J T Slocomb Company Providence Ri
- Slocomb Company - Machine Tools Providence, Rhode Island - 1915 with Fancy Flag Cancel Sent to Maxwell Motor Co. (Comedian Jack Benny owned one) The reverse of the cover below contains a graphic of the company's Combination (Semi High Speed Steel) Center Drill. RI Historical Society.
- Antique micrometer has J.T. Slocomb Providence R.I. With 8ths 32nds and 16ths pat May 12 96 Apr 13 97 tool is 1-2 inch and tool has been used and is locked at one inch but still moves freely out for larger measurement.
Download this stock image: Hardware merchandising January-March 1911. Good Machinists Prefer Slocomb Micrometer Calipers for the simple reason that they are absolutely accurate and are themost durable tools of the kind made in the world. Dealers can in-crease sales of ALL TOOLS by putting in a stock of SlocombCalipers and letting local machinists know about it. They are made in all sizes from.
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John Tibbets Slocomb (JT) was an important manufacturer of micrometers. He began his career at the Bangor Foundry and Machine Company in 1881, then the Brainerd Milling Machine Company in 1885. Another employee had made a micrometer which other workers were borrowing. The utility of the device didn’t go unnoticed.
JT worked for other machine shops including the HB Smith Machine Company, Holyoke Machine Company, Brown & Sharpe, and the Rhode Island Locomotive Works. While working at Brown & Sharpe, from 1887 to 1889, he met CE Barlow. The two formed a partnership known as JT Slocomb & Company in 1891.
Slow work during the panic years of 1890 to 1893 allowed time for JT to work on his micrometer. At the time, precision instruments were generally a work of art and expensive. Slocomb’s goal was a durable and accurate instrument made available at an acceptable price. He was also responsible for getting machinery manufacturers to standardize adjustments with dials marked in thousandths of an inch. The partners began selling micrometers to the trade in 1893.
The company was sold to JH Drury in 1914. Drury was sales manager for Union Twist Drill which continued using the Slocomb name.
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