 11 micrometer. At that time it wasn’t called the No. 11. It was called the “Rex”. The only Rex in my collection is so horrid looking that I have to include some catalog pages. Besides, there are 3 different frame variations. Below is a catalog page […]