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The Warner & Swasey Company was an American manufacturer of machine tools, instruments, and special machinery. It operated as an independent business firm, based in Cleveland, from its founding in 1880 until its acquisition in 1980. It was founded as a partnership in 1880 by Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929) and Ambrose Swasey (1846–1937). The company was best known for two general types of products: astronomical telescopes and turret lathes. It also did a large amount of instrument work, such as equipment for astronomical observatories and military instruments (rangefinders, optical gunsights, etc.) The themes that united these various lines of business were the crafts of toolmaking and instrument-making, which have often overlapped technologically. In the decades after World War II, it a

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  • La Warner & Swasey Company fue un fabricante estadounidense de máquinas herramienta, instrumentos de medición y maquinaria especial. Operó como una empresa independiente, basada en Cleveland, desde su fundación en 1880 hasta su venta en 1980. Fue fundada como una sociedad en 1880 por Worcester Reed Warner (1846-1929) y Ambrose Swasey (1846-1937). La compañía fue famosa por dos tipos generales de productos: telescopios para astronomía y tornos revólver. También produjo una gran cantidad de instrumental de trabajo, como equipos para observatorios astronómicos; e instrumentos militares (como telémetros o visores).​ Las características que unieron estas diversas líneas de negocio fueron la producción casi artesanal de su maquinaria y la cuidadosa fabricación de su instrumental, que a menudo se (es)
  • The Warner & Swasey Company was an American manufacturer of machine tools, instruments, and special machinery. It operated as an independent business firm, based in Cleveland, from its founding in 1880 until its acquisition in 1980. It was founded as a partnership in 1880 by Worcester Reed Warner (1846–1929) and Ambrose Swasey (1846–1937). The company was best known for two general types of products: astronomical telescopes and turret lathes. It also did a large amount of instrument work, such as equipment for astronomical observatories and military instruments (rangefinders, optical gunsights, etc.) The themes that united these various lines of business were the crafts of toolmaking and instrument-making, which have often overlapped technologically. In the decades after World War II, it a (en)
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