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Husbands, Henry (1870? - 1890?)

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Optician and Scientific instrument maker
Born: 1870?  England?.  Died: 1890?.
Henry Husbands was an English optical instrument maker who was asked to make equipment for the trigonometrical survey of New South Wales. His two sons, both opticians, set up practice in Melbourne. The Museum of Applied Arts and Science (Powerhouse Museum, Sydney) hold records relating to all three men.

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Fl. 1870-1890
 

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