Negretti & Zambra
Negretti & Zambra Ad - 1900
Henry Negretti and Joseph Zambra founded their instrument manufacturing firm in 1850 at No 11 Hatton Garden in London. They occupied numerous other locations over the years. They were located at 38 Holborn Viaduct from 1869 to 1941, when the facility was destroyed in WWII bombing. Negretti died in 1879 and Zambra in 1897. The company went public in 1948, but profitability suffered and they were taken over by Western Scientific Instruments in 1981. The company went into liquidation in 2000.
A history of Negretti & Zambra may be downloaded below (24 pages):
The 1864 publication 'A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments' is available below courtesy the Smithsonian Library (186 pages):
From the 1860s, a Negretti & Zambra catalog may be downloaded below. Only one page on barometers. (34 pages):
Also from the 1860s, a N&Z supplemental price list may be downloaded below (8 pages):
An 1878 Negretti & Zambra catalog of meteorological instruments may be downloaded below, courtesy the Smithsonian Library (579 pages):
A 1905 price list from Negretti & Zambra is available below (39 pages):
The 1910 catalog 'Standard Meteorological Instruments' is provided below (11 pages):
The 1930 'Standard Meteorological Instruments List M2' is below (140 pages):
The 1936 'Standard Meteorological Instruments List M3' is below (138 pages):
The 1950 'Meteorological Instruments List M4' is below (101 pages):
From 1954, a Negretti & Zambra hygrometer catalog is available below (48 pages):
