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T. Cooke & Sons was an English instrument-making firm, headquartered in York. It was founded by Thomas Cooke by 1837. ==History== By 1855 Thomas Cooke had built a factory at Bishophill in York.〔(Vickers Instruments - Borthwick Institute for Archives, The University of York )〕 The firm built the clock face on the Darlington clock tower.〔http://www.visitdarlington.com/images/icons_large/icon_pdf.gif〕 Following the death of Cooke in 1868, the business was continued by his sons.〔〔(Focus falls on Vickers Instruments (From York Press) )〕 In 1914, a new factory was built in Bishophill.〔 In 1915 Vickers acquired a controlling stake in the company.〔 In 1922 Vickers merged it with Troughton & Simms to form Cooke, Troughton & Simms.〔 (About the merger with Troughton & Simms.)〕 In 1924 the company became a wholly owned subsidiary of Vickers.〔 In 1939 another factory was built on a larger site in Haxby Road and during the Second World War, the company employed 3,300 people.〔 In 1963 the company was renamed Vickers Instruments.〔 In 1989 the company was sold to Bio-Rad Micromeasurements, apart from the defence products, which were sold to British Aerospace.〔 The Haxby Road site was demolished in 2008.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「T. Cooke & Sons」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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