Microscope Museum

Collection of antique microscopes and other scientific instruments

 

Bunsen burner made by Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd.

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Bunsen burner engraved with “BAIRD & TATLOCK (LONDON) LTD, LONDON”. The firm was founded by Hugh Harper Baird in Glasgow in 1881. In 1896, the partnership dissolved and Hugh Baird went to London, with John Tatlock staying in Glasgow. In 1903, the London company became Baird & Tatlock (London) Ltd. In 1915, the Glasgow firm also took the name of Baird & Tatlock, Ltd, spurring a dispute over who had the rights of using that name. The two firms held the same name until 1925, when the Glasgow company merged with John J. Griffin & Sons, Ltd., and began trading under the name of Griffin & Tatlock Ltd in 1929.