Husbands, Henry

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English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 2001-12-21 human updated 2019-12-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P004110b.htm person Husbands Henry AACR2 1870? 1890? Place of Birth England? Optician Scientific instrument maker Henry Husbands was an English optical instrument maker who was asked to make equipment for the trigonometrical survey of New South Wales. His two sons, both opticians, set up practice in Melbourne. The Museum of Applied Arts and Science (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) hold records relating to all three men.

Fl. 1870-1890

Husbands, Henry (1870-1890)

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'Husbands, Henry', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Husbands, Henry Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Husbands, Henry (fl. 1870-1890) Powerhouse Museum Husbands, Henry (fl. 1870-1890) 98/187/2 1870 - 1913 Papers of Henry Husbands, optician and maker of scientific instruments of Bristol, England. Includes correspondence with theodolite designer William Ellis Metford, with noted English engineers Henry Marc Brunel and William Froude re theodolites to be made for them and with the Surveyor-General of New South Wales, Philip Adams, re instruments required for the trigonometrical survey of NSW. Also legal papers re the business interests of his optician sons William Samuel Husbands and George Frederick Husbands in Melbourne.