The Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd.
Title
The Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd.
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Type
Company
Active From
1933-01-01
Location
1440 McGill College Ave., Montreal, QC (1933)
Product Areas
Electricity
Activities
Manufacturing
Timeline
1964 – Active 1440 McGill College Ave., Montreal, QC. Listed as representing: Cooke, Gurley, Path. (Fraser's Canadian Trade Dictionary (1964))
Sources
Fraser’s Canadian Trade Dictionary (1964): 775, 776
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Sextant, pocket | Pocket sextant |
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Sextant, pocket | |
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Scale, engineer's | |
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Pointer, station | USED FOR FIXING POSITION ALONG A COAST |
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Rule | A SERIES OF MARKINGS AT REGULAR INTERVALS WHICH ARE USED ... |
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Triangle | USED TO DRAW LINES AT A 90, 30 OR 60 ... |
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Pantograph | APPARATUS FOR ENLARGING OR REDUCING PICTURES, MAPS, OR DRAWINGS TO ... |
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Protractor | USED TO MEASURE AND DRAW ANGLES WITH PRECISION |
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Protractor | USED TO MEASURE AND DRAW ANGLES WITH PRECISION |
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Curve, drawing | USED TO DRAW FIGURES WITH COMPLEX CURVES FOR PUBLICATIONS, SLIDE ... |
Collection
Citation
“The Hughes-Owens Co. Ltd.,” Precision Instrument Culture in Canada, accessed December 5, 2025, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/instrument-precision/items/show/2224.
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