Introduction
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Precision Instruments Culture in Canada is a historical research project on over 450 Canadian makers, sellers, repairers and researchers whose work focused on the production or sale of precision or scientific equipment and tools. It showcases the range and presence of scientific industrial and academic innovation in Canada over more than two centuries, from 1778 to the present day.
The project includes a database containing historical data about Canadian precision makers and sellers, and some focused histories featuring Canadian stories of precision innovation.
The project includes companies, individuals and government agencies producing or selling equipment, tools and machines intended for a scientific purpose, or requiring scientific precision to manufacture. This is a huge range of objects with very different purposes—from household clocks to electrical meters, from navigation equipment to computers, and from a balance designed to measure tiny masses to the payload of a rocket with a scientific mission.