| Tipo | Manufacturer |
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| Site | https://www.jlgmarine.com/ |
| Número de telefone | +44 191 270 4260 |
| Endereço | 8 Neptune Court Orion Business Park North Shields NE29 7UW England |
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In 1812, John Lilley, aged 24, founded John Lilley and Son in London. John Lilley is recorded as being an optician and the company manufactured nautical instruments, magnetic compasses, sextants and telescopes. In 1885 John Wilson Gillie founded Wilson & Gillie in North Shields as Admiralty chart agents and magnetic compass and nautical instrument makers. Over the years John Wilson Gillie patented many improvements to the magnetic compass and binnacle.