Pistor & Martins

1841 - early 1870s

BiographyThe origins of this firm goes back to Carl Philipp Heinrich Pistor (1778-1847), who opened an instrument workshop in Berlin in 1813. In 1841, Pistor went into a partnership with his son-in-law, Carl Otto Albrecht Martins (1816-1871). The Pistor & Martins firm remained in business until the early 1870s.

This firm is especially known for the production of large astronomical instruments, such as meridian circles.

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"Pistor & Martins Sextant," Smithsonian National Museum of American History, http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1058598 (accessed 06/18/2015)