Thanks Mr. Hallquist & the way I remember was that Auguste Schoverling had an import house where the tubes/tubesets were directed as rough bored imports when all the legal back & forth was transpiring. Within the he said, she said, it appears that a large block of the American makers had disdain for S,D&G but I guess if the makers were allowed into S,D&G's racket, then they may have played friends. What about Baker's with Whitworth tubes, earliest date?
Note that Whitworth more than likely, with probably a nod to Krupp, set the tube advertising tone with the term Fluid Compressed Steel. All that followed use some of the terms or some combination.
Kind Regards,
Raimey
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