Central Scientific Company
1889 - 2000
Central Scientific Company was founded in 1900 in downtown Chicago. It was formed out of what was left of the Olmstad Scientific Company after a disastrous fire in 1898, which killed the founder and owner, W.A. Olmstad, and ten of his staff. Cenco manufactured and distributed science teaching equipment for schools, colleges, and universities.
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A detailed company history is available at "CENTRAL SCIENTIFIC COMPANY," the Robert A. Paselk Scientific Instrument Museum, Humboldt State University, http://www.humboldt.edu/~scimus/Manufac/Cenco/Cenco.htm (accessed 09/02/2014)