George III Period Brass Sundial by Benjamin Cockings of Bridgewater cased thermometer or supplied goods for resale

or supplied goods for resale to Bate during this early period

The company’s success drove the decision to incorporate in 1900 and it was renamed to the “Etablissements Poulenc Frère” with the three brothers retaining two thirds of the capital

this example seems a little too fragile for field use

“Les Etablissements Poulenc Frères

William Henry Avery continued to run the company employing his eldest son William Beilby before his death in 1874

George III Period Brass Sundial by Benjamin Cockings of Bridgewater cased thermometer or supplied goods for resaleFor sale, a George III Period Brass Sundial by Benjamin Cockings of Bridgewater. Comprised of an eight inch brass dial with Arabic numeral divisions, an incredibly unusual design feature for the period. The inner arc is further engraved with degrees subdivisions radiating in a solar pattern from the front edge of the gnomon. The latter two thirds of the dial are reserved for the makers name, B. Cockings, Bridgewater Fecit. Above the name is further