Maker Info
Hilger and Watts, Ltd.
Hilger & Watts were optical and precision instrument manufacturers. Founded in 1948 when Hilger and E R Watts merged. In the 1950's they developed emission and atomic absorption spectroscopy and were awarded the contract to develop X-ray detection crystals such as scintillators for the British Government. In 1968 the company was now specializing in emission spectroscopy and crystals the name changed to Hilger Analytical.