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'''Herbert J. Winn''' was an American industrial executive who served as President of the [[Taylor Instrument Companies]] for a quarter century from 1913 to 1938.

Rising through the ranks from an upstate traveling salesman to establishing the firm's European presence in London, Winn went on to guide the company through its vital manufacturing contributions in World War I, major capital expansion during the 1920s, and the corporate founding of Taylor Instrument Companies of Canada, Ltd.

== Early Career & London Expansion (1893–1906) ==
Winn joined the Taylor Brothers Company in 1893 during the administration of [[Frank Taylor]]. His initial position was as a traveling salesman representing the company's expanding thermometer lines throughout Canada.

Recognized early for his administrative energy and commercial acumen:
* In '''1898''', Winn was sent to England to establish and organize the company's first overseas branch office at 106 Hatton Garden in London.
* His work in Britain laid the groundwork for closer commercial ties with British meteorological makers and set the stage for Taylor's major acquisition of '''Short & Mason Co., Ltd.''' in 1900.

== Executive Leadership & Presidency (1907–1938) ==
Upon returning to the central headquarters in Rochester, New York, Winn stepped into executive finance:
* '''Treasurer (1907):''' Winn was elected Treasurer of the consolidated Taylor Instrument Companies, supervising capitalization during the opening of the landmark Ames Street main plant.
* '''Elected President (1913):''' Following the sudden death of company president J. Merton Taylor in July 1913, Winn was elected President and Treasurer, uniting chief operational and financial direction under his leadership.

=== Wartime Leadership & International Scale ===
Under Winn's twenty-five-year presidency, the company grew into an international precision instrument power:
* '''World War I Mobilization:''' Taylor developed crucial military supply contracts for the United States government, scaling its manufacturing workforce from 600 to more than 1,270 workers to produce aeronautical altimeters and military munitions gauges.
* '''Laboratory & Research Foundation:''' Prior to 1920, Winn authorized the founding of the dedicated Chemical Laboratory, Physical Laboratory, and the Sales Engineering Department in Rochester, followed by the establishment of the on-site Tycos Company Library in 1922.
* '''National & Global Branch Network:''' Winn oversaw the establishment of major divisional branch offices in Toronto and St. Louis (1914), Baltimore (1915), Washington state and Washington, D.C. (1917), and later San Francisco, Los Angeles, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Tulsa, and Seattle.
* '''Capital Growth:''' In 1929, the capital stock of the company doubled under his guidance from $2.5 million to $5.0 million.
* '''Canadian Incorporation (1930):''' He led the formal incorporation of '''Taylor Instrument Companies of Canada, Ltd.''', maintaining whole corporate ownership under the Rochester parent firm.

== Chairman of the Board & Later Years ==
In 1938, after a historic 25-year tenure as President, Winn retired from active daily executive leadership and was succeeded in the presidency by Lewis B. Swift.

Winn subsequently transitioned into the role of '''Chairman of the Board of Directors''', a high-level oversight office established by the company's stockholders, where he continued to advise corporate strategy during the mobilization period leading into World War II.

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Herbert J. Winn's executive correspondence, board minutes, and overseas branch records are preserved in the '''Taylor Instrument Company Papers (Collection D.75)''' at the University of Rochester Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation:
* '''Series I: General History''' — Documentation of the 1898 London branch on Hatton Garden, 1913 presidential succession, and corporate board minutes.
* '''Series II: War Efforts''' — World War I federal aircraft and munitions contracts administered under his presidency.
* '''Series III: Business Papers''' — Sales records, Canadian incorporation files, and the 1929 stock expansion files.
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	* Precision barometers and altimeters for military aircraft.		* Precision barometers and altimeters for military aircraft.

	For excellence in wartime production, Taylor was awarded the prestigious '''Army-Navy “E” Award''' three times, as well as the joint Award for Chemical Engineering Achievement.		For excellence in wartime production, Taylor was awarded the prestigious [[Army-Navy_%22E%22_Award_Program_(1943)\|'''Army-Navy “E” Award''']] three times, as well as the joint Award for Chemical Engineering Achievement.

	== Centennial and Modern Legacy ==		== Centennial and Modern Legacy ==

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<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e2d5;"><td style="padding: 5px 0; font-weight: 700; color: #14153a;">Headquarters:</td><td style="padding: 5px 0; text-align: right;">95 Ames Street<br>Rochester, New York</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e2d5;"><td style="padding: 5px 0; font-weight: 700; color: #14153a;">Trade Marks:</td><td style="padding: 5px 0; text-align: right;">''Tycos'', ''Taylor''</td></tr>
<tr style="border-bottom: 1px solid #e8e2d5;"><td style="padding: 5px 0; font-weight: 700; color: #14153a;">Incorporated:</td><td style="padding: 5px 0; text-align: right;">1890 ($75,000 cap.)</td></tr>
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'''Taylor Instrument Companies''' was an American industrial precision manufacturing firm headquartered in Rochester, New York. Founded in 1851 as '''Kendall & Taylor''', the firm evolved from a modest, single-room workshop producing handcrafted tin-case thermometers into an international leader in temperature, pressure, meteorological, and automated process-control instrumentation.

Under the guidance of the Taylor family and prominent executives such as Herbert J. Winn, the company supplied instruments critical to global aviation, heavy chemical manufacturing, naval aviation, and the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge, operating as an independent entity until its 1983 merger with Combustion Engineering and subsequent integration into the ABB Group.

== Origins & Early Growth (1851–1889) ==
The foundation of the firm began in November 1851 when [[David Kendall]], a master instrument craftsman trained in New Lebanon, partnered with 19-year-old [[George Taylor]] above Post’s Drug Store on Exchange Street in downtown Rochester.

* '''Kendall & Taylor (1851–1853):''' Kendall fabricated glass thermometer tubes and graduated scales while Taylor oversaw distribution and sales throughout western New York.
* '''11 Hill Street (1853–1859):''' George Taylor bought out Kendall and relocated the enterprise to larger quarters on Hill Street to expand its artisan workforce.
* '''Taylor & Richardson (1866):''' George's brother [[Frank Taylor]] arrived in Rochester from New Hampshire in 1862 and established Taylor & Richardson at 145 Buffalo Street with Hamlet F. Richardson.
* '''Taylor Brothers (1872):''' George acquired Richardson's interest in 1870, uniting operations with Frank under the celebrated partnership name Taylor Brothers, leading the firm until George's death in 1889.

== Corporate Expansion & Acquisitions (1889–1906) ==
Following George's death in 1889, [[Frank Taylor]] assumed the presidency and led the firm’s incorporation in 1890 as the '''Taylor Brothers Company''' with $75,000 in capital stock. Bringing George's sons—'''J. Merton Taylor''' and '''G. Elbert Taylor'''—into executive leadership, Frank orchestrated decisive corporate acquisitions that shifted the firm from domestic consumer instruments to heavy industrial control:

# '''Watertown Thermometer Co. (1891):''' Consolidated domestic and fever thermometer production.
# '''Hohmann & Maurer Manufacturing Co. (1895):''' Brooklyn makers of high-range industrial thermometers and steam gauges; relocated to Rochester in 1896.
# '''London Branch (1898):''' A manufacturing and sales depot opened at 106 Hatton Garden, London, initiated by traveling representative Herbert J. Winn.
# '''Short & Mason Co., Ltd. (1900):''' High-precision London fabricators of aneroid barometers, compasses, and meteorological instruments.
# '''Davis & Roesch Mfg. Co. and R. Hoehn Co. (1905):''' Broadened the company's automatic regulators and specialty measuring devices.

=== The Ames Street Main Plant (1906) ===
By October 1900, corporate capitalization had grown to $535,000. In response to rapid growth, the company commissioned a sprawling modern manufacturing complex at '''95 Ames Street''' in Rochester. Completed in January 1906, all corporate offices, laboratories, glass-blowing shops, machine works, and the Watertown plant operations were consolidated at the Ames Street campus.

== World War I and the Tycos Era ==
Under the presidency of J. Merton Taylor (1910–1913) and subsequently Herbert J. Winn (1913–1938), the company established dedicated Chemical and Physical Research Laboratories and opened sales offices across North America.

During World War I, Taylor expanded its workforce from 600 to more than 1,270 employees, manufacturing altimeters and aircraft instrumentation for the United States government—advancements made possible through Short & Mason's early aeronautical expertise. In 1922, the company opened the dedicated '''Tycos Company Library''' on site to document its expanding scientific patents and publications.

In 1930, the firm incorporated '''Taylor Instrument Companies of Canada, Ltd.''' and gradually phased out the ''Tycos'' trade name in favor of a unified ''Taylor'' trademark.

== World War II & The Manhattan Project ==
During World War II, Taylor Instrument Companies was selected as the prime contractor for process-control instrumentation for the classified gaseous diffusion plant (K-25) in the **Oak Ridge Atomic Bomb Project** in Tennessee.

The company also manufactured:
* Classified bomb sights for A-26 Invader attack aircraft.
* Pressure-modulating medical boots for wounded soldiers.
* Millions of compasses for the U.S. Army and Army Corps of Engineers.
* Precision barometers and altimeters for military aircraft.

For excellence in wartime production, Taylor was awarded the prestigious '''Army-Navy “E” Award''' three times, as well as the joint Award for Chemical Engineering Achievement.

== Centennial and Modern Legacy ==
In 1951, the company celebrated 100 years of operation with an open house and citywide centennial events in Rochester.

In 1983, Taylor merged with Combustion Engineering, becoming a cornerstone of industrial process automation in the United States. Following Combustion Engineering’s purchase in 1989, the Taylor manufacturing lineage was integrated into the global instrumentation operations of the **ABB Group**.

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Primary records, executive minutes, plant photographs, and blueprints documenting Taylor Instrument Companies are held in the '''Taylor Instrument Company Papers (Collection D.75)''' at the University of Rochester Department of Rare Books, Special Collections, and Preservation:
* '''Series I: General History (1851–1951)''' — Charters, Ames Street building records, and Centennial records.
* '''Series II: War Efforts''' — Documentation of World War I aircraft contracts, World War II Manhattan Project production, and Army-Navy "E" Awards.
* '''Series III: Business Papers''' — Scientific research files, catalogs, patents, and sales records.
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	== Archival & Family Links ==		== Archival & Family Links ==
	* [https://gewame.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=~~I003~~&tree=~~Taylor~~ Frank Taylor on The Taylor Family Tree]		* [https://gewame.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=I192566503407&tree=tree Frank Taylor on The Taylor Family Tree]
	* [[George Taylor\|Biography: George Taylor (1832–1890)]]		* [[George Taylor\|Biography: George Taylor (1832–1890)]]
	* [[David Kendall\|Biography: David Kendall (c. 1816–?)]]		* [[David Kendall\|Biography: David Kendall (c. 1816–?)]]
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	<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between; padding: 6px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebdcc4;"><strong style="color: #14153a;">Born:</strong> <span>Nov 1832 • New Hampshire</span></div>		<div style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between; padding: 6px 0; border-bottom: 1px solid #ebdcc4;"><strong style="color: #14153a;">Born:</strong> <span>Nov 1832 • New Hampshire</span></div>
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'''Frank Taylor''' (c. 1844–1920) was an American manufacturer, executive, and visionary corporate strategist who served as President of the Taylor Brothers Company from 1889 to 1900. Frank was the principal architect behind the firm's transformation from a regional thermometer workshop into the internationally renowned '''Taylor Instrument Companies'''.

== Early Life & Arrival in Rochester (1862) ==
Born in New Hampshire, Frank spent his youth in New England before following his older brother, [[George Taylor]], to western New York. Inspired by George's commercial success with the original [[David Kendall|Kendall & Taylor]] venture, Frank arrived in Rochester in 1862 to enter the thermometer and precision meteorological trade independently.

== Early Partnerships & The Formation of Taylor Bros. ==
* '''Taylor & Richardson:''' Shortly after establishing himself in Rochester, Frank partnered with his cousin, Hamlet F. Richardson, establishing a dedicated thermometer manufacturing workshop.
* '''Sole Management (1866):''' When Richardson temporarily stepped away due to failing health, the firm continued under Frank's sole direction as Taylor & Richardson.
* '''The 1871–1872 Merger:''' In 1871, Frank merged his successful thermometer enterprise with George Taylor's business. In 1872, the brothers formally adopted the partnership trade name '''Taylor Bros.''' (later operating as Taylor Brothers Company), uniting technical manufacturing under one roof.

== Corporate Leadership & Expansion (1889–1900) ==
Following the passing of George Taylor in 1889, Frank Taylor assumed the Presidency of the Taylor Brothers Company, ushering in a transformative era of modernization and aggressive acquisition:

* '''Corporate Incorporation (1890):''' Frank formally incorporated the business in 1890 with $75,000 in capital stock. He installed the next generation into corporate leadership, bringing George's sons—J. Merton Taylor and G. Elbert Taylor—into senior executive management.
* '''Watertown Thermometer Company (1891):''' Acquired the Watertown, N.Y. maker to expand domestic commercial distribution.
* '''Hohmann & Maurer Manufacturing Co. (1895):''' In one of the most critical acquisitions in company history, Frank purchased the Brooklyn-based Hohmann & Maurer firm. This move introduced heavy industrial recording thermometers, pressure gauges, and steam regulators to the product lineup, forming the famous H&M Division.
* '''International Footprint (1898):''' Frank spearheaded the company's European expansion, opening a corporate branch office on Hatton Garden in London, England.
* '''Short & Mason Co., Ltd. (1900):''' Completed the strategic buyout of London's premier manufacturer of precision scientific barometers, aviation instruments, and surveying equipment.

== Retirement & Enduring Legacy ==
In 1900, after orchestrating the consolidation that made the company a global brand, Frank retired from the presidency, handing executive reins to his nephews G. Elbert Taylor and subsequently J. Merton Taylor. Upon his retirement, the unified enterprise was officially incorporated as the **Taylor Instrument Companies** (later famous worldwide under the trademark *Tycos*).

Frank continued to guide corporate strategy as a senior member of the Board of Directors throughout the company's massive early 20th-century expansion. He passed away in Rochester in 1920.

== Archival & Family Links ==
* [https://gewame.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=I003&tree=Taylor Frank Taylor on The Taylor Family Tree]
* [[George Taylor|Biography: George Taylor (1832–1890)]]
* [[David Kendall|Biography: David Kendall (c. 1816–?)]]
* [[Company History|Taylor Instrument Companies Historical Timeline]]
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'''David Kendall''' (c. 1816–?) was an American precision instrument artisan whose mastery of glass tube calibration and thermometer manufacturing provided the foundational technical craft behind '''Kendall & Taylor''' (1851), the direct precursor to the Taylor Instrument Companies.

== Early Life & The Kendall Dynasty ==
David was born into one of the earliest and most respected precision thermometer-making families in the United States. He was the son of **Thomas Kendall Jr.** (1786–1831) of New Lebanon, New York, an inventor and machinist recognized as a pioneer of early American thermometry.

In the 1820s, Thomas Kendall Jr. engineered proprietary graduating machines capable of calibrating hand-ruled scales to the microscopic irregularities of glass tube bores. After Thomas Jr.'s death in 1831, the family enterprise continued under David's brother, **John Kendall** (1810–1892), operating as the renowned Kendall Shop in New Lebanon well into the late 19th century.

Growing up in this workshop environment, David mastered every facet of the trade, including glass tube manipulation, mercury purification and bulb filling, and precision hand graduation.

== Founding Kendall & Taylor (1851) ==
In 1851, at approximately 35 years of age, David Kendall relocated to Rochester, New York, bringing with him his specialized hand tools, craft secrets, and an initial inventory of instrument supplies valued around $600.

In November 1851, Kendall partnered with a 19-year-old [[George Taylor]] to establish '''Kendall & Taylor'''. They rented a single modest room above Post's Drug Store on Exchange Street in downtown Rochester, establishing a clear and complementary division of labor:
* '''David Kendall (Technical Artisan):''' Managed all workshop production—blowing glass tubes, drawing vacuum chambers, filling them with purified mercury, calibrating degree scales, and assembling finished thermometers and mercury barometers.
* '''George Taylor (Business & Distribution):''' Oversaw company record-keeping and finances, then packed finished instruments into a wooden trunk to peddle them directly to merchants, chemists, and farm supply dealers across western New York.

== Partnership Dissolution & Later Years ==
The venture proved immediately profitable, more than tripling its working assets within two years. Despite this success, David Kendall chose to leave the firm in 1853, selling his entire interest to George Taylor.

Taylor continued operating the business on Hill Street as a sole proprietorship, later joining forces with his brother Frank Taylor to establish Taylor Brothers and ultimately the Taylor Instrument Companies.

Following the sale:
* Kendall briefly manufactured barometers independently under his own name in Rochester.
* He subsequently moved west to Cleveland, Ohio, continuing small-scale barometer and thermometer production.
* In his later years, Kendall relocated to Michigan, where he engaged in furniture manufacturing.

== Legacy ==
While George Taylor provided the commercial drive that scaled the business into an international corporation, David Kendall contributed the essential scientific precision, trade techniques, and New Lebanon craft heritage that made early Rochester thermometers reliable and sought after.

== Archival & Reference Links ==
* [https://gewame.com/tree/getperson.php?personID=I002&tree=Taylor David Kendall on The Taylor Family Tree]
* [[Company History|Taylor Instrument Companies Historical Timeline]]
* [[George Taylor|Biography: George Taylor (1832–1890)]]
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	~~'''Year~~:~~''' 1940 &bull~~; ~~'''Pages~~:~~''' ~76 &bull~~; ~~'''Format~~:~~''' Embedded Interactive Reader~~ &~~bull~~; ~~'''Includes:''' 1941 Price Schedule~~
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	~~Comprehensive commercial~~ catalog ~~covering~~ Taylor~~'s industrial mercury-in-glass~~ thermometers, ~~temperature regulators~~, ~~barometers, hydrometers~~, and ~~laboratory testing equipment~~ on the eve of World War ~~II. Features full cutaway diagrams, bulb fittings, and ordering specifications~~.		<div style="display: inline-block; background: #c5a059; color: #14153a; font-size: 0.72rem; font-weight: 800; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.1em; padding: 3px 10px; border-radius: 4px; margin-bottom: 8px;">Upcoming Archival Acquisition</div>
			<h3 style="margin: 0 0 8px 0; font-family: 'Playfair Display', Georgia, serif; color: #14153a; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.25; font-weight: 700;">Recording & Index Thermometers (1913 Edition)</h3>
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			<strong style="color: #14153a;">Year:</strong> 1913 • <strong style="color: #14153a;">Publisher:</strong> The H&M Division / Taylor Instrument Companies • <strong style="color: #8a6414;">Status:</strong> Physical Copy En Route
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			Early industrial catalog published by the Hohmann & Maurer (H&M) Division of Taylor Instrument Companies, Rochester, N.Y. Highlights early Tycos recording thermometers, industrial index gauges, bulb types, and factory temperature monitoring systems on the eve of World War I.
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	~~[[1940 Taylor Instrument Catalog\|<span~~ style="display: inline-~~block~~; background~~-color~~: #~~1a2b49~~; color: #~~ffffff~~; padding: 7px ~~16px~~; border-radius: 4px; ~~font~~-~~weight~~: ~~600~~; ~~font~~-~~size~~: ~~0.88rem~~; ~~text~~-~~decoration~~: ~~none~~;">~~Open~~ Interactive Reader ~~→~~</~~span~~>]]		<span style="display: inline-block; width: 9px; height: 9px; background: #c5a059; border-radius: 50%; margin-right: 8px;"></span>
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Materials in this section may include business cards, matchbooks, promotional items, advertisements, employee memorabilia, stationery, badges, calendars, souvenirs, packaging, and other unique objects associated with Taylor Instrument Companies and its employees. These artifacts provide valuable insight into the company's culture, branding, and relationships with customers, suppliers, and employees.

Many of the items found here were not originally intended to be preserved as historical records. As a result, they often offer a rare glimpse into the everyday life of the company and can help researchers better understand how Taylor Instrument presented itself to the public and conducted business during different periods of its history.

== Match books ==
* [[:File:IMG 20260919 0002.jpg|Silver matchbook cover for Taylor Instruments]]
* [[:File:Matchbook.png|Tan matchbook cover for Taylor Instrument Companies]]

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* [[:File:IMG_20260919_0003.jpg|Ionic Chapter No. 210 Royal Arch Mason Membership Card (1923)]]
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[[Army-Navy "E" Award Program (1943)|Army-Navy "E" Award Presentation Program (1943)]]
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'''Date:''' July 29, 1943 • '''Location:''' Eastman Theatre, Rochester, NY • '''Format:''' 17-page interactive reader
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Official ceremony program presented to the men and women of Taylor Instrument Companies for excellence in war equipment production during World War II. Features congratulatory letters from Under Secretary of War Robert P. Patterson and Surgeon General Norman T. Kirk, an employee military Honor Roll, and the restricted war film screening schedule.
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| '''[[Army-Navy "E" Award Program (1943)|Army-Navy "E" Award Program]]'''
| July 29, 1943
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| ''Taylor Meter / Employee Bulletins''
| ca. 1920s–1950s
| Company Newsletter
| ''Archival collection pending digitization.'' Internal company news, employee profiles, and sports leagues.
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| ''Centennial Anniversary Retrospective''
| 1951
| Commemorative Book
| ''Archival collection pending digitization.'' 100-year history of Taylor Instrument Companies (1851–1951).
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	Digital reproduction provided courtesy of [https://archive.org/details/@~~mark_stansbury Mark Stansbury~~] via the [https://archive.org/details/tycos_short_and_mason_catalog_-_1926 Internet Archive].		Digital reproduction provided courtesy of [https://archive.org/details/@taylor_instruments Taylor Instruments] via the [https://archive.org/details/tycos_short_and_mason_catalog_-_1926 Internet Archive].

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