Wednesday, 26 April 2023

A Dyer and a Cooke telescope

 

In 1859 Ehud Hanson (Dyer) Hampden Place, Halifax brought a 2.75 in telescope from Thomas Cooke & Sons, it had a polished tube, finder, steadying rods, terrestrial and astronomical eyepieces in box £21.

Ehud Hanson was a partner in Taylor & Hanson Dyers at Hampden Place, Halifax.

Ehud Hanson 1826-1865 employed 36 men and 4 boys in 1861 and 33 men and 5 boys in 1871




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