Arthur H. Thomas Company
1900-present
Arthur H. Thomas was born in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and he was nineteen years old when he joined James W. Queen Company in Philadelphia, then the leading optical and instrument maker in the United States. Queen Company was an importer, dealer, and manufacturer of everything from lab equipment to microscopes, drafting instruments, and theodolites. Thomas received a thorough apprenticeship in instrument manufacturing and in 1900 set up his own company with J. Edward Patterson to import and sell instruments.
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