F. W. Braun & Company
founded 1888
Established in 1888 the F. W. Braun company are "importers and dealers in all kinds of assayers' materials, as well as manufacturers of labor saving appliances for assaying. laboratory supplies of every description and scientific apparatus of different varieties."
"F. W. Braun Company," California Digital Newspaper Collection, Los Angeles Herald, 29 July 1906, http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&d=LAH19060729.2.85.12.1 (accessed 09/22/2014)