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Records of Barr & Stroud Ltd

Glasgow University Archive Services

Plans

Series Summary

Reference Code

GB 0248 UGD 295/9

Date(s)

1889-1976

Extent and medium of the unit of description

over 2000

items

Name of creator

Barr & Stroud Ltd | 1913-1977 | optical instrument engineers | Glasgow (Scotland)

Biographical History

Biographical History

Barr & Stroud kept plans, diagrams and drawings of and relating to the products they manufactured, along with various indexes. These include telescopes, optophones, periscopes, rangefinders, gunsights, inclinometers, fire controls, stereoscopes, coniometers, plastometers, photonymographs, cameras, radar equipment along with mechanical, electrical and electronic components of them.

Scope and Content

Scope and Content

The Plans series consists of:

  • indexes
  • drawings
  • index plans
  • plans
(1889-1976)

Index

Subjects

Businesses and Organisations

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