Taylor/Tycos/Short & Mason
Taylor Instruments Factory 1919
George Taylor and David Kendall began making thermometers in 1851. By 1853 George was on his own and in 1872 he formed Taylor Brothers with his brother Frank. They morphed into Taylor Instrument Company in 1907 and began using the trade name Tycos in 1908. The Tycos name was used exclusively until 1932, when the Taylor name was used.
A detailed history of Taylor Instruments written in 1976 may be downloaded below (5 pages):
Taylor Ad 1910
A short, more recent history of Taylor Instruments may be found here. In 1968, Taylor became part of Sybron Corporation. In 1983, Combustion Engineering acquired Taylor from Sybron. ABB acquired Combustion Engineering, and with it Taylor, in 1990.
Short & Mason was established in England in 1845 and was a maker of high-quality weather instruments. Taylor Brothers bought Short & Mason in 1900 and Taylor marketed their made-in-England products in the USA. In 1969 Short & Mason was merged into Taylor Instruments, which was then a subsidiary of Sybron Corporation.
Taylor Ad 1921
Hohmann & Maurer was a New York City thermometer maker, founded by Henry Maurer, a Swiss immigrant, and A B Hohmann. Founded around 1885, their trademark was 'H&M'. They were bought by Taylor Instrument in 1896. Taylor continued to use the H&M logo on their thermometers.
Taylor Ad 1920s
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Catalogs
Taylor Brothers Ad 1900
An 1877 Taylor Brothers catalog may be found here.
The following is not a catalog but a 1908 book titled "Weather and Weather Instruments" published by Taylor (175 pages):
From the 1890s or early 1900s, a Hohmann & Maurer thermometer catalog may be downloaded below (35 pages):
From 1911, a Short & Mason instrument catalog from shortly after they were acquired by Taylor may be downloaded below (92 pages):
From 1911, 'The Barometer Book' published by Taylor has pictures and prices for barometers and barographs (42 pages):
From 1913, the Tycos Hygrometer Book is available for download below. It has some instrument photos and descriptions (33 pages):
From 1914, a Taylor H&M Division thermometer catalog is available below. Mostly industrial, but a few instruments of meteorological interest (77 pages):
A 1919 Tycos Industrial Equipment Catalog may be downloaded below, 462 pages. It has a few pages interesting to weather instrument collectors. It has an interesting section on hydrometers, off topic.
From the 1910s(?), a small booklet on Tycos Watch and Pocket Aneroids may be downloaded below (9 pages):
From 1921, a catalog excerpt from the American Blue Print Paper Company showing the Tycos instruments they carried may be downloaded below (9 pages):
From 1922, a small Tycos Stormoguide booklet may be downloaded below (12 pages)
From 1923, a Tycos catalog entitled "Thermometers - A Profitable Line" is available below (29 pages):
This 1926 Tycos catalog has a separate section on Short & Mason instruments. The original document is missing pages 29 and 30, so is the PDF (71 pages):
From 1927, a small Taylor/Tycos/Short & Mason booklet, "Altitude Barometers", may be downloaded below (10 pages):
This 1929 Tycos catalog has also a separate section on Short & Mason instruments (75 pages):
Also from 1929, "The Tycos Book", a catalog for retailers, may be downloaded here (36 pages):
A 1930 Tycos thermometer catalog with some other weather instruments may be downloaded below (94 pages):
From 1931, "The Tycos Book", a catalog for retailers, is available below (35 pages):
A 1936 Taylor Catalog is available below (10 pages):
Also from 1936, a tiny advertising brochure showing Taylor thermometers can be downloaded below (2 pages):
From 1938, an instrument catalog from Taylor of Canada is available below (52 pages):
From 1945, a small booklet entitled "Taylor Barometers" may be downloaded below (20 pages):
An instruction sheet from 1948 for Taylor barometers may be downloaded below (12 pages):
A 1950s catalog for Taylor weather instruments may be downloaded here (36 pages):
A 1961 Taylor catalog is available here (18 pages):
A 1964 Taylor catalog can be downloaded below (12 pages):
A 1966 Taylor catalog is available here (12 pages):
A 1968 catalog for Taylor weather instruments may be downloaded here (14 pages):
From 1972, a Taylor Instruments catalog may be downloaded below (20 pages):
Charts
By permission from ABB, the following are JPG images of charts for Taylor barographs and thermographs:
The following are charts for the Taylor 6450 barograph, in inHg and kPa (mb/10):
The following is a chart for the earlier Taylor Stormograph barographs, inHg only:
The following are charts for the Taylor 2354 thermograph in color and gray, degrees F only:
The following is a chart for the Taylor 2350 thermograph, degrees F only:
