Cambridge Scientific Instrument Company[]
1881-1920[]
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The Cambridge and Paul Instrument Company Ltd.[]
1920-1924[]
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The company’s name was changed in 1920 to reflect its merger with the R.W. Paul Instrument Company of London.
Cambridge Instrument Company Ltd.[]
1924-196?[]
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196?-1968[]
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Its name was changed again upon becoming a public limited company in 1924.
Scientific & Medical Instruments[]
1968-1975[]
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Cambridge Instrument Company was acquired by George Kent Ltd in 1968, and became their scientific instruments division. As part of George Kent's merger with Brown Boveri in 1974, this division was spun off.
Cambridge Instruments[]
1975-1990[]
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In November 1975, the now independent Scientific & Medical Instruments was taken over by Melbourn, Cambridgeshire-based Metals Research Ltd., and renamed back to Cambridge Instruments. Cambridge acquired Bausch & Lomb's Optical Scientific Products Division and Reichert-Jung in 1986, and later agreed to merge with Wild Leitz in July 1989, forming Leica Group in April 1990.
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