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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| A* | Spain?, c.1600, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe = OXF. | the star is above the "A"; ICA-319, Waters No. 6, NMM No. 6; known as the Vera Cruz Astrolabe. | Price 1, 2, 4; Waters 1; ICA 2; Stimson 3. | |
| A. 1 | 1597, NIM | Nocturnal, 1597 = POB. | RSW. | ||
| A. 2 | Belgium?, | this mark, which could stand for `anno', appears on an astronomical ring signed "Succa", which see; the ring is also marked "C.A.B." and "I.A.D." | RSW. | ||
| A. 3 | England, c.1830, NIM | "A" with foul anchor on ivory scale of Hadley's quadrant at PEA. | Brewington 1. | ||
| A. 4 | Germany?MIM | Three-legged Dividers = ADL-M72. | stamped inside one leg. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| A. 5 | this mark appears on a quadrant signed "H." (2), which see. | RSW. | |||
| A. AND N. / C.S.L. | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Christie 10/31/67-55; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | RSW. | ||
| A.A.S. | Germany?, MIM | Diptych Sundial = NOR. | also marked "I.H.S." and "$". | RSW. | |
| A.B. 1 | Italy, c.1564, MIM SIM | Surveying Sector = FLO-2514. | Antonio Bianchini. | Bonelli 1. | |
| A.B. 2 | Germany, 1567-73, MIM | wood-cut of a full pillar dial, 1567, and sketch of an instrument showing planetary hours, 1573; both in the Munich Staatsbibliothek; see Jacques Le Tellier. | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.B. 3 | Germany, MIM | Andreas Becker? Abraham Bloch? | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.B. 4 | Sweden, MIM | Sundial = NOR. | time and year's age. | RSW. | |
| A.B. 5 | marked on bottom of ivory pillar sundial signed "Jacques Le Tellier"; | see A.B. 2. | RSW. | ||
| A.B.S.C. | 1599, MIM | Artillery Level, 1599 = Roussel-216 = Rosenheim-393 = Findlay-128. | grotesque mask as decoration; Roussel mentioned leather case; Rosenheim's signed "AB.SC."; Findlay's signed "AB.SC." and marked "IMS." | Michel 3; Price 2; RSW. | |
| A.B.T.C.D. | on horizontal sundial signed "Edward Low 1763" at MYS. | RSW. | |||
| A.B.V.A. | 17th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = UTR. | RSW. | ||
| A.D. 1 | Italy, 1553, MIM | Sundial, 1553 = FLO-178. | Naples. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| A.D. 2 | 1604, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1604 = MERC-6 = McVitty Coll. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | ||
| A.D. 3 | England?, 1616, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1616 = Soth. 4/18/88. | RSW. | ||
| A.D. 4 | MIM | Astrolabe = WHI-1462. | probably a ghost; Bryden did not list it in his catalogue and it does not appear in ICA 2 or Gunther 1. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| A.D. 5 | c.1900, | Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T14. | modern work, made by D.B. Sheahan to look like the work of Albrecht Durer. | Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| A.D. 6 | Anno Domini. | ||||
| A.D.C. | Belgium, 1639, MIM | Full Circle, 1639 = ANM. | Antwerp. | Belgian Inventory. | |
| A.D.G. | Holland, 17th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Gold, Silver and Clock Museum, Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| A.D.G. A.A. | Austria, 1734, MIM | Horizontal Pin-Gnomon Sundial, 1734 = BM. | probably `Ad Dei Gloriam. Admonti Abbas'; Anton von Mänersperg was Abbot of Admont, 1727-51. | Admont, Styria. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| A.E. 1 | Germany, c.1650, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial = Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | ||
| A.E. 2 | USA?, 1790, MIM SIM | Graphometer, wood and brass, 1790 = Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. | may have been made and used by Andrew Ellicott. | Bedini 8. | |
| A.E.G.G. | 1681, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1681 = SLM. | RSW. | ||
| A.E.I.O.U. | Austria, 1438-58, MIM | Horary Quadrant, ivory, 1438 = VIE-166; Sundial, string gnomon, glass, 1458 = INN. | cipher of Hapsburg Emperor Fredrick III; INN dial is glass window from Weiner Neustadt. | Vienna. | Zinner 1 (p. 608); Maurice 1. |
| A.F. 1 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Architect's Rule = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| A.F. 2 | Germany, 1758, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1758 = POTS. | Körber 1. | ||
| A.G. 1 | France, c.1650, OIM | Telescope, terrestrial, vellum = ADL-M422. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| A.G. 2 | France, 1843, MIM | Wall Dial, 1843 = house at Pré-St.-Didier. | Pré-St.-Didier. | Berton. | |
| A.G. 3 | marked on artillery level, 1688, signed "M.K." 5. | Syndram; RSW. | |||
| A.G.B.S. | 1713, MIM | Sandglass, quadruple, in wooden frame, 1713 = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| A.G.K. | 1730, MIM | Measure, wood, 1730 = Rosenheim-333. | inlaid woods. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| A.H. 1 | see Ao. H. | RSW. | |||
| A.H. 2 | Holland, c.1825, MIM | "A.H." is marked on the gimbals of a bearing compass signed "A.K. Lummen?" | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| A.H.Z.S. | Germany, 1569, MIM | Magnetic Compass, 1569 = DRE. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| A.I. 1 | Germany, 1696, MIM | Astrolabe with Roias projection, 1696 = DEU. | Price 2. | ||
| A.I. 2 | Holland, 17th Century, | these initials are marked on an Arsenius-type astrolabe at the HAK; the label reads Albert VII [?]. | RSW. | ||
| A.K. 1 | Denmark, NIM | Compass = KRO. | Zeeland. | RSW. | |
| A.K. 2 | MIM | Horary Quadrant = Soth. 12/19/66-14. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| A.K. 3 | Germany?, MIM | Bow Compass, brass on wood = ADL-M92. | signed "A" on one leg and "K" on the other; points missing. | ADL; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |
| A.K. 4 | Holland, c.1787, NIM | Compass, wood = RIJ. | also marked in 1787 crown compass signed "Ignatius Lega" and in 1799 crown compass signed "Ignatius and Gerard Petrus R. Lega." | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| A.L. 1 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = NAC. | Augsburg. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| A.L. 2 | Anthony Lamb ?; the initials are marked on the sight vane of a backstaff by William Guyse Hagger. | D.J. Warner 8. | |||
| A.L. 3 | Italy?, c.1800, | marked on sundial by Felice Gori at FLO. | Bonelli 9; RSW. | ||
| A.M. 1 | 1550, MIM | Astrolabe, 1550 = BAM. | ICA-3201. | Zinner 1; Michel 2; ICA 2. | |
| A.M. 2 | 1576, MIM | Diptych Dial, hour scale only, 1576 = UTR. | for latitudes 45°, 48°, and 51°; has Italian hours. | Zinner 1; de Rijk. | |
| A.M. 3 | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = KEN. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| A.M. 4 | on miners' compasses; Abend and Morgen = afternoon and morning = west and east. | Michel 3. | |||
| A.M. 5 | Germany, | Andreas Mar? | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.M. 6 | ring sundial signed "C.I.K." over "A.M." | RSW. | |||
| A.M.D.G. | "Ad majorem Dei gloriam" = "To the greater glory of God." | ||||
| A.M.H. | 1749, MIM | Table Sundial, 1749 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| A.M.S. | 1834, MIM | Sandglass, 1834 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| A.O. | England, 1556, MIM | Garden Sundial, round, 1556 = National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. | Penbryn, Cardigan. | Peate. | |
| A.O.S. | 1682, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1682 = NMM-Q.1. | Sutton (?)-Caird Cat. | Hill; NMM 2. | |
| A.P. 1 | England, c.1560, | owner's initials on ring sundial signed "E.E." at OXF, c. 1560. | Earle; RSW. | ||
| A.P. 2 | Germany, fl.1590-1607, MIM | Table Sundials, stone, 1601 = HAK and BM; Calendar Plate, stone, 1607 = GRA. | possibly Andreas Plieninger, which see; BM dial also marked "Marcus Curtius." | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| A.P. 3 | MIM | possibly Andreas Plieninger. | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.P.S. | 1784, MIM | Quadrant, wood, 1784 = NOR. | sliding scale. | RSW. | |
| A.R. 1 | c.1590, MIM | Wire Gauge, iron and brass = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| A.R. 2 | France, c.1670, MIM | Celestial Globe = Strozzi Sale-380. | Abraham Royer? | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |
| A.R. 3 | fl.1754-81, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundials = Greppin Coll. (1754), GRA (1768), PRZ (1781). | Przypkowski 3; RSW. | ||
| A.R.D. | see Olisipone. | RSW. | |||
| A.R.K.L.O. | MIM | Rule = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | the A.R.K.L.O. is surmounted by a crown. | RSW. | |
| A.R.N. | France, c.1580, MIM | Astrolabe, geographical = OXF. | ICA-209. | Gunther 1; Michel 2; Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| A.S. 1 | Germany, 1573, MIM | Capuchin Sundial, 1573 = GEM. | the sundial is for 49° lat.; Alexis Schniep ? | Archinard 1. | |
| A.S. 2 | Germany, c.1590, MIM | Table Sundial, powder-horn mark = Halle Stadt Museum; Standing Clock = KAS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.S. 3 | Germany, 1677, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Level, 1677 = OXF. | has a sighting tube; Andreas Sachse of Clausthal ? | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| A.S. 4 | England, | Abraham Sharp (1651-1742)? or Ann Shepard (fl.1676)? | Taylor 1(361, 395); Evans 1. | ||
| A.S.B. | 18th Century, MIM | Pedometer = X. | Pipping 1. | ||
| A.S.M. 1 | Germany?, 1670, MIM | Mining Instrument, 1670 = FRE. | also marked "Elias Eichler, B.M.", (burgomeister). | Price 2. | |
| A.S.M. 2 | Germany, 1694, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, compass, 1694 = NOR. | probably for use with a surveying instrument. | Zinner 1. | |
| A.S.O.M. | MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = CLU. | in spectacle case. | RSW. | |
| A.S.S. | 1566, MIM | Runic Calendar, wood, 1566 = Bibliothèque St. Geneviève, Paris. | Journal of Suomen Museo, Helsinki, LIX, 1952. | ||
| A.V. | MIM | Rule = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| A.V.C. | 1765, MIM | Garden Sundial, lead, 1765 = LIE. | Price 2. | ||
| A.V.P. | Holland, 1805, MIM | Declinatory, 1805 = WHI. | an instrument to lay out mural sundials. | Bryden 16. | |
| A.W. 1 | England, c.1640-50, MIM | Horary Quadrants = WHI(FIT) (1639), NMM-Q.4 (1640); Terrestrial Globe, silver, 1652 = Weil. | the WHI and NMM quadrants have de Roias projections on the reverse; they could be by Andrew Wakely, Abraham Washington or Abraham Watlington; Bryden attributes them to Watlington as they are so similar to a signed instrument in the BM. | London. | Michel 3; Hill; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Zinner 1; Weil 2(17); Taylor 1(169) & 1(214a); Bryden 16; RSW. |
| A.W. 2 | c.1700, MIM | Proportional Dividers = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| A.Y. | England, c.1750, PHIM | Balance, steel = Soth. 4/18/88. | the initials are stamped on the circular pan under a heart. | RSW. | |
| A.Z. | Germany, 1583, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory, 1583 = Soth. 11/27/72 = D.(1973) = TIM = Christie-SK 4/14/88. | miner's compass marked "M.A." (morgen, abend); has two sets of rings; sundial set at slight angle to line up with compass needle when it points to red dot east of south. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| AAGER, M. | Germany, MIM | Universal Compass Sundial, small, silver case = KEN. | probably M. Hager. | Chaldecott 1. | |
| AAKEN, VAN | see van Aken. | ||||
| AB.SC. | Germany?, 1599, MIM | see A.B.S.C. | RSW. | ||
| ABATTE, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly J. Abatte 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| ABATTE, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see J. Abatte 1. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. |
| ABATTI | England, | see Noretti and Abatti. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ABBAS, GOTTFRIDUS | Germany, 1516, MIM | Garden Sundial, stone, 1516 = Fränkel Coll. = P.C. | also marked "G.A.Z.N." | Baillie 1; N.N. Fränkel Sale, Dusseldorf, 1913; RSW. | |
| ABBATI, B. | Italy, 1659, MIM | Astrolabe, 1659 = FLO-243. | ICA-488; may be owner; Bernardo Abbati. | Bonelli 2; Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| ABBOT | England, c.1676, MIM | made proportional compasses (?) for Robert Hooke and others. | London. | Taylor 1(389); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| ABBOT, C. | see Charles Abbott. | Taylor 2(791); Dewhirst. | |||
| ABBOT, RICHARD | England, b. c.1654, MIM | turned over as an appentice to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1668; served as an apprentice until 1675, but not freed; he may be the instrument maker consulted by Robert Hooke. | J. Brown 3; Taylor 1(389); A.J. Turner 9; Loomes 2. | ||
| ABBOTT, AMOS | USA, c.1850, MIM | Horometer = X. | a type of planisphere invented by Abbott and shown at Fair of American Institute, New York. | Manchester, New Hampshire. | Scientific American, 6:34, 1850; USNM. |
| ABBOTT, CHARLES | England, fl.1801-27, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1794; free of the Company on Nov. 17, 1801; Taylor thought he fl.1780-1827. | 6 Noble Street, Forster Lane; Angel Court at Skinners Street, Snowhill; both in London. | Taylor 2(791); Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(231); Crawforth 11. | |
| ABBOTT, W. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Money Scale = Melun 4/24/83. | RSW. | ||
| ABBOTT, WILLIAM | USA, c.1874, MIM | made scientific instruments. | Henniker, NH. | DATM | |
| ABEL, THOMAS | England, fl.1838-41, PHIM | made or sold barometers and thermometers. | 55 Ray Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2058). | |
| ABEND, HANS LONHART | Germany, c.1707, PHIM | Nest of Weights = D.(1981). | mark is stork within shield and initials L.A.; Hans Lönhart Abend. | Nürnberg. | Moskowitz Cat. 122. |
| ABLE, PETER | Germany?, 16th to 17th Centuries, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, ivory = INN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| ABOAB, MORDECHAI SEMAH | Holland, c.1750, | there are two sundials with this name but it is probable that he was the owner. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Schuhmann; MADEX; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ABRAHAM 1 | England, 1818, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Phillips 2/2/84; Stick Barometers = X, Christie 5/5/83; Sundial = NMM-D.215; Wheel Barometer = X; Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case = Chicago Historical Society; Compass Sundials = Cooke's Shop, CMY, WHI-1670; Telescopes = D.(1984), London Nat'l Army Museum; Spyglass = Soth. 12/3/76; Telescope in cane = SNO; Microscopes = D.(1977), London Museum of the Pharmaceutical Soc. | probably Jacob Abraham; optician. | Bath. | Taylor 2(1068); Goodison 1; NMM 2; Bryden 9; RSW; Moskowitz Cat. 114; Coffeen F; Bryden 16. |
| ABRAHAM 2 | England, OIM | Telescope with tripod = D.(1967). | London. | F. Roux-Devillas Cat. 1967; USNM. | |
| ABRAHAM 3 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1978). | "Optician"; may be Abrahams, which see. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAM 4 | England, OIM | T.C.; optician; probably Jacob Abraham. | Corner of an opening into Old Well Lane near Queen's Circus, Cheltenham. | Calvert 2. | |
| ABRAHAM AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | 20 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ABRAHAM AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Jacob Abraham; see Abraham 1. | Bath. | Goodison 1. |
| ABRAHAM AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1818-51, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Monocular Microscope = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83; Stick Barometers = Soth. 5/21/73, Soth-S 10/19/89; Telescope = Lancaster City Museum. | Abraham Abraham and Co.; had second shop in Glasgow as A. Abraham and Co., which see; opticians; succeeded by G.S. Wood; T.C. | Liverpool. | USNM; RSW; Bryden 3 and 9; Taylor 2(1251); Crawforth 6. |
| ABRAHAM AND DANCER | England, fl.1841-44, MIM OIM PHIM | Map-making Instrument = Soth. 3/19/73; Induction Coil = College of Technology, Manchester; Marking Protractor = D. (1981); Mining Dial = P.C.; Monocular Microscope and Microscope, travelling = Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. | barometer makers; coil from Joule Coll; Jacob (?) Abraham and John B. Dancer; T.C. | Liverpool; 13 Cross Street, King Street, Manchester (1841). | Goodison 1; RSW; Lowery; Moskowitz Cat. 122; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Holbrook 2. |
| ABRAHAM, A. | England, c.1800, MIM PHIM SIM | Compass = Soth. 7/27/64-200; Surveying Level = NMM-13; Mining Compass = Soth. 6/19/72; Stick Barometers = D.(1975), Soth-S 1/10/90; Surveying Compass = CMY; Theodolite = Phillips 2/14/79. | see Abraham and Co. 2. | Liverpool. | Bryden 9; RSW; NMM 2. |
| ABRAHAM, A., AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | retail branch of Abraham and Co. 2 in Glasgow. | 20 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, A., AND CO. 1 | Scotland, fl.1838-43, MIM OIM PHIM | Inclinable Sundial, portable = FRK = RSM; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | retail branch of Abraham and Co. (2) in Liverpool; managed by S.P. Cohen, a partner, who continued the branch under his own name, 1843-60. | 8 Exchange Square (1838-40); 82 Queen Street (1841-43); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, A., AND CO. 2 | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | surely same as Abraham and Co. 2. | 20 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1818-50, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Rule, ivory = D.(1982); Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = D.(1975), X; Spectroscope = Soth. 1960; Surveying Levels = NMM, Christie 10/31/67-52 and 2/13/68-18; Microscope = X; Pocket Compass = Phillips 4/20/83; Cuff Microscope variant = Soth. 6/23/69; Telescope as part of cane, 1839 = Soth. 2/1/79; Miner's Dials= Nat'l Museum of Wales, Cardiff and CYM; Sector, ivory = Grosvenor Mus., Chester; etc. | the instruments are signed "A. Abraham Liverpool." | 8 Lord Street (1818-20); 10 Lord Street (1821-22); 7 Lord Street (1823-28); 9 Lord Street (1829-34); 76 Lord Street (1835); 84 Lord Street (1837); 20 Lord Street (1839-50); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1251); Wynter and Turner; Crawforth 6; Bryden 9; Goodison 1; NMM 2; Holbrook 2. |
| ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM, AND CO. | England, c.1851, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Pantograph = Phillips 10/26/83. | barometer makers; pantograph signed "A. Abraham and Co. 2"; showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Liverpool; see Abraham, Abraham for street addresses. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1251); RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Crawforth 6 & 11. |
| ABRAHAM, J. 1 | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liskeard. | Goodison 1. | |
| ABRAHAM, J. 2 | England, fl.1805-51, MIM OIM PHIM | Culpeper Microscope = Soth. 4/22/65-19; Horizontal Sundial = Christie 7/5/71. | probably Jacob Abraham; optician; made globes, telescopes, barometers, etc; mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of Gloucester and to the Duke of Wellington; T.C. | 7 Bartlett Street, near the Upper Rooms, Bath; adjoining Mr.Thompson's Pump Room, Cheltenham; 1 Bartlett Street, Bath (1819). | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, J.A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | invented a type of barometer shown at Great Exhibition, 1851. | 87 Bold Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| ABRAHAM, J.H. | England, c.1827, MIM | Holy Green, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1470). | ||
| ABRAHAM, JACOB | England, fl.1805-41, MIM OIM PHIM | Orrery = OXF; Wheel Barometer = Bath Municipal Library; Stick Barometer = X; Microscope = VCW. | T.C.; optician and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of Gloucester and to the Duke of Wellington; see Abraham and Co. 1; see Abraham 1; see J. Abraham 2. | 1 St. Andrews Terrace (1809); 7 Bartlett Street (1819); both in Bath; shop adjoining Mr. Thompson's Pump Room, Cheltenham. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1068); Moskowitz Cat. 114; Chaldecott 1; C.N. Robinson; RSW. |
| ABRAHAMS | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1971). | may be Abraham 3. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAMS, A.E. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/19/88, Bearne's 2/17/92. | "Optician" appears after the Soth. signature. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAMS, JOHN | England, c.1830, MIM | Magnetic Compass = FIT (WHI). | T.C. | Montpelier Rotunda; the Shop adjoining Mr. Thompson's Pump Room; both in Cheltenham. | Taylor 2(1761); Clay and Court. |
| ACCUM, FREDERICK CHRISTIAN | Germany; England, 1769-1828, PHIM | Hygrometers = WHI, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. | sold chemical apparatus; author; had a commercial partnership with Alexander Garden for a few years. | Hanover (1769-93); Old Compton Street, Soho, London. | Whipple 1; A.L. King; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| ACKERMAN, ANDERS | Sweden, fl.1759-1804, MIM | Celestial Globes = SKO (1759), Royal Library, Stockholm (1759, 1766 (2)); Terrestrial Globes = SKO (1759), Royal Library, Stockholm (1759, 1762, 1766 (2), 1779, 1804), Soth. 3/27/72 (1762). | Åckerman; sometimes written Åkerman. | Uppsala. | Pipping 1; Price 2; Edell 1; RSW. |
| ACKERMANN AND CO. | England, fl.1847-52, MIM NIM | Parallel Rules = DeLuca 8/1/87. | 96 Strand, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| ACKLAND | England, MIM | Time Assimilator - Sidereal/Meantime = Dept of Physics, U. of Liverpool. | Hatton Garden, London. | Holbrook 2. | |
| ADAIR, WILLIAM | Ireland, 1794, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1794 = Ulster Folk Museum. | Clarke et al. | ||
| ADAKYMOE, TODA M. | MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = KEN; Instrument = VAA. | Evans 1. | ||
| ADAM 1 | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 4/26/65-53. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADAM 2 | England, MIM NIM | Sector, ivory = COR; Sextant = COR. | may be one of the Adams. | London. | Courtanvaux. |
| ADAM, ELIAS 1 | England, 1627, MIM | recorded as a sundial maker in 1627; may be misreading for Elias Allen. | Loomes 2. | ||
| ADAM, ELIAS 2 | England, 1750, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1750 = Crisp Coll. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| ADAM, EUGENE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Trimming Tool = Soth. 10/20/75. | "mecanicien." | Colmar. | RSW. |
| ADAM, J. | Scotland, c.1870, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Dundee. | RSW. | |
| ADAM, MATHEW | Scotland, fl.1822-23, NIM | improved quadrants and sextants by adding artificial horizons. | Inverness Academy, Inverness. | Taylor 2(1471). | |
| ADAM, ROBERT | England, post-1760, MIM | sundial maker to King George III; designed sundial on wall of Turner Art Gallery, Eastbourne. | Stevens and Aked. | ||
| ADAM, U. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Wall Sundials on churches in Hartmannsweiler, Kayserberg, Kienzheim, Lautenbach, etc. | Colmar. | Zinner 1. | |
| ADAMI, CARL CHRISTIAN LUDWIG | Germany, 1802-74, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1847 = New York Public Library. | teacher in Berlin, 1838-52; joined firm of Dietrich Reimer 1852-74. | Daberkov, Pommerania; Berlin. | Yonge. |
| ADAMS 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = NMM. | "Adams' New Patent Portable Telescope"; may be John Adams 2. | No. 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(478) and 2(1); NMM 2; RSW. |
| ADAMS 2 | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Inclinable Sundial = MLL; Solar Microscope = HER; Armillary Sphere = COO; Sextants = Wellesley College Observatory, Mass., Mystic Seaport, Conn.; Octant = D.(1987); Theodolite = P.C.; Telescope = Bennington Museum, Vermont; Telescope, 1810 = Christie-SK 2/8/79; Gunter's Scale = D.(1984); etc. | there are many undated instruments signed "Adams"; it is impossible to tell whether George 1, George 2, or Dudley Adams is the maker in question; the ivory scale on the octant is marked "I.D.". | London. | USNM; RSW; Moskowitz Cat. 110; Coffeen 15; Price 3; Ward 4; |
| ADAMS 3 | USA, c.1835, MIM SIM | see Frost and Adams. | Moskowitz Cat. 115. | ||
| ADAMS AND TAGLIABUE | USA, c.1850, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers, glass hydrometers. | Cat. of the New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1853. | ||
| ADAMS, C. | England, c.1790, MIM | Crescent Sundial = Spitzer-Anderson sale 3/25/27. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADAMS, D. | England, MIM OIM | Celestial Globe = Soth. 6/27/57-133; Telescope = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Wheel Barometer and Metallic Thermometer = Woburn Abbey; Compass Rose, paper = D.(1974). | surely Dudley Adams; telescope is Charing Cross; Woburn Abbey instruments are Fleet Street. | Charing Cross; Fleet Street; both in London. | Wynter Cat. Vol. 2, No. 2; RSW. |
| ADAMS, DUDLEY | England, 1762-1826, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to George Adams 2, his brother, in the Grocers' Company, 1777; free of the Company, 1788; succeeded to the family business in 1796; globe maker to the King, 1794, and mathematical instrument maker to the King, 1796; optician to the Prince of Wales by 1804; several patents; T.C. | Spring Gardens, Charing Cross (1788); 53 Charing Cross (1793-1821); 6 Jewry Street, Aldgate (-1822); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(792); Chaldecott 1; USNM; Moskowitz 114; G.L'E. Turner 24; J. Brown 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Calvert 2; RSW; Crawforth 1; Court and Rohr 3(XXXII); Millburn 9; Bryden 16; Yonge. |
| ADAMS, F. | England, OIM | Microscope = FLO. | probably G. Adams. | London. | Italian Inventory. |
| ADAMS, G. | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments signed this way; impossible to tell whether George 1 or George 2 Adams is involved except for the relevant dated instruments. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | USNM; Brewington 1; Bedini 1; Belgian Inv.; Price 3; Ward 4; NMM 2; RSW; Moskowitz Cat. 114; Brieux Cat. | |
| ADAMS, GEORGE 1 | England, 1704-72, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to James Parker in the Grocers' Company, 1724; turned over to Thomas Heath 1, 1726; free of the Company, 1733; father of George 2 and Dudley Adams; instrument maker to the King and to the East India Company; author; difficult to tell, except by date, whether George Adams 1 or 2; T.C. | Southampton; Shore Lane (1733); at Tycho Brahe's Head, corner of Racquet Court, in Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(145); Chaldecott 1; Maddison 1; Bonelli 1; USNM; Brewington 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Bedini 8; J. Brown 1; RSW; Court and von Rohr 3(XVIII); Millburn 9; C.N. Robinson; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge; ADL; Tyler. |
| ADAMS, GEORGE 2 | England, 1750-95, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to his father, George Adams 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1765; free of the Company, 1772, by his mother, Ann Adams, the executrix; author; instrument maker to the King; optician to the Prince of Wales; associated with Thomas Hatton in making and selling four portable instruments for checking weight of gold; stock and books bought by Jones Brothers in 1795; see George Adams, Jr. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(676); Chaldecott 1; Maddison 2; Bonelli 1; Brewington 1; RSW; Moskowitz Cats; Wynter 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; J. Brown 1; Bedini 8; Court and von Rohr 3(XXV); Millburn 9; J.A. Bennett 2; Goodison 1; Yonge; Hillier; Syndram; Whipple 1; ADL. |
| ADAMS, GEORGE 3 | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams, his father, in the Grocers' Company, on June 16, 1811. | J. Brown 1; Millburn 9. | ||
| ADAMS, GEORGE, JR. | England, 1750-95, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope, pocket, 1774 = D.(1978); Orrery = X. | telescope signed" G. Adams London" on tube; "Adams, Jr." on inside of draw tube; George Adams 2. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Moskowitz 116; RSW. |
| ADAMS, HANNAH | England, fl.1795-96 d.1810, MIM | "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the King" and supplier of instruments to the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, after the death of her husband, George Adams 2; succeeded by William Cary in the latter post. | London. | Millburn 9 and 11. | |
| ADAMS, JAMES | USA, c.1850, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = FRK = Soth. 3/25/86. | Portsmouth, Ohio. | RSW. | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1670-96, MIM | instrument designer; lawyer; surveyor. | Shropshire; Tanfield Court, Inner Temple, London. | Taylor 1(344). | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1714-38, OIM | apprenticed to William Saunders 2 in 1707, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company on July 1, 1714; perhaps maker of "Adams' New Patent Portable Telescope" at NMM; see John Adams 4; Taylor's dates are different. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(478) and 2(1); Court and von Rohr 3(83). | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1759-96, MIM NIM | teacher of mathematics; partner with Richard Rust; their names appear on engraved compass cards; Adams was the designer and Richard Rust the maker. | Farnhill Academy, near Waltham Abbey, Essex (1773); Mathematical Academy, Brook Street, Ratcliff Cross, London (1780). | Taylor 2(432); Crawforth 11. | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 4 | England, | may be John Adams 2. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(478). | |
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL 1 | England, 1708-43, OIM | Mirror on Culpeper Microscope = X. | apprenticed to Edward Scarlett in 1722, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1730; optician to Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II; Francis Watkins was apprenticed to him in 1737, and John Margas, pre-1742. | The Golden Spectacles, Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(146); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Court and von Rohr 3(111); Robischon; WEBDB. |
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL 2 | USA, 1793, MIM SIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Shipman and Son of Norwich, Conn. in 1793. | Smart 2. | ||
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL, AND WHIPPLE | USA, c.1809, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | in jewelry business. | Troy, N.Y. | Smart 2; RSW. |
| ADAMS, W.G. | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, alidade = P-B 9/24/38. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADAMS, WILLIAM | USA, b.1801 fl.1829-62, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, silver, 1841 = U.S. House of Repre- sentatives, Washington, D.C. | part of a mace. | 185 Church Street, New York, N.Y. (1841). | J. S. Brown. |
| ADAMSON | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer in clock = P-B 6/7/68-46; Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Fleet Street, London. | USNM; RSW; Goodison 1. | |
| ADAMSON AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ADAMSON, HUMPHREY | England, fl.1668-82, MIM PHIM | Calculating Machine = KEN; Clock, pendulum = KEN. | made Morland's calculating machine; made wheel and stick barometers; member of the Clockmakers' Company; Loomes said he was not a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | near the Turnstile in Holborn; at the House of Jonas Moor, Esq. in the Tower; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(326); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Loomes 2. |
| ADAMSON, JOHN | England, c.1686, MIM | made free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1686; may have made only clocks; Loomes only mentions clocks. | Clay and Court; Crawforth 11; Loomes 2. | ||
| ADCOCK, RICHARD | England, c.1659, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1652; free in the Company, 1659. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ADDISON, G., AND CO. | England, c.1830, MIM | Celestial Globe = GMM. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADDISON, JOHN | England, c.1800, MIM | Orrery = NMM; Globes, pair = MLL; Terraqueous Globe = U. of Utah, Salt Lake City. | maker of globes manufactured and published by Malby and Co.; orrery signed "J. Addison"; globes say "manufactured and sold by G. and J. Cary"; made terrestrial globe on Thomas Heath orrery, ADL-DPW1; see John Addison and Co. | 37 Parker Street, Little Queen Street; Regent Street; both in London. | Maddison 1; RSW; NMM 2; Yonge; ADL. |
| ADDISON, JOHN, AND CO. | England, fl.1820-37, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, twelve-inch, stand = Phillips 2/2/84; Terrestrial Globe = D.(1975); Pair of Globes = D.(1975); Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Chicago Historical Society. | Phillips globe signed "J. Addison and Co., Globe Makers and by appointment to his Majesty King George IV"; others signed "J. Addison and Co. Globe makers by appointment to His Most Gracious Majesty, George IV." | 9 Skinner Street (1820); 117 Regent Street, Piccadilly (1823); 7 Hampstead Road, Tottenham Court Road (1827); all in London. | Taylor 2(1472); RSW; Moskowitz 118; Yonge. |
| ADDISON, L. | England, MIM | Celestial Globe, miniature, papier-maché = Christie 7/16/68. | probably John Addison. | USNM; Crawforth 11.RSW. | |
| ADERMAN, CLAS OTTO | Sweden, 1826-96, PHIM | meteorological instrument maker. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ADHEMAR | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM-7255. | Adhémar. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| ADIE 1 | Scotland, MIM PHIM | Garden Sundial = Phillips 10/26/83; Sextant, pocket = Christie 12/21/71 = FRK = RSM; Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76; Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 3/25/86; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Sympiesometer No.1181 = FRK = RSM; Box Sextant = RSM. | probably either Alexander or John Adie. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; RSW; Clarke et al. |
| ADIE 2 | England, c.1845, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Christie 10/31/67-53; Sextant, pocket = D.(1967); Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Dumpy Level = WHI. | surely Patrick Adie. | 395 Strand, 5 Arthur Street West, London Bridge, London. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ADIE AND SON | Scotland, fl.1835-80, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer, travelling = Soth. 7/21/83; Thermometer, ivory = Soth. 2/8/83; Stick Barometers = X; Surveying Compass = Kenney Sale-171; Theodolite = Soth. 11/27/67-5; Sympiesometer, No. 1708 = Phillips 7/20/83; Robinson-type Balance = RSM; Telescope = Christie 5/6/69; Surveyor's Level = D.(1972); Marine Barometer = D.(1976); Mining Compass D.(1986); etc. | Alexander and his second son, John; Taylor thought that the son was Richard; marine barometer is No. 89; "Instrument Makers to the Queen." | 58 Princes Street (1835-43); 50 Princes Street (1844-76); 37 Hanover Street (1837-80) all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 and 8; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2059)(2060); RSW; Moskowitz 104; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 13; Nuttall; Clarke et al. |
| ADIE AND WEDDERBURN | Scotland, 1881-99, MIM OIM PHIM | Folding Gauge Rod = Kenney Sale-124 = P.C; Telescopes = Soth. 3/19/73, RSM; Barometer, portable = Soth. 5/1/86; Barograph = FRK = RSM. | Thomas Wedderburn was foreman with Adie and Son. | 37 Hanover Street (1881-82); 17 Hanover Street (1883-99); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(2061); Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ADIE, A. | Scotland, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1975); Sundial = FRK = RSM; Miner's Dial = RSM; Polarizing Microscope = RSM; Surveying Compass = RSM. | surely Alexander Adie. | Edinburgh. | Wynter Cat; Clarke et al. |
| ADIE, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1774-1858, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X; Sympiesometers = RSM, D.(1967), Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.; Polarizing Microscope = RSM; Telescope and stand = D.(1989). | apprenticed to his uncle, John Miller, 1787; was his partner, 1804-22; his second son, John, joined him in 1835 (Taylor says son Richard); invented and patented sympiesometer in 1818; other sons Richard and Patrick, which see; also see Miller and Adie; first polarizing microscope made 1823-29. | 94 Nicholson Street (1804-7); 96 Nicholson Street (1807-10); 8 Nicholson Street (1811-18); 35 Princes Street (1818-34); 15 Nicholson Street (1825-26); 58 Princes Street (1830-34: all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1069); Middleton 1; USNM; RSW; Clarke et al; Rinaldi 23. |
| ADIE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1835-81, MIM OIM PHIM | second son of Alexander Adie; in partnership with him in 1835; see Adie and Son and Adie and Wedderburn. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Clarke et al. | |
| ADIE, PATRICK | Scotland; England, fl.1846-68, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Artificial Horizon = FRK = RSM; Current Meter = FRK = RSM; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Magnetic Variometer = RSM. | youngest son of Alexander Adie; made marine barometers; business continued until 1868 at Strand address and went on to 1942; held patents on semicircle, diastameter, level, eidograph, etc.; see Adie 2. | 1A Conduit Street (1846-47); 395 Strand (1848-68); both in London. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; RSW; USNM; O'Mara; Clarke et al; Middleton 1. |
| ADIE, RICHARD | Scotland; England, fl.1835-75, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Cometarium, 1835 = OXF; Sympiesometer = GHS. | also made a steam and vacuum gauge and a double telescope; barometer signed "R. Adie Bold Street Liverpool"; was third son of Alexander Adie; Taylor thought that he was partner in Adie and Co. | 26 Bold Street (1835); 28 Bold Street (1837);.55 Bold Street (1839); 4 Exchange Building (1868) and 5 Edmund Street (1870); 5 Harington Street (1872-75); all in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2059 and 2061); Bryden 3; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. |
| ADMIRAL, JACOB L' | Holland, 17th Century, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 6/23/87. | mastermark of L'Admiral is stamped on the pans and the weights. | RSW. | |
| ADRIAENSEN, JAN | Holland, 1575-1654, MIM | Sundial = Fry Coll. | DeRijp. | Michel 3; Price 2; RSW. | |
| ADRIAENSZOON, JACOB | see Jacob Metius. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| ADRIANO, P. FE. | Italy, 1700, MIM | Astrolabe, 1700 = BM. | ICA-188; "P. Adriano Fe." | Turin. | Gunther 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Evans 1; Holbrook 2. |
| ADZERSEN, KARL | Sweden?, 1732, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1732 = USNM. | Lydersholm. | USNM. | |
| AECHERSPERG, JOHANN PETER | Germany, fl.1765-86, PHIM | Money Balances, 1765, 1775, undated = DRE; Balances = Köller May, 1972, 11/17/75 (1786); Gold Balances = Den Gamle By, Aarhus (1762), HAK (1773); etc. | also Aeckersberg; many signed "J.P. Aeckersberg." | Wichtlinghausen im Ober-Barmen. | RSW. |
| AEHNELT, C.G. | Germany, 1782, MIM OIM | Rule, 1782 = DRE; Telescope = DRE. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| AERTRYCKE, PHILIPS VAN | Holland, c.1520, NIM | compass maker. | Bruges; Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| AERTS, PETRUS | Belgium, 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = X. | resembled Lusuerg quadrant in Michel collection. | Brussels. | Michel 3; Price 2. |
| AFFLECK, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1800-02, MIM | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1071). | ||
| AGGERE, PETRUS AB | see Petrus ab aggere. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| AGGERIUS, PETRUS | see Petrus ab aggere. | Gunther 2. | |||
| AGGIO, PAUL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 2/14/79, Soth. 7/21/87. | Colchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| AGNELO, MICHIEL | Italy, c.1545, MIM | invented an ellipsograph in 1545. | Arrighi. | ||
| AGNESE | Italy, 1554, MIM | Compass set inside book cover, 1554 = NMM. | RSW. | ||
| AGNEW 1 | England, | see Zanetti and Agnew. | RSW. | ||
| AGNEW 2 | England, c.1840, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P.C. | Manchester. | Delehar 4. | |
| AGNEW AND ZANETTI | England, fl.1825-34, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometers = X(2). | one wheel barometer signed "Agnew and Zanetti, Exchange Street, Manchester"; others signed "Agnew and Zanetti, 18 Exchange Street, Manchester"; Thomas Agnew and Vittore Zanetti; succeeded Zanetti and Agnew, which see. | 94 Market Street (1825-26); 10 Exchange Street (1826-32); 18 Exchange Street (1834); all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1473); Goodison 1. |
| AGNEW, THOMAS | England, 1794-1871, MIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Circumferentor = P.C. | apprenticed to Vittore Zanetti, 1810; partner with him, 1817; partner with his son, 1825-34; working alone by 1835; circumferentor is signed "Agnew Manchester"; also made thermometers. | 94 Market Street (1810-26); 10 Exchange Street (1826-32); 18 Exchange Street (1834); 14 Exchange Street (1841); all in Manchester. | Goodison 1; Delehar 4. |
| AGOSTI, G. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 5-7-96. | with hydrometer, thermometer and level; may be same as I. Agosti, which see. | Falmouth. | RSW. |
| AGOSTI, I. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | may be John Augustus. | Falmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| AHL, JOHAN | Sweden; Denmark, fl.pre-1755-95, OIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 3-foot radius = CRT. | apprenticed to Eckström; partner with Steinholtz, 1755-62. | Stockholm (pre-1755-62); Copenhagen (1762-95). | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| AHRENS, C.D. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 12/12/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| AIANO | England, fl.1790-1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2), Christie 5/5/83, Soth. 2/28/80, (1800); Wheel Barometers = Phillips 10/26/83 (4). | probably Charles Aiano; Phillips and one other wheel signed "Aiano Canterbury." | Canterbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| AIANO, CARLS. | England, PHIM | variant spelling for Charles Aiano, which see. | RSW. | ||
| AIANO, CHARLES | England, fl.1826-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), Chrisrie-SK 6/30/89 = D.(1989), Soth.-S 7/17/96; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/4/77; Double Barometer = X. | some signed "C. Aiano" or "Chas. Aiano"; Soth. 1977 signed "Carls. Aiano." | At the Sign of the Providence; 9 Northgate (1826-28); Northgate (1841); 90-1 Northgate; all in Canterbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| AICHINGER | c.1850, MIM | Equatorial Sundial with alidade = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | ||
| AINAO, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/12/72. | misreading for Charles Aiano. | Northgate, Canterbury. | RSW. |
| AINSLEY, THOMAS L. | England, fl.1858-86, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-M3535; Instrument = OXF; Octant = Christie-SK 3/31/83; Sextants = Christie 12/21/7, Soth. 3/19/73 and MYS; Pelorus = MYS; Octant = Science and Engineering Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; etc. | Christie sextant signed "Thos. L. Ainsley" and MYS one signed "Ainsley"; second octant signed Thomas L. Ainsley; rest signed "T.L. Ainsley"; quadrant also signed "London"; first octant also signed; "Cardiff and Barry Docks"; see Bain and Ainsley. | South Shields, Durham; South Shields, Tyne and Wear; Cardiff and Barry Docks; London. | Brewington 1; Taylor 2(1072); Crawford 11; RSW. |
| AIRES, BENJAMIN | see Benjamin Ayres. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| AKEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, c.1760, MIM PHIM | Astrolabe = BOM 3/28/06-564; Fire Engine Model = UTR-Physics Lab.; Planetaria = LEY, GEM. | made planetaria and other astronomical and physical instruments; sometimes spelled van Aaken. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Brieux 3; RSW; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| AKENHEAD, ROBERT | England, c.1718, | T.C.; stationer and seller of instruments and spectacles. | at the Bible and Crown up on the Bridge, Newcastle. | Calvert 2. | |
| AKERBOOM, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1775, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Auction, 1981, Holland. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| AKERMAN, ANDREA | Åkerman; variant of Anders Åckerman. | Price 2; Edell 1. | |||
| AKRELL, CARL FREDRIK | Sweden, 1779-1868, MIM | made and repaired globes; probably son of Fredrik Akrell. | RSW. | ||
| AKRELL, FREDRIK | Sweden, 1740-1804, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1790 = NOR. | renewed several Åckerman globes; worked at the Academy of Sciences; also made celestial globes. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| AL. RI. | Italy, | initials on pin-gnomon sundial by Carolus Platus, 1593, at BM. | Dalton. | ||
| ALAMANNI, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1641, PHIM | Barometers and Thermometers = FLO. | Florence. | Bonelli 1. | |
| ALAND, JONATHAN | Ireland, c.1685, | designed instruments to determine longitude. | Waterford. | Taylor 1(438). | |
| ALBERTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | probably Angelo Alberti; stick also signed "Sheffield" and its case was made by Charles Guggiari. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| ALBERTI, ANGELO | England, fl.1822-25, PHIM | made barometers. | Fargate, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALBERTI, GIANBATTISTA | Italy, 1688, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1688 = Brescia; Compass Instruments = Brescia-7 and -32. | Michel 3; Price 2. | ||
| ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA | Italy, 1404-72, MIM | made hodometers. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| ALBINO, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-N.Y. 4/19/89. | the barometer listed by Goodison is signed "Albino, Cheltenham." | Cheltenham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ALBINO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Cheltenham. | RSW. | |
| ALBINO, JOHN | England, fl.1839-60, PHIM | made barometers. | 47 St. John Street, West Smithfield (1839-49); 63 Hatton Garden (1850-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALBRECHT, ANDREAS | Germany, d.1628, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1625 = NUR-WI 1262. | compass maker; designed the theodolite and plane table made by Michael Bumel. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Weil 1; Bonelli 1; Price 2; Gouk 1. |
| ALBRECHT, H. | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Planetarium = Ineichen 6/5/75. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| ALCOCK, JOHN | England, 1743, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1743 = HAK. | Rohde; RSW. | ||
| ALDER 1 | USA, NIM | T.C.; see Duren and Alder, Alder and Co., Alder and Duren, Alder and Mackay, and W.D. Alder. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| ALDER 2 | USA, | see Choate and Alder. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| ALDER AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 7/5/71. | Blyth. | RSW. | |
| ALDER AND DUREN | USA, c.1850, NIM | sold nautical instruments; makers? | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| ALDER AND MACKAY | Scotland, c.1825, PHIM | Barograph in clock = D.(1972). | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| ALDER, WILLIAM D. | USA, c.1859, MIM NIM | see De Mory, Gray and W.D. Alder, T.C.; successor to Duren and Alder; see Choate, Alder and Topham. | New Bedford, Mass. (1859); 20 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 10; RSW. | |
| ALDERSON, WALTON | England, fl.1823-31, MIM | clockmaker; made sundials. | Leyburn. | Loomes. | |
| ALDINUS, FRANCISCUS | Italy, 1660, MIM | Armillary Sphere, iron, 1660 = ADL-M8. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Price 2; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | ||
| ALDRIDGE, JOHN | England, c.1669, MIM OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1669. | Minories, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(24). | |
| ALDRIDGE, T. | USA, NIM | Navigational Rule = X. | Bergen, New Jersey. | RSW. | |
| ALDUS, THOMAS | England, fl.1659-62, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, June 12, 1652; free in the Company, Mar. 5, 1659; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ALEA, YARWAY | England, c.1661, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1654; free in the Company, 1661. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ALESSANDRI, I, AND SCATTOGLIA | Italy, 1784, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1784 = ROM. | Venice. | Bonelli 4; Bedini 12. | |
| ALETT, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Oxford. | RSW. | |
| ALEXANDER | England, c.1790, NIM | Quadrant = NMM-S.160. | Yarmouth. | Taylor 2(910); NMM 2. | |
| ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER 1 | Scotland, fl.1812-20, OIM | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1254); Morrison-Low. | ||
| ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER 2 | England, fl.1812-41, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = X; Pantograph = Christie 12/12/72; Camera Lucida = OXF. | optician to the King, the Duchess of Kent and to Princess Victoria; may be same person as Alexander Alexander 1; invented Graphic Mirror (1841); T.C.; pantograph signed "A. Alexander." | 6 High Street opposite Castle Street, Exeter. | Taylor 2(1254); Bryden 9; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1. |
| ALEXANDER, ANDREAS | 1666, MIM | Sector, 1666 = NUR. | Nürnberg? | Evans 1. | |
| ALEXANDER, GEORGE | Scotland, fl.1813-25, NIM | watch and compass maker; held a patent for compass card suspension. | 27 Timber Street; 62 Shore (1822-25); both in Leith. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1255); Clarke et al. | |
| ALEXANDER, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| ALEXANDER, JOHN | Scotland, c.1671, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Smith of the Clockmakers' Company in Dec. 1667; freed in the Company, Aug. 1671; his test pieces were one clock and one sundial. | Edinburgh. | Loomes 2. | |
| ALEXANDRE, B. | France; India, MIM PHIM | Thermometer = P.C.; Planetarium Clock = UTO 11/2/76; Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | "Opticien"; the barometer is marked "Cannes." | Cannes and Luckow; Paris. | RSW; Brieux. |
| ALFIERI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALFIERI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALIEZER AND SON | England? U.S.A.?, 1790, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1790 = P.C. | USNM. | ||
| ALIMENIUS, MATTEO CAMPANI | see Matteo Campani. | Daumas 1. | |||
| ALINGHAM, WILLIAM | England, fl.1694-1710, MIM | advertised as making dials. | Rummer Tavern, Chanel (or Cannon) Row, Westminster, London. | Taylor 1(482). | |
| ALIOVSY, IOECHI MICUS | 1591, MIM | Astronomical Plate, 1591 = UTO 11/2/76. | also marked "Iohannes Praetorius." | RSW. | |
| ALLAM | England, fl.1821-46, MIM | see Worthington and Allam. | Taylor 2(1749). | ||
| ALLAN 1 | England, NIM | Sextant, pocket, with Telescope = D.(1975). | could be James Allan. | London. | RSW. |
| ALLAN 2 | England, | probably misreading for Worthington and Allam; see Worthington and Allam. | Christie 5/26/76. | ||
| ALLAN 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | designed and made saccharometers; in competition with Gray and Mackay. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | ||
| ALLAN, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1806-35, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Saccarometer = RSM. | instrument signed "Alexr Allan"; made Thomas Thomson's direct reading saccharometers, used by the Scottish Excise Office; succeeded by Peter Stevenson, his apprentice. | Baron Grant's Close (1806-10); 9 Lothian Street (1811-35); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1073); Goodison 1; Clarke et al; McConnell 4. |
| ALLAN, JAMES | England, fl.1790-1825, MIM SIM | Sextants = WHI, Phillips 11/16/88; Repeating Circle, 1811 = Soth. 7/26/65 = Soth. 2/21/66. | apprenticed to Fairbone (probably Charles Fairbone 2 of the Grocers' Company); instrument maker and designer; made an improved dividing engine and theodolite; author; sometimes spelled "Allen"; awarded a prize in 1820 by the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude; his son, John Allan, succeeded him in 1825. | 13, Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane, London. | Society of Arts Transactions, 1810, 1815-16; USNM; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Taylor 2(912); Daumas 1; Moskowitz 105; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen 39. |
| ALLAN, JOHN | England; USAb.1786 fl.1810-25+, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant = USNM; Sextant, miniature, with case = D.(1992). | son of James Allan of London, who died in 1825; T.C. states he is son and successor to the late J(ames) Allan, sextant maker and divider; D.J. Warner lists him as "Allen" even though the USNM sextant is signed "J. Allan." | Fell Street (1810); 86 Bond Street (1814-15); 1 Fell Street (1819); all in Baltimore, Md; No. 12 Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane, London (after 1825). | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen 39. |
| ALLARD, ABRAHAN | Holland, c.1713, MIM | advertised pocket globes with cases in 1713. | Amsterdam. | Krogt 2. | |
| ALLARD, KAREL | Holland, c.1706, MIM | advertised a pair of pocket globes in 1706. | Amsterdam. | Krogt 2. | |
| ALLEAUME, JACQUES | France, c.1610-15, MIM | made sectors with points; "Ingénieur du Roi"; set up by Henri IV with a workshop in the Louvre. | Louvre, Paris. | Daumas 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ALLEN 1 | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | made sets of solids. | near the College, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| ALLEN 2 | USA, | misreading for Allam, which see; see Worthington and Allam. | Taylor 2(1749). | ||
| ALLEN, ELIAS | England, fl.1606-d.1654, MIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including a mariner's astrolabe (ICA-321) (NMM-11) and a very distinctive type of astronomical compendium. | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company in 1602; free of the Company July 7, 1612; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company Oct. 3, 1633; Master, 1636-38; took apprentices in both Companies. | Blackhorse Alley, running off the north side of Fleet Street and close to the bridge across Fleet Ditch (1601-11); in the Strand (1613); Sign of the Horse Shoe, near Essex Gate, over against St. Clement's Church, Strand and outside Temple Bar (1616-53); all in London. | Taylor 1(112); Coffeen 51; Ward 4; Bryden 16; A. Stimson 3; Maddison 5; J. Brown 1 and 3; Waters 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| ALLEN, HORATIO | USA, MIM | made earth and sun instruments; made astronomical instruments. | Homewood, South Orange, New Jersey. | USNM. | |
| ALLEN, JAMES | alternate selling for James Allan, which see. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |||
| ALLEN, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1632-53, MIM | Astrolabe-Quadrant, 1633 = BMR; Double Horizontal Sundial = BMR; Universal Ring Sundial on compass stand = ROM-674; Equinoctial Meridian Sundial = ROM-7768; Sector = OXF. | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on June 25, 1617, may have been the son of Elias Allen; free of the Company Jan. 11, 1632; took Walter Hayes as an apprentice, Feb. 22, 1632; may be John Allen 2 who was a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1653. | near the Savoy, in the Strand, London. | Taylor 1(171); Bonelli 1; Price 2; Michel 2; Belgian Inventaire; USNM; J. Brown 1 & 3; RSW. |
| ALLEN, JOHN 2 | England, MIM | member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1653; may be John Allen 1. | J. Brown 1, 2 and 3. | ||
| ALLEN, JOHN 3 | alternate spelling for John Allan. | Smart 1; USNM. | |||
| ALLEN, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1842-52, MIM | 35 St. Swithin's Lane (1842); 5 Three King Court, Lombard Street (1847-52); both in London. | O'Mara. | ||
| ALLEN, JOHN 5 | USA, 1810-19, MIM OIM | T.C. in Dollond sextant box, the sextant having Maskelyne's flap. | At the Sign of the Mariner, Thames Street 15, Fells Point, Baltimore. | Coffeen 43. | |
| ALLEN, JOSIAH BENNETT | USA, 1813-70 fl.1849-70, MIM OIM | made reflecting telescopes and microscopes, astronomical and musical instruments; some signed "J.B. Allen." | Springfield, Mass.; Thompsonville, Conn. | USNM. | |
| ALLEN, M.H. AND T.W. | Ireland, c.1838, MIM | retailers of a beam-compass invented by W. and A. Smith of London. | Dame Street, Dublin. | Taylor 2(2063); USNM. | |
| ALLEN, NATHANIEL | England, 18th Century, NIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Eade in the Merchant Taylors' Company; partner in Eade, Wilton and Allen. | London. | Crawforth 8; RSW. | |
| ALLEN, T. | USA, NIM | Sextant = USNM. | is he same person as John Allen 2? | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1770-1843, MIM PHIM | F.R.S., 1807; may be too long a working period for one man. | Plough Court, Lombard Street (1770- ); 29 Seward Street, Goswell Street; both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2064). | |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1787, MIM PHIM | No. 37 High Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ALLESTREE, RICHARD | England, fl.1643-51, MIM | paper quadrant in almanac. | Taylor 1(203). | ||
| ALLFORD, JAMES | England?, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Soth. 12/16/63-126. | RSW. | ||
| ALLIS, J.H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALLISTER, MR. | USA, | misreading of McAllister, Willam Y., Versailles 11/19/78. | RSW. | ||
| ALLIZEAU | France, PHIM | Mineralogical Compendium = Soth. 10/28/63-20. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ALMENT, JOHN | Ireland, 1740-87, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1990); Garden Sundial = D.(1989). | optician; Evans also reported him as Almont; worked for John Margas before 1767. | Mary's Abbey (1767-74); 34 Mary's Abbey (1775-87); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Evans 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Moskowitz 132; Coffeen 30. |
| ALMONT | Ireland, c.1750, MIM | probably John Alment, which see. | Dublin. | Evans 1. | |
| ALOTTI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cirencester. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALSTON AND CO. | England, fl.1789-95, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Volvelle = BM-1901/11/15-29. | Willmore. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| ALT, ISAAC | England, c.1675, | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| ALTENDER, T., AND SONS. | USA, MIM | made rules. | Philadelphia, PA. | DATM. | |
| ALTENEDER, T. | USA, fl.1850-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | patented a drawing instrument joint, 1850, and a telescopic range finder, 1862; made drawing instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| ALTORFII, JOACHIMUS | 1591, MIM | Instrument = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| ALURESONOVO, MEL | Spain, c.1648, | this name is marked on the back of a mariner's astrolabe made by Andre Ruffo (NMM-64). | A. Stimson 3. | ||
| ALVERGNIAT | France, 18th Century, PHIM | Air Pumps = FLO (2). | may be predecessor to Alvergniat frères, fl. 1858-90, at 10 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris. | Paris? | Bonelli 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| ALWORTH, THOMAS | England, 1695, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1695 = Phillips 2/2/84. | Oxon (Oxford). | RSW. | |
| ALZ, M. | see Joao Mellorio and M. Alz. | ||||
| AMADIO | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 2/17/92. | London. | RSW. | |
| AMADIO AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd. | Francis Amadio 1 and 2. | 118 St. John Street Road, London. | Goodison 1. |
| AMADIO, A. | England, 1736, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1736 = X. | in style of Charles Orme; probably repaired and re-signed by Amadio. | Ashby de-la-Zouch. | Goodison 1. |
| AMADIO, F., AND SON | England, 1840-44, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 12/6/78, Phillips 12/2/87; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Francis Amadio 1 and son, probably Francis Amadio 2. | 118 St. John Street Road, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| AMADIO, FRANCIS 1 | England, fl.1820-44, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(6), Soth. 6/6/75, Soth.-S 9/18/86, Christie-SK 3/3/89. | made other philosophical instruments; in partnership with son, 1840-44, probably Francis Amadio 2, which see; often signed "F. Amadio"; the Christie barometer is signed "E. Amadio 118 St. John Street Road, London" but the "E" might be a misreading. | 10 St. John Street Road (1820-28); 118 St. John Street Road (1829-44); 2 St. John Street Road; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1763); RSW; USNM. |
| AMADIO, FRANCIS 2 | England, fl.1840-60, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = X. | optician; probably son of Francis Amadio 1, which see; clock is signed "Cummins." | 63 Moorgate (1840-41); 35 Moorgate (1842-51); 5 Cowpers Court and 5 Birchin Lane (1852-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1763). |
| AMADIO, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | possibly the J. Amadio, optician, who was at a different address. | 17a Telegraph Street, Moorgate Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| AMADIO, J. 2 | England, OIM | Microscope = D.(1983). | 7 Throgmorton Street, London. | Coffeen C. | |
| AMADIO, J. 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 10/19/87, Phillips 12/2/87. | some instruments are signed "Amadio." | 6 Shorters Court, City (London?). | RSW. |
| AMALDI, PAOLO | Italy, 1844, MIM | Radio Latino, 1844 = D.(1970). | later catalogue calls it a goniometer. | Mantua. | RSW. |
| AMARDIO, F., AND SON | misreading for Amadio. | RSW. | |||
| AMATIUS, F., CAPUC. | Italy, c.1750, MIM | Regiomontanus-type Sundial, wood = Linton Coll. = Libert et Castor 10/10/80. | Belluno. | Moreau. | |
| AMBROSINI AND MANZINI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Portsea. | Goodison 1. | |
| AMBROSONE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| AMELLI | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Skaphe Dial in gilt-brass box = Evans Coll. | Palermo. | Gunther 2; Price 2. | |
| AMERICAN SCHOOL APPARATUS CO. | USA, fl.1860-65, MIM | Hemisphere Globe, 5-inch = MIT. | company founded by Franklin C. Brownell. | 19 Murray Street, New York, N.Y. | Warner 4. |
| AMERLINUS, ALBERTUS | c.1560-70, MIM | Drawing Instrument = BM Print Room. | Price 2. | ||
| AMERLINUS, PAULUS | c.1567-69, MIM | Quadrant, painted = BM Print Room. | Price 2. | ||
| AMERY, LEONARD D' | see Leonard D'Amery. | ||||
| AMICI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1786-1863 fl.1811-63, MIM OIM PHIM | he made a great many telescopes and microscopes; a sundial, micrometer and a spectroscope are known; dated instruments range from 1812-35. | a renowned astronomer and fine instrument maker; designed a prism. | Modena; Florence. | Bonelli 1, 2 and 4; Pipping 1; Bryden 9; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| AMIEL | England, c.1890, PHIM | see Lloyd, Payne and Amiel. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| AMMON, ERHARD | Germany, 1579, MIM | Artillery Level, 1579 = DRE. | also marked "Macht Mych." | RSW. | |
| AMONTONS, GUILLAUME | France, fl.1663-d.1705, MIM PHIM SIM | made surveying and architect's instruments, and barometers; invented an air thermometer; described a form of marine barometer in 1695. | Paris. | Nachet; Hamilton 2; Daumas 1; USNM; Goldschmidt 70; Bedini 8; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | |
| AMSLER, C.T. | Switzerland; USA, fl.1848-61, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = X, D.(1982). | importer and manufacturer of mathematical and optical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1848-). | Smart 2; USNM; Coffeen. |
| AMSLER, CHARLES F. | MIM | probably C.T. Amsler, which see. | USNM. | ||
| AMUEL, F. | Germany, MIM | Cannon Sundials = OXF, Miss Wilmott Coll., P. and S. 11/21/1894. | Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| AMUEL, J. | see F. Amuel. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Evans 1. | |||
| ANAAND, THOMAS | England, 1683, MIM | Gunter Scale, 1683 = P.C. | earliest Gunter scale known to date. | Delehar 9. | |
| ANDERSEN, NIELS | Sweden, 1737, MIM | Table Dial, small, 1737 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| ANDERSON | Scotland, c.1859, PHIM | see Marr and Anderson; probably Robert Marr. | 14 Renfield Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| ANDERSON, DAVID, JR. | Scotland, 1597, MIM | made a town sundial in 1597. | Aberdeen. | Loomes 2. | |
| ANDERSON, F. | England, 1848, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one signed "Anderson, Registered 1586 Sept. 14, 1848 No. 183." | Gravesend. | Goodison 1. |
| ANDERSON, J.B. | Sweden, MIM | Sundial = Evans Coll. | owner or maker of dial. | Evans 1. | |
| ANDERSON, JOHN | England, c.1818, NIM | claimed to have made an instrument for locating position at sea by observing the Pole Star. | 235 High Street, Poplar, London; Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1258). | |
| ANDERSON, N. | England?, c.1850, | name on a ten-inch celestial globe constructed by C.A. Reitzel. | RSW. | ||
| ANDERSON, WALTER | misreading for Walter Alderson. | Loomes. | |||
| ANDERSONE, DAVID | Scotland, 1597, MIM | Sundial, 1597 = Tolbooth, Aberdeen. | Aberdeen. | Baillie 1. | |
| ANDERTON | England, fl.1783-1810, PHIM | Apothecary Balances = OXF, X (1810). | probably by Anderton and Calley or Anderton, Son and Calley, as Anderton is not known to have worked alone. | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1259); Gunther 2; USNM; D. Crawforth-Hitchins. |
| ANDERTON, JAMES | England, fl.1699-1706, MIM | son of Nathaniel Anderton; admitted by Patrimony to the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1699; took apprentices. | The Minories, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ANDERTON, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1669-92, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1661; free of the Company, May 13, 1669; took apprentices; engraved a plate of a type of quadrant in 1672 for Leybourn's book, "Panorganon." | London? | Leybourn; Evans 1; J. Brown 1; Clay and Court. | |
| ANDRE, A. | France, 1642, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory and silver, 1642 = Schuhmann Sale-111 = MADEX-87 = Chadenat Sale-32 = P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundials = Schuhman Sale-123, Drout-Richelieu 4/28/88. | A. André. | Paris. | Michel 1; RSW; Price 2. |
| ANDREAE, JOHAN LUDOVIC | variant spelling for Johann Ludwig Andreae. | Tooley. | |||
| ANDREAE, JOHANN LUDWIG | Germany, fl.1688-1726, MIM | Celestial Globes = DEU (1715, 1717), NUR 1715), REG (1716), KRM (1716), GOT (1716, 1717), FRA (1717), MUN. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Tooley. | |
| ANDREAE, JOHANN PHILIPP | Germany, fl.1721-26, MIM | Pillar Dials = SLM (1721), DEU (1724); Celestial Globe, 1726 = DEU-45876. | Zinner thought he was Johann Phil. Andrecein, which see. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi. |
| ANDRECEIN, JOHANN PHIL. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial, small, with case = MERC-19 = Hamilton Coll. = Soth. 12/12/55-124. | Zinner thought that he might be Johann Philipp Andreae. | Nürnberg. | Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| ANDRES, JUAN | Bolivia, 1699, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, silver, 1699 = ADL-A263. | designed for southern latitudes; Cocart-type. | La Paz. | ADL; RSW. |
| ANDRESEN, L.I. | Denmark, 19th Century, NIM | Compass Card = P.C. (1972). | in a dry compass. | Randers. | Price 2. |
| ANDREWES, NATHAN | England, d.1782, MIM | Sundial, copper = Church, Ecclesfield. | watchmaker. | Sheffield. | Gatty. |
| ANDREWS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be W.H. Andrews, c.1790, clockmaker, listed by Baillie; see also H. Andrews. | Royston. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ANDREWS AND SONS | USA, fl.1848-93, MIM OIM | Robert Fisher Andrews and his sons, Robert E. and Charles Andrews; issued a trade catalogue. | Buffalo, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; RSW. | |
| ANDREWS, CHARLES | England; USA, 1824-68, MIM OIM | worked with his father, Robert Fisher Andrews and his brother Robert E. Andrews as Andrews and Sons, 1848-68. | Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, Ill. | Smart 1. | |
| ANDREWS, H. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 7/17/96. | see Andrews and W.H. Andrews. | Royston. | RSW. |
| ANDREWS, HENRY 1 | England, 1744-1815, MIM | astronomer; globe maker. | Crawforth 11; Price 2. | ||
| ANDREWS, JAMES | England, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company 16 years after he was bound. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ANDREWS, JOEL W. | USA, 1853, PHIM | Stick Barometers = VNN, Sale; Mountain Barometer, 1853 = D.(1988). | the mountain barometer is signed "J. Andrews Albany, N.Y. 1855." | No. 42 High Street, Albany, N.Y. | Coffeen Z; MAD March, 1997; RSW. |
| ANDREWS, john HENRY 2 | England, c.1771, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 10, 1771. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ANDREWS, RICHARD | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to Fisher Combs of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ANDREWS, ROBERT E. | England; USA1829-1922, MIM OIM | worked with his father, Robert Fisher Andrews and his brother Charles as Andrews and Sons, 1848-93. | Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, Ill. | Smart 1. | |
| ANDREWS, ROBERT FISHER | England; USA, 1800-68, MIM OIM | the father in Andrews and Sons, which see. | 14 Webster (1849-52); 171 Main (1852-67); both in Buffalo, N.Y.; also in the Chicago Ill. directories from 1857 to 93. | Smart 1. | |
| ANDREWS, W.H. | England, c.1790, | clockmaker; may be Andrews and/or H. Andrews, which see. | Royston. | Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| ANDRIESSON, CLAES | Holland, pre-1596, NIM | Cross-staff (partial), 1596 = RIJ. | may be the owner. | Goutum. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| ANDRIVEAU, SAUVET | France, c.1850, MIM | Orrery = D.(1962). | successor to Ch. Dien. | 9 rue de Savoie, Paris. | Brieux. |
| ANDRONIKOS | Macedonia; Greece, c.50 B.C., MIM | Multiple Sundial = Archeological Museum, Tenos. | designed the Tower of the Winds with its dials and waterclock in Athens. | Kyrrhos, Macedonia; Athens, Greece. | Price 2 and 13; Noble and Price; Gibbs. |
| ANGELI, MICHAELIS | Italy, 1812, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, paper, wood, 1812 = P.C. | "Michaelis Angeli a Nero Capuccini"; a Capuchin. | Nero. | Price 2. |
| ANGELO, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Dangelo and Cadenazzi. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. |
| ANGELO, ALBERTI | England, fl.1822, PHIM | made barometers. | Fargate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1475a). | |
| ANGENIEUX, P. | France, OIM | made objectives. | Usines à Saint-Heand (Loire). | USNM. | |
| ANGLICUS, GUILLELMUS | France, c.1231, | William the Englishman; wrote a text on the universal astrolabe. | Marseilles. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ANGLOIS, L' | misreading for Langlois. | ||||
| ANICH, PETER | Austria, 1723-66, MIM | Floating Dials = INN(2), SLM, OBE; Polyhedral Dial = OBE; Cube Dials = INN(2), OBE; Celestial Globes, 1758 = NMM-G.133, INN, INN-Wilton(4), INN-BIB, OBE, etc.; Terrestrial Globes, 1758 = INN, INN-Wilton, INN-BIB, OBE, etc. | also made wall dials and astronomical clocks. | Innsbruck. | Zinner 1; Britten; Baillie 1; Anich Cat.; Tooley. |
| ANIL, JAMES HOLCROFT | France, 1824, MIM | Triangle, ivory = Phillips 10/5/76. | "Engineer." | Paris. | RSW. |
| ANNABOLDI, LEWIS | England, c.1830, PHIM | misreading for Arnoboldi, which see. | Taylor 2(1764). | ||
| ANNIN, WILLIAM B. | USA, 1791-1839, MIM | fl.1813-39; globe maker; patent for artificial globe, 1826; engraved maps for Loring globes; worked with George Girdler Smith, an engraver. | Boston. | Vietor; Bedini 8; Yonge. | |
| ANONE, FRANCIS | England, fl.1802-08, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | also made telescopes and thermometers; see Frans Anone. | 242 High Holborn; 82 High Holborn; 26 High Holborn (1802-08); all in London. | Goodison 1. |
| ANONE, FRANS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Francis Anone, which see. | 51 Fetter Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| ANONE, FRS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Francis Anone. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| ANSCHEUTZ AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Index Balance = Christie 6/7/72; Coin Balance = Christie 4/9/75. | RSW. | ||
| ANSONIA CLOCK CO. | USA, c.1922, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, aluminium case = WHI, ADL. | the instruction book is labled "Sunwatch"; it was made for the Boy Scouts. | Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | |
| ANTHEAUME | France, fl.1765-70, OIM | made achromatic lenses. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| ANTHONY, E. AND H.T. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | made apparatus for ambrotype, Daguerrean and photographic business. | New York. | Romaine; USNM. | |
| ANTHONY, JACOB | USA, c.1788, MIM | also a turner. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| ANTHONY, JOHN | England, c.1773, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 2, 1765; free of the Company on June 3, 1773. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ANTONI, GEORGE | Austria, late 18th Century, | Astronomical Clock, long case = VIU. | Vienna. | Baillie. | |
| ANTONINO, P. | 1744, MIM | Pillar Dial, wood, 1744 = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| ANTONIUS, MARCUS | France, 1602, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1602 = MADEX-3. | signed "Marcus Antonius Marrolensis Patumum", the last two names being towns. | Beauce. | Michel 1. |
| ANTRAM, JOSEPH | England, c.1718, MIM | member of Clockmakers' Company; took over an apprentice from John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company, 1718; presumed to be a MIM. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ANZANI | see Guggiari and Anzani; may be Anziani, which see. | Pelham Street, Nottingham. | Taylor 2(2142). | ||
| ANZIANI | see D. Guggiari and Anziani. | Goodison 1. | |||
| AO. H. | 1748, MIM SIM | Compass with sights for plane table, 1748 = P.C. | signed "Ao. H." | RSW. | |
| APELQUIST, CARL | Sweden; England; Sweden, c.1794-1824, MIM | studied instrument-making with Ramsden and William Fraser; ran several foundries. | Norrköping; Marieberg; Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| APFELBACHER, PHILIP, B.D. | Germany, 1693, MIM | Bow Dividers, wood, 1693 = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| APIAN, PETER | Germany, c.1495-1552, MIM | Wall Dial, 1524 = castle, Trausnitz; Celestial Globes, 1541 = Charles V; Pillar Dial = Duke William IV. | family name was Bennowitz; instrument designer; author; University of Ingolstadt, 1533; described the nocturnal in 1533 and the torquetum c. 1540. | Ingolstadt. | Michel 1; Van Ortroy 1; Wattenberg; Zinner 1; Maddison 1. Stevenson. |
| APIAN, PHILIP | Germany, 1531-89, MIM | Astrolabe and Cosmolabe = lost; Pair of Globes, 1576 = K.B. Library, Munich. | son of Peter Apian; family name was Bennowitz. | Ingolstadt; Tubingen. | Zinner 1; Wattenberg; Stevenson; Tooley 1. |
| APPEL, ALOYSI VON | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Drecker Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| APPLEBY, JOSHUA | England, 1705, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1705. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| APPOLD | England, c.1850, PHIM | invented and/or made a "Register Hygrometer." | USNM. | ||
| APPS, ALFRED | England, post-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | Mathematical Drawing Instrument Set = D.(1972). | optician; T.C. | 433 Strand, London, W.C. | Calvert 2; RSW. |
| APRILE, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| APRILE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometer = X. | possibly Josh Aprile, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| APRILE, JOSH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Sudbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| AR/CENNI | Germany, 1581, MIM | Navicula Sundial, 1581 = BM-1893/6/16-8. | destroyed. | Cologne. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| ARBON AND KRAP | Holland, c.1835, NIM | Octants = ANM, AMST; Sextant = ROT; Pocket Sextant = P.C. | H.G. Arbon and the Widow A.H. Krap had a shop in Rotterdam, c.1835. | Rotterdam. | Namur Exhib. Cat; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| ARCHBUTT, J. AND W.E. | England, 1867-92, MIM | Sector, ivory = D.(1984); Barometer, pocket = PC. | John and William Edward (son) Archbutt. | 201 Westminster Bridge Road, London. | RSW; WEBDB. |
| ARCHBUTT, JOHN, AND SONS | England, fl.1864-66, MIM | Sector, ivory = D.(1984). | T.C. states that the firm started in 1795; J. Archbutt and Sons fl.1864-66; John and William Edward (son) fl.1867-92. | 201 Westminster Bridge Road, London. | Crawforth 11; Taylor 2(916); O'Mara; RSW. |
| ARCHIPOV | Russia, | see Babkov and Archipov. | GEL Notes, 1973. | ||
| ARCKEN, VAN | Holland, c.1850, MIM | Astronomical Instrument = BOM 1906. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ARCUTT, GEORGE | England, c.1698, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1698. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ARDUINO, GIOVANNI | Italy, 1754, MIM SIM | Bussola Agrimensoria, 1754 = P.C. | universal surveying instrument; designer and maker. | Vicenza. | Brophy. |
| AREIAENSEN, IAN | Holland, MIM | Sundial, portable = Fry Coll. | could be Jan Areiaensen. | Gunther 2. | |
| ARESSE, F. HIERONYMUS DE | Spain, 1598, MIM | Sundial, portable, 1598 = Evans Coll. | an alternative spelling was Arresse. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Earle; Price 2. | |
| ARGAND, JEAN | France, c.1800, PHIM | Thermometer, silver, case = Ineichen 5/10/76. | signed "Argand." | Paris. | RSW. |
| ARGILL, THOMAS | England, c.1800, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 7, 1793; free of the Company on Mar. 6, 1800. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ARIANO, CHARLES | England, c.1830, PHIM | barometer maker; may be misreading for Charles Aiano, which see. | 91 Northgate, Canterbury. | Taylor 2(1765). | |
| ARIGONI | misreading for Origoni in 1841. | Goodison 1. | |||
| ARLERI, FRA A. | Italy, c.1780, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = Municipal Museum, Modena. | invented by Abbé L. Bacelli. | Italian Inventory. | |
| ARLES DEMONTIGNY | see Montigny, Arles de. | Augarde. | |||
| ARMAND, JACQUES-ETIENNE | France, 1732-80, MIM | Compass Dial, 1780 = NMM-D.139. | apprenticed to Jacques Canivet, Nov. 26, 1747, in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; free in the "Corporation", 1755. | Paris. | NMM 2; Augarde 1. |
| ARMSTRONG, JOHN 1 | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Bulkeley of the Clockmakers' Company on June 13, 1720. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ARMSTRONG, JOHN 2 | England, c.1725, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on April 10, 1725. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, AND BROTHER | England, NIM PHIM | Sextant = Soth. 4/24/72; Barograph = Phillips 12/12/89; Binocular Microscope = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | Manchester and Liverpool. | Crawforth 11; RSW. | |
| ARMSTRONG, W., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | Chichester. | RSW. | |
| ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, 1810-1900, PHIM | Electrostatic Machines = FLO, TEY. | Sir William George Armstrong; electrical engineer; first to put in a domestic hydro-electric plant in Cragside in 1840. | Cragside, Northumberland. | Bonelli 1; G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24; RSW. |
| ARNABOLDI, JARVIS | USA, c.1859, PHIM | New York N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | ||
| ARNABOLDI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76. | Shoreditch. | RSW. | |
| ARNABOLDI, LEWIS | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Arnaboldi"; also made thermometers. | Steep Hill, Lincoln. | Goodison 1. |
| ARNAULD, HEINRICH | see Henri Arnault. | Zinner 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| ARNAULT, HENRI | Holland; France, fl. 1427-60, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1455 = Charles VII; Astrolabe = NUR (ICA-548); Orrery, 1427 = Duke of Burgundy; Sundials, 1431 = Duke of Burgundy (2). | pupil of Johanne Fusoris; sometimes called Heinrich Arnold or Heinrich Arnauld; probably Henricus de Hollandia; astrolabe is signed "Henricus de Hollandia." | Zwolle; Paris; Dijon. | Poulle 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| ARNDT, J.G. | Germany, fl.1718-25, MIM | Sector = DRE; Triquetrum, 1718 = BRS; Pillar Dial, 1725 = DEU-63427. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| ARNOLD AND CO. | USA, fl.1850-63, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, case = D.(1971). | Chicago, Ill. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| ARNOLD AND DENT | England, fl.1830-40, | John Roger Arnold and Edward John Dent; see latter's entry; clock and chronometer makers. | 84 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1310); Brewington 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| ARNOLD, C. | Germany, 1731, MIM | Instrument = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| ARNOLD, CHARLES WILSON | England, b.1795 d.1829, NIM | Octant = NMM. | NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| ARNOLD, JAMES | England, fl.1829-36, MIM OIM PHIM | 5 Union Crescent, Whitechapel, London. | Taylor 2(1766); O'Mara. | ||
| ARNOLD, JOHN ROGER | England, 1769-1843, NIM | Tide Gauge = AMST. | clock and chronometer maker; see Arnold and Dent. | London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ARNOLD, THOMAS | USA, c.1830, MIM NIM | made quadrants and sextants. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| ARNOLDI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see Donato Arnoldi. | Gloucester. | RSW. |
| ARNOLDI, ARNOLDO DI | Italy; Holland, c.1600, NIM | Quadrant = HAK-1911/462. | compass maker; the quadrant is also marked "fiamingo"; made for the Cardinal of Montalto; | Amsterdam. | Morpurgo 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| ARNOLDI, C.E. AND F. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Elgersburg, Gotha, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| ARNOLDI, DONATO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one signed "D. Arnoldi"; see Arnoldi and Co. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ARNOLDI, MATTHIAS | Germany, 1691, MIM | Diptych Dial, 1691 = MUN-33/179. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | |
| ARNOTT, ISAAC | England, c.1784, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 5, 1784. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ARNOULT | France, c.1786, OIM | worked at the Observatory. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| ARNOUT | 1772, MIM | Vertical Pin Gnomon Dial, 1772 = DEU-62546. | Price 2. | ||
| ARONSBERG, M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| AROSSI | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | owner? stormy? | RSW. | |
| ARRESSE | see Aresse. | ||||
| ARRIGHI, PAULUS-SEBASTIANUS | Italy, 1747, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1747 = X. | dedicated to Egnatio Danti. | Florence. | Michel 3. |
| ARROWSMITH, AARON | England, c.1840, MIM | Terrestial Globe = Wotton Auction 12/30/96. | had George Frederick Cruchley as an apprentice. | London. | Yonge; ATG 2/1/97. |
| ARSANDEAUX | France, c.1800, MIM PHIM | Planetarium = CNAM-1446; Pyrometer = CNAM-1492. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Grimaldi(986). | |
| ARSENIO, A.F., CAPUCINORUM | France, c.1853, MIM | made sundials at Aix-les-Bains, Annecy, etc. | Gatty. | ||
| ARSENIUS, FERDINAND | Belgium; Holland, fl.1573-1628, MIM | Astrolabe, 1573 = Christie 5/18/53 = NMM; Astrolabes = MAA (1618), KEN; Tympans(2) = CNAM (913, 914). | ICA 437, 464, 233; 437 owned by Thomas Whitestones, signed on back "F.A. nepos Gemma Frisi"; worked for Plantin, 1589-1628. | Louvain; Antwerp (1607-1618). | Gunther 1; Price 1 & 2; ICA 2; Van Ortroy 2; Zinner 1; Tooley; Michel 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; CNAM Horloges Cat. |
| ARSENIUS, GUALTERUS | Belgium, fl.1554-1579, MIM | his work is characterized by exceptionally handsome astrolabes, armillary spheres, astronomical rings, radii astronomici, etc; examples may be seen at ADL, KES, CLU, NMM, LEL, MAA, MAS, MUN, NOR, OXF, AUG, BM, BRC, LEY, KEN, FLO, CNAM, National Museum of History, Mexico City, etc. | Arsenius was the nephew of Gemma Frisius, his work is often signed "G.A. Nepos G.F."; made a rete and a tympan for an astrolabe by Muh. bin Fattuh al Khama'iri in Seville, 1223 A.D.; Loyola U., Chicago has a throne from an 86cm. astrolabe. | Antwerp; Louvain. | Michel 1, 2, and 4; Van Ortroy 2; Zinner 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1; Rooseboom 1; Garcia Franco 1; D. Rowe; Brieux 2; NMM 2; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Syndram; ADL; Islamic Cat. 1989; RSW. |
| ARSENIUS, REGNERUS | Belgium, fl.1565-74, MIM | Astrolabes = OXF (1565), SGS (1565), CNAM-3.907 (1569). | Roussel-197 is dated 1565; ICA 229, 230, X; Oxf also marked "Nepos G.F."; nephew of Gemma Frisius; Evans thought him uncle of Gualterus Arsenius; Maddison feels he was Gualterus Arsenius and became director of the workshop in 1552 when Mercator went to Duisberg; sometimes seen as Rennerus. | Antwerp; Louvain. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Van Ortroy 2; Michel 1 and 2; Price 1; ICA 2; USNM; Maddison; RSW. |
| ARSENIUS, REMI | see Remigius Arsenius. | Michel 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| ARSENIUS, REMIGIUS | Belgium, c.1569, MIM | Nautical Quadrant, 1570 = KEN; Astronomical Ring, Oct., 1569 = X; Astrolabe, Sept., 1569 = X. | the astrnomical ring and the astrolabe were both bought by Plantin; this may be Regnerus Arsenius, which see. | Louvain. | Michel 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| ARSENIUS, RENIER | see Regnerus Arsenius. | ||||
| ARSENIUS, RENNERUS | BelgiumMIM | see Regnerus Arsenius. | USNM. | ||
| ARSTALL, GEORGE | England, fl.1807-16, PHIM | made beam scales and Dicas hydrometers until 1816; see Mary Dicas and Arstall. | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| ARTALLI, D. | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.; Stick Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ARTOLET, BERTRAND | France, fl.1755-80, MIM | apprenticed to Jacques Le Maire in the "Corporation des fondeurs", on July 22, 1731(?); Augarde said he was born 1732, but dates don't agree. | Paris. | Augarde 1. | |
| ARTONQUELLI | Italy, 1764, OIM | mentioned in 1764 by Lalande as an instrument maker, probably of telescopes. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | ||
| ARZONI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Soth.-S 9/18/86. | Canterbury. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 11; RSW. | |
| ARZONI, I.H. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden. | Leeuwarden. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ARZONI, J. | misreading for G. Arzoni. | Crawforth 11; RSW. | |||
| ARZT, MARCUS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Astronomical Clock = MUN. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| ASABONE | Scotland, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Maritime Museum of British Columbia. | USNM card questions the name. | Glasgow. | USNM. |
| ASH, JOHN | see John Nash. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| ASH, M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer, walnut = Soth.=S 10/19/89. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| ASHLEY, THOMAS | England, c.1749, MIM | T.C.; optician. | at ye Ggolden Spectacles in Sidney's Alley near Leicester Fields; Cranbourne Alley, Westminster (1749); both in London. | Taylor 2(327); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Holbrook; Crawforth 1. | |
| ASHMORE AND OSBORNE | England, c.1830, OIM | Spyglass = MYS. | Osborne 1. | 42 Burgess Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1767); RSW. |
| ASHMORE, WILLIAM | England, c.1825, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | see Ashmore and Osborn. | Sheffield. | RSW; Taylor 2(1767). |
| ASHTON, JOHN | England, c.1817, | see Thomas Gill. | Taylor 2(1341). | ||
| ASINI, JOHAN BAPTISTA | Italy, 1520-22, MIM NIM | Sundial, 1522 = FLO-122; Compass Rose, = FLO-1293. | Michel thinks he is 200 years later. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. |
| ASINUS, MICHAEL | France, 1602, MIM | Astrolabe, paper tympans, 1602 = CLU-7024 = Renaissance Museum, Ecouen. | ICA-215; Bonelli shows variant dates. | Caen. | Bonelli 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 2 and 3; Nachet. |
| ASKE, HENRY | England, c.1688, | member of the Clockmakers' Company; George Graham was apprenticed to him on July 2, 1688. | London. | J. Brown 3; Robischon; Loomes 2. | |
| ASKEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1808-18, OIM | optician. | 77 Litchfield Street (1808); Litchfield Street (1818); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ASLIN | England, | T.C.; shagreen and morocco case maker. | 15 Lower Smith Street, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| ASNE, MICHAEL L' | see Michael Asinus. | Michel 3. | |||
| ASPHER, PETER | Italy, 1586, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1586 = NMM-G.41. | Padua. | Tooley; NMM 2. | |
| ASSELINNE, DAVID | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial, portable = Capt. Creagh-Osborne Coll. (1923); Diptych sundials, ivory = Findlay Sale-209 = NMM, ADL-DPW17. | the ivory sundial at the ADL has been treated with acid to give it the appearance of tortoiseshell. | Dieppe. | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Price 2; NMM 2; ADL; RSW. |
| ASSHETON, RICHARD | England, 1659, MIM | Folding Rule, pear wood, 1659 = NMM. | Taylor 1(279); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court. | ||
| ASSIER-PERRICAT | France, c.1800, PHIM | succeeded his father, Antoine Assier-Perricat; associated himself with the widow of Betalli; made barometers and thermometers; "démonstrateur au Lycée des Arts pour la contruction des baromètres." | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | |
| ASSIER-PERRICAT, ANTOINE | France, fl.1771-1805, PHIM | Thermometer = GEM. | barometer and thermometer maker; "Ingénieur et mbre. de la Société des Arts et Sciences; succeeded by his son; see Bourbon and Assier-Perricat. | Rue St. Germain l'Auxerrois Place de l'Ecole, No. 14, Paris. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| ASTON AND MANDER | England, c.1840-1915, MIM | made slide rules; George Mander. | London. | O'Mara; Moskowitz 111. | |
| ASTON, ISAAC | England, fl.1814-27, MIM | Slide Rules, boxwood = Kenny Sale-124 = P.C. = ADL-DPW38, Soth. 5/10/76; Rules, folding = Christie 12/18/74, 4/9/75, and 12/8/76. | the Kenny rule is four-sided, all are signed "I. Aston." | 25 Old Compton, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1262); ADL; RSW. |
| ASTON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1787-1818, MIM | rule maker. | Cheapside (1787); 5 Water Street (1801); Birchole Street (1818); all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ASTON, T. 1 | England, c.1840, MIM | Slide Rule, ivory and electrum = P.C. | marked "The Original Maker." | London. | Delehar 4. |
| ASTON, T. 2 | England, fl.1856-65, MIM | Slide Rules, Routledge-Bolton-type = DEU (2). | rule maker; his work is marked "Original Maker." | 216 Heneage Street, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5; RSW. |
| ASTON, T. 3 | England, c.1856, MIM | rule maker. | Brueton's Walk, Prospect Row, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1818, MIM | made rules. | Coleshill Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1828, MIM | rule maker. | 20 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 3 | England, fl.1841-56, MIM | rule maker; | 25 1/2 Willis Street, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 4 | England, fl.1841-56, MIM | rule maker; worked in boxwood and ivory. | 17 Jenner's Row, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1770, MIM | made wooden rules. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ATELIER H. MORIN ET GENSE | the workshop of Henri Morin and Gense. | RSW. | |||
| ATKIN 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Alford, Lincoln. | Goodison 1. | |
| ATKIN 2 | England, pre-1871, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| ATKINS | England, fl.1818-19, NIM | patented, in 1819, a "Meridian Declination Dial for Compass Deviation." | Hornsey Road, Islington. | Taylor 2(1263). | |
| ATKINS AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 7/21/87. | Fenchurch Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ATKINS, GEORGE, AND CO. | England, fl.1817-22, OIM | Tooley Street, Southwark (1817); Churchyard Alley, Boro' (1822); both in London. | Taylor 2(1263). | ||
| ATKINS, ROBERT | England, c. 1802, PHIM | made hydrometers; Society of Artsgave him an award for hydrometers; had Quin as a partner, pre-1802. | Craven Street, Strand, London. | McConnell 4. | |
| ATKINSON, H. | England, c.1790, MIM | Levelling Staff = P.C.(1987). | to "T. Fenwick"; owner? | RSW. | |
| ATKINSON, JAMES 1 | England, pre-1665-1711, MIM | Taylor said he was apprenticed to Andrew Wakely (of the Joiners' Company?) and succeeded him at his shop; Crawforth found no record; free of the Joiners' Company; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company as Brother in 1668; took apprentices; took his son or nephew, James Atkinson 2, as a partner. | St. Savior's Dock near the Griffin (pre-1665); Redriff Wall (Rotherhithe Wall) by Cherry Garden Stairs (south bank of Thames) (1665-1711); both in London. | Taylor 1(312); Evans 1; Hamilton 1; J. Brown 1 and 3; Crawforth 7; Robischon; Loomes 2. | |
| ATKINSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1700-28, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1728 = X. | son or nephew of James Atkinson 1; partner with him and successor; advertised Coggeshall's slide rule in 1724. | St. Savior's Dock; 21 Cherry Garden Stairs, Rotherhithe Wall; both in London. | Taylor (515), 2(3); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Evans 1. |
| ATKINSON, JOHN 1 | England, d.1673, NIM | compass maker. | Harwich, Essex. | Taylor 1(255). | |
| ATKINSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1764-95, MIM | apprenticed to George Wright 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 11, 1736; turned over to John Farmer 2, a Joiner, on Sept. 25, 1739; free of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1764; took apprentices. | Whitechapel, London (1764-88). | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| ATWELL, GEORGE | England, 1588?-1659, MIM SIM | designed and improved instruments for dialling and surveying; author. | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(116); DNB. | |
| ATWOOD, AMOS G. | USA, 1841-72, MIM | made spirit levels. | Nashua, NH. | DATM. | |
| ATWOOD, GEORGE | England, 1740-1807, | invented the Atwood Machine in 1780 to find the gravity constant; F.R.S., 1776. | Cambridge. | Taylor 2(565); G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| ATWOOD, WILLIAM | England, c.1840, OIM | Telescope = D.(1986). | signed "Wm. Atwood Portable." | RSW. | |
| AUBRIUS, I. | Germany, 1605, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1605 = Spaulding Coll. | Trecensis. | Hamilton 2. | |
| AUBRY, GILLES-CLAUDE | France, c.1746, | apprenticed to Gilbert François in the "Corporation des fondeurs" on Dec. 13, 1717; master in the "Corporation", June 30, 1746; not known to have mane instruments. | Paris. | Augarde 1. | |
| AUCH, JACOB | Germany, 1765-1842, MIM | Calculating machines = DRE (1790) and STU. | these were a type of calculating instrument which he had invented; watch and clockmaker; pupil of Philipp Matthaus Hahn. | Echterdingen (1765-87); Vaihingen an der enz and Karlsruhe (1787-98); Weimar (1798-1842). | Evans 1; Friess. |
| AUDEBERT, DENYS | Holland, fl.1709-63, MIM | made armillary spheres; granted patent for terrestrial and celestial globes in 1735. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| AUFLEGER, JOSEPH | Germany, 1838, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, stone, 1838 = MUN; Cannon Sundial = DEU. | see Joseph Ausfleger, surely the same. | Price 2; Evans 1. | |
| AUGUST, ERNST FERDINAND | Germany, 1795-1870, PHIM | coined the word, `Psychrometer' in 1818; inventor. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| AUGUST, J., KURFURST VON SACHSEN | Germany, fl.1553-86, MIM | Sundials, wood, 1560 = DRE-A420 and A422; Sundial, 1569 = DRE-A424. | J. August, Kürfurst von Sachsen; designed four mining compasses. | Saxony. | Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| AUGUSTIN | MIM | Universal Equinoctial Sundial = Evans Coll. | Earle. | ||
| AUGUSTUS, JOHN ANTHONY | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Augustus Falmouth"; see I. Agosti. | Church Street, Falmouth. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1768a). |
| AUREL, P. | France, MIM | Universal Sundial with watch face = OXF. | perhaps P. Aurelius. | Vienne. | Evans 1; Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| AURELIUS, PATER 1 | Czechoslovakia, 1765, MIM | Table Sundials, 1765 = Brünn Stadtmuseum, DEU-1697. | also signed "a S. Augustino"; see Pater Aurelius (2) a San Daniele. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Czech. Inventory. |
| AURELIUS, PATER 2 | Austria, fl.1762-70, MIM | Heliochronometer, 1762 = Brünn Stadtmuseum; Astronomical Clock, 1770 = MUN. | also signed "a San Daniele"; see Pater Aurelius (1) a S. Augustino. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Czech. Inventory. |
| AURIFABER, PETRUS | see Johann Crolius. | Price 2. | |||
| AURIFEX | see Bernardinus; "goldsmith." | ||||
| AURRAY, CLAUDE | France, 1613, MIM | Sundial, 1613 = Museum, Clermont-Ferrand. | Gatty. | ||
| AUSFELD, H. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | exhibited in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Gotha, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| AUSFLEGER, JOSEPH | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Dial, stone = DEU. | see Joseph Aufleger, surely the same. | RSW. | |
| AUSTEN, HENRY | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on April 18, 1700; free of the Company, Sept. 1, 1712; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| AUSTIN | Ireland, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976). | 39 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. | Rinaldi 2. | |
| AUSTIN, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1818-20, MIM | 2 Essex Quay, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| AUSTIN, SAMUEL | England, c.1700, | free of the Stationers' Company between 1664 and 1747. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| AUTHENRIETH | Germany, MIM NIM | Quadrant = HEI. | Heilbron. | RSW. | |
| AUTOR | see R.S. and J. da Silva (J.S. 2); probably author or maker. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| AUZOUT, ADRIEN | France, fl.1667-1729, OIM | made telescopes; improved the micrometer; pioneered in metrology; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; Hamilton; Stebbins; Goldschmidt 70; G.L'E. Turner 24; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | |
| AVERNIK, A.G. | see Avernik Gebroeders. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| AVERNIK, GEBRS. | Holland, c.1750, NIM | Compass, wood, pivoted card = Soth. 3/25/86. | entry says "A.G. Avernik" but card is signed "Gebrs. Avernik." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| AVERY, JOHN | USA, 1732-94, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Western Reserve Historical Socity, Cleveland, Ohio; P.C. (1787). | used by George Washington when surveying for Lord Faifax. | New Preston, Conn.; Bridgewater, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 1 and 8; Guthman 1. |
| AVERY, THOMAS 1 | England, d.1843, PHIM | balance maker; see W. and T. Avery 1. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVERY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1843, PHIM | balance maker; see W. and T. Avery 2; son of Thomas Avery 1. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVERY, THOMAS C. | USA, fl.1846-55, MIM NIM PHIM | won a diploma in 1846 for a magnetic bath. | 77 Charlton Street, New York City. | USNM. | |
| AVERY, W. AND T. 1 | England, fl.1817-43, PHIM | Balances = PRM, Christie 11/22/78, D.(1977); Double Balance = K. and C. 10/8/75; Set of Coin Scales, steel = Phillips 2/14/79; Butcher's Steelyard = OXF; etc. | "Late T. Beach, Patent" on D. balance; some signed "Avery"; some balances may be by W. and T. Avery 2. | Digbeth, Birmingham. | Giordano 1; Moskowitz 111; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| AVERY, W. AND T. 2 | England, fl.1843-95+, PHIM | Pocket Balance = Christie-SK 7/100/80. | balance makers; William Avery 2 and Thomas Avery 2 were sons of Thomas Avery 1 of W. and T. Avery 1; they took over firm when their father died in 1843; balance is signed W. and T. Avery Ltd. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| AVERY, WILLIAM 1 | England, PHIM | balance maker; see W. and T. Avery 1. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVERY, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1843-, PHIM | balance maker; son of Thomas Avery 1; see W. and T. Avery 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVINC, F. JOSEPH | MIM | Diptych Dial, ivory, large = OXF. | Evans thought him "Avin." | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| AVIZARD FRERES | France, c.1900, OIM PHIM | Barograph, No. 237 = GEM. | "Maison de l'Ingr. Chevallier Optn. Avizard Fres. Sucrs.". | 21 rue Royale, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| AVRANCHES | France, | Pillar Sundial, wood = Soth. 2/5/53. | surely made for the town of Avranches. | RSW. | |
| AXELSON, A.J. | Sweden, c.1850, PHIM | Balance = STM. | Målargränd 6, Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| AYBER, EGIDIUS | 1566, MIM | Celestial Globe, copper-gilt, 1566 = NUR. | Price 2. | ||
| AYERSCHOTTELS, GEORG | Germany, 1614, MIM | Astrolabe, 1614 = GEL. | ICA-3102. | Nürnberg. | Chenekal 2; ICA 2. |
| AYRES, BENJAMIN | Holland, 18th Century, MIM NIM SIM | Octants, wood = DOR, RIJ, AMST (partial); Sextant = TEY; Theodolite = LEY; Sun Compasses = LEY, UTR-Physics Lab., TEY; Azimuth Compass with an octant mounted on top = TEY; Vernier Calipers = UTR; Circumferentor = UTR; Set of Drawing Instruments = Burndy Library, Norwalk, Conn; Equatorial Sundial = UTR. | invented the vernier calipers; also signed "Aires." | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Zinner 1; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 7; USNM; Evans 1; de Rijk; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| AYSCOUGH, JAMES | England, fl.1732-62, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = KEN, FLO; Telescopes = KEN, Court Coll., Phillips 12/2/87; Stick Barometers = VAA, D.(1975). | apprenticed to James Mann 2, in 1732, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1740; partner with Mann 2, 1740-48; James Linnell was apprenticed to him in 1754 and succeeded him; see Mann and Ayscough; T.C.; succeeded by his wife who kept his name on T.C.; Phillips marked "Inv et Fe." | Archimedes and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near Castle Tavern, Fleet Street (1740-48); Great Golden Spectacles and Quadrant, Ludgate Street (1740-52 or longer); 33 Ludgate Street (Taylor thinks he was alone in 1749); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(226); RSW; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3(135); Tyler. |
| AYSCOUGH, MANUEL | England, OIM | Microscope = WHI. | Taylor 2(226). | ||
| AYSCOUGH, MRS. JAMES | England, fl.1759-66+, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded her husband, James Ayscough; kept his name on the T.C. | at the Golden Spectacles and Quadrant, no. 33 in Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| AYTOWN, WILLIAM | Scotland, c.1631, MIM | Vertical Sundials = Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh (11). | Gatty. |
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