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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. | ||
| B. 1 | 1673, MIM | Folding Rule, wood, 1673 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| B. 2 | 1770, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1770 = Evans Coll.? | Evans 1. | ||
| B. 3 | MIM | Diptych Sundials = D.(1965), ADL-W195. | they have fleur-de-lys marks. | ADL; RSW. | |
| B. 4 | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Compass Sundials = D.(1980), OXF, ADL-W182, Christie-G. 5/13/86, Peron et Corsy in Melun, 6/10/79, etc. | the "B" is punched on the hour-scale; we agree with Moskowitz who suggests that these sundials were made by David Beringer on the basis of the sundial in WHI, which is identical except that it is signed "David Beringer"; see also "D.B." | Nürnberg. | Evans 1; Moskowitz 132; ADL; RSW. |
| B. 5 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory = D.(1978). | decorated with three-leaf clovers; "B" stamped in compass box. | Moskowitz 116. | |
| B. 6 | c.1740, MIM | Sandglass = AMST. | signed on top. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| B.A. 1 | Germany, 1561, MIM | Astrolabe, 1561 = BASH (lost). | ICA-3013. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| B.A. 2 | Germany, c.1550, MIM SIM | Surveying Quadrant = BM-97/1/12-1. | see Bartholomew, Abbot; see P. Ildephonsus Mahrer. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| B.A.D. | see D.H.S. | RSW. | |||
| B.A.M. | Germany, 1719, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1719 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| B.B. 1 | France, 1655, MIM | made portable sundials. | Blois. | Gunther 2; Hamilton 1. | |
| B.B. 2 | Germany, c.1750, MIM | made sundials. | Pipping 1. | ||
| B.B.C. | Holland, c.1700, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 12/12/55. | RSW. | ||
| B.B.G. | Holland, c.1590, MIM | Sundial with Quadrant = Hamilton Coll. | Hamilton 2. | ||
| B.C. | MIM | Sandglass, double = NMM-H.12. | NMM 2. | ||
| B.D.G. | France, 1595, MIM SIM | Radio Latino, 1595 = Roussel-9 = NMM; Rule, gilt-brass = MADEX-457. | rule is ex-Strauss Coll. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| B.E. | Germany, | Zinner said to see "C. Fredensburg", but there is no such entry. | Zinner 1. | ||
| B.F. | Germany, 1600, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1600 = DRE. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| B.H. 1 | Austria, fl.1583-84, MIM | Astrolabe, 1583 = POB; Nocturnal with Vertical Sundial, 1584 = POB. | nocturnal is MADEX-222; astrolabe is ICA-3019. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 1; MADEX; Price 2; M.J. Hagen; ICA 2. |
| B.H. 2 | England, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/27/72 = D.(1974). | owner?; initials in flowing script. | Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1. | |
| B.H. 3 | punchmark on Barent Hendricke compass dial at NOR. | RSW. | |||
| B.K. | Germany, 1569, MIM | Artillery Level, 1569 = ADL-M203. | the initials are punched in a shield with crossed swords between, one of the sword points ends in a cross. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| B.M. | 1772?, OIM | Martin-type Barrel Microscope = Soth. 4/28/69. | RSW. | ||
| B.P. 1 | 1601, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1601 = X. | Brieux 2. | ||
| B.P. 2 | Germany, late 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = EMA, PTA, REG, STS, WAI, and ZIT. | Zinner 1. | ||
| B.R.H. | "B." over "R.H."; marked on a silver quadrant by Richard Blaxam at the BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |||
| B.S. | Germany, 1562, MIM | Sundial inside bottom plate of round table clock, 1562 = PIC. | also marked "C.S." (2) inside lid. | Pippa. | |
| B.T. | MIM | Astrological Instrument = NAC. | Nachet; RSW. | ||
| B.V. | Italy, MIM | Dividers, in the shape of a stiletto = FLO-2515. | also marked "Volentieri"; Benvenuto della Vulparia? | Bonelli 1; Maccagni 1. | |
| BA. H.F. C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = WUR. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| BAADEN, FR. LIBE RATUS CARL. AUG. | misreading for Fr. Karl Liberatus of Augsburg and Baden. | Soth. 5/12/75. | |||
| BAAK, TOBIAS | Scotland, 1695, MIM | Wall Dial, 1695 = Kirkgate, Alloa. | also Bachup; master mason; architect. | Gatty. | |
| BAARDA, JOHANNES VAN | Holland, b.1742-c.1810, MIM | also made clocks. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BAARDA, PETRUS JOHANNES VAN | Holland, 1744-1800?, | ivory turner; pupil at "Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude." | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BABBAGE, CHARLES | England, 1792-1871, MIM | Calculating Machine = Dudley Observatory, Albany, N.Y. | invented a calculator; F.R.S. in 1816. | 5 Devonshire Place, Portland Place (1815-27); 1 Dorset Street, Manchester Square (1828-71); both in London. | Taylor 2(1265); DNB; DSB; RSW; etc. |
| BABBITT, H.M. | USA, 1846, MIM | Micrometer, 1846 = Fair of American Institute. | Providence, R.I. | USNM. | |
| BABINEN, GEBHART | see Baeinen. | Price 2. | |||
| BABKOV AND ARCHIPOV | Russia, fl.1770-80, OIM | Telescope, large = GEL. | worked in instrument shop attached to the Academy of Arts. | RSW. | |
| BACCI, GIACOMO | Italy, 17th Century, OIM | made lorgnettes. | Venice. | Nachet. | |
| BACELLI, ABBE L. | Italy, c.1780, | invented a vacuum pump made by Arleri; Abbé L. Bacelli. | Italian Inventory. | ||
| BACH, L. | Germany, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, three-inch = Wellesley College Observatory, Mass. | "Optiker." | Munich. | USNM. |
| BACHARD DE SARON, J.B. GASPARD | France, 1730-94, MIM | copied Ramsden's dividing engine, 1775. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BACHELER | France, c.1625, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = Soth. 3/18/74. | RSW. | ||
| BACHELIER, DANIEL | Germany, 1700, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1700 = DRE-C80. | Berlin. | Zinner 1. | |
| BACHMAYER, JOAN GEORG | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = ING. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BACHMAYR, GEORG JOSEF | Germany, 1750, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1750 = WUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BACHUP | see Tobias Baak. | ||||
| BACKER, JAN | Johan Bacher van Call? | ||||
| BACKER, MORTIMER DE | Holland, 1657, PHIM | Money Scales and Weights, 1657 = FIT-135. | Amsterdam. | Price 2. | |
| BACKWELL | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 7/9/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| BACKWELL, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1780-1818, MIM | compass and drawing instrument maker. | 6 Tash Street, Grays Inn Lane, London. | Taylor 2(794); Dewhirst; Crawforth 11. | |
| BACKWELL, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1818-20, OIM | son of William Backwell 1. | 6 Long Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1266). | |
| BADDELY, J. | England, c.1800, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Level = OXF; Telescope, stand = D.; Stick Barometer = Soth.-Chester 9/8/81. | possibly Bradderley, which see. | Albrighton. | Taylor 2(1075a); Daumas 1; Coffeen II; RSW. |
| BADDELY, JOHN | England, c.1800, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Soth. 2/28/80; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 9/8/81. | Albrighton. | RSW. | |
| BADGER, JOSEPH | USA, 1784, MIM | Orrery, 1784 = X. | New Haven, Conn. | USNM. | |
| BADOLLET, J.J. | Switzerland?, c.1815, MIM | Sundial in pocket watch = MERC-9 = WHI. | Hamilton thought he was G.G. Badollet and French. | Geneva? | Bryden 16; Hamilton 1. |
| BADSEY, JOHN | England, c.1738, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1738. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BAEINEN, GEBHART VON | Germany, 1558, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1558 = VIE-F1346. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | ||
| BAGATELLE | France, c.1750, | inventor or maker. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | |
| BAHARIE, A. | England, c.1840, NIM | Sextants = NMM, Soth. 11/9/59-176. | may be one instrument. | Sunderland. | Taylor 2(2067); NMM 2; RSW. |
| BAIJENS | see Bayens. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BAIJER, JOSEPHUS | see Josephus Bayer. | ||||
| BAILEY 1 | England, c.1791, MIM | NMM 1. | |||
| BAILEY 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Melun 4/24/83. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BAILEY, CHARLES | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln, an OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, on June 11, 1778. | Court and von Rohr 3(211). | ||
| BAILEY, J.W. | England, fl.1850-62, MIM NIM SIM | Sextant, case = P.C. | sextant signed "Bailey Fenchurch Street, London"; exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition. | 162 Fenchurch Street, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| BAILEY, JOHN 1 | England?; USA, fl.1775-78+, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments; Crawforth questioned his English origin. | New York, N.Y.; Fishkill, N. Y. (1778). | Bedini 1 and 8; Crawforth 11. | |
| BAILEY, JOHN 2 | USA, 1731-1823, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1804 = NYS. | signed "J. Bailey, Hanover, Mass."; mechanic; clockmaker. | Hanover (1804); Lynn; both in Mass. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| BAILEY, JOHN ALYESWORTH | USA?, f.1850-84, MIM | Burt's Solar Compass and Level = N.Y. Exhib. of the Industry of All Nations, 1853. | advertised as manufacturer of Burt's Solar Compass, etc.; partner with William Burt as Burt and Bailey, 1853-56; brass founder. | Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1; USNM; Elgin. |
| BAILEY, R. | England, OIM | Reflecting Telescope = Soth. 3/21/73. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| BAILEY, S. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAILEY, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Stanion. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAILI 1 | France, 1663, OIM | made telescopes. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| BAILI 2 | see Bayley 1. | Dewhirst; Michel 3. | |||
| BAILLE | see Bayley 2. | Michel 3. | |||
| BAILLE AINE ET NEVEU | France, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bretaudiere et Raynaud, Chalon-sur-Saône 6/23/79. | Baille Aîné et Neveu. | RSW. | |
| BAILLIE, WILLIAM | Scotland, 1833, PHIM | spirit hyrometer maker. | 19 Saltmarket, Glasgow (1833). | Bryden 3. | |
| BAILLON, FRANCISCUS | see Francus Baillou. | Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| BAILLON, PIERRE | Italy, | see Pierre Baillou. | NMM 2. | ||
| BAILLOU, FRANCUS DE | Italy, fl.1738-64, OIM | Telescope, 1738 = ADL-M431; Objective Lens, 1764 = FLO-3340; Microscope, 1755 = NAC. | "Francus de Baillou S.C.R. Majestatis Opticus fecit Mediolani anno 1755" on microscope. | Milan. | Evans 1; Bonelli 1; Nachet; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| BAILLOU, PIERRE | Italy, c.1721, MIM NIM SIM | Plane Table Compass = X; Octant = NMM; Mining Compass, 1721 = P.C. | Milan. | Bryden 9; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| BAILLY, ROBERTUS DE | France, fl.1525-30, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, = X (1530), Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. | Bailly was an engraver and metal worker; the two globes listed may be the same one. | Tooley; Yonge. | |
| BAILY, JOEL | USA, 1732-97, MIM SIM | Levels = Mason and Dixon (1767); Surveyor's Compass, 1765 = X. | worked as a surveyor and instrument maker for Mason and Dixon, 1764-68. | West Bradford, Chester County, Pa. | Bedini 8. |
| BAIN AND AINSLEY | England, NIM | Course Correcter = ADL-A120. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| BAIN, ALEXANDER | Scotland; England, 1810-77, MIM | apprenticed to a clockmaker in Wick; in 1827 he went to London where he was a journeyman. | Wick; London (1827). | Taylor 2(1769). | |
| BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM | OIM | Telescope = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| BAINS, ROBERT RAINS | England, fl.1816-19, NIM | invented a perpetual log. | Myton, Kingston-on-Hull. | Taylor 2(1269). | |
| BAIRD AND TATLOCK | England, PHIM | Balances = Christie 2/13/68, K. and C. 10/8/75, 7/14/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| BAIRD AND TAYLOR | misreading for Baird and Tatlock. | ||||
| BAKER 1 | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Folding Rule = DRE; Dumpy Level = AUI; Theodolite = Soth. 10/22/76; Sextant, pocket = Melun 4/24/83; Set of Drawing Instruments, rosewood case = Bearnes 12/6/71; Microscope = FLO-2651. | other microscopes appear at auction; surely Charles Baker, which see. | 244 High Holborn, London. | Moskowitz 108; Bonelli 1; RSW. |
| BAKER 2 | England, c.1835?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAKER 3 | England, fl.1809-11, PHIM | partner with John Frodsham. | London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BAKER 4 | England, c.1880, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, mahogany case = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| BAKER AND HOOPER | USA, fl.1822-40, MIM NIM | Tell-Tale Compass, 1840 = D.(1976); Plotting Graphometer = D.(1993). | David Baker and Hooper; Thomas Wightman engraved the compass cards. | No. 54 Ann-Street, (on the Draw-Bridgw), Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10 and 12; Moskowitz; Coffeen 41. |
| BAKER, CARVER AND MORRELL | USA, c.1900, NIM | Marine Compass = PMS. | Portland, Maine. | RSW. | |
| BAKER, CHARLES | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = Christie 12/18/74, Christie-SK 12/1/83, Phillips 5/20/75, 2/14/79, 4/20/83; Stick Barometer = D.(1975); Odometers = Phillips 2/2/84, Christie-SK 12/1/83; Meridian Transit = Keighley Art Gallery and Museum. | most instruments signed "C. Baker." | 244 High Holborn, London. | Stevens and Aked; USNM; Moskowitz 108; RSW; Coffeen A. |
| BAKER, D. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Billingshurst. | RSW. | |
| BAKER, DAVID | USA, b.c.1792-1856, NIM | the Whaleman's List showed he was a dealer in nautical instruments; see Baker and Hooper. | New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz, 1976; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| BAKER, EDWARD | England, c.1779, MIM | grand-nephew of Benjamin Cole 2 and brother-in-law of John Newton; drawing instrument maker; ensign in the Militia, 1779. | London. | Millburn 11. | |
| BAKER, HENRY | England, fl.1848-58, OIM PHIM | optician; made barometers and thermometers; had a display in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 90 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Bonelli 1; Moskowitz 109. | |
| BAKER, RICHARD | England, c.1806, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1806. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| BAKER, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1685-1712, MIM | diallist; author; probably the designer of the "Celestial Hemisphere." | The Windmill, without Temple Bar (pre-1706); the Union Coffee House, over against the Royal Exchange; both in London. | Taylor 1(439); Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| BAKER, ROBERT 2 | England, OIM | Nachet thought that he might have been the first maker of a reflecting microscope; doctor. | Nachet. | ||
| BAKER, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1680, MIM | Burford or Oxford. | Dewhirst; Taylor 1(416); Evans 1; Gunther 2. | ||
| BAKER, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1748, MIM | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1738; turned over to Thomas Cole, leatherseller, March 6,1738; turned over to Richard Hut in the Clothworkers' Company on Oct. 20, 1740; free in the Joiners' Company, Aug. 2, 1748. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BAKER, WILLIAM 3 | USA, fl.1850-54, MIM NIM OIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| BAKEWELL, R. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sectors = UTR (wood), DEU (ivory). | London. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| BAKEWELL, RICHARD | England, fl.1797-1826, MIM SIM | made mining compasses, rules of ivory and boxwood, surveying tapes; succeeded by Isaac Trow. | Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1477); RSW. | |
| BAKKER, CLAES | Holland, c.1650, MIM | Astrolabe and Sundial on watch case = Michel Coll. | Groningen. | Michel 1. | |
| BALBRECK | France, MIM SIM | Wye Level = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BALBRECK FILS AINE | France, MIM PHIM | Orographe Schrader = CNAM. | Balbreck fils aîné; surveying instrument to draw elevation and location of mountains. | Paris. | Delehar 8. |
| BALCH, JOHN | USA, c.1800, MIM | Almanac, rotating, 1800-1900 = D.(1995). | Mass. | Coffeen 51. | |
| BALCH, THOMAS H. | USA, fl.1771-1817, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.; Surveying Compasses, wood = PEA, P.C., D.(1978). | Essex Institute and PEA instruments may be only one. | at the Sign of the Mariner's Compass, State Street, Newburyport, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Warner 12; RSW. |
| BALDANTONI, A. | Italy, c.1700, MIM NIM SIM | Cross-staff = KEN; Alidade = X. | Ancona. | Daumas 1; Holbrook; Price 2; Evans 1; Hamilton 2; USNM. | |
| BALDANTONI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1784-1873, MIM | Ancona; Firenze (1861). | Brenni 1. | ||
| BALDANTONI, GIUSEPPE, E FIGLIO | Italy, c.1861, MIM | Magnetic Compass = X. | Ancona. | Brenni 1. | |
| BALDEN, JOSEPH | England, -1817, PHIM | see Beach and Balden. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BALDOCK, RICHARD | England, c.1721, MIM | apprenticed to William Roberts 1 in the Broderers' Company on Nov. 8, 1705; free in the Company, Dec. 6, 1721. | Next the Three Tuns in Shoe Lane, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BALDWEIN AND BUCHER | Germany, fl.1561-68, MIM | Orrery Clocks = DRE, KAS. | Eberhard Baldwein and Hans Bucher. | Marburg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| BALDWEIN AND DIEPEL | Germany, fl.1561-63, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1561-63 = KAS. | Eberhard Baldwein and Hermann Diepel. | Marburg; Giessen. | Lübke. |
| BALDWEIN, EBERHARD | Germany, fl.1558-81, MIM | Quadrant, wood = lost; Armillary Sphere = KAS; Azimuth Quadrants = KAS, lost (1569); Celestial Globe = P.C. | "mechanicus." | Kassel; Marburg. | Zinner 1. |
| BALDWIN, JEDEDIAH | USA, fl.1790-1811, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood = P.C. (1960). | Hanover, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; A.L. King; Price 2; DATM. | |
| BALDWIN, THOMAS | England, post-1713, MIM | George Dennis was turned over to Thomas Baldwin as an apprentice, after 1713; Baldwin may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BALDWIN, WILLIAM | England, c.1655, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1655. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BALE 1 | England, fl.1814-15, MIM | see Mitchell and Bale. | Taylor 2(1389). | ||
| BALE 2 | England, c.1845, MIM | Celestial Globes = X (1845), Phillips 12/2/87 (1845), Soth. 5/21/73 (1846); Terrestrial Globe, miniature = D.(1971). | Soth. globe is five-inch diameter; see Bale and Woodward. | Tooley; Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| BALE AND WOODWARD | England, c.1845, MIM | Celestial Globe = Melun 4/24/83. | see Bale 2. | RSW. | |
| BALE, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on Oct. 2, 1704. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BALE, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| BALEATO | Spain, NIM | Azimuth Compasses = MAN-I78 and -I90; Sextant = MAN-I123. | Ferrol. | Garcia 1. | |
| BALERNA | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | probably Domenico Balerno. | Dundee. | RSW. |
| BALERNA, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Goodison 1. | ||
| BALERNA, L. | England, fl.1841-53?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 11/26/83, Soth.-Chester 6/20/85. | Halifax. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BALERNO, DOMENICO | Scotland, fl.1846-53, PHIM | barometer maker. | 14 Yeaman Shore, Dundee. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1. | |
| BALES | see Bale | ||||
| BALIE | see Bayley 2. | Dewhirst. | |||
| BALL, JONATHAN | USA, 1835, NIM | patent for mariner's compass, 1835; example at D. with glass bowl and compass card signed "Hooker New York", surely William Hooker. | Buffalo, N.Y.; Newry, Me. | USNM; Bedini 8; Coffeen Comm.; Warner 12; RSW. | |
| BALL, THOMAS | England, c.1724, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 31, 1711; free of the Company, July 6, 1724. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BALLARA | misreading for Ballard 1. | RSW. | |||
| BALLARD 1 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Cranbrook. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| BALLARD 2 | England, fl.1826-28?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lamberhurst. | Goodison 1. | |
| BALLARD, SAMUEL | USA, 1718-93, MIM | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | ||
| BALLARD, T. | England, c.1805?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London? | Goodison 1. | |
| BALLARINI, PETER | England, 1801-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | in partnership with Austin Cattaneo and others, pre-1838; barometer signed "P. Ballarini York." | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. |
| BALLESTEROS, MANUEL DE | Spain, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN-1938-369. | RSW. | ||
| BALLESTEROS, PEDRO | Spain, 1829, | Sundial, 1829 = Man-I149. | invented by the Marques de Feria. | Madrid. | Garcia 1; RSW. |
| BALLESTRE | Spain, PHIM | Balance, steel = Soth. 4/22/65-41. | Madrid. | RSW. | |
| BALLOCK, PHIL. | England, MIM | Sundial, portable = Col. Baldwin (1890). | Gatty. | ||
| BALSARY, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-C 10/9/86, New House 9/10/93. | New House barometer signed "Balsary and Co.". | London. | ATG 8/28/93; RSW. |
| BALTHASER, JOHANN | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = WHI. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BALTUS, MARQUART | see Marquart, Baltus. | Michel 3. | |||
| BALTZER | see Baltzer Cambon. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BALY | see Bayley 2. | Dewhirst. | |||
| BAMASCONI, FRANCIS | misreading for Francis Barnasconi, which see. | Taylor 2(1771). | |||
| BAMBER | NIM | Rolling Rule = Versailles 4/17/83. | RSW. | ||
| BAMBER, JAMES | Ireland, c.1820, NIM OIM | invented an improved ship's log; may be Bamber, which see. | Ballymoney. | Taylor 2(1479). | |
| BAMBLER, P. MAURUS | Germany, MIM | Reichenbach. | Evans 1. | ||
| BAMMAN, JOHANNES | Germany, fl.1484-91, MIM | Astrolabes = Schweinfurt Museum (1484), KRE (1487). | KRE is ICA-604, other is ICA-633; also see "H.B. 1." | Smalkaldens. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. |
| BANCE | England, c.1797?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer in bookcase = J. McGarva Coll. = Soth. 11/15/63. | Hungerford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BANCE AINE | France, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Soth. 10/21/74. | Bance Aîné. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BANCKS 1 | see Robert Bancks 2. | ||||
| BANCKS 2 | England, fl.1820-27, MIM OIM PHIM | son of Robert Bancks 2; referred to as Banks, Jr.; made instruments for Dr. Brewster; see Bancks and Son. | 119 New Bond Street (1820-27), London. | Taylor 2(921). | |
| BANCKS AND SON | England, fl.1810-34, MIM OIM PHIM | Rule, ivory = BM-1918/7/12-19; Wheel Barometers = X(2); Spyglass = Soth. 12/15/78. | Robert Bancks 2 and a son; "Instrument makers and Opticians to His Majesty." | 119 New Bond Street, London (1820-27). | Taylor 2(921); Goodison 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| BANCKS, ANTHONY OLDISS | England, fl.1792-96, MIM OIM | older brother of Robert Bancks 2; apprenticed to John Kitchingman in the Turners' Company, Aug. 3, 1780; free by patrimony in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 7, 1792; took apprentices; optician. | 25 Piccadilly, Strand (1794); 440 Strand (1796); both in London. | Crawforth 7; Clifton 1. | |
| BANCKS, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1765-pre-1792, | apprenticed to William Murry in the Joiners' Company, 1755; turned over to Philip Jones, member of Framework Knitters' Company in 1757; free in the Joiners' Company, 1765; may have been the father of Anthony Oldiss Bancks and Robert Bancks 2. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BANCKS, ROBERT 2 | England, fl.1803-38, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL; barometers, microscopes, telescopes, sextants, pantographs, sundials, etc. | freed by Patrimony in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 5, 1803; instruments are signed "Bancks" or "Banks", all with same address; some may be by his son; T.C.; "Optical and Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales"; "Instrument Maker to His Majesty"; Royal appointment to George IV (1820) and to William IV later. | 440 Strand ; 441 Strand; 440-1 Strand; New Bond Street (1820); all in London. | Taylor 2(921); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 110; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; ADL; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Bonelli 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Coffeen 12; RSW. |
| BANDERMAN, W. | Germany, MIM | Inclinometer = Soth. 11/9/59-179. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| BANFIELD | England, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 12/3/75. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| BANG, T.A. | Denmark, c.1812, NIM | Marine Compass = Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Conn. | Kiopenhavn; enlarged copy of compass card used as table top. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| BANGS, NIELS ROHR | Denmark, c.1830, NIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| BANIDE | France, c.1775, OIM | made optical instruments for Rochon. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BANKEL | Germany, c.1780, PHIM | Money Balance = DRE. | may be misreading for James Bankes, which see. | RSW. | |
| BANKES 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Phillips 2/2/84. | surely misreading for Robert Bancks 2, which see. | 441 Strand, London. | RSW. |
| BANKES 2 | see Banks. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BANKES, JAMES | England, PHIM | made folding balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BANKS | see Bancks. | Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| BANKS AND HATCH | USA, fl.1841-44, MIM NIM | mathematical instrument makers, 1841; dealers in mathematical and nautical instruments, 1844; see Edward Prince Banks. | Sign of the Quadrant and Watch, No. 6 Exchange Street (1841); 72 Exchange Street (1844)' both in Portland, Me.. | Portland, Me. Business Directories; RSW. | |
| BANKS, EDWARD PRINCE | USA, 1811-92 fl.1834-37, MIM NIM | T.C.; see Banks and Hatch. | two doors below Merchants Bank, Exchange Street (1834); No. 6 Exchange Street (1837); both in Portland, Me. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 102; Portland, Me, Business Directories; RSW. | |
| BANKS, JOHN | c.1900, | Water Clock, 1682 = X, | made by Pearson-Page Co. of Birmingham in the 20th Century. | Britten 1; Darius 1. | |
| BANKS, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway. | Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society. | Fleet Street, London. | RSW. |
| BANKS, JR. | England, | son of Robert Bancks; mentioned as maker by Brewster; see Bancks 2 and Bancks and Son. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BANKS, ROBERT | England, | see Robert Bancks. | Taylor 2(921); Clay and Court; Moskowitz 110. | ||
| BANKS, WILLIAM | England, c.1734, MIM | apprenticed to Fisher Combs of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 7, 1734. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BANNISTER, H. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Angle Barometer = P.C. | stolen. | Lichfield. | ATG 5/8/93. |
| BANNISTER, JAMES | England, c.1751, | apprenticed to John Sudlow of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 1, 1751. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BANYARD, THOMAS | England, c.1683, | apprenticed to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 6, 1683. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARABAN | France, c.1850, MIM SIM | succeeded by C. Dupressoir, which see; also succeeded by L. Thomas | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BARADELLE 1 | France, 1702, MIM | Sundial, octagonal, gilt-brass, 1702 = Soth. 5/10/54. | may be misreading of date. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE 2 | France, fl.1752-1814, MIM NIM SIM | made sundials including Butterfield-type, inclining and other horizontal types; made circumferentors, globes, sectors and other drawing instruments, etc.; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL; ADL-N6, ADL-W41, ADL-W67; and octant, 1752 at PMM. | could be either Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle or his son, Nicolas-Eloi Baradelle; see entries for them; Daumas thought that most of the undated sundials were by Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; Weil (2)29; NMM 2; USNM; ADL; Price 3; Ward 4; Wynter 1; Nachet; RSW. |
| BARADELLE FILS | France, 1749-1808, | Sundial = Prince de Conti Coll. (18th Century). | catalogue of instruments, 1778; see Nicolas-Eloi Baradelle. | Quai de l'Horloge du Palais, au Quartier Anglais, Paris. | Brieux 2; Nachet; Augarde; RSW. |
| BARADELLE JUNIOR | France, MIM SIM | Rule, ebony and ivory = MADEX-504; Graphometer = X; Set of Drawing Instruments = P.C. | Baradelle Fils. | Paris. | MADEX; RSW; Bryden 9. |
| BARADELLE L'AINE | France, 1752-94, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Graphometer, 1782 = Versailles 5/6/79; Cam-type Sundial in gold watch case = D.(1985); Spherical Level = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Equatorial Sundial, gold = NMM; Pair of Globes, wood = Schuhmann Sale-96; Surveying Cross = ADL-W193; Mining Instrument Set = P.C.; Instument Set (1788) = P.C. | Baradelle L'aîné; Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle, fl.1774-94; Augarde thought him Nicolas-Alexandre Baradelle, c.1761; made nine nautical and mathematical instruments for Courtanvaux. | Rue Dauphine, Paris. | Courtanvaux; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Philips; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; Augarde; RSW. |
| BARADELLE LAINE | France, MIM | Astronomical Ring = Drouot 4/7/87; Sundial = TIM (1987). | misinscribed; should read "Baradelle L'aîné." | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE S. OZ. | France, MIM | Pedometer in watch case = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BARADELLE, CHEZ | France, MIM | Capuchin-type Sundial = ADL-A---. | probably by Jacques or Nicholas Baradelle. | Quay del'horloge du Palais à l'Enseigne de l'Observatoire, Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE, J.L.J. | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. | Jean Louis Jacques Baradelle, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE, JEAN-LOUIS-JACQUES | France, 1752-94, MIM PHIM SIM | he made many instruments including sundials, sectors, globes, lodestones, artillery levels, graphometers, etc. | member of Guild of "fondeurs ciseleurs"; invented a type of crescent sundial and an artillery level; most instruments signed "Jacques Baradelle"; father of Nicholas-Eloi Baradelle; see Baradelle L'aîné. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; NMM 2; Augarde; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| BARADELLE, NICOLAS-ELOI | France, fl.pre-1774-1814, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Cardinal de Luynes (pre-1774), NMM (1774; Analemmatic Sundial = NMM; Meridian for a globe, 1774 = CNAM-1449; Ellipse Compass = CNAM-2774; Set of Geometric Figures, wood = CNAM-3824; Sundial = NAC; etc. | worked for Abbé Rochon in 1805; see Baradelle Fils; son of Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle. | Quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Maddison 1; Michel 3; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Wynter 1; Nachet; NMM 2; Augarde; RSW. |
| BARADELLEN, JACQUES | see Jean Louis Jacques Baradelle. | ||||
| BARANCA, JOSEPH | Italy, 1687, MIM | worked with Franc. Ruvolo in producing globes; a terrestrial globe is signed "Franc. Ruvolo fecit. Joseph Baranca Sculpsit Octob. 1687" is at the Chicago Historical Society. | Yonge. | ||
| BARANDELLE FILS | misreading for Baradelle Fils. | Lempertz 6/14/76. | |||
| BARBA, GIOVANNI DELLA | Germany, c.1525, MIM | made excellent instruments, spheres, globes, astrolabes, etc. | Michel 3. | ||
| BARBA, JOSEPH FRANCOIS | France, 1760, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1760 = Museum, Nancy. | Joseph François Barba. | Michel 14. | |
| BARBANTI, CARLO | Italy, fl.1829-37, MIM PHIM SIM | Drawing Instrument = ROM; Polariscope = FLO; Barometer, De Luc-type = FLM. | machinist to the Royal Observatory in 1829 and to the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1837, both in Turin. | Turin. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| BARBARET, JACQUES | France, MIM | Sundial and Compass inside lower lid of watch = LOU. | ex-Garnier Coll. | Paris. | Garnier Cat. |
| BARBER, EDWARD | England, c.1674-97, MIM | apprenticed in the Joiners' Company in 1667; free of the Company in 1674; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARBER, ISAAC | England, c.1676, | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1676. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| BARBER, J. | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescopes = PMS, Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the Christie-SK telescope is signed "Barber London." | London. | RSW. |
| BARBERIOS, FELICE | Italy, 1680, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1680 = Santa Maria delle Grazie Church, Milan. | Milan. | Baillie 1. | |
| BARBIER, JEAN | France, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Jean Lefebvre 2 in the "Corporation des fondeurs" on June 27, 1720. | Augarde 1. | ||
| BARBON 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 21 Panton Street, Haymarket, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARBON 2 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 5/14/87 & 10/22/87; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | see Barbon and Co. | Fullwood Rents, Holborn, London; 281 Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| BARBON AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fullwood Rents, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARBON, PETER | Scotland, fl.1808-12, OIM | Microscope, 1810 = RSM. | microscope has 77 Princes Street, Edinburgh as the address. | 4 Lothian Street; 18 Nicholson Street (1809); 77 Princes Street (1810); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1076); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. |
| BARBON, S., AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1076). | |
| BARCLAY, ADAM | Scotland, d.1753, MIM OIM | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BARCLAY, ANDREW | Scotland, c.1870, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976); Telescope, Gregorian = Auction, Atlanta, Ga., May, 1987 = D.(1988); Telescope with micrometer eyepiece = FRK = RSM. | "engineer." | Kilmarnock. | Brieux 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BARCLAY, HUGH | Scotland, fl.1727-d.1749, OIM | also made watches. | Edinburg. | Bryden 3. | |
| BARCLAY, W. | Scotland, fl.1825-26, MIM | invented instrument to measure elevations. | Auldeare, near Nairn. | Taylor 2(1480). | |
| BARCLAY, WILL. | PHIM | Stick Barometer, Num. 132 = Christie 12/8/76. | RSW. | ||
| BARCLAY, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1731-d.1758, OIM | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 and 4. | ||
| BARDE | France, c.1850, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = NYM. | Bardé. | Paris. | Lübke. |
| BARDIN 1 | England, MIM | Orrery = Auction, 1915. | see H. Bardin. | Dewhirst. | |
| BARDIN 2 | England, MIM | globe maker; either Thomas Marriot or William Bardin, which see. | USNM; Yonge.. | ||
| BARDIN 3 | England?, NIM | Sextant = D.(1968). | RSW. | ||
| BARDIN, G.A. | England, MIM | Celestial Globe = NMM-G.166. | London. | NMM 2. | |
| BARDIN, H. | England, c.1780-85, MIM | Tellurium = NMM. | see Bardin 1. | London. | NMM 2. |
| BARDIN, THOMAS MARRIOT | England, fl.1806-27, MIM | Terrestrial Globes on sta = P-B 1946 (on stand), Boston Athenaeum, Mass., Wilson Museum, Castine, Me.; Celestial Globes = Wilson Museum (1800), P.C. | worked with William Bardin, his father or uncle; member of Girdlers' Company. | 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1077); Crawforth 11; Yonge. |
| BARDIN, W. AND T.M. | England, c.1780-1819, MIM | Pairs of Globes = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 3/23/23, P-B 10/28/44-936, USNM, APS, Adams Nat'l Historic Site, Mass, (1800, 1807); Terrestrial Globes = Hispanic Society, New York, Essex Institute, Mass. (1798), Schuyler Mansion, (1798), Dartmouth College, New Hamp. (1814), Boston Athenaem, Mass. (1817), P.C. (1819); Celestial Globes = Christie 12/8/76, Essex Institute, USNM, Boston Athenaeum. | William and Thomas Marriot Bardin. | 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(796a, 1077); Multhauf 1; Bedini 1; RSW; USNM; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 11; Yonge. |
| BARDIN, W., AND SON | England, MIM | Pair of Globes = University Observatory, Coimbra. | RSW. | ||
| BARDIN, WILLIAM | England, fl.pre-1780-1803, MIM | Pairs of Globes = NMM-168 and -169, VCW, Longleat House; Terrestrial Globes = Archaeological Museum, Nivelles, Belgium, VCW (1782-2), Phillips 12/12/89 (1783); Celestial Globes = PEA (1782), VCW (1785). | in Leathersellers' Company; in Girdlers' Company, 1776; most work signed "W. Bardin"; worked with Thomas Marriot Bardin, which see; collaborated with James Ferguson; Longleat globes are ten-inch, celestial dated "April, 1785", the other dated "1783"; PEA signed "Wright's New Improved Celestial Globe----Made and Sold by William Bardin---Jany. 1, 1782." | 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(796a); Belgian Inventory; Moskowitz 102; NMM 2; Crawforth 11; Yonge; RSW. |
| BARDON | misreading for Bardou. | ||||
| BARDOU | France, fl.1819-50, OIM | Telescope, enameled = Soth. 122/13/65-106; Telescope = PEA. | probably P.G. Bardou; he and A. Bardou shared the same address; firm established in 1819. | 55, rue de Chabrol, Paris. | USNM; Moskowitz 118; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| BARDOU AND SON | France, post-1850, OIM | Telescope, 3-inch = P.C.; Telescopes = P.C.(1987), D.(1976). | first P.C. (3-inch) is 38" long; second P.C. is also marked "G B" with a type of ampersand in between. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARDOU AND SONS | France, post-1850, OIM | Telescope = D.(1977). | may be misreading for Bardou and Son. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARDOU ET FILS | France, post-1850, OIM | Telescopes = MYS. | one marked "Charles Hutchinson and Son, Boston." | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARDOU, A. | France, c.1850, OIM | Telescopes = Christie-SK 11/19/87 (2), 8/20/87. | 55, rue de Chabrol, Paris. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| BARDOU, P.G. | France, c.1850, OIM | made telescopes. | 55 rue de Chabrol, Paris. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| BAREKHAN, J.R. | Germany, NIM | Sextant = OMM. | Bremerhaven. | RSW. | |
| BARELLA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARELLA, A. | Holland, PHIM | Barometer, double = Christie 12/8/76. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BARELLA, D. | Holland, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-Mak van Waay April, 1978. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BARELLI | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Pulborough 3/1/83. | see Josh Barelli and Co. | Reading. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARELLI, JNO., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARELLI, JOHN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1975); Barometer = D.(1971). | may be Barelli in Della Torre and Barelli, which see; X is signed "J. Barelli"; 1971 D. signed "Jon" with little bar under the "n". | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARELLI, JOSH, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see Barelli. | Reading. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARELLI, JUNO | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Abridge Antique and Auction 2/21/90. | may be misreading for Jno. Barelli. | Bath. | RSW. |
| BARETTA | USA, c.1850?, | see McAllister and Baretta. | Smart 1. | ||
| BARINE, P. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARKER 1 | England, c.1736, OIM | microscope maker. | Nachet. | ||
| BARKER 2 | England, c.1780, MIM SIM | Theodolite = D. | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| BARKER 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer in door of clock = Connoisseur, July, 1911. | attributed to William Barker, clockmaker, fl.1747-86. | Wigan. | Goodison 1; A.J. Hawkes. |
| BARKER 4 | England, NIM | Magnetic Compass = Christie 3/9/65-3. | signed "Barker's Patents 181/15"; probably Francis Barker, which see. | RSW. | |
| BARKER AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Compass = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | probably Francis Barker and Son. | London. | RSW. |
| BARKER, FRANCIS | England, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM | Sundials, round, slate = Christie 12/18/74 = 4/9/75, P.C. | compass designer; see Barker 4. | 12 Clerkenwell Road, London. | NMM 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| BARKER, FRANCIS, AND SON | England, 1848-to present, MIM NIM PHIM | Sextant, box = Christie-SK 10/6/83; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C.; Equatorial Sundials = Soth. 3/14/57-140, 11/9/59-174. | also made aneroid barometers; firm continues to produce instruments to this day; most are signed "F. Barker and Son"; T.C. marked "Late Grove and Barker"; "17 years with and successors to J. and G. Simms." | "Sundial House", 12 Clerkenwell Road; 23 Great Sutton Street, E.C. (post-1858); both in London. | Moskowitz 107; RSW; USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| BARKER, WILLIAM | England, c.1711, MIM | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 8, 1700; was turned over to William Haddon, Stationer, on Mar. 12, 1700 (os). | London. | Taylor 1(560); Evans 1; J. Brown 1. | |
| BARLACE | England, c.1780, MIM | Sectors = Soth. 6/23/87, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | both sectors have twelve-inch radii. | London. | RSW. |
| BARLING | England, post-1740, MIM | Soho Rule, boxwood and ivory = P.C. | a type of slide rule designed by James Watt, c.1739. | Limehouse Hole, London. | Delehar 2 and 9. |
| BARLOW, PETER | England, 1776-1862, | devised Barlow's Wheel, a machine which demonstrated Faraday's discovery of electro-mechanical rotation. | Greenslade, Jr. 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BARLOW, THOMAS H. | USA, 1789-1865, MIM | Planetaria = Washington and Lee University, Lexington Va., Sayre School, Lexington Ky., University of Mississippi, University, Miss. | the planetaria were very large, 13 feet in diameter; at least 11 more were made, now all lost; inventor; machinist; published a brochure for the instrument. | Lexington Ky.; Cincinnati, Ohio. | Langemann. |
| BARLOW, WILLIAM | England, 1544-1625 fl.1580-1618, MIM NIM | designed instruments, including a compass with an alidade to determine variation. | Winchester (1581); Salisbury (1615). | Taylor 1(37); Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BARNABITI | Italy, c.1847, OIM | made reflecting microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BARNARD, I. | England, 1784, MIM | Gauge, folding, for wine = X; Slide Rule, 1784 = P.C. | Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983; Delehar 9. | ||
| BARNARDA, P. | England, fl.1803-11, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | in directories as maker. | 22 West Street, West Smithfield, London. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNARDA, P. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see P. Barnarda. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHINA 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1973). | variant spelling of Barnasconi? | London. | RSW; Wynter 1. |
| BARNASCHINA 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably Francis Barnasconi. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNASCHINA, ANTHONY | England, fl.1826-28, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 7/6/73. | one X is signed "A. Barnaschina." | New Road, Gravesend. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARNASCHINA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gravesend. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Devizes. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHONE, CHAS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHONI AND MONTHI | see Bernaschoni and Monthi. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |||
| BARNASCHONI, B. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P-B 10/24/42. | RSW. | ||
| BARNASCONE 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. | possibly M. Barnascone. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW; USNM. |
| BARNASCONE 2 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1997). | Merthyr. | ATG 6/14/97. | |
| BARNASCONE, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be Andrew Barnascone of Boston or A. Bernasconi of Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BARNASCONE, ANDREW | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | signed "A. Barnascone". | High Street, Boston. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARNASCONE, G.B. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, P.C. (1972). | 13 St. Michaels Square; 14 St. Michaels Square; both in Southampton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BARNASCONE, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCONE, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4). | also spelled Bernasconi. | Leeds. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNASCONI, A. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 2/2/84. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| BARNASCONI, F., AND SON | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | Francis Barnasconi renamed the firm to be "F. Barnasconi and Son" by 1860. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARNASCONI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1827-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | signed "F. Barnasconi, Newcastle"; also spelled Barnesconi. | 34 The Side (1827-34); 16 Groat Market (1838); 28 Groat Market (1841); 29 Groat Market (1844); 20 High Bridge (1847-53); 35 High Bridge (1855-58); all in Newcastle. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1771); RSW. |
| BARNASCONI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 12/15/83. | signed "L. Barnasconi Trowbridge Warranted." | Trowbridge. | RSW. |
| BARNASCONI, LEWIS | England, fl.1833-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | may have made barometers. | 42 Burgess Street (1833-37); 233 Waingate (1834-41); 19 Waingate (1841); all in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNASCONI, M. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Chester 5/16/85, 7/25/85. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| BARNES AND ASPINALL | England, PHIM | scale makers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BARNES, WILLIAM | England, c.1706, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 24, 1706. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BARNESCONI | see Barnascone, Barnasconi and Bernasconi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BARNETT, ASHER | England, fl.1770-77, OIM | spectacle grinder and optician. | 25 Coleman Street (1770); 25 Froggery (1777); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BARNETT, MORRIS | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = MYS. | Ramsgate. | RSW. | |
| BARNETT, THOMAS | England, 1768-1816 fl.1789-1816, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "T. Barnett"; T.C.; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1782; free of the Company on Dec. 17, 1789; patented a method of aerating fluids, 1802; instrument maker to H.M. Board of Customs and Excise; advertised all kinds of barometers; made telescopes and other instruments. | 21 East Street, Lambeth (1789); 61 Great Tower Street; No. 4 Mores Yard, Old Fish Street near Dockers Commons; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(797); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Calvert 2; Court and von Rohr 3(216); Crawforth 1. |
| BARNI | France, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, diamond-shaped = Doyle 1/24/90. | Amiens. | RSW. | |
| BARNS, DANIEL | England, c.1753, | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 16, 1753. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BARNUKA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bury. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAROCCIO, AMBROGIO | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Morpurgo 1. | |||
| BAROCCIO, GIAMBATTISTA | Italy, | may be Giovanni Battista Baroccio. | Urbino. | Price 2. | |
| BAROCCIO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1570, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1570 = ROB. | see Giovanni Maria Baroccio; Price thought he was Giambattista Baroccio. | Venice; Urbino. | Morpurgo 1; Michel 2; Price 2. |
| BAROCCIO, GIOVANNI MARIA | Italy, 1570, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1570 = ROB; Planetary Clock = Bernard Coll., Paris. | must be same as Giovanni Battista Baroccio, which see; clock was for the Pope; globe maker. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1; Michel 2; Baillie 1. |
| BAROCCIO, SIMONE | Italy, fl.1568-70, MIM | son of Giovanni Maria Baroccio; clockmaker; made Commandino- and Guidobaldi-type proportional compasses. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BARON, EDMOND | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 7, 1693. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BARON, PATRICK | Ireland, 1794, OIM | optician. | 83 Dame Street, Dublin (1794). | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BARR | Scotland | see White and Barr. | Glasgow. | USNM. | |
| BARRAND, ROGER | France, | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1972). | "horloger"; reproduction. | rue Despiches, Orléans. | RSW. |
| BARRAUD | England, fl.1823-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D. | also made chronometers. | 41 Cornhill, London. | Wynter and Turner; USNM. |
| BARRELL, JOHN | England?, c.1828, NIM | Sextant = Old Gaol Museum, Me. | USNM. | ||
| BARRERE | France, | see Girard et Barrère. | Christie-SK 4/17/86. | ||
| BARRETA, D. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1996). | may be Dom Barret. | 67 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; ATG 7/6/96. |
| BARRETT | England, NIM | see Spencer, Barrett and Co. | |||
| BARRETT, DOM | England, 1783?, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | dated in pencil; may be D. Barreta. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARRETT, ROBERT M. | England, c.1850, MIM | in Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; D. Primavesi was his agent in Cardiff. | 4 Jamaica Terrace, Limehouse, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| BARRETT, SIMON | England, c.1678, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Claxton in the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Joseph Wells of the Joiners' Company on July 3, 1668, until 1675; free of the Clockmakers' Company, April 8, 1678; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2. | |
| BARRINGTON, THOMAS | England, c.1828, MIM | 32 Wytch Street, Strand, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BARROLL, JOHN | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood 1 of the Clockmakers' Company for eight years on June 1, 1701. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BARROW AND OWEN | England, MIM NIM OIM | T.C. in marine compass box; Henry Barrow. | 26 Oxenden Street, London. | RSW. | |
| BARROW, HENRY | England, 1790-1870, MIM NIM PHIM | Theodolite = KEN; Telescope = KEN; Mariner's Compass = NMM; Gunner's Level = NMM; Dip Needles = USNM, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Hurstmonceaux Castle; Actinometer = KEN; Barometer, Thermometers (2) = P. & S. 2/4/1876. | might have been apprenticed to either George Dollond 1 or Edward Troughton 2 as he did work for both of them before 1829; appointed MIM under the Surveyor General of India (1830-39); succeeded to the business of Thomas Charles Robinson in 1842; became "Robinson and Barrow" (1842-50); also made balances; invented a new dip needle. | London (pre 1830); Calcutta (1830-39); 38 Devonshire Street, London (1842-43); 26 Oxenden Street, London (1845-64). | Pipping 1; RSW; Bryden 8; Taylor 2(2069); McConnell; USNM; NMM 2; Stock 1 & 2. |
| BARROW, HENRY, AND CO. | England, fl.1850-69, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thermometer = Soth. 3/11/77; Telescope, three-draw = Phillips 1/30/84; Sextant, box = Phillips 10/26/83; Protractor, full, with sights = Drouot 4/7/87. | some signed "H. Barrow and Co.; one carries the East India Co. trademark; also made theodolites, magnetic compasses, etc.; see Henry Barrow. | 26 Oxenden Street, London. | O'Mara; RSW; USNM; Stock 1 & 2. |
| BARROW, JOHN | England, 1792, MIM | author. | London. | Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| BARROW, W., AND W. LOVELACE | England, pre-1756, PHIM | T.C.; made artificial magnets; partnership broke up in 1756. | at the Golden Lion in St. Martins Le-Grand, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| BARROW, WILLIAM | England, c.1756, NIM PHIM | Compass, 1756 = NMM. | T.C.; see W. Barrow and W. Lovelace; made artificial magnets; left London in 1756. | London; Woolton near Prescott, Lancs. (1756). | NMM 2; Calvert 2. |
| BARRY | England, c.1800, MIM NIM | Telescope, pocket = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79; Octant = Seamans Institute, New York; Sextants = MYS, LIM, Soth. 10/17/60-157; Circular Protractor = D.(1976). | probably Richard Barry, which see. | London. | Moskowitz, 1976; RSW; USNM. |
| BARRY, JOSEPH | Ireland, fl.1780-1824, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = X. | also a watchmaker. | Cork. | Mollan 1 and 2; SIS Bulletin #1, 1983; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| BARRY, M. | England, fl.1815-25, MIM | continued Richard Barry's business. | Navigation Warehouse, Minories, London. | Moskowitz 112; USNM; Brewington 1. | |
| BARRY, RICHARD | England, fl.1799-1820, MIM NIM OIM | Telescopes = PEA, P.C.(1969); Protractor, full, with arm = D. (1976); Sextant, ebony = D.(1993). | sextant scale is signed "I.R." (8); T.C. | 290 Wapping Street (1799-); 106 Minories; Navigation Warehouse, Minories (1810-15); all in London. | Moskowitz 112; Taylor 2(925); Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Coffeen 43. |
| BARSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1738-40, | patented a quadrant, 1738; Joseph Turner worked with him on the quadrant. | Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(228); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Millburn 8. | |
| BART, JOHANN | Germany, c.1525, MIM | see Giovanni della Barba. | Michel 3. | ||
| BARTENSCHLAGER, J.C. | Germany, 1713-99, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundial = SCH-5269; Table Sundials = SCH-5268, ZUS-LM2639, and ZUR(2); Graphometer = ZUR; Surveying Instruments = SCH and ZUS; Sector = Soth. 10/17/60-132. | Schaffhausen. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| BARTHELEMY | France, c.1790, PHIM | Hydrometer, silver, case = Drouot 11/7/75. | "Md Orfèvre et Joailler de Lunel"; Barthélémy. | dans la Grand'rue, vis-à-vis le Bureau de la Colerie, No. 346, Paris. | RSW. |
| BARTHELMES | Germany, c.1830, PHIM | Barometer = DRE. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| BARTHOLOMAEUS, S. | Germany, 1736, MIM | Sundial, stone and brass, 1736 = FRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BARTHOLOMEW, ABBOT | Germany, 1550, MIM | Chalice Dial, 1550 = BM-1896/12/14-1. | see B.A. 2. | Aldersbach. | Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Gatty. |
| BARTLETT, JOHN 1 | England, c.1754, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 18, 1746; turned over to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company by Barbara Gilbert, administrator, on March 18, 1752; free in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 5, 1754. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARTLETT, JOHN 2 | England, c.1900, | Roman Sundials, copies = Wray Sale-78 = OXF (falsely dated 1640), ADL-T46 (falsely dated 1642). | by D.B. Sheahan of New York City; address marked on sundials is "Chester." | Michel 1; Dyer; Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; RSW. | |
| BARTLETT, MOSES | England, d.1709, MIM | sundial recorded. | Exeter. | Loomes 2. | |
| BARTLETT, WILLIAM | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Elizabeth Toogood in the Joiners' Company, July 16, 1700. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARTOLLA, G. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Barford. | RSW. | |
| BARTON 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Ramsden worked under him. | Nachet . | ||
| BARTON 2 | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| BARTON, JOHN | England, fl.1791-1815, NIM | invented a type of floating compass. | 36 Old Bond Street; upper Belgrave Square, Pimlico; both in London. | Taylor 2(926). | |
| BARTON, PETER | misreading for Peter Barbon. | Morrison-Low; RSW. | |||
| BARTRAM, ABRAHAM | England, c.1602, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1602. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BARTS | England, MIM | Sundial, portable, case = Central Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton. | London. | Stevens and Aked. | |
| BARTSCH, JACOB | Holland, 1600-33, MIM | Instrument, 1624 = LEY. | also marked "Jac. ab Leiden." | Leiden. | Price 2; RSW. |
| BARTSCHERER, HANS | Sweden, fl.1563-82, MIM | Cube Dial, 1580 = STH-12580. | Stockholm. | Zinner 1. | |
| BARUCKER | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | made Cuff-type microscopes; optician; possibly W. Burucker, which see. | Nürnberg. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| BASERGA | France, c.1805, MIM | succeeded by his son, A. Baserga. | 54 Quai des Orfevres et 15 Place Dauphines, Paris. | USNM. | |
| BASERGA, A. | France, c.1830, MIM | succeeded his father, Baserga. | Paris. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BASERGA, F., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | |
| BASNETT | early spelling for Bassnett. | Moskowitz 101. | |||
| BASS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Northampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BASS, GEORGE | England, fl.1706-69, OIM | apprenticed in 1706 to Ralph Sterrop of the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company on March 28, 1716; Master of the Company in 1747; took apprentices; made early achromatic lenses in 1733 which had been invented by Chester Moor Hall. | Bridewell Precinct (1733); Fleet Ditch (1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(6); Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(82); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BASSANO, CHRISTOPHER | Italy, fl.1700-50, MIM | Sundial = E.C. Middleton Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| BASSETT | USA, MIM | Bassett Adder = D.(1984). | Chicago, Ill. | Moskowitz 127. | |
| BASSETT, N. | USA, 1836, | patented a surveying compass, 1836. | Wilmington, Del. | USNM. | |
| BASSETT, THOMAS | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1669. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BASSNET, JAMES | see James Bassnett. | ||||
| BASSNETT | England, c.1840, NIM | Quadrant = PMS; Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-M3274; Octants = PMS (2), BMM, NMM, Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass. | one PMS marked "G.W." on ivory scale, the other "SBR"; surely James Bassnett. | Liverpool. | NMM 2; Brewington 1; RSW; Moskowitz 101; USNM. |
| BASSNETT, J., AND H. DUREN | England; USA, c.1850, NIM | Octant = PMS. | James Bassnett and his New York dealer, Henry Duren. | Liverpool and New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| BASSNETT, JAMES | England, fl.1829-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = PEA-751; Stick Barometers = PMS, VNN, MYS; Telescope = Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Ill.; Marine Barometer = MYS; Sextant = SFM; Quadrant = D.(1972). | changed name from Basnet to Bassnett in 1841; spelling variants are Bassnet and Basnett; optician; watch and clockmaker; T.C.; in partnership with son, Thomas?, 1857-60. | 4 Barnes Court, Shaws Brow (1829); 13 Roberts Street North (1834-37); 1 Roberts Street (1841-51); 58 Roberts Street (1857); 8 Roberts Street (1857-60); all in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2070); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 101; Bryden 9; USNM; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| BASSNETT, JAMES, AND SON | England, fl.1855-65, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76; Marine Compass = Soth.-PB pre-1980; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | opticians; probably the son was Thomas Bassnett; both barometers and telescope signed "Bassnett and Son"; compass signed "J. Bassnet and Son, Liverpool". | 8 Roberts Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz 104; Brewington 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BASSO, FRANCESCO | Italy, fl.1560-70, MIM | also a cartographer. | Milan. | Tooley. | |
| BASTARD, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BASTICK AND DRIVER | England, PHIM | T.C.; scale makers; "late forman and apprentice to Mr. Vandome." | No.2 Holywell Row, Worship Street, near Finsbury Square, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| BASTIEN L'AINE | France, 1842, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1842 = BOM 3/28/06-556. | Bastien L'aîné. | Rue St André des Arts, 60, Paris. | RSW. |
| BAT. LUGD. | 1640, MIM | Diagonal Scale, 1640 = SKO. | may be Lugdini for London. | Price 2; Bedini 5; RSW. | |
| BATCH, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chichester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BATE | England, fl.1807-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including a terrestrial globe on tellurian, ADL-L34, garden sundial at Washington Old Hall, Washington Village, County Durham; a wooden protractor, 1846, at BM; mountain barometer in a cane; Bate's Ready Reckoner; Thomson's Lunar Corrector (No. 209), etc. | could be Robert Brettell Bate or his son; ADL tellurian is reputed to be by Sauter and Gyldenstolke. | 17 Poultry, Cheapside; 20/21 Poultry, Cheapside; both in London. | Taylor 2(1079); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Brewington 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Moskowitz 107; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Delehar 9; ADL; Yonge; Coffeen 35; RSW. |
| BATE AND POULTRY | misreading for Bate in Poultry. | RSW. | |||
| BATE AND SON | England, pre-1840-49, | Robert Bretsell Bate and son. | London. | Taylor 2(1079); Moskowitz 105. | |
| BATE, BARTHOLOMEW | England, 1806-95, OIM | apprenticed to Robert Brettell Bate, his father, of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Jan. 24, 1822, free of the Company on Jan. 27, 1829; see Bartlett Bate. | Clay and Court; Taylor 2(1079); Court and von Rohr 3(249). | ||
| BATE, BARTLETT | England, c.1822, OIM PHIM | optician; took out a patent for improvements in hydrometers and saccharometers; called Junior; may be Brettell or Bretsell Bate or may be confused with Bartholomew Bate; may be the son of Robert Bretsell Bate or may be a ghost except for the "Jr." | of the Poultry, London. | Taylor 2(1079); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(249). | |
| BATE, HENRY | France, c.1274, | wrote a treatise on the astrolabe. | Malines. | Gunther 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BATE, JOHN | England, 1809-40, PHIM | worked with his father, Robert Brettell Bate. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| BATE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1626, MIM | made gunner's scales; may be John Bates. | London. | Taylor 1(52); Evans. | |
| BATE, JOHN 2 | Ireland, 1750, MIM | Sundials = X (1750), Soth.-PB pre-1980. | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | |
| BATE, JOHN 3 | England, c.1832, OIM | London. | Taylor 2(1773). | ||
| BATE, P. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | ||
| BATE, PHILIP | Ireland, fl.1761-62, MIM | Nicholas Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| BATE, ROBERT BRETTELL | England, 1782-1847, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums; they include orreries, microscopes, dials, telescopes, globes, octants, barometers, etc.; Meridian Transit = ADL-A138. | T.C.;made free of the Spectaclemakers' Companyby redemption in 1814; Master of the Company, 1828-30; took his son, Bartholomew, as apprentice in 1822 and as partner before 1840; Brettell also appears as Brettel and Bretsell; some instruments are signed "R.B. Bate"; "Optician in Ordinary" to George IV in 1818, to William IV in 1830 and to Queen Victoria in 1837; also acted as dealer; T.C. | 17 Poultry; 20/21 Poultry (1830); both in Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(1079); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105; Brewington 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Price 3; Ward 4; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Court and von Rohr 3(238); McConnell 4; ADL; RSW. |
| BATECIN, S. LAUR. | Italy, NIM | Compass in gimbals = FLO-3176. | Venice. | Bonelli 1. | |
| BATEMAN, JOSEPH | England, fl.1823-40, MIM | made an eight-foot slide rule. | Middlesex. | Taylor 2(2071). | |
| BATEMAN, T. | England, MIM | globe maker; succeeded by John Newton. | at the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| BATENBURG AND CO. | Holland, c.1790, NIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = ADL-A192, Christie 12/18/74. | Rotterdam. | ADL; RSW. | |
| BATENBURGH, JAN VAN | see Jan van Call. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BATERNA | 1780, PHIM | made barometer, c.1780; Baserga? | Halifax. | USNM. | |
| BATES | England, c.1760, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Phillips 4/20/83. | Kettering. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BATES, JOHN | see John Bate 1. | Taylor 1(52); Evans 1. | |||
| BATES, RICHARD | England, MIM | T.C. | at the Quadrant without Newgate facing the Old Bailey, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| BATES, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on June 3, 1686. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BATH, ABRAHAM | Abraham, Bath; misreading of name on globe in the Chicago Historical Society; see Abraham 1 and Jacob Abraham. | Yonge; RSW. | |||
| BATHER | England, PHIM | Chondrometer = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | Haymarket. | RSW. | |
| BATIS, IOANNES | Italy, c.1575, MIM | Horary Quadrant = FLO-2525. | for latitude 42°. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| BATKA, WENZD | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM | in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Prague (Austria). | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BATTELL, AFFABELL | England, fl.1737-48, MIM | apprenticed to John Potten in the Broderers' Company, Jan. 15, 1707; free in the Company, June 8, 1737; assistant compass maker at Deptford Yard, 1741-48. | Beaufort Buildings in the Strand, London (1737). | Crawforth 7. | |
| BATTEN, EDWARD | England, c.1671, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Marke of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 16, 1671. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BATTENBURG AND CO. | misreading for Batenburg and Co. | RSW. | |||
| BATTENBURGH | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Michel 3. | |||
| BATTI | see Moretti and Batti. | ||||
| BATTINI, B. | Italy, 1721, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver and ivory, 1721 = Michel Sale-7. | the bottom has an engraved cruciform motif. | RSW. | |
| BATTISTA, B.D. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | Downham. | RSW. | |
| BATTISTESSA | see Zerbonie, Battistessa and Co. | RSW. | |||
| BATTISTESSA AND CO. 1 | Scotland, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C. (1974); Soth.-S 1/27/88. | 8 and 9 Calton Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| BATTISTESSA AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1830-43, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli. | 13 Baldwins Gardens (1830-33); 106 Hatton Garden (1840-43); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BATTISTESSA, MOLTENI AND GUANZIROLI | England, c.1834, PHIM | made barometers. | 13 Baldwins Gardens, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAUDEN | Belgium, c.1800, MIM | Alidade = DOR. | Mons. | RSW. | |
| BAUDOU | France, c.1788, PHIM | made a balance barometer in 1788. | Grenoble. | Middleton 1. | |
| BAUER, CARL | Germany, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, box = Soth. 6/23/87. | globe marked "P.B. 5"; published a pocket globe with the celestial gores on the outside of the case. | Nürnberg. | Edell 1; RSW. |
| BAUER, JOH. BERNARD | Germany, fl.1790-1801, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1792 = BAM; Terrestrial Globes = Markisches Museum, Berlin (1801), Soth. 6/9/25; Globe, 1800 = X; Planetarium, 1791 = BAM. | "mechanicus"; see Klinger and Bauer. | Nürnberg. | RSW; Tooley. |
| BAUER, JOHANN | Germany, 1639, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1639 = Berlin-Babelsberg University Observatory. | see Jan van Call; may be same man. | Callens. | Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| BAUER, KILIAN | Germany, fl.1725-26, MIM | Pillar Sundials, 1725, 1726 = WUR. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| BAUER, P. | Germany, 1683, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1683 = OXF. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BAUGH, JOHN | England, c.1672, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1672. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BAUM, J., AND CO. | England, c.1875, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, folding = WHI. | marked "Birmingham Patent", but no patent found. | Birmingham. | Bryden 16. |
| BAUMANN | Germany, fl.1760-1830, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = STL; Repeating Circle = AMST. | Stuttgart. | Daumas 1; Evans 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BAUMGARTINGER, JEAN ERASME | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial, octagonal = Rosenheim Sale-374; Equatorial Sundial, copper-gilt and silvered = MADEX-152 = P.C.. | Mergentheim. | Michel 3; MADEX. | |
| BAUMGARTNER, FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1759-1843, | Baumgärtner; wrote on new mechanical instruments. | Leipzig. | Michel 3. | |
| BAUSCH, J.J. | Germany?, PHIM | Microscope, pocket, wood = HAR. | "Excelsior Microscope." | RSW. | |
| BAUSSARD | France?, 1790, MIM | Water Clock, 1790 = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 2. | ||
| BAUSSE, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1750-84, MIM | made Copernican and Tychonic planetaria, now lost. | Gotha. | Zinner 1; USNM. | |
| BAXTER | USA, NIM | see Nickerson and Baxter. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| BAXTER, JOHN | England, fl.1825-26, MIM | 32 John Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1481). | ||
| BAXTER, ROBERT | England, c.1830, OIM | Livery Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1774). | ||
| BAXTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1752, | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on Mar. 19, 1752. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BAYENS GEBROEDERS | Holland, fl.1798-1850, MIM OIM SIM | Microscopes = LEY (1798), LEY; Circumferentor = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | Pieter and Adrianus Bayens; see Dellebarre and Bayens Gebroeders. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BAYENS, ADRIANUS | Holland, fl.1790-post-1842, MIM OIM | see Bayens Brothers; see Dellebarre and Bayens Brothers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| BAYENS, PIETER | Holland, 1744-1846, MIM OIM | Plane Table Alidade = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see Bayens Brothers; see Dellebarre and Bayens Brothers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BAYER, JOSEPH | Germany, c.1771, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth. May, 1903 = Evans Coll. = OXF-G.434. | marked "Soc. Jesu fecit." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Maddison 1; RSW; Gatty. |
| BAYER, MARTIN | Germany, c.1559, MIM | clockmaker; see M.B. 3. | Annaberg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| BAYLEY 1 | England, fl.1663-70, OIM | Monconys called him Baili (1666); member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1663; optician. | in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 1(295); Daumas 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(III). | |
| BAYLEY 2 | sometimes Baili, Bailie, Baly, Baylie, Baille. | Michel 3. | |||
| BAYNHAM, CHARLES | England, c.1744, | apprenticed to George Adams 1 of the Grocers' Company on Mar. 8, 1742; turned over to William Collier, Goldsmith, on Oct. 27, 1744. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BAYSER | Germany, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, case = MADEX-133 = P.C. | may be Beyser. | MADEX. | |
| BAYSER, BOE | Denmark, 1735, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1735 = Drecker Coll. | Price 2. | ||
| BAZERGA, GEBROEDEN | Holland, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 4/20/83. | "Gebroeden Bazerga tot Rotterdam." | Rotterdam. | RSW. |
| BAZZANTI, ISIDORUS GASPAR | Italy, 1760, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1760 = FLO-3229. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| BEACH AND BALDEN | England, -1817, PHIM | Thomas Beach and Joseph Balden; balance makers; succeeded by W. and T. Avery 1 in 1817. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BEACH, LEWIS | USA, fl.1830-46, MIM | made rules and squares. | Mass.(1830-46); Bennington, Vermont (1859). | DATM. | |
| BEACH, THOMAS | England, c.1800, PHIM | made balances; T.C.; was partner with Joseph Balden; succeeded by W. and T. Avery. | No. 11 in Digbeth, Birmingham. | Giordano 1; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BEAL, JOHN | England, c.1826, MIM | had James Prentice as an apprentice, c.1826; was he possibly John Beale 1 or 2? | London. | Smart 1; RSW. | |
| BEALE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1812, MIM | Middlesex. | Taylor 2(1273). | ||
| BEALE, JOHN 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | No. 76 Maid Lane near the Borough, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| BEAN, FOWLER | England, fl.1781-91, | apprenticed to George Adams 2 of the Grocers' Company on June 18, 1773; free of the Company on March 1, 1781; described himself as "surgeon" and took his two sons as apprentices. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BEARD, CORNELIUS | England, c.1670, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Thorogood of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 7, 1670; turned over to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BEARELLI | see Riva and Bearelli. | RSW. | |||
| BEARETTI, PETER | England, c.1833, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 26 Great Bath Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BEASARDO, P. | Germany, 1553, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1553 = Drecker Coll. | Price 2. | ||
| BEATTIE | see Proctor and Beattie. | London. | RSW. | ||
| BEAUJEU, FRANQUE A. | France, MIM | Garden Sundials = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | Rhône. | RSW. | |
| BEAUJEU, LIENARD DE | Canada, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = X. | "Nouvelle France." | "Antiques", 1965, 87:336-7. | |
| BEAULIEU, A. | Belgium, c.1790, OIM | made optical squares; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Brussels. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| BEAUME | France, pre-1782, PHIM | Beaumé; invented an areometer. | Courtanvaux. | ||
| BEAUMONT, PHILIP | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 15, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BEAUTEMPS DE ST.-POURCIN, P. | France, c.1575, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, mounted on an atlas figure = D.(1976). | signed also "Inventeur." | Avergne. | Brieux 3; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BEAUTIN | France, c.1820, MIM | Window Dial, glass, with noon cannon = Satterlee Coll. | "Opticien de la Reine." | Rue de Castiglione No. 8, Paris. | Hamilton 2. |
| BEAUVAL, FIRMIN DE | France, c.1485, | designed an astronomical clock. | Amiens. | Weil 2(23). | |
| BEAVER, SAMUEL | England, c.1828, | apprenticed to William Green 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 4, 1828. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BEAVES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Trowbridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| BEAVISS, EDWARD | England, 1760, MIM | Orrery, 1760 = Soth. 12/16/63-112. | RSW. | ||
| BECHADERGUE, P. | France?, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers, wood = D.(1982). | Coffeen A. | ||
| BECHER, A.B. | England, fl. 1836-44, | invented an artificial horizon c.1843. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| BECHLIN | pre-1798, PHIM | made magnets. | Pipping 1. | ||
| BECHTLER | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Level, hand-held = North Carolina State Archives. | Rutherford County, North Carolina. | USNM. | |
| BECK | see R.and J. Beck; see Smith and Beck. | ||||
| BECK, G. | England, fl.1780-1840, NIM | Quadrant = Auction, August, 1807. | invented a quadrant, theodolite and protractor patented in 1780. | Taylor 2(1080); KEN. | |
| BECK, GEORGE W. | USA, c.1834, PHIM | manufactured and sold electrical machinery of various kinds. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| BECK, JOSEPH | England, c.1847, OIM | microscope maker; worked with his brother, Richard Beck 2, as R. and J. Beck. | London. | Moskowitz 132. | |
| BECK, R. AND J. | England, fl.1847-94, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | Richard and Joseph Beck. | 31 Cornhill, London. | Moskowitz 132. |
| BECK, RICHARD 1 | England, 1637, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 of the Clockmakers' Company in 1673. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BECK, RICHARD 2 | England, fl.1847-, OIM | worked first with James Smith 3 as Smith and Beck; later with his brother, Joseph Beck and James Smith 3; after 1866 worked alone with Joseph Beck. | London. | Moskowitz 111. | |
| BECKEL BROTHERS | USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| BECKER | England, PHIM | Balance, case = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | probably Jecker. | London. | RSW. |
| BECKER AND SONS | USA, post-1836, MIM NIM SIM | founded by Christopher Becker 2, which see. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| BECKER'S SONS | Holland?; USA, c.1860, PHIM | Specific Gravity Balance = D.(1972). | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| BECKER, A. | Germany, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = DRE. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| BECKER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1607, MIM | Astrolabe, 1607 = Elblag Museum, Poland. | ICA-594; offered to the Boerhave Museum, June, 1988. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| BECKER, C. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Galvanometer = Royal Institution, London; Heliochronometer = D.(1987). | London. | Coffeen 16; RSW. | |
| BECKER, CHRISTOPHER 1 | Holland, 1806-90, PHIM | Physical Instruments = LEY, GRO. | Groningen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BECKER, CHRISTOPHER 2 | Holland; USA, 1806-90, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = P.C., Christie-Amst 10/22/81-623. | made astronomical and nautical instruments; made first analytical balance in the U.S; see Becker's Sons; founded Becker and Sons in Brooklyn, N.Y. post-1836; Christie theodolite is signed "Becker Arnhem"; had display in Great Exhibition of 1851 in London as from Arnhem. | Arnhem (1851); New York, N.Y. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| BECKET, JOHN | England, c.1698, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 15, 1698. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BECKETT, BENJAMIN | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on March 3, 1767. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BECKHER, JOHANN | Austria, 1726, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1726 = NUR-WI1212. | invented by R.P. Michael Caucigh. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Globus Dec., 1956. |
| BECKIT, ROBERTUS | England, 1597, MIM | Sector with bow, 1597 = P.C. = OXF. | steel points. | Calvert 3; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |
| BECKMAN, L. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Gurley Museum, Troy, N.Y. | Toledo, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| BEDFORD, HILKIAH | England, 1634-89, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, OXF, FLO, LAW, PAK, Foster's Sales Rooms, May, 1916, London Museum, Soth. 6/23/69; Quadrant = Soth. 10/22/76; Gunter Quadrant and Nocturnal = TIM; Dialing Rule = KEN. | apprenticed to John Thompson 1 of the Stationers' Company in 1646; free of the Company in 1654; admitted to Clockmakers' Company in 1667; took apprentices. | Hosier Lane (-1666); at the Sign of the Globe, near Holborn Conduit; in Fleet Street, near end of Fetter Lane (1666-89); all in London. | Taylor 1(284); Maddison 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Michel 3; J. Brown 1 and 3; A.J. Turner 8, 9 & 10; RSW. |
| BEDINGTON, JOHN | England, fl.1845-52, | T.C. | No. 40 Digbeth, Birmingham. | Crawforth 1. | |
| BEDOS DE CELLES | France, | author; designed sundials. | |||
| BEDWELL, THOMAS 1 | England, 1546-95, | designed a carpenter's rule. | London. | Taylor 1(41). | |
| BEDWELL, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1825-49, MIM PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Leman Street, Goodmans Field (1825); 53 Great Alie Street (1834-45); 3-4 Little Alie Street (1846-49; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1483). | |
| BEEFE, NICOLAS DE | Holland, fl.1761-67, MIM | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BEELDSNIJDER, FRANCOIS | Holland, 1755-1808, OIM | Microscope objective, achromatic, 1791 = UTR-Physics Lab. | François Beeldsnijder. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. |
| BEELING, Z. | see Boyling 2. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BEER, JOOST DE | Holland, fl.1620-30, MIM | Sundial, 1625 = ROM; Astronomical Compendium = LEY-A74; Dutch Box Sundial, silver and ivory = Wray Sale-38. | delivered instruments for Jacob van Neck's expedition; surely the maker of a pocket sundial signed "I.B." (10) at AMST, which see; perhaps the same as Joost Peer. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 2; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| BEERS, JAMES M. | USA, c.1810?, MIM | Wheelbarrow Hodometer = USNM. | New Haven, Conn. | USNM. | |
| BEERS, SMITH | USA, 1839, MIM | held a patent on a hodometer, 1839. | Waterbury, Conn. | USNM. | |
| BEETS, CORNELLIS | Germany, c.1787, NIM | Compass Roses = HAM, Focke. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| BEHAIM, CASPAR | see Chasparus Bohémus. | Vincent 2. | |||
| BEHAIM, HANS | 1740, PHIM | Weather Forecaster, 1740, #37 = MUN. | RSW. | ||
| BEHAIM, MARTIN | Germany, 1459-1507, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1492 = NUR. | the globe is of cardboard covered with vellum. | Nürnberg. | Behaim Cat., 1957; Crone; Winter; Culver; Candee; Stevenson; DSB; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge. |
| BEHAIM, MORITZ | Austria, 1559, MIM | Quadrant with Sundial = FRA; Astronomical Clock, 1559 = Spitzer = Paul Garnier Coll. | Vienna. | Neumann 1 & 3. | |
| BEHAMB, MAURICUS | Germany, 1558, MIM | Evans thought that Behaim and Behamb were the same person; he said the town was Frankfort. | Frankfort. | Evans 1. | |
| BEHRINGER | see Beringer. | ||||
| BEIGHTON, HENRY | England, 1687-1743, | designed and made an improved plane table; constructed an hodometer; F.R.S., 1720; engineer and land-surveyor; author. | Griff, Warwickshire; Chilversloton, near Nuneaton. | Taylor 1(550) and 2(9); DNB; Middleton 1. | |
| BEILBY 1 | England, c.1810, MIM PHIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 1/22/73; Universal Ring Sundial = WHI-1661; Sundial, circular, with lid = Soth. 4/29/77; Stick Barometer = D.(1973), Soth. 5/18/89 = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see Richard Beilby; see Charles Beilby. | Bristol. | Bryden 9 and 16; Wynter 2; RSW. |
| BEILBY 2 | England, | see Proctor and Beilby. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| BEILBY, CHARLES | England, fl.1809-19, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | T.C. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol (1814-19). | Bryden 9; RSW; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. |
| BEILBY, R. AND C. | England, fl.1809-13, MIM OIM PHIM | Richard and Charles Beilby. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| BEILBY, RICHARD | England, fl.1809-20, MIM OIM PHIM | see R. and C. Beilby. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| BEILLY | misreading for Beilby. | ||||
| BEIPOLTH, JOHANN | see Johann Deilpolth. | ||||
| BEITELROCK, JOHANN | Germany, 1736, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1736 = Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague. | Augsburg. | Bruton. | |
| BEITENMAN, JOHN | USA, c.1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1986). | Coffeen 12. | ||
| BEKA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/28/73. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| BELCHER AND BROTHERS | USA, c.1830, MIM | Gunter's Scales = MYS (2). | misreading for Belcher Brothers. | New York, N.Y. | DATM; RSW. |
| BELCHER BROS. | USA, fl.1829-37, MIM | Gunter's Scales, wood = USNM, X. | New York, N.Y. | Bryden 9; USNM; Philip E. Stanley. | |
| BELCHER BROS. AND CO. | USA, c.1835, MIM | Gunter's Scale, wood = D.(1972). | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 104; DATM. | |
| BELCHER BROTHERS | USA, fl.1822-77, MIM | Gunter's Scales = PEA, D.(1979); Slide Rule, folding = D. (1972); Square, wood = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | Thomas, William and Charles Belcher. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Brewington 1; Philip E. Stanley; RSW; Bedini 8. |
| BELCHER, CHARLES, THOMAS AND WILLIAM | USA, fl.1837-43, MIM | rule makers; T. and W. Belcher and Co. may really be Thomas and William and Charles Belcher. | 17 Platt, New York, N.Y. (1837-43). | USNM. | |
| BELCHER, T. AND J. | USA, | misreading, see T. and W. Belcher. | DATM. | ||
| BELCHER, T. AND W. AND C. | USA, fl.1824-26, MIM | Gunter Scale, wood = Maine Historical Society, Portland. | Thomas and William and Charles (or is the "C" for Co.?) Belcher. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| BELCHER, T. AND W., AND CO. | USA, fl.1825-26, MIM | rule makers; see T. and W. and C. Belcher. | 146 Division (1824); 141 Mulberry (1825-26); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Bedini 8. | |
| BELCHER, THOMAS | USA, fl.1823-29+, MIM | rule maker. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| BELCHER, ZACHARIAH | England, c.1822, MIM | made wood and ivory rules. | 4 Knight Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1485). | |
| BELKMEER, PETRUS | Holland, 1732, OIM | Microscope, 1732 = Optical Convention Cat., Leyden? | Enkhuisen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BELL, EDMOND | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1704. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELL, H., AND CO. | England, PHIM | balance makers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BELL, HENRY | Scotland, fl.1856-81, NIM OIM | worked with Isaac Bell, 1860-62. | 48 Maxwell Street (1856-57); 50 Maxwell Street (1858-59); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| BELL, I. AND H. | Scotland, fl.1860-62, NIM | Isaac and Henry Bell. | 54 St. Enoch Square (1860-61); 70 1/2 Great Clyde Street (1862); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| BELL, ISAAC | Scotland, fl.1838-59, NIM | compass maker; see I. and H. Bell. | Delftfield Lane (1839-44); 16 York Street (1847-48); 50 Maxwell Street (1849-57); 52 Maxwell Street (1858-59); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3.à | |
| BELL, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1836-61, OIM PHIM | after 1839 he is listed as a clock and machine maker. | 54 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh (1836-38). | Taylor 2(2073); Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| BELL, JOHN 1 | England, c.1667, MIM | admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1667. | London. | Taylor 1(310); Clay and Court; J. Brown 3. | |
| BELL, JOHN 2 | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on March 20, 1699. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELL, JOHN 3 | England, 1710, MIM | may be John Bell 1. | London. | Evans 1. | |
| BELLA, DELLA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Preston. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLANGER, P. | France, 1658, MIM | Instrument, 1658 = X. | Blois. | Evans 1. | |
| BELLANI, ANGELO | Italy, c.1835, PHIM | Thermographs = FLO-1794 (1835), FLO-2025. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| BELLANI, ANGIOLO MARIA | Italy, 1786-52, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers and meteorological instruments. | Monza; Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| BELLARMATUS, HIERONYMUS | France, 1541, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1541 = Prince de Conti Coll, 1771. | 7° east magnetic deviation. | Blois. | Evans 1; Hellman; Hamilton 2; Le Monnier; Vivielle 2. |
| BELLATTI AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newark. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLATTI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Burton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLATTI, L. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Louis S. Bellatti, which see. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. |
| BELLATTI, L. 2 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Angle Barometers = D.(1982), D.(1973). | probably Lewis Bellatti; D.(1973) is signed "Bellatti of Grantham." | Grantham. | Goodison 1; Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 13, No. 3, March 1982; RSW. |
| BELLATTI, LEWIS | England, c.1822, OIM | optician; jeweler; may have sold or made barometers; see L. Bellatti 2. | High Street, Grantham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLATTI, LOUIS S. | England, c.1856, PHIM | may be barometer maker; may be L. Bellatti 1. | 34 Steep Hill, Lincoln (1856). | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLEJEAN | France, MIM | Neuveville. | Evans 1. | ||
| BELLET | France, fl.1790-1825, NIM | Repeating Circle, 1805 = CNAM; Borda Circle = FGM; Surveying Compass = Melun 4/24/83. | principal worker for Etienne Lenoir. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Italian Inventory; RSW. |
| BELLETTI, PAOLO | Italy, fl.1680-89, OIM | Telescope, 1680 = D.(1973); Telescopes, refracting = Waddesden Manor (1682), P.C. (1689). | Bologna. | Rizzo/Garisenda Antiquariato; G.L'E. Turner 30; RSW. | |
| BELLHOUSE, E.T., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Force Pump = College of Technology, Manchester. | Eagle Foundry. | Manchester. | Lowery. |
| BELLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, PHIM | invented and made hygrometers, electric machines, electric magnetic models; invented an improvement in the pneumatic pump. | Pavia. | Brenni. | |
| BELLIENI | France, c.1812, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie 6/7/72; Inclinometer, pocket = D.(1986); Telescopic Compass = P.C. | Nancy. | Coffeen 13; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| BELLIENI, SCHIOVETTI | France, NIM OIM | Rhumb Line Finder = P.C. | optician; Belliéni. | Brest. | RSW. |
| BELLING, J. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 2/28/80. | Fore Street, Bodmin. | RSW. | |
| BELLINGAM, JOHN R. | England, c.1675, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| BELLINGER, CHARLES | England, c.1687, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company from date of indenture, Sept. 29, 1686, taken with a non-member of the Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLINGER, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1686-1720, MIM NIM | Rule, 1699 = P.C; Nocturnal, boxwood = Bonhams 3/11/77; Davis Quadrants = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Christie-SK 11/27/86. | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 14, 1677; free of the Company, July 5, 1686; took apprentices; rule made for Thomas Scalinger; nocturnal and quadrant signed "J. Bellinger". | Taylor 1(510); J. Brown 3; RSW. | |
| BELLINGER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1726-32, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Bellinger 1, of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1706; free of the Company, Jan. 17, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLINGER, JOHN 3 | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Bellinger 2, of the Clockmakers' Company on April 6, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLINGER, WILLIAM | England, c.1732, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Bellinger 2, of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 9, 1732. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLISA, FRANCESCO | Italy, MIM | Calendar in clock case = TIM. | Aquila. | RSW. | |
| BELLONI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BELLOTTI | variant spelling for Belotti. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BELLOTTI AND GUGERI | see Belotti and Gugeri. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BELLWORTH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| BELNET | France, c.1861, MIM | see Thuret et Belnet | Dijon. | RSW. | |
| BELOTTI | England, | see Gugeri and Belotti. | Taylor 2(2142); Goodison 1. | ||
| BELOTTI AND GUGERI | England, fl.1829-36, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 12/14/89; Wheel Barometer = X. | Andrew Gugeri; changed to Gugeri and Belotti after 1838; the stick barometer has only London as an address; the wheel barometer shows the Holborn, London address; made thermometers and looking glasses | 15 Upper Union Court, Holborn (1829); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1830-36); both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BELOTTI, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | St. Ives. | RSW. | |
| BELTRAMI, LUIGI | Italy, c.1800, MIM | made instruments devised by Carlo Castelli. | Milan. | Emil Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| BELTRAMI, MARTINI | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometers = LEY; Thermometers = LEY. | Leeuwarden. | Daumas 1. | |
| BELTRAMI, MARTINI, EN COMP. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | made a mercury barometer, c.1800. | Leeuwarden. | USNM. | |
| BEMBO, PIETRO | Italy?, 1547, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1547 = X. | Tooley. | ||
| BEMBRIDGE, THOMAS | England, c.1683, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 16, 1669; free of the Company on May 23, 1683. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BEMELMANS, NICOLAS | Austria?, c.1738, MIM | maker or dealer; supplied a large collection of instruments to Charles, Duke of Lorraine, Regent-Prince of Belgium. | Vienna? | Michel 14. | |
| BEMIS AND CALL CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Bow Dividers, = D.(1971). | "Cast Steel." | Moskowitz 103. | |
| BEMIS, SAMUEL AMERICANUS | USA, 1790-1881, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1810 and 1860 = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Mich. | Professor of History, Yale University; made clocks and watches; dentist. | Keene, New Hampshire (1806); Boston, Mass. (1817). | Smart 1; Price 2. |
| BENARD, F. | France, c.1600, | see Chauvin. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| BENARD, JEHAN | France, 1611, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = BM. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| BENBRICKE, JAMES | England, c.1671, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1671. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENBRIDGE | see Bembridge. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BENCI, CARLO | Italy, 1616-76, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1671 = X. | Tooley. | ||
| BENDON | England, PHIM | see Keyzor and Bendon. | Bell 2; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 114. | ||
| BENEDETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, c.1574, MIM | invented an instrument, presumably to construct sundials; author. | Turin. | Schatzki, 1970. | |
| BENEEDEN | Denmark?, 1763, NIM | Octant, 1763 = Roussel Sale-81. | signed on front "Beneeden het Lohat" below cupid; marked "Jens Nickelsen" on mirror support; also marked "Capt. Cornelis Strop 1763." | Lohat. | RSW. |
| BENELLI, F. | Italy, 1813, PHIM | Measure, 1813 = FLO-1429. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| BENER | see Benner. | RSW. | |||
| BENER, PHILIPP JAKOB | Germany, fl.1582-1633, MIM | goldsmith; father of Johannes Benner; made pillar sundial signed "P.I.B.", 1629, at University Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| BENETJINK AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 9/29/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| BENEVOLO | France, PHIM | Machine à Vapeur = D.(1966). | Bénévolo. | Passage de l'Hôtel Dieu 22, Lyon; Paris. | RSW; Brieux 3. |
| BENHAM, JOHN | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Collumpton. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BENNECKE | Germany, 1792, MIM OIM SIM | Graphometer, 1792 = P.C. | optician; variant spelling is Benecke. | Berlin. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3. |
| BENNER | see Bener. | RSW. | |||
| BENNER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1620-59+, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Christie 6/20/74. | son of Philipp Jakob Bener, which see. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; RSW. |
| BENNET 1 | England, fl.1785-1814, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Auction, 1803. | London. | Taylor 2(799). | |
| BENNET 2 | variant spelling for Bennett. | ||||
| BENNET, JOHN | England, c.1710, MIM SIM | Protractor = KEN; Compass = OXF; Circumferentor = NMM-T.22; Rule, ivory = Soth. 10/17/60-130. | sometimes spelt "Bennett"; T.C. at BM; member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Taylor 1(556); Maddison 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| BENNET, NEHEMIAH | USA, 1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Quadrant, 1775 = D.(1992); Alidade for plane-table, 1777 = USNM - 319076. | both instruments signed "N. Bennet"; see Noah Bennet. | Middleboro, Mass. | USNM; Bedini 1 and 8; Coffeen 36. |
| BENNET, NOAH | USA, 1777, MIM SIM | possibly Nehemiah Bennet. | Middleboro, Mass. | USNM; Bedini 1 and 8; RSW. | |
| BENNET, THOMAS | England, fl.1775-94, MIM | made sandglasses. | 49 Wade Street (1775); Bridewell Lane (1793-94); both in Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| BENNETT 1 | Ireland, fl.1780-1800, MIM | Compass Sundial = OXF. | Cork. | Taylor 2(1082); Michel 3; Britten; Gunther 2; Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| BENNETT 2 | Ireland, PHIM | Marine Barometer = GMM. | see F. Bennett; see J. Bennett 2. | Cork. | RSW. |
| BENNETT, ANTHONY | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Bennett" plus address. | High Street, Kettering. | Goodison 1. |
| BENNETT, F. | Ireland, c.1815, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83. | see Bennett 2. | Cork. | RSW. |
| BENNETT, J. 1 | England, 1775, MIM | Sundial, round, 1775 = Soth. 2/28/80. | London. | RSW. | |
| BENNETT, J. 2 | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1987). | see Bennett 2. | Cork. | RSW. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1712-50?, MIM SIM | Theodolite = KEN. | apprenticed to his father, William Bennett, of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on Sept. 29, 1712; took apprentices. | High Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(10); J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1743-68, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentors = ADL-M156, NMM-T.22, KEN, Christie-SK 3/31/83; Pantograph, 1767 = Burton Constable; Pair of Globes = Temple Newsham, Leeds; Telescope, double prism eyepiece = VCW; Theodolite = Soth. 12/19/66-67; Stick Barometer = WHI. | most instruments signed "J. Bennett"; made "Fowler's Sliding Rule and Halfpenny's Tangent Rule"; "Instrument maker to their Royal Highnesses William, Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry and Prince Frederick"; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1754; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | The Globe, Crown Court, between St. Ann's, Soho and Golden Square, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(332); Crawforth 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; E. Hall; Calvert 2; Maddison 1; C.N. Robinson; ADL; RSW. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 3 | England, c.1715, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 10, 1715. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENNETT, JOHN 4 | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Richard Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on April 2, 1733. | Hatton Wall, St. Andrews Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| BENNETT, JOHN 5 | England, c.1850, MIM | Stick Barometers = WHI, D.(1976), Soth. 10/19/87. | in the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | 65 Cheapside, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 6 | England, fl.1731-59, MIM | John Cobham turned over to him, in the Clockmakers' Company on May 6, 1732; took eleven apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENNETT, JOSEPH | England, c.1828, MIM | 133 Goswell Street and 10 E. Harding Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BENNETT, L. | England, fl.1799-1826, MIM | 26 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1277); Dewhirst; Crawforth 6. | ||
| BENNETT, RICHARD 1 | England, c.1663, | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 or 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 2, 1663. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BENNETT, RICHARD 2 | England, fl.1715-29, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Bennett, of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1707; free of the Company, July 4, 1715; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENNETT, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, fl.1809-67, MIM NIM OIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1996). | T.C.; taken over by Reynolds and Wiggins, 1867. | Patrick Street (1809-12); 2 Patrick Street (1820); 65 Patrick (1824); 124 Patrick Street (1844-67); all in Cork. | Soth. 9/20/83-98; RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett; AH Summer, 1996. |
| BENNETT, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1832-40, MIM PHIM | T.C. | 162 Goswell Street, London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1777). | |
| BENNETT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1687-1733, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on April 2, 1677; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1687; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENOIT FILS, JEAN | France, c.1800, MIM | constructor, technician, clockmaker; firm founded in 1791. | Besançon. | USNM. | |
| BENSON, FREDERICK | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to Anthony Oldiss Bancks in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 16, 1796. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BENSON, J.W. | England, PHIM | Barometer, pocket = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Ludgate Hill, London. | RSW. | |
| BENSON, JOHN | USA, fl.1793-98, OIM | made lenses; imported telescopes. | Birmingham, N.Y.; 12 Princess Street; 106 Pearl Street; 147 Pearl Street, at the Sign of the Green Spectacles; all in New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1 and 8. | |
| BENTLEY, G. | England, c.1850, MIM | Engineer's Set Square = D.(1975). | RSW. | ||
| BENTLEY, THOMAS | England, c.1766, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Darlington. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BENTWICKE, JAMES | England, c.1671, | Bentwicke's apprentice was turned over to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on June 2, 1671. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENZONI, A. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Sheraton style. | RSW. | |
| BERANGER, ANE. MAISON | France, c.1850, PHIM | Countertop Balance = Phillips 2/15/89. | (Ancienne Maison Beranger); "Usines de la Mulatière"; see Joseph Beranger et Cie. | Lyon. | RSW. |
| BERANGER, DAVID | Germany, 1806, MIM | Astronomical Sundial, 1806 = MERC-115; Cube Sundial = MERC-163. | surely misreading for David Beringer. | Hamilton 1; RSW. | |
| BERANGER, JOSEPH | France, 1847, PHIM | Béranger; invented a sensitive balance in 1847. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BERANGER, JOSEPH, ET CIE. | France, c.1850, PHIM | in 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | 97 Rue Centrale, Lyons. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BERCINI | England, PHIM | see Wheelhouse and Bercini. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BERENDT | Holland, c.1777, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = X. | Groningen. | Michel 3. | |
| BERENGER | Germany, MIM | Cube Sundial = Drouot 4/26/67-42. | surely David Beringer. | RSW. | |
| BERG, F.L. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | ||
| BERG, FRANS JOHAN | Sweden, 1825-98, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Level, 1850 = NOR; Alidade = STM; Dumpy Level = P.C. (1987). | business founded in 1850; made surveying, mining, and drawing instruments; T.C. | Kammakaregaten 19 (hörnet af Drottinggaten), Stockholm. | Pipping 1; Calvert 2; RSW. |
| BERG, JOHANN DANIEL VOM | Germany?; Belgium?, c.1795, PHIM | Money Balances = Koller 11/17/75, Soth. 10/3/88; Balance = DRE. | is Daniel the surname? | in der Bergischen Haupstadt, Lennep, 179. | RSW. |
| BERGANER, MICHAEL | Austria, | misreading for Michael Bergauer. | MADEX-64. | ||
| BERGAUER | Germany, MIM | Quadrant = P.C.(1976). | modern English forgery. | signed Bergauer of Augsburg but was made in London. | Brieux 4. |
| BERGAUER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Austria, fl.1716-35, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = BM-OA/384, NUR, INN, Beyer Coll., Diözesan Museum, Brixen, etc. | Ward thinks c.1690. | Innsbruck; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1; W. Eckhardt 3. |
| BERGAUER, MICHAEL | Austria; Germany, c.1671, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = BMR, NMM, BM, OXF, INN (1671), NUR, HEI, USNM, PRA, etc. | some made in Innsbruck, others in Augsburg; probably invented this type of sundial. | Innsbruck; Augsburg. | Josten; Zinner 1; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Price 3; Ward 4; Bobinger 2; Chandler and Vincent. |
| BERGE | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1986). | many instruments are signed "Berge"; some are marked "Berge London late Ramsden" it is difficult to determine whether John or Matthew Berge made them. | London. | Goodison 1; Bedini 5; Wynter 1; Serrio; Moskowitz 105; Coffeen 14; RSW. |
| BERGE, JOHN | England, 1742-1808, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = D.(c.1976); Telescope = P.C.; Mirometer = WHI-399; Sextant, box = X; etc. | apprenticed to Peter Dollond of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1756; free of the Company in 1773; worked for Dollond until 1790; Taylor and Wynter think John Berge was responsible for the instruments signed "late Ramsden"; Crawforth and Goodison think that Matthew Berge was the maker. | 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1756); Johnson Court, Fleet Street (1791); 3 Crane Court, Fleet Street (1797-1803); 26 Lower Eaton Street, Pimlico (1805-07); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(571); Dewhirst; USNM; Court and von Rohr 3(193); Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| BERGE, MATTHEW | England, fl.1802-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including sextants, surveying compasses, gunner's calipers, stick barometers, Gunter's scales, telescopes, etc. | above instruments all signed "M. Berge late Ramsden"; son or nephew to John Berge, which see; also see Berge; worked for Ramsden and succeeded him; may have been apprenticed to him; T.C. | 119 Piccadilly, London (c.1819). | Taylor 2(1083); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Moskowitz 105; USNM; Crawforth 1 & 6; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BERGEN | USA, | see Doty and Bergen. | RSW. | ||
| BERGER | England, c.1800, | "late Ramsden"; misreading for Berge. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BERGER, C.L., AND SONS | USA, MIM SIM | Plane Table = Mystic Seaport, Conn.; Theodolite = P.C. | No. 37 Williams Street, Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BERGER, L., AND SON | USA, MIM SIM | Field Theodolite = Christie 12/21/71. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| BERGER, MATTHIAS | Germany, MIM | Astronomical Instrument = NOR. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| BERGERE, VAN DER | Holland, fl.1800-21, OIM | microscopes in 1800 and 1821 catalogues. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BERGERON | France, 1796, MIM | Ornamental Lathe, 1796 = P.C. (1988); Set of Turning Tools = Christie-SK 5/24/90. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, Paris. | RSW. | |
| BERGNA, J. BAPTIST | England, fl.1830-40, PHIM | barometer maker; some barometers signed "J.B. Bergna", others "Baptist Bergna"; see Grassi, Bergna and Origoni. | St. Nicholas Churchyard, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(2074); Goodison 1. | |
| BERHAIM, MARTIN | see Martin Behaim. | Candee. | |||
| BERI AND PATERA | England?, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Leek. | USNM. | |
| BERI, G. | England, c.1770?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BERIDGE | England, c.1748, PHIM | made a certain type of thermometer; watchmaker. | Boston. | Chaldecott 2. | |
| BERIGER | see Beringer. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| BERINGER, A. | France, MIM | Sundial (dated 1708) = P.C. | Bedini thinks it is by D.B. Sheahan. | Dieppe. | Price 2; Bedini 6. |
| BERINGER, D. | Germany, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = OXF. | "D. Beringer fecit"; possibly David Beringer, which see. | RSW. | |
| BERINGER, D., AND G.P. SEYFRIED | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Cube Sundials , wood and paper = BRS, FLO, MUN, WUR, LIE, KAS, UTR, Soth. 2/28/75; etc; Cube Sundial, silver = ADL-M327; etc. | David Beringer; the ADL sundial is mounted on a later base. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 1; Chandler and Vincent 2; Price 2; de Rijk; ADL; RSW. |
| BERINGER, DAVID | Germany, 1756-1821, MIM | many wood and paper cube and diptych sundials exist; some of the latter have two volvelles on the lid and sometimes are in French; compass sundials are at OXF, WHI and ADL, etc.; brass horizontal sundial is at OXF; a pair of globes, signed "David Beringer", are in a P.C.; we agree with Moskowitz that compass sundials signed "B." or "D.B." were made by Beringer; an artillery level is at NYC. | some of the sundials are signed "D. Beringer"; wooden diptychs often signed "Verfertigt von David Beringer." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 1; Bonelli 1; Moskowitz 109; Monreal; Garcia 1; Engelmann 1; Hamilton; Wynter 1 and 2; USNM; Nachet; Chandler and Vincent 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Syndram; RSW. |
| BERINGERUS, P. | Germany, 1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1750 = NMM-D.1. | signed "P. Beringerus Herzog Can:Soreth"; may be owner. | NMM 2. | |
| BERKETTS | see Becket. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BERLE, JEAN DE | France, c.1400, MIM | pupil of Johannes Fusoris. | Paris. | Poulle 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BERLINGER | Austria, post-1769, MIM | Astronomical Clock = P.C. | Vienna. | Tardy. | |
| BERNARD DE VERDUN | France, c.1250, | may have devised the torquetum. | Verdun. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BERNARD, DESIRE F. | France, c.1850, MIM | Desiré F. Bernard; in the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | 30 rue des Maroursets, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BERNARDA | see Cermanati and Bernarda. | ||||
| BERNARDI, DANIEL | Italy, 1629, MIM | Cruciform Dial, 1629 = MADEX-80 = Prin Coll. = NMM-D.44. | Michel 1; Dewhirst; MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| BERNARDI, N. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERNARDINUS | Italy, 1565, MIM | Astrolabe, 1565 = Museo Civico Malatestiano, Fano. | "Aurifex." | Italian Inventory. | |
| BERNARDUS | France, c.1680, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = OXF-B, Evans Coll. = D.(1988). | first name. | Maddison 1; D. Brieux 1. | |
| BERNASCHONI AND MONTHI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/28/80. | one of the wheel barometers is signed "Barnaschoni and Monthi"; one of the stick barometers is signed "Bernaschoni and Monti." | Leicester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERNASCHONI AND MONTI | Barometer=P.C. | see Bernaschoni and Monthi. | RSW; WEBDB. | ||
| BERNASCONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Merthyr. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERNASCONE, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| BERNASCONI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see M. Bernasconi. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| BERNASCONI, A. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERNASCONI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | "Warranted." | Boston. | RSW. |
| BERNASCONI, M. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/27/88, Soth.-S 7/17/96. | variant of M. Barnasconi? | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERNHARDUS | France, c.1600, MIM | Sundial = Evans Coll. = OXF? | Dewhirst; Price 2. | ||
| BERNIE | France, MIM | Sundial, octagonal, small = Wray Sale-62. | probably Bernier. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BERNIER | France, fl.1783-1820, MIM OIM SIM | Pantograph = Spitzer Sale-2870; Rules = MADEX-499, WHI, Roussel Sale; Sector = Soth. 10/17/60-134; Butterfield-type Sundials = P.C., D., Drouot 4/26/67-45, Libert et Castor 4/28/82, Drouot 4/7/87; Telescopic Quadrant = NAC; Folding Square = BIR; Protractor = VCW; Graphometers = Chayette 6/28/86, P.C. | probably successor to Langlois; WHI has 30 inches on one side, 80 cm. on the other. | au Niveau à la Sphère; en la Cité; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Nachet; RSW. |
| BERNIERES, M. | France, c.1774, OIM | constructed a burning glass for M. Trulaine de Montigny of the Académie des Sciences, Paris. | Paris. | Spargo 1. | |
| BEROSSUS | c.300 B.C., MIM | invented an early sundial, the hemicycle. | Cousins. | ||
| BERQUEZ | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and clock = Soth.-Chester 3/9/83. | Vere Street, Cavendish Square, London. | RSW. | |
| BERQUIN, JEAN | France, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundials = WHI-733, McVitty Coll. | WHI is silver, 1650?, and with leather case. | Bordeaux. | Bryden 16; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| BERRICK, RALPH | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | Queen Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| BERRINGER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRINGTON, JOHN | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "J. Berrington, Leicester." | High Street, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| BERRY 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Great Windmill Street, Hay Market, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY 2 | see Newton and Berry; see Newton Son and Berry. | London. | RSW. | ||
| BERRY 3 | England, c.1777, OIM PHIM | optician; succeeded by Matthew Wisker, a barometer maker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY AND BERRY | England, post-1700, MIM | globe makers; William and E. Berry. | Holborn Court, London. | Taylor 1(331). | |
| BERRY AND MACKAY | Scotland, fl.1879-1975, NIM | Octants = Christie 3/31/83, FRK = RSM. | made clocks and watches; started out as James Berry and Alexander Spence Mackay, 1879-90; Mackay worked alone until his death in 1914; firm taken over in the 1940's by Walter Murray, who may have already been working for the firm; the firm closed in 1975 when Murray died. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BERRY, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 3/11/97. | Hertford. | RSW. | |
| BERRY, D. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Huntingdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY, D. 2 | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/13/76. | Nottingham. | RSW. | |
| BERRY, E. | see William Berry. | ||||
| BERRY, G., AND SON | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 12/15/78. | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| BERRY, GEORGE ALLAN | Scotland, fl.1857-86, NIM | son of James Berry; see James Berry and Son, 1857-64; was made a member of the Hammermen Incorporation in 1866. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| BERRY, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 5/18/89. | Soth. signed "J. Berry Berwick St. John"; maybe J. Berry 2, 3 or 4 at different addresses. | 16 Berwick Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERRY, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be J. Berry 1, 3 or 4 at different addresses. | 12 Little Chapple Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERRY, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be same as J. Berry 1, 2 or 4 at different addresses. | 78 Wardover Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERRY, J. 4 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | may be J. Berry 1, 2 or 3 at different addresses. | 17 Noel Street, Soho, London. | RSW. |
| BERRY, JAMES | Scotland, 1808-90, NIM OIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 5/17/78. | apprenticed to William Spark; admitted to the Hammermen, 1837; made clocks, watches and chronometers; took his son, George Allan Berry, as a partner in James Berry and Son, 1856-64; took Alexander Spence Mackay as partner in Berry and Mackay, 1879-1890; firm lasted until 1975. | 52 Castle Street (1835-52); 53 Marischal Street (1852); 88 Union Street (1853-56); all in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BERRY, JAMES, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1857-65, NIM OIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/28/86. | James Berry and George Allan Berry, 1857-64; son worked alone, 1866-78. | 88 Union Street (1857-60); 29 Union Street (1861); 29 St. Nicholas Street (1862-64); 59 1/2 Marischal Street (1865); all in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BERRY, JOH. | England, c.1836, MIM | 14 Jamaica Terrace, Limehouse, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BERRY, JOHN | England, fl.1738-65, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | The Dial near the Cross, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY, T. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-Glasgow 5/19/82 lot #36. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| BERRY, WILLIAM | England, 1639-1718, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Moxon of the Weavers' Company in 1656; free of the Company, 1664; globe maker; publisher; his grandson was William Watkins 1; some of the addresses probably the same place; partner with Robert Morden as Morden and Berry, (1669-70). | The Blue Anchor, Middle Row, Holborn, just outside Holborn Bars (1669); The Globe near the New Exchange on the north side of the Strand (1674); at the Globe between Charing Cross and Whitehall (1680); The Globe, Craggs Court near Charing Cross (1681-1700); Holborn Court, between Holborn and Gray's Inn; Sign of the Globe, between Charing Cross and Whitehall; all in London. | Taylor 1(331); Evans 1; Tooley; Tyacke 1. | |
| BERSELIUS, HADRIAN AMEROCCIO | Italy, 1522, MIM | Astrolabe, 1522 = Fry Coll. | Price thought the astrolabe was c.1380; ICA-202; owner? | Michel 2; Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1. | |
| BERT, PAUL | France, 1767, MIM | Globe Sundials, stone, 1767 = MADEX-173 & -174 = NMM-Caird; Globe Sundials, ivory, 1767 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Michel 1; Dewhirst; NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| BERTHAUD, L'ABBE | France, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P.C.(1965). | l'Abbé Berthaud. | RSW. | |
| BERTHAUX | France, MIM | Celestial Globe = CNAM-7432; Armillary Sphere = CNAM-7444. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| BERTHELEMY, A. | France, 19th Century, MIM OIM | Telescopic Level = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | Berthélémy; succeeded by A. Lepetit. | Paris. | Christie 12/18/74; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BERTHERAN, M. | France, c.1560, MIM | Sundial in base of clock = Soth.-NY 6/22/88. | needle in compass box probably is a replacement. | RSW. | |
| BERTHET | France, c.1750, NIM | mounted a micrometer on a quadrant. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BERTHET, ANDRE | France; Portugal, 1774, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1774 = Ineichen 10/18/74; Heliochronometer, case = LIM. | "Horloger"; see Berthet; André Berthet. | Lisbon. | RSW. |
| BERTHOUD, FERDINAND | Switzerland; France, 1729-1807, MIM NIM | Tide Timer, 1788 = AMST; Celestial Globe on clock = Hertford House, London. | Paris. | USNM; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Grimaldi (975); Cajori; J.A, Bennett 2. | |
| BERTHOUD, PIERRE-FREDERIC | France, c.1750, MIM | Sundial = Musée de la Chaux-des-Fonds. | Pierre-Frédéric Berthoud. | Couvet. | RSW. |
| BERTHROUD | France, | misreading for Berthoud. | Grimaldi (975). | ||
| BERTIE, GEORGE | USA, fl.1807-08, MIM | Georges Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| BERTIN, JEAN | France, c.1830, PHIM | Steam Apparatus = ADL-M412. | "Bertin inv. No. 175." | Engelmann 1; Michel 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| BERTINI, D. | Italy, 1796, PHIM | Electric Machine, 1796 = Lycée, Lucca. | Italian Inventory. | ||
| BERTINI, MICHELE | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1780 = WHI. | Bryden 16; Price 2. | ||
| BERTOLA, ANTONIO BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1763, MIM OIM | made astronomical instruments. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| BERTONI, ANGIOLO | Italy, fl.1850-61, OIM | Florence. | Brenni 1. | ||
| BERUCKER | Germany, c.1768, OIM | made solar microscopes. | Nürnberg. | Clay and Court. | |
| BERVILLE, MATTHIEU | France, c.1690, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials = Wray Sale-138, D.(1964). | Dieppe. | Michel 1; Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| BERZELIUS, JONS JACOB | Sweden, 1779-1848, MIM | Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius; chemist; secretary to the Academy of Sciences; invented a slide rule for atomic weights, c.1830. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| BESANCENOT | France, 1759, MIM | Sundial, oval, 1759 = NAC. | Besançenot. | Is-sur-Tille. | Michel 3; Nachet. |
| BESERGA | England, | see Monti and Beserga. | Bell 2. | ||
| BESNOS | England, c.1849, MIM | Armillary Sphere = CNAM. | misreading for Desnos. | Paris. | Grimaldi(991). |
| BESOZZI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 10/20/89. | the barometer at Christie was marked "Shaftsbury." | Weymouth; Shaftsbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BESSARD, TOUSSAINCTS DE | France, c.1574, MIM | invented a canometer to find the meridian and a micrometer for directional measurements; author. | Rouen. | RSW. | |
| BESSLER, JOHANN ERNEST ELIAS | Germany, 1680-1745, PHIM | made a "perpetuum mobile"; called himself "Orffyrius." | Kassel? | USNM. | |
| BESSON, JACQUES | France, c.1567, | author; designed instruments for astronomy, surveying and navigation including the "cosmolabe." | Paris. | O'Neal; Poggendorf; Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| BEST, ROBERT | USA, fl.1811-31, MIM PHIM | repaired philosophical and mathematical instruments; watchmaker. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | "Antiques", July, 1974. | |
| BESTER, OWEN HIBBARD | USA, 1809-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Washington, D.C. | Smart 1; USNM. | ||
| BETALLI | France, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = CNAM. | same as Christophe Bettally. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| BETTALLY, CHRISTOPHE | France; England, fl.1770?-88, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = Bute Coll. (1787) = D. (1967); Stick Barometer = X; Vacuum Pump = FLO-1537. | surely same as Betalli; stick barometer is signed "Bettally London"; other signed "C. Bettally fecit London 1787"; T.C.; made physical instruments in glass. | Paris; 1 Charlotte Street, Pimlico (1787); 292 Oxford Street, opposite Stratford Place (1788); both in London. | Goodison 1 and 5; Bonelli 1. |
| BETTALLY, JOSEPHE | France, fl.1768-71, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, 1771 with a Thermometer, 1768 = Christie 6/22/89. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BETTESWORTH, J. | England, c.1800, MIM | succeeded by William Garrard. | The Naval Academy, Ormond House, Paridise Row, Chelsea, London. | Taylor 2(838); NMM 2. | |
| BETTINI, MARIO | Italy, 1582-1657, MIM | invented instrument for tracing the meridian. | Bologna. | Boffito; Michel 3. | |
| BETTS, JOHN | England, fl.1839-63, MIM | Globe, portable, 1850 = X. | publisher. | 115 Strand; 7 Compton Street Brunswick Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(2075); Tooley. |
| BETTS, THOMAS | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker. | Inge Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BEUCKEL | 1763, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1763 = P.C. | date could be 1768. | RSW. | |
| BEUERLEIN, JOACHIM | misreading for Joachim Deuerlin. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BEVAN, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1804-38, MIM | engineer; modified the Dunn-type accounting slide rule in 1822; invented a self-registering rain-gauge. | Leighton Buzzard, Bushey Heath. | Taylor 2(1084); Delehar 2 and 9. | |
| BEVAN, E. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BEVAN, SYLVANUS | England, c.1817, | invented an improved slide rule. | Taylor 2(1279); G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BEWTON, ARNOLD | England?, 1865, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1865, on stand = Lesieur et Le Bars, Le Havre 7/9/90. | RSW. | ||
| BEYER, JOHANN | Germany, 1673-1751, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1718 = KAS. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Tooley. | |
| BEYERINCK | Holland, fl.1829-45, OIM | Telescope = LEY. | Leiden. | RSW. | |
| BEYSER, JEAN-DAVID | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = OXF, MEM; Augsburg-type Sundials = Spaulding Coll., P.B. 1/22/54-55, OXF; Sundials, horizontal = OXF, CLU, USNM, MERC-49 (silver), Schuhmann Sale-134, Lempertz 6/14/76; Perpetual Calendars = D.(1972), Soth. 3/27/72. | D. calendar is in lid of case of L.T.M. sundial. | Mannheim. | Maddison 5; Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| BEZARD | France, c.1769, OIM | optician; lens maker. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris (1769). | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BIANCHETTI, I. | France, c.1850, NIM | Hadley Quadrant = NMM-S.189; Octant = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | T.C. | 1 rue Beauvais, Marseilles. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| BIANCHI 1 | Holland, fl.1740-78, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| BIANCHI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | probably George Bianchi. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. |
| BIANCHI 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI 4 | France, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = D.(1980). | rue de Coq, St. Honoré 11, Paris. | Coffeen I; Moskowitz 120. | |
| BIANCHI AND CO. | Holland, pre-1793, MIM OIM PHIM | made solar microscopes, pumps, etc.; by 1793 owners of a fancy-goods shop. | Kalverstraat over de Gapensteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| BIANCHI AND PRIMAVESI | Holland, PHIM | Barometer = LEY. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHI AND SONS | France, 1831, MIM | worked in 1831. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BIANCHI, A., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | RSW. | ||
| BIANCHI, B. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, B. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, B. 3 | France; Italy?, c.1820, PHIM | see Fioruzzi e Bianchi. | Paris; Piacenza? | Brenni 1. | |
| BIANCHI, BARTHELEMY | NIM | Sextant = CNAM-6692. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| BIANCHI, CAMPORINO | Belgium, NIM | Spyglass, ivory = Soth. 12/13/65-95. | Brussels. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHI, F., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, G. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | could be either G. Bianchi 2 or 3 or George Bianchi. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, G. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, G. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | Windsor. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHI, GEORGE | England, fl.1805-16, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/8/86; Stick Barometer = X. | all signed "G. Bianchi Ipswich." | St. Clements Street (1805-08); Westgate Street (1809-16); both in Ipswich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BIANCHI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | wheel marked "Lane End"; other marked "Blandford." | Lane End, Blandford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BIANCHI, PRIMAVESI AND CO. | Holland, c.1771, OIM | made optical instruments. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BIANCHI, V. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976), Christie-SK 10/20/89. | the barometer at Christie's is marked "Belfast." | Dublin; Belfast. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BIANCHII, FILIPPO E XAVIER DI | Italy, fl.1764-66, MIM PHIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = DEU, KEN-1923/404; Equatorial Sundials = VEN (1764), Soth. 5/19/96-46 (1754); Universal Equatorial Sundial, No. 3, 1764 = P. and S. 3/20/96; Air Pump, No. 93, 1766 = PRA. | "Filippo and Xavier Fratelli di Bianchii"; also spelled "Bianchy." | Venice. | Evans 1; Michel 3; Czech. Inventory; D. Bachman (1983); Earle; RSW. |
| BIANCHINI, ANTONIO | Italy, 1564, MIM SIM | Surveying Sector, with dials, 1564 = FLO-2511. | see A.B. 1; clockmaker. | Venice. | Bonelli 1; Michel 2; Price 2. |
| BIANCHINI, FRANCESCO | Italy, 1662-1729, MIM | inventor or maker. | Verona. | Hamilton 2. | |
| BIANCHINI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1972). | RSW. | ||
| BIANCHY 1 | Austria, 1767, PHIM | Thermometer, 1767 = X. | Vienna. | Daumas 1. | |
| BIANCHY 2 | France, 1785, PHIM | made physical apparatus. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BIANCHY 3 | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | made barometers. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BIANCHY 4 | see Bianchi. | ||||
| BIANCHY, DI | MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | probably Filippo e Xavier Fratelli di Bianchii, which see. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHY, R. | France, c.1785, PHIM | Barometer = CNAM. | Rue St. Honoré No. 252, Paris. | Middleton 1. | |
| BIANELI | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| BICKERTON, JOHN | England, c.1735, MIM | Samuel How turned over to him as an apprentice; may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIDAULT, C. | France, 1650, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, case, 1650 = Evans Coll. = OXF; Table of Latitudes = Evans Coll. | au Palais des Galleries, quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Evans 1; Dewhirst; Nachet; Price 2; Britten; RSW. | |
| BIDAULT, JACQUES | France, post-1762, MIM | Garden Sundial = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, Dec. 11, 1991. | perhaps related to C. Bidault, which see; apprenticed to Clerget. | Quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | RSW. |
| BIDDELL, JONAS | England, c.1756, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Grocers' Company on Nov. 2, 1756. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BIDDLE | USA, pre-1776, OIM | repaired telescope now at Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa. | Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| BIDDLE, OWEN | USA, 1737-1799, MIM | clockmaker; made a planetarium. | North Ward, Philadelphia; Chester County; both in Pa. | Bedini 1 and 8;; USNM. | |
| BIDER, FRANCIS | England, 1716, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1716 = OXF-Evans. | Evans 1. | ||
| BIDLAKE, JAMES 1 | England, 1767-1805, MIM | also made clocks and watches. | 31 Minories, (until 1782); 16 Sun Street, Bishopsgate Without (1799-1805); both in London. | Taylor 2(572). | |
| BIDLAKE, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1820-27, MIM | watch and clockmaker; son of James Bidlake 1. | 48 (or 8) Chiswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1489). | |
| BIDSTRUP, JESPER | Denmark; England; Denmark, fl.1762-1802, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = ROS, Soth. 4/27/64-140, D., AUI, Videnskabs- historisk Museum, Aarhus; Mechanical Powers Apparatus = Sor° Akademi, Sor°. | worked first with Nairne and Blunt, 1788; by 1793 was working by himself; had a catalogue; appointed "Royal City Mechanicus" upon his return to Copenhagen. | Copenhagen; 36 St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square, London (1793); Copenhagen. | Brieux 3; Chaldecott 3; Taylor 2(438); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| BIE, C. DE | Holland, c.1689, NIM | Magnetic Compass = D.(1986). | compass maker. | The Hague. | Schück; Coffeen Z. |
| BIEHELER, LANDELINUS | Germany, fl.1781-84, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1781 = FRE; Terrestrial Globe, 1784 = FRE. | Freiburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| BIENNAIS, MARTIN GUILLAUME | France, 1764-1843, MIM | Instrument Set in travel case = Musée Carnavalet; Rule, folding, mother-of-pearl = D. | "orfèvre de Leurs Majestés Imperiales et Royales"; "Me. Tabletier ébeniste"; travel case belonged to Napoleon; rule from travel case of the Duchess d'Otrante; made magnificent traveling cases. | au Singe violet, rue St.-Honoré, No. 283, Paris (1809-19). | "Connaissance des Arts", Oct., 1980; Versailles 11/19/78; RSW. |
| BIENVENU | France, c.1775, PHIM | made physical apparatus. | 18, rue de Rohan, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BIETTE | France, c.1820, OIM PHIM | Telescope = P.C. (1973); Marine Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Lyon. | Troadec; RSW. | |
| BIFEZZI, G. | Italy, 1835, MIM | Telemeter, 1835 = FGM. | Naples. | Italian Inventory. | |
| BIGAS | England, PHIM | Hydrometer = A-P 3/15/76. | "Patented". | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| BIGG, BENJAMIN | England, c.1679, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Cooke of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 3, 1679. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIGGS, B. | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = P.C.; Sextant = ADL-A249. | Swansea; Cardiff. | Taylor 2(1085); ADL; RSW. | |
| BIGGS, EDMUND | England, c.1695, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 12, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIGGS, SAMUEL | England, c.1752, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Grocers' Company on March 9, 1752. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BIGGS, THOMAS | England; USA, fl.1785-1822, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Hadley Quadrant, 1785 = Virgina Historical Society, Richmond, Va.; Octant, 1792 = P.C. | T.C. in Adams' quadrant; apprenticed to Benjamin Condy, up to 1776; soldier, 1776-1781; worked in New York for eight years; returned to Philadelphia; succeeded Benjamin Condy in 1792; made and dealt in instruments. | 32 Well-Fleet Street, London; Philadelphia, Pa.; No. 8 Water Street; 60, facing Beekman's Slip (1786); 32 Wall Street, near the Coffee House; both in New York, N.Y.; 81 South Front Street (1792); 85 South Front Street (1801-06): at the Sign of the Sextant (1815), 66 South Front Street (1807-21); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 8; Smart 1; Gillingham; USNM; D.J. Warner 8; DATM; RSW. |
| BIGNELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIGOT, E. | French Guiana, MIM | Cruciform Sundials = MERC-14 (176)= WHI, ADL-DPW47. | may be one sundial, Bryden 16 does not show it, although Hamilton stated that it was sold to Whipple. | Cayenne. | Hamilton 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. |
| BIHLER, JOHANN PHILIP | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Huelsmann Coll. | hour-plate is star-shaped; fitted case. | Augsburg. | Syndram. |
| BILD, VEIT | Germany, 1484-1529, MIM | astronomer; sundial maker. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| BILDT, BAUKE EISMA VAN DER | Holland, 1753-1831, OIM | Telescopes = LEY, LOS, UTR, Eisinga's House, Franeker, Bom Auctions 1906 & 1910. | succeeded his great-uncle, Jan van der Bildt 1, c.1791. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Daumas 1. USNM; RSW. |
| BILDT, JOHANNES VAN DER 1 | Holland, 1709-91, OIM | Telescopes = ZUR, UTR; LEY, Eisinga's House, Franeker, Dr. Coopman's House, Franeker (No. 368), LOS, TEY, P.C., Frisian Maritime Museum, etc. | worked with his two sons; his great-nephew, Bauke Eisma van der Bildt succeeded to the business c.1791; full name was Jan Pytters van der Bildt; taught in high school in Franeker. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Zinner 1; G.L'E. Turner 28; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| BILDT, JOHANNES VAN DER 2 | Holland, 1736-1779, OIM | Telescopes = LEY, AMST, Eisinga's House, Franeker. | son of Jan van der Bildt 1. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. |
| BILDT, LUBBERTUS VAN DER | Holland, 1738-80, OIM PHIM | Instruments = LEY, UTR (Physics Dept), Eisinga"s House, Franeker. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| BILLAUX L'AINE | France, c.1787, PHIM | made physical apparatus; also spelled Billeau and Billiaux; Billaux l'Aîné. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BILLIAUX | France, c.1782, PHIM | see Greppin et Billiaux. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BILLING, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, OIM | 14 Maryland Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1778). | ||
| BILLING, R. | England, c.1703, MIM | bookseller with G. Briant, may have been instrument makers. | at the King's Head, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 1(536). | |
| BILLINGHURST, ANTHONY | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on July 1, 1672. | J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 9. | ||
| BILLON | France, 1787, MIM | made instrument to draw ellipses. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BINDA 1 | France, MIM | Cannon Sundials = NOR (2). | Marseilles. | RSW. | |
| BINDA 2 | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Versailles 4/17/83. | "Opticien". | RSW. | |
| BINDA, GIOVANNI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | York. | RSW. | |
| BINGHAM | England, c.1825, | Captain, R.N.; invented a perpetual log. | 22 Arundel Street, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1779). | |
| BINGHAM, CHARLES | England, fl.1808-18, MIM | Table of Equation of Time, silver = BM-1897/3/15-2. | signed "C. Bingham"; Price thought London and 18th Century; made sundials. | Ann Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1779a); Bryden 9; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| BINGLEY, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, 1808-18, PHIM | made plates for batteries and piles. | Bishopgate Street, Islington, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BIOLA, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cambridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIOLO, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| BION FILS | France, | son of Nicholas Bion. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BION, L. | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, case = Soth. 5/19/86-64. | possibly Nicholas Bion. | RSW. | |
| BION, NICHOLAS | France, 1652-1733, MIM | his wide range of very well made instruments is illustrated in his book of 1709 on the construction and use of mathematical instruments; his production was very large and examples can be seen in numerous museums. | his book was translated into English in 1723 by Stone, and into German in 1717 by Doppelmayer; "Ingénieur du Roi pour les Instruments de Mathématique"; T.C.; Lordelle was successor. | quay de l'Horloge du Palais à l'enseigne du Soleil d'or (1699-1702 and 1708); au Quart de Cercle Géométrique sur le quay de l'orloge du Palais (1704); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1 and 2; Maddison 1 and 5; Josten; Bonelli 1; Price 3; Ward 4; NMM 2; USNM; Wynter 1; Hamilton 2; Tooley; Dewhirst; Moskowitz 109; Calvert 2; Engelmann 1; DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Syndram; Nachet; RSW. |
| BIRCH, WYRLEY | England, MIM | Vertical Plate Dial = Evans Coll.= OXF. | Evans 1; Dewhirst. | ||
| BIRD, JOHN | England, 1709-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including miniature sextant, ADL-A288, mural quadrants at Technical Museum, Milan and NMM (1750), theodolite at Palermo Observatory, meridian telescope at MLL, stick barometer and thermometer at Herschel Home Museum, Bath; etc. | apprenticed to Jonathan Sisson 2 in 1740; worked for him and George Graham; author; last great instrument maker to divide his scales by hand; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond`s patent. | Durham (1709-40); Sea Quadrant, Court Gardens; Sea Quadrant near the New Exchange Buildings (1748-63); both in Strand, London. | Taylor 2(232); Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Maddison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Stimson 2; Moskowitz 4 & 7; USNM; King 1; ADL; RSW; Daniel; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Garcia 1; DNB; DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; Crawforth 1; de Rijk; Coffeen 11; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BIRD, THOMAS | England, c.1822, OIM | High Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1490); Dewhirst. | ||
| BIRDSTRUP, J. | misreading for Jesper Bidstrup. | Taylor 2(438); Dewhirst; Chaldecott 3; RSW. | |||
| BIRKHEAD, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Smith 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 2, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIRNIE, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1775-85, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Bigger Coll. | clockmaker. | Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. | Bigger; Baillie 1. |
| BISCHOFF, J.P. | Germany, fl.1780-90, MIM | Heliochronometer = Huelsmann Coll.; Instrument = DEU. | Ansbach. | Syndram; RSW. | |
| BISHOP 1 | England?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = APS. | London? | Multhauf 1. | |
| BISHOP 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see John Bishop. | Sherborne. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| BISHOP, JAMES | Scotland, c.1794?, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | clockmaker; X instrument signed "Jas. Bishop Edinburgh"; Christies signed "Jas. Bishop Musselburgh." | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| BISHOP, JOAQUIM | USA, fl.1845-57, MIM NIM PHIM | made philosophical and chemical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| BISS, JOHN | England, c.1746, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 14, 1746. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BISSAKER, ROBERT | England, fl.1642-54, MIM | Slide Rule, wood, 1654 = KEN. | made shipbuilder's rule. | Ratcliff over against the Red Lyon Tavern, London. | Bryden 9; Taylor 1(200); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BISSEKER | see Bissaker. | ||||
| BITHRAY, STEPHEN | England, fl.1827-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/88; Stick Barometers = X, Heathcote Ball 12/14/90, Phillips 10/5/76; Telescopes = D.(1982), Soth.-West Sussex 6/21/83; Compass Sundial = KEN-1947-280; Sextant with Telescope = Soth. 11/13/61-70; Universal Equatorial Sundial, case = Soth. 3/25/86. | also made microscopes; "Bithray successor to J. Smith, Royal Exchange, London." | North Piazza (or North Gate), 29 Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(1491); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Lake Forest, Ill. Antique Show, June 1982; RSW. |
| BITTERLIN | Germany, MIM | Compass = Strasbourg. | Colmar. | Evans 1. | |
| BIZOT, J.L. | France, 1702-81, MIM | Vertical Dial = House, Faubourg Tarragnoz, Besançon, 1757; Floor Dial = Madeleine Church, Besançon. | Bizot was counselor to the Presidial of Besançon; vertical dial was destroyed in 1880. | Besançon. | Gatty; COMP Vol. 1, No. 2. |
| BLACHFORD AND CO. | England, NIM | probably Robert and William Blachford. | Minories, London. | Taylor 2(1086). | |
| BLACHFORD AND IMRAY | England, fl.1836-42, NIM OIM PHIM | Gunter Rule, sliding = D.(1980); Wheel Barometer= Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Robert Blachford and James Imray were partners, 1836-42. | 116 Minories; Navigation Warehouse; both in London. | Taylor 2(1086); Brewington 1; O'Mara; Moskowitz 120; RSW. |
| BLACHFORD, ROBERT | England, fl.1804-42, NIM OIM | Telescope = PEA; Sextant = D.(1989). | signed "Blachford"; worked with William Blachford at the Warehouse in the Minories; it was Blachford and Co. at Leadenhall Street; James Imray joined him in 1836. | Navigation Warehouse, Little Tower Hill (1804-20); 137 Minories 1805; 114 Minories (1810-17); 79 Leadenhall Street (1821-25); 116 Minories (1836-40); all in London. | Taylor 2(1086); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 120; O'Mara; RSW. |
| BLACHFORD, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, OIM | worked with Robert Blachford in the Minories; perhaps Blachford and Co. | Minories, London. | Taylor 2(1086). | |
| BLACKBURN | England, | see Moffett and Blackburn; T.C. | Calvert 2. | ||
| BLACKBURN, CUTHBERT | England, fl.1847-48, PHIM | see Johnson and Blackburn; barometer and thermometer maker. | 34 Hatton Garden (1847-48); 7 Alfred Street, City Road (1848); both in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| BLACKBURNE, R. | England, c.1850, NIM | Mariner's Journalets = P.C.(1986), D.(1986). | plotting device; D. also marked "aBn.", letters being in reverse. | London. | Multhauf 3; Coffeen 12. |
| BLACKIE | England, c.1825, OIM | microscope maker. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BLACKIE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1834-38, OIM | made jewel lenses for microscopes. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| BLACKWELL, J. | England, c.1820, OIM | Telescope = Frau Dr. Gustav Bloch Coll., Vienna. | watchmaker. | 43 Plumben Street, City Road, London. | Britten; RSW. |
| BLACKWOOD, W. AND J.T. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 3/29/60-9. | North Shields. | Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | |
| BLADEL, JOSEPH | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Crescent Sundial = ZAG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BLADO- | England, c.1800, NIM | name appears on a Hadley's quadrant shown on Thomas Swann's T.C.; may be owner or maker. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| BLADON | see Bleyghton. | Taylor 1. | |||
| BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON | Holland; Italy, 1571-1638, MIM | he made many celestial and terrestrial globes of different sizes including a 67.7 cm. celestial globe, 1640 = ADL-M440, a printed astrolabe, telluriums to be found at LEY, BAU, WOL, KAS and AMST, etc.; a mural quadrant at LEY. | pupil of Tyche Brahe on Hven; designed a Copernican armillary sphere; dated globes range from 1602-40. | Alkmaar; Amsterdam; Venice. | Koman; Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Stevenson; Gunther 1; Bonelli 1; Michel 2; Daumas 1; Belgian and Italian Inventories; Millburn 5; Wynter 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; NMM 2; DSB; ADL; T. Campbell; Yonge; RSW. |
| BLAGRAVE, JOHN | England, b.1558? d.1612, | designed many fine astronomical and surveying instruments, including his Mathematical Jewel, Uranical Astrolabe, three-legged compass, running staff, armillary sphere, etc; author. | Reading. | Taylor 1(52); Dewhirst; Gunther 1 and 4; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Engelmann 1; D. King; DNB; ADL; John Collins; Blundeville; John Palmer; RSW. | |
| BLAIR | USA, | see Booth, Garrett and Blair. | USNM. | ||
| BLAIR, ARCHIBALD | Scotland, c.1827, OIM | 16 Broughton Place, Edinburgh (1827). | Bryden 3. | ||
| BLAIR, H.G., AND CO. | England, fl.1829-60, NIM | T.C. in OOM Hadley octant case; compass adjusters; made chronometers; opticians. | Bristol (1829); 95 Bute Street, Cardiff (1860). | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. | |
| BLAIR, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1783-1828, | invented the aplanatic telescope. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(802). | |
| BLAKE, JOHN | England, fl.1766-1820, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company, July 23,1752; free in the Company, May 6, 1766; took apprentices. | near Hermitage Bridge, near Broad Street, Ratcliff (1766-73); New Ratcliff (1774-76); near Ratcliff Cross (1801); near Brewers Meeting, Stepney (1820); all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BLAKELEY, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1832-36, MIM PHIM | 11 High Street, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(1780); O'Mara. | ||
| BLAKELY | England, c.1780, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = NMM. | London. | NMM 2. | |
| BLAKENE | England, 1342, MIM | Astrolabe, 1342 = BM-1853/11/4-1. | ICA-292. | Gunther 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst. | |
| BLAKENEY | see Cameron and Blakeney. | RSW. | |||
| BLAKENEY AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant, brass with ivory scale = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | Sunderland and Howe. | Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | |
| BLAKENEY, J.B., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | see J.W. Blakeney and Co. | South Shields. | RSW. |
| BLAKENEY, J.W., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | see J.B. Blakeney and Co. | Hull and Sutherland. | RSW. |
| BLAKEY, G.H. | England, | Master, R.N.; invented a stadiometer, c.1850; instrument made by W. Heath, Devonport. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BLAKSLEE, ZIBA | USA, 1768-1834, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments, clocks and bells. | Newtown, Conn. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | |
| BLANC, JACQUES | Switzerland, PHIM | Money Balances = Stadtmuseum, Meissen. | Geneva. | RSW. | |
| BLANCHINI, ANTONIUS | see Antonio Bianchini. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| BLANCKE BZ., HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1816-26, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BLAND, EDWARD | England, c.1668, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 19, 1668. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLAND, JOSEPH | England, c.1700?, MIM | diallist. | Beeston, Nottinghamshire. | Taylor 1(516). | |
| BLASER, JACOB | Switzerland, MIM | Hohenmesscheibe = Stuker 11/22/66. | Berne. | RSW. | |
| BLASET | France, fl.1769-72, OIM | optician. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BLATCHFORD AND IMRAY | see Blachford and Imray. | O'Mara. | |||
| BLATON | see Bleyghton. | Taylor 1(163). | |||
| BLATT, I. | England, 20th Century?, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1975), K. & C. 12/12/73. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| BLATTNER, JACOB | Switzerland; USA, 1812-88, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C.; Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, B.C., Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, D.(1990), D.(1987). | Berne; St. Louis, Mo. | USNM; Smart 1; Coffeen 16; RSW. | |
| BLAUWE, P.D. | Belgium, 1777, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, disc, 1777 = BM-1901/11/15-16. | Gend. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| BLAVET | France, 1769, OIM | made lenses and mirrors. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BLAXAM, RICHARD | England, 1651, MIM | Quadrant, silver, 1651 = BM-1855/5/9-1 (destroyed). | also has monogram of "B." over "RH."; usually listed erroneously as "Bloxham." | Price 3; Ward 4; Taylor 1(250); Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| BLAYTON, EDWARD | England, c.1612, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1612. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLENAERTS, I. | France, 1770, MIM | Sundial, 1770 = OXF. | Malines. | Michel 3. | |
| BLENKINSOP, JOHN | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams of the Grocers' Company on July 4, 1793. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLENLER | misreading for Bleuler. | K. and C. 3/28/73. | |||
| BLEUBER | misreading for Bleuler. | Christie 2/8/79. | |||
| BLEULER, JOCK | Globe, miniature = D.(1997). | misreadimg for John Bleuler. | ATG 10/14/97. | ||
| BLEULER, JOHN | England, c.1757-1829, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums , including a microscope, 1788, sextants, an orrery, sundials, an ivory thermometer, a barometer, Miniature Terrestrial Globe, etc. | apprenticed to Henry Raines Shuttleworth of the Spectacle- makers' Company in 1771; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1779; Master of the Company 1792, 1795, 1811; worked with Shuttleworth until 1791; succeeded to Thomas Whitford's business, 1791; T.C., optician. | Mr. Shuttleworth's, 23 Ludgate Street; 27 Ludgate Street, (1791); both in London. | Taylor 2(687); Daumas 1; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Moskowitz 105; Calvert 2; Court and von Rohr 3(200); USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Sotheby's 5/11/94; RSW. |
| BLEWLER | misreading for Bleuler. | Brewington 1. | |||
| BLEYGHTON, JOHN | England, fl.1630-34, MIM | may be the same as John Blighton 1. | near Bull Head Tavern in Tower Street, London. | Taylor 1(163); Dewhirst; Evans 1; J. Brown 1. | |
| BLIGHTON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1620-54?, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company on Aug. 16, 1620; may be John Bleyghton. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLIGHTON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1654-, MIM | free of the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Aug. 9, 1654; might mean that his father, John Blighton 1, had died and thus the last three apprentices in his father's list would have been his. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLIGNY, AUGUST | 18th Century, MIM SIM | Carpenter's Square with pivoted index = LOS. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| BLISS AND CO. | USA, c.1845, NIM | Bearing Sight Instrument = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| BLISS AND CREIGHTON | USA, c.1845, MIM NIM SIM | John Bliss 1 and Creighton. | New York City. | USNM. | |
| BLISS, JOHN (1), AND CO. | USA, fl.1845-78, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Compasses = PMS, Nat'l Museum of Canada, D.(1978); Surveying Compass = USNM; Bliss Taffrail Log = D.(1971). | log patented 1864 and 1878.; started as Bliss and Creighton; T.C. | 2 Burling Slip; 128 Front Street, between Wall and Pine; all in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 132; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BLISS, JOHN 1 | USA, 1795-1857, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = D.(1960); Marine Compass = Glenbow Museum, Canada; Alidade = D.(1997). | became John Bliss and Co. in 1845. | 42 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM; Moskowitz 103; Brewington 1; Bedini 6; J.A. Bennett 2; MAD June 1997. |
| BLISS, JOHN 2 | USA, fl.1840-78, NIM | New York, N.Y. | J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| BLISS, MOSES BRIDGMAN | USA, 1798-1885, MIM | Garden Sundial with compass and analemma = D.(1980). | sundial registered in Maine. | Mass.; Maine; Wis. | Moskowitz 120. |
| BLOCH, ABRAHAM | Germany, 1583, MIM | Calendar Plate, 1583 = MUN-1294. | Bayreuth. | Zinner 1. | |
| BLOCK, FRANCIS | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 18, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BLOCKER, SYMEN DIRCKXSEN | Holland, c.1626, MIM | marked on mariner's astrolabe at SKO, (NMM-13); thought to be owner; copy of it is at STK. | Waters 1; A. Stimson 3; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| BLOK, TJEPKE | see Keimpe Zeilmaker en Tjepke Blok. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BLOMBERG, MARTINUS | Sweden, c.1575, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = NOR-81.147. | Stockholm. | Swedish Exhib. Cat., 1952; RSW. | |
| BLOND, C. | misreading for C. Bloud. | Pugsley Sale. | |||
| BLOND, C.H. | misreading for C. Bloud. | Stewart, et al. | |||
| BLONDEAU | France, 18th Century, MIM | Square = Spitzer-2869; Level = Spitzer-2824 = And.-Spitzer Sale-5; Universal Ring Sundial = MADEX-218 = CNAM; Sector = ADL-M89. | universal ring sundial had five sundials added at a later time and is signed "Blondeaux"; could be B., or Nicholas or Roch Blondeau. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'1 1; Destombes 4; Hamilton 2; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDEAU, B. | France, 18th Century, MIM | sundial maker. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BLONDEAU, NICOLAUS | France; Italy, fl.1694-1706, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = CNAM, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88, D.(1986), OXF-B112, TIM, Drecker Coll.= P.C., etc.; Military Protractor = ADL-M125; Sector, 1694 = OXF; Pair of Dividers, = NMM (1694); Compass = P.C.(1965); Surveying Quadrant, 1695 = P.C.; Ellipsometer Track = HAK; Gunnery Calipers = MAA. | calipers signed "N. Blondo"; OXF sector signed "Nicolaus Blondo fecit" (the final "o" has an acute accent over it); the Nouveau Drouot and D.(1986) universal ring sundials all have an inner rotating ring divided into 15-minute intervals, to give Italian or Babylonian hours as well as local suntime. | Paris (1694-95); Naples (1706). | Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Josten; NMM 2; Coffeen 12; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDEAU, PETRUS | see Petrus Blondeus. | Daumas 1; Michel 3. | |||
| BLONDEAU, ROCH | France, fl.1664-90, MIM SIM | Sector, 1670 = Soth. 12/19/66-53; Rule, 1668 = CNAM; Butterfield-type Sundials = OXF-B71 and B72, WHI (silver) (1673), MADEX-91 = NMM (1670), Christie 2/13/68-38, LEY, ADL-M89; Rule, folding, silver, 1670 = A-P 3/15/76; Horizontal String-gnomon Sundial, 1667 = WHI; Pocket Sundial, 1664 = D.(1994); etc. | "ingénieur du roi en instruments des mathématiques." | à l'enseigne de la Boussole, Quai du Grandcours-d'Eau, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1665). | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; Josten; Bryden 11 and 16; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDEAUX | see Blondeau. | MADEX. | |||
| BLONDEL ET MELLY | Switzerland, 1840, MIM | Zakhorloge, 1840 = AMST. | Geneva. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BLONDEL, HENRY | 1707, MIM | Sundial, copper, 1707 = P.C. | for 48°. | RSW. | |
| BLONDEUS, PETRUS | France; Italy, c.1700, MIM | Recipiangle = ADL-M107. | the instrument is signed "Petrus Blondeus Gall. fecit Romae"; he was a Frenchman working in Rome; the invention of the recipiangle is credited to Silvius Maggirius. | Rome. | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDO, NICOLAUS | see Nicolaus Blondeau. | RSW. | |||
| BLONO, NICOLO | Italy, MIM | Instrument = NMM. | probably Nicolaus Blondeau. | Naples. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| BLOUD | many Bloud-type sundials are signed "Bloud"; could be by Charles, Charles le Jeune, Gabriel, Jacques or Jean Bloud. | ||||
| BLOUD, CHARLES | France, fl.1653-80, MIM | Bloud-type Sundial, large, 1653 = HAR; a great number of his portable sundials are found in numerous collections, including ADL, WHI, OXF, etc. | Huguenot; he invented a magnetic azimuth sundial now known as the Bloud-type; they were usually of ivory but a few tortoise- shell ones exist; a sliding hour scale within the compass box is adjusted to the time of year by turning the volvelle on the back; when the sundial is aligned with the sun, the compass needle points to the proper hour; usually signed "Fait et Invent par Charles Bloud à Dieppe" on back plate. | Dieppe. | Michel 1 and 3; ADL; Syndram; Bryden 16; Daumas 1; Maddison 1 and 5; Josten; Vivielle 1; Monreal; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; USNM; NMM 2; Tardy; Nachet; Hamilton 1; T. Murdock; RSW. |
| BLOUD, CHARLES, LE JEUNE | France, c.1700, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = WUP, Lempertz 4/28/61, Christie 11/24/83; Bloud-type Sundial, ivory = Soth. 11/13/61-81. | Dieppe. | RSW. | |
| BLOUD, GABRIEL | France, c.1666, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory = ADL-N20, MADEX-168 = Musée, Dieppe, MERC-88, PMM, etc.; Diptych Sundial, ivory = P.C. | probably son or brother of Charles Bloud. | Dieppe. | Michel 3; Hamilton 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. |
| BLOUD, I. | France, c.1670, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = BM, Soth. 12/12/55/ (ivory). | BM gnomon is for 50° latitude; maybe Jacques or, less likely, Jean Bloud. | Ward 4; RSW. | |
| BLOUD, JACQUES | France, c.1666, MIM | Bloud-type Sundial, ivory = MERC-60. | possibly son or brother of Charles Bloud. | Dieppe. | Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| BLOUD, JEAN | France, c.1690, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, ivory and silver = OXFB-201. | Dieppe. | Maddison 5. | |
| BLOUD, KAREL | France, MIM | Montfoort. | Evans 1. | ||
| BLOW, EDMUND | England, fl.1704-38, MIM NIM | Napier's Bones, 1715 = OXF; Backstaff, 1736 = WHI. | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company, Aug. 6, 1695; free in the Company, June 13, 1704; took apprentices; the bones were made for Mr. Julius Deeds; the backstaff was made for James M'Culloch. | Golden Quadrant, Plow Alley, Union Stairs, Wapping; Virginia Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(570) and 2(14); Dewhirst; Crawforth 7; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| BLOW, F. | see Edmund Blow. | ||||
| BLOXAM, JAMES MACKENZIE | England, 1843, | invented depleidoscope in 1843, made and sold by E.J. Dent who named the instrument. | Coffeen; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BLOXHAM, RICHARD | misreading for Richard Blaxam. | Taylor 1(250); Price 3; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |||
| BLOYD, C. | misreading for C. Bloud. | Bernal Sale. | |||
| BLUNDY, CHARLES | England; USA, fl.1753-60, PHIM | made or sold thermometers. | London; Church Street, Charleston, S.C. | Bedini 1. | |
| BLUNT 1 | see Nairne and Blunt. | ||||
| BLUNT 2 | England, OIM | Spyglass = USNM. | could be Edward or Thomas Blunt. | London. | USNM. |
| BLUNT AND CO. | USA, fl.1868-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | George William Blunt; succeeded Blunt and Nichols. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Brewington 1. | |
| BLUNT AND NICHOLS | USA, fl.1866-68, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Edmund Blunt 2, F.M. Nash and John H Nichols were partners in Blunt and Nichols; succeeded by Blunt and Co., in 1868; Nichols was the Blunts' uncle. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| BLUNT AND SON 1 | England, 1802 and 1814, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thomas Blunt 1 and possibly William Blunt or Thomas Blunt 2. | London. | Wess 1. | |
| BLUNT AND SON 2 | England, fl.1822-24, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thomas Blunt 1 and Edward Blunt. | London. | Wess 1. | |
| BLUNT, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1811-18, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Soth. 4/22/65-53; Instrument = NMM; Alt-azimuth Quadrant = WHI; Telescope, single draw = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | T.C.; made sextants, alt-azimuth circles and pocket theodolites; compass is signed "C. Blunt." | Cornhill; 38 Tavistock Street (1817); both in London. | Taylor 2(1281); Wess 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BLUNT, CHARLES 2 | Sir Charles Blunt; marked on a sundial, ADL-T22, which is signed "H.C. 1591"; it is the work of D.B. Sheahan of New York, N.Y. c.1900. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| BLUNT, E. | England or USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | could be Edmund or Edward Blunt. | RSW. | |
| BLUNT, E. AND G.W. | USA, fl.1826-66, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | Edmund (1) and George William Blunt, sons of Edmund March Blunt; manufactory at Elizabeth, N.J., listed as being formerly Hermann Wendt (1859). | 149 Fly Market Street (1826); Maiden Lane; 179 Water Street, corner of Burling Slip and West Hooker Street; all in New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Bedini 8; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; D.J. Warner 10; DATM. |
| BLUNT, EDMUND 1 | USA, 1799-1866, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of Edmund March Blunt; older brother and partner of George William Blunt; see E. and G.W. Blunt. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103; J.A. Bennett 2; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| BLUNT, EDMUND 2 | USA, 1842-94, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of Edmund Blunt 1; partner in Blunt and Nichols with F.M. Nash and John H. Nichols, 1866-68; this firm became Blunt and Co. in 1868, and Edmund was succeeded by his brother, William Sinclair Blunt at that time; he established the New York Optical Works that same year. | 16 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. (1868-94). | Smart 1 | |
| BLUNT, EDMUND MARCH | USA, 1770-1862, MIM NIM | Nautical Compass = USNM. | publisher; set up chart and quadrant shop, 1812; his sons, Edmund (1) and George William Blunt, carried on the firm; Warner 12 says that son-in-law, William Hooker, took over 202 Water Street in 1819. | Newburyport, Mass. (1793-1811); at the Sign of the Quadrant, 202 Water Street, corner of Beekman Slip, New York, N.Y. (1811-62). | USNM; Brewington 1; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10 and 12. |
| BLUNT, EDWARD | England, c.1828, MIM PHIM | Barometer = Christie 8/2/72. | son of Thomas Blunt 1; could be Blunt and Son, 1822-24; free by Patrimony in 1825; took over the business; barometer is signed "E. Blunt"; spirit level signed "Pool-London." | 22 Cornhill, London. | O'Mara; Wess 1; RSW. |
| BLUNT, GEORGE WILLIAM | USA, 1802-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | younger son of Edmund March Blunt and younger brother of Edmund Blunt 1; see E. and G.W. Blunt. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| BLUNT, JOHN | England, c.1767, NIM | Sextants = Soth. 3/21/73, Christie 12/17/75. | compass maker; catalogues think he is 1800 or later; may be two men. | Wapping Dock, London. | Taylor 2(576); RSW. |
| BLUNT, ROBERT | England, c.1789, MIM | apprenticed to George Adams 2 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1782; free of the Company on Dec. 3, 1789. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLUNT, T. AND T. | England, c. 1822, MIM OIM PHIM | Sets of Drawing Instruments = P.C., Decatur House, Washington, D.C.; Microscope = Phillips 11/16/76; Rule, ivory = P.C.; Hydrometers = X (de Luc-type), Phillips 5/20/75; Garden Sundial = D.(1975); Telescope, Gregorian = Moose Factory Museum, Ontario; Barometer = P.C. | perhaps Thomas Blunt 1 and 2. | 22 Cornhill, London. | USNM; Delehar 3; Wess 1; RSW. |
| BLUNT, T., AND SON | England, c.1822, OIM | Microscope = P.C.; Telescope = Christie 4/9/75. | Thomas Blunt and Son; telescope signed "Blunt and Son." | 22 Cornhill, London. | O'Mara; RSW. |
| BLUNT, T.T. | misreading for T. and T. Blunt? | Soth. 2/8/83. | |||
| BLUNT, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1760-1822, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, microscopes, telescopes, sundials, levels, dipping needles, orreries, etc. | apprenticed to Edward Nairne of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1760; free of the Company in 1771; Master of the Company 1782-94; partner of Nairne, 1774-93; worked alone, 1793-1805; had son in business in 1805; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty"; T.C.; see Nairne and Blunt; see T. and T. Blunt; see T. Blunt and Son; succeeded by Thomas Harris.. | 22 Cornhill; 136 Minories (1814-20); both in London. | Taylor 2(577); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Symonds; Moskowitz 112; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; Multhauf 1; USNM; Pipping 1; Court and von Rohr 3(180); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 6; Wynter 1; Wess 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| BLUNT, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1811., MIM OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company on March 2, 1811; may have been son in Blunt and Son 1. | 18 Ivy Lane, London. | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(241); Wess 1. | |
| BLUNT, WILLIAM | England, c.1825, MIM | Rev. William Blunt, son of and apprenticed to Thomas Blunt 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company, June 1, 1816; free of the Company on Oct. 11, 1825. | Court and von Rohr 3(244); Wess 1. | ||
| BLUNT, WILLIAM SINCLAIR | USA, 1837-1903, MIM SIM | in 1868 he replaced his brother, Edmund Blunt 2 in Blunt and Co. with F.M. Nash as a partner. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| BLYDENBURGH AND GILES | USA, fl.1838-42, MIM SIM | Transit = D.(1983). | Samuel Blydenburgh and Edward Giles; also sold nautical, optical and philosophical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen E. |
| BLYDENBURGH AND HYDE | USA, c.1847, MIM | Samuel Blydenburgh and Joseph Hyde; machinists. | 1 Fetter Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| BLYDENBURGH, SAMUEL | USA, 1802-52, MIM | see Blydenburgh and Giles; see Blydenburgh and Hyde. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| BLYTON | see Blighton. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| BOARDMAN | England, 1709, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1709 = D.(1975). | Wynter 1. | ||
| BOBY | see Schulen and Boby. | ||||
| BOCHSEN, JOHANN CARL | France, 1616, | Bochsen designed an artillery level in 1616; author; in a mms. in Ulm he takes the title "Meisterey." | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| BOCKELTS, JAN | Holland; Germany, fl.1607-40, MIM | Sundials in watch lids = Mallett Coll., NYM (Morgan Coll.) | the sundial in the NYM is signed "Jan Bockelts Aachen." | Aachen. | Vincent 2; Baillie 1. |
| BOCKSTAEL, VAN | France, d.1740, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = Musée, Nancy (2). | "Machiniste du Roy." | Nancy. | Michel 3 and 14. |
| BODDINGTON, JOHN | England, c.1734, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = BM-1930/1/6-1 | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on April 5, 1725; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1734. | Threadneedle Street, London. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| BODEUR | France, 1819, PHIM | Barometer, 1819 = CNAM. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | USNM; Middleton 1. | |
| BODIN, FRIEDRICH | Germany?, 1788, MIM | Lippspring. | Evans 1. | ||
| BODSON | France, c.1800, OIM | optician; made lenses and mirrors. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BODUMONT, J.B.F. | Belgium, 1796, MIM | Sundial, slate, large = X; Tellurium = X. | rue de l'Intendant, Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| BOEHM, ANDREAS | Germany, 1720-90, OIM PHIM | Geissen. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BOEKENES, P. | Holland, 1707, NIM | Cross-staff, three vanes, 1707 = HAK. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | ||
| BOEKMER, TOBIAS | misreading for Tobias Volkmer. | "Engineering", post-1944. | |||
| BOELAU, G. | Ireland?, c.1850, MIM | Clinometer = D.(1972). | Moskowitz 104. | ||
| BOERNAVE, JEHAN | France, 1354, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Strasbourg Cathedral. | destroyed c.1550. | Strasbourg. | Gunther 1. |
| BOETHIUS, A.M.S. | fl.480-525, MIM | was commissioned by Theodoric to construct a water clock and sundial for Gundibald, King of the Burgundians. | Cousins. | ||
| BOFFAT | see Buffat. | ||||
| BOFFI, A. AND P. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | see P. and A. Boffi. | Hastings. | RSW. |
| BOFFI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hastings. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOFFI, P. AND A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/21/87, D.(1990). | D.(1990) is signed "P.A. Boffi." | RSW. | |
| BOFFY, L. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/25/91. | Hastings. | RSW. | |
| BOGGAIA, D. | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 29 1/2 Great Warner Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOHAIM | see Behaim. | ||||
| BOHEIM, MORITZ | see Moritz Behaim. | Neumann 1. | |||
| BOHEMUS, CHASPARUS | Austria, 1568, MIM | Astrolabe Clocks = Spitzer Sale = Chauteau d'Anet (1568), Morgan Coll. = NYM (1568). | Chasparus Bohémus; alternative spelling is "Caspar Böheim." | Vienna. | Tardy 1; Vincent 2; Van Cittert; Neumann 1. |
| BOHINI DE PORTARIS | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = Castello Sforzesco, Milan. | might be ICA-2059 or -2061. | Italian Inventory; ICA 2. | |
| BOHLING, CHRISTIAN | see Christian Boyling. | Michel 3. | |||
| BOHM, MARCUS | Germany, c.1660, MIM | Astrolabe Table Clock = UTR. | Gunther 333; Van Cittert thought c.1600. | Augsburg. | Gunther 1; Michel 3; Britten; Van Cittert; de Rijk. |
| BOHME, PROF., AND M. REITER | Austria, MIM | Starfinder, celestial globe with two telescopes = AUI. | "Pat. des Prof. Bohme, etc." | Innsbruck. | RSW. |
| BOIG, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1649-d.1663, MIM | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BOIJLING | see Boyling. | ||||
| BOISSIER | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = HEI. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| BOITTE | France, MIM | see Girard and Boitte. | RSW. | ||
| BOJSI, PAUL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Rayleigh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOKMA, ALLE JANS | Holland, 1801-80, MIM | Planetarium, 1841 = Eisinga's House, Franeker; Tellurium = FRI. | mill maker. | Workum. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. |
| BOLING, Z. | Z. Böling; see Z. Boyling. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BOLLAND, WILLIAM | PHIM | Beam Balance, pocket = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | RSW. | ||
| BOLLEN, E.R. | Germany, 1697, MIM | Instrument, 1697 = X. | Hertogenbosch. | Evans 1. | |
| BOLLES, WILLIAM | USA, 1800-67, | designed a trigonometer, 1824. | New London, Conn. | Brewington 1; Bedini 8. | |
| BOLLETTI, L. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BOLLING | Germany, 1709, | Bölling; possibly Z. Boyling. | Kassel. | Evans 1. | |
| BOLLON | see Thomas Bolton. | Bryden 9. | |||
| BOLLORE, LOUIS | France, NIM | Marine Compass, small = Versailles 4/17/83. | Concarneau. | RSW. | |
| BOLONGARO AND SON | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; "Printers and Publishers to the Queen"; Dominic and Peter Bolongaro. | 32 Market Street (1845-54); 30-32 Market Street (1855-60); both in Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOLONGARO, DOMINIC | Italy; England, 1817?-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | making barometers by 1843; his son, Peter, was partner, 1848-60; worked with Vittore Zanetti up to 1817. | 2 Old Millgate (1817-30); 14 Market Street (1832-33); 32 Market Street (1834-54); 30-32 Market Street (1855-60); all in Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| BOLONGARO, PETER | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | son of Dominic Bolongaro; see Bolongaro and Son. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOLTER, HUGH | England, fl.pre-1638-72, OIM | apprenticed into the Woodmongers' Company; free of the Company in 1666; transferred to the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1666; worked for Robert Hooke. | Little Minories, London (1670-72). | Taylor 1(275); Court and von Rohr 3(18); Crawforth 6. | |
| BOLTON 1 | England, fl. c.1837-50, MIM | Rule, ivory = Soth.-Chester 9/22/83; Sectors, ivory = Phillips 2/2/84, D.(1984); Routledge-type Slide Rule, ivory = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | the rule from the Soth. Cat. is from a set of drawing instruments. | RSW. | |
| BOLTON 2 | MIM | Bolton's Cypher Wheel = D.(1973). | Wynter 1. | ||
| BOLTON, D. | England, c.1815, MIM | Garden Sundial = BM-1926/10/16-10. | made for Queen Caroline. | London. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| BOLTON, FREDERICK AND HENRY | England, c.1837, MIM | successors of Thomas Bolton. | 62 Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(2018). | |
| BOLTON, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Durham. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BOLTON, THOMAS | England, fl.1808-45, MIM | Set of Mathematical Instruments, case = X; Garden Dial = X. | Bryden says (Bollon?), 1808-18 and rule maker; Clay and Court thought instrument set c.1780; may be two makers. | 6 Colmore Row (1808; Colmore Row (1818); 61 and 62 Loveday Street; all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1782); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Crawforth 6. |
| BOMBARDA | see Augustinus Cucco, bombarda. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| BOMBELLI, BALDASSARO | England, c.1830, PHIM | made barometers. | 6 King Street, Whitehaven. | Taylor 2(1783). | |
| BOMBERG, CARL | Germany, OIM | Refracting Telescope = P.C. | four-inch. | Fredinau Strasse, Berlin. | RSW. |
| BON, JEAN | France, c.1820, | Jambon? | Coffeen Note. | ||
| BON, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1840-46, NIM | Octant = D.(1976); Marine Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | also made chronometers and watches; succeeded by Mrs. John Bon by 1850; signature on back of compass card in azimuth cmpass by Thomas Smith. | 17 Dock Street (1840); 25 Dock Street (1845); 26 Dock Street (1846); all in Dundee. | Taylor 2(2082); Bryden 3; Moskowitz; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BON, MRS. JOHN | Scotland, fl.1850-53, NIM | succeeded her husband after 1846; by 1853 she was no longer listed as a NIM. | 24 Dock Street East, Dundee (1850). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| BONALDO, MARCO | Italy, 1677-99, MIM | Pair of Globes = Widener Library, Harvard U., Cambridge, Mass. | the celestial globe is dated 1677, the terrestrial, 1699. | Venice. | Yonge. |
| BONANNI, P. PHILIPPE | Italy, c.1689, OIM | made microscopes; author. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Price 2. | ||
| BONAR, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1623-34, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, Dec. 11, 1623, slate = Dumfries Burgh Museum; Sundials, slate = Kirkcudbright (1623), Loudoun Castle (1634), Soth. 10/15/73 (1634) = Soth. 6/24/74 = D, RSM, Bangor Heritage Center. | Johanne? | Aerae = Ayr. | Gatty; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Rohr and Somerville; RSW; Clarke et al; Somerville. |
| BOND, A. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscope, double pillar = D.(1981). | London. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| BOND, HENRY | England, c.1600-78, | developed a ship-builder's scale; may be the Henry Bond who observed variations in the compass in 1662. | London. | Bryden 9; Bedini 8. | |
| BOND, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | one barometer is signed "Bond Okehampton", the other "John Bond." | Okehampton. | Goodison 1. |
| BOND, THOMAS | England, c.1685, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on April 30, 1685. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BOND, W. | England, 1795, MIM | Garden Dial, 1795 = D.(1975). | RSW. | ||
| BOND, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1781-1823, MIM NIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1781 = X; Octant, ebony, 1823 = UTR. | apprenticed in 1769; naturalized in 1785; father of William Cranch Bond. | 152 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Price 2; Evans 1; Carlaw. |
| BOND, WILLIAM CRANCH | USA, 1789-1859, MIM PHIM | astronomical and meteorological instruments, 1819; son of William Bond; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; Director of Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge (1839-). | Dorchester, Mass. | USNM; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Carlaw. | |
| BOND, WILLIAM, AND SON | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM | in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Boston, Mass. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BONET | see Bonetus de Latis. | ||||
| BONETUS DE LATIS | France, c.1490, MIM | Astrolabe on a finger ring = X. | made for Pope Alexander; Gunther 172. | Gunther 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 1. | |
| BONFA, R.P., S.J. | France, fl.1672-73, MIM | Wall Dial, 1672-73 = facade of the Jesuit College (now a girls' high school, Grenoble. | Grenoble. | Boursier. | |
| BONIUS, JOANNES | Germany, fl.1573-91, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = ADL-M366, KEN, FRA, VAA; Diptych Sun- dial, gilt-brass = LIE; Perpetual Calendar, 1591 = Rein Stift. | Boone? | Bamberg? | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 2; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. |
| BONNE | France, 1727-94, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1783 = CNAM-768; Celestial Globe = Dépôt de la Marine, Paris. | "Ingénieur-hydrographie de la Marine." | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Michel 3; Brieux 2; Howse 2. |
| BONNEAU, VINCENT | France, 1574, MIM | Nocturnal with Quadrant, 1574 = WHI. | "Faict à Sens par Vincent Bonneau." | Sens. | Bryden 16; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| BONNEMAIN | 1626, MIM SIM | Surveying Cross, 1626 = BMR. | Michel 7; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BONNES | France, 18th Century, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = OXFB-237. | Maddison 5. | ||
| BONNET | France, c.1850, MIM | in Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 5, Chemin de Ronde de la Barriere, Ménilmontant. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BONNEVIE, CLAUDE | France, fl. 1654-87, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, silver, oval = NMM-D.125 (Caird), D.(1997); Watch, enameled = Musée Paul Dupuy. | NMM is ex-Bernard Coll.; watch is signed "Claude Bonnevye." | Paris. | Hamilton 2; Nachet; Tardy 1. |
| BONONIE, PEREGRINA SPANIOLUS | 1637, MIM | Square, 1637 = ROM-4080. | Price 2. | ||
| BONSIGNORI, DOM STEFANO | Italy, fl.1570-87, | made polyhedral sundials of wood and leather; for instruments see D.S.B.F.F., D.S.F.F., D. Steph. B.F.F.; possibly D. Stephanus; sometimes spelled "Buonsignori." | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| BOOK | see Boig. | Bryden 3. | |||
| BOOKER, FRANCIS AND JOHN | Ireland, fl.1761-73, OIM | T.C. shows microscope and telescope. | Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BOOKER, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1774-89, | sold looking glasses; see Francis and John Booker. | 6 Essex Bridge; 4 Jervis Street; both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BOONE | see Joannes Bonius. | Engelmann 1; Michel 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; RSW.. | |||
| BOONEN, J. STAATS | Holland, fl.1823-40, NIM | succeeded Johannes Gerard Hulst van Keulen van de Velde in 1823; succeeded by Jacob Swart although the firm continued under the name of "Gerard Hulst van Keulen." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BOONIUS | see Bonius. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BOOSMAN, W. | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Compass Rose = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BOOSMAN, WILLEM, EN CO. | Holland, 1836-1926, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Horseshoe Magnet = LEY; Compass = KRO; Instruments = ROT; Compasses = AMST (19); Sextant = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| BOOTH, GARRETT AND BLAIR | USA, 1836-99, PHIM | made chemical and physical instruments. | 404 and 406 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| BOOZ | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Protractor and Compass = BAM. | made geodetic instruments. | Aschaffenburg. | Michel 3. |
| BORBIGE, CHARLES | England, c.1830, MIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 1 King Street, Whitehaven. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1784). | |
| BORCH, HANS | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, lead = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| BORDA, JEAN CHARLES, CHEVALIER DE | France, 1733-99, NIM | Reflecting Circles = PMM, PEA-M4082. | improved the reflecting circle in 1787; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Brewington 1; Italian Inventory; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| BORDER, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Sleaford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDES, LOUIS | France, fl.1700-47, MIM | inventor or maker. | Lyon. | Hamilton 2. | |
| BORDESSA AND EATON | England, c.1855, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; see Novati, Bordessa and Eaton. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDESSA, PIETRO | England, fl.1834-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "P. Bordessa Chester"; sometimes found as Peter Bordesa. | 33 Bridge Street Row, Chester. | Goodison 1. |
| BORDOGNA | Italy, 1780, MIM | Instrument, 1780 = X. | Milan. | Evans 1. | |
| BORDOGNA, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1810, MIM | made meteorological and magnetic instruments; compasses and astronomical instruments. | Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| BORDOLI AND CASSAROTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stamford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDOLI, BERNARD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Marlborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDOLI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOREL, PIERRE | France, 1620-89, OIM | made a telescope for l'observatoire de Paris in 1673; member of l'Académie Royal des Sciences, 1674. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BORELLI 1 | Italy, 1608-79, OIM | pupil of Galileo; made 40' and 60' telescopes. | Dewhirst. | ||
| BORELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | RSW. | ||
| BORELLI, D. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95; Thermometers = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | thermometers signed "Borelli Farnham." | Farnham. | RSW. |
| BORELLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BORG, ERIC | fl.1737-67, MIM | globe maker. | RSW. | ||
| BORGER | France, 1753, NIM | compass maker. | Paris. | Schück. | |
| BORGER, IVER JENSEN | Denmark, fl.1755-99, MIM NIM | Compasses = P.C., PEA, ADL-N50; Hanging Compasses = CRT, Soth. 11/16/87; Compass Sundial = Ineichen 10/20/75; Compass Rose, paper = GMM. | compass card is one of four in a crown compass at PEA, see also Benjamin Brown. | Copenhagen. | Brewington 1; RSW. |
| BORINI | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1965). | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BORINI, P. 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76, X(3); Stick Barometer = X. | the stick and two wheels signed "P.Borini." | Bull Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BORINI, P. 2 | England, c.1818, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see Peter Borini and Co. | Snowhill, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9. | |
| BORINI, PETER, AND CO. | England, c.1808, OIM PHIM | opticians. | 14 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9. | |
| BORIUS | Holland?, pre-1794, OIM | telescope mentioned in catalogue of 1794. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BORLACE, J. | 1724, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver, 1724 = P.C.(1983). | RSW. | ||
| BORNER, JOHAN HENRICH | Germany, 1693, MIM | Vertical Disc Sundial, 1693 = KEN-1938/337. | Johan Henrich Börner; has perpetual calendar. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| BORNIER | misreading for Bernier. | RSW. | |||
| BORRELLI, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/16/86. | Basingstoke. | RSW. | |
| BORRIUS | see Borius. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BORROMEI, JULES | 1775, MIM | Plotting Protractor, 1775 = ADL-M98. | instrument invented by Robequi. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| BORSARI, BONIFACIO | Italy, 1760, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1760 = Modena Museum? | Modena. | Michel 3. | |
| BOS, JOHANNES | Belgium, fl.1591-1623, MIM | Astrolabe, 1597 = ADL-M33A; Calculating Device, 1623 = Soth. 3/11/52. | son of Jacob Bos, cartographer; he made several astrolabes dated between 1591-97; some are dated "Marti 24 1597"; these last seem to be copies, in a smaller size, of ADL-M33A, including HAR, WHI, etc. | Antwerp; Rome. | Engelmann 1; Maddison; Price 1 and 5; Zinner 1; Michel 3; Rooseboom 1; Gunther 1; Hollands Glorie; ADL; RSW. |
| BOS, SALOMON EN JAN | Holland, c.1799, NIM | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BOSCH, ANDREAS | see Andreas Busch. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1. | |||
| BOSCH, D. VAN DER | Holland, fl.1821-50, MIM | Rule = AMST; Parallel Rules, 1821 = RIJ. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| BOSCH, S. | see P. Odenkirchen. | ||||
| BOSE, GEORG MATTHIAS | Germany, c.1743, | improved the electrical machine. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BOSIUS, IOANNES | see Johannes Bos. | Michel 3. | |||
| BOSSAGE, NICOLAS | France?, c.1790, PHIM | Thermometers, mercury = GEM (2). | de Saussure Coll. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BOSSI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hastings. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOSSI, P. | England, PHIM | WQheel Barometer = X. | Rayleigh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOSTOCK, J. | England, c.1765, OIM | Microscope = D.(1983); Microscope, Watkins-type = D.(1986). | London. | Coffeen. | |
| BOSWELL, SAMUEL | England, fl.1709-57, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 of the Joiners' Company Sept. 9, 1701; free in the Company on May 5, 1709. | Spittalfields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOTJES, WILDRIK | Holland, 1814-74, MIM | Planetariums = X(2), Eisiga's House, Franeker, (1857-58). | Nieuwe Pekela. | Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| BOTTA, LOUIS | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 6/6/75, 1975 Sales Cat., X. | sometimes Luigi Botta. | Evesham and Worcester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BOTTI, GIOVANBATTISTA AND MATTEO | Italy, pre-1776, MIM SIM | Sundial = FLO-2506; Graphometer = FLO-187. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | ||
| BOTTOMLEY | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Christie 12/12/72. | 11 Billiter Street, London. | RSW. | |
| BOTTOMLY, J. | USA, MIM | Protractor = X. | DATM. | ||
| BOUCART | France, MIM PHIM | Cameras Lucida = Soth. 12/2/74, Christie 11/22 78; Horizontal Sundial = Chez Boucart; Cannon Sundial = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan. | sundial maker; "Constructeur." | Quai de l'horloge 35, Paris. | Boursier; USNM; RSW. |
| BOUCART, MAISON | France, MIM | Sundial = Maison Boucart. | 35 Quai de l'horloge, Paris. | Boursier. | |
| BOUCHER ET LESNE | France, c.1810, OIM | Boucher et Lesné; opticians and lens makers. | au Soleil et à la Gerbe d'or, 3 Quai de l'horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BOUDHUINE | France?, 19th Century, NIM | Reflecting Circle = PMM. | RSW. | ||
| BOUDRY | see François Ducommun-dit-Boudry. | RSW. | |||
| BOUFFLER, R. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 17 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOUFFLER, ROBERT | England, c.1839, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 7 Bell Court, Grays Inn Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOUGLOUX | France, c.1830, PHIM | Thermometer = Nouveau Drout 5/20/88. | "élève et succ. de Mr. Vincent." | Quai Pelletier No. 30, Paris. | RSW. |
| BOUGUER, PIERRE | France, 1698-1758, PHIM | barometer maker; constructed the first effective photometer. | Poggendorff; DSB; Wolf; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BOUILLY | France, MIM SIM | Graphometer, copper = And.-Spitzer-32. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BOUJUS | see Bovius. | ||||
| BOULANGER, LOUIS | France, fl.1500-50, MIM | Globe, 1514 = X. | sometimes spelt Boulenger; astronomer and geographer. | Albi. | Tooley; Hamilton 2; Price 2; Gunther 2. |
| BOULBY, GEORGE | England?, 1813, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1813 = X. | RSW. | ||
| BOULTER, BENJAMIN | England, c.1776, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 1, 1776. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOULTER, JAMES | USA?, c.1850, MIM | made mathematical drawing instruments. | USNM. | ||
| BOULTON, THOMAS | England, c.1645, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1645. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOUQUET ET GEORGES OBERHAUSER | France, c.1830, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | Trécourt was also involved with this microscope. | Paris. | Nachet. |
| BOUR | France, post-1817, MIM | Orrery = VNN. | invented by Ch. Rouy, 1817, Paris. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BOURBON ET ASSIER-PERRICAT | France, c.1771, PHIM | Thermometer = CNAM; Barometer = CNAM. | André Bourbon and Antoine Assier-Perricat. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| BOURBON, ANDRE | France, fl.1751-71, PHIM | Barometers = Lehmann Sale-31, Academy of Sciences, Paris, 1751; Thermometers = COR, Academy of Sciences, Paris, 1752. | André Bourbon; took Antoine Assier-Perricat as partner, c. 1771. | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BOURBON, M. LANGE DE | see Lange de Bourbon, M. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| BOURBON, MICHAEL | France, fl.1735-53, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1735 = MERC-45 = OXFB-209; Sundial, silver, 1753 = Soth. 5/10/54-134. | 1753 dial may be Butterfield-type. | Paris. | Maddison 5; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; F.J.B. Watson; RSW. |
| BOURDIN | see Bourdon. | Weschler 5/22/76. | |||
| BOURDON, EUGENE | France, 1808-84, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer in clock base = Weschler 5/22/76. | Eugène Bourdon; invented the aneroid barometer, 1849. | 74 Faubourg du Temple, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; DSB; RSW. |
| BOURET, VDA DE CH. | France, c.1850, MIM | label on Spanish terrestrial globe. | Paris. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| BOURETTE, E.H. | France, fl.1841-62, PHIM | made thermometers. | rue Saint-Maur, 131, Paris. | USNM. | |
| BOURGAUD | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = USNM (1964). | Nantes. | USNM. | |
| BOURGEOIS, JACQUES | France, c.1645, OIM | made mirrors and lenses. | rue Saint-Denis, près Saint-Jacques, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BOURGOIS | France, PHIM | Altimeter Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | 27 Rue des Pyramides, Paris. | RSW. | |
| BOURIOT, L'ABBE, DE L'ETANG | France, fl.1765-70, OIM | L'Abbé Bouriot de l'Etang; amateur; made achromatic lens. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BOURN | England, c.1839, PHIM | made barometers. | 40 Bull Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOURNE AND SON | England, fl.1799-1802, MIM | Thomas Bourne 1 and 2. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOURNE, JOSHUA | England, fl.1744-67, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 4, 1731; free in the Company, Oct. 2, 1744; took apprentices. | Goodmans' Fields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOURNE, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1767-1821, MIM | apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company on June 3, 1755; free in the Company, May 5, 1767; listed as Bourne and Son, 1799-1802; may have taken apprentices. | Bethnal Green Road (1803-09); Hog Row, Bethnal Green Road (1821-38); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOURNE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1801-03, MIM | younger son of Thomas Bourne 1; free in the Joiners' Company by Patrimony on March 3, 1801, on the report of William Williams 3 and Michael Dancer; the apprentices listed to him might have been his father's. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOURNE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1565-88, | designed nautical instruments; wrote in 1574 a description of the log line. | Gravesend. | Taylor 1(38); Bedini 8; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BOUTORDO | France, 18th Century, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 10/3/88. | also marked "D.O.R." with anchor. | RSW. | |
| BOUTY, EDOUARD | France, NIM | Borda Circles = D.(1967), Soth. 2/25/86. | Paris. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BOUVERI | England, | also spelled Bouverie; see Francis Boveri. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BOVERI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also made thermometers. | 9 Eyre Street Hill, London. | Goodison 1. |
| BOVIUS, FRANC. XAVER JOSEF | Germanyfl.1711-19, MIM SIM | Sundials, stone = AUG (1711), KEN-1880-33 (1712), GRA-7655 (1715), EIS (1716), SOL (1716), MUN (1718), FRA (1718), ADL-M286 (1719); Surveying Instrument = MOS. | "Franc. Xaveri Josephus Bovius SS can. exam. et approb. Presbyter Eystettensis invent fecit"; see F.B.P. | Eichstatt. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| BOVOLENTA, ANTO FABRIS | Italy, MIM SIM | Quadrant = Christie 2/8/66-6; Alidade for plane table = ADL-M134; Rule = P.C. | Fabris probably means maker; ADL is signed "Fabris Bovolenta." | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL | USA, 1773-1838, MIM | Horary Quadrant, Aug. 20, 1792 = PEA-M9819. | author of "American Navigator." | Boston, Mass. | Bowditch; Brewington 1; Loring; Taylor 2(689); Burstyn; Bedini 8; DSB. |
| BOWE, JOHN | England, c.1699, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 of the Joiners' Company in 1699. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOWEN, EMANUEL | England, fl.1720-67, MIM | Planisphere = Soth. 10/17/60-148. | geographer to George II, 1748-60. | Taylor 2(153). | |
| BOWEN, RICHARD | England, c.1678, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Wells of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on Dec. 2, 1678. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BOWEN, THOMAS | England, c.1830, OIM | 27 Market Place, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1785). | ||
| BOWER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976). | "Model Barometer". | St. Neats. | RSW. |
| BOWERMAN, R. | England?, c.1770, MIM | Gunter's Rule. | signature stamped, may be owner, though another name is carved on the rule. | Coffeen 55. | |
| BOWERS, JOHN | England, c.1761, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 30, 1761. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOWLES, DANIEL | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to John Atkinson 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1764; turned over to Richard Rust of the Company on March 26, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BOWLES, J.S. | England, c.1830, MIM | Quadrant Sundial, slate. 1830 = South Wilts. and Blackmore Museum, Salisbury. | Stevens and Aked. | ||
| BOWLES, THOMAS SALTER | USA, b.c.1765-1821, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Bedini Coll., D.(pre-1967), P.C., Streeter Coll., Yale University / Bennington Museum, Vermont; Compass Card from surveying compass = Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hamp. | some compass cards engraved by Joseph Callender. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1 and 8; Smart 1; Price 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; DATM; RSW. |
| BOWLEY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1809-16, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | barometers signed "Bowley Salop"; also made thermometers; T.C. in FIT (WHI). | Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. |
| BOWMAN, EDMUND | USA?, 1785, MIM | Sundial, 1785 = Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. | USNM. | ||
| BOWMAN, ROBERT | Scotland, c.1802, OIM | Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BOWSKILL | England, NIM | Marine Compass = Versailles 11/20/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| BOWYER, WILLIAM | England, 1630, MIM | Garden Sundial, copper, 1630 = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | clockmaker. | London. | RSW. |
| BOXER, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | "warranted." | Folkestone. | RSW. |
| BOY DE MORNAS, CLAUDE | France, fl.1761-68 d.1783, MIM | Celestial Globe = HAY. | Paris; Lyon. | Yonge. | |
| BOYER | France, c.1800, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Appay, Cannes 5/14/88. | Amiens. | RSW. | |
| BOYER, J.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BOYLE, ROBERT | England, 1627-91, | scientist; invented the hydrometer and named it; developed an air pump at Oxford with Robert Hooke. | Oxford; London. | G.L'E. Turner 20; Middleton 1; USNM; DNB; DSB. | |
| BOYLING, CHRISTIAN | Germany, fl.1669-77, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1669 = GRA-7678; Artillery Levels = ROU-217 = Rosenheim-319 = ADL-M206 (1675), OXF (1677), Auction Sale, 1903 (1671); Augsburg-type Sundial, 1676 = NOR; Perpetual Calendars = Marouf III 3/27/71 (on base of sand-box), TIM = Christie 4/14/88 (on top of silver pill box, 1677). | the "y" in Boyling has an umlaut over it; "Mechanicus"; silver pill box has hall-mark for 1677. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BOYNTON, G.W. | England?, OIM | Telescope = D.(1978). | RSW. | ||
| BR---- | England, NIM | Octant = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | ivory scale signed "SBR", for Spencer, Browning and Rust. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| BRABY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRACEGIRDLE | England, PHIM | Barometer with feet = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRACHER, GEORGE | England, fl.1826-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = PEA, D.(1976), Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., Whalers' Village Museum, Lahine, Maui. | made telescopes for E.A. Kutz (1), New York, City; Taylor dated him a century earlier; telescopes signed "G. Bracher." | 19 King Street, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(1496); O'Mara; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| BRACHER, H. | England, c.1820, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 10/19/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRACHET | Germany, MIM | Universal Sundial, folding gnomon = P.B. 1/22/54-28. | Hannover. | RSW. | |
| BRADBURN | England, c.1840, MIM | Gunter Rule, boxwood = D.(1975). | Birmingham. | Moskowitz 110. | |
| BRADBURY, A. | England, c.1822, MIM | 28 Hollis Street, Cavendish Square, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BRADDERLEY | England, 1760, MIM SIM | Theodolite, 1760 = X. | Taylor thinks may be same as J. Baddely. | Daumas 1; Taylor 2(578). | |
| BRADEL, JOSEPH | Germany, | see Joseph Bradl. | RSW. | ||
| BRADFIELD, WILLIAM HENRY | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 30 Royal Street, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(2085). | ||
| BRADFORD | England, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Octant = Bowes Museum; Hadley Quadrant = OMM; Inclinable Sundials = Soth. 3/10/87, Gilbert 8/27/76, NOR; Telescopes = Soth. 3/12/62, D.(1982); Sextants = PEA, D.(1972), Historical Society of Delaware; Circumferentor = D.(1975); Marine Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | could be George, Isaac or John Bradford 2; all worked at same address; octant was given as a prize in 1863. | 99 Minories; 136 Minories; both in London. | Taylor 2(929 and 929a); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Coffeen B; USNM; RSW. |
| BRADFORD AND SON | England, c.1825, NIM | Octant = D.(1987). | 136 Minories, London. | Coffeen 15. | |
| BRADFORD, GEORGE | England, fl.1817-46, MIM NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrants, ebony = NMM, PEA; Sextants = PEA, Victory Museum, Portsmouth; Telescopes = PEA, P.C., HAM, Honfleur 6/17/79; Compass = AMST; Circumferentor = WHI. | uncle of John Omer; T.C. | 99 Minories (1817-36); near Tower Hill (1843); both in London. | Taylor 2(1284); Brewington 1; Soth. 7/7/78; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Moskowitz 108; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BRADFORD, I., AND SON | England, OIM | Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRADFORD, ISAAC | England, fl.1795-1822, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass = Christie-SK 10 23/87. | T.C.; worked with his brother, John Bradford 2; see Isaac Bradford and Co.; see Isaac and John Bradford (2). | Wapping Old Stairs; 136 Minories; both in London. | Taylor 2(929); Collins 1; RSW. |
| BRADFORD, ISAAC AND JOHN | England, fl.1795-1822, MIM NIM | Isaac Bradford and his brother, John Bradford 2. | 87 Bell Dock, Wapping (1795-1800); 69 Bell Dock, Wapping (1805-15); 136 Minories; all in London. | Taylor 2(929, 929a). | |
| BRADFORD, ISAAC, AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony = TIM (1987). | 136 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| BRADFORD, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1654-56, MIM | Taylor 1(261); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |||
| BRADFORD, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1795-1822, MIM NIM | worked with his brother, Isaac Bradford, 1817-22. | London. | Taylor 2(929a); Coffeen B. | |
| BRADL, JOSEPH | Germany, fl.1756-70, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = AUG. | Oberhausen. | RSW . | |
| BRADLEE, J. | see John Bradley. | RSW. | |||
| BRADLEY, JAMES 1 | England, 1693-1762, | Astronomer Royal, 1742-62; F.R.S.in 1719; made a clock-driven telescope with his uncle, James Pound in 1719; discovered the aberration of light, 1728, etc. | London. | Taylor 1(470)and 2(16); DNB; DSB; Dewhirst; Bedini 8. | |
| BRADLEY, JAMES 2 | England, c.1786, MIM | member of the Feltmakers' Company; took over Rowland Tiddler as an apprentice from William Morris of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 12, 1786; Tiddler became a MIM in the Grocers' Company. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BRADLEY, JOHN | England; Russia, fl.1710-16, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = MLL; Universal Ring Sundial = GEL. | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company in 1697; turned over to Jonathan Roberts, Embroiderer; free of the Grocers' Company in 1704. | Navigation School, Moscow; Naval Academy, St. Petersburg (1715). | Taylor 2(17); Chenekal; J. Brown 1. |
| BRADSHAW, J. | England, | Water Clock, 1690 = Neumarkt 10/8/71. | surely a modern object. | RSW. | |
| BRAGAZZI, A. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Bregazzi. | Ashburn. | Goodison 1. |
| BRAGONZI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BRAHAM BROS. | England, MIM | Protractor and Parallel Rule = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| BRAHAM, JAMES | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Compass and Thermometer on column = Soth.-Chester 6/9/83; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = D.(1973). | thermometer gives full name and address; wheel barometer signed "Braham Torquay"; "Clockmaker to the Duchess of Clarence." | 8 The Strand, Torquay. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BRAHAM, JOHN | England, 1797-1856, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope = Wellcome Institute; Plotting Rule = OXF; Instrument = KEN; Telescope with stand = P.C.; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 10/20/89; Theodolite = D.(1979); Telescope, refracting = Soth. 3/10/87. | P.C. telescope, rule and one wheel barometer signed "Braham Bristol"; other telescope signed "Braham Bath"; one stick barometer signed "Braham Bath and Bristol." | 42 College Green, Bristol (1830); 8 Pulteney Bridge, Bath (1833); 10 St. Augustines Parade, Bristol (1833-42); 5 York Buildings, Bath (1837); 17 St. Augustines Parade, Bristol (1851-56). | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1788); O'Mara; Bryden 9; RSW; Moskowitz 119; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| BRAHE, TYCHO | Denmark; Czechoslovakia, 1546-1601, | Pin Gnomon Sundial, 1578 = DEU. | astronomer; author; teacher; designer of many important large instruments that he used in his observatories on Hven and in Prague. | Hven; Prague. | Brahe; Dreyer; Michel 3; Repsold; Raeder and Strömgren; Maddison; Grimaldi; Tooley; Price 2; DSB; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BRAMAN, J. | England, pre-1867, MIM | Instrument = Royal Institution. | invented and made by J. Braman; belonged to Faraday. | London. | RSW. |
| BRAMBANA AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | see P. Brambano. | RSW. | |
| BRAMBANO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Brambana and Co. | Evesham. | Goodison 1. |
| BRAMEN, THOMAS | Holland, c.1675, MIM | planetarium mentioned in 1765 collection catalogue. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BRAMER, BENJAMIN | Holland; Germany; Czech., 1588-1652, | brother-in-law and student of Jost Bürgi; author; architect to the Prince Elector in Marburg; may have been the father of Willem Bramer, according to Rooseboom; made improvements to some surveying instruments. | Kassel (1591-1604); Prague (1604-09); Kassel (1609-12); Marburg (1612-30); Kassel (1630-34); Ziegenhain (1635-52). | Zinner 1; Michel 3; DSB; Rooseboom 1. | |
| BRAMER, PAULUS | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Cube Sundials = Spitzer-2852, Ken-93. | may be one sundial. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| BRAMER, WILLEM | Holland, fl.1686-1734, MIM | clockmaker; Rooseboom thought that he might be son of Benjamin Bramer. | Zwolle. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BRANCHLE, T. | Germany, | I. Brauchle?. | Munich. | Evans 1. | |
| BRAND FRERES | Belgium, c.1800, MIM SIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, case = D.(1972); Graphometer = Soth. 3/10/87. | Brand Frères; "Opticiens du Roi." | Brussels. | Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| BRAND, G. 1 | see Gerardus Brand. | ||||
| BRAND, G. 2 | see Georg Brand. | ||||
| BRAND, GEORG | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = OXFB-34; Equatorial Sundial = OXFB-101. | Zinner thought he might be Gerardus Brand. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Josten. |
| BRAND, GERARDUS | Holland, 1594-1659, MIM | Diptych Sundials = NOR, LIN, MOS (1653); Sundial, pocket = Maritime Museum, Groningen; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Hour Scale from Compass Sundial = NOR; Sundial, oval, in ivory box = MERC = McVitty Coll. = P.B. 1/22/54-53. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| BRAND, J. | Holland, | see Gerardus Brand. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | ||
| BRANDEGGER | Germany, c.1800, MIM NIM | Measuring Instrument = Stuker 11/22/66; Sextants = BAM, Soth. 6/23/87. | Ellwangen. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| BRANDER AND CO. | England, c.1760, NIM | Compass in gimbals = D.(1971). | signed on compass card. | 82 Minories, London. | Moskowitz 102. |
| BRANDER UND HOSCHEL | Germany, 1774-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Alidade, large = AUG; Reflecting Quadrant = ADL-M184; Sextants = OXF, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Theodolite = Soth. 4/22/65-49; Microscope = KEN; Meridian Compasses = D., P.C.; Instrument Set, silver = OXF; Artillery Level = BAM; Meridian Sundial = AMST; Equatorial Sundials = ADL-W228, Harburg Museum, DEU, ZUR; Protractors, full = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Huelsmann Coll. (with vernier); Compass = P.C. (1987). | Georg Friedrich Brander and his son-in-law, Christof Kaspar Höschel. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Brachner; Wissner; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| BRANDER, C.G., AND SON | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/1/88. | includes an "Improved Sympiesometer." | London. | RSW. |
| BRANDER, GEORG FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1713-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | noted prolific instrument maker; his instruments are found in many museums,the principal collection being at DEU; the quality ranges from magnificent to mediocre. | pupil of J.G. Doppelmayer in Nürnberg; invented quite a few new types of instruments, star-finder and mirror dividers, etc.; took his son-in-law, Christof Kasper Höschel, as a partner, 1744-83; one of the microsopes at the DEU is signed "G. F. Brander Ratisb." (Regensburg); most of the instruments however have Augsburg as an address. | Regensburg; Augsburg (1734). | Zinner 1; Brachner; Wissner; Daumas 1; Maddison 5; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1; Pipping 1; USNM; Nachet; Clay and Court; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BRANDER, J.F. | Germany, | misreading for G.F. Brander. | NAC. | ||
| BRANDIS AND SONS | USA, fl.1916-20, NIM | Sextants = USNM, ADL-L46b, D.(1990). | ADL is on loan from Navy; D. marked "No. 3227", its frame marked "Navy 845." | Brooklyn, N.Y. | ADL; USNM; RSW. |
| BRANDIS, F.E., SONS AND CO. | USA, fl.1890-1916, NIM | Mechanical Navigator = USNM; Wye Level = Gurley Museum, Troy, N.Y. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1. | |
| BRANDRETH AND WILLDEY | England, fl.1711-13, MIM OIM | Timothy Brandreth and George Willdey; "late servants to Mr. Yarwell and Mr. Sterrop"; produced maps; T.C. | Sign of Archimedes and Globe, Ludgate Street (1711); in Exchange Alley running out of Cornhill (1712); both in London. | Taylor 1(498 and 517); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Tyacke 1. | |
| BRANDRETH, TIMOTHY | England, 1677-1714, MIM OIM | apprenticed to John Yarwell and Ralph Sterrop of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1693; free of the Company, 1701; took apprentices; made instruments, as journeyman, for John Marshall; partner to George Willdey, 1707-13; made maps. | Sign of the Archimedes and Globe, near Ludgate (1711); in Exchange Alley running out of Cornhill (1712); both in London. | Taylor 1(517); Clay and Court; Evans 1; Tyacke 1; Court and von Rohr 3(69). | |
| BRANDT, G. | see Gerardus or Georg Brand. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BRANHAM, JAMES | England, | misreading for James Braham. | RSW. | ||
| BRASELMANN, JOHANN PET. | Germany, fl.1776-79, PHIM | Money Scales = HAK (1779), DRE, Phillips 4/20/83; Balances = Pharmacy Museum, Cracow, Phillips 2/2/84. | Wichlinghausen in Oberbarman. | RSW. | |
| BRASHER, G. | England, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRASSI, F. HIERONOMI | Italy1591, MIM | Azimuth Quadrant, 1591 = POB. | also signed "Graecius." | Destombes 1. | |
| BRAUCHLE, I. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = SLM, OXF. | OXF is on stand with compass. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1. |
| BRAUCHLER, I. | surely I. Brauchle. | Evans 1. | |||
| BRAUER | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Transit = KEN. | J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| BRAUN, ANTONIUS | Czechoslovakia; Austria, 1685-1728, MIM NIM OIM | Sundial, silver and brass, 1716 = OXF; Astrolabe with compass, 1716 = Lanna Coll-1220; Universal Ring Sundial on stand, 1719 = ADL-M313; Ring Sundial, 1720 = Miller Coll.; Parallel Rule, 1722 = Warren Coll. = P.B. 10/9/43-120; Telescope, parchment = DEU-34362; Astronomical Instrument = Auction Sale, 1943; Linear Rule, 1722 = D.(1987). | linear rule signed "Invenit et Fecit"; Price and Daumas say the telescope was marked "de Löwenfeld"; developed a multiplying machine. | Prague (1720); Vienna (1724). | Zinner 1; Culver 1; Habacher; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; cOFFEEN 17; RSW. |
| BRAUND, J. | England, c.1690, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 2/9/23. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRAUNHOFFER, MATHIAS | Germany, 1759, MIM | Circle Measuring Instrument, 1759 = Pressburg Museum. | Augsburg. | Fischer. | |
| BRAUNMULLER, JOSEF ANTON | Germany, 1763-1800, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG, ZUR. | signed "Anton Braunmüller." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; RSW. |
| BRAUNSHARDT | Germany, OIM | Telescope, ivory and brass = DRE (lost). | RSW. | ||
| BRAY, JOHN | England?, c.1820, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1978). | Moskowitz 116; RSW. | ||
| BREAKS, THOMAS | England, 1771, | improved the theodolite; author. | Moskowitz 104. | ||
| BRECAZZI | England, | misreading for Bregazzi. | RSW. | ||
| BRECHTE, ROGER | France?, 1537, MIM | Vertical Sundial with Quadrant and Calendar, 1537 = OXF. | Gunther 2; Michel 3. | ||
| BRECKNEEL | England, c.1850, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 7/13/73. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BREE, CORNELIS JANSZ. DE | Holland, c.1672, NIM | marine compass maker; head of the compass makers guild in 1672. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BREE, WEDUWE CORN. DE | Holland, c.1744, NIM | compass maker; widow of Corn. de Bree. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 & 5. | |
| BREED, AARON | USA, 1791-1861; fl.1810-60, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood = Old Sturbridge Village Museum, Mass.; Surveying Compass, brass = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Marine Compass, dry = DeLuca Auction 3/21/81. | T.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, No. 2 Rowe's Wharf, opposite Purchase Street; No. 166 Broad, corner of Purchase Street; No. 143 Broad Street, head of India Wharf; all in Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 and 8; Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner; Chaldecott; DATM. |
| BREEM BURGH, JAN | Holland, c.1740?, NIM | Compass Card = AMST. | marked on the back "Iacob de Iong in Amsterdam"; Jong may be the maker. | Edam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| BREESE, JAS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Wisbech. | RSW. | |
| BREGAZZI 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Samuel Bregazzi, which see. | Derby. | Goodison 1. |
| BREGAZZI 2 | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1970), X(2), Phillips, Son and Neall Jan. 1971. | probably Innocent or Peter Bregazzi; D. and Phillips barometers signed "Breggazzi". | Nottingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BREGAZZI, INNOCENT | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dursley. | Goodison 1. | |
| BREGAZZI, IT. AND PR. | England, fl.1825-34, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; Innocent and Peter Bregazzi, brothers; T.C. | High Pavement, Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BREGAZZI, J.P. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | Nottingham. | RSW. | |
| BREGAZZI, J.P. AND T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | probably Innocent and Peter Bregazzi. | High Pavement, Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| BREGAZZI, PETER | England, fl.1825-42, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | barometers signed "P. Bregazzi"; worked with his brother, Innocent, 1825-34. | Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham (1840-42). | Goodison 1. |
| BREGAZZI, S., AND CO. | England, c.1809, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 12/17/87. | Willow Row, Derby. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BREGAZZI, SAMUEL | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Barometer, Thermometer and timepiece in Gothic tower = John Harrison, 1830 = Bagshaws of Ashbourne Auction House, July, 1946; Angle Barometer = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. | wheel barometers signed "S. Bregazzi"; one says "Darby." | Queen Street, Derby. | Goodison 1. |
| BREGENS, BENEDICT | Germany, 1690, OIM | Burning Glass, 1690 = FLO-2545. | Dresden. | Bonelli 1. | |
| BREGNA | see Grassi, Bregna and Origoni. | Taylor 2(1869). | |||
| BREGUET, ABRAHAM-LOUIS | France, 1747-1823, PHIM | Thermometers = Christie 7/16/68-173, BM; Pedometer = BM. | watchmaker; invented bi-metallic thermometer, 1820. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; C. Breguet; Ward 4. |
| BREGUET, ANTOINE LOUIS | France, c.1770, MIM | Paris. | C. Breguet. | ||
| BREGUET, LOUIS-FRANCOIS-CLEMENT | France, 1804-83, PHIM | Thermometer = FLO-367; Resistor = FLO-494. | Louis-François-Clement Breguet; grandson of Abraham-Louis Breguet. | Paris. | Bonelli 1; C. Breguet; DSB. |
| BREHMER, E.F. | Sweden, c.1855, MIM | Kammakargatan 62; Normalmsgaten 20; both in Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | ||
| BREITHAUPT, CARL WILHELM | Germany, c.1790, MIM | son of Johann Christian Breithaupt; brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Breithaupt; made astronomical instruments. | Kassel. | J.A. Bennett 2; von Mackenson 3. | |
| BREITHAUPT, F.W., UND SOHNE | Germany, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = DRE, Clock Museum, Warsaw, Christie 12/12/72; Meter = P.C.(1973); Compass = DRE. | also made balances; they were in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Kassel, Hesse, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW; von Mackenson 3. |
| BREITHAUPT, FREDRICK WILLIAM | Germany, 1780-1855, MIM | Artillery Level = Christie 4/9/75; Mining Compass = P.C.; Sundial, watch-type = USNM. | succeeded his father, J.C. Breithaupt. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW; von Mackenson. |
| BREITHAUPT, JOHAN CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1736-99, MIM OIM | Ruling Engine = KAS; Mural Quadrant = KAS; Semi-Circles = KAS (2). | succeeded by his son, Fredrick William Breithaupt. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Kirchvogel; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; von Mackenson 3. |
| BREITINGER | Switzerland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = DEU. | Zurich. | Middleton 1. | |
| BREMER, GABRIEL | Sweden, fl.1770-90, OIM | apprenticed to Henrik Holmbom. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| BRENNER | see Bener. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BRENNER AND SIBE | Denmark, fl.1556-1600, MIM | Astronomical Clock = ROS. | Copenhagen. | Baillie 1. | |
| BRENNER, STEFFEN | Denmark, fl.1556-1602, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1588 = Tihloror Museum, Lubeck. | see Brenner and Sibe. | Copenhagen. | Baillie 1; Maurice 1. |
| BRENTA, DOMINICUS | Italy; Holland, fl.1760-85, PHIM | Barometer = P.C. | also made mirrors. | Varenna (-1760); Holland. | USNM. |
| BRENTA, JOSEPH | Holland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/82. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BRENTEL, GEORG | Germany, fl.1573-1619, MIM | Chalice Sundial, paper, 1608 = CRT. | also designed various types of sundials; Price thought Brentel was from Nürnberg. | Lauingen. | Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| BRESTBARTA, C. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | Northampton. | RSW. | |
| BRETON | France, c.1850, PHIM | Thermometer = Versailles 11/20/83. | RSW. | ||
| BRETON FRERES | France, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM | Model of Rack and Pinion = Soth. 11/21/74; Solar Microscope = A-P 3/15/76; Model Jack = OXF; Equatorial Sundial = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Breton Frères. | Rue Dauphine 23 (25), Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; RSW. |
| BREWING | misreading for Browning. | Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | |||
| BREWSTER, DAVID | Scotland1781-1868, | scientist; invented the kaleidoscope; held various patents including a micrometer telescope with William Harris 1, c.1809; F.R.S. in 1815; author. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1088); Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; DNB; DSB; Wynter 1; Morrison-Low 4; RSW. | |
| BREZI | see Brzezi. | ||||
| BRIANT, G. | England, c.1703, | bookseller with R. Billing; may have been instrument makers. | King's Head, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 1(536). | |
| BRICKHEAD | see Birkhead. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BRICKHILL, JAMES | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed, by turnover, to Robert Jole of the Clockmakers' Company, for eight years, on Oct. 5, 1668. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BRIDGER, RICHARD | England, fl.1707-17, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Francis Hauksbee 1; carried on the business for Hauksbee's widow; see Vream and Bridger. | Upper end of Hind Court, Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(551) and 2(18); Evans 1. | |
| BRIDGES, HENRY | England, fl.1730-41, MIM | Astronomical Clock, monumental = X. | Waltham Abbey. | Baillie 1. | |
| BRIDGES, THOMAS | Englandc.1761, MIM | apprenticed to Christopher Jacobs; ran away before 7/20/1761. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| BRIEF, FRANCIS | England?, 1575?, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = ADL-M318. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| BRIERE | France, 1789, MIM | Sectors = Wray Sale, VCW, NYC-156-27-349; Square = D.(1964); Set of Drafting Instruments, silver, 1789 = P.C.; Graphometer = KEN. | Brière; the drafting set is signed on the protractor. | Paris. | Industrial Museum of New York Cat.; Bedini 8; RSW. |
| BRIGGS | see Lewis and Briggs. | Taylor 2(623). | |||
| BRIGGS, FRANCIS | England, c.1718, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1718. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BRIGGS, JAMES | England, c.1804, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Hoppé in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 10, 1804. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BRIGGS, MATTHEW | England, c.1785, MIM | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on June 7, 1785; made excise insruments. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BRIGGS, WILLIAM | England, c.1819, MIM | globe maker; worked for Thomas Marriott Bardin in 1819. | London. | Millburn 11. | |
| BRIGHTLY, CHARLES H. | USA, 1816-97, MIM SIM | Wye Level = Gurley Museum, Troy, N.Y. | partner with Charles S. Heller in Heller and Brightly, 1870-89; initial is H. or S. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Smart 1. |
| BRIGUET | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Quadrant with equation of time, silver = Evans Coll. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| BRIN, N. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = O-P-6. | Nürnberg. | Monreal. | |
| BRIND, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | T.C.; "from Mr, Reed's." | at the Hand and Scales in Carey Lane in Foster Lane, Cheapside, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| BRINK, VAN DEN | Holland, c.1830, | see Krap and van den Brink. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BRINKMAN, C., AND D.B. SELTER | Holland, c.1860, MIM NIM | makers and repairers of instruments; T.C. in octant box at BRE. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| BRINKMAN, J.G. | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = UTR. | Bremen. | Daumas 1. | |
| BRIOT, I.F. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Floating Sundial, paper = ADL-N10. | manuscript. | ADL; RSW. | |
| BRIOYS, JEAN | 1644, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1644 = DOR. | RSW. | ||
| BRISCALL | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Birmingham. | John Bell. | |
| BRISSYEUS, STEPHEN | France, pre-1690, MIM OIM | mentioned by Bonanni in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Grenoble. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| BRISTOW, JOHN | England, fl.1775-95, MIM | engine-maker (instruments). | 47 Ratcliff Highway; 12 Mansion House Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(691). | |
| BRISTOW, MARGARET AND JAMES | England, c.1820, MIM | probably daughter and son of John Bristow; T.C. | Taylor 2(691). | ||
| BRISTOW, MARY | England, fl.1796-1805, MIM | widow of John Bristow; presumably mother of Margaret and James Bristow. | London.. | Taylor 2(691). | |
| BRISTOW, MARY, AND SONS | England, c.1805, MIM | widow and sons of John Bristow. | London. | Taylor 2(691). | |
| BRIT, WALTER | England, 1395, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1395 = OXF? | Gunther 2. | ||
| BRITTON, W. | England, c.1840, OIM | Goring Aplanatic Engiscope = Crisp Coll. | Taylor 2(2087); Clay and Court. | ||
| BROADBELT, MICHAEL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Knaresborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| BROADHURST, CLARKSON AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 6/23/87. | 63 Farringdon Road, London. | RSW. | |
| BROCI | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | RSW. | ||
| BROCK, B. | England, c.1753, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | see G. Brock. | London. | Taylor 2(443). |
| BROCK, G. | England, c.1775, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | may be same as B. Brock. | London. | Clay and Court. |
| BROCOT | Germany?, PHIM | Barometer on clock = Keglemann Auctionhaus 6/8/74. | RSW. | ||
| BRODARD | France, c.1800, PHIM | made barometers. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BRODERICK, WILLIAM | Ireland, c.1824, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer on clock = Armagh County Museum, The Mall. | Dublin. | Stevens and Aked; G. Fennel; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BRODSORG, S. | see S.B. 1. | Gunther 1. | |||
| BROEDE, H. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BROEN, JOANNES DE | c.1650, MIM | Celestial and Terrestrial Globes = Lehmann Sale-307. | only one is signed. | RSW. | |
| BROGGI, GILLANDO | England, fl.1826-28, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.B. 5/31/39, X(6), Soth. 5/14/87 = 10/22/87; Stick Barometer = X. | stick barometer signed "Broggi Chelmsford"; some wheel barometers are signed "G. Broggi", two are signed "G. Broggi Chelmsford", one is "G. Brogi", others, "G. Broggio." | Maulsham, Chelmsford. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1789); RSW. |
| BROGGIO, G. | see Gillando Broggi. | RSW. | |||
| BROGI, G. | see Gillando Broggi. | RSW. | |||
| BROKAW, ISAAC | USA, c.1771, MIM | may have been instrument maker; son-in-law of Aaron Miller. | Philadelphia Pa.; New Jersey? | Bedini 1; USNM. | |
| BROMAN, ANDERS | Sweden, c.1816, PHIM | Electrical Machine = SWE. | Pipping 1. | ||
| BROME | see Broom. | Taylor 1(368). | |||
| BRONLUND, R.J. | Sweden?, c.1850, NIM | Marine Compass = OMM. | Porsgrunn. | RSW. | |
| BRONNE, JOHN | T.C.; misreading for John Browne (3). | Pearsall. | |||
| BROOK, ABRAHAM | England, c.1789, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer - USNM. | devised an electrometer; barometer and thermometer signed "Brook Norwich." | Norwich. | USNM; Schuman Cat. XXIII, 1970. |
| BROOKE | England, MIM | Dividers, iron = Soth. 10/15/73. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER | see Christopher Brookes. | Taylor 1(230); J. Brown 1. | |||
| BROOKE, JACOBUS | England, 1698, MIM | Sundial, rectangular, 1698 = Soth. 2/5/53 = P.C. (1990). | RSW. | ||
| BROOKES AND HAWKES | England, NIM | Binnacle Compass = Christie-SK 2/9/79. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BROOKES, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1649-51, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company in 1629; free of the Company, 1639; married to the daughter of William Oughtred; worked in metal; designed and made quadrants and planispheres; the name sometimes appears as Brooks. | Oxford. | Taylor 1(230); J. Brown 1. | |
| BROOKES, THOMAS | England, 1695, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D.(1994). | might be owner? | Coffeen X (1994). | |
| BROOKS | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Christie 5/26/76; Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth. 3/10/87; Drum Sextant = Kelton Coll. (1990). | Ludgate Street, London. | RSW. | |
| BROOKSBY, THOMAS | England, PHIM | free of the Blacksmiths' Company 24 years after he was apprenticed; scalemaker. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROOM | England, c.1674, OIM | glass grinder for Robert Hooke. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 1(368). | |
| BROSONI, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Brighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BROSSET FRERES | France, c.1855, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Telescopic Level = D.(1975). | "Brosset Frères." | 22 Puedes Fianes-Bourgeois, Paris. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BROUGHTON, WILLIAM | England, 1679, MIM | Nocturnal, fruitwood, 1679 = Soth. 2/2/76. | "for both Bears." | RSW. | |
| BROURBER, ALEXANDER | see Alexander Brourbrer. | Michel 3. | |||
| BROURBRER, ALEXANDER | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, small = Roussel Sale-234. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| BROUSSON, MARC HENR | Germany, MIM | Pedometer = Evans Coll. = OXF? | accent mark over `n' in Henr. | Neirwied. | Evans 1. |
| BROUWER, REINIER | Holland, c.1708, NIM | Marine Compass = WMH. | Hoorn. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BROWGI, GILLANDO | see Gillando Broggi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BROWN 1 | England, 1792-96, NIM OIM | Octant, 1792 = RSM; Hadley Quadrant, 1796 = MYS. | Bristol. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| BROWN 2 | England, c.1799, OIM | made telescopes. | Taylor 2(930); Daumas 1. | ||
| BROWN 3 | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = D.(1980). | signed "Brown London", but might be of French origin. | London. | Moskowitz 121. |
| BROWN 4 | see Browne. | ||||
| BROWN AND CHALMERS | Scotland, fl.1838-42, NIM | George B. Brown or H. Brown and James S. Chalmers. | 37 Bridge Street (1838-40); 48 Bridge Street (1841-42); both in Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| BROWN AND HEARTTE | USA, fl.1830-31, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = GUR. | John G. Brown and Isaac T. Heartte; T.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, Baltimore, Md. (1830). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| BROWN AND HUNT | USA, fl.1834-37, MIM NIM OIM | Sextants = Peabody Museum, Yale University. | Edmund Brown and Harvey W. Hunt; T.C. | Sign of the Compass Card, 190 Water Street (1834-35); Sign of the Compass, 27 Fulton, one door from Water Street, near Holt's Hotel (1835-37); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| BROWN, ANDREW | Scotland, fl.1817-21, MIM | 100 High Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BROWN, B. | Scotland, PHIM | Double Barometer = P.C. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BROWN, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1797-1831, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = MYS; Telescope = WHI; Crown Compass = PEA. | may be Brown 1 or 2; sometimes spelled Browne; T.C.; foul anchor on scale of octant; telescope signed "Browne Bristol"; the crown compass at PEA is signed "B. Browne Bristol" but has three other cards on top; see I.I. Borger, James Gale, and Gray and Lisset. | the Quay (1813); Quay and 14 Wilson Street (1814-24); 2 Old Park Hill and opposite Crane No. 7 (1829-31); all in Bristol. | Taylor 2(930a and 1497); Bryden 9; Brewington 1. |
| BROWN, BUSH G. | USA, 1820-63, MIM | see E. Brown and Son. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| BROWN, D., AND SON | USA, c.1833, MIM NIM | owned their own dividing engine. | Providence, R.I. | Bedini 8. | |
| BROWN, DAVID STEPHENS | England, PHIM | made self-acting sympiesometer and barometer. | Eton Lodge, Ashby Road, Islington, London. | USNM. | |
| BROWN, E., AND SON | USA, fl.1841-63, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.; Transit = WHI; Octant = USNM; Theodolite = D.(1981). | T.C. at PEA; T.C. in box of Gennert and Holzke Wye Level; Edmund Brown and Son; octant signed "E.W. Brown and Son." | New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; USNM; Smart 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen H; Moskowitz 122; Garcelon 33. |
| BROWN, E.W., AND SON | see E. Brown and Son. | ||||
| BROWN, GEORGE | Scotland, 1650-1730, MIM | Rotulas Arithmetica = RSM (1699,incomplete), (1699), (1700), (1701). | Rev. George Brown; patented his Rotula Arithmetica, a simple calculator, in 1698. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 15; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| BROWN, GEORGE B. | Scotland, fl.1836-37, NIM | H. Brown probably was his brother. | 38 Shore, Leith. | Taylor 2(2088); Bryden 3. | |
| BROWN, GEORGE G. | England, c.1850, NIM | Binnacle = MAN-I65. | compass rose signed "Imray, Son and Co. London." | London. | Garcia 1. |
| BROWN, H. | Scotland, c.1837, NIM | George B. Brown was probably his brother. | 38 Shore, Leith. | Taylor 2(2088a); Bryden 3. | |
| BROWN, H.L., AND SON | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1976). | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| BROWN, J., AND C.S. FRANCIS | USA, c.1836, MIM OIM | astronomical instrument makers. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| BROWN, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1773-89, PHIM | Hydrostatic Glass Bubbles = RSM (4). | T.C.; made hydrostatical bubbles invented by Alexander Wilson; the business was continued by William Twadell from 1789 to 1792. | Irongate, Glasgow. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BROWN, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1654-97, MIM OIM PHIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = Gabb Coll. = NMM-N.20; Triangular Quadrant, fragment = OXF; Quadrant, ivory = BM-1923/2/6-2; White's Rule, 1663 = Pepys; Timber Rule, small, 1663 = Pepys; Spiral Calculator, 1664 = Pepys; Telescope, 1666 = Pepys; Perspective Instrument (Wren's design), 1669 = Pepys; Vertical Sundial, boxwood = NMM-D.341. | son of Thomas Brown 1; father of Thomas Brown 2; apprenticed in the Joiners' Company; free in the Company sometime between 1627 and 1654; see J.B. 2; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1667 as a Brother; took apprentices; Master of the Company in 1681; T.C.; invented a triangular quadrant; see Crawforth 7 for further information. | see Brown, John 1 (cont.). | see Brown, John 1 (cont.). |
| BROWN, JOHN 1 (CONT.) | Dukes Place (1661); Sign of the Sun Dyal (later Sphere and Sun Dial or Sphere and Dial), Minories; both near Aldgate, London. | Taylor 1(224); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Latham and Matthews, vols. 4,5,7,9; Price 3; Ward 4; Wynter and Turner; Daumas 1; Calvert 2; J. Brown 1 and 3; NMM 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7; Robischon; Rabone 1; RSW. | |||
| BROWN, JOHN 10 | Scotland, 1708, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1708 = Bowland, Galashiels. | Edinburgh. | Somerville. | |
| BROWN, JOHN 2 | England, c.1654, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 1 in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 8, 1627; free of the Company on Aug. 7, 1654; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 3 | Englandc.1627, MIM | apprenticed to William Hammond of the Joiners' Company in 1627; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 4 | England, c.1629, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wylan in the Joiners" Company, 1629; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 5 | England, c.1635, MIM | apprenticed to Christopher Turner in the Joiners' Company, 1635; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 6 | England, fl.1642-99, MIM | had fourteen apprentices in the Joiners' Company; could have been John Brown 1-5 or another man. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BROWN, JOHN 7 | England, c.1703, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 13, 1703. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 8 | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on May 3, 1808. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 9 | England, c.1830, OIM | 51 Dean Street, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(1790). | ||
| BROWN, JOHN G. | USA, 1805-post-48, MIM | worked for Richard Patten for many years in New York, N.Y.; partner with Isaac T. Heartte as Brown and Heartte, 1830. | New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md. (1830-39); Washington, D.C. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| BROWN, JOHN ROGERS | USA, 1810-76, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = X. | invented first automatic machine for graduating rules, 1850. | Providence, R.I. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| BROWN, JOSEPH R. | USA, c.1852, MIM | made rules, standards. | Providence, R.I. | DATM. | |
| BROWN, M. | England, c.1802, OIM | made a special type of telescope. | London. | USNM. | |
| BROWN, R., AND SONS | England, c.1850, PHIM | balance makers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BROWN, S.G. | USA, NIM | Marine Compass in binnacle = K. and C. 3/19/75. | may be S.B. Brown. | Watfford. | RSW. |
| BROWN, T. | England, | Water Clock, variant, 1631 = D.(1973). | modern work. | York. | RSW. |
| BROWN, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1627-53, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, circular, ivory = P.C.(1987). | sometimes spelled `Browne'; father of John Brown 1; apprenticed to Launcelot Smith in the Joiners' Company; free of the Company in 1623; took apprentices; made a circular, wooden slide rule in 1631; made Napier's bones, etc. | The Globe, Fenchurch Street, near Northumberland Alley, Aldgate, Minories, London. | Taylor 1(154); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BROWN, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1676-79, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to his father, John Brown 1, of the Clockmakers' Company, on April 5, 1669; free of the Company, July 3, 1676; took an apprentice; "Thomas Browne" was an alternative spelling. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BROWN, W.H., AND CO. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood, with index = D.(1986). | Birmingham. | Coffeen 13. | |
| BROWN, WILLIAM | England, c.1797, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 5, 1797. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BROWNE, B. | England, fl.1797-1831, MIM | T.C. at PEA; see Benjamin Brown. | The Quay, Bristol. | Taylor 2(930a); Brewington 1. | |
| BROWNE, DANIEL | England, fl.1614-34, MIM | made brass instruments. | Cricklade, London. | Taylor 1(127); Evans 1. | |
| BROWNE, JOHN 1 | England, | see John Brown 1. | Calvert 2; Robischon; Rabone 1; RSW. | ||
| BROWNE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1650, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1650. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWNE, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1750-75, NIM | Backstaff = Soth. 1960. | also made compasses; T.C. | near Wapping Old Stairs; Southwark; both in London. | Taylor 2(450); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. |
| BROWNE, JOHN 4 | England, c.1750, NIM | compass maker. | No. 5 Stoney Lane near Pickle Herring Stairs, Southwark, London. | Delehar 1. | |
| BROWNE, ROBERT | England, fl.1705-30, | devised sextants and quadrants. | near St Katherine's Dock, London. | Taylor 1(548). | |
| BROWNE, WILLIAM | England, c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = Soth. 3/10/87. | might possibly be William Brown, which see. | Wapping, London. | RSW. |
| BROWNELL, FRANKLIN C. | USA, fl.1855-60+, | educator; hired by Dwight Holbrook in 1855 as a promoter, wrote manuals; he founded the American School Apparatus Co. of New York, N.Y. in the 1860s. | Hartford, Conn.; New York, N.Y. | D,J. Warner 4. | |
| BROWNING 1 | England, c.1780-1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Spectroscopes = OXF. | probably John Browning 1; see Spencer, Browning and Rust; see Spencer, Browning and Co; see Browning and Rust. | London. | Taylor 2(805); Brewington 1. |
| BROWNING 2 | USA, c.1825, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses, wood = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich., P.C.; Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco. | P.C. and octant signed "Baltimore"; other instrument signed "Boston"; probably Samuel Browning 1. | Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; DATM. |
| BROWNING 3 | USA, c.1803, MIM OIM | see Newell and Browning. | Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass.(1803). | Smart 1. | |
| BROWNING AND RUST | England, c.1835, NIM | Octant = OMM; Sextant = PMS. | London. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BROWNING AND SON | USA, fl.1816-41, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | Samuel (1) and Samuel S. Browning, father and son. | 67 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; DATM; RSW. |
| BROWNING, GEORGE | England?, 1782, NIM | Octant, mahogany, 1782 = Soth. 12/19/66-16. | RSW. | ||
| BROWNING, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1782-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = D.(1972); | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 1, 1768; free of the Company, July 4, 1782; brother of Samuel Browning 1; according to the addresses John Browning appears not to have been involved in any firm; Taylor's addresses were different. | 49 Virginia Street (1782); Pennington Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1793); Prince's Square, Ratcliffe Highway (1797); 25 Prince's Square (1800); 17 Wellclose Place, New Road, St. George in the East (1803); all in London. | Taylor 2(805); Moskowitz 104; Coffeen B; USNM; J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| BROWNING, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1803-, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Samuel Browning 1, of the Grocers' Company on Sept.3, 1795; free of the Company, May 5, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BROWNING, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1860-72, OIM PHIM | Spectroscope, hand = D.(1991). | T.C.; "Optical and Physical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty's Goverment, The Royal Observatory, Kew Observatory, etc."; probably was the successor to Spencer, Browning and Co., c.1860. | 111 Minories E. (1860-72) and 63 Strand (1872); 6 Vine Street, E.C.(factory); all in London. | Calvert 2; Moskowitz 4; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Gemmary III. |
| BROWNING, RICHARD | England, c.1818, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Dec. 3, 1818; son of Samuel Browning 1; partner in the firm of Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 with his brother, William and with Ebenezer Rust 2 from 1819 until 1840 when the name of the firm changed to Spencer, Browning and Co. | 66 Wapping (1818-39); 111 Minories (1839); also at 6 Vine Street (1848); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 1 | USA, 1778-1864, MIM NIM | see Browning 2; clockmaker; partner with Joseph Newell, as Newell and Browning, 1803; T.C. engraved by Thomas Wightman. | 4 Dock Square (1805); 35 Broad Street (1809); 77 Broad Street (1816-25); 282 Washington (1829-41); all are in Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 12. | |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 2 | England, fl.1782-1819, MIM NIM | Octant = VNN. | brother of John Browning 1; apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1767; free of the Company, July 4, 1782; partner in Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 with Ebenezer Rust 1 and William Spencer 2. | 327 Wapping Street, London (1782-83); Eaton Socon, Beds. (1786-92); Wapping, London (1795-1819). | J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 3 | England, c.1792, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2, his father, in the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BROWNING, SAMUEL S. | USA, c.1803-35, MIM OIM | son of Samuel Browning 1. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| BROWNING, WILLIAM | England, fl.1819-40, MIM | brother of Richard Browning; Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 was run by Ebenezer Rust 2 and William and Richard Browning, 1819-40, a continuation of the original firm. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| BRUCE | England, | see Wilson and Gillie, Bruce and Son. | Cardiff. | ||
| BRUCE, J., AND SONS | England, NIM PHIM | Marine Compass = NOR; Marine Barometer = D.(1972). | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| BRUCE, JOHN | England, fl.1865-96, NIM PHIM | Sextant = Melun 4/24/83; Octant, ebony and brass = Soth. 12/8/69; Marine Barometer = DeLuca 10/21/95. | octant signed "J. Bruce Liverpool"; T.C. in sextant case; also made chronometers. | Wopping?, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 1. RSW; Nautical Brass Jan/Feb, 1996. |
| BRUCE, JOHN, AND SON | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 2/8/79; Position Indicator = Soth. 7/15/63-152. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| BRUCE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1806-27, | brass and optical turner; worked with Charles Robert West on a portable telescope, 1806. | 16 King's Head Court, Shoe, Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1092). | |
| BRUCKNER, G. | 1842, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1842 = X. | Tooley. | ||
| BRUFF, CHARLES OLIVER | USA; Canada, 1735-1817, MIM | loyalist. | New York, N.Y.; Tarrytown, N.Y. (1777); New York, N.Y.; Shelburne, Nova Scotia (1783). | Bedini 8. | |
| BRUGGER AND HOFFMEYER | England, c.1822, PHIM | made barometers and clocks. | Norfolk Street, Lynn Regis. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRUGGER AND STRAUB | England, fl.1845-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers? German clock and watchmakers, 1856. | 79 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRUGGER, LORENZ AND A. | England, fl.1843-44, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see Brugger and Straub. | 79 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRULAT ET CHOARET | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = D.(1970). | Lyon. | Merzbach. | |
| BRUMELL, G.T. | England, post-1839, MIM | Slide Rule, Hawthorn-type = P.C. | Delehar 2 and 9. | ||
| BRUN, J. | England, 1772, OIM | Microscope, 1772 = KEN. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BRUNDELL, PHILIP GEORGE | England, c.1795, | apprenticed to John King 2 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1795. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BRUNDL, J. | Sweden?, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NOR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BRUNELL, J. | MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NOR. | scales for 59° and 63°20'. | RSW. | |
| BRUNER | France, NIM | Meridian Circle = PMM. | RSW. | ||
| BRUNER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BRUNER, ERASMUS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Instrument = DRE. | there is a tower clock case at OXF signed Asmus Birin Bruner, 1577 = Mallett Coll.-120. | Augsburg. | Evans 1; Maddison 7. |
| BRUNI | Italy, 1787, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1787 = Koller 11/17/75. | Bologna. | RSW. | |
| BRUNI, POMPILIO | Italy, d.1668, MIM NIM | also made compasses. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| BRUNI, THEOPHILI | Italy, 1640, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1640 = Naval Museum, Venice. | Venice. | Italian Inventory. | |
| BRUNN, LUKAS | Germany, fl.1598-1620, MIM | Protractor = DRE; Rules = DRE(2). | invented a measuring instrument with screw micrometer, made by Christoph Trechsler. | Annaberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| BRUNNER, CASPAR | Germany, c.1555, MIM | Rule, folding, 1555 = HAK; Artillery Level, 1556 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| BRUNNER, IGNATIUS | England, fl.1849-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | wheel signed "I. Brunner Birmingham"; stick signed "Brunner" with full address. | 66 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BRUNNER, JOHANN | Germany; France, 1804-62, MIM OIM SIM | succeeded by his sons, Emil and Otto; perhaps worked with them, 1855 on. | rue de Vaugirard, 183, Paris. | Pipping 1; Poggendorff; USNM. | |
| BRUNTON | England, NIM | Sextant = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRUSH, THOMAS | England, fl.1643-56, MIM | made garden sundials. | Taylor 1(225). | ||
| BRUYN, WEDUWE W. | Holland, fl.1826-35, MIM NIM | the widow of W. Bruyn; instrument and compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BRUYNEEL, CORNELIS | Holland, c.1684, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BRYAM, E.M. | USA, c.1846, | see Ephraim N. Byram. | USNM. | ||
| BRYAN, EDWARD | England, MIM | Level = Melun 2/24/83. | 24 Cross Street, Manchester. | RSW. | |
| BRYAN, THOMAS | England, 1656, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1656 = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| BRYANT, J. | England, c.1825, MIM | Garden Sundial, bronze = D.(1982). | (check Pearson Page Pictures)? | Coffeen A. | |
| BRYN | see Jong and Bryn. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BRYSON | Scotland, c.1830, NIM | Sextant, pocket = Soth. 2/28/80. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| BRYSON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1816-66, MIM NIM PHIM | eldest son of Robert Bryson 1; made meteorological instruments including thermometers and barometers; member of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in Scotland; trained in Musselburgh and London. | Edinburgh (1844-66). | Clarke et al. | |
| BRYSON, JAMES MACKAY | Scotland, 1824-94, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Surveying Compass = Soth. 2/8/83; Microscopes = Christie-SK 7/10/80, FRK = RSM (3); Spectroscope = FRK = RSM; Scale, boxwood = RSM; Rain Gauge = RSM; Thermometer, maximum, mercury = RSM; etc. | son of Robert Bryson 1; brother of Alexander and Robert (2) Bryson; worked under Repsold in Hamburg,1843, and later under Merz in Munich; set up as an optician in 1850; worked independently; member of the Edinburgh Merchant Company; instruments signed "Bryson Edinburgh." | 65 Princes Street (1850-52); 24 Princes Street (1853); 60 Princes Street (1855-66); 60A Princes Street (1867-93); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BRYSON, ROBERT 1 | Scotland, 1778-1852, MIM PHIM | a Hammerman, 1815; noted clockmaker; interested in instruments involving time pieces; made self-registering barometers and thermometers; father of Robert Bryson 2 and Alexander Bryson; founding member of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in Scotland; influential member of the scientific community in Edinburgh; see Robert Bryson and Son(s). | The Mint, High Street (1810-15); 5 South Bridge opposite to Hunter's Square (1815-40); 66 Princes Street (1840-52). | Clarke et al. | |
| BRYSON, ROBERT 2 | Scotland, 1819-86, MIM PHIM | son of Robert Bryson 1; worked with his father and brother Alexander as Robert Bryson and Son(s). | Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| BRYSON, ROBERT, AND SON(S) | Scotland, 1844-86, PHIM | clockmakers; also made meteorological instruments; Robert Bryson 1 and his sons Robert Bryson 2 and Alexander Bryson. | 66 Princes Street, Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| BRZEZI, STEPH A. | Czechoslovakia, 1573, MIM | Sandglass, four-part, 1573 = Museum Kradec Kralové, Bohemia. | Brezi? | Czech. Inventory. | |
| BUC, N. DU | France, c.1666, NIM | compass maker. | Dieppe. | Schück. | |
| BUCH, D. ZACCARIAS | Germany, fl.1593-1633, MIM | Armillary Spheres = Hamilton Coll. (1593), AMST (1633). | the AMST instrument is signed "D. Zaccarias Buch. Aquensis"; the Hamilton sphere is signed "Zacharias Bucha." | Aquensis. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Hamilton 2; Michel 3. |
| BUCHAN, L. | Scotland, c.1835, MIM PHIM | Barometer, portable = RSM. | Taylor thoght that he was a Scot. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2089); Morrison-Low 1. |
| BUCHANAN, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BUCHANAN, JOHN | England, fl.1710-11, MIM | made sundials. | Steeple Bumpstead, Essex. | Taylor 1(557). | |
| BUCHART | see Bucher. | Baillie 1. | |||
| BUCHART, JOHAN HEINRICH | Germany, 1686, MIM | Sundial, composite, 1686 = KAS; Mathematical Instrument Set, 1686 = KAS. | Hamburg. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| BUCHER, HANS 1 | Germany, fl.1561-79, MIM | Orrery Clock = DRE; Celestial Globes, 1575, 1577 = lost. | see Baldwein and Bucher. | Marburg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1. |
| BUCHER, HANS 2 | Germany, 1570, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1570 = Soth. 1/27/48-148 = 16/17/75. | probably misreading for Hans Ducher. | RSW. | |
| BUCHER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1750, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1750 = Koller 11/17/75. | Marburg. | RSW. | |
| BUCK, J. | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Drawing Compass = Versailles 11/20/83; Balance, folding = DRE. | "maker". | New Gate Street (London?). | RSW. |
| BUCK, J.W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 5/31/89. | "Improved Marine." | 36 High Street, Wapping (London). | RSW. |
| BUCKHAM, A. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Smart 1. | ||
| BUCKLEY, AND. | England, fl.1716-18, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = Wray Coll. (1716), BM-1901/11/15-4, Bodleian Library, Oxford. | Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Wray; Gunther 2. | ||
| BUCKLEY, JOSEPH | Ireland, fl.1832-59, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80; Protractor with Rule = D.(1995). | optician; the barometer is signed "J. Buckley Dublin." | 14 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; offeen 51; RSW. |
| BUCKLEY, WILLIAM | England, 1519-71, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1546 = Princess Elizabeth (1546). | may be W.B. 1. | Lillieshal, Shropshire; London. | Taylor 1(14); RSW. |
| BUCKNALL, WILLIAM | England, 1731, | received a patent in 1731 for an astronomical instrument. | Millburn 8. | ||
| BUDD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Banbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| BUEHLER, JAMES A. | England, fl.1740-1800, MIM | globe maker. | Tooley. | ||
| BUEL, ABEL | USA, 1742-1822, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Conn. Historical Society, Hartford, Conn. | sometimes spelled as "Buell." | New Haven, Conn. | Smart 1. |
| BUFFAT | France, 1682, | invented the sidérostat. | Toulouse. | Nachet. | |
| BUFFHAM | USA, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, tin and brass = D.(1988). | has three- and six-inch lenses. | Milburn, Lake County, Illinois. | RSW. |
| BUFFHAM, WILLIAM | England, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 6/15/76. | Rochdale. | RSW. | |
| BUFFON | France, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Jardin des Plantes (Jardin Royal), Paris. | Paris. | Boursier. | |
| BUHLE, GEB. | Germany, 1853, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1853 = BOM 3/28/16-557. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| BUHLER, J.A. | Germany, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Soth. 2/9/61. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| BUIRD, EDWARD | Scotland, fl.1674-80, | a sea captain; imported nautical instruments. | Leith. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| BULBRECK | France, c.1850, MIM | made Burnier's combined compass and clinometer. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BULFORT | see Newbord and Bulfort. | RSW. | |||
| BULKELEY, THOMAS | England, c.1715, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on June 11, 1707; free of the Company, Dec.17, 1715; took an apprentice. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BULL 1 | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Soth. 6/9/77. | 113 Upper East Smithfield, London. | RSW. | |
| BULL 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bedford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULL, JOHN | England, c.1582, MIM | made rules, compasses and geometrical instruments in metal; may have held office at the Mint. | Exchange Gate, London. | Taylor 1(59); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Michel 3; Gunther 4; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BULL, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Stratford, Essex. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULLA, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Bulla, Grasi and Fontana. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| BULLA, GRASI AND FONTANA | England, c.1830, PHIM | barometer makers; variant is Bulla, Grassi and Fontana; probably A. Bulla and B. Fontana. | 134 Fore Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULLANT, JEAN | France, fl.1561-72, MIM | Armillary Sphere = X. | tradition says that he made the sphere for Catherine de Medici, c.1572; wrote book on sundials, 1561. | NYM Bulletin, Summer, 1966; Weil 2(19); Nachet; Price 2. | |
| BULLET, PIERRE | France, 1639-1716, | invented the "pantomètre" about which he wrote. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Price 2. | |
| BULLOCK | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, K. and C. 3/19/75. | K. and C. has thermometer on it; X could be F. Bullock. | Melkesham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BULLOCK, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Corsham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULLOCK, JAMES | England, fl.1776-94, MIM | Mathematical Machine = OXF; Calculating Machines = KEN, (see Sotheby 1994 note), Aubert Sale, 1806. | the calculating machine was invented by Viscount Mahon (later Lord Stanhope) in 1777; Sotheby's offered, by private treaty, a calculating machine in 1994; clockmaker; his son, Edward, was apprenticed to David Cateay in 1776. | Leather Lane; Furnival's Inn; both in London. | Taylor 2(807); A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BULMAIN AND DENNIES | USA, c.1799, NIM | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1. | ||
| BULMAN, HANS | see Jakob Pühlmann. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BULTE, DANIEL | England, c.1663, MIM | apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on April 6, 1663. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUMA SIBOUT | 1747, MIM | Ring Sundial, silver, 1747, with case = Soth. 12/12/55. | probably not the maker's name. | RSW. | |
| BUMEL, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1613-33, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1613 = STU; Plane Table with Alidade and Sundial, 1625 = FLO-150; Pedometer, 1626 = NUR-WI1320; Graphometer, 1633 = STU-12870; Horary Quadrant = SLM. | see M.B. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Price 2. |
| BUNDERS, JAN | Holland, 1797, MIM | grandson and pupil of Jan van Deijl; see Jan van Deijl en Zoon. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BUNDERS, JAN VAN DEIJL | Holland, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X. | probably great grandson of Jan van Deijl 2. made telescopes; see Jan Van Deijl Bunders en Zoon. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. |
| BUNDERS, JAN VAN DEIJL, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BUNDOCK, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, with clock = Soth. 5/14/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| BUNTEN | France, fl.pre-1828-43, NIM PHIM | Barometers, Siphon-type = OXF (1840), CNAM (1841); Mountain Barometer = Nisbit 4/4/1860; Marine Compass, small = PMM. | made standard thermometers. | Quai Pelletier 30, Paris. | Dewhirst; USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| BUNTING, THOMAS | England, c.1724, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on May 12, 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUONSIGNORI, DOM STEPHANO | see Dom Stephano Bonsignori. | Bonelli 1 and 2; Michel 3. | |||
| BURACKER | MIM | Floating Sundial = UTC. | probably Burucker. | ||
| BURATTINI, TITO LIVIO | Italy; Poland, fl.1659=80, MIM OIM | Lens = FLO (1690 inventory); Calculating Machine = FLO-3179 (?). | made microscopes and telescopes; made telescopes for Hevilius; he gave a calculating machine to one of the Medici and may have been the maker. | Warsaw (post-1670). | Bonelli 1; Daumas 1. |
| BURBIDGE | England, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case = Soth. 5/21/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| BURBRIDGES | see Burgoyne, Burbridges, and Squire. | RSW. | |||
| BURCKARDT, JOANN: AD: | Germany, 1692, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1692 = Habsburg, Feldman S.A. Auction, Geneva 1987. | solid center plate with alidade. | Munich. | Delehar 5. |
| BURDEN, PETER | England, c.1682, | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 7, 1682. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURDETT, HENRY | England, c.1734, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 2, 1723; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1734; took an apprentice, Willand Challand (Shalland), 1737/38. | Crooked Lane, London. | J. Brown 1; Clifton 1. | |
| BURDETT, WILLIAM | Holland, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, round, case = DRE. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BURDON, E., ET RICHARDS | misreading for E. Bourdon et Richards. | Brewington 1. | |||
| BURDY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1806-23, MIM | Camden Town, Middlesex; Fulham, London. | Taylor 2(1094). | ||
| BUREAU, THOMAS | England, fl.1756-60, OIM | Microscope = OXF; Microscope, pocket, 1756 = Crisp Coll. | ownership of the OXF microscope is attributed to George III, of England. | Taylor 2(452); Nachet; Gunther 2. | |
| BUREL, COL. | c.1829, | invented a plummet level, 1829. | USNM. | ||
| BURFORD, EDMUND GOODWIN | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 9, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURGE | misreading for Berge. | Christie 12/18/74. | |||
| BURGE, CALEB | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Barrett of the Clockmakers' Company on April 13, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BURGE, JUSTE | see Jost Burgi. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| BURGE, M. | England, 1851, NIM | Sextant, 1851 = NMM. | possibly M. Berge. | Taylor 2(1083); NMM 2. | |
| BURGER, GEORG MATHAUS | Germany, 1750-1825, MIM | Heliochronometers = O-F 5, Drecker Coll., Schmitt-Friderich Coll., DEU-1679, Traunstein Heimatmuseum-1344. | "Mechaniker"; all signed "Mathäus Burger." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Monreal; Lunardi. |
| BURGER, M. GEORG ARNOLD | Germany, 1649-1712?, MIM | Evans 1; Doppelmayer. | |||
| BURGERS UND CO. | Germany, MIM | Sector = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| BURGES, BARTHOLOMEW | USA, 1740-1807, MIM | made an orrery; lecturer. | Boston, Mass. | Hindle 1; Bedini 1 and 8. | |
| BURGESS, GEORGE JAMES | England, c.1789, | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 2, 1789. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURGESS, ROGER | England, c.1737, MIM | apprenticed to William Dean in the Broderers' Company on March 5, 1728; free in the Company, Oct. 5, 1737. | Vere Street, Clare Market, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BURGH, IAN BREEM | Holland, c.1730, NIM | Compass Rose = AMST. | Edam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BURGH, JAN VAN DER | Holland, 1690, NIM | Parallel Rules, 1690 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | ||
| BURGH, JUST | see Jost Bürgi. | ||||
| BURGI, JOST | Switzerland; Germany, 1552-1632, MIM SIM | a notable maker of fine instruments, his work covered a wide range including an astrolabe (KAS), astronomical sextant (PRA), globe clocks (BASH), (GOT), (CNAM), proportional dividers (KAS), etc. | Jost Bürgi; thought to have invented the proportional dividers; worked for Wilhelm IV at Kassel; see"I.B." (12). | Lichtensteig; Kassel (1584-1623). | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Josten; Horsky; Horsky and Skopova; Maddison 5; Daumas 1; Aked; Von Mackensen (1983); DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BURGOYNE, BURBIDGES, AND SQUIRE | England, MIM | 16 Coleman Street, London. | USNM. | ||
| BURI | see Burry. | Britten. | |||
| BURKETT, EDWARD | England, c.1700, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on April 16, 1700. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BURLEIGH, M. | England, MIM | Calculating Scale = ADL-N41. | also marked "M.B." | ADL; RSW. | |
| BURLESTER, E. | South Africa, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | see Burmester, probably the same man. | Cape Town. | RSW. |
| BURLINI, BIAGIO | see Biasio Burlini. | Brieux 2. | |||
| BURLINI, BIASIO | Italy; England, 1720-60, OIM | Telescope = KEN; Microscopes = LEY, NAC, Natural History Museum, Antwerp, Crisp Coll. | "Prof. in Venig"; author; Crisp signed "Elaboratum a Blasis Burlini Venitiis Optico", according to Clay and Court. | Venice; at Archimedes, London. | Brieux 2; Daumas 1; Belgian Inventory; Nachet; Crisp Coll.; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| BURMEISTER, JOCHAM | Germany, 1777, NIM | Hanging Compass = NMM-C152. | Lubeck. | NMM 2. | |
| BURMESTER | South Africa, OIM | Telescope, single draw = Phillips 2/14/79. | see E. Burlester, probably the same man. | Cape Town. | RSW. |
| BURNABY, THOMAS | England, c.1697, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Tuttell of the Clockmakers' Company on June 7, 1697. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BURNAP, DANIEL | USA, 1759-1838, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1791 = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | clockmaker; also made wooden and brass surveying compasses. | East Windsor; Coventry; both in Conn. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Price 2; Smart 1. |
| BURNCKER | see W. Burucker. | Daumas 1. | |||
| BURNELL, RICHARD | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb.6, 1794; turned over to Richard Lomas of the Wheelwrights' Company on Feb.12, 1794; free of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1801. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURNETT 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Durham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BURNETT 2 | Ireland, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| BURNHAM | USA, c.1831-42, MIM | a partner in the firm of Robinson, Burnham and Co., 1831-42; probably from Essex, Mass. | Danvers, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| BURNIER, CAPT. | France, c.1850, MIM | invented a type of compass and clinometer, 1850. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BURNS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Epsom. | Goodison 1. | |
| BURNTHWAITE, GEORGE | England, MIM | Protractor, full = P.C. | Lamonby. | RSW. | |
| BURON | France, fl.1830-51, NIM | Octant, case = D.(1976). | 8, rue des Trois Pavillons, Paris. | Brieux 3; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BURROUGHS, ROBERT S. | USA, c.1840, NIM | made or sold nautical compasses. | Warner 12. | ||
| BURROW | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | Malvern. | RSW. | |
| BURROW AND THOMS | England, c.1847, PHIM | 289 Strand, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BURROW, W. AND J. | England, c.1810, MIM | Slide Rule = D.(1983). | 62 and 63 Great Tower Street, London. | Moskowitz 125. | |
| BURRY, JACOB | France, 1667-1722, MIM | Cruciform Sundial = Feill Coll. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| BURSILL AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BURT AND BAILEY | USA, fl.1835-56, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Sacramento County Historical Society, Cal. | William Burt and John Aylesworth Bailey. | Jefferson Avenue between Bates and Randolph (1853-54); 213 Jefferson Avenue (1855-56); both in Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1; Elgin. |
| BURT AND WATSON 1 | USA, fl. 1857-58, MIM SIM | Burt's Solar Compasses = Henry Ford Museum; Burt's Equatorial Sextant = Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing. | William Burt and Thomas Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | Elgin; Leiserowitz. |
| BURT AND WATSON 2 | USA, 1860, MIM SIM | Burt Solar Compass = Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, Mich. | William Austin and John (2) Burt and Thomas Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | Elgin; RSW. |
| BURT, J. AND W. | USA, fl.1856-57, MIM | John Burt 2 and his brother, William Burt; W.H. Fawcett, a MIM, worked for them. | 214 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| BURT, JOHN 1 | England, c.1824, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on March 31, 1824. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BURT, JOHN 2 | USA, 1814-86, MIM | surveyor with his father, William Austin Burt, 1840-50; partner with his brother, William Burt in J. and W. Burt, 1856-57; also a partner in Burt and Watson, 1857-58; invented a type of lock for canals. | Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| BURT, PETER | England, fl.1813-27, | devised a new binnacle, log and steering compass. | 4 Providence Place, Commercial Road, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1286); Bedini 8. | |
| BURT, WILLIAM | USA, 1825=98, MIM SIM | son of William Austin Burt; partner with John A. Bailey, 1853-56; partner with his brother, John Burt 2 as J. and W. Burt, 1856-57; partner with John Burt 2 and Thomas Watson in Burt and Watson, 1857-58. | Detroit, Mich. (1814-66); Marquette, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| BURT, WILLIAM AUSTIN | USA, 1792-1858, MIM | Equatorial Sextants = D.(1993, U.S Naval Obs., USNA. | invented the solar compass in 1836, a typewriter in 1829, and the equatorial sextant c.1855; see William Burt and Watson. | Petersham, Mass.; Wales Township, Erie County, N.Y. (pre-1824); Mount Vernon, Mich. (1824); Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; Coffeen 43; RSW. |
| BURTON | England, c.1750, MIM NIM | Sextant = Leigh and Soth. 4/10/1794. | Ramsden started as an engraver to a Burton in 1751, perhaps Mark Burton, which see. | London. | Goodison 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BURTON, EDWARD | England, MIM OIM | 47 Church Street, Minories, London. | USNM. | ||
| BURTON, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1772-1815, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometers = Gloucester Museum, Christie-SK 9/11/86, X. | "X" is signed "G. Burton"; the others signed "Burton London"; he was probably the Burton whose instruments were carried on Cook's second voyage by William Wales and another set was given to Mr. W. Gooch when he went to join Vancouver in the Pacific in 1791; it is unlikely that John Burton was the maker involved. | 136 High Street Borough, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(694); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BURTON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1830, MIM NIM PHIM | 3 Devonshire Buildings, Great Dover Street, London. | Taylor 2(1791). | ||
| BURTON, JAMES | England, fl.1828-46, OIM PHIM | 10 Great Bell Alley (1828-29); 10 Western Street, Pentonville; 25 Pleasant Row, Pentonville; all in London. | Taylor 2(1792); O'Mara. | ||
| BURTON, JOHN | England, fl.1758-75, OIM | might have been the Burton who furnished instruments for Cook's second voyage but more likely it was George Burton 1; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764. | Johnson Court, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(453); Court and von Rohr 3(XXVI). | |
| BURTON, JON. | Ireland, c.1780, MIM | Garden Sundial, "made for Henry Percy" = D.(1973). | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| BURTON, JOSEPH | England, c.1822, OIM | 15 Blackfriars Bridge, near the Magdalen, London. | Taylor 2(1499); Dewhirst. | ||
| BURTON, MARK | England, fl.1730-69, d,1786, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; divided scales; T.C.; possibly successor to G. Lyford; took apprentices, including Jesse Ramsden; Clay and Court thought him 20 years later. | Euclid's Head, near New Church, Strand; Denmark Court, Strand (1755); Strand (1763-69); all in London. | Taylor 2(454); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Clifton 1. | |
| BURTON, W. | England, c.1750, MIM | Sector = Soth. 2/20/85 = D.(1991). | Coffeen 35; Clifton 1; RSW. | ||
| BURUCKER, W. | Germany, 1728-80, MIM | Pillar Sundials, wood = CNAM-13.591, Luipold Museum, Würzburg, LID-M43, Drecker Coll., STS, NUR-WI1300, BASH-1917/856, D.(1984); Sundials = AMST, Koller 11/17/75; Magnetic Compass = P.C.; Calendar, pendant = OXF; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Horizontal Sundials = Drecker Coll.(3); Artillery Level = P. and S. 3/20/1896 = OXF. | Koller sundial is polychrome paper dial in brass sphere; the OXF instrument is also marked "W.B." (1), which see. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Esdaille; Lunardi; Coffeen F; Cons. Nat'l 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BURY | see Burry. | Britten. | |||
| BUSBY, SAMUEL | England, c.1811, | invented a compass to show the time of longitude. | Taylor 2(1287). | ||
| BUSCH AND OEHLSCHLAGER | Germany, fl.1654-64, MIM | Copernican Planetaria = MLL, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark, | Andreas Busch and Adam Oehlschläger. | Limburg; Gottorp. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; H.C. King 2. |
| BUSCH, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1654-64, MIM | worked for Duke Ferdinand IV; see Busch and Oehlschläger. | Limburg; Gottorp. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; King 2. | |
| BUSCH, C.C., AND CO. | USA?, PHIM | Kalaidoscope = Maria Mitchell House, Nantucket, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| BUSCH, E. | Germany, c.1850, OIM | in the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | Rathenow, Prussia. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BUSCH, ELIAS | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth. 7/23/62-10. | RSW. | ||
| BUSCHMAN, JNO. | Germany, c.1692, MIM | Sundial with Compass on table clock = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27. | RSW. | ||
| BUSCHMANN, CASPAR 1 | Germany, c.1536-1613, MIM | Calendar Clock = ADL-M378. | clockmaker; signed "Cas: Bu." | Augsburg. | Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; ADL; RSW. |
| BUSCHMANN, CASPAR 2 | Germany, c.1563-1629, MIM | Astronomical Compendium with Regiomontanus-type Sundial and a Nocturnal, 1611 = BEK; Compass and Calendar, 1628 = CLU; Astronomical Compendium = DEU; Sundial, 1628 = Middelburg Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen. | signature on the 1611 sundial is "Caspar Buschman automatarius in Augusta Anno 1611." | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2 & 3; Zinner 1. |
| BUSCHMANN, DAVID | Germany, 1626-1701, MIM | Vertical Sundial on a table clock = MUN; Equatorial Sundials on clocks = VIE, Feill Coll., P.C.(1918-Frankfort). | VIE has a sundial and an armillary sphere on a clock. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; Michel 3. |
| BUSCHMANN, HANNS | see Johann Buschmann 1. | Bobinger 2 and 3. | |||
| BUSCHMANN, JOHANN 1 | Germany, c.1600-62, MIM | Diptych Sundial, round = MUN-33/234; Sundial in pocket watch = SPI-2731; Planispheric Sundial = Prin Coll. = NMM; Proportional Compasses, = NUR (1635), THO. | member of the Clockmakers' Guild; SPI signed "Hanns Buschmann." | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2 and 3; Zinner 1; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BUSCHMANN, JOHANN 2 | Germany, c.1632-76, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = MADEX-105 = NMM-D.60; Ring Sundial = Stuker 2/7/58-3442 = Weil = P.C.; Pin-gnomon Horizontal Sundials = MUN-33/234, Prin. | clockmaker. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2 and 3; Zinner 1; NMM 2. |
| BUSH, JOSEPH | England, c.1700, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company after 1664 and before 1747. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUSH, MARGARET | England, c.1763, MIM | member of the Stationers' Company for at least 15 years after William Bush's death; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUSH, R., AND CO. | England, c.1816, PHIM | made a brass and copper still, in use for many years; seized by the I.R.S. in 1951. | Bristol. | USNM. | |
| BUSH, WILLIAM | England, pre-1763, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company; succeeded by his widow, Margaret Bush. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUSHELL, EDWARD | England, c.1687, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct.3, 1687. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUSHELL, SAMUEL | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on July 12, 1690. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUSNELL, WALTER | India, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Phillips 10/26/83. | Calcutta. | RSW. | |
| BUSS | England, MIM | Slide Rule, Proof, ivory = D.(1981). | 48 Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | |
| BUSS, THOMAS O'DEMPSEY | England, 1847- 83, PHIM | Saccharometer = D.(1972); Sikes' Hydrometer = Christie 5/15/73; Hydrometer Sets = Longleat House, Wilts.(2); etc. | successor to R.B. Bate. | 33 Hatton Garden; 3 Upper East Smithfield, Tower Hill; both in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Coffeen A; USNM. |
| BUSS, THOMAS ODEMCY | see Thomas O'Dempsey. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| BUSSY, WILLIAM | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct.26, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUSUCKER | see W. Burucker. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| BUTCHER, CHAR. | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell. | for 52°10' latitude. | Bedford. | RSW. |
| BUTCHER, JOHN | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec.3, 1778; free of the Company on Feb.2, 1786. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BUTERFIEL | Butterfield-type Sundial = Christie-N.Y. 4/3/85 = D. | naive copy of a Butterfield-type sundial. | Moskowitz ; RSW. | ||
| BUTERFIELD | instruments signed this way are sometimes contemporary copies of the very popular sundials made by Michael Butterfield. | Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |||
| BUTLER | England, 1630, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1630 = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | London. | RSW. | |
| BUTLER AND POWELL | England, c.1818, MIM | rule makers. | Lionel Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BUTLER, JAMES | England, c.1765, MIM | apprenticed to Francis Morgan in the Joiners' Company on November 19, 1765; listed as a MIM in the directories. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BUTT, MR. | England, c.1815, OIM | made a short Cassegrain telescope. | The Paragon, Kent Road, London. | USNM. | |
| BUTTERFIELD, HORACE S. | USA, c.1815, MIM | made an astronomical calculator with Olof Ohlson. | Portland, Oregon. | A.H. Brown. | |
| BUTTERFIELD, MICHAEL | England; France, 1635-1724, MIM OIM SIM | Butterfield made a wide range of well made instruments. | an Englishman who spent his working life in Paris, from before 1665 to his death in 1724; master and juror (1702-04) in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi"; best known as the developer of the Butterfield-type sundial; many copies and forgeries of his work exist. | England (1635-pre-1665); Aux Armes d'Angleterre, Faubourg Saint-Germain, rue Neuve-des-Fossés (1678); Quai des Morfundus, Ile de la Cité (1691); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Taylor 1(369) and 2(22); Coffeen A; Mörzer Bruyns 1; USNM; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Price 3; Ward 4; Belgian Inventory; Hamilton 2; Wynter 1; Stewart; Moskowitz 110; Lister; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; Bonelli; A.J. Turner 10; Rinaldi 23; Syndram; Augarde; ADL; RSW. |
| BUTTERWORTH, JOHN | England, c.1759, MIM | clockmaker; engraver; may have made sundials. | Bull and Bear Yard, Leeds. | Loomes. | |
| BUTTI 1 | Holland, PHIM | Barometer = LEY. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BUTTI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Taunton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BUTTI GEBROEDERS EN STOPANNI | Holland, fl.1794-1817, PHIM | Barometer = WMH. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BUTTI, BARNASCHINA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Francis Barnaschina? | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| BUTTI, DONATI | Italy; Holland, c.1794, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see the Gebroeders Butti en Stopanni as well as D. Butti and Sons; partner with Solaro in 1817. | Milan; Amsterdam (1794-1817). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Crommelin; Daumas 1. | |
| BUTTI, DTO, EN ZONEN | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie April, 1978. | made thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| BUTTI, L. | Scotland, fl.1825-67, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | carver and gilder. | 232 Cargate (1825-26); 1 and 2 Ronaldson's Buildings (1836); 2 Springfield Buildings (1848-52); all in Leith; 14 Hanover Street, Edinburgh (1853-67). | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low. |
| BUTTI, LOUIS JOSEPH | Italy; Scotland, fl.1823-24, OIM PHIM | worked with John Zenone as Zenone and Butti; dealt in telescopes and, probably, barometers. | 5 Calton Street, Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| BUTTIERI, CARLO ANTONIO | Italy, OIM | Telescope, cardboard = D.(1986). | signed on the objective lens. | Rome. | Wynter 1. |
| BUZZOFO, HIERONIMO DE ANTONIO | Italy, 1562, MIM NIM SIM | Cross-staff, wood and brass, 1562 = BM-1901/7/20-1. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| BYGRAVE, RICHARD | England, c.1742, OIM | apprenticed to George Bass, an OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, March 27, 1733; free in the Company on Feb. 28, 1742 | Court and von Rohr 3(136). | ||
| BYNTER, JORG | Germany, 1485, MIM | "compastmacher" in 1485. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| BYRAM, EPHRAIM N. | USA, fl.1836-46, MIM NIM | made a "Universal Planetarium", c.1836; received an award for an improvement in the suspension of the marine compass, c.1846. | Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. | USNM; Warner 12. | |
| BYRD, JOHN | England, c.1760, MIM | Garden Sundial = Palacio Réal, Madrid. | misreading for John Bird, which see. | London. | RSW. |
| BYWATER AND CO. | England, c.1840, NIM | Quadrant = D.(1976). | Liverpool. | Rinaldi. | |
| BYWATER, DAWSON AND CO. | England, c.1835, MIM NIM | Octant = D.(1975); Compass, portable = Soth. 5/25/68; Marine Compass = Soth. 3/25 86. | see John Bywater, Dawson and Co. | No. 18 Pool Lane , Liverpool. | Bryden 9; RSW. |
| BYWATER, JOHN | England, fl.1816-35, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | invented a corrected compass for deviation; see John Bywater, Dawson and Co.; see Bywater, Dawson and Co; optician. | 49 Gloucester Street (1816); 44 Seymour Street (1832-35); 18 Pool Lane; all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1288); Goodison 1; Crawforth 6. | |
| BYWATER, JOHN, AND CO. | England, MIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = P.C.(1976). | opticians; agent for Dollond telescopes. | 18 Pool Lane, Liverpool. | Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| BYWATER, JOHN, DAWSON AND CO. | England, fl.1819-32, MIM NIM OIM | agents for Adie, Dicas and Willis; T.C.; see John Bywater; see Bywater, Dawson and Co. | 20 Pool Lane, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1288); Moskowitz 101. | |
| C. 1 | France, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Koller 11/17/75. | punchmark is "C." | RSW. | |
| C. 2 | c.1550, MIM | Dividers = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| C. DES P. | France?, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | RSW. | ||
| C. KO. | see C.K.F. | RSW. | |||
| C.A.B. | Germany, 1600, | marked on an astronomical ring, dated 1600, at OXF signed "Succa"; also marked "I.A.D." and "A." (2). | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | ||
| C.A.D. | 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial, circular = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| C.B. | England, c.1650, MIM | probably Christopher Brookes; author. | Wadham College, Oxford. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| C.B.A. 1 | see C.A.B. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| C.B.A. 2 | Germany, MIM | Rule with Level = TIM. | may be scale markings. | RSW. | |
| C.C. 1 | MIM | Compass Sundials, brass in round ivory boxes = NOR, OXF. | punchmark on hour scale. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| C.C. 2 | c.1850, PHIM | Electrical Apparatus = D. | Brieux 2. | ||
| C.C., SIR | England, 1667, | see Sir Charles Cotterel. | RSW. | ||
| C.D. 1 | 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = LOS. | RSW. | ||
| C.D. 2 | MIM | Compass, three legs = ADL-M72. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| C.D. 3 | c.1830, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Versailles 2/28/82. | RSW. | ||
| C.D.P. | France, c.1800, | not an instrument maker; abbreviation for "Calibre Des Pieces." | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| C.F.Z.K. | Germany, 1570, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1570 = Rosenheim Sale. | may be owner; sundial also marked "V.S." | RSW. | |
| C.G. 1 | Germany, fl.1572-76, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, wood, 1572 = VIE; Horary Quadrant, 1574 = BASH. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 2 | ||
| C.G. 2 | Holland?, 17th Century, MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory box = OXFB. | Maddison 5; Evans 1. | ||
| C.G. 3 | England, c.1700, MIM | Vertical Sundial, east declining = OXF. | Cornwall. | RSW. | |
| C.H. | 1677, MIM | Compass Sundial in bone sphere, 1677 = WRAY-85; Capuchin Sundial, wood = SLM. | Zinner 1; RSW; Haupolter. | ||
| C.H.B. | Germany, MIM | Vertical Sundials = P.C., Soth. 12/17/62-112. | the Soth. instrument is like Roman "Ham" sundial. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| C.H.M.A.D. | Germany, 1601, MIM | Horizontal - Vertical Sundial, 1601 = Drecker Coll. | misreading for C.T.M.F.D.? | RSW. | |
| C.H.R.S.S. | Germany?, 1596, MIM | Sundial, 1596 = FLO-2511. | Bonelli 1 called it a sundial but Bonelli 5 picture is of artillery level. | Bonelli 1 and 5. | |
| C.I. | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Instrument = VIE-AR3102. | Zinner 4. | ||
| C.I.K./A.M. | MIM | Ring Sundial, cast pewter = NOR. | "C.I.K." over "A.M." (6). | RSW. | |
| C.I.R.S.T. | 1701, | see C.T.P.M.A. | Czech. Inventory. | ||
| C.K. | see C.K.F. | RSW. | |||
| C.K.F. | Germany, fl.1631-48, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1631 = MERC-105 = Soth. 12/12/55 = 3/27/72; Artillery Level, 1648 = KES; Instrument = Koller, Nov. 1967; Astronomical Compendium = Drouot 6/16/65. | Koller signed "C. Ko."; Drouot signed "C.K."; probably Christoph Köhler. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| C.L. 1 | 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = VIE-742. | Zinner 4. | ||
| C.L. 2 | 17th Century, MIM | Dividers = Soth.-P-B 6/14/76. | fleur-de-lys under monogram. | RSW. | |
| C.M. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | Portsmouth. | RSW. | |
| C.M. DE W. | Holland, 1797, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, marble, 1797 = UTR. | "C.M. de W. fec. et exc." | Amsterdam. | de Rijk; RSW. |
| C.N.A.L. | owner? on astrolabe at CLU, also signed "Nepos Gemmae Frisii fecit Lovani 1661"; re-engraved from 1561; ICA-234. | Price 1; ICA 2; Nachet; Cluny Cat. | |||
| C.P. 1 | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, box = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | probably the owner. | RSW. | |
| C.P. 2 | England, c.1800, | "C.P." is marked on the dial plate of a horizontal sundial, WHI-1191; the wind rose is marked "H." (4) and the compass card is marked "R.G." (1), perhaps Ralph Greatorex? | Bryden 16. | ||
| C.R. 1 | c.1663, MIM | Sundial, silver = Soth. 11/5/28-424. | epact tables for 1663-1700; tide table. | RSW. | |
| C.R. 2 | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P.C. | signed "C. deposé R." | RSW. | |
| C.R. 3 | Germany, c.1750, OIM | Microscope = BIL. | Nürnberg. | Purtle. | |
| C.R.W. | c.1575, MIM | Astrolabe = BRN. | Louvain-type. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| C.S. 1 | Germany, fl.1546-1602, MIM | probably Christopher Schissler; many instruments signed this way; Zinner thought initials might also stand for Christopher Senft. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Bobinger 1; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| C.S. 2 | Germany, | this mark is inside the lid of a table clock signed "B.S." there is a sundial on the bottom plate of the clock. | Pippa. | ||
| C.S. 3 | Germany, 1646, MIM | Artillery Level, 1646 = AUG-3547. | dolphin on front; Christopher Schissler der Junger? | Price 2; RSW. | |
| C.S. 4 | Germany, | Astronomical Compendium, wood and silver, 1565 = Physics Institute, Padua. | modern work; see Georg Hartmann for similar sundial by same maker. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| C.S. CO. | USA, | distributor or dealer for Stanley and Co. | Pine Meadow, Conn. | DATM. | |
| C.S.A.P. | 1633, MIM | Artillery Level, 1633 = HAK. | also marked "Elias Innsel." | RSW. | |
| C.S.L. | MIM | Full Protractor = D.1968). | RSW. | ||
| C.S.S. | Germany, fl.1578-87, MIM | Dividers with altimeter scale, 1578 = ZUS; Dividers with Sundials = VIG (1584), VIE (1587). | may be Christopher Schissler Senior. | Zinner 1; Egger; RSW. | |
| C.T. 1 | Germany, 1534, MIM | Rule, 1534 = DRE. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| C.T. 2 | the initials are marked on a nocturnal with sundial; the months have Italian initials; the owner was Caesar Sambara, Bishop of Tortona; WHI-734, 1548. | Hamilton 1; Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |||
| C.T. 3 | England, 1581, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone, 1581 = Corpus Christi College, Oxford. | Charles Turnbull, which see; author. | Lincolnshire. | Gatty. |
| C.T.C.F. | Germany, 1609, MIM | Micrometer, 1609 = DRE. | Christoph Trechsler or his son? | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.D. | Germany, 1598, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1598 = BEK. | "Christoph Trechsler, Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| C.T.D.E.M. | Germany, fl.1611-24, MIM NIM SIM | many instruments signed this way within this period; "Christoph Trechsler Der Elder Mechanicus." | Zinner 1; Michel 15; Maddison 5; Josten; Drechsler 2; Société Belge; Czech. and Polish Inventories; Trois Siècles; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; ADL; Syndram; RSW. | ||
| C.T.D.E.M.F. | Germany, 1614, MIM | Artillery Level, 1614 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Der Elder Mechanicus Fecit." | Zinner 1. | |
| C.T.F. | Germany, 1589, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1589 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Fecit"; signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S."; it is "M.S." (5); also marked "A.B. Riesen." | Zinner 1 and 4; Josten; Gunther 2; Kirnbauer 2; Dreschler 2; Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| C.T.M. | Germany, fl.1604-20, MIM | Rule, 1604 = DRE; Pairs of Dividers, 1604 = OXFB, Soth, 2/15/53; Artillery Levels = HAK (1605), DRE (1609); Range Finder, wood, 1605 = DRE; Circles = P.C. (1605), DAR (1620); Level, 1608 = Soth. 12/8/69; Dividers, 1623 = HAK. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus." | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| C.T.M.D. | Germany, fl.1607-09, MIM | Quadrant, 1607 = DRE; Artillery Level, 1609 = ADL-M200; Sundial = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Körber 1; Drechsler 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| C.T.M.F. | Germany, fl.1603-15, MIM SIM | Circle, 1603 = DEU; Nocturnal, 1603 = P.C.; Surveying Instrument, 1608 = OXF; Sector, 1615 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Fecit." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Dewhirst; Gunther 2 and 6; Drechsler 2. |
| C.T.M.F.D. | Germany, 1609, MIM | Micrometer, 1609 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Fecit Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.P.M.A. | 1701, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1701 = Museum of Arts and Sciences, Brno. | also marked "C.I.R.S.T." and "Bene Sociantur." | Czech. Inventory. | |
| C.T.S.M. | Germany, 1624, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1624 = Goteborg Museum. | "Christoph Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus." | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.S.M.F. | Germany, 1623, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1623 = DRE-521. | "Christoph Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus Fecit." | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | |
| C.V. | MIM | Horizontal Sundial = USNM. | may be "G.V." | USNM. | |
| C.W. 1 | England?, 1610, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Christie 7/16/68 = P.C.; Case of Drawing Instruments = KEN. | both may be by Charles Whitwell. | Taylor 1(88); Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| C.W. 2 | Germany, 1694, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1694 = Koller 11/17/75. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| C.W. 3 | c.1900, | Horary Quadrant = ADL-T27. | the work of D.B. Sheahan but in the style of Christopher Wren. | Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| CABASSON | Germany, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Levels = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Versailles 11/20/83; Mining Dial = P.C.(1987). | the telescopic levels may be one instrument. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CABEO, NICOLO | Italy, 1585-1650, | S.J.; developed a compass with a dipping needle; author; recognized and described electrical repulsion; professor of mathematics at Padua when Galileo was there. | Ferrara; Padua. | Zeitlin and Ver Brugge Cat.; DSB. | |
| CABER, CHARLES, AND CO. | USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | "Wanderer Telescope." | New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. |
| CABINET DU ROY | France, c.1650, | Armillary Sphere = ADL-M7. | an address, not a name. | Versailles. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| CABOGA, C. MARII | see G. Maru. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. | |||
| CABRIER | Holland, c.1704, PHIM | made barometers and gave them English makers' names. | Amsterdam. | J. Brown 3. | |
| CABRIER, CHARLES | England, fl.1697-1724, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Feill Coll. | Lombard Street, London. | Baillie 1. | |
| CADDEI, GIOVANI | Italy, MIM | Garden Sundial, round = Delft Sundial Exhib. (1984). | RSW. | ||
| CADE, SIMON | England, fl.1688-1730, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1976), K. and C. 4/7/76. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 12, 1680; free of the Company, April 12, 1688; took apprentices; D. barometer is in olivewood. | Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(456); J. Brown 3; Baillie 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CADENAZZI | England, | see Dangelo and Cadenazzi. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CADGELL, THOMAS | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on June 3, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CADOL | France, 18th Century, MIM | Artillery Instrument = Stuker (1961). | Cadot? | RSW. | |
| CADOT | France, fl.1747-53, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1751 = Versailles 4/17/83; Sector, 1747 = OXF; Sundial, 1748 = McVitty Coll. = P-B 1/22/54; Graphometer, 1753 = KEN. | does not appear to be Michel Cadot. | Lyon. | Gunther 2; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| CADOT, MICHEL | France, fl.1730-53, MIM SIM | made many Butterfield-type sundials (including one dated 1742 in the Huelsmann Coll and another, 1740, in Soth. 12/12/55) and mathematical instruments, including sectors, theodolites and rules; examples may be seen in many museums including the ADL, BM, OXF, etc.; Sector, 1733 and Folding Square, 1733 = HAR | apprenticed to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure in the "Corporation des fondeurs, 1718; Master n the Corporation; son-in-law of Henry Macquart, 1720; see Macquart and Cadot. | Quay de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cité (1730); à l'Astrolabe (1734); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Körber 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Syndram; Augarde; Giordano X; ADL; RSW. |
| CAELLINS, MARCUS ANTONIUS | Italy, 1684, MIM | Astronomical Instrument, 1684 = MIM-312. | Caellius? | Rome. | Chenakal 4. |
| CAESIUS | see Blaeu. | Zinner 1. | |||
| CAETANI | see Joseph-Maria Cavaliero, Baron of San Caetani. | Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |||
| CAFFIERI | Italy; France, c.1750, OIM | made the decorated brass tubes for Magny's microscopes; either Giacomo or Filipo. | Daumas 1; Morpurgo 1. | ||
| CAFFIERI, J. | France, c.1710, MIM | J. Caffiéri; signed on base of astronomical clock by Fardoil; also marked "A. Coypel." | Trois Siècles. | ||
| CAFSERA | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1979). | Cassera? | Stourbridge. | Antique Collector, Oct. 1979. |
| CAGNI, I. | Italy, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Middleton 1. | ||
| CAGNOLI | Italy, MIM | Quadrant = Bologna University Observatory. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CAHUET | France, fl.1770-72, OIM | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | ||
| CAIETANUS, P., CAPUC. | see P. David a San Cajetanus, Capuc. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| CAIL | England, MIM NIM SIM | Protractor = Phillips 10/5/76; Surveying Level = Phillips 10/26/83; Level = Soth. 10/28/86; Sextants, pocket = Christie 7/29/76, Soth.-C. 6/26/85; Mining Dial = Soth. 6/23/87; Parallel Rules = ADL-W163; Rule = ADL-W160; etc. | either John or Septimus Anthony Cail. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | ADL; RSW. |
| CAIL AND SONS | England, MIM NIM | Sextant, incomplete = Christie-SK 1/31/85. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| CAIL, JOHN | England, fl.1825-65, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-S 1/25/89; Theodolite = RSM; Quintant, 1825 = NMM; Octants, ebony = Rye Museum, Soth. 4/28/69; Telescope = Soth. 1/22/73; Circular Slide Rule = Cooke's Shop, CMY; Sextant, copper and wood = NMM; Circumferentor = Dean and Chapter, Durham Cathedral; Sector, ivory = ADL-W117; Protractor = ADL-W115; Parallel Rule = ADL-W163; etc. | worked for Troughton in London; partner with his brother, Septimus Anthony Cail, 1851-53; T.C.; Rye octant is marked "improved." | 2 New Bridge Street (1823-37); 44 Northumberland Street (1838-39); 61 Pilgrim Street (1841-53) and 45 Quay Street (1841-53); 8 Grey Street(1853-55) ; 21 Grey Street (1855-58); all in Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1500); Calvert 2; KEN; Moskowitz 115; Crawforth 1; Delehar 2; Coffeen 11; ADL; RSW. |
| CAIL, JOHN AND SEPTIMUS ANTHONY | England, fl.1851-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | brothers. | 45 Quay Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1095 and 1500); Moskowitz 115. | |
| CAIL, SEPTIMUS ANTHONY | England, fl.1857-84, MIM NIM PHIM | Hadley Quadrants = NMM, OMM; Sextant, ebony and ivory = ADL-W217; Octant = Glasgow Art Museum; | T.C.; usually signed "S.A. Cail." | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1095); Price 2; Moskowitz 115; Crawforth 6; ADL; RSW. |
| CAIRNS | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = AMST; Telescope = D.(1974). | probably Alexander Cairns. which see. | 12 Waterloo Road, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| CAIRNS, ALEXANDER | England, pre-1842-c.1869, NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Sextant = San Francisco Maritime Museum; Octant = D.(1974); Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | T.C.; optician; chronometer and watchmaker; sold nautical instruments. | 12 Waterloo Road; 13 Waterloo Road (1869); both in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 108; RSW. |
| CAJETANUS, P. DAVID A SAN, CAPUC. | Austria, 1726-82, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, stone = Koller 11/17/75, BEK; Sundial, 1750 = Soth. 12/12/55 = Ader Picard 3/16/81; Horizontal Sundial, brass and marble, 1742 = ADL-M282. | the ADL instrument is signed "P. Caietanus Capuc." and probably was not made by David as he would have been only 16. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Moreau; Price 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| CAL, DIRCK VAN | Holland, 1650, MIM | made a celestial globe in 1650. | Steenwijk. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CALANI AND CO. | PHIM | Thermometer = Soth. 10/17/60. | RSW. | ||
| CALDERA, SERAPHANO | see Serafino Antonio Maria Calderara. | Taylor 2(2091); Dewhirst. | |||
| CALDERARA, S. AND A. | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83. | probably Serafino Calderara. | London, | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CALDERARA, SERAFINO ANTONIO MARIA | England, fl.1831-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95. | X is signed "S. Calderara London"; Soth. signed with address "Leather Lane, Holb., London." | 16 Kirby Street (1831-33); 78 Leather Lane, Hatton Garden (1834-51); 42 Baldwins Gardens (1852-60); 2 Kings Terrace, Bagnippe Wells Road (1854-55); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2091); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| CALDERON ES TARSA | Hungary, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie 5/5/70; Compass = P.C.(1987). | Budapest. | RSW. | |
| CALDINI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1780, PHIM | Electrostatic Machine = FLO. | "Mecanico." | Florence. | Bonelli 1; RSW. |
| CALE, WILLIAM | England, | Water Clock, 1700 = CAS. | modern work from Birmingham. | London. | RSW. |
| CALEHOF | see Kalthoff. | Dewhirst. | |||
| CALL 1 | England, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Phillips 10/5/76. | surely misreading for "Cail." | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. |
| CALL 2 | see Bemis and Call Co. | ||||
| CALL, JAN BACHER VAN | Holland, fl.1644-67, MIM PHIM | Nocturnal, 1647 = OXF. | made sundials, clocks, pumps, etc; Zinner listed him as "Johan Bacher Van Call." | Batenburg; Nijmegen. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. |
| CALL, JAN BECKER | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CALL, JAN VAN | Holland, MIM PHIM | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Batenburg; Nijmegen. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2; Zinner 1. | |
| CALLAGHAN 1 | England, c.1840, NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrant = PEA; Telescope, refracting = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | 45 Great Russell Street, London. | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| CALLAGHAN 2 | England, c.1860, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X; Barograph = Christie-SK 2/9/79; Telescopes = FRK-T42, Phillips 2/14/79; Spyglass = Christie 2/12/72. | barometer signed "Callaghan." | 23a New Bond Street, corner of Conduit Street, London. | Goodison 1; Frank; RSW. |
| CALLAGHAN AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | RSW. | ||
| CALLAGHAN, W. | England, c.1850, MIM | may be the same as Callaghan 1. | 45 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| CALLCOTT, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cotton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CALLENDER, J. | England, c.1820, OIM | made a sea-telescope and stand. | 19 Plough Court, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1501). | |
| CALLENDER, JOSEPH | USA, 1751-1821, | Compass Cards = D, Eldred 10/11/75. | apprentice of Paul Revere; engraved compass cards for T.S. Bowles, Gedney King, Samuel Emery, D. Pearson, Newell and Son, etc. | Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; Bedini 8; Rudd; Warner 12; RSW. |
| CALLICUM, W. | England, 1598, NIM | Quadrant, 1598 = D.(1965?) = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| CALLOW, JOHN | England, fl.1797-1808, MIM NIM | also made compasses and dog collars. | Ashted Row (1797); 31 Ashted Row (1801-08); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CALLOW, MARY ANN | England, c.1818, MIM NIM | also made compasses and dog collars; probably the widow of John Callow. | Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CALLOW, R. | England, c.1750, MIM | Ring Sundial = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| CALOMBO, LEONIDE | USA, c.1867, PHIM | New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | ||
| CALONNE | France, c.1750, MIM | Architect's Etui with Instruments = Versailles 5/6/79. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CALTENBACK, FULLER AND CO. | England, c.1850?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87. | 77 Blackman Street, Borough, London. | Bell 2; RSW. | |
| CALTHOFF | see Kalthoff. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CALTIN, B. | 1728, MIM | Astronomical Clock and Sundial, 1728 = MADEX-16A = Strauss Coll. = NMM. | MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| CALVI, DR. CARMELUS | Italy, 1755, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1755 = Stucker, 1958. | maker. | RSW. | |
| CAM | France, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | Rue de la Paix, 24, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAM, J. | England, OIM | Telescope = FRK-T133. | London. | Frank. | |
| CAMBON, BALTZER | 1642, MIM | Astrolabe, cardboard, 1642 = LUN. | ICA-613. | Price 1; Zinner 1; ICA 2. | |
| CAMDEN, WILLIAM | England, c.1710, MIM | Sundial inside lid of watch = OXF. | Weldon Coll. | London. | RSW. |
| CAMENADE, CAREL ANTHONIJ | Italy; Holland, 1761-1809, MIM PHIM | made barometers and calipers. | Milan; Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| CAMERON AND BLAKENEY | Scotland, fl.1853-60, MIM NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87; Sympiesometer = Soth 12/5/72; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/12/83; Octant = NMM; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Azimuth Dial = FRK = RSM. | Paul Cameron and John Blakeney. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CAMERON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1818-48, NIM | Octant, with case = Christie 2/8/66-2 = FRK = RSM. | watch and clockmaker; probably only a dealer. | High Street (1818-24); Overgate (1829-48); both in Dundee. | Frank; Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| CAMERON, J.R. | England, fl.1840-52, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass.; Tell-Tale Compass = PEA; Sextants = PEA, Koller June, 1967, Soth. 12/19/66-10. | T.C. in case for Chrichton octant (1852) in Kelton Coll. (1990); octant was made for A. Dobbie. | 54 South Castle Street; 14 South Castle Street near the Customs House (1852); both in Liverpool. | Brewington 1; Calvert 2; USNM; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CAMERON, PAUL | Scotland, 1814-70, MIM OIM PHIM | Compass Card = NMM. | author, 1848; took John Blakeney as his partner, 1853-60; firm became Paul Cameron and Co., 1861-64, 1866-69; firm was Houston and Cameron in 1865; exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1851. | 87 London Street, Glasgow (1851-54). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| CAMERON, PAUL, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1861-69, MIM NIM PHIM | interrupted in 1865 when firm's name was Houston and Cameron. | 11 and 19 Howard Street (1861-64); 25 Howard Street (1866-67); 2 York Place (1868); 178 Broomielaw (1869); all in Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| CAMILLUS | Italy, 1554, MIM | Armillary Sphere = VAA. | could be Camillus Vulparia? | Florence. | Grimaldi (706). |
| CAMINADA | Italy; Holland, c.1790, PHIM | made barometers; glass blower. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CAMINADA GEBR. | Holland, c.1850, MIM | Linear Dividing Machine = P.C. (1973); Dividing Circle = P.C. (1973). | Rotterdam. | RSW. | |
| CAMINADA, J. | Holland, fl.1820-61, MIM PHIM | made barometers and calipers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CAMINADA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMINADA, P. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), Soth.-S 1/10/90; Barometer = Soth. 7/3/70. | Taunton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CAMMACK | see Foster and Cammack. | RSW. | |||
| CAMMENADE, CAEL ANTHONY | see Carel Anthonij Camenade. | ||||
| CAMOTTA, MRS. ANN | England, c.1860, PHIM | made barometers; probably widow of Richard Camotta. | 14 Bull Green, Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMOTTA, RICHARD | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Camotta Halifax." | 14 Bull Close (1830); 12 Bull Green (1841); both in Halifax. | Goodison 1. |
| CAMOZZI, CHARLES | England, fl.1830-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | all signed "C. Camozzi Bicester"; succeeded by his widow, Eleanor Camozzi, in 1852. | Market End (1830); Market Place (1832-50); both in Bicester. | Goodison 1. |
| CAMOZZI, ELEANOR | England, 1852, PHIM | succeeded her husband, Charles Camozzi, in 1852; barometer maker or dealer. | Bicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMP, ALB. U.D. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Alb. u.d. Camp; compass maker. | Buitenkant, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| CAMPANI, GIOVANNI | Italy, | see Giuseppe Campani. | Baillie 1. | ||
| CAMPANI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1620-96, OIM | a renowned maker of telescopes and microscopes; his work is found in many museums, including KEN, KAS, NAC, POB (2)(1673), FLO, Zeiss Jena (1696) etc.; dated examples range from 1669-1696; brother of Matteo Campani; author; clockmaker. | Spoleto; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 4; Morpurgo 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Paris 1900; Gunther 2; Italian Inventory; Purtle; Trois Siècles; Bryden 11; Drechsler 2; Bedini 11; DSB; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| CAMPANI, MATTEO | Italy, fl.1660-80, MIM | brother of Giuseppe Campani; made clocks and watches; author; devised instruments for his brother. | Rome. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1; Britten; Zeitlin No. 214; Michel 3; Bedini 11 and 14. | |
| CAMPBELL 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1989), Cardoza Auction 8/26/89. | see John Campbell 2. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| CAMPBELL 2 | Germany, NIM | Compass Rose = HAM. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| CAMPBELL, CHARLES | USA?, 1798, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1798 = X. | USNM. | ||
| CAMPBELL, J. 1 | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = LIM. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| CAMPBELL, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gatehouse (York?). | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPBELL, JOHN 1 | England, 1720-90, | improved Hadley' quadrant; devised a sextant; Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. | Taylor 2(335); Brewington 1. | ||
| CAMPBELL, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Campbell 1 and J. Campbell 1. | 6 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CAMPBELL, W., AND CO. | Germany, NIM | Sextant = X. | see Campbell 2. | Hamburg. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| CAMPI, GIO. BATTA | Italy, c.1750, OIM | T.C.; optician. | Genoa. | Calvert 2; KEN. | |
| CAMPI, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wolverhampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPINI, JEAN-JUSTIN | Italy, 1639-98, OIM | lens maker; designed microscopes; author; nom de plume was Carlo di Napoli. | Naples. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| CAMPIONE 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPIONE 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 12/17/75. | Christie signed "Campioni Edinburgh." | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CAMPIONI | Scotland, | see Campione 2. | RSW. | ||
| CAMPIONI AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPONOVO, ANGELO | England, c.1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 6/24/88. | one X signed "Camponovo Summers Town, Oxon."; the other X and Christie-SK signed "Camponovo Oxford." | St. Thomas's Parish, Oxford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANBY, J., AND SON | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | South Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| CANISIUS, DANIEL | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Reflecting Circle = AMST. | Daniél Canisius; owner? | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; RSW. |
| CANIVET, JACQUES | France, fl.1743-74, MIM OIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL; dated ones range from 1750-72. | nephew, pupil of, and successor to Claude Langlois; "Ingénieur du Roi" and "Ingénieur en Instruments de Mathématique de Messieurs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences" (1756-74); Master of the "Corporation des fondeurs, 1743; took over Jean-Baptiste Lordelle's shop sign; took apprentices; made many instruments for Courtanvaux; succeeded by Lennel. | Place de la Marché Neuf (1743); à la Sphère, Quai de l'Horloge (1747); both on the Ile de la Cité, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3; Courtanvaux; Trois Siècles; Wynter and Turner; Coffeen 14; Michel 3; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Augarde; RSW. |
| CANNON, F.W. | England, | see W.F. Cannon. | RSW. | ||
| CANNON, W. | England, c.1820-40, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1980). | surely W.F. Cannon. | Shadwell. | RSW. |
| CANNON, W.F. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Soth. 10/28/86, MYS, Seamans Institute, New York; Marine Compass = OMM; Octants, ebony = Pugsley Sale, Christie-SK 2/9/84. | compass and octant signed "W.F. Canon"; Institute sextant signed "W.K. Cannon"; surely the same man. | 177 Shadwell; 175 High Street, Shadwell; both in London. | USNM; RSW. |
| CANOVA, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Halesworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| CANTERO, FRAN. DE LA FUENTE | Spain, MIM | Dividers = MAA. | RSW. | ||
| CANTI, C.A. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 10/26/83, Soth. 4/28/88. | X has first address; Phillips has the other and may be for C.A. Canti 2. | Malling, Kent; 16 Brooke Street, Holborn (London). | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANTI, C.A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 2/4/77. | X signed "C.A. Canti, Jr." | 59 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANTI, C.A., AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 16 Brooke Street, Holborn (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| CANTI, E. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 2/19/70. | Town Malling, Kent. | RSW. | |
| CANTLEY | England, c.1726, MIM | sundial maker; taught James Ferguson the art. | Earle. | ||
| CANTON, J. | England, 1753, PHIM | Electroscope, 1753 = DEU. | London. | Wheatland 2. | |
| CANTONI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | "Warranted." | Horsham. | RSW. |
| CANTY, C.A. | see C.A. Canti 2. | London. | RSW. | ||
| CANTZLER | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Kantzler? | Daumas 1. | ||
| CANVA, FRANCISCO ANTON | Spain, NIM | Marine Compass = ROM. | Barcelona. | Price 2. | |
| CANZ, GIOVANNI | Italy, MIM | Sandglass = TRE; Marine Compass = TRE. | Trieste. | RSW. | |
| CANZIUS, JACOB HENDRIK ONDERDEWYNGAART | see Onderdewyngaart Canzius. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Brieux 2; Crommelin 1; Multhauf 1; KEN; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet. | |||
| CAPADORA, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 6/6/75. | may be variant spelling for "Capoduro." | Cirencester. | RSW. |
| CAPADURO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Deal. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPADURO, DOMENICO | England, c.1830, OIM | Lombard Street, Margate. | Taylor 2(1793). | ||
| CAPELLA, J. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | Coventry. | RSW. | |
| CAPELLA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be L. Casella. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CAPELLA, MICHAEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "M. Capella" with address. | 53 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. |
| CAPELLI | England, PHIM | made barometers; see Stringa and Capelli. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPI | France, pre-1782, PHIM | Barometer = COR. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | |
| CAPILUPI, GIULIO | Italy, 1609, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1609 = P.C. | designed a universal sundial; author. | Mantua. | Morpurgo 1; RSW. |
| CAPO, ANTHONY | Ireland, fl.1819-54, OIM PHIM | Barometer, 1819 = X. | spelled "Cappo" from 1839 on; optician. | 154 Millfield (1819-20); 164 Millfield 1839-40); 168 Millfield (1843-46); 160 Millfield (1850-54); all in Belfast. | G. Fennell; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| CAPPI, WILLIAM | England, fl.1844-50, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 11 Bakers Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Dewhirst. | |
| CAPPO, JOSEPH 1 | Ireland, fl.1835-80, PHIM | weather-glass maker; philosophical and chemical instrument maker; may be related to and successor to Anthony Cappo. | 168 Millfield (1835); 202 North Street (1839); 164 Millfield (1840); 147 Millfield (1856); 24 Portland Street (1858); 14 Portland Street (1860-61); 5 Portland Place (1863-80); all in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CAPPO, JOSEPH 2 | Scotland, fl.1847-53, PHIM | made hydrometers. | Buchanan Court, 75 Argyll Street (1847-52); 404 Parliamentary Road (1853); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| CAPPO, JOSHUA | Ireland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CAPPY | France, 1767-80, PHIM | Thermometers = CNAM; Barometers = CNAM. | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPPY ET MOSSY | France, fl.1768-80, PHIM | Aerometer = CNAM; Thermometer = CNAM; Barometer = D.(1970); Weather Instrument = D.(1970). | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPPY ET NEVEU | France, 1776, PHIM | Thermometer, 1776 = CNAM. | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPRA, ALLESSANDRO | Italy, c.1678, | invented a hodometer. | Bologna. | Morpurgo 1; Weil 2. | |
| CAPRA, BALDASSAR | Italy, c.1580-1626, | claimed to have been making sectors for six years in 1607. | Milan. | Daumas 1; DSB; Gunther 2. | |
| CAPRANI, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPRANI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPUCCINI, NETO | Italy, 1812, MIM | Sundial, 1812 = P.C. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| CAR. PL. | see Carolus Platus. | Michel 3. | |||
| CARACIA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edenbridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARACIA, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 1/26/90. | Edenbridge, Kent. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CARAFA, GIOVANNI | Italy, c.1550, MIM | globe maker. | Rome? | Globus, Dec., 1956. | |
| CARCANI | variant spelling for "Carcany", which see. | RSW. | |||
| CARCANO | France, | Carcanô; see Carcany. | |||
| CARCANY | France, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), BEK; Barometers = P-B 3/18/39, Koller Nov. 1968; Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/4/92. | P-B signed "Carcanô"; Koller signed "Carcani"; Soth signed "Carcano." | Place Dauphine No. 2, Paris. | RSW. |
| CARD, CHARLES | England, fl.1785-1820, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1776; free in the Company, Nov. 1, 1785; took apprentices. | Martlett Court, Bow Street, Covent Gardens (1786); 10 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane (1788-20); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CARDAN | England, c.1600, MIM | Gunther 2. | |||
| CARE | Italy, 1778, MIM | Quadrant, 1778 = X. | Venice. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Hamilton 2. | |
| CAREY | misreading for Cary. | ||||
| CAREY, J. AND W. | England, | misreadimg for J. and W. Cary. | Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 11/28/24. | ||
| CARGRAVE | England, 1778, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1778 = Leyburn, Yorks. | also signed "J.B."; full name may be "J.B. Cargrave." | RSW. | |
| CARINALLI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARIOLI, A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 4/17/86, 10/20/89. | Whitby. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CARITAT, H. | USA, c.1799, MIM | astronomical instrument maker? | 153 Broadway, New York. | Bedini 1. | |
| CARK, PAUL | MIM SIM | Graphometer = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| CARLAW, DAVID | Scotland, 1832-1907, MIM | Drafting Protractor = Soth. 12/19/66-38 = FRK = RSM. | apprenticed to Thomas Rankine Gardner in 1846; made instruments for Lord Kelvin. | South Portland Street (1860); Sydney Court, 62 Argyle Street (1865-71); Havelock Buildings, 75 East Howard Street (1872-74); Ropewalk Lane (1875-97); Finnieston Street (1897-1907); all in Glasgow. | Frank; House; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CARLILL, JOHN | England, c.1837, MIM NIM OIM | Northside, Old Dock, Hull. | Taylor 2(2093). | ||
| CARLL, JOHANN | Germany, 1587-1665, MIM | Bow Compass = NUR WI-1532. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| CARLO DI NAPOLI | see Jean-Justin Ciampini. | Nachet. | |||
| CARLO, CRINDEL | misreading for Carlo Grindel. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CARMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARNIVET | see Canivet. | Evans 1; RSW. | |||
| CARNOVA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Charlesworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAROANI | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Koller Oct. 1969. | Rue et Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAROCHE, C. | France, c.1792, OIM | made a twenty-two-foot telescope; may be "Carochez." | USNM. | ||
| CAROCHET | France, | see Carochez. | Nachet. | ||
| CAROCHEZ, NOEL-SIMON | France, fl.1767-1813, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Folding Square = P.C.; Graphometer = Chayette 6/28/86; Telescope = Prin Coll; Angle Barometer = D.(1988). | Noël-Simon Carochez; apprenticed to P. Vallée, 1759; turned over to Berin de la Croix, 1761; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi"; "Opticien de Monsieur"; inventoried Passsement's estate, 1769; made achromatic lenses and physical instruments, etc. | Le Pont Nôtre Dame, côte de Saint-Denys-de-la-Chartre (1769); Rue de la Pelleterie (1774); Quai de l'Horloge (1789);last two on the Ile de la Cité; Place de Cambrai (1792); Place de Grève, près l'Hôtel de Ville (no date); all in Paris. | Augarde; Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CAROCHEZ, VEUVE | France, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CARON, VEUVE | France, c.1770-72, OIM | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | ||
| CARONCHEZ | France, 18th Century, MIM | Square = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | probably Carochez. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CARONNI | France, PHIM | made wheel barometers. | Rue de Faubourg St. Antoine, à côte de la fontaine de la rue Charone, Paris. | ? | |
| CAROUCHER | France, MIM | Square = Evans Coll. | probably Carochez. | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| CARPANTIER, J. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Level = A-P 3/15/76. | possibly a misreading of J. Carpentier. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CARPENTER | England, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Soth.-S 7/23/87. | made an improved compound folding microscope; surely Philip Carpenter. | 24 Regent [Street], London. | RSW. |
| CARPENTER AND WESTLEY | England, fl.1835-1900+, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = X, KEN, OXF, D.(1972); Octant with telescopic sights = P.C.; Opera Glasses = WHI; Microscopes = BIL, Soth. 12/8/69, 2/8/83 and 10/3/88; Telescope = Soth. 12/13/65; Level = P. and S. 4/21/1898; Sector, Rule with Protractor, Parallel Rule, ivory = D.(1984). | Philip Carpenter; dealt also in globes; T.C. | 111 New Street, Birmingham (1835); 24 Regent Street (1838); 21 Regent Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1795); Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Purtle; Moskowitz 108; Coffeen B; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1 & 6; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| CARPENTER, PHILIP | England, fl.1817-38, MIM OIM | Compass = WHI; Spy Glass = Susquehanna County Historical Society, Pa.; Microscopes = KEN, P.C.(3), WHI, Christie 12/17/75, Soth. 3/25/86, D.(1995); Telescope, 7-draw = D. (1997). | optician; made Brewster's kaleidoscope; T.C.; see Carpenter and Westley; the London shop was called "Microcosm"; D. signed "Carpenter's Improved Microscope for Opake and transparent Objects, 24 Regent Street, London." | Bath Row (1817); 111 New Street (1824); 33 Navigation Street (1829); all in Birmingham; 24 Regent Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1794); KEN; Calvert 2; USNM; Gunther 2; Whipple 1; Moskowitz 108; Bryden 9; Crawforth 1; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| CARPENTER, THOMAS | England, c.1830, NIM | compass maker. | New Canal Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1794). | |
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, OIM | optician. | Inge Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CARPENTIER, J. | France, c.1877, PHIM | Galvanometer = D. | succeeded Ruhmkorff at his death. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brieux 1. |
| CARPENTIERE, ANDRIES | France, c.1750, MIM | garden sundial at Dunham Massey attributed to him. | RSW. | ||
| CARR, GRIFFITH | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1718. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CARR, H. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood = Newcastle Science and Engineering Museum. | RSW. | ||
| CARR, JOHN | England, c.1823, | devised way to increase field of view of telescopes. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1503). | |
| CARRARESI, GIOVANNI | Italy, fl.1851-54, PHIM | made electrical apparatus. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | |
| CARRE, E. | Germany, c.1840, PHIM | Electrostatic Apparatus = D. | E. Carré. | Brieux 3. | |
| CARRE, PAUL | France, 1652, NIM | Holland Circle, 1652 = OXF. | Paul Carré; punchmark is a heart pierced by an arrow. | Paris. | Maison Française. |
| CARREW, JOHN WILLIAM | England, fl.1836-58, MIM PHIM | Taylor thought he was John Carrew. | 18 Wapping Lane (1836-40); 13 Wapping Lane (1842-58); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2094). | |
| CARRIEU | France, c.1840, MIM SIM | Surveying Circle = D.(1986). | "Ecole de chalons." | Coffeen 13. | |
| CARROCHEZ | see Carochez. | Daumas 1. | |||
| CARROLL, NICHOLAS | England, 1842, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1842 = P.C. | Rattoo. | RSW. | |
| CARRON, JEAN FRANCOIS | France, 1787, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set, 1787 = MADEX-473. | Jean François Carron. | MADEX. | |
| CARRY | see Cary. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3. | |||
| CARSARTELLY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably variant of "Casartelli." | Goodison 1. | |
| CARSATELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably a variant of "Casartelli." | Goodison 1. | |
| CARTA, GEORGE | England, fl.1839=52, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker. | 252 High Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARTAILIER | France, MIM SIM | Graphometers = PSH, Soth. 11/13/61 = D.(1965), Ineichen 6/7/75, 10/20/75. | some may be same instrument. | Avignon. | Paris 1900; RSW. |
| CARTARIUS | see Mario Cartaro. | ||||
| CARTARO, MARIO | Italy, fl.1560-91, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1577 = ROM(2), FLO; Terrestrial Globe, 1577 = ROM. | also signed as "Cartarius." | Viterbo; Rome; Naples. | Bonelli 4; Michel 3; Italian Inventory; Globus, Dec. 1956; Tooley 1; Bedini 12. |
| CARTE, JOHN | England, fl.1695-1703, MIM | Altitude Sundials with perpetual calendars = OXF; KEN. | member of the Clockmakers' Company; author; advertised a "Great Geographical Clock." | Coventry; Dial and Crown near Essex Street, Strand; Lombard Street (1696); Garden Court, Middle Temple; all in London. | Taylor 1(495); Dewhirst; Britten; Gunther 2 and 6; Michel 3. |
| CARTER | Englandc.1740, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1968). | Ripon. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, FREDK. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, G. | England, c.1830, OIM | Refracting Telescope = Bearne's 2/17/92. | with stand and case. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| CARTER, HENRY | England, fl.pre-1717 to post-1724, MIM | took Anthony Lamb, his nephew?, as an apprentice, 1717-24. | near St. Clement's Church, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(154a); Baber; Smart 1; Bedini 7. | |
| CARTER, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | 61 Cornhill (London). | RSW. | |
| CARTER, N. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/7/86. | Salisbury. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, THOMAS | England, fl.1784-1811, | made instrument cases. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| CARTILLA, CARMELO | Italy, 1720, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1720 = ROM. | Turin. | Michel 3; Tooley; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |
| CARTLAND, GEORGE | Ireland, 1824, OIM | optician. | 8 Rosemary Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CARTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1721, | free in the Joiners' Company in 1721; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CARTWRIGHT AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | see C. Cartwright and Son. | Preston. | RSW. |
| CARTWRIGHT, C., AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM PHIM | Student's Microscope = Soth. 6/8/70. | Preston. | RSW. | |
| CARUGHI | England, | see Gugeri and Carughi. | |||
| CARUGHI, PAUL | England, fl.1839-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1976), Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | also made thermometers; see Gugeri and Carughi; see Paul Carughi and Co.; Phillips-Leeds signed "P. Carughi, High Holborn." | 15 Brook Street (1839); 128 Holborn (1841-43); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1844-45); 38 Brook Street (1846-47); 139 High Holborn (1852-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CARUGHI, PAUL, AND CO. | England, pre-1846, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | London. | Dewhirst. | |
| CARVALHO DA COSTA, ANTONIO | Portugal, 1650-1714, | designed a mariner's astrolabe. | Lisbon. | Weil 2(25). | |
| CARVER | see Baker, Carver and Morrell. | RSW. | |||
| CARVER, ISAAC | England, fl.1667-1728, MIM | Sectors, ivory = KEN (1683), P.C. (1704); Everard-type Slide Rules = P.C. (1686), OXF (1688), KEN (1689); Level, 1696 = GEL; Goniometer, 1696 = GEL; Slide Rules = KEN (1700, 1713), OXF, Soth. 7/15/63; Triangular Sector, 1704 = D.(1975); Globe Sundial, 1708 = X; Log Slide Rule, wood, 1710 = P.C.; Drawing Instrument = GEL. | author, 1687; T.C.; watchmaker; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; took apprentices. | Sign of the Globe Dial, Horseley Down, Southwark, London, (1696-1728). | Taylor 1(313); Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Maistrov 3; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; KEN; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1 & 3; A.J. Turner 10; Delehar 9; RSW |
| CARVER, JACOB | England, c.1715, MIM | son of Isaac Carver; T.C.; made slide rules and gauges. | Globe Dial, Horseleydown, Southwark; Atlas and Quadrant, near Cherry-Garden Stairs on Rotherhith Wall; both in London. | Taylor 2(33); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; KEN; Daumas 1. | |
| CARVER, SAMUEL | misprint for Jacob Carver in Index. | Daumas 1. | |||
| CARWARDINE, PHILIP | England, c.1674, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| CARY 1 | England, 1783-1859, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, globes, sextants, microscopes, theodolites, etc. | family of instrument makers; it is difficult to distinguish between the work of John (1), John (2), William, George (1), or George (2) Cary. | 181 Strand; 272 Strand (1786-91); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(810, 935, 1290); Wynter 1; Coffeen C; Gunther 2 and 6; Moskowitz 103; Whipple 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Pipping 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| CARY 2 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | Andrew Cary. | London. | RSW. |
| CARY AND CO. | England, fl.1856-1900+, MIM OIM | T.C.; established in 1765; last owned by Henry Porter; "late of 181 Strand, London, W.C." | 7 Pall Mall, two doors east from Waterloo Place, London, S.W. | Calvert 2; Moskowitz 132. | |
| CARY'S | England, 1811, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1811 = ADL-W56. | made by one of the Carys. | RSW. | |
| CARY, ANDREW | see Cary 2. | RSW. | |||
| CARY, FRANCIS | England, 1756-1836, MIM | brother of John (1), George (1), and William Cary; globemaker. | London. | Yonge. | |
| CARY, G. AND L. | England, | misreading for George (20) and John (2) Cary. | Chenekal 3. | ||
| CARY, GEORGE (2) AND JOHN (2) | England, fl.1821-53, MIM SIM | Pairs of Globes = MLL, Soth. 2/25/86; Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 9/20/83 (1821), USNM(2) (1828), USNM(2) (1838). | brothers; George Cary 2 and John Cary 2; succeeded their uncle William Cary, in 1825 and their father, John Cary 1, in 1831; usually signed "G. and J. Cary." | 86 St. James's ; 181 Strand (1825-56); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(695, 810, 1290); Chenekal 3; KEN; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Yonge; RSW. |
| CARY, GEORGE 1 | England, d.1830, MIM | brother of John (1), Francis and William Cary; globemaker. | London. | Yonge. | |
| CARY, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1821-59, MIM NIM OIM | son of John Cary 1; brother of John Cary 2; see George (2) and John (2) Cary; globe maker; succeeded by George Frederick Cruchley. | 86 St. James's; 181 Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(1290); KEN; Yonge. | |
| CARY, J. AND C. | misreading for J. and W. Cary. | USNM. | |||
| CARY, J. AND W. | England, fl.1780-1828, MIM NIM | makers of globes and nautical instruments, their work is found in many museums. | John (1) and William Cary; brothers, and father and uncle, respectively, to John (2) and George (2) Cary. | 181 Strand (1780); 272 Strand (to 1820); both in London. | Taylor 2(695 and 810); USNM; Chenekal 1; KEN; Catalogus der Bibliotheek; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CARY, JOHN 1 | England, 1754-1835 fl.1783-1831, MIM NIM | globe and map maker; worked with his brothers, William Cary and George Cary 1; retired in 1831; father of George (2) and John (2) Cary; see J. and W. Cary. | 181 Arundel Street, Strand (1783); 181 Strand (1792); 85/6 St. James's Street (1821); all in London. | Taylor 2(695); KEN; Price 3; Ward 4; Yonge. | |
| CARY, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1791-1853, MIM | globe maker; worked with his brother, George (2), as G. and J. Cary; son of John Cary 1. | 86 St. James's; 181 Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(1290); Moskowitz 103; KEN; Yonge. | |
| CARY, W. AND J. | England, c.1822, MIM | Terrestrial (1815) and Celestial (1822) Globes on clock = Town Museum, Oslo. | William and John (1) Cary; clock by James Shearer. | 272 The Strand, London (1786). | RSW. |
| CARY, WILLIAM | England, 1759-1825, MIM NIM OIM | Terrestrial Globe = Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington, Va.; Slide Rule for currency conversion, wood and paper, 1815 = OXF; Stand for Astronomical Sextant = CMY; Microscope = CMY; Meridian Telescope = DRE; Slide Rule, chemical = P.C. | apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden; worked with older brother, John Cary 1, 1786; T.C.; worked alone from 1789; the name of the shop continued as William Cary until 1891; also brother of George (1) and Francis Cary. | 272 Strand (1786); No.182 Strand near Norfolk Street (1794); 181 Strand (1794-1825); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(810); Maddison 1; Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Wheatland 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1 & 6; J.A. Bennett 2; Delehar 9; RSW; Yonge. |
| CARZATELLI | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Longleat House, Wilts. | à la Tour d'Argent, rue et Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAS. BU. | see Caspar Buschmann 1. | Michel 2; Bobinger 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| CASA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CASARETELLI | England, | probaly the same as Casartelli. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CASARTELLI 1 | England, MIM PHIM | Anemometer = P.C.; Level = Phillips 10/5/76. | mining instrument maker; could be Joseph or Lewis (2) Casartelli. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| CASARTELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | similar to one by Charles Molliner. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI 3 | England, c.1847, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be Anthony or Joseph Casartelli. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| CASARTELLI 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 5/1/86. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CASARTELLI, A. 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Anthony Casartelli 1 or 2. | Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, A. 2 | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 2 Fade Street, Dublin. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY (1) AND JOSEPH | England, fl.1845-49, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-West Sussex 12/13/83; Marine Barometers = X(2), Soth. 6/6/75; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | instruments signed "A. and J. Casartelli"; opticians. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY 1 | England, 1802-59, PHIM | optician; made barometers and thermometers; Antonio Giovanni Casartelli; worked from 1845-59. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105. | |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY 2 | England, 1830-81, PHIM | Giovanni Antonio Santino Casartelli; worked with Anthony (1) and Joseph Casartelli; made barometers. | 11 Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI, J., AND SON 1 | England, MIM SIM | Miner's Surveying Compasses = D.(1970), Christie-SK 4/17/86. | surely Joseph L. Casartelli and Son. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, J., AND SON 2 | England, OIM | Microscope, simple = FRK-M331. | Salford. | Frank. | |
| CASARTELLI, JOSEPH L. | England, 1822-1900, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972); Bubble Level = D.(1973); Surveying Instruments = Soth.-NY 2/23/79, RSM; Dickinson's Anemometer = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Miner's Surveying Compass = Phillips 2/2/84; Theodolite = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Mining Dial = P.C. (1987); Soho-type Slide Rule = P.C. | barometer signed "J.L. Casartelli"; the rest signed "J. Casartelli"; Giuseppe Luigi Casartelli, great-nephew of Lewis Casartelli 1; worked with Anthony Casartelli 1, 1845-49, in Liverpool; succeeded to the business of his brothers-in-law, John B. and Joshua Ronchetti (2), in Manchester in 1851; T.C. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool (1845-49); 42 Market Street, Manchester (1851-on). | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 105; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, LEWIS 1 | England; Italy, 1784-1860 fl.1810-45, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Octant = GEP; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 10/31/90. | Luigi Antonio Casartelli; succeeded by his nephew and great-nephew, Anthony Casartelli 1 and Joseph L. Casartelli; retired to Italy in 1845; also made thermometers. | 37 King Street (1820-32); 39 King Street (1821, 1824, 1826); 37/8 King Street (1823); 36 King Street (1827, 1829); 30 King Street (1832); 132 King Street (1834-43); 134 Duke Street (1834); 133 King Street (1834-37); 20 Duke Street (1835-43); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1505); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, LEWIS 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASATI | Italy, c.1800, PHIM | made thermometers. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CASATI, FRERES | France, NIM | Octant = LAS. | Casati Frères. | Marseilles. | RSW. |
| CASATI, PIERRE | France, c.1750, PHIM | Thermometer of Lyons = KEN. | Lyon. | KEN. | |
| CASBOIS, DOM | France, c.1793, PHIM | designed a new type of barometer tube. | Metz. | Middleton 1. | |
| CASE | Holland, c.1685, OIM | made telescopes; optician. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; Huygens. | |
| CASE, WILLIAM | England, c.1827, MIM | 22 Crown Street, Finsbury Square, London. | Taylor 2(1506). | ||
| CASELLA | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | a firm that still exists today; originated with Louis Paschel Casella. | London. | Price 12; Whipple 1; Gunther 2; Moskowitz 105; RSW. |
| CASELLA AND CO. 1 | England, post-1840, PHIM | Lewis Casella; specialized in thermometers. | Taylor 2(1796). | ||
| CASELLA AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Louis Casella and Co. | London. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105. |
| CASELLA AND TAGLIABUE | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | Louis Casella and Caesar Tagliabue; barometer makers; succeeded Tagliabue and Casella; succeeded by Louis Casella and Co. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASELLA, C.F., AND CO. LTD. | England, c.1875, MIM | Alidade = ADL-W165. | London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| CASELLA, LEWIS | Scotland; England, fl.1833-38, MIM PHIM | Diptych Sundial, boxwood = WHI. | marked "Sundial and Compass"; specialized in thermometers; later became Casella and Co. 1. | London. | Taylor 2(1796); Bryden 16; Morrison-Low. |
| CASELLA, LOUIS PASCHEL | England, fl.1844-97, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, sextants, sundials, microscopes, etc. | "Maker to the Admiralty"; "Maker to the Admiralty and Ordnance"; most instruments signed "Casella London" or "L. Casella London"; worked with Tagliabue from 1846-48. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1796); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Middleton 4; Coffeen D; Pipping 1; Price 12; Whipple 1; Gunther 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CASELLA, LOUIS, AND CO. | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1983). | barometer makers; succeeded Casella and Tagliabue; "Instruments Makers to the Admiralty and Government of America", 1856; "Instrument makers to the East India Co.and Board of Trade", 1860. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASELLI, ANTONIUS | Italy, c.1692, MIM | Sectors = D.(1965), Musée Lombard, Geneva. | the dealer's sector is signed "Antonius Caselli faciabat Luiz." | Luiz. | Brophy; RSW. |
| CASERTELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely one of the Casartellis. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| CASHEE, R. | misreading for Richard Cushee. | Christie 10/31/67; Yonge. | |||
| CASS, DANIEL | England, c.1798, MIM | apprenticed to William Moris of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 2, 1794; turned over to John Fentiman, member of the Tiler and Bricklayers' Company on June 23, 1798. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CASSARD, ANDRE | France, 1423, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1423 = Saint-Etienne Church, Bourges. | André Cassard; worked under the direction of Johanne Fusoris. | Bourges. | Gunther 1. |
| CASSAROTI | England, PHIM | see Bordoli and Cassaroti. | Stampford. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASSEGRAIN, GUILLAUME | France, c.1672, | Sieur Guillaume Cassegrain; developed the type of reflecting telescope which carries his name. | Chartres; Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; H.C. King 1; L. Bell; DSB. | |
| CASSELI | Italy, MIM | Military Compass = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| CASSELLIS | MIM | Universal Ring Sun Dial = SWE. | mathematics and optics professor. | RSW. | |
| CASSEVA, GENERA | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | Stourbridge. | Taylor 2(1797); RSW. | |
| CASSINI, GIAN DOMENICO | Italy; France, 1625-1712, OIM | Cassini I; first Director of the Paris Observatory, 1669-c.1710; repaired the meridian of Bologna in 1655; designed telescopes; author; made a 136-foot telescope; made an improvement to the barometer in 1673. | Bologna; Paris. | Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; DSB. | |
| CASSINI, JACQUES | France, 1677-1756, OIM | Cassini II; directed the Paris Observatory from c.1710 to 1740; helped his father, Gian Domenico Cassini, in the restoration of the meridian of the Church of San Petronio in Bologna, in 1695. | Paris. | DSB. | |
| CASSINI, JACQUES DOMINIQUE | France1748-1845, OIM | Cassini IV; director of the Paris Observatory from 1784 to 1793; attempted to have a seven-foot quadrant cast in one piece; The DSB says that his name was Jean Dominique Cassini. | Daumas 1; DSB. | ||
| CASSINI, P. GIOVANNI MARIA, C.R.S. | Italy, fl.1790-92, MIM | Set of Celestial Gores, 1792 = ADL-A302; Pair of Globes = D.(1976); Celestial Globes, 1792 = ROM, etc.; Terrestrial Globes, 1790 = ROM, NMM, P.C., Bib. Mun., Ancona. | ADL gores are for an 8.5 cm. globe. | Rome. | Bonelli 4; Daumas 1; Italian Inventory; NMM 2; Globus, Nov. 1954; ADL; RSW. |
| CASSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1814-22, OIM | George Terrace, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(1291). | ||
| CASSON, RUSSELL | England, 1727, MIM | Sundial, 1727 = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| CASTEL, JACQUES THOMAS | France, 1710-72, MIM | Orrery Clock, 1763 = Christie 6/22/89; Analemmatic Sundial, 1769 = PMM; Sundial, 1769 = Lab. de Physique du Collège de France; Meridian Sundials = MADEX-176, 178 = PSH. | secretary to the King, 1758-74; designed window sundial at Oxford, made by Baradelle; invented and made sundials giving true time. | Rue Neuve Saint Roch (1758-71); Rue Neuve des Bons Enfants; both in Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Paris 1900; MADEX; Gunther 6; RSW. |
| CASTELLA, L. | England, MIM | Compass, ivory = Christie 11/8/66-11. | probably misreading for L. Casella. | London. | RSW. |
| CASTELLETTI, JOHN | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "John Casteleti." | High Street, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| CASTELLI, CARLO | Italy, c.1800, | devised philosophical instruments. | Milan. | Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| CASTIGONE | France, c.1831, OIM | Opera Glass = WHI. | Paris. | Whipple 1. | |
| CASTLEMAINE, EARL OF | England, | see Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine. | Bryden 11; Gunther 3; Taylor 1(402, 406). | ||
| CASWELL | England, c.1690, | devised a nocturnal, made by Prujean. | Gunther 2. | ||
| CATAILIER | France, | see Cartailier. | Ineichen, 1975. | ||
| CATALINI, SIMONE | Italy, 1720, NIM | Marine Compass, 1720 = GEP. | Livorno. | RSW. | |
| CATELLI AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be C. Catelli and Co. or Catelli and Co. 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATELLI AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATELLI, C., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976). | D. is signed "Catelli and Co. Hereford." | Hereford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CATELLI, G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | see C. Catelli and Co. | Hereford. | RSW. |
| CATMUR, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1838-40, MIM OIM PHIM | 28 Chamber Street, Goodman's Field, London. | Taylor 2(2096). | ||
| CATON, W. | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscope = Clay Coll. | Taylor 2(1507); Clay and Court. | ||
| CATTANEO | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | family of barometer makers including Austin, Henry, John, Joseph and Philip in various partnerships. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reigate. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. 2 | England, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers, watches and clocks; partnership of Henry and Philip Cattaneo and Joseph Fattorini. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, AUSTIN | England, pre-1838, OIM PHIM | optician; made barometers; in partnership with Henry and John Cattaneo, Peter Ballarini and Joseph Fattorini. | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, H., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Henry Cattaneo and Co. | York. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTANEO, HENRY | England, 1806-60, PHIM | in partnership with Joseph Cattaneo, 1838-48; see Austin Cattaneo; see Cattaneo and Co. 2. | Kings Staith (pre-1838); 12 Castlegate (1838-48); 2 St. Martins Lane (1851); all in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOHN | England, pre-1838, PHIM | see Austin Cattaneo. | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOSEPH | England, fl.1838-51, PHIM | see Joseph and Henry Cattaneo; bankrupt, 1849; in business on his own, 1851. | 12 Castlegate (1838); Minster Gates (1849); 1 South Entrance (1851); all in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOSEPH AND HENRY | England, fl.1838-48, OIM PHIM | opticians; made barometers. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, PHILIP | England, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers, clocks and watches; see Cattaneo and Co. 2. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Worcester. | RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, A. AND L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Austin Cattaneo; `L' may be `H'. | York. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTANIO, ANTHONY 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X(2). | also made thermometers. | Blackhall Street, Kidderminster. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1801). |
| CATTANIO, ANTHONY 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87, Phillips 8/12/87, Christie 4/28/89. | Market Place, Malton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, C., AND DOTTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, P. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Croyden. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, P. 2 | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 10/6/86. | Chester. | RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANO, ANTHONY | England, c.1830, | see Anthony Cattanio 1. | Taylor 2(1801). | ||
| CATTELY AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | stick has address. | 81 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTELY, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CATTENCO, A. | misreading for A. Cattanio 2. | Phillips 12/16/87. | |||
| CATTIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, 1726, MIM | Planetarium, 1727 = P.C.; Celestial Globes with clockwork = NMM-G.136 (1727), NMM-G.137 (1728), CNAM (1727), Nouveau Drouot 6/3/83 (1727), D.(1995) (1726). | "Mécanicien Horloger"; the clockwork globes were invented by Abbé D.Reginald Outhier of Besançon; the D.(1995) globe was presented to the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1727. | Fort de Plasne en Franche-Comté, Jura; Paris. | MADEX; NMM 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. |
| CAUCHOIS | France, c.1830, MIM | Garden Sundial, marble = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAUCHOIX, ROBERT AGLAE | France, 1776-1845, OIM | Lunette Murals, 1818 = USNM; Prism = USNM; Telescopes = NAC, D.; Achromatic Lens = NAC; Microscope = P.C.; Prospect Glass, with double eyepiece = D.(1976). | Robert Aglaé Cauchoix; instruments signed "Cauchoix à Paris"; made telescopes for Cambridge Observatory in 1835. | rue de la Loi (1803); rue des Amandiers-Sainte-Geneviève; 27 Quai Voltaire (1819); Quai Voltaire No. 17; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Gunther 3; Moskowitz 113; RSW. |
| CAUCIGH, R.P. MICHAEL | Austria, 1726, | invented a type of celestial globe, 1726, made by J. Beckher. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Globus Dec., 1956. | |
| CAUMONT, M. | France, c.1820, MIM | Sundial, large = Dijon. | laid out on the ground. | Gatty; Earle. | |
| CAUS, SALOMAN DE | France, 1644, MIM | author; made sundials. | Moreux. | ||
| CAVAGNOLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1665, MIM SIM | Alidade with altimeter scale, 1665 = BRP; Cicumferentor, 1665 = BRP. | Piace. | RSW. | |
| CAVALIERI | Italy, c.1660, | developed a type of telescope. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CAVALIERO, JOSEPH-MARIA | Italy, 1770, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials in shape of casket = OXF (1770), U. of Naples (1769). | Baron of San Caetano; owner; U. of Naples is silver. | Naples. | Michel 3; Gunther 2; Regozzino and Schettino; RSW. |
| CAVALLERI | Italy, c.1845, OIM | made reflecting microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| CAVALLI, ATANAGIO | Italy, PHIM | made meteorological instruments. | Asti; Rome. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| CAVALLO, TIBERIUS | Italy; England, 1749-1809, | invented an electrometer in 1777; modified the air pump; lived most of his life in England; F.R.S.; author. | Naples; London. | Wolf; G.L'E. Turner 24; DSB; DND; Middleton 1. | |
| CAVE, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1750-80, MIM SIM | Compasses = X, P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundial, 1780 = WHI; Horizontal Sundial, oval = WHI; Mathematical Instrument = WHI; Circumferentors = Soth. 3/11/63-115, Soth.-PB pre-1980; Surveying Compass = D.(1982). | WHI horizontal sundial probably instrument mentioned by Clay and Court. | Dublin. | Taylor 2(811); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Price 12; Egestorff; Moskowitz 123; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CAVELLATI | Italy, MIM | Table Sundial = POR. | RSW. | ||
| CAVENDISH, SIR CHARLES | England, 1591-1652, | physicist; designed lenses. | London. | Taylor 1(124). | |
| CAVENS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carlisle. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAVERHILL AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Berwick-on-Tweed. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAVINET | France, c.1771, MIM | Micrometer = X. | probably Canivet; instrument maker of the Royal Academy of Sciences. | Paris. | Dewhirst; USNM. |
| CAVOT | France, 1747, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1747 = Soth. 5/10/54. | surely "Cadot." | Paris. | RSW. |
| CAWDLE, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.S 1/27/88. | Torquay. | RSW. | |
| CAWOOD, FRANCIS | England, fl.1709-12, MIM | made mathematical instruments; author. | Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(555); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| CAYGILL, CHRISTOPHER | England, 1747-1803, MIM | made sundials; clockmaker. | Askrigg. | Loomes. | |
| CAYTHORP | England, 17th Century, PHIM | Bell Weight = Soth. 10/3/88. | weighs twenty-eight pounds. | RSW. | |
| CECH | see Czech. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CEDEBORG, ANDREW | England, c.1798, MIM | St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(936). | ||
| CEDERSTEN, NILS GABRIEL | Sweden, c.1770, OIM | optician; apprenticed to Carl Lehnberg. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| CELEBRINI, P. | Italy, c.1680, OIM | Microscope = D. | also made telescopes. | Weil 2(19, 23). | |
| CELI, MARCUS ANTONIUS | see Marcantonio Cellio. | Clay and Court. | |||
| CELLA, AUGUSTINUS | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| CELLA, PHILIPP | Germany, 1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1831 = VNL. | Munich. | Globus, Dec. 1956, June 1962. | |
| CELLIO, MARCANTONIO | Italy, 1685, OIM | Objective Lens, 1685 = Bologna University Observatory; Microscope = D. | Bologna. | Bonelli 4; Nachet; Weil 2(19); Price 2; Clay and Court. | |
| CELLIS, M.A. | see Marcantonio Cellio. | Weil 2(23). | |||
| CELSIUS, ANDERS | Sweden, 1701-44, | designed the centigrade scale for thermometers. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 4; DSB. | ||
| CELVI, DOMENICO | misreading for Domenico Selva. | KRE; RSW. | |||
| CERF, H. | Belgium, MIM PHIM | Compass and Barometer, each in shape of watch = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | 59 Rue de la Madeleine, Brussels. | RSW. | |
| CERI AND PINI | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Ciceri and Pini. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. |
| CERMANATI AND BERNARDA | USA, c.1807, OIM PHIM | T.C.; made and sold telescopes and thermometers. | Essex Street, Salem; No. 2 State Street Boston (1807); both in Mass. | RSW. | |
| CERMENATI AND MONFRINO | USA, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Bernard Cermenati and Monfrino; made telescopes, barometers and thermometers. | No. 2 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Comstock; USNM. | |
| CERUELLATI, LUIGI | misreading for Luigi Cervellati. | RSW. | |||
| CERUTTY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = Longleat House, Wilts. | At the Tuns Lodging House, Bath. | RSW. | |
| CERVALATI, LUIGI | Italy, 1572, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1572 = Stuker (1958). | Jesuit. | RSW. | |
| CERVELLARI, GUIDO | Italy, 1805, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1805 = ROM. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CERVELLATI, LUIGI | Italy, c.1824, MIM | Magnetic Compass, gilt, 1824 = Soth. 2/1/79; Armillary Sphere = D.(1975); Sundial, pin-gnomon, in wooden box = OXF; Table Sundial = POR. | table sundial is for 44°30'; armillary sphere is marked "forma" and is of wood and paper, manuscript, Copernican. | Bologna. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| CESARINO, CESARE | Italy, 1483-1543, | claimed to have invented a hodometer. | Milan; Ferrara. | Weil 2(15). | |
| CESPEDES, DR. ANDRES GARCIA DE | 1560-1611, MIM | made reflection sundials; author. | Michel 14; Zeitlin 224. | ||
| CETTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. and J. Cetta. | Stroud. | Goodison 1. |
| CETTA, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dursley. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Stroudwater. | RSW. | |
| CETTA, J. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stroud. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTA, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CETTA, JOHN | England, fl.1838-60, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; took over Paul Carughi's shop at 15 Brook Street in 1839; was succeeded by Wheelhouse and Bercini at 40 Hatton Garden. | 7 Union Court, Black Hill, Holborn (1838); 15 Brook Street (1839-44); 14-15 Brook Street (1845-46); 40 Hatton Garden (1847-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2097). | |
| CETTEA | England, | see Gobbi and Cettea. | Nottingham. | Bell 2. | |
| CETTI 1 | Italy; England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Henley. | Goodison 1; Morpurgo 1; NAWCC Bull. | |
| CETTI 2 | England, c.1853, PHIM | see Pastorelli and Cetti. | 11 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI AND CO. 1 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94. | may be same as Cetti and Co. 2, before they moved to London. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| CETTI AND CO. 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Phillips 4/10/83; Soth-S 7/23/87; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/83. | probably John or Joseph Cetti. | 54 Red Lion Street; 25 Red Lion Street; both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; NAWCC, April 1969; RSW. |
| CETTI, A. 1 | Denmark, c.1770-80, OIM PHIM | Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | T.C. in Danish and French. | corner of Gothersgade and Storekongensgade No. 29, Copenhagen. | Price 2; RSW. |
| CETTI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, DUDLEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 6/6/75. | RSW. | ||
| CETTI, E. | England, c.1740, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | London. | USNM; Goodison 1; "Antiques" Nov. 1942. | |
| CETTI, FRA | Italy; Sweden, 1803-79, PHIM | Stick Barometer, No. 353, 1818 = NOR; Stick Barometer = NOR; Thermometers = STM(2). | Francesco Cetti; meteorological instrument maker to the Swedish Royal Academy, 1830; partner with C.E. Collin. | Stockholm (1821 on). | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| CETTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | physical instrument maker. | Buckingham. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| CETTI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | either Joseph or John Cetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1816-39, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | probably Joseph Cetti. | 25 Red Lion Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 3 | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | John Cetti and Co.; succeeded Joseph Cetti and Co. | 25 Red Lion Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1977). | 24 Bullion Street, Holborn, London. | Wynter 1. | |
| CETTI, JOHN | England, PHIM | see J. Cetti and Co. 1 and 3. | RSW. | ||
| CETTI, JOHN, AND CO. | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | barometer makers; succeeded Joseph Cetti. | 25 Red Lion Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely Joseph Cetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, fl.1802-39, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded by John Cetti and Co. | 3 Long Lane, Smithfield (1802); 54 Red Lion Street (1803-15); 25 Red Lion Street (1816-39); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CEULEN, JAN VAN, THE ELDER | Holland, fl.1682-1715, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1682 = Soth. 3/5/59; Planetarium = LEY; Clock = LEY. | The Hague. | Michel 3. | |
| CEULEN, JEAN VAN, LE JEUNE | Holland, MIM | Astronomical Table Clock = ADL-M390; Repetition Watch = Pierpont Morgan Coll. | The Hague. | Engelmann 1; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| CEULEN, JOHANNES VAN | see Johannes van Keulen. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |||
| CEULL, JOHANN | c.1630, MIM | Proportional Compass = NUR. | Price 2. | ||
| CEVIN | misreading for Sevin. | Soth. 7/31/58. | |||
| CEVIN, P. | misreading for "P. Sevin." | Soth. 6/23/87; Christie-G 5/13/86. | |||
| CHACOT | France, c.1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CHADBURN 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | probably A. Chadburn, which see; see Chadburn and Co.; see Chadburn and Wright; see Chadburn Brothers. | Sheffield. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| CHADBURN 2 | England, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1971); Microscope = Soth. 3/22/76; Telescope = Phillips 10/5/76; Proportional Dividers and Sector, ivory = Soth. 10/27/69; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/20/88; Wheel Barometer = New House 9/10/93. | optician; "Instrument Maker to H.R.H. Prince Albert"; branch of the Sheffield business. | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; ATG 8/28/93; RSW. |
| CHADBURN AND CO. | England, fl.1830-33, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded William Chadburn. | 40 Ladys Bridge, Nursery Street (1830); 23 Nursery Street (1833); both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHADBURN AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Level = Phillips 4/20/83; Stick Barometer = Bearnes 11/12/86; Telescope = Soth. 2/8/83. | "Opticians." | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| CHADBURN AND WRIGHT | England, c.1830, OIM | Achromatic Telescope = D. | 40 Nursery Street; The Wicker; both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1509); RSW. | |
| CHADBURN BROTHERS | England, fl.1837-84, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(3), Soth.-C 10/9/86; Martin-type Microscope = Soth. 6/23/69; Telescopes = MIM, MLL; etc. | "opticians to H.R.H., the Late Prince Consort"; T.C.; see Chadburn 1. | 26 Nursery Street (1842); Albion Works, Nursery Street; both in Sheffield; 71 Lord Street; 7 Lord Street; both in Liverpool. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Chenekal 4; KEN; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHADBURN, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Model of a Beam Engine = Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| CHADBURN, CHARLES HENRY | England, fl.1845-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | optician and instrument maker to Prince Albert; factory at Sheffield is now Chadburns Ltd; T.C.; barometer is signed "C.H. Chadburn Liverpool." | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool; Albion Works, Nursery Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Calvert 2; RSW. |
| CHADBURN, JOHN | England, fl.1830, OIM | 3 Mulberry Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1802). | ||
| CHADBURN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1816-30, PHIM | made barometers; succeeded by Chadburn and Co. | 81 The Wicker (1816-17); Albion Works, 27 Nursery Street, Ladys Bridge (1830); both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHADBURN, WILLIAM, AND CO. | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | sold telescopes,barometers,sextants, compasses, etc.; wholesalers. | Albion Works, 27 Nursery Street, Ladys Bridge, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1803). | |
| CHAFFAT, ANT. DU | France, Germany, fl.1720-52, MIM | Graphometer, 1720 = ULM; Instrument, 1721 = P.C.; Protractors, with arms, 1732 = ULM(2); Drawing Set in etui = AUG; Sector, 1723 = Soth. 7/15/82-11; Sector and Level = HAK. | various signatures, "Lieutenant", "Ingénieur Lieutenant de la Ville d'Ulm", "Capitaine", "Capitaine et ingénieur de la ville d'Ulm." | Ulm; Nürnberg. | Maurice 1; Zinner 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| CHAIZY | misreading for Choizy. | Holbrook 1. | |||
| CHALAMONT | Francec.1646, OIM | made telescopes. | Aix. | Nachet. | |
| CHALKHILL, JOHN | England, c.1729, MIM | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company, Feb. 7, 1720; insolvent in 1729. | St. Giles in the Fields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CHALLAND, WILLIAM | England, 1749, MIM | (Shalland); apprenticed to Henry Burdett in the Clockmakers's Company, 1737/38-1749. | Green Arbour Court, London, 1749. | Clifton 1. | |
| CHALLEN, WM. | England?, 1777, NIM | Hadley Quadrant, 1777 = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | RSW. | ||
| CHALLICUM, W. | England, 1598, MIM | Quadrant, 1598 = D.(1965?) = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| CHALLONERE, WYLLYAM | England, c.1700, MIM | Horary Quadrant, ivory, for 52° = P.C. | London? | RSW. | |
| CHALMEL | France, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| CHALMERS, JAMES S. | Scotland, fl.1843-44, NIM | also made clocks and atches; successor to Brown and Chalmers. | 48 Bridge Street, Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| CHALONS, JEAN DE | France, d.1414, MIM | there is a circumflex over the "a" in Chalons; an associate of Johanne Fusoris. | Paris. | Poulle 1. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN AND RITCHIE | USA, fl.1850-54, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = HAR. | Nathan B. Chamberlain and Edward Samuel Ritchie. | 313 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz, 1976. |
| CHAMBERLAIN AND SON | England, fl.1852-60, PHIM | James Bradley Chamberlain and Son. | 203 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, D.H. | USA, c.1850, | patented a type of dividers. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES BRADLEY | England, fl.1830-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometer, with clock = Soth. 5/14/87. | one of the stick barometers is signed "Chamberlain"; T.C. | 37 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, opposite the London and Manchester Hat Warehouse; 203 High Holborn; both in London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N. AND N.B. | USA, fl.1841-58, MIM NIM PHIM | Hygrometer, 1855 = PEA. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N.B. AND D. | USA, fl.1844-45, MIM | Mechanical Orrery = USNM. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N.B., AND SONS | USA, fl.1860-84, MIM | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz, 1976. | ||
| CHAMBERLAIN, NATHAN B. | USA, 1810-78, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Vacuum Pump = D.(1976). | listed as a machinist in 1832; partner of Edward Samuel Ritchie, 1850-54. | 9 School Street,(1832-50); 313 Washington Street (1850-54); both in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz, 1976. |
| CHAMBERLAND, CH. | France, | invented a universal equatorial sundial. | Guyot. | ||
| CHAMBERLIN, HENRY W. | USA, 1849, SIM | Chamberlin's Improved Draughting Table = D.(1996). | patent model. | Pittsfield, Mass. | Coffeen 55. |
| CHAMBERY | France, 1750, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1750 = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | Chambéry. | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| CHAMPAGNE | France, c.1725, MIM | Amplitude Compass = NMM. | NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| CHAMPIO, ANDA | variant spelling for Andrea Championi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| CHAMPION AND CO. | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bearnes 9/17/86. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| CHAMPIONI, ANDREA | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth. 7/16/76. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| CHAMPLIN, JOHN R. | USA, 1878-93, OIM | made telescopes. | Lanconia, NH. | DATM. | |
| CHAMPNESS, JAMES | England, | misreading for James Champneys. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | ||
| CHAMPNEYS | see Cuthbertson and Champneys. | RSW. | |||
| CHAMPNEYS, JAMES | England; Holland, fl.1764-70, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.; Telescope, reflecting = Soth. 6/23/87. | T.C.; member of the Stationers' Company; took John Cuthbertson as his apprentice in 1761; became his father-in-law in 1768 and his partner by 1770; opposed Dollond patent in 1764; was successfully sued for infringing it in 1766 and went bankrupt. | near the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London; Amsterdam (1770). | Taylor 2(583); Rooseboom 1; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Hackmann 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHAMPNEYS, JOSEPH | misreading for James Champneys. | Court and von Rohr 2. | |||
| CHANCELLOR, RICHARD | England, fl.1520-56, MIM | Quadrant, 5-foot = Dr. John Dee. | also designed instruments. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(13); USNM; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. |
| CHANDLEE AND BROTHERS | USA, fl.1790-91, MIM SIM | sons of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE AND HOLLOWAY | USA, fl.1819-22, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.(1993). | Benjamin Chandlee 3 and Robert Holloway. | Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 1. |
| CHANDLEE AND SONS | USA, fl.1788-90, MIM SIM | Benjamin Chandlee 2 and his sons. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 1 | USA, c.1680, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | apprenticed to Abel Cottie, 1680; clockmaker. | RSW. | |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1723-91, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., Chester County Historical Society, Pa., Kentucky Historical Society; Circumferentor = P.C. | father of Goldsmith, Isaac, and John Chandlee; clockmaker. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 3 | USA, 1780-1822 fl.1814-22, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Witte Memorial Museum. | son of Goldsmith Chandlee; partner in Chandlee and Holloway, 1819-22; clockmaker. | Winchester, Va.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 17. |
| CHANDLEE, E. AND I. | USA, fl.1797-1804, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | Ellis and Isaac Chandlee. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| CHANDLEE, ELLIS | USA, 1755-1816, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2; made Churchman's perpetual motion machine. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1. |
| CHANDLEE, ELLIS, AND BROTHERS | USA, 1791-97, MIM SIM | sons of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE, GOLDSMITH | USA, 1751-1821, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C. (3), Mount Vernon, Ohio State Museum (2), GUR, Logan County Archaeological and Historical Society, USNM, ADL-W279. | apprenticed to his father, Benjamin Chandlee 2; developed an improved type of surveying compass; ADL appears to be an early model, with needle lift, and without the later scales. | Nottinghan, Md; Winchester, Va. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, ISAAC | USA, 1760-1813, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Ohio State Museum, P.C.(1978), P.C.(1982), George Wilson and Son, Auctioners, Chester Heights, Pa. (1984), Adena, Chillicothe, Ohio. | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Chester County, Md. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, JOHN | USA, fl.1790-97, MIM SIM | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLER, ABIEL | USA, 1807-81, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = D.(1984), New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Transit = Old Sturbridge Village. | instruments signed "A. Chandler"; son of Timothy Chandler, clockmaker; DATM says he flourished 1844-50. | Main Street; South Street; both in Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen H; DATM; RSW. |
| CHANDLER, TIMOTHY | USA, 1762-1848, MIM SIM | father of Abiel Chandler; clockmaker; silversmith; made Merrill's quadrant, surveying compasses and mathematical instruments. | Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; DATM. | |
| CHANGEUX, P.N. | France, 1740-1800, | designed a barometer and a barometrograph; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | |
| CHANIERE, LT. | France, 1767, | Lt. Chanière; invented a magnetometer, 1767. | Paris. | NMM 1. | |
| CHANTREY, ROBERT | England, c.1716, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3, of the Grocers' Company on April 11, 1704; free of the Company Nov. 10, 1716; took one apprentice. | Tower Hill, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHAPETOT | misreading for Chapotot. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | |||
| CHAPIN'S SON AND CO., H. | USA, 1897-1901, MIM | partners were Hermon M. Chapin 2 and Frank Chapin, sons of Edward M. Chapin; Rufus E Holmes was also a partner; merged with L.C. Stephens and Co., 1901. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, EDWARD M. | USA, fl.1853-1897, MIM | joined his father Hermon M. Chapin, a rule maker, c.1853; the firm changed its line of rules and its numbering system at that time; the company merged with Stephens and Co. in 1901 to become Chapin-Stephens; see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, FRANK | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, H., AND SONS | USA, fl.1860-65, MIM | made rulers, planes, etc.; sons of Hermon M. Chapin 1 were Edward M., George W., and Philip E. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, HERMON M. 1 | USA, 1799-1866; fl.1835-53, MIM | Folding Rule, ivory and brass, 1839 = The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; Folding Rule, wood = D.(1976). | the 1839 rule has an inscription about Andrew Jackson; Hermon M. Chapin's son, Edward M., joined the firm c.1853; the line of rules and the numbering system were changed at that time; see H. Chapin and Sons. | Union Factory, New Hartford, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM; RSW. |
| CHAPIN, HERMON M. 2 | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, HERMON. M., 2 | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN-STEPHENS | USA, fl.1901-29, MIM | a merger of H. Chapin's Son and Co. with Stephens and Co.; makers of wood and ivory rules. | Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM. | |
| CHAPITOL | misreading for Chapotot; Vienna Museum Sale-839. | Christie 3/12/1860. | |||
| CHAPITOT | misreading for Chapotot. | Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 11/28/23. | |||
| CHAPLAIN | England, c.1736, OIM | made reflecting telescopes. | Dewhirst; Court and Von Rohr 3(xvi). | ||
| CHAPMAN 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | possibly W. Chapman 2, which see. | Alresford. | RSW. |
| CHAPMAN 2 | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1986). | James Chapman 1 or 2? | London. | Coffeen 13. |
| CHAPMAN, EDWARD | England, c.1805, MIM | also iron-monger. | Bridge Street, Westminster, London. | Taylor 2(1097). | |
| CHAPMAN, G. | England?, OIM | Telescope = ROM. | may be James Chapman 2. | Bonelli 4. | |
| CHAPMAN, GEORGE A. | USA, 1768, OIM | Lens, 1768 = Charleston Museum, South Carolina. | New York, N.Y.. | USNM. | |
| CHAPMAN, JACQUES | England, c.1750, NIM | Octant = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | may be James Chapman 1; made for French market? | London. | USNM. |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES 1 | England, c.1760, NIM | T.C.; father of James Chapman 2? | Sign of the Hadley's Quadrant, opposite the King's Storehouse, St. Catherine's Street, London. | Taylor 2(812). | |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1775-1804, MIM NIM OIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = PEA (1775), RSM (1788); Sextant, 1788 = X; Telescope, one draw = X; Telescopes = La Rochelle 7/16/83, CMY, ROM, D.(1988); Telescope, decahedral, wood = D.(1988). | son of James Chapman 1? they may be one person; T.C. in English, French and Dutch; member of the Stationers' Company? D. telescope has a decahedral wooden tube. | The Hadley Quadrant, opposite the King's Storehouse in St. Catherine's (1776); 5 St. Catherine's Street; 41 St. Catherine's Street; St. Catherines Street near the Tower; all in London. | Taylor 2(812); Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; RSW; Nautical Brass, Vol. VIII, No. 3. |
| CHAPMAN, JOHN | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to John Dobson of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 25, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CHAPMAN, SIMON | England, fl.1675-87, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Nash of the Clockmakers' Company on March 5, 1668; free of the Company, March 29, 1675; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CHAPMAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1659-89, MIM | Sector, wood, 1689 = P.C. | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on June 6, 1659. | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2; Waterman 1; RSW. | |
| CHAPMAN, W. 1 | England, c.1869, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/27/69. | 21 Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| CHAPMAN, W. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Chapman 1. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CHAPOTEAU | misreading for Chapotot. | Gersaint. | |||
| CHAPOTOT FILS | France, fl.1690-1721, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = LOS; Microscope = NAC. | son of Louis Chapotot; may be Jean Chapotot; continued his father's practice of making astronomical quadrants etc. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Thielmann; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, I. | France, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundial, variant = GEL; Plane Table = GEL; Sundial = Christie 5/8/79; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = ADL-W45. | surely Jean Chapotot. | Paris. | ADL; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, JEAN | France, fl. 1690-1721, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = NOR, WHI; Table Sundial, oval, silver = Rosenheim Sale; Telescopic Quadrant = Chevalier de Louville. | may be Chapotot fils, son of Louis Chapotot; see I. Chapotot; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; juryman, 1701-03; the quadrant was invented by de Louville and the lenses were made by Jean Lebas. | à la Sphère, Quai de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1690). | Augarde; Daumas 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, LOUIS | France, fl.1670-1700, MIM OIM | instruments mainly signed "Chapotot"; both he and his son were prolific makers and it is difficult to tell the difference; he worked for Chérubin in 1670 and there is a signed instrument dated 1688; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; author. | Sur le quay de l'Horloge, Ile e la Cité, à la Sphère, Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1; Bonelli 1 and 4; Maistrov 2 and 3; Horsky and Skopova; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Michel 1, 3 and 4; Engelmann 1; Coffen 15; J.A. Bennett 2; Con. Nat'l 1.; Bryden 16; Augarde; ADL; RSW. | |
| CHAPUZET, JEAN-CHARLES | Germany, 1694-1767, MIM | parents were French émigrés. | Nachet. | ||
| CHARBONNIER, PH. | France, c.1630, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, with case = P.C.(1987). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CHARDIN | misreading by Engelmann of the ivory compendium, ADL-M257; it should have been read as "du Jardin." | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |||
| CHARINETTI, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHARITE | France, fl.1770-90, MIM OIM | Charité; made astronomical instruments. | à l'Observatoire, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| CHARLA, JEH | France, c.1450, MIM | Astrolabe = OXF (ICA-162). | owner? may be fake. | Gunther 1; Price 1; Poulle 6; ICA 2. | |
| CHARLAMONIOUS | France, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Aix-la-Chapelle. | Clay and Court. | |
| CHARLES, ANTHONY D. | Italy, pre-1690, MIM | Tortona. | Bonani; Dewhirst; Price 2. | ||
| CHARLES, JACQUES-ALEXANDRE-CESAR | France, 1746-1823, OIM | Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles; made achromatic lenses; physician. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| CHARLES, MR. | France, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | No. 15; owner? | Nachet. | |
| CHARLES, NEPHEW AND CO. | misreading for Charles Nephew and Co. | RSW. | |||
| CHARLET | France, c.1840, NIM | T.C. | Le Havre. | Moskowitz 126. | |
| CHARLET AINE | France, c.1850, NIM | Octant = MYS. | Charlet aîné; "Opticien." | Le Havre. | Preuss and Treworgy. |
| CHARLTON, JOHN | England, c.1771, MIM | apprenticed to John Troughton 1 of the Grocers` Company on July 2, 1771. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHARNIERES, M. DE | France, pre-1782, | invented a megameter. | Courtanvaux. | ||
| CHAROST | France, 18th C., MIM | not a member of any corporation; lived in a privileged enclave. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| CHAROT | France, c.1775, MIM SIM | Magnetic Compass, wood = Soth. 3/21/73; Rules = P.C., Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Circumferentor = Christie-NY 10/24/83; Alidade = Observatory of Marseilles; Trough Compass = D.(1993). | en la Cité à Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2; Coffeen 41; RSW. | |
| CHARPENTIER | France, fl.1770-92, MIM | Paris. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CHARPENTIER, G. | France, c.1850, MIM | Calculator = WHI; Slide Rule = Stuker (1958); Circular Slide Rule = D.(1971). | circular slide rule is called a "Calculimeter"; "Breveté S.G.D.G." | Whipple 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| CHARPENTIER, PERE, FILS ET CIE. | France, 1750, NIM | Marine Compasses = GEP (1750), D.(1968). | Charpentier, Père, Fils et Cie. | Rareursa, Nantes | RSW. |
| CHARRETONII, ANT. | France, | owner of astrolabe by Michel Piquer, 1542. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| CHASE, JAMES | USA, 1737-1812, MIM | made rules, etc. | Gilmanton (later Gilford), N.H. | DATM. | |
| CHASPAR, MICHAEL | Germany, 1530-82, MIM | Lunar Volvelle and Calendar, 1570 = VIE-762. | also marked "M.C." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1 and 4; Evans 1; Michel 3; Bobinger 2. |
| CHASSIGNET, DANIEL | Italy, 1617, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1617 = Vatican. | Rome. | Price 2; Globus, Dec., 1956. | |
| CHASSIGNET, DAVID | France, 1617, | misreading for Daniel Chassignet? | Tooley. | ||
| CHASSIGNET, FRANCISCUS | Italy, 1622, MIM | Astrolabe, 1622 = PBN. | ICA-521. | Rome. | Price 1; ICA 2. |
| CHATEAUNEUF | France, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = La Rochelle 7/25/87. | probably an address rather than a maker. | Gazette 9/11/87. | |
| CHATFIELD, JOHN | England, 1630, MIM | Quadrant with Volvelle, 1630 = Soth. 7/4/66. | wrote on the "Trigonal Sector" which was made by Anthony Thompson. | London. | Taylor 1(236); RSW. |
| CHATTERTON, T. | England, PHIM | made barometers. | 14 King's Terrace, Bagnigge Wells Road, London. | USNM. | |
| CHAUCER, GEOFFREY | England, c. 1343-1400, | none | author not known to have made instruments; wrote on the astrolabe and the equatorium. | London. | Skeat; DSB. |
| CHAULNES, DUC DE | France, 1714-69, | Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, Duc de Chaulnes; designed a Cuff-type microscope; invented a dividing engine; author. | Paris. | American Philosophical Society Library; Clay and Court; Poggendorff. | |
| CHAUVET, JACQUES | France, 1585, | designed a "Cosmomètre", a surveying quadrant, published, 1585. | Paris. | Daumas 1 and 6; Dawson 207. | |
| CHAUVIN | France, c.1600, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = NYM (Morgan Coll.). | watch works by F. Benard; see Ch. Chavyn. | Paris. | Britten. |
| CHAVE, S. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | High Street, Taunton. | RSW. | |
| CHAVES, ALONZO DE | Spain, c.1528, MIM | successor to Diego Riveiro as instrument maker to the Casa de la Contratacion in Seville. | Seville. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| CHAVOT | mis-reading for Charot. | Coffeen 41. | |||
| CHAVYN, CH. | France, 1600, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1600 = LOS. | Chauvin? | Fountainbleau. | USNM; Thielmann. |
| CHEARSLEE, JOHN | England, 1679, MIM | Computing Rule = P.C. | owner? | RSW. | |
| CHEBICHOF | Russia, MIM | Leningrad. | Maistrov 5. | ||
| CHEKE, SIR JOHN | England, 1514-57, | designed an astronomical quadrant at the BM (1858 8/21 1). | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(9); Ward 4. | |
| CHEMIN | France, c.1825, PHIM | Balance = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | made pans for Fortin's balances. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| CHENEVIE | France?, MIM | Rule, fruitwood = A-P 3/15/76. | RSW. | ||
| CHENEY, WITHERS | England, fl.1657-95, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Elias Allen of the Clockmakers' Company on April 13, 1646; free of the Company, April 20, 1657; took apprentices; also was a wax-chandler. | Fleet Street, London (1662). | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2; Robischon. | |
| CHERUB, F. | Italy, c.1597, | see Franciscus Cherubini-Sandolini. | RSW. | ||
| CHERUBIN, PERE | France, 1613-97, OIM | Telescopes, 1681 = CNAM(2); Binocular Telescope = FLO. | Père Chérubin; Michel Lasséré; author; also made microscopes and lens-grinding machines; designed a universal telescope. | Orléans; Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Paris 1900; Weil 2(23). |
| CHERUBINI-SANDOLINI, FRANCISCO | Italy, 1597, MIM | Skaphe, oval box, 1597 = CLU. | designed sundials; author. | Venice. | Morpurgo 1; RSW. |
| CHESIO, CHARLOS | Spain, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = MAN-1178. | Cadiz. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| CHESNEAU, J. DE | France, c.1610, MIM | Sundial inside cover of verge alarm clock = O'Byrne Coll. = Christie 11/21/61; Horizontal Sundial in watch lid = D.(1964). | Orléans. | RSW. | |
| CHESNON, PIERRE | France, c.1672, MIM | son of Salomon Chesnon 2; became a Master in 1672; left France. | Blois. | Michel 3. | |
| CHESNON, SALOMON 1 | France, 1572-1630, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = Blot-Garnier Coll.; Sundial, octagonal = Norwich; Sundial, small, silver = NMM. | Norwich is either Castle or Bridewell Museum. | Blois. | Stevens and Akens; Michel 3; Nachet; Britten; MADEX; Baillie 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| CHESNON, SALOMON 2 | France, 1639-84, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Drecker Coll. = P.C.; Horizontal Sundial = WHI. | son of Salomon Chesnon 1; made especially small sundials; the sundial at the WHI is signed "S. Chesnon." | Blois. | Michel 3; Bryden 16; Price 12; RSW. |
| CHESSE, J. CHARLES | France, 1778, NIM | Marine Compass, 1788 = PMM-439. | La Rochelle. | RSW. | |
| CHESTER, EDWARD | England, post-1751, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company. | London. | Crawforth 7 and 8. | |
| CHESTERMAN, J. | England, c.1800, SIM | Chains = D.(1994); Tape = D.(1994). | Sheffield. | Taylor 2 (1510); Garcelon 33. | |
| CHEVALIER 1 | France, c.1750, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Vancouver; Microscopes = WHI (2); Augsburg Sundial = MAR; Hygrometer = D. | Paris. | USNM; Price 12; Brieux 3; RSW. | |
| CHEVALIER 2 | England, fl.1770-91, NIM OIM | Hadley's Quadrant = NMM-S174. | Guernsey, Channel Islands. | Taylor 2(598); NMM 2. | |
| CHEVALIER 3 | France, MIM | Sundial, round, ivory = POR. | adjustable gnomon. | Portaluppi; RSW. | |
| CHEVALIER 4 | France, 1838, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1838 = D.(1982); Colorimeter = STM. | "Opticien du Roi"; possibly Charles-Louis Chevalier. | Paris. | Moskowitz 110; Antique Collector, April, 1982; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER 5 | England, c.1700, MIM | Universal Horizontal Sundial = D.(1986). | 3 latitudes, 40°, 45°, 51°30'; 11 English towns for latitude 51°, and Shrewsbury for 52°; surely the work of one of the French Chevaliers, for the English market; date is too early. | Coffeen 12; RSW. | |
| CHEVALIER AINE | France, c.1830, PHIM | Dark Mirror = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | Chevalier aîné; "Ingénieur Opticien"; Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier, which see; see also "Vt. Chevalier l'aîné." | No. 69 Quai de l'Horloge au miscroscope achromatique, Paris. | RSW. |
| CHEVALIER L'AINE PERE ET FILS, VINCENT | France, c.1830, MIM | Drawing Set = D.(1997). | Vincent Chevalier l'aîné père et fils; son was Charles-Louis Chevalier; T.C. | Au Microscope Achromatique, No. 69 Quai de l'Horloge à Paris. | Coffeen 56. |
| CHEVALIER L'AINE, VINCENT | France, 1770-1841, | Beam Compass Set = D.(1997). | Vincent Chevalier l'aîné; see Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier; sometimes signed "Vt. Chevalier l'aîné" or "Vinc't Chevalier l'aîné." | Paris. | Moskowitz 119; Coffeen 58. |
| CHEVALIER MAISON | France, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Thermometer = Versailles 4/17/83; Telescope = D.(1982). | "Ingénieur Opticien." | 4 Place de la Bourse, Paris. | Moskowitz 105; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, ARTHUR | France, fl.1859, OIM | Telescope, with stand = D.(1978); Microscopes = AMH, D.(1989). | Dr. Arthur Chevalier; son of Charles-Louis Chevalier; author; T.C.; "Ancienne Maison Chevalier Ingénieur de pere et fils depuit plus d'un siècle, seul successeur"; "opticien"; "Officier de l'Académie"; see A. Chevallier. | Palais Royal 158, Paris. | Belgian Inventory; Richardson Cat.; Calvert 2; Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, CHARLES | France, c.1750, | father of Louis-Vincent Chevalier. | Paris. | Daumas. | |
| CHEVALIER, CHARLES-LOUIS | France, 1804-59, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = NAC, UTR(2), AMH, KEN(6), BIL, Yale U., Cranbrook Institute of Sciences, Mich., etc.; Surveying Level = D.(1975); Solar Microscope = X; Objective Lens = KEN; Cannon Sundial = O-F; Opera Glass = WHI; Camera Lucida = P.C.; etc. | son of Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier; succeeded him in 1841; T.C.; "Ingénieur"; Transylvania College has several philosophical instruments. | Palais Royal 163 (1845); factory at Cour des Fontaines No.1 bis; Palais Royal 158; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; USNM; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Calvert 2; KEN; Monreal; Nachet; Brieux 3; Moskowitz 110; Purtle; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, L'INGR. | France, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Soth.-LA 6/7/76. | "Opticien du Roi"; possibly Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier, who patented this type, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, LOUIS | France, c.1780, OIM | oldest son of Louis-Vincent Chevalier; brother of Vincent- Jacques-Louis Chevalier; optician. | Quai de l'Horloge 31, Paris. | Nachet; Moskowitz 119. | |
| CHEVALIER, LOUIS-VINCENT | France, 1734-1804, OIM | father of Louis, Vincent-Jacques-Louis and Nicolas-Marie Chevalier; T.C.; mirror maker; son of Charles Chevalier, which see. | Quai de l'Horloge 31, Paris (1765). | Nachet; Moskowitz 119; Daumas 1; Warner 13. | |
| CHEVALIER, NICOLAS-MARIE | France, d.1807, OIM | youngest son of Louis-Vincent Chevalier. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| CHEVALIER, VICTOR | England, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Maidstone Museum; Time Clock Sundial = NMM-D.375. | cannon sundial signed "Ingr. Brevt. Quai de l'Horloge 77 à Paris"; probably misreading for Vincent Chevalier. | Quai de l'Horloge 77, Paris. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. |
| CHEVALIER, VINCENT ET CHARLES | France, c.1828, OIM | Microscopes = CRI, UTR, KEN; Camera Lucida = USMA. | Louis-Vincent and Charles-Louis Chevalier. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Gunther 2; Van Cittert 3; KEN; Warner 13. |
| CHEVALIER, VINCENT-JACQUES-LOUIS | France, 1770-1841, MIM OIM SIM | Compass = D.(1979); Microscopes = Faculté des Sciences, Paris (1820, 1823), KEN(2), NAC, BIL, etc.; Graphometer = P.C.; Surveyor's Compass with telescope = P.C.(1987). | middle son of Louis-Vincent Chevalier; brother of Louis Chevalier; father of Charles-Louis Chevalier; did research on the achromatic microscope; called himself Chevalier l'aîné after death of Louis Chevalier; compass is signed that way; title was "Ingénieur Opticien Breveté"; patented cannon sundial. | 21, 67 and 69 (1830) Quai de l'Horloge, at the Sign of the Achromatic Microscope, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Purtle; KEN; Moskowitz 119; Paris 1900; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| CHEVALLIER 1 | France, c.1800, MIM | Sector = D.(1985). | "Ingr. Opticien de S.M le Roi de Westphalie"; probably Jean-Gabriel-Augustin Chevallier. | Paris. | Coffeen 11. |
| CHEVALLIER 2 | France, c.1830, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-A97; Opera Glass= Soth. 3/25/86; Graphometer with two telescopes = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | "L'Ingr. Chevallier Breveté du Roi"; "Opticien du Roi"; probably J.-G.-A. Chevallier but the address is unique to these instruments. | vis-a-vis le Marché aux Fleurs No. 1 à Paris. | Rinaldi 23; ADL; RSW. |
| CHEVALLIER, A. | France, c.1830, MIM | Sundial = CLO. | probably misreading for Arthur Chevalier, which see. | Paris. | Baillie 1; RSW. |
| CHEVALLIER, JEAN-GABRIEL-AUGUSTIN | France, 1778-1848 fl.1796-1840, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Versailles 4/17/83; Barometer = D.(1969); Sundials = CLO, Soth. 5/10/54; Microscopes = OXF, BIL, MIM; Surveying Compass = Drouot 4/26/67; Hygrometer = Drouot 3/9/70; Cannon Sundials = ADL-W104, VNN; Sandglass = NAWCC Museum, Pa.; Sundial = Capt. Hallett House, Mass.; etc. | theodolite is signed "l'Ingénieur Chevallier Place de Pont Neuf 15, Paris"; its telescope is signed "Réparée par l'ingénieur Chevallier opticien du Roi à Paris"; author; last four instruments signed "L'Ing. Chevallier Place de Pont Neuf 15, Paris." | coin de Quai de l'Horloge (1796); Place de Pont Neuf 15; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Purtle; Nachet; Brieux 3(1967); Moskowitz 105; RSW; Kosobutsky; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 11; ADL. |
| CHEVALLIER, MAISON DE | France, 1900, OIM | Telescope, with stand = D.(1989). | "Maison de l'Ingr. Chevallier Optn"; succeeded by Avizard Frères. | Place de Pont Neuf 15; 21 Rue Royal; both in Paris. | Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| CHEVILLE | France, c.1796, PHIM | Money Balance = Versailles 11/19/78, 4/17/83. | 1978 instrument signed "Cheville Père marchand balancier ajusteur poids des espèces d'or et d'argent"; 1983 signed "Cheville Marchand balancier, ajusteur" plus address. | à l'I courronné, rue St. Denis, vis à vis la rue des Lombards No. 341, Paris. | RSW. |
| CHEZY, ANTOINE DE | France, 1718-98, MIM | Instruments, 1751 = Trudaine (1751); Level = CNAM. | perfected levels by smoothing the inside of the tube. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CHIARANDA, J.P. | Italy, c.1701, | Father J.P. Chiaranda; designed sundials; author. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| CHICKERING, NATHANIEL | USA, 1750-1837, MIM | records at the South Natick, Mass. Historical Society Museum show that he made "a compass" in 1780. | Dover, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| CHICKIE, FRANCIS | Scotlandfl.1827-29, PHIM | barometer maker. | 127 Broad Street (1827); 127 Gallowgate (1828); 48 Broad Street (1829); all in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| CHIDGOR | Russia, MIM | Sundial = GEL. | instrument maker to the Chamber of Instruments. | RSW. | |
| CHIESA | see Greener and Chiesa. | ||||
| CHIESA, JOS. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHIESA, JOSH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one signed "J. Chiesa Manchester"; the other "Josh Chiesa Manchester." | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| CHILD, HENRY | England, fl.1832-68, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to James Gardner of the Grocers' Company, March 5, 1807 for 7 years. | 3 Barnet Street, Lambeth; 66 Vauxhall Walk; both in London. | J. Brown 2; Taylor 2(1804); Crawforth 6. | |
| CHILD, JOHN | USA, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa. | Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| CHILDREY, JOSHUA | England, 1623-70, | claimed to have designed three telescopes; | Faversham, Kent. | Taylor 1(209); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| CHILMEAD, JOHN | England, c.1695, MIM | globe maker. | London. | Globus, June, 1963. | |
| CHILTON, GEORGE | England USA, fl.1800-36, MIM PHIM | invented a rain-gauge, barometer, hygrometer, etc.; made astronomical instruments. | New York, N.Y. (1800). | USNM; D.J. Warner 6. | |
| CHIPLEY, S.E. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CHIQUET, JEAN-BAPTISTE NOEL | France, 1722-c.1794, OIM | Microscope, rosewood, 1788 = D.(1968). | Jean-Baptist Noël Chiquet; "Breveté Ingénieur du Roi" in 1791; succeeded by Jacquet 1. | rue du Haut Moulin près le Pont Nôtre-Dame, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2; Nachet. |
| CHIRIGI, RAFAELLO | Italy, 1812, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1812 = ROM. | Naples. | RSW. | |
| CHISHOLM, W.F. | USA, NIM | T.C. | 101 Main Street, Gloucester, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| CHISLETT, A. | England, fl.1850-56, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Dumpy Level = D.(1984); Marine Compass, 1854 = NMM. | T.C. see A. Chislett and M'Call. | 27 Greenfield Street, Commercial Road (East), London. | Moskowitz 127; NMM 2; RSW. |
| CHISLETT, A., AND M'CALL | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | "late Gilkerson"; John M'Call shared Gilkerson address. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | RSW. |
| CHIZHER, D. NICHOLAS | Russia, c.1750, MIM | Sundials = MLL(2), GEL. | also designed sundials. | Chenekal 1. | |
| CHLASNER, O. | Austria, 1567, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1567 = Capodimonte Observatory, Naples. | Innsbruck. | RSW. | |
| CHOARET | France, 18th Century, | see Brulat et Choaret. | Merzbach. | ||
| CHOATE AND ALDER | USA, c.1857, NIM | Tell-Tale Compass = MYS; Marine Compass = MYS. | see Choate, Alder and Topham. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| CHOATE, ALDER AND TOPHAM | USA, c.1859, NIM | George Choate and William D. Alder. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| CHOATE, GEORGE W. | USA, fl.1845-56, NIM | T.C.; in instrument case at Mystic Seaport, Conn.; repaired instruments for Charles Taber and Co., 1856; see Choate, Alder and Topham. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10; RSW. | |
| CHOISY | see Choizy. | ||||
| CHOIX, SAUTOUT | France, | see Sautout-Choizy. | Evans 1. | ||
| CHOIXEGUE | France, c.1830, | engraved an astronomical and perpetual calendar made by Mlle. Ginot Desrois. | RSW. | ||
| CHOIZI | France, c.1740, MIM | Sundial, oval, silver = D. | Choizy? | Paris. | Weil 2(25). |
| CHOIZY 1 | France, 1667, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1667 = Landau = NMM; Sundials, silver = Bernard = NMM, AND-SPI; Sundials = OXF, P.C., D.(1976); Butterfield-type Sundials = OXF, P.C.; Circumferentor = Huelsmann Coll. | may appear to be signed "Choisy." | Paris. | Daumas 1; MADEX; Nachet; USNM; Gunther 2; Brieux 3; Syndram; RSW. |
| CHOIZY 2 | France, | see Sautout-Choizy. | |||
| CHOIZY, F.V. | France, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = FIN-156, OXF; Sundial = AND-SPI-19; Compass and Quadrant = Soth. 6/9/39. | Paris. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| CHOIZY, J. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, oval, case = Phillips 10/26/83. | Evans and Nachet list him as "J. Choisy." | Paris. | Nachet; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CHOPPIN | France, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = X. | may be Ch. Oppin. | Nachet. | |
| CHOQUART | France, c.1770, OIM | microscope maker. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| CHOREZ, DANIEL | France, fl.1616-25, MIM OIM | Henrion-type Sectors = X (1616), Royal Institute of British Architects. | also designed a binocular telescope; made telescopes and microscopes; "Opticien." | rue de Périgueux de Marais; l'isle Nôtre Dame at the Sign "Au Compas"; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Boffito; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10. |
| CHORLEY, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CHOULE, ROBERT | see Robert Jole. | Taylor 1(334); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |||
| CHOUR, FERRER ARVERNA | France, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Paris. | Clay and Court. | |
| CHOVIN | MIM | Rule, meter, walnut = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | emblem of clasped hands. | RSW. | |
| CHRICHTON 1 | England, c.1795, NIM | Quadrant, ebony = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| CHRICHTON 2 | England, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 9/20/83, Christie-SK 11/15/79; Protractor = East India Company; Protractor and Rule = Soth. 11/1/65; Sextant = McKee Museum, Florida; Artillery Calipers = Snowshill Manor; Octants = SPI-2776, RJK, D.(1985); Gunter Rule = D.(1985). | calipers also signed "E.I.C.; could be John Crichton 2 or Joseph Crichton. | London. | Dewhirst; Coffeen 11; RSW. |
| CHRICHTON 3 | see Crichton. | ||||
| CHRICHTON, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1785-1835, PHIM | Grammer School Wynd (1785); 129 allowgate (1789); Charlotte Street (1790-1811); 5 Charlotte Street (1812) (1826-35); 2 Charlotte Street (1813-18) (1820-25); 9 Charlotte Street (1819); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| CHRICHTON, JOHN | see John Crichton 2. | Coffeen 10; RSW. | |||
| CHRISTENSEN, H.P. | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus; Marine Barometer = Heathcote, Ball and Co. 2/1/90. | Randers. | RSW. | |
| CHRISTIAENSEN, CHRISTIAEN | MIM | Compass, ivory box = BMR; Compass Sundial, ivory box = P.C. | BMR compass card is pivoted. | Price 2. | |
| CHRISTIAENSON, GERRIT | MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory box = TIM. | round. | RSW. | |
| CHRISTIAN, GEORGE | England, NIM | Sextant = MYS; Octant = FRK-OC2. | Liverpool. | Frank; RSW. | |
| CHRISTIAN, JOHN | England, c.1772, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1772. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHRISTIAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1790-1820, MIM NIM | Octant = NMM. | 102 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(939); NMM 2. | |
| CHRISTIE, ELIZABETH | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | 32 Warner Street, New Kent Road, London. | Taylor 2(2099). | ||
| CHRISTIE, GEORGE | England, fl.1794-1837, MIM OIM | Leigh on Mendip, near Frome; 11 Strand, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(940). | ||
| CHRISTMANN, JAKOB | Germany, 1554-1613, NIM OIM | made telescopes, Jacob's staves, sextant; said to be first to apply telescopes to instruments. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1; Goldschmidt 66. | |
| CHRISTON | France, 1743, | proposed inverted Celsius scale for thermometer. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| CHRISTOPH, ANTHON | 1772, MIM | Instrument, 1772 = GIM. | Maistrov 4. | ||
| CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM | England, | owner; marked on a Hadley's quadrant signed "William Scatcliff 1759." | RSW. | ||
| CHRYSOLGUE, NOEL ANDRE | France, 1778, MIM | Pair of Celestial Planispheres, 1778 = D.(1978). | "par le R.R. (Noël André) Chrysolgue deGry en Franche-Comté, Capuchin 1778." | Franche-Comté. | Moskowitz 116. |
| CHURCHILL, GARDNER ASAPH | USA, 1839-96, MIM SIM | see Loring and Churchill. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| CHURCHMAN, JOHN | USA, 1753-1805, MIM | the third John Churchman in his family; surveyor; produced a perpetual motion machine operated by magnetic power; made for him by Ellis Chandlee c.1785. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 8. | |
| CIATTI, PIETRO | Italy, 1798, MIM | Rule, wood, 1798 = FLO-529. | invented and made it. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| CICERI AND PINI | Scotland, fl.1850?-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), RSM, D.(1997). | all the recorded barometers except the D. one, show the Calton Street address; the firm was succeeded by P.D. Torre and Co. | 8-9 Calton Street; 81 Leith Street (1852-58); both in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; ATG 3/29/97. |
| CICERI, C., ET CIE. | France, c.1800, PHIM | Pyrometer = CNAM. | sold instruments by English makers. | rue Saint-Honoré; rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CICERI, J. AND J., MANTICA AND TORRE | Scotland, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | succeeded by P.D. Torre and Co. which also succeeded Ciceri and Pini. | Edinburgh. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CICERI, P. AND A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CICERINI AMD PINI | misreading for Ciceri and Pini. | ATG 3/20/97. | |||
| CIMBERLINUS | see Cimerlinus. | ||||
| CIMERLINUS, ALBERTUS | Austria?, fl.1560-70, | instrument drawings in BM Print Room. | Vienna? | Evans 1. | |
| CIMERLINUS, JOANNES PAULUS | Italy, fl.1560-66, MIM | Nocturnals, paper, 1565 = P.C., Munich State Library; Quadrants, printed = BM Print Room; Astrolabe, printed = NUR. | engraved world map, 1566; J.P. Zimmerlin? | Verona. | Michel 14; Evans 1; Weil 2(25). |
| CIMOLIN, P. GASPAR | Italy, c.1700, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood = VEN. | for 45°. | Venice. | Price 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CINDEN, G. | see P. Gaspar Cimolin. | Evans 1. | |||
| CINGELING, HK. VAN | Holland, c.1805, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| CINGELING, WEDUWE HK. VAN | Holland, c.1809, MIM | succeeded her husband, HK. van Cingeling. | Achterburgwal, vis-à-vis le Bloemmarktsteeg, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CINISELLI, LUIGI | Italy, 1803-78, PHIM | made electrical apparatus. | Pavia (1803); Cremona. | Brenni 1. | |
| CIOVINO, ANT. | Holland, c.1750, PHIM | made very large mercury thermometers. | Amsterdam. | USNM. | |
| CIQUINO, ANTHONIO | Holland; England, c.1750, OIM PHIM | T.C.; made barometers and thermometers; sold lenses. | Le Nes, allée Lombaert, Drie Veerglazen, Amsterdam; London. | Daumas 1; USNM; Taylor 2(457); Van Cittert 3. | |
| CIRILLO, JOSEPH | Italy, 1789, MIM | Alidade with Rule, 1789 = D.(1997). | "Joseph Cirillo fecit"; rule signed "Due palmi Napolitani." | Naples? | Coffeen 56. |
| CITTELI, PASQUALE | Italy, fl.1832-42, MIM PHIM SIM | Cannon Sundial, 1832 = PRA; Plane Table Alidade = P.C.; Rule = Soth. 10/17/60-132. | instruments signed "Citteli Milan." | lungo il Naviglio, alla sinistra del Ponte di Porta Tosa, Terza Porta, No. 300, Milan. | Horsky and Skopova; Brenni 1; RSW. |
| CIZL, MARTIN | see Martin Gizl. | Zinner 1. | |||
| CLAGGETT, WILLIAM | USA, 1684-1749, NIM | made marine compasses; devised electrical machines. | Boston, Mass. | Champlin. | |
| CLAP, THOMAS | USA, 1703-67, | president of Yale University; constructed an orrery in 1743. | New Haven, Conn. | Bedini 8. | |
| CLARCKSON | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite, case = Drouot 6/15/65. | London. | RSW. | |
| CLARE, PETER 1 | England, fl.1764-1811, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be by Peter Clare 2, his son; Taylor thought that they were the same person. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(699); Baillie 1. |
| CLARE, PETER 2 | England, 1781-1851, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be by Peter Clare 1, his father; Taylor thought that 1 and 2 were the same person. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; Taylor 2(699). |
| CLARK 1 | Ireland, c.1820, PHIM | made sets of solids; probably Edward Clark. | Sackville Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| CLARK 2 | USA, pre-1870, | see Wolfe and Clark's. | |||
| CLARK 3 | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | 20 Old Bond Street, London. | RSW. | |
| CLARK AND SON | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Greenock. | RSW. | |
| CLARK, ALVAN | USA, 1804-87, OIM | the most notable American telescope maker of the nineteenth century; many of his lenses are still in use in modern mountings; tube and mounting 18.5" (1863) = ADL-G33 & L35. | Prospect Street (pre-1860); Henry Street (1860); both in Cambridge , Mass. | D.J. Warner 1; DSB; ADL; RSW. | |
| CLARK, ALVAN GRAHAM | USA, 1832-97, OIM | son of Alvan Clark; worked with his father and brother, George Bassett Clark; did the optical work. | Cambridge, Mass. | D.J. Warner 1: DSB. | |
| CLARK, ALVAN, AND SONS | USA, c.1850-97, OIM | Telescope, 1896 = ADL-A206. | Alvan Clark and his sons, George Bassett and Alvan Graham Clark. | Cambridge, Mass. | D.J. Warner 1; DSB; ADL; RSW. |
| CLARK, E.M. | England, c.1835, | see E.M. Clarke. | London. | KEN. | |
| CLARK, FREDERICK HARVEY | USA, 1811-66, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | New York, N.Y.(1829-34); Memphis, Tenn. (1849-66). | Smart 1. | |
| CLARK, GEORGE BASSETT | USA, 1827-91, OIM | son of Alvan Clark; worked with his father and brother, Alvan Graham Clark; did the mechanical work; see Alvan Clark and Sons. | Cambridge, Mass. | D.J. Warner 1; DSB. | |
| CLARK, HORATIO | USA, 1772-1833, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | clockmaker. | Bennington, Vermont. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 17. |
| CLARK, J. | Scotland, fl.1751-76, OIM | Magnifying Instrument Set = LAW; Microscopes,= WHI (1751), KEN (1776). | James 1 or John 3 Clark. | Edinburgh. | Whipple 1; Clay and Court; Morrison-Low. |
| CLARK, JACOB 1 | Scotland, 18th Century, MIM | Double Horizontal Sundials = Phillips 12/2/87, RSM. | Phillips also marked "TH MD" and a Scottish thistle; see Jacob Clark 2. | Edinburgh. | Somerville; RSW. |
| CLARK, JACOB 2 | Scotland, c.1800, MIM OIM | Microscope = CRI. | Dundee. | Gunther 2; Bryden 3. | |
| CLARK, JAMES 1 | Scotland, fl. 1756-74, OIM | Microscope, 1774 = WHI. | may have been apprenticed to John Yeoman. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(458) & 2(675a); Daumas 1; Whipple 1; Clarke et al. |
| CLARK, JAMES 2 | England, c.1822, OIM | 13 Smith Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1511). | ||
| CLARK, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1667-72, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company, c.1667; took apprentices. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(19). | |
| CLARK, JOHN 2 | England, 1742, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1742 = ex-Salford Priory; Perpetual Calendar = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | Petworth. | Gatty; Evans 1; USNM. | |
| CLARK, JOHN 3 | Scotland, fl.1749-96, OIM | Microscopes = P.C., KEN(3), EMA, CRI, WHI, OXF, KEN (1776), OXF (1773, 1774, 1776), RSM (1749, 1751, 1775, 1776), P.C. (1774), etc. | goldsmith; designed a simple microscope in 1754. | at James Gilliland's, Jeweller, upper-end of the Luckenbooths (1749); Parliament Close (1751-55); Sir Isaac Newton's Head, a little above the Guard, north side of the High Street (1773-82); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 & 4; Taylor 2(700); Nachet; Clay and Court; KEN; Morrison-Low 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| CLARK, JOHN 4 | USA, c.1839, MIM | son of William Clark. | 122 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| CLARK, JOHN 5 | England; USA, 1815-90, MIM | Washington, D.C. | Smart 1. | ||
| CLARK, JOHN 6 | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Chester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CLARK, LATIMER | England, c.1845, PHIM | Galvanometer = P.C. | also marked "Muirhead and Co. Ltd." | Westminster, London. | RSW. |
| CLARK, MATHEW | England, c.1752, OIM | apprenticed to George Bass, OIM, in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Sept. 30, 1742; free of the Company on Oct. 5, 1752. | Court and von Rohr 3(148). | ||
| CLARK, PETER | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 4, 1693. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CLARK, ROBERT 1 | England; USA, c.1785, MIM OIM PHIM | also made clocks. | London; 5 1/2 Church Street, Tradd and Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1785). | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Britten; USNM; Baillie 1. | |
| CLARK, ROBERT 2 | England, fl.1836-45, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 2 Whartons Place, High Holborn (1836); 27 Brook Street, Holborn Bars (1838-45); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2100). | |
| CLARK, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1697, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Crick 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 1, 1692; turned over to John Nash 2, a member of the Clockmakers' Company, on July 16, 1697. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CLARK, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1846-57, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 20 Kirby Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CLARK, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1837-60, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | see William Clark and Son. | 122 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| CLARK, WILLIAM, AND SON | USA, fl.1837-46, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C.(2). | son was John Clark 4, which see; may have dealt in those instruments labeled "Warranted." | 122 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 14; RSW. |
| CLARKE 1 | England, c.1830, OIM | Microscope = ESS; Electrical Apparatuses = D., Dr. Pearson sale, c.1848. | London. | USNM; Brieux 3; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| CLARKE 2 | England, | see Husbands and Clarke. | Bristol. | ||
| CLARKE 3 | England, pre-1825, | designed "Clarkes Improved Hydrometer" before 1825, they were made by Dring and Fage. | London. | Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 27. | |
| CLARKE AND SON | England, fl.1822-34, NIM | William Clarke 2 and Son. | 13 Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(942). | |
| CLARKE, C.F. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | St. Ives. | RSW. | |
| CLARKE, E., AND CO. | Ireland, fl.1823-33, MIM PHIM | see Edward Clarke. | 83 Dame Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| CLARKE, EDWARD 1 | Ireland, fl.1810-32, MIM OIM PHIM | Compass Sundial = P.C.(1982); Sundial, portable = EGE; Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 7/26/65 = D.(1965); Microscopes = EGE, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; Theodolite = P.C. | see Spear and Clarke; see E. Clarke and Co. | 18 Lower Sackville Street (1810-12); 10 Lower Sackville Street (1819-21); 84 Dame Street (1830); 83 Dame Street (1832); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz 106; Egestorff; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| CLARKE, EDWARD 2 | England, c.1833, PHIM | Magnetic Induction Machines = D.(1971), KEN. | worked for Watkins and Hill, 1833. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| CLARKE, EDWARD MARMADUKE | England, fl.1804-50, OIM PHIM | Hydrometers = U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., Auction (1804), Soth.(1960); Electro-magnetic Apparatus = KEN; Air Pump = Soth.-B 4/7/82. | most writers refer to him as "Edward Montague Clarke"; made polariscopes, microscopes; T.C.; "Optician and Magnetician"; "Philosophical Instrument Maker by appointment to the Royal University of Christiana, Sweden and to the Zoological Society of London." | 11 Lowther Arcade, Strand; 9 Agar Street, West Strand; 428 Strand and Rodney Iron Works, Battersea, Surrey (1847); all, except Surrey are in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(1099); Calvert 2; USNM; Crawforth 1; Chaldecott 3; Ragozzino and Schetino; RSW. |
| CLARKE, EDWARD MONTAGUE | see Edward Marmaduke Clarke. | Chaldecott 3. | |||
| CLARKE, J. | England, | Water Clock = D.(1969). | modern copy. | Devonport. | RSW. |
| CLARKE, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1792-1808, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1779; free of the Company, Dec. 6, 1792; took apprentices; sometimes spelled "Clerk." | No. 28 Ratcliffe Highway (1792); No. 7 Jealous Row, New Road (1802); Goodman's Fields (1808); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CLARKE, JAMES 2 | England, c.1836, MIM | 103 York Street, Commercial Road, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CLARKE, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1776, OIM | Microscope, 1776 = RSM. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| CLARKE, JOHN 2 | see the John Clarks. | Dewhirst. | |||
| CLARKE, MARK | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on March 7, 1720. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CLARKE, ROBERT | England, c.1662, | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocers' Company in 1662. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CLARKE, STEPHEN | England, c.1653, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1646; free in the Company in 1653. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CLARKE, THOMAS | USA, | engraved compass cards for William Davenport. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| CLARKE, W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant, ivory scale and vernier = D.(1972). | Lowestoft. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| CLARKE, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1743, NIM | Backstaves = P.C. (1743), U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Md. | Union Stairs in Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| CLARKE, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1797-1822, NIM | made quadrants and compasses. | 13 Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(942). | |
| CLARKSON | England, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1969), D.(1970), Christie 7/28/70. | made refracting telescopes; see Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co. | 63 Farringdon Road, London. | RSW. |
| CLARKSON, A. | England, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/22/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| CLATHOUT | USA, | see Meneely and Clathout. | West Troy, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| CLAUDET, ANTOINE FRANCOIS JEAN | England, 1797-1867, OIM | Reflecting Stereoscope = KEN. | Antoine François Jean Claudet. | 18 King William Street; 107 Regent Street (1851); both in London. | KEN. |
| CLAUDIUS, RICHARD | c.1646, MIM | Astrolabe, wood = MAS; Celestial and Terrestrial Planispheres = MAS. | ICA-571; brass rule on astrolabe. | Price 1; ICA 2; Garcia Franco 2; RSW. | |
| CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPHER | Germany, 1537-1612, | worked on dividing an arc; designed sundials and astrolabes; author. | Bamberg. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Boursier; DSB. | |
| CLAXTON AND MORTON | England, c.1842, MIM | 27 Harrington Street, Hatton Garden, London (1842). | O'Mara. | ||
| CLAXTON AND PROTHERO | England, c.1847, MIM | 27 Harrington Street, Hatton Garden, London (1847). | O'Mara. | ||
| CLAXTON AND WIGHTMAN | USA, c.1835, PHIM | Timothy Claxton and Joseph M. Wightman; made philosophical apparatus for schools. | Boston, Mass. (1835). | USNM; D.J. Warner 6. | |
| CLAXTON, TIMOTHY | England; USAfl.c.1825-50, PHIM | founded the Mechanical Institution in London; invented an air pump and produced many of them; took Joseph Milner Wightman as a partner in Claxton and Wightman; made philosophical apparatus for schools. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| CLAY | England, c.1675, MIM | Sundial once owned by Robert Hooke. | Taylor 1(382); Evans 1. | ||
| CLAY, C. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Pickford, Hertford 4/10/97. | Messingham. | ATG 4/5/97. | |
| CLAY, JAMES | England, c.1772, | apprenticed to Joseph Hill of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 4, 1772. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CLEARS, J. | England, c.1753, OIM | apprenticed to John Cuff in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1753. | Fleet Street, London. | Robischon. | |
| CLEAVER, SAMUEL | England, fl.1845-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Cleaver London"; also made thermometers. | 30 Theobalds Road, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CLEAVES, NATHANIEL | USA, c.1839, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer, silver = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site, Mass.; Slide Rule = MYS. | invented a silver hydrometer; successor to J.W. Harris, Boston, Mass. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. |
| CLEEVE, JOH. | England, d.1813, MIM | Globe, Celestial, wood = VAA; Globe, Celestial and Planisphere = WHI. | wooden globe signed "Cleeve." | Price 12; Grimaldi. | |
| CLEMENS, FR. | Italy, fl.1638-40, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1638 = VEN; Nocturnal, with shadow square, 1640 = VNM. | pillar sundial is for 45°. | Venice. | RSW. |
| CLEMENT, JOSEPH | England, pre-1819, | invented an ellipsograph. | Gunther 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | ||
| CLEMENT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1677-99, MIM | admitted as Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in 1677; Master of the Company, 1693. | Evans 1; Robischon. | ||
| CLEMENTS | see Joseph Clement. | ||||
| CLENCH, J. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 9/28/95. | London. | RSW. | |
| CLEPHIN, JOHN | England, c.1790, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company, Sept. 24, 1776; free in the Company on Jan. 12, 1790. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CLERET | France, c.1720, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = Bonnier de la Mosson Coll. | Sometimes C. Leret a Rouen | Nachet; Gersaint. WEBDB. | |
| CLERGET | France, c.1750, MIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including a graphometer at Musée Loraine, Nancy marked "L'Appartien à Jean de St. Loire Architect du Feu, Roy de Pologne." | some appear to be signed "C. Lerget" [?]. | au Butterfield, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Michel 3; Price 12; Gunther 3; Bryden 9; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen B; Trois Siècles; Paris 1900; RSW. |
| CLERGUET | misreading for "Clerget." | Nachet; Coffeen B. | |||
| CLERK, JAMES | see James Clarke 1. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CLERKE, GILBERT | England, 1626-97?, MIM | made sundials to order; author. | Cambridge; Luffenham. | Taylor 1(220). | |
| CLERTY | England, c.1760, | succeeded by John Goater, c.1760. | RSW. | ||
| CLIFFORD, ED. | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | 42 Old Bond Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CLIFFORD, WHYNOT WILLIAM | England, c.1741, | apprenticed to Henry Craford in the Grocers' Company in 1741. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CLIFT, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 3 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch. | Goodison 1. | |
| CLINNICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | 34 York Street, City Road, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CLOCHE, A LA | France, 17th Century, | Sundial with Italian hours = MADEX-97. | this is surely an address, "à la Cloche." | MADEX. | |
| CLOESE, BERNARD VAN DER | Holland, fl.1688-1712, MIM | Sphere = LEY. | clockmaker; father of Jacob van der Cloese; member of the Clockmakers' Guild. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Price 2. |
| CLOESE, JACOB VAN DER | Holland, 1690-1766, MIM PHIM | Pedometer = LEY; Heliostats = LEY, The Hague. | also made clocks and pyrometers; son of Bernard van der Cloese; made a garden sundial, designed by P. de Laraux, in 1711. | The Hague; Leiden (1718-66). | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; USNM; Daumas 1. |
| CLOESEN | see Cloese. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CLOOTE | Holland, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, June, 1963. | ||
| CLOUGH, JERE | USA, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood = Streeter Coll., Yale University. | Boston, Mass.? | RSW. | |
| CLUSKEY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1. | |
| COAD | England?, c.1850, | patented a graduated galvanic battery. | Antique Show, Boston, 1969. | ||
| COAKE | England, c.1671, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| COALLY AND CO. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = K. and C. 10/8/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| COATSFIELD, JOHN | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on May 18, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COBHAM, JOHN | England, c.1737, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 29, 1729; turned over to John Bennett 6 of the Clockmakers'Company on May 16, 1732; free of the Company, Oct. 10, 1737; took apprentices. | Scroop's Court, Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| COBHAM, STOCKLEY | England, fl.1737-87, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1723; free of the Company, Oct 10, 1737; took apprentices. | Scroop's Court, Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| COBURN, J. | England, 1756, MIM | Sundial, 1756 = Christie-SK 2/2/77. | London. | RSW. | |
| COCART, JUANIN | Spain; Belgiumfl.1596-1600, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundials = KEN (1596), OXF (1596), VIE (1598), MAN (1599), Christie 4/3/85 (1599), POB (1600), P.C. (1600); Diptych Sundial, 1600 = D.(1986). | clockmaker to Charles V; Christie and D.(1986) sundials made in Madrid. | Madrid (1599); Brussels. | Guye et Michel; Michel 3 and 14; Garcia Franco 1; Garcia Diego; Trois Siècles; Ward 3; Baillie 1; Zinner 4; KEN; Queries, SIS Bull. No. 12; RSW. |
| COCER | Austria, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | Vienna. | Evans 1. | |
| COCHRAN, JOHN | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company on Jan. 7, 1773. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COCK | England, c.1800, MIM | Gauger's Slide Rule and Rod = KEN; Measuring Rod, boxwood and brass = Soth.-Chester 6/26/85. | "Cock, maker London." | London. | KEN; RSW. |
| COCK AND HUGHES | England, c.1790, MIM | Dipping Measure, wood = D. | "Makers to the Excise." | London. | RSW. |
| COCK AND REEVES | England, post-1650, OIM | Daumas 1. | |||
| COCK, CHRISTOPHER | angland, fl.1660-97, OIM | Objective Glass, 1668 = WHI; Telescope, 1673 = KEN; Microscope = WHI. | apprenticed to Richard Reeves 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; admitted as Brother to the Company in 1680; free of the Turners' Company in 1697; had worked with Reeves 1; employed by Hooke, Newton, Flamsteed and Gregory. | Long Acre, London (1673). | Taylor 1(285); Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 17; KEN; Evans 1; USNM; Dewhirst; Price 12; Clay and Court; Court and Von Rohr 3 & 4; Robischon; RSW. |
| COCK, JOHN | England, fl.1710-11, OIM | glass grinder; son of Chistopher Cock?; free of the Turners' Company before 1710; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; made perspective glasses.. | Coach and Garter, Long Acre, London. | Taylor 1(452); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Court and Von Rohr 3(VII); Robischon. | |
| COCK, THOMAS | England, c.1750, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | mathematical teacher. | Cirencester. | Taylor 2(459). |
| COCKE | see Cock. | ||||
| COCKER | England, c.1664, MIM | arithmetician; writing master; engraved a silvered small rule, made by John Brown 1, for Samuel Pepys. | London. | Rabone 1. | |
| COCKEY, EDWARD | England, c.1790, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Longleat House, Wilts. | Warminster. | Britten; RSW. | |
| COCKNEY, EDWARD | Edward Cockey? | Britten. | |||
| COCKS | see Cox; see Cock. | Taylor 1(285). | |||
| COCQUART, JENNIN | see Juan Cocart. | Michel 14. | |||
| COCQUER, JUAN | see Juan Cocart. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| CODART | France, c.1580, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, Dec., 1958. | ||
| CODDINGTON, H. | England, c.1830, | Rev. H. Coddington; designed a thick single lens microscope which was made by William Cary. | Nachet; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | ||
| COE, GEORGE | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to John Karmock in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1786. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COECIUS | Italy?, 1622, MIM | Globe, Celestial, 1622 = Doge's Palace, Venice. | Caecius = Blaeu. | Grimaldi(727); Price 2. | |
| COENRAEDT, JAN | Holland, c.1742, MIM | Amstelstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| COFFEY, J., AND J. SMITH | England, c.1850, MIM | 4 Providence Row, Finsbury, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COFFIN | England, fl.1672-74, OIM | made telescope and microscope tubes; carpenter or joiner; worked for Robert Hooke. | Taylor 1(355). | ||
| COFFIN, JAMES H. | USA, c.1837, PHIM | Wind Vane = USNM. | made meteorological instruments. | Ogdensburg, N.Y. | USNM; Middleton 4. |
| COFFIN, R. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Vertical Declining Sundial = D.(1980) = ADL-W95. | for 50°31'. | Oxon. | Moskowitz 121; ADL; RSW. |
| COFFIN, T. | USA, c.1825, MIM SIM | Wine Gauging Rod, wood = D.(1981); Surveying Compass, wood = D.(1980). | Newburyport, Mass. | Moskowitz 117. | |
| COFSA | probably misreading for Cossa. | RSW. | |||
| COGGER | England, 18th Century, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1969). | Maidstone. | RSW. | |
| COGGESHALL, HENRY | England, 1623-90, MIM | Coggeshall Rule = KEN. | invented a slide rule with a Gunter-type logarithmic scale, 1677; author; developed a hinged slide rule with girt line for calculating timber in 1682. | Suffolk. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 1(210); KEN; Delehar 2 and 9.; A.J. Turner 10. |
| COGGS, I. | England, MIM NIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Snowshill Manor, D.(1969); Compass Sundials = VCW, P.C.; Holland Circle = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Compass = D.(1985); Circumferentor = P.C.. | may be John Coggs 1 or 2. | Fleet Street, London. | Coffeen 9; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| COGGS, I., AND N. HILL | England, post-1730, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, stand = Christie 5/5/83. | may be later label? John Coggs 1 or 2 with Nathaniel Hill. | The Globe and Sun near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(25 and 242); RSW. |
| COGGS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1715-40, MIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundials = FIN, Kenny, Soth. 7/15/63, and 11/16/87; Sundial, circular = Soth. 6/9/77; Compass Sundials = OXF(2); Table Sundial = FIN;; Ellipsograph = Soth. 10/17/60; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Soth. 3/27/72. | freeman of the Pewterers' Company 1712; barometer maker; had worked with John Rowley; T.C.; some of these instruments may have been made by John Coggs 2; took William Wyeth, a former apprentice as a partner. | Globe and Sun, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street; 136 Fleet Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(463), 2(25); Michel 3; USNM; Gunther 2 and 6; Dewhirst; Coffeen 9; Crawforth 1, 6 & 7; RSW. |
| COGGS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1757, MIM PHIM | apprenticed in 1757 to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; may have been free by patrimony in another Company; it is hard to distinguish the instruments made by John Coggs 1 from those of John Coggs 2. | Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, Fleet Street; 136 Fleet Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(242); Clay and Court; Coffeen 9; RSW; Crawforth 6, 7 and 8. | |
| COGGS, JOHN 3 | England, c.1759, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2, 1759; may be son of John Coggs 2. | opposite Water Lane, London. | Taylor 2(463). | |
| COGGS, JOHN, AND WILLIAM WYETH | England, c.1740, MIM | made rules based on Shirtcliffe's design. | St Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, London. | Gunther 2. | |
| COGWELL, H.S. | Canada, OIM | Telescope = D.(1989). | Halifax, N.S. | RSW. | |
| COHEN | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant, ebony = Melun 4/24/83. | probably David Cohen. | Newcastle. | RSW. |
| COHEN, DAVID | England, fl.1821-58, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | see Cohen; optician; T.C. | 5 Collingwood Street (1821-37); 1 Grey Street (1838-44); 76 Grey Street (1847-51); 30 Mosley Street (1853); 9 Mosley Street (1855-58); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1807); Crawforth 1. |
| COHEN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/87. | Louth. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| COHEN, S.B. | misreading of Simon Phineas Cohen. | Bryden 3; RSW. | |||
| COHEN, S.C. | misreading of Simon Phineas Cohen. | Bryden 3; RSW. | |||
| COHEN, SIMON PHINEAS | Scotland, fl.1838-53, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, refracting = Phillips 10/26/83; Hydrometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Protractor = Christie 10/31/67; Protractor, Simson-type = FRK. | managed the Glasgow branch of A. Abraham and Co. of Liverpool, 1838-43; took over the firm in 1844 and changed the name to his own; some of his instruments seem to be signed "S.B. Cohen" or "S.C. Cohen." | 8 Exchange Square (1838-40); 82 Queen Street (1841-44); 105 Buchanan Street (1845-49); 121 Buchanan Street (1850-51); 51 St. Vincent Street (1852); 136 Buchanan Street (1853); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| COIFFIER, A. | France, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 7/26/65-105; Telescopes, refracting = Soth-PB pre-1980-Phillips 12/12/89. | "Ingénieur Opticien." | Paris. | RSW. |
| COIGNIET, GILLES | Belgium, 1557, MIM | Astrolabe, 1557 = Ecouen (Cl.9149). | made spheres; was he Aegidius Coigniet? | Anvers (Antwerp). | Rooseboom 1; Michel 12; RSW. |
| COIGNIET, MICHAEL | Belgium, fl.1572-1618, MIM SIM | Astrolabes = BEK (1572), MAN (1598), LEY (1601), MNN (1618); Armillary Sphere, 1591 = ADL-M5; Circumferentors = Drouot 4/7/87, Ecouen-Cl.12016 (1600), P.C. (1602), ADL-M149 (1606), CNAM (1606), BMR; Graphometer, 1606 = CNAM; Nocturnal = OXF; Table Sundial, 1604 = POTS; Compass = P.C.; Polyhedral Sundial = Christie-SK 1986. | MAN astrolabe is ICA-467, LEY is ICA-533, MNN is ICA-464, BEK is ICA-564; author and instrument designer; improved the cross-staff. | Anvers (Antwerp). | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Garcia Franco 2; Michel 3; Daumas 6; Engelmann 1; Veltman; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| COL. R.I. | MIM | Sundial = NMM-Caird. | RSW. | ||
| COLBY, HALL | USA, fl.1847-70, MIM NIM SIM | Altimeter = P.C. | Rochester, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| COLE 1 | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | it is very difficult to distinguish between the work of Benjamin Cole 1 and 2 except for the few dated pieces; usually signed "B. Cole London" or "Cole Maker London." | London. | Taylor 1(492) and 2(336); etc. | |
| COLE 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Borough Museum, Newbury, Bucks. | Newbury. | RSW. | |
| COLE AND SON | England, | T.C.; Benjamin Cole 1 and his son, Benjamin Cole 2. | Calvert 2. | ||
| COLE, B., AND SON | England, fl.1751-66, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope, reflecting = D.(1979); Grand Orrery, 1763 = Queen's College, Oxford; Camera Obscura, book-form, 1757 = Burton Constable. | Benjamin Cole 1 and his son, Benjamin Cole 2; T.C.; succeeded by Edward Troughton. | at the Orrery next the Globe Tavern, in Fleet Street, London. | Oxford 1; Gunther 2; Taylor and Wilson; Moskowitz 119; Crawforth 1; E. Hall. |
| COLE, BENJAMIN 1 | England, 1695-1766, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sundial, 1721 = Wadham College, Oxford; Davis Quadrant, 1746 = ADL-A137; Compass Sundial = ADL-W62; Octant = D.(1995); also a wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to Thomas Wright 1; free in the Merchant Taylors' Company; succeeded Wright about 1748; see Wright and Cole; see B. Cole and Son. author; T.C.; invented a "Seamans' Quadrant". | Royal Exchange; Poppins Court, Fleet Street (c. 1735); Ball Alley going out of George-Yard into Lombard Street (-1748); at the Sign of the Orrery, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street 1748-66), this became 136 Fleet Street c.1760; 200 Fleet Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(492); Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW; Taylor and Wilson; KEN; Moskowitz 106; E. Hall; Coffeen 11 and 51; Calvert 2; H.C. King 2; Crawforth 1, 6 & 7; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| COLE, BENJAMIN 2 | England, 1725-1813, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Hadley Quadrants,= NMM (1760), OMM (1779); Telescope = USNM; Lodestone = D.; Drawing Instrument Set = Phillips 12/12/89. | apprenticed to his father, Benjamin Cole 1 in 1739 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free in the Company; took apprentices; became a partner in 1751; see B. Cole and Son; the difference in the two men's work is very hard to distinguish ; they made many examples of a wide range of instruments; the OMM quadrant is also marked "Ole Jensen"; T.C.; John Troughton 2 took over the firm in 1782. | Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(492) and 2(336); Bedini 1; Calvert 2; Moskowitz 106; Brieux 3; Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson; Eden; Crawforth 6 & 7; J.A. Bennett 2; E. Hall; RSW. |
| COLE, BENJAMIN 3 | England, pre-1813, MIM | son of Benjamin Cole 2; trained as a MIM in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company. | Crawforth 6 & 7. | ||
| COLE, BENJAMIN 4 | England, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = D. | engraved on this sundial was a notice to return it to the owner who was also the maker; this Cole does not seem to be connected with the London family. | Oxford. | Moskowitz 6. |
| COLE, HUMPHREY | England, b.1530?-d.1591MIM NIM SIM | one of England's earliest and most skillful instrument makers; he is noted for his beautiful astrolabes, astronomical compendia, sundials, armillary sphere, etc. | sometimes spelled "Humfray Coolle" or "Coole"; member of the Goldsmiths' Company; made a map of the Holy Land in 1572; two instruments that had been attributed to Humphrey Cole, have been found to be by an earlier maker, "V.C.", who has not as yet been identified, which see. | Great North Door of St. Paul's, London. | Taylor 1(21); Belgian Inventory; Gunther 1, 2, 4, and 8; Italian Inventory; Michel 1 and 3; Jane Turner; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Perry; Société Belge; Maddison 1; Price 3 & 11; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| COLE, ISAAC | England, c.1753, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 3, 1753. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| COLE, JOHN, JUNIOR | England, 1691, MIM | Triangular Quadrant, 1691, boxwood, 36" = D.(1994). | John Brown's (1) triangular quadrant made for the latitude of London; signed "John Cole Junior of Kingston, June ye 26, 1691." | Kingston. | Coffeen 46. |
| COLE, M., CO. | MIM NIM | Protractor = MYS; Course Plotter = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| COLE, NIC., ESQ. | England, 1705, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1705 = OMM. | probably the owner. | RSW. | |
| COLE, RICHARD | England, c.1815, MIM | Sundial in watch back cover = OXF. | Cornhill, Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| COLE, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1737, MIM | free in the Stationers' Company c.1737; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| COLE, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1835, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on July 7, 1835. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| COLE, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1725-40, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = BM (1725),(1735), WRAY (1735). | leatherseller; took apprentices including William Baker from Edmund Blow c.1738. | London. | Price 3; Ward 4; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| COLE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1840-69, MIM NIM | Compass Corrector = Soth. 6/23/87; Plotting Compass = Soth. 2/25/86. | 21 Hannibal Road, Mile End, Stepney, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| COLE, UMFREDUS | England, MIM | father of Humphrey Cole? Latinization of Humphrey Cole? | Gunther 2. | ||
| COLE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1780-1805, MIM OIM | Reflecting Telescope = Ineichen 10/20/75; Pedometer = BM; Ring Sundial = X. | last two instruments signed "W. Cole"; clockmaker. | Gutter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(815); Clay and Court; Britten; RSW. |
| COLEMAN | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.; Marine Barometer = D.(1972). | Newbury. | RSW. | |
| COLEMAN, ANN | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; succeeded Charles Coleman. | 11 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLEMAN, CHARLES | England, fl.1823-29, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 7 Dorrington Street, Clerkenwell; 11 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell; both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLEMAN, EBEN | USA, c.1855, MIM | made compasses. | Wolfeboro, N.H. | DATM. | |
| COLEMAN, JOHN | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to William Morris of the Grocers' Company, May 3, 1796; free of the Company May 5, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COLEMAN, STEPHEN | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1704. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLEMARE, J. | England, 1737, | student; "J. Colemare, 1737 Soph. at St. John's Cambridge" is marked on a universal ring sundial, WHI-1091. | Price 12; Gunther 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| COLES, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1664, MIM | Slide Rule = KEN. | Taylor 1(302); Evans 1. | ||
| COLESON, JOHN | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Tuttell of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 28, 1699. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLL | England, c.1730, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | "Coll Fecit." | RSW. | |
| COLLADO, LUDOVICUS | Spain, 1584, MIM | Bow Compass, gilt-brass, 1584 = VIE. | Michel 3; Price 2. | ||
| COLLE, HUMFRAY | see Humphrey Cole. | Gunther 4; NMM 2. | |||
| COLLEIE, THOMAS | Belgium, fl.1721-22, MIM | Horizontal Sundial in snuff box, 1722 = OXFB; Horizontal Sundials = X (1721), (1722). | may be Colley. | Liège. | Michel 3; Taylor 2(156). |
| COLLES, CHRISTOPHER | USA, fl.1774-89, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer = Winterthur Museum, Delaware; Sundial, octagonal = NYS. | invented an hodometer for carriages; author. | 42 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y. | N.Y. Historical Society, 1945; USNM; Hindle. |
| COLLET | France, 1760, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1760 = OXF. | Paris. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | |
| COLLET, TIMOTHEE | France, 1652-59+, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = NMM, D.(1994); Sundials, 1659 = Michel Coll., LIE and P.C. (1663). | Timothée Collet; D. signed "Orlogeur à Paris" and has a lunar volvelle on the back; watchmaker. | Nantes; Rouen (1652-59); Paris. | Michel 1, 3, and 9; Nachet; MADEX; Tardy; Coffeen 46. |
| COLLEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1765-80, MIM | George Graham's successor. | Fleet Street, London. | Josten; Britten. | |
| COLLIBER, THOMAS | England, c.1736, MIM | Abraham Lorkin turned over to him as an apprentice on Feb. 20, 1736 by James Wilson 2; may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLLIER | England, c.1720, MIM | Protractors = PYM, D., D.(1987). | Coffeen 17; RSW. | ||
| COLLIER, BENJAMIN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| COLLIER, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1712-45, MIM SIM | Sector, 1730 = OXF, Sector,ivory = D.(1986); Compass = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = NYM; Circumferentors = PYM, Soth. 10/22/76; Sundial = P.B. 9/24/38. | apprenticed to Thomas Tuttell of the Clockmakers' Company on April 3, 1699; may be same as William Collier 2; some instruments signed "W. Collier"; T.C.(1731). | the end of Wood Street, facing Cripple Gate,(1731); at ye Atlas next the Fountain Tavern without New Gate; both in London. | Bryden 9; Taylor 1(564); Chandler and Vincent; Lubke; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Gunther 2 and 6; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 3; Coffeen 12; RSW. |
| COLLIER, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1744, MIM | member of the Goldsmiths' Company; had apprentice turned over to him from the Grocers' Company; may be same man as William Collier 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COLLIN | France, 1809, NIM | Compass Rose, 1809 = PMM. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| COLLIN, AXEL H. | Sweden, c.1830, OIM | younger son of Gabriel Collin. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| COLLIN, CARL ERIC | Sweden, 1791-1852, OIM | older son of Gabriel Collin; took over the shop in 1825. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| COLLIN, CARL GUSTAF | Sweden, 1830-1900, OIM | Telescope = Hammer Sale. | son of Carl Eric Collin; worked in his father's shop until 1852, when he succeeded him; the telescope is signed "Collin Stockholm." | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| COLLIN, GABRIEL | Sweden, 1761-1825, OIM PHIM | Balance = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | head of optical shop at Swedish Royal Academy from 1793. | Uppsala; Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| COLLINGS, C.W. | England, fl.1845-58, PHIM | made barometers and philosophical instruments. | 16 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square (1845-46); Royal Polytechnic Institute (1847); both in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara. | |
| COLLINGS, JAMES | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = WHI. | Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1808). | |
| COLLINS 1 | England, c.1710, MIM | globe maker. | London. | Globus, June, 1963. | |
| COLLINS 2 | England, OIM | probably Charles Collins, which see. | London. | RSW. | |
| COLLINS, CHARLES | England, fl.1850-80, OIM | Webster Condenser = WHI; Binocular Microscopes = Soth. 6/23/87 (2); Microscopes = BIL, P.C., Christie-SK 4/17/86, various auctions; Binocular Microscope = Versailles = 11/19/78; etc. | optician; some instruments are signed "Collins" or "C. Collins"; retailer of R. & J. Beck microscopes. | 157 Great Portland Place; 77 Great Titchfield Street, Portland Place; Polytechnic Institute; all in London. | Price 12; Moskowitz 104; O'Mara; RSW. |
| COLLINS, J. | England, c.1750, MIM | designed or made quadrants. | London. | Weil 2(2). | |
| COLLINS, JAMES | England, c.1827, PHIM | balance maker. | Birmingham. | Christie-SK 4/17/86. | |
| COLLINS, JOHN 1 | England, 1625-83, MIM | maker of the Royal sundials; designed a quadrant made by Prujean; author; possibly J. Collins with a wrong date; F.R.S., 1667. | Oxford; near the Three Crowns, Bloomsbury; next the Adam and Eve in Petty France; Garlick Hill; the last three in London. | Taylor 1(215); Gunther 2. | |
| COLLINS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1726, MIM | apprenticed to his father on Jan. 14, 1716; turned over to John Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 1, 1718; free of the Company, April 4, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLLINS, PETER | England, fl.1687-99, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 19, 1680; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1687; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLLINS, ROBERT | Scotland, PHIM | Barometers = D.(1972), Christie-G 4/30/1986-40. | Paisley. | J. Bell; Morrison-Low. | |
| COLLIS, W.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bury St. Edmunds. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLLISON, JOHN | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to Rowland Tidder in the Grocers' Company on July 6, 1793. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COLLOT FRERES | France, c.1851, MIM PHIM | Standard Meter, folding = D.(1997). | Collot Frères; T.C.; successors to M. Hirbict; scale makers; surely E. et A. Collot, one of whom was listed as a glassmaker and thermometer maker in Paris in the 1820's. | 41 Rue de l'Ecole de Médicine; (formerly the rue des mauvais Garçons), Paris. | Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 58. |
| COLLOT, A. | France, 1827-1900, PHIM | Paris 1900. | |||
| COLLOT, E. ET A. | France, c.1848, PHIM | made precision balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COLLYER, W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = ADL-A167. | used by Comdre. Robert E. Peary in 1893, on an Arctic expedition; carries Lloyd's Indent 0005 over 39. | Commercial Docks, London. | ADL; RSW. |
| COLMAR | see Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| COLOM, JACOB ARNOLD | Holland, fl.1628-42, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = NMM-G.170,- G.171. | also signed "Colum"; possibly Columb, which see; Price reported them as a "Pair of Globes." | NMM 2; Globus, Dec., 1957; Price 2. | |
| COLOMBA AND HARE | England, fl.1844-46, PHIM | Andrew Colomba and Hare; made barometers and thermometers. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1844-46); 89 Chancery Lane (1846); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLOMBA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Salisbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLOMBA, ANDREW | England, fl.1842-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | made barometers and thermometers; worked with Hare, 1844-46. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1842-59); 89 Chancery Lane (1846); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1860); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COLOMBI | France, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | succeeded by Schiavetti-Bellini; breveté; see Colombi Fils; may be son or firm of Cles. Colombi; T.C.; "Opticien de la Marine de S.A. Mgr. le Prince de Joinville." | Brest, St.Malo and Paris. | Calvert 2; RSW. | |
| COLOMBI FILS | France, c.1848, MIM SIM | Colombi (C.) Fils; probably son of Cles. Colombi. | Quai Conti, Paris. | USNM. | |
| COLOMBI, CLES. | France, fl.pre-1844-50, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope = P.C.(1958); Marine Compass in wooden box = Drouot 4/26/67-56; Spyglass = D.(1985). | T.C.; "Breveté Opticien de la Marine." | Brest et St. Malo. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| COLTI, DI GIO. BARTOL. | Italy, 1788, MIM | Bow Compass Sector, 1788 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| COLTON, LEVI | USA, 1803-85, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Connecticut Historical Society, P.C.(2), D.(1984), Soth. N.Y. 3/16/83, D.(1977), USNM (2). | worked for Richard Patten; fl.1846-54; three compasses repaired by Gurley Co., 1885-1921; probably imported some of the instruments he sold. | New York, N.Y.; New Haven, Conn.; Boston, MA.; Utica, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn. (1854). | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 127; Coffeen D; Rudd; Giordano (1977); Warner 14. |
| COLUM | see Colom. | ||||
| COLUMB | Holland, MIM | Floating Sundial = Snowshill Manor. | possibly Coulomb. | RSW. | |
| COMBES, FISHER | England, fl.1728-37, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = Snowshill Manor. | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1721; free of the Company Oct. 7, 1728; T.C.; the name sometimes is spelled Coombs or Combs. | at ye Mariner and Globe in Broad Street, near ye Angel and Crown Tavern, behind ye Royal Exchange, London. | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| COMBRET, PIERRE | France, fl.1592-1622, MIM | Sundial inside bottom lid of watch = Soltykoff Coll. = Garnier Coll. = LOU; Astronomical Watch = NYM. | Lyon. | Baillie 1. | |
| COMBS, OLIVER | England, fl.1693-1747, OIM | T.C.; optician; journeyman to Mr. Scarlett; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company as a foreign brother on Jan.11, 1728. | Leadenhall Street (1693); at the Spectacles, ye second house from Essex Street; at the Spectacles, St. Martin's Court, Lincoln Fields (1740); at the Spectacles, the Strand, near Temple Bar (1747); all in London. | Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Evans 1; KEN; Crawforth 1; Court and Von Rohr 3(66). | |
| COMETTI | England, 1722, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1722 = Soth.-Chester 9/8/83. | RSW. | ||
| COMILLI | England, | Wheel Barometers = D.(1975); Soth.-Chester 5/16/85. | modern reproductions. | London. | RSW. |
| COMITTI | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| COMITTI, JOS. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Banff. | Goodison 1. | |
| COMMANDINO, FEDERICO | Italy, c.1600, MIM | also made clocks. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| COMMESSARI, EGIDIO | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = FLG. | ICA-495; owner? | Bonelli 4; Price 1; ICA 2; Italian Inventory; Righini 1; RSW. | |
| COMOLI AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| COMOLI AND NOZZI | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. Comoli 2. | 82 St. Mary's Wynd, Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. |
| COMOLI, ANDREW | England, c.1830, | see Peter Comoli. | Dudley. | Taylor 2(1809). | |
| COMOLI, J. 1 | Scotland, fl.1825-26, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 82 St. Mary's Wynd, Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1513). | |
| COMOLI, J. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| COMOLI, J. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| COMOLI, J., NOLLI AND CO. | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | see S. Nolli, Comoli and Co. | 82 St. Mary Wynd, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| COMOLI, JOHN | England, c.1830, PHIM | see Peter Comoli. | Dudley. | Taylor 2(1809). | |
| COMOLI, PETER | England, c.1830, PHIM | made and/or sold barometers; Andrew and John Comoli in shop too. | High Street, Dudley. | Taylor 2(1809). | |
| COMOLI, PETER, AND CO. | England, fl.1817-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "P. Comoli and Co"; spelled "Curmoli" in Directory. | High Street, Dudley. | Goodison 1. |
| COMOZZI, C. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| COMOZZI, C. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably C. Comozzi 1. | Buckingham. | Goodison 1. |
| COMPANIE DES INDIES | China., c.1800, | Horizontal Sundials = CNAM, P.C. | surely the firm that commisioned the sundials. | Canton. | Cons. Nat'l 2; Société Belge. |
| COMYNS, HENRY | England, fl.1830-45, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | 15 Asylum Terrace (1836); 14 Asylum Terrace (1838); 7 King's Road; 5 Hereford Terrace, King's Road (1845); all in Chelsea, London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1810); RSW. | |
| CONDOLE, VULLY DE | France, 1831, MIM | Planetarium, 1831 = POB. | RSW. | ||
| CONDY, BENJAMIN | USA, fl.1756-98, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1761 = P.C.; Octants = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia (1763), Franklin Institute, Philadelphia (1765) = X. | 81 South Front Street (1791); Fromberger's Court (1798); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Gillingham 1; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8 and 10. | |
| CONDY, BENJAMIN, AND SONS | USA, c.1785, MIM NIM | Front Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | ||
| CONEY, AMBROSE | England, c.1676, OIM | free in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1676. | London. | rawforth 6. | |
| CONGERS | England, c.1674, | probably John Conyers. | Evans 1. | ||
| CONICHON | France, c.1750, OIM | Gregorian Telescope = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | rue des Postes, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CONNELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cheapside, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CONNER | see Potter and Conner. | American Philosophical Society. | |||
| CONNETTE, MICHEL | France, c.1626, | invented a pantometer; author. | Paris. | Wheatland 2. | |
| CONNOLLY, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1835-45, OIM | optician. | 45 Grangegorman Lane, Dublin (1835-45). | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CONRAD, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1734-39, MIM SIM | Graphometers = DEU (1734), BRE, DEU; Sectors = ANM, BM (1739) Huelsmann Coll. (1739); Table Sundial = LAW = Soth. 5/10/54; Universal Ring Sundial, 1738 = WHI; Square = STU; Equatorial Sundials = GRE, Koller 11/17/75; Armillary Sphere = D.(1965); Rule = ULM. | Ulm. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Whipple 1; Belgian Inventory; Wheatland 2; Bryden 16; RSW; Syndram. | |
| CONRADI | c.1710, OIM | microscope maker. | Clay and Court. | ||
| CONRADIAT, ANDREAS | misreading for Andreas Conrad. | ||||
| CONSTANTIN AND HUYGENS | Italy, c.1685, OIM | Objective Lenses = BMR(3). | surely Constantine Huygens. | The Hague. | Belgian Inventory. |
| CONTARINI, SAC. PAOLO | Italy, fl.1820-44, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, cardboard, 1820 = P.C.; Pillar Sundial, 1844 = FLO; Horizontal Pin Gnomon Sundial = NYM. | Netini. | Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| CONTI, THOMAS | Germany, 1711, MIM | Cannon Sundial, 1711 = P.C. | Mulhausen. | Rohr 2. | |
| CONTINHO, D. MARTINHO DA FRANCA | Portugal, MIM PHIM | Lisbon. | USNM. | ||
| CONTURIES | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1978). | rue de Bercy No. 6, Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CONYERS, JOHN | England, fl.1673-79, MIM | amateur instrument maker; author. | Holborn Bridge, London. | Taylor 1(371). | |
| CONYERS, RICHARD | England, fl.1689-1708, MIM | apprenticed to John Cooke 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 30, 1672; free of the Company, Nov. 4, 1689; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOBEROW, MATTHEW | England, fl.1690-1716, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1683; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1690; took James Mann 2 and Thomas Lincoln as apprentices. | Angel Street, London. | Robischon; Court and von Rohr 3(58). | |
| COOCKE | mis-spelling for Cooke. | ||||
| COOK 1 | England, 18th Century, NIM | Octants = BAR, POR, New Hampshire Historical Society, TRE, GEP, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; Sextants = WHI, GEP; Hadley Quadrant = OMM. | London. | USNM; Price 12; Italian Inventory; RSW. | |
| COOK 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COOK 3 | England, | see Laban Cooke. | RSW. | ||
| COOK 4 | see Cooke. | ||||
| COOK AND SON | England, c.1820, NIM | Octant = D.(1972). | surely William and George Cook. | 178 Shadwell High Street, London. | Taylor 2(1104); RSW. |
| COOK, ALBERT, AND CO. | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| COOK, BENJAMIN E. | USA, fl. 1827-34+, MIM SIM | partner with Nathan Storrs as Storrs and Cook, 1827-34; he succeeded Storrs in 1834. | Shop Row, Northampton, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| COOK, FRANCIS | see Francis Cooke. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |||
| COOK, GEORGE | England, c.1822, NIM | Octants = FRK, D.(1982), D.(1984). | D.(1984) has anchor on scale; all signed "G. Cook"; also made compasses; probably son of William Cook. | 178 Shadwell High Street, London. | Taylor 2(1104); Frank; Coffeen; RSW. |
| COOK, J. | England, PHIM | made spring balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COOK, THOMAS | England, fl.1693-1709, MIM | Slide Rules = D.(1693), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1709). | took apprentices; "Gauging Instrument Maker to the Excise Office for more than 40 years"; 1709 instrument signed "Thomas Cooke"; T.C. | by the Excise Office in the Old Jury, London. | Calvert 2; KEN; Evans 1; Britten; Darius 2.. |
| COOK, W.C. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Sector = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | Devonport. | RSW. | |
| COOK, WILLIAM | England, fl.1806-20, NIM | quadrant and compass maker; probably father of George Cook. | 178 Shadwell High Street, London. | Taylor 2(1104). | |
| COOK, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, c.1814, MIM | may have been a member of the Masons' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| COOKE 1 | England, 19th Century, MIM OIM | Magnetic Compass = Versailles 11/20/83; Telescopic Level = Versailles 4/17/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| COOKE 2 | England, OIM | Equatorial Telescope = Teramo Observatory. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| COOKE AND KELVEY | India and England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, case = Soth. 2/28/80. | Calcutta and Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| COOKE AND SON | England, c.1910, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 6/23/87. | RSW. | ||
| COOKE AND SONS | England, pre-1837-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Telescope, refracting, stand = Soth. 6/23/87. | probably Thomas Cooke 3. | Micklegate; 50 Stonegate (1837-38); 12 Coney Street (1843-51); 26 Coney Street (1860); all in York. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COOKE, B., AND SON | England, NIM | Binnacle = Tower of Gold, Seville. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| COOKE, FRANCIS | England, fl.1590-96, NIM | made backstaves; author. | Mark Lane, London (1596). | Taylor 1(81); Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| COOKE, FREDERICK | England, 1835-98, MIM | son of Thomas Cooke 3; brother of Thomas Cooke 4; firm of T. Cooke and Sons. | York. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| COOKE, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1635, | apprenticed to Elias Allen in the Grocers' Company in Aug. 1635. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COOKE, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1694, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1694. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOKE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1649, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Lowe of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 18, 1640; free of the Company on April 2, 1649. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOKE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1662, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Dobb of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 16, 1655; free of the Company, Dec. 1, 1662; took an apprentice. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOKE, LABAN | England, fl.1825-33, MIM | Slide Rules = OXF, D.(1976). | also made gauges; "Maker to the Honble Board of Excise"; "late Wellington", D. signed "Cook, ----." | 21 Crown Court, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1514); O'Mara; Moskowitz 118. |
| COOKE, ROBERT | England, fl.1668-79, MIM | citizen; free of the Weavers' Company; admitted as a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; took apprentices in the Clockmakers' Company, including Johnson Weekes. | London. | Taylor 1(493); Clay and Court; Baillie 1; J. Brown 1 & 3. | |
| COOKE, T., AND SON | England, MIM | T.C.; surely misreading for T. Cooke (3) and Sons. | York? | Soth. 10/27/69-31. | |
| COOKE, T., AND SONS | England, fl.1856-1922, MIM OIM SIM | Thomas Cooke 3 and his sons, Frederick and Thomas Cooke 4 became partners, c.1856; from 1868-94, Frederick and Thomas Cooke 4 carried on the firm; in 1894 Frederick Cooke retired in favor of Alfred Taylor and his brother Dennis Taylor who continued the firm; Dennis Taylor had headed the optical shop; the name was changed to T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. in 1897; Vickers Ltd. acquired the firm in 1916 and merged it with Troughton and Simms Ltd, to form Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd. in 1922. | York. | Taylor and Wilson; Goodison 1. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1690-1742, MIM | apprenticed to John Toogood in the Joiners' Company on April 4, 1682; free in the Company on June 3, 1690; took apprentices. | Old Jewry; Threadneedle Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(493); Crawforth 7. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1690-1718, | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 3 | England, 1807-68 fl.1837-68, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope = Soth. 10/27/69; Striding Level = KFR 12/3/64. | mechanical engineer and builder of steam engines; also an instrument maker; worked alone from 1837 to c.1856; took his sons Frederick and Thomas Cooke 4 as partners to form T. Cooke and Sons; the sons continued the firm after his death. | Allerthrope (1807-29); Micklegate (1832); 50 Stonegate (1837); Coney Street (c.1838); all in York. | Taylor 2(1515); Taylor and Wilson. |
| COOKE, THOMAS 4 | England, 1839-1919, MIM OIM | brother of Frederick Cooke; son of Thomas Cooke 3; about 1856 he and his brother joined their father to found the firm of T. Cooke and Sons. | York. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 5 | England, | see Thomas Cook. | |||
| COOKE, TROUGHTON AND SIMMS LTD. | England, 1922-, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | in 1922 the firms of Troughton and Simms Ltd. and T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. merged into Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd.; Vickers Ltd. acquired control of T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. in 1916 and that of Troughton and Simms Ltd. a few years later; the company is now known as Vickers Instruments Ltd. | York and London. | Taylor and Wilson. |
| COOKE, WILLIAM D. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, for the blind = New York Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1853. | USNM. | ||
| COOLE, HUMFRAY | England, 1568, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1568 = OXF. | Humphrey Cole. | Gunther 4. | |
| COOLLE, HUMFRAY | England, c.1580, MIM | Gunner's Combination Dividers, 1580 = BM-1878/11-1 114. | see Humphrey Cole. | Price 3; Ward 4; Gunther 2 and 4. | |
| COOMBE, OLIVER | see Oliver Combs. | Dewhirst. | |||
| COOMBES 1 | see Cox and Coombes. | RSW. | |||
| COOMBES 2 | England, MIM NIM OIM | see J. Coombes. | Devonport. | RSW. | |
| COOMBES, D. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Borda Circle = Saint-Brieuc 8/4/79. | Devonport. | RSW. | |
| COOMBES, J. | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM | Sextants = FRK (2), Soth. 10/31/66-83, 10/27/69, Soth. N.Y. 2/23/79, D.(1976), etc.; Telescope = D.(1971); Rolling Rule = Phillips 2/14/79; Rule, ivory = X. | "Optician and Admiralty Agent, Devonport"; some may be too late for this Index; some instruments signed "Coombes Devonport." | 87 Fore Street, Devonport. | Frank; Bryden 9; DATM; RSW. |
| COOMBS 1 | see King and Coombs. | Moskowitz; Coffeen C. | |||
| COOMBS 2 | see Combs. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| COOMBS 3 | see Combs. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| COOMBS, FISHER | England, c.1728, | see Fisher Combs. | Clay and Court. | ||
| COOPER 1 | USA, c.1839, PHIM | made a baroscope in 1839. | USNM. | ||
| COOPER 2 | 1830, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1830 = Cromarty. | may have made dial. | Somerville. | |
| COOPER, C.T. | England, c.1850, MIM | Ham's Ullaging and Proof Rules = NMM, KEN. | London. | NMM; KEN. | |
| COOPER, C.T., AND SONS | England, MIM | Gunnery Scales, boxwood = Soth. 7/27/64-200. | London. | RSW. | |
| COOPER, JAMES C. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Manchester. | Moskowitz 102. | ||
| COOPER, S. | England, 1836, MIM | Engineer's Rule, 1836 = D.(1971) = P.C. | Miller Street, Shidehill, Manchester. | Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| COOPER, THOMAS | England, 1701, NIM | Nocturnal, wood, 1701 = X. | J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| COOPER, W. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the combined clock and barometer dial is signed "W. Cooper Hamilton"; the thermometer is signed "Wm. Ticadell? Glasgow", which see. | Hamilton. | RSW. |
| COOPER, W.C. | England, 1842, PHIM | Electrometer = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | RSW. | ||
| COOPER, W.G. | England, c.1830, MIM | Berzelius-type Slide Rule = Berzelius Museum (Swedish Academy of Sciences). | 44 Union Street, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| COPE | see Molyneux and Cope. | RSW. | |||
| COPERNICUS, NICHOLAS | Poland; Italy; Poland, 1473-1543, MIM | Wall Sundial, pre-1512 = Olsztyn Castle. | author; noted astronomer who proposed a heliocentric theory; he also made an armillary sphere and a quadrant. | Torun. | Zinner 1; Polish Inventory; DSB; etc. |
| COPINI, GATINI | England, fl.1832-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | barometer and thermometer maker; barometer signed "Copini London." | 217 High Street, Shoreditch (1832-41); 280 High Holborn (1839-41); Norton Folgate (1842-49); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COPLAND, PATRICK | Scotland, fl.1775-1822, MIM | Rule, 12-inch, silvered brass = Natural Philosophical Museum, Dept. of Physics, U. of Aberdeen. | professor of natural philosophy; the rule used Troughton's five-foot standard-rule as a model. | Aberdeen. | J.S. Reid; Clarke et al. |
| COPLEY, CHARLES | USA, c.1852, MIM | Globe, 1852 = D.(1966). | made terrestrial and celestial globes. | New York, N.Y. | USNM; Vietor. |
| COPODURO, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | address spelled "Cerincester." | Cirencester. | Goodison 1. |
| COPP, JOHANN | Poland, fl.1524-84, | Dr. Johann Copp; designed an astrolabe; author. | Breslau. | Price 2; Zinner 1; Weil 2(25). | |
| COPP, PHILIP | 1703, MIM | Astronomical Instrument, 1703 = GEL-TX898. | Chenekal 4. | ||
| COPPIN, EDOUARD | France, post-1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made surveying instruments, sextants and microscopes; succeeded his father, M. Coppin in the firm Maison Hue-Coppin. | 56, rue de Turbigo, Paris, 3e. | RSW. | |
| COPPIN, M. | France, post-1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made surveying instruments, sextants and microscopes; succeeded Hue to form the firm Hue-Coppin; he was succeeded by his son Edouard Coppin; the "M" in M. Coppin is probably Monsieur Coppin. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| COPPLE, RICHARD | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Sankey. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORBETTA, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORBINO, VINCENZO | Italy, 18th Century, NIM | Plate for Compass Rose = P.C. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CORBY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORDERO, T. | Italy, OIM | Telescope = Technical Museum, Milan. | RSW. | ||
| CORDEROY, WILLIAM | England, c.1650, MIM | worked with Caspas Kalthoff and Johannes Digges. | London. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CORDETT, RICHARD | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln, an OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, Oct. 3, 1765. | Court and von Rohr 3(193). | ||
| CORELAND, J. | USA, MIM | made compasses. | DATM. | ||
| CORLESS, JOHN | England, fl.1806-38, MIM PHIM | Balance = Chemical Laboratory Inventory, 1823, Oxford. | apprenticed to Robert Tangate in the Joiners' Company, May 4, 1773; listed as a MIM in the directories; took apprentices; the balance was signed "Corless." | 19 Newcastle Street, Strand, London (1828). | Baillie 1; O'Mara; Gunther 2; Crawforth 7. |
| CORNEL, ANTONIO F. | MIM | Rule, ivory = LOS. | "Antonio F. Cornel" over "H." | RSW. | |
| CORNELISZ, JAN | Germany, fl.1760-84, NIM | Octants = HAA (1777), DRE, BRE, FLE, AMST; Sextant = LUB. | sometimes spelled Corneliss. | Föhr Island, Schleswig-Holstein. | Zinner 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| CORNELIUS, VON | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = BRE. | Bremerhaven. | RSW. | |
| CORNELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | c.1820? | Royston. | Goodison 1. |
| CORNELL, SILAS | USA, c.1845, MIM | made an "improved terrestrial globe." | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| CORNELLI, GEMMAE | Spain, 1630, MIM | see Cornelius Gemma 2. | Garcia Franco 2; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | ||
| CORNIQUET, PHILIPPE JACQUES | France, fl.1785-1813, MIM | Astronomical Clock = X. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| CORNISH, W.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Okehampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORNITTI, O., AND SON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| CORONELLI, P. MARCO VINCENZO MARIA | Italy, 1650-1718, MIM | Celestial Globe Gores, 1693 = ADL-A159 & -W258; Celestial Globe Gores = New York Public Library (2); Pair of Globe Gores, 1697 = ADL-A303; Terrestrial Globe Gores = Library of Congress (1688), New York Public Library (1697). | the Louvre owns the plates for the 1693 gores and occasionally restrikes them; ADL-W258 is one of those restrikes; the 1693 gores make a globe of 108 cm. in diameter; ADL-A303 would have a diameter of 8.5 cm. | Ravenna; Venice. | Bonelli 1, 4 and 8; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Italian and Belgian Inventories; Société Belge; Stevenson; Globus Nov. 1954; Grimaldi (732); DSB; Yonge; ADL; RSW. |
| CORONTE, A. | France, 1787, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1787 = D.(1958). | Metz. | RSW. | |
| CORPA | Holland, c.1795, OIM | made a microscope with W. Eisland. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CORRALL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Church Street, Lutterworth (1835-41). | Goodison 1. | |
| CORRAZINI, F. | Italy, 1747, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1747 = P. and S. 4/3/1894. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | ||
| CORSAN, ROBERT | see Robert Corson. | Bryden 9. | |||
| CORSAN, THOMAS | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | Queen Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| CORSON, L.H., M.A. | USA, c.1840, | invented a type of perpetual calendar, engraved by Doty and Bergen. | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| CORSON, ROBERT | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | Rule, wood = P.C. | rule maker; sometimes spelled "Corsan." | Berry Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 10. |
| CORSS, JAMES | Scotlandc.1650, MIM | maker and seller of scientific instruments; publisher of the "Edinburgh Almanack." | Edinburgh. | Bryden 15. | |
| CORT AND CO. | England, pre-1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORT, L.E. VAN | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1989). | RSW. | ||
| CORTE, JAS. | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer, yew = Soth. 2/4/77; Hydrostatic Bubbles = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| CORTI AND SON | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, satinwood = D.(1989). | London. | RSW. | |
| CORTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | 7 Greville Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, ANTONI | Scotland, fl.1833-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = Soth. 2/28/80, Christie-SK 1/22/87. | the wheel barometer is signed "A. Corti, Glasgow"; the stick barometer from Christie is signed "A. Cortie" plus the address. | 97 Nelson Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CORTI, B. | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Glasgow. | J. Bell. | |
| CORTI, ENRICO | Italy, 19th Century, PHIM | Balance = A-P 3/15/76. | "successore a Orlandi." | RSW. | |
| CORTI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, G.A. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | Inverness. | RSW. | |
| CORTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Colchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CORTI, J. NO. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Chelsea Fair Cat., 1973. | probably Jno. Corti. | RSW. | |
| CORTI, J.B. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, JNO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2), Soth. 12/14/95; Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one wheel barometer signed "J. Corti" but shows the same address; Soth. signed "Jno. Corti Fecit." | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CORTI, JOHN | England, fl.1815-34, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Phillips 2/15/89; Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | supplied the trade; instruments signed "J. Corti, London" except Phillips which is signed "John Corti Fecit"; may be by Jno. Corti. | 27 Leather Lane (1815-25); 35 Eyre Street, Hatton Garden (1826-34); Union Court, Hatton; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1516); RSW. |
| CORTI, JOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, PAUL | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(5). | may be father of Paul Courti. | 5 Market Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| CORTI, PETER | England, fl.1845-50, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 30 Eyre Street Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTILO, CARMELO AND FRANCALANCIO | Italy, 1720, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1720 = ROM-7780. | Turin. | Bonelli 4. | |
| CORTS, J. | PHIM | Spring Balance = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| CORTY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see John Corti. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| COSENS, NICHOLAS | England, fl.1638-54, MIM | hour glass maker; also spelled "Cussans." | York. | Loomes; Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| COSIMO, BERNARDINUS | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = Stuker (1958). | "di casa Bernardini Cosimo." | RSW. | |
| COSLE | France, | invented a horizontal sundial made by Menant. | Wheatland 2. | ||
| COSSA | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| COSSA, P. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| COSSINET, FRANCIS | England, c.1659, | sold navigational instruments and globes; maker? | at the Sign of the Anchor and Mariner, Tower Street, Mincing Lane, London. | Taylor 1(281). | |
| COSTA, ANTONIO CARVALHO DA | see Carvalho. | Weil 2(25). | |||
| COSTA, ANTONIUS | Italy, fl. 1670-76, MIM | Sectors = ROM (1675), FLO; Armillary Spheres = NMM-Sp.11 (1676), D. (1670). | Italian Inventory says the sectors are 1679; the NMM armillary sphere is signed "Antonius Costa Mirandulanus fecit in Fere 1676"; armillary sphere, 1670, is 15 inches high. | Mirandolana; Fera. | Price 2; Italian Inventory; NMM 2; RSW. |
| COSTA, CESAR | Italy, fl.1690-1715, MIM | Squadra Mobile, 1712 = D.; Sliding Gauge, 1690 = ADL-M114; Graphometers = BM (1692) (1715), P.C.(1965); Sectors, 1699 = VEN, NYC. | ADL was stolen, 1964, while on loan; the BM graphometer of 1692 is lost. | Mirandolana. | Bonelli 4; Price 2 and 3; Michel 3; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Brieux 2; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. |
| COSTA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO | Italy, d.1773, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1754 = ROM. | Venice. | Bonelli 4; Italian Inventory; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |
| COSTA, JOSEPH DE MIRANDA | Portugal, 1711, NIM | Mariner's Compass, 1711 = WHI. | RSW. | ||
| COSTENBADR, GEORG | Germany, c.1583, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Soth. 5/21/53-103. | see Kostenbader. | RSW. | |
| COSTER, D. | Italy, 1715, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1715 = LIE. | The Hague. | Michel 3 and 9. | |
| COSTER, SALOMON | Holland, d.1659, MIM | with Steven Thrasi built a "magnificent planetarium known as the `Leidse sphera'"; clockmaker. | Rotterdam. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 2. | |
| COSTERE, JACOBUS DE | Holland, 1618, MIM | Astrolabe, 1618 = MAA. | ICA 464; designed by Michael Coignet and engraved by Ferdinand Arsenius. | Rooseboom 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 3 & 16; RSW. | |
| COSTIGAN | USA, post-1836, NIM | T.C. | 74 South Street, New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| COTES, ROGER | USA, c.1716, | invented a meridian telescope which was made by Voight. | Boston Mass. | Bedini 1. | |
| COTTA | Germany, PHIM | Electrical Instrument = X. | Leipzig. | Hackmann. | |
| COTTAM AND HALLEN | England, c.1820, MIM | Level = D.; Hodometer = Soth. 7/15/63-148. | Winsley Street, London. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| COTTE, LOUIS | France, 1740-1815, | invented or perfected meteorological instruments; author. | Paris. | Goldschmidt and Co. Cat. | |
| COTTEL, TIMOTHEE | France, c.1620, MIM | Timothée Cottel or possibly Timothée Collet, which see. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | |
| COTTEREL, CHARLES | England, c.1667, | Sir Charles Cotterel invented a form of Napier's Rods. | Taylor 1(314); Dewhirst; Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| COTTIE, ABEL | USA, 1680, MIM | had Benjamin Chandlee 1 as an apprentice, 1680; clockmaker? | RSW. | ||
| COTTON, EDWARD | England, fl.1818-23, MIM | made dividers, protractors, etc. | Boston. | USNM. | |
| COTTON, L. | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1969), USNM. | New York, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. | |
| COTY | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Christie 7/5/71. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| COUCHMAN, PETER | England, c.1682, | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1682. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COUDRAY, JULIEN | France, fl.1504-30, MIM | Astrolabe, 1507 = Blois Chateau; Astronomical Clock = Tours. | also made armillary spheres; he may have repaired the astrolabe. | Blois. | Michel 3; Baillie 1; Price 2. |
| COULDRY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1819-51, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also made thermometers and saccharometers. | Church Passage, Tooley Street (1819-29); 4 Churchyard Passage (1828); 26 St. Thomas Street, East Borough (1838-51); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1297); O'Mara. |
| COULOMB | France, 17th Century, MIM | Floating Sundial, round, ivory = MERC-87. | Columb? | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |
| COULOMB, CHARLES AUGUSTIN | France, 1736-1806, PHIM | devised a torsion balance electrometer in 1785. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COULSELL, ELIZABETH | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | probably widow of Thomas Coulsell. | 153 Union Street, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(2104). | |
| COULSELL, ELIZABETH AND MATHILDA | England, c.1836, MIM OIM PHIM | widow and daughter? | 153 Union Street, Borough, London. | O'Mara. | |
| COULSELL, JOHN | England, c.1830, MIM | 7 Wooten Street, Cornwall Road, London. | Taylor 2(1813). | ||
| COULSELL, THOMAS | England, fl.1810-29, MIM | made ivory and box rules; Elizabeth Coulsell his widow? | 29 Union Street; 41 Union Street (1822); 153 Union Street (1828-29); all in Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(1299); O'Mara. | |
| COULSELL, WILLIAM | England, 1815-58, MIM | 9 Castle Street, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(1300); O'Mara. | ||
| COULSELL, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, MIM | 4 Salmon Lane, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1300). | ||
| COULSON, DANIEL | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 58 Charles Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(2105). | ||
| COULSON, S. | England, c.1825, | engineer; devised a type of slide rule. | Redcar. | Delehar 2. | |
| COUNSEL | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | Farringdon. | RSW. | |
| COUPPEY, JEAN ANDRE | France; Austria, fl.1764-73, MIM | Jean André Couppey; made several astronomical clocks. | Paris; Vienna. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| COUR, DE LA | see Delacour. | ||||
| COURT, WILLIAM, AND MARMADUKE HODGESON | England, c.1690, | T.C.; sellers of books and mathematical instruments. | at the Mariner and Anchor on little Tower Hill, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| COURTANVAUX, MARQUIS DE | France, pre-1782, | invented the gnomograph to calculate sundials; one of the great eighteenth century collectors. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | |
| COURTI, PAUL | England, 1856-57, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 10/19/87, Bearne's 2/12/92. | probably son of Paul Corti; Soth. barometer signed "Courti Exeter"; Bearne's signed P. Courti, Exeter." | 38 1/2 South Street (1856); 7 High Street (1856-57); both in Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COURTI, PH. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Drouot 4/26/67-36. | Mulhouse. | RSW. | |
| COURVOISIER ET HOURIET | France, fl.1775-1804, MIM | David Courvoisier et Jacques Frédéric Houriet; made astronomical clocks. | Le Locle. | Britten. | |
| COUSENS AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. | 20 Wind Street, Swansea. | RSW. | |
| COUT | surely Gout. | Koller, May 1966. | |||
| COUTTS, I.P. | misreading for "I.P. Cutts." | RSW. | |||
| COVAGNOLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1665, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1665 = Brescia Museum-56. | Price 2. | ||
| COVELL, THOMAS | England, c.1787, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1787. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| COVENS, CORNELIS | Holland, fl.1792-1803, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = AMST(2), BOM 3/28/06 (1803); Celestial Globe, 1803 = AMST; Armillary Sphere = AMST. | succeeded the Valk Brothers. | Amsterdam. | Cat. der Bibliotheek, AMST; Krogt 2; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| COVENTRY, JOHN | England, fl.1790-1816, MIM | made glass micrometer scales and designed a hygrometer. | Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(1107); Chaldecott. | |
| COVERI, STEFANO | Italy, fl.1660-80, OIM | made telescopes. | Livorno. | Daumas 1. | |
| COWAN, HENRY | England?, c.1850, PHIM | Gold Balance = D.(1970). | Boston. | Moskowitz 101. | |
| COWIE, A. | England, NIM | Sextant, case = Eldred 10/11/75. | Grangemouth. | RSW. | |
| COWLAND, W. | England, MIM | Gunter Quadrant = Libert et Castor 4/28/82-89. | RSW. | ||
| COWLEY, J. | England, fl.1739-46, MIM | Celestial Globe, glass, 1739 = KEN. | engraved the glass globe of the "Powderham sphere", c.1740; appointed Geographer in ordinary to his Majesty (George II) in 1741. | KEN; Millburn 9. | |
| COWLEY, MISS | Englandc.1787, | invented a cardboard pocket armillary sphere, c.1787, "Miss Cowley's Pocket Sphere"; published by Jno. Marshall and Co., which see; example is ADL-W246. | London? | ADL; RSW. | |
| COWLEY, W.H. | England, NIM | Sextant with platina scale = Soth. 5/21/71. | Milford Haven. | RSW. | |
| COX 1 | see Cock. | Taylor 1(285); Daumas 1. | |||
| COX 2 | England, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = PEA. | London. | Taylor 2(701); Brewington 1. | |
| COX 3 | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | Sextant = D.(1972); Protractor = WHI; Pantograph = OXF; Sundials = NMM(2); Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | may be more than one person; barometer signed "Cox" on the level. | London. | Taylor 2(816); Whipple 1; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| COX 4 | England, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Barometers = NMM-B.12, Soth.-S 7/23/87; Stick Barometer =X; Protractor = Phillips 4/20/83; Theodolite = Soth. 2/2/70; Garden Sundial = D.(1973). | either William Charles Cox or William Cox 3; "Optician." | Devonport and Plymouth. | Goodison 1; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| COX 5 | England, 1838, MIM | Pocket Globe, 1838 = Soth. 12/19/66-19; Compass Sundial = NMM-Caird. | globe signed "Cox's Second Edition of 1838." | RSW. | |
| COX 6 | England, NIM | Nautical Sextant = Exhibition-Maps. | probably William Charles Cox; see entry for instruments. | Exhibition-Maps. | |
| COX AND COOMBES | England, NIM | Sextants, ebony and ivory, cases = Chicheley Hall, Newport-Pagnell, Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the name is in an ivory circle on the Chicheley Hall sextant. | Devonport and Plymouth. | RSW. |
| COX AND FARQUAHSON | England, fl.1775-91, | glass workers. | Glasshouse, near Falcon Stairs, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(701). | |
| COX AND SON | England, MIM | Protractor = NYM. | probably William Cox 2 and Son. | London. | RSW. |
| COX, ANNE AND ROGER | England, c.1808, MIM | rule makers. | Suffolk Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| COX, ARTHUR | England, c.1754, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1754. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| COX, BENJAMIN | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to John Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 5, 1726; free of the Company, March 4, 1733. | Green Arbour Court, Little Old Bailey, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| COX, DANIEL | England, post-1780, OIM | Glasshouse, Falcon Stairs, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(701). | ||
| COX, E. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Rule, folding, fruitwood = A-P 3/15/76. | 15 Great Queens, London. | RSW. | |
| COX, F. | England, MIM OIM | Tablet Sundial, wood = Soth. 12/16/63; Microscope = Phillips 9/10/86. | 100 Newgate Street, London. | RSW. | |
| COX, FRANCIS B. | England, c.1860, MIM | Slide Rule, carpenter, boxwood = OXF. | "late Thomas Cox and Co"; also worked in ivory. | 50 Camden Street, Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; Evans 1; RSW. |
| COX, G. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 5/5/83. | George Cox 2? see James Cook 2. | 5 Barbican, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1815); RSW. |
| COX, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1818, MIM | maker of boxwood and ivory rules. | Navigation Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| COX, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1830-36, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Beam Level = D.(1972); Instrument = WHI; Sector, ivory = P.C. | P.C. has a small rosette at beginning of Numbers line; D. marked "Webster's Improved Beam Level, G. Cox." | 128 Holborn Hill, London (1830-36). | Moskowitz 104; Taylor 2(1815); Clay and Court; RSW. |
| COX, I.S. | England, 1833, MIM | Pair of Globes, miniature = Phillips 11/16/88. | terrestrial globe is dated 1833; 2nd edition; see James Cox 2. | RSW. | |
| COX, J. | England, c.1840, NIM | Octant, ebony, brass and ivory = D. | London. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| COX, JAMES 1 | England, c.1780, OIM | Telescope with watch on hinged lens cover = Wilsdorf Coll. (1976) = UTO 11/2/76 = TIM. | photogragh caption says "William Cox"; see William Cox 2. | London. | Country Life, June 3, 1976, pp. 1486, 1488. |
| COX, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1811-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Coll. (1835), Phillips 12/2/87 (1835), Soth. 12/19/66-19 (1838); Wheel Barometer = X. | the globe from Phillips is signed "Cox Barbican, London, 1835" on a label pasted over the original signature which was "Lane's Improved Globe, London"?; Soth. globe is signed "Cox's Second Edition of 1838"; succeeded Joseph Cox; T.C; "Working Optician"; see I.S. Cox. | 51 Banner Street, St. Luke's; 5 Barbican, Aldersgate Street (1830-51); 85 Lombard Street (1839); all in London. | Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; Goodison 1; Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| COX, JOHN 1 | England, c.1664, | see Reeves and Cox. | |||
| COX, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1732-64, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Sept. 30, 1724; free of the Company on June 29, 1732; John Margas turned over to him, after 1735; T.C. | at the Cock and Garter in Long Acre, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(112); Crawforth 1; Robischon. | |
| COX, JOHN 3 | England, c.1759, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Hill of the Grocers' Company on July 19, 1759. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| COX, JOSEPH | England, fl.1790-1835, NIM OIM | Borda Circle = KEN. | succeeded William Cox 2. | 3 Barbican (1798-1817); 5 Barbican (1820-35); both in London. | Taylor 2(816); Brewington 1; KEN. |
| COX, ROGER | England, | see Anne and Roger Cox. | Bryden 9. | ||
| COX, S.W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Market Harborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| COX, SAMUEL | England, c.1820, MIM | Hour Circle, pewter = Soth. 10/21/74. | RSW. | ||
| COX, THOMAS | England, c.1797, MIM | rule maker; continued as Thomas Cox and Co? | Hill Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| COX, THOMAS, AND CO. | England, pre-1860, MIM | rule makers; succeeded by Francis B. Cox. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner; RSW. | |
| COX, W. | England, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Christie 12/17/75; Stick Barometer and Sympiesometer = X. | William Cox 3 or William Charles Cox? | Devonport. | RSW. |
| COX, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1727-44, OIM | apprenticed to William Johnson in the Spectaclemakers' Company; turned over to Jane Sterrop, widow of Thomas Sterrop 1, of the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1727; took his son as an apprentice in 1744. | London. | Robischon; Crawforth 7. | |
| COX, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1774, OIM | Telescope, two-draw = Bearnes 3/30/88. | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1774; see James Cox 1 re: telescope with watch. | 3 Barbican, London. | Taylor 2(816); Brewington 1; Robischon; RSW. |
| COX, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1806, MIM NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | supplied nautical instruments to the Naval College. | Plymouth Dock, Devon. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1108); Moskowitz 102. |
| COX, WILLIAM CHARLES | England, fl.1822-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = NMM; Stick Barometer = X; Marine Barometer = X; Protractors = WRAY, USNM, Soth. 3/21/73 (silver); Sextants = Soth. 11/9/59 and 7/15/63; Electrometer = KEN; Theodolite = Soth. 2/2/70; Beam Compass = NMM; Surveying Compass = D.(1975); Watch Counter = D.(1982); Telescope = D.(1992). | T.C.; some instruments signed "Wm. Cox" and could be by William Cox 3. | 86 Fore Street, Plymouth Dock (1822-39); 89 Fore Street (1852-56); 24 Southside Street (1856); 83 Fore Street (1857); all in Devonport; in Plymouth also. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1517); USNM; Moskowitz 107; Bryden 9; Coffeen B and 39; RSW. |
| COX, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, fl.1786-1838, OIM | William Cox 2 and Son. | 3 (later 5) Barbican, London. | Taylor 2(816). | |
| COYPEL, A. | France, c.1710, | signature on case of astronomical clock by Fardoil; also signed "J. Caffieri." | Trois Siècles. | ||
| COYSGARNE | England, | see Wilcox and Coysgarne. | RSW. | ||
| CR. R.B.F. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = STU. | Zinner 1. | ||
| CRABBE, GEORGE | England, c. 1850, | Rev. George Crabbe; made a cheap meridian instrument that showed time at noon to within one second. | Merton Rectory, Thetford. | USNM; London Internat'l Exhibition of 1862. | |
| CRAFORD, HENRY | England, fl.1737-61, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1, Grocers' Company, Dec. 15, 1724; free of the Company Jan. 19, 1737 (OS); took apprentices; sometimes spelled "Crawford." | Denmark Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1737); Ratcliffe Highway (1741); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CRAIG, JAMES | Scotland, c.1760, MIM | made an astronomical clock. | Glasgow. | Baillie 1. | |
| CRAMER, GERNARD | Holland?, 1714, MIM | Polar Sundial, 1714 = P-B 10/28/63. | "sculpsit"; Gerrit Cramer? | RSW. | |
| CRAMER, GERRIT | Holland, fl.1729-55, MIM OIM | Equatorial Sundial = LIE; Microscopes = CRI, UTR, BM, GRO; Telescope = LEY; Sundial = P.C.; Parallactic Machine = LEY. | Groningen. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Nachet; Daumas 1; Gunther 2. | |
| CRANE, AARON D. | USA?, c.1850, MIM | made astronomical clock. | USNM; N.Y. Exhib. of the Industry of all Nations, 1853. | ||
| CRANENDONCK, I. DE, M.F.A. | 1607, MIM | Radio Latino, 1607 = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | RSW. | ||
| CRANEVELT, JOHN | England?, c.1730, NIM | Backstaff = Soth. 6/25/68-19 = D.(1982). | could be Middelburg, Holland; Moskowitz thinks he is owner, and that instrument was made in England. | Middelbur-; Middelburg? | Moskowitz 123; RSW. |
| CRASSIER, G. DE | Germany, MIM | Quadrant, folding, wood and paper = ADL-W129. | probably owner. | ADL; RSW. | |
| CRAWFORD, HENRY | see Henry Craford. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CRAWHAL, T.W. | England, c.1850, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, case = Ineichen 5/10/76. | RSW. | ||
| CRAWLEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1676-1702, OIM | instrument maker for Robert Hooke. | Gresham House, London. | Taylor 1(391); Evans 1. | |
| CRAWLEY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1828-46, OIM | may have been partner with or successor to Thomas Jones. | 6 Castle Street, Leicester Square (1828-29); 21 Oxenden Street, Piccadilly (1836-38); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2107). | |
| CRAYLE, WILLIAM | England, c.1595, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| CREED, ROBERT | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in the Clockmakers' Company. | Robischon. | ||
| CREEK | see Crick. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CREMENSIS, FRANCISCUS | see Franciscus of Cremona. | ||||
| CREMER, GERHARD 1 | see Gerardus Mercator. | Osley; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CREMER, GERHARD 2 | Germany, 1714, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1714 = D. | "Gerhard Kloppenburgh Invenit et Delineavit Gerhard Cremer Sculpsit 1714." | Wynter and Turner. | |
| CREMER, J.D. | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Sundial = P.C.(1798). | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| CREMON, JOSEPH, AND CO. | c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1969). | RSW. | ||
| CREMONINI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bilston. | Goodison 1. | |
| CREMONINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CREMONINI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CREMSDORFF | France, c.1720, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = OXFB, NMM, FIN-172, MERC-41 (oval), Soth. 7/31/58 and 6/25/68 (ex-Chester Beatty Coll.), MADEX, P-B 2/22/54, LIE. | Paris. | Michel 1, 3, 9 and 15; Nachet; Zinner 1; Josten 1; MADEX; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | |
| CREMSTORFF | see Cremsdorff. | Soth. 6/25/68. | |||
| CRENTZIN, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Table Sundials = DEU, NUR; Graphometers = DEU-10499, DEU; Equatorial Sundial = SPI-166; Instrument = MUN-33/283. | some instruments listed as `C. Creutzin', and of the 17th century. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Ernst. |
| CRENY, ANTHOINE DE | France, c.1660, MIM | Sundial, silver and ivory = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79. | may be Bloud-type. | Dieppe. | RSW. |
| CRESCENZIO, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1607, MIM | made magnetic compasses; designed a mariner's astrolabe; author; Price said that he was not an instrument maker. | Rome. | Boffito; Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| CREUTZIN, C. | Germany, | see Christian Crentzin. | RSW. | ||
| CRICHTON | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octants = PMS, RSM, GEP, Kelton Coll. (1990), Soth. 4/29/77; Sextants = ADL-A178, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Soth. 5/12/75, K. and C. 7/14/76; Gunter Rule = Christie 11/22/78; Artificial Horizon = D.(1981); Parallel Rules, ivory = NMM; Thermometers = CNAM (Lavoisier Coll.); Quadrant = SUN; Microscope = Christie-SK 8/20/87; etc. | PMS octant made for Alder and Duren, New York; surely John 2 or Joseph Crichton; Kelton octant made for A. Dobbie, surely James Crichton 2. | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(1518), (2108); Michel 3; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Frank; Moskowitz 122; ADL; RSW. |
| CRICHTON BROS. | England, fl.1820?-1872, MIM NIM PHIM | Rule, ivory = Soth. 10/17/60; Octant = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sextant = Phillips 11/16/76; Sympiesometer = Christie 12/8/76; Rule with Protractor = D.; Stick Barometer, 1872 = D.(1976). | most instruments may be very late. | 11 Billiter Street, London. | Taylor 2(2108); Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| CRICHTON, J. | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscopes = P.C., Soth. 11/9/59, 6/8/70; Monocular Microscope = Soth.-B 9/15/76. | either John 2 or Joseph Crichton. | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| CRICHTON, JAMES 1 | Scotlandc.1817, MIM PHIM | Barometer = RSM; Magnetometer, Air Pump, Compass Variation Needle = University of Strathclyde. | also a balance maker. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1301); Fiona Wilson. |
| CRICHTON, JAMES 2 | England, c.1845, NIM | Octants, ebony = Soth. 4/29/71 and 10/28/86. | made instruments for A. Dobbie. | London. | Clarke et al. |
| CRICHTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1826-32, MIM | 32 Fore Street, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1518). | ||
| CRICHTON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1846-51, MIM NIM | Octant, ebony = Soth. 3/10/87. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; T.C. reads "Manufacturer of Mathematical, Optical and Nautical Instruments to the Honorable East India Company and to the Honorable Corporation of the Trinity House." | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2108); Nachet; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| CRICHTON, JOSEPH | England, f.1838-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2108); Goodison 1. | |
| CRICK, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1689-97, MIM | apprenticed to William How, of the Grocers' Company, on Nov. 7, 1679; free of the Company Dec. 2, 1689; took apprentices; also spelled "Creek." | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CRICK, CHARLES 2 | England, fl.1722-38, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Aug. 29, 1722; "Rulemaker"; son of Charles Crick 1; took an apprentice; also spelled "Creek." | East Smithfield, London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| CRICK, JAMES | England, fl.1733-54, MIM | son of Charles Crick 1; admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Oct. 10, 1733; took an apprentice; also may be spelled "Creek." | near the Maypole, in East Smithfield, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CRICK, THOMAS | England, c.1737, MIM | son of Charles Crick 1; admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Jan. 19, 1737 (OS). | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CRICKMORE, T. | England, c.1825, OIM | Compound Microscope = Wellcome Institute, London. | Ipswich. | Bryden 9. | |
| CRIGHTON, J. | see J. Crichton. | ||||
| CRINDEL | see Carlo Grindel. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CRISTEL, CONRAD | Germany, 1484, MIM | "compastmacher" in 1484. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| CRISTIN, JEAN PIERRE | France, 1683-1755 tuv, | redesigned the Celsius scale to the modern centigrade scale for thermometers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| CRITCHLEY AND MATHER | England, fl.1822-24, MIM | Critchley and John Mather; opticians. | 3 North Side, Old Dock, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1520); Crawforth 6. | |
| CROCE | USA, PHIM | Barometer = VCW. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| CROCE, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lewis. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, J. | England, 1789, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (3); Wheel Barometers = X. | probably Joshua Croce 1 or Joseph Croce; see William Peacock 2, who was probably his dealer; one of the stick barometers is dated "1789." | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CROCE, JOSEPH | England, c.1847, PHIM | barometer maker; son of Joshua Croce 1? | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, JOSHUA 1 | England, fl.1823-41, PHIM | barometer maker; father of Joseph Croce? | 15 Grape Lane, York (1823-30). | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, JOSHUA 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie-SK 2/26/88, Soth.-S 1/25/89. | the barometers are signed "Josh. Croce 212 Holborn." | 212 Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| CROFLER, CRISTOFO | Germany, MIM | may be a ghost. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| CROGER, J. | England, fl.1830-50, NIM | Sextant, ebony, miniature = Soth. 11/9/70. | London. | RSW. | |
| CROIX, BERIN DE LA | England, 1761, MIM | Noël-Simon Carochez turned over to him by P Vallée in 1761; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs"; possibly Lacroix, which see. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| CROLIUS, JOHANN | Denmark, fl.1575-91, MIM | collaborator of Tycho Brahe; goldsmith; instrument maker. | Hven. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| CROLL, L. | c.1650, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = BUR. | L. Cröll. | USNM. | |
| CROMER, GERRIT | see Gerrit Cramer. | ||||
| CRONMIRE, J.M. AND H. | England, c.1850, MIM | Drawing Instruments = Soth. 11/9/70. | Soth. says 18th century. | 10 Bromehead Street, Commercial Road East, London. | London Intern'l Exhib., 1862; USNM; RSW. |
| CROOKE, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1693-1758, MIM | apprenticed to John Toogood in the Joiners' Company; freed in the Company by Elizabeth Toogood, July 4, 1693; took apprentices. | Without Newgate, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CROOKE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to his father, John Crooke 1, in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 1, 1713; free in the Company, April 3, 1722. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CROOKE, RICHARD | England, c.1715, | son of John Crooke 1; apprenticed to his father in the Joiners' Company, April 12, 1715. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CROOKES, JOHN | England, MIM | Quadrant, surveying = Musée Lombard, Geneva; Surveying Instrument= D.(1994). | D. signed "Jno. Crookes Fecit Leeds". | Leeds. | Coffeen X (1994); RSW. |
| CROOKES, WILLIAM | England, 1832-1919, PHIM | invented and made a wide range of philosophical instruments, including Crooke's radiometer; F.R.S. | London. | DSB; DNB; Zeitlin Cat. | |
| CROOME, ROBERT | England, c.1764, | free in the Joiners' Company; testified for Francis Morgan, July 3, 1764. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CROSA, ANTONIUS | Italy, 1573, MIM | Astrolabe, 1573 = D. | "Antonius Crosa De Castronovo Genve Elaborabat Anno Salatis Domini MDLXXIII." | Genoa. | Brieux 2. |
| CROSBY AND ROBINSON | England, pre-1743, | T.C.; Thomas Crosby and John Robinson 1; sold all sorts of instruments; split up in 1743. | at the lower end of Fair-street, "upon Horse-ly-down", in Southwark, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| CROSBY, DANIEL | Ireland, fl.1783-1804, PHIM | Balances = D., WHI. | 36 Pill Lane, Dublin. | Coffeen III; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CROSBY, JOHN | England, c.1675, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, c.1675. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| CROSMAN, CHARLES | USA, 1830-1907, MIM | worked for Burt and Bailey, 1853-56; worked with Burt and Watson, 1857-58; partner with William Cicero Grant as Grant and Crosman, 1858-61. | Jefferson Avenue, between Bates and Randolph, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| CROSSE, JAMES | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed to John Brown 1 with effect from March 25, 1688. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CROSTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROSTHWAITE, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1787-95, MIM | also made watches. | Dublin. | Taylor 2(818). | |
| CROTCHIE, CHAS. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Inverness. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROUCH, HENRY | England, c.1850+, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89; Microscope, binocular = D.(1997). | London. | Coffeen 56; RSW. | |
| CROUCHER, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, MIM | also made a marine time-keeper. | 27 Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1111). | |
| CROUCHLEY, G.F. | misreading for George Frederick Cruchley. | ||||
| CROW, FRANCIS | England, 1780-1832 fl.1813-32, NIM PHIM | Octant, 1832 = NMM; Compass, liquid filled = RSM; Wheel Barometer = X; Box of Magnetic Recreations = Museum, Wallington, Northumberland. | patented liquid compass and Crow's seaman's octant in 1813. | Faversham, Kent (1780-95); Gravesend; 37 Windsor Terrace, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1302); Goodison 1; NMM 2; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Hill and Padget-Tomlinson; McConnell (1984); Bedini 8. |
| CROW, GEORGE | USA, fl.1725-71, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1754 = P.C. | several other instruments survive; clockmaker. | Wilmington, Del. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1. |
| CROW, T. | England, 1801, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1801 = NMM. | Wateringbury. | RSW. | |
| CROWDER, JOHN | England, c.1836, MIM | Providence Place, Tash Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CROWDER, JOHN PETER | England, c.1795, | apprenticed to William Spencer 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 5, 1795; he may be the same as John Crowder. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CRUCHLEY, GEORGE FREDERICK | England, fl.1822-75, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Stuker (1958), P.C., Larvik Marine Museum, Norway (1853).; Pair of Globes = P-B 4/28/39, etc. | apprenticed to Aaron Arrowsmith, c.1840; "Map-Seller, Globe Maker and Publisher"; took over Cary firm and plates in 1850 and added his own name. | 64 and 81 Fleet Street, London. | Lister; Moskowitz 123; Yonge; RSW. |
| CRUCIFIX, NICOLAS | France, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory and silver = D.(1976) & D.(1986). | probably the same sundial. | Dieppe. | Coffeen Z; RSW. |
| CRUISE, JOHN | Ireland, 1843, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1843 = D.(1989). | gnomon stamped "Yeates/Dublin." | Castletown, Kilpatrick. | Moskowitz 132. |
| CRUNDWELL | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | High Street, Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| CRUNKLES, JAN AND FERDINAND NABOTH | Czechoslovakia?, fl.1695-97, MIM | Pair of Globes = Museum, Olomuc, Czech. | Naboth was painter; Crünkles was the constructer. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| CRUQUIUS, NICOLAUS SAMUEL | Holland, 1678-1754, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant = LEY. | surveyor;, expert on water-works. | Delft; Spaarndam. | Michel 3; Rooseboom 1. |
| CRUS, JOZE DA | Portugal, c.1808, MIM NIM | Compass = LIM. | compass signed "Joze da Crus, a Fez." | Lisbon. | RSW. |
| CRYER, THOMAS | England, fl.1754-1801, MIM | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 7, 1748; listed as a Householder from 1754 to 1801. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CUBITT, WILLIAM | England, 1817, | devised an "Ellipsifex" in 1817. | Ipswich. | Delehar 7. | |
| CUCCO, AUGUSTINUS | Italy, 1596, MIM | Artillery Instrument, 1696 = ADL-M100. | "Bombarda er aris cent°." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| CUFF, JOHN | England, 1708-72, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = CRI (No. 1), EGE, OXF, FLO, BIL, KEN (6), UTR, WHI, MAS, AMH, RSM, etc.; Telescopes = NMM, OXF, MLL, etc.; Stick Barometer = D.(1977); Angle Barometer = X; etc. | apprenticed to James Mann 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on April 13, 1722; free of the Company on Jan. 8, 1730; Master of the Company, 1748-49; took apprentices; T.C.; author. | at the Sign of the Reflecting Microscope and Spectacles, opposite Serjeant's Inn Gate, Fleet Street (1742-54); Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1758); from opposite Shoe Lane (1759); of the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West (1760); all in London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Taylor 2(158); Goodison 1; Whipple 1; Bonelli 1; Chaldecott 1; Belgian Inv.; Egestorff; Gunther 2 & 6; Chenakal 4; KEN; Daumas 1; Nachet; Purtle; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| CUFF, WILLIAM | England, c.1720, MIM | Sundial = Bishop's Palace, Wells. | Shepton Mallet. | Britten. | |
| CUINET, AEGIDIUS | variant spelling of Coignet, which see. | RSW. | |||
| CUINIET, GILLES | variant spelling for Coignet, which see. | Michel 12; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |||
| CULLOCK, M. | England, c.1787, | invented a new azimuth compass. | 38 Minories, London. | NMM. | |
| CULLS, J.P., TOMS AND SUTTON | misreading for J.P. Cutts, Sons and Sutton. | Soth.-B 9/15/76. | |||
| CULMER, C. | England, 18th Century, NIM | Hadley Quadrant = D.(1993). | mispelling of J. Culmer? | London. | MAD, Aug. 1993. |
| CULMER, J. | England, c.1700?, NIM | Octant = Marine Historical Assoc., Conn.; Hadley's Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | Josiah Culmer? | Wapping New Stairs, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| CULMER, JOSIAH | England, fl.1770-1810, NIM | Sextant, 1786 = Robert Watt (1786); Octants = Liverpool Museum (1786), Marine Historical Association, Conn.; Hadley's Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 2, 1770; listed as a MIM in the directories. | 130 (later 126) Wapping Stairs, London. | Taylor 2(820); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; NMM 1; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| CULPEPER AND SCARLETT | England, OIM | Microscope = CRI. | London. | Gunther 2. | |
| CULPEPER, EDMUND 1 | England, 1660-1738 fl.1713-38, MIM NIM OIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including microscopes, various types of sundials, grapho- meters, circumferentors, sectors, etc; (see Coffeen 46.) | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company, Sept. 6, 1684; free of the Company on Mar. 4, 1713; took over Hayes' shop before 1700; took one apprentice; sometimes spelled `Culpepper"; gave his name to a type of microscope but it is not certain that he was the inventor; T.C. also lists telescopes; some instruments signed "E.C" which see. | Cross Daggers, Moorfields (the Old Mathematical Shop); Black and White Horse, Middle Moorfields; under the Piazza at the Royal Exchange; all in London. | Taylor 1(422), 2(31); Bryden 11 & 16; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Moskowitz; Coffeen 46; Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. |
| CULPEPER, EDMUND 2 | England, fl.1758-59, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony, Oct. 3, 1758; son of Edmund Culpeper 1; took his son as as apprentice. | Mile End in Stepney Parish; Mare Street, Hackney (1759); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CULPEPER, EDWARD | clergyman; not an instrument maker; father of Edmund Culpeper 1. | Court and von Rohr 3(IV); Taylor 1(307 and 422); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 6. | |||
| CULPEPER, JOHN CHANDLER | England, c.1759, | apprenticed to his father, Edmund Culpeper 2, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 6, 1759. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CULPEPPER | see Culpeper. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CULPER, E. | England, MIM | Ring Sundial, large = MERC-23. | probably E. Culpeper. | Hamilton 1. | |
| CUMBERLAND, RICHARD | England, 1631-1718, MIM | Dr. Richard Cumberland; constructed an orrery, pre-1700. | Stamford; Peterborough. | Milburn 5; Gunther; Taylor and Wlson; USNM. | |
| CUMMING, ALEXANDER | Scotland; England, fl.1773-1814, MIM PHIM | Clock Barographs = Buckingham Palace (1765), Cumming (1766); Luke Howard (1814) = KEN, Lowther Castle = P.C. = VAA (loan); Microtome = KEN. | clockmaker; author; F.R.S.; Philosophical Society of Edinburgh; sometimes spelled ~Cummings"; in 1781 he was made an Honorary Freeman of the Clockmakers' Company. | Edinburgh; 12 Clifford Street, Bond Street (1785); 75 Fleet Street; Pentonville; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(462); Britten; Boffito; Baillie 1; Chaldecott 1; Cosh 2; Middleton 1. |
| CUMMINS, ALEXANDER | England, c.1840, | clock and chronometer maker; held patents for improvements in barometers and sympiesometers. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CUNAEUS, ANDREAS | Holland, c.1755, | devised, independently, the Leyden jar. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| CUNIGHAM, JACOB | England, 1661, OIM | Telescope, 1661 = NMM. | maker or owner? Cuningham? earliest dated telescope known. | NMM 2; Daumas 1; Taylor 1(289); London Illustrated News, 4/10/37. | |
| CUNINGHAM, WILLIAM | England, 1531-86, | designed mathematical instruments including a new quadrant and an astronomer's ring. | Norwich; Cambridge; Colman Street, London. | Taylor 1(22); Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| CUNLY, ETHAN | USA?, 1804, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, slate, 1804 = Mercer Museum, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| CUNN, SAMUEL | England, fl.1714-22, | designed a new sector. | Litchfield Street, London. | Taylor 1(572). | |
| CUNO, COSMUS CONRADUS | Germany, 1652-1745, OIM | Microscope, simple, wood and ivory, case, 1692 / Christie-SK June/1996. | optician; made fine microscopes. | Augsburg. | Nachet; Daumas 1; Price 2; Zahn; Clay and Court; ATG June, 1966. |
| CUNO, JAKOB | Germany, fl.1561-79, MIM | made astronomical clock for Strasbourg Cathedral. | Frankfort. | Zinner 1. | |
| CUPER | France, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = Ineichen 5/3/74. | Blois. | RSW. | |
| CURMOLI | England, | mis-spelling in directory for Comoli. | Dudley. | Goodison 1. | |
| CURSOR, PAPIRIUS | Italy, MIM | Sundial = Rome. | Rome. | Randall 1. | |
| CURTAIN, WILL. | Ireland, 1748, | watchmaker; perhaps the same as Curtin in Tipperary. | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CURTIN | Ireland, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate = P.C. | Tipperary. | RSW. | |
| CURTIS, JOHN | England, c.1715, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on May 24, 1715. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CURTIS, SAMUEL | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1695. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CURTIS, WILLIAM | 1795, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1795 = DeLuca Auction 3-21-81; Sextant, ebony, ivory and brass, 1795 = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | RSW. | ||
| CURTIUS, JACOB | Germany, c.1580-90, | invented a geographical-astronomical disc. | Senstenar. | Zinner 4. | |
| CURTIUS, MARCUS | Germany, 1601, MIM | Sundial, honestone, 1601 = BM; Astrolabe Clock = Ilbert. | sundial also marked "A.P. 1601"; Britten thought clock was c. 1665 and from Bohemia. | Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Daumas 1; Britten. | |
| CUSA, NICOLAUS DE | see Nicolaus de Cusa | Zinner 1; Weil 2(6); Hartmann; DSB. | |||
| CUSHEE | England, MIM | made orreries according to J. Harris.; probably E. Cushee. | RSW. | ||
| CUSHEE, E. | England, fl.1729-68, MIM | globe maker; probably Elizabeth, wife/widow of and successor to Richard Cushee; associated with Thomas Wright; associated with Benjamin Cole from 1757 on. | Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, Fleet Street (after 1741); The Orrery, Water Lane, Fleet Street (pre-1768); both in London. | Goodison 1; Wynter and Turner; Taylor 2(247); Globus, Dec. 1957; Wynter 1; Yonge. WEBDB. | |
| CUSHEE, LEONARD | England, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = Soth. 2/28/80, 6/25/68; Pannett Park Museum, Whitby; Globe, 12-inch = X. | brother of E. Cushee; son of Richard Cushee. | Wynter 1; Krogt 2; Yonge; RSW. | |
| CUSHEE, RICHARD | England, fl.1708-34, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = Soth. 11/6/87 (1731), OXF, P.C., KEN, D.(1983), Soth. 3/9/64, 10/31/67, 7/29/69, etc.; Celestial Globe = Soth. 3/13/67; Pairs of Globes = Physics Academy, Sor°, Denmark (1720), D.(1977) (1730); Terrestrial Globes = Burton Constable, OXF (on Wright"s orrery). | worked with Thomas Wright (1731-34); father of Leonard and E. Cushee, the latter succeded him; T.C; surveyor; the celestial gores in the cases use a geocentric projection. | Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(33); Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Globus, Dec. 1957 and 1968; KEN; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; E. Hall; Crawforth 1; Krogt 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| CUSHIN, JEDIDIA | England, c.1672, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on April 26, 1672. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CUSHING, ABBY C. | USA, 1822-1907, | succeeded her husband, Samuel Thaxter Cushing, in 1892, as head of S. Thaxter and Son; sold company to Herbert Risteen Starret in 1905; he had been with the company since 1884. | 125 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| CUSHING, SAMUEL THAXTER | USA, fl.1843-99, NIM | owner of Samuel Thaxter and Son, 1843-99; "Grandson of Samuel Thaxter"; on T.C. of Samuel Thaxter and Son; succeeded by Abby C. Cushing, his widow, in 1882. | 125 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1; Brewington 1; Smart 1. | |
| CUSIN, NOEL | France, c.1675, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = LOU. | Noël Cusin. | Autun. | RSW. |
| CUSSANS | see Cosens. | Loomes. | |||
| CUTBUSH, ROBERT | England, 1656, MIM | Quadrant on lid of tobacco box, 1656 = OXF. | Clay Coll. | RSW. | |
| CUTHBERT 1 | England, c.1800, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Chayette 6/28/86. | either John Cuthbert 2 or T. Cuthbert. | St. Martin's Lane, London. | RSW. |
| CUTHBERT 2 | England, OIM | made catoptric microscopes; could be any of the Cuthberts. | London. | Nachet. | |
| CUTHBERT, CHARLES | England, fl.1830-47, MIM OIM PHIM | 88 1/2 Gernault Place, Spitalfields, Clerkenwell (1836-40); 9 Clerkenwell Green (1842-47); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1820). | ||
| CUTHBERT, J. | England, fl.1829-35, OIM | Gregorian Telescope = Wellesley College Observatory, Mass.; Microscope, 1829 = CRI. | probably James Cuthbert or John 2. | London. | USNM; Gunther 2. |
| CUTHBERT, JAMES | England, fl.1820-35, OIM | Reflecting Microscope = KEN. | also made Gregorian telescopes. | 445 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1523); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. |
| CUTHBERT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1783-1810, OIM | Microscope = WHI; Instrument = KEN; Telescope, reflecting = WHI. | T.C. | Taylor 2(822); Whipple 1; Price 12; Gunther 3; Purtle; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| CUTHBERT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1817-52, OIM PHIM | Microscope, reflecting, 1829 = KEN; Telescopes. Gregorian = Soth. 3/10/87, BIR (1840), KEN (1852); Microscope, 1828 = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | T.C. (c.1839). | 113 St. Martin's Lane (1817); Westminster Road (1821); 16 Paradise Street, Lambeth (1822); 58 (inked out and 84 inserted) Brook Street, West Square, Lambeth; all in London. | O'Mara; KEN; RSW. |
| CUTHBERT, JOHN 3 | England, OIM | Magic Mirror = Soth. 10/31/66-78. | could be John Cuthbert 1 or 2. | London. | RSW. |
| CUTHBERT, T. | England, fl.1815-22, MIM OIM | 113 St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1303); USNM; RSW. | ||
| CUTHBERTSON AND CHAMPNEYS | England; Holland, c.1770, MIM OIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Drecker Coll. = P.C.; Air Pumps = UTR, LEY; Telescopes, reflecting = FRK, Christie-SK 11/19.87. | John Cuthbertson and his father-in-law, James Champneys. | London; Amsterdam. | Hackmann 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Frank; RSW. |
| CUTHBERTSON, I., AND CO. | Holland, post-1768, PHIM | Air Pump, double-barrelled = LEY. | see John Cuthbertson and Co. | Amsterdam. | Hackmann 1. |
| CUTHBERTSON, JOHN | England; Holland; England, 1743-1821, MIM OIM PHIM | Air Pumps = LEY (1789, 1790), GRO, KEN, TEY; Electrical Machines = TEY (1784), LEY (1788), UTP, KEN; Microscope = UTP; Twin-Plate Electrical Machines, 1799 = RIL, Inverness Museum; etc. | apprenticed to James Champneys of the Stationers' Company in 1761; later married his daughter; invented new form of air pump; did a lot of work in Amsterdam for Van Marum; see Cuthbertson and Champneys; see I. Cuthbertson and Co. | Amsterdam (1768- post-1793); Poland Street West (1796); 53 Poland Street (1798-99); 54 Poland Street (1800-); all three in London. | Hackmann 1; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Taylor 2(340); Crommelin; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; USNM; Clay and Court; KEN; A.J. Turner 10. |
| CUTHBERTSON, JOHN, AND CO. | England, MIM OIM PHIM | later than Cuthbertson and Champneys; see I. Cuthbertson and Co. | London. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Hackmann 1. | |
| CUTHBERTSON, JONATHAN | England; Holland, 1744-1806, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Auction, 1906; Thunder House = LEY. | brother of John Cuthbertson; made an instrument, a `distance measurer', similar to Hadley's quadrant; designed and made air pumps and solar microscopes; made instruments for Teyler Museum. | Rotterdam (1773-1806). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Hackmann 1; G.L'E. Turner 7; Rooseboom 1; Taylor 2(340a); Daumas 1. |
| CUTHBERTSON, MR. | England, c.1777, | see Walter Field. | Price 3. | ||
| CUTLER, EDWARD | England, c.1821, | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 in the Grocers' Company, Sept. 6, 1821; no further record available to date. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| CUTLER, J. | USA, 1777, MIM | Sundial, pewter, 1777 = D.(1982). | Salem, Mass. | Coffeen A. | |
| CUTLER, JAMES | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 7, 1796. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CUTLER, NATHANIEL | England, c.1631, | T.C; teacher of mathematics; seller of mathematical and nautical instruments. | near Wapping Dock, London. | KEN; Calvert 2. | |
| CUTS, J.P. | England, OIM | Microscope = K. and C. 4/7/76. | misreading for Cutts. | Sheffield. | |
| CUTTS | England, OIM | Telescope = DRE. | surely J.P. Cutts. | London. | RSW. |
| CUTTS, E.A. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1969). | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| CUTTS, I.P. | England, 1825-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = VNN; Spyglass = D.(1980); Microscopes = Christie 4/3/85, Soth. 3/23/70 and 7/21/75. | see J.P. Cutts. | Sheffield. | Moskowitz 121; RSW. |
| CUTTS, I.P., SUTTON AND SON | see J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Son. | ||||
| CUTTS, I.P., SUTTON AND SONS | see J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Sons. | ||||
| CUTTS, J.P. | see John Priston Cutts. | ||||
| CUTTS, J.P., AND SONS | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Christie 7/28/70; Microscope = D.(1975). | "Opticians to Her Majesty"; microscope signed "J.P. Cutts and Son." | Sheffield. | RSW. |
| CUTTS, J.P., SONS AND SUTTON | England, fl.1845-60, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = PEA, D.1978). | "Opticians to Her Majesty." | 43 Division Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Brewington; RSW. |
| CUTTS, J.P., SUTTON AND SON | England, fl.1835-60, NIM OIM | Telescopes = D.(1972), Soth. NY 2/23/79, Soth. 1/22/73; Octant = Detroit Historical Society; Microscope = D.(1989). | "Opticians to Her Majesty" (which Queen?); trademark is an anchor and "Try Me"; Soth. telescope and the octant are signed "I.P. Cutts, Sutton and Son." | Sheffield and London. | Coffeen 27; RSW. |
| CUTTS, J.P., SUTTON AND SONS | England, fl.1845-82, NIM OIM | Ship's Log = D.; Harpoon Logs = D.(1975), D.(1976). | harpoon logs also signed "J.P. Cutts' Patent Dolphin Log No. 2"; one of the harpoon logs is called a taffrail log in catalogue and is signed "I.P.Cutts, Sutton and Sons." | London. | Moskowitz 111; Rinaldi; RSW. |
| CUTTS, JOHN P., SUTTON AND SON | England, 1845-, OIM PHIM | sometimes seen as J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Sons. | 43 Division Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1821); USNM. | |
| CUTTS, JOHN PRISTON | England, fl.1825-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = USNM; Microscopes = Soth. 12/8/69 and 3/23/70; Marine Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; etc. | instruments signed "J.P. Cutts" or "John P. Cutts"; see T.P. Cutts; see I.P. Cutts; see J.P. Cutts Sons and Sutton; see J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Son; T.C.; "Optician to Her Majesty." | 58 Norfolk Street (1825); 43 Division Street, near the National School (1826-60); both in Sheffield; London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1821); Calvert 2; USNM; Nachet; KEN; Moskowitz 111; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CUTTS, T.P. | England, c.1822, OIM | Telescope = K. and C. 12/15/72. | misreading for J.P. Cutts. | 58 Norfolk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1524); RSW. |
| CUVIERE | France, c.1850, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Drecker. | Cuvière. | RSW. | |
| CUZZETTI, FABIANI | Italy, 1699, MIM | Table Sundial, soapstone, 1699 = WHI. | from the bell tower of Waltham Abbey Church; signed "Ex Operib, Presbyt: Fabiani Cuzzetti." | Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |
| CZADECKY, FERDINAND | Czechoslovakia, fl.1690-1710, OIM | Telescope = Museum, Komarov. | Zabrdovice. | Czech. Inv. | |
| CZECH, JOSEF | Czech; Italy; Austria, fl.1710-30+, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Table Sundial = P.C.; Universal Ring Sundials = P. and S. 11/21/1894 and Phillips 2/2/70; Clock = X; Graphometers = P.C. (1965), Gottingen Heimatmuseum-119; Compass in gimbals = P.C. | one graphometer also marked "W.D. Scheefer"; came into power as co-assistant to Antonius Braun, court optician; succeeded him at the court of Bohemia. | Prague; Milan; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Brieux 3; Habacher; RSW. |
| CZERNY, JOSEF | Austria, fl.1825-38, MIM | Celestial Globes = Mechitharistenkloster, Vienna. | Globus, Nov. 1954, Dec. 1956. | ||
| D'AMERY, LAMBERT | Belgium, fl.1600-14, MIM | Astrolabe, 1614 = BMR (ICA-451); Astrolabe = LIE (ICA-459). | father of Leonard D'Amery. | Liège. | Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 16; Belgian Inventory; Zinner 1; Société Belge; Art. |
| D'AMERY, LEONARD | Belgium, 1607-40, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentors = ADL-M150 (missing, never shipped by Mensing who thought this was a double entry), ADL-M151, BMR, Michel Coll., Rosenheim; Holland Circle = ROU. | signed himself as a `mathematician'; son of Lambert D'Amery. | Brussels. | Michel 3, 9, 10; Price 2; Engelmann 1; Zinner 1; Belgian Inventory; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. |
| D'ANNONE, NIKLAUS | Switzerland, fl.1678-1703, MIM | Astronomical Clock = BASH. | Basle. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| D. AND F. | England, c.1810, NIM PHIM | Hydrometer = D. | Dring and Fage. | RSW. | |
| D. AND S. | USA, -1866, MIM | Triangular Plotting Scale = P.C. | Darling and Schwartz. | Bangor, Maine. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| D. JAC. | Italy?, 1658, MIM | Plate for Equatorial Sundial, 1658 = NAC. | "D. Jac. in ordine cart. fecit anno 58." | Michel 3. | |
| D.A.V.M. | MIM | Universal Ring Dial = P.C. | bridge replaced by wire; similar instrument in Landau Coll. | RSW. | |
| D.B. 1 | David Beringer; see also D.B.F. | RSW. | |||
| D.B. 2 | Bobinger thought this was David Buschmann. | Evans 1; Bobinger 4. | |||
| D.B. PAT. | Germany; Austria, PHIM | Barometer, diagonal, No. 46 = GMM. | Munich; Innsbruck. | RSW. | |
| D.B.F. | MIM | Sundial, oval, portable = VNN; Compass Sundials = ADL-M263, Drouot 4/7/87, etc. | "D.B.f."; D.B. fecit; surely David Beringer, although Bobinger lists this as David Buschmann. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| D.D. | Germany?, 1674, MIM | Sandglass, four-part, geared, 1674 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| D.F. | England, c.1825, NIM | scale on an octant is marked "D.F." with a fouled anchor, Dring and Fage. | London. | Brewington 1. | |
| D.G. | 1573, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1573 = STS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| D.G.B.F. | Italy, 1641, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1641 = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | the dial has a cardboard lunar volvelle. | RSW. | |
| D.H.S./B.A.D. | 1693, MIM | Garden Sundial, stone, 1693 = NOR. | "D.H.S." over "B.A.D." | RSW. | |
| D.I.V. | 1692, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1692 = Soth. 3/17/38 = Kenney Sale = DPW. | Kenney gives "I.D.V." but Exhibition-Maps gives "D.I.V." | Exhibition-Maps; RSW. | |
| D.K. 1 | Germany, fl.1707-13, MIM | Table Sundial, stone 1707 = MUN; Vertical Sundial, stone, 1713 = Landshut Isar Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| D.K. 2 | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, paper dial plate, in boxwood case = Lausanne Palais Rumine. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1. | |
| D.K. 3 | see the entry "I." (2). | RSW. | |||
| D.N. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | "D.N." is punchmark on back. | RSW. | |
| D.N.J. | 1693, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1693 = DEU-26897. | RSW. | ||
| D.N.S. | see "DNS." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| D.P. | Germany?, 1664, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1664 = White Coll. = WHI (FIT). | Bryden 16; Evans 1. | ||
| D.Q. | 1754, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1754 = USNM. | Capuchin sundial on reverse. | USNM. | |
| D.R.P. | Italy?, PHIM | Barometer = FLM. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| D.S. | see Dom Stefano Bonsignori. | Michel 3. | |||
| D.S.B.F.F. | Italy?, MIM | Sun and Moon Dial = FLO-2499. | for 40°30'; Don Stephano Buonsignori? | Florence? | Bonelli 1. |
| D.S.F.F. | Italy?, 1587, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1587 = FLO-2456. | Don Stephano Buonsignori? | Florence? | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Italian Inventory; A.J. Turner 10.. |
| DABNEY, JOHN, JR. | England; USA, fl.1739-43, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Sisson; came to Boston, Mass. in 1739; met Rowland Houghton; repaired instruments for Harvard College. | Mr. Rowland Houghton's Shop, the north side of the Town House (1739-43); Milk Street (1743); both in Boston, Mass. (1743). | Bedini 1, 8 & 13; USNM. | |
| DAFFNAY, JOANNES | 1743, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1743 = BMR. | RSW. | ||
| DAGGER, D.D. FRANCISCUS LEONARDUS | Austria, 1729, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1729 = SLM. | Zinner 1; Haupolter. | ||
| DAGLISH, R. | England, c.1780, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Orell near Wigan. | RSW. | |
| DAGUET, THEODORE | Switzerland, b.1795, OIM | made optical lenses. | Solothurn. | USNM; Exhibition of the Industries of the World, N.Y., 1853. | |
| DAKIN, JONATHAN | USA, c.1745, PHIM | balance maker. | Sign of the Hand and Beam, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1. | |
| DALE, E.R. | England, c.1770, NIM | Backstaff = Phillips-NE 7/19/93. | may be owner. | ATG 7/10/93. | |
| DALE, JOHN | England, 1661, MIM | set up two sundials in the quadrangle of St. John's College, Oxford in 1661; he was a fellow there. | Oxford. | Beeson. | |
| DALE, THOMAS | England, MIM | Sundial = Museum of Science and Industry, Oslo. | Bath. | Dr. Johan Knap, Antiquarian Horology, Sept. 1970. | |
| DALES, CHARLES | England, MIM | Heliochronometer = Soth. 7/10/67. | signed "optician"; perhaps only a dealer. | Bournemouth. | RSW. |
| DALLAND | England, OIM | Telescope = OMM. | misreading for Dollond. | London. | RSW. |
| DALLAWAY 1 | England, MIM | Compass Sundial = Soth. 2/9/56; Map Measurer = Phillips 4/20/83. | see Joseph James Dallaway. | London. | RSW. |
| DALLAWAY 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | could be Dallaway 3 or 4. | Goodison 1; RSW.. | |
| DALLAWAY 3 | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 1/19/73. | optician. | Cheltenham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DALLAWAY 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 5/26/76. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| DALLAWAY, I. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. Wilkinson and Hodge 12/18/24. | Stroud. | RSW. | |
| DALLAWAY, JOSEPH JAMES | England, fl.1799-1809, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Edward Troughton in the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1789; free of the Company on May 2, 1799; optician; T.C.; invented a map pedometer. | 4 George Lane, Botolph Lane (1802); 147 Tottenham Court Road (1805-09); both in London. | Goodison 1; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1. | |
| DALLMEYER, JOHN HENRY | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-T92; Telescopes = Christie 12/17/75, Phillips 2/14/79. | issued a catalogue as late as 1865. | London. | Frank; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DALTON, JOHN | England, c.1850, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA. | Hartlepool. | Brewington 1. | |
| DAM, JAN VAN DEN | Holland, fl.1738-73, MIM | Orrery, 1756 = AMST. | Michel thought this orrery was at the University of Amsterdam. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Michel 3. |
| DAME, RICHARD | USA, c.1840, MIM | made rulers. | Hanover, N.H. | DATM. | |
| DAMERIN, MAISON | Belgium, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Auction, Chartres 6/10/79. | House of Damérin. | Brussels. | RSW. |
| DAMMESTARRE | Holland?, MIM | Planetarium Clock = LEY. | RSW. | ||
| DANBY, JOHN | England, c.1737, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 14, 1737. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DANCE, J.B. | misreading for John Benjamin Dancer. | RSW. | |||
| DANCER 1 | England, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer, with Thermometer = K. and C. 12/3/75; Optical Square = OXF. | Abraham or John Benjamin Dancer. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| DANCER 2 | see Abraham and Dancer. | ||||
| DANCER AND ABRAHAM | England, c.1843, | surely Abraham and Dancer. | Manchester. | Alker. | |
| DANCER AND SONS | England, fl.1800-10, MIM OIM | Michael Dancer and his sons. | 55 Great Sutton Street; 53 Red Lion Street; both in Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1112). | |
| DANCER, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1838-42, OIM | probably Abraham and Dancer. | 13 Cross Street, King Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(2110); Clay and Court. | |
| DANCER, E.E., AND CO. | England, fl.1878-1900, OIM | daughter of J.B. Dancer; succeeded him in 1878 when he retired; firm was taken over in 1900 by Richard Suter. | Manchester. | Soth. 3/25/86. | |
| DANCER, J.B., AND CO. | England, fl.1883-1884, MIM OIM PHIM | John Benjamin Dancer and Co. | Manchester. | Alker and Osborne. | |
| DANCER, JOHN BENJAMIN | England, b.1812 d.1887 fl.1835-81, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including a microscope, balance and rule, all in silver, at College of Technology, Manchester, thermometers at Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, and 2 microscopes at KEN, etc. | his father, Josiah, and his grandfather were instrument makers; partner of Abrahah Abraham in Manchester (1841-44); made instruments for Joule; T.C.; also signed " J.B. Dancer"; "Optician"; "By appointment to Her Majesty's Commissioners." | Liverpool; 13 Cross Street, King Street (1835-45); 43 Cross Street, King Street (1848-81); both in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1525); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Lowery; Ashworth; Alker and Osborne; Goodison 1; KEN; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; Coffeen B; Bryden 9; Collins 1; Clarke et al. |
| DANCER, JOSIAH | England, fl.1810-35, OIM | father of John Benjamin Dancer who succeeded him in 1835. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1304); Clay and Court. | |
| DANCER, MICHAEL | England, fl.1776-1810, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 2, 1766; free in the Company, Sept. 3, 1776; took apprentices. | Bride Lane (1776); Bangor ourt, Shoe Lane, Holborn (1781); New Street Square (1788); Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane (1793); Rosomond Street, Clerkenwell (1796-1800); Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell (1801); 55 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell (1810); all in london. | Taylor 2(947); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7. | |
| DANCKERTS, JUSTUS | Holland, 1635-1701, MIM | Globe, glass = VIE. | globemaker, engraver, map seller; also see Justinius Dankerts. | Calverstraat, Amsterdam. | Michel 3; Alker; Tooley; Globus, Dec. 1956; RSW. |
| DANESI, PIETRO PAOLO | Italy; Paraguay, 1719-69, MIM | made sundials in Paraguay. | Babuco, Italy. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| DANFRIE, PHILIPPE | France, 1525-1608, MIM SIM | Astrolabe = BM; Astrolabes, wood and paper = PSH (1578); Astrolabes, 1584 = OXF, P. and S. 11/21/1894, Soth. 10/31/66, Soth. 6/2/87; Graphometers = P.C., Soth. 6/23/87, D.(1970), Prin Coll. = NMM; Theodolite (incomplete) = ADL-M187; Trigonometers = BMR, MAD, NMM; Armillary Spheres = MADEX (1602), OXFB; Sundial, silver-gilt = Evans Coll.; Circumferentors = HAK (1608), WHI; etc. | invented the graphometer; author; Jehan Moreau reprinted the paper astrolabe of 1584 in 1622, which see. | à l'Enseigne du Mirouer, rue des Carmes, Paris; Rouen (1608). | Daumas 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Gunther 1 and 6; Michel 1 and 3; Engelmann 1; Josten; Belgian Inv.; Nachet; USNM; Hamilton 2; Whipple 1; MADEX; Paris 1900; Société Belge; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Gibbs 2; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| DANGELO AND CADENAZZI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| DANGELO, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Basingstoke. | Goodison 1. | |
| DANIEL, HENRY | England, c.1687, | apprenticed to Thomas Walpole in the Grocers' Company on April 4, 1687. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DANIEL, JOHANN | Germany, 178?, PHIM | Balance = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Coin Balances = D. and D.(1986). | in der Bergischen Hauptstadt, Lennep. | Coffeen II; Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| DANIELL, EDWARD | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 6, 1686. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DANIELL, JOHN FREDERICK | England, 1790-1845, PHIM | Hygrometer = WHI. | inventor of the Daniell cell, the register pyrometer and the Daniell hygrometer; first professor of chemistry at King's College, London.. | London. | USNM; Whipple 1; Middleton 1; Coffeen 56. |
| DANIELL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1632-70, MIM | Quadrant Sundial, 1665 = OXF; Horary Quadrant, 1663 = X. | member of the Clockmakers' Company, 1632; also made watch cases. | Sign of the Golden Ball, Ivy Bridge, Strand, London. | Taylor 1(172); Michel 3; Evans 1; USNM; Gunther 6. |
| DANIELS, AUGUSTUS | Austria, c.1765, MIM | Sundial = P.C. | Vienna. | USNM. | |
| DANKBAAR | Holland, 1789, NIM | Cross-staff, 1789 = BMR. | see L. Dankbaar. | Belgian Inventory; Société Belge; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| DANKBAAR, L. | Holland, fl.1783-98, MIM NIM | Instrument = Schloss near Feidestock; Cross-staves = Haeberlin-Friesen Museum (1783), Heimatmuseum, Bremen-Schönebeck (1790), OMM (1798). | see Dankbaar. | Fiedestock. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| DANKERTS, JUSTINUS | Holland, 1616, NIM | Compass Rose, 1616 = Hamburg State Archives. | may be related to Justus Danckerts, which see. | Amsterdam. | Schück 2; RSW. |
| DANNELLI | England, c.1850, PHIM | see Vittory and Dannelli. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| DANNER, JACOB | USA, 1765-1850, MIM | probably father of Jacob Sensensy Danner, which see; also clock maker and silversmith. | Middletown, Va. | Smart 1. | |
| DANNER, JACOB SENSENSY | USA, 1807-77, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = USNM, Winchester-Frederick Historical Society, Va. | probably son of Jacob Danner; type invented by S. Kern. | Middletown, Va. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| DANTI DEL RINALDI, PIERVINCENZO | see Pier Vincenzo Danti. | ||||
| DANTI, EGNATI | Italy, 1747, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1747 = VNN. | probably a fake. | RSW. | |
| DANTI, F. EGNAZIO | Italy, 1537-86, MIM | Astrolabe, 1568 = GEP; Astrolabes = DRE (ICA-181), NMM (ICA-427), Roussel = OXF (ICA-180); Armillary Sphere and Horary Quadrant = Santa Maria Novella, Florence; Terrestrial Globe = Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. | see "F.E.D.P.F." | Perugia; Florence (1562); Bologna (1573); Alatri (1583). | Bonelli 1, 6 and 7; Gunther 1 and 6; Price 1; ICA 2; Italian Inventory; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Globus, June 1963; Settle 1; DSB; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| DANTI, GIROLAMO | Italy, c.1550, MIM | brother of Egnazio Danti, helped him with the maps in the Vatican. | Perugia. | Michel 3. | |
| DANTI, GIULIO | Italy, 1500-73, MIM | son of Pier Vicenzo Danti and father of Egnazio Danti; goldsmith and architect. | Perugia. | Michel 3. | |
| DANTI, PIER VINCENZO | Italy, fl.1488-1522, MIM | Astrolabe = HAK (ICA-171). | grandfather of Egnazio Danti; the astrolabe in the Adler planetarium, ADL-DPW51, is a copy of the instrument in HAK. | Perugia. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| DANTIS, EGNAZIO | Cube Sundial, 1665 = BAR. | fake. | Pisa. | Catalogo Generale; RSW. | |
| DANTIS, G.B. | Italy, MIM | Compass with handle = BAR. | fake? | Pisa. | RSW. |
| DANVER, I.L. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Winchester-Frederick Historical Society, Va. | Middletown, Va. | USNM. | |
| DANVERS | USA?, 1775, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood, 1775 = PEA. | RSW. | ||
| DARDENNE | France, c.1750, NIM | Octant = PMM. | Nantes. | Daumas 1; MADEX; Paris 1900; RSW. | |
| DARKER, C. | England, PHIM | Light Defractor = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | Lambeth (London). | RSW. | |
| DARKER, C. AND F. | England, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = WHI. | Whipple 1. | ||
| DARKER, W.H. | England, c.1850, | Pyrometer = D. | Paradise Street, Lambeth (London). | Weil 2(23). | |
| DARLET, THOMAS | England, 1769, NIM | Octant, 1769 = MYS. | Price 2. | ||
| DARLEY, JOHN | USA, 1721, NIM | Backstaff, 1721 = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79 = D.(1983) = D.(1988). | M.A.D., Nov. 1983; Rinaldi 22; RSW. | ||
| DARLEY, THOMAS | 1769, NIM | Backstaff, 1769 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DARLING AND SCHWARTZ | USA, -1866, MIM | made rules; see D. and S. | Bangor, Maine. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DARLING, BROWN AND SHARPE | USA, MIM | made rules, squares, etc. | Providence, R.I. | USNM. | |
| DARLING, SAMUEL | USA, c.1833, MIM | rule maker; see Darling, Brown and Sharpe. | Portland, Me. | Bedini 8. | |
| DARLOT | France, c.1865, OIM | succeeded Maison Jamin, pre-1865. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| DASYPODIUS, KONRAD | France, 1531-c.1583, MIM | Celestial Globe = STR; Wall Sundial = Giebelfeld. | made a planetarium and an astronomical clock in 1574; nom de plume of Konrad Hasenfratz. | Strasburg. | Zinner 1; Boffito; Baillie 1; Globus, Dec. 1956; Dawson 217, (1971); Tooley; DSB. |
| DATHEE, ALEXANDRE ET JEAN | France, fl.1769-72, OIM | Alexandre et Jean Dathée. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| DAUTHIAU | France, fl.1735-67, MIM | Astronomical Clock with Armillary Sphere, 1749 = X. | designed by Passement. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Bertele 2. |
| DAVANS | see Dawans. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| DAVENPORT, ANTHONY | USA, fl.1823-38, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | T.C. | Sign of the Quadrant and Compass, 10 Jones Row, Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. | Bowditch; USNM; Wind Rose Vol. 18, No.2, April, 1987; D.J. Warner 7 & 10. |
| DAVENPORT, J. | USA, fl.1856-57, MIM NIM PHIM | may be James M. Davenport; may be J. Davenport in S. and J. M. Davenport, which see. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| DAVENPORT, JAMES M. | USA, fl.1835-37, MIM | 144 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | ||
| DAVENPORT, QUINCY AND CO. | USA, c.1846, | were agents for James McCoskrie. | 81 John Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| DAVENPORT, ROBERT | England; Scotland, fl.1635-c.1650, MIM | Oughtred Double Horizontal Sundial with Circles of Proportion on reverse = Christie 12/12/72 = RSM. | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on March 25, 1623; free of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 25, 1635; he received permission to settle in Edinburgh in 1647. | London (1635); Edinburgh (1647). | J. Brown 1; Bryden 15; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| DAVENPORT, S. AND J. | see S. and J.M. Davenport. | ||||
| DAVENPORT, S. AND J.M. | USA, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM SIM | Plane Table Azimuth Compass, case = P.-B. 9/24/38. | shop called "William Davenport, sign of the Quadrant; S. and James M. Davenport; probably sons of William Davenport. | Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| DAVENPORT, STEPHEN 1 | England, fl.1720-37, MIM PHIM | made air pumps, barometers, etc.; T.C.; author; may be same man as Stephen Davenport 2. | against the Distillery, High Holborn, near Drury Lane; Smarts Building, Cole Yard in High Holborn near Drury Lane; both in London. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(160); Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Crawforth 1 and 7. | |
| DAVENPORT, STEPHEN 2 | England, fl.1725-57, MIM | apprenticed to John Hodgkin in the Joiners' Company, Sept. 6, 1715; free in the Company, Sept. 7, 1725; may be same as Stephen Davenport 1. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| DAVENPORT, WILLIAM | USA, 1778-1829, MIM NIM SIM | Artillery Instrument = D.; Magnetic Compass = Old Gaol Museum, York, Maine; Surveying Compasses = PEA, GUR, Michigan State U. Museum, Lansing, Old Gaol Museum, York, Maine, Mercer Museum, Pa. | apprenticed to William Dean; made nautical compasses. | 43 South Front Street (1802-03); 45 South Front Street (1805-14); 25 South Front Street (1816-29); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; DATM; RSW. |
| DAVEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | Lewes. | RSW. | |
| DAVID, I. | Poland, 1638, MIM | Sectors = Museum, Torun (1638), SWE (1640); Protractor = Museum, Torun. | Gdansk. | Polish Inventory. | |
| DAVID, J. | England, MIM | see John Davis 3. | Windsor. | Taylor 2(1823); Daumas 1. | |
| DAVID, JACOB | Holland, b.1607 fl.1637, MIM | son of Jan David. | Leyden. | Rooseboom 1; Pipping 1. | |
| DAVID, JAN | Holland, fl.1640-50, MIM SIM | Astrolabes = Auction, 1799; Circumferentors = SWE (1640), SKO (1640, 1641), P.C., West Friese Museum, Hoorn; Marine Compass = Auction, 1981; Sector = SWE. | father of Jacob David; made sectors, including one for Hevelius. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Pipping 1; Hollands Glorie; Price 2; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| DAVID, PATER CAJETANO CAPUC. | Austria, 1726-96, MIM | Table Sundials, stone = SLM (1735), MUN (1737), ADL-M282 (1742), SLM (1750), DEU, Soth. 12/12/55 (1750), SLM(3), Berchtesgarden, ROU; Astronomical Clock = Schwartzenberg Coll. | alias for Sebastian Rutschmann; worked with Joseph Rutschmann. | Lembach; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Britten; Haupolter; ADL; RSW. |
| DAVIDSON, D. | England?, 1781, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone, 1781 = EMA. | RSW. | ||
| DAVIDSON, F., AND CO. | England, OIM PHIM | Telescope, refracting = FRK-T181; Telescope, sighting = Christie-SK 11/15/79; Barometer, Liègeois = P.C. | 29 Great Portland Street, London. | Frank; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| DAVIDSON, GEORGE | USA, 1825-1911, NIM | Octant = USNM. | moved to Washington, D.C. in late 1840's; sextant mentioned in Journal of Franklin Institute, 1866. | Philadelphia, Pa; Washington, D.C. | USNM. |
| DAVIDSON, H. | USA, c.1864, MIM | made rules; "H. Davidson Maker/N.Y." | N.Y. | DATM. | |
| DAVIDSON, THOMAS | Scotland, fl.1836-45, MIM OIM | see Thomas Davidson and Co; worked for John Davis 5, 1836-38 and for Robert Bryson 1, c.1838. | 12 Royal Exchange (1840-43); 63 Prnces Street (1844); 67 Canongate (1845); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| DAVIDSON, THOMAS, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1848-53, OIM | see Thomas Davidson. | 29 Haddington Place (1848-49); 187 High Street (1850-51); 4 Infirmary Street (1852-53); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DAVIES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edward or James Davies? | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| DAVIES AND CO. | England, MIM | Universal Ring Dial, on tripod = Christie 7/28/70. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| DAVIES AND MERRILL | see Merrill and Davis. | Moskowitz 103. | |||
| DAVIES, ALFRED, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| DAVIES, D. | Scotland, fl.1823-32, MIM OIM | 110 Nelson Street (1823-25); 98 Trongate (1826-32); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| DAVIES, EDWARD | England, c.1835, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker? | 65 Bold Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIES, GABRIEL | England, fl. pre-1822-53, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | also made hydrographical instruments. | Sadley Street, Durham City; 20 Boar Lane (1822); 34 Boar Lane (1826-53); last two both in Leeds. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1527). |
| DAVIES, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1996). | London. | ATG 6/22/96. | |
| DAVIES, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1787-99, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Discs, 1789, 1792-95, 1799 = BM (11); Perpetual Calendar Disc, 1787 = P.C. | Birmingham. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| DAVIES, JAMES 2 | England, c.1835, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker? | 51 Paradise Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIES, JOHN 1 | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to Tycho Wing in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 4, 1773; may be same as John Davies 2. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DAVIES, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1818-27, OIM | may be same as John Davies 1. | 10 High Street, Marylebone, London. | Taylor 2(1307); J. Brown 1. | |
| DAVIES, JOHN 3 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = Nat'l Museum of Wales. | also made long case clocks. | St. Harmons, Radnor. | Peate. |
| DAVIES, JOHN 4 | Scotland, | "optician"; see John Davis 5. | Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| DAVIES, M. | England, c.1820, OIM | 101 High Street, Marylebone, London. | Taylor 2(1307). | ||
| DAVIES, OWEN | England, c.1835, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Long Bridge?, Llanidloes. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIES, WILLIAM | England, 1670, MIM | Sundial, 1670 = X. | see Davys. | Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 1(392). |
| DAVIES, WILLIAM C. | misreading for William C. Davis. | RSW. | |||
| DAVIS 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | H. Davis? David Davis? | London. | Goodison 1. |
| DAVIS 2 | England, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = FRK-T169,T170. | probably John Davis 2. | Derby. | Frank. |
| DAVIS 3 | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Cheltenham Museum; Telescope, miniature = DeLuca 8/1/87; Cary-type Microscope = Wellcome Institute; Wheel Barometer = X; Microscope, Carpenter-type = D.(1987). | optician; T.C.; may be Edward Davis; see Messrs. Davis. | Cheltenham; 6 Bold Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; Coffeen 15; RSW. |
| DAVIS 4 | USA, c.1836, | see Merrill and Davis. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS 5 | see Syeds and Davis. | ||||
| DAVIS AND SON | England, fl.1840-1850+, MIM PHIM SIM | Protractors, full = D.(1975), Christie-SK 6/2/83; Hedley Mining Compass = D.(1983); Surveying Instrument = Soth.? 12/8/69; Mining Anemometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | see John Davis 2. | London and Derby. | Coffeen D; Moskowitz; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DAVIS AND SONS | England, PHIM | Barometer = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | see John Davis 2. | Derby. | RSW. |
| DAVIS BROS. | England, fl.1820-60, MIM OIM | Walking Stick Telescope = Soth. 7/22/68. | T.C.; John 4 and ? Davis; sometimes written Davis' Brothers. | 33 New Bond Street (1820); manufactory, 209 High Holborn (1820); both in London; 1 Lower Terrace, Islington (1838). | Taylor 2(2113); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. |
| DAVIS, A. | England, OIM | T.C.; spectacle maker. | 29 Warner Street, Portland Place, New Kent Road, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| DAVIS, ALBERT | England, | Clepsydra, 1671 = P.C. | modern work? | Norwich. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, ARI | USA, 1811-85, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | also a watchmaker and inventor; took Elias Howe as an apprentice from 1837-44 in Boston. | Princeton, Mass.; 87 Washington (1834); 11 Cornhill; 19 Court Square 75 Court (1839-45); all in Boston, Mass.; Lowell, Mass., (1845-85). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| DAVIS, CLARA | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 12 South Finsbury, London.. | Taylor 2(1824). | ||
| DAVIS, D. 1 | England, c.1765, OIM | Cuff-type Microscope = FRK-M42. | London. | Frank. | |
| DAVIS, D. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIS, DANIEL, JR. | USA, 1813-87 fl.1834-49, MIM NIM PHIM | brother of Ari Davis; worked with him from 1834-49; succeeded by Palmer and Thomas Hall, 1849; made electrical apparatus. | Princeton, Mass. (1813); 11 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. (1834-52). | USNM; Romaine; D.J. Warner 6. | |
| DAVIS, DAVID | England, fl.1822-28, OIM | Microscope = Melun 4/24/83. | successor to H. Davis; signed "D. Davis"; see D. Davis 1. | 9 Macclesfield, Soho (1822-23); 28 Bury Street, St. Mary Axe (1828); both in London. | O'Mara; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1529); RSW. |
| DAVIS, E. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | optician. | Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. |
| DAVIS, EDWARD | England, fl.1833-42, MIM OIM PHIM | optician; see Davis 4; see Messrs. Davis. | 171 High Street (1833); 101 High Street (1842); both in Cheltenham; 65 Bold Street, Liverpool (1842). | Bryden 9. | |
| DAVIS, ELIZABETH | England, c.1830, MIM | perhaps widow of David Davis, which see. | 9 Macclesfield Street, London. | Taylor 2(1529). | |
| DAVIS, G. 1 | England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescopic Level = Phillips 2/2/84; Hadley Quadrant = NMM; Pantograph = American Art Galleries 3/18/75; Wheel Barometers = Bolling Hall, Bradford, Soth. 1/10/90; Etui of Drawing Instruments = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Garden Sundial = NYM; Drafting Instrument = Burndy Library; Surveying Instrument = Soth. 10/27/69; Stick Barometer = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87. | some sources thought he might be Gabriel Davies but this is improbable. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1527); USNM; RSW. |
| DAVIS, G. 2 | England, c.1800, MIM | London. | Evans 1. | ||
| DAVIS, G. AND E. | England, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Drawing Instrument Set, case = Soth.-B 9/15/76; Protractor, full, geared = Christie 4/3/85; Protractor, full = P.C.; Surveying Cross = Phillips 2/2/84. | see G. Davis 1. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, G.D. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Protractor with pivoted arm = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS, GABRIEL | see Gabriel Davies. | Goodison 1. | |||
| DAVIS, H. | England, fl.1799-1822, OIM | succeeded by David Davis. | 8 Macclesfield Street, Soho, London (1799-1817). | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1309). | |
| DAVIS, I. 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 7/15/66. | optician. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, I. 2 | see John Davis 3. | Chaldecott 1; KEN. | |||
| DAVIS, J. 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolites = Soth. 7/7/78 and 6/23/87; Prismatic Compasses = Soth. 4/22/65, Exhibition-Maps; 3-draw telescope=PC. | Cheltenham. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| DAVIS, J. 2 | see John Davis 3. | Taylor 2(1823); Chaldecott 1; RSW; Daumas 1. | |||
| DAVIS, J. 3 | England, c.1830, MIM | Microscope = Soth. 3/10/87. | "Improved Compound Microscope"; see Davis 4, Messrs. Davis and Edward Davis. | 65 Bold Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, J., AND SONS | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Marking Protractor = D.(1991). | probably John Davis 2. | Derby. | Gemmary III. |
| DAVIS, JAMES | England, 1783, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1783 = RSM. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS, JOHN 1 | England, 1552-1605, | invented the Davis quadrant, or backstaff, in 1590; arctic explorer. | Sandridge, Devon. | Taylor 1(46); USNM; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; King; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DAVIS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1830-51, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 7/12/71; Anemometer = WHI; Microscope = Soth. 3/13/67; Telescopic Levels = D.(1969), Versailles 11/20/83; Miner's Surveying Compass = Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | optician; in 1851 Exhibition; signed "Davis, Derby" or "J. Davis, Derby." | 14 Iron Gate, Derby. | Bryden 9; Price 12; Taylor 2(1825); RSW. |
| DAVIS, JOHN 3 | England, c.1690, MIM | Odometer = Guildhall Exhibition, Windsor; Plummet Inclinometer = KEN; Horizontal Sundial = Soth. 12/8/69. | see I. Davis 2 and J. Davis 3; inclinometer is from George III Collection. | Windsor. | Chaldecott 1; Taylor 2(1823); Daumas 1; RSW. |
| DAVIS, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1820-42, MIM OIM | 33 New Bond Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| DAVIS, JOHN 5 | Scotland, fl. 1836-42, MIM OIM PHIM | Inclinable Sundials = FRK = RSM, Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Ga.; Telescope = EGE; Stick Barometer = Phillips-E 7/25/86; Sympiesometer = X; Thermometer = Phillips-E 2/24/89. | usually signed "J. Davis Edinburgh"; barometer signed "J. Davis, Optician Edinburgh"; was he only a dealer? | 64 Princes Street (1836-40); 78 Princes Street (1841-42); both in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Egestorff; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DAVIS, JOHN 6 | England, c.1752, OIM | apprenticed to Edward Scarlett 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; admitted as a brother to the Company, 1752. | at Mr Scarlett's, the Archimedes and Globe, near Soho Square, London. | Robischon. | |
| DAVIS, JOHN 7 | England, 1685, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1685; is he the same as John Davis 3. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DAVIS, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1850+, MIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = D.(1972); Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88; Psychrometer = USNM; Compass = Phillips 4/20/83; Theodolite = Phillips 4/20/83. | T.C.; see John Davis 2. | London and Derby. | Middleton 4; RSW; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| DAVIS, MESSRS. | England, c.1842, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, six-draw = KEN. | T.C.; see J. Davis 2, Davis 4 and Edward Davis. | 65 Bold Street, Liverpool and 101 High Street, Cheltenham. | Calvert 2; KEN. |
| DAVIS, SAMUEL | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | Burry Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM 1 | Ireland, c.1790, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Soth. 3/10/87. | No. 7, Portland Row, Dublin. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Shiffnall. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM C. | USA, 1813-79 fl.1835-79, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, P.C., New York State Museum, Historical Society of Plainfield, N.J., D.(1972), D.(1994). | all instruments signed "W.C. Davis"; partner of Merrill; see Merrill and Davis. | 36 Oak Street (1835-36); 157 South Street (1836-37); 255 Front Street (1837-38); 196 Water Street (1841-42); 302 Pearl Street (1878-79); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 104; Garcelon 33; RSW. |
| DAVISON, THOMAS | England, c.1832, OIM | made a new form of reflecting telescope. | Taylor 2(1826). | ||
| DAVY, MICHAEL | England, c.1674, MIM | made gauges. | Evans 1. | ||
| DAVYS | England, fl.1676-77, MIM OIM | made instruments for Robert Hooke including a pole-telescope (partly made by Christopher Cock), a compass, rulers and telescope tubes; he may be same as William Davies, which see. | London. | Taylor 1(392). | |
| DAWANS, HENRIJ | Holland, fl.1758-69, MIM | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| DAWES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DAWKINS, HENRY | USA, c.1740, | worked for Anthony Lamb as an engraver. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| DAWSON 1 | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | Perth. | RSW. | |
| DAWSON 2 | see Bywater, Dawson and Co.; see Dawson and Melling. | RSW. | |||
| DAWSON AND CO. | see Bywater, Dawson and Co. | Taylor 2(1288). | |||
| DAWSON AND MELLING | England, fl.1837, MIM OIM | agents for R.B. Bate. | 20 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2114); Crawforth 1. | |
| DAWSON, ALEXE | Ireland, OIM | in telescope case; owner? | Dublin. | NMM 2. | |
| DAWSON, GEORGE | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company on June 19, 1722. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DAWSON, M. | England, post-1780, MIM | Quadrant = KEN. | invented by G. Beck, patented in 1780. | KEN. | |
| DAWSON, NATHAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DAWSON, THOMAS | England, c.1650, NIM | turned over his apprentice, Ralph Greatorex, to Elias Allen. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DAWSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1818, MIM | rule and bed screw maker. | Hill Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| DAY | England, c.1840, PHIM | Thermometer = PEA. | Brewington 1. | ||
| DAY, FRANCIS | England, c.1810, MIM OIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case = Soth. 7/31/67-2; Microscopes = FRK (2), Soth. 10/27/69, 3/23/70 and 10/28/86; Parallel Rule = D.(1970). | also signed as "F. Day." | 37 Poultry, London. | Frank; Moskowitz 101; USNM; RSW. |
| DAY, I. | England, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-T156. | Frank. | ||
| DAY, ISAAC | England, c.1690, MIM | NMM 1. | |||
| DAY, JACOB | England, c.1694, MIM | son of Isaac Day. | NMM 1. | ||
| DAY, JOHN | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company on May 20, 1783. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DAY, W. | USA, 1850, OIM | patented a submarine telescope, 1850. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| DAY, WILLIAM | England, | see A. Martinelli and William Day and Co. | RSW. | ||
| DAYE | England?, 1678, MIM | Sector, boxwood, 1679 = HAR. | name is stamped; there is a perpetual calendar; might be owner. | Giordano X. | |
| DCC DVVV DIXVV | 1736, | Chalice Sundial, glass, 1736 = SLM. | chronogram. | RSW. | |
| DE BIE, C. | see Bie, C. de. | ||||
| DE DIN, PHILIS | France, 1595, MIM | Astrolabe, 1595 = P. and S. 6/18/1894 = OXF. | ICA 211; "Ich Toebehorre Philis de Din." | Lille. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1, 2 and 6; Evans 4. |
| DE GRAGE AND CO. | misreading for De Grave and Co. | Christie-SK 10/6/83. | |||
| DE GRAVE | England, PHIM | Balances = K. and C. 10/8/75, Versailles 11/20/83. | could be either Charles De Grave 1 or 2. | London. | RSW. |
| DE GRAVE AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Coin Balance, Avery-type = Soth. 6/23/87; Set of Balances, case = Phillips 2/14/79. | London. | RSW. | |
| DE GRAVE AND SAWGOOD | England, post-1821, PHIM | balance makers. | London. | Taylor 2(841). | |
| DE GRAVE AND SON | England, c.1799, PHIM | Diamond Balance = D.(1985). | probably Mary De Grave and her stepson, Charles De Grave 2; "Scale Makers." | corner of St. Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 9. |
| DE GRAVE, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1767-99, PHIM | Balances = D.(1981); Diamond Balance = Pym Sale. | partner with and successor to Samuel Read in 1780; T.C. "Scale maker to His Majesty"; "20 August 1789"; see De Grave; succeeded by his wife, Mary. | 59 (later 16) St Martin-Le-Grand, the corner of St Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(841); Moskowitz 126; RSW. |
| DE GRAVE, CHARLES 2 | England, c.1844, PHIM | maker of weights and balances; son of Mary and Charles De Grave 1; succeeded his mother in 1844; firm finally became De Grave, Short and Fanner; in 1920 the firm was taken over by W. and T. Avery. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DE GRAVE, CHARLES, AND SON | England, fl.1793-1821, PHIM | Diamond Balance = D.(1985); Balances = OXF, KEN, WHI, etc. | one of the balances is dated 1821. | 59 (later 16) St Martin le Grand, corner of St. Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, London. | Coffeen 9; Taylor 2(841); Crawforth 6. |
| DE GRAVE, MARY | England, fl.1800-16, PHIM | Balance = X; Gold Balance = HAK. | succeeded her husband, Charles De Grave 1 in 1799; signed her balances "Widow of Charles De Grave"; see De Grave and Son. | No. 59 St. Martin Le Grand, corner of St. Anns Lane, Aldersgate, London. | Taylor 2(841); G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| DE GRAVE, SHORT AND CO. | England, c.1900, PHIM | Apothecary's Balance = Soth. 6/23/87. | continuation of the De Grave family business into the twentieth century. | RSW. | |
| DE GRAVE, SHORT AND FANNER | England, pre-1859-1962, MIM PHIM | Standard Yard = Christie 2/13/68. | Charles De Grave 2; firm taken over in 1920 by W. and T. Avery though old name lasted until 1962; made beam balances. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DE JONG EN BRUYN | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Azimuth Compass = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| DE L'ISLE, GUILLAUME | France, | see "Isle, Guillaume de l'." | RSW. | ||
| DE LA COUR | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | 327 and 59 High Street, Chatham. | RSW. | |
| DE LUC, JEAN ANDRE | Switzerland; England, 1727-1817, | Jean André De Luc; invented the first portable barometer, c.1750, and a type of hygrometer; author. | Geneva; Windsor. | Middleton 1 & 4; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| DE MORY, D. | USA, NIM | Octant = VNN. | 62 South Street, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DE MORY, GRAY AND W.D. ALDER | USA, NIM | Sextant = D.(1981). | T.C.; successors to George C. Baker; also made chronometers. | No. 62 South Street, near Wall, New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DE NEGANI | origin of Denegan, Donegan? | Bedini 1. | |||
| DE PALMA, FILIPPO | Italy; France; Austria1813-73, MIM PHIM | made a dividing engine and electrical apparatus. | Naples (1813); Florence (1861); Paris (1867); Vienna (1873). | Brenni 1. | |
| DE SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICK | Switzerland, 1740-99, | Horace Bénédick De Saussure; invented a type of hygrometer; suggested many improvements for meteorilogical instruments; professor of philosophy at Geneva; author; his collection of instruments is in the Museum of the History of Science, Geneva. | Geneva. | G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; USNM. | |
| DE STEUR, JACOBUS | Holland, c.1675, MIM NIM SIM | Holland Circle = X; Circumferentor = D.(1960). | Leiden. | Bryden 9; Price 2. | |
| DE. D.S. ERG. C.H. | 1571, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1571 = VIE-AR2655. | Zinner 4. | ||
| DEACON 1 | England, c.1834-35, MIM | made model of part of Babbage's computing machine. | Beaufort House, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1828). | |
| DEACON 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Leicester Museum, X; Wheel Barometer = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27. | could be Frederick or J. Deacon. | Leicester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DEACON, FREDERICK | England, c.1822, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | barometer signed "F. Deacon, Leicester"; watch and clockmaker. | Market Place, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| DEACON, J. | England, fl.1795-1835, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Leicester Museum; Sundial = Phillips 7/17/85. | see Deacon 2. | Leicester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DEACON, SAMUEL | England, 1746-1816, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Heathcote Ball and Co. 2/13/97. | brass plate to print barometer paper plates signed "S. Deacon Barton" in Leicester Museum; made barometers, clocks and watches. | Barton-in-the-Beans (1771+). | Goodison 1; Daniell; ATG 2/6/97. |
| DEAMER, JAMES | USA, fl.1823-28, MIM OIM PHIM | made, sold and repaired cases of mathematical instruments, barometers, thermometers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.; successor to J. Anderson, whipmaker. | 38 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| DEAN, JAMES | USA, c.1830, | professor at the University of Vermont; invented a cometarium which was made by Aaron Willard, Jr. | D.J. Warner 6. | ||
| DEAN, JOHN | England, c.1828, MIM | 6 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| DEAN, PETER | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Bear Yard, Lincoln's Inn, London. | Taylor 2(1531). | ||
| DEAN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1778-97, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Clark County Historical Society, Ohio. | succeeded in business by William Davenport. | 43 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; D.J. Warner 10. |
| DEANE | England, c.1730, NIM | Compass Rose = Soth. 6/1/88. | "Deane fecit"; possibly Ino. Deane. | RSW. | |
| DEANE, DAVID | England, fl.1735-77, OIM | apprenticed or turned over to Matthew Loft in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1728; free of the Company in 1735; Master of the Company, 1760-61; signed the petition against Peter Dollond. | Smithfields, London (1764). | Taylor 2(161); Court and von Rohr 3(113); Robischon. | |
| DEANE, INO. | England, 1742, NIM | Backstaff, 1742 = D.(1974). | "Ino. Deane May 20 1742 IP." | Wynter 1. | |
| DEANE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1718-48, MIM SIM | Hodometer = WHI; Horizontal Sundials = KEN (1718),(stone), OXF, NMM, P.C., WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = VCW, NUR, KENNEY-140, BM, DEU, ROU-73; Sectors = ADL-M90, OXF; Gunners' Calipers = P.C. (1982), EGE, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Gunner's Scale = NMM; Gunter Quadrant with Sundial = WHI; etc. | apprenticed to John Rowley of the Broderers' Company, July 28, 1710; free in the Company Feb. 4, 1718; Master of the Company, 1747; took an apprentice; MIM to the Office of Ordnance. | Garden House, Crane Court, Fleet Street (1712); Golden Sphere in three Crane Court, Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(464) and 2(34); Bryden 16; Price 3 and 12; Ward 3 and 4; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; Gunther 2 and 6; Nachet; Egestorff; KEN; Crawforth 6 & 7; ADL; RSW. |
| DEANS, JOHN | England, PHIM | Thermometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | on barometer by Lennie. | RSW. | |
| DEARBORN, WARREN | USA, 1802-63, MIM | made rulers, etc.; Dearborn and Skinner, cabinetmakers and planemakers. | Sandwich, N.H. | DATM. | |
| DEBOMBOURG, I. | France, c.1725, MIM | Protractor = D.(1993). | see Pierre Debombourg. | Lyon. | Coffeen 43. |
| DEBOMBOURG, PIERRE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = LOU; Butterfield-type Sundial = LOU; Compass Sundial, square = Ernst Coll.(HAR); Horizontal Sundial = P.C. | see I. Debombourg. | Lyon. | Wheatland 2; Coffeen 43; RSW. |
| DEBONNAIRE, MR. | 1647, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1647 = ADL-M271. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| DECHALES, CLAUDE FRANCOIS MILLIET | France; Italy, 1621-78, MIM | Claude François Milliet Dechales; compass maker; author. | Paris; Turin. | Schück; DSB. | |
| DECK | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see I. Deck. | Leamington. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DECK, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | may be same as Deck of Leamington. | Cambridge. | RSW. |
| DECOOL, J.F. | Belgium, c.1805, MIM | Astronomical Clock = P.C. = BMR. | Namur. | Société Belge; ART. | |
| DEE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Skipton. | Goodison 1. | |
| DEEMS | misreading for Deens. | Daumas 1. | |||
| DEENS, INDOCUS | misreading for Jodocus Deens. | P. and S. 4/3/1894. | |||
| DEENS, JODOCUS | Belgium; Austria, c.1682, MIM SIM | Graphometers = KEN (1682), VIT; Universal Ring Dials = VIU, P. and S. 4/3/1894, Soth. 10/17/60. | graphometers made in Vienna; Daumas thought it was "Deems". | Louvain; Vienna. | Daumas 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Kirnbauer 2. |
| DEFORGES L'AINE | France, 1744, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, marble, 1744 = ADL-M328. | "Deforges l'aîné fecit." | tools, stars, comet, etc, carved in relief and colored, on the sides; owned by Heilbronner. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| DEGENAUR, PIETER DIRCKZ | Germany?, NIM | Compass Rose, paper = GMM. | RSW. | ||
| DEGERMAN, O.N. | Holland, 1756, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1756 = CRI-345 = KEN. | Rooseboom 1; Nachet; KEN. | ||
| DEGREZ | Sundial = Drouot 11/14/68. | probably misreading for "degrees." | RSW. | ||
| DEICHMANN, L. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Geographische Institut, Hamburg; Tellurian = DEU. | sundial is for 51°19'. | Kassel. | RSW. |
| DEIJL, HARMANUS VAN 1 | Holland, 1705, OIM | Telescope, 1705 = LEY. | son of Jan van Deijl 1 and father of Jan van Diejl 2; Mörzer Bruyns thought he lived c.1775. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| DEIJL, HARMANUS VAN 2 | Holland, 1738-1809, OIM | Achromatic Microscopes = LEY, UTP, UTR, BIL, TEY. | son of Jan van Deijl 2. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1 and 2; van Cittert 3; Daumas 1; Purtle; G.L'E. Turner 24; Evans 1. |
| DEIJL, JAN VAN (2), EN ZOON | Holland, fl.1769-75, OIM | Telescopes = STROZZI, KEN, AMST (1769 and 1775), DEU, PMM, Auctions, 1906 (1769) and 1910 (1769). | son was Harmanus van Deijl 2; see Jan Bunders and Jan van Deijl Bunders. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Hamilton 2; KEN; Price 2; RSW. |
| DEIJL, JAN VAN 1 | Holland, 1704, OIM | Telescope, 1704 = UTP. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| DEIJL, JAN VAN 2 | Holland, 1715-1801, OIM | Telescopes and Microscopes = TEY, LEY, Museum of Education, The Hague; Achromatic Telescope, pasteboard = DEU. | father of Harmanus van Deijl 2; DEU telescope signed "Jan van Deylen Zoon" (c. 1765). | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Council of Europe 1; Wheatland 2; Price 2. |
| DEIMAN | PHIM | made potentiometers. | McConnell (1984). | ||
| DEINERT, PAULUS | see Deivert; see P.D. | ||||
| DEIPHOLTH, JOHANN | Germany; Holland, c.1750, MIM | Table Sundial = MADEX-107; Crescent Sundial = Bernal Coll. = BM. | Baillie thought him 17th century; Price thought him `Beipolth'; table sundial is signed "Augsburg", the other "Haag." | Augsburg; The Hague. | Whipple 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1. |
| DEIVERT, PAULUS | Germany, 1758, PHIM | Money Balance, 1758 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| DEKANG, JANA | Poland, 1643, MIM | Artillery Instrument, 1643 = Military Museum, Warsaw. | Lesznic. | RSW. | |
| DEKKER, R. | Holland, c.1791, MIM NIM | Nautical Rule = RIJ; Azimuth Compass = RIJ; Log = RIJ. | requested a patent in 1791. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| DEL VECCHIO, J. | see Vecchio, J. del | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |||
| DEL VECCHIO, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1833-38, | looking-glass and frame maker. | 15 Lower Abbey Street (1833-35); 68 Dame Street (1836-38); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| DELACOUR, L. | France, c.1730, MIM SIM | Cicumferentor = SPI-2763 = AND-SPI-30. | Dunkerque. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| DELAGRAVE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Versailles 4/17/83. | RSW. | ||
| DELAGRAVE, CH. | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM-12852. | CNAM 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| DELAHAYE | France, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| DELALANDE | France, fl.1775-79, MIM | Celestial Globes = Roussel (1779), Auction, Paris 6/15/79 (1779), GEL (1775), BMR (1777), Palermo Observatory. | Paris. | Serrio (1983); Chenekal 3; Belgian Inv.; RSW. | |
| DELAMAIN, RICHARD | England, fl.1610-45, MIM | designed and made instruments for Charles I; author; designed a circular slide rule in 1632-33. | Drury Lane, upper part of Chancery Lane, London. | Bryden 15; Taylor 1(122); Gunther 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| DELAMARCHE 1 | see Charles François Delamarche. | ||||
| DELAMARCHE 2 | France, fl.1821-57, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = A-P 3/15/76 (2), FLO (1821); Planetarium, mechanical, 1839 = Soth. 12/15/78. | son of Charles François Delamarche. | 12, rue du Jardinet; rue du Battoir (1839-57); both in Paris. | Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, C.F., ET MESSIER, C. | France, c.1780, MIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Globes = NMM-Caird. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| DELAMARCHE, CHARLES FRANCOIS | France, 1740-1809, MIM | made many terrestrial and celestial globes, planetariums and armillary spheres (wood and paper); dated ones range from 1780-1808. | Charles François Delamarche; "Geographer"; successor to Sanson and Robert de Vaugondy. | chez Delamarche, 12 rue du Jardinet (1780); Géog., Rue de Foin St. Jacques au Collège de Mtre. Gervais (1783-91); both in Paris. | Moskowitz 122; Nachet; Price 2; USNM; Brewington 1; Bonelli 1; Brieux 2; Syndram; Yonge; RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, FX. | France, 1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, wood and paper, 1831 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | "Succ. de Robert de Vaugondy, 1831"; "Ingen-Mécan. pour les globes et sphères." | Paris. | RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, FX., ET CHLES. DIEN | France, 1816, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1816 = Melun 4/24/83. | "dressée ordre du Roi par le S. Robert de Vaugondy"; surely a misreading of the date. | rue du Jardinet N°13, Paris. | RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, MAISON | France, c.1860, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | the house of Delamarche. | Paris. | RSW. |
| DELAMARRE, CHOLLET | France, NIM | Repeating Circle = USNM. | Rue de Fourcy St. Antoine 6, Paris. | USNM. | |
| DELANDER, DANIEL | England, 1674-1733, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1962); Stick Barometer = Clumber Park = P.C. | apprenticed to Charles Halsted of the Clockmakers' Company in 1692; free of the Company, 1699; journeyman assistant to Tompion; also made clocks; bill for another barometer is known. | Devereux Court; Temple, Fleet Street, London (1712 on). | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DELANDER, R. | England, c.1620, MIM | Sundial inside back cover of watch = Soth. 12/1/78. | RSW. | ||
| DELCANO, JUAN SEBASTIAN | Spain, fl.1520-26, MIM | Delcaño; globe maker. | Globus, Dec. 1956. | ||
| DELCOMINETE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Auction Sale, Paris 11/24/79. | Moreau; RSW. | ||
| DELEUIL, JEAN-ADRIEN | France, 1820-94, MIM OIM PHIM | Cannon Sundial = CNAM; Meter Rod = FLM; Barometer = FLO-1144; Wind Instrument = PMM; Electrical Apparatus = D.; Photographic Barograph = USNM; Meridian Instrument = D.; Microscope = D.(1976). | Rue des Fourneaux 42, Paris. | CNAM 2; USNM; Paris 1900; Belgian Inv.; Brieux 1; Middleton 4; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DELEUIL, L.J. | France; England, c.1850, PHIM | made air pumps, etc.; son of Jean Adrien Deleuil. | 8 rue du Pont-le-Lodi, Paris and 7 Althorpe Street, Grey's Inn Lane, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DELHEUX, JEAN | Belgium?, 1814, MIM | Vertical Sundial, pewter, 1814 = LIE. | RSW. | ||
| DELL'ACQUA, CARLO | Italy, 1806-75, PHIM | Barlow's Globe = Pavia University; Magnetic Sparkler = Pavia University. | Milan. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brenni 1. | |
| DELLA TORRE, J. | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Carter's Grove, Va., Soth. 2/4/77, Christie-SK 1/22/87. | Perth. | RSW. | |
| DELLA TORRE, T. | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | may be J. Della Torre. | Perth. | RSW. |
| DELLEBARRE | Holland, OIM | microscope maker; may be A. or Louis François Dellebarre. | Nachet. | ||
| DELLEBARRE EN BAYENS GEBROEDERS | Holland, c.1800, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | Delft. | Daumas 1. | |
| DELLEBARRE EN CANZIUS | Holland, fl.1798-1806, OIM | Microscopes = LEY(1798), CRI(1806), UTP, LEY, DEU. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Gunther 2. | |
| DELLEBARRE, A. | Holland, c.1797, OIM | Microscope = BIL; Dellebarre-type Microscope, 1788 = Soth. 4/18/88 = Soth. 10/3/88. | Soth. signed on microscope tube; marked on microscope at KEN, made by Onderdewijnwgaart. | Leiden. | Purtle; RSW. |
| DELLEBARRE, LOUIS FRANCOIS | Holland; France, 1726-1805, OIM | Microscopes = CNAM(1771), WHI(1785), NAC(1789, 1793), KEN(1793), DEU, OXF, UTR, BIL, LEY, UTP; Compound Microscopes = X, GEM (1788). | Louis François Dellebarre; see Dellebarre and Canzius, Dellebarre and Bayens. | Leyden (pre-1776); rue Saint-Jacques (after 1776); rue Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (1793); both in Paris. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Whipple 1; Purtle; KEN; Bryden 9; A.J. Turner 10. |
| DELLEMONT | France, pre-1840, | see Guillemin and Dellemont. | RSW. | ||
| DELLER, COMP. P. AEMILIANUS | Germany, 1786, MIM | Quadrant, 1786 = DEU. | also marked "Ben. Prist." | RSW. | |
| DELLING, P. AEMILIANUS | Austria, 1699-1746, MIM | may be "P.AE.D.P.K." signed on horizontal sundial at KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| DELMOTTE, J. | Belgium, c.1800, PHIM | Money Balance = Koller 11/17/75. | Brussels. | RSW. | |
| DELURE, CLAUDE | France, c.1723, MIM | son (?) of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure; apprenticed to him in 1723 in the "Corporation des fondeurs." | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| DELURE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-NICOLAS | France, fl. 1695-1736, MIM SIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = ADL-DPW3, USNM, P.C., MAD, MAN, ANM, MERC, OPM, LIE, WHI (silver) (2), WRAY, etc.; Universal Ring Dials = MADEX, PEA, NMM, WRAY, MERC; Sectors = VEN, NAC; Graphometers = USNM, D.; Artillery Level = ROU; Analematic Sundial = ADL-DPW3; Drawing Instrument = WHI; Rapporteur = Drouot 11/14/68; Compass = NMM; Sundial = ADL-L3; etc. | father-in-law of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Bion; master and juror in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi";took apprentices; worked for Abbé Nollet. | à l'Image Nostre-Dame, Place de Marché Neuf (1700); Quaide l'Horloge (1707); both on Il de la Cité, Paris. | Daumas 1; Bryden 16; Michel 1, 3, and 9; Hamilton 2; Nachet; Brieux 1; USNM; Price 12; Chenekal 1; MADEX; Augarde; ADL; RSW. |
| DELUREX | France, | misreading for Delure. | Gilbert 8/27/76. | ||
| DELVEDEZ | France, c.1800, OIM | Full Circle with Telescope = D. | Clermont. | Brieux files. | |
| DELVEDEZ AINE | France, c.1810, NIM | Holland Circle = P.C. | Delvedez Aîné. | Clermont. | Brieux 1; Wheatland 3. |
| DEMAINBRAY, STEPHEN CHARLES TRIBOUDET | England; Scotland, 1710-82, | designed a microscope; collected instruments for George III. | Westminster, London; Edinburgh; Kew, London. | Chaldecott 1; Taylor 2(248); Gunther 6; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DEMEURIE | France, c.1820, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D. | Brest. | Brieux 1. | |
| DEMONGENET, FRANCISCUS | France; Italyfl.1552-1590, MIM | Pairs of Globes, 1552 = Drecker, ROM; Terrestrial Globe with Sundial and watch inside, 1552 = UTC; Gores for both a Celestial and Terrestrial Globe = ADL-A. | Vesow; Venice. | Stevenson; FOX; Yonge; Karrow 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| DENCH, THOMAS | England, c.1795, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1788; turned over to Thomas Lorkin, member of the Wheelwrights' Company, on March 16, 1789; free of the Grocers' Company, Oct. 1, 1795. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DENEGAN, JOHN | Italy; USA, c.1785, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; succeeded by Alloysius Ketterer. | Race and Fourth Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; USNM; Middleton 1. | |
| DENEGAN, JOSEPH | Italy; USA, c.1785, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; may be same as John Denegan, which see. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1785). | D.J. Warner 5. | |
| DENGG, P. JOSEPHUS | Germany, 1752, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1752 = NUR-WI 1228. | Mondsee. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| DENISOR, FEDOR | Russia, 1789, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1789 = MOS-18463. | Chenekal 1. | ||
| DENN, WILLIAM | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to John Waite of the Grocers' Company on May 6, 1695. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DENNERT AND PAPE | England, c.1850, MIM | Instrument? = Soth. 10/4/77. | RSW. | ||
| DENNEWALT, GERHART | Germany, 1681, PHIM | Gold Balance, 1681 = HAM. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| DENNIS | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = FRK-T 163. | London. | Frank. | |
| DENNIS, GEORGE | England, c.1713, MIM | apprenticed to John Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 21, 1713; turned over to Thomas Baldwin. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DENNIS, J.C. | England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Calling card; see John Charles Dennis. | Bristol. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| DENNIS, JOHN CHARLES | England, fl.1825-61, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = KEN; Artificial Horizon = KEN; Microscope = CRI. | T.C.; made sextants with Becher's artificial horizon; the microscope is signed "Dennis 118 Bishopsgate Street, London"; some instruments signed "J.C. Dennis", which see; calling card has "Bristol" as an address. | 118 Bishopsgate Street (1839-49); 122 Bishopsgate Street (1850-61); both in London; Bristol. | Taylor 2(1534); KEN; Goodison 1; Chaldecott 3 & 4; RGO; Gunther 2; McConnell 4. |
| DENNIS, JOHN WILLIAM | England, c.1816, MIM | apprenticed to John Holyman of the Grocers' Company, April 4, 1816. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DENNS, J. | 1679, MIM | Sundial, circular, 6 annular rings, 1679 = Soth. 3/17/38 = P-B 10/31/52 = Koller 11/17/75. | may be Jodocus Deens. | RSW. | |
| DENORRY | France, 1588, | professor of mathematics; invented a "Compas Optique", a form of Radio Latino, with optical sight attached to one leg. | Paris. | Kraus Catalogue. | |
| DENT | England, PHIM | Depliedoscope = UTR; Altimeter and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79. | surely E.J. Dent. | 33 and 34 Cockspur Street, London. | RSW. |
| DENT, E., AND CO. | England, c.1820, NIM | Magnetic Compasses = Christie 7/16/68 (2), 10/8/68. | 61 Strand and 4 Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. | |
| DENT, E.I. | England, | see Edward John Dent. | |||
| DENT, EDWARD JOHN | England, 1790-1853, MIM NIM PHIM | Dipleidoscopes = HAY, ADL-W189, P.C., WHI (5), Soth. 11/9/59, Ineichen 5/3/74, etc.; Barometers with Thermometers = Soth. 7/26/65, K. and C. 3/19/75; Compass = Christie 7/28/70. | maker of "Big Ben"; named and made "E.I. Dent's Patent Meridian" which he called the dipleidoscope; author; a dipleidoscope shows the moment when the sun crosses the meridian; "Chronometer Maker to the Queen"; also invented a new magnetic compass and a chronograph. | 82 Strand and 33 Cockspur Street; 34 Royal Exchange; 61 Strand (post-1851); all in London. | Taylor 2(1310); Bryden 16; Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Whipple 1; Namur; Moskowitz; ADL; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| DENT, J. | England, c.1845, PHIM | see Edward John Dent. | Particular Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, ppp. 100-01. | ||
| DENTON | England, | invented a level made by W. and S. Jones. | Whipple 1. | ||
| DENTON AND CO. | England, 1809, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case, 1809 = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 11/16/22. | London. | RSW. | |
| DENTON, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| DENTZEL, JOHANN | Germany, 1572-1625, | painter; devised a variant type of graphometer in 1616 with his brother, Melchior Dentzel. | Ulm. | Bedini 3. | |
| DENTZEL, MELCHIOR | Germany, 1585-1635, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Soth. 2/26/62 = USNM. | apprenticed to Michael Pauly Schmid, a master goldsmith, in 1599; passed his examination as a goldsmith in accessories in 1611; invented this type of graphometer in 1616 with his brother, Johann Dentzel; original case also includes some drawing instruments; author. | Ulm. | USNM; Price 2; Bedini 3; RSW. |
| DEPAGNET | France, c.1650, OIM | Dépagnet; made telescopes. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| DEPARCIEUX, ANTOINE | France, 1703-68, MIM | made sundials, instruments and watches; invented a lens-polishing machine; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Moskowitz 130. | |
| DEPETRIS, I., S.J. | France, 1753, MIM | Sundial, 1753 = ADL-A100. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| DEPEUILLE | France, 1786, PHIM | Thermometer on Barometer, 1786 = Drouot 11/19/70. | RSW. | ||
| DEPOUILLY | France, fl.1683-92, OIM | Microscopes = BIL, KEN (CRI). | see Depovilly and J. Pouilly; Coffeen thinks Pouilly and Depouilly are the same maker; Nachet thought it was Depovilly as the "u" is engraved as a "v". | Paris. | Nachet; Purtle; KEN; A.J. Turner 10; Nachet; Coffeen 46. |
| DEPOVILLY | France, | see J.Pouilly and Depouilly. | Paris. | Nachet; Purtle; KEN; A.J. Turner 10; Coffeen 46; RSW. | |
| DERBY, EDWARD | England, PHIM | T.C.; "Successor to the Ingenious Mr. Joseph Hickman." | Union Court, facing St. Andrews Church, Holborn, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| DEREGNI, ANGELO | Italy, 18th Century, OIM | Telescopes, pasteboard and horn = ADL-M449, P.C., Soth. 10/28/86; Telescope, vellum and paper = D. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW; Brieux 2. | ||
| DEREPAS | France, c.1850, OIM | Achromatic Spyglass = WHI; Reflecting Telescope = Hérmes Museum, Paris; Spyglasses = Soth. 12/13/65, FRK = Soth. 3/25/86. | Palais Royal 23 (25), Paris. | Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Frank; RSW. | |
| DERG, CAREL GUST. | Sweden, 1768, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1768 = NOR. | Stockholm. | RSW. | |
| DERHAM, WILLIAM | England, 1657-1735, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1678 = OXF; Wall Sundials = St. George's Chapel, Windsor (1723), Lincoln Chapel (1723), St. Laurence Church, Upminster. | quadrant signed "W. Durham", early form of his name; owner/maker?; designer of clocks and instruments; author. | Upminster. | Aked; Chamberlain. |
| DERING, G. | 1791, PHIM | Lodestone, 1791 = P.C. | Wheatland 3. | ||
| DERNER, I.M. | misreading for Dorner. | Lagos and Jozsef; Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| DEROGY | France, OIM | made optical instruments. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| DERRIEN ET LEPRIEUR | France, NIM | Sextants = MYS (3). | Derrien et LePrieur. | RSW. | |
| DERRY, CHARLES | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 6 Leigh Street, Barton Crescent, London. | Taylor 2(2115). | ||
| DERVIE, DE | France, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Lyon. | Clay and Court. | |
| DES BORDES & P.D.J.E. | France, c.1780, MIM | Surveyor's Square = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| DESAGNEAUX | France, c.1809, | invented a rapporteur, made by Marchois. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| DESAGULIERS, JOHN THEOPHILUS | England, 1683-1744, MIM | made and designed instruments. | Westminster; Plough Court, Fetter Lane; both in London. | Taylor 1(545); Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DESARGUES, GERARD | France, 1593-1661, OIM | Gérard Desargues; worked on objective lenses; author. | Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| DESCARTES, RENE | France, 1596-1650, | René Descartes; scientist and philosopher; designed microscopes; first to design scale for barometers; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Middleton 1 & 4; DSB. | |
| DESCOMBES, MAL(COLM) | England, NIM | Octant = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DESCRIVANI | Italy, c.1832, | designed a planetarium, made by Pierret and at CNAM. | Morpurgo 1; CNAM 2. | ||
| DESCROIZILLES, FRANCOIS ANTOINE HENRI | France, 1751-1825, | François Antoine Henri Descroizilles; chemist; invented a still for wine analysis, 1810. | Rouen. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DESCROLIERES, ADRIEN | Italy; Belgium; France, fl.1571-80, MIM | Astrolabes = VEN (1571)(ICA-503), GRE (1577)(ICA-455), TPD (1579)(ICA-525), SPI-2782 = BM (1580)(ICA-208), TIM (157?) = Christie-SK 4/14/88 = P.C.; Rule, folding with three legs, 1579 = OXF. | Adrien Descrolières. | Venice; Mantua (1577); Antwerp (1579); Paris (1580). | Michel 1 and 3; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Gunther 1 and 2; Nachet; Belgian Inv; Italian Inv; Ernst; Maison Française; A.J. Turner 8; RSW. |
| DESHARYS, JEAN | France, c.1790, | instrument maker? | Nachet. | ||
| DESILVA, WILLIAM | England, c.1850, NIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = PMS (3); Octant = USNM; Compass = D.(1965); Sextants = Maritime Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., MYS; Stick Barometer = VNN; Wheel Barometer = Soth.-C 10/9/86. | barometer signed "Desilva." | 37 Bath Street, Princes Dock and 126 Duke Street; 250 Great Howard Street; 38 Regent Street (1857); all in Liverpool. | USNM; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| DESLINCOURT, JEAN FRACTORENSIS | France, c.1680, MIM | Skaphe, 1680 = CNAM-929. | copy of a classic skaphe; Fractorensis may be a town. | CNAM 2. | |
| DESNOS, LOUIS-CHARLES | France, fl.1753-82, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Va.; Carte Odagraphique, 1763 = Balzekas Museum, Chicago; Sector = ADL-M89; Folding Square = USNM; Celestial Globes = LNB (1758), P.C. (1770); Butterfield-type Sundials = P. and S. 2/28/1896, FRY; Armillary Spheres = CNAM (1757), (1768), X (1754), DEU (2), Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Terrestrial Globe Clock, 1782 = DRE; Terrestrial Globes, 1757, 1772 = CNAM (2). | "on trouve chez Desnos toutes sortes D'instruments de Mathématiques"; son-in-law of Nicholas Hardy ? | Beauvais (1754); Chez Desnos, ingénieur géographe, rue St. Jacques St Severin à l'enseigne du Globe; rue St. Julien le pauvre, Quartier de la Place Maubert; both in Paris. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; USNM; Nachet; Chenekal 3; Drechsler 2; Globus, Nov. 1954, June 1963; Pastoreau; ADL; RSW. |
| DESNOS, V.T. | France?, 1850, MIM | Goniometer, 1850 = MOS. | designed by Douglas. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. | |
| DESPAGNET | see Dépagnet. | Nachet. | |||
| DESROLIS | see Mlle. Ginot-Desrois. | RSW. | |||
| DESUOS | France, MIM | Goniometer = Koller, May 1962. | probably Desnos. | Paris. | RSW. |
| DETOUCHE | France, MIM | Pliers, engraved, iron = ROU-306; Planetarium = CNAM. | Sedan. | Michel 3. | |
| DETOUCHE ET HOUDIN | France, c.1850, MIM | in the Great Exhibition, 1851, London. | 228 and 230 Rue St. Martin, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DETURE | France, | cadran solaire de poche fin 18ème | Delure, fabriquant | Paris | Pugsley Sale. Corpechot. |
| DEUCHAR, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1815-33, PHIM | made chemical apparatus. | Lothian Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DEUERLIN, JOACHIM | Germany?, fl.1619-33, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1619 = OXFB; Drawing Compasses, 1633 = DRE (2). | one compass has micrometer divided by letters. | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Drechsler 2; Price 2; RSW. | |
| DEUR, JOHANNES | Holland, fl.1702-14, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, cases = KRA, LEY. | engraved maps. | Amsterdam. | Globus, Dec. 1956; Krogt 1; Edell 1. |
| DEVACHT, FRANCOIS | USA, c.1792, MIM | François Devacht; made sundials, compasses, etc.; worked with his brother, Joseph. | Gallipolis, Ohio. | Bedini 1. | |
| DEVACHT, JOSEPH | USA, c.1792, MIM | made sundials, compasses, etc.; worked with his brother, François. | Gallipolis, Ohio. | Bedini 1. | |
| DEVASTON, J. | England, 1790, MIM | Pantograph, 1790 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DEVAULX | France, 1583, MIM | Astrolabe, geographical, paper, 1583 = Giraudon. | Reichen. | ||
| DEVINPORT, ROBERT | variant of Robert Davenport. | Bryden 3. | |||
| DEVOT | France, NIM | Dry Card Compass = MYS. | Le Havre. | RSW. | |
| DEW, SAMUEL | USA, 1822, | patented nautical compass, 1822. | Romney, Va. | USNM. | |
| DEWAR, SIR JAMES | England, 1842-1923, | see Liveing and Dewar. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| DEWILDE, JOHN | England, c.1735, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 6, 1722; free in the Company, Mar. 23, 1735. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DEWRY | England, 1693, | zodiac band engraved on Coronelli globe by Dewry. | Grimaldi. | ||
| DEXTER, GEORGE | USA, 1846, PHIM | 57 State Street, Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| DEYERLIN | England, 1819, | see Holtzapffel and Deyerlin. | RSW. | ||
| DEYL | see Deijl; also found as Deyle. | ||||
| DHIDERIC, MISER | Germany, c.1200, MIM | Sundial on pillar of church = Niederurff. | "Dhideric Miser Fecit." | Niederurff. | Zinner 1. |
| DIAKOFF, GEORGE | Russia, MIM | made a new type of arithmometer. | St. Petersburg. | USNM. | |
| DIAS, JOAO | Portugal, fl.1614-38, | Joa~o Dias; thought to be the maker who signed mariner's astrolabes as "Y°. Dyas", which see; astrolabes dated 1614, 1619, and 1628; listed as astrolabe maker and examiner of Agostinhode Goes in 1630. | Lisbon? | A. Stimson 3. | |
| DIBBLEY | England, fl.1560-70?, MIM | also clock maker. | Taylor 1(28); Evans 1. | ||
| DIBOLD, JOH. CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1780, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1780 = Baden-Baden Neues Schloss-6897. | Durlach. | Zinner 1. | |
| DICAS 1 | England, c.1790, PHIM | Hygrometer = KEN; Proof Slide Rule, ivory = ADL-161. | see John Dicas who patented an accurate hygrometer; the slide rule at the ADL is marked "Dicas Patentee Liverpool." | Liverpool. | Wheatland 1; KEN; ADL; RSW. |
| DICAS 2 | England, c.1800, MIM | Slide Rules, ivory = BM, NMM-Gabb Coll., KEN (2). | London. | Price 3; Ward 4; KEN; RSW. | |
| DICAS AND ARSTALL | England, c.1807, PHIM | Mary Dicas and George Arstall; patent hydrometer makers. | 8 North Side Old Dock, Liverpool (1807). | Bryden 9. | |
| DICAS, ANN | England, fl.1797-1822, PHIM | Hygrometer = Soth. 10/17/60. | made patented hygrometers sold by John Bywater and Co.; Turner thinks she was daughter and successor to John Dicas. | 83 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1535); RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| DICAS, I. | England, MIM | Compass = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | may be related to Ann Dicas; see John Dicas. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| DICAS, JOHN | England, fl.1774-97, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer, No. 986 = HAR. | patented Dicas Alcohol Hydrometer, June 1780; succeeded by his daughter, Mary Dicas, in 1797; T.C.; Turner thinks that Ann Dicas was his daughter; see Dicas 1. | Navigation Shop, 29 Pool Lane (1790); 27 Pool Lane (1796); both in Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DICAS, MARY | England, fl.1797-1806, MIM PHIM | succeeded her father in 1797; made hydrometers. | 27 Pool Lane (1800); 7 North Side Old Dock, Strand Street (1803); 7 North End Old Dock (1804-5); all in Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| DICEY | misreading for Dixey. | Soth.-S 10/19/89. | |||
| DICK, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1827-74, MIM SIM | made surveying chains; surveyor. | 101 Bridgegate (1827-32); Buchanan Court, 105 Stockwell (1833-74); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| DICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1723, MIM | apprenticed to John Dobson of the Clockmakers' Company, June 3, 1723. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DICKENS, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1740, NIM | Reflecting Circle = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| DICKENS, JOHN | England, c.1648, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 12, 1648. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DICKINSON, EDMUND | USA, c.1772, MIM | made dip needles. | Williamsburg, Va. | Bedini 8. | |
| DICKINSON, S. | England, 1808, NIM | Compass Rose, 1808 = X. | Schück. | ||
| DICKMAN, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1794-1855, NIM OIM | nautical instrument maker to Queen Victoria, 1845; made clocks, chronometers, telescopes, etc. | Kirkgate (1794-96); Bernard Street (1797-1813); 33 Shore (1814-40); all in Leith; 142 George Street (1841-42); 91 Princeses Street (1843); both in Edinburgh; 6 Charlotte Place (1844-48); 4 Charlotte Place (1849-54); both in Leith. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1829); USNM; Clarke et al. | |
| DICKMAN, JOHN 2 | England, pre-1830, MIM | see John Dickman and Son. | Quayside, West Shore, Sunderland. | Taylor 2(1829)(1829a). | |
| DICKMAN, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM | John Dickman 2 and his son. | Quayside, West Shore, Sunderland. | Taylor 2(1829a). | |
| DICKSON AND CARGILL | Ireland, OIM | Student Microscope = P.C. | optician. | Belfast. | RSW. |
| DIDDERICHSEN, JACOB | Denmark, MIM | Magnetic Compass, box = FRE. | cast pewter or tin. | Copenhagen. | Price 2. |
| DIEBOLDT | France, MIM | Drawing Instruments = LEY; Instrument = DEU. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| DIEGHEM, FRAN DE | Belgium, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = D.(1960); Quadrant = VEN. | sometimes signed "F.R. van Dieghem." | Brussels. | Bonelli 4; RSW. |
| DIEM, JAKOB | Germany, fl.1586-89, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Old Town Hall, Esslingen. | Esslingen. | Zinner 1. | |
| DIEN, CHARLES 1 | 1740, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1740 = P.C. | Globus, Dec. 1957. | ||
| DIEN, CHARLES 2 | France, 1809-70, MIM | Celestial Globes = MOS (1831), VNL (1840), MOS, Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Globe = D.; Terrestrial Globe, 1844 = Versailles 4/17/83. | "géographe"; see Delamarche et Dien. | rue Hauteville N. 13; Rue du Foin St. Jacques au Collège de Mtre. Gervais; both in Paris. | Chenakal 3; Globus, June 1962, Dec. 1957; Brieux 3; Tooley; RSW. |
| DIENERT, PAULUS | PHIM | balance maker; see "P.D." (1); may be Dierert. | RSW. | ||
| DIEPEL, HERMANN | Germany, fl.1558-77, MIM | Celestial Globes = KAS (1563), DRE. | Kassel. | Zinner 1. | |
| DIETA | France, PHIM | Barometer = Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg. | optician. | Strasbourg. | RSW. |
| DIETHELM, ABBOT | Switzerland, 1549, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1549 = St. Gallen. | "Abbot Diethelm u St. Gallen, 1549." | St. Gallen Abbey. | RSW. |
| DIETRICH, HANS | Austria, c.1628, MIM | see Johann Dietrich 1. | Zinner 1. | ||
| DIETRICH, JOHANN 1 | Czechoslovakia, 1611, MIM | Bow Compass, 1611 = Polytecnic Institute, Prague. | Cenipo. | Czech. Inv. | |
| DIETRICH, JOHANN 2 | Switzerland, fl.1751-55, MIM | Basle. | Evans 1. | ||
| DIETRICHSTEIN, VON | Germany, 1647, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1647 = BM. | owner; the dial is also marked "S.L.G.V.D." with the "G" raised slightly above the other initials. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| DIETSCHI, PANCRATZ | Germany, fl.1584-94, MIM | made an astronomical clock; "Passerace Troche" is alternative name. | Fribourg. | Baillie 1. | |
| DIETTE | France, c.1800, OIM | Telescope = Stuker, 1958. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| DIEU, FRANCISCUS LE | Holland, b.1700 fl.1726, MIM | also made clocks. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| DIGBY, CHARLES | England, fl.1729-67, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1749 = Bowes Museum. | apprenticed to Benjamin Macy of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 12, 1721; T.C.; took over John Henshaw's shop. | The Globe, near Hermitage Stairs, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(465a); J. Brown 3; Weil 2(23); Crawforth 1. |
| DIGEON | see Pigeon. | CNAM 2. | |||
| DIGGES, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1650, MIM | worked with William Corderoy and Caspar Kalthoff. | Dordrecht. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| DIGGES, LEONARD | England, 1510-58, | devised a theodolite and other instruments; author. | Barham, East Kent. | Taylor 1(4); Daumas 1; Michel 3; Gunther 6; DSB; DNB. | |
| DIGGES, THOMAS | England, 1531-95, | son of Leonard Digges; designed instruments; author. | Daumas 1; DSB; DNB; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| DIGUE | France, MIM SIM | Level = Soth. 6/9/39; Surveying Instrument = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| DIJK, VAN DEN | see Petrus ab Aggere. | Michel 3. | |||
| DIJON | France, c.1781, MIM | won a prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences, 1781; possibly Pigeon. | Daumas 1. | ||
| DIKAUF, JOHANN | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = WUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| DILLER, BALTHASAR | Germany1780, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1780 = STU-8446. | Mergentheim. | Zinner 1. | |
| DILLON | England, c.1742, OIM | T.C.; optician. | in Long Acre, next door to the White Hart, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| DILLON AND TUTTLE | USA, fl.1820-40, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1980). | T.C.; formerly Kline and Co. | 74 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DIMMOCK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ryde. | Goodison 1. | |
| DINGLEY, JAMES | England, c.1770, | apprenticed to Joseph Edwards; ran away May 11, 1770. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| DININCKOFF, BERNARD | England, 1585, MIM | Sundial, stained-glass, 1585 = Gilling Castle, Yorkshire North. | Daniels 1. | ||
| DIONYSODORUS | Greece?, c.100 B.C., | invented the conical sundial. | Amisus. | Cousins. | |
| DIPHOP | Russia, 1775, MIM | Sundial, 1775 = GMELV-IM 3035. | Chenekal 1. | ||
| DIRCK, JOHAN | Germany, 1653, NIM | Compass Rose, 1653 = X. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| DIRCKXSEN, SYMEN | see Symen Dirckxsen Blocker. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| DIRICKSEN, DI | Germany, 1644, NIM | Compass Rose, 1644 = X. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| DISMORR, J. | England, MIM | Slide Rule = Soth. 10/28/86. | 42 Russell Street, Rotherhithe, London. | RSW. | |
| DIVINI, EUSTACHIO | Italy; France; Italy, 1620-95, OIM | Telescopes = ROM (1663), FLO (1664 and 1674), POB (1673), BM; Oculars = FLO (1665 and 1666); Microscopes, 1668 = ROM, BIL; etc. | developed a micrometer; tried fitting telescopic sights to surveying instruments in 1664. | Bologna; Paris; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 4; Purtle; Michel 3; Dewhirst; USNM; Nachet; Gunther 2; Italian Inv.; Daumas 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10. |
| DIVIS, P. | 1754, PHIM | made a thunder house (Paratonnerre). | ? | ||
| DIVISIOLI, G. AND F. | see Giovannes Franciscus Divizioli. | Forti. | |||
| DIVITIOLO, GIOAN. FRANCESCHO | see Giovannes Franciscus Divizioli. | Brieux 2. | |||
| DIVIZIOLI, GIOVANNES FRANCISCUS | Italy, fl.1593-1612, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1593 = Cabinet de physique du "Lycée d'Etudes Classiques Daniel Manin"; Reduction Compass with Protractor, 1612 = D.(1981). | Cremona. | Italian Inv.; Brieux 2. | |
| DIX, HENRY | England, c.1716, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 7, 1716. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DIXEY 1 | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer in clock = Soth. 12/15/83; Telescope, single-draw = Phillips 4/20/83; Telescopes = D. (1976)(2); Stick Barometer = D.(1977). | probably Charles Wastell Dixey; the clock is inscribed "Luke Briggs, Wisbeach 144". | New Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DIXEY 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| DIXEY 3 | England, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Phillips 6/15/76; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see L. Dixey; Soth.-S marked "from London and Brighton." | Brighton; London. | RSW. |
| DIXEY 4 | see Willson and Dixey. | RSW. | |||
| DIXEY AND SON | England, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Proportional Dividers = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | surely Charles Wastell Dixey and Son. | 552 Oxford Street; Bond Street; both in London. | RSW. |
| DIXEY, C.W., AND SON | England, c.1845, MIM PHIM | Barographs =Christie 6/7/72, Phillips 10/26/83; Aneroid Barometer = D.(1976). | Charles Wastell Dixey; later became "C.W. Dixey and Sons"; "Opticians to the Queen." | 3 New Bond Street, London. | Gatty; RSW. |
| DIXEY, CHARLES WASTELL | England, 1798-1880, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1842 = NMM; Telescope = KEN; Barometers = X (4); Wheel Barometer = Buckingham Palace; Barograph = Melun 4/24/83; Microscope = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Stick Barometer and Thermometer = Longleat; Garden Sundial = Harlestone House, Northampton.; Sector, ivory = P.C.; Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80; Spirit Level = Soth. 7/21/87; etc. | T.C.; "Optician to the Queen and to H.R.H. Prince Albert"; Taylor thought he was successor to George and Charles Dixey; generally signed "C.W. Dixey." | 335 Oxford Street (1821); 78 New Bond Street (1822-23); 3 New Bond Street (1825-60); all in London. | Taylor 2(1536)(1537); Calvert 2; KEN; Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Earle; RSW. |
| DIXEY, EDWARD | England, 1757-1838, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | apprenticed to George Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1771; free of the Company in 1778; succeeded Fraser and Son in 1817; was succeeded by George and Charles Dixey, sons or nephews. | 335 Oxford Street (1782); 370 Oxford Street (1808); 335 Oxford Street (1822); all in London. | Taylor 2(703); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(202); RSW. |
| DIXEY, G. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1987), Gersaint 7/20/96. | could be George Dixey 1 or 2; D. signed "Improved day or night." | London. | RSW. |
| DIXEY, G. AND C. | England, fl.1821-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = CRI; Pedometer = Koller Oct. 1970; Beam Compass = WHI; Mathematical Instrument Set = Soth. 6/23/64; Ellipsograph = WHI; Spy Glass, 1821 = D.(1972); Marine Barometer = VNN; Pocket Compass = Christie 12/18/74; Hodometer = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 12/5/24 = Soth. 2/6/25; Telescope = KEN; etc. | T.C.; George and Charles (Wastell?) Dixey, which see; "Opticians to the King"; twin sons and successors to Edward Dixey; signed as "Late Fraser"; "Mathematical Instrument Makers to the King." | 335 Oxford Street (1821); 78 New Bond Street (1822-23); 3 New Bond Street (1825-28); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1536, 1537); Whipple 1; Price 12; Gunther 2; KEN; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Crawforth 1. |
| DIXEY, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1810-32, OIM | Telescope, 1825 = D. | may be connected with Charles and George Dixey 2. | 20 Vine Street, Picadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1311); Coffeen II. |
| DIXEY, GEORGE 2 | England, 1798-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | twin brother of Charles Wastell Dixey? father of L. Dixey; optician to the Royal Family; T.C. | Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1536)(1537); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| DIXEY, GEORGE AND CHARLES | England, fl.1825-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = CRI; Pedometer = Koller Oct. 1970; Beam Compass = WHI; Mathematical Instrument Set = Soth. 6/23/64; Ellipsograph = WHI; Spyglass = Soth. 12/13/65;Telescope = KEN; Thermometer = KEN; Opera Glasses = KEN (2). | George Dixey 2 and Charles Wastell Dixey; "Opticians to the King"; successors to Edward Dixey; signed as "Late Fraser"; see G. and C. Dixey. | 3 New Bond Street (1825-38); 335 Oxford Street; 78 New Bond Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1536)(1537); Whipple 1; Price 12; Gunther 2; KEN; RSW. |
| DIXEY, L. | England, fl.1843-60, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer with clock = K. and C. 5/6/75. | optician; T.C.; son of George Dixey 2; see Dixey 3. | Bond Street, London; 62 Kings Road (1843); 21 Kings Road (1860); last two in Brighton. | Calvert 2; KEN; RSW; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| DIXON | England, | instrument maker. | NMM 1. | ||
| DIXON AND PICKERING | PHIM | Stick Barometer = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| DIXON, HUGH | England, c.1785, OIM | patented improvements of optical instruments; made telescopes, microscopes, etc. | St. James's, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(827); Dewhirst. | |
| DIXON, JOHN | England, c.1822, MIM | 93 Newman Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| DIXON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1688-90, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; turned over William Roloson to Joseph Wells in 1690. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| DNS | Germany, 1562, | Ring Sundial, 1562 = ADL-M308. | marked "Anno Dns 1562"; "Dns" has a bar over the "ns"; shorthand for "Dominus." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| DO | France, c.1691, | enameler who sold barometers. | rue du Harley, Aux Armes de France, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| DO---- | England, NIM | Compass Card = NMM. | Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| DOBBIE, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1815-87, NIM OIM | Sextants = PEA, FRK(2) = RSM(1); Octant = Phillips 5/20/75; Telescopes = MYS, FRK = RSM(2); Chronometer = FRK = RSM. | also made watches; T.C.; retailed Chrichton octants. | 20 Clyde Place (1844-56); 24 Clyde Place, south side of Quay (1857-72); 24 and 25 Clyde Place (1873-85); all in Glasgow. | Brewington 1; Bryden 3; Frank; Clarke et al. RSW. |
| DOBBIE, ALEXANDER, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1886-1900+, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Compass Rose = AMST; Stick Barometer = P.C. | son was John Clark Dobbie. | 24 & 25 Clyde Place (1886-88); 18 & 19 Clyde Place (1889-91); 44 & 45 Clyde Place (1893-95); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DOBBIE, JOHN CLARK | Scotland, fl.1817-96, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of Alexander Dobbie; carried on the firm after his father's death in 1887; designed nautical instruments. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| DOBBIE, RICHARD | England, NIM | repaired Bianchetti sextant. | RSW. | ||
| DOBBIE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1821-45, PHIM | made two barometers in 1845. | Falkirk. | Goodison 1. | |
| DOBERSCHITZ, LAUR. | Austria, 1734-99, MIM | Lunar Volvelle = KRM-FS32; Sector = KRM. | cleric. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| DOBINSON | England, c.1780, PHIM | Angle Barometer = P.-B. 4/28/39. | Wolsingham. | RSW. | |
| DOBLER, EUGENIUS | Austria, fl.1746-62, OIM | Gregorian Telescope = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. | |
| DOBLER, J.M. | Germany, fl.1690-1730, OIM | Telescopes = Gel-TX895, DRE; Binocular Telescopes = DRE (1730), MOS (2). | "opticus fecit." | Berlin. | Chenekal 4; Drechsler 2; RSW. |
| DOBROMIL | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Drecker. | RSW. | ||
| DOBSON 1 | USA, c.1798, MIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences, Vol. IX, Philadelphia, Pa. 1798. | ||
| DOBSON 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DOBSON AND BAKER | England, NIM | Quadrant = P.C. | London. | USNM. | |
| DOBSON, F. | misreading for J. Dobson 1. | RSW. | |||
| DOBSON, GLOVER AND CO. | England, c.1780, NIM OIM | Quadrant, case = D.(1983); Telescope = Portland Museum of Art, Me. | telescope marked "Improved Day or Night." | 144 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| DOBSON, J. 1 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 10/22/87. | Finsbury Street, Finsbury Square, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| DOBSON, J. 2 | see John Dobson. | ||||
| DOBSON, JAMES | England, 1794, MIM | Chart Globe, 1794 = X. | based on Halley's observations. | Tooley. | |
| DOBSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1714-23, MIM | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 15, 1698; free of the Company, Nov. 1, 1714; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DOBSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1828-46, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free in the Company. | 4 Great Suffolk Street (1828-29); 13 Newington Causeway (1830); 54 Newington Causeway (1836-46); all in London.. | Taylor 2(1830); Goodison 1; O'Mara; Crawforth 7. |
| DOBSON, LEONARD | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DOD, DANIEL | USA, 1778-1823, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compendium = Fort Laramie Nat'l Monument, Wyoming; Surveying Compass = ADL- | son of Lebbeus Dod. | Mendham, New Jersey. | Smart 1; Bedini 8. |
| DOD, LEBBENS | see Lebbeus Dod. | Smart 1; USNM. | |||
| DOD, LEBBEUS | USA, 1739-1816, MIM SIM | Parallel Rule and Protractor = Guthman Coll.; Drafting Instrument = P.C.; Drawing Instrument Set = P.C. | sometimes signed "Lebbus Dod"; surveyor. | Mendham, New Jersey. | Smart 1; Guthman 1; USNM; Bedini 8. |
| DODASNE, DOMINIQUE | Belgium, 1697, OIM | Telescope, 1697 = Tomba. | Brussels. | RSW. | |
| DODD | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Andrew Dodd? | Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DODD, ANDREW | Scotland, fl.1837-47, MIM OIM PHIM | 70 Hutcheson Street (1837-38); 36 Glassford Street (1838-47); 88 Glassford Street 1847-48; all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3. | ||
| DODD, S. | USA, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = New Haven Colony Historical Society, Conn. | USNM. | ||
| DOERRETY | England, 1727, PHIM | Barometer, 1727 = D.(1971). | London. | RSW. | |
| Dolberg & Hannay | Rostock, Germany | Octants | see Dolberg, Adolf | Rostock | |
| Dolberg & Petri | Rostock, Germany, c. 1858 | Theolodites | see Dolberg, Adolf | Rostock | |
| Dolberg, Adolf | Rostock, Germany, 1848-1863 | Octants, reflecting circle, chemical balances | continued as Dolberg & Petri, Dolberg & Hannay | Rostock, Munich, Stralsund, Greenwich | Hamel, Juergen, in Beitrag zur Astronomiegeschichte, Band 10 (2010) |
| DOLL, JOHAN GEORG | Germany, 1739, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1739 = OXF. | Evans 1; Esdaille. | ||
| DOLLAND | many optical and philosophical instruments signed "Dolland" are to be found; some are surely misreadings but others are deliberately mis-signed to take advantage of the great popularity of the Dollond name and avoid any legal action. | RSW. | |||
| DOLLARD | England, PHIM | Pocket Barometer = K. and C. 7/9/75. | misreading for Dollond? | London. | RSW. |
| DOLLON | England, c. 1780, NIM | Sextant = MOS. | probably Dollond. | London. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. |
| DOLLOND | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | a great many instruments are signed just "Dollond"; they could have been made by John 1, John 2, Peter or George (Huggins) (1) Dollond and covered a long period of time. | London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| DOLLOND AND SON | England, c.1752, MIM OIM | Orrery = Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, Cal.; Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.(1972)(1977); Microscope = WHI. | John Dollond 1 and Peter Dollond. | London. | Whipple 1; RSW; O'Mara; Wynter 1. |
| DOLLOND, GEORGE (HUGGINS) 1 | England, 1774-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, case = D.(1983); Microscope = Soth. 7/29/69; Instruments = OXF, WHI, NMM; Stick Barometers = City of Gloucester Museum, Erddig Park, Wrexham; etc. | born George Huggins 1, son of John Huggins 1; changed name 1805-06; nephew of Peter Dollond; apprenticed to him in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1788; turned over to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1788; turned over to Charles Fairbone 2 in the Company in 1802; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company by redemption in 1807; optician to William IV, Queen Victoria and the Honble. Board of Customs; F.R.S., 1819; author; succeeded Peter Dollond in 1820. | see Dollond, George (Huggins) 1 (continued). | |
| DOLLOND, GEORGE (HUGGINS) 1 (CONTINUED) | 28 New Surrey Street, Blackfriars Road; 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1804-54); 61 Paternoster Row (1854-56); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(955), (992a); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1 and 2; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Court and von Rohr 3(223); Robischon; Clay and Court; RSW. | |||
| DOLLOND, GEORGE (HUGGINS) 2 | England, fl.1827-64, MIM OIM | born George Huggins 2; apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 (who was probably his father) in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1817; free of the Company on April 5, 1827; took name of Dollond in 1852 as George (Huggins) Dollond 2; succeeded George (Huggins) Dollond 1 in 1856; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 2; Robischon. | |
| DOLLOND, J., AND SON | England, c.1752, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.(1973); Microscope = WHI; Octant, wood, with Telescope = P.C.(1978). | John Dollond 1 and son, Peter. | London. | Whipple 1; RSW. |
| DOLLOND, JOHN 1 | France; England, 1706-61, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | French silk weaver; joined his son, Peter, in 1752; first to commercially produce achromatic lenses; F.R.S.; invented the splt objective micrometer; received the Copley medal. | Spitalfields (1750-52); Golden Spectacles and Sea Quadrant, Exeter Exchange, Strand (1752); both in London. | Taylor 2(164); Michel 3; Price 5; Dewhirst; Brewington 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Gunther 6; G.L'E. Turner 24; Multhauf 1; Court and von Rohr 3(XX); J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Robischon; RSW. |
| DOLLOND, JOHN 2 | England, 1740-1804, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of John Dollond 1; younger brother of Peter Dollond; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company on March 26, 1767 by redemption ; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1790 and 1792; partner of Peter Dollond from 1766 on; see Peter and John Dollond. | 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1766); Haymarket (1795); both in London. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Clay and Court; J. Brown 1; Bedini 8; Court and von Rohr 3(181); Robischon. | |
| DOLLOND, P. AND J. | England, fl.1766-1820, MIM OIM PHIM | Orreries = P.C., Christie 5/7/63;; Eckardt's Rolling Rules = Soth. 10/17/60, P.C. (1968); Telescopes = OXF (2); etc. | Peter and John 2 Dollond; sons of John Dollond 1; "Opticians to His Majesty"; also made barometers. | 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1766); 35 Haymarket (1795); both in London. | Taylor 2(469); Evans 1; RSW; Nachet; Daumas 1; Gunther 2; Goodison 1; |
| DOLLOND, PETER | England, 1730-1820, MIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including telescopes at RSM (1765), VCW, ARM (Kew mural quadrant and equatorial); barometers = Earl of Bute (1793) and English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd., London, etc.; sundial at MOS; compass at NMM; mariner's astrolabe at Gold and Silver Museum, Schoonhoven (NMM-53). | oldest son of John Dollond 1; admitted as a foreign Brother to the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1755; took over William Gilbert 2 as an apprentice, July 4, 1769; in business for himself 1750-52 and 1761-66; "Optician to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Duke of York", 1763; his father joined him, 1752-61; see Dollond, Peter (continued). | ||
| DOLLOND, PETER (CONTINUED) | nephew, George (Huggins) Dollond 1 was a partner, 1804-20, and succeeded him; T.C.; author; Warden of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1772; Master of the Company in 1774, 1778 and 1799; took apprentices; John Dollond 2 was partner, 1766-1804. | Vine Street, Spitalfields (1750); Golden Spectacles and Sea Quadrant, near Exeter Exchange, Strand (1752-63); at the Sign of the Prisms (1763); 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1769-1820); 35 Haymarket (1784); all in London; Richmond Hills, Surrey. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(469); Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Nachet; Clay and Court; Chenekal 1; Chaldecott 1; Bryden 9; RSW; Crawforth 1; Purtle; Gunther 6; J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(155); J.A. Bennett 2; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10; A. Stimson 3. | ||
| DOLLOND, PETER AND GEORGE | England, 1804-20, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| DOLLOND, THOMAS | England, c.1770, NIM | Compass = NMM. | name covered by P. Dollond mark. | RSW; NMM 2. | |
| DOLLOND, WILLIAM | England, post-1852, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant = Soth. 2/25/86-123. | instrument signed "Dollond London"; T.C.; "Mathematical and Optical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty"; perhaps son (or son-in-law, having changed his name) of George (Huggins) Dollond 1. | 59 St.Paul's Churchyard, London. | Moskowitz 2; RSW. |
| DOLLORD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/19/75. | misprinting for Dollond. | London. | RSW. |
| DOLON | England, c.1780, OIM | Telescope = ADL-M436. | signed "Dolon à Londres"; probably a contemporary forgery. | London. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| DOLOND | England, OIM | Telescope = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass. | imitator of Dollond; "Day or Night." | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| DOMBEY AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = WHI. | could be retailers; arm marked "W. and T. Gilbert, London." | London. | Fitzgerald; Gunther 3; RSW. |
| DOMENECUS, M. | Holland, 1770, MIM | Napier's Bones, 1770 = P.C. | sometimes spelled "Dominicus." | Amsterdam. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| DOMET DU MONT | France, fl.1801-23, OIM | amateur maker of achromatic lenses. | Nachet. | ||
| DOMINUIS, C.D. | Holland, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Christie April, 1978. | oak. | The Hague. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 |
| DONALDSON AND SONS | Scotland, c.1829, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1829 = Phillips 11/16/88. | published by Donaldson and Sons; engraved by W. and A.K. Johnston. | South Niddry Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| DONALDSON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1799-1830, MIM | toolmaker; made globes. | Cowgate (1799); South Niddry Street (1818-30); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DONALDSON, ALEXANDER, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1831-55, MIM | Alexander and his son John; globe makers and toolmakers. | South Niddry Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DONALDSON, JOHN | Scotland, c.1850, MIM | son of Alexander Donaldson. | South Niddry Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DONAUER | see Donaverus. | Zinner 1. | |||
| DONAVERUS | painter Hans Danauer; on stone calendar by Andreas Pleninger. | Zinner 1. | |||
| DONCKER, HENDRIK | Holland, 1626-99, MIM NIM | Cross-staff, 1698 = D.(1986). | also made protractors; hydrographer. | in de Nieuwbrugh Street, in't Stuurmans gereetschap, Amsterdam (1651-99). | Rooseboom 1; Tooley; Wynter 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| DONDI, GIOVANNI DI | Italy, 1318-80, MIM | made the astrarium (astronomical clock); author; several models of the astrarium have been made, examples are at KEN, TIM, USNM, etc. | Padua. | Maddison and Bedini; Morpurgo 1 and 2; Baillie 1. | |
| DONEGAN | variant spelling for "Denegan". | Bedini 1. | |||
| DONEGAN AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | London. | RSW. | |
| DONEGAN, F. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Leicester. | RSW. | |
| DONEGAN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Joseph Donegan. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, JOSEPH | England, fl.1830-35, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Taylor 2(1831); Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, L., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 3 Long Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, PETER | England, c.1805, PHIM | probably seller of barometers. | 7 Union Court, Holborn, Lomdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, PETER, AND CO. | England, c.1805?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X(2); Barometers = X. | one stick barometer is signed "Peter Donegan and Co."; others signed "P. Donegan and Co."; may be dealer only. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| DONEGANI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DONEGANI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | perhaps Joseph Donegan. | Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Goodison 1. |
| DONEGANI, SANTINO | Italy, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer = FLO. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| DONEGANY, JOSEPH | Italy; USA, c.1785, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Philadelphia, Pa.; 54 Smith Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1 & 8. | |
| DONEVAN, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Donegan? | London. | Goodison 1. |
| DONI, CARLO | Italy, pre-1761, MIM SIM | Graphometer = FLO-619. | Bonelli 1; Italian Inv. | ||
| DONKIN, B. | England, 1768-1855, MIM | Slide Rule = KEN; Rule = KEN. | London. | KEN. | |
| DONN, BENJAMIN | England, 1729-98, MIM NIM | Gunter's Scales = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, D.(1995). | designed an improved Gunter's scale pre-1764 and wrote booklet about it; scales signed "Navigation Scale improved by B. Donn." | Bideford (until 1766); The Library House, King Street, Bristol; The Academy, Kingston (1774). | Taylor 2(470); Bryden 9; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 51; RSW. |
| DONNAGE | France, c.1810, PHIM | Barometer, stick = D.(1996). | Paris. | AH Vol. 23. | |
| DONNIGAN AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 2/2/84. | RSW. | ||
| DONOSTADIUS | see Simon Tunsted. | Michel 3. | |||
| DOOLITTLE, ENOS | USA, 1751-1806, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = P.C. | made surveying and mariner's compasses; nephew of Isaac Doolittle 1. | Chapel Street, Hartford, Conn. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| DOOLITTLE, ISAAC 1 | USA, 1721-1800, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments, etc; Bedini lists some of the family as clockmakers. | New Haven, Conn. | Bedini 1, 8 & 17; Smart 1. | |
| DOOLITTLE, ISAAC 2 | USA, 1759-1821, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Vermont Historical Society. | 46 North Haven, New Haven, Conn. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | |
| DOOLITTLE, JAMES | USA, fl.1802-39, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Chester Count Historical Society. | son of Enos Doolittle. | Hartford, Conn. | Smart 1. |
| DOPPELMAYR AND PUSCHNER | Germany, 1730, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1730 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| DOPPELMAYR, JOHAN GABRIEL | Germany, 1671-1750, MIM | Celestial Globes = WOL (1718), Würzburg University (1720), PRA (2)(1728), DRE (1736), DEU, NMM (2), Innsbruck Stift, Wilton, KRO; Terrestrial Globes = NMM, DRE (1730, 1736), Soth. 3/10/87 (1728); Terrestrial and Celestial Globe Gores, 1728 = Drouot 12/19/66; Pair of Globes = D.(1989); etc. | "Mathem. Prof. Publ. Norib. exhibentur, concinnatus a Joh. Georg Puschnero Chalcographo Norib."; published a celestial atlas; translated Bion's book on instruments into German in 1717; had Georg Friedrich Brander as a pupil. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Horsky and Skopova; Stevenson; Drechsler 2; Globus Nov. 1954 and June 1962; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10; Antiwue Collector May, 1989; RSW. |
| DORAL, D. ANTONIO | Spain, c.1850, NIM | Sighting Circle = MAN-I82. | Garcia Franco 2. | ||
| DORING, HANS | Poland, 1463-1470, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Marien Church, Danzig. | Danzig. | Zinner 1. | |
| DORMER, ROBERT | see Dorner. | Michel 3. | |||
| DORN, HANS | Austria, c.1430-1509, MIM | Astrolabes = BM (1491) (ICA-250), FLO (1483), KRA (1486) (ICA-642); Diptych Sundials = STU (1476), ADL-M288 (1476), OXF (1481), HAK; Celestial Globe, 1480 = KRA; Torquetum, 1486 = KRA. | Dominican friar; studied with Peurbach in Vienna; BM astro- labe has nocturnal, compass on the back, it is the only signed instrument; the others are identified because of the delicate, intricate strap-work decoration; BM & FLO astro- labes were divided by transversal lines; KRA instruments were left to the University by Martin Bylica, an alumnus. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Amiesenowa; Przypkowski 2; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Maddison 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Fox 1 and 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| DORNER, I.M. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = BUD; Floating Sundial = Drouot 4/7/87. | Zinner 1; Lajos and Jozsef; RSW. | ||
| DORNER, P. AEGIDIUS | Austria, 1652-1727, MIM | may be "P.AE.D.P.K." signed on horizontal sundial at KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| DORNER, ROBERT | England; Italy, 1715, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1715 = FLO. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| DORNSTRAUCH, ADAMAS | Germany?, 1677, MIM | Mining Compass and Sundial, 1677 = P.C. (1677). | it is also marked "M.F. 1677." | RSW. | |
| DORRINGTON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Truro. | Goodison 1. | |
| DORSEY, PHILIP | USA, fl.1793-1802, MIM NIM OIM | Sign of Hadley's Quadrant and Compass-Card, corner of Queen and Thames Streets (1793); Fell's Point, 20 Queen Street; both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10. | ||
| DORSMAN, SALING | Holland, 1750-1825, NIM | Compass = AMST. | Hoorn. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| DOTTI, G. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| DOTTI, G. 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Pulborough 3/1/83. | Carlisle. | RSW. | |
| DOTY AND BERGEN | USA, c.1840, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, volvelles = X. | engraved calendar devised by L.H. Corson. | 120 William Street, New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DOU, JAN PIETERSZ. | Holland, fl.1612-20, | invented the Holland circle in 1612. | Amsterdam. | Bryden 9; Zinner 1; Daumas 1. | |
| DOUBLET | England, OIM | Telescope, tripod = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | see T. and H. Doublet. | London. | RSW. |
| DOUBLET, HANNAH | England, c.1830, MIM NIM PHIM | 14 Shepperton Place, New North Street, London. | Taylor 2(1833). | ||
| DOUBLET, T. AND H. | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM | Transit Theodolite = Phillips 11/16/88; Telescope = Phillips 2/14/79; Microscope = Phillips 2/14/79; Pair of long Rules in cane = Soth.-B. 9/26/73; Magnetic Compass = Christie 12/16/69; Rule, ivory = D.; Rule = P.C.; Sextant = Bearnes 1/24/90. | Thomas and Henry or Thomas and Hannah Doublet; sextant marked "for W. and E. Seagrove Portsea." | 6 Moorgate Street, Bank; 48 City Road; Finsbury Square; all in London. | RSW. |
| DOUBLETT, HENRY | England, MIM | may be the H. Doublett in T. and H. Doublett. | London. | Gilliland. | |
| DOUBLETT, THOMAS | England, c.1830, MIM | see T. and H. Doublett. | London. | Gilliland. | |
| DOUBLOTT, HANNAH | see Hannah Doublet. | Gilliland. | |||
| DOUGALL, J. | Scotland, c.1778, MIM | Kirkaldy. | Evans 1; Bryden 3. | ||
| DOUGHTY | England, PHIM | Thermometer = TIM. | on ivory base. | 431 West Strand, London. | RSW. |
| DOUGLAS, HOWARD | England, c.1811, | Sir Howard Douglas; patented a protractor for plane table use in 1811. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| DOUGLAS, J. | England, 1724, | designed a surveying instrument called "The Infallible", in 1724. | Gunther 2. | ||
| DOUGLAS, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1788-93, OIM | grandson and successor to Thomas Short. | Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburg. | Bryden 3. | |
| DOULLON | imitator of Dollond. | Daumas 1. | |||
| DOULLY, JACQUES-ANTOINE CARLIER | 1755, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, slate, 1755 = X. | Namur. | ||
| DOVER, A.W. | England, fl.1890-1918, NIM | Dip Needle Compass = Gilbert 8/27/76; Inclinometers = USNM (5). | son of John Dover; T.C. | Westwich Road, Charlton, Kent. | Multhauf and Good; McConnell 3; RSW. |
| DOVER, JOHN | England, 1824-81, NIM PHIM | Inclinometer = USNM; Magnetometer = USNM; Dip Needle = Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge. | father of A.W. Dover; apprenticed to Thomas Charles Robinson; balance maker; exhibited a balance at the Great Exhibition of 1851, in London. | 14 Little Street, London; Charlton, Kent. | Multhauf and Good; Bryden 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DOVIKH, FEDOR | see Fedor Dowich. | Chenakal 1. | |||
| DOWICH, FEDOR | Russia, fl.1788-95, MIM SIM | Sundials = MOS (1795), MOS (2); Circumferentor, 1788 = MOS. | Tula. | Chenakal 1; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. | |
| DOWLER, D.T. | England, NIM | Sextant = D. | RSW. | ||
| DOWLING | England, c.1826, MIM | tried to punch graduations and numerals on rules in one operation; probably William Dowling; which see. | Delehar 9. | ||
| DOWLING, MICHAEL | USA, 1790-1853, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | 158 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. | Smart 1. | |
| DOWLING, ROBERT | Ireland, fl.1830-33, OIM | optician. | 21 Lower Sackville Street (1830-31); 8 George's Quay (1832-33); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| DOWLING, WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-29, MIM OIM PHIM | Sundial = Soth. 12/8/69; Spyglass = D.(1968). | T.C.; "working optician." | Serle's Passage, West Gate, Lincoln"s Inn, London. | Taylor 2(1538); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. |
| DOWNIE, J. | Germany, c.1780, NIM | Octant = FRK. | Hamburg. | Frank. | |
| DOWNIE, THOMAS | Germany, c.1827, NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = HAM; Marine Compass = HAM; Thermometer = MYS; Barometer = MYS. | telescope marked `Day or Night'; T.C. in box of ADL-A168. | No. 9 (or 19) Stebbinhur (or Stubbenhuk); Stuchvenhuk No. 9; both in Hamburg. | ADL; RSW. |
| DOWNING | England, | see Kull and Downing. | RSW. | ||
| DOWNING, SAMUEL | England, c.1829, MIM | rule maker; devised punch to mark gradations and numbers. | Delehar 2. | ||
| DOYLE, WILLIAM | England, 1815, MIM | Stained-glass Sundial, 1815 = Blackheath, London. | Daniels 1. | ||
| DRAGSTEDT, GUSTAF | Sweden?, c.1775, MIM | Pipping 1. | |||
| DRAKE, O.P. | USA, fl.1846-55, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| DRAKEFORD, DAVID | England, c.1716, OIM | apprenticed to George Bass in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1716; worked with George Bass. | Fleet Ditch, London. | Robischon. | |
| DRANCHIJ, FILIPPO AND DE HAVERI | Italy, PHIM | Pneumatic Machine = FLO-831. | see Bianchi. | Bonelli 1. | |
| DRAPER AND KNOX | USA, fl.1837-38, MIM SIM | Edmund or George (his brother) Draper and Joseph Knox. | 60 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Miller. | |
| DRAPER, E.A. | USA, | see Edmund Draper. | Miller. | ||
| DRAPER, EDMUND | USA, 1805-82, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Talbot County Historical Society, Md., P.C., USNM, William Penn Memorial Museum, Ohio Historical Society, Transit = P.C. | first was partner with Benjamin Stancliffe as Stancliffe and Draper, 1830-33; worked alone 1833-38; thn he took Joseph Knox as a partner, see Draper and Knox; the Gurley Co. has repaired over thirty of his instruments; made his own dividing engine; T.C.; some of his small compasses were signed "E.A. Draper." | 80 South Third Street (1833-37); 25 Pear Street, near Third below Walnut Street (1839-50); 22 Pear Street (1850-82); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; Miller; RSW. |
| DRAPER, EDWARD | USA, fl.1838-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | possibly Edmund Draper. | 25 Pear Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| DRAPER, GEORGE | USA, c.1844, MIM | brother of Edmund Draper who refused to recommend him for a job with the Coast Survey in 1844; may have been the Draper in Draper and Knox, 1837. | 60 Dock, Philadelphia, PA. | Miller. | |
| DRAPER, MURRAY AND FAIRMAN | USA, pre-1827, MIM | Gideon Fairman. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. | |
| DRAYCOTT, RICHARD | England, c.1727, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 1, 1727. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DREBBEL, CORNELIUS JACOBSZ | Holland; England, 1572-1633, MIM OIM | Globe, 1621 = James I of England; Microscope, 1619 = X. | scholar who made a wide range of original instruments; invented baroscope; author; came to England in 1604-05 and was instrument maker to James I; made planetarium, etc; "Cor Drebel 1579" marked on diptych sundial, ADL-W236. | Alkmaar; Eltham, Ipswich. | Taylor 1(90); Rooseboom 1; Nachet; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Dawson 207; Tooley; Michel 22; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| DRECHSEL, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1611, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1611 = DRE. | surely Christoph Trechsler. | Dresden. | Lübke. |
| DRECHSLER | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe = DRE. | date on label wrong for Trechsler. | Dresden. | RSW. |
| DRECHSLER, E. | Austria, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| DRECHSLER, GEORG | Germany, fl.1775-82, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, case = PMM; Bloud-type Sundial = PMM. | installed Herschel telescopes at Lilienthal, 1782. | Hannover. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1. |
| DREEVEN, J.J. VAN | Holland, OIM | Microscope, base only = UTR. | Nijmegen. | Van Cittert 3. | |
| DRESCHER, LOUIS | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM | New York. | USNM. | ||
| DRESSLER | Czechoslovakia, c.1841, PHIM | Barometrograph = KEN. | the barometrograph was designed in 1841 by Karl Kreil of Prague and used at the Kew Observatory in 1845. | Prague. | KEN; Middleton 1. |
| DREUX, S.T. | France, c.1585, | see Thibault. | Higgens 3. | ||
| DREW, HENRY | Scotland, fl.1730-38, MIM | clockmaker. | Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| DRIELENBURG, JACOB | Holland, 1656, PHIM | Coin Balance, box, 1656 = Soth. 4/18/88. | many weights stamped "I.D." (2). | Amsterdam. | RSW. |
| DRIESSENS, P. | France, 1828, MIM | Tellurian, 1828 = Yale U., New Haven, Conn. | Paris? | Yonge. | |
| DRING AND FAGE | England, fl.1790-1940, MIM NIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including PEA, WHI, NMM, KEN, RSM, etc. | T.C.; John Dring and William Fage; used fouled anchor with D and F on either side as mark on ivory scales; "Hygrometer Makers to His Majesty's Honourable Board of Excise." | 6 Tooley Street, London Bridge, Borough, Southwark (1792-96); 248 Tooley Street, Southwark (1796-1804); 20 Tooley Street, Southwark (1804-44); 19-20 Tooley Street, Southwark (1846-60); 145 The Strand (1883-1902); 56 Stamford Street, S.E. (1903-38); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(958); Calvert 2; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Price 12; Whipple 1; NMM 2; Brieux 3; KEN; Crawforth 1; RSW; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 58; Clifton 1. |
| DRING AND FAGE AND CO. | England, c. 1850, PHIM | Edward Hall and Edward Jenkin; appointed Hydrometer and Saccharometer Makers to the Board of Inland Revenue, 1850. | 19 and 20 Tooley Street, London Bridge, Londn. | McConnell 4. | |
| DRING, JOHN | England, fl.1784-90, MIM | freed by Patrimony, 1780, possibly in the Feltmakers' Company; worked with William Fage, 1790 on, as Dring and Fage, which see; produced ivory scales for octants, etc.; signed "I.D." (2), which see. | 4 Albion Place, Walworth (1784-90); Gracechurch Street; both in London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Moskowitz 122; Coffeen 15; Clifton 1; RSW. | |
| DRING, THOMAS | England; USA; England, fl.1786-98, MIM NIM PHIM | Barometer, 1796 = Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | optician; clockmaker. | West Chester, Pa. (1786-98). | Bedini 1 & 8. |
| DRIVER | England, PHIM | balance maker; apprenticed to Mr. Vandome; see Bastick and Driver. | Calvert 2. | ||
| DROOGTE, GROOTE | Holland, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| DROSCHEL | see Troschel; another variant is Droschell. | Gouk 1. | |||
| DRUNCKER, H. | Germany?, 1611, MIM | Diptych Sundial, oval, ivory, 1611 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DRURY, JAMES | England, c.1714, | member of the Clockmakers' Company; James Rowley (MIM) was turned over to him by Thomas Woods in 1714. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| DRURY, JEREMIAH | England, c.1616, MIM | he and John Harper worked with William Pratt to obtain a patent for Pratt's 'Arithmeticall Jewell', in 1616. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| DRURY, STEPHEN | USA, fl.1788-1809, MIM | also made clocks; took David Moritz as an apprentice, c.1802. | Huntingdon County, Pa. | James W. Gibbs. | |
| DRURY, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1761, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 18, 1761; might be William Drury 2, which see. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DRURY, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1769-74, MIM | may be the same as William Drury 1, which see. | Dale Street (1769); North Side Old Dock (1772); both in Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 7. | |
| DRYANDER, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1500-60, | expert instrument designer; "Cylindri usus et canones", 1543, is first known description of a portable cylinder sundial; Johann Eichmann, M.D. | RSW. | ||
| DRYDEN, JOHN | England, | Water Clock = X; Garden Sundial, 1677 = D.(1996). | water clock is modern work; sundial looks like Pearson Page work, has long motto. | Coventry. | MAD, April, 1996; RSW. |
| DRYER, C. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | made thermometers and clocks. | Louisville, Ky. | USNM. | |
| DU BOIS, A. | Belgium, NIM | T.C. in sextant box, OMM. | Antwerp. | RSW. | |
| DU BUC | see Buc, du. | ||||
| DU PONT | France, 1580, MIM | Horizontal Sundial inside watch lid = P.C.; Sundial in watch = Bernal Sale. | Baillie thought about 1650. | Castres. | Benson; Baillie 1. |
| DUBARY | France, c.1810, MIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Graphometer = P.C. | barometer signed "Dubarry Selon Toricelli". | Dijon. | Brieux 2; RSW. |
| DUBAS | France, c.1850, NIM | Octant, night = NMM-S.84; Octant = PMM; Sextant = D.(1985). | "breveté." | Nantes. | Coffeen 11; RSW. |
| DUBINI 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 8 North Place, Brunswick Place (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| DUBINI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 25 Little College Street, West Camdentown (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| DUBINI, L. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | |
| DUBINI, PETER | England, fl.1832-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also spelled Duhum and Dulbini (?). | 11 Beauchamp Street (1832-33); 12 Beauchamp Street (1836); both in Leather Lane; 47 Red Lion Street (1853-60); all in London. | Goodison 1. |
| DUBOIA | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = OXF. | possibly owner, engraving is different; may be misreading for Dubois. | Paris. | RSW; Soth. 2/28/80. |
| DUBOIN | France, 18th Century, | see Dubois. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| DUBOIS | France, fl.1771-74, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL, ROM, FLO, COR, NMM, etc. | Aux Génies, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 1 and 4; Nachet; Italian Inv.; Frank; Wynter 1; Courtanvaux; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| DUBOIS, FREDERIC WILLIAM | Switzerland, 1811-69, MIM | Frédéric William Dubois; made several astronomical clocks. | Le Locle. | Baillie 1. | |
| DUBOIS, HENNON | France, c.1800, | invented a type of surveying instrument for triangulation; it was made by Charles Mercklein. | Libert et Castor 4/28/82; RSW. | ||
| DUBOSCQ, JULES | France, 1817-86, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Heliostats = WHI, Versailles 11/20/83, USNM; Microscopes = AMH, UTR, Versailles 11/20/83; Prism = La Rochelle 7/16/83; Goniometer = Soth. 3/10/87; Polariscope = USNM; etc. | "ingénieur, gendre et successeur de Soleil, opticien du Roy", 1849; "Appareil Breveté S.G.D.G."; also pupil and son-in-law of Soleil; traded as Duboscq- Soleil, which see; T.C.; took Ph. Pellin as a partner in 1883, until 1886 when Pellin took over. | 21, rue de l'Odéon au fond de la Cour, Paris (1849-83). | USNM; Calvert 2; Bonelli 1; Brieux 3; Fitzgerald; Paris 1900; Belgian Inv.; Van Cittert 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13; RSW. |
| DUBOSCQ, L.J. | France, c.1850, OIM | perhaps related to Jules Duboscq. | 21 Rue de l'Odéon, Paris. | USNM. | |
| DUBOSCQ, TH. AND A. | France, c.1883, PHIM | J.W. Queen announced they were sole agents for the above; may have been disgruntled sons of Jules Duboscq. | Paris. | Warner 13. | |
| DUBOSCQ-SOLEIL, J. | France, 1851-75, PHIM | Solar Polariscope and Fresnel Press = Brown U., Providence, RI.; Saccharimeter = College of Charlston, SC; Fresnel Press = U. of Virginia; Cyanopolarimeter = Columbia College (University); etc. | "J. Duboscq-Soleil Brete S.G.D.G." | Paris. | Warner 13. |
| DUBOSE | France, MIM SIM | Graphometer = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DUBOSQ, G. | France, c.1831, PHIM | Polaiscope = FRK-M328. | polariscope; possibly J. Dubosq. | Paris. | Frank; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| DUBOSQ, PROSPER EDMOND | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Square = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DUBOSQ-SOLEIL, J. | France, c.1850, OIM | Microscopes = UTR, STM. | surely Jules Duboscq. | 35 Rue de l'Odéon, Paris. | Van Cittert 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DUBY, C. | France, 1724, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round, lead, 1724 = Schuhmann Sale. | Estavage. | RSW. | |
| DUCHAFFAT, A. | see Chaffat, a. du. | RSW. | |||
| DUCHASSAR, A. | see Chaffat, a. du. | RSW. | |||
| DUCHEMIN, EMILE | France, 19th Century, NIM | Compass Rose = AMST. | Paris. | Mörzer Bruyns. | |
| DUCHER | alternative spelling is Tucher. | ||||
| DUCHER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1582-1632, MIM | member of the compass makers' guild; became a pedlar. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, H. | Germany, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, octagonal, compass on top = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| DUCHER, HANNS | Germany, fl.1600-09, MIM | Sundial in watch case, 1600 = ADL-M287; Mining Compass, 1609 = ADL-M173. | ADL-M173 is signed "hanns ducher faci eh badt 1609"; ADL-M287 is signed "hanns ducher 1600"; punchmark is orb; Zinner confused him with Hans Ducher (Tucher), the ivory diptych sundial maker. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| DUCHER, HANS 1 | Germany, fl.1537-50, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; Master in 1537; Ducher used a serpent as a mastermark; one of his sundials, signed "H.D." (2), is at OXF. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, HANS 2 | Germany, fl.1557-1615, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = OXF (1560, 1567), MERC-68 (1576) = Soth. 12/12/55. | became master in 1557; made ivory diptych sundials dating from 1560-97; hard to tell his work apart from Hans Ducher 3, his son, when their dates overlap; see H.D. 2. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gouk 1; Hamilton 1 and 2. |
| DUCHER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1549-1632, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = P.C. (1569), ADL-W20, ADL-DPW30, BM (5), UTO 11/2/76, Christie-G 5/3/86, WHI (1567), OXF (1578), (1588), Huelsmann Coll. (1580); Cube Sundial, brass, 1581 = WHI. | son of Hans Ducher 2; Master in 1580; made ivory diptych and brass sundials dating from 1569-1621; some of the dials prior to 1597 may be by Hans Ducher 2; used both plain and spotted snakes as mastermarks; sometimes signed "H.D." (2), or "Hans Tucher" (OXF, 1588, signed as the latter), which see; see H.T. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| DUCHER, HANS CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1584-post-1656, MIM | member of Compassmakers' Guild; became a city wait. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, JORG | Germany, c.1490, MIM | became Master compass maker in 1490; probably made ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, JOSEF | Germany, 1614-44, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = STU (1641), OXF (1642), OXF, WHI, Drecker Coll. = DPW. | bird flying to left was his punchmark; several sundials with this punchmark are in the Huelsmann Coll. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; Bryden 16. |
| DUCHER, JOSEPH PLUMEN | Germany, 1642, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1642 = Phillips 10/20/82. | "Angst und Kumer ist aler menschen Driwsal"; probably same as Joseph Ducher. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| DUCHER, KATHARINA | Germany, fl.1530, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, THEODOR | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1600 = X. | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. |
| DUCHER, THOMAS 1 | Germany, 1590-1645, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = OXF (1620), HAK. | son of Hans Ducher 2; Master in 1613; a snake is the mastermark; see T.D.; HAK is signed "Thomas Tucher"; Bryden thinks there are two unsigned diptych sundials at WHI by this maker. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| DUCHER, THOMAS 2 | Germany, 1683, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1683 = NOR. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| DUCOMMUN, FRANCOIS | France, 1763-1839, MIM | Tellurian Clocks = CHF (1817), MIS, P.C., D.(1965); Universal Ring Sun Dials = P.C. (2). | François Ducommun-dit-Boudry. | La Chaux-de-Fonds. | NMM 2; RSW. Britten; Baillie 1; Musée d'Horlogerie. |
| DUCOMMUN-DIT-BOUDRY | see François Ducommun. | ||||
| DUCOMMUN-DIT-TINNON, DANIEL | France, 1728, | wrote of making sundials, 1728. | La Chaux-de-Fonds. | RSW; DRE Notes, 1973. | |
| DUDIER, HANS | Germany, 1578, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1578 = BASH. | the cover is 14th century work. | Augsburg. | Tardy. |
| DUDLEY | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1970). | RSW. | ||
| DUDLEY, JOHN | England, c.1731, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 14, 1731. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DUDLEY, ROBERT | England; Italy, 1573-1649, | Sir Robert Dudley; author, invented several instruments including a mariner's astrolabe (1596), an azimuth sundial, etc.; examples are in BM and FLO; exiled from England and went to Florence. | London; Florence. | Taylor 1(92); Bonelli 1; Michel 3, Boffito; Price 3; Italian Inv.; Ward 4; A. Stimson 3; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DUDMAN, T. | England, NIM | Sextant, ebony and ivory = Star of India Maritime Museum, San Diego, Cal. | London. | RSW. | |
| DUDUICT, JACQUES | France, fl.1599-1645, | author; invented a sciatere (quadrant) to lay out sundials. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Zeitlin and Ver Brugge 219. | |
| DUFFEY, JAMES P. | USA, fl.1844-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | also made chemical and engineering instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| DUFOUR | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = P. and S. 11/21/1894. | Paris. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| DUFOUR, H. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sundials, oval, silver = OXF, Strozzi; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Drouot 2/18/23; Sundial = AMST. | Blois. | Evans 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| DUGGLEBY, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker. | Kirkby Moorside. | Loomes 1. | |
| DUGLAS, JACQUES | France, NIM | Compass Rose = D.(1972). | Honfleur. | Brieux 3. | |
| DUGUE | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial in watch = Ilbert Coll. | Dugué; Duguet? | Paris. | Baillie 1. |
| DUHAMEL 1 | France, 18th Century, MIM OIM | Sectors = Soth. 12/12/55, Huelsmann Coll., Koller May, 1966; Sundial = Drouot 11/14/68; Folding Rule = Koller May, 1966; Set of Drawing Instruments, case = DEU. | made lenses and Butterfield-type sundials. | Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Evans 1; Nachet; Wheatland 2; Syndram; RSW. |
| DUHAMEL 2 | Germany, MIM | De Roias Sundial = DEU-1695. | DuHamel. | Munich. | Price 2; RSW. |
| DUHAMEL, CLEMENT | France; USA, 1818-86, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.; Augsburg-type Sundials = P.C., D.; Telescope = USNM. | optician. | 111 Canal Street, New Orleans, La. | Smart 1; USNM; Price 2; RSW. |
| DUHIM | England, c.1832-33, | see Dubini. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DUHRE, GABRIEL OSTEN | Sweden, fl.1763-81, MIM | apprenticed to C.H. Westberg. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| DUJARDIN, FELIX | France, 1801-68, | designed a microscope. | Nachet. | ||
| DULAC | France, c.1607, | invented a protractor with sundial and two movable arms; made by Vernie. | Hamilton 2; Whipple 1. | ||
| DULBINI | England, c.1836, | see Dubini. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DULNIG, J. | Germany, c.1820, MIM | Astrolabe = Bleiberg. | Bleiberg. | Kirnbauer 2. | |
| DULOULIN | France, 1845, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, glass and metal, case, 1845 = Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. | "Cadran solaire analemmatique", 15"X12". | RSW. | |
| DULTON AND SMITH | England, 1828, PHIM | Set of Inspector's Standard Weights and Measures, 1828 = Phillips 10/26/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| DUMAYNE CADET | Switzerland, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Koller May, 1966. | Lausanne. | RSW. | |
| DUMONT D'URVILLE | France, c.1830, NIM | Artificial Horizon = PMM. | RSW. | ||
| DUMOTIEZ | France, c.1780, MIM OIM PHIM | Sector = PEA; Barometers = FLO (2); Microscope = CNAM; Augsburg-type Sundial = P. et J. Martin, Versailles 11/18/79; Electrometer = GEM. | one or the other of the Dumotiez frères. | Rue du Jardinet, no. 2; Rue Saint-André-des-Arts, both in Paris. | Brewington 1; Bonelli 1; Daumas 1; Moreau; A.J. Turner 10; USNM. |
| DUMOTIEZ FRERES | France, fl.1784-1815, PHIM | Hydrostatic Balance = P.C.; Air Pump = USNM. | Dumotiez Frères were Louis Joseph and Pierre François; succeeded by Nicholas Constant Pixii, 1815. | Rue du Jardinet; St André-des Arts; both in Paris. | Multhauf 1; USNM; Brewington 1; Daumas 1; Brieux 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DUMOTIEZ, LOUIS JOSEPH | France, b.1757; fl.1784-1815, PHIM | see Dumotiez Frères. | Rue du Jardinet, Paris (1784). | Daumas 1; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DUMOTIEZ, PIERRE FRANCOIS | France, fl.1784-1815, PHIM | Pierre François Dumotiez; see Dumotiez Frères. | Rue du Jardinet, Paris (1784). | Daumas 1; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DUNBARR | USA, 1795, MIM | Philadelphia, Pa. or Maryland or South Carolina. | Prime; USNM. | ||
| DUNCAN 1 | Scotland, | see William Duncan. | |||
| DUNCAN 2 | England, c.1781, MIM | Zakhorloge = X. | might be John Duncan 1. | London. | Mörzer Bruyns; Clarke et al. |
| DUNCAN, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1828-34, OIM | 4 King David Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1835); O'Mara. | ||
| DUNCAN, JOHN 2 | Scotland, pre-1856, OIM | Microscope = D.(1981). | Aberdeen. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| DUNCAN, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1841-49, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Microscope = CRI = RSM; Level = RSM. | microscope signed "W. Duncan, Aberdeen"; barometer signed "Duncan 92 Union Street, Aberdeen." | 46 Dee Street (1841); 92 Union Street (1842-49); both in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Nachet; Gunther 2; Clarke et al. |
| DUNDAS | see Melville, Dundas and Whitson. | ||||
| DUNGAN, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| DUNKEN, THOMAS | England, c.1830, MIM | apprenticed to William Gilbert of the Grocers' Company, March 4, 1830. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DUNN 1 | England, pre-1794, NIM | Sextant, rosewood = Leigh and Soth. 4/10/1794-65. | possibly Samuel Dunn. | RSW. | |
| DUNN 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Theodolite = FRK = RSM. | may be John 2 or Thomas Dunn. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al. |
| DUNN, JOHN 1 | England, c.1758, MIM | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 17, 1751; free of the Company on June 6, 1758. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DUNN, JOHN 2 | Scotland, fl.1824-43, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Level = RSM; Theodolite = Soth. 6/23/87; Graphometer, 1827 = Soth. 2/25/86 = RSM; Pyrometer = RSM; Magnetic Survey Compass = RSM; Transit for chronometer adjustment = RSM. | T.C.; made an improved air pump; older brother of Thomas Dunn; protractor, thermometer and telescope = Nisbet 4/4/1860; probably made barometer signed "Dunn Edinburgh"; RSM graphometer also marked "invt et fecit." | 7 West Bow (1824); 25 Thistle Street (1825-27); 52 Hanover Street (1828-31); Sign of the Gilded Globe, 50 Hanover Street 1832-42; all in Edinburgh; 157 Buchanan Street (1840); 28 Buchanan Street (1841); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1542); Clay and Court; Darius 3; Chaldecott 3; RGO; R.G.W. Anderson 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DUNN, MICHAEL | 1813, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| DUNN, SAMUEL | England, 1723-94, MIM NIM | designed an orrery within an armillary sphere, pre-1780; improved azimuth compass and Hadley's quadrant. | Crediton, Devon (-1751); Ormond House, Chelsea; Brompton Park, near Kensington (1763); 6 Clement's Inn, near Temple Bar (1774); 8 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden (1774); 1 Boar's Head Court, Fleet Street (1780-94); all in London. | Taylor 2(348); RSW. | |
| DUNN, THOMAS | Scotland, fl.1818-67, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Pantograph = Soth. 7/4/66; Telescopic Levels (2) = RSM; Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77; Box Sextant, 1842 = Exhibit,"1000 Years of Navigation", Brussels, 1979; Calendar, elapsed-time, circular = P.C.; "Improved Pantograph" = RSM; Theodolite = P.C.(1987); Surveyor's Compass = P.C.(1987); Transit, incomplete = RSM. | worked with his brother, John Dunn 2, 1825-43; succeeded him, 1843-67; T.C.; in the London Exhibition of 1851; RSM transit marked "Edinburgh"; designed an accounting slide rule in 1818. | Glasgow (c.1818); 50 Hanover Street, Edinburgh (1843-67). | Taylor 2(1542); Goodison 1; Bryden 1; Delehar 2 and 9; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DUNNETT | see Jack Dunning. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| DUNNING, JACK | England, fl.1674-78, MIM OIM | may have been an apprentice of Richard Reeves 1; member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; a Turner; had John Marshall 2 as an apprentice in the Turners' Company; made tubes for telescopes. | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(373); Evans 1; Crawforth 6; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| DUNOD, CLAUDE | France; Germany, 1672-1716, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = HAK (1711 1713 1714), DUS (1714), MERC = WHI (1713), NYM (1714), OXF (1716), NYC, KRM, Freiburg i Breisgau Museum, KRE, etc. | of French origin; an early maker of the mehanical equatorial sundial; some of these dials have cams to set the latitude. | Burgundy; Munich (1678-95); Düsseldorf (1711-16). | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Whipple 1; Art.; Chandler and Vincent; Gunther 6; Rabenalt; Belgian Inv.; Brieux 3; RSW; W. Eckhardt 3. |
| DUNSCOMBE AND HUSBANDS | England, pre-1876, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | M.W. Dunscombe and H. Husbands. | Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| DUNSCOMBE, M.W. | England, c.1855, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | apprenticed to John Braham in 1855; succeeded him. | Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| DUNSFORD, JAMES N. | England, c.1830, OIM | Fore Street, Devonport. | Taylor 2(1836). | ||
| DUNSTON, PAUL | England, c. 1695, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Chapman of the Clockmakers' Company on June 24, 1687 for eight years. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DUPEE, JOHN | USA, 1729-1773, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaves 1764 = X (1753), Kelton Coll. (1764)(1990); Octants = PEA (1755), X (1760); Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Bostonian Society, South Natick Historical Society, P.C., Andover Historical Society, Mass., etc. | father was a French Huguenot; PEA quadrant made for Patrick Montgomerie; made nautical compasses. | North Side of Swing Bridge, Boston, New Eng. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Taylor 2(472); USNM; Brewington 1; Price 2; American Neptune, Jan. 1975; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| DUPRA | France, c.1770, PHIM | worked 18 years for the Abbé Nollet. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| DUPRESSOIR, C. | France, c.1850, MIM SIM | Mining Compass, box = P.C.(1987). | succeeded Baraban. | rue St. Honoré, 175, Paris. | RSW. |
| DUPRESSOIR, J.P.H. | France, MIM | Planetarium on clock = MLL. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| DUPUIS, JEAN | France, 17th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite, wood = ROU-207; Theodolite, elaborate = CNAM; Astronomical Clock = ROU-260. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet. | |
| DUQUET | France, c.1733, | devised a water clock. | Baillie 1. | ||
| DUREN | USA, | see Henry Duren, Alder and Duren, Bassnet and Duren, Duren and Alder, Duren and Castigan, Duren and Mediger. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN AND ALDER | USA, | T.C.; dealers in nautical instruments. | 20 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN AND CASTIGAN | USA, NIM | Sextants = Mystic Seaport, Conn.(2). | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN AND MEDINGER | USA, c.1850, | T.C.; dealers in chronometers. | 20 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN, HENRY | USA, fl.1852-61, MIM NIM PHIM | Quadrants = P.C., MYS; Octants = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Newport Historical Society, R.I.; Sextants = MYS (2). | "S.B.R." signed on ivory scale of P.C. quadrant; "Importer"; may have made some instruments; machinist, 1860; nautical instrument maker, 1861; name stamped on a Spencer & Co. sextant at ADL; American agent for James Bassnett. | 39 Burling Slip, opposite Fulton Ferry, one door from South Street, New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz 104; ADL; RSW. |
| DUREN, T. | USA, c.1860, NIM | Octant, ebony, case = D. | probably a misreading; H. Duren T.C. in lid of box. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DURER, ALBRECHT | Germany, 1471-1528, | Altitude Sundials, round = WRAY, NYM, ADL-T4. | the sundials listed are all modern work, probably by D.B. Sheahan; Dürer designed sundials which are shown in his book on perspective; artist; author. | Nürnberg. | Lübke; Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Kurz; ADL; RSW. |
| DURHAM, W. | see William Derham. | Aked. | |||
| DURINGER | see Döring. | Evans 1. | |||
| DURKEE, C.D., AND CO. | USA, NIM | Boxed Dry Compass = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DURN | see Duru. | Evans 1. | |||
| DUROD, CLAUDE | see Claude Dunod. | Smith. | |||
| DURONI AND CO. | Italy, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | German work, so Duroni and Co. probably dealers. | Milan. | RSW. |
| DURRAN, JAMES HOPKINS | England, fl.1832-54, PHIM | advertised thermometers and barometers. | Banbury. | Beeson. | |
| DURROCH, W.F. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 3/4/82, Soth. 9/20/83. | Soth. one signed "H. Durroch." | 28 St. Thomas's Street, Borough, London. | RSW. |
| DURU | France, 1717, MIM | Sundial, in wooden box, 1717 = P. and S. 3/20/1896 = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | might be Durn. | RSW. | |
| DURU, L., ET FILS | France, OIM | Telescopic Level = Melun 4/24/83. | Bordeaux. | RSW. | |
| DUTCH, HENRY D. | USA, fl.1841-42, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| DUTRO | France, c.1850, MIM SIM | Y-Level = P.C. (1987); Mining Dial = P.C. (1987). | the instruments are signed "Dutro Fabt." | Bould. St. Germain, 94, Paris. | RSW. |
| DUTTON AND SMITH | England, c.1815, PHIM | Apothecary Balance = D. | "Scale Makers, late apprentice and foreman to Vincent and Co., London Bridge." | 248 Tooley Street, near London Bridge, London. | Coffeen II. |
| DUTTON, HENRY | England, c.1666, | misreading for Henry Sutton? | Evans 1. | ||
| DUTTON, MATTHEW | England, fl.1779-1800, MIM | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1779; Master of the Company, 1800. | London. | Robischon. | |
| DUTTON, RICHARD | England, fl.1663-82, MIM | probably a sundial maker. | Sign of the Dial, Holborn, London. | Taylor 1(296); Evans 1. | |
| DUVAHN, CARL | Sweden; Denmark; Sweden, fl.1845-86, MIM | Lund (1845-49); Copenhagen (1849-); Lund (-1886). | Pipping 1. | ||
| DUVAL | France, c.1680, MIM NIM | Horizontal Sundial = SPI; Marine Compass, 1680 = SPI. | made table sundials with bubble levels; Pierre Duval? | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet; Ernst. |
| DUVAL, PIERRE | France, 1618-83, | wrote treatise on the sphere. | Michel 3. | ||
| DUYSTER, J.J. | Holland, 1761-1813, MIM | Rotterdam (c.1806). | Daumas 1. | ||
| DWELLE, E. | USA, c.1832, MIM OIM | USNM. | |||
| DWYER, R.O. | Canada, c.1790, NIM | Sextant = Royal Ontario Museum. | St. Johns, Newfoundland. | USNM. | |
| DYAS, Y°. | Portugal, fl.1614-28, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabes = Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (16?9) (NMM-40), Dept. of Culture, St. John's, Newfoundland (1628) (NMM-44), Christie-NY 6/14/88 (Atocha)(1614)(NMM-60) = Museo de Marinha, Lisbon. | thought to be Joa~o Dias; the small "o" is directly over the "Y"; NMM is the National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes. | Stimson 3. | |
| DYER, SAMUEL | England, c.1696, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1696. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DYSON, JOHN | England, c.1695, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Peter Collins of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 25, 1687; free of the Company, April 1, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| E. | Germany, C.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial, bone and brass = D.(1991). | signed on the brass chapter ring. | Coffeen 35. | |
| E.A. 1 | Germany, 1580, MIM | Gun Sight, 1580 = DRE-546. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| E.A. 2 | MIM | Vertical Sundial, silver = LOS. | in the shape of a cross; pin missing; also marked "Crux Victoria" and "SCT II ODA RKI". | RSW. | |
| E.A.M. | Germany, 1718, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1718 = Gymnasium, Linz. | Zinner 1. | ||
| E.B. * N.L. | 1732, MIM NIM | Cross-staff, 1732 = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | marked on one side only. | RSW. | |
| E.B. 1 | England, 1625, MIM | Sector, 1625 = BM-1880/8/20-17. | Taylor 1(150); Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| E.B. 2 | MIM | Cube Sundial, stone = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| E.B. AND R. | France, c.1849, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = PEA. | E. Burdon and Richards. | Paris. | Brewington 1. |
| E.C. | England, 1701, MIM OIM | Compass Sundial, ivory, 1701 = D.(1984); Compass Sundial, brass, 1701 = ADL-W255; Microscopes = D.(pre-1950), Soth. 10/3/88. | compass papers printed " E.C. fecit 1701"; surely Edmund Culpeper 1; Soth. microscope has shagreen case. | Moskowitz 130; Clay and Court; Weil 2(2); ADL; RSW. | |
| E.E. | England, c.1560, MIM | Ring Sundial = Evans Coll. = OXF. | probably Epiphanius Evesham; seal has pineapple and "A.P." | Earle; RSW. | |
| E.F. | England, MIM | Napier's Bones, wood = OXF. | perhaps Edward Fage. | RSW. | |
| E.F.H. | England, 1735, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1735 = Soth. 10/27/69. | RSW. | ||
| E.H. 1 | France, 1659, MIM | Astrolabe, 1659, steel = NMM-Caird. | Michel 3; MADEX. | ||
| E.H. 2 | see Erasmus Habermel. | ||||
| E.I. | England, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant = P.C. | lunar volvelle and calendar. | RSW. | |
| E.I.C. | England, MIM | Gunter's Scale = ADL-W146. | East India Company; marked "4 E.I.C."; see Chrichton 2. | ADL; RSW. | |
| E.J. | OIM | Spyglass, miniature = FRK. | Frank. | ||
| E.L.B. | PHIM | Spring Balance = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | ||
| E.M.G. | OIM | Telescope = Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Ga. | owner? | RSW. | |
| E.M.P. | Germany, 1630, MIM | Table Sundial, 1630 = INN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| E.P. | England, pre-1800, NIM | Octant = MYS. | the scale on the octant is signed " E.P." with an anchor; this probably is Edward Parker. | London. | RSW. |
| E.P.G. | "Elevati Poli Gradus." | RSW. | |||
| E.R.L. | MIM | Gunner's Quadrant = SKO; Instrument = SKO. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| E.V.Z. | Germany, 1568, MIM | Artillery Rule, 1568 = DRE. | may be same as E.Z. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| E.Z. | Germany, 1568, MIM | Erhard Zimmermann; see E.V.Z. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | ||
| EADE, JONATHAN | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | Ship's Compasses = NMM-C145, Soth. 10/17/60; Slide Rule, ivory and silver = P.C. (Christie 5/5/70). | member of the Merchant Taylors' Company; took apprentices. | Wapping, London. | NMM; Crawforth 8; RSW. |
| EADE, WILTON AND ALLEN | England, 18th Century, NIM | Ship's Compass = Soth. 10/17/60. | Jonathan Eade, William Wilton 1 and Nathaniel Allen. | London. | RSW. |
| EAGLAND, JOSEPH | England, fl.1856-59, PHIM | barometer maker. | 3 Wellington Row, Bethnal Green, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EAMES | England, 19th Century, OIM | T.C. in the lid of a microscope box reads "By Eames Optician." | RSW. | ||
| EAMES, JAMES | USA, c.1835, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Cyr Auction, May, 1997. | patented a wooden theodolite, Feb, 11, 1835; signed "Eames Improved Patent Compass, Newry, Me." | Newry, Maine. | USNM; Coffeen B; MAD June 1997. |
| EARLE, CHRISTOPHER | England, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Evans Coll. | Gunther 2. | ||
| EARNSHAW, THOMAS | England, 1749-1824, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Skinner and Dyke, 2/5/1793-204. | the catalogue of the Earl of Bute's Coll. lists him as "L. Earnshaw"; watch and clockmaker noted for his chronometers. | 119 High Holborn (1791-1806; Chenies Street, Bedford Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(705); J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| EASLING | see Johann Ernst Essling. | Evans 1; P. & S. 4/3/1894; RSW. | |||
| EAST INDIA COMPANY | England, | Horizontal Sundial = CNAM. | oriental; see E.I.C.; see Chrichton 2. | RSW. | |
| EASTLAND AND CO. | England, OIM | Compound Microscope = UTR. | see William Eastland 2. | Taylor 2(166 & 349). | |
| EASTLAND, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1704-68, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1718; turned over to Thomas Lincoln in the Company in 1726; free of the Company in 1726; Assistant in the Company in 1737; father of William Eastland 2. | Clerkenwell, London (1764). | Taylor 2(166); Court and von Rohr 3(102); Robischon. | |
| EASTLAND, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1747-80, OIM | apprenticed to his father, William Eastland 1, c.1761, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; turned over to Henry R. Shuttleworth in the same Company in 1762; free of the Company, c.1768; Robischon thought he was free in 1773; some of his microscopes are signed "Eastland and Co." | London. | Taylor 2(349); Court and von Rohr 3(182); Robischon. | |
| EASTLANDT | Holland, c.1785, OIM | telescope maker. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| EASTMOND | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Redhill. | RSW. | |
| EASTON, EDWARD | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1701; free of the Company, April 5, 1708. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| EASTON, JAMES | England, 1731, MIM SIM | Backstaff, 1731 = DNM. | made for Francis Harrison. | RSW. | |
| EATON | England, PHIM | see Bordessa and Eaton; also see Novati, Bordessa and Eaton. | Goodison 1. | ||
| EATON, A.K. | USA, c.1854, OIM | in partnership with Charle A. Spencer for a few years c.1854. | Canastoga, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| EATON, JOHN | England, c.1658, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 2, 1651; free of the Company on July 7, 1658. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| EBERBACH AND SON CO. INC. | USA, c.1843, PHIM | made physical, chemical and physiological apparatus. | Ann Arbor Mich. | USNM. | |
| EBERHARD, J.G. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = D. | Zinner 1. | ||
| EBERHARD, J.P. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = DEU. | this may be a misreading for J.G. Eberhard. | RSW. | |
| EBERHARD, P. AEGID | Germany, 1688, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1688 = KRM. | Raittenau. | Rabenalt. | |
| EBERHART, PHILLIPP | Switzerland, c.1602, MIM | designed a surveying instrument with Leonhart Zubler. | Zurich. | Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| EBERSPERGER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1729-1755, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Bernhard Canzler in 1750; Graphometer, 1729 = NUR-WI 252; Compass, 1737 = NUR-WI 697; Quadrant, steel with wooden tripod, 1739 = NUR-WI 207; Quadrant, 1751 = NUR-WI 584; Graphometer, 1755 = DEU-2893; Rule = ADL-M133; Alidade with Compass = NUR-WI 1268. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| EBLE | c.1850, NIM | Sextant, primitive = UTR. | Ellwangen | RSW. | |
| EBMER, SEBALD | Germany, b.1580-d.1613, MIM | amateur mathematician & instrument maker; a friend of F. Ritter. | Nürnberg. | Michel 3. | |
| EBSWORTH, GEORGE RICHARD | England, c.1827, OIM | optician. | 54 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1320); O'Mara. | |
| EBSWORTH, RICHARD | England, fl.1815-29, MIM OIM PHIM | Tellurians, miniature = HAY, ADL-W51, D.(1983); Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 5/6/69; Telescope, refracting = X; Telescope, reflecting = X; Microscope = Soth. 12/8/69; Astronomical Quadrant, miniature = D.(1983); Floating Sundial = Soth.-S 1/26/88. | T.C.; the telescopes and the microscope are signed "Ebsworth." | 68 Fleet Street and 41 Fleet Street, both in London. | Taylor 2(1320); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Coffeen; ADL; RSW. |
| ECCLES, D. | England, | Water Clock, dated 1697 from the town of Salisbury = Hindley Shop, CMY. | modern work by Pearson Page of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| ECCLESTON | England, c.1750, OIM | made Newtonian telescopes. | London. | Taylor 2(473a); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| ECHEVERRIA | Spain, MIM | Squadra Mobile = P.C. (1976). | Bilbao. | RSW. | |
| ECHO AND BARGOS | Spain, 18th Century, MIM | Armillary Sundial = P. & S. 4/21/1898. | RSW. | ||
| ECKERT | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Nürnberg. | USNM. | ||
| ECKHARDT, A. GEORGE | Holland; England, fl.1770-99, MIM | Dividers = Auction, 1799; Parallel Rules = Auction, 1799; Graphometer, mahogany = Auction, 1799. | A. George Eckhardt, junr. invented a rolling parallel rule in 1770 which was made by Dollond; held fifteen patents; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(706); Mörzer Bruyns 2; Millburn 8. | |
| ECKHARDT, DR. CHRISTIAN LEONHARD PHILIPP | Germany, 1784-1866, MIM | Globes = X. | Tooley. | ||
| ECKHARDT, H.E. | England, | see A. George Eckhardt. | Soth. 7/27/64. | ||
| ECKLING, JOHANN M. | Austria, c.1820, MIM NIM | Sextant = NMM-S.115; Sextant and an unidentified Instrument = MOS; Goniometer = P.C.(1979). | Vienna. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Maistrov 4; RSW. | |
| EDELMANN | Germany, MIM | Wiedemann-type Galvanometer = WHI. | Price 12. | ||
| EDEN, ALFRED | England, c.1830, OIM | Achromatic Microscope = WHI. | pupil of Pritchard. | 6 Langham Place, Regent Street, London. | Taylor 2(1838); Clay and Court; Whipple 1. |
| EDEN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1818-27, OIM | apprenticed, c.1811, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1818; pupil of Andrew Pritchard 1, 1818-27; optician. | 30 Castle Street, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1321); Court and von Rohr 3(243). | |
| EDGECUMBE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDGEWORTH, HENRY | England, 1779, NIM | Octant, 1779 = NMM-Caird; Octant = Drouot 3/9/70; Compass = D; Wooden Magnetic Compass = P.C. | 51 on the Key, Bristol. | Taylor 2(707); Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| EDGINGTON | England, fl.1810-13, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1803; free of the Company, 1810. | 7 Charterhouse Lane, London. | Taylor 2(828); Court and Rohr 3(236). | |
| EDKINS, JAMES 1 | England, c.1721, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 9, 1721. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| EDKINS, JAMES 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kensington, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDKINS, SAMUEL SABINE | England, c.1838, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Melun 4/24/83, Bearnes 11/12/86. | signed "S.S. Edkins", son-in-law of, and successor to, William Bardin. | 16 Salisbury Square, London. | Taylor 2(2117); Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| EDWARDS AND HUNTER | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Cornhill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDWARDS AND KILBINGTON | England, c.1789, NIM | compass makers. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(831). | |
| EDWARDS, FREDERICK | England, fl.1838, MIM | 2 Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(2118). | ||
| EDWARDS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1781-1803, MIM OIM | made mariner's compasses and position instruments; made improvements on reflecting telescopes. | Ludlow and Bristol. | Taylor 2(830). | |
| EDWARDS, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as John Edwards 1. | Menai Bridge. | Goodison 1. |
| EDWARDS, JOSEPH | England, fl.1767-77, MIM | rule maker; had James Dingley as an apprentice. | Bull Street (1767); 46 Worcester Street (1770-77); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| EDWARDS, M. | Scotland, MIM OIM | Pantograph = FRK = RSM. | 209 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. | Frank; Clarke et al. | |
| EDWARDS, MATTHEW | England; USA, c.1850, MIM | "skilled instrument maker"; author. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| EDWARDS, THOMAS | England, fl.1667-92, MIM | designed astrolabes, double horizontal dial with analemma; author. | Oxford. | Taylor 1(315); Gunther 2; Dawsons 204. | |
| EDWARDS, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | "Warranted." | Bishops Castle. | RSW. |
| EECKHOUT, JOSEPH VAN DEN | Holland, fl.1782-87, MIM | Grand Orrery = Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Michel 3. | |
| EEDT, CORNELIUS VAN DEN | Holland, 1586, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, round, 1586 = BM (ex-SPI 2799). | compass markings are in English and Italian. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Nachet; BM-1895; Ernst; Michel 3. | |
| EEKSTROOM, JOHANNES | Holland, 1750, NIM | Backstaff = Dundee City Museum and Art Gallery. | marked "opt Schip de Swarte." | Adelaar. | RSW. |
| EFLING | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = DEU-16613. | Berlin. | Zinner 1. | |
| EGER, G.K. | Holland, c.1840, MIM | Quadrant = Auction, 1906. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| EGGERICH, JOH. | Holland, c.1660, MIM | Sector = DRE (lost). | Leyden. | RSW. | |
| EGGERICH, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1725, MIM | Calculating Instrument = GEL; Drawing Instruments = HAK. | see Johann Eggerich Frers; drawing instruments signed "Johannes Eggrich". | Berlin. | Maistrov 2; RSW. |
| EGGERT AND SON | USA, fl.1848-50, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1971); Dry Card Compass = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | chronometer makers; Dominick Eggert and Son. | 239 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| EGGERT'S, D., SONS | USA, c.1850, NIM | Chronometer = | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| EGGERT, CHARLES | USA, fl.1850-51, NIM | associated with John and Dominick Eggert. | New York, N.Y. | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGGERT, D., AND SON | USA, fl.1850-59, MIM PHIM | Quadrant, ebony and ivory = D.1976). | "S.B. and C." stamped on the inside of the mirror housing. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz, Special Cat. 1. |
| EGGERT, DOMINICK | USA, fl.1834-51, MIM PHIM | watch, chronometer and barometer maker. | 239 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y.(1841-42). | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGGERT, JOHN | USA, fl.1850-51, NIM | associated with Charles and Dominick Eggert. | New York, N.Y. | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGIDI, DOMENICO | Italy, MIM | Horary Quadrant, marble = X. | Ancona. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| EGRET, MARTIN | France, 1713, MIM | Sundial, pottery, 1713 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| EHLING, LEOPOLD | England, 1847, MIM | 151 St.George Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| EHRARD | Germany, OIM | constructed burning glasses; succeeded Hoesen. | Dresden. | Spargo 1. | |
| EHREN, FRIED HALB | Germany, 1762, | maybe town, Ehrenfriedhal; marked on wooden diptych sundials, WHI-773 and one from DPW Coll., both dated 1762; WHI marked "EHREN/FRIED/HAL." | Whipple 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| EHRENBERG | see Ney and Ehrenberg. | Kosobutsky. | |||
| EICHEL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers with pen points = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| EICHENS, WILLIAM | Germany; France, 1818-1884, MIM OIM | naturalized Frenchman; associate of Marc Secretan; established his own shop in 1866. | Paris. | Paris 1900; Daumas 1. | |
| EICHMANN | see Dryander. | ||||
| EICHNER, L.C. | USA, 1900-1967 ?MIM NIM OIM PHIM | engineer; made reproductions of many historic instruments, all signed and dated by him. | 437 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. | RSW. | |
| EICKERT, JOHAN | Germany, c.1588, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1588 = SPI = VIE. | signed also "I.E."; see I.E. 1. | Zinner 1. | |
| EIGHERT, W. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Marine Barometer = West of England Auctions 12/31/90. | Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| EIMMART, GEORG CHRISTOPH 1 | Germany, 1638-1705, MIM OIM PHIM | Celestial Globes, 1705 = VNL, NMM, ROM, P.C.; Planetarium, 1680 = NUR.; Terrestrial Globe, 1705 = VNL, NMM, P.C. etc. | apprenticed to J. von Sandrart, an engraver; made a wide range of instruments including sundials, armillary spheres, telescopes, and other astronomical items; had J. Ludtring as an assistant. | Regensburg (1638-60); Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 4; Stevenson; Globus, Nov. 54 and June 62. |
| EIMMART, GEORG CHRISTOPH 2 | Germany, c.1680, MIM | Armillary Sphere = NUR. | called "der Junger." | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. |
| EINDE, C.K. | Holland, MIM | Vertical Sundial = P.C. | Hollands Glorie. | ||
| EISINGA, EISE | Holland, 1774-1818, MIM | Planetarium built into the ceiling of Eisinga's house in Franeker; Wall Sundial, 1801 & Demonstration Planetarium, 1818 = Eisinga's house; Vertical Sundial, stone, 1801 = 'tCoopmanshus, Franeker. | Franeker. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| EISINGA, JELTE STEPHANUS | Holland, 1789-1812, MIM | astronomical clock maker; brother of Eise Eisinga. | Dronrijp | Rooseboom 1. | |
| EISLAND | perhaps the same as Eastlandt. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| EISLAND, W., AND CORPA | Holland, c.1790, OIM | Microscope = P.C. (1798). | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| EIVILLIM (?), WILLIAM | England, c.1632, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocer's Company on April 10, 1632. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| EJSER | France, MIM | Rule = Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| EKLING | same as Eckling. | Maistrov 4. | |||
| EKSTROM, DANIEL | Sweden, 1711-55, MIM NIM | Equatorial Sundial = SWE; Hadley's Quadrant = SWE | Ekstrôm was apprenticed to Peter Rosenberg in 1727; he was sent to Englnd and France to study instrument-making in 1740. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; Arvet; RSW. |
| ELCKNER SENIOR | Germany, c.1780, MIM PHIM SIM | Balance = DRE; Graphometer = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| ELDRED, JOSEPH E. | USA, 1831, MIM SIM | patented a surveying level with plumb 8/25/1831. | Rochester, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ELEKES, FERENC | Hungary; Austriac.1835, MIM | globe maker. | Vienna. | Globus June, 1963. | |
| ELEKES, FRANZ V. | fl.1825-44, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1831 = P.C. | Globus Nov., 1954 and Dec., 1956. | ||
| ELEY, HODSON | England, fl.1856-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, = X. | clock and watch maker; the barometer is signed "H. Eley." | Wide Bargate, Boston. | Goodison 1. |
| ELFIMOV, P.A. | Russia, fl.1841-42, MIM | published globes. | Chenakal 3. | ||
| ELFORD, JAMES M. | USA, fl.1816-39, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Huntington Historical Society, N.Y. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, 119 East Bay, Charleton, S.C. | Bowditch; USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| ELFORD, JAMES M., AND SON | USA, c.1835, NIM | Crown Compass = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, P.A. | Charleston, S.C. | RSW. | |
| ELIAS, P. | Holland, 1804-78, | designed a galvanometer which was made by W.M. Logeman of Haarlem and which is now in Teyler's Museum; lawyer and amateur scientist. | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24. | ||
| ELIOT, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | free in the Joiners' Company, c.1686; reported on John Patrick 1 on July 6, 1686. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ELIOT, WILLIAM | see William Elliott. | Taylor 2(1548). | |||
| ELKINGTON, GEORGE R. | England, 1801-65, OIM | 44 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham; 11 Berners Street, London (1836). | Taylor 2(1547); O'Mara. | ||
| ELKINGTON, J. | England, fl.1808-18, OIM | St. Paul's Square, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ELKNER | 18th Century, MIM | Rapporteur = Drouot 11/14/68. | RSW. | ||
| ELLA, WILLIAM | England, 1711, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1711 = Soth. 7/26/65. | RSW. | ||
| ELLDING, THOMAS | England, 1733, NIM | Backstaff, 1733 = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | RSW. | ||
| ELLICOTT | England, pre-1794, MIM | Pyrometer, Thermometer = Christie 12/12/1794. | probably John Ellicott 2. | RSW. | |
| ELLICOTT, A., AND B. RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1770, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM. | Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Rittenhouse. | USNM. | |
| ELLICOTT, ANDREW | USA, 1754-1820, MIM SIM | Transit, 1789 = USNM; Telescopic Quadrant = USNM; Surveying Compass, 1790 = State Historical Society of Wisconsin; etc. | noted American surveyor, fl.1774-1789; he was responsible for the mapping of Washington, D.C.; clockmaker. | 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. and Ellicott Mills, Md. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; Gillingham 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM. |
| ELLICOTT, BENJAMIN | USA, 1765-1827, MIM SIM | Transit and Level = Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. | brother of Andrew Ellicott; surveyor. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| ELLICOTT, GEORGE | USA, MIM | USNM. | |||
| ELLICOTT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1696-1733, MIM | admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1696; succeeded by his son, John Ellicott 2. | Bodmin; London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(167). | |
| ELLICOTT, JOHN 2 | England, 1706-72, MIM PHIM | Pyrometer, 1736 = X; Astronomical Clock = X; Wheel Barometers in clocks = P.C. and VAA; Wheel Barometer, 1740 = P.C.; Variation Compass = Skinner and Dyke Auction, May 14-16, 1791. | succeeded his father, John Ellicott 1 in 1733; took his son as a partner in 1769; clockmaker to George III; invented a compensated pendulum; author; he was made an F.R.S. in 1738. | 17 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(167); RSW. |
| ELLICOTT, JOSEPH | USA, 1732-80, MIM | Orrery in tall-case clock, 1769 = P.C. | mill builder; father of Andrew Ellicott. | Buckingham, Bucks County, Pa. and Ellicott's Lower Mills, Baltimore, Md.(1774). | Baillie 1; Britten 1; Mones and Jones. |
| ELLINETT, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | T. C. inside the door of the John Ellicott 2 clock with barometer at the VAA; barometer signed "Ellinett." | Boston and Charing Cross, Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| ELLIOT BROS. | misreading for Elliott Bros. | ||||
| ELLIOT, JOHN | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | barometer and philosophical instrument maker. | 14 Stacy Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT 1 | England, c.1850, MIM | Wheatstone's Heliochronometers = KEN, WHI. | 30 Strand, London. | Bryden 16; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Ward 3. | |
| ELLIOTT 2 | England, c.1840, OIM | sold instruments to Mrs. Janet Taylor. | Stepney, London. | Taylor 2(1325). | |
| ELLIOTT 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be William Edward Elliott. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SON 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Gunston Hall, Lorton, Va. | Ashford. | USNM. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SON 2 | England, c.1880, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SONS | England, fl.1840-55, MIM NIM OIM | Pocket Sextant = DPW; Microscope = FRK; Architect's Rule, boxwood = ADL-W122. | William Elliott 2 and Sons, also known as Elliott Sons. | 50 and 56 Strand, London. | Frank; DPW 3; Coffeen A; Moskowitz 104; ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT BROTHERS | England, 1840-now, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | sons of William Elliott, they took over Watkins and Hill in 1857; T.C.; opticians to the Admiralty; sometimes signed "Elliott Bros." | 56 Strand (1840-58) and 5 Charing Cross (1856-58); 30 Strand (1858-60); 449 Strand; 101 St. Martin's Lane (c.1861); all in London. | Taylor 2(2121); Calvert 2; Price 12; Fitzgerald; Moskowitz 104; Coffeen G; G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3 and 4; RGO; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ELLIOTT SONS | England, | see William Elliott and Sons. | RSW. | ||
| ELLIOTT, CLARK | USA, 1732-93, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaves = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (1764), Cranbrook Institute (1753), P.C. (4) (1761, 1762, 1765, 1768), MYS (1765), New London County Historical Society (1780), Wadsworth Athenaeum (1761); Octant, 1765, for Mr. Asa Waterman = MYS; Surveyor's Compass = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Greenough 1 in Boston to 1767; made 403 backstaffs; compiled almanacs. | Boston, Mass.; New London, Conn. | Price 2; USNM; Smart; Bedini 1 and 8; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 20 Haberdashers Walk, Hoxton. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT, W. | England, fl.1815-18, MIM | Ivory Rule = Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Georgia; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 5/21/73; Architect's Rules = ADL-W120 (boxwood), ADL-W211 (ivory), ADL-N42 (ivory). | the drawing instrument set is marked "Elliott." | 20 Wilderness Road, Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1324); Price 12; ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM (2), AND SONS | England, pre-1849, MIM | Architect's Rule, boxwood = ADL-W121; Drawing Instrument Sets = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Phillips 12/12/89. | the rule at the Adler is signed "W. Elliott and Sons." | 56 Strand, London. | ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1795-1835, MIM | freed by patrimony in the Joiners' Company on the report by Charles Snart and William Medland in 1795; took apprentices. | 51 Artichoke Lane (1800); 19 Jane Street, Commercial Road; 3 Wright's Row, Pell Street, Ratcliff Highway (1830); all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl. 1821-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Kenny; Surveying Compass = Soth. 4/22/65; Dynamometer, Pantograph, Drawing Instrument Sets = KEN, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/22/65; Box Sextant = Brussels 1979. | 21 Great Newport Street (1821-25); 277 High Holborn (1825-33); 268 High Holborn (1834); all in London. | Taylor 2(1325 & 1548); Clay and Court; Exhibition-Maps; KEN; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Crawforth 7. | |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM EDWARD | England, fl.1825-72, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Clinometer = VNN; Sextant, ebony, ivory = D.(1981). | 19 Upper Smithfield (1832); 36 Foxes Lane, Lower Shadwell (1836-40); 139 Shadwell High (1847-72); all in London. | Taylor 2(1549); O'Mara; RSW. | |
| ELLIOTTI, VINC. | Italy, 1733, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1733 = ROM. | RSW. | ||
| ELLIS, HENRY | England, fl.1748-49, NIM | devised an artificial horizon. | Taylor 2(254). | ||
| ELLIS, JOHN | England, c.1755, | improved the pocket aquatic microscope which was made by P. and J. Dollond; modified the Cuff-type microscope; F.R.S. | Wynter and Turner; Moskowitz; Soth. 4/29/77; RSW. | ||
| ELLISON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLISON, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 6/8/72; Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer at the unknown location is signed "Ellison." | Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ELLISON, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 4 Little Bath Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELMER, THEOBALD | England, c.1685, | apprenticed to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company, April 3, 1677; free in the Company, Mar. 2, 1685. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ELMER, W. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ELMES, JOSEPH | England, c.1673, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on July 7, 1673. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| ELMES, WILLIAM | England, fl. pre-1668-82, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1667 = X; Ring Sundials = NMM, LAW; Astrolabe = NMM. | rulemaker; member of the Woodmongers' Company; one of 19 instrument makers admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1668; took apprentices. | Moorfields, London. | Taylor 1(316); J. Brown 1 & 3; Clay and Court ; Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Michel 3; NMM 2. |
| ELMSDEN, EDMUND | England, c.1764, OIM | Telescope = OXF. | Lynn, Norfolk. | Taylor 2(585). | |
| ELSGREN, J. | Sweden, MIM | Diptych Sundial = NOR. | Ganef ? | RSW. | |
| ELTON | England, 1817, MIM | Orrery, transparent, miniature, 1817 = OXF; Orrery, transparent = D.(1985). | Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London. | Taylor 2(1326); G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 11. | |
| ELTON, ANDREW | England?, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D. (1994) | could be owner. | Coffeen X (1994). | |
| ELTON, JOHN | England, fl.1728-32, NIM | designed a new quadrant for which he received a patent in 1728; devised a new artificial horizon in 1732. | Taylor 2(255); Gunther 2; Bedini 8; Millburn 8; RSW. | ||
| ELTON, THOMAS | England, 1819, MIM | Astrarium, 1819 = Soth. 11/27/72. | RSW. | ||
| ELVIUS, JOHAN | Sweden, c.1775, MIM | studied instrument-making in London. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ELVIUS, PETRO | Sweden, fl.1695-1708, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = NOR; Horary Quadrant, 1708, wood and paper = SWE. | a mathematics professor who invented this particular form of instrument; author. | Uppsala. | RSW. |
| EMANUEL | France, 1666-1738, | author who published several papers on instruments and on the calendar; may be the same as C. Emanuel. | Toulouse. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| EMANUEL, C. | France, c.1727, MIM | Planisphere = Spitzer-2839 = ADL-M464. | may be the same as "Emanuel"; Michel thought the name was Emmanuel. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet; Ernst; ADL; RSW. |
| EMANUEL, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| EMANUEL, E. AND B. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | probably Ezekiel and Emanuel Emanuel. | Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| EMANUEL, EZEKIEL AND EMANUEL | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Ivory Sector = NMM; Quintant = NMM; Tide Gauge = AMST; Spy Glass = Soth. 10/31/66; Barometer = DeLuca 10/24/87; Telescope, German silver = P.C. (1975) = PMS Auction June, 1989 = P.C.; Marine Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | "Goldsmiths and Jewellers to Her Majesty"; barometer makers; mostly signed "E. and E. Emanuel"; PMS marked "By appointment to Her Majesty","No. 5169" and "R.G." | 3 Common Hard; 3 The Hard; both in Portsea; Portsmouth. | Taylor 2(1550 & 1550a); Goodison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| EMANUEL, H.M. | England, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK. | Frank. | ||
| EMANUEL, M. AND E. | England, fl.1820-25, MIM | 1 Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe (1820). | Taylor 2(1550). | ||
| EMANUEL, M., AND CO. | England, c.1825, MIM | 9-10 Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe. | Taylor 2(1550). | ||
| EMBERSON, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer signed "T. Emberson" = X. | made and sold barometers and thermometers; T.C. | Long Sutton, Lincs. | Goodison 1. |
| EMBREY, WM. | England, c.1700, MIM | Artillery Quadrant, wood and brass = P.C. | repaired crudely; scales run 0°-90° and 0-12. | Moskowitz 6. | |
| EMDEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1794-1860, MIM OIM PHIM | Thunder House = LEY; Air Pump = LEY; Microscopes =LEY; Thermometers = TEY; Compass Rose = AMST; Barometer = AMST; etc. | T.C. | in de Kalverstraat No. 55, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; Belgian Inv.; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; G.L'E. Turner 7; P.R. de Clerq 1. |
| EMDEN, JOHANN VAN | c.1590, | collaborator of Tycho Brahe; architect. | Michel 3. | ||
| EMERSON, WILLIAM | England, d.1782, MIM | made sundials; mathematician; author. | Hurworth, County Durham. | Gatty. | |
| EMERY, SAMUEL | USA, 1787-1882, NIM | Mariner's Compasses = PEA, BMM, Hart Nautical Museum, Cambridge, Mass.; Compass Card = PEA; Sextant = Old Gaol Museum, Maine. | T.C. in the case of a quadrant by Spencer and Co. (sold by H. Duren), ADL-A257; Joseph Callender engraved compass cards. | 12 Water Street (1809-); 162 Derby Street (1864); both in Salem Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Huber; Moskowitz 104; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; ADL; RSW. |
| EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL | England, 1851, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also "Emanuel." | Upper Hill Street, Wisbech. | Goodison 1. |
| EMMER, JOHN H. | USA, c.1847, | awarded a Diploma for "an ingenious galvanometer" at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1847. | 61 Nassau Street, Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| EMMERICH | Holland, OIM | Microscope = UTR. | Delft. | Van Cittert 3. | |
| EMMOSER, GERHARD | Germany; Austria, fl.1562-83, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1566 = BUD; Vertical Sundial and Nocturnal, 1571 = NUR; Celestial Globe, 1579 = NYM. | Gebhardt Von Baeinen is a misreading for Gerhard (Emmosser) Von Raeinen. | Augsburg; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Neumann 1 & 2; Council of Europe 2; Chandler and Vincent 3; RSW. |
| EMOTT, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1667-69, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 6, 1659; turned over to John Marke in the Joiners' Company in Feb. 1667; free in the Company Dec. 2, 1667; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ENBEECO | England, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK. | N.B. Co.? | London. | Frank. |
| ENDERLEIN, GEORG | Switzerland, 17th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, octagonal = BASH. | Basle. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| ENDERS | Enderesch. | Evans 1; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |||
| ENDERSBEE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1810-38, MIM | may be William Endersby, which see. | 1 Little Tower Street, Tower, London. | Taylor 2(1328). | |
| ENDERSBEE, WM., AND SON | England, fl.1810-38, MIM NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1970); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76. | London dealers for J.M. Kleman en Zoon; see William Endersbee. | 335 High Street, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1328); Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| ENDERSBY, WILLIAM | England, c.1781, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Garrard 1 in the Grocers' Company on Dec.6,1781. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ENDERSCH, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1705-69, MIM | Pillar Dial, wood = ELB; Equatorial Sundial = HAK; Celestial Globes, 1740 = ELB, DEU, DAN; Celestial Globe = Konigsberg Wallenrodt Bibliothek; Terrestrial Globes = AOV. | engraved portrait. | Elbing. | Zinner 1; Rohde; Evans 1; Schück 1; Chenakal 3; Globus, June 1962, Dec. 1956, June 1963; RSW. |
| ENDICOTT, JOHN | England, fl.1832-50, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 10 Norwich Court, Fetter Lane (1832-33); 23 Little Saffron Hill (1844-50); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ENEFER, ROBERT | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ENGELBERT | Czechoslovakia, MIM | Sundial, square = Hammer. | probably Engelbrecht. | Braune. | RSW. |
| ENGELBRECHT, ANTON | Czechoslovakia, fl.1825-29, MIM | Analemmatic Sundials = D.(1825), CZJ (1829); Inclinable Sundial, 1825 = PRA. | Melnik. | Horsky and Skopova; Zinner 1; Fischer 2; RSW. | |
| ENGELBRECHT, JOHANN 1 | Czechoslovakia, fl.1680-1702, MIM | Nocturnals = SPI (1684), HAK; Analemmatic Sundials = LIE (1680), Weimar Schloss Museum (1680); Azimuth Sundials = SPI (1681) = PRN, SPI (1684) = PRN; Table Sundials = ROU (1683) = VIE, LIN; Horizontal Sundials = P.C., SPI, MIL; Astronomical Clock = HAM. | Price thought there might be only one Johann Engelbrecht. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Fischer 2; Michel 1 and 3; Horsky and Skopova; Nachet; Ernst. |
| ENGELBRECHT, JOHANN 2 | Czechoslovakia, fl.1776-1804, MIM | made many brass horizontal, inclinable sundials dating from 1776 to 1804; examples may be seen at DEU, TGM, NUR, DRE, ADL, NYC, ZAG, PRA, MUN, STU, KEN, WHI, OXF, POTS, RSM, LIE, Huelsmann Coll., etc. | many of the instruments listed above have a notch in the gnomon to show the time of year; he is thought to have invented this type. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; Fischer 2; Horsky and Skopova; Price 3 and 12; Ward 3 and 4; Whipple 1; KEN; Chenekal 1; Coffeen G; Bryden 16; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| ENGELBRECHT, P. | Czechoslovakia, 1791, MIM | Armillary Sphere Clock, 1791 = PRA. | Seige. | Czech. Inv. | |
| ENGELHARDT, JOHANN | Germany, MIM | Sundial, portable = FIT. | Zinner 1; Gunther 3. | ||
| ENGELL, LEONHART CHRISTIAN VON | Germany, 1688, MIM | Squadra Mobile = FRA. | RSW. | ||
| ENGELMANN, G. | Germany, 1696, MIM | Celestial Globe = ZIT. | Meffersdorf. | Zinner 1. | |
| ENGELS | Holland, MIM | Rule = MLL. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| ENGELSE, VAN | Holland, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = UTR; Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = UTR. | de Rijk. | ||
| ENGILL | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, equation of time = Kolding Castle Museum, Denmark. | RSW. | ||
| ENGLAND, J. | England, c.1835, OIM | Optical Instrument = WHI. | probably the son of Moses England. | Walsall, Lancs. | Taylor 2(1840). |
| ENGLAND, JOHN | England, fl.1698-1730, MIM NIM | Garden Sundial, 1703 = Trinity College, Cambridge; Sector, 1703 = Trinity College, Cambridge = WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = OXF, Trinity College, Cambridge = WHI; Analemmatic Sundial = WHI. | apprenticed to Robert Jole of the Stationers' Company on Aug. 4, 1690; made free in the Company; took apprentices; had a contract with the Navy to make compasses, from 1704 on. | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(475); Gunther 2 and 3; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Price 12; Tyacke 1; Crawforth 6 & 7; Bryden 16. |
| ENGLAND, MOSES, AND SONS | England, fl.1830-34, OIM | Lower Russell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1840). | ||
| ENGLEFIELD, HENRY C. | England, fl.1778-1818, PHIM | Sir Henry Englefield; devised a mountain barometer in 1808. | Taylor 2(710); McConnell 1. | ||
| ENGLISH AND SONS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Brighton and Lewes. | Goodison 1. | |
| ENGLISH, NATHAN FREDERICK | USA, 1828-c.1904, OIM | made microscopes and telescopes, worked with his sons. | Hartland, Vermont. | USNM. | |
| ENGLISH, W., AND SON | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1973). | Exchange, Brighton. | RSW. | |
| ENOCK AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76. | Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ENTWISTLE, JAMES | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Thomas Bourne 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company, Mar. 17, 1801. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| EPISCHOFER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1580, MIM | Artillery Level, 1580 = VIG. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| EPRY, CHARLES ET JACQUELIN | France, post-1855, OIM | made telescopes; successors to the "Ancienne Maison Lerebours et Secretan, Fondée en 1789." | 18 Place de Pont-Neuf; 20 Blvd. St.Jacques; both in Paris. | USNM; Bulletin Soc. Astronomique de France, vol. 28, 1914. | |
| EPSWORTH, R. | misreading for Richard Ebsworth. | Taylor 2(1552). | |||
| ERBEN, JOSEF | Czechoslovakia, 1830-1910, MIM | globe maker. | Prague. | Globus, June 1963; Tooley. | |
| ERFINDER, STREBIN UND FERCHEL | Erfinder means inventor; see Strebin und Ferchel. | RSW. | |||
| ERHARD, JOSEFO | Germany, MIM | Proportional Compass = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| ERHARD, MATTHIAS | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = P.C. | Augsburg. | Polish Inv. | |
| ERICSON, HAROLD | USA, 20th Century, MIM | Cross-staff = X. | reproduction. | Noank, Conn. | RSW. |
| ERICSSON, JOHN | USA, fl.1835-51, | Rangefinder of sextant design = D. (1994). | Signed"Inventor"; patented a type of sounding device; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen X (1994). | |
| ERIGNON, MAJ. | Belgium, 1822, MIM | Rule, folding, 1822 = P.C. (1988). | hollow square tubes. | Louvegné. | RSW. |
| ERKSTROM | c.1774, MIM | Quadrant = Greiswalde Observatory. | "Erkström." | Daumas 1. | |
| ERNLE, THOMAS | England, 17th Century, MIM | Azimuth Compass = MAN-I52. | Garcia Franco 1. | ||
| ERNST | France, fl.1830-50, NIM PHIM | Sextants = MOS, Ecole d'application de Fontainebleau; Stick Barometer = USNM; Marine Barometer = Meteorological Office,Bracknell. | rue de Lille 11, Paris. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Paris 1900; Middleton 1 and 4. | |
| ERNST, HANS | Germany, c.1570, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, June 1963. | ||
| ERNST, PETER | Sweden, 1714-84, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Ventenskap Observatory; Pedometer = GOT. | Väuxjö and Stockholm. | Britten; Baillie 1. | |
| EROKHIN | Russia, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = MOS. | St.Petersburg. | Maistrov 4. | |
| ERSKINE, THOMAS | England, 1764, MIM | Octant, wood, 1764 = EMA. | may be owner. | RSW. | |
| ERST, HANS | Germany, 1546, MIM | Celestial Globe, painted, 1546 = STR. | Bertele 1. | ||
| ERTEL | Germany, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Meridian Telescope = MLL; Theodolite = DRE; Rule = P.C.(1987). | probably Georg or Gustav. | Munich. | RSW. |
| ERTEL SOHN | Germany, MIM | Theodolite = MOS. | either Georg or Gustave Ertel. | Munich. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. |
| ERTEL UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1834-58, MIM OIM | Transit Instrument and Mural Circle of the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1845; Naval Theodolite = ADL-L28; Plotting Scale = ADL-M133; Sextant = DEU; Computing Rule, 1843 = P.C.; Altazimuth Instrument = WHI; Level = WHI; Theodolites = KEN, P.C.(1987). | T.L. and Georg Ertel; sometimes spelled "Ertell"; trade catalogue, 1847. | Munich. | Engelmann 1; USNM; Italian Inv.; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL. |
| ERTEL, GEORG | Germany, 1813-63, MIM | worked with his father, T.L. Ertel, 1834-58. | Munich. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| ERTEL, GUSTAV | Germany, b.1829, MIM | son of T.L. Ertel. | Munich. | USNM. | |
| ERTEL, TRAUGOTT LEBRECHT | Germany, 1778-1858, MIM OIM | Repeating circles, 12" and 6" (1836) for Chas. Wilkes, for use on U.S. Exploring Expedition; Level = FLM; Theodolite, 1835 = Observatory of Kazan | worked with Reichenbach 1814-26; father of Georg and Gustav Ertel. | Munich. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja and Horsky; Italian Inv.; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ERTLING, L. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Hydrometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | may be L. Oertling. | London. | RSW. |
| ERVEN VAN HENDRICK MOOY | see Mooy. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| ESCHSOUX | France, c.1840, MIM | Surveyors' Y-Level = DPW. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ESLING, JOHAN ERNST | Germany, MIM | see Johan Ernst Essling. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| ESPERANCE, A L' | France, MIM | Sectors = ADL-M89i, ADL-W124. | this is not a name but is an address, "à L'esperance." | Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ESPLIN, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Wigan. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ESSEN, CHRISTIAAN PAULUS VAN | Holland, 1771-1840, MIM | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| ESSEN, HUGO | Holland, b.1798, MIM | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| ESSER, HERMAN | USA, 1845-1908, | see Keuffel and Esser. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| ESSER, L. | Switzerland, MIM | Protractor = FLO. | see Hommel and Esser. | Aarau. | |
| ESSEX, CHARLES, AND CO. | England, fl.1824-28, MIM | Floating Sundials = D.(1824); Christie 4/3/85 (1826) = Kelton Coll. (1990) (wood), Soth. 11/13/61 (1828), EGE, WHI, ADL-W191, etc. | patented this type of sundial, 1824; in round ivory or wooden boxes; Kelton has logo of "S" superimposed on "X" on label in lid of box which is also marked "Pantochronometer 1826." | London. | Whipple 1; Bryden 16; RSW; Price 12; Egestorff. |
| ESSLING, JOHANN ERNST | Germany, 1716, MIM | Sectors = P. and S. 4/3/94, 6/18/1894; Compass Sundial, 1716 = Soth. 2/5/53; Sundial = GOL; Augsburg-type Sundial, 1716 = Soth. 5/9/60; Universal Equatorial Sundial = GEL. | Berlin. | Chenekal 1; RSW. | |
| ESSLING, T.E. | Germany, | misreading for J.E. Essling. | Soth. 5/19/60. | ||
| ESTEVENIOT | France, 1768, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ESTEVERY | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = D.(1970). | Merzbach. | ||
| ESTON, EDWARD | see Edward Easton. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| ETANG, CHARLES FRANCOIS, GOUVERNEUR L' | France, fl.1739-87, OIM | Gouverneur Charles François L'Etang; an amateur constructer; made achromatic lenses. | rue du Colombier, No. 1341, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| ETHERET | France, c.1792, MIM | Daumas 1. | |||
| ETSLAUB, JOHAN | Germany, 1599?, MIM | Mining Compass = FLO. | RSW. | ||
| ETTRICK | England, fl.1836, MIM NIM | proposed improvements to the astronomical clock and the mariner's compass. | Taylor 2(2122). | ||
| ETZ, HY | USA, c.1840, OIM | made telescope mirrors and cameras. | Baltimore. | USNM. | |
| ETZLAUB, ERHARD | Germany, fl.1484-1532, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1511 = NUR-WI28; Dyptych Sundial, wood, 1513 = Drecker = ADL-DPW22. | the dials are not signed but are ascribed to Etzlaub on the basis of the map and the early date; cartographer; sundials were much sought after. | Erfurt; Am Laufer Schlagturm, Nürnberg (1484). | Zinner 1; Michel 1 & 3; M. Behaim Cat. Nür. 1957; Willebois; Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10; Gouk 1; Schnelbögl; ADL; RSW. |
| EUDRISCH, NIKOLAUS | Germany, fl.pre-1528, MIM | compass maker | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| EULER, JOHANN ALBRECHT | Germany, c.1775, MIM | designed sundials. | Chenakal 1. | ||
| EULER, LEONARD | France, 1707-83, OIM | worked on developing the achromatic lens. | Daumas 1; Nachet . | ||
| EUPORUS, M. ANTISTIUS | Italy, 1st Century A.D., MIM | Pelikinon Sundial, monumental = Archaeological Museum, Aquileia. | horizontal sundial with a wind rose. | Aquileia. | Kenner; Gibbs 1; Price 2; Portaluppi. |
| EUSTACHI, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1510-74, MIM | Oddi mentions a "Geometricus Gnomon" designed by Eustachi. | Urbino. | Belloni. | |
| EUSTACHIO | Italy, OIM | reputed to have made an eye-piece for a telescope. | Naples. | Dewhirst. | |
| EVA, RICHARD | England, fl.1755-80, MIM | Planetarium on a clock = X. | Falmouth. | Britten. | |
| EVAIN, A. | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | T.C.; advertsed telescopes, compasses and chronomerers. | Rule Ville-ez-Martin, St. Nazaire. | Christie_SK 11/19/87. | |
| EVANS 1 | England, c.1790, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 4/18/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS 2 | England, MIM | Compass Sundial = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS, A.G., AND CO. | see Goy Evans and Co. | RSW. | |||
| EVANS, BENJAMIN | USA, 1776-1836, MIM | nephew, apprentice and partner of Benjamin Rittenhouse; see Rittenhouse and Evans. | Norriton, Pa. (1791); Worcester Township, Pa. (1798-1800). | Bedini 1 and 8; B.R. Forman. | |
| EVANS, FREDERICK | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 12 Denzell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1841). | ||
| EVANS, GEORGE | England; USA, fl.1796-98, MIM PHIM | London; 33 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1796). | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | ||
| EVANS, GOY, AND CO. | England, c.1825, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | catalogue says A.G. Evans and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| EVANS, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably John Evans 1 or 2. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| EVANS, JAMES | England, c.1749, MIM | apprenticed to John Wilson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 5, 1736; free of the Company, May 1, 1749. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| EVANS, JOHN 1 | England, c.1809, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 3, 1759; free in the Company, June 12, 1768; "Rule Maker." | Sharrat Street, Golden Square (-1801); 8 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, (1809); both in London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| EVANS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1809, OIM | "Optician". | 88 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Taylor 2(1118); Crawforth 6. | |
| EVANS, REV. LEWIS | England, c.1824, MIM | Geometrical Curves = OXF; Mathematician's Tobacco Box, 1824 = OXF. | F.R.S.; ancestor of Lewis Evans who gave his collection of scientific instruments to OXF. | Gunther 2; USNM; RSW. | |
| EVANS, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = X. | also a clockmaker. | Usk. | Peate. |
| EVANS, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1825, MIM | Sundial inside lid of box = OXF. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1792-1805, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1765; free of the Company in 1792; took one apprentice. | Hand Court, Holborn (1792); 58 Rosomon Row, Clerkenwell (1795); 48 Rosomon Street, Clerkenwell (1805); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 6; Baillie 1; Taylor 2(1842). | |
| EVANS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1805, MIM | 10 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| EVE, CLOVIS | England, c.1630, OIM | made astronomical telescopes. | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1. | ||
| EVE, GEORGE FREDERICK | England, fl.1851-60, PHIM | made barometers, etc. | 4 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1851-53); 90 1/2 Holborn Hill (1854-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EVERARD, H.A. | England, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 10/18/71. | replica. | London. | RSW |
| EVERARD, P. AEGID. | Austria?, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = KRM. | RSW. | ||
| EVERARD, THOMAS | England, fl.1683-84, MIM | designed a new pattern of slide rule for the excise in 1683-4; duty was first charged on alcohol in 1643. | The Excise (London). | Taylor 1(429a); Whipple 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 2 and 9; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| EVEREST, GEORGE | England, 1790-1866, | Surveyor-General of India; designed and gave his name to a type of plain theodolite. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| EVERINGHAM, RICHARD | England, c.1784, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company in 1773; free of the Company in 1784. | London. | J.Brown 1. | |
| EVESHAM, EPIPHANIUS | England, 1589, MIM | Sundial, 1589 = X. | Taylor 1(80); Michel 3; USNM. | ||
| EVIN AND H. RAILLE | misreading for Ewin and H. Raille, which see. | USNM; RSW. | |||
| EWART, HENRY | England, 1828, OIM | Refracting Telescope, 1828 = Soth.-Chester 6/26/85. | Tweedsmouth. | RSW. | |
| EWART, J. | England, c.1850, | designed "The Cattle Gauge and Key to weighing machine arranged by J. Ewart"; made by James Tree of London. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Coffeen h. | |
| EWESTASCE, RICHARD | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1688. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| EWIN AND H. RAILLE | USA, c.1840?, MIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Illinois State Museum, Springfield. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM; RSW. | |
| EWIN, JOHN | USA, fl.1840, MIM | 23 Thames Street (1840-41); 71 Thomas Street (1845-48); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| EWIN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1833-42, MIM NIM OIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1982). | Ewin and Heartte, 1833-36; in business by himself, 1836-42; may have had access to a dividing engine. | 3 Commerce Street (1833); at the sign of the Quadrant, 53 South Street (1836-42); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Coffeen B; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. |
| EWIN, WILLIAM, AND ISAAC HEARTTE | USA, 1833-36, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = P.C.; Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, 53 South Street, Baltimore Md. (1833-35). | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| EWING, JOHN | USA, 1732-1802, NIM | described and illustrated an improvement of Godfrey's quadrant; provost of the College of Philadelphia. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Cajori; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| EWINGTON, HENRY | England, c.1812, | invented and patented a navigational charting device, made by Still, Old, and Co. of Bristol. | Bath. | Coffeen 55. | |
| EYK, ISAAC VAN | Holland, c.1821, MIM | Amsterdam? | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| EYN DE PUESS, FRANS VAN DEN | Holland?, MIM | Sundial = WHI. | not listed by Bryden. | Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |
| EYRE, R., AND R. RUST | England, c.1785, NIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM-Gabb Coll. | Ye Minories, London. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| EYRE, THOMAS | England, fl.1723-25, MIM | made hodometers. | Kettering, Northamptonshire. | Taylor 2(170). | |
| EYRE, W. | England, 1680-81, NIM | Compass Plate, brass, 1680 = D.(1994). | reverse side is a mirror image, including the signature with the date of 1681; this side could have been used to print compass cards. | Coffeen 46. | |
| EYSENBROEK | see Isenbroek. | RSW. | |||
| EZEKIEL | England, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = D.; Stick Barometers = X(2), Christie 4/19/78, Winterton's, 7/13/94. | probably Abraham Ezekiel or Cath and America Ezekiel. | Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| EZEKIEL, ABRAHAM | England, c.1791, PHIM | made or sold barometers. | Fore Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| EZEKIEL, AMERICA | England, | see Cath and America Ezekiel. | Goodison 1. | ||
| EZEKIEL, CATH AND AMERICA | England, fl.1809-30, PHIM | made or sold barometers? | Fore Street (1809-30); 179 Fore Street (1828); both in Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| F. 1 | may be "fecit". | ||||
| F. 2 | England, c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = PEA(2). | F with a fouled anchor; Fage? | Brewington 1. | |
| F. ICW. | 1613, MIM | Regiomontanus-type Sundial on lid of box, 1613 = GHS. | Archinard 1; RSW. | ||
| F.A. 1 | Germany, 1728, MIM | Table Sundial, 1728 = KLA-4464. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.A. 2 | 1765, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial, 1765 = LJU. | for 46°. | RSW. | |
| F.A. 3 | 1766, MIM | Altitude Sundial, 1766 = FIN-113. | with a combined nocturnal and sundial. | RSW. | |
| F.A. 4 | Denmark?, 1770, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1770 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| F.A. 5 | MIM | Garden Sundial, marble = TIM. | square. | RSW. | |
| F.A.B. | see F.A.R. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| F.A.J.C.P.S.R.C. | 1715, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1715 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | ||
| F.A.R. | Germany, fl.1768-74, MIM | Vertical Sundial, pin-gnomon, small, 1768 = GRA; Zappeck-type Sundial, 1774 = Koller 11/17/75. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| F.AE.G. | Austria?, MIM | Ring Sundial = KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| F.B. | c.1900, | Capuchin Sundial = ADL-T20. | probably made by D.B. Sheahan. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.B.F. | Germany, 1752, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1752 = Landsberg a. Lech Heimatmuseum. | "F.B. Fecit"? | Zinner 1. | |
| F.B.G. | MIM | Full Protractor = P.C. (1982). | owner? two odd scales. | RSW. | |
| F.B.P. | Germany, fl.1743-55, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1743 = CLU; Table Sundials, stone = TRA (1753), ADL-M279 (1755), Soth. 12/19/66. | Michel thought he might be Franz Bovius Presbyter. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.C. | 1701, MIM | Table Sundial, 1701 = Phillips 2/3/68. | "F.C. fecit, 1701". | RSW. | |
| F.C.R. | Germany, OIM | Nürnberg-type Microscope = NAC. | Daumas 1. | ||
| F.D.I. | Germany, 1774, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1774 = Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | ||
| F.E.D. | 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, May, 1542 = P.C. | Brieux 2. | ||
| F.E.D.P.F. | Italy, 1568, MIM | Instrumentum Primi Mobilis, 1568 = FLO. | "Frater Egnatius Dantes Praedictatorum Faciebat." | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Italian Inv. | |
| F.F.B. | 1705, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1705 = BUD. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.F.C.D.F. | 1697, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1697 = Mercator Museum. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| F.F.F. 1 | 1629, MIM | Artillery Level, silvered brass, 1629 = OXF. | Evans 1; Gunther 2 and 6; RSW. | ||
| F.F.F. 2 | 1774, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, wood, bone, brass, 1774 = Koller 11/17/75 (Linton Coll.) = Libert et Castor 10/10/80. | RSW. | ||
| F.G. 1 | Holland, 1714, NIM | Cross-staff, 1714 = AMST. | might be owner. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| F.G. 2 | England, c.1784, NIM | Octant = NMM-S.127. | may be F. Gabourg or F. Goater. | Taylor 2(837); Clay and Court; NMM 2. | |
| F.G.P. | 1659, MIM | Protractor, 1659 = Soth. 5/24/71. | "Anno DNI 1659." | RSW. | |
| F.H. | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Gunner's Scale = ADL-M122a. | also marked "553" and "I W.W.B." with the first "W" over the recumbant "B"; see "I.W.W.B." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.I. | Germany, MIM | Table Sundial, stone = Neuenberg-Schweiz, Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.I.S. | 1781, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1781 = NYC. | RSW. | ||
| F.I.V. | Germany, 1698, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1698 = FIN-115 = P.C. | Zinner says 1766. | Zinner 1; Weil. | |
| F.J.F. | 1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1775 = P. & S. 11/21/1894 = 2/28/1896. | RSW. | ||
| F.J.K.S.J. | Austria, 1729, MIM | Table Clock, 1729 = Linz Stadt Gymnasium. | Franz Jakob Knittl, Society of Jesus, which see. | Linz. | Zinner 1. |
| F.K. | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = MADEX-211. | RSW. | ||
| F.L. | 1779, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1779 = SLM. | RSW. | ||
| F.M. | England?, c.1750, OIM | Refracting Telescope, three-draw = D. | Brophy. | ||
| F.M.B. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Dialing Instrument = ADL-M323. | the copper instrument is in the form of an anchor and is misdescribed by Engelmann as an Instrumentum Primi Mobilis. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.N. 1 | France, c.1820, MIM | Rule, gold = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| F.N. 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = GEP; AMST; P.C.(3). | All the dials include American cities in the latitude tables. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| F.P. | 1657, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1657 = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | ||
| F.P.B. 1 | 1743, MIM | Astrolabe, 1743 = CLU. | Cluny. | ||
| F.P.B. 2 | MIM | Diptych, wood = LID-M186. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.P.G.P. | Germany, 1787, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1787 = PRA. | the F. is placed above the initals P.G.P.; the whole signature is surrounded by three decorative lozenges; a Penther-type sundial. | Horsky and Skopova. | |
| F.P.O.M. | Germany, 1676, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1676 = HAK. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| F.R. 1 | Spain, 1585, MIM | Dividers, one-handed, 1585 = P.C./owner. | signed "F.R." with an anchor in between; marked with four dots and a circle, arranged with the circle at the top with three dots underneath and a single dot,in the middle, at the bottom. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| F.R. 2 | Germany, 1683, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1683 = OXF. | Zinner says 1863. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| F.S. 1 | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Surveyor's Cross, in the form of an astrolabe = ADL-M43. | the dorsum has the form of an astrolabe but the face has two sighting tubes forming a surveyor's cross; misdescribed by Engelmann as an astrolabe. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.S. 2 | Germany, 1762, MIM | Bow Calipers, iron, 1762 = ADL-M80. | marked "Jesus Maria Joseph." | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.S. 3 | MIM | Level = A.M. Earle Coll. | Earle. | ||
| F.S. 4 | MIM | Ring Sundial, expanded hour scale = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| F.S.F. | Germany?, 1757, MIM | Sundial with Calendar, 1757 = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| F.S.L. | Germany, 1656, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1656 = MUN. | Munich. | Zinner 1. | |
| F.S.P. 1 | Germany, fl.1756-61, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundials = ZAG (1756), BUD (1761), BASH, SPL, LJU. | the 1756 dial is also marked "V.R." (3). | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| F.S.P. 2 | Germany, 1757, MIM | Table Sundial, 1757 = OXF. | chronogram; Frater Sebastian Prebyter? perhaps Sebastian Rutschmann. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Gunther 6. | |
| F.S.P. 3 | Germany, 1797, MIM | Sundial, 1797 = X. | Michel 3; Evans 1. | ||
| F.S.P.O.M.R. | Germany, 1759, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial, silver, 1759 = LJU. | for 46°10' latitude; the gnomon is geared and set by a pointer on a calendar scale. | RSW. | |
| F.T.A.B.C.R. | France, 1846, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1846 = farm at Clappey. | Clappey. | Berton. | |
| F.T.D. | Germany?, 1836, NIM | Octant, 1836 = HAA. | RSW. | ||
| F.V. 1 | Germany, 1699, MIM | Table Sundials, stone = PRA (1699), VIE, D., NUR; Calendar, stone = P.C. | Zinner 1 and 4; Michel 3; Horsky and Skopova. | ||
| F.V. 2 | MIM | Dividers, iron = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| F.V.V. | 1698, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1698 = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | RSW. | ||
| F.V.V.F. | 1550, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1550 = KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| F.W. H.Z.S. | marked on 1599 artillery level with vertical sundial, by Paulus Reinman, Spitzer 2820 (61). | RSW. | |||
| FABER, SAMUEL | Germany, 1657-1726, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1705 = VNL; Globes = TSUMM-30535, TSUMM-8984, etc.; Terrestrial Globe, 1705 = P.C. | Zinner 1; Chenekal 3; Globus, Nov. 1954, June 1962. | ||
| FABRE ET KUNEMANN | France, c.1860, PHIM | Papin Digester = USNM. | "Fabre et Kunemann Succrs de Pixii." | Paris. | Warner 13. |
| FABRE LAGRANGE | France, c.1857, PHIM | Olivier Geometric Models = Mathematical Cabinet at Harvard U., 1857. | successor to Jean-Baptiste-François Pixii; see also Fabre et Kunemann. | Paris. | Warner 13. |
| FABRI, OTTAVIO | Italy, c.1598, | designed a surveying instrument, "squadra mobile"; author. | Padua. | RSW. | |
| FABRICIUS, PAUL | Austria, 1519-88, MIM | Astrolabe, paper = X; Pillar Sundial = ZIT; Rete on Astronomical Clock = Museum, Olomuc, Czechoslovakia. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Morpurgo 1; Czech. Inv. | |
| FABRIQUE DE PARIS | France, | Sundials, tin = P. and S. 4/3/1894 and 2/28/1896. | "made in Paris." | RSW. | |
| FABRIS, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1800, MIM SIM | Quadrant = Christie 2/8/66; Sundial = Specola di Padova. | surveyor; mechanician; made the instruments necessary for his work. | Bovolenta. | Morpurgo 1. |
| FACCINI | see Facini. | ||||
| FACCIOLI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO | Italy, 1774, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1774 = X. | Vicenza. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| FACE | misreading for Fage. | Soth. 2/4/77. | |||
| FACINI AND CORONELLI | Italy, 1697, MIM | Goniometer, 1697 = GEL. | invented and made by Bernardus Facini and Vincentius Coronelli. | Venice. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. |
| FACINI, BERNARDUS | Italy, 1665-1731, MIM SIM | Plane Table Compasses = Michel (1704), Christie-NY 10/24/83 (1708), Koller 11/17/75 (1704); Perpetual Horometer, 1727 = MERC = Constantini Coll. = OXF; Circumferentor, 1704 = Michel; Set of miniature Surveying Instruments, 1710 = ADL-W82; Spiral Slide Rule, 1714 = ADL-A225; Astronomical Clock, 1725 = Vatican; Graphometer, 1694 = VNM; Alidade, 1698 = VEN; Quadrant, 1701 = UTO 9/29/75; etc. | set of miniature instruments made for Frederick William I of Prussia before he succeeded his father; the two instruments reported by Michel may be one. | Venice; Piacenza. | Learner; Bonelli 4; Hamilton 1; Michel 1 and 3; Price 2; Italian Inv.; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Britten; Société Belge; Bedini 10; Righini 2; G. e M.L. Righini; ADL; RSW. |
| FACIOLI, NICOLA | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Goniometer, Rule = Museo Torricelliano, Faenza. | Milan; Rome. | Italian Inv. | |
| FACY, RICHARD | England, c.1850, MIM | Wapping Wall, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| FAGE | see Dring and Fage. | ||||
| FAGE, EDWARD | England, fl.1667-73, MIM | either he or John Read 2 succeeded Anthony Thompson 1; one of nineteen instrument makers admitted to the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1668. | Sign of the Sugar Loaf, Hosier Lane, West Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(317); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Gunther 2; J. Brown 1 & 3. | |
| FAGE, M. | England, c.1828, MIM PHIM | 20 Tooley Street, London (1828). | O'Mara. | ||
| FAGE, WILLIAM | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see Dring and Fage. | 10 Great Dover Street, Borough, London; Coffeen reported a finding of "10 Gridover Street, Boro." | Taylor 2(958),(2123); Coffeen 27. | |
| FAGERIO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| FAGIOLI | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 5/12/72, 5/4/87. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| FAGIOLI AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see D. Fagioli and Son. | 3 Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. |
| FAGIOLI AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19 89. | Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell (London). | RSW. | |
| FAGIOLI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | 68 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell (London). | RSW. | |
| FAGIOLI, D., AND SON | England, fl.1840-54, PHIM | Wheel Barometers, = Soth.-S 9/18/86 and 10/19/89, Soth. 7/21/87, Larvik Marine Museum, Norway, USNM, X(7), Soth. 5/12/72, D.(1972), (1983), Bearnes 9/16/87; Barometer = Christie 2/5/70; Barometer with clock = Phillips 4/16/88. | Dominic and J. (3) Fagioli. | 3 Great Warner Street (1840-51); 10 Great Warner Street (1851-54); both in Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 4; RSW; John Bell. |
| FAGIOLI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1836-54, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(5), D.(1970). | partner with his son J. Fagioli 3, 1840-54; X barometers are signed "D. Fagioli, Clerkenwell." | 3 Great Warner Street (1836-51); 10 Great Warner Street (1851-54); both in Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2124); RSW. |
| FAGIOLI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | could be J. Fagioli 2 or 3. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| FAGIOLI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 5 Union Terrace, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| FAGIOLI, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably son of Dominic Fagioli. | 30 Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. |
| FAGLIABUE, A. | misreading for A. Tagliabue. | RSW. | |||
| FAHLMER | France, c.1725, MIM OIM SIM | Alidade = P.C.; Protractor = BAR; Double Protractor = BAR; Telescopic Alidades = WHI, P.C., D.; Dip Level = DeLuca 10/21/95. | WHI telescopic level also marked "Dépot de la Diron. de la Rochelle." | Strasbourg. | Price 12; RSW; Brieux 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| FAHRENHEIT, DANIEL GABRIEL | Poland; Holland, 1686-1736, OIM PHIM | Mercury Thermometer = LEY; Alcohol Thermometer, 1727 = LEY. | also made barometers, anemometers, etc.; invented a scale for thermometers; first to use mercury in thermometers, 1717; developed the solar microscope. | Danzig; Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; USNM; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. |
| FAHRR, P. | Germany, 1744, NIM | Compass Rose, 1744 = X. | P. Fährr. | Schück 1. | |
| FAIRBONE, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1765-1802, MIM OIM SIM | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company in 1753; free of the Company, 1765; by 1780 he was a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices in both Companies. | Princes Court, Westminster (1765); St. Martin's Lane (1766); New Street, Shoe Lane (1773-1802); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(185). | |
| FAIRBONE, CHARLES 2 | England, fl.1786-1810, MIM OIM SIM | Set of Surveying Instruments = WHI-204. | apprenticed to his father, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1781; free of the Company, 1802; took over his father's last two apprentices in 1802, and took others later. | 20 Great New Street, Shoe Lane, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(832); J. Brown 1 and 2; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. |
| FAIRBONE, HENRY | England, c.1794, | apprenticed to his father, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company in 1794. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FAIRBONE, ISAAC | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FAIRBONE, JOHN | England, c.1786, OIM | son of Charles Fairbone 1; apprenticed to John Dollond 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; admitted as Brother to the Company in 1786. | Court and von Rohr 3(220); Robischon. | ||
| FAIRBONE, TIMOTHY | England, c.1789, | apprenticed to his father, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1789. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FAIRCLOTH, WILLIAM | England, c.1748, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1740; free of the Company in 1748. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FAIREY, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1823, MIM OIM PHIM | may be a misreading for Joseph Fairey and Son. | 22 Ratcliff Highway, London. | Taylor 2(964); RSW. | |
| FAIREY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1800-1829, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Quadrant = NMM; Octant = D.; Sextant = BMR. | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 1, 1796; free of the Company on Nov. 3, 1803; took apprentices after 1800. | 15 Fair Street, Horseleydown (1803); 150 Tooley Street (1806-11); 20 Ratcliffe Highway (1811-29); 8 Northumberland Place, Commercial Road East; all in London. | Taylor 2(964); J. Brown 1 and 2; Belgian Inv.; RSW. |
| FAIREY, JOSEPH, AND SON | England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Octant, ebony and brass = D.(1976). | Joseph Fairey and his son, Richard Fairey. | Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(964a); RSW. |
| FAIREY, RICHARD | England, c.1829, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Joseph Fairey, in the Grocers' Company on March 5, 1829. | J.Brown 2. | ||
| FAIREY, RICHARD AND JOSEPH | England, fl.1790-1846, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | 150 Tooley Street, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(964). | ||
| FAIRFAX, WILLIAM | England, c.1685, MIM | apprenticed to John Warner 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 2, 1685 for nine years. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FAIRMAN, GIDEON | USA, 1774-1827, MIM | partner in the firm of "Hooker and Fairman" in Newburyport, pre-1810; later moved to Philadelphia and became a partner in the firm of "Draper, Murray and Fairman." | Newburyport, Mass.; Albany, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1; Gillingham 3. | |
| FALCIOLA, B., AND CO. | England, fl.1839-43, PHIM | barometer makers. | 53 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| FALCIOLA, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 12/15 83. | Nottingham. | RSW. | |
| FALCK | Falck = Falconus? | Michel 3. | |||
| FALCO | Italy, MIM | Horary Quadrant with volvelle = BRP. | for 45° Lat.; signed, "Opus Falco"; Bedini thinks it is a fake. | Bedini 14; RSW. | |
| FALCON, A. | England, OIM | Spyglass = D.(1968). | RSW. | ||
| FALCONER, G. | China, NIM | Sextant = FRK-54. | Hong Kong. | Frank. | |
| FALCONER, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, NIM | compass maker. | London. | Schück 1. | |
| FALCONI 1 | Italy, fl.1503-07, MIM | Astrolabe, 1505 = Lasotovich Coll., Venice = P.C. (ICA-3032); Astrolabe, 1507 = P. and S. 4/3/1894 = BM (ICA 251); Quadrants = BM, USNM. | goldsmith; quadrants for 45° are signed "Opus Falconi Bergomei Valensis"; BM one is lost. | Bergamo; Venice. | Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Morpurgo 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ICA 2; Bedini 14; RSW. |
| FALCONI 2 | Italy, 1586, MIM | Nocturnal, 1586 = NMM-Caird. | ex-Goldschmied Coll.; Bedini thinks it is a fake. | Bedini 14; NMM. | |
| FALE, G. | England, 1796, NIM | Octant, rosewood, 1796 = RSM. | RSW. | ||
| FALE, THOMAS | England, fl.1586-93, | designed a sundial and a graphometer made by Thomas Osborn; author. | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(75) 2(76); Weil 2(25). | |
| FALEIRO, RUY | Spain, 1519, MIM | made one wooden astrolabe and six wooden quadrants for Magellan. | Waters 1. | ||
| FALES, JAMES 1 | USA, fl.1820-30+, NIM | T.C.; had "Little Navigator" as shop sign; also made clocks and watches; father of James Fales 2. | 91 Water Street, Newport, R.I.; New Bedford, Mass. (by 1830). | Bedini 8; RSW. | |
| FALES, JAMES 2 | USA, -1888, NIM | figure of midshipman for shop sign, now in New Bedford Whaling Museum; son of James Fales 1. | New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. | |
| FALES, MARTHA | USA, NIM | compass maker. | Newburyport, Mass. | American Neptune, 1968; Bull. Maritime Museum, British Columbia, 1968. | |
| FALIGUM | Austria, 1721, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1721 = ADL-M266. | Graz. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; USNM; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| FALLER | see Kaltenback, Faller and Co. | Bell 2. | |||
| FALLON, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| FALLOW, JOSEPH | England, fl.1827-29, PHIM | barometer maker. | 127 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | |
| FAMADIO | PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 9/20/71. | RSW. | ||
| FANNER | see DeGrave, Short and Fanner. | ||||
| FANZAGO, PIETRO | Italy, 1583, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1583 = Palazzo, Clusone. | Clusone. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| FARADAY, MICHAEL | England, 1791-1867, | invented the electro-magnetic generator. | G.L'E. Turner 24; DSB. | ||
| FARBINGER | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Pocket Calendar = Soth. 2/21/66. | RSW. | ||
| FARDOIL, P. | France, fl.1684-1722, MIM | Astronomical Clock = POB. | also signed "J. Caffiéri et A. Coypel" on case. | Paris. | Trois Siècles. |
| FARELLI, C. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P-B 4/28/39. | Northampton. | RSW. | |
| FAREY, JOHN, JNR. | England, fl.1791-1851, MIM NIM | Ellipsograph = Christie-SK 2/2/77 = RSM; Sextant = RSM. | invented a perspective machine in 1807; invented an ellipsograph in 1810; ellipsograph signed "Invented and Made by John Farey, Jnr"; suggested inverting the slide on the Soho slide rules in 1827. | Westminster, London. | NMM 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| FARFLER, STEFAN | Germany, c.1655, MIM | sandglass and clock maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| FARIMA, VINCENZO | Italy, MIM | Universal Sundial = NMM-D.75. | NMM 2. | ||
| FARLAM, EBENEZER | England, c.1707, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1707. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FARMADIE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | 2 St. John's Street Road (London?). | RSW. | |
| FARMER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Christchurch. | Goodison 1. | |
| FARMER, F.C., AND SON | England, c.1840, MIM | Slide Rule for publicans, boxwood = D.(1987). | Waterloo, Liverpool. | Coffeen 15. | |
| FARMER, JAMES | England, fl. 1672-1708, MIM | free of the Grocers' Company by Patrimony in 1672; took apprentices. | Well Street near Well Close, London (1701-08). | J. Brown 1. | |
| FARMER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed in the Masons' Company in 1708; made free in the Company. | Crawforth 6 & 7. | ||
| FARMER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1731-77, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 4, 1722; made free of the Company Dec. 7, 1731; took over John Atkinson 2 as an apprentice from George Wright 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1739; uncle of Richard Gearing who succeeded him; made slide rules. | Cateaton Street (1731); St. Anns Lane near Aldersgate (1739); Lothbury; Dove Court, upper end Old Jewry, Wood Street; Whitefriars (1743); Pye Corner (1751); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1, 6 & 7; Darius 2; RSW. | |
| FARMER, THOMAS | England, c.1703, MIM | apprenticed to James Farmer of the Grocers' Company in 1703. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FARMER, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, NIM | Mariner's Compass = NMM-Gabb Coll. | may be man who was apprenticed to his father, James Farmer, in 1708. | near the Limekiln, Horsley Down, London. | Taylor 2(476); J. Brown 1; RSW; Evans 1; May. |
| FARNGREN, JOHAN AUGUST | Sweden, 1811-60, MIM | Pantograph = NOR. | Färngren; T.C. | No. 9 Smala gränden, Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| FARONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-C 10/9/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| FARONI, G. | England, PHIM | Barometer = KOT. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| FARR, JOSEPH | USA, 1775-1845, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1986), Buffalo Historical Society, N.Y., Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | the last instrument is numbered "85." | Cunningham, Mass. (1775); Manlius Village, N.Y. | Smart 1; Coffeen 12. |
| FARRAR, THOMAS | England, c.1677, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company in 1677. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FARRELL, J. | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = D.(1981). | Manchester. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| FARRER, JOHN | England, c.1728, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Harrison in the Grocers' Company in 1713; turned over to Thomas Franklyn, Stationer, in 1716; free of the Grocers' Company in 1728. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FARROW AND JACKSON | England, c.1825+, MIM PHIM | Syke's Hydrometers = Phillips 2/14/79, Christie-SK 5/10/77, P.C.; Slide Rule, double, ivory = D.(1972); Bung Stick, wood = BIR; Slide Rule, double, wood = ADL-W144. | the Adler rule is marked "Farrow and Jackson Makers Ltd., London." | London. | Moskowitz 103; ADL; RSW. |
| FARTHING, I.H. | England, post-1799, MIM | T.C. on polygraph invented by Marc Brumel in 1799, patent number 2305. | Cornhill, London. | RSW. | |
| FASANA | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2). | one signed "Fasana Bath"; the other gives the street address as well. | 35 Milsom Street, Bath. | Goodison 1. |
| FASCUA, F. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| FASOLDT, CHARLES | USA, c.1850, MIM | made mechanical instruments, watches and clocks. | Rome; Albany; both in New York. | Harrold. | |
| FASSANO, JOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| FASTRE | France, PHIM | Fastré; barometer maker. | Paris. | Ashworth. | |
| FASTRE AINE | France, 1849, PHIM | Barometer, Fortin-type = CNAM. | Fastré aîné. | Quai des grands Augustins 63, Paris. | Middleton 1. |
| FATIGET | c.1600, MIM SIM | Trigonum (surveying rule) = P.C. | "Fatiget non Rapiat"; a motto, not a maker. | RSW. | |
| FATORINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Antonio Fattorini. | Goodison 1. | |
| FATORINI, M. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chichester. | Goodison 1. | |
| FATORINI, M. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Polesden Lacey. | 24 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| FATTON, FREDERICK LOUIS | France; England, c.1822, | patented an astronomical clock, 1822. | Paris; New Bond Street, London. | Britten. | |
| FATTORINI AND SONS | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | Skipton and Bradford. | RSW. | |
| FATTORINI, ANTONIO | England, c.1831, | pedlar of clocks and barometers; see also "Fatorini." | Como House, Harrowgate. | Goodison 1. | |
| FATTORINI, JOSEPH | England, pre-1838-48, PHIM | barometer maker; in partnership with Henry Austin and John Cattanes, and Peter Ballarini before 1838; partner with Henry and Philip Cattanes in Cattanes and Co. (1848). | King's Staith (pre-1838); 12 Castlegate (1848); both in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| FAULHABER, JOH. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | invented a surveying instrument. | Ulm. | Weil 2(4). | |
| FAULKINGHAM | England, 1672, | sold faulty rules made by John Nash 1. | under the south east Corner of the Royal Exchange, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FAULKNER, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = OXF. | for measuring altitudes; has a water level. | RSW. | |
| FAURAY | France, c.1800, MIM | "Opticien"; TC in architect's etui of instruments. | Quai de l'Horloge à Paris. | Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | |
| FAURE | France, 1724, MIM | Sundial, 1724 = Villeneuve, Hautes Alpes. | Villeneuve. | Gatty. | |
| FAUTH AND CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Theodolite = P.C. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| FAUTOUT-CHUIZY | see Sautout-Choizy. | Weil 2(4). | |||
| FAVA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| FAVER | England, c.1838, | mis-spelling of Fayrer? | London. | Taylor 2(2125). | |
| FAVERIL, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | Lincoln. | RSW. | |
| FAVERIO, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 11/16/76. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| FAVERIO, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. Wilkinson and Hodge 11/30/23; Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86, D.(1972). | some of these barometers are signed "Faverio Andover." | Andover. | RSW. |
| FAVRAY | France, 18th Century, MIM OIM SIM | Microscope = OXF or KEN; Theodolite = Weschler 5/22/76; Telescope = A-P 3/15/76. | à la Ville de Genève, 69 (or 79) Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| FAWCETT, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1775-93, OIM | optician and watchmaker. | 34 Dame Street (1775-86); 3 Grafton Street (1787-92); 133 Capel Street (1793); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; G. Ferrel. | |
| FAWCETT, W.H. | USA, fl.1856-57, MIM | worked for J. and W. Burt. | 24 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| FAY, J.G. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | Southampton. | RSW. | |
| FAY, S., AND SON | England, c.1825, NIM | Marine Compasses = Longleat House(2). | Cowes, Isle of Wight. | RSW. | |
| FAYER | England?, pre-1845, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = S. Leigh Soth. 4/24/1845-38. | RSW. | ||
| FAYRER | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | Orrery = OXF; Telescope = Soth. 9/20/83. | either James or John Fayrer. | 41? White Lion Street, Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(2125); RSW. |
| FAYRER AND SONS | England, c.1825, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| FAYRER, J. | England, fl.1826-70, MIM NIM OIM | Circle = PEA-4530; Equatorial Telescope = D.(1986). | either James or John Fayrer. | 40 White Lion Street; 66 White Lion Street; both Pentonville, London. | Brewington 1; Wynter 1. |
| FAYRER, JAMES | England, fl.1838, MIM PHIM | "Faver" in the directories may be a misspelling of this name; Taylor said that he and his brother, John Fayrer, divided some of Troughton's instruments; made instruments for the East India Company. | 40 White Lion Street, Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(2125); Brewington 1; Wynter 1. | |
| FAYRER, JOHN | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see James Fayrer; made instruments for the East India Company. | 40 White Lion Street, Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(2125); Brewington 1; Wynter 1. | |
| FAYTHURNE | England, c.1609, OIM | made perspective machines. | London. | Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9. | |
| FAYVER | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Phillips 11/16/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| FAZZI, SAMUEL | Italy, 1760, PHIM | Thermometer, 1760 = SPI-2866. | Michel 3; Nachet; RSW. | ||
| FEATHERS, P., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = FRK-S6 = RSM. | Dundee. | Frank; Clarke et al. | |
| FEATHERS, P.C. | Scotland, NIM | Sextant = Dundee City Museum and Art Gallery. | surely Peter Arith Feathers. | Dundee. | RSW. |
| FEATHERS, PETER ARITH | Scotland, fl.1842-73, NIM OIM | Octants, ebony, ivory = D.(1982), FRK = RSM, Soth. 3/10/87. | T.C.; took his son as a partner in 1874. | 73 High Street (1842); No. 10 Dock Street (1845-50); 26 Dock Street (1853-68); 40 Dock Street (1869-73); all in Dundee. | Bryden 3; Coffeen A; Frank; Moskowitz 102; Clarke et al. |
| FEATHERSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1650-68, MIM | Wall Sundials, 1650 = Packwood House, Hockley Heath (3); Polyhedral Garden Sundial, 1668 = Packwood House, Hockley Heath. | Hockley Heath. | RSW. | |
| FEATON, JOHN | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on March 5, 1733. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FEAU, NICOLAS | France, c.1625, MIM | Astrolabe Table Clock = Petit Palais, Paris. | Féau. | Marseilles. | Baillie 1. |
| FECHTER | Switzerland, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Plane Table with fixed and movable alidades = BASH; Quadrant = Stuker Auction 1958. | Basle. | RSW. | |
| FECIOLUS, IO. DOM. | Germany, 1558, MIM | Astrolabe, 1558 = OXF. | gift of Mrs. Billmeir, 1973. | Trent. | RSW. |
| FEELING, T. THOMAS | France, 1734, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1734 = P.C. | Abbé de Meldon (Meudon?); Teeling? Keeling? | Meldon (Meudon). | Chew. |
| FEHRENBACK | see Stratz and Fehrenback. | John Bell. | |||
| FEHRENS AND ALBRECHT | USA, fl.1852-65, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| FEIL, CHARLES | France, post-1827, OIM | grandson of Guinand; "Ancienne maison Ch. Feil"; succeeded his grandfather; succeeded by Mantois. | USNM. | ||
| FEILDER, THOMAS | England, fl.1687-1720, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 9, 1678; free of the Company on Sept. 9, 1687; Master of the Company, 1715; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FELD | see Felt. | Michel 3. | |||
| FELDT | see Felt. | Michel 3. | |||
| FELKL, J., AND SON | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = DNM. | made for Croatia. | Prague. | RSW. |
| FELKL, JAN | Poland; Czechoslovakia, 1817-88, MIM | globe maker. | Rostock; Prague. | Globus, June 1963. | |
| FELKL, L. | Poland; Gemany; Czech; Holl, 1817-87, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1850 = VNL; Planetarium, Ptolemaic = Birmingham Public Library, Alabama. | Rostock; Leipzig; Prague; Groningen. | Globus, Dec. 1957, June 1962; Yonge. | |
| FELL, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1740-70, MIM | made a new gnomon for the Ulverston church sundial in 1763. | Ulverston | Britten. | |
| FELLATA | France, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Place du Colège Royal, Lyon. | RSW. | |
| FELLWOCK, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1762-83, MIM | Quadrant, 1766 = PRA; Azimuth Quadrant, 1768 = DEU; Astronomical Clock, 1768 = Würzburg University Library; Planetarium, 1772 = BAM. | Johann Georg Fellwöck, globe maker. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1; Horsky 2; Daumas 1; Wheatland 2; Czech. Inv.; Narodni; Globus, June,'62 and '63. |
| FELT, D., AND CO. | USA, MIM | Rule and Rectangular Protractor, ivory = D.(1993). | New York, N.Y. | Coffeen 41. | |
| FELT, DAVID | USA, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, stand = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| FELT, EBERHARD | Germany, d.1600, MIM | made diptych sundials; probably the son of Hans Felt; the name is also written "Feld." | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 & 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. | |
| FELT, HANS | Germany, fl.1561-77, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1566 = Drecker-110 = DPW = ADL-DPW20; Diptych Sundial, ivory = P.C.; Sundial = Evans Coll. | Master in 1564; the maker's mark is a fool's head; probably the father of Eberhard, Marx and Martin; the name is also spelled "Feld." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Baillie 1; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| FELT, MARTIN | Germany, d.1602, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; probably the son of Hans Felt; sometimes spelt "Feldt." | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 & 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. | |
| FELT, MARX | Germany, d.1602, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; probably the son of Hans Felt. | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 & 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. | |
| FELT, WOLF | Germany, c.1682, MIM | compass maker; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| FENDERICH, CHRISTIAN | Germany?, MIM | Ring Sundial = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| FENET, LEON | France, c.1890, MIM | Celestial Planisphere = Versailles 11/20/83. | done under the direction of Camille Flammarion. | RSW. | |
| FENIG | England, 1795, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1795 = P. & S. 11/21/1894; Celestial Globe = P. & S. 11/21/1894. | RSW. | ||
| FENING | c.1750, MIM | Armillary Sphere = WHI. | may be Fenig | Price 12. | |
| FENN | England, c.1850, MIM | Triangular Rule, ivory = D.(1976). | Newgate Street, London. | Moskowitz. | |
| FENN, DANIEL | England, c.1780, MIM | Wheel-Cutting Machine = OXF; Hodometer works with compass = BM. | London. | Taylor 2(965); Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| FENN, ISAAC | England, fl.1765-68, MIM | Hodometer = Christie 12/12/1794. | T.C.; invented a hodometer, patent granted in 1765. | at the Sign of the Measuring Wheel, near the corner of Bond Street in Oxford Street, London. | Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| FENN, J. | England, c.1850, MIM | Watchmaker's Rule, ivory = D.(1976). | London. | Moskowitz. | |
| FENTIMAN, JOHN | England, c.1798, MIM | a member of the Tiler and Bricklayers' Company; he took over Daniel Cass as an apprentice on June 23, 1798 from William Morris of the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| FENTON AND SONS | England, MIM | T.C. in a box for an equatorial sundial. | 11 New Oxford Street, London. | Wheatland 2. | |
| FENWICK, T. | probably the owner; marked on a levelling staff by H. Atkinson. | RSW. | |||
| FER, A. DE | France, 1670, | Drawings of Quadrant, Cylinder Sundial, and Regiomontanus Sundial, 1670 = PBN-GED12781, -82, -83. | L'Isle du Palais sur le quai de l'Horloge, à la Sphère Royale, Paris. | RSW. | |
| FERARI | France, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | Lille. | RSW. | |
| FERARI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | |
| FERAT | France, c.1750-1802, MIM PHIM SIM | Levels with sights = La Rochelle 7/16/83, P.C.(1987); Graphometers = P.C., Christie 3/21/91 (with case); Horizontal Sundial in watch case = O-F; Circumferentor, telescopic sights = D.(1965); Protractor for prisms = D.(1969); Goniometers = P.C., STT; Miner's Compass = P.C. (1987); Folding Rule, ebony and silver = D.(1989); Stick Barometer, 1802 = Leeds Castle = Christie 12/12/96. | Férat; Ferrat? level signed "Ecole imperial de Chalons"; rule is in "decimètres" and has silver numerals set into the ebony; barometer is signed "Chalons-sur-Marne." | opposite the Palais Marchand, Paris. | Monreal; Nachet; Brieux 3; Pipping 2; MAD march, 1997; RSW. |
| FERCHEL | see Strebin und Ferchel. | RSW. | |||
| FERCHEL, JOSEPH | Germany, fl.1841-47, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Drecker; Sundial, 1847 = DEU; Instrument = NYM; Geared Sundial = P. and S. 5/19/1896 = OXF. | geared sundial invented by A. Zimmerman (P. and S.); Gunther said the opposite; may be the Ferchel in Strebin und Ferchel, which see. | Evans 1; Gunther 6; RSW. | |
| FERCHNER, ANDREAS | Austria, c.1750, MIM | Celestial Globe on clock = WUP. | copy of Roll clock in VIE. | Vienna. | RSW. |
| FERDINAND II, GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY | Italy, c.1660, | invented the sealed, alcohol thermometer. | Middleton 4. | ||
| FERDINAND, SIGNIFER | Spain, 1633, MIM SIM | Plane Table Compass and Circle, 1633 = D.(1968). | Valencia. | RSW. | |
| FEREARIUS | see Ferrerius. | ||||
| FEREIUS | see Ferrerius. | ||||
| FEREMITE, ANTOINE | France, c.1620, MIM | Antoine Férémité. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | |
| FERENC, ELEKES | Hungary, c.1850, MIM | globe maker. | Tooley. | ||
| FERGUSON | Cruciform Sundial = UTR. | probably modern. | RSW. | ||
| FERGUSON, DANIEL | Scotland; England, c.1771, | apprenticed to George Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1771. | Edinburgh. | Court and von Rohr 3(201). | |
| FERGUSON, JAMES 1 | Scotland; England, 1710-76, MIM OIM | made orreries, miniature globes with cases, "Astronoma Rotula" = RSM; several types of sundials, telescopes, etc; may be seen at the Banff Museum, KEN; FLO, NMM, NYM, ADL, RSM, VCW, etc. | astronomer; lecturer; F.R.S., 1763; author; taught by Cantley. | Banff; Edinburgh; Mortimer Street, London. | Taylor 2(258); Calthrop; Ward 3; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; DNB; DSB; H.C. King 2; Wynter 1; Stevenson; Yonge; Krogt 2; Clarke et al; ADL; RSW. |
| FERGUSON, JAMES 2 | Scotland; England, c.1765, | son of James Ferguson 1; apprenticed to John Troughton 1 in the Grocers' Company in 1765. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FERICHEL, JOSEPH | MIM | Sundial in watch, copper = P. and S. 4/21/1898. | may be Ferchel. | RSW. | |
| FERIEUS | see Ferrerius. | ||||
| FERIEUS, JO. PAULUS | see Gio. Paolo Ferreri. | ||||
| FERIGNY, J.F. | 1736, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1736 = FRA. | amateurish. | RSW. | |
| FERIN, AUGUSTO | Portugal, MIM | T.C. | 70 Rua Nova do Almada, Lisbon. | RSW. | |
| FERINA, VINCENZO | Italy, pre-1765, MIM | Horologium, wood pedestal = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird. | initials P.G. added later. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| FERONI, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1809-10, PHIM | barometer maker; 1809 directory showed his name as "Ferony." | 49 Fleet Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| FERRARI, LORENZO | Italy, fl.1813-24, MIM | Astronomical Clock = X; Cannon Sundial = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | also marked "Laurent". | Parma. | Morpurgo 1; Evans 1; Baillie 1. |
| FERRARI, LUIGI | Italy, MIM | Magnetic Compass = ADL-M467. | Fox 1; RSW. | ||
| FERRAT, JEAN BAPTISTE PIERRE FRANCOIS | France, c.1750, MIM NIM | Level = CNAM; Repeating Circle = ECO. | Jean Baptiste Pierre François Ferrat; possibly same as Ferat. | Cloître Nôtre-Dame, Paris. | Daumas 1; Paris 1900. |
| FERREIRA, MANOEL | Portugal, fl.1748-71, NIM | Marine Compass, wood and paper, 1771 = HAA; Instrument, 1748 = PMM. | HAA is in an octagonal, wooden painted box. | Lisbon. | Schück 2; Price 2; RSW. |
| FERRERI, GIOVANNI PAOLO | Italy; France, fl.1600-24, MIM | Armillary Spheres = LEY (1600), NMM (1602, 1624). | LEY has star points; NMM are from the Barbarini Coll.; also signed as "Jo. Paulus Ferrerius", "Jo. Paulus Ferieus", "Paolo Ferrero." | Rome; Paris. | Michel 3; NMM 2; USNM; Morpurgo 1; RSW; Globus, Dec. 1956 and 1957. |
| FERRERIUS, JO. PAULUS | see Giovanni Paulus Ferreri. | ||||
| FERRERO, PAOLO | see Giovanni Paulus Ferreri. | ||||
| FERRET | France, fl.1770-89, OIM | lens maker; considered as a candidate for honor by the Royal Academy of Sciences. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| FERRIER | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial base = Soth. 12/19/66; Sundial Plate = Koller June 1967. | aux Galeries, Paris. | RSW. | |
| FERRIER, ANTOINE | France, c.1820, PHIM | Money Scales = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Versailles 4/17/83. | "Balancier ajusteur". | rue St. Roch n° 6 près la Fontaine, Paris. | RSW. |
| FERRIER, ANTOINE DU | France, fl.1600-22, MIM | Pocket Calendars, 1607 = P.C.; Sundial, silver, 1616 = NMM-Caird; Sundial in watch = BM; Astronomical Compendium, 1607 = van Heusen Coll. = LOS. | set up by Henri IV in his workshop in the Louvre; clockmaker to Louis XIII; 1616 sundial modified by Butterfield; see Le Sieur de Ferrier; the center section of the compendium has been incorrectly reassembled. | au Louvre, Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; MADEX; USNM; RSW; Daumas 1; Nachet; Baillie 1; Thielmann. |
| FERRIER, GUILLAUME | France, fl.1620-22, MIM OIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = OXF; Sundial = Soth. 1/27/48. | son of Antoine du Ferrier; worked for Descartes in an attempt to produce hyperbolic lenses. | à la Gallerie, Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Josten; Société Belge; Maison Française; RSW. |
| FERRIER, JEAN | France, c.1641, MIM OIM | Quadrant = Académie royale des Sciences, Paris. | in the 1641 inventory of the Académie; made microscopes with hyperbolic lenses. | Paris. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| FERRIER, LE SIEUR DE | France, 1611, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1611 = Warren Coll. (1928) = Soth. May, 1974 = D.(1976). | Antoine du Ferrier?; dated "Nov. 21, 1611". | Culver 1; Brieux 3. | |
| FERRIER, THORNTON | England, fl.1817-23, PHIM | barometer maker? father of William Thornton Ferrier? | 34 Blackfriargate (1817); Queen Street (1822-23); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| FERRIER, WILLIAM THORNTON | England, fl.1826-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | signed "W.T. Ferrier." | 11 Queen Street (1826-42); 5 Nelson Street (1846-51); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| FERRIG | 1795, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1795 = X. | surely Fenig. | Evans 1. | |
| FERRIS, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Poole. | Goodison 1. | |
| FES, JOZE DA CRUS A | see Crus. | RSW. | |||
| FESTE, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| FETTANI, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| FEUCHERE, C.G. | France, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1989). | RSW. | ||
| FEVONY | see Alexander Feroni. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |||
| FEYHEL, MARTIN | Germany, fl.1578-80, MIM | Hodometer, 1580 = DRE. | Nürnberg; Augsburg; Dresden. | Michel 3; Rohde; Nachet; Baillie 1; Beckmann; RSW. | |
| FEYKES, B. | Holland, fl.1826-57, MIM | Compass = WHI. | Oude Teertuinen 42 (1826-52); Oude Teertuinen 133; both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| FICK, A. | Russia, 1829-1901, MIM | Myograph = GMT. | Maistrov 4. | ||
| FICKLER | Germany, c.1568, | invented an astronomical compendium made by Nicholaus Rensberg. | Basserman-Jordan 1. | ||
| FIDLER, ROBERT | England, fl.1805-13, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Mean Motion Orrery, 1813 = KEN; Orrery, 1805 = Dr. Pearson (1805); Sextant = DRE; Balances = KEN, Royal Institution; Barometer = X. | 32 Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London. | Taylor 2(1332); Daumas 1; KEN; Goodison 1; Britten; RSW. | |
| FIEBIG | see Viebig. | Zinner 1. | |||
| FIEBIG, FRANCISCUS | Germany; Hollandfl.1633-47, MIM | Artillery Level, 1633 = BEK; Circumferentors = HAK, Königsberg Staat Kunstsammlung (1647), DEU, NUR; Graphometers = D.(1969), Copenhagen Rundturm; Celestial Globe, 1633 = BEK; Instrument, 1642 = P.C.; Geometry Set = KAS; Theodolite = D.(1969). | Arnstadt; Cologne; The Hague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Rizzi; RSW. | |
| FIEDLER, JOHANN, VON WESTIN | Germany, 1752, MIM | Protractor, 1752 = Christie 5/7/63-9. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| FIELD AND CO. | England, fl.1830-80?, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = Wellcome Museum, Phillips 4/20/83; Microtome = Phillips 11/16/88. | probably the firm of first Robert and then George Field. | New Street; Suffolk Street; both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1845); Bryden 9; RSW. |
| FIELD, CAPT. | England, | see Robert Field. | RSW; Moskowitz 104. | ||
| FIELD, GEORGE, AND CO. LTD. | England, post-1850, NIM | Compass in gimbals = FRK-N21. | probably succeeded Robert Field. | Birmingham. | Frank. |
| FIELD, JAMES | England, 1805, MIM OIM | billhead dated 1805. | 2 Bond Street, Bath. | Bryden 9. | |
| FIELD, JOHN | England, fl.1787-1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = X; Telescope = Soth. 4/22/65. | T.C.; apprenticed to Edward Nairne in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1779; freed in 1787; worked at the Royal Mint, 1804-1830; Master of the Company, 1799-1801, 1820-22. | 74 Cornhill, (1791); His Majesty's Mint (1817-27); both in London. | Taylor 2(833); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3(213). |
| FIELD, ROBERT | England, c.1800, MIM OIM SIM | Microscopes = WHI, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich.; Parallel Rules = SPL, OMM; Surveying Compass = Melun 4/24/83. | parallel rules marked "Capt. Field's improved rule" and "Field Improved." | 33 Navigation Street; 111 New Street, both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz 104; RSW; USNM; Taylor 2(1845). |
| FIELD, ROBERT, AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = FRK, CMY, P.C., Phillips 2/14/79, Christie 2/2/77; Surveyor's Compasses = Snowshill Manor, D.; Magnetic Compass = Versailles 11/20/83; Protractors = Soth. 12/13/65 and Christie 12/21/71; Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | often signed "R. Field and Son." | 113 New Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; Frank; USNM; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| FIELD, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Aylesbury. | RSW. | |
| FIELD, WALTER | England, 1777, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood, 1777 = BM. | also marked "Mr. Cuthbertson" and "J. Sutton." | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| FIELD, WILLIAM | England, c.1662, | apprenticed to Thomas Aldus in the Joiners' Company on July 1, 1662. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FIELOT, R., AND SON | OIM | Compound Microscope = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | probably a misreading of "R. Field and Son." | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| FIERET | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = X. | Montpelier. | Baillie 1. | |
| FIERI | Portugal; England, c.1790, MIM | see Magellan and Fieri. | Lisbon; London. | RSW. | |
| FIEUSET | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 7/31/58; Mathematical Instrument Set = P.C.(1970). | rue Grenetta, Paris. | Troadec; RSW. | |
| FIGATELLI, G.M. | Italy, c.1675, | instrument designer. | Weil 2(23). | ||
| FILBRI, GERARD BERNARD ANTON | Hollandfl.1769-1830, MIM | Level, 1769 = LEY. | made instruments for O. Canzius. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. |
| FILBRI, GERARD BERNARD HENDRIK | Holland, 1811-83, OIM | Lens, 1753 = DEU. | 1753 entry must be a mistake. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. |
| FILBY, D. 1 | Germany, fl.1750-60, NIM PHIM | Sextants = Cabrillo Marine Museum, Long Beach, Cal. (1750, 1760), HAM; Octants = HAM, Soth.-B 3/2/79; Barometer = HAA; Compass Rose = Staatl. Navigationsschule, Hamburg. | Hamburg. | USNM; Schück 2; RSW. | |
| FILBY, D. 2 | Germany, c.1840, NIM | Sextant = P.C. | O'Mara. | ||
| FILFORD | see Vandome, Filford and Co. | ||||
| FILIBERTO, EMANUELE | Italy, fl.1570-75, MIM | globe maker. | Rome. | Globus, Dec. 1956. | |
| FILINGER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ely. | Goodison 1. | |
| FILIPPO E HOVER | Italy, c.1764, MIM | Higgens 3. | |||
| FINCH | England, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, case = P-B 9/24/38. | may be I. Finch. which see. | RSW. | |
| FINCH, I. | England, c.1750, MIM | Sector = Soth. 2/8/83. | RSW. | ||
| FINCH, JACOB | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on May 3, 1686. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FINE, FRANCOIS | France?, c.1500, MIM | François Finé. | Maddison 6. | ||
| FINE, ORONCE | France, 1494-1555, MIM | Navicula, ivory, 1524 = POR = MPP; Astronomical Clock, 1553 = Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris. | Oronce Finé; instrument designer and maker; author; navicula signed "Op. Orontii F. 1524." | Briançon; Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Nachet; Poulle 2; Moreux; Brusa 1; Portaluppi Cat.; RSW. |
| FINLAY, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1846-50, MIM OIM PHIM | 46 John Street (1846-47); 225 George Street (1848); 87 London Street (1849-50); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | ||
| FINLAY, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1820-22, MIM | 65 George Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | ||
| FINLAYSON, JOHN | Scotland, 1743, MIM OIM SIM | Compound Microscopes = RSM (1743), OXF; Telescopic Level, double = Soth. 10/5/90. | Jacobite; Burgess and Guild Brother, 1743; may have been a Hammerman. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 & 4; Nichols; RSW. |
| FINNEY AND LIDDLE | Scotland, fl.1826-27, OIM | Joseph Finney 2 and William Liddle. | 3 North Bank Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| FINNEY, JOSEPH 1 | England, 1708-72, PHIM | Angle Barometers = X, Christie-G 6/30/92, KEN; Pyrometers = X(2); Metallic Thermometer = Burton Constable. | Freeman of Liverpool, 1733; also made hygrometers and clocks; Christie barometer signed "J. Finney, Liverpool", walnut case; Joseph Finney 2 is probably son. | Liverpool. | D.N.B.; Antiquarian Horology, Sept. 1976; Fairclough; Elizabeth Hall; McConnell 1; RSW. |
| FINNEY, JOSEPH 2 | England; Scotland, fl.1770-1825, MIM OIM PHIM | Angle Barometer = KEN; Micrometer Gauge = KEN; Elliptical Trammel = KEN; Dial Pyrometer = KEN; Stick Barometer = P.C. | could be son of Joseph Finney 1; Edinburgh shop may be branch; all KEN instruments are part of George III Coll.; see Finney and Liddle. | Liverpool; 5 Bank Street (1818); 3 North Bank Street, (1819-1825); both Bank Street addresses are in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1553); Daumas 1; Chaldecott 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW; Tyler. |
| FIORA, J. | England, fl.1814-15?, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1970); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/17/87. | Signed "J. Fiora Nottingham"; the name also appears on clocks. | Long Row?, Nottingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| FIORENZA, FRANCISCO | Italy, | set of ivory tablets with designs of a fortress. | Peter Brophy thinks the work is Flemish or Dutch. | Milan. | Brophy. |
| FIORINI, MATTEO | Italy, 1827-1901, MIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Globes = Museo della Societa Geografica Italiana, Rome. | Bologna. | Maddison 7; Globus, Dec.1956. | |
| FIORINO, S.D. | c.1835, PHIM | Barometer = KAS. | von Mackensen 1. | ||
| FIORUZZI E BIANCHI | Italy; France?, c.1820, PHIM | Galvanometer = Dept. of Physics, U. of Parma. | A. Fioruzzi and B. Bianchi 3 of Paris collaborated on this instrument used in Macedonio Melloni's lab. | Piacenza; Paris? | Brenni 1. |
| FIORUZZI, A. | Italy; France?, c.1820, PHIM | see Fioruzzi e Bianchi. | Piacenza. | Brenni 1. | |
| FISCHER 1 | England, 1783, MIM | patented a pedometer in 1763. | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| FISCHER 2 | USA, c.1850, MIM | Hydrometer Set = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79. | 58 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| FISCHER, JOHANN PAUL | Germany, c.1840, MIM | Heliochronometers = PRA, Soth. 11/16/87. | Nürnberg? | Zinner 1; Horsky and Skopova; RSW. | |
| FISCHER, N.C. | Germany, 1781, MIM | Mining Compass, 1781 = P.C.(1987). | Saalfeld. | RSW. | |
| FISCHER, PETRUS | Denmark, 1591, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1591 = ROS-66. | pupil of Tycho Brahe. | Rosenborg Castle Cat. | |
| FISH, ASA | USA, MIM | Gunter Scale = Streeter Coll. = MYS. | Mystic, Conn. | RSW. | |
| FISHER | USA, c.1823, PHIM | Barometer = Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Pa. | may be Martin Fisher; also made thermometers and other philosophical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. |
| FISHER, EBENEZER | England, c.1725, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Smith 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 4, 1717 for eight years; free of the Company on Oct. 4, 1725. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FISHER, JAMES | USA, fl.1846-53, PHIM | also made chemical apparatus. | 58 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| FISHER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1776, | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company in 1776. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FISHER, JOHN 2 | USA, c.1790, MIM | made an astronomical clock in 1790. | Yorktown, Pa. | Prime; USNM. | |
| FISHER, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1849-53, MIM PHIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| FISHER, MARTIN | USA, c.1791, PHIM | made glass instruments, barometere, thermometers, etc; succeeded Alloysius Ketterer; see Fisher. | Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Middleton 1; Bedini 1 and 8; USNM. | |
| FISHER, THOMAS | USA, c.1846, MIM | made an astronomical device; won an award for it in 1846. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| FISHWICK, C. | England, c.1839, MIM NIM OIM | Naval Quay, Hull. | Taylor 2(2127). | ||
| FITCH, JOHN 1 | England?, c.1770, MIM | Protractor = X. | Haviland. | Price 2 (1964). | |
| FITCH, JOHN 2 | USA, c.1793, | improved the traverse board with "The Columbian Ready Reckoner", 1793. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| FITCHETT, EDWARD | England, c.1804, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 20, 1804. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FITTON, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1780-87, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1780 = P.C. | worked with Francis Fitton. | 36 Grafton Street; 60 Paul Street (1787); both in Cork. | Taylor 2(834); Brewington 1; Jannasch; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| FITTON, ALEXANDER AND FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1784-87, MIM NIM | 36 Grafton Street, Cork. | Taylor 2(834). | ||
| FITTON, FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1784-87, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1784 = PEA. | worked with Alexander Fitton. | 36 Grafton Street (1784); 36 Paul Street (1787); both in Cork. | Taylor 2(834); Brewington 1; NMM 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| FITZ, HENRY, JR. | USA, 1803-63, OIM | Lens, ten-inch, achromatic = ADL-A207; twelve-inch Objective = P.C.; Refracting Telescopes = USNM, U. of Michigan, Allegheny Observatory. | first important telescope maker in the U.S.A. | 508 Fourth Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM; Howell; Multhauf 2; ADL; RSW. |
| FITZGERALD, KEANE | England, fl.1765-75, PHIM | Metallic Thermometer = X. | designed a new wheel barometer; author. | Taylor 2(478); Chaldecott 4; Middleton 1. | |
| FITZGERALD, MICHAEL | Ireland, c.1820, MIM | Sullivan's Quay, Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| FITZGERALD, WILLIAM | England, c.1801, NIM | invented a marine level instrument. | Grey's Inn, Middlesex, London[?]. | Taylor 2(1122). | |
| FITZROY, ADMIRAL ROBERT | England, 1805-65, | designed a new scale for barometere and a new shock-proof barometer for naval ships, both after 1850. | London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| FIXLMILLNER, PLACIDUS | Austria, 1721-91, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1766 = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1; Rabenalt. | |
| FLACK, RICHARD | England, c.1749, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 2, 1749. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FLAMENT | France, 19th Century, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Christie-NY 10/24/83. | the French curve is marked "3614 Bte. S.G.D.G." | Paris. | RSW. |
| FLAMSTEED, JOHN | England, 1646-1719, MIM | Mural Quadrant (with Abraham Sharp), 1688-1689 = NMM. | The first Astronomer Royal; author. | Greenwich. | Taylor 1(318); Daumas 1; Nachet; Howse 1. |
| FLANAGAN, PATRICK | Ireland, 1824, MIM | 13 Fishamble Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| FLANTIN, ETIENNE | France, c.1608, MIM | instrument maker to Henry IV. | au Louvre, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| FLECHET, P. | France, MIM | Heliochronometer = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| FLECHET, P.,ET CIE. | France, c.1850, MIM | Heliochronometer = USN. | "Ingénieur". | 5 Rue Nve. Pr. Augustin, Paris. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| FLECHEUX, ABBE | France, c.1780, MIM | Tellurium = DPW; Loxocosme = P.C. | Abbé Flecheux; invented the "Loxocosme" to demonstrate the motions of the earth. | Brieux 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| FLEETWOOD, RICHARD | England, c.1793, MIM | apprenticed to John Browning 1 in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 7, 1793. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| FLEMING, JOHN | England, 1842-47, MIM | 41 Brick Lane (1842); 191 St. George Street (1847); both in London. | O'Mara. | ||
| FLETCHER | Scotland, MIM | Pair of Globes, small = D.(1983) = RSM. | "Fletcher's Celestial Globe" also appears on a globe made by W. and A.K. Johnston. | Clarke et al; RSW. | |
| FLETCHER, J., AND SON | England, OIM | T.C.; opticians; made chronometers and watches. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. | |
| FLETCHER, M., AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN; Stick Barometer = Hutchinson-Scott Auctioneers, 6/14/94. | Stick barometer signed "Fletcher and Son, London." | 95 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| FLIEGER, KASPAR | Germany?, c.1750, MIM | Pair of Globes = Prague Observatory. | Society of Jesus. | Zinner 1; Globus, June 1963. | |
| FLINDELL, JOHN | England, c.1782, OIM | was turned over to George Ribright of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1775; free of the Company in 1782. | Court and von Rohr 3(206). | ||
| FLINT, HENRY | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 3, 1701. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FLINT, THOMAS | England, fl.1826-48, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = KEN. | 9 High Street (1826-31); 31 Whitefriars Gate; 34 Whitefriars Gate (1835-48); all in Hull. | KEN; Taylor 2(2128). | |
| FLOCKHART, ANDREW | England, fl.1811-23, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Flockhart Covent Garden, London." | 5 King Street, Covent Garden, London. | Goodison 1. |
| FLORENT, ARNOLD | see Langren. | ART. | |||
| FLORENT, ARNOLD, FILIUS | see Langren. | Belgian Inv. | |||
| FLORENT, JACOB | see Langren. | Belgian Inv.; Globus, Dec. 1957. | |||
| FLORIANUS, ANTONIUS | Italy, fl.1545-55, MIM | Terrestrial Globe Gores, 1555 = N.Y. Public Library. | Udine. | Yonge. | |
| FLOTTMAN | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Protractor = Soth. 10/4/77 = P.C. | Berlin. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |
| FLOUTRIERES, PIERRE DE | France, c.1619, | Floutrières; designed sundials; author. | Paris. | Goldschmidt Cat. | |
| FLOWER, CHRISTOPHER 1 | England, c.1650, MIM | successor to Thomas Flower. | in the Bulwarke by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(237); NMM 1. | |
| FLOWER, CHRISTOPHER 2 | England, 1653-93, MIM OIM | employed by William Spencer 1 in early 1671; apprenticed, 1671, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1678. | Bishopsgate Street, London (1693). | Taylor 1(237); Evans 1; Dewhirst; NMM 1; Court and von Rohr 3(43). | |
| FLOWER, GEORGE | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1670; free of the Company, July 3, 1682. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FLOWER, JOHN | England, fl.1712-57, MIM OIM | son of Christopher Flower 2; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, 1712; Master of the Company in 1735. | NMM 1; Court and von Rohr 3(81). | ||
| FLOWER, MARY | England, fl.1693-97, MIM OIM | widow of Christopher Flower 2; mother of John Flower; managed husband's shop. | Bishopsgate Street, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(68). | |
| FLOWER, SAMUEL | England, MIM | made small Gunter's quadrant. | Taylor 1(217). | ||
| FLOWER, THOMAS | England, 1642-97, MIM | succeeded by Christopher Flower 1; engraved scales; his sign suggests that he made sundials. | Sign of the Dyall in the Bulwarke by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(201); Evans 1. | |
| FLOWER, W. | England, c.1646, MIM | made gunnery instruments described in William Eldred's book. | The Bulwarke by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(217). | |
| FLOWER, WILLIAM | England, c.1768, | clergyman; invented a type of slide rule; author, 1768; John Bennett 2 made the slide rule. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| FLUDD, ROBERT | England, 1574-1637, | designed instruments including a geometrical staff and combination barometer and thermometer. | Oxford; London. | Taylor 1(93); Weil 2; Gunther 2. | |
| FOBIS, PIERRE DE | France, fl.1535-65, MIM | Armillary Sphere with clock = VIE; Astronomical Clock, 1535 = X. | globe maker. | Lyon. | Michel 3; Bertele 1; Globus, June 1963; Brieux 2. |
| FOCARD, JACQUES | France, c.1546, | designed astrolabes; author. | Lyon. | Weil 2(27). | |
| FOCINI, BERNARDO | see Bernardus Facini. | ||||
| FOEF | MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Pugsley Sale. | "No. 5." | RSW. | |
| FOEHR, JAN CORNELISZ VON | Holland?, 1770, NIM | Octant, 1770 = HAK. | RSW. | ||
| FOERING | see Pleis, Foering and Thudium. | ||||
| FOGGED, LUCAS | USA, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Maritime Museum of British Columbia. | USNM. | ||
| FOIRET | France, c.1850, OIM | Parabolic Reflector = D. | Paris. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| FOKKENBERG, J.D. | Holland, 1777, OIM | Microscopes = KEN (1777), CRI. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2; KEN. | |
| FOLE, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1667, MIM | one of nineteen instrument makers admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668. | J. Brown 1; Clay and Court. | ||
| FOLE, ROBERT 2 | misreading for "Jole." | Clay and Court. | |||
| FOLETTI, MICHAEL | England, fl.1844-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 88 Curtain Road (1844-46); 4-5 Bateman's Row (1847-49); 64 Banner Street (1851-52); 89 Old Street (1853-60); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| FOLGER, GIDEON | USA, OIM | Spyglass = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass. | Nantucket, Mass. | RSW. | |
| FOLGER, WALTER, JR. | USA, 1765-1849, MIM OIM | Astronomical Clock, Mariner's Compasses, Telescope = Foulger Museum, Nantucket, Mass. | scientist, astronomer, philosopher, Member of Congress, State Senator. | Nantucket, Mass. | Bedini 1; USNM; RSW. |
| FOLIE, A.P. | 1796, MIM | Garden Sundial, small, 1796 = D. | RSW. | ||
| FOLKES, MARTIN | England, 1690-1754, OIM | designed a Cuff-type microscope with a micrometer. | Nachet. | ||
| FOLLI, P. FRANCESCO | Italy, 1624-85, PHIM | Hygrometer = FLO-2434. | Poppi. | Bonelli 1 & 5. | |
| FOND, SIGAUD DE LA | France, 1730-1810, | worked on the plate electrical machine, 1771. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| FONDRINIER | see Fourdrinier. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| FONETES | MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood = DPW. | RSW. | ||
| FONTAINE, DE | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | RSW. | ||
| FONTAINEMOREAU, PIERRE ARMAND | Scotland, c.1844, | Le Comte de Fontainemoreau; he invented a new type of barometer. | Skinner's Place, Sise Lane, Edinburgh? | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol.IV, p.56. | |
| FONTANA 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wycombe. | Goodison 1. | |
| FONTANA 2 | England, | see B. Fontana; Bulla, Grassi and Fontana; Grassi and Fontana. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| FONTANA, B. | England, fl.1830-56, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "B. Fontana Exeter". | Cowick Street, St. Thomas, Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| FONTANA, B. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kettering. | Goodison 1. | |
| FONTANA, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 4/24/87. | High Wicombe. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| FONTANA, FELICE | Italy, 1730-1805, OIM PHIM | Balance Barometer = FLO. | earliest known director of Grand Duke Léopold's Museum which is now the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence; used spider silk for cross lines in a level with two telescopes that he built; also made thermometers. | Florence. | Bonelli 5; Michel 1 & 3; Daumas 1; Morpurgo 1; Boffito; Italian Inv.; Bedini 8; Knoefel; Middleton 1. |
| FONTANA, FRANCESCO | Italy, fl.1580-1656, OIM | claimed to have invented a telescope in 1608, and a microscope in 1618; author; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Naples. | Offenbacher 22; Nachet; Weil 2(19); Clay and Court. | |
| FONTANA, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see Fontana 1 and E. Fontana. | High Wycombe. | RSW. |
| FONTANA, G.B. | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Celestial Globe = Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck. | Globus, Nov. 1954. | ||
| FONTANI | see Fontana. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | |||
| FONTANI, M. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 9/10/86. | High Wycombe. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| FONTEYNE, LA | France, 1645, MIM | Sundial, compass in butt of pistol = Wallace Coll.-A1182, London. | Mourgues. | Cousins. | |
| FONZONOLE, ROUX | France, OIM | Microscope = D. | Paris. | Brieux 3. | |
| FOORD, RICHARD | England, c.1660, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company; free of the Company in 1660. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FOPPES, WYTZE | Holland, 1707-78, MIM NIM OIM | Trigonometric Instruments = P.C. (1751), LEY (1757); Telescope, Gregorian = Eisinga's house, Franeker; Reflecting Circle = AMST; Telescopes, reflecting = Auctions, 1906 and 1910. | Rooseboom puts "Dongjuma" in parentheses after the surname; also made microscopes. | Leeuwarden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. |
| FORBIN | see Fortin. | Gunther 2. | |||
| FORD, GEORGE 1 | England; USA, fl.1811-42, MIM NIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrant = D.(1970). | either he or his son, George Ford 2, was a clockmaker. | West King Street, Lancaster, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1; Moskowitz 101. |
| FORD, GEORGE 2 | USA, c.1842, MIM NIM SIM | succeeded his father, George Ford 1, in 1842. | Lancaster, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1. | |
| FORD, HENRY | England, c.1724, | free in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FORD, J. | England, c.1800, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 2/1/79; Octant = OXF; Hadley's Quadrant = PRA. | may be John Ford, which see. | London. | Taylor 2(1123); Horsky and Skopova; RSW. |
| FORD, JOHN | England, c.1813, MIM | apprenticed to John King 2 in the Grocers' Company, 1802; turned over to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1805; free of the Company in 1813. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| FORD, ROBERT | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 7, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FORDHAM, THOMAS | England, c.1776, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Fordham." | Bishops Stortford. | Goodison 1. |
| FOREST, J. | France, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Versailles 11/20/83 (3), Melun 4/28/83, Soth.-B 9/12/73, D.(1972), Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; Celestial Globe = D.(1972); Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Versailles 4/24/83. | some of the globes are marked "Trazada por J. Forest Ingenioro Geografo." | Paris. | Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| FOREST-DUCHESNE, NICOLAS | France, 1639, | designed a sector with sights and socket, 1639; author. | Daumas 1. | ||
| FORIANO, FRA FRANCESCO DE | Italy, 1743, OIM | Microscope, 1743 = ROM. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| FORLANI, PAOLO DI | see Paulus de Furlanis. | Woodward 1; RSW. | |||
| FORNELLI | see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni. | Taylor 2(2179); Goodison 1. | |||
| FORNETH | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| FORRE AND CO. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1970). | London. | RSW. | |
| FORREST | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| FORSTER | see Graham and Forster. | ||||
| FORSTER, CLEMENT | England, fl.1682-94, MIM PHIM | Sector = D.(1994). | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 29, 1670; free of the Company, July 3, 1682; took apprentices; barometer maker. | at Mr. Davis's, near Painter's Coffee House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London (1694). | J. Brown 3; Taylor 1(345); Goodison 1; Coffeen X (1994). |
| FORSTER, DANIEL | England, 1733, NIM | Davis Quadrant, 1733 = Versailles 11/19/79. | Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| FORSTER, HANS | Germany?, MIM | Dividers = NUR-WI242. | RSW. | ||
| FORSTER, SAMUEL | England, | designed an equatorium, made by Anthony Thompson. | North 2. | ||
| FORSTER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1630-74, MIM | Calendar = NMM-Gabb Coll. | pupil of William Oughtred in 1630; designed a protractor. | Red Bull over against St. Clement's Churchyard, outside Temple Bar, London. | Taylor 1(164); Rabone 1. |
| FORSTHOFF, JOHANN WILHELM | Germany, c.1700, PHIM | Money Balance = Soth. 6/25/68. | RSW. | ||
| FORSYTH, WILLIAM | England, MIM | Slide Rule, single, wood = RSM. | RSW. | ||
| FORTIER | France, fl.1725-60, MIM | Astronomical Clocks with Armillary Spheres = Wallace Collection (1763), Getty Museum, P.C. | Paris. | Connaissance des Arts, 1975. | |
| FORTIN ET HERMANN | France, c.1830, PHIM | Pneumatic Apparatus = USNM; Hygrometer = USNM; Porosity Apparatus = USNM. | Nicolas Fortin. | Paris. | USNM; Middleton 4; Daumas 1. |
| FORTIN, AUGUSTIN | France, fl.1768-80, MIM | Astronomical Clock = NMM; Terrestrial Globes = Schuhmann-96 (1770), CNAM (1769, 1770, 1780), NMM (1770)(2); Celestial Globes = ADL-A262 (1780), CNAM (1770, 1780), Drouot 11/6/67; Pair of Globes, 1780 = D.(1970); Armillary Spheres = D.(1974), VEO, Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y.; Planispheres = P.C., ADL-DPW53 (1768); Planetarium = D.(1974). | "Ingénieur pour les globes et sphères"; Yonge gave first address. | Mouchy-la-V. (Oise); chez le S. Fortin, rue de la Harpe, Paris. | Brieux 3; Bonelli 4; Italian Inv.; Daumas 1; Nachet; MADEX; Wynter 1; Stevenson; Yonge; ADL; RSW. |
| FORTIN, ETIENNE | France, c.1785, MIM OIM | made large astronomical instruments. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| FORTIN, JEAN NICHOLAS | France, 1750-1831, MIM NIM PHIM | Barometers = CNAM, FLG, GMT; Air Pump, 1780 = FLO; Air Pump = CNAM; Spherometer = CNAM; Repeating Circle = CNAM; Balance = WHI. | the foremost precision instrument maker in Paris of his era, he made chemical apparatus and precision balances for Antoine Lavoisier; developed a portable cistern barometer; Yonge thought he made the Hispanic Society armillary sphere. | rue Saint Honoré; rue de la Sorbonne; rue de la Montagne-Sainte Geneviève; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; Brewington 1; Bonelli 1 & 4; Maistrov 4; Brieux 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Italian Inv; J.A. Bennett 2; Middleton 1; Yonge. |
| FORTIN, LE SIEUR | see Augustin Fortin and Jean Nicholas Fortin as both used this title. | Daumas 1. | |||
| FORTIN, LOUISE | France, c.1793, MIM | worked with her father, Augustin Fortin; globe maker. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| FOSANELLI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bishops Castle. | Goodison 1. | |
| FOSSE-E-O | MIM | Proportional Dividers, wood and metal = USNM. | the hyphens indicate illegible letters. | USNM. | |
| FOSSELL, DAVID | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Hinckley. | Goodison 1. | |
| FOSTER | England, 19th Century, MIM | Floating Sundial, ivory = P.C. | marked "Magnetic Sun Dial." | RSW. | |
| FOSTER AND CAMMACK | England, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-TL98. | Liverpool. | Frank. | |
| FOSTER, CHARLES | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | Halifax. | RSW. | |
| FOSTER, CLEMENT | see Clement Forster. | ||||
| FOSTER, DANIEL | England, NIM | a copy of a mariner's compass signed "Daniel Foster" was made and signed by L.C. Eichner of New Jersey, for the Mayflower II. | near Wapping Old Stairs, London. | Taylor 1(351); RSW. | |
| FOSTER, EDWARD | England, fl.1777-85, MIM | Planetarium, 1777 = X. | also a clock maker. | Carlisle. | Bryden 9. |
| FOSTER, JAMES 1 | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | partner with L.T. Wells as Wells and Foster 1. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| FOSTER, JAMES 2 | USA, 1814-73, MIM PHIM SIM | Solar Compass = Oregon State Logging Museum, Klamath Falls.; Surveyor's Compasses = Abraham Lincoln Museum, Springfield, Il., D.(1978). | see also "Wells and Foster" 2 and "James Foster Jr. and Co." | Fifth and Race Street, Cincinnatti, Ohio. (1852-73). | Smart 1; RSW. |
| FOSTER, JAMES, JR. AND CO. | USA, 1814-73, MIM PHIM SIM | Transit = Ohio State Museum, Columbus; Surveying Chain= D.(1991). | James Foster 2. | Baltimore, Md (1814-38); Cincinnati, Ohio (1838-73). | Smart 1; Coffeen 35. |
| FOSTER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 of the Clockmakers' Company in 1680; free of the Company on Jan. 20, 1690. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FOSTER, JOHN 2 | Englandc.1693, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on May 3, 1693; free of the Company, April 4, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FOSTER, JOHN 3 | England, c.1726, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Foster 2 (or 1) of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 1, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FOSTER, JOHN 4 | England, c.1797, | apprenticed to Joseph Stutchbury in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1797. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FOSTER, JOHN 5 | England, fl.1830-37, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant, ebony = Soth. 10/28/86. | T.C. | 70 Sparling Street; 43 Sparling Street; 33 Strand Street. all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1849); Brewington 1; RSW. |
| FOSTER, JOSEPH | England, c.1728, MIM | apprenticed to his father , John Foster 2 (or 1), of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 6, 1728. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| FOSTER, ROGER 1 | England, c.1650, MIM | Horary Quadrant = D.(1969). | this instrument was later modified with a radius arm to serve as a surveying quadrant; it was used for survey work in New England, c.1750. | USNM; RSW. | |
| FOSTER, ROGER 2 | France?, c.1790, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Soth. 3/10/87. | RSW. | ||
| FOSTER, SAMUELL | England, fl.1619-52, | designed a type of sector that was made by Anthony Thompson 1; designed and made other instruments and sundials; professor of Astronomy at Gresham College; author; see S.F. | Coventry. | Calvert 2; Taylor 1(139); Weil 2(15); Brusa 1. | |
| FOSTER, W. | England, fl.1685-90, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = BM(3) one dated 1685, OXF (1690). | Gunther 2; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| FOSTER, W.T. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 12/17/75. | Ramsgate. | RSW. | |
| FOUCALT, JEAN BERNARD LEON | France, 1819-68, OIM PHIM | Philosophical Instrument = POB; Telescope = Observatoire de Marseilles (2). | Jean Bernard Léon Foucalt; designed microscopes for daguerreotypes; designed pendulum to show motion of the earth; invented a gyroscope in 1852. | Paris. | Nachet; Trois Siècles; G.L'E. Turner 24; Maynent. |
| FOUCHE | see Fourché. | ||||
| FOUCHY, MR. GRANDJEAN DE | France, fl.1732-69, | invented the micrometer scale which was added by Le Maire Fils in 1741 to the telescopic quadrant, ADL-M186, which had been made by Philippe Claude Lebas, c.1675; Fouchy was a member of the Académie Royal des Sciences. | Paris. | Engelmann 1; Fox 1; Ronfort 1; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| FOUCQUIER, ANTHOUNE | France, fl.1587-89, MIM SIM | Sundial, ivory, 1587 = Peyrot Coll.; Circumferentor, 1589 = DEU. | Evans 1; Price 2. | ||
| FOUITIE, MME. DE | France?, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-T154. | Frank. | ||
| FOULLON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Rule, folding, ivory = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| FOULLON, ABEL | France, 1513-65, | invented the holometer for surveying; author; director of the Mint for Henri II. | Paris. | Michel 3; Boffito; Weil 2. | |
| FOURCHE | France, fl.1780-1810, MIM | Measures = CNAM; Money Balance = TPD. | Fourché; measures marked "l'an V". | rue de la Ferronnerie, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. |
| FOURDRINIER | France, pre-1672, MIM SIM | Graphometer = FIN-240 = ADL-N33; Gnomonic Instrument = X. | Paris. | Nachet; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| FOUX | Holland, 1752, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments; went to Leyden in 1752. | De Clerq. | ||
| FOWLER, F. | England, MIM | Table Sundial = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | London. | RSW. | |
| FOWLER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1709, OIM | apprenticed to John Yarwell in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1709. | The Globe, Sweetings Alley, London. | Robischon. | |
| FOWLER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1720-39, MIM PHIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = P.C., D.(1964), Soth. 11/23/59; Azimuth Compass = NMM; Sundial, 1737 = OXF; Sundial = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Protactor = D.(1996); Universal Sundial = D.(1995). | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1; T.C.; made slide rules, thermometers, etc. | at the Globe in Swithin Alley by the Royal Exchange; at the Globe in Sweeting's Alley by the Royal Exchange (1737); both in London; [may be one address]. | Taylor 2(174); Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Baillie 1; RSW; Gunther 2; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; NMM 2; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen 49 and 55. |
| FOWLER, JOHN WILLIAM | England, c.1753, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 9, 1753. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FOWLER, T. | England, c.1700, MIM | Azimuth Compass = SWE. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. | |
| FOWLER, WILLIAM | England, 1738, NIM | Backstaff, 1738 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| FOWLES | England, c.1676, MIM | made Townley-type micrometer which Flamsteed gave to Gian Domenico Cassini, c.1676. | London. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| FOWLT, JOHN | England, c.1737, | apprenticed to Robert Cole 1 in the Stationers' Company; turned over to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company, June 7, 1737. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| FOX | England, PHIM | Dip Circles = X. | Cornwall. | McConnell (1984). | |
| FOX, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Edmund Fox or earlier E. Fox recorded by Baillie; barometer signed "E. Fox Ely and Soham." | Ely and Soham. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| FOX, EDMUND | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker? see E. Fox. | Broad Street, Ely. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| FOX, H. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | scale plate etched (?). | Wakefield. | RSW. |
| FOX, JOSEPH | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Mrs. Martha Rust in the Grocers' Company, 1801. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| FOX, ROBERT WERE | England, fl.1831-48, | designed a dipping needle and a terrestrial magnetism measuring instrument. | Falmouth, Cornwall. | Taylor 2(1850). | |
| FOXON, WILLIAM | England, 1772, | invented a hydrometer, or mechanical log, 1772. | Deptford. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| FOY | France, OIM | Spyglass = FRK. | optician. | Galerie Vivienne No. 59A, Paris. | Frank. |
| FPLEGER, CHRISTOPH HUDIER | 1629, MIM | Protractor, 1629 = STU. | RSW. | ||
| FRADER, DIDAE, SATDAN | 1511, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1511 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | ||
| FRAENKEL, H.H. | Holland, 19th Century?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Auction, 1975. | Groningen. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| FRAGET, F. | Francec.1850, MIM | Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | marked "Constucteur." | Paris. | RSW. |
| FRAIDEL | see Raidel. | ||||
| FRAMBOTTI, PAOLO | Italy, c.1649, MIM | Sector = X. | Padua. | Nachet. | |
| FRAN:US, P. PETRUS, DE WILLEVEAUX | see Willeveaux, P. Petrus Fraa~:us de. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| FRANCESCO DI PADUA | Italy, | owner of many fine instruments made for him by Erasmus Habermel; badge was three rose bushes. | RSW. | ||
| FRANCHETTA | England, MIM | Alidade = CYM. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| FRANCIS, BULMER | England, fl.1731-74, MIM | apprenticed to Richard George on April 5, 1709; turned over to Richard Hutchinson, of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FRANCIS, E.G. | England, fl.1836-42, OIM | Microscope = CRI. | Gunther thought it was 92 Berwick Street. | 82 Berwick Street, Soho, London. | O'Mara; Gunther 2. |
| FRANCIS, GEORGE | England, fl.1828-42, MIM OIM PHIM | 103 Regent Street (1828-29); 93 Berwick Street; both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1851); Nachet. | ||
| FRANCIS, JM. | USA, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer, mahogany = Sack. | 13 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | I. Sack Brochure 29, 10/1/76. | |
| FRANCIS, LAWRENCE C. | USA, fl.1844-83, PHIM | Barometers = Soth.-PB pre-1980, Atwater Kent Museum and Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Stick Barometer = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Barometer and Thermometer = D.(1957). | signed "L.C. Francis." | Fetter Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; RSW. |
| FRANCISCI D'ESPANA | Spain, 1692, MIM | Astrolabe, 1692 = ROM. | Francisci d'España; ICA-501. | Bonelli 4; Price 1; ICA 2; Bedini 12; RSW. | |
| FRANCISCI DI VECTIOSI | Italy, 1577, MIM | Astrolabe-Quadrant, 1577 = P. and S. 6/18/1894-34 = BMR; Quadrant, 1577 = OXF. | P. and S. signed "Opus." | Gunther 6; RSW. | |
| FRANCISCUS DE SALUIS | Italy, 1682, MIM | Drawing Compass, 1682 = ADL-M75. | "Franciscus de Saluis Roman. fecit Neap. 1682." | Rome; Naples. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| FRANCISCUS DI CREMONA | Italy, 1638, MIM | Dividers, 1638 = Istituto di Fisico, Padua. | Cremona. | Italian Inv. | |
| FRANCISCUS DI VITIOLI | see Francisci di Vectiosi. | Société Belge; Belgian Inv. | |||
| FRANCK, CAROLUS | Austria, 1732, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = ADL-M256; Universal Ring Sundial, 1732 = ADL-DPW45. | Zinner and Michel thought he was c.1680. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| FRANCK, JOHAN FREDERICK | 1643, MIM SIM | Protractor with sights = SKO; Surveying Instrument Set = SKO; Horizontal Sundial, 1643 = SKO. | sundial is for 50° latitude. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| FRANCO, CARLO | Italy, c.1653, MIM SIM | Horizontal Sundial = LIE; Graphometer = X. | Milan. | Michel 3. | |
| FRANCOIS | France, c.1750, MIM | Carpenter's Square = ADL-M99. | "François." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| FRANCOIS, A. LE | France, MIM | Instrument = KEN. | "A. Le François." | 174 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal, Paris. | RSW. |
| FRANCOIS, GILBERT | France, pre-1767, OIM | Microscope, silver = Davila Sale 11/12/1767, Paris. | François. | Frick Library, New York City; RSW. | |
| FRANCONE, JOANNES | 1779, MIM | Nachet. | |||
| FRANK, HEI | Germany, c.1830, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Lempertz 4/28/61; Diptych Sundial, wood, leather and paper = WHI. | only initial of first name can be read on WHI. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| FRANKE | Austria, MIM | made various mathematical instruments. | Vienna. | USNM. | |
| FRANKE, JOHANN FRIDERICH | Germany, fl.1640-43, MIM | Proportional Compass, 1640 = VIE; Graphometer, 1642 = VIE; Set of Surveying Instruments, 1643 = SKO; Mining Compass = P.C. | the 1640 octant also shows the name "Benjamin Bramer"; Franke was the Warden of the Castle and the Commandant of Plassenburg. | Plassenburg bi Kulmbach. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 3 & 14; RSW. |
| FRANKEN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | see Johann Friderich Franke. | ||||
| FRANKHAM AND WILSON | England, fl.1856-60, PHIM | barometer makers; see Richard and Henry Frankham. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| FRANKHAM, RICHARD AND HENRY | England, fl.1829-55, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Barometer = Soth. 7/15/66. | also made thermometers; see Frankham and Wilson. | 12 Wilson Street, Grays Inn Road, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| FRANKIN, THOMAS | see Thomas Franklyn. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| FRANKLIN 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | St. Anne's Place, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| FRANKLIN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | 44 High Street, Bloomsbury. | RSW. | |
| FRANKLIN AND CO. | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | T.C. | N°. 20 St.Ann's Square, Manchester. | Calvert 2; RSW. |
| FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN | USA, 1706-90, MIM PHIM | Electrical Machine = Library Company, Philadelphia; Lodestone, 1729 with Franklin's name = Soth. 12/8/69. | scientist, author, diplomat; he invented many philosophical instruments. | Boston, N.E.; Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW; etc. |
| FRANKLYN, THOMAS | England, fl.1716-19, MIM | member of the Stationers' Company; he took over John Farrer and James Howell as apprentices in 1716 and 1719, respectively, from Joseph Harrison of the Grocers' Company. | London. | J.Brown 1. | |
| FRANKS, A. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope, compound binocular = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Manchester, Southport and Hull. | RSW. | |
| FRANKS, ABRAHAM | England, c.1830, OIM | Hick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Taylor 2(1852). | ||
| FRANSZ, PIETER | Holland, c.1629, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | ||
| FRANZ, JOH. GEORG | Germany, fl.1790-1808, MIM | Celestial Globes = Eisenach Thüring Museum (1790), Gotha Landsbibliothek (1804), VNL, DEU, Regensburg Hofbibliothek, VIT; Terrestrial Globe, 1808 = NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Globus, Nov. 1954, June 1962. | |
| FRANZ, JOSEPH, S.J. | Czechoslovakia, 1756, | developed a precision rule in 1756. | Czech. Inv. | ||
| FRANZ-LX, IORGE | Belgium?, 1593, MIM | Sundial, 1593 = LIE. | Michel 9; Belgian Inv. | ||
| FRANZEL, FERD. RUDOLF | Germany, 1749, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1749 = Schiller's House, Weimar. | Zinner 1. | ||
| FRANZI, FELIX | Holland, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer, walnut = Christie April, 1978. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| FRASCATORO, GIROLAMO | Italy, | made a Copernican equatorium. | North 2. | ||
| FRASCOLI, ANTONIO | Italy, 1866, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, 1866 = Linceo Giulio Beccaria, Milan. | Milan. | Middleton 1. | |
| FRASER | England, fl.1789-1815, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including sextants, barometers, telescopes, various types of sundials, pedometers, a magnetic compass dated 1789, etc. | William Fraser or perhaps his son; see Fraser and Son; "Optician to His Majesty." | 3 New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(835); Goodison 1; Evans 1; Whipple 1; Gunther 6; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; Wynter and Turner; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW; Coffeen 14; Bryden 16. |
| FRASER AND SON | England, 1799-1815, MIM PHIM SIM | Box Sextant = Christie 2/16/69; Theodolites = D.(1972), Soth. 11/9/70; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/87. | William Fraser and his son; taken over by Hawks Grice, 1815, and by Edward Dixey in 1817. | New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(835); Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; RSW; Clay and Court; Moskowitz 103. |
| FRASER, A. AND H. | England, c.1825, MIM OIM | Spyglass, six-draw = Soth. 11/9/70; Sundial = Chriatie-SK 11/19/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| FRASER, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1840-70, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1840, stone = Bredisholm. | sundial maker; mason. | Gatty; Somerville. | |
| FRASER, J.G. | England, | owner; "J.G. Fraser, R.N." marked on a sextant in the Frank Coll. | RSW. | ||
| FRASER, JOHN | England, c.1681, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = SPI-2818. | apprenticed to Edward Eyston in the Clockmakers' Company, 1681. | London. | Taylor 1(528); Michel 3; Ernst; Evans 1; Britten; RSW. |
| FRASER, W.M. | England, c.1775, MIM | sold Wright's celestial globes; probably a misreading for Wm. Fraser. | New Bond Street, London. | Soth. 11/20/70. | |
| FRASER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1785-1815, MIM OIM | Spyglass = KEN; Balance = Wallington Museum, Northumberland; Hodometer = Chelsea Fair (1973); Air Pump = P.C.; Level = X; Circular Slide Rule = P.C. | T.C.; instrument maker to King George III; "Optical and Mathematical Instrument Maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales"; see "Fraser" and "Fraser and Son." | Ferguson's Head, 3 New Bond Street; 31 New Bond Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(835); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1; RSW; Moskowitz 103; Delehar 9. |
| FRASI, FREDERICK | MIM | Sun Compass = NMM-D.22. | NMM 2. | ||
| FRASSY | England? France?, c. 1850, MIM | Sector, wood = ADL-M498. | in centimeters. | ADL; RSW. | |
| FRATELLI, BIANCHY | see Bianchy. | ||||
| FRAUENHOFER, JOSEPH VON | Germany, 1787-1826, OIM | Telescopes = STT, VIT, DRE; Spectroscope = DRE; Transit = STT. | made the most important telescopes of his era; joined Reichenbach and Liebherr in 1807; firm was Reichenbach, Utzschneider und Liebherr, 1807-14; was Utzschneider und Liebherr 1814-24; was Utzschneider und Frauenhofer, 1824-26; Frauenhofer built his own optical glass factory in Benedictbeuren Stift; his greatest contributions were in the field of spectroscopy. | Munich; Benedictbeiren. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Drechsler 2; Pipping 1 & 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Repsold; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| FRAZER 1 | England, fl.1785-88, MIM | Pedometers = CLO, P.C. | might be William Fraser. | London. | Baillie 1; RSW. |
| FRAZER 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| FRAZER, WILLIAM | England, c.1825, OIM | 94 Wardour Street, London. | Taylor 2(1557). | ||
| FREAUN, A.R. | France, 1842, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1842 = MAN-I164. | Paris. | Garcia Fraanco 1. | |
| FRECOT | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Museum of Natural History, Paris. | Frécot. | 89 rue de la Harpe, Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| FREDENSBURG, C. | Germany, | this entry does not appear in Zinner, although the entry "B.E." says "see C. Fredensburg." | Zinner 1. | ||
| FREEMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | 25 Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| FREEMAN AND NEW | England, PHIM | T.C.; scalemakers. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| FREEMAN, HENRY | England, fl.1817-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Taylor 2(1336a). | |||
| FREEMAN, HENRY WILLIAM | England, fl.1828-40, MIM | 3 Curtain Road (1828-29); 3 New Inn Yard, Curtain Road (1840); both in London. | O'Mara; Crawforth 6. | ||
| FREEMAN, S. | England, c.1900, | Water Clock, 1642 = MYS. | surely modern, by Birmingham firm. | Gloucester. | RSW. |
| FREEMAN, T.G. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| FREEMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1698, MIM | apprenticed to Cornelius Harbert of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 6, 1686; turned over to Thomas Meades, also of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company, July 4, 1698. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| FREER, JOHN | England, 1646, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1642 = D.(1979). | London. | RSW. | |
| FREMINVILLE | France, c.1790, OIM | Telescope, wood = A-P 3/15/76. | Fréminville; made telescopes for the army. | rue du Bacq, No. 628; Gros Caillou (c.1790); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| FREMOY, C.G. DU | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Clock, geared = SLM. | also signed "Frenoy." | Salzburg. | Evans 1. |
| FRENCH, JAMES | England; USA, 1788, NIM | Davis Quadrant, 1788 = MYS. | brother of Samuel French; may have been owner. | Providence, R.I. | USNM; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. |
| FRENCH, SAMUEL | c.1788, | brother of James French. | RSW. | ||
| FRENCH, SANTIAGO JAMES MOORE | England, fl.1810-44, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X; Stick Barometer = X. | instruments signed "French Royal Exchange." | 14-15 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange (1822-39); 80 Cornhill (1840-44); both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| FRENOY | see Fremoy. | ||||
| FRERSZ, JOHANN EGGERICH | Germany, 1666, MIM SIM | Case of Instruments, 1666 = KAS; Theodolite = BER; Cicumferentor = KAS. | Zinner thought him Frers; may be same as Johann Eggerich, which see. | Gottigen; Cologne. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| FRESNEL, AUGUSTIN JEAN | France, 1788-1827, | developed new microscopes; invented a special lens for lighthouse lamps; author. | Nachet; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| FREY, FRANZ | 1757, MIM | Sundial, square, 1757 = P. and S. 6/8/1894. | RSW. | ||
| FREY, MARTIN | Germany, c.1590, MIM | the inscription, "Martin Frey Regenpure 1590", appears on a universal equinoctial hanging sundial c.1480 at OXF. | Regensburg. | Maddison 6; Evans 1; Gunther 1 and 6. | |
| FRIC, JOSE AND JAN | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM SIM | Theodolite = MOS. | Prague. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Hynie. | |
| FRIED, GEY | see Seyfried. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| FRIEDRICH | Germany, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P. and S. 4/3/1894; Alidades = P. and S. 11/12/1894(2). | Evans 1 listed him as Friedrichy. | Berlin. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| FRIEHER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1600, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = LUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| FRIEND | England, c.1850, MIM | River Current Meter = P.C.; Depth Sounder, No. 322 = D.(1987). | sounder marked "Patentee." | Southampton. | Coffeen 15; RSW. |
| FRIES, A. | Italy, OIM | Telescope = Christie 12/16/69. | "Ottica." | RSW. | |
| FRIES, FREDERIC | Holland, fl.1791-92, PHIM | made philosophical instruments for van Marum. | Haarlem. | G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24. | |
| FRIESE, H. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial, wood = BEK. | Berlin. | Evans 1. | |
| FRIESSFELDT, HANS | Germany, c.1555, MIM | Diptych Sundial = Liegnitz Stadtmuseum. | compass maker; Master in 1555; sundial signed "HANS FR__ NFELT NERMBERG FACIEBAT"; Zinner spelt him as Frueinsfeldt. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. |
| FRIEZ, JULIEN P., AND SON | USA, c.1900, MIM | Compass, with sights = Michigan Historical Society, Lansing, Mich. | also marked "Delagrave et Cie. Editeur, Paris." | Belfort Observatory, Baltimore, Md. | RSW. |
| FRIGERIO, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | may be same as J. Frigerio. | 281 High Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| FRIGERIO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| FRISI, GEO. L. | Italy, 1794, MIM | Quadrant, ivory, 1794 = OXF. | latitude 45°28'. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | |
| FRISIUS, GEMMA | Gemma Frisius (Gemma of Friesland). | RSW. | |||
| FRISIUS, NEPOS GEMMAE | see Gualterus Arsenius, nephew of Gemma Frisius. | USNM; RSW; van Ortroy 2. | |||
| FRIST | 1578, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1578 = MUN. | "Frist, Kurlze dout ewigist Bedenck das end zeit laub't behend." | RSW. | |
| FRISY | see Gemma Frisius. | ||||
| FRITH | England, post-1826, OIM | Telescope, two-draw = FRK-T134. | see Peter Frith and Co. | London. | Frank. |
| FRITH, PETER | England, fl.1820-62, OIM | Microscope, drum = D.(1986). | signed "P. Frith." | London. | Coffeen 13. |
| FRITH, PETER, AND CO. | England, fl.1820-c.66, MIM OIM SIM | Telescope, post-1826 = PEA. | also made microscopes; T.C. | Sheffield; 28 Cursitor Street (1826); 5 Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn (1866), factory; both in London. | Taylor 2(1557a); Brewington 1; USNM; Calvert 2; Coffeen 13. |
| FRITZ, KARL | Germany, c.1750, PHIM | Steelyard = USNM. | Bonn. | USNM. | |
| FROBERG, SVEN | Sweden, 1782, MIM | Fröberg. | Uppsala. | Sidenbladh. | |
| FRODSHAM | England, 19th Century, MIM | Map Measurer = KEN. | Kingsgate Street, Red Lion Square, London. | KEN. | |
| FRODSHAM AND BAKER | England, fl.1809-49, PHIM | John Frodsham and Baker. | Kingsgate Street (1809-23); 33 Gracechurch Street (1823-); both in London. | Britten. | |
| FRODSHAM AND KEEN | England, c.1840, MIM NIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/16/75. | T.C.; chronometer and watch makers. | 9 St. George Crescent; 17 South Castle Street and East Side Salthouse Dock; all in Liverpool. | Brewington 1. |
| FRODSHAM, CHARLES | England, 1811-70, MIM PHIM | Barometer = K. and C. 5/14/75. | apprenticed to his father, William James Frodsham, in the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company in 1845; F.R.S.; successor to Arnold (1843) and to B.L. Vulliamy (1854); brother of John and Henry Frodsham. | London. | Poggendorff; USNM; Pipping 1; Britten; Clifton 1. |
| FRODSHAM, G. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X and K.and C. 5/14/75. | 84 Strand, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| FRODSHAM, HENRY, JR. | England, fl.1835-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = MYS; Octant = WHI; Stick Barometers = Soth. 2/19/87, VNN; Marine Barometer = NOR; Sympiesometer = D.(1961); Sextants = D.(1976), D.(1997). | his instruments are often signed "H.Frodsham"; brother of Charles and John Frodsham. | 38 Castle Street, Liverpool; Change Alley, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1558); Price 2; Bryden 9; Clifton 1; Coffeen 56. |
| FRODSHAM, JOHN | England, 1785-1849, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | member of the Clockmakers' company, 1822; livery of the company in 1830; partner with Baker, 1809-49 as Frodsham and Baker. | Kingsgate Street (1809-23); 33 Gracechurch Street (1823-); both in London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; Britten. |
| FRODSHAM, WILLIAM JAMES | England, fl.1800-38, MIM OIM | see Parkinson and Frodsham. | Taylor 2(1403). | ||
| FROGGATT, SAMUEL | England, fl.1827-46, MIM OIM PHIM | still listed as "Optician" in the 1846 Directory. | 14 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden (1822-29); 27 Bridgehouse Place, Newington Causeway and 13 Charterhouse (1840); all in London. | Taylor 2(1559); O'Mara. | |
| FROGGATT, THOMAS | England, fl.1822-30, OIM | Walkmile, Pickle; Savile Street; both in Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1560). | ||
| FROLANDER, ANDERS | Sweden, b.1733, MIM | Frölander was apprenticed to J.Z. Steinholtz in 1760. | Pipping 1. | ||
| FROMENT, PAUL GUSTAVE | France, 1815-64, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope = BIL; Surveying Instrument, 1850 = P.C.; Electrical Machine = D.; Marine Compass = D. | student at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1835-37); showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 5 rue Ménil/Montant, Paris. | Poggendorff; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Brieux 2; Purtle; Paris-1900; J.A.Bennett 2. |
| FROMOND | 1784, OIM | Microscope, small, 1784 = Liceo Ginnasio D. Manin, Cremona. | Italian Inv. | ||
| FROST | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker; may be W. Frost. | Great Charles Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| FROST AND ADAMS | USA, 1835-1935, MIM SIM | Transit-Level = P.C. | founded in 1835; incorporated in 1895; the Makepeace Company bought Frost and Adams in 1931; artists' supplies; sold surveying instruments under the name of Frost and Adams; successors to Whipple; see Frost and Adams Co; the transit-level was marked "Yankee No. 155." | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1 and 2; Bedini 6; RSW. |
| FROST AND ADAMS CO. | USA, MIM | Rule, wood = ADL-W119. | see Frost and Adams. | Boston, Mass. | ADL; RSW. |
| FROST AND WITHNOLL | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | W. Frost and T. Withnoll; successors to Wood and Lort; rule makers; authors. | Litchfield Street (1767); 14 Litchfield Street (1770); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(591). | |
| FROST BROS. | England, c.1850, MIM | Rope-maker's Gauge = OXF. | patent rope-makers. | London. | RSW. |
| FROST, NOAKES AND CO. | England, PHIM | Frost, J. Noakes and Co. | Goodison 1. | ||
| FROST, W. | see Frost and Withnoll. | Taylor 2(591). | |||
| FROTHERINGHAM, SAMUEL | England, d.1745, | invented a metallic thermometer. | Holbeach, Elloe Holland, Lincolnshire. | Chaldecott 2; Britton. | |
| FROWD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hemel Hempstead. | Goodison 1. | |
| FRUEINSFELDT, HANS | see Hans Friessfeldt. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | |||
| FRUTOLF | Germany, d.1103, MIM | Benedictine monk; made sundials. | Bamberg. | Zinner 1. | |
| FRY, J. | England, 1742, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood, 1742 = Soth. 2/2/76. | in the Old Bailey, London. | RSW. | |
| FRYE AND SHAW | USA, fl.1837-45, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Barometer = MYS; Stick Barometer = John C. Freeman (1845); Marine Compasses = PMS, D.(1983); Octants = P.C.(2); Surveying Compasses = Huntington Historical Society, N.Y., D.(1935), Skinner 6/28/83; Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | Addington D. Frye and Robert Ludlow Shaw; USNM entry says that Huntington instrument is dated 1780. | 222 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Coffeen D; Hague; Warner 12; RSW. |
| FRYE, ADDINGTON D. | USA, fl.1836-48, MIM NIM | see Frye and Shaw. | 222 Water Street (1836-37); 33 Pike (1844-48); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| FRYE, JOSEPH | USA, 1712-94, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = USNM. | this instrument was used by Frye and may have been made by him. | Fryeburg, Me. | Smart 1; Bedini 8. |
| FUCHS | Germany, 1577, MIM | Astrolabe, 1577 = Gillingham Coll. = P.C. | ICA-273; for 50° latitude. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| FUCHS, M. | Germany, c.1817, PHIM | Barometer = DRE; Electrical Machine, 1817 = DRE. | Leipzig. | Drechsler; RSW. | |
| FUCHS, M.C.B. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Celestial Globe = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| FUCHS, THOMAS | Germany; Sweden, fl.1706-45, MIM | Gunner's Scale, 1706 = STT. | Uppsala. | Pipping 1 & 2. | |
| FUGGER | Germany, MIM | Pillar Sundial, "rock crystal" and silver, 1560 = TIM. | the sundial has a parchment calendar inside; the instrument may not be as old as the marked date would indicate. | RSW. | |
| FUHRMANN, ELIAS ADAM | Germany, 1750, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1750 = P. & S. 11/21/1894. | Evans 1. | ||
| FULBY, P. | Germany, NIM | Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca. | probably D. Filby. | Hamburg. | USNM. |
| FULIGATTI, GIULIO | Italy, c.1617, MIM | S.J.; designed sundials; author of "De gli Horivoli a sole", dedicated to Don Cosmo II Gran Duca di Toscana IIII, Ferrara, 1617. | Cesena. | RSW. | |
| FULLER 1 | England, c.1820, OIM | made a microscope in the form of a book. | Norwich. | Taylor 2(1561); Nachet; Clay and Court. | |
| FULLER 2 | England, PHIM | see Caltenback, Fuller and Co. | 77 Blackman Street, Borough, London. | RSW. | |
| FULLER, J. | England, MIM | Level = Soth. 7/15/63. | Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| FULLER, JOHN E. | USA, fl.1845-47, MIM | Time Telegraph, with Calculator, 1845 = WHI; Circular Slide Rule, Palmer-Type = P.C. | invented a circular slide rule, "The Time Telegraph" to figure the number of days between any two dates; patented in 1845; bought out Aaron Palmer and improved Palmer's slide rule by adding his rule to the back of the instrument in 1847; Delehar thought he was George Fuller. | Boston, Mass. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| FULLER, JOSEPH | England, fl.1832-34, MIM PHIM | 2 St.James' Walk, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1856); O'Mara. | ||
| FULLER, MR. | England, fl.1678-85, MIM | invented "a little Cross-Staff." | A.J. Turner 1 & 2. | ||
| FULLER, SAMUEL | Ireland, c.1732, | wrote a book on globes. | Dublin. | Clay and Court. | |
| FULLONE | see Foullon. | ||||
| FULLWOOD, BARBON | England, c.1785, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| FULTON, J. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = Atwater Kent Museum, Phiadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| FULTON, J.L., AND CO. | USA, PHIM | Scale, beam = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| FUNCK, CHRISTLIEB BENEDICT | Germany, 1736-87, MIM | Globe, paper covered, 1780 = SLM; Terrestrial Globe, 1785 = DRE. | Christlieb Benedict Funck von Hartenstein, professor of physics. | Leipzig. | Grötzsch 1; RSW. |
| FUNCK, JOH. MICHAEL | Germany, 1725, MIM | Diptych Sundial, cardboard, 1725 = BAU. | Erfurt. | Zinner 1. | |
| FUNCKLER, F.W. | Holland, fl.1849-60, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = TEY. | won a gold prize at the 1849 Paris Exposition; see Logeman en Funckler. | Haarlem. | G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24. |
| FURLANIS, PAULUS DE | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, silver = WHI. | map maker; sometimes signed "Paolo Forlani"; engraved plate of quadrant for Fabritio Mordente's book. | Verona. | Whipple 1; O. Brown 3; Woodward 1; RSW. |
| FURST, PAULUS | Germany, c.1622, | engraving of an astrolabe signed "M. Francisci Ritteri Noribergensis Paulus Fürst excudit" = OXF (Gunther 288); Fürst also designed a horizontal sundial. | Nürnberg. | Price 1; Gunther 1; Lunardi. | |
| FURSTALLER, JOSEF JAKOB | Austria, 1730-75, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Studienbibliothek, Salzburg. | Fürstaller. | Bramberg and Salzberg. | Globus, Oct. 1953, Nov. 1954, Dec. 1956, June 1963. |
| FURSTLE | Fürstle; see Johann Paul Kraus. | Zinner 1. | |||
| FURTENBACH, MARTIN | Germany, 1535, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1535 = Raymond Fugger (1535). | Zinner 1. | ||
| FURTTENBACH, JOSEPH | Germany, pre-1771, MIM | Fürttenbach; invented and made skaphe sundials (drawing). | Portaluppi; Nedoluha. | ||
| FUSARIUS, FRANCISCUS | Italy, 1637-1638, MIM | Sectors = OXF (1638), ADL SD-2 (1637). | ADL one (viewed by RSW in P.C. 1977) is Guidobaldo-type; OXF has steel points. | Cremona. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| FUSELLI | Italy, NIM | Compass in gimbals = D.(1976). | Genoa. | RSW. | |
| FUSORIS, JOHANNE | France, c.1365-1436, MIM | Astrolabes = OXF (ICA-192, 194, 196), CNAM-19544, NOR, BAR, GIL, DPW (ICA-193b), RSM-1947/27, ADL-M27 (ICA-199), FIN (ICA-193) = Landau = ADL-W264, ANM (ICA-460), BRS (ICA-568), NMM (ICA-337), University of Wroclaw, D.(1993); Mars plate for Equatorium, 1400, = P.C. | Fusoris astrolabes, though not signed, are so well documented by Poulle that identification is certain. | Giraumont; Paris. | Poulle 1 & 6; Michel 2; Price 1; Gunther 1; Simoni; Polish Inv.; A.J. Turner 10; DSB; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| FUSS, NICHOLAS | Germany, c.1774, | designed a microscope. | Nachet. | ||
| FUSSEN | Germany, | Füssen. | Bobinger 5. | ||
| FUSSES, NIZZAER | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Rule = DRE. | Nürnberg. | Drechsler. | |
| FUTTEL, THOMAS | see Thomas Tuttell. | Daumas 1. | |||
| FYFE, S.H. | Scotland, NIM | Compass in gimbals = FRK-N3 = RSM. | Glasgow. | Frank; Clarke et al. | |
| FYOT, F.M. | England, c.1785, | invented a "cyclometer" and a graphometer. | 33 Compton Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(836). | |
| G. | Portugal, 1605, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1605 (NMM-59) = Christie-NY 6/14/88 = Museu de Marinha, Lisbon. | National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes; from the Atocha wreck. | A. Stimson 3. | |
| G. AND R.G. | Scotland, c.1817, MIM | wrote on thermometers and hygrometers; mathematical instrument makers ? | Kinross? | Taylor 2(1337a). | |
| G.A. | Gualterus Arsenius, which see; instruments sometimes signed "G.A. nepos Gemmae Frisi." | Engelmann 1; Van Ortroy 2; ADL; RSW. | |||
| G.A.I.G. | See H.G.A.V. | ||||
| G.A.R.E. | Holland?, 1569, MIM | Astrolabe, 1569 = AMST. | the astrolabe is also marked "P.C." | Holland, Belgium or Germany. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| G.A.Z.N. | Germany | marked on stone sundial signed "Gottfried Abbas." | N.M. Fränkel Coll. Cat, 1913. | ||
| G.B. 1 | England | on nocturnals = Great Bear. | RSW. | ||
| G.B. 2 | England, c.1775, NIM | Backstaff = Christie-SK 7/2/81-174. | "G.B. Royal Guardian", with Prince of Wales plumes; belonged to Nevil Maskylene. | RSW. | |
| G.B.H.L. | England?, NIM | Nocturnal, wood = GMM. | "G.B." may stand for Great Bear. | RSW. | |
| G.C. | c.1820, MIM | Sundial, pocket = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | ||
| G.C.A. | GermanyMIM | Universal Ring Sundial = LIN-100. | Zinner 1. | ||
| G.C.K. | Germany, 1768, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1768 = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| G.C.M. | ItalyMIM SIM | initials on surveying instrument made by Gio. Riva at VEN. | RSW. | ||
| G.C.S. | Germanyc.1550, MIM | Dividers with screw, iron = P.C. | screw runs through both arms; engraved with the arms of Augsburg. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| G.D. | England, OIM | Eyepieces (3) for Refractor Telescope. | George Dollond (?). | Moskowitz 102. | |
| G.D.L.G. | 1771, MIM | Vertical Sundial, stone, 1771 = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88 = Chayette 12/20/88. | direct south facing sundial. | RSW. | |
| G.E. | USA, 1779-99, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1779 = USNM; Horizontal Sundials, pewter, 1779 = Earle Coll., P.C.; Horizontal Sundial, pewter = Mercer Museum, Pa; Sundial Mold, stone, 1779 = D.(1985). | George Ellicott (?); USNM dial is for 40°. | Bucks County, Pa. | Earle; Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| G.E.R. D. ET L. | Germany, 1691, MIM | Astrolabe, wood and paper, 1691 = RAV (ICA-624). | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | ||
| G.F. | USA, c.1800, NIM | Marine Compass in gimbals = P.C. (1970). | wooden box. | Guthman 1. | |
| G.G. 1 | Holland, 1677, PHIM | Beam Balance, 1677 = LEY. | Crommelin 1. | ||
| G.G. 2 | marked on Dutch, silver perpetual calendar dated 1750, WHI-1776 (FIT); with coat of arms, surely owner. | Bryden 16. | |||
| G.G.B. | 1612, MIM | Tide Dial = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| G.G.C. | France., 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = ADL-M181. | cutout monogram in center; may be owner. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| G.G.F. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Drecker Coll. | F. appears under G.G.; may be Fecit. | RSW; Evans 1. | |
| G.G.Z. | Germany?, fl.1707-15, MIM | Sundial, 1707 = LIN; Sundial = KEN; Ring Sundial, 1715 = PAK-128. | Beevers; RSW. | ||
| G.H. 1 | c.1530, MIM | Skaphe = BMR. | Lunardi. | ||
| G.H. 2 | England?, 1665, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1665 = Soth. 5/11/23 = BM. | amateur work; may be George Hooper. | Taylor 1(291); Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| G.H. 3 | Belgium?, 1767, MIM SIM | Theodolite and Surveying Instruments in box, 1767 = Soth. 4/22/65. | Flanders? | RSW. | |
| G.H.M.A.D. | Germany, 1601, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1601 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| G.H.V.K. | Holland, fl.1780-1801, MIM NIM | Gerard Hulst van Keulen, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| G.H.W. | Germany, 1730, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1730 = Drecker Coll. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| G.J. | England, MIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | George Johnson? | London. | RSW. |
| G.K.B. | Germany, 1587, MIM | Nocturnal, 1587 = OXF. | Georg Kostenbader? | Josten 1; Liège; Price 2; Michel 1. | |
| G.K.V. | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Pillar Sundial with watch in base and Instruments inside, silver and parcel-gilt = Sneyd Coll. = Keele Hall Sale, pre-July, 1928 = Soth. 7/26/28 = WEBS. | signed on watch cock; tooled leather case; "London" also on watch cock, in later hand. | Davis; RSW. | |
| G.L. 1 | Germany, 1592, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon, 1592 = NUR-WI 257. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| G.L. 2 | England?OIM | Microscope, Lindsay-type = Soth. 12/15/78. | marked "215" | RSW. | |
| G.M. 1 | England, | "G.M. 60" marked on a calculating scale signed "M. Burleigh", also marked "M.B."; the instrument is ADL-N41. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| G.M. 2 | Belgium, fl.1681-83, MIM SIM | Military Circumferentor = OXF. | Guillaume Meuris of Brussels, which see. | Brussels. | Josten 1; RSW. |
| G.M. 3 | 19th Century, MIM | Drawing Instrument = Soth. 3/5/81 | case signed G. Mure. | RSW. | |
| G.M.F.C. | 1743, | "G. Maru fecit Caboga", on an armillary sphere at LOS. | Thielmann; RSW. | ||
| G.M.G. | 1774, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1774 = NYC. | RSW; DES. | ||
| G.M.M.K. | Germany, MIM | Rule = NYC. | has scales for various cities. | Drechsler 2. | |
| G.O.T.E. | MIM | Rule with various scales = VEN. | RSW. | ||
| G.R. 1 | Germany, 1544, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1544 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| G.R. 2 | England, 1641, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1641 = P.C. | also marked "W.H." | Minster, Kent. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. |
| G.S. 1 | 1633, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1633 = PRZ. | RSW. | ||
| G.S. 2 | Germany, 1645, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1645 = Meran Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| G.S. 3 | Germany, c.1730, PHIM | Nest of Weights = Koller 11/17/75. | mastermark is mermaid; probably Georg Scherb. | RSW. | |
| G.S.G. | Germany, c.1730, PHIM | Nest of Weights = Koller 11/17/75. | mastermark is mermaid. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| G.S.P. | 1643, MIM SIM | Protractor with rules pivoting at mid-point, 1643 = D.(1976); Graphometer with Sundial on back, 1643 = D.(1971). | RSW. | ||
| G.V. 1 | 1652, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1652 = USNM. | might be C.V. | RSW. | |
| G.V. 2 | MIM SIM | Miner's Compass, wood and ivory = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| G.V.F. | "Girolamo Vulparia fecit"; see Hieronymous Vulparia. | RSW. | |||
| G.V.K. | Holland, c.1678-1726, NIM | Cross-staff, 1724 = UTR. | see Gerard van Keulen. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bryuns 2. |
| G.W. 1 | 1591, MIM | Artillery Level, 1591 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| G.W. 2 | c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-M2536. | Brewington 1. | ||
| G.W. 3 | England, 1826, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1826 = P.C. | Smeeth. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. | |
| G.W. 4 | England, c.1835, NIM | marked on ivory scale of octant signed "Bassnet Liverpool", at PMS. | RSW. | ||
| G.W.G.J.M.H. | Germany, c.1560, MIM SIM | Miner's Compass, wood and ivory = ADL-M170. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| G.Z. | Germany, fl.1619-20, MIM | Gunner's Level, 1619 = BM; Military Architect's Instrument, 1620 = USNM. | surely Georg Zorn. | Augsburg. | Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; USNM; RSW. |
| G.Z.F. | Italy, c.1840, | see Giovanni Francesco Zarbula; see Z.J.F. and Z.G.F. | Piedmont. | Gatty. | |
| GA----, J. | England, NIM | Octant = GEL. | Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| GABALIO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, P.C. | 3 Long Lane; 20 Cross Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GABORY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be two makers. | 123 Holborn; 125 Holborn; both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| GABOURG, F. | England, fl.1784-97, OIM PHIM | Microscope = OXF (RMS). | may be F.G. 2; also barometer maker. | 125 High Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(837); Clay and Court; Bell 2. |
| GADIN | France, c.1850, OIM | optician. | 53, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| GAENLANSINGE, PER JAEN | Holland, 17th Century, PHIM | Balances = KRA. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| GAETANO, P., DI SIVA P. CAPUCCINO | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood = NMM-D.188. | NMM 2. | ||
| GAFTL | 1748, MIM | Measure, 1748 = Roussel-92. | RSW. | ||
| GAFURIO, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79. | Chester. | RSW. | |
| GAGETTA | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| GAGGIA | see B. Tagliabue, Gaggia and Co. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GAGGINI ET MOISETTE | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Instruments = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GAGNA, F., Y CIA. | Mexico, c.1855, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = D.(1972). | "Opticos." | 2a de St. Francisco N.I. (Mexico City). | Moskowitz 105. |
| GAGO, P. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | RSW. | ||
| GAIFFE, A. | France, c.1825?-1880?, MIM PHIM | Dividing Engine = Musée Lorraine, Nancy; Electrical Instrument = D.(1975); Electromedical Apparatus = D.(1984); Induction Coil = USNM. | induction coil signed :Appareil d'Induction Volta Faradique Brevetè S.G.D.G. A. Gaiffe à Paris." | 40, rue St. André des Arts, Paris. | Michel 14; Coffeen G; Warner 13; RSW. |
| GAIGNON, NICOLAS | France, 17th Century, MIM | Sundial, cast iron = Prin Coll. | MADEX. | ||
| GAILSDORFER, HANS | Germany, 1538, MIM | compass maker; Master in 1538. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GAILSTORFER, HANS | Germany, c.1674, MIM | Hans Gailstörfer, compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GAILSTORFER, JACOB | Germany, c.1674, MIM | Jacob Gailstörfer, compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GAINSBOROUGH, HUMPHREY | England, 1718-76, MIM | Sundial in base of clock = X. | Henley-on-Thames. | Beeson. | |
| GAITSKILL, JOHN | England, fl.1793-1823, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = MYS (1793), ADL-A53 (1823), Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Maine Historical Soc., Portland, Stadt Museum, Aberna, Denmark, P.C.(1969); Quadrants = Marine Historical Assoc.,Conn., P.C.(1974); Octant, ebony and ivory, 1793 = Soth. 2/28/80. | the octant was made for William Sanford Brown; many instruments are signed "J. Gaitskill"; ADL made for George James in 1823. | 332 Wapping; 329 Wapping; both in London. | Price 2; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| GALANDIUS, FRANCESCUS | France, MIM | Astrolabe, wood and paper, brass alidade = Soth. 2/26/62. | RSW. | ||
| GALBY, PETER AND CHARLES | England, fl.1832-46, PHIM | barometer makers. | 50 Exmouth Street, Spitalfields; Philosophical Institute, 9 Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1857); Dewhirst. | |
| GALE, JAMES | USA, b.c.1791-1871; fl.1815-24, MIM NIM | Gauges, wood, 15" and 48" (1818) = Salem Maritime National Historic Site; Tell-Tale Compass = PEA. | Neptune and Water Streets, Salem, Mass. (1815-pre-1824); Haverhill, Mass. (1824-71). | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW; USNM. | |
| GALE, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, PHIM | barometer maker. | 46 Knight Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1857a); Goodison 1. | |
| GALEOTTI, A. | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Drawing Instruments = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| GALETI, ANTHONY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1972), X. | possibly Anthony Galletti. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GALETTI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1830-50, MIM OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | sometimes spelled "Gallatti." | 80 Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1858); Bell 2; RSW. |
| GALGEMAYR, GEORG | Germany, c.1626, MIM | designed various types of dividers; author. | RSW. | ||
| GALI, J | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALILEI, GALILEO | Italy, 1564-1642, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = FLO. | astronomer; mathematician; invented a military sector; first used the telescope for astronomical observations. | Pisa; Florence; Arcetri. | DSB; Crommelin 1; Garvan; Michel 1; Bonelli; S. Drake: 51 10; etc. |
| GALIMBERTI, J. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bugle Street, Southampton. | Bell 2. | |
| GALINDEZ, MARTIN | Spain, d.1627, MIM | made sundials for the convent at Paular. | Gatty. | ||
| GALL AND LEMBKE | USA, OIM | Telescopes = Christie 5/26/76, 12/8/76 | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| GALL, JOHN | Scotland, c.1837, MIM PHIM | made hydrometers and saccharometers. | 48 London Street, Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(2132). | |
| GALLA, JULES-CESAR LA | France, c.1625, OIM | microscope maker? | Nachet. | ||
| GALLAND | France, c.1810, OIM | made a new type of lens for microscopes. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| GALLAND, PETRUS | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Sector = ADL-M89q. | "sub signo Pulcrae Virtutis in via Coronaria Roma." | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; USNM; ADL; RSW. | |
| GALLEE | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | ||
| GALLENHAMP, A. | England, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 5/23/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| GALLETTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Galetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLETTI, ANTHONI | Italy Scotland, fl.1798-1858, MIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth. 5/15/70; Philosophical Bubbles = D.(1985); Telescopes = RSM (2). | carver and gilder; barometer maker; T.C. | foot of Cannon Street, Edinburgh (1798); 21 Nelson Street (1805-28); and 10 Nelson Street (1826-28); 24/25 Argyll Arcade (1828-43); 24 Argyll Arcade (1843-50); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Bell 2; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GALLETTI, JOHN | Scotland, b.c.1821-94, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = FRK = RSM; Philosophical Bubbles = OXF, KEN. | carver and gilder; claimed firm started in 1789. | 24 Argyle Arcade, Glasgow (1851-94). | Bryden 3; Bell 2; Clarke et al. |
| GALLEY | Scotland, PHIM | barometer maker. | Glasgow. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLEY, P. | may be Gally. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GALLI, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1821-26, PHIM | Maker of Wheel Barometers ; picture merchant. | Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLI, JOHANNES | Italy, c.1630, MIM | Sector = NMM-CI/S.10; Skaphe = NMM-D.359. | Barbarini Coll.; made precision instruments. | NMM 2; Michel 3; RSW; Morpurgo 1. | |
| GALLI, MARCO | Italy, 1694, MIM | designed a hodometer; author. | Parma. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| GALLO, G. | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Floating Sundial, ivory = THO; Floating Sundial = DNM. | Frankfort. | RSW. | |
| GALLOIN | France, 1801, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1801 = D.(1972). | latitude of Paris. | Roux Devilas, Cat 73. | |
| GALLON | France, c.1680, OIM | "Opticien"; thought of using a glass ball as the eyepiece in a telescope. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| GALLONDE | France, fl.1740-48, PHIM | Assay Balance = Rovelle (pre-1780); Thermometer = SPI-2865; Astronomical Regulator = CNAM. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Grimaldi(968); Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| GALLOW, G. | Germany, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 7/13/73. | Frankfort. | RSW. | |
| GALLUCCIA, GIOVANN | Italy, | Cube Sundial, 1609 = ADL-A24. | fake. | ADL; RSW. | |
| GALLUCIO, GIOVANNI PAOLO | Italy, 1564-98, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1564 = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird (fake); Universal Equatorial Sundial, paper, 1572 = NMM-D.232; Astrological Volvelle, paper, 1595 = WHI. | author; also signed "Joan Paulus Gallucio" or "Galluccio." | Salo; Venice. | NMM 2; Daumas 1; Michel 2 and 3; Weil 2(19); Bedini 8; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GALLY 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be John Gally. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| GALLY 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, ANDREW AND GEORGE | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | St. George Street, Smithfield, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | RSW. | ||
| GALLY, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GALLY, DOMENICO | England, c.1800, PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, G. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, GEORGE | England, c.1800, PHIM | see Andrew and George Gally. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, P. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Cambridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, P. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peter Gally? | Leeds. | Goodison 1. |
| GALLY, P. 3 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/10/81; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/15/89. | might be P. Gally 1 or 2. | RSW. | |
| GALLY, P. 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | Cranbrook. | RSW. | |
| GALLY, P., AND CO. 1 | England, fl.1809-60, PHIM | Peter or Paul Gally; barometer makers. | Strand, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, P., AND CO. 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/30/89. | is "Fetchet" misreading for "fecit"?; see P. Gally and Co. 1. | Fetchet? | RSW. |
| GALLY, PAUL AND PETER | England, fl.1809-61, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 8 Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell (1809-11); 9 Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell (1815-25); 50 Exmouth Street, Spitalfields (1826-48); 68 Hatton Garden (1849-61); 3 Upper Nth. Place, Grey's Inn Road (1852-54); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, PAUL AND PETER, AND CO. | England, fl.1817-50, PHIM | barometer makers. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, PETER 1 | England, PHIM | see Paul and Peter Gally and Co. | Bell 2. | ||
| GALLY, PETER 2 | England, fl.1837-60, PHIM | barometer maker? | 89 Kirkgate (1837-60); 97 Kirkgate (1841); both in Leeds. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALMAIR, JOSEPH | Germany, 1727-90, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1749 = DEU; Celestial Globe with clockwork = Fugger Museum, Augsburg. | made pedometer winding watch. | Trabant; Munich. | Maurice 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| GALOIS, I. | France, 1548, MIM | Astrolabe, 1548 = P. and S. 4/21/1898 = Hoffman Coll. = USNM (ICA-204). | P. and S. say "T. Galois"; tympan for 48° = Orleans. | Gunther 1; Michel 2 and 3; Evans 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| GALOIS, L'ABBE | France, fl.1766-84, MIM | l'Abbé Galois; made a meridian sundial. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| GALVANI, ANDREA | Italy, pre-1823, MIM | invented an odograph which received a gold medal at the Industrial Exposition in Venice in 1823. | Pordenone. | Morpurgo 1; Boffito. | |
| GAMAGE, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1823-26?, MIM | Hydrometer with Proof Rule = WHI. | made Dicas' hydrometer; also appears as Gammage; son-in-law of and successor to J. Dicas; wrote a leaflet on hydrometers; T.C. | 17 (or 11) Clarence Street, Liverpool; 17 Beaumont Street, Windsor. | Taylor 2(1565); Calvert 2; Bryden 9. |
| GAMAGE, PHILIP | England, c.1694, MIM | apprenticed to Peter Collins of the Clockmakers' Company on July 2, 1694. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GAMBEY | France, c.1840, MIM | Altitude and Azimuth Instrument = Baily Sale 4/25/1845; Borda Circles = MYS and AMST. | surely Henri-Prudence Gambey; the MYS instrument is marked "No. 12"; the Baily instrument was misread as "Gambay." | Paris. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Preuss and Treworgy; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| GAMBEY, HENRI-PRUDENCE | France, 1787-1847, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Sextants = SPI-2774, USNM, CNAM, Dipping Circle = Magnetic Observatory, Dublin; Borda Circles = USNM, Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway (No.123); Heliostat = USNM; Magnetometer = USNM; Dividing Engines = CNAM; Theodolites = CNAM, BRO; Artificial Horizon = CNAM; Rules = CNAM; Balance, small = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Georges Oberhauser worked with him, 1815; Académie des Sciences, 1837. | St. Denis, Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; USNM; Taylor 2(2133); DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; Darius 4; RSW. |
| GANDOLA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 12 Little Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GANDOLFI, V. | France, fl.1795-1822, PHIM | Weights = CNAM; Weight = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | quai de la Monnaie; 11, du quai Conti; both in Paris. | Destombes 4; Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. | |
| GANGUZZA, GIROLAMO | Italy, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Villa Giulia, Palermo. | Gatty. | ||
| GANSER, GEORG, DER JUNGERE | Austria, MIM | Instrument = TIM. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| GANTHONY, RICHARD | England, fl.1794-1828, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P-B 12/3/48, X. | X is signed "Ganthony London." | London. | RSW. |
| GANTLETT, R. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | Calne. | RSW. | |
| GAPP, C.S. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GARAT | France, c.1855, PHIM | Balance = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GARDAM | England; USA, c.1860, SIM | Miner's Dial = D.(1994). | probably W. Gardam; see W. Gardam and Son. | Leeds. | Garcelon 33. |
| GARDAM, W., AND SON | USA, c.1880, MIM | Miner's Compass = D.(1991). | see Gardam. | 96 John Street, New York. | Gemmary III. |
| GARDE, ABRAHAM DE LA | France, fl.1588-1621, MIM | Sundials in the back covers of watches = Soth. 5/27/54, 12/9/68, and Christie 5/6/69. | son of Jacques de la Garde. | Paris (1591 and 1621); Blois (1600). | Britten; RSW. |
| GARDE, JACQUES DE LA | France, fl.1551-65, MIM | Armillary Clock = BM. | may have made terestrial globe in Weil 2(29) and in Soth. 10/17/60 sale. | Blois. | Weil 2(29); Price 3; RSW. |
| GARDEN | England, fl.1812-16, PHIM | see Accum and Garden. | London. | RSW. | |
| GARDEN, ALEXANDER | England, c.1800, PHIM | partner of Fredrick Accum; made and sold chemical and philosophical apparatus. | Old Compton Street, Soho, London. | G. L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDENER 1 | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1965). | may be Gardner 5. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| GARDENER 2 | see Gardner; see Gardiner. | RSW. | |||
| GARDENER AND CO. | variant spelling for Gardner and Co. | Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| GARDENERS | variant spelling for Gardners. | Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| GARDINER 1 | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1975), Soth.-S 10/19/89 (satinwood and ivory). | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| GARDINER 2 | variant spelling for Gardner. | Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| GARDINER, HENRY L. | Ireland, fl.1807-19, MIM | also made clocks and watches. | Fennell. | ||
| GARDINER, JAMES | England, | see James Gardner. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GARDINER, PATRICK | see Patrick Gardner. | Bell 2. | |||
| GARDNER 1 | Scotland, c.1770, NIM | Octants = NMM, PEA; Hadley's Quadrant = Mercer Museum, Pa. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1860); Brewington 1; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| GARDNER 2 | USA, fl.1823-50, MIM | Pair of Globes = Winterthur Museum, Del.; Celestial Globe, 1823 = D.(1972); Terrestrial Globe, 1823 = ESS. | "Gardners's Twelve-Inch Globe", published by Cummings, Hilliard and Co., Boston, Mass.; James W. Gardner, which see. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge; Moskowitz 104. |
| GARDNER 3 | Scotland, 1830, OIM | Microscope = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. Science, Mich. | Glasgow. | USNM; RSW. | |
| GARDNER 4 | Scotland, pre-1840, NIM | Quadrant =X. | used on whaler "Progress" in 1840. | Glasgow. | USNM; RSW. |
| GARDNER 5 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer and Thermometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | probably Gardner and Co. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GARDNER 6 | Ireland, MIM NIM OIM | Hadley's Quadrant = D.(1973). | T.C. shows telescopes, quadrants, compasses; watch and clock- maker. | 57 High Street, Belfast. | RSW. |
| GARDNER 7 | see McGregor and Gardner. | Taylor 2(1934). | |||
| GARDNER AND CO. 1 | Scotland, fl.1837-83, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescopes = FRK (4) = RSM, Christie-SK 4/14/89, D.(1972); Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1971 and 1982); Stick Barometers = X, Christie 4/28/82; Surveyor's Levels, = WHI, D.(1972)(1850); Miner's Dials = Soth. 4/7/82, FRK = RSM; Levels = WHI, FRK = RSM; Plotting Protractor = FRK = RSM; Microscope = FRK = RSM; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | succeeded M. Gardner and Co.; Christie stick barometer is signed "Gardener and Co"; T.C., "established 1765." | 44 Glassford Street (1837-38); 21 Buchanan Street, seventh shop from Argyle Street (1839-60); 53 Buchanan Street (1860-83); 53 Vincent Street (1883); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Frank; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 102; J.A. Bennett 2; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNER AND CO. 2 | Scotland, fl.1891-1920, | firm run by Thomas Rankine Gardner 2 after the breakup of Gardner and Lyle. | 53 St. Vincent Street (1891-99); 36 and 40 West Mile (or Nile) Street 1899-1920; both in Glasgow. | Clarke et al.; WEBDB | |
| GARDNER AND LAURIE | Scotland, fl.1792-98, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = FRK = RSM. | John Gardner 1 and James Laurie. | Corner of Bell's Wynd (1792), Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| GARDNER AND LYLE | Scotland, fl.1883-91, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Thomas Rankine Gardner 2 and James Lyle. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER AND NEILL | Ireland, fl.1809-18, NIM OIM | Microscope, Martin-type = Soth. 5/20/74; Octant = Natural Philosophy Coll., Glasgow. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | |
| GARDNER OF GLASGOW | Scotland, to 1921, MIM | Taylor 2(592). | |||
| GARDNER'S | Scotland, post-1818, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 4/22/65. | signed "Gardner's Successors to J. and J. Gardner"; may be misreading for Gardners. | 43 Bell Street, Glasgow. | RSW. |
| GARDNER, HENRY | Ireland, fl.1809-35, MIM OIM | succeeded Job Rider in 1809; worked with R. Neill, 1809-18; watch and clock maker. | 27 High Street (1809); 65 High Street (1819-20); 57 High Street (1824-35); all in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GARDNER, J. AND J. | Scotland, fl.1799-1818, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1973), X(2), D.(1975), Phillips 12/12/89, Christie-SK 9/11/86; Circumferentor = RSM; Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | opticians; John Gardner 1 and John Gardner 2, his son, founded firm; became Gardner, Jamieson and Co. in 1820. | Bell Street (1799-1801); 43 Bell Street (1803-18); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNER, J. AND S. | misreading for J. and J. Gardner. | Phillips 12/12/89. | |||
| GARDNER, JAMES | England, fl.1791-1830, MIM PHIM | Instruments = NMM, KEN. | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 4, 1783; free of the Company, Jan. 6, 1791; also appears as Gardiner; probably succeeded by William Gardner 1. | Meeting House Alley; 5 Somerset Place, Whitechapel; Princes Place, Cannon Street, New Road, St. George-in-the-East (1803); Wellclose Lane (1807); all in London. | J. Brown 1 and 2; Taylor 2(1859). |
| GARDNER, JAMES P. | USA, 1846, MIM | awarded a diploma at Fair of American Institute, Oct. 1846 for a sundial; W.A. Platt was his agent. | Columbus, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| GARDNER, JAMES W. | USA, fl.1825-30, MIM | designed celestial and terrestrial globes; see Gardner 2. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| GARDNER, JAMIESON AND CO. | see Gardners, Jamieson and Co. | Clarke et al. | |||
| GARDNER, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1734-1822, MIM OIM PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 6/16/75. | journeyman for James Watts, 1769; land surveyor; founded firm of J. and J. Gardner, which see; made an "improved Bradford static balance". | Crawford's Land, Bell's Wynd, Glasgow (1773-90). | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Clarke et al. |
| GARDNER, JOHN 2 | Scotland, 1765-1818, MIM OIM PHIM | son of John Gardner 1; partner with him as J. and J. Gardner, 1799-1818. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, JOHN 3 | Scotland, fl.1820-28, MIM | Sundial, 1821 = Pitcon, Dalry. | listed in directories as "John Gardner Younger" with J. and J. Gardner; may have made the above sundial. | Ayton Court, Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| GARDNER, JOHN 4 | Scotland, fl.1787-1823, MIM | designed celestial globes; first appeared in the 1787 directory. | Glasgow. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| GARDNER, M. AND C. | surely misreading for M. Gardner and Co. | Taylor 2(1860). | |||
| GARDNER, M., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1821, MIM OIM PHIM | John Gardner 1 and Margaret Rankine Gardner; succeeded Gardners, Jamieson and Co.,1821; became M. Gardner and Sons, 1822-37; then Gardner and Co., 1833-83; made barometers. | 43 Bell Street (1823-25); 92 Bell Street (1826-32); 44 Glassford Street (1832-37); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1860); Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, M., AND SONS | Scotland, fl.1822-37), MIM OIM PHIM | Margaret Rankine Gardner, Thomas Rankine Gardner 1 and William Gardner 2; made barometers; succeeded M. Gardner and Co. and were succeeded by Gardner and Co., which see. | 43 Bell Street (1824-25); 92 Bell Street (1826-32); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, MARGARET RANKINE | Scotland, fl.1819-49, MIM OIM PHIM | widow of John Gardner 2; in firm of Gardners, Jamieson and Co., 1819-21 and in M. Gardner and Sons, 1822-37. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, PATRICK | Scotland, c.1812, MIM | apprenticed, 1779; free of the Clockmakers' Company, 1812; watch and clockmaker. | Perth (pre-1800); Edinburgh (1800-1812). | Bell 2; T. Smith; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, ROBERT | Scotland; England, fl.1850-92, MIM PHIM | member of the family "Gardner of Glasgow" (not mentioned by Clarke et al); chronometer maker to the Admiralty and to the Council of State for India and also to the Italian Goverment; grandfather of Malcolm Gardner the late bookseller. | Glasgow (-1885); Lloyd's Square, London (1892). | USNM; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, T. AND T. | Scotland, c.1830, MIM | Sighting Compass = P.C.(1987). | misreading for T.R. Gardner? | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| GARDNER, THOMAS RANKINE 1 | Scotland, c.1805-84, MIM OIM PHIM | Clinometer = RSM. | grand-son of John Gardner 1; son of John (2) and Margaret Rankine Gardner; partner first in M. Gardner and Sons and then in Gardner and Co. 1; "Optician to the Queen." | Glasgow. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNER, THOMAS RANKINE 2 | Scotland, fl.1883-1920, MIM OIM PHIM | great-grandson of John Gardner 1; grandson of John Gardner 2 and Margaret Rankine Gardner; son of Thomas Rankine Gardner 1; in Gardner and Co. 1 before 1883; partner with James Lyle as Gardner and Lyle, 1883-91; firm then became Gardner and Co. 2. | 53 St. Vincent Street (1883-99); 36 and 40 West Mile (or Nile) Road (1899-1920); both in Glasgow. | Clarke et al.; WEBDB | |
| GARDNER, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1814, MIM | apprenticed to James Gardner of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 6, 1814. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| GARDNER, WILLIAM 2 | Scotland, 1809-75, MIM OIM PHIM | Sector, ivory = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82; Clinometer = RSM. | grandson of John Gardner 1; son of Margaret Rankine and John Gardner (2); partner in M. Gardner and Sons and later, in Gardner and Co.; worked independently, 1846 on; sector signed "W. Gardner." | 3 Royal Bank Place (1846-55); 56 Gordon Street (1856-61); 134 Buchanan Street (1862-64); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low; RSW. |
| GARDNERS | Scotland, c.1822, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | opticians; succeeded Gardners, Jamieson and Co.; succeeded by M. Gardner and Co.; barometer signed "Gardeners". | 43 Bell Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNERS AND CO. | Scotland, 19th Century, MIM SIM | name on trade card in theodolite case; Gardner and Co. 1 or 2. | Glasgow. | Soth. 12/18/80. | |
| GARDNERS, JAMIESON AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1819-21, MIM OIM PHIM | probably John Gardner 1, Margaret Rankine Gardner and Robert Jamieson, which see; succeeded J. and J. Gardner, and became M. Gardner and Co. in 1821. | 43 Bell Street, Glasgow (1820-22). | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GAREZONI | see Garzoni. | Bell 2. | |||
| GARGORY 1 | England, c.1820, MIM | Protractor = D.(1975). | different hand from that of James Gargory of Birmingham. | London. | RSW. |
| GARGORY 2 | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Compass, folding sights = Christies 11/11/70; Theodolite = Soth. 12/15/78. | surely James Gargory. | Bull Street, Birmingham. | RSW. |
| GARGORY, JAMES | England, fl.1835-56, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Protractors = Christie-SK 7/10/80/, D.(1975), D.(1985), Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry; Instrument = KEN; Miner's Dials = X, Soth.-Chester 6/26/85; Sector, ivory = D.(1977); Surveyor's Compasses = Soth. 12/13/65, Soth.-B. 4/7/82; Wheel Barometers = X; Stick Barometer = Capes Dunn 10/21/97; Surveyor's Level = DeLuca 8/1/87; Mining Compass = P.C.(1987). | signed "James or J. Gargory." | 41 Bull Street (1835); 5 Bull Street (1850-56); both in Birmingham; also in Wolverhampton. | Taylor 2(1861); Goodison 2; Giordano 1; Bryden 9; RSW; Coffeen 10; ATG 10/18/97. |
| GARNER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1732-37, NIM | Davis Quadrants = PMM (1732), NMM S.119 (1734), NMM S161 (1737) (on loan to the American Museum, Bath). | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on June 18, 1713; quadrants made for George Ramsey, Oliver Thompson and Thomas White respectively. | Taylor 2(261); NMM 2; J. Brown 3; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| GARNIER, PAUL, SR. | France, c.1830, MIM | clockmaker; finished a planetarium by Raingo. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| GAROF, P. | Scotland, c.1775, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 5/7/93. | Edinburgh. | ATG 5/1/93. | |
| GAROUSTE, DE LA | France, 17th Century, OIM | constructed burning glasses. | Spargo 1. | ||
| GARRARD, JOHN | England, c.1811, | a cooper; son of Thomas Garrard 1; free of the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on April 4, 1811. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GARRARD, SAMUEL | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Garrard 1, of the Grocers' Company on June 2, 1803; by then Thomas Garrard 1 was listed as wine and brandy merchant at old address. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GARRARD, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1781-pre-1811, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company in 1770; free of the Company, 1781; took apprentices; by 1803 was listed as a wine and brandy merchant at same address. | Old Gravel Lane, Ratcliffe Highway (1781); 174 Ratcliffe Highway (1795); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GARRARD, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1801-, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Garrard 1, of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1795; free of the Company, Oct. 1, 1801. | Ratcliffe Highway, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GARRARD, WILLIAM | England, fl.1781-1808, MIM | T.C.; invented and patented an altimeter; author; successor to J. Bettesworth with the same London address. | The Naval Academy, Ormond House, Paridise Row, Chelsea, London; Newington, Surrey. | Taylor 2(838); NMM 2. | |
| GARRETT | see Booth, Garrett and Blair | USNM. | |||
| GARTH | England, NIM | Sextant = MAN-124. | probably Richard Garth. | London. | Garcia Franco 1. |
| GARTH, RICHARD | England, fl.1800-17, MIM NIM | Mathematical Instrument = KEN. | 376 Rotherhithe Wall (1800); Rotherhithe Street (1817); both in London. | Taylor 2(1129). | |
| GARTNER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1654-1727, MIM PHIM | Double Burning Glass = DRE; Illuminated Mirror = DRE. | also made clocks; author. | Dresden. | Grötzch 2; Drechsler 2; Zinner 1; RSW. |
| GARUGHI | see Carugi. | Bell 2. | |||
| GARY | France, c.1792, MIM NIM | Protractor = Musée Carnavalet; Sectors = P. and S. 4/3/1894, WRAY; Graphometer = MAS; Butterfield-type Sundials = STR, BM; Instrument Set = Soth. 11/30/59; Compass = P-B 9/24/38; Dividers = D.(1975). | Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| GARZONI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | Canterbury. | Bell 2; RSW. | |
| GARZONUS, F.C.M. | Italy, 1697, MIM | Skaphe Dial, 1697 = Evans Coll. | also marked "Carm F. Taurini." | Turin. | Evans 1. |
| GASCOIGNE, RICHARD | England, c.1710, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1710. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GASCOIGNE, WILLIAM | England, 1612-38, OIM | invented a micrometer for telescopes in 1638; may have been the first to put telescopic sights on a quadrant. | Middleton, Yorkshire; London. | Taylor 1(176); DNB; Wynter and Turner; Nachet; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Goldschmidt 70. | |
| GASKIN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS SAMUEL | England, c.1802, MIM OIM | his father was an optician; apprenticed to James Clarke 1 of the Grocers' Company, May 6, 1802; made speculum metal mirrors. | London. | J. Brown 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GASKIN, JOHN | England, b.1785, MIM | assisted by Charles Graham; he was also a weaver. | Penrith. | Bryden 9. | |
| GASPAR A MIRICA | see Gaspar van der Heyden. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| GASPARD | France, 1753, MIM | Table Sundial, 1753 = Musée Lorrain, Nancy; Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = D.(1985?), TIM. | signed "Gaspard Tourner du Roy à Lunéville"; mechanical sundials almost identical to those of Gaspard Hommer, which see. | rue de Viller, Lunéville. | Michel 3 and 14; RSW; Coffeen 55. |
| GASPART, JOSE | Portugal, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Evans Coll. | Lisbon. | Evans 1; USNM. | |
| GASTEIGER, HANS | Germany, 1562, MIM | Astrolabe clock, 1562 = Coll. Pringsheim, Munich. | Gunther-327; reproduction at OXF. | Munich. | Gunther 1; Michel 2; Baillie 1; Neumann 1. |
| GASTI, GIOVANNI | Italy, 16th Century, MIM | Sundial = Drecker-210. | Florence. | RSW. | |
| GATH, T. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 7/3/70; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | Small Street, Bristol. | RSW. | |
| GATINI | see Copini, Gatini. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GATLIN | England, pre-1714, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1968). | RSW. | ||
| GATTELIE(R) | see Gratellie. | ||||
| GATTEY, FRANCOIS | France, fl. 1798-1822, MIM | François Gattey; invented a printed card slide rule in 1798 and called it "Cadran Logarithmique"; changed name to "Arithmographe" in 1810. | Delehar 9. | ||
| GATTEY, HENRY | England; USA, fl.1797-1827, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Quadrant = MYS. | T.C. in W. and S. Jones orrery at VCW; another T.C. is in French and English; artist; quadrant signed "H. Gattey." | 274 Water Street (1797-98); 207 North Water Street near Beek'n Slip (1814-27); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10; Yonge; RSW. |
| GATTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | Reading. | RSW. | |
| GATTI, CHARLES | England, fl.1817-22, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | spelled Gattie in directories; also Gatty. | 89 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| GATTI, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 53 Gray's Inn Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 7/31/70. | London. | RSW. | |
| GATTY 2 | see Bapt. Ronchetti and James Gatty. | RSW. | |||
| GATTY 3 | see Gatti. | RSW. | |||
| GATTY AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GATTY AND READING | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | probably a misreading for Gatty at Reading. | RSW. | |
| GATTY, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fish Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, ANDREW | Ireland, fl.1796-1824, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 18 Fishamble Street (1796-98); Smock Alley (1799, 1815-17, 1819); 34 Fishamble Street (1821-22); 7 Smock Alley (1823-24); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GATTY, ANTHONY | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, VNN; Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | sometimes signed "A. Gatty". | Royal Oak, Fisher Row, Reading. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GATTY, ANTHONY, AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Phillips 9/10/86, Christie-SK 10/20/89. | also made thermometers. | Royal Oak, Fishers Row, Reading. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GATTY, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, D. 1 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | barometer signed "Gatty Lewis." | Lewis. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GATTY, D. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, DOMCO | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Christie 1/26/90. | probably Dominico Gatty. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GATTY, DOMINIC, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bourne Auction, Mass. 2/11/81. | London. | Maine Digest, May 1981. | |
| GATTY, DOMINICO | England, c.1826, PHIM | barometer maker. | 111 Broad Street, Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, J., AND MALORIDA | England, PHIM | barometer makers; probably James Gatty. | Holborn, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GATTY, JAMES | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = K. and C. 9/20/71, Soth. 12/17/87, Christie-SK 9/23/88, City of Gloucester Museum, X; Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), Soth. 6/27/88, P.C., Stock Exchange, London; Double Barometers = P.C., City of Gloucester Museum, Goodison. | Soth. 6/27/88 has address of "237 High Holborn"; see Ronchetti and Gatty. | 130 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1 and 5; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GATTY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, JOSEPH 1 | Italy; USA, fl.1794-1800, PHIM | Maximum-minimum Thermometer = Mt. Vernon, Va. | bulbs missing; made barometers and philosophical instruments as well. | 39 Pearl Street, New York City (1794); 79 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1796-1800). | Bedini 1 and 8; Middleton 1; Gillingham 1; USNM; Bell 2; D.J. Warner 5. |
| GATTY, JOSEPH 2 | Ireland, fl.1801-14, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1981). | printed paper dial face; also made thermometers. | 1 Smock Alley (1801-07); 25 Fishamble Street (1808); 1 Smock Alley (1809-14); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| GATTY, JOSH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GATWARD, J. | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | T.C.; sundial, clock and watch maker. | Saffron Walden. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1. |
| GAUDIN, MARK-ANTOINE-AUGUSTE | France, fl.1804-45, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | designed a microscope with rock crystal lenses; Pipping says that c.1870 is closer. | Paris. | Pipping 1; Nachet; RSW. |
| GAUDRON | France, 1674, PHIM | Barometer = KAS. | made air pumps; clockmaker. | Faubourg Saint-Germain, rue Mazarine, Paris. | Daumas 1; Estreicher 1; Middleton 1. |
| GAUPP AND CO. | China, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1984). | Hong Kong. | Moskowitz 126. | |
| GAUSS, KARL FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1777-1855, | invented a heliotrope and a bifilar magnetometer; author, mathematician and astronomer. | Gottingen. | DSB. | |
| GAUTRAU | France, fl.1780-1820, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = NMM-MT/BM.1; Compass = X. | Rochefort. | NMM 2; A.J.Turner X. | |
| GAVARD, ADRIEN | France, c.1840, MIM | Heliographs = CNAM; Pantograph = D; Drafting Machine = D.(1987). | "Eseur du Dépôt général de la Guerre"; drafting machine marked "Par Brevet d'Iven"; patented a "perspectographe", a perspective machine. | 6 rue Ventadour; Quai des Orfèvres, 70; both in Paris. | USNM; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Coffeen 15; Delehar 7. |
| GAY, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1676-90, OIM | son of Richard Gay; apprenticed to Joseph Howe in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1676; took one apprentice. | Golden Spectacles, near Sun Tavern, behind Royal Exchange, London. | J. Brown 1; Robischon. | |
| GAY, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1690-1733, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 1 in the Spectaclemakes' Company; free of the Company in 1690; took Matthew Loft and William Eastland 1 as apprentices; Master of the Company, 1718-20. | Archimedes and Spectacles, near Sun Tavern, Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(327), 2(43); J. Brown 1; Goodison 1; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(37); Robischon. |
| GAY-LUSSAC, JOSEPH LOUIS | France, 1778-1850, PHIM | scientist, worked on the thermal expansion of gases, devised a new form of barometer. | Middleton 1 and 4; G. L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| GAYDE | France, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = X. | optician to the king. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| GAZULUS, JOHANNES | Dalmatia, 1462, MIM | Ragusa. | Ameisenowa. | ||
| GEARING, FRANCIS | England, c.1751, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company onOct. 15, 1751; probably related to Richard Gearing, which see. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GEARING, RICHARD | England, fl.1730-70, MIM | nephew and successor to John Farmer 2; T.C.; "Rule Maker"; worked in brass, ivory and boxwood; used the same trade card pattern as Fisher Combes. | The Quadrant, without Newgate, facing the Old Bailey; at No. 2 Horse-shoe Court, Cook Lane, West Smithfield (after 1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(179); Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. | |
| GEARY, FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1805-12, OIM | instrument maker; optician. | Paul Street, Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GEBE | see Hans Göbe. | Zinner 1. | |||
| GEBHARD, HANS | Germany, 1568, MIM | Sundial on finger ring = LIE. | surely not the same as Johann Gebhard. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| GEBHARD, HEINRICH | Germany, 1602-61, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = STU. | Strassburg. | Himmerlein 2. | |
| GEBHARD, JOHANNE | Germany, fl.1538-68, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = ADL-DPW21 (1546), HAK (1547), D. (1548), UTO (1550) 11/2/76, WHI (FIT) (1556), PRA (1557), EMA (1557), FIN (1557) = Soth. 7/23/62, OXF (1561), THO, ADL-T54, Ethnological Museum, Lisbon. | punchmark is a six-pointed star, sometimes between "H.G."; see "H.G." (2); Lisbon instrument is upper half only; he was burger in 1538. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Bryden 16; Evans 1; Tomlinson 1; Gouk 1; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW. |
| GEBHARDT, JOHAN | c.1900, | Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T4. | modern work. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| GEBHART, HANS | see Johann Gebhard. | ||||
| GEBLER, JOH. CHRIST. | c.1750, MIM | Rule = MLL; Trigonometria Anarithmetica = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| GEDDA, PETER NICLAS VON | Sweden, 1737-1814, MIM | physicist; skilled amateur instrument maker. | Pipping 1. | ||
| GEERTS, DION | Belgium, c.1700, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = CZJ; Universal Equatorial Sundial in book-form = MERC-139 = McVitty Coll.; Universal Ring Sundial = Libert et Castor Auction, 4/28/82. | Brussels. | Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | |
| GEHLER | see Gebler. | ||||
| GEISER, DAVIDE | Italy, c.1840, PHIM | Thrmometer, bimetallic = U. of Pavia Museum. | Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| GEISLER, J.G. | Germany, 1798, MIM | Globe on clock, 1798 = Feill Coll. Sale, 1955. | RSW. | ||
| GEISSLER | Germany, c.1840, PHIM | Barometer = FLO. | Bonn. | Middleton 1. | |
| GEISSLER, W. | Holland, fl.1846-50, PHIM | Psychrometer, 1846 = RIJ; Hydrometers = Auctions, 1906 & 1910. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| GELB, JOHAN WOLFGANG | Germany, 1599-1632+, MIM SIM | Artillery Alidade with Inclinometer = Soth. 2/26/62 = USNM. | accepted into the Guild of Smiths as a small clockmaker in 1625; last child born in 1632; instrument signed "Johan Wolf Gelb me fecit Ulm." | Ulm. | Bedini 4; Price 2; RSW. |
| GELDER, BEERT JOHANNES | Holland, d.1828, MIM OIM PHIM | made sundials, microscopes, telescopes, barometers, thermometers, and clocks; father of Rinse Beerts Gelder. | Hallum; Beetgum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| GELDER, RINSE BEERTS | Holland, 1794-1857, MIM OIM | Compass, pocket = Frisian Marine Museum, Leeuwarden. | son of Beerts Johannes Gelder; made telescopes; clockmaker. | Beetgum; Menaldum. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| GELIN, E. | France, 1603, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1603 = P.C.(1964). | Vallo (Vallon?). | Ant. Hor. Soc. Exhib., 1964. | |
| GELLIBRAND, HENRY | England, 1597-1636, MIM | Wall Sundial = Library, Trinity College, Oxford. | author; designed instruments; wrote on magnetic deviation. | London; Oxford; London. | Taylor 1(138); Evans 1; DNB; DSB. |
| GEMINI, THOMAS | Belgium; England, fl.1542-62, MIM | Astrolabes = BMR (1552, ICA-450), OXF (1559, ICA-575), FLO (ICA-489), P.C. (ICA-3111), BMR (ICA-3112). | family name was"Thomas Lambrit"; member of the Stationers' Company; may have worked in Gemma Frisius' workshop; ICA-450 may be one that is now in the Brussals Observatory in Uccle (1988). | Lixhe; Flanders; London. | Zinner 1; Taylor 1(2); Michel 1, 2, 6, 8, and 10; Gunther 1 and 5; Rooseboom 1; Maddison 1; DNB; DSB; Price 1; ICA 2; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; Darius 4; RSW. |
| GEMINUS, ANTHONIO | Italy; Switzerland, 1589, MIM | Sundial and Nocturnal, 1589 = OXF. | Rome; Geneva. | Evans 1; Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1. | |
| GEMMA FRISIUS, RAINER | Belgium, 1508-55, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1537 = Zerbst Schlossmuseum, NMM. | doctor; mathematician; teacher at the U. of Louvain; uncle of the Arsenius brothers; invented the radio astronomico; Zerbst globe signed "Faciebant Gemma Frisius medicus ac mathematicus, Gaspar a Myrica et Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus anno a partu virg 1537". name means "Gemma from Friesland"; pupil of Apianus. | Louvain. | Zinner 1; Van Ortroy 2; Maddison 1 and 2; Michel 2 and 3; DSB; Baillie 1; Taylor 4; NMM 2; De Smet 1 & 2; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GEMMA, CORNELIUS 1 | Belgium, 1535-79, MIM | Astrolabe, 1574 = HAK. | son of Gemma Frisius; astronomer and mathematician; author. | Louvain. | Eckardt 1; Van Ortroy 2; Michel 3; Gunther 1; RSW. |
| GEMMA, CORNELIUS 2 | Spain, 1630, MIM | Astrolabe, wood, 1630 = MAS (ICA-472). | Madrid. | Garcia Franco 2; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| GENAILLE | France, c.1850, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GENERAL, JACQUES | misreading for Jacques Senecal. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |||
| GENERINI, FRANCESCO | Italy, 1593-1663, MIM OIM | applied the telescope to mathematical instruments, c.1630; made a planisphere in 1645. | Florence. | Michel 3; Morpurgo 1. | |
| GENNANO, ADAMS HEROLDO | see Adam Heroldt. | RSW. | |||
| GENNARI, CAV. DR. ENRICO | Italy, c.1850, OIM | USNM. | |||
| GENNERT AND HOLZKE | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Wye Level = D.(1994). | probably William Frederick Holske, which see. | New York. | Garcelon 33. |
| GENT, THOMAS | England, c.1739, MIM | apprenticed to John Tracy of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 10, 1739. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GEORGE 1 | France, c.1750, MIM OIM | Spy-Glasses = HAK, CNAM; Universal Ring Sundial = CNAM; Microscope = P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundials = NMM-D.120, P.and S. 2/28/1896 and 5/19/1896, Soth. 12/12/55, LIE, etc.; Sector = ADL-W125; Horizontal Sundial for 50°57' = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55. | "opticien de l'Academie Royale des Sciences." | Quai de Conti; ci-devant rue Dauphine présentment Quay de Conty; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Gunther 2; Michel 1, 3 and 9; Hamilton 2; Evans 1; Tardy 3; ADL; RSW. |
| GEORGE 2 | see Patton and George. | ||||
| GEORGE FILS | France, c.1800, OIM | Microscopes = CNAM, Bernard Coll. | probably the son of George 1. | rue Dauphine, Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| GEORGE, C. | England, c.1834, MIM | Dip Circle = NMM-DC.1. | Falmouth. | NMM 2. | |
| GEORGE, RICHARD | England, c.1709, MIM | member of the Clockmakers' Company; took Bulmer Francis as an apprentice on Jan. 26, 1709; Francis was later turned over to Richard Hutchinson of the Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GEORGE, W. | England, post-1834, NIM | Dip Needle = KEN. | introduced by R.V. Fox, 1834. | RSW. | |
| GEORGES | France, pre-1770, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Doucet Coll.; Telescopes = Bourlamaque Sale, 1770, CNAM; Balance = CNAM. | is he George 1? sundial maker. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Nachet. |
| GERARD | France, c.1730, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = D.(1976); Vertical Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | inscription on vertical dial reads "Inventé par Julien Le Roy de la Société des Arts. Fait par Gérard, Horloger à Sarrelouis". | Sarrelouis. | RSW. |
| GERARD, WILLIAM | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = PMS, P.C. | T.C.; patented composite A.R.G. (PMS). | Newtons Head, 36 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | NMM; RSW. |
| GERBERT D'AURILLAC | France, c. 930-1003, | Pope Sylvester II; mathematician and astronomer; made several armillary spheres and an "oralogium", either a sundial or an astrolabe. | Aurillac; Reims; Rome. | Maddison 2; Michel 2; DSB. | |
| GERBST | Russia, c.1850, OIM | Transit Instruments = Harvard Observatory, Swedish General Staff, etc. | technician at Pulkova Observatory; made instruments there. | Pulkova. | Novoshanova. |
| GERECHT, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1574-80, MIM | engraved calendars; examples at VIE etc. | Zinner 1. | ||
| GERET | France, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Chevau-Légers, 2/28/82-199 | "opticien". | Maçon. | RSW. |
| GERHARDUS | 1715, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1715 = Stedkils Museum, Leyden. | Grimaldi (809). | ||
| GERLACH, G. | Poland, c.1816, MIM SIM | Circumferentor; Surveyor's Compass; Calculating Machine; Rules; Drawing Instruments; Alidades; etc. all in the Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Warsaw. | Novokshanova; RSW. | |
| GERLETTI | Scotland, PHIM | Barometers = X(2) and Soth. 12/10/81. | Dominick or John Gerletti? | Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GERLETTI, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1828-48, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972); Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/4/77 = FRK = RSM, etc; Wheel Barometers = Soth. 12/5/85, etc. | looking-glass manufacturer, dealer. | 156 (1828-32), 153 (1833) and 145 (1834-39) Saltmarket; 10 Candlerigg Street (1840-48); all in Glasgow. | John Bell; Clarke et al. |
| GERLETTI, DOMINICK | Scotland, fl.1849-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-G 6/3/87. | barometer maker; optician. | 10 Candlerigg Street (1849-55); 24 Glassford Street (1855-57); 44 Trongate (1857-58); all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GERLETTI, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1853-58, PHIM | perhaps son of Charles Gerletti; barometer maker. | 95 Candlerigg Street (1853-54); 55 St. Enoch's Wynd (1854-58); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GERONIMO, B. | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Bristol. | John Bell. | |
| GERONIMO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GERRARD | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Eldred 7/26/73. | Liverpool | RSW. | |
| GERRARD ET CIE. | France, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = Christie 12/18/74. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GERRARD, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1855, MIM | exhibited in the Paris Exposition of 1855. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| GERRARD, W. | England, NIM | Octant = PMS; Sextants = MYS. | "Patent Composite" stamped on ivory scale of octant; sometimes signed just "Gerrard." | 35 South East Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| GERRITSEN, CLAES | Holland, c.1600, MIM NIM | supplied compasses, sounding-lines and loadstones to van Neck's expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| GERSON | see Levi ben Gerson. | Goldstein 1; DSB. | |||
| GERSTEN | MIM | Calculating Machine = DAR. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GERVAIS | France?, c.1780, MIM | Armillary Sphere, Ptolemaic, cardboard = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| GERVAISE | France, fl.1730-50, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1733 = LIE. | also made octagonal moondials. | Ardennes. | Michel 3 and 9. |
| GERVAISE, FELIX | France, 1660, MIM | added a string-gnomon sundial, silver, in 1660, to ADL-DPW18, an ivory diptych sundial by Jacques Senecal. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| GESSLER, JOSEPH LEONHARDT | Germany, 1752, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1752 = P.C. | Wittistingen. | RSW. | |
| GESSNER, ABRAHAM | Switzerland, 1521-1636, MIM SIM | Globe Chalices, silver-gilt = BASH(1571), ZUS(1600), VIE, NOR; Drake's Cup, 1571 = City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth; Armillary Sphere = VIE. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| GESTRA, J., AND SCHENA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| GEWICHT, D. | PHIM | Balance = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| GEWITSEN, AREIAN | Holland, MIM | Diptych Sundial = DRE-1926-5. | Zinner 1. | ||
| GHETALDI, MARINO | Dalmatia; Italy1566-1626, PHIM | Burning Mirror, speculum metal = NMM-Barbarini Coll. | mathematician. | Ragusa (1566-?); Rome (?-1603); Ragusa (1603-26). | NMM 2; DSB. |
| GIACOMINI, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1820, NIM | Quadrant = Garzolini Coll., Trieste. | Belluno. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| GIAMIN, ANTONIUS | Italy, fl.1591-99, MIM SIM | Astrolabes = WHI (1592)(ICA-542), MERC-5 (1592) = P.C., ZUR (1599)(ICA-570); Radio Latino, 1591 = ADL-M117; Surveying Instrument = MUN; Pillar Sundial =DEU; Nocturnals, 1592 = ADL-M331, ROT, UTR, van Alfen Coll; Nocturnals = NMM (1596), van Alfen Coll. (1595). | some of the nocturnals are very dubious; ADL-M331 is identical to a nocturnal by Gigli Mariotti at LOS. | Rome. | Engelmann 1; Michel 2 and 3; Price 1 and 5; ICA 2; Van Cittert; Morpurgo 1; Nachet; NMM 2; Hollands Glorie; Hamilton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GIAMIN, IOANNIS | France; Italy, c.1550, MIM | Quadrans Vetus, iron = FLO. | Bordeaux; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 5; Michel 2 and 3; Hahn; RSW. | |
| GIAMINI, ANTON | see Antonius Giamin. | Michel 3. | |||
| GIANNA, L. | England, c.1816, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Barometer = Henry Ford Museum, Mich. | optician; often used Salop in place of Shrewsbury. | Market Place, Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GIANNEL | Italy, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Ambrosiana Library, Milan. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| GIANNOL, L. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | surely L. Gianna. | Shrewsbury. | RSW. |
| GIANO, C. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GIBB, ISAAC | England, c.1835, | apprenticed to William Green 2 in the Joiners' Company, March 3, 1835. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GIBBS, BROS. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | Dynamometer = Illinois State Museum, Springfield. | Canton, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| GIBBS, JAMES | England, c.1789, | apprenticed to Charles Card in the Joiners' Company on April 21, 1789. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GIBBS, ROBERT | England, c.1731, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on April 15, 1731. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GIBBS, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIBON | France, c.1795, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1977). | rue Richelieu, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GIBSON | England, NIM | Sextant = AND-11/13/24. | North Shields. | Clarke et al; RSW. | |
| GIBSON, JOHN | Scotland, d.1795, MIM OIM | Solar Microscope = Soth. 11/15/71. | microscope signed "Gibson Kelso"; sold telescopes to the Duke of Roxburgh, etc.; watch and clockmaker. | Kelso. | RSW.Taylor 2(973); Dewhirst; Bryden 3; T. Smith; Clarke et al. |
| GIBSON, LAWRENCE | England, 1724, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GIERDELI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 7 Brooks Market, (London?). | Goodison 1. | |
| GIESSING, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | Germany, PHIM | a turner; worked with Winckler to improve the electrical machine. | Leipzig. | Hackmann; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| GIESTRA, I. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | ||
| GIFFORD, A.G. | New Zealand, NIM | Sextant = FRK. | Wellington. | Frank; RSW. | |
| GIFFORD, JAMES | Scotland, 1679, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1679 = Lennoxlove, E. Lothian. | thought to be carved by Gifford. | West Linton. | Somerville. |
| GIGLI, MARIOTTI | Italy, 1591, MIM | Nocturnal, 1591 = LOS. | very similar to ADL-M331. | Rome. | ADL; RSW. |
| GILARDI, J. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 7/23/87, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | possibly Gilardoni; X and Christie signed "Gilardi Bristol." | Bristol. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GILARDI, JOSEPH | Italy, 1755, OIM | Microscope Mounting = NAC. | Milan. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| GILARDONI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), 1975 Sales Cat., Bearne's 1/24/90. | Bristol. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GILARDONI, B. | England, c.1816?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Fore Street(?), Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| GILBERT 1 | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | instruments signed "Gilbert, London" were made by John Gilbert 1 or his descendants; they are difficult to distinguish except by style and/or date. | Tower Hill; Ludgate Street; both in London. | Moskowitz 103; Grötzsch 2; Taylor 2(178); Goodison 1; Coffeen C; RSW. | |
| GILBERT 2 | England, c.1813, MIM | Protractor = P.C.; Gunner's Calipers = Evans Coll. | mastermark is a heart with "EIC" inside and "4" above. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| GILBERT 3 | France, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = Christie 6/7/72 and 5/15/73; Microscope = CZJ. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GILBERT AND CO. | England, fl.1794-1817, NIM OIM | Octant = FIN; Hadley's Quadrant = VNN; Telescopes = D.(1974), D.(1986), X, Soth. 12/13/65, Soth.-B. 12/21/76, Phillips 2/15/89, NMM-O.201/63-22, Dukes County Historical Soc., Edgartown, Mass.; Microscope = Soth. 10/22/76; Solar Microscope = Soth. 3/25/86. | William Gilbert 2 and one or more of his sons; Crawforth finds no record of this listing in the directories; Phillips telescope marked "Improved Sea Telescope"; T.C. reads "Improved Achromatic Sea Telescopes Made by Gilbert, Wright and Hooke. Opticians" plus address. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | Bell 2; Clay and Court; NMM 2; Moskowitz 109; Crawforth 6; Coffeen 12; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND GILKERSON | England, fl.1793-1819, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Slide Rule, boxwood = Christie 5/26/76; Rule, boxwood, 1800 = OXF; Globe, 1806 = OXF; Stick Barometer = X; Octant = Christie 3/29/60; Telescopes = D.(1972), D.(1989), Christie -S.K. 2/8/79; Mining Dial = P.C.(1987); etc. | William Gilbert 2 and James Gilkerson; later William Dormer Gilbert with Gikerson. Succeeded Gregory, Gilbert and Wright. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | Brown; Taylor 2(974); Goodison 1; Dewhirst ; Clay and Court ; Bell 2; Moskowitz 112; J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND SON | England, c.1810, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = NMM-S.218; Telescope = MYS. | William Gilbert 2 and William Dormer Gilbert. | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | Taylor 2(839 & 1339); NMM 2; Moskowitz 111; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND SONS | England, fl.1806-18, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sector = P.C.; Universal Ring Sun Dials = Christie 4/3/74, Soth. 11/9/59; Hadley's Quadrant = Tait 11/22/1843; Pantograph = P.C.; Telescopes = MYS, D.(1976), Phillips 9/10/86; Stick Barometer = VNN. | William Gilbert 2 and his sons, William Dormer Gilbert and Thomas Gilbert. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Rinaldi Cat.; Bell 2; NMM 2; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND WRIGHT | England, fl.1790-92, 1802-05, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextants = NMM-S.36 (1791), MYS, P-B 9/25/69, Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; Octant = MYS; Instrument = KEN; Telescopes = Soth. 10/15/73, DRE, CZO, D.(1974),(1978); Pantograph = Christie -SK 7/10/80; Dry Compass = NMM-C.11; Prospect Glass = D.(1978). | first John Gilbert 2 and later William Gilbert 2 working with George Wright 2; sextants are marked "King's Patent"; sold Wright's new improved celestial globes. | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | J. Brown 1; Price 2; Taylor 2(839); USNM; NMM 2; Moskowitz 109; Coffeen E; RSW. |
| GILBERT, BARBARA | England, c.1752, | widow of John Gilbert 1; turned over his apprentice, John Bartlett, to John Urings 2 of the Joiners' Company; turned over apprentice Joseph Hill to John Gilbert 2 in the Grocers' Company; both on March 18, 1752. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GILBERT, CHARLES | England, c.1810, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2, in the Grocers' Company on May 5, 1803; turned over to James Savage of the Coachmakers' Company on June 2, 1803; free of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1810. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GILBERT, ED. | England, 1778, NIM | Octant, 1778 = MYS. | made for Will Tillock, April 28, 1778. | Tower Hill, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| GILBERT, HENRY ROBERT | England, c.1798, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2, of the Grocers' Company, 1798; did not finish. | Tower Hill, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GILBERT, J. | can be John Gilbert 1 or 2. | ||||
| GILBERT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1717-52, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Backstaves = OXF (1745), NMM, KEN (1730); Sundial = NMM; Telescope = D.(1971). | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 in the Grocers' Company, 1709 free of the Company in 1717; took apprentices; made Biester's "portatis" instrument; undated instruments could have been made by John Gilbert 1 or 2. | Little Tower Hill (1717); Postern Row, Tower Hill (1718-52); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(178); Brewington 1; Goodison 1; NMM 2; USNM; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| GILBERT, JOHN 2 | England, 1744-91, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Backstaves = NMM (1755), Atwater Kent Museun, Philadelphia, Pa. (1770), P.C.(1774); Octants = PEA (1758, 1763, 1779), Soth. 12/3/76 (1764), NMM (1777), North Carolina State Archives (1759); Sextant, 1767 = Soth. 6/27/57); Telescopes = D.(1973) (1769), D.(1976); Cuff-type Microscope = OXF; etc. | son of John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers'Company; apprenticed to him Oct. 4, 1737; free of the Grocers' Company Feb. 28, 1744; T.C.; see Gilbert and Wright. | at the Mariner, Paternoster Road, Tower Hill (1763); 23 St. Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate Street (1776); 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill (1781); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(595); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz 112; NMM 2; Calvert 2; Brewington; USNM; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3; OXF Exib. 1947; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| GILBERT, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1771-91, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company, April 3, 1764; free of the Company April 9, 1771; brother of William Gilbert 2. | Tower Hill, London (1771). | J. Brown 1. | |
| GILBERT, M. AND T. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 1/27/75. | surely W. and T. Gilbert. | London. | RSW. |
| GILBERT, THOMAS | England, fl.1809-31, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2, of the Grocers' Company in 1801; free of the Company in 1809; see W. and T. Gilbert; the "W" is William Dormer Gilbert, his brother; T.C. | ; Leadenhall Street, London (1809). | J. Brown 1 & 2; Taylor 2(839 & 1339); Bell 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| GILBERT, W. AND J. | misreading for W. and T. Gilbert. | RSW. | |||
| GILBERT, W. AND S. | England, c.1817, NIM | Log = NMM-Lg.28. | W. and T. Gilbert? | London. | NMM 2. |
| GILBERT, W. AND T. | England, fl.1819-28, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Compass and Rule, silver case, 1826 = OXF; Vernier Protractor, 1827 = D.; Compasses = NMM (1838), NMM (7); Log Glasses = NMM; Telescopes = NMM, Soth. 5/12/75, Christie 4/14/89; Microscope = Soth. 3/19/73; Surveyor's Cross = D.(1977); Stick Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89; Sextant = Christie 12/16/69. | William Dormer Gilbert and his brother, Thomas, sons of William Gilbert 2; "Mathematical Instrument Makers and Opticians to the Hon. East India Compy"; also made kaleidoscopes; went bankrupt in 1828. | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(839); Clay and Court; Moskowitz 111; Bell 2; NMM 2; Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Coffeen D; Crawforth 1; McConnell 4; RSW. |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1540-1603, | wrote the pioneering work on magnetism; designed a dip-needle; worked with Blundeville, Briggs and Edward Wright on the problems of navigation; physician. | Colchester; Wingfield House, St. Peter's Hill, London (1596-97); Royal College of Physicians, London. | Taylor 1(31); Dawson Cat.; DNB; DSB. | |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1776-1813, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, John Gilbert 2, July 4, 1769; turned over to Peter Dollond July 18, 1769; free of the Grocers' Conpany Aug. 1, 1776; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company Dec. 1, 1801 by Redemption; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company 1807-09; see Gilbert and Wright, Gilbert and Son, Gilbert and Sons, Gilbert and Gilkerson, Gilbert and Co. | Tower Hill (1776); Leadehall Street (1795-1803); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(595); Brewington 1; Clay and Court; Moskowitz 109; Robischon. | |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM DORMER | England, fl.1802-33, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 5, 1795; free of the Grocers' Company Dec. 2, 1802; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company Oct. 6, 1813; succeeded his father Oct. 6, 1813; worked with his brother, Thomas as W. and T. Gilbert from 1819-31; worked alone 1832-33. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(237). | |
| GILBERT, WRIGHT AND HOOKE | England, fl.1794-1805, MIM OIM | Telescopes = D.(1975), D.(1979); Magnetic Compass = Christie-SK 9/11/86; Sextant = OXF. | the "Gilbert" is first, John Gilbert 2, later, William Gilbert 2; the Wright is George Wright 2; sextant marked "King's Patent." | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | Taylor 2(839); Moskowitz 109; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| GILDING, STEPHEN | England, c.1675, | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw in the Weavers' Company, June 28, 1675 for eight years. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GILES, EDWARD | USA, fl.1839-50, MIM SIM | see Blyndenburgh and Giles. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Coffeen E. | |
| GILES, JAMES | England, fl.1740-80, MIM | Orrery, = USNM; Sundial = Milton Church. | Gravesend. | Taylor 2(354a); USNM 2; Bedini 6; Price 2. | |
| GILKERSON | England, c.1800, MIM | Drawing Set, case = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Tower Hill, London. | RSW. | |
| GILKERSON AND CO. | England, fl.1809-27, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Sextants = DPW, NMM-S.261; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 4/22/65; Octant = HAR; Circumferentor = D.(1978); Surveyor's Compass = ADL-W188. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill; 148 Leadenhall Street, The Navigation Warehouse; both in London. | Taylor 2(1130); NMM 2; Moskowitz 117; ADL; RSW. | |
| GILKERSON AND MACALL | England, c.1770, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = X. | Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(716); Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| GILKISON, W.P. | ScotlandPHIM | sympiesometer maker | Cathcart Street, Glasgow. | Bell 2. | |
| GILL, JONATHAN | England, fl. 1707-16, MIM | Oughtred-type Sundial, 1716 = D.(1983) = ADL-W96. | apprenticed in 1700; free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1707; sundial is signed "Jn° Gill." | London. | Coffeen D; Wynter and Turner; J. Brown 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GILL, SAMUEL | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Rye. | Bell 2. | |
| GILL, THOMAS | England, fl.1817-18, PHIM | Hydrometer Slide Rule, ivory = Soth. 10/17/60. | signed "T. Gill"; patented a type of hydrometer with John Ashton. | 42 Greek Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1341); RSW. |
| GILLADON, ANDREAS | Switzerland?, 1690, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1690 = Chur Museum. | Evans 1. | ||
| GILLARDONI, A. | see Gilardony | Bell 2. | |||
| GILLES, MATTHIAS | England, 1708, NIM | Nocturnal, fruitwood, 1708 = Soth. 6/21/76. | RSW. | ||
| GILLESPIE, JOHN | England?, MIM | Calendar, round, wood = Soth. 10/17/60. | 10, Abbey Hill. | RSW. | |
| GILLMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Eastbourne. | Goodison 1. | |
| GILLY | France, 1777, MIM | he reworked the sundial of Cadenet. | Tardy 3. | ||
| GILMAN AND JOSLIN | misreading for Gilman Joslin. | Rinaldi 3; RSW. | |||
| GILMAN, BENJAMIN CLARK | USA, 1763-1835, MIM NIM | Compass Cards, paper = NHH, P.C.; Pedometer = Bristol Coll. | clockmaker. | Exeter, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Spinney. |
| GILMORE | England, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = Pugsley Sale. | as listed in catalogue; instrument sold was unsigned. | RSW. | |
| GILMORE, JOSEPH | England, fl.1718-26, NIM | invented a perpetual log, the "Navivum", and one other navigating instrument. | Bath. | Taylor 2(44); Bedini 8. | |
| GILMUR, BRYAN | USA, c.1790, MIM | also made clocks. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. | |
| GILPIN | England, 1816, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1816 = ANM. | London. | Namur Exhib. Cat. | |
| GILPIN, B. | England, OIM | Modified-Cuff Microscope = Wellcome Coll. | Newcastle. | Bryden 9. | |
| GILRUTH BROS. | Scotland, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Dundee. | RSW. | |
| GILTRAY, J.W. | Holland, 1851-1929, MIM NIM OIM | worked with A.P. Kipp; partner in the firm of P.J. Kipp en Zonen. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| GINOT-DESROIS, MLLE. | France, fl.1824-26, MIM | Planispheres, paper = GEP, MAS, TIM (1826); Astronomical and Perpetual Calendar = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | may be "Desrolis"; calendar marked "dedié à Charles X par Mlle. Ginot-Desrois", and was engraved by Choixegue. | Chez Bachelier Libraire pour les matématiques, Quai des Augustins, 55, Paris. | RSW. |
| GIOBBIO 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 9/10/86. | Devizes; Trowbridge. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |
| GIOBBIO 2 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Lampeter, Cardigan. | Bell 2. | |
| GIOBBIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Devizes. | RSW. | |
| GIOBBIO, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIOBBIO, G.B. | EnglandPHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Burnley. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIOBBIO, G.B., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/82. | see Giobbio and Co. | Devizes. | RSW. |
| GIOBBIO, GOSVE | Wales, PHIM | barometer maker. | Llandovery, Carmarthan. | Bell 2. | |
| GIOIA, FLAVIO | Italy, 13th Century, NIM | thought by Neapolitans to have invented the magnetic compass. | Naples. | Magazine of Science, London, 1891; Tooley; USNM. | |
| GIORDANI, D.G. | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, paper = Count Lamberti Coll., Rome. | Venice. | Chapuis. | |
| GIORDANI, VITALE | Italy, b.1633 d.1711, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Biblioteca Lancisiana, Rome. | Rome. | Michel 3. | |
| GIRACCIA, T. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Lewes. | Bell 2. | |
| GIRAR, MARC | France, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = J.P. Morgan Coll. | Blois. | RSW. | |
| GIRARD | France, 19th entury, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Drouot 4/7/87. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GIRARD ET BARRERE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 27.5 cm. = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Girard et Barrère. | Paris. | RSW. |
| GIRARD FRERES | France, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Girard Frères; made achromatic lenses. | Daumas 1. | ||
| GIRARD, A. | USA, 1849, MIM | invented an altitude recorder and a sun transit instrument. | Mobile, Ala. | USNM. | |
| GIRARD, BARRERE ET THOMAS | France, c.1850, MIM | Globe, terrestrial = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | Girard, Barrère et Thomas; see Girard et Barrère. | RSW. | |
| GIRARD, E., ET A. BOITTE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Globe, terrestrial = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | "éditeurs." | 22 rue Cassette, Paris. | RSW. |
| GIRAUD, BENOIT | France, fl.1744-1780, PHIM | Thermometer on clock, 1774 = X. | Rue des Orties (1774); Pl. Saint-Suplice (1780); both in Paris. | Tardy 3. | |
| GIRAUDON | France, NIM | Magnetic Compass = Drouot 3/9/70. | rue de la Paix, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GIREARO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 32 Ely, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIRGENSOHN, T. | Russia, c.1845, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Pulkowa Obs. (1845). | St. Petersburg. | Middleton 1. | |
| GIRL, MARTIN | surely Martin Gizl. | Taylor 2(597); Daumas 1. | |||
| GIRLONI, D. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIROD, JEAN GASPARD | Switzerland, c.1620, MIM | Sundial in base of skull watch = O-F. | signed "I.G. Girod"; watchmaker. | Coppet; Geneva. | Monreal; Baillie 1; Soth. 5/11/23; RSW. |
| GIRONIMO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly Laurence Gironimo. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| GIRONIMO, B. 1 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| GIRONIMO, B. 2 | England, fl.1817-44, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GIRONIMO, LAURENCE | England, fl.1845-54, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded by Felix Gugeri. | 93 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GISCARA, JEREMIAH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Giscard, misreading ? | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GISCARD | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | see Jeremiah Giscara, this might be a misreading. | Downham. | RSW. |
| GITTENS, W. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Angle Barometer = X. | 113 Salop, Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIUDICE, A. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Stroud Water. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIUSANI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIUSANI, P. AND SONS | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cock Street, Wolverhampton (1835); Bilston. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIUSANI, S. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Cock Street, Wolverhampton. | Bell 2. | |
| GIUSTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, fl.1558-65, MIM | Quadrant, 1558 = FLO; Sundials = FLO (2). | also signed "Ioannes Baptista Iusti." | Florence. | Bonelli 5; Michel 3; Evans 1; Settle 2. |
| GIZL, MARTIN | Austria, 1769, MIM OIM SIM | Theodolite, 1769 = BM; Horizontal Sundial, string gnomon, = Soth. 11/16/87. | also spelled Cizl. | Salzburg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; RSW. |
| GLADSTONE, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GLAISHER, JAMES | England, 1809-1903, PHIM | pioneer meteorologist; developed a wet-dry bulb thermometer in 1847. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| GLASER, A. | Poland, 1588, MIM | designed a sundial for the Town Hall in 1588. | Danzig. | Zinner 1. | |
| GLAZEBROOK | England, c.1822, MIM | invented a slide rule. | Taylor 2(1568). | ||
| GLAZIER, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1796-99, MIM | 59 Townsend Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| GLEAVE, J., AND SON | England, MIM | Rule, folding, wood = D.(1984). | initial might be G. | Oldham Street, Manchester. | RSW. |
| GLEICHEN, VAN | Germany, c.1770, OIM | developed a form of compound microscope. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| GLOBBIO AND CO. | misreading for Giobbio and Co. | RSW. | |||
| GLOCKSBERGER, JOHANN | Czechoslovakia, c.1600, MIM | Ring Sundial = Drecker Coll. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| GLOVER, FREDERICK ROBERT AUGUSTUS | England, c.1839, MIM | patented "Glover's Sector", marked "Patent No.1." | Charlton. | Taylor 2(2135); Coffeen 14. | |
| GLOVER, HENRY | England; USA, fl.1842-70, NIM OIM | T.C.; apprenticed to Parkinson and Frodsham; made chronometers. | London; 33 John Street, (1842-43); 29 Louis Street (1843-44); 192 Broadway (1845); 119 Broadway (1846); 5 Wall Street (1847); 115 Wall Street (1848); 119 Wall Street (1850-53); 58 South Street (1853); 154 South Street (1854); 107 South Street (1860-62); 104 South Street (1864); 20 Burling Slip (1866); 222 Water Street (1868-70); all in New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; RSW. | |
| GLUCK | Mexico, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = ADL-T64. | "optico". | Mexico City. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GLUCKSTEIN | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GLYD, JAMES | England, 1752, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1752 = OXF. | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| GLYN, RICHARD | surely Richard Glynne. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |||
| GLYNNE, RICHARD | England, 1681-1755 fl.1705-25, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials over Compasses, silver = TIM, Chatsworth; Universal Ring Sundials = OXF, KEN, WHI, CZJ; Inclinable Sundials, silver = TIM, Chatsworth; Armillary Sphere = WHI; Drawing Instrument Sets = WHI, OXF, Halls 11/15/95; Orreries = OXF, NMM-P.13, Nat'l Museum, Beiping. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne in the Clockmakers' Company, 1696; free of the Company, 1705; son-in-law of Philip Lea; in partnership with Anne Lea, his mother-in-law, c. 1712-25; published globes; T.C.; sometimes signed "Glyn." | Cheapside (1712-16); Sign of the Hercules and Atlas, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1720-25); both in London. | Taylor 1(500) and 2(45); Price 3; Ward 4; Chaldecott 1; RSW; Calvert 2; Michel 3; ATG 12/9/95; Gingerich 1; Tyacke 1; J. Brown 3; Bryden 16; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Sivin 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GLYNNE, RICHARD, AND HENRY WYNNE | England, fl.1710-21, MIM | Hercules and Atlas, Fleet Street, opposite Salisbury Court, London. | Clay and Court. | ||
| GLYNNE, ROBERT | misreading for Richard Glynne. | ATG 12/8/95. | |||
| GNUTTI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1761, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BRP. | might be Grutti. | Price 2; Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| GOAT, R. | misreading for R. Gout. | Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 7/20/23. | |||
| GOATER | England, fl.1776-77, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = D. Phillips 11/16/88 (1776); Octants = SPI-2775 (1777), WHI, AMST. | John or Henry Goater. | 141 Wapping, London | Taylor 2(599); Daumas 1; Wynter and Turner; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| GOATER, E. | England, NIM | Octant = WHI. | 141 Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| GOATER, HENRY | England, fl.1777-92, MIM NIM OIM | Octants = WHI, AMST, NMM. | son or nephew of John Goater. | 144 (141) Wapping; New Gravel Lane, Wapping Wall; both in London. | Taylor 2(717); Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| GOATER, I. | see John Goater. | ||||
| GOATER, J.B. | England, NIM | Octant = University of Mississippi. | London. | Price 2. | |
| GOATER, JOHN | England, c.1760, NIM | Backstaffs = D., P.C.(1971), AMST; Hadley's Quadrant = MYS; Octants = Maine Historical Soc., Portland, P.C.(1969), AMST, NMM-S.144 (1769). | all except NMM octant are signed I. or J. Goater; one instument has the mark of an anchor and also signed "late Clerty." | 141 Wapping; near Union Stairs in Wapping; Execution Dock, Wapping; all in London. | Taylor 2(599); Wynter and Turner; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| GOATER, ROBERT | England, fl.1769-97, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass = NMM-C.214. | signed "R.Goater." | 146 Wapping, London | Taylor 2(599); NMM 2. |
| GOBBI 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Giobbio? | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| GOBBI 2 | England, PHIM | see Macki and Gobbi; barometer makers. | Swaffham. | Bell 2. | |
| GOBBI AND CETTEA | England, fl.1848-50, PHIM | barometer makers. | Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham. | Bell 2. | |
| GOBBI, LAWRENCE | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 12/15/72. | signed "L. Gobbi"; also known as Lorenzo Gobbi; carver, gilder. | Stanley Street, Liverpool. | Bell 2. |
| GOBBI, P. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/13/88. | Soth. barometer signed "Gobbi Stroud", spirit level signed "P. Gobbi Stroud." | Stroud. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GOBBI, P., AND SON | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stroud. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GOBBY | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Chelsea Fair (1973). | Hull. | RSW. | |
| GOBBY, D. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/17/74. | Leather Lane, London. | RSW. | |
| GOBE, HANS | Austria ; Germanyfl.1558-74, MIM | Gun Sight, 1568 = DRE. | see H.G. 4. | Innsbruck; Dreden. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Michel 2 and 3; Drechsler 2; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| GODALLES | France, 1686, MIM | Sector, ivory, 1686 = Christie 10/7/82 = D.(1983) = ADL-W162. | "Par le D.M.N. Godalles, Sainct Malo." | Saint-Malo. | ADL; RSW. |
| GODDARD | England, fl.1838-40, OIM | invented a polariscope. | Gallery of Practical Science, Adelaide Street, London. | Taylor 2(2136). | |
| GODDARD, JAMES T. | England, fl.1850-57, OIM | Achromatic Astronomical Telescope = X. | 35 Goswell Street (1851); Jesse Cottage, Whitton, near Hounslow (1857); both in London. | USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GODDART | see Steel and Goddart. | RSW. | |||
| GODELAR | France, c.1780, MIM OIM | Protractors = D.(1971), P.C.(1968); Sector = DPW; Folding Rule = P.C. | Paris. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| GODELARD FILS | France, MIM | Sector, silver = P.C.(1973). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GODFREY, JOHN | England, fl.1818-37, OIM | Cross Street (1818); 93 Coleshill, Horton (1837); both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1863). | ||
| GODFREY, THOMAS 1 | USA, 1704-49, NIM | Sextant = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; "Improved" Backstaff, 1730 = Joshua Fisher (c.1731). | glazier; invented a reflecting quadrant in 1730; in 1734 the Royal Society recognized both Thomas Godfrey (1) and James Hadley as independent inventors of the instrument. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; Gillingham 1; DSB; Price 2; Taylor 2(262); Cecil King; A.J. Turner 10; D.J. Warner 10. |
| GODFREY, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Stony Stratford. | Bell 2. | |
| GODIN, LOUIS | France, 1704-60, MIM | Rule, 1735 = POB. | Trois Siècle. | ||
| GODINEAU | France, 1730-1800, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C.(1969). | La Rochelle. | RSW. | |
| GODINEZ, MIGUEL | Spain, 18th Century, MIM | Counting Machine = X. | Valencia. | Nachet. | |
| GODWIN, S. | England, 1802, MIM | Astrolabe, 1802 = OXF (ICA-316). | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | ||
| GODWYN, JOHN | England, fl.1597-1600, MIM | said by Hopton to be the inventor of the circumferentor; designed an alidade; see John Goodwin. | London. | Taylor 1(98). | |
| GOERNER, JACOBUS | Czechoslovakia, 1794, PHIM | Static Electrical Machine, 1794 = PRA. | "Mechanicus." | Prague. | Czech. Inventory. |
| GOERNER, JOSEPH | Czechoslovakia, 1775, OIM | Microscope, 1775 = U. of Charles, Prague. | Prague. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| GOERTNER | Germany, c.1680, PHIM | made burning mirrors. | Dresden. | Nachet. | |
| GOES 1 | Franciscus de Goes; see Gois 2. | A. Stimson 3; Destombes 5. | |||
| GOES 2 | see A. Goys. | A. Stimson 3; Destombes 5. | |||
| GOES, FRANCISCO DE | Portugal, c.1587, MIM NIM | made sundials, sandglasses, astrolabes and compass needles; also spelled Goys. | Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3. | |
| GOES, JOAO DE | Portugalc.1648, MIM NIM | son of A. Goys (Agostinho de Goes Raposa); excused from military service in 1648, because he was a NIM. | Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3; Guedes. | |
| GOESTER, GYSBERT | Holland, 1739-, MIM | Square = UTP. | ivory-turner and instrument maker. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| GOETZ, STEPHAN VON | Austria, | see Götz. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| GOEZ, JOH. WILH. | Germany18th Century, MIM | Ludwigsburg. | Evans 1. | ||
| GOFF, WILLIAM | USA, 1782, NIM | Octant, 1782 = D.(1957). | Georgetown, South Carolina. | RSW. | |
| GOGERTY, ROBERT | England, fl.1847-56, MIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Microscope = CZO. | microscope is signed "Gogerty 244 Fleet Street." | 32 King Street (1847); 72 Fleet Street; 244 Fleet Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GOGILLA | France, MIM | Folding Rule = P.C.; Mathematical Instrument Set = D.(1966). | Paris. | Brieux 2; RSW. | |
| GOHIN | France, c.1800, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/3/88. | signed "L'Ing. Gohin opticien Breveté." | 19, rue Neuve-Saint-Eustache; Rue Her. St. Eustache 24; both in Paris. | Nachet; RSW. |
| GOIS 1 | Portugal, 1595, MIM NIM SIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, 1595 = P.C., D.(1976). | first dial also signed "Lusitanus"; second has a polychrome compass, with an extra mark "P.E."; there may be only one instrument. | Lisbon. | RSW. |
| GOIS 2 | Portugal, fl.1608-32, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabes = FLO (1608)(NMM-9), Museu Naval e Oceanographico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1624) (NMM-49), Museo da las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1632) (NMM-42). | Francisco de Goes; received his license as an instrument maker in 1587; he made sundials, sand glasses, compass needles, etc; NMM is National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabe. | Lisbon. | Waters 1; Stimson 3; Destombes 5; Guedes. |
| GOLDBACKER, MAX | Germany; USA1813-71;, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | optician. | Oettinger, Bavaria (1813-49); New York, N.Y. (1849-71). | Smart 1. |
| GOLIUNIN | Russia, MIM | Terrestrial Globe and Sundial = GEL. | RSW. | ||
| GONDOLA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 12 Little Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GONDOLFI | France, c.1800, PHIM | Balances = CNAM. | also made weights. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| GONICHON, JEAN-BAPTISTE-CHARLES | France, fl.1733-63, OIM | Reflecting Telescope = P.C.(1962). | associated with the optician, Claude Paris, his brother-in-law, in 1733; later worked alone; in 1763 his widow, Marie-Michelle Paris Gonichon, took up the brevet of her brother, Claude Paris, of "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour." | rue des Postes, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2; Nachet; Augarde; RSW. |
| GONICHON, MARIE-MICHELLE PARIS | France, c.1763, MIM | widow of Jean-Baptiste-Charles Gonichon; sister of Claude Paris; received his title, "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour", in 1763. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| GONNELLA, TITO | Italy, 1794-1851+, MIM | Calculating Machine = FLO. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Florence. | Brenni 1. |
| GOOBBI, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Giobbi? | Goodison 1. | |
| GOOD, JOHN | England, fl.1731-36, MIM NIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1731 = Wray Coll. (not in Wray Sale, Soth. 11/30/59); Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | mathematician; author; book was published in London; two men? | Hull. | Gillingham 6; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| GOODALL, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1790-1807, MIM | Sundial inside watch cover = OXF (Minn Coll.). | Tadcaster. | Bell 2; Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| GOODALL, GEORGE 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GOODALL, LODELL | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 4/18/85. | London. | RSW. | |
| GOODDAY, B. | England, fl.1723-25, NIM | designed a new navigating instrument; author. | Knight's Coffee-house, Essex Street, near St. Clement's Church, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(179). | |
| GOODMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Pontypridd. | Goodison 1. | |
| GOODMAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1669-78, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices; Master of the Company, 1677-78). | St. Bartholomews, West Smithfield, London (1671-78). | Court and von Rohr 3(17); Crawforth 6. | |
| GOODWIN, JOHN | England, fl.1580-1616, MIM | Sectors = R.T. Gunther Coll., NMM-CI/S.9, D.(1986). | the instrument, "D.(1986)", is signed "John Goodwin SW"; see also John Godwyn as there may be confusion. | Taylor 1(98); Evans 1; Dewhirst; NMM 2; Coffeen 14. | |
| GOODWIN, MICHAEL, AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | High Street, Sunderland. | Bell 2. | |
| GOORHAM, ISAAC | Sweden?, 1763, NIM | Backstaff, 1763 = P.C.(1972). | in a Swedish collection. | RSW. | |
| GOOTS, A. | Holland, NIM | Cross-staff = HAK. | vanes lost. | RSW. | |
| GORDON, ANDREAS | Scotland, c.1745, PHIM | monk; might have introduced the cylinder in the electrical machine. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| GORDON, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1719-26, MIM | author. | at Mr. Graeme's House, The Green House, opposite the Three Pigeons, Butcherhall Lane, Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(47). | |
| GORDON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1754, MIM | apprenticed to Tycho Wing, a mathematical instrument maker of the Grocers' Company, Oct. 24, 1754. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GORDON, GILBERT | England, 1687, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1687 = NAC = D.(1976) = P.C. | first name is illegible in dealer's catalogue; owner? | Nachet; Brieux 3, 1976; RSW. | |
| GORDON, ROBERT | Scotland, 1580-1661, | cartographer; surveyer; owned the Fusoris astrolabe now in the RSM; two of the tympans were re-engraved for use in Edinburgh and Straloch in 1597. | Straloch, Aberdeenshire. | Darius 3; Poulle 1. | |
| GORHAM, JOTHAM ODIORNE | 17th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Eldred 7/26/73. | RSW. | ||
| GORI | Italy, 1779, MIM | divided a quadrant; may be Felice Gori. | Florence. | Daumas 1. | |
| GORI, FELICE | Italy, c.1809, MIM | Sundial = FLO. | brother of Galgano Gori; both worked for Giuseppe Pigri; sundial signed "Felice Gori inv. e fece in Firenze"; also marked "A.L." (3); mechanician; see Gori. | Florence. | Bonelli 9. |
| GORI, GALGANO | Italy, 1846, MIM PHIM | Barometer, siphon-type, 1846 = FLO. | brother of Felice Gori, which see; both worked for Giuseppe Pigri; also made micrometers and thermometers; mechanician. | Florence. | Middleton 1; Bonelli 9. |
| GORING, DR. EDWIN | England, fl.1819-41, | developed idea of using precious stones for microscope lenses. | Nachet. | ||
| GORLAND | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London Wall, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GORNER, J. | Bohemia, 1776, OIM | Microscope = PRA. | Narodni Museum Exhibit at KEN, Aug. 1968. | RSW. | |
| GORSE, NATHANIEL | see Nathaniel Gosse. | ||||
| GOSS, JOHN | England, c.1812, MIM | designed a calculating machine. | Bryden 5. | ||
| GOSSE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1620-31, MIM | made Gunter's rules and other wooden instruments; spelled variously as Gos, Goss, and Gorse. | Ratcliffe, London. | Bryden 9; Taylor 1(141); Evans 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| GOSSELIN | France, c.1665-80, MIM | Octant = Roussel Sale = MADEX-280 (Coll. Jules Strauss); Mural Quadrant = X. | an "arquebusier"; instruments are also signed "divisé par Sevin à Paris"; Gosselin made instruments for the Paris Observatory and the Academy of Sciences; Daumas says that some instruments are at the NMM but there is no entry in the Inventory. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Wolf; NMM 2; Augarde. |
| GOSSET | France, c.1800, OIM | optician and lens maker. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| GOTANDE | Italy, 1778, MIM | Hodometer, 1778 = MMT. | Rome. | RSW. | |
| GOTZ, JOH. WILH. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Instrument = DAR. | signed "Götz"; Evans says "Goez." | Ludwigsburg. | Maddison 7; Evans 1; RSW. |
| GOTZ, STEFAN VON, UND SOHNE | Austria, c.1850, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundials = D.(1982) = ADL-W50, PRZ, D.(1987), Pugsley Sale; Horizontal Sundial = MERC-28. | the first sundial signed "St. v. Götz und Sohne", the second, "Götz und Sohne", the third, "Stefan von Götz und Sohne. | Vienna. | Coffeen A and 16; Maddison 7; Hamilton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GOTZ, STEPHAN VON | Austria, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial = PRZ. | signed "Götz." | Vienna. | Maddison 7. |
| GOUCHON, CHARLES | France, c.1700, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NMM-D.201. | Beurelle. | NMM 2. | |
| GOUFFE | France, c.1788, MIM | Gouffé was "breveté ingénieur du Roi, 1788". | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| GOUGH | see Walter Gough. | ||||
| GOUGH AND GEE | England, c.1815, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Christie 4/5/95. | 21 Saddle Row, London. | RSW. | |
| GOUGH, T.J. | Water Clock, falsely dated 1673 = Museum of Science, Buffalo, N.Y. | modern work; probably made by Pearson Page Ltd. of Birmingham; marked "Exeter." | RSW. | ||
| GOUGH, WALTER | England, fl.1799-1810, MIM OIM PHIM | Garden Sundials = The Hall, Weston, Buckland House (1793); Air Pump = AUI; Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79. | T.C.; last two instruments signed "Gough" and "Real Electrical Machine and Air Pump Maker"; 1793 sundial belonged to William Cowper. | 21 Middle Row; 23 Middle Row; both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Gatty; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| GOUGH, WILLIAM | England, fl.1808-10, OIM | 23 Middle Row, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1134). | ||
| GOUICHON | France, c.1790, OIM | Telescopes = P.C., Versailles 11/19/78. | Rue des Postes, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GOULD AND PORTER | England, fl.1800-25, MIM OIM | Charles Gould and Porter; succeeded Cary. | London. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| GOULD, CHARLES | England, fl.1800-39, MIM OIM | Microscope = Soth. 12/17/62. | T.C.; microscope is signed "Gould's Improved Pocket Compound Microscope"; author; succeeded William Cary in 1825, perhaps as Gould and Porter. | 272 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1135); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Nachet; RSW. |
| GOULD, CHESTER | England; USA; England, fl.1794-1803, NIM | patented a log in 1800, an improvment in 1801, and a nautical time piece in 1803, all in London; Bedini thinks Gould was still in Rome, N.Y. in 1813. | 47 Walnut Street (1794); Sign of the Quadrant, 70 South Front Street (1796-98); both in Philadelphia Pa.; Rome, N.Y.(1800); "late of Rome N.Y., now of Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London merchant"(1801). | Brewington 1; Bedini 8. | |
| GOULD, HENRY | England, 1859-?, MIM NIM | succeeded John and George Cary in 1859. | 181 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1290). | |
| GOULD, HORACE | USA, 1801, NIM | offered a recording log for approval to the Boston Marine Soc. | Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1. | |
| GOULD, JOHN | England; USA, fl.1794-97, MIM NIM OIM | succeeded by Thomas Whitney; Smart says 47 Walnut Street (1794). | 47 Water Street(1794); at the Sign of the Quadrant, 70 South Front Street (1796); 46 South Fifth Street (1797); all in Philadelphia Pa. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Gillingham 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| GOULD, WILLIAM 1 | USA, d.1797, MIM | Smart felt that this might be an erronious entry due to a mistake in a newspaper story in 1797. | Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| GOULD, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1808, MIM | apprenticed to William Parson of the Grocers' Company, Jan 1, 1801, for 7 years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| GOULIER, COLONEL | France, 1818-91, MIM | hydrographic surveyor; designed several instruments. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GOUMERT | France, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 2/10/72. | Chalon. | RSW. | |
| GOURDIN, E. | "E. Gourdin Paris 1671" marked on a modern mariner's astrolabe sold at Christie 5/5/83. | A. Stimson 3. | |||
| GOURDIN, PIERRE | France, fl.1775-1800, MIM SIM | Graphometers = USNM (1775), KRA (1779), CNAM (1785), P.C. (1790), Libert et Castor Auction 4/28/82 (1786), etc; Surveying Instruments = FIN = D(1778), Paris 1900 Exhib.(1792), P.C. and Christie's 4/3/85; Surveyor's Cross, 1786 = P.C.; Alidade, 1787 = CNAM; Sectors = D.(1785)(2), OXF and Drouot 3/9/70 (both 1792) ; Ellipsograph, 1780 = CNAM; Protractor, 1778 = P.C.; Pantograph, 1784 = P.C.(1987); Rule = ADL-A268; Level, 1785 = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | twice rejected as "Ingénieur du Roi"; in 1794 he was chosen to value mathematical instruments seized during the Revolution; member of "Corporation des fondeurs." | au Quart de Cercle, Quai de l'horloge, Ile de la Cité, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; USNM; Daumas 1 and 6; Augarde; Wynter and Turner; Estreicher 1; Coffeen 12 and 55; ADL; RSW. |
| GOURDON, L. | Switzerland, c.1790, MIM OIM SIM | Thermometer, horizontal = GEM; Theodolite = Christie-SK 9/29/88. | the thermometer is from the de Saussure Coll. | Geneva. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| GOUT, RALPH | England, fl.1770-1815, MIM | Pedometers = Aubert (1806), BM (1781), Marryat College, Guildhall Museum, KEN, FIT, WHI, Fränkel Coll., OXF., TIM = Christie 4/14/88, and various sales. | patented a pedometer, 1799. | 6 Norman Street; Old Street; Binlin Court; all in London. | Taylor 2(719); De |
| GOUTERY | France, MIM | Sector = P. and S. 4/3/1894. | Paris. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| GOVAERDT, H. | 1607, MIM | Artillery Level, 1607 = LOS. | RSW. | ||
| GOVERNA | see Oratio Governa Pietro. | ||||
| GOWAN, G. | England, 1753, MIM | Gunner's Sector, wood, 1753 = Kenney Coll. = Soth. 4/22/65. | Taylor 2(482); Exibition-Maps; RSW. | ||
| GOWER, CAPTAIN | England, NIM | invented and patented a log. | Taylor 2(1137). | ||
| GOWLAND | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | Enfield. | RSW. | |
| GOWLAND, C. | England, fl.1811-16, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | probably Clement Gowland, clockmaker on High Street. | Sunderland. | Goodison 1. |
| GOWLAND, GEORGE | England, pre-1871, NIM OIM | Octants = RJK and Phillips 5/14/74; Sextants = Exhib. "1000 Years of Navigation", Brussels 1979, Dr. Livingstone; Artificial Horizon = STK. | also signed "Gowland" or "G. Gowland." | 76 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Brewington 1; USNM; RSW. |
| GOWLAND, JAMES | England, c.1830, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| GOY AND CO. | England, pre-1840, NIM OIM | Hadley's Quadrant with vernier = NMM-S.17. | T.C. | 36 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2138); NMM 2. |
| GOYON FILS | France, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Chevau-Légers, 2/28/82. | 16 Rue Pila, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GOYS, A. | Portugal, fl.1630-58, MIM NIM | Mariner's Astrolabes = P.C. (1648) (NMM-25), Museu Naval e Oceanographico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16??) (NMM-38), Museu de Marinha, Lisbon (NMM-39). | Agostinho de Goes Raposo; known to have died before 1676; received his license as an instrument maker in 1630; could make sundials, sand glasses, etc; NMM is National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes. | Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3; Destombes 5; Guedes. |
| GOZZI | Italy, 1722, OIM | Microscope, 1772 = Russborough House, Blessington, Ireland. | Parma. | Silverman. | |
| GRAECIUS | Italy, 1591, | see F. Hieronomi Brassi. | Florence? Rome? | Destombes; RSW. | |
| GRAEVIUS, BARTHOLOMEW | Belgium, c.1531, | printer and bookseller; sold globes. | Louvain. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| GRAF, HANS | Germany, fl.1563-76, MIM | Miner's Compass, wood and ivory, 1564 = ADL-M169; Miner's Compass, 1576 = Michel Coll.; Sundial, wood and ivory, 1563 = BM. | Gundhalbing. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3 & 24; Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. | |
| GRAF, L. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Sundials = GRA, Christie 2/16/71 = 12/21/71. | spelled Gräf. | Frankfort-am-Main. | Zinner 1. |
| GRAF, STEPHANUS | Germany, 1628, MIM | Graphometer, 1628 = Kaiserslautren Landesgewerbeanstalt. | Heidelburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| GRAFF, CAROLUS | Germany, | Graff engraved some instruments for Michael Kauffer, which see. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| GRAFSI AND FONTANA | misreading for Grassi and Fontana. | Soth.-Torquay 11/26/81. | |||
| GRAFTON, HENRY | England, fl.1842-60, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers, and other philosophical instruments. | 80 Chancery Lane (1842-47); 36 Holborn Hill (1849-53); 7-8 Rolls Buildings (1856-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; Bell 2. | |
| GRAHAM 1 | c.1737, MIM | Rule = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GRAHAM 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and clock = Soth. 6/27/88. | No. 4181. | London. | RSW. |
| GRAHAM AND FORSTER | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 10/31/67. | Liverool. | RSW. | |
| GRAHAM AND PARKS | England, NIM | T.C. in Möller sextant box at American Museum, Bath. | Southside Custom House, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| GRAHAM, CHARLES | England, c.1850, MIM | assisted John Gaskin. | Penrith. | Bryden 9. | |
| GRAHAM, GEORGE | England, 1673-1751, MIM PHIM | Mural Quadrant = NMM; Equatorial Sector = NMM; Tellurium = ADL-A156; Wheel Barometers = KEN, VCW, Christie 7/4/1843, Macclesfield Library Sale, 1765; Standard Yard = KEN; etc. | clockmaker; apprenticed to Henry Aske of the Clockmakers' Company on July 2, 1688; free of the Company in Sept.1695; Master of the Company in 1722; partner of Thomas Tompion c. 1696-1713; married Tompion's niece in 1704; credited with the invention of the orrery; see Tompion and Graham; F.R.S. | Dial and Three Crowns, Water Lane, Fleet Street; Dial and one Crown, Fleet Street, opposite the Bolt and Tun (after 1720); both in London. | Taylor 1(483); DNB; DSB; Bryden 2; Baillie 1; Goodison 1; NMM 2; Hellman; Symonds; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Britten; USNM; Bedini 8; J. Brown 3; F. S. Taylor; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL; RSW. |
| GRAHAM, GEORGE, AND JONATHAN SISSON | England, 1752, MIM | Mural Quadrant, iron, 1752 = NMM. | eight-foot radius. | London | NMM 2. |
| GRAHAM, HARRIET | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 25 Baldwins Gardens, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GRAHAM, MALCOLM | USA, 1832-89, MIM SIM | worked first for Young, Smith and Co.; one of the partners in Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, 1854-80; firm became Hartley and Graham, 1880-1900. | 4 Maiden Lane (-1854); 13 Maiden Lane (1854); 19 Maiden Lane 1863; all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| GRANDJEAN DE FOUCHY, MR. | see Fouchy | Engelmann 1; Fox 1; Daumas 1; RSW. | |||
| GRANGER, THOMAS | England, 1710, NIM | Nocturnal, 1710 = NMM. | not in NMM 2 Inventory. | Taylor 1(558). | |
| GRANT | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GRANT AND CROSSMAN | USA, 1858-61, MIM | Burt's Solar Campasses = P.C., Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing. | Michigan Museum signed "W.A. Burt Inventor / Detroit, Mich. / No. 6 / University of Michigan / Grant and Crossman / Makers." | Detroit, Mich. | USNM; Leiserowitz. |
| GRANT, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1807-22, MIM | made a spiral fitting for Gower's patent log; Gower called him a "mechanist." | 2 Winckworth Buildings, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1137); Dewhirst. | |
| GRANT, HENRY | England, fl.1844-60, PHIM | Sympiesometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | barometer maker. | Castle Street, Cardiff. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GRANT, JAMES | England, c.1837, MIM NIM OIM | sold maps and charts besides instruments. | 40 Queen Street, Hull. | Taylor 2(2139). | |
| GRANT, JOHN | England, fl.1781-1810, PHIM | clockmaker; barometer and thermometer maker. | 75 Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GRANT, WILLIAM CICERO | USA, 1815-83, MIM | worked for Burt and Bailey, 1853-56; partner with Charles Crosman as Grant and Crosman, 1858-61; | Jefferson Avenue between Bates and Randolph, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| GRAS, L. | Germany, | Sundials = Drouot 6/16/65. | see Lorenz Grässl. | RSW. | |
| GRASI | see Grassi; and Bulla, Grassi and Fontana. | ||||
| GRASSELLI, JOSE | Spain, MIM | Cannon Sundial = MAN. | signed "José Grasselli"; for latitude 40°24'57". | Madrid. | RSW. |
| GRASSI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | see Grassi and Fontana. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| GRASSI AND FONTANA | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 11/26/81; Barometer = Vermont Hist. Soc., Montpelier. | see also "Bulla, Grassi and Fontani." | Bartholomew Street West; 134 Fore Street; both in Exeter. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; USNM. |
| GRASSI, J.B. BERGNA AND JOHN ORIGONY | England, c.1835, PHIM | barometer makers. | 34 Dean Street, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(1869); Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GRASSL, LORENZ | Germany, c.1740-1805, MIM | Grässl made a great many Augsburg-type sundials varying greatly in quality; all parts of the dials bear a serial number indicating an assembly line operation; instruction sheets were printed in German, French and Spanish; examples of his work may be found in most museums and collections. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1 and 6; Bobinger 2; Baillie; Michel 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Moskowitz 104; Price 3; Ward 4; Bryden 16; ADL; Coffeen 27; RSW. | |
| GRATAS, E. | France, MIM | Sundial = Coll. G. | Champagne. | Tardy 3. | |
| GRATELLIE | France, c.1695, MIM OIM | Binocular Microscope, 1695 = Bonnier de la Mosson Coll.; Pair of large Globes with stands, 1695 = PBN; Universal Equatorial Sundial = MERC. | the globes he constructed were engraved by Coronelli; his signature also appears as "Gatellier" or "Gatellié." | Paris. | Daumas 1; Gersaint; Michel 3; Nachet; Hamilton 1; RSW. |
| GRATELOUP, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, 1735-1817, OIM | devised a new method of joining achromatic lenses. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| GRATTE, HENRICUS | England, c.1690, MIM | Astrolabe Clock with Calendar = X. | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| GRAVATT, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, MIM SIM | developed the "Dumpy" level. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| GRAVE, DE | see DE GRAVE | ||||
| GRAVES, GEORGE B. | USA, 1792-1873, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Vernier Compass = GUR. | succeeded to Goldsmith Chandlee's business. | Winchester, Va. | Smart 1; Bedini 8. |
| GRAVET | France, c.1851, MIM SIM | Mirror Level = CNAM. | successor to Lenoir; made Mannheim-type slide rules; succeeded by Tavenier. | 14 rue Cassette, Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Delehar 2. |
| GRAVET-LENOIR | France, c.1830, MIM | Slide Rule = DPW. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GRAVET-TAVENIER | France, MIM | Sector = P.B. 10/28/63. | Tavenier succeeded Gravet. | Paris. | RSW. |
| GRAY 1 | England, c.1820, PHIM | barometer maker. | St. Neots. | Bell 2. | |
| GRAY 2 | England, NIM | Octant, wood and ivory = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | possibly John Gray 2. | London. | RSW. |
| GRAY 3 | see the following, Jones, Gray and Keen, Gray and Lessell, De Mory, Gray and W.D. Alder. | Brewington 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |||
| GRAY 4 | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| GRAY AND KEEN | England, fl.1847-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = MYS; Sympiesometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | barometer makers; John Gray (probably 3 or 4) and Robert Keen. | 25-26 Strand Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1138); Bryden 9; Bell 2; Brewington 1; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| GRAY AND LESSELL | England, NIM | Card on Tell-Tale Compass = PEA. | Brewington says "Lissett." | Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Brewington 1. |
| GRAY AND LISSETT | misreading by Brewington for Gray and Lessell. | Bryden 9. | |||
| GRAY AND MACKAY | England, c.1822, | invented a new type of saccharometer, c.1822. | 25 Old Burlington Street, London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GRAY, BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM | England, fl.1835-40, PHIM | barometer makers. | Cheapside, Leicester. | Bell 2. | |
| GRAY, DEMORY | USA, NIM | Gray, De Mory; T.C. in sextant case in Antiquarian House, Plymouth, Mass. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| GRAY, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1757, MIM SIM | land surveyor; designed surveying instruments. | Greenock. | Taylor 2(264); Bryden 3. | |
| GRAY, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1828-38, MIM OIM PHIM | proposed a small light for a sextant scale. | 41 Nightingale Lane (1828); 4 Upper East Smithfield (1836); both in London. | Taylor 2(1871); O'Mara. | |
| GRAY, JOHN 3 | England, c.1709, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 11, 1709. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GRAY, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1805-54, MIM PHIM | barometer maker; victualler; see Gray and Lessels or Gray and Keen. | 10 East Side, Dry Dock (1807-10 and 1813-20); 11 East Side, Dry Dock (1821); 25 and 26 Strand Street; all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1138); Bryden 9; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Bell 2. | |
| GRAY, ROBERT | England, 1709, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1709 = BM. | Ilbert Coll; Bryden thinks he might be from Edinburgh. | Price 3; Ward 4; Bryden 3; RSW. | |
| GRAY, STEPHEN | England, fl.1694-1701 d.1736, MIM OIM PHIM | Garden Sundial, 1695 = X; Microscope = KEN. | also signed "Grey"; designed and made sundials and microscopes; made electrical machines; FRS. | Canterbury; Charter House, London. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Bell 2; Nachet; Taylor 1(484); Bradbury. |
| GRAY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1840-50, PHIM | barometer maker; see Benjamin and William Gray. | Cheapside, Leicester. | Bell 2. | |
| GRAYDON, LT. COL. GEORGE | England, fl.1820-39, NIM | Celestial Compasses = NMM, KEN. | patented various navigating instruments; author. | Sloane Street,Chelsea, London; Bath; Austin Friars, London. | Taylor 2(1570). |
| GRAYDON, THOMAS | England, 1768, NIM | Compass, 1768 = NMM. | not in inventory | RSW. | |
| GRAYSON, JOHN | USA, c. 1797, | dealer in telescopes and mathematical instruments. | at the Sign of the Spectacles, New York City. | Bedini 8. | |
| GRAZZINI, FERDINANDO | Italy, fl.1744-47, MIM | Protractor, 1747 = ADL-M108; Surveying Transit, 1744 = Soth. 10/23/61; Surveyor's Compass, 1747 = Pym Sale. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| GREATOREX, RALPH | England, 1625-1712, MIM PHIM | Ring Sundial = Wisbech; Weather Glass, 1663 = Samuel Pepys; Air Pump, 1658 = Robert Boyle; Universal Ring Sundial = OXF. | apprenticed to Thomas Dawson of the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Elias Allen of the Clockmakers' Company on March 9, 1639, free of the Company on Nov. 25, 1653; probably the "R.G." 1 on compass cards; T.C. | at the sign of Adam and Eve, south side of the Strand; Temple Bar; both in London. | Taylor 1(218); Holbrook; DNB; Clay and Court; Bell 2; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1; Latham and Matthews; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GREAVE, DAVID | England, c.1804, MIM | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1804. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| GREAVES, JOHN, AND SON | England, PHIM | Balance, steel = Pym Sale. | RSW. | ||
| GREAVES, THOMAS | England, fl.1777-1818, OIM | optician. | 40 Old Hinckleys (1777); Hill Street (1818); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| GREBAUVAL, PIERRE | France, c.1650, MIM | Sundials in watches = FIN-140, Soth. 12/1/78, Clutton and Daniels. | "Grébauval" or "Grébauvel"; the watches listed may be one and the same item. | Rouen. | Clutton and Daniels; RSW. |
| GREBNER, HANNS | Austria, 1576, MIM SIM | Shadow-square with Alidade, 1576 = Figdor Coll. | Zinner equates this man with Hans Grebner; see also H.G. 6. | Sterczing. | Zinner 1. |
| GREBNER, HANS | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Artillery Quadrant = WHI. | see Greber. | Pope; Daumas 1. | |
| GREBOULT | see Gueroult. | RSW. | |||
| GRECCIUS | France, 1591, MIM | Bonelli. | |||
| GRECHI, C.A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Shaftsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| GREEN | England, c.1820?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Grantham. | Goodison 1. | |
| GREEN, GEORGE | England, c.1787, MIM | apprenticed, to James Martin, a mathematical instrument maker in the Grocer's Company, on May 3, 1787. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GREEN, J. AND W. | USA, c.1833, OIM PHIM | opticians; James Green 2. | 41 South Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | |
| GREEN, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1722-c.42, MIM | apprenticed to John Stiles of the Clockmakers' Company on April 12, 1722; shown as "finisher" in Quarterage list c. 1742. | Horse Shoe Alley, Moorfields, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| GREEN, JAMES 2 | England; USA., 1808-96, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1891); Barometer = USNM; Aneroid Barometer = USNM. | emigrated from London in 1833; succeeded in Baltimore by F.W. and R. King in 1851; dealt in European instruments. | London (1817-23); 72 Baltimore Street (1835-36); 15 Liberty Street (1840-41); 53 South Street (1842); all in Baltimore Md.; New York, N.Y. (1849-96); 175 Grand Street, New York, N.Y. (1868). | Smart 1; USNM; Middleton 1 and 4; D.J. Warner 6 and 10; RSW. |
| GREEN, JOHN | England?, 1751, PHIM | Barometer, 1751 = X. | Dewhirst. | ||
| GREEN, SAMUEL, AND SON | England, MIM | made pocket compasses and sundials. | 7 Helmet Street, London. | USNM. | |
| GREEN, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1778-90, OIM | designed an improved telescope; F.R.S. | South Moulton Street, Hanover Square; 93 High Street, Marylebone; both in London.. | Taylor 2(722). | |
| GREEN, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1818-56, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on June 21, 1808; first noted in 1818; took apprentices. | Bartholomew Terrace, City Road (1828); 54 Rahere Street; 14 Fountain Place, City Road (1832-41); City Road (1842-56); all in London. | Taylor 2(1872); O'Mara; Crawforth 7. | |
| GREEN, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1836, | apprenticed to his father, William Green 2, in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 2, 1836. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GREEN, WILLIAM 4 | Scotland, 1844-48, MIM OIM PHIM | 5 Franklin Street (1844-45); 87 London Street (1846-48); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | ||
| GREENALL, WILLIAM WEBB | England, c.1822, PHIM | 31 Old Compton Street, London. | Taylor 2(1571); Dewhirst. | ||
| GREENE 1 | see Pizzala and Greene. | ||||
| GREENE 2 | England, PHIM | see Kendall-Greene. | Bell 2. | ||
| GREENER AND CHIESA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-K. and C. 7/21/81. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| GREENLEAF, STEPHEN | USA, 1704-95, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C., New Hamshire Hist. Soc., Concord. | P.C. signed "Greenleaf", the other "S. Greenleaf"; made nautical compasses. | Queen Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1; Smart; USNM; Warner 12; RSW. |
| GREENOUGH AND CO. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = D.(1975). | London. | RSW. | |
| GREENOUGH, NORMAN CUMMINGS | USA, 1820-66, NIM | made nautical instruments, chronometers, and watches. | Newburyport, Mass. | USNM. | |
| GREENOUGH, THOMAS 1 | USA, 1710-85, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaffs = X (1760), P.C. (1749), PEA (1740) (1765, incomplete), Connecticut Hist. Soc. (1745, 1755), Harvard College Observatory (1740), ADL-W207 (1753), VNN (1763); Surveyor's Compasses, wood = P.C., Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Bucks County Historical Society, Ohio State U., Old Sturbridge Village, Western Reserve Hist. Soc., South Natick Hist. Soc., Wakefield Plantation, Va., D.(1974 and 1984), ADL-W154 & W156, Ohio Historical Society, D.(1996). | may have been trained by Joseph Halsey; D.(1984) has two compass cards, earlier one shows a lighthouse, later one shows a man with a Davis quadrant. | near the Draw-Bridge, Boston, N. England. | Brewington 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 108; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; Coffeen 55; DATM; ADL; RSW. |
| GREENOUGH, THOMAS 2 | USA, 1738-75, MIM NIM | son of Thomas Greenough 1. | Boston. | Smart 1. | |
| GREENOUGH, WILLIAM | USA, c.1785, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = X. | succeeded his father, Thomas Greenough 1, in 1785. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1. |
| GREENWOOD, CLARKE | USA, 1764-1810, MIM NIM | Dry Card Compass = MYS. | born in Boston, Mass.; son of Isaac Greenwood 2; succeeded his brother, John, in 1788; succeeded by his brother, Isaac Greenwood 3 in 1810; Rollinson engraved the compass cards. | 199 Water Street (1789); 126 Front Street (1797-98); 127 Front Street (1800-01 and 1805); 126 Front Street (1807-09); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 12; RSW. |
| GREENWOOD, ISAAC 1 | USA, 1702-45, | father of Isaac Greenwood 2; teacher of natural philosophy at Harvard College; lectured on the orrery in 1734. | Boston, Mass. | C. Evans (3776); Bedini 1 and 14. | |
| GREENWOOD, ISAAC 2 | USA, 1730-1803, MIM | Gunner's Quadrant = P.C. | oldest son of Isaac Greenwood 1; he was also an ivory turner and dentist; the quadrant might have been made by his son Isaac Greenwood 3. | next door to Dr. John Clark's at the North End, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1, 6, 8 & 14; Smart 1; USNM. |
| GREENWOOD, ISAAC 3 | USA, 1758-1829, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrants = MYS (1793), X; Gauging Rod, wood, 1819 = D.(1982); Gunner's Quadrant = Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, Del; Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1985), P.C.; Octants = MYS (1793), P.C. | son of Isaac Greenwood 2; took over his brother Clarke's business at his death in 1810; see Isaac Greenwood 2 for other possible instruments; T.C., akes and imports all kinds of Mathematical Instruments"; dentist. | Boston, Mass. (1781-83); New York, N.Y. (1783); Charleston, S. Carolina; Boston, Mass.; Providence, R.I. (1787-90); Newport, R.I.; Providence, R.I.; Norfolk. Conn.; Providence, R.I.; 126 Front Street (1810-1819); 130 Front Street (1819-29); last two in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Coffeen 27; Bedini 8, 14; D.J Warner 8 and 10; RSW. |
| GREENWOOD, JOHN | USA, 1760-1819, MIM | son of Isaac Greenwood 2; born in Boston; succeeded J. Quincy in 1786; succeeded by his brother, Clarke Greenwood, in 1788; ivory turner; later became a dentist; made George Washington's false teeth. | 199 Water Street, New York, N.Y. (1786-88). | Smart 1; Bedini 1 and 14. | |
| GREENWOOD, THOMAS | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | optician. | 10 Fetter Lane, London. | O'Mara. | |
| GREENWOOD, TIMOTHY | England, fl.1836-38, OIM | 20 Little Saffron Hill, London. | Taylor 2(2140); O'Mara. | ||
| GREGG AND RUPP | USA, fl.1844-53, MIM | William Theodore Gregg 1 and Michael Rupp. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| GREGG, WILLIAM THEODORE 1 | Ireland; USA, 1818-1897, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (2). | born in Ireland; worked with Michael Rupp from 1844 to 1853, as Gregg and Rupp; worked with his son, W.T. Gregg 2, as Gregg and Son (1873-87); son continued under the same name until 1891. | Ireland (1818-41); 13 Doyers Street (1841); 318 Broadway, corner of Pearl Street (1843); 110 Wall Street (1844-87); all in New York, N.Y.; Norwich, N.Y.(pre-1857-62); Brooklyn and New York, N.Y. (1866-87). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| GREGG, WILLIAM THEODORE 2 | USA, 1850-1916, MIM | worked with his father, William Theodore Gregg 1 from 1873 until 1887. | 110 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| GREGO, A. | England, c.1817, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.- K. and C. 4/20/82; Telescope = Soth. 10/16/72. | 27 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GREGOIRE, J. | France, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = LEY; Geometric Quadrant = LEY. | quadrant is signed "I. Gregoire." | Blois. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| GREGORY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| GREGORY AND LAWRENCE | England, c.1836, MIM | 19 Great Sutton Street, Goswell Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| GREGORY AND SON | England, fl.1776-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrants = Maritime Museum, Hull, Soth. 3/10/87; Stick Barometer = X. | Henry Gregory and son; became Gregory and Wright in 1783; T.C. | 148 (Leadenhall Street), near the India House (London). | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 112; Crawforth 1. |
| GREGORY AND WRIGHT | England, fl.1783-89, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Drawing Instrument = Christie 4/3/74; Hadley's Quadrant = NMM-S.179; Universal Microscope = X; Spyglasses = Soth. 7/24/72, NMM-O.131/44; Telescope, one-draw = Phillips 7/28/82. | Henry Gregory and George Wright 2; Millburn thinks he was Gabriel Wright; see Gregory, Gilbert and Wright; successors to Benjamin Martin; T.C.; telescope signed "Gregory and Wright's Improved Telescope." | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, near the East India House, London. | Taylor 2(842a); Daumas; Clay and Court; Calvert 2; NMM 2; Nachet; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz 112; Millburn 11; RSW. |
| GREGORY WRIGHT | misreading for Gregory and Wright. | RSW. | |||
| GREGORY, DAVID | Scotland ; England, 1661-1708, | author; astronomer; gave the first suggestion of the achromatic telescope, 1695. | Edinburgh (1683-91); Oxford (1691-1708). | USNM; DNB; DSB; Dawsons 174. | |
| GREGORY, GILBERT AND WRIGHT | England, 1789-92, MIM OIM | Henry Gregory, John Gilbert 2 and George Wright 2. | 148 Leadenhall Street, near the East India House, Navigation Warehouse, London. | Taylor 2(839 and 909); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 112. | |
| GREGORY, HENRY | England, fl.1750-92, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = RSM, P.C.; Sextant = STT; Divider-Sextant = ADL-DPW37; Compass Card = NMM; Backstaves = HAM, HAA, FRK, PYM; Hadley's Quadrants = COR, Soth. 6/1/88; Stick Barometers = Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Soth. 7/19/88; Gunner's Calipers = KEN; Reduction Compass = AMST; Mathematical Instrument Set = NOR; Pelorus = USNM; etc. | T.C.; later became Gregory and Son; the backstaff in the FRK was made for Jean Gremon; the ADL divider-sextant was made by G. F. Brander and sold by Gregory. | The Azimuth Compass, near ye East India House, Leadenhall Street (1761); Francis Court, Clerkenwell; both in London. | Calvert 2; Taylor 2(484); Macintyre; Brachner 1; O'Mara; BEK Exhibit, Nov.1979; Jürgen Meyer; Moskowitz 112; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Brachner; Crawforth 1; USNM; Courtenvaux; ADL; RSW. |
| GREGORY, J. | England, PHIM | Macclesfield. | Bell 2. | ||
| GREGORY, JAMES | Scotland; Italy, 1638-75, | invented the "Gregorian" reflecting telescope in 1661. | Aberdeen; Padua; St. Andrews; Edinburgh. | Taylor 1(282); DNB; DSB; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; USNM; Morrison-Low 1. | |
| GREGORY, R. | England, MIM | T.C. in the case of a Troughton and Simms pantograph. | Christie-SK 7/10/80. | ||
| GREGORY, SAMUEL | Ireland, fl.1761-62, PHIM | barometer maker. | Sycamore Alley, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GREGORY, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1830, OIM | 3 Quay Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1873). | ||
| GREGORY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Bull Street; Suffolk Street; both in Birmingham. | Bell 2. | ||
| GREGORY, W. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Phillips 10/5/76. | Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| GREGORY, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1817, MIM | 30 New Street Square, Shoe Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1343); Dewhirst. | ||
| GREGORY, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1830, MIM | made mathematical rules. | 8 Berry Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1874). | |
| GREIFF, G. | Germany, 1689, MIM | Gunner's Level, 1689 = Michel Coll. | Michel ; RSW. | ||
| GREINER, JOHANN GEORG, JUN. | Germany, 1788-1860, PHIM | Alcoholmeter, 1849 = D.(1971); Barometers, siphon-type = DEU (2), UTR (1834). | business taken over by Fuess. | Berlin. | Van Cittert; Middleton 1; Moskowitz 102. |
| GREISL, L. | see Grassl. | ||||
| GRENET, ABBE | France, c.1790, | l'Abbé Grenet; invented a tellurium and a terrestrial globe, both made by Richer. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; MADEX. | ||
| GREPPIN ET BILLIAUX | France, 1782, PHIM | Electrical Machine, 1782 = P.C. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| GRESEL, HANS | Germany, c.1543, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GRESEL, LINHART | Germany, fl.1531-47, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1531 = KEN. | one of the guardians of Hans Müller's children. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| GREUTER, MATTHIAS | France; Italy1556-1638, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1636 = IPA (2), D.(1982), D.(1989); Terrestrial Globe, 1632 = IPA. | made fine terrestrial and celestial globes, dated from 1632 to 1638; examples may be seen at VAA, CCT, VAT, NMM, KEN, FLO, ROM, GEP, Biblioteca Comunale, Ancona, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Ky., IPA, etc.; the IPA and D.(1989) globes are the original 1636 issue; the D.(1982) globe is a much later reissue of the 1636 state by Dominico de Rossi. | Strasbourg; Lyon; Avignon; Rome (1632-36). | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 3; Grimaldi (730); Bonelli 4; NMM 2; USNM; Stevenson; Yonge; Coffeen A; Arkway; Schmidt 1. |
| GREVENBERG, CASPAR | Germany, fl.174?-60, PHIM | Money Balances = Lempertz, 6/14/76, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88 (174?). | father of Johann and Jacob Grevenberg | Cologne. | Kisch; Coffeen III; RSW. |
| GREVENBERG, JACOB | Germany, fl.1762, PHIM | son of Caspar Grevenberg; brother of Johan Grevenberg. | Cologne. | Coffeen III; Kisch. | |
| GREVENBERG, JOHANN | Germany, c.1762, PHIM | Coin Balance = D. | T.C.; son of Caspar Grevenberg. | Cologne. | Coffeen III; Kisch. |
| GREY, STEPHEN | see Stephen Gray. | ||||
| GREY, T. | England, 1691, MIM | Gunner's Calipers, 1691 = X. | "Arch. Aeliana", 4th. ser., vol. 8, 1931; USNM. | ||
| GRIBELIN | France, 1589-1671, MIM | Sundials in lid of pocket watches = KEN, OXF, SPI-2733. | Simon (1) or Abraham Gribelin. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Maddison and Turner; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| GRIBELIN, ABRAHAM | France, 1589-1671, MIM | probably the son of Simon Gribelin; watchmaker; some watches had sundials in lid. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Michel 2; Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| GRIBELIN, SIMON 1 | France, fl.1588-1633+, MIM | probably the father of Abraham Gribelin; made sundials and astronomical watches. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Michel 2; Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. | |
| GRIBELIN, SIMON 2 | England, fl.1686-1733, MIM | from Huguenot family; member of the Clockmakers' Company 1686-1733; wrote book on ornaments for jewelers and clockmakers; may have made perpetual calendars. | London. | RSW. | |
| GRIBNER, LUDWIG | Germany, c.1484, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GRICE, THOMAS | 1705, MIM | Sundial, 1705 = Christie 7/12/67. | RSW. | ||
| GRICE, WILLIAM HAWKS | England, fl.1815-25, MIM OIM | spyglass, brass and ivory = WHI; Hodometer = X. | succeeded William Fraser; appointed the mechanician and optician to their Majesties and the Royal Family. | 3 New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(1344); Dewhirst. |
| GRIENDEL, JOHAN FRANZ | Germany, c.1687, OIM | made telescopes and microscopes; author. | Aachen; may have also lived in Nürnberg. | Offenbacher Cat.29, 1977; Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| GRIER, W. HAWKES | misreading for William Hawks Grice. | Soth. 3/25/86. | |||
| GRIEUX, D. | France, c.1775, MIM | Graphometer = Spitzer Sale-2900 = Anderson-Spitzer Sale-14. | Paris. | Michel 3; Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. | |
| GRIFFIN 1 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Air Pump = D.(1976). | London. | Brieux 3. | |
| GRIFFIN 2 | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = D.(1973). | possibly John Joseph Griffin. | London. | Moskowitz 106; O'Mara. |
| GRIFFIN AND HYAMS | England, fl.1835-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | barometer makers; silversmiths. | Cornhill, London. | Bell 2. |
| GRIFFIN, BRYAN | USA, fl.1793-1803, MIM | 81 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | ||
| GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH | Scotland; England, fl.pre-1848-50+, PHIM | son of Richard Griffin; chemical instrument maker; author. | Glasgow; London (1848). | Bryden 3. | |
| GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | chemical apparatus may be see in the Chemical Museum, London. | London. | RSW. | |
| GRIFFIN, RICHARD, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1820-61, PHIM | philosophical and chemical instrument makers; Richard was the father of John Joseph Griffin. | 75 Hutchinson Street (1820-32); 64 Hutchinson Street (1833-37); 115 Buchanan Street (1838); 24 Canon Street (1839-43); 40 Buchanan Street (1844-55); 39 and 41 West Nile Street (1855-61); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. | |
| GRIFFITH AND BOWLES | USA, c.1770, MIM | Nathaniel Griffith was an instrument maker; Samuel (or Thomas) Bowles was a watchmaker. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, A. | England, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | Taylor 2(1139). | ||
| GRIFFITH, EDWARD | England, c.1809, OIM | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1139). | ||
| GRIFFITH, GEORGE | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed first to William Howe, of the Grocers' Company on August 13, 1700; turned over to Mary Griffith, Broderer on April 13, 1703; free of the Grocers' Company Oct. 12, 1708; his father was a member of the Broderers' Company. | East Smithfield, London (1708). | J. Brown 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, JAMES | England, c.1667, MIM | member of the Broderers' Company; admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1667; may have been the father of George Griffith. | London. | Taylor 1(310); Clay and Court; Baillie 1; J. Brown 1 & 3. | |
| GRIFFITH, MARY | England, c. 1703, MIM | Broderer; George Griffith turned over to her as apprentice from William Howe of the Grocers' Company on April 13, 1703; her husband was probably James Griffith of the Broderers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, NATHANIEL | USA, c.1770, MIM | worked with Samuel or Thomas Bowles as Griffith and Bowles. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, WILLIAM | England, MIM | T.C. | No. 4 Dolphin-court, Ludgate Hill, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| GRIFFITHS, J.J., AND SONS | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wimshurst Machine = Soth.-B. 4/7/82. | RSW. | ||
| GRIFFON | England, c.1800, PHIM | Air Pump = D.(1976). | London. | Brieux 3. | |
| GRIFFON, AU | France, 18th Century, | Folding Rule, ivory and silver = ADL-M132a. | this is an address only. | au Griffon, 19 de l'Horloge, Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GRIGBY, GEORGE | England, 1807, MIM SIM | designed a combined sighting and computing surveying instument; author. | London. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| GRIGGI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| GRIGNION, HENRY | England, c.1806, MIM | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1806. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| GRILL, JOHANN | Germany, 1798, MIM | Rule, 1798 = THO. | RSW. | ||
| GRILLET, RENE | France; Holland, c.1673-81, MIM PHIM SIM | Calculating Machine, 1678 = CNAM; Hygrometer, 1681 = X; Graphometers = SPI-2768 (9), P.C., Drouot 4/26/67; Drawing Instrument Set = NMM-DI/ST.18; Sector = P.C.(1969); Protractor, Sector and Square = D.(1971); Set Square, with plumb-bob = Soth. 2/25/86. | "Sieur Grillet Maistre Horlogeur"; mechanician; author; spelled also René Grilliet. | au Cloistre S. Jean de Latran. (1673),Quai de l'Horloge, No. 49, both in Paris; Amsterdam (1681). | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Weil 19; Baillie 1; NMM 2; Nachet; Coffeen II; Spitzer 1 and 2; RSW. |
| GRILLIET, RENE | see René Grillet. | Daumas 1. | |||
| GRIMALDI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1814-16, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/25/86, Christie 12/6/78. | usualy signed "D. Grimaldi" or "Grimaldi"; the Soth. instrument was signed "D. Grimoldi, London." | 82 Leather Lane,London. | Taylor 2(1345); Dewhirst; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GRIMALDI, HENRY | England, fl.1839-60, OIM PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 16 Brook Street (1839-42); 4 Charles Street (1844); 24 Greville Street (1843-47); 31 Brook Street (1850-60); Hatton Garden; all in London. | Taylor 2(1345); Goodison 1. | |
| GRIMES, EDWARD | England, fl. 1640-51, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Elias Allen of the Clockmakers' Company on March 15, 1640; had a dispute with him in 1651. | London? | J. Brown 3. | |
| GRIMOLDI 1 | Italy; Holland, c.1840, MIM PHIM | instrument and barometer maker. | Amsterdam. | Bell 2. | |
| GRIMOLDI 2 | variant spelling for Grimaldi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GRIMOLDI, H., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87; Marine Barometer = D.(1997). | surely Henry Grimaldi; D. signed "Grimoldi and Co." | Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Bell 2; ATG 5/24/97. |
| GRIMSHAW, JAMES | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie Feb. 1991. | London. | RSW. | |
| GRIMSHAW, JOHN | England, fl.1810-29?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "Grimshaw." | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| GRIMSTEAD, VALENTINE | England, | T.C.; sold mathematical instruments. Delete this part of the comment, please. | at the Black Swan in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| GRINDEL, CARLO | Italy, 1800 -1855, MIM PHIM | Dipping Needle = Institute of Geophysics, Academy of Sciences, Prague; Transit, 1827 = U. of Pavia Museum. | he had the title "Macchinista" at the Brera Observatory. | Milan. | Brenni 1; Czech. Inventory. |
| GRINDEL, FRANCESCO | Italy, 1816-59, MIM PHIM | son of Carlo Grindel; succeeded him as "Macchinista" at the Brera Observatory; made precision insruments. | Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| GRINDL, JOH. FRANSISCA | c.1687, OIM | Clay and Court. | |||
| GRINGALLETUS, JANUS | Germany, fl.1617-20, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1617 = STU. | Strassburg. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| GRINKEN, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1675-85, MIM | A.J. Turner 1 and 2. | |||
| GRINKEN, ROBERT | England, c.1625, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Soth. 11/27/72. | RSW. | ||
| GRINOD, JOHN | England, fl.1766-67, MIM | Wolstenholme's Square, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | ||
| GRITTO, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1600, MIM SIM | Measuring Instrument = SPI; Plane Table Compass = HAK. | Padua. | Baillie 1; Morpurgo 1; Rohde; Nachet; Brenni 1; RSW. | |
| GRIVOLAT, L. | France, MIM | Solar Clock = X. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| GROCE | misreading or variant of Croce. | RSW. | |||
| GROCE, A. | England, c.1817, PHIM | barometer maker; possibly a variant of A. Croce. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GROENENDAAL, H. VAN | Holland, c.1809, PHIM | made an electrical machine in Amsterdam in 1809. | Utrecht and Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| GROENENDAAL, H.K. | Holland; France, 1730, PHIM | Air Pump, 1730 = UTR. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| GROENENDAAL, HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1781-90, MIM | had schooling in Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| GROENENDAAL, JOHANNES VAN | Holland, fl.1672-1702, NIM | also a sail-maker; the underside of a compass card in a crown compass by Pieter de Velder, is marked "Johannes van Groenendaal tot Rotterdam." | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| GROGER AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C.; also signed "late Thompson." | 36 Wapping High Street, London. | Soth. 3/23/70. | |
| GROGER, J. | England, NIM | Miniature Sextant, wood = Soth. 3/11/77. | Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| GRONER | Czechoslovakia, 1734, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1734 = Huelsmann Coll. | same as A. Groner? | Prague. | Syndram. |
| GRONER, A. | Czechoslovakia, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Ring = ROU-134 = MADEX-210. | MADEX has it spelled "Gronner." | Prague. | Zinner 1; Nachet. |
| GRONNING, BERENDT | Holland, 1777, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1777 = LAW. | RSW. | ||
| GROOM, JAMES | England, c.1711, | apprenticed to William Roberts 1 on May 1, 1711 in the Broderers' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GROOTE, A.W. | Holland, c.1850, PHIM | Lactometer = Auction, 1906. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| GROSSE | see Croce. | Bell 2. | |||
| GROSSLIN | France, c.1671, MIM | made some of the first large instruments for the Paris Observatory. | Paris. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| GROSSO | Italy, PHIM | barometer maker; glass blower; Holland? | Daumas 1. | ||
| GROU, PETER FENS | Scandanavia?, 1665, MIM | Gunner's Quadrant and Calipers, 1675 = Christie 12/8/76. | Frederichs Ohrl. | RSW. | |
| GROVE AND BARKER | England, post-1848, MIM | Francis Barker and Son's T.C. said they were "Late Grove and Barker." | London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GROVER, GEORGE | USA?, 1783, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1783 = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| GRUBB, THOMAS | Ireland, 1800-1878, MIM OIM | Equatorial Refracting Telescopes = Makree, Dunsink, Vienna; Reflecting Telescope = Melbourne, Australia; Telescope Mounting = NMM; etc. | optician; mechanic; constructed the Armagh 15-inch reflector in 1835; assisted by his son, Howard; F.R.S. | 1 Upper Charlemont Street (1838-54), Dublin; 14 Leinster Terrace (1855-58); 15 Leinster Square (1856-63); 14 Leinster Road (1864-78); last three in Rathmines. | DNB; DSB; NMM 2; Taylor 2(1143); USNM; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| GRUBER, HANS | Germany, fl.1552-97, MIM | Sundials on the side or bottom panels of table clocks = STU (1665), Soth. 6/19/72 (1568) = TIM, Drouot 2/16/49; Diptych Sundial = OXF; Equatorium, 1579 = Kenney Sale; Artillery Level = DRE (1569). | clockmaker; mastermark is crossed shovels; also signed "Hanns" or "Johannes." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2; Michel 3; Josten; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| GRUBER, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 1581, MIM | Instrument, 1581 = Lord Ilchester. | Nürnberg. | Evans. | |
| GRUBER, T. | Czechoslovakia, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = PRA. | Czeck. Inv. | ||
| GRUMMERT | c.1725, OIM | made mirrors for optical instruments. | Nachet. | ||
| GRUNDY | England, fl.1828-45, PHIM | see Fox and Grundy; barometer makers. | St. Anne's Square, Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| GRUNDY, JOHN C. | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | barometer maker; also sold looking-glasses. | 4 Exchange Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1875); Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GRUNOW, JULIUS | Germany; USA, fl.1849-92, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | came from Germany in 1849; joined by his brother, William Grunow, 1852-74; worked alone, 1874-92. | Berlin (-1849); New Haven, Conn. (1849-60); New York, N.Y. (1860-92). | Padgitt; Purtle; Moskowitz 132; D.J. Warner 9. |
| GRUNOW, WILLIAM | Germany; USA, fl.1852-74, OIM | came from Germany in 1852; worked with his brother, Julius Grunow, 1852-74, when he retired; they produced microscopes. | Berlin (-1852); New Haven, Conn. (1852-64); New York, N.Y. (1864-74). | Padgitt; Purtle; Moskowitz 132; D.J. Warner 9; Poggendorff. | |
| GRUNSKLEE, P. JAN | Czechoslovakia, fl.1695-97, MIM | Celestial and Terrestrial Globes = Olomouc Museum. | Czech. Inv. | ||
| GRUSELL, ERIK | MIM | Rule = GMM. | Furudals Bruk. | RSW. | |
| GRUSL, L. | for Grüsl or Grüsle see Lorenz Grassl | ||||
| GRUWER, HANS | Germany, 1569, MIM | misreading for Hans Gruber? | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | ||
| GUADAGNI, P.C. | Italy, fl.1753-57, MIM | Table Sundials = NMM (1753), NMM (1757), Soth. 3/17/38 (1753); Vertical Dials, 1753 = Portaluppi Coll. = MPP, WHI (861). | WHI modern work and signed "P.C. Guadagni fece", also arked "Meridiana fatta nella Specola J.R. Universta Pisana"; some of the the other sundials are dubious also. | Pisa. | NMM 2; Portaluppi; Bryden 16. |
| GUADALAX, DON DIEGO DE | "por Don Diego de Guadalax en Mexico" marked on a silver pocket sundial, 1632; sold at the Pugsley sale. | RSW. | |||
| GUALTHER, PIBO | see Pybe Wouters. | Zinner 1; Price 1; Michel 3; Baillie 1; ICA 2; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| GUANELLA, A. | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 6/3/83, Soth-Bill. 4/21/93. | the Soth. instrument (1983) is signed "Guanella Bristol." | Bristol. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GUANERIO | variant of Guarnerio | Bell 2. | |||
| GUANZIROLI, GIUSEPPE | England, fl.1834-60, PHIM | barometer maker; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; worked alone after 1852. | 106 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GUANZIROLI, GIUSEPPE AND LUIGI | England, fl.1845-52, PHIM | barometer makers. | 106 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUARNERIO, ANGELO | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | jeweler and silversmith. | Sheep Market, St. Ives. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| GUARNERIO, PETER | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | High Street, Huntington. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GUASTAFERRI, FABRITIO | Italy, c.1663, MIM OIM PHIM | "Fabritio" is probably "Maker"; made armillary spheres, telescopes, levels, water pumps, etc. | Rome. | Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| GUDER | Germany, 1532, MIM | Astrolabe "Orpheus" Clock, 1532 = Georgi Coll. | Bavaria. | Coole and Neumann. | |
| GUDGEON, JNR. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Abbey Gate, Street, Bury St. Edmunds. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUDGEONE | variant of Gudgeon. | Bell 2. | |||
| GUEBOULT | see Gueroult. | Josten. | |||
| GUELDRE, A. DE | 1626, MIM | Vertical Dial, slate, 1626 = Coll. Vivielle (1936). | arms of Edward the Great. | Michel 1 and 3; MADEX. | |
| GUENAL | France, c.1850, MIM | Uranograph = CNAM. | a Uranograph was a type of orrery introduced into England in 1859. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GUENTER | Poland, 1658, MIM | Astronomical Sextant, large, = Hevelius' observatory (missing). | Danzig. | Ashbrook. | |
| GUERARD, JACQUES | France, c.1660, MIM | Bloud-type Sundial, ivory = Soth. 12/16/63, WHI; Bloud-type Sundials = P.C. and HAY. | Dieppe. | Vivielle 2; Michel 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| GUERICKE, OTTO VON | Germany, 1602-86, PHIM | Magdeburg Hemispheres, 1657 = X; Friction Electrical Machine, 1660 = X. | Bürgermeister of Magdeburg; physicist, and amateur instrument maker; invented the air pump; made a water barometer, c.1654. | Magdeburg. | Daumas 1; DSB; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. |
| GUERIN, LOUIS | France, c.1850, MIM | Cannon Sundial, miniature = Phillips 11/16/88. | "Opticien." | Alger. | RSW. |
| GUERNE | France, fl.1665-80, MIM OIM | "arquebusier"; involved in making instruments for the Paris Observatory and the Academy. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Augarde. | |
| GUEROULT | France, 17th Century, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory = Michel Coll. = OXF-B39. | Dieppe. | Michel 1 and 3; Josten. | |
| GUEVAVE, DON JOANNES DE | 1752, OIM | Microscope, 1752 = X. | Don Joannès de Guevave. | Nachet. | |
| GUGERI 1 | England, PHIM | barometer maker; see Zanfrini and Gugeri; see Belotti and Gugeri. | Blandford. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | possibly Andrew or Dominic Gugeri. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI AND BELOTTI | England, fl.1829-43, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), PAK, D.(1981). | also made thermometers; Andrew Gugeri and Belotti; also spelled Bellotti; see also Belotti and Gugeri. | 15 Union Court, Holborn Hill; 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Taylor 2(2142 and 2142a); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GUGERI AND CARUGHI | England, fl.1844-45, PHIM | Andrew Gugeri and Paul Carughi; barometer and thermometer makers. | 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly Gugeri and Belotti. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI, ANDREW | England, fl.1829-59, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; see Belotti and Andrew Gugeri. | 15 Upper Union Court, Holborn (1829); Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1830-59); both in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GUGERI, D., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | the barometer is signed "D. Gugieri and Co.", a mis-spelling. | RSW. | |
| GUGERI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1835-42, PHIM | Barometer = P-B 4/20/68; Wheel Barometers = X(5), Soth.-S 7/23/87. | watch and clock maker. | South End (1830s); Market Place (1842); both in Boston. | Goodison 1; Baillie; Bell 2; Antique Researchers, 1985; RSW. |
| GUGERI, FELIX | England, fl. 1854-59, PHIM | barometer maker. | 93 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERT, D. | misreading for D. Gugeri. | Soth.-S 7/23/87. | |||
| GUGGIARI, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1828, PHIM | supplied a barometer case to A. Alberti. | Church Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGGIARI, CHARLES 2 | England, c.1848, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | 25 Digbeth, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GUGGIARI, D., AND ANZIANI | England, fl.1832-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | carvers, gilders and looking-glass makers. | Pelham Street, Nottingham. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2142); Bell 2; RSW. |
| GUGGIARI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1835-41, PHIM | barometer maker; see D. Guggiari and Anziani. | Pelham Street, Nottingham. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |
| GUGIRE, D., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a mis-spelling for "D. Gugeri." | Goodison 1. | |
| GUIBOUT | France, fl.1745-65, MIM SIM | Measure, 1746 = CNAM; Graphometer with telescopic sights, 1753 = P.C.; Globe,Celestial, 1753 = Musée Lorain, Nancy; Sundials = MADEX (1765), Auction, Paris 3/21/79; Sector = Soth. 10/28/86; Butterfield-type Sundials = P.C. (1969). | Paris. | Daumas 1; Bedos de Celles; MADEX; Michel 1 & 3; Nachet; RSW. | |
| GUIDI, P. LETO | Italy, 1711-77, OIM | Telescope = FLO. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| GUIDOBALDI | Italy, 1570, | designed a form of proportional compass, made by Simone Baroccio. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| GUIDOTTI, S., FIRMO | Italy, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Lamberti Coll. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| GUILLEMIN ET DELLEMONT | France, pre-1840, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, in relief = Versailles 4/17/83. | after an invention by Thury. | RSW. | |
| GUILLEMUS DE SANCTO CLODOALDO | France, fl.1292-96, MIM | invented the "Directorium." | Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| GUILLERMIN | France, MIM | made an astronomical clock. | Nachet. | ||
| GUINAND | France, 1827, OIM | succeeded by his grandson, Charles Feil. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| GUIOT, C. | France, MIM | Capuchin Sundial, printed paper, paper case = Drouot 4/7/87. | Chez Baradelle, Quay de l'horloge du Palais à l;enseigne de l'Observatoire, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GUISANI, P., AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | surely Peter Guisani, which see. | Wolverhampton and Bilston. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GUISANI, PETER | England, fl.1847-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | barometer maker; carver and gilder; sometimes "Guizani." | Market Place, High Green; 42 Cork Street; both in Wolverhampton. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GUITTIENNE, J. | France, c.1700, MIM | Sector with Protractor = D.(1987). | signed "J. Guittienne Sculpsit"; also marked "A.D.A. Stein." | RSW. | |
| GUIZONNIER | France, c.1813, MIM | made sundials. | Bordeaux. | Tardy 3. | |
| GULDBRANDSEN, JOH | Norway, c.1850, NIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM; Marine Compass = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Christiania. | RSW. | |
| GULLANDER, NILS | Sweden, fl.1775-95, MIM | inventor and instrument maker at the University of Lund. | Stockholm; Lund (1775-93). | Pipping 1. | |
| GULWEIN, J.G. | misreading for "J. G. Gutwein." | Zinner 1. | |||
| GUM: NOR:, MIC: | Germany, 1617, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, silver, = ADL-M324; Polyhedral Sundial, wood, 1617 = Prin Coll. = P.C. (1958) = TIM. | an identical sundial in silver was in the Roussel Sale, No. 228, but apparently not signed; the design is after Oronce Fine. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Brieux 3; Hamilton 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GUNDLACH, ERNST | Germany, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = D.(1976); Objective = D.(1976). | microscope signed "Ernst Gundlach, Berlin / C.Baker agent London." | Berlin. | Moskowitz 112. |
| GUNNOR, MIC. | see Mic. Gumnor | ||||
| GUNTER, EDMUND | England, 1581-1626, | Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London; invented a new form of cross-staff, a horary quadrant, surveying chain. the logarithmic rule (1607); author. | London. | Taylor 1(106); DNB; DSB; Gunther 1 and 2; Evans 1; Maddison ?; Wynter and Turner: G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| GUNTER, WOLFGANG | Germany, c.1658, MIM OIM | Hevilius wrote that Günter made his instruments. | Michel 3. | ||
| GUNTHER, C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sector with sights = PRA. | possibly G.A. Günther. | RSW. | |
| GUNTHER, G.A. | Germany, 1741, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1741 = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Detroit. | may be C. Günther. | USNM. | |
| GURDON | NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = Pugsley Sale. | might be Gurdon Waterman. | RSW. | |
| GURLEY, EPHRAIM | USA, fl.1811-29, MIM SIM | worked for Julius Hanks (1811-13); see Hanks and Gurley; see Starbucks and Gurley; father of William and L.E. Gurley. | Madison, Conn.(pre-1811); Gibbonsville, N.Y. (1811-18); southeast corner of Fifth and Grand Streets, Troy, N.Y. (1818-29). | Smart 1. | |
| GURLEY, LEWIS EPHRAIM | USA, 1826-97, MIM SIM | brother of William Gurley; apprenticed to Jonas H. Phelps, 1844-45; see Phelps and Gurleys; see W. and L.E. Gurley. | Troy N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 110. | |
| GURLEY, W. AND L.E. | USA, 1852-present, MIM SIM | wide range of surveying instruments that may be seen in many museums; the major collection is in the Gurley Museum, Troy, New York. | William and Lewis Ephraim Gurley, brothers. | Fifth and Fulton Streets, Troy, New York. | Smart 1; USNM; Zervas; Moskowitz 116; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| GURLEY, WILLIAM | USA, 1821-87, MIM SIM | Dip Needle = D.(1969). | worked for Oscar Hanks, 1839-45; see Phelps and Gurley; see W. and L.E. Gurley; son of Ephraim Gurley. | Fifth and Fulton, Troy, New York. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 110; RSW. |
| GURNEY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Russell Baldwin and Bright 5/5/93. | Bristol. | ATG 4/24/93. | |
| GURNEY, GOLDSWORTHY | England, c.1823, PHIM | invented an oxygen-hydrogen blowpipe for which he recieved a gold medal from the Society of Arts in 1823. | G. L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| GUSANI, P., AND SONS | misreading for P. Guisani and Sons. | RSW. | |||
| GUSSEFELD, FRANZ LUDWIG | Germany, 1744-1808, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = New York Public Library. | "Güssefeld." | Nürnberg. | Yonge. |
| GUSTINGER, RUDOLPH | Austria, 1757, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, 1757 = Koller 11/17/75 = D.(1976). | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| GUTIERREZ, SANCHO | Spain, 1516-80, NIM | the mariner's astrolabe, dated 1563 at CNAM (NMM-24), was suggested by Destombes to be by Gutierrez. | Destombes 3; A. Stimson 3; ICA 2. | ||
| GUTKAES, JOH. CHRIST. FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1830, MIM | Astronomical Clock = DRE. | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| GUTLE, KONRAD | Germany, c.1797, MIM | Table Sundial = Drecker Coll. = P.C. | signed "Gütle, mechan:." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Lunardi; RSW. |
| GUTSCHOVIUS, GERARD | Belgium, OIM | Gérard Gutschovius helped to develop the hyperbolic lens. | Nachet. | ||
| GUTTELIE | France, fl.1692-1704, MIM | Coronelli Globes = PBN. | Guttelié. | Paris. | Pognon. |
| GUTTERIDGE, DOWNING AND SON | England, c.1827, MIM | Slide Rules with four slides, boxwood, = Soth. 12/21/76, D.(1977). | one is also signed "James Galbraith, Dumbarton, 6 March, 1827." | Moskowitz 114; RSW. | |
| GUTWEIN, J.G. | Germany, 17th Century, | engraved sundial at BM, made by Johann Paul Kraus, which see. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Cousins. | ||
| GUTZ, STEFAN, UND SOHN | see Götz | ||||
| GUY, WILLIAM | England, c.1661, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1, a mathematical instrument maker in the Grocers' Company, on Dec. 5, 1661. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GUYET | France, pre-1793, OIM | Optical Machine = Earl of Bute Sale 2/5/1793. | RSW. | ||
| GUYMARD, P.I. | France?, 1740, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1740 = NMM-D.108. | NMM 2; MADEX; Nachet. | ||
| GUYTON DE MORREAU | France, fl.1784-1814, PHIM | developed a platinum pyrometer, a money scale and other physical instruments. | Daumas 1; Chaldecott 2. | ||
| GYLDENSTOLKE | Sweden, c.1800, | see Sauter and Gyldenstolke. | Stockholm. | Fox 1 and 2; RSW. | |
| GYLES, HENRY | England, fl.1670-1702, MIM | Stained-glass Sundials = Oxford University College, Nun Appleton Hall (1670), Tong Hall. | Daniels 1. | ||
| H. 1 | Germany?, 1609, MIM | Sundial on Sector = PRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| H. 2 | 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = Christie 12/17/75. | marked "A" on reverse. | RSW. | |
| H. 3 | England, c.1850, NIM | hidden mark on ebony quadrant; possibly Hughes or Heath. | Moskowitz 122. | ||
| H. 4 | marked on horizontal sundial, WHI-1191, H [.], on the paper wind rose; sundial plate marked "C.P." (2) and compass card marked "R.G." (1). | Bryden 16. | |||
| H.A. 1 | c.1625, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82; Set-square = Christie 4/3/74. | Hugé. | Versailles. | RSW. |
| H.A. 2 | see "H.A. K.M." | RSW. | |||
| H.A. K.M. | Germany?, 1576, MIM | Artillery Level and Square, 1576 = DRE; Artillery Level = DRE. | the "H.A." is "H.A." 2; the "K.M." is "K.M." 2. | Drechsler 2; Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| H.A.S.V.W. | 1675, MIM | Quadrant, ivory, 1675 = WHI-689. | 90 mm radius; not in Bryden 16. | Whipple Cat. 1933. | |
| H.A.W. | marked on an alidade signed "Heinrich A. Wolff 1770" at KAS. | Lübke; RSW. | |||
| H.B. 1 | Germany, 1490-91, MIM | Astrolabe, 1490 (ICA-248) = OXF; Astrolabe, 1491 (ICA-540) = OLD; Astrolabe, 1491 (ICA-249) = MUN. | see also Johannes Bamman (Smalkaldensis); Michel thought he was Bonetus. | Zinner 1; Michel 2 and 3; Price 1; Evans 1; Rohde; Gunther 1; ICA-2. | |
| H.B. 2 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial = P.C. | marked "H.L." (1), owner? | RSW. | |
| H.B. 3 | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| H.B. 4 | England, c.1760, | marked on the needle clamp of a circumferentor signed "J.A. Spineux." | RSW. | ||
| H.B. 5 | c.1900, | Universal Equatorial Sundial = ADL-T19. | made by D.B. Sheahan. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| H.B.S. 1 | 1609, MIM | Calendar Stick, 1609 = Evans Coll. | Simpson; RSW. | ||
| H.B.S. 2 | MIM | Ring Sundial with seal = NOR. | probably owner. | RSW. | |
| H.C. 1 | Switzerland, fl.1568-91, MIM | Sundials with compasses on finger rings = NMM-D.99/36-71C, WHI-1714 (FIT) (1568). | inside lid of NMM sundial is marked "MIMR" and "W.P." 2; WHI is marked with "MIMR" and "H.R." 1. | Bryden 16; NMM 2. | |
| H.C. 2 | Equatorial Sundial, marked 1591 = ADL-T22. | the work of D.B. Sheahan of New York, N.Y., c.1900; marked "Sir Charles Blunt." | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| H.C. 3 | Italy?, c.1580, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = WHI-1709. | is this the same as H.C. 1.? | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| H.D. 1 | Germany, 1519, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1519 = Soth. 6/18/62. | RSW. | ||
| H.D. 2 | Germany, fl.1590-1601, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = LOU (1590), MERC-75 (1590), MERC-56, Palazzo Madonna, Turin (1595), NMM (1597), ADL-DPW29 (1597), SPL (1601), OXF (1600), OXF, OXF (1595), WRAY, ROM, KEN, BM, Koller 11/17/75, Huelsmann Coll., Bearne's 2/12/92, etc. | the snake was the mastermark of Hans Ducher 2 and 3; the OXF dial and some others also have a distinctive thrush; see Hans Ducher 2 and 3. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2 & 3; Ward 1 & 4; NMM 2; Michel 3; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| H.D. 3 | Germany, 1595, MIM | Skaphe Sundial, ivory, 1595 = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| H.D. 4 | 1770, MIM | Calipers, 1770 = Metalwork Museum, Rouen. | D'Allemagne. | ||
| H.D. 5 | c.1900 / z, | Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T66. | the work of D.B. Sheahan, c.1900. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| H.D.F. | Germany, fl.1618-19, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1618 = OXF-G500; Cruciform Sundial, 1619 = VIE-709. | the OXF dial has figures of father time. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| H.E. | initials on quadrant signed "John Chatfield, 1630." | ||||
| H.E.S. | Germany, fl.1569-71, MIM | Drawing Instruments, Quadrant and case, 1569 = BEK; Horary Quadrant, 1571 = NUR-WI 12. | Zinner thinks it is Erasmus Hornung; BEK set signed "H. ES." | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| H.F. 1 | Germany, c.1550, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial in the shape of a star = BM. | Augsburg? | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| H.F. 2 | England?, 1669?, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant and nocturnal, 1669? = Christie 11/8/66, = Soth. 6/24/74 = Haifa Maritime Museum. | Janin 3; RSW. | ||
| H.F.V.K. | see H.G.A.V. | ||||
| H.G. 1 | Germany, 1537, | "H.G. 1537" is marked on an astrolabe, ICA- 256 (formerly in the Nachet Coll.), which also carries the inscription "Valentinus Sonthalmer Georgio Weinmayster dono 1535." | Gunther 1; Michel 2 and 3; Price 1; ICA 2; MADEX; Nachet. | ||
| H.G. 2 | Germany, fl.1562-96, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1562, = LIE; Diptych Sundials = MUN, INN, Soth. 11/21/60. | see Hans Gebhart; mastermark is a star; the MUN dial is also signed "H.S.D.L."; "H.G. 1596" is marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Johann Gebhart", ADL-DPW21. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 9; ADL; RSW. |
| H.G. 3 | Germany, 1567, MIM | Sundial and Compass on inside panel of clock, 1567, = Christie 7/5/66. | RSW. | ||
| H.G. 4 | Germany, fl.1569-71, MIM NIM | Calendar Plate, 1569 and Hanging Compass, 1571 = DRE; Calendar Plate = HAA. | Hans Göbe? | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Körber 1; Rohde; Michel 3; Drechsler 2. | |
| H.G. 5 | Austria, 1575, MIM | Stand for Armillary Sphere, 1575 = KRM. | also signed "Hannss -------DCZINGCK"; surely Hanns Greber of Sterczing. | Zinner 1. | |
| H.G. 6 | Germany, fl.1586-95, MIM SIM | Mining Instrument, wood, inlaid with ivory, 1586 = ROU = GRA; Folding Square, ivory and wood, 1587 = BEK; Protractor, wood, 1595 = Leoben Montan Hochschule. | the 1586 instrument is also marked "Hans Resi." | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| H.G. 7 | Germany, 1621, MIM | Artillery Sight, 1621 = LEY; Artillery Level = BASH. | Hans Gruber?; 1621 instrument also marked "J.U.H.Z.E." | Zinner 1. | |
| H.G. 8 | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, ivory = DRE. | Grötzsch 2. | ||
| H.G. 9A | 1617, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, silver, 1617 = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| H.G. 9B | Germany, 1667, MIM SIM | Circumferentor with Sundial, wood, 1667 = BM. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| H.G.A.V. | MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P.C. | also marked "M.G.G.F.G.", "H.F.V.K." & "G.A.I.G." | RSW. | |
| H.G.H. | Germany, 1648, MIM SIM | Sector, 1648 = ADL-M90; Graphometer = Christie 12/18/74 = 4/9/75 =12/17/75; Nocturnal = LUN. | see Hans Georg Hertel. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2; ADL; RSW. |
| H.G.V.B. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon, in the form of a finger ring, gold = BM. | Ward did not mention the initials. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| H.G.V.G. | misreading for H.G.V.B. | Zinner 1. | |||
| H.H. 1 | Germany, 1601, MIM | Table Sundial, 1601 = D.(1976). | RSW. | ||
| H.H. 2 | Germany, 1615, MIM | Rule, iron, 1615 = MADEX. | Nürnberg. | MADEX. | |
| H.H. 3 | Germany, c.1750, | marked on the gnomon of compass sundial in ivory barrel at WHI, made by "M.V." | Bryden 16. | ||
| H.I. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Sundial in ring = D.(1976). | probably owner. | Brieux 3, 1976. | |
| H.I.S. | 1581, MIM | Rule, 1581 = FLO. | Bonelli 5. | ||
| H.J. | 1595, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, circular, with compass, 1595 = D.(1974). | the hour scale is incorrect. | RSW. | |
| H.K. 1 | Germany, fl.1567-78, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, 1567 = OXF; Polyhedral Sundial, 1578 = MUN; Sundial, book-form, 1580 = Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. | Hans Koch; clockmaker; the 1578 sundial has 25 faces. | Munich. | Michel 1 and 3; Price 2; Zinner 1; Uhren Feb., 1990; RSW. |
| H.K. 2 | Germany, 1589, MIM | Celestial Globe Chalice, 1589 = NMM. | Frankfort. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| H.K. 3 | Germany, fl.1591-96, MIM | Table Clocks with Sundials = MUN (1591), Michel Coll. (1592), HAK (1596); Sundials in watches = X (1592), Koller 11/17/75 (1592), F. Mallet Coll. | all the sundials, except for the one in the Mallet Coll. are also marked "M.P." (2). | Michel 1 and 3; Evans; RSW. | |
| H.K. 4 | England, c.1677, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant = P.C.(1971); Quadrants = ZUS, Soth. 6/9/77. | the quadrant in the private collection has a radius of 3", the initials seem to have been added later, possibly by the owner. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| H.K. 5 | possibly H. Keining or Hans Koch. | RSW. | |||
| H.K.R. | Germany?, 1583, MIM | Sundial on Table Clock, 1583 = DRE. | 51° latitude. | RSW. | |
| H.L. 1 | the mark appears on ivory diptych sundials signed "H.B." (2). | RSW. | |||
| H.L. 2 | 1685, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1685 = WHI. | Bryden thought it might be Heinrich van Lennep. | Bryden 16. | |
| H.L. 3 | Germany, 1742, OIM | "H.L." (3) is marked on a 1742 telescope at DRE made by J.S. Merklein and J.G. Zimmer; also see Hans Löser. | Reinhartz. | Zinner 1. | |
| H.M. 1 | 1507, MIM | Rete of Astrolabe, 1507 = VIE (ICA-599); Astrolabe = BRE (ICA-590). | Zinner 1; Price 1; Michel 3; ICA-2. | ||
| H.M. 2 | Germany, fl.1595-97, MIM | Gunner's Compass with Sundial, 1595 = Rosenheim Sale = FIN; Rule, 1597 = AMST. | the signature on the gunner's compass may be "M.H." (1). | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| H.M. 3 | Germany, 1616, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1616 = Wunsiedel Fichtelgebirgmuseum. | mastermark is a fleur-de-lys; also marked "P.K." | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | |
| H.M. 4 | Germany, 1744, MIM | Hour Glass, four flasks, 1744 = ADL-M359. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| H.N.I. | see I.N.H. | RSW. | |||
| H.O. | Germany?, 1477, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1477 = MUN. | possibly the initials of the owner. | RSW. | |
| H.P. | Holland, 1677, NIM | Cross-staff, 1677 = P.C. (1971). | also marked "4" or "7." | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| H.R. 1 | Germany?, 1568, | marked on finger ring sundial at WHI signed "H.C." (1) and dated 1568; WHI also marked "MIMR." | Bryden 16. | ||
| H.R. 2 | Germany, 1686, MIM | Artillery Level, 1686 = OXF. | the "H." and "R." are conjoined; also marked "M.E." (1), with a crown over the "M". | Maddison 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| H.S. 1 | Germany, 1560, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, gilt-brass, 1560 = PBN. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | ||
| H.S. 10 | could be Henry Sutton, Henry Sneewins or Johann Sommers. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Bobinger 2. | |||
| H.S. 2 | Germany, c.1583, MIM | Sundial in lid of book-shaped box wih watch inside = NYM. | Hans Schniep? | Baillie 1. | |
| H.S. 3 | 1587, MIM | Nocturnal, gilt = X. | Van Damme, 10/10/95. | ||
| H.S. 4 | Germany?, 1641, MIM | Dividers,three-legged, 1641 = NUR; Dividers, one-handed = NUR. | RSW. | ||
| H.S. 5 | Holland?; Germany?, 1642, MIM | Compass Sundial, in ivory barrel, 1642 = OXF. | Sneewins? | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; RSW. | |
| H.S. 6 | c.1650, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = X. | Henry Sutton? | Evans 1. | |
| H.S. 7 | Germany?, MIM | Protractor, wood and ivory = KRE; Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory = NOR. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | ||
| H.S. 8 | MIM | Expanded Ring Sundial = Wray-99. | RSW. | ||
| H.S. 9 | Austria or Germany, c.1690, MIM | Gunnery Level, with case = D.(1993). | Coffeen 43. | ||
| H.S.D.L. | this mark appears on an ivory diptych sundial at MUN; see "H.G." 2. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 2. | |||
| H.T. | Germany, 1588-1614, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Koller 11/17/75 (1588), RSM (1612), MUN (1614), WUR (1614), BM, ADL-W35 (1611); Diptych Sundial, ivory and brass = OXF. | Hans Ducher 2 or 3; both used the serpent as a punchmark. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| H.T.R. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, brass and ivory = OXF. | Zinner 1. | ||
| H.W. 1 | Germany?, 1673, MIM | Sandglass, silver, 1673 = NUR? | Lunardi. | ||
| H.W. 2 | England, fl.1645-89, MIM | Miner's Compasses and accessories = NMM (1645), OXF (1689). | Henry Wynne? | Taylor 1(266); NMM 2; Maddison 1; RSW. | |
| H.W. 3 | Germany?, 1743, MIM | Quadrant, wood and paper, 1743 = HAK. | RSW. | ||
| H.W. 4 | MIM | Sundial = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | letters stamped. | RSW. | |
| H.W./W. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Vertical Sundial, oval = BM. | silver volvelle; the dial is marked "H.W." over "W." | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| H.Z.S. | see "F.W. H.z.s." | RSW. | |||
| HAAG | France, 1824, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1824 = Saverne. | Saverne. | Rohr 2. | |
| HAALSTATT UND TSCHLER | Germany, 1763, PHIM | Hydrometer, 1763 = KRA. | Wagrechteberg. | RSW. | |
| HAAN, FRIEDRICH GOTTLOB | Germany, 1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1820 = DRE (2). | Grötzsch 1 and 2; RSW. | ||
| HAAS | Switzerland, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| HAAS AND CO. | England, pre-1800, MIM OIM PHIM | Steam Jet Cart = University of Pavia. | Jacob Bernard Haas. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| HAAS AND HURTER | England, fl.1792-95, PHIM | Barometer = DEU; Hydrometer = RSM; Balance = TEY. | Jacob Bernard Haas and Johann Heinrich Hurter; Haas probably worked for Hurter from about 1783, and became a partner in 1792. | Soho, London. | Turner 7; Taylor 2(843a); USNM; Bell 2; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| HAAS, JACOB BERNARD | Germany; England; Portugal, fl.1783-1840, MIM NIM PHIM | Electric Machines = TEY, CNAM; Philosophical Instruments = WHI, OXF; Sextant = X; Clinometers = P.C. and Soth. 6/25/68; Protractor = P.C.; Hygrometer and Thermometer = TEY; Ruling Engine, 1798 = DEU; Plane Table, 1806 = COO; Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1809 = COO; Solar Quadrant, 1828 and Universal Ring Dial, 1828 = COO; Solar Microscope, 1840 = TEY; Barometers = COO, DAR; Hygrometer = WHI. | the solar quadrant is for 40° 12'; also made air pumps. | born in Swabia; London (1783-1800); Lisbon (1800-40). | Taylor 2(843a); Daumas 1; Portuguese Inv.; Bell 2; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| HAAS, JOAO FREDERICO | Portugal, fl.1828-65, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1840 = TEY. | Joa~o Frederico Haas; son of Jacob Bernard Haas. | Lisbon. | G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24. |
| HAASE AND WILLHELIM | MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Weschler 5/22/76. | RSW. | ||
| HAASE, JOHANN GOTTFRIDT | Germany, c.1675, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Christie 12/5/95. | rete has 16 stars; double rule; tympan; lot no. 83. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| HAASEBROEK, GERRIT | Holland, 1765, MIM NIM | Cross-staves, 1765 = Streekmuseum, Gornedijk, Eisinga's House, Franeker. | made protractors; name sometimes spelt "Hasebroek." | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| HABERMEL, ERASMUS | Germany; Czechoslovakia, c.1538-1606, MIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums; these include; astrolabes; globes; sundials; calendars and surveying instruments; the dated instruments range from 1576-1600. | often signed "E.H." the instruments are so famous that they have been often copied; there are many fakes! | Prague (1576-1606). | Eckhardt 3; Michel 1, 3, 4 and 6; Hamilton 1; Maddison 1; Bedini 6; Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Grötzsch 2; Körber 1; Sticker and Kirchvogel; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; NMM 2; USNM; Drechsler 2; Trois Siècles; Brieux 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL; RSW. |
| HABERMEL, JOSHUA | Germany; Czechoslovakia, fl.1565-81, MIM SIM | Torquetum, 1576 = DRE; Proportional Compasses, 1577 = PRA; Graphometer = FLO; Diptych Sundial = OXF; Astronomical Compendia = Carl Rolas du Rosey Coll. = TIM, P.C. (2); etc. | see J.H. 1; he was the father of Erasmus Habermel. | Regensburg; Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans; Michel 1, 2, and 3; Gunther 2; Drechsler 2; Rohde; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| HABERMEL, MARTIN | see M.H.F. | Evans 1. | |||
| HABRECHT AND HEYDEN | France, c.1625, MIM | Pair of Globes = PRA. | Isaac Habrecht 2 and Jacob Heyden | Strasbourg. | Horsky and Skopova; RSW. |
| HABRECHT, ABRAHAM | France, 1654-1728, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Kunstgewerbemuseum, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1; Maurice 1. | |
| HABRECHT, ISAAC 1 | France, 1544-1620, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1578 = TOU; Globe, Celestial, 1574 = STR; Gores for a Terrestrial Globe = STR. | noted clock maker; see J.H. 2. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Gélis; RSW. |
| HABRECHT, ISAAC 2 | France, 1589-1633, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1621 = KAS, KRM, STU, ZUR, NUR, AMSTS, etc; Celestial Globe = KRA; Planiglobiums = LID (1628), DEU (1628), ADL-A304A; Pair of Globes = Drouot 3/8/63; Terrestrial Globes = P.C. (1620), NMM (1625), NYH. | son of Isaac Habrecht 1; ADL planiglobium is a signed manuscript instrument for 50° with parts sewn together. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1; Yonge; NMM 2; Estreicher 1; RSW. |
| HABRECHT, ISAAC 3 | France, 1611-86, MIM | Celestial Globe with clockwork, 1646 = NMM; Terrestrial Globe = NMM. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1; NMM 2; Tardy 3; RSW. | |
| HABRECHT, JOSIAS | France, 1552-75, MIM | Mechanical Armillary Sphere, 1572 = ROS. | brother of Isaac Habrecht 1. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1; Von Bertele 1; Tardy 3. |
| HACHARD | France, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 5/25/68; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C.(1971). | might be one dial. | Besançon. | RSW. |
| HACKELMAN, G. | Germany, NIM | Compass = LIE. | Hamburg. | Michel 3 and 9. | |
| HACKER, A. | Czechoslovakia, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = N.N. Frankel Coll.; Table Sundial = P.C. | Prague. | Baillie 1. | |
| HADDARD, W.D. | England, 1846, | designed a protractor. | London. | Price 3. | |
| HADDOCK, CHARLES | England, c.1737, MIM | apprenticed to Fisher Combs of the Clockmakers' Company on May 2, 1737. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HADDOCK, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 23, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HADDON, C.W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | King Street, Liverpool. | Bell 2. | |
| HADDON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1700-13, MIM | member of the Stationers' Company; had William Barker, Worgan's last apprentice, turned over to him on March 12 1700. | Giltspur Street, near Newgate Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 1(567); Clay and Court ; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 7. | |
| HADEN, WILLIAM | England, 1790, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company, January 7, 1790. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HADERBECK, JOHANN PETER | Germany, 1697, MIM | Artillery Level, 1697 = Huelsmann Coll. | signed "Johannes Petrus Haderbeck me Fecit A. 1697"; also marked "1050" on banner. | Syndram. | |
| HADLEY, GEORGE | England, c.1731, NIM | brother of John Hadley; he is supposed to have made an example of Hadley's quadrant in 1731. | Bedini 8. | ||
| HADLEY, HENRY | England, c.1731, NIM | brother of John Hadley; made some of his reflecting quadrants, 1731. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| HADLEY, JOHN | England, 1682-1744, | designed a telescope, 1719-20; best known for his invention of the relecting quadrant (octant) in 1731, for which he received a patent in 1734 which ran until 1745; a similar instrument was independently invented, about the same time, by Thomas Godrey 1 in Philadelphia, Pa.; Hadley licensed Joseph Jackson 1 to be the sole maker; designed a bubble level in 1734. | Enfield Chase near East Barnet. | Taylor 1(538); Taylor 2(56); DNB; DSB; USNM; Bedini 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; Millburn 8. | |
| HADNOT, JOHN | England, c.1808, MIM | apprenticed to John Symons of the Grocers' Company 1801-08. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| HAECKE, H. | Germany, 1816?, NIM | Octant, 1816 = Christie 6/7/72; Sextants = X, Kelton Coll. (1990). | Kelton sextant has micrometer and is W.W. 1 era, marked "No. 9693"; may be two makers or a misreading of the Christie date. | Neukölln; Berlin. | USNM; RSW. |
| HAEFELZ, JOHANNES FRIDERICUS | Germany, 1784, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, 1784 = THO. | Braunschweig. | RSW. | |
| HAERING | France, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; optician; made physical instruments. | à l'Aigle d'Or, No.63 Palais du Tribunat, près le Café de Foi, Paris. | Calvert 2. | |
| HAFENRETTER, SAMUEL H. | Germany, 1587-1660, | author; designed an astrological instrument with a sundial. | Tübingen. | Zeitlin Cat. 1974. | |
| HAGER | Germany, 1696, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1696 = Soth.-SB pre-1980. | probably Johann Melchior Hager or Michael Tobias Hager. | RSW. | |
| HAGER, DIEDERICH PETER | Germany, 1674-1745, MIM | Calendar, large, 1710 = Anton-Ulrich Museum, Braunschweig. | Wolfenbüttel. | Buchler. | |
| HAGER, JOHANN MELCHIOR | Germany, 1642-1713, MIM | Ring Sundials = MERC, Koller 11/17/75; Equatorial Sundials, silver = ADL-M296, BS-WB; Table Sundial = Düsseldorf (1976). | Engelmann read the ADL sundial as Johann Melchior Sager. | Frankfort. | Zinner 1; Buchler; Engelmann 1; Hamilton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| HAGER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1684-1765, MIM | Horizontal Sundial with cam, 1705 = BM; Horizontal Sundials = OXF; Nocturnal = Drouot 2/18/60. | the dial at the BM is signed "I.M. Hager"; the nocturnal is signed "J.M. Hager." | Frankfort and Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; Buchler; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| HAGER, M. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = KEN, D.(1976); Nocturnal = BM (lost). | surely Michael Tobias Hager; Chaldecott lists an "M. Aager." | Arnstadt. | Chaldecott 1; Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| HAGER, M.I. | see M.T. Hager. | Gunther 2; Evans 1; Price 3. | |||
| HAGER, MICHAEL TOBIAS | Germany, 1639-1694, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = LIE, MUN, LOU, NUR; Pedometer, 1690 = BM; Table Sundials = Koller 11/17/75, OXF, BS-WB; Sundial, 1681 = Arnstadt Rathaus. | "Mechanikus." | Arnstadt; Wolfenbüttel. | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; Belgian Inventory; Wynter and Turner; Buchler; RSW. |
| HAGER, N. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Compass with Perpetual Almanac = Bernal Sale No.3955; Universal Equatorial Sundial, with latitude cam = D.(1974). | probably a misreading for M.T. Hager. | Arnstadt. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Price 2; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| HAGER, WOLFGANG | Germany, 1643-1705, MIM | Sundials = Cologne Museum (1687), NMM, TIM, BS-WB; Nocturnals = Cologne Museum (1681),KES (1692); Pedometers = SPI-2829 (1695), BS-WB (1696); Sundial in silver box, 1693 = OXF. | "Hofmechanikus." | Wolfenbüttel. | Buchler; Zinner 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| HAGGER AND BRO. | USA, 1842-59, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass with vernier = School of Civil Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca N.Y.; Stick Barometer = D.(1980). | John W. Hagger and William G. Hagger; barometer signed "Hagger and Brother." | corner of Pratt Street and Spear's Wharf, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Coffeen 27; RSW. |
| HAGGER AND SON 1 | USA, 1795, MIM NIM | William Guyse Hagger and Benjamin King Hagger; advertised nautical compasses, 1795. | 2 doors south of the Draw-Bridge, Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Warner 12. | |
| HAGGER AND SON 2 | USA, 1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Benjamin King Hagger and his son, John W. Hagger; ad in Baltimore paper in 1830. | at the Sign of Dr. Franklin, Baltimore, Md. | D.J. Warner 11. | |
| HAGGER BROTHERS | USA, c.1850, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Maine Historical Society. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| HAGGER, BENJ. K., AND SON | USA, fl.1827-38, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = USNM. | made and imported instruments; Benjamin King Hagger and John W. Hagger. | 72 Baltimore Street (up to 1830); at the Sign of Dr. Franklin, 57 South Street (1830- 38); both in Baltimore, Maryland. | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 11 |
| HAGGER, BENJAMIN KING | USA, 1769-1834, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Graphometer, wood = P.C.; Surveyor's Compasses = U. of Maryland, P.C., Rio Grande County Museum, Del Norte, Cal.; Sextant, 1825 = P.C. | son of William Guyse Hagger. | Newport, R.I.; Ann Street (1789); Prince Street near Snow Hill Street (1793); North Street (1795); Ann Street (1798); all in Boston, Mass.; at the sign of Dr. Franklin; 57 South Street (1816); at the Sign of Hadley's Quadrant, 72 Baltimore Street (1824); all in Baltimore, Maryland. | Brewington 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Price 2; D.J. Warner 10 and 11; RSW. |
| HAGGER, C.E.E. | USA?, | instrument maker; possibly the grandson of B.K. Hagger. | Brewington 1. | ||
| HAGGER, JOHN W. | USA, 1805-58, MIM | the son of Benjamin King Hagger; see Benj. K. Hagger and Son; his brother was William G. Hagger; see Hagger and Bro.; he apparently continued his father's firm at least until 1842. | 57 South Street, Baltimore, Md. (1833-38). | Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM. | |
| HAGGER, WILLIAM | USA, 1760, NIM | Backstaffs = MYS, USNM. | he was the father of William Guyse Hagger; partner of Benjamin King 1. | Newport, Rhode Island. | Smart 1; Bedini 1; USNM. |
| HAGGER, WILLIAM GUYSE | USA, 1748-1832, NIM | Backstaffs = Rhode Island Historical Soc., Providence, R.I. (1768), PEA (1775), MAR (1775), VNN (1775), R.I. Historical Society = USNM (1776), D.(1777); Surveyor's Compass = Hist. Soc. of St. Marys and Benzinger Township, Pa. | the father of Benjamin King Hagger; there is a listing of an address at Cranston, R.I. in 1774; Joseph Callender made the compass cards. | Newport, R.I. (1766-88); near the Draw-Bridge, Ann Street, Boston, Mass. (1789). | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; RSW. |
| HAHN, A.H. | Germany, PHIM | Thermometer = DRE. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| HAHN, GOTTFRIED | Germany, MIM | Heliochronometer = STU. | RSW. | ||
| HAHN, P.M., UND J.C. SCHUSTER | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Astronomical Clock = DRE; Quadrant Scale = DRE. | Phillip Mattäus Hann and Joh. Christ. Schuster. | Kornwesteim. | Grötzsch 2. |
| HAHN, P.M., UND P.G. SCHAUDT | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Clock with Globe on top = DAR. | Philipp Mattaüs Hahn and Philipp Gottfried Schaüdt. | Kornwestheim and Onsmettingen. | Uhren Feb., 1990. |
| HAHN, PHILIPP MATTAUS | Germany, 1739-90, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = STU, DRE, GOT, FUR, NUR; Heliochronometers = BASH,(1782), HEI, DEU, KRA, KRM; Wall Sundial = Balinger Kirchturm; Planetariums = NUR, FUR. | Philipp Mattäus Hahn; astronomer; author; the instrument in the Basle Historical Museum is signed simply "Hahn"; devised a multiplying machine, 1774; worked with Schuster and Schaudt. | Kornwestheim; Erfurt; Württemberg. | Zinner 1; Taylor 2(601); Grötzsch 2; Baillie 1; Engelmann 1; USNM; Deutche Uhrmacher-Zeitschrift, Aug. 1965; Neue Uhrmacher-Zeitung Ulm, Nov.30, 1964; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| HAIDEN AND CO. | England, late 19th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | this may be a misreading for Halden. | Manchester and London. | RSW. |
| HAIJE, WM. DE LA | Holland, fl.1764-65, OIM | made lenses and mirrors. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HAIJES, WALTER | Holland, c.1750, MIM PHIM | Ring Sundial = STT. | Amsterdam. | Pipping 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HAILES, THOMAS | England, fl.1687-95, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1680; free of the Company on March 31, 1687. | Sign of the Spectacles and Perspective Glass (later the Telescope and Spectacles), corner of Cannon Alley, over against the great North Door of St. Paul's Church, London. | Taylor 1(454); Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Court and von Rohr 3(55). | |
| HAINTZ, MATTHAEUS | see Mattheus Heintz | Zinner 1; Horsky and Skopova. | |||
| HAIR, JOHN | England, 1782, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1782 = D.(1989). | extra dial is semi-circle at top of instrument. | RSW. | |
| HAIR, WILLIAM EVITT | England, fl.1842-50, PHIM | made barometers, clocks and watches. | High Street, Boston. | Bell 2. | |
| HAKES, W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant with tangent screw = Seamans Institute of New York. | Hull. | USNM. | |
| HALAICHER, MATTHAUS | Germany, 1671, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1671 = Hessischen Landesmuseum, Darmstadt. | Augsburg. | Engroff. | |
| HALBAUR | Germany?, MIM | Compass Sundial in gimbals = MUN. | Zorge. | RSW. | |
| HALDEN, I. | see J. Halden. | RSW. | |||
| HALDEN, J. | England, fl.1845-53, MIM | Rule, ivory = D.(1969); Protractor, full = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | became J. Halden and Co. after 1850; J. Halden and Co. Ltd. as late as 1930. | Albert Square, Manchester; London. | Moskowitz 109; RSW. |
| HALDEN, J. AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Dumpy Level = Phillips 7/28/82; Eidograph = D(1974). | Manchester and London. | Moskowitz 109; RSW. | |
| HALER, MUMENT | Switzerland, 1773, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1773 = X. | successor to Passemant. | Nachet. | |
| HALES | variant spelling for Hailes, Hale. | Court and von Rohr 3(55). | |||
| HALES, STEPHEN | England, 1677-1761, MIM | designed and built an orrery, 1705; F.R.S. | London. | North 2; Millburn 5; Gunther; DSB. | |
| HALEWYCK, F.M. VAN | Holland, 1653, MIM | Sundial and Nocturnal, 1653 = LIE. | Michel 1, 3 and 9; Rooseboom 1. | ||
| HALFPENNY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1722-48, MIM | devised a tangent rule. | Bristol? | Taylor 2(182). | |
| HALL | England, c.1820, OIM | optician. | Nachet. | ||
| HALL AND HAWKS | England, 1840, MIM | 10 Duke Street, Borough; also Topping's Wharf, London Bridge; both in London. | O'Mara. | ||
| HALL BROS. | England, MIM | Theodolite = Soth. 1/27/75. | Croyden. | RSW. | |
| HALL, A.J. | England, MIM | Machine for describing ellipses and curves = X. | 2 William Street, Clerkenwell, London. | USNM. | |
| HALL, ASA | USA, c.1790, | clockmaker; worked on an orrery built by Caleb Leach. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8. | |
| HALL, B.J. | England, MIM | Reduction Compass = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82. | RSW. | ||
| HALL, BRADFORD | England, OIM | Binocular Microscope = D.(1970). | RSW. | ||
| HALL, CHESTER MOOR | England, 1703-71, | invented the achromatic lens, 1733; lawyer. | More Hall, Sutton, Essex. | Wynter and Turner; Taylor 2(183); DNB; Dewhirst. | |
| HALL, EDWARD | England, c.1850, PHIM | partner with Edward Jenkin in Dring and Fage and Co.; made hydrometers and saccharimeters. | 19 and 20 Tooley Street, London Bridge, London. | McConnell 4. | |
| HALL, FRANCIS | Belgium; England, 1595-1675, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1669 = Whitehall Garden, London. | also known as Francis Line; Jesuit; author; experimented with the motion of mercury in the barometer c.1660. | Liège, (1630-58); London (1658-70); Liège (1670-75). | Gatty; Reilly; Taylor 1(133); Baillie 1; Middleton 1. |
| HALL, J. | England, OIM | Telescope with stand = D.(1976). | Bradford. | RSW. | |
| HALL, JOHN 1 | England, 1698, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1698 = VEN. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| HALL, JOHN 2 | England, 1840-50, PHIM | barometer maker. | Northgate, Sleaford. | Bell 2. | |
| HALL, MARTIN VON | Austria, fl.1438-d.1466, | designed wall sundials. | Tirol. | Zinner 1. | |
| HALL, S.W. | USA, 1848, PHIM | philosophical and chemical instrument maker. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| HALL, THOMAS | USA, fl.1849-78, PHIM | Palmer and Hall (1849-57) succeeded Daniel Davis, Jr.; Hall on his own after 1857; made electrical apparatus. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; Romaine. | |
| HALLAM AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 6/30/89. | Nottingham. | RSW. | |
| HALLAYCHER, MATTHEUS | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Watch in a Globe = Spitzer-186. | Augsburg. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| HALLEN | England, c.1820, MIM | see Cottam and Hallen | Winsley Street, London. | Wynter and Turner; Kenney Cat. | |
| HALLENSEN, J.A. | Germany, 1748, MIM | Rule and Plotting Scale, 1748 = OXF. | Wolfenbüttel. | RSW. | |
| HALLEY, DR., AND CO. | a frequent misreading for 'Dr. Halley, etc.' found on pocket globes. | RSW. | |||
| HALLEY, EDMOND | England, 1656-1742, | Dr. Edmond Halley, second Astronomer Royal, 1720; worked out the eliptical orbits of comets including the one of 1758, named for him; author; designed a large astronomical sextant; F.R.S., 1678; charted magnetic deviation isogomes in the Atlantic; etc. | London. | Taylor 1(401), 2(57); DNB; DSB; USNM; Hoskins. | |
| HALLIFAX, GEORGE | England, 1725-1811, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C. | fourth son of John Hallifax; clockmaker. | Doncaster (1750-1811). | Goodison 1. |
| HALLIFAX, JOHN | England, 1694-1750, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C. (4), VAA (2), D.(1966), D.(1973), Soth. 7/16/76, etc; Stick Barometer = D.(1989). | the wheel barometers are signed "J. (or John or Johannes) Hallifax Inv & Fect."; stick barometer has two silver dials, one of which has an interesting degree scale; clockmaker; succeeded by his fifth son, Joseph. | Barnsley. | Goodison 1; Symonds; Tyler; Banfield 1; RSW. |
| HALLIFAX, JOSEPH | England, c.1750, PHIM | barometer maker; fifth son of John Hallifax; succeeded him. | Goodison 1. | ||
| HALLIFAX, THOMAS | England, c.1750, PHIM | barometer maker; third son of John Hallifax; Bell thinks he succeeded his father rather than Joseph. | Barnsley. | Bell 2. | |
| HALSAY, DANIEL | see Daniel Halsy | Moskowitz 2. | |||
| HALSE | also see Jacob and Halse. | ||||
| HALSE, E., AND SON | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sector, wood = WRAY; Sector, ivory = ADL-W116; Drawing Instrument Sets in etuis = Soth. 7/20/70, Newcastle Science and Engineering Museum. | Newcastle sector and rectangular protractor signed and in green shagreen etui; may be only one set. | London. | ADL; RSW. |
| HALSE, W.H. | England, PHIM | T.C.; made galvanic apparatus; called himself "Professor of Medical Galvanism." | 22 Brunswick Square, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| HALSEY | also see Halsy. | ||||
| HALSEY, I. | USA, 1702, NIM | probably John or Joseph (1) Halsey; sometimes spelt "Halsy." | RSW. | ||
| HALSEY, JAMES 1 | USA, fl.1669-96, NIM | Backstaff, 1676 = PEA. | "Mathematician"; this is one of the earliest instruments made in the Colonies. | Fish Street, Boston, New England. | Brewington 1; Bedini 1 & 8; American Neptune Jan.,1975; D.J. Warner 8 and 12. |
| HALSEY, JAMES 2 | USA, 1695-1767, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = PEA, X, P.C.; Backstaves, 1739 = Maine Historical Society, Portland, Me., P.C. | nephew of Joseph Halsey 1; sometimes spelt Halsy. | near ye drawbridge, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; Bryden 12; D.J.Warner 8; RSW. |
| HALSEY, JOHN | USA, fl.1700-50, MIM | brother of Joseph Halsey?; sometimes spelt "Halsy." | Green Street, Boston, Mass.; Madagascar. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1. | |
| HALSEY, JOSEPH 1 | USA, 1675-1745, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1702 = P.C. (1971); Surveyor's Compass, wood = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord; Compass Card = Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston. | nephew of James Halsey 1; sometimes spelt "Halsy"; sometimes signed "Joseph Halsey, Jun."; may have been first American to make octants; backstaff also marked "Made for Andrew Gray." | Boston, New England. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; Brophy; RSW. |
| HALSEY, JOSEPH 2 | USA, b.1699, fl.1731-62, NIM | Surveying Compass, 1747 = P.C. (1974). | son of Joseph Halsey 1; advertised as making Hadley's quadrants in 1738; grand-nephew of James Halsey 1. | Fish Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Brewington 1; Guthman 1; Warner 12; RSW. |
| HALSKE | Germany, 1814-90, PHIM | Dynamometer = Barris-Holley Engineering Bldg., Brown University, Providence, R.I. | apprenticed to Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor, c.1830; see Siemins and Halske. | Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Weil and Baden; RSW. |
| HALSY | USA, | see Halsey. | Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 8 and 10. | ||
| HALSY, DANIEL | USA, 1777, MIM | warrant issued for his arrest on Jan. 16, 1777; also listed as Daniel Halsay in the warrant. | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz 2. | |
| HALTON, IMMANUEL | England, 1628-99, MIM | Vertical Sundials on Wingfield Manor House, Derbyshire (2). | astronomer, mathematician and diallist; designed a large quadrant and a type of triquetum, c.1652. | Wingfield Manor House, Derbyshire; Gray's Inn, London. | Taylor 1(231); Evans 1; Gatty; A.J. Turner 10. |
| HAM, ANTHONY | USA?, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. (1976). | RSW. | ||
| HAM, ERASMUS | England, c.1736, MIM | apprenticed to George Adams 1, of the Grocers' Company on April 21, 1736. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HAM, JAMES 1 | USA, fl.1754-64+, NIM | Backstaff, 1759 = TIM. | father of James Ham 2; the instrument at the Time Museum was stamped "I.H./No.151." (I.H.) 3; advertised nautical compasses for sale in New York, 1754 and in Philadelphia in 1761. | at the house wherein the Widow Ratsey lately lived, near the Old Dutch Church, Smith Street, New York (1754); at the sign of Hadley's Quadrant at Front and Water Streets, Phiadelphia, Pa. (1759). | Bedini 1; Gillingham 1; Moskowitz 114; USNM; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| HAM, JAMES 2 | USA, fl.1780-81, NIM OIM | Backstaff, 1781 = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. = X. | James Ham, jr.; son of James Ham 1; advertised nautical compasses, 1780. | Hadley's Quadrant at Front and Water Streets; below the Draw Bridge in Water Street; between Spruce and Pine Streets; all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1; Gillingham 1; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12. |
| HAMANN ET HEMPEL | France, pre-1842, MIM | Elliptical Compass = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| HAMBERG, O.P. | Sweden, 1849, MIM OIM | Microscope, 1849 = X. | also made scales. | Pipping 1. | |
| HAMBLER, W.H. | USA, c.1850?, MIM | Quadrilateral Rule, boxwood = D.(1984). | 51 Nassau Street, New York, N.Y. | Coffeen II. | |
| HAMBLETON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| HAMELIN | France, 183?, PHIM | Balance Set = D. | "Balancier-Méchanicien, Adjusteur, Verificateur." | à L'H Couronné, Rue Saint-Denis, No. 78, près celle des Lombards, Paris. | Coffeen 36. |
| HAMER, JAMES | England, c.1823, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 8, 1800; listed in 1823; took an apprentice. | 12 Hosier Lane, West Smithfield, London. | Crawford 7. | |
| HAMILTON, DR. HUGO | England, 1796, PHIM | Barometer, 1796 = X. | RSW. | ||
| HAMILTON, HENRY ROBERT | England, c.1838, OIM | 16 Queen Street, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(2144). | ||
| HAMILTON, JAMES 1 | Scotland, 1686, MIM | Cube Sundials, 1686 = Kinross House, Kinrossshire (2). | mason; servitor to James Smith, overseer at Kinross House and son-in-law to Robert Mylne. | Somerville. | |
| HAMILTON, JAMES 2 | England, c.1742, MIM | apprenticed to John Parminter 1, Grocers' Company, Aug.4, 1742. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HAMILTON, JOHN | Scotland, 1686, MIM | Vertical Stone Sundials, 1686 = Kinross House (2). | mason. | Kinross. | Gatty. |
| HAMILTON, RICHARD | England, c.1705, MIM | apprenticed to John Warner 2 or 3 of the Clockmakers' Company in Sept., 1705; may have been free of the Company by 1712. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HAMILTON, T. FENTON, AND CO. | USA, pre-1842, MIM OIM PHIM | mostly made meteorological instruments. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| HAMILTON, WILLIAM FRANCIS | England, c.1814, OIM | patented improvements for optical instruments. | Asylum Buildings, Westminster Road, Surrey. | Taylor 2(1348); Dewhirst. | |
| HAMLIN | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Mallams, Oxford 4/30/97. | too late for William Hamlin 2. | London. | ATG 4/26/97. |
| HAMLIN, RICHARD ELY | USA, 1814-80, OIM | made reflecting telescopes; lottery ticket signed "R.E. Hamlin's Reflecting Telescope"; ticket also marked "W. Hamlin Scs."; see William Haklin 1. | Preuss 1; RSW. | ||
| HAMLIN, WILLIAM 1 | USA, 1772-1869, MIM NIM OIM | Magnetic Compasses = MYS, P.C. | apprenticed to Samuel Canfield, Middleton, Conn.; came to Providence by 1795; listed as MIM and engineer by 1824; T.C.; see Richard Ely Hamlin who succeeded him. | North Main Street, next north of St. John's Church (pre-1806); 11 Cheapside, next door north of Messrs. Blodget and Powers (1806); opposite the Baptist Meeting House (1809); Sign of the Quadrant, 131 South Water Street, in the store of Benjamin Clifford (pre-1819); at the sign of the Quadrant, 135 South Main Street (1823); all in Providence, R.I. | Bedini 1 & 8; Price 2; USNM; Lane; Evans 1; Smart 1; Coffeen C; Eldred 10/11/75; Preuss 1; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| HAMLIN, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1792-1814, MIM SIM | Instrument = WHI; Surveyor's Compasses = NMM, DeLuca 8/1/87; Magnetic Compass = Soth. 2/7/72; Surveyor's Level = Weschler 5/22/76; Compass, pocket = D.(1997). | there is some thought that William Hamlin 1 and 2 were the same man, but the American apprenticeship and addresses of Hamlin 1 would appear to preclude this idea; the last two instruments are signed "Hamlin, London", which see. | 111 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(983); NMM 2; Preuss 1; D.J. Warner 10; MAD June, 1997; RSW. |
| HAMMERR | see Starke and Hammerr. | ||||
| HAMMERSLEY | England, MIM OIM | Surveyor's Level and a Telescope = Christie 2/4/69; | Islington, London. | RSW. | |
| HAMMOND, J. | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = LIE. | Ken(sington), London. | Michel 9. | |
| HAMMOND, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1620, | free of the Joiners' Company; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HAMMOND, WILLIAM 2 | England, pre-1782, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free in the Company. | Crawforth 8. | ||
| HAMON | France, 1637, NIM | Cross-staff, 1637 = KEN. | St. Malo. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| HAMPSON, THOMAS | England, fl.1728-55, MIM | Sundial = Llandderfel Churchyard, Merioneth. | clockmaker. | High Street, Wrexham (1728-48). | Peate. |
| HAMPTON, JOHN | England, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = TRE. | this might be the name of the owner. | RSW. | |
| HAMSTRA PZ, P. | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Crown Compass = P.C. | Harlingen. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HAN | Holland, c.1650, MIM | Astronomical Quadrants, wood and paper = UTR-A9, UTR-OBS-192. | designed by Vooghdio. | Loon. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Van Cittert 1. |
| HANACZIK | Austria, PHIM | Hydrometer = KRA. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| HANBURYS | England, | see Alan and Hanburys. | London. | ||
| HANBY | England, c.1768, | see Tappenden and Hanby. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| HANCOCK, HANNAH | England, c.1830, OIM | widow of William Hancock? | 7 Waingate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1877). | |
| HANCOCK, JOHN 1 | England, c.1740, MIM | Ring Sundials = OXF, FIN, EMA, Dundee City Museum and Art Gallery. | some are signed "Hancock", some "J. Hancock." | Stevens and Aked; Michel 3; Taylor 2(359); RSW. | |
| HANCOCK, JOHN 2 | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | Instrument = OXF. | 30 City Road, Finsbury, London. | Taylor 2(2145). | |
| HANCOCK, MALAHOL | England, c.1668, | apprenticed to Benjamin Emott in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 7, 1668. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HANCOCK, WILLIAM | England, c.1822, OIM | 24 Waingate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1575). | ||
| HANDASYDE | Scotland1698, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1698 = Keir House, Dunblane. | Somerville. | ||
| HANDASYNE, ARCH. | Scotland, 1732, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone, 1732 = Cramond near Edinburgh. | Gatty. | ||
| HANDEL, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | Zinner 1. | ||
| HANDLEY, JAMES | USA, fl.1865-73, NIM | partner of Charles R. Sherman in C.R. Sherman and Co. | 49 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| HANDMAN, I. | MIM | Terrestrial Globe, gilt-brass = BASH. | RSW. | ||
| HANDSCOMB, EBENEZER | England, fl.1764-91, PHIM | Barometer = Luton Art Gallery. | Woburn. | Bell 2. | |
| HANDSFORD, JOHN | England, c.1780, MIM | Orrery = Soth. 11/23/59 = Iparmüvészeti Museum, Budapest. | may be two instruments. | Bristol. | Globe Exhibition, Budapest, 1990; RSW. |
| HANIN | France, fl.1785-88, MIM PHIM | Balance = CNAM; Manometer = D.(1990). | manometer is steel dividers with brass scale (in shape of quadrant), to compare measurements in meters with old foot, English, Castille, Vienna, Brussels, and St. Petersburg style. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; RSW. | |
| HANIN FILS | France, c.1750, MIM | Proportional Compass, iron = PRIN = NMM-DI/DP.2. | St. Romain. | NMM 2; MADEX. | |
| HANKS | USA, c.1790, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Deerfield Museum, Mass. and the Suffield Historical Society, Conn. | either Col. Benjamin Hanks or Horatio Hanks, both lived in Mansfield at that time. | Mansfield, Conn. | Smart 1. |
| HANKS AND GURLEY | USA, fl.1818-21, MIM SIM | Alpheus and Truman Hanks and Ephraim Gurley; they also ran an iron foundry. | Troy N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| HANKS AND SON | USA, c.1808, MIM | Benjamin Hanks and Truman Hanks; also clockmakers. | Mansfield and Litchfield, Conn. | Bedini 1; USNM. | |
| HANKS, A. AND T. | USA, fl.1830-34, MIM SIM | Alpheus Hanks was a brother, and Truman Hanks was a son of Benjamin Hanks; they succeeded Julius Hanks. | Elbow and Fifth Streets, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| HANKS, BENJAMIN | USA, 1755-1824, MIM SIM | apprenticed to Thomas Harland; made surveying instruments, clocks, bells, etc.; called himself Col. | Windham, Conn.(1777-80); Litchfield, Conn.(1780-90); Mansfield, Conn.(1790); Gibbonsville, N.Y.(1808); Gibbonsville is now Watervliet and may have been West Troy. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; O.B. Frye. | |
| HANKS, BENJAMIN AND JULIUS | USA, fl.1808-10, MIM SIM | made vernier surveying compasses; perhaps succeeded Adams and Whipple. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| HANKS, HORATIO | USA, 1790-1838, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Vernier Compass = P.C.; Surveyor's Cross = P.C. | fourth son of Benjamin Hanks; both instruments made in Auburn. | Mansfield, Conn. (1790-1816); Gibbonsville, N.Y. (1816-20); Auburn, N.Y. (1820-26); Troy, N.Y. (1826-28); New York, N.Y. (1828-33); New Bern, N. Carolina (1833-36); Cincinnati, Ohio (1836-38); Vicksburg, Miss. (1838). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| HANKS, JULIUS | USA, 1784-1857?, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Vernier Compasses = State Education Bldg.,Albany, N.Y., Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich., Summit County Historical Society, Akron, Ohio, P.C. | third son of Benjamin Hanks; worked with his father 1808-10. | Gibbonsville, N.Y. (1808-24); Fifth Street, Troy, N.Y. (1825); Fifth and Elbow Streets, Troy, N.Y. (1829-38); Troy, N.Y. (1841-47); Chicago, Ill. (1852-57). | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| HANKS, OSCAR | USA, 1810-83, MIM SIM | Hoop Compass = GUR; Transit = GUR; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C., State Historical Society, Madison, Wis. | son of Julius Hanks; succeeded A. and T. Hanks in 1834. William Gurley worked for him between 1839-45. | Troy, N.Y. (1831-46); Chicago Ill. (1856-60); Cincinnatti, Ohio (1876-83). | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen I. |
| HANKS, TRUMAN | USA, fl.1808-34, MIM SIM | son of Benjamin Hanks; see Hanks and Son; see A. and T. Hanks; see Hanks and Gurley. | Mansfield and Litchfield, Conn.(1808-); Troy, N.Y.(1818-34). | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | |
| HANNAEUS, I.D. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = KRO. | Meldorf. | Zinner 1. | |
| Hannay, Heinrich | fl. 1866-1872 | See Dolberg, Adolf | |||
| HANNAY, JOHN | Scotland, 1815, MIM | Stone Sundial, 1815 = Wigtown County Museum, Stranraer. | for latitude 54° 41'. | Stevens and Aked. | |
| HANNES, J.O. | England, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = OXF. | London. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | |
| HANNIN, SIEUR | France, pre-1782, PHIM | Dynamometer = COR. | Courtanvaux. | ||
| HANSEN, ANDRES | Germany, 1709, MIM | Vertical Sundial, copper, 1709 = FLE. | Flensburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| HANSFORD, JOHN | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | Ilminster. | RSW. | |
| HANSON | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/13/88. | probably William Hanson, clockmaker. | Windsor. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HANSON, JOHN | England, fl.1850 - 56, MIM PHIM | instrument and barometer maker | 29 Hope Street; Hackney Road N.; both in London. | Bell 2; O'Mara. | |
| HANZELET, JEAN APPIER | France, c.1630, MIM | engraved plates for printed dials; "math. et graveur"; Hanzelet might be the name of a town. | RSW. | ||
| HAPPACHER, A. | Austria, MIM | Sundial on plinth = P. & S. 5/20/1895. | RSW. | ||
| HAPPACHER, PHILIP | Germany, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, gold case = ADL-A104. | gold case has perpetual calendar on cover. | Fridborg. | ADL; RSW. |
| HAR | see Han. | Michel 3. | |||
| HARBERT, CORNELIUS | England, c.1686, MIM | took Thomas Freeman as an apprentice on Sept. 6, 1686; may have been member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HARDENBERG | Holland, fl.1816-32, MIM | compass maker; the full name is listed as Hardenberg (d'Erve). | Op de Binnenkant voor Kraansluis (1816); Texelse Kaai bij de Raamskooi 16 (1826-32); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HARDER, JOHANN | Germany, c.1657, MIM | compass maker; is he the same as Johannes Harder of St. Gallen? | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| HARDER, JOHANNES | Switzerland, 1657, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1657 = Palais Rumine, Lausanne. | is he the same as Johann Harder of Germany? | St. Gallen. | Zinner 1. |
| HARDING, JOHN | England, c.1809, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1, of the Grocers' Company, on June 4, 1801; turned over to Charles Fairbone 2, of the Grocers' Company, on February 8, 1802; free of the Company, Dec. 7 1809. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HARDOUIN | France, 18th Century, MIM | Planetarium = CNAM. | RSW. | ||
| HARDY 1 | France, 1693, | made the frame for a Coronelli celestial globe, 1693. | rue St. Julien le pauvre, Paris.. | Destombes 5. | |
| HARDY 2 | France, fl.1738-79, MIM | Globe for Armillary Sphere, 1779 = NMM-Sp.13; Globe, Celestial, 1738 = NMM-G.147. | probably Jacques Hardy. | NMM 2. | |
| HARDY 3 | Germany, 1795, OIM | microscope maker | Cologne. | Daumas 1. | |
| HARDY 4 | England, PHIM | Farenheit Thermometer = Kirk Coll.,Castle Museum, York. | York. | Bryden 9. | |
| HARDY, J. AND I. | England, c.1795?, MIM NIM SIM | Octants = BAR, PEA, Cohasset Historical Society, Mass.; Soth. 10/21/74; Quadrant = P.C.; Borda Circle = P.C.; Sextant = PEA; Surveyor's Compasses = PEA, Soth. 6/14/82; Hadley's Quadrant = Fall River Marine Museum, Mass. | the Soth. items are misread as J. and J. Hardy and J. and T. Hardy in the order listed; the Fall River quadrant is misread as J. and F. Hardy. | London. | Brewington 1; USNM; RSW. |
| HARDY, JACQUES | France, fl.1737-87, MIM | Armillary Spheres = Drouot 3/8/63 (1737), NMM (1779); Terrestrial Globes = CNAM (1742), Gotha, P.C.; Celestial Globes = X (3); Instrument = LIM. | St.-Jean-le-pauvre, en face de Nôtre Dame, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Grimaldi (954); Pastoreau; RSW. | |
| HARDY, JOHN | England, 1774, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants, 1774 = D.(1988), no date = D.(1996). | Ratcliff, London. | Coffeen 21 and 55. | |
| HARDY, JOHN, AND SONS | England, c.1825, NIM OIM | Sextant and Telescope = Pacific House, Monterey, Cal.; Telescope = PEA. | London. | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| HARDY, L.G. | England, c.1790, NIM | Octant =D.(1973). | London. | RSW. | |
| HARDY, NICHOLAS | France, c.1770, MIM | son of Jacques Hardy; globemaker. | Paris. | Pasroreau; RSW. | |
| HARE 1 | see Colomba and Hare. | Goodison 1. | |||
| HARE 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Guinea Balance = BM. | London. | Price 3. | |
| HARE, ROBERT | USA, 1781-1858, PHIM | Chemical Apparatus = USNM. | chemical apparatus inventor and maker. | Pennsylvania. | USNM. |
| HARGRAVE, JOHN | England, 1638, MIM | Altitude Sundial, 1638 = Christie 2/17/69. | dubious. | RSW. | |
| HARGRAVES | England, c.1785, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Skipton. | Goodison 1. | |
| HARGRAVES, THOMAS | England, fl.1790-1834, PHIM | barometer maker; sometimes spelled Hargreaves. | Settle. | Baillie 1; Bell 2. | |
| HARGROVE, RICHARD | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1688. | J.Brown 3. | ||
| HARING | France, c.1800-25, MIM PHIM | Sector = X; Stick Barometer = D; Mathematical Instrument Set = D.(1985). | Häring; "Opticien de sa Majesté le Roi de Württemburg." | Palais Royal No. 63, Paris. | Michel 3; Brophy; Coffeen 10. |
| HARKER | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/6/78. | London. | RSW. | |
| HARLAND, THOMAS | England; USA1735-1807, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments; clockmaker; took Benjamin Hanks as an apprentice. | Norwich, Conn. | Bedini 1; O.B. Frye. | |
| HARLING, W.H. | England, late 19th Century, MIM | Protractor, Aidie-type = Soth. 2/25/86. | 47 Finsbury Pavement, London. | RSW. | |
| HARMAN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1832-34, MIM PHIM | 1 Halfman Crescent, White Conduit Fields, London (1832-34). | Taylor 2(1576); O'Mara. | ||
| HARMATS, HARMAN | Holland, 1606, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1606 = BM. | in the form of a knife, the ivory handle contains a miniature universal equatorial sundial and various calendars; Evans read the first name as Herman. | Neukirck. | Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| HARPER | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie 7/10/80. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| HARPER, JOHN | England, c.1616, | associated with William Pratt and Jeremiah Drury in the patent for Pratt's Arithmeticall Jewell, in 1616. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| HARRI, LEENDERT JOHANNES | Holland, 1801-75, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST; Octants = AMST (No. 436), Koller 11/17/75; Sextants = OMM, Amst; Mariner's Compasses = Auctions, 1906, 1910, 1913; etc. | some instruments signed "L.J. Harri." | Oude Teertuinen bij de Schreijerstoren 446 (1836-52); Oude Teertuinen M.133 (1853-69); Kamperhoofd M.131 (1870-75); all in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. |
| HARRIMAN, JOHN | England, fl.1839-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 58 Church Street (1839-49); 60 Church Street (1854); 100 Pritchett Street (1858-60); all in Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| HARRIMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker. | Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| HARRIOT, THOMAS | England, 1560-1621, | designed telescopes and perspective glasses; author; sometimes spelled "Hariot". | London. | North 1; Taylor 1(55); DNB. | |
| HARRIS 1 | England, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM | Brewster-type Micrometer on a Tulley Telescope = NMM. | probably William Harris and Co. | London. | NMM 2. |
| HARRIS 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 5/26/76. | Southampton. | RSW. | |
| HARRIS 3 | England, c.1855, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Witney. | RSW. | |
| HARRIS 4 | England, c.1840, MIM | Sundial with compass = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | London. | RSW. | |
| HARRIS 5 | England, 1836, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1836 = Walton Auction 12/30/96. | probably William Harris 1. | ATG 2/1/97. | |
| HARRIS AND CO. 1 | England, c.1848, MIM OIM | Compasses = HAY, NMM; Terrestrial Globes = SOTH. 7/10/67 and 6/19/72; Orrery = North Carolina U.; Pantograph = D.(1974); Telescopes = PEA, D.(1975); Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 10/20 75; Surveying Cross = D.(1983); Theodolite = D. (1983). | probably William Harris 1. | 50 Holborn, London. | Price 2; Brewington 1; NMM 2; Moskowitz 109; RSW. |
| HARRIS AND CO. 2 | England, c.1814-, MIM NIM OIM | Octants, ebony = Soth. 10/18/71 and 10/21/74. | Swansea. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| HARRIS AND SON | England, c.1812-54, MIM NIM OIM | Telescopes = P.C. (1854), DRE, P.C.(1987), Soth.-S 5/19/88, Universita Osservatorio Astronomico,Bologna, D.(1973); Terrestrial Globe, 1812 = Soth. 10/17/60; Microscope = D.(1973); Miniature Sextant = X; Quadrant, ebony and ivory = SUN; Octant, ebony and brass = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | probably William Harris 1. | 50 Holborn, London. | Grötzsch 2; Bonelli 4; RSW. |
| HARRIS, DANIEL | England, 1737-75, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, wood = ADL-DPW41; Horizontal String Gnomon Sundial = OXF. | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on June 25, 1723; turned over to Thomas Cooke of the same Company, Sept. 14, 1725; free of the Company, Nov. 4, 1735; the horizontal dial is marked "Londres." | Christ's Church, London. | Taylor 2(488); Evans 1; Crawforth 7; ADL; RSW. |
| HARRIS, G. | England, c.1800, MIM | Copper Plates for printing paper scales for sliding Gunter rules = NMM-CI/SR.5. | No. 31 Shoe Lane, London. | NMM 2. | |
| HARRIS, GEORGE 1 | England, 1733, MIM NIM OIM | Quadrant, 1733 = X.; Sextant, 1733 = X. | quadrant might be a Davis Quadrant. | Taylor 2(267); Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| HARRIS, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1815-25, OIM | see George and Henry Harris. | 6 Curtain Road, London. | Taylor 2(1350). | |
| HARRIS, GEORGE AND HENRY | England, fl.1815-25, OIM | 6 Curtain Road, London. | Taylor 2(1350 and 1351). | ||
| HARRIS, H., AND SON | England, c.1811, MIM OIM | Patent Telescope = WHI. | 50 High Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1352); Dewhirst. | |
| HARRIS, HENRY | England, fl.1815-25, OIM | see George and Henry Harris; see H. Harris and Son. | 6 Curtain Road, London. | Taylor 2(1351). | |
| HARRIS, J. | Microscope = Christie 12/18/74. | misreading for T. Harris. | |||
| HARRIS, J.C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/78. | Spalding. | RSW. | |
| HARRIS, J.W. | USA, c.1838, MIM PHIM | succeeded by Nathaniel Cleaves. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| HARRIS, JOHN 1 | England, 1630, MIM | Table Sundial, 1630 = Soth. 1/22/73 = 7/23/73. | signed "John Harris in the Strand." | London. | RSW. |
| HARRIS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1719-22, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | son of John Harris 1; called himself the partner of John Senex. | Bullhead Court, Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(59). |
| HARRIS, JOHN 3 | England, c.1746, MIM | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 11, 1746, made free in the Company. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| HARRIS, JOHN 4 | England, c.1822, OIM | 22 Hyde Street, Bloomsbury, London. | Taylor 2(1578); Dewhirst. | ||
| HARRIS, JOHN 5 | England, c.1818, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 3 1818; he may be the same as John Harris 4. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| HARRIS, JOHN T. | England, c.1823, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 23, 1823. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HARRIS, JOSEPH 1 | England, 1702-64, MIM | designed a new cross-staff which was made by Thomas Heath 1 in 1730, and a new azimuth compass; author; Master of the Mint, 1748. | Talgarth,Wales; London. | Taylor 2(185); DNB; J. Brown 1; Moskowitz 109. | |
| HARRIS, JOSEPH 2 | England, 1797, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1, of the Grocers' Company, on June 1, 1797. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HARRIS, MICHAEL | England, c.1800, MIM | mechanician to Edgerton Smith 1. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1148); Bryden 9; Goodison 1. | |
| HARRIS, R. | England, 1745, MIM | Universal Ring Dial, 1745 = Ecole Polytechnique, Paris. | Guernesey, Channel Islands. | Taylor 2(360); Daumas 1. | |
| HARRIS, RICHARD | England, 1806-10, OIM | 404 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1149). | ||
| HARRIS, T., AND SON | England, 1806-46, MIM OIM PHIM | many examples of telescopes, microscopes, sundials, miniature globes and other mathematical instruments which may be found in most museums including NMM, DRE, KEN, PEA, USNM, ADL, etc. | T.C.; Thomas Harris 2 and son; they took over Thomas Blunt's shop in 1823; barometer makers; "Opticians and Globe Makers to the King"; "Opticians to the Royal Family"; "Opticians to H.R.H. the Duke of Kent." | 140 Fleet Street (1806); 20 Duke Street (1808); 30 Hyde Street, Bloomsbury (1810-17); 52 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (sometimes just "British Museum")(1817-46); 50 High Holborn; 144a Oxford Street; all in London; also a branch in Hamburg. | Taylor 2(1150); Brewington 1; Bell 2; Calvert 2; USNM; NMM 2; Moskowitz 107; Crawforth 1; ADL; RSW. |
| HARRIS, THOMAS 1 | England, pre-1782, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free of the Company. | Crawforth 8. | ||
| HARRIS, THOMAS 2 | England, 1767-1827, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Victory Museum, Portsmouth, D.(1971), D.(1975); Microscope = D.(1976). | apprenticed to George Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Sept.4, 1767; free of the Company by service in 1804; patented an astronomical ring; optician and barometer maker; took his son as a partner in 1806. | 140 Fleet Street and 30 High Street, Bloomsbury; Great Russell Street (1817); 52 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury (1822); 47 High Holborn; all in London. | Taylor 2(1150); Pipping 1; King 1; J. Brown 1; Bell 2; Michel 3; Court and von Rohr 3(194); RSW. |
| HARRIS, W. | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope = RSM; Microscope = P.C.; Theodolite = X. | London. | USNM; RSW. | |
| HARRIS, W. AND H. | England, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| HARRIS, WILLIAM (1), AND CO. | England, fl.1813-1839, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Parallel Rule = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; Proportional Compasses = NMM-DI/DP.5, P.C.; Sextants = COO, PEA; Hodometers = KEN, D.(1969); Borda Circle = COO; Telescopes = KEN, NMM; Telescope with micrometer = D.(1973); Telescope, miniature, with case = ADL-N60; Theodolite = D.(1989); etc. | T.C.; barometer makers; globe makers; usually signed "W. Harris and Co."; "Manufacturers of Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instruments." | 47 High Holborn (1799-1812); 50 High Holborn, corner of Baywater Street (1813-48); corner of Brownlow Street (1836); all in London; and in Hamburg. | Taylor 2(1151); Goodison 1; NMM 2; Portuguese Inventory; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Wynter 1; Crawforth 1; J. Collins 1; Moskowitz 132; Bryden 9; ADL; RSW. |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM (1), AND SON | England, fl.1839-, PHIM | Sympiesometer = Christie 4/28/82; Barometer = Soth. 10/28/86. | T.C.; "Harris's Patent Compensating Portable Barometer." | 50 High Holborn, Corner of Brownlow Street, London. | RSW. |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1799-1848, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = NMM-S.133; Sextant = Maine Historical Society, Portland, Me.; Goniometer made for David Brewster in 1809; Microscopes = Soth. 4/22/65 and 10/3/88, D.(1975); Beam Compass = D.(1975); Proportional Compass = Weil Cat.29; Floating Sundials = D.(1985), Soth. 5/11/23; Orrery = NMM. | T.C. | 47 High Holborn (1799-1812); 50 High Holborn (1812-48); both in London. | Taylor 2(1151); USNM; NMM 2; Coffeen 11; RSW. |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1820, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = NMM-O.213/65-12; Marine Barometers = Soth. 5/12/72 (2). | signed "Harris, Optician to the King, 22 Cornhill". | 20 and 22 Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1353); Goodison 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM 3 | England, 1797-1846, OIM | Instrument = WHI. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1811; free of the Company on Feb. 12, 1818. | Great Russell Street and 63 King William Street, both in London. | Taylor 2(1152); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(242). |
| HARRIS, WILLIAM SNOW | England, 1791-1867, | Sir William Snow Harris; invented a variation of Lind's anemometer and a new steering compass; F.R.S. 1831. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | ||
| HARRISON 1 | England, PHIM | Balance = Royal Institution; Coin Balance = Soth. 10/17/60. | John or Thomas Harrison. | RSW. | |
| HARRISON 2 | England, fl.1838-c.1910, NIM | Sextant = ADL-A168. | No. 6 Dock Street, Hull. | Aymar; ADL; RSW. | |
| HARRISON 3 | England, c.1780, OIM | worked for Jesse Ramsden. | London. | Clay and Court. | |
| HARRISON AND CO. | Canada, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Montreal. | RSW. | |
| HARRISON, C. | England, 1725-1810, MIM | Compass Sundial, silver, 1810 = OXF; Instrument = WHI; Compass Sundial, latitude 52°16' = D.(1983). | Taylor 2(361); Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Coffeen D; Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| HARRISON, CHARLES | Ireland, 1766-1810, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Christie 7/5/71; Sundial =X. | the dial at Christie is signed "Harrison." | Limerick. | Fennell; RSW. |
| HARRISON, EDWARD | England, fl.1686-1700, | claimed to have designed an improved quadrant and to have invented a new instrument. | Taylor 1(442). | ||
| HARRISON, JOHN | England, 1693-1776, MIM PHIM | Chronometer No.1 (1735), No.2, No.3 (1759) and No.4 = NMM. | invented and developed the chronometer, which proved to be the first practical way to measure longitude; made a precision balance and other instruments; clockmaker. | Barston-on-Humber; Orange Street, London; Red Lion Square, London. | Taylor 2(60); DNB; Evans 1; Andrewes; G.L'E. Turner 24; NMM 2; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| HARRISON, JOHN AND WILLIAM | England, 1761, NIM | Octant, commemorative, 1761 = NMM. | "H.M.S. Deptford, Jhn. and Wm. Harrison... Nov. 15, 1761." | NMM 2. | |
| HARRISON, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1711-1719, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 in the Grocers' Company, October 10, 1704; free of the Grocers' Company, November 10, 1711,(o.s.) | Bishopsgate Street (1711); Crooked Lane (1714); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HARRISON, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1734 - 1776, | sea captain; may have devised an azimuth compass. | Taylor 2(268); Bedini 8. | ||
| HARRISON, M. | invented the "New Era or Patent Coast Navigator." | Christie 10/31/67. | |||
| HARRISON, MR. | England, fl.1838-1910?, NIM | trade sign; see Harrison 3. | Aymar. | ||
| HARRISON, SAMUEL | England, c.1830, PHIM | Coin Balance = OXF. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| HARRISON, THOMAS | England, c.1760, PHIM | Balance = THO. | Cannon Street, London. | RSW. | |
| HARRISON, WILLIAM | England, c.1676, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| HARROCH, G.V. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Table Sundials = STS, Melk Stift. | the work resembles that of Ulrich Harvolk. | Zinner 1. | |
| HART 1 | England, c.1800, MIM SIM | Theodolites = Soth. 3/19/73, D.; Surveyor's Level = D.(1971). | Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| HART 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HART 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/88. | Devizes. | RSW. | |
| HART, JOSEPH | England, fl.1787-1801, OIM | optician. | 5 Digbeth, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| HART, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Woolwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| HART, NAPHTALY | England, 1801, | patented a goniometer, 1801. | Pimlico, London. | Taylor 2(1153). | |
| HART, WILLIAM | USA, 1734-1812, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaves = ADL-A170 (1763), Bourne 11/155/89 (1767); Surveyor's Compass, 1801, and Graphometer, 1753 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord. | loyalist; Bourne backstaff made of holly and mahogany. | Portsmouth, N.E. (New Hampshire). | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; Moskowitz 110; D.J. Warner 8; ADL; RSW. |
| HARTAULT ET MAGNY | France, 1769, OIM | Nachet. | |||
| HARTENSTEIN, CHRISTLIEB BENEDICT FUNCK | Germany, MIM | Christlieb Benedict Funck von Hartenstein; see Funck; globe maker. | Grötzsch 1; RSW. | ||
| HARTING-BANK, H.J. | Holland, MIM | scientific instrument maker. | Utrecht. | USNM. | |
| HARTLEY, J.G. | Scotland, fl.1820-23, MIM | compass maker. | Newhaven, near Leith. | Taylor 2(1579). | |
| HARTLEY, MARCELLUS | USA, 1828-1902, MIM SIM | first worked for Francis Tomes and Co.; worked for Young, Smith and Co. until 1854; then joined Schuyler, Hartley and Graham to 1880; from 1880 to 1900 the firm was known as Hartley and Graham; it was the M. Hartley Company in 1900-02. | 6 Maiden Lane; 2 and 4 Maiden Lane (-1854); 13 Maiden Lane (1854-55); 19 Maiden Lane (1863-64); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| HARTMANN, GEORG | Germany, 1489-1564, MIM | prolific maker of very fine instruments including astrolabes, sundials, etc.; examples may be seen at ADL, PBN, OXF, UTR, NMM, VIE, DRE, PRN, NUR, KES, LIE, FLO, TIM, etc; the dated instruments are from 1524 on. | designer; author; the astronomical compendium at the Adler Planetarium, ADL-A7, is a fake; the rete of the ADL astrolabe is an abberant type. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; Price 1 and 3; Michel 1 and 2; Hamilton 1; Czech Inventory; Engelmann 1; NMM 2; ICA 2; Maddison 1; Falcke; Van Cittert 1; Behaim Cat.; DSB; Ward 4; de Rük; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| HARTMANN, LEONHARDUS | Switzerland, fl.1642-48, MIM SIM | Circumferentor and Sundial, 1642 = WUR; Nocturnal, 1648 = ZUR; Proportional Dividers = LID. | St. Gallen. | Zinner 1. | |
| HARTNACK, EDMUND | France; Germany, 1826-91, OIM | Microscopes = Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, LEY, Phillips 11/16/88. | Dr. Edmund Hartnack; pupil and partner of Georges Oberhauser, his uncle; see G. Oberhauser and E. Hartnack; joined the firm in 1857; took over the business in 1860; took A. Prazmouski as a partner, 1865-70; went to Potsdam in 1870; Prazmouski stayed in Paris; the firm continued past 1900. | Place Dauphine 21, Paris (1857-70); Potsdam (1870-91). | Pipping 1; Fürst; van der Star 1; G.L'E. Turner 27; Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| HARTSOEKER, NICOLAAS | Holland; France; Germany, 1656-1725, MIM OIM SIM | Leveling Instrument = KAS; Lens, 1688 = LEY; Lens = UTP; Microscope, ivory = KAS. | also made telescopes. | Paris (1678-79); Rotterdam (1679-84); Passy, Paris (1684-96); Düsseldorf (1704-16); Utrecht until 1725. | Rooseboom 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Offenbacher; USNM; Daumas 1; Nachet; Clay and Court. |
| HARTSTON, JAMES | Ireland, c.1760, MIM | Theodolite = P.C.(1987). | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| HARVEY AND LEWIS CO., THE | USA, c.1850, | the name appears on a telescope signed "Bardou and Son, Paris." | Hartford and New Haven, Conn., and Springfield, Mass. | Eldred 10/11/75. | |
| HARVEY AND PEAK | England, c.1850, PHIM | Leiden Jar = WHI. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| HARVEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1657-63, | designed a stereographic quadrant. | Taylor 1(269). | ||
| HARVOLK, ULRICH | Austria, 1685, MIM | Skaphe, 1685 = Graz Sternwarte; Table Dial = OXF; Ring Dial = VIE. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| HARVOLKH, HANS ULRICH | MIM | Rule, four sided = VEN. | RSW. | ||
| HASEBROEK, JOACHIM | Holland, 1672-1756, NIM | Cross-staves, = HAK (1734), Northern Marine Museum, Groningen (1752), Admiralty House, Dokkum (1753). | the name is sometimes spelt "Haasebroek"; the instrument in the HAK is the staff only, no vanes; succeesor to Jacobus Robijn?; Hasebroek bought a set of copper plates for printing nautical charts at the sale of Isaac Swigler's business in 1750. | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2 & 4; RSW. |
| HASENBANCK, JOHANN OTTO | Germany, b. 1682; fl.1715-51, MIM NIM | Magnetic Compass, 1751 = X; Sectors = HAK, X (1715), P.C.; Protractor = D.(1997). | 1751 date for magnetic compass seems to be too late, perhaps a misreading; P.C. and D. signed "Hasenbanck Hamb: Fec:", with the "b" having a cross bar like a "t." | Hamburg. | Schück 2; Rohde; Coffeen 56; RSW. |
| HASENFRATZ, KONRAD | see Konrad Dasypodius. | Tooley; Globus, Dec., 1956. | |||
| HASERT, PROF. BRUNO | USA, 1851, OIM | Microscope = CZJ. | Cincinnati, Ohio. | RSW. | |
| HASHAM, STEPHEN | see Stephen Hassam. | Smart 1. | |||
| HASLAM, HENRY | England, fl.1668-1675, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company by 1668; had Gregory Tengay as an apprentice, 1668-1675; Master as proxy for Turlington, Jan.1668-69; his widow carried on as owner after July 1675. | St. Clement Danes, London (1670). | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(15); Crawforth 6. | |
| HASLAM, MRS. | England, c.1675, OIM | the widow of Henry Haslam; she took over Gregory Tengay as an apprentice, he was made free of the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 1, 1675. | London. | Court and von Rohr 3(15); Crawforth 6. | |
| HASSALL AND CO. | England, c.1797, MIM | rule makers. | Bull Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| HASSAM, STEPHEN | USA, c.1788, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1788 = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | clockmaker. | Charlestown, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; Bedini 17. |
| HASSELSTROM, JOHAN GUSTAF | Sweden, 1747-1812, MIM OIM SIM | Instruments (9) = STT; Microscope = Physics Institute, Uppsala University; Universal Equatorial Sundial = SWE; Surveying Instrument = NOR; Transverse Scale = STM. | Johan Gustaf Hasselström, apprenticed to G.O. Duhre; in business alone in 1775; brief partnership with Johan Ihrmark; instrument maker to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1777-1812; taught by J.P. Rosenberg; signed some instruments "I.G.H." (3), which see. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; Fürst; Coffeen 9; ADL; RSW. |
| HASSENFRATZ, J.H. | France, c.1805, PHIM | Barometer, siphon-type, 1805 = CNAM. | scale marked "Divisé et Gravé par Lorichon, floreal an 13", (April, 1805). | Middleton 1. | |
| HASSLER, FERDINAND RUDOLPH | Switzerland; USA, 1770-1843, MIM PHIM | Balance = USNM; Repeating Circle = USNM. | first superintendent of the Coast Survey, 1817-43; worked with Benjamin Stancliff in 1834. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. |
| HASSLER, IZAAC | USA, 1848, OIM | manufactured all kinds of optical glass. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| HATCH, JOHN | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 6, 1685; free of the Company on July 3, 1693. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HATFIELD, A.L. | USA, c.1830, MIM | Adding Machine = P.C. | "Inventor and Manufacturer." | Lewisburg, Pa. | RSW. |
| HATFIELD, JOHN | England, c.1676, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| HATTON, EDWARD | England, c.1721, | author; invented a diagonal circular instrument to convert measurements, weights, etc. into decimal units. | Mancevice 8. | ||
| HATTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1700, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| HATTON, JOHN 2 | England, c.1779, | won an award on how to obtain an invariable measure of length. | London. | Taylor 2(728). | |
| HATTON, THOMAS | England, fl.1740-74, MIM PHIM | made slide rules for hydrostatic balances, also various other rules and balances. | Lancashire (pre-1766); London (by 1772). | Taylor 2(362); Bryden 9. | |
| HAUER, JOH. | Germany, 1617, MIM | Celestial Globe Goblet on Atlas, 1617 = Albertinum, Dresden. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| HAUG, G. FR. | Germany, 18th Century, NIM | Sextant, wood = BAS. | Stuttgart. | Zinner 1. | |
| HAUKSBEE, FRANCIS 1 | England, b.1666 fl.1700-13, PHIM | Air Pump = Longleat House, Wilts.; Balance = OXF. | invented a double barrel air pump; "Operator to the Royal Society"; F.R.S.; uncle to Francis Hauksbee 2; author. | Giltspur Street, without Newgate; Wine Office Court, Fleet Street; Hind Court, Fleet Street; all in London. | Taylor 1(519); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; DNB; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| HAUKSBEE, FRANCIS 2 | England, 1687-1763, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = P.C.(2), K.and C. 4/7/76; Electrical Machine = KEN; Thermometer = X. | T.C.; designed a telescope with John Hadley; nephew of and apprenticed to Francis Hauksbee 1; made telescopes. | near St. Dunstan's Church, Crane Court, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 1(553); Taylor 2(63); Goodison 1; DNB; Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; USNM; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| HAULL, AREVIDSSEN | Norway, OIM | Telescope = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| HAUPOIX, JEAN | France, b.1761 fl.1786-95, MIM | Micrometer, 1795 = CNAM; Micrometers = CNAM; Equatorial Instrument, incomplete = CNAM; mounting for Dollond Telescope = NMM. | invented a complicated equatorial instrument. | 6 rue Bourg-l'Abbé, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Daumas 1; Nachet; NMM 2; USNM. |
| HAUSELEY, WILLIAM | England, c.1720, | apprenticed in 1706 to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company; may be "Houlsey"; free in the Company, 1720. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HAUSER | Astronomical Ring, silver, marked "Hauser Augsburg" = Soth. 7/12/71 = P.C.; Universal Ring Sundial marked "Hauser Wein" = P.C. | both of these instruments are modern English forgeries, probably by Williams. | Brieux 4; RSW. | ||
| HAUSER, MATHIAS | Austria, c.1728, | invented a form of universal ring sundial, which was made by Bernard Polanski, which see. | Vienna? | Zinner 1; MADEX; NMM 2; Roussel Coll. | |
| HAUTEFEUILLE, ABBE JEAN DE | France, OIM | Abbé Jean de Hautefeuille; made a microscope with a micrometer. | Nachet. | ||
| HAUTPOIS | variant spelling for Haupoix. | USNM. | |||
| HAUTSCH, VAL. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Table Sundial = LIN; Horizontal Sundial = Koller 11/17/75 | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| HAUXLEY, EDWARD | England, fl.1736-46, | claimed to have designed an improved azimuth compass; author. | London. | Taylor 2(270). | |
| HAVART, WILLIAM | Scotland, c.1662, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, bronze, 1662 = RSM. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low. | ||
| HAVARTI, GUGLIELMUS | England, | see William Howard. | Somerville. | ||
| HAVARTO, GULIEMO | Italy; Scotland?, c.1660, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1660 = Fife Folk Museum, Ceres; Garden Sundial = RSM. | "authore"; "Cello Cuthberti"; "mathematicko"; the garden dial is for the latitude of Edinburgh. | Edinburgh? | Bryden 3; RSW. |
| HAVEAS, THEODORUS | Holland, c.1576, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. | Cleves. | Gatty. | |
| HAVET | Belgium?, 1795, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1795 = LIE. | Michel 9. | ||
| HAVILAND, WILLIAM | England, 1718-84, | Col. William Haviland; invented a military slide rule called the Haviland, made by Anthony Lamb in 1760. | Bedini 8. | ||
| HAWES 1 | England, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 2/21/66. | London. | RSW. | |
| HAWES 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Lady Lever Art Gallery, Port Sunlight, Soth.-S 10/19/89; Baroeter = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| HAWES, JOHN | England, fl.1670-78, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices. | Creechurch (1670); Little Eastcheap (1672); both in London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| HAWIS | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82. | perhaps a dealer; signed also "from Dollonds." | 79 Lidenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| HAWKES 1 | England, c.1755, MIM | developed an orrery. | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| HAWKES 2 | England, | see Brookes and Hawkes | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| HAWKES, STEPHEN | England, fl.1852-74, MIM | 17 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell (1852-56); 22 Great Sutton Street (1868-74); both in London. | O'Mara. | ||
| HAWKINS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Southampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| HAWKINS, JOHN ISAAC | USA, c.1801, | invented the "Physiognotrace", a machine to draw silhouettes. | Bedini 8. | ||
| HAWKINS, THOMAS | England, fl.1820-36, MIM PHIM | 16 Perry (or Percy) Street, King's Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1582); O'Mara. | ||
| HAWKS | see Hall and Hawks. | ||||
| HAWKSBEE | misreading for Hauksbee. | ||||
| HAWNEY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1710-50, MIM | author of "The Complete Measurer" (1717); supplied sundials and quadrants. | Lydd, Kent. | Taylor 2(64); Evans 1. | |
| HAWTHORN, ROBERT | England, c.1832, | civil engineer; devised a hinged, engineering slide rule in 1832, made by G.T. Brumell. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Delehar 9. | |
| HAWTHORNE, E. | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1971). | London. | RSW. | |
| HAY | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1972). | Regency. | Aberdeen. | RSW. |
| HAY AND LYALL | Scotland, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1972). | 2 Market Street, Aberdeen. | RSW. | |
| HAY, CMDR. | England, c.1840, | Protractor with pointers = P.C. | probably the owner; the insciption includes "invented instrument - J.R. Stebbing, F.R.A.S." | Southampton. | RSW. |
| HAYCOCK, SAMUEL | England, fl.1770-1818, MIM | apprenticed to John Mansell, ran away May 16, 1770; made surveyor's tapes, etc. | Bagot Street; Woodcock Street; both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(2147); Bryden 9. | |
| HAYDEN, JOHN | USA, PHIM | Stick Barometer = BMM. | "improved marine barometer." | Bath, Me. | RSW. |
| HAYDON | England, fl.1825-40, PHIM | see Williams and Haydon; barometer makers. | Aldermanbury, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |
| HAYE | France, c.1716, MIM SIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = ADL-A3, ADL-A242, NMM, FLO, Schuhmann Coll., P.C.(1969), Christie 4/3/85; Inclinable Sundial = ADL-DPW2; Universal Ring Sundials = SPI-2840, Soth. 12/12/55; Horizontal Sundial = D.(1976); Proportional Dividers = NMM; Sectors = NMM-DI, BRP; Set of Astronomical Instruments = MERC = Constantin Coll. = Soth. 7/5/55 = OXF; Compass = PAC; Graphometer = P.C.; Horizontal Sundial, with movable hour plate = WHI; etc. | "Ingénieur"; surely Thomas Haye; devised "La Règle Horaire" and wrote a book about it, 1716. | Paris. | Daumas 1; NMM 2; Michel 3; Brieux 2; Pippa; MADEX; Nachet; Hamilton 1; Maddison 5; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| HAYE, THOMAS | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 4/16/56. | the sundial is signed "T. Haye". | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| HAYES, JAMES | England, fl.1785-96, MIM NIM | Octant ,"made for Thomas Spencer" = Liverpool Museum. | Old Dock No.63 then No.67 and later No.57, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(846). | |
| HAYES, NICHOLAS | misreading for W. Hayes on ADL-T28. | Dyer. | |||
| HAYES, W. | Nocturnal = ADL-T28; Sundials = ADL-T34 and ADL-T36. | the nocturnal and the sundials are modern instruments made by D.B. Sheehan, New York, c.1900. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| HAYES, WALTER | England, fl.1642-92, MIM | Astrolabe = BM (ICA-445); Panorganons = ADL-T35, SAN, GEL; sundials, rules and sectors may be found in ADL, OXF, NMM, KEN, Newbury Museum, BMR, BM, NYM, etc. | apprenticed to John Allen 1, of the Grocers' Company, on Feb. 22, 1631; free of the Company, June 14, 1642; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1667; Master of the Clockmakers' Company in 1680; he was one of the most skillful instrument makers and engravers of the period; T.C. | Birchin Lane, Cornhill; Sign of the Cross Daggers, next the Pope's Head Tavern, Moorfields; both in London. | Taylor 1(251); J. Brown 1 & 3; Michel 3; NMM 2; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; ICA-2; Belgian Inventory; Calvert 2; Ward 4; Baillie 1; Nachet; Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Leybourn; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| HAYMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Launceston. | Goodison 1. | |
| HAYNES, ROBERT | England, c.1779, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 28, 1779. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HAYTON, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/20/88. | Hereford. | RSW. | |
| HAYWARD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ashford. | Goodison 1. | |
| HAZARD, E.M. | c.1780, NIM | Octant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | might be the owner. | The Log of Mystic Seaport, Summer, 1941. | |
| HAZELZET, JOS. | Holland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-A June, 1977. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HEADLAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 4 Silver Street, Stockton-on-Tees. | Goodison 1. | |
| HEADY, GEORGE | England, c.1675, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1675. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HEALD, ALFRED | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | watch and clock maker, optician, barometer maker, sometimes signed "Heald" or "A. Heald." | High Street, Wisbech. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| HEALY, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1806-12, PHIM | made electrical machines. | 43 Jame's Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| HEALY, SAMUEL | Ireland, fl.1795-1839, MIM PHIM | sometimes spelled Healey; made electrical machines; electrician; chandler. | 43 James's Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| HEARN, C. | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/16/86. | Montrose. | RSW. | |
| HEARNE AND HARRISON | Canada, MIM SIM | surveying and other instruments. | Montreal. | USNM. | |
| HEARNE, GEORGE | England, fl.1705-55, MIM OIM | Telescope, 1690 = DRE; Telescopes = DRE, LEY, MLL, P.C.; Micrometer = DRE; Instrument Etui = RSM. | apprenticed to Edward Barber of the Joiners' Company, Feb 1, 1697; free of the Company, Sept. 4, 1705; took an apprentice; sometimes spelled "Hearn"; he made a zenith sector with George Graham; made early, large reflecting telescopes; rectangular protractor in RSM etui is signed. | Dogwell Court, White Friars, Fleet Street (1737-41); Sign of the Sphere, Sergeant's Inn, Chancery Lane; both in London. | Taylor 2(185a); Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Grötzsch 2; Drechsler 2; Crawforth 7; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| HEARNE, JOHN | England, c.1741, | apprenticed to his father, George Hearne of the Joiners' Company on Jan. 9, 1732; free of the Company, Jan. 12, 1741. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HEARTTE, ISAAC T. | USA, 1785-1836, | sea captain; published "Heartte's Lunar Tables"; partner of John G. Brown (1830-31), see Brown and Heartte; partner of William Ewin from 1833 until Heartte's death in 1836, see Ewin and Heartte; probably only his partners were instrument makers. | Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Coffeen B; USNM. | |
| HEATH 1 | England, pre-1793, OIM | Compound Microscope = Earl of Bute Sale, 2/5/1793. | G.L'E. Turner 2. | ||
| HEATH 2 | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Binocular Microscope = D.(1972); Rule, ivory, = Soth. 10/15/73; Stick Barometer = X; Telescope = Frank Coll. | "Optician"; probably Thomas C. Heath or William Heath 2. | Plymouth. | Roux-Devilas Cat. No. 73; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HEATH AND CO. | England, fl.1845-1910, NIM | 2 Tower Royal, Cannon Street; Crayford (1905); New Eltham, S.E.9; all in London. | Brewington; RSW. | ||
| HEATH AND CORNISH | England, fl.1850-52, MIM OIM PHIM | William Heath and Thomas Cornish; barometer and instrument makers. | 46 Fore Street, Devonport (1850-52). | Goodison 1. | |
| HEATH AND WING | England, 1751-73, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | they made a wide range of instruments,including grand orreries, sundials, barometers, hodometers, pantographs, sextants, microscopes, etc.; examples may be seen at OXF, NMM, WHI, CNAM, USNM, ADL, Cooke's Shop in CMY, Castle Howard, etc. | T.C.; Thomas Heath 1 and Tycho Wing; Wing was apprenticed to Heath, his father-in-law, on May 27, 1741 and became free of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5 1751; Thomas Newman took over the firm in 1773. | Hercules and Globe, Fountain Tavern, Exeter Exchange, in ye Strand, (1759), London. | Taylor 2(362a); USNM; Goodison 1; Nachet; Baillie 1; Bryden 9 and 16; J.Brown 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1 and 2; Crawforth 1; Hillier; Court and von Rohr 3(XXIV); ADL; RSW. |
| HEATH, F. 1 | England, c.1900, MIM | Water Clock, dated 1675 = Sussex Archaeological Museum, Lewes. | made by Pearson Page and Co., Birmingham. | Devonport. | Stevens and Aked; RSW. |
| HEATH, F. 2 | England, MIM | Equatorial Ring Sundial = NAC. | London. | Nachet. | |
| HEATH, G. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octants = Ladd Observatory, Brown U., Providence, R.I., ADL-W166. | Erith, Kent. | ADL; RSW. | |
| HEATH, J. 1 | England, c.1740, MIM | Universal Ring Dial with Compass = Evans Coll.; Equatorial Sundial = Wray-80. | Gatty; RSW. | ||
| HEATH, J. 2 | England, c.1820, MIM | Astrolabe, 1820 = Buffalo Museum of Science, N.Y. | London. | USNM. | |
| HEATH, J. 3 | c.1890, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | may have been made by D.B. Sheehan, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| HEATH, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1720-73, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | he made a wide range of instruments including grand orreries, sundials, barometers, hodometers, surveying instruments, a quadrant designed by Isaac Newton, etc.; examples of his work are at ADL, APS, OXF, CNAM, USNM, KEN, PAC, NMM, WHI, etc. | T.C.; he was apprenticed to Benjamin Scott of the Grocers' Company, 1712; free of the Company, 1720; took Tycho Wing, his son-in-law, as a partner, 1751; Master of the Company, 1773. | London; near the Fountain Tavern in the Strand (1720); at the Hercules and Globe, next the Fountain Tavern, near Exeter Exchange, Strand (1729); Hercules and Globe near Beaufort Buildings in the Strand (1734-73). | Taylor 1(575) & 2(66); Goodison 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Calvert 2; J. Brown 1; Michel 3; USNM; Crawforth 1; Bryden 16; Multhauf 1; Maddison 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL; RSW. |
| HEATH, THOMAS 2 | England, 1746, | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Heath 1, of the Grocers' Company on June 6, 1746. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HEATH, THOMAS C. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Telescope, eight draw = DeLuca 8/1/87. | optician; barometer maker; watchmaker; the telescope was signed "Heath, 24 George St. Plymouth;" see Heath 2. | 24 George Street, Plymouth. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| HEATH, THOMAS CORNISH | see Heath and Cornish. | Goodison 1. | |||
| HEATH, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1850-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Theodolites = P.C. (1968), Christie 4/3/85; Stadiometers = OXF, Christie 7/12/67. | often signed "W. Heath"; worked with Thomas Cornish in 1850; "Optician." | 46 Fore Street (1850-52); 116 Fore Street (1857); both in Devonport. | Taylor 2(1879a); Goodison 1; Bell 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| HEATH, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/28/72; Theodolite = Ineichen 10/20/75; Microscope - Christie 11/22/78. | see Heath 2. | 24 George Street, Plymouth. | RSW. |
| HEATHCOTE, P. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Burnley. | Bell 2. | |
| HEATHER, NICHOLAS | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in the Clockmakers' Company. | Robischon. | ||
| HEATHER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1763-1815, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM; Reflecting Circle = NMM; Sextants, ebony and ivory = P. & S. 4/3/1894, Philadelphia, PA. Maritime Museum, P.C. | T.C.; some instruments signed "Heather"; succeeded by J.W. Norie and Co.; sold charts, books, instruments, etc. | The Navigation Warehouse, 157 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(604); Calvert 2; Brewington 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| HEATING | see Straub and Heating. | RSW. | |||
| HEBAN | France, c.1785, MIM | Héban; he made the frame for the large quadrant at the Paris Observatory. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| HEBERT | France, PHIM | Hébert; designed a variant of the zograscope; an example may be found at Colonial Williamsburg, Va. | RSW. | ||
| HEBRAEUS, BENEDICT | c.1643, | independently invented the Vernier scale. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| HEBRAEUS, LEO | see Levi ben Gerson. | Michel 3. | |||
| HECKER, ARNOLD | Germany, 1678, MIM | Theodolite, 1678 = BRE-234. | Leostein. | Zinner 1. | |
| HECKINGER, DANIEL | Germany, fl.1640-55, MIM | Armillary Sphere = P.C.(1969); Universal Ring Sundial = DRE (lost). | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; Guye and Michel; RSW. | |
| HEDGE, L. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Gunter Rule, boxwood = D.(1995). | see Lemuel Hedge. | Hartford, Con. | Coffeen 51. |
| HEDGE, LEMUEL | USA, 1827, | invented a machine for dividing scales, patented in 1827; see L. Hedge and Son. | Windsor; Brattleboro; both in Vermont. | Bedini 8; Coffeen 51. | |
| HEDLEY, JOHN | England, c.1849, | Inspector of Mines; invented a form of a miners' surveying compass, c.1849. | Coffeen D; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| HEEBER, C.G. | Holland, fl.1826-29, MIM | instrument and compass maker. | Ould Waal 11 (1826-27); Buitenkant, 2nd house off the Kalkmarkt (1828); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HEEMSTEDE, BARON VAN UTENHAVE VAN | Belgium, | marked on vertical sundial, 1831, at UTR. | Jutphaas. | deRijk. | |
| HEERDEN, JAN VAN | Holland, c.1742, MIM | instrument maker, 1742. | Warmoesstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HEGGENAUR, JOHANN BALTHASAR | Germany, 1713-79, MIM | sundial maker; see I.B.H. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| HEGGIN, FRANCIS VAN | Scotland, c.1669, MIM | submitted a sundial as proof of his competence, to the Incorporation of Hammermen of Canongate, 1669. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 15. | |
| HEIDANUS, PIETER SIERDS | Holland, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = FRI. | Hallum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HEIDEN, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1526-76, MIM | Astrolabe, 1552, (ICA-553); Globes, Sundials, Quadrants, Pillar Sundials, Diptych Sundials, Skaphes, etc.; examples may be seen at OXF, DRE, NUR, KAS, KEN, VIE, etc. | invented a new form of level. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1 and 2; Abeler 1; Michel 1 and 2; Baillie 1; Drechsler 2; Behaim Cat.; Lubke; ICA 2; Price 1; Maurice; Lunardi; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| HEIDEN, JOANNES-PAULINUS | Germany, 1577, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1577 = NMM-D.269. | might be the son of Christian Heiden. | Nürnberg. | Michel 1, 2 and 3; NMM 2. |
| HEIGHMORE, NATHANIEL | England, 1613-85, MIM | Quadrant with Nocturnal = Ilbert Coll. | may be dated 1633. | Dorsetshire; London. | Taylor 1(178); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Baillie 1. |
| HEIGHWAY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Cambridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| HEILMANN, C.W. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| HEIN, HANNS | Germany, 1555, PHIM | Balance with Level, 1555 = DRE. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| HEINING, CHRISTIANUS | Germany, c.1650, PHIM | Sand Glass with four flasks = BASH. | Leipzig; Thurm. | RSW. | |
| HEINLEIN, JOHANN JAKOB | Germany, 1623, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, incomplete, 1623 = Art Institute, Chicago, Ill. | this is made up from parts of two different sundials; signed "Johann Jakob Heinlein fecit Februarius, 1623 Nürnberg"; the signature, "And. Vogler" appears on another part. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| HEINRICH, JOHAN | Germany, 1590, MIM | Astrolabe Plate, 1590 = Landesmuseum, Zurich. | calendar on the back. | Ober Kan. | RSW. |
| HEINTZ, MATTHAUS | Germany, 1631, MIM | Circumferentor, 1631 = DRE (damaged during the war); Astronomical Compendium = PRA. | Zinner lists the PRA instrument under "Haintz." | Zwickaw; Leipzig. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Horsky and Skopova; Drechsler 2; Evans 1; Czech Inventory. |
| HEINTZ, MICEL | Germany, MIM | Artillery Level = STU. | RSW. | ||
| HEINZE | Denmark, PHIM | Sympsiometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| HEISELY AND SON | USA, fl.1811-pre1843, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | Frederick Heisely and his son George Jacob Heisely; also listed as clockmakers. | Harrisburg, Pa. | Smart 1. |
| HEISELY, FREDERICK | USA, 1759-1843, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Ohio State Museum, Columbus/ Audubon Shrine, Audubon, Pa./ William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pa./ P.C. (2)/ USNM. | apprenticed to George Hoff; see Hoff and Heisely; also made clocks. | Fredericktown, Md. (1783-93) and (1798-1811); Lancaster, Pa. (1793-98); Harrisburg, Pa. (1811-43). | Smart 1; Bedini 1 and 17; USNM. |
| HEISELY, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS | USA, 1792-1875, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, Blair County Historical Society, Altoona, Pa. | son of Frederick Heisely and brother of George Jacob Heisely. | Harrisburg, Pa. (1815?-1836); 6 St. Clair Street, Pittsburgh, Pa. (1837-71). | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM. |
| HEISELY, GEORGE JACOB | USA, 1789-1880, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Campus Martius, Marietta, Ohio/ William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pa. | son of Frederick Heisely and probably apprenticed to him; partner with him as Heisely and Son, from 1811 until Frederick Heisely retired; he was the brother of Frederick Augustus Heisely; he was also listed as a clockmaker. | Fredericktown, Md.; West Corner of Second and Walnut Streets, Harrisburg, Pa.(1838-80). | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1; USNM. |
| HEISS, CAROLUS ANSELMUS | Austria, 1749, MIM | Pedometer, 1749 = ADL-M232. | he described himself as a "Geometrica." | Linz. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| HELDEN, ONESIPHORUS | Germany, fl.1632-48, MIM | Sundial = Christie 10/16/62. | RSW. | ||
| HELFFRICHT, CHARLES F. | Germany; USA, 1816-63, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1853 = GUR; Surveyor's Compass = D.(1972). | made or sold nautical compasses; joined his brother, William Helffricht, in 1841; the name is sometimes spelled Helffrecht or Helfbright. | 54 Vine Street (1841); Sign of the Quadrant, 122 South Front Street, between Walnut and Dock Streets (1849-57); 140 South Sixth Street (1859); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10 and 12.; RSW. |
| HELFFRICHT, WILLIAM | Germany; USA, 1807-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, D.(1971), X; D.(1986). | T.C.; settled in Philadelphia in 1825; succeeded William Davenport in 1838; brother of Charles F. Helffricht who joined him in 1841. | at the old established stand of the late William Davenport, Sign of the Quadrant, No. 25 South Front Street (1829); Sign of the Quadrant, 240 South Front Street; both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103; USNM; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; RSW. |
| HELIG, JOHN | USA, 1765-1841, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Weschler Auction 5/22/76. | clockmaker, silversmith. | Germantown, Pa. | Smart 1. |
| HELLEMANS, PETRUS | Austria; Italy, 1706, OIM | Lens, 1706 = DEU. | "opticus." | Rome from 1706 on. | Pipping 1; Daumas 1. |
| HELLER AND BRIGHTLY | USA, 1870-1912, MIM SIM | Transit = D.(1994). | Charles S. Heller and Charles H. Brightly were partners from 1870 to 1889 when Brightly retired; Heller continued the firm until he died in 1912. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Garcelon 33. |
| HELLER, CHARLES S. | USA, 1839-1912, MIM SIM | worked for William J. Young, 1855-67; partner in William J. Young and Co. with William J. Young and Thomas N. Watson, 1867-70; formed a partnership with Charles H. Brightly in 1870 as Heller and Brightly; the firm continued until Heller's death in 1912. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| HELLERMAN | misreading for Hellemans | Daumas 1. | |||
| HELLESTROM | Sweden, OIM | Telescope = SWE. | Peter or Carl Peter Helleström. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| HELLESTROM, CARL PETER | Sweden, 1792-1853, OIM | son of Peter Hellestrom; sometimes spelled Hellström. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| HELLESTROM, PETER | Sweden, 1758-1826, OIM | Set of Telescopes for the optical telegraph, 1810 = X; Microscopes = SWE. | carried on Carl Odelstierna's shop from 1795 on; sometimes spelled Hellström. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1 and 2. |
| HELLIER, JAMES | England, fl.1793-1807, PHIM | made sand glasses for the Navy. | London. | Taylor 1(988). | |
| HELLMUTH, CHARLES GABRIEL | England, 1786, MIM | apprenticed to William Morris of the Grocers' Company, Dec. 7, 1786. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HELLYER, THOMAS | England, 1774, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory, 1774 = RSM. | London. | RSW. | |
| HELMSLEY, JOSHUA | see Thomas and Joshua Helmley. | Taylor 2(1583). | |||
| HELMSLEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1819-46, MIM NIM | Gunter's Scale = PEA; Hadley's Quadrants = VNN, X. | he was joined by his brother, Joshua, in 1826; joined by his son in 1837. | 11 King Street, (Litle) Tower Hill (1836) and 4 King Street, London. | Taylor 2(1354) & (1583); Coulson; Brewington 1. |
| HELMSLEY, THOMAS AND JOSHUA | England, fl.1826-36, MIM OIM | Instrument = X. | 11 King Street, Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(1583); Brewington 1. | |
| HELMSLEY, THOMAS, AND SON | England, c.1837, NIM OIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/16/75; Octant = VNN. | T.C. | 4 King Street, Tower Hill, London. | Brewington 1; RSW. |
| HELSBECCIUS, M. JOH. | Germany, fl.1590-99, MIM | Perpetual Calendars, stone, 1590 = HAK, DEU. | the calendar in HAK is also marked "R.F." (1); a STU Catalogue of 1913 shows a clockmaker named Helsbeccius in 1599. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| HELVELIUS, HOWEKLE | Holland, c.1700, MIM | Celestial Globe = NMM-Caird. | Amsterdam. | NMM 2. | |
| HELY, ALFRED AUGUSTUS | England, c.1850, OIM | Pocket Reflecting Telescope = X. | 26 Upper Albany Street, Regent's Park, London. | USNM. | |
| HELYE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, with case = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| HEMINGWAY, ROBERT | England, fl.1848-49, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 18 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HEMPEL | France, c.1842, PHIM | Balance = CNAM. | see Hamann et Hempel. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| HEMPLER, H.H. | USA, 1790-1873, MIM OIM PHIM | patented a pocket sundial July 18, 1865. | Washington, D.C. (1868-73). | USNM. | |
| HEMPSTEAD, G. | USA, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = D.(pre-1983). | Walpole, Mass. | Price 2. | |
| HEMSLEY | England, c.1800-1860, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1974), DeLuca 10/24/81. | London. | RSW. | |
| HEMSLEY, HENRY 1 | England, fl.1786-89, OIM PHIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took over Thomas Hemsley 1 as an apprentice from James Martin in 1789. | 85 Fleet Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Millburn 11. | |
| HEMSLEY, HENRY 2 | England, fl.1828-56, NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Octants = FRK, Atwater Kent Museum, Phila. Pa., Soth. 3/19/73; Marine Barometers = X, Phillips 11/16/88. | 135 Ratcliff Highway (1828-45); 140 St.George Street (1846); 140 Ratcliff Highway; 140 St. George Street, East: all in London. | Taylor 2(2148); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| HEMSLEY, J., AND SON | England, OIM | Telescope = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | 4 King Street, Tower Hill, London. | RSW. | |
| HEMSLEY, RICHARD JOHN | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord. | London. | USNM. | |
| HEMSLEY, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1801, MIM OIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on June 3, 1784; turned over to Henry Hemsley 1, of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 14, 1789; free of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1801. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | ||
| HEMSLEY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1836, NIM | Compass = AMST. | might be same as Thomas Helmsley. | London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| HEN, HENDRIK | Holland, 1770-1819, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscope, 1807 = ANH (1891 exhibit); Electrical Machine = University Museum, Groningen; Thermometer = LEY; Burning Glass = TEY; Solar Microscopes = Museum voor het Onderwijs, the Hague, LEY. | also made octants and telescopes. | Kalverstraat bij de R.C. Kerk de Papegaai 35, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; van der Star 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| HENDER, EDMUND | England, fl.1820-47, PHIM | barometer maker. | Fore Street, Bodmin. | Bell 2. | |
| HENDERSON | invented a surveying instrument called a hypthonite; possibly Ebenezer or William Henderson. | Soth. 7/7/78. | |||
| HENDERSON, EBENEZER | England, 1809-79, MIM | mechanician; author; invented and constructed a three-wheel orrery before 1841; made an astronomical clock. | London. | DNB; Magazine of Science, London, 1841. | |
| HENDERSON, THOMAS | Ireland, 1750, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1750 = Evans Coll. | Dublin. | Evans 1. | |
| HENDERSON, WILLIAM | England, 1826, MIM | Kylephemeris, cardboard, 1826 = D.(1988). | patented Jan., 1826. | RSW. | |
| HENDRICK, BARENT | Holland, c.1590, MIM | Compass Sundials, in ivory barrels = ADL-M367, NOR; Sundial = FRY Coll. | the dial in NOR is punchmarked "B.H." | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Gunther 2; ADL; RSW. |
| HENDRICKSON, D. | Holland, 1650, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1650 = D.(1981). | Wynter 1 (1981). | ||
| HENLEY | England, c.1770, | designed an electrometer; F.R.S. | Courtanvaux; Moskowitz 107; | ||
| HENLEY, WILLIAM THOMAS | England, fl.1844-48, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 28 Hayden Street, Minories, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HENNEQUIN | France, 18th Century?, MIM | Graphometer, very large = D.(1976). | Caen. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| HENNESSY, B.H. | England, c.1800, MIM | Sextants = Soth.12/2/74 and Christie 10/6/76; Circumferentor = Kenny sale; Comet Seeker = Bar at 2121 P Street, N.W. Washington D.C. | T.C. in octant box = NMM-S.193/59-3; the instruments are often signed just "Hennessy." | 5 Wind Street, Swansea. | Taylor 2(1155); USNM; NMM 2; RSW. |
| HENNING, VIET BALTHASAR | Germany, 1707-62, MIM | Sundial with Perpetual Calendar = DEU. | gnomon missing; photograph in Lübke. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lübke. |
| HENRI | France, c.1850, | "Oculiste, Opticien"; his name appears on a telescope signed "J.G. Hofmann, Paris." | rue de Rivoli, 188, Paris. | RSW. | |
| HENRICK, PETER | Germany, 1612, MIM | Astrolabe, 1612 = X. | not in Price 1 or ICA 2. | Strahlendorf. | Nachet. |
| HENRICUS DE HOLLANDIA | surely Henri Arnault, which see. | Zinner 1; Behaim Cat.; Price 1; ICA 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |||
| HENRION, DENIS | France, fl.1584?-1640, | pseudony for Clément Cyriaque de Mangin; author; wrote on the sector. | Rouen. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| HENRITSON, J. | England, c.1780, OIM | Microscope = D.(1975). | owner? Hewitson? | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Moskowitz 111. |
| HENRY 1 | England, c.1775, MIM PHIM | T.C.; made balances and gauges. | 54 Paternoster Row, London. | RSW. | |
| HENRY 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Barometer with clock = Soth. 12/14/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| HENRY, JOSEPH | USA, 1797-1878, PHIM | Electromagnet = USNM. | this instrument was reportedly made by Henry for Parker Cleaveland; Henry invented an electro-dynamic engine in 1830; he was the first Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1846-78. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. |
| HENRY, M. | France, 1850+, OIM | T.C.; optician. | 21, Passage Delorme and Rue de Rivoli 12, Paris. | Calvert 2. | |
| HENSHALL, WALTER | misreading for Walter Henshaw. | Clay and Court. | |||
| HENSHAW | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HENSHAW, JOHN | England, fl.1696-1726, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Walter Henshaw, of the Clockmakers' Company on April 18, 1689; free of the Company on April 16, 1696; took apprentices; also a watchmaker; Charles Digby took over his shop in 1726. | The Globe, East Smithfield, near the Hermitage, Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(502) and 2(67); Evans 1; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 3. | |
| HENSHAW, WALTER | England, fl.1660-1711, MIM NIM | Universal Ring Dial = PEA; Backstaff, 1711 = Dreweatt-Neate 3/30/94, D.(1994). | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 2. 1650; freed by Patrimony in the Weavers' Company; brother in the Clockmakers' Company, 1667, Master of the Company in 1695; took apprentices in both the Weavers' and the Clockmakers' Companies; may be two backstaves, Dreweatt-Neate made for John Lock. | at the sign of the Globe, East Smithfield, near the Hermitage, Wapping; at the sign of the Globe in the Hermitage, Morefields; both in London. | Taylor 1(319); Brewington 1; Baillie 1; Daumas 1; USNM; J.Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Robischon; Coffeen 46; ATG 3/19/94; RSW. |
| HENTZSCHELL, JOHANN ERHARDT | Germany, 1698, MIM | Astrolabe, 1698 = KAS (ICA-3024). | Marburg. | Baillie 1; ICA 2. | |
| HERB, W.A. | Germany, PHIM | Baroscope = DRE. | Pulsnitz. | RSW. | |
| HERBAGE | France, fl.1787-88, OIM | Telescope = POB (1787). | worked for Rochon; "Breveté d'Ingénieur", 1788. | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| HERBERT AND CO. | India, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth.P-B,11/10/81. | may be dealer. | Forbes Street, Bombay. | RSW. |
| HERBERT AND SON | England, PHIM | Apothecary Balance = Christie-SK 1/8/79. | RSW. | ||
| HERBERT, L. | MIM | Sector, wood = Soth.1/15/63. | signed on the brass joint "L. Herbert Invenit et Fecit." | RSW. | |
| HERBERTS, A.W. | England, c.1750, PHIM | Gold Balance = Soth. 10/28/86. | see also John William Herberts. | London. | RSW. |
| HERBERTS, JOHN WILLIAM | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Balances = Christie 10/31/67, Soth. 7/23/73, PYM sale; Money Scale = Hitchin Museum. | the name is sometimes seen as I.W. Herbertz; see also A.W. Herberts; the instrument in the PYM sale was signed just "Herbert." | London. | RSW. |
| HERBERTZ, JOHANN PHILLIPP | Germany, 1772, PHIM | Money Balance, 1772 = DRE; Balance and Weights = Cambridge Archaelogical Museum. | the balance in the Cambridge museum is signed "Herberz." | Solingen. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| HERBOTH, G.F. | Germany, MIM | Table Sundial = Halberstadt Museum; Full Circle = DEU. | DEU has no sights. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| HERDFRITZ, JOH. PHIL. | Germany, 1757, PHIM | Balance, 1757 = Soth. 6/8/70. | perhaps a misreading for Johann Phillipp Herbertz. | Schlingen (Solingen?). | RSW. |
| HERGET, JOHANN ADOLF | Germany, fl.1721-50, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1721 = KAS; Nocturnals, 1723 and 1737 = KAS; Universal Instrument, 1727 = KAS; Table Sundial, 1742 = KAS; Drawing Instruments = KAS; Circumferentor = KAS. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Lübke; Michel 3. | |
| HERGHAMER, HANNS | Germany, 1492, MIM | Astrolabe, vellum, 1492 = OXF (ICA-403). | Price 1; Weil 2(19); ICA 2. | ||
| HERKENROY, NICOLAUS | 1543, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1543 = ADL-M236. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| HERKUNFT | 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = CZJ. | RSW. | ||
| HERMAN AND SIMMONS | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95. | Truro. | RSW. | |
| HERMAND | France, 18th Century, MIM | Azimuth Sundial = CNAM. | "ingénieur du Roi." | Rohr; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| HERMANN | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Protractor with case = ROU-187. | Neuhaus in Vienna. | Michel 3. | |
| HERMANN, J. | Holland?; Russiac.1716, | improved Amonton's air thermometer; author; disciple of Jacques Bernoulli. | St. Petersburg. | Goldschmidt 70; Weil 2(19). | |
| HERMANNUS CONTRACTUS | Germany, 1013-54, | author; wrote on the astrolabe and the pillar dial; clockmaker; Michel called him "Hermann Le Boiteux." | Reichenau. | Michel 3; Gunther 1; Cousins. | |
| HERN AND CO. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sales Cat.(1975). | Swansea. | RSW. | |
| HERNE, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1650-78, MIM | sundial maker; author; father of John Herne 2. | London. | Taylor 1(238). | |
| HERNE, JOHN 2 | Ireland, 1670-85, MIM | sundial maker; son of John Herne 1. | Dublin. | Taylor 1(347). | |
| HERO | Egypt, fl.50-120, | author; book on pneumatics described hydraulic devices; invented a hodometer. | Alexandria. | RSW. | |
| HEROLDT, ADAM | Germany; Italy, fl.1616-49, MIM | Table Sundial, slate, 1615 = MADEX; Astronomical Quadrant, 1622 = P.C.; Armillary Spheres = KEN (1648), ROM (1649); Recipiangle = Soth. 3/17/38; Sector = NUR. | the quadrant is signed "Adams Heroldo Gennano 1622". | Rome. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; MADEX; Price 2; USNM; Bedini 12; RSW. |
| HERON AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1834-36, NIM | David Heron; ship chandlers and nautical warehouse. | 128 Broomielaw, Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| HERON AND JOHNSTONE | Scotland, 1844, NIM | David Heron and Johnstone. | 212 Broomielaw, Glasgow (1844). | Bryden 3; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |
| HERON AND MCGREGOR | Scotland, c.1836, NIM | David Heron and Duncan McGregor. | 1 William Street, Greenock. | Clarke et al. | |
| HERON, DAVID | Scotland, fl.1815-63, NIM OIM | Telescopes = ADL-M448, FRK = RSM; Hadley's Quadrant = VNN; Octant = Town Docks Museum, Hull. | the Adler instrument is signed "D. Heron"; the one at the VNN is signed "Heron"; octant is signed "Heron Greenock." | Greenock (-1827); 128 Broomielaw (1834-36); 212 Broomielaw (1836-47); 4 Carrick Street (1849-63); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; ADL; RSW. |
| HERON, DAVID, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1836-40, NIM | 212 Broomielaw, Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | ||
| HERON, JAMES 1 | Ireland, c.1800, | T.C.; retailer; signed "Jas. Heron Clock and Watch Maker in Newtown." | Newtown. | Soth. 2/25/86. | |
| HERON, JAMES 2 | Scotland, c.1836, MIM | probably son of John Heron and brother of David Heron; clockmaker. | 1 William Street, Greenock. | Clarke et al. | |
| HERON, WILLIAM | Scotland, | Octant, ebony and ivory = RJK; Sympiesometer = RSM. | retailer. | Greenock. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| HERRING, AMOS BUTTLE | England, 1782, MIM | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1782. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HERSCHEL, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1774-1800?, OIM | brother of William and Caroline Herschel; made telescopes, zone clocks, etc; see William and Alexander Herschel. | Germany; Bath; Slough. | NMM 2; H.C. King 1. | |
| HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM | England, 1792-1871, | son of Sir William Herschel; astronomer; noted for his work on the stars of the southern hemisphere; F.R.S.; he made the mirrors for his own telescopes. | Observatory House, Slough; Collingwood, Hawkhurst, Kent (1840-71). | H.C. King 1; DNB; DSB; etc. | |
| HERSCHEL, SIR WILLIAM | Germany; England, 1738-1822, OIM | He made a wide range of fine telescopes; examples may be found many museums including ADL, KEN, NMM, RSM, DRE, VIT, OXF, Helsingfors Observatory, TEY, University Observatory of Göttingen, etc. | noted astronomer who discovered the planet Uranus; F.R.S. in 1781; musician. | Hanover; Bath; Observatory House, Slough. | Taylor 2(490); Hoskins; DNB; DSB; Maurer; Grötzsch 2; NMM 2; Drechsler 2; Sticker and Kirchvogel; G.L'E. Turner 7; Pipping 1; H.C. King 1; ADL; RSW. |
| HERSCHEL, WILLIAM AND ALEXANDER | England, OIM | Mirrors and Eyepieces = NMM. | Alexander was William's younger brother. | Slough. | NMM 2; DSB. |
| HERSCHEL, WILLIAM AND JOHN | England, OIM | Objective Mirrors = NMM. | Slough. | NMM 2. | |
| HERTEL UND HORN DER ALTER | Germany, 1674, MIM | Theodolite, 1674 = KES. | Hans Georg Hertel (Augsburg) and Julius von Horn der alter (Braunschweig). | see above. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. |
| HERTEL, CHRISTIAN GOTTLIEB | Germany, c.1716, OIM | made microscopes; author. | Zinner 1. | ||
| HERTEL, HANS | Germany, 1667, MIM | Level, 1667 = DOR. | may be Hans Georg Hertel. | RSW. | |
| HERTEL, HANS GEORG | Germany, 1626-98, MIM SIM | Wall Sundial, 1659 = Braunschweig Cathedral; Graphometer, 1667 = DOR; Astronomical Compendium, 1678 = OXF; Diptych Sundial = GEL; Theodolite = P.C.(1987). | see H.G.H., J.G.H. 1, and I.G.H. 1. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; Lübke; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| HERTEL, JOHANN CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1739, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1739 = ROU. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Nachet. | ||
| HERVAIS | France, fl.1818-25, MIM | made pedometers. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| HERZOG, JULIUS | Germany, 1528-89, MIM | Astrological Disk, 1579 = Helmstedt Museum. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1. | |
| HESELTINE, CHARLES | England, fl.1822-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Taylor spelled the name "Hezeltine." | 5 Robert Street, Bedford Row (1822-29); 5 Robert Street, Gray's Inn Lane (1830-38); London. | Taylor 2(1883); O'Mara. | |
| HESKETT, JAMES | England, | T.C.; "Map, print & chart seller. Globes & mathematical instruments." | No. 13 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| HESS, KARL | Germany, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C.(1968). | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| HESSLER, JOHANN WENDELIN | Italy1669, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1669 = Drecker Coll. = P.C. | Rome. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| HETZEL | France, c.1750, MIM | Plane Table Compass with Protractor = STR. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| HETZEL, CHRIST. LUDWIG | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Protractor = DRE. | Halle. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| HEUBDER, PETRUS DE | Belgium, c.1625, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = PRA. | the instrument has a bail, and a foot for a plane table. | Antwerp. | Zinner 1; Horsky and Skopova; Czech. Inventory. |
| HEUSCHER, JACOB | Germany, 1699, PHIM | balance maker; see Odental and Heuscher | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| HEUSTER, JACOB VON | Germany, 1662, PHIM | Balance, 1662 = Adelmann Sale 4/26/27. | signed "Jacob von Heuster Plückhoff." | Cologne. | RSW. |
| HEVELKE, JOH. | see Johann Hevelius. | Zinner 1; Przypkowski 3. | |||
| HEVEN, JOSHUA | Germany, 1578, MIM | Table Dial, 1578 = MUN. | Evans 1. | ||
| HEVER, H. | Germany, c.1850, PHIM | globe maker. | Eberfeld. | Tooley. | |
| HEWER AND LEAHY | England, NIM | Sextant = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82. | Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| HEWES, E. | USA, fl.1841-56, MIM NIM | sometimes known as E.J.Hewes or E.J.Hews. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| HEWISSON, JOHN | England, c.1775, MIM | Mining Surveyor's Compass = Chayette 6/28/86. | 29 Market Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | RSW. | |
| HEWIT, SAMUEL | England, c.1822, MIM | famous for making very accurate rules. | 123 Dale Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1585); Dewhirst. | |
| HEWITSON | England, c.1770, MIM NIM SIM | Hadley Quadrant = VNN; Surveying Compass = D.(1971). | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | USNM; RSW. | |
| HEWITSON, J. | England, c.1838-58, MIM OIM PHIM | Miner's Dial = Phillips 5/14/74; Dry Compass Card = NMM. | also a barometer maker. | Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Bryden 9; Bell 2; NMM 2. |
| HEWITSON, JOHN | England, c.1828, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company, on May 1, 1828. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| HEWITT AND SON | USA, fl.1850-53, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compasses, with Vernier = P.C., D.(1972). | Thomas Hewitt and Horatio T. Hewitt. | 180 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 105. |
| HEWITT, HORATIO T. | USA, fl.1850-53, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | son of Thomas Hewitt; see Hewitt and Son. | 180 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| HEWITT, JOHN | England, fl.1651-81, MIM | Instrument = KEN. | calculated a pillar dial. | London. | Taylor 1(245). |
| HEWITT, T. | England, 1654, MIM | Protractor, 1654 = NMM-DI/PR-S.7. | NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| HEWITT, W. | England, fl.1820-33, | R.N.; designed a new surveying instrument. | London. | Taylor 2(1586). | |
| HEWLINGS, JOSEPH | c.1794, MIM | Clay and Court. | |||
| HEWOOD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| HEWSON, JOHN | England, fl.1699-1726, | apprenticed to John Seller 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 5, 1683; free of the Company on July 3, 1699; took one apprentice. | London. | Taylor 1(511). | |
| HEY, C. V.D. | Holland, c.1772, MIM | Celestial Globe = AMST. | published by Covens and Mortier and Covens, Jr., 1772; "signature" is on the meridian ring; possibly the owner. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HEYBECH, NIKOLAUS VON | Germany, fl.1389-1444, MIM | Astrolabe = X (ICA-2070). | Zinner states that Heybech made three instruments for Nikolaus of Cues, a torquetum, a celestial globe and an astrolabe. | Erfurt; Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; ICA 2; Lunardi. |
| HEYDEN | see Heiden. | Baillie 1. | |||
| HEYDEN, GASPARD VAN DER | Belgium, c.1496-post-1549, MIM | made globes and other instruments for Gemma Frisius, c.1536; worked with Gerard Mercator. | Mirica; Louvain (1536). | Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| HEYDEN, JAKOB VON | Germany, 1628, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1628 = AMST. | see Joh. Christopher Weigel and Jacob Heyden. | Strassburg. | NMM 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| HEYRICKE, SAMUELL | England, 1687, MIM | Cube Sundial, wood, 1687 = City of Leicester Museums. | Daniell. | ||
| HICKETTS, JOHN | England, c.1674, | had James Mann 1 turned over to him by Thomas King 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1674. | Angel Street, London. | Robischon. | |
| HICKMAN 1 | see Hickson. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| HICKMAN 2 | mistake by the G.P.O. Directory in 1834; see John Hicks. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |||
| HICKMAN, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | succeeded by Edward Derby. | London. | Calvert 2. | |
| HICKS, ADRIAN BK. | USA, fl.1797-1807, MIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = P.C. | 82 Wall Street (1797-1801); 132 Front Street (1805); 118 Front Street (1807); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Warner 12. | |
| HICKS, G.E. | England, OIM | Telescope = STK. | 44 Southside Street, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| HICKS, GEORGE 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | sometimes signed "G. Hicks." | 42 Upper North Place, Gray's Inn Lane, London. | Goodison 1. |
| HICKS, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1811, PHIM | barometer maker. | 43 Shoe Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HICKS, GEORGE 3 | Ireland, fl.1824-35, MIM | 64 City Quay (1824); 68 Marrowbone Lane (1835); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| HICKS, GEORGE 4 | England, OIM | apprenticed to Joseph Morrice, an ivory turner, in the Merchant Taylors' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HICKS, J. 1 | England, c.1780-1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = K.and C. 12/3/75, DeLuca 8/1/87; Fortin-type Barometer, # 963 = D.(1975); Stick Barometers = Soth. 2/4/77, X. | Goodison gives the address as 98 and 10 Hatton Garden. | 8, 9, and 10 Hatton Garden, London. | O'Mara; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HICKS, J. 2 | Ireland, fl.1817-26, MIM | probably John Hicks, which see. | 11 Camden Street (1817-19); 13 Lower Camden Street (1820-22); 13 Peter's Place, Lower Camden Street (1823-24); 64 City Quay (1825-26); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| HICKS, JAMES J. | England, fl.1874-1952, PHIM | firm was originally James Joseph Hicks until 1874. | 8 Hatton Garden, London E.C. | Middleton 1. | |
| HICKS, JAMES JOSEPH | England, b.1829-74? yz, PHIM | bought barometers for resale under his name; the firm became James J. Hicks in 1874. | 8, 9, and 10 Hatton Garden, London. | Bell 2; Middleton 1. | |
| HICKS, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1832-48, MIM NIM | 48 City Quay (1832-34); 18 City Quay (1834); 20 City Quay (1835-48); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| HICKS, JOSEPH | England, fl.1814-22, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = P.C.(1972); Alidade, wood & brass = D.(1984). | barometer maker; alidade signed "J. Hicks." | 11 Brook Street (1814-16); 17 Lambeth Walk (1817); 19 Kirby Street (1817-20); 117 Bishopsgate without (1820-22); all in London. | Taylor 2(1358); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HICKS, LANGSTON, AND CO. | England, fl.1822-23, MIM OIM | 94 Cheapside, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| HICKS, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1784-1825, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass = NMM; Crown Compass = NMM. | 40 Poolbeg Street (1784-90); 20 Hawkins Street (1791-99); both in Dublin. | NMM 2; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| HICKSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on June 11, 1708. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HIDER, EDWARD WALTER | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company, June 3, 1806. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HIEMER, CARL | 1773, MIM | Plate for Table Sundial, 1773 = Portaluppi Coll. | RSW. | ||
| HIGGINBOTTOM, WILLIAM | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on June 4, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HIGGINS | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 16 Saffron Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HIGGINS, THOMAS | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, Thermometer and clock = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27. | London. | RSW. | |
| HIGGINSON, FRANCIS | England, c.1828, NIM | Mechanical Log = NMM-Lg.15. | invented a registering log; signed "Higginson's Log." | 38 Monkwell Street, Wood Street, London. | Taylor 2(1588); NMM 2. |
| HIGGISON | England, MIM | Folding Rule, ivory = Soth. 3/21/75. | RSW. | ||
| HIGGS, JAMES | England, c.1718, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 20, 1718. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HIGGS, JOHN | England, c.1727, MIM | apprenticed to John Hutton of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 4, 1727; may have been the clockmaker in Wallingford. | J. Brown 3; Christie-SK 5/20/88. | ||
| HIGHMORE, NATHANIEL | see Nathaniel Heighmore. | ||||
| HIGLEY, SAMUEL | England, 1790, MIM | apprenticed to William Spencer 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 1, 1790. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HILARI | 1556, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and brass, 1556 = DRE (lost). | Baillie 1; RSW. | ||
| HILDEYARD, FATHER THOMAS | England, 1690-1746, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1725 = Palacio Real, Madrid. | London. | "Relojes del Patrimonio Naçional", Barcelona, 1965; DNB; RSW. | |
| HILFUNS, MARIA | not an instrument maker; "Mary help us"; this appears on an equatorial sundial dated 1479 (ADL-M288), surely by Hans Dorn. | Fox 1 & 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| HILL 1 | England, fl.1782-1808, MIM | descendant of Nathaniel Hill; see Watkins and Hill. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Chaldecott 1; Daumas 1; Goodison 1. | |
| HILL 2 | Swedenc.1820, MIM | Pipping 1. | |||
| HILL 3 | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1968). | Colchester. | RSW. | |
| HILL 4 | Scotland, c.1813, OIM | probably Peter Hill, which see; miocroscope maker; made jewel lenses for Sir David Brewster. | Edinburg. | Clay and Court. | |
| HILL 5 | see Watkins and Hill. | RSW. | |||
| HILL AND PRICE 1 | England,NIM OIM | Telescope, wood, 5-draw = Christie 5/15/73; Marine Compass = Christie-SK 7/24/86/ | Broad Quay, Bristol. | RSW. | |
| HILL, CATHERINE | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | optician. | 25 Goodmans Yard, Minories, London. | O'Mara. | |
| HILL, G.T. | misreading for Gilbert, Tower Hill. | Belgian Inventory. | |||
| HILL, JOHN | England, fl.1671-1712, MIM | Drawing Compass, 1680 = BM. | John Yarwell worked for him, 1671-85; made instruments for Will Fortin; Robischon said he died in 1685. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 1(566); Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Daumas 1; Robischon. |
| HILL, JOSEPH | England, fl.1759-72, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 16, 1747; turned over to John Gilbert 2 in the Company on March 18, 1752; free of the Company on July 3, 1759. | Hand and Pen Court, Great Tower Hill (1759); Great Tower Hill (1760-72); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HILL, MATHAW | England, 1658, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| HILL, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1708-64, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | made miniature terrestrial globes, many of them in shagreen cases with celestial gores as a lining; some are dated 1754; examples may be found at ADL, BM, PBN, KEN, PRM, NMM, Coll. of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II, New York Public Library, etc. | apprenticed to James Farmer of the Grocers' Company on March 11, 1701; free in the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1708; T.C. showed mathematical and navigating instruments, and barometers. | The Globe and Sun, in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street; opposite Serjeants Inn, Chancery Lane; both in London. | Taylor 2(363); Goodison 1; Chaldecott 1; Stevenson; NMM 2; Clay and Court; Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner; Yonge; C.N. Robinson; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Wynter 1 & 2; Krogt 2; ADL; RSW. |
| HILL, P. | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1989). | RSW. | ||
| HILL, PETER | Scotland, 1778-1845, MIM OIM PHIM | Pantograph = FRK = RSM; Refracting Telescope = FRK = RSM; Stick Barometers = X, Phillips 1/26/83. | made jewel lenses; worked for Brewster. | Richmond Street (1801-03); East Richmond Street (1804-06); 7 East Richmond Street (1806-11); 9 East Richmond Street (1811-12); 6 Union Place (1813-22); 7 Union Place (1823-24); 2 Greenside Place (1825-28); 13 Abbey (1836-40); 12 Richmond Place (1845); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1589); Bryden 3; USNM; Clarke et al. |
| HILL, S. | Scotland, c.1820, MIM | Sighting Compass = P.C.(1987). | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| HILL, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1635-36, MIM | made sundials; had four seized and destroyed because of poor quality. | by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(183); J. Brown 3. | |
| HILL, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1734, MIM | designed an improved slide rule. | Taylor 2(272). | ||
| HILLAR | 1556, MIM | Instrument, 1556 = DRE. | Evans 1. | ||
| HILLEPRAND, FERDINAND | 1586, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1586 = PRA. | Horsky and Skopova; Czech. Inventory; RSW. | ||
| HILLER, GILBERT TOWER | misreading for Gilbert, Tower Hill. | Belgian Inventory. | |||
| HILLIARD, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| HILLOCK, JAMES | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker or seller. | Hyde Park Corner, London. | Bell 2. | |
| HILLS, JNO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bury. | Goodison 1. | |
| HILTON, JOHN | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in the Clockmakers' Company. | Robischon. | ||
| HILTON, THOMAS | England, c.1674, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Marke of the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1674. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HILTUM, JOSEPH | England, c.1838, OIM | father of Richard Hiltum? | 109 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Taylor 2(2149). | |
| HILTUM, RICHARD | England, c.1847, OIM | carried on Joseph Hiltum's business. | 109 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Taylor 2(2149). | |
| HINCHLIFFE, G.W. | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1973). | London. | RSW. | |
| HINDE, JOHN | England, 1767, MIM | his five sons were all instrument makers; see Roger Hinde. | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| HINDE, ROGER | England, fl.1820-34, MIM | son of John Hinde? | 70 Noble Street, Falcon Square, London. | Taylor 2(1591); O'Mara. | |
| HINDLEY AND SON | England, fl.?-1771, MIM OIM PHIM | Henry and Joseph Hindley. | York. | Taylor 2(186). | |
| HINDLEY, HENRY | England, 1701-71, MIM OIM PHIM | Pyrometer = KEN; Dividing Engine = X; Telescope = KEN; Garden Sundial = Hindley Shop, CMY. | noted clockmaker. | York. | Taylor 2(186); Daumas 1; Law; Setchell 1 and 2; DNB; RSW. |
| HINDLEY, JOSEPH | England, d.1774, MIM OIM PHIM | son of Henry Hindley; apprenticed to his father; took over the shop from 1771-74. | York. | Taylor 2(186); Setchell 1 and 2. | |
| HINSANT | France, 1769, OIM | made telescope mirrors. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| HINTON, WILLIAM | England; USA, c.1772, MIM NIM | advertised nautical compasses, 1772. | at "Hadley's Quadrant and Spyglass, facing the East Side of the New Coffee House", Beekman's Slip, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1 & 8; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12. | |
| HINTZMAN, JOSEPH | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | sometimes spelled "Hitzman." | Rose Crescent, Cambridge. | Bell 2. | |
| HIPPOLITO | 1646, OIM | telescope maker; Mariani? | Nachet. | ||
| HIREMAN, HY W. AND JNO. H. | USA, fl.1855-56, MIM OIM PHIM | partners with Henry Ware as Ware and Hireman. | 25 East 4th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| HIRSCH OG SAMSON | Norway, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Folk Museum, Oslo. | Trondheim. | RSW. | |
| HIRSCH, OTT | Germany, c.1487, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| HIRSCHMANN, SENIOR | see Pistor and Hirschmann. | Weil and Baden. | |||
| HIRSCHVOGEL, AUGUSTIN | Germany, 1503-53, MIM | Surveying Instruments in wooden box = X. | made for the city of Vienna and delivered in 1594. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. |
| HITCH | England, 1797, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HITZMAN | see Hintzman. | Bell 2. | |||
| HOARE | England, 19th Century, MIM | Double Slide Rule = OXF. | signed "Hoare's improved double Slide Rule." | 12 Billiter Square, London. | RSW. |
| HOBBS, JAMES | USA, 1796, MIM | Old Town, South Green Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| HOBBY, JONATHAN T. | USA, 1813-83, MIM NIM PHIM | Transit (post-1869) = GUR. | see Sawyer and Hobby (1840-54). | 86 Forsyth, New York (1837); 156 Water Street, New York (1840-69); Hemstead, Long Island, N.Y. (1872-73). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| HOBCRAFT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1830-47, MIM OIM | called himself "Sr." by 1846. | 18 Barbican; 38 Prince's Street, Leicester Square (1846); 14 Great Turnstile (1847); all in London. | Taylor 2(1885); O'Mara. | |
| HOBCRAFT, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1846, MIM OIM | son of William Hobcraft 1. | London. | Taylor 2(1885). | |
| HOBDAY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Tetsworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOBDELL | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89. | Oxford. | RSW. | |
| HOCKER, G. | USA, fl.1838-44, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| HODGE, ARTHUR | England, c.1822, MIM NIM | invented a perpetual log. | Twelve Bells, Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1591a). | |
| HODGESON, MARMADUKE | England, c.1690, | T.C.; see Court and Hodgeson. | Calvert 2. | ||
| HODGKIN, JOHN | England, c.1715, | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices, c.1715. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| HODGKINSON, J. | England, c.1822, OIM | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1592); Dewhirst. | ||
| HODGKINSON, THOMAS | England, c.1696, MIM | advertised a new type of horizontal dial. | Sign of the Cradle, Knight Rider Street, near Doctor's Commons, London. | Taylor 1(503); Evans 1. | |
| HOE, R.M. | c.1838, | got a patent in New York for an invention by Sherwood for finding latitude at sea. | Taylor 2(2150). | ||
| HOEG, HARALD | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| HOELDRICK, T.N. | Germany, | misreading for "Holderich." | Augsburg. | P. and S. 11/21/1894. | |
| HOERSCHEL | misreading for "Höschel." | RSW. | |||
| HOESCHEL | variant for Höschel. | RSW. | |||
| HOESEN | Germany, OIM | constructed burning glasses; succeeded by Ehrard. | Dresden. | Spargo 1. | |
| HOEVENAER, ANTONY | Holland, fl.1654-92, MIM PHIM | Circumferentor = Geodätisches Institut, Munich, UTP; Sectors = Wray, P.C., LEY, Stedelijk Museum; Sundial = UTP. | made philosophical instruments for Burchardus de Velder, professor of physics. | Leyden. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; de Rijk; RSW. |
| HOEVENAER, SIMON | Holland, c.1720, PHIM | son of Antony Hoevenaer; made physical instruments. | Leyden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HOF, JACOB AUCH | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Calculating Machine, 1800 = Madex-655. | invented this machine. | Weimar. | Madex. |
| HOFF AND HEISELY | USA, 1793-1801, MIM | Surveying Compass, 1795 = William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pa. | John George Hoff and Frederick Heiseley, his ex-apprentice; also made clocks. | Lancaster, Pa. | Smart 1; Bedini 1 and 17; USNM. |
| HOFF, JOHN | USA, 1776- 1819, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, and in a private collection. | worked with his father, John George Hoff, and took over the business; clockmaker. | Lancaster, Pa. | Smart 1; Bedini 17. |
| HOFF, JOHN GEORGE | Germany; USA., 1740-1816, MIM | Frederick Heisely was first his apprentice and later his partner, from 1793 to 1801. | Lancaster, Pa. | Smart 1; Bedini 1, 8, and 17. | |
| HOFFINGER, THOMAS | Instrument = Salzburg? | Evans 1. | |||
| HOFFMANN, C.G. | Germany, fl.1772-76, PHIM | Barometers and Thermometers = DRE (1772) and (1776). | claims to have improved Huygen's barometer. | Waldheim, Saxony. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. |
| HOFFMANN, CASPAR | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Soth. 5/21/73. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| HOFFMANN, JOHANN | Germany, 1620, MIM | cast a quadrant in 1620. | Frankfort. | Zinner 1. | |
| HOFFMANN, SAMUEL GOTTLIEB | Germany, c.1772, OIM | microscope maker; announced one with six lenses in 1772. | Hanover. | Clay and Court; Nachet. | |
| HOFFMEYER | see Brugger and Hoffmeyer. | Goodison 1. | |||
| HOFFMEYER, J. | England, c.1840, PHIM | barometer maker. | Cambridge. | Bell 2. | |
| HOFFVENIUS, JOHAN | Sweden, fl.1648-85, MIM | worked in Uppsala University workshop, (1648-63); held exclusive rights as instrument maker in Uppsala and Stockholm in 1663. | Uppsala and Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| HOFGREN, JOHAN | Sweden, 1778-1832, MIM OIM | globe and instrument maker to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1816-32; flourished 1810-32; see J.H. 4. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| HOFMANN, DR. H.C. | France, OIM | Spectroscope = Soth. 4/8/74. | "construit à l'Institut d'Optique du Dr. H.C. Hofmann à Paris." | Paris. | RSW. |
| HOFMANN, HEINRICH | Germany, 1576-1652, | designed an octant;, an example of the instrument made by Christopher Trechsler is at the ADL; author. | Jena. | Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| HOFMANN, J.G. | France, fl.1850-62, OIM | Telescopes with micrometers = KEN, WHI, D.(1973); Philosophical Instruments = TEY; Spectroscope = TEY. | rue de Bucy, 3, Paris. | Dewhirst; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24. | |
| HOFMANN, JAKOB | Germany, fl.1597-1616, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials = ZUR (1597), HAY (1616), KAS (1616). | Schwabisch. | Zinner 1; Lübke; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| HOGBEN, HENRY | England?, MIM | Set of Surveying Instruments = Pym Sale. | "Surveyor"; probably the owner. | RSW. | |
| HOGBEN, THOMAS | England, c.1730, MIM OIM | Telescopic Level = D. | "Surveyor." | Smarden. | Wynter and Turner; Bryden 9. |
| HOGENBERG, REMIGIUS | c.1572, MIM | Humphrey Cole may have studied under him. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| HOGENDOORN, J. | Holland, fl.1761-63, PHIM | sometimes spelled "Hoogendoorn." | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HOGG, WILLIAM | England, c.1802, NIM OIM | Sextants = RJK, P.C.; Octant = THO; Telescope = Bearnes 11/12/86. | the sextant in the private collection was found in a Florida Keys shipwreck together with several 1802 coins. | 388 Platform, Rotherhite Wall, London. | Taylor 2(1886); USNM; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| HOGH, EILER CHRISTIAN | Denmark; Austria, d.1773, MIM PHIM | Armillary Sphere = ADL-M9; Universal Ring Sundial = NYS = Christie 4/9/75. | Högh; worked in the Court in Vienna; the ADL instrument has "Danicus" as part of the signature and is also marked "Joseph: Fran: Ant: de Reichmann." | Copenhagen; Vienna. | Habacher; Engelmann 1; USNM; Yonge; ADL; RSW. |
| HOGLUND, PER AUGUST | Sweden, c.1850, MIM | Surveying Instrument = STT; Pantograph = STM. | Höglund; T.C. | Norra Tullportsgatan 65, Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| HOGSON, THOMAS | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1699. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HOHENFELDER, LUDWIG | Germany, 1596, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1596 = STU. | Höhenfelder. | Zinner 1. | |
| HOHLFIELD | Germany, 1711-71, MIM | made an odometer. | Berlin. | Beckmann. | |
| HOHNBAUM | Germany, 1831, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1831 = NMM-MT/BM.34. | Hanover. | NMM 2. | |
| HOING, A. HEINRICH | Hanseatic League, fl.1598-1600, MIM | Astrolabe, 1598 = DEU-35858 (ICA 3026); Sundial, 1600 = DAN. | Höing. | Danzig. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. |
| HOIS | see Hoyss. | Zinner 1. | |||
| HOJER, ERIK | Sweden, d.1774, OIM | sometimes "Högger." | Pipping 1. | ||
| HOLBECHE, JOHN | England, fl.1720-50, MIM NIM | Backstaffs, 1738 = PYM = ADL-A171, USNM. | apprenticed to Benjamin Macy of the Clockmakers' Company on July 9, 1713; took over the shop; T.C.; the Adler instrument is marked "for Ino. Cunninghame"; the one at the USNM "for Capt. Jos. Swan"; Bedini listed him as "Holbecher." | the corner of the Hermitage Bridge, London. | Bedini 1; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 3; ADL; RSW. |
| HOLBECK | see Holbeche. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| HOLBEIN, HANS | Germany; England, 1465-1524, | designed sundials; painter and engraver. | London. | Chapuis. | |
| HOLBORN, ROBERT | England, 1771, MIM | Compass Sundial, 1771 = Soth.-S 1/26/88. | South Cavel. | RSW. | |
| HOLBROOK AND CO. | USA, c.1840, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = D.(1968), P.C.; Tellurian = USNM. | Alfred and Dwight Holbrook. | Berea, Ohio. | Yonge; Warner 4. |
| HOLBROOK APPARATUS MANUFACTURING CO. | USA, c.1856, MIM | Hemispheric Globe = Beinecke Rare Book Library, Yale U. | Wethersfield, Conn. | Beinecke Cat. | |
| HOLBROOK MANUFACTURING CO. | USA, c.1856, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = P.C.(1968); Hemispheric Globe, 3" = ADL-W168. | Wethersfield, Conn. | Yonge; Warner 4; Moskowitz 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| HOLBROOK SCHOOL APPARATUS CO. | USA, fl.1855, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kan., Yale University, New Haven, Conn. | founded by Dwight Holbrook in 1850; the manufacturing was done by Holbrooks' Apparatus Mfg. Co. | Hartford, Conn., Chicago, Ill. and New York, N.Y. | Yonge; Warner 4. |
| HOLBROOK, ALFRED | USA, fl.1837-85+, | partner with his brother, Dwight Holbrook, 1837-50 in manufacturing scientific equipment for schools. | Berea, Ohio. | Warner 4. | |
| HOLBROOK, ALFRED AND DWIGHT | USA, fl.1837-50, MIM | moved to Ohio and started a new factory to make scientific school apparatus; including globes. | Berea, Ohio. | Warner 4. | |
| HOLBROOK, CHARLES W. | USA, c.1890, MIM | Globe, Terrestrial, with case = D.(1997). | son of Dwight Holbrook. | Coffeen 56. | |
| HOLBROOK, DWIGHT | USA, fl.1837-, MIM | Hemispheric Globe = Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kan. | worked with his brother, Alfred, in Berea, Ohio, 1837-50, manufacturing globes and scientific equipment for schools; moved to Connecticut in 1850, establishing the Holbrook School Apparatus Co. in Hartford, Conn.; branches in Chicago and New York; production was done in Weathersfield, Conn.; see Holbrook Apparatus Mfg. Co. for other globes. | Boston, Mass.; Berea, Ohio (1837-50); Wethersfield, Conn. (1850-57?); Windsor Locks, Conn. | Yonge; Warner 4. |
| HOLBROOK, JOSIAH | USA, 1788-1854, MIM PHIM | studied at Yale University; science teacher; made globes and philosophical apparatus for schools, 1828-54; his sons, Alfred and Dwight started their own businesses. | Darby, Conn.; Boston, Mass.; Washington, D.C.(1847-54). | Baillie 8; Warner 4 & 6. | |
| HOLCOMB, AMASA | USA, 1787-1875, MIM OIM PHIM | Level = Amasa Maynard Holcomb Collection (1962); Reflecting Telescope = USNM; Transit = USNM. | Southwick, Mass. | Multhauf 2; Bedini 2; Smart 1; USNM. | |
| HOLDEN, MOSES | England, 1777-1864, MIM | astronomer; constructed a large orrery and a magic lantern. | Preston. | DNB. | |
| HOLDER, J.N. | MIM | Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | probably J.N. Hölderich. | RSW. | |
| HOLDER, T.N. | probably a misreading for Hölderich. | Hamilton 1; Findlay Coll. | |||
| HOLDERICH, JOHANN NORBERT | France, 1749-1806, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = Lüneburg Museum, OXF, DRE, HAIFA, KAS, P.C., etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |
| HOLDSWORTH, JOHN | owner; see Mole. | RSW. | |||
| HOLEWEYN | Germany, 1590, MIM | Sundial, 1590 = ROM-R-7761. | Freiberg. | RSW. | |
| HOLLAND AND WITHERSPOON | England, c.1848, PHIM | barometer makers; possibly William Holland. | 24 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOLLAND, GABRIEL | England, PHIM | Angle Barometers, 2, = Phillips 11/16/76. | Coventry. | RSW. | |
| HOLLAND, GEORGE | England, c.1790, OIM | Telescope, astronomical = Christie 2/13/68. | RSW. | ||
| HOLLAND, JOHN | England, fl.1646-53, MIM | Oughtred's Double Horizontal Dial and Spiral Calculator, 1650 = WHI. | the dial is for the latitude of Cambridge, it is also marked "1667." | Trinity College, Cambridge; Gloucestershire. | Taylor 1(136); Bryden 16; RSW. |
| HOLLAND, WILLIAM | England, fl.1849-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; possibly the Holland of Holland and Witherspoon. | 14 Greville Street (1849-51); 20 Greville Street (1852-59); 17 Greville Street (1860); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOLLANDIA, HENRICUS DE | see Henri Arnault. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| HOLLBUSCH, F. VITUS | France; Germany, 1699, MIM | Vertical Sundial, Stone, 1699 = Harburg Schloss. | French monk. | France; Ottingen. | Zinner 1. |
| HOLLIDAY, JOHN | England, c.1825, MIM | apprenticed to James Ripley of the Grocers' Company, Oct. 6, 1825. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| HOLLINGSWORTH, ALFRED J. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 12/16/69. | Southampton. | RSW. | |
| HOLLIWAY, ROBERT | USA, fl.1822-23, MIM | see Chandlee and Holliway. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| HOLLIWELL | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1989). | Derby. | RSW. | |
| HOLLIWELL BROS. | England, fl.1849-62, MIM NIM OIM | sons of William Holliwell. | Liverpool. | Brewington 1. | |
| HOLLIWELL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1795-1849, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = 1795 sale in Salem Mass. U.S.A. | T.C.; also a barometer maker. | London; then 13 North Side, Salthouse Dock; 14, North Side, Salthouse Dock; 5 Bromfield Street, West End Dock; 79 West End, Old Dock, all in Liverpool | Taylor 2(989); Calvert 2; Brewington 1; Bell 2; Crawforth 1. |
| HOLLIWELL, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, 1829-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hurst Street (1829); 7 Salthouse Dock East (1835); both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(989); Brewington 1; Bell 2; Bryden 9. | ||
| HOLLOWAY, ROBERT | USA, fl.1819-22, MIM SIM | worked with Benjamin Chandlee 3 as Chandlee and Holloway, 1819-22, which see. | Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| HOLLOWAY, THOMAS | England, c.1816, MIM | apprenticed to John Simpson of the Grocers' Company on Jan.4, 1816. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1709, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, boxwood, 1709 = Soth. 6/27/57. | All Cannings, Wiltshire. | RSW. | |
| HOLLOWAY, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1731-67, MIM | surely the son of William Holloway 1; apprenticed to William Carton in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 8, 1721; free in the Company, March 7, 1731. | Drapers' Court, Lothbury, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| HOLLRICH | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Heliochronometer = MAI. | Mainz. | Zinner 1. | |
| HOLM | Sweden, c.1790, OIM | apprenticed to Henrik Holmbom. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| HOLM, P. | Holland, 1753, NIM | see Pieter Holm. | RSW. | ||
| HOLM, PETTER | Denmark, 1794, NIM | Marine Compass, 1794 = OMM. | surly a misreading of Pieter Holm. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| HOLM, PIETER | Sweden; Holland, fl.1696-1776, MIM NIM | Tide Table, Perpetual Calendar and log-timer table on tobacco boxes = RSM, PEA, Rotterdam Maritime Museum, Reykjavik Museum (1729), Middleburg Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen; Backstaff, 1753 = BRP-64; Octants = AMST (1752), NMM (1753); Logs, 1729, 1754, 1765, 1774 = AMST. | 20 of these tobacco boxes were known to Dr. Crone pre-1953; the backstaff and the octants are signed "P. Holm" they were sold by Holm as he ran a navigation school; he may have been a dealer only. | Amsterdam. | Crone; Brewington 1; Price 2; NMM 2; Daumas 1; Wynter and Turner; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| HOLMBOM, HENRIK | Sweden, 1752-93, | optician to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science, 1775-93. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| HOLMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| HOLMES, ALFRED | England, c.1820, NIM | Sextant, coromandel wood and ivory = D.(1983). | London. | Coffeen D. | |
| HOLMES, J.W. | USA, MIM | Theodolite = P.C. | Batavia, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| HOLMES, JOHN 1 | England, c.1732, MIM | apprenticed to John Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on April 3, 1732. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HOLMES, JOHN 2 | England, c.1800?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOLMES, JOHN WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-29, OIM | 14 Red Cross Square, Aldersgate, London. | Taylor 2(1594); O'Mara. | ||
| HOLMES, MARY ANN | England, fl.1836-40, OIM | perhaps the widow of John William Holmes. | 14 Red Cross Square, Aldersgate, London. | Taylor 2(1594); O'Mara. | |
| HOLMES, MATHEW | England, c.1647, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 (Bleghton?), of the Grocers' Company, c.1640; free of the Grocers' Company, May, 1647. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HOLMES, SAMUEL | England, 1767, MIM | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Nov.3, 1767. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HOLROYD, GEORGE | England, fl.1730-86, MIM | invented a form of reflecting quadrant. | York (c.1750); Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. (1776). | Taylor 2(492). | |
| HOLSKE, WILLIAM FREDERICK | Germany; USA, 1822-81, MIM | Wye Level = P.C.; Transit = P.C. | Germany (1822-54); New York, N.Y. (1854-80); St. Louis, Mo. (1881). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| HOLST, N.E. | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Aarhus. | RSW. | |
| HOLT, J. AND W. | England, fl.1781-1808, PHIM | Balance = OXF. | Taylor gives a date of 1725. | 51 Hay Market, St. James's, London. | Taylor 2(365); G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 6. |
| HOLT, RICHARD | England, 1827, NIM | submitted a new quadrant to the Board of Longitude, 1827. | Taylor 2(848). | ||
| HOLTON, COB | England, c.1718, MIM | apprenticed to John Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 1, 1718. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HOLTUM, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1711, MIM | member of the Clockmakers' Company. | London. | Taylor 1(561); Evans 1. | |
| HOLTZAPFFEL | England, c.1825, MIM | Vernier Calipers = BIR; Set of Turner's Tools = D.(1974). | either Charles or John Holtzapffel, the Holtzapffel firm was famous for its lathes and lathe tools. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| HOLTZAPFFEL AND CO. | England, fl.1851-94, MIM | Slide Rule, George Ram-type = P.C; T-Square = D.(1971); Protractor and Rule = BIR; Sector, ivory = OXF; Screw Calipers = BIR; Gauging Calipers = BIR; Drawing Instrument Sets = Christie 7/5/71, Soth. 11/1/65; Protractors = Phillips 11/16/76, D.(1972). | "established A.D. 1794." | 64 Charing Cross, London; Manufactory at 127 Long Acre; London (1855). | O'Mara; Moskowitz 102; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 2; RSW; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| HOLTZAPFFEL AND DEYERLIN | England, fl.1826-51, MIM | Clement Ellipsograph = OXF; Depth Gauge = D.(1973). | Charles Holtzapffel; predecessor to Holtzapffel and Co. | 64 Charing Cross, London. | Moskowitz 107 ; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| HOLTZAPFFEL, CHARLES | England, 1806-47, MIM | son of John Holtzapffel; succeeded his father in 1844. | London. | Taylor 2(1157); Moskowitz 102; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| HOLTZAPFFEL, JOHN | England, 1802-44, MIM | Instrument = OXF; Depth Guage = D.(1971); Lathe = Aubert Coll.(1806). | father of Charles Holtzapffel; succeeded by him in 1844. | 118 Long Acre, London. | Taylor 2(1157); Moskowitz 102. |
| HOLTZHEY, JOHANN KONRAD | Germany, fl.1719-31, MIM | Sundial Plate and Universal Sundials = Uffenbach Coll., U. of Göttingen. | one of the universal sundials is of cardboard and is inscribed "Heliotropicum gnomonicum, Ulm, 1720"; author; designer. | Ulm. | Zinner 1. |
| HOLTZMAN | Austria, c.1850, PHIM | Thermometer = KRA. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| HOLWELL, JOHN | England, fl.1649-96, MIM | dialist. | east side of Spitalsfield Churchyard, near the Red Lion, over against Dorset Street, London. | Taylor 1(232). | |
| HOLWELL, WILLIAM | see William Holliwell. | Brewington 1. | |||
| HOLYMAN, JOHN | England, fl.1808-30, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1, of the Grocers' Company, on Sept. 2, 1784; free of the Grocers' Company, July 7, 1808; took an apprentice. | 5 Newmarket Street, Wapping, Lomdon. | Taylor 2(1889); J. Brown 1 & 2; Dewhirst; O'Mara. | |
| HOLYMAN, MARTHA | England, fl.1868-72, MIM NIM | widow of William Holyman. | 27 Sydney Place, Commercial Road East, London. | O'Mara. | |
| HOLYMAN, WILLIAM | England, 1846-67, MIM NIM | son of John Holyman? | 27 Sydney Place, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(1889); Dewhirst; O'Mara. | |
| HOLYOKE, EDWARD | USA, 1718, | Edward Holyoke was president of Harvard College and the owner of a cross-staff marked "Edward Holyoke, 1718" and signed "I.L. Kai...?, 1668." | Cambridge, Mass. | USNM; Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| HOLYWOOD, JOHN OF | see Sacrobosco. | ||||
| HOLZKE, WILLIAM F. | see Holske. | USNM. | |||
| HOMANN, FR. GOTFRIED | Germany, 1737, MIM | Cube Sundial, stone, 1737 = DEU. | Weiring. | Zinner 1. | |
| HOMANN, JOHANN BAPTISTE | Germany, 1664-1724, MIM | Celestial Globes = VIE, DRE, Weimar Landesbibliothek; Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with Armillary Spheres inside and cases with celestial gore linings = DRE, NUR, NOR, Soth. 10/22/81, and Soth. 10/22/82; etc. | author. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Grötzsch 1 and 2; RSW. |
| HOMBERG, GUILLAUME | Batavia; Italy; France, 1652-1715, OIM | made lenses for telescopes and microscopes. | Rome; Paris (c.1691). | Nachet. | |
| HOMELIUS | Germany, | may have invented the diagonal scale.??? | Leipzig. | Fox 1. | |
| HOMEN, LUPO | Portugal, fl.1517-65, MIM NIM | instrument maker and cartographer. | A.Stimson 3. | ||
| HOMHART, J.J. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Pillar Sundial = ZUS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| HOMMEL, F. AND ESSER L. | Switzerland, c.1840, MIM | Circle = DRE. | Aarau. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| HOMMEL, JOHANN | Germany, c.1556, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| HOMMEMA, ROELOF HESSELS | Holland, 1791-1854, OIM | Telescope = Friesch Museum, Leeuwarden; Microscope = LEY. | Berlicum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HOMMER, GASPARD | France, 1748, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1748 = RSM; Equatorial Sundial = P. & S. 6/18/1894 and 11/21/1894. | see Gaspard; RSM sundial has a micrometer. | Lunéville. | Evans 1; Coffeen 12; Darius 3; RSW. |
| HONDIUS | Holland, 1587-1638, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1615 = ROM. | Henricus Hondius or Jodocus Hondius 2. | Bedini 12. | |
| HONDIUS, HENRICUS | Holland, 1580-1644, MIM | Celestial Globe = BASU. | Zinner 1. | ||
| HONDIUS, HENRICUS, EN ADRIEN VEEN | Holland, 1572-1613, MIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Globes, 1613 = BASH. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| HONDIUS, JODOCUS 1 | Holland, 1567-1611, MIM | Celestial Globes = KAS, NUR, D.(all 1592), NMM, BASU, P.C., AMST (all 1600), KRM, Mailand Museum (all 1601); Terrestrial Globes = D.(1600), NMM and D.(1601); Sundial on world map, 1593 = Triebold Coll.= Newberry Library, Chicago. | father of Jodocus Hondius 2; in 1600 made some globes and universal "catholic" astrolabes for the van Neck expedition. | Wacken; London (1585-92); Amsterdam (1593-1611). | Zinner 1; NMM 2; DNB; Yonge; Stevenson; RSW. Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| HONDIUS, JODOCUS 2 | Holland, fl.1613-40, MIM | Celestial Globes = FLO, NMM, Linz Studienbibliothek, ZUR, etc. (all 1613), Magdeburg Kulturhistor. Museum, Weimar Landesbibliothek (both 1623), Linköping Stiftsbibliothek, Stockholm Frimuraremuseet (both 1640); Terrestrial Globes = BASH, NYH (1618), P.C.; Pairs of Globe Gores, 1615 = Library of Congress, N.Y. Public Library. | N.Y. Public Library set ptinted by Giuseppe de Rossi in Rome. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Price 2; NMM 2; Yonge. |
| HONE, JOSEPH | England, fl.1664-1704, MIM | made ship builder's scale; designed and made mathematical instruments in brass and wood; "Instrument Maker to the Board (of Surveyors)"; may have succeeded Christopher and Henry Flower. | in the Bulwark, Tower Wharf near the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(348); Evans 1. | |
| HONEMANN | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = KEN. | also spelled "Honnemann." | Clausthal. | Zinner 6; Chaldecott 1; RSW. |
| HONEYBONE | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Rugby. | RSW. | |
| HONOR, WILLIAM | England, c.1724, MIM | apprenticed to John Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1724. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HOOD, J. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1975), X. | Cupar. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| HOOD, JOHN | England, 1720-83?, MIM | invented "Hood's" compass theodolite. | DNB. | ||
| HOOD, THOMAS | England, fl.1577-96, MIM NIM | designed instruments including a new sector and a cross-staff known as "Hood's Bow"; author. | Abchurch Lane; between the Sign of the Red Lion and the Elm Tree, Minories, London. | Taylor 1(48); Evans 1. | |
| HOOFT | Holland, 15th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = Caius College, Cambridge,(ICA-197). | not in Bryden 16. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 1 and 3; Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| HOOGENDIJK, STEVEN | Holland, 1698-1788, MIM PHIM | Pedometers = OXF, deLeth 8/21/1758. | clockmaker; made physical instruments and pyrometers. | Rotterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Crommelin 1; Michel 3; Daumas 1; USNM; RSW. |
| HOOGER, HIER DOOR TOT | Holland, 1786, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, 1786 = USNM. | Rotterdam. | USNM. | |
| HOOGHENDORP, PIETER VAN | Holland, 1572, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1572 = Gold and Silver Museum, Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| HOOK, J. | England, c.1725, MIM | Wheel-cutting Engine = OXF. | London. | Taylor 2(366). | |
| HOOKE 1 | see Gilbert, Wright and Hooke. | ||||
| HOOKE 2 | see Wright and Hooke. | Smart 1. | |||
| HOOKE, BENJAMIN | England, c.1802, MIM OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 2/2/70 and 10/28/86; Steelyard = Royal Institution. | steelyard signed "B. Hooke Fleet Street London." | 159 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1158); RSW. |
| HOOKE, JOHN | England, fl.1660-77, NIM | compass maker. | Yarmouth, Isle of Wight. | Taylor 1(402); Evans 1. | |
| HOOKE, ROBERT | England, 1635-1702, MIM OIM PHIM | invented the wheel barometer and devised and made many new instruments; author; Curator of Experiments for the Royal Society, (1662-1702); architect; Operator to the Royal Society; etc. | Gresham College, London (1664-1702). | DNB; DSB; Taylor 1(270); Daumas 1; Wolf; Evans 1; Bell 2; Goodison 1; Middleton 1 and 4; Earle; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| HOOKER AND FAIRMAN | USA, pre-1810, MIM | William Hooker and Gideon Fairman. | Newburyport, Mass. | Bedini 1; Gillingham 3. | |
| HOOKER, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1803-46, MIM NIM | Compass card in J. Ball Patent compass = D. (1992). | T.C.; son-in-law of Edmund Blunt; see Hooker and Fairman; repaired J. Quincy's octant; dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1803-04); Newburyport, Mass. (1805-11); 202 Water Street, New York, N.Y. (1811-46). | Bedini 1 & 10; Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen Comm. |
| HOOLY, LOUIS | England, NIM | Sextant = P.C. | name partly obliterated might be "Wooly"; see Lucas Hooly. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| HOOLY, LUCAS | England, NIM | Sextant = D.(1972). | see Louis Hooly. | RSW. | |
| HOOPER | see Baker and Hooper. | ||||
| HOOPER, GEORGE | England, 1640-1727, MIM | designed a dialing scale; see G.H. 2. | Oxford; London. | Taylor 1(291); Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| HOOPER, W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Compass, crown = Soth. 2/25/86. | Portsmouth. | RSW. | |
| HOOPER, W.W. | England, post-1856, NIM | Magnetic Compass = ADL-W187. | "School Board for London." | Bow, London E. | ADL; RSW. |
| HOPE, PETER | England, c.1840, MIM | Slide Rule = P.C. | 64 Seel Street, Liverpool. | Delehar 4. | |
| HOPE, THOMAS CHARLES | England, 1766-1844, | devised a type of eudiometer; example at OXF. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| HOPKIN, LEWIS | England, ?1708-71, MIM | Sundial, 1749 = Caerlan, Tonynefail, Glamorgan. | also a clockmaker. | Wales. | Peate. |
| HOPKINS 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOPKINS 2 | England, c.1815, MIM | London. | Taylor 2(1360). | ||
| HOPKINS, W.R. | USA, 1841, PHIM | patented a barometer, 1841. | Geneva, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| HOPKINSON, FRANCIS | USA, 1737-91, | designed a mechanical log in 1783; amateur; Admiralty Judge. | Pennsylvania. | Taylor 2(849); Bedini 8. | |
| HOPKINSON, J. | England, MIM | "Richard's" Pressure Indicator = Phillips 11/16/76. | Huddersfield. | RSW. | |
| HOPMAN | Holland, 1807, PHIM | Electrical Machine = 1807 Catalogue. | Haarlem. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HOPPE, E. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth.5/4/73; Barometer = Soth. 7/3/70. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| HOPPE, EBENEZER | England, fl.1801-22, MIM NIM OIM | Sextants = STR, FRK = Soth. 3/25/86, Christie 4/9/75; Double Sextant = HAR. | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company, May 7, 1793; free in the Company on March 3, 1801; took apprentices; T.C.; invented a `double' sextant in 1804; the Christie instrument is signed "Hoppé's Improved Sextant"; those in the STR and the FRK are signed "Hoppé Real Maker". | 51 Church Street, Little Minories (1801) and (1803); Edward Street, Limehouse Fields (1802) and (1809); all in London. | Taylor 2(1159); Frank; Crawforth 1 & 7; RSW. |
| HOPPERS, PR. | Holland, 1791, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1791 = P.C. | Rotterdam. | RSW. | |
| HOPPERT | misreading for Hoppers. | Evans 1. | |||
| HOPPERT, SIR G. | England, c.1710, MIM | Odometer = Evans Coll. | Norby. | Evans; RSW. | |
| HOPTON, ARTHUR | England, fl.1588-1614, | author; designed surveying and other instruments, including a sector and staff; the later made by John Read 1 in 1610. | London. | Taylor 1(118); Evans 1. | |
| HOPWOOD, R. | England, | Water Clocks =TIM (1682), Franklin Institute, Phiadelphia, Pa. | modern; made in Birmingham by Pearson-Page Ltd., c.1900. | (London). | Price 1; RSW. |
| HORATT, OVE | 1799, PHIM | Lodestone, 1799 = NMM-M.15/. | NMM 2. | ||
| HORN, J.P. | Germany, 1794, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1794 = Bayreuth Museum. | Plassenburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| HORN, JULIUS VON, DER ALTERE | Germany, 1674, MIM | see Johann Georg Hertel und Julius von Horn der altere. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1. | |
| HORN, WILLIAM | England, c.1777, MIM | 148 Moor Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| HORNBLOW, JOHN | England, c.1797, MIM | apprenticed to William Spencer 1, of the Grocers' Company, April 6, 1797. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HORNBY, RICHARD | England, fl.1798-1849, MIM NIM | Octant = X. | Last will & testiment copy Chester. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(991). |
| HORNBY, RICHARD, AND SON | England, c.1851, NIM | T.C. in S.B.R. octant case = Victory Museum, Portsmouth. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| HORNCASTLE, SAMUEL | England, fl.1832-40, MIM | made drawing instruments, etc. | 22 St. Anne's Street, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1890); O'Mara. | |
| HORNE AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | 123 121 Newgate Street, London. | RSW. | |
| HORNE AND THORNTHWAITE | England, fl.1854-86, OIM PHIM | Prism, refracting, glass = Soth. 6/23/87. | T.C.; first formed in July, 1854 out of Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood; took Wood back as a partner, 1886-93; merged with Dollond and Co. Ltd. in 1913; W.H. Thornthwaite received a prize at the Great Exhibition of London in 1857. | 121, 122 and 123 Newgate Street (1857-66); 122 and 123 Newgate Street (1867-74); 3 Holborne Viaduct, E. (1875); 416 Strand (1876-1912); all in London. | Crawforth 1 & 6; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| HORNE, THORNTHWAITE AND CO. | England, 1847-87, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = LEY, Soth.10/18/71 and 12/13/71. | made barometers and thermometers also; "By appointment to her Majesty the Queen"; also signed "Horne and Thornthwaite". | 122 and 123 Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(2196a); Dewhirst; O'Mara; Calvert 2; Goodison 1; van der Star 1. |
| HORNE, THORNTHWAITE AND WOOD | England, fl.1846-54 and 1886-94, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = D.(1986). | T.C.; succeeded Edward Palmer at the first address below, c. 1846; catalogue published in 1848; firm disolved in 1854; see Horne and Thornthwaite; final break-up of the firm was in 1894. | 103 Newgate Street; 121 and 123 Newgate Street (1852); 123 Newgate Street (1853-56); 416 Strand, W.C. (1886-87); 416 Strand and 74 Cheapside (1886-93); all in London. | Taylor 2(2196a); Dewhirst; O'Mara; USNM; Quaritch 961; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 6; Coffeen 12; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| HORNER | Germany, c.1799, PHIM | designed a barometer. | Middleton 1 and 4. | ||
| HORNER, CHRISTOFFER | Sweden, fl.1714-62, MIM | Hörner; instument maker to the U. of Uppsala,(1722-60); also a clockmaker. | Dalarna (1714-17); Uppsala (1722-60). | Pipping 1; Sidenbladh. | |
| HORNER, W.G. | England, c.1834, PHIM | developed the Zoëtrope in 1834. | Bristol. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| HORROD AND BUNDOCK | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | Bündock. | Silver Street 2, Clerkenwell, London. | RSW. |
| HORROD, C.W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see William Horrod at the same address. | 37 Laystall Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| HORROD, WILLIAM | England, c.1811, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C.(1968),and X. | sometimes signed "W. Horrod"; see also C.W. Horrod. | 37 Laystall Street, Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1 and 5. |
| HORROD, WILLIAM THOMAS | England, fl.1832-34, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 1 Bakers Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HORSEMAN, STEPHEN | England, fl.1702-24, MIM | Plotting Scale, case = OXF; Sundials = X. | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1702; free in the Company. | King's Arms, Exchange Alley, off Lombard Street, London. | Taylor 1(533), 2(69); Michel 3; Evans 1; Gunther 2; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10. |
| HORSFALL, MATTHEW | England, fl.1765-75, MIM | sand glass maker. | of the Locks, Leeds. | Loomes. | |
| HORSPOOLE, ABEL | England, c.1673, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 of the Joiners' Company, 1660, free in the Company, 1673. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HORTON, E. | England?, MIM | Folding Rule, wood with brass slides = MAA. | has scales for ship builders. | RSW. | |
| HORTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1842, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 12 Barbican, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOSCHEL, CHRISTOF KASPAR | Germany, 1744-1829, MIM OIM PHIM | Christof Kaspar Höschel; son-in-law of Georg Friedrich Brander; was his partner from 1774 to 1783; succeeded him in 1783; see Brander and Höschel. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Wissner; Daumas 1; Brachner; Bobinger 2. | |
| HOSCHEN, BOLUS | Germany, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | Höschen. | Freyberg. | RSW. |
| HOSE, PETER | Germany, c.1700, PHIM | Burning Glass, large = DRE. | signed as "Mechanikus." | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. |
| HOSMER, JOHN | England, 1839, | invented a slide rule for measuring timber; surveyor. | Delehar 9. | ||
| HOST, L' | see L'Hoste. | ||||
| HOTCHKIN | see Hutchin. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| HOUDIN FILS | France, c.1780, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, silver = Soth-P.B. 2/17/77. | Blois. | RSW. | |
| HOUGHAM, JOHN SCHERER | USA, 1821-94, MIM PHIM SIM | Burt's Solar Compasses = Elgin Coll., P.C. | advertised as mathematical and philosophical instrumnt maker; signed both instruments as "Maker." | Franklin, Indiana. | Elgin. |
| HOUGHTON | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | plates signed "Entwhistle Sculp., Bolton." | Farnworth, near Warrington. | Goodison 1. |
| HOUGHTON, ROWLAND | USA, 1678-1744, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM. | this may be his "New Theodolate" patented in 1735, with a sundial on the outer ring; also listed as a wooden pump maker; may have worked with John Dabney. | north side of the Town House, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1, 8 & 13; Smart 1; USNM. |
| HOUGHTON, STEPHEN, AND SON | England, fl.1821-68, MIM PHIM | Coin Scales (5) = Phillips 7/28/82. | "Successors to A. Wilkinson"; Wilkinson was a balance maker. | Ormskirk; Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1161); G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| HOULISTON, JAMES | England, fl.1839-58, OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; see Houlston. | 3 St. Albans Terrace, Kennington Road (1839); 33 New Bond Street (1843-50); 85 New Bond Street (1851-58); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HOULSTON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably James Houliston. | New Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| HOUSEMAN | see Horseman. | Dewhirst; Michel 3. | |||
| HOUSSET | France, OIM | Spyglass = Soth. 12/3/76. | "opticien." | Rue Neuve de Monmorency, No.3, (Paris?). | RSW. |
| HOUSTON AND CAMERON | Scotland, c.1865, MIM NIM PHIM | Paul Cameron; firm lasted only a brief time. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| HOVEDEN, JOHN | England, c.1580, | author of "Practica Chilindri"; chaplin to Queen Elizabeth 1. | London. | Gunther 2. | |
| HOVEMAN, S. | England, 1707, MIM | Plotting Scale = Christ Church, Oxford. | probably a misreading for Stephen Horseman. | Evans 1. | |
| HOVIL, WILLIAM | England, c.1811, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Feb.7, 1811. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| HOW | see Howe. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| HOW, JAMES | England, fl.1842-62, MIM PHIM | worked for George Knight and Sons from 1842 to 1862; purchased the business in 1862. | 2 Foster Lane, Cheapside, London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| HOW, SAMUEL | England, c.1735, MIM | apprenticed to James Rowley of the Clockmakers' Company on March 28, 1727; turned over to John Bickerton (may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company); free of the Company on July 7, 1735. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HOWARD, CHARLES | England, c.1718, MIM SIM | Surveying Instruments = KEN; Theodolite = KEN. | successor to John Howard? | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(71); Clay and Court. |
| HOWARD, G. | England, MIM SIM | Circumferenter = KEN. | Charing Cross, London. | RSW. | |
| HOWARD, JOHN 1 | England, c.1694, MIM | Circumferentors = KEN; Proportional Compass = D.(1966). | the proportional compass is signed "J. Howard." | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(485); Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| HOWARD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1727, | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, June 1, 1715; free of the Company April 12, 1727; may be the same as John Howard 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HOWARD, RICHARD | England, fl.1715-18, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1715 = X. | might be Richard Howd, which see; apprenticed to Daniel Delaundre, clockmaker. | London. | Taylor 2(72); Clay and Court. |
| HOWARD, THOMAS | England, fl.1767-93, MIM NIM | Octants = OXF (1769), NYC, OXF; Backstaff, 1780 = VNN. | the VNN backstaff is marked "made for Jas. Borrowdale Feb.3, 1780." | Temple Bar (1767-72); 2 Temple Bar (1774); both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(606); USNM; Crawforth 7; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| HOWARD, WILLIAM | England, fl.1660-62, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = Ceres Folk Museum, Fife (1660), RSM (1662). | also called "Guglielmus Havarti." | Lindisfarne? | Somerville. |
| HOWARTH | variant of Howorth. | Bell 2. | |||
| HOWD, RICHARD | England, 1715, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1715 = NMM-Q.20. | may be Richard Howard, which see. | NMM 2. | |
| HOWE, ELIAS | USA, 1819-67, MIM | apprenticed to Ari Davis, (1837-44); inventor. | Cambridge (1837); Boston (1837-on); both in Mass. | USNM; Smart 1. | |
| HOWE, JOHN (2) AND ROBERT | England, fl.1735-49, OIM | succeeded their father, John Howe 1; members of the Spectacle -makers' Company. | London. | Taylor 2(73); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(116 & 117). | |
| HOWE, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1699-1733, OIM | Refracting Telescopes = KEN, NMM. | apprenticed to his father, Joseph Howe, in the Spectacle- makers' Company; admitted to the Company, by patrimony, on March 30, 1699; took apprentices; father of John 2 and Robert Howe; lived ten miles from London in 1710. | Threadneedle Street, by the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(466) and 2(73); Evans 1; Dewhirst; NMM 2; Clay and Court ; Daumas 1; Court and von Rohr 3(64); Robischon. |
| HOWE, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1733-54?, OIM | apprenticed to his father, John Howe 1, of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1725; free of the Company on March 29, 1733; Master of the Company, 1749-50; he and his brother, Robert, succeeded their father in 1733; partnership lasted until 1749; see John (2) and Robert Howe. | London. | Court and von Rohr 3(116), (117); Taylor 2(73). | |
| HOWE, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1768-86, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1761; free of the Company by patrimony Dec. 29, 1768; took an apprentice. | Court and von Rohr 3(183). | ||
| HOWE, JOSEPH | England, fl.1667-1710, MIM OIM | Telescopes = KEN (1710), AMST. | father of John Howe 1; member of the Broderers' Company; member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1667; took apprentices in both companies; in the Livery of the Broderers' Company, 1679; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1672 and 1695. | Threadneedle Street, behind the Royal Exchange, London (1670-1695). | Taylor 1(320); Evans 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; J. Brown 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Court and von Rohr 3(16); Crawforth 6 and 7; Robischon. |
| HOWE, ROBERT | England, fl.1733-49+, OIM | apprenticed to his father, John Howe 1, of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1725; free of the Company in 1733; he and his brother, John Howe 2, succeeded their father in 1733; went abroad March 30, 1749. | London. | Court and von Rohr 3(117). | |
| HOWE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1662-1703, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company, August 23, 1654; free of the Company, Nov. 4, 1662; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1667; took apprentices; sometimes spelled "How". | Tower Hill, London (1700). | J. Brown 1 and 3; Taylor 1(320); Baillie 1; Clay and Court. | |
| HOWEL, F. | England, c.1780, OIM | Reflecting Telescopes = D., Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | Francis Howell ? | London. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| HOWELL, FRANCIS | England, 1732, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 19, 1732; see F. Howel. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HOWELL, JAMES | England, c.1719, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Harrison of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 5, 1714; turned over to Thomas Franklin of the Stationers' Company on April 23, 1718 or 1719. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HOWELL, JAMES, AND CO. | England, | Aneroid Barometer, pocket = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Regent Street, London. | RSW. | |
| HOWELL, WILLIAM M. | England, c.1829, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on June 2, 1829. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HOWORTH, CHARLES | England, fl.1823-52, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1969), D.(1988), X, Capes Dunn 6/12/90; Angle Barometers, twin-tube = OXF(2), NMM(Gabb Coll), Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford (4), Christie 4/5/95; Angle Barometers = P.B. 6/7/68, Christie-SK 4/17/86, Christie-SK 5/15/96, left-handed example = D.(pre-1964). | a modern copy of one of his stick barometers was shown at the Chelsea Fair, 1973; the 1986 Christie-SK barometer is marked "Scott Sculp"; two angle barometers stolen from Bolling Hall, Sept., 1990. | Ireland Farm, near the Industrial School; Pump Hill, Shibden; both near Halifax, Yorkshire; Halifax (1996 Christie-SK). | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1162); Middleton 1; USNM; ATG 9/15/90; RSW. |
| HOYAU | France, 1816, MIM | "mechanicien"; invented and made a type of slide rule made on a round, plastic box, called either "boite à calculer" or "boite d'Hoyau." | Paris. | Delehar 9. | |
| HOYEZ | France, fl.1830-40, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Chayette 12/20/88 = Chayette-Calmels 7/4/89; Sundial = X. | clockmaker; Chayette-Calmels 7/4/89 gives date as c.1780. | Amiens; Cambray. | RSW. |
| HOYEZ, J. | France, 18th Century, NIM | Marine Compasses = NMM-Caird, DIE. | marked "Poulieur" or rope-maker. | Dieppe. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| HOYSS, LEOPOLD | Austria; Germany, 1713-97, MIM | Sundials = BAM, FIN, Ellbogen in Böhmen Museum. | born in Vienna; the dial in Ellbogen is signed "Leopold Hois." | Bamberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| HOYT, T.R. JR. | USA, 1831, MIM | Globe, small, on stand, 1831 = N.Y. Antique Show, March, 1965. | Golfstown, New Hampshire. | RSW. | |
| HUBE | France, c.1810, NIM | Sextant = NMM-S.114. | "Mechanicien." | Rue Basse Riche No. 6, Brest. | NMM 2. |
| HUBE FRERES | France, c.1830, NIM | Artificial Horizon = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Hubé Frères; T.C. in box at RSM. | Rue de Siam (T.C.); rue Basse Richer No. 6; both in Brest. | RSW. |
| HUBEE, MARY | England, fl.1830-33, OIM | 31 Crown Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1891). | ||
| HUBER | France, c.1690, MIM | Sector = ADL-M89-l. | in Michel 3 a sector is atributed to Jean Huber (c.1760) of Geneva but this may be a confusion with the Huber of Paris. the Adler instrument is signed "Huber à Paris." | Paris. | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| HUBER, JEAN | Switzerland, c.1760, MIM | Sector = X. | Geneva. | Michel 3. | |
| HUBERT | France, | possibly Huber. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| HUBERT, ETIENNE, LE FILS | France, fl.1656-89, MIM | Sundial = X. | signed "E. Hubert le fils - Rouen." | Rouen. | Tardy 3. |
| HUBIN, LE SIEUR | England; France, fl.1673-99, PHIM | enameler; pioneered in developing the barometer commercially; made barometers, thermometers, air pumps, etc.; born in England; author. | Rue St. Martin, face à la rue aux Ours, Paris. | Taylor 1(363a); Daumas 1; Middleton 1 and 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| HUBRECHTSZ., HUIJGH | Holland, 1628, MIM NIM | made compasses and nautical instruments for the Dutch East India Company, 1628. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| HUCHASON | see Hutchinson. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| HUDD, JEAN | Holland, 1633-1704, OIM | sometimes spelled "Hudde"; made very small lenses for microscopes; may have also made microscopes; Seigneur de Waweren; Dewhirst says "de Hudd." | Amsterdam. | Nachet; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| HUDDE, M. | Holland, 1633, OIM | made microscopes. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1. | |
| HUDDLESTON, J.S.F. | USA, fl.1841-1900, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| HUDDY, FRANCIS | England, fl.1824-58, MIM | Dukes Street, Smithfield (1842); Red Lion Street, Holborn (1856-58); both in London. | O'Mara. | ||
| HUDSON 1 | England, fl.1700-15, MIM | made the "Copernicus", an astronomical instrument designed by William Whiston and engraved by John Senex. | Sign of the Globe, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London (this was also the address of John Senex). | Taylor 1(520); Daumas 1; Evans 1. | |
| HUDSON 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HUDSON 3 | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Prismatic Compass = Phillips 11/16/76; | T.C. in microscope box = Soth. 3/16/67. | Greenwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HUDSON 4 | England, c.1858, | T.C. | No. 26 Charing Cross nearly opposite the Admiralty, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| HUDSON AND SON | England, c.1810, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Orrery = NMM-P.20. | opticians; see Hudson 3; see William Hudson. | Greenwich. | Goodison 1; NMM 2. |
| HUDSON, JOHN 1 | England, MIM | Magnetic Compass = P.C.(1969). | Workington. | RSW. | |
| HUDSON, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ottley. | Goodison 1. | |
| HUDSON, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1795-1836, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; spectaclemaker. | 7 Orange Street, Leicester Square; No. 112 Leadenhall Street, near St. Mary Axe and No. 9 St. Martin's Court, Leicester Square; all in London. | Taylor 2(1362); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| HUDSON, JOHN THOMAS | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Garden Dial = D.(1971). | dial is signed "J.T. Hudson"; he also made barometers. | 17 Ryder's Court, Leicester Square; 96 (99) High Street, Marylebone; both in London. | Taylor 2(1893); Bell 2; RSW. |
| HUDSON, SARAH | England, 1838, MIM OIM PHIM | widow of John Hudson 3? | St. Martin's Court, Leicester Square, London (1838). | Taylor 2(1362). | |
| HUDSON, WILLIAM | Scotland; England, fl.1714-46, MIM PHIM | made orreries; see Hudson and Son. | Edinburgh; London. | Baillie 1. | |
| HUE | France, c.1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made surveying instruments, sextants and microscopes; he was succeeded by M. Coppin. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| HUE-COPPIN | France, post-1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Coppin succeeded Hue and kept the name; Coppin was succeeded by his son, Edouard Coppin. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| HUE-COPPIN, MAISON | France, post-1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Edouard Coppin succeeded his father, M. Coppin, the name was changed from Hue-Coppin to Maison Hue-Coppin. | 56 rue de Turbigo, Paris 3e. | RSW. | |
| HUET DE SOURDON | France, c.1800, MIM | Generic Orrery = X. | author; orrery demonstrated all sorts of heliacal motions; off-center gilt, prolate sun; long description on paper on base. | RSW. | |
| HUET ET CIE. | France, 19th Century, OIM | Lorgnette = X. | Palais Royal, No.6, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| HUET, LOUIS | France, 1756-1805, OIM | optician; made mirrors for navigating instruments; made the first achromatic French microscope. | Rennes (1756); Nantes (1793-1805). | Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. | |
| HUET, PIERRE DANIEL | France, c.1722, | suggested a new type of anemometer; meteorologist. | Middleton 4. | ||
| HUETTE | France, fl.pre-1839-41, MIM | successor to Canivet? succeeded by Loiseau in 1841. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| HUGE | France, 18th century, MIM | Graphometer = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82; Set-square = Christie 4/3/74. | "Hugé." | Versailles. | RSW. |
| HUGGEFORD, COSMOS THOMAS | Italy, 1714, MIM | Pin-gnomon sundial, with case, 1714 = OXF. | Michel said 1724. | Florence. | Gunther 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Morpurgo 1. |
| HUGGINS, GEORGE 1 | see George (Huggins) Dollond 1. | Taylor 2(955) & (992a); Clay and Court; J. Brown 1 & 2; Court and von Rohr 3(223). | |||
| HUGGINS, GEORGE 2 | see George (Huggins) Dollond 2. | J. Brown 2; Robischon. | |||
| HUGGINS, J. | England, c.1830-40, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 5/17/74, X, D.(1993). | D.(1993) barometer is signed "Huggins Colchester", rare, reverse dial. | Colchester. | Goodison 1; Ant. Hor. Summer, 1993; RSW. |
| HUGGINS, JOHN 1 | England, c.1778, MIM | father of George (Huggins) Dollond 1; apprenticed to Peter Dollond in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1778; free of the Grocers' Company. | London. | Robischon. | |
| HUGGINS, JOHN 2 | England, 1812, MIM | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1805; free of the Company on Dec. 3, 1812; may have been son of George (Huggins) Dollond 1. | London. | J. Brown 1 & 2; Robischon. | |
| HUGGINS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1800-22, MIM OIM | Beam Compass = Larkin Sale (1800). | may be same as William Thomas Huggins, which see. | 7 Little Knightrider Street, London. | Taylor 2(1163); Dewhirst; Crawforth 7. |
| HUGGINS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1844, | apprenticed to his father, George (Huggins) Dollond 2, in the Grocers' Company in 1844. | Robischon. | ||
| HUGGINS, WILLIAM THOMAS | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to Anthony Oldiss Banks on Nov. 19, 1793, in the Joiners' Company; may be the same as William Huggins 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HUGHES 1 | England, fl.1820-60, NIM OIM | Octants = PEA, LIM, GEP, BAR, OMM, Milan Science Museum,P.C. Sextants = PEA, LIM, RJK, KOT; Telescope = CZO. | London. | Brewington 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| HUGHES 2 | see Cock and Hughes. | Pym Sale. | |||
| HUGHES 3 | Ireland, NIM | Octant, ebony and box wood = D.(1972). | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| HUGHES AND SON | England, c.1850, NIM | Mariner's Compass = MAN-163. | surely Henry Hughes and Son. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| HUGHES AND SONS | England, NIM | Sextant = K.and C. 10/8/75. | probably a misreading for Hughes and Son. | London. | RSW. |
| HUGHES, ALEXANDER | England, post-1840, MIM | son of Henry Hughes. | London. | Taylor 2(1894); Moskowitz 122. | |
| HUGHES, HENRY | England, fl.1830-40, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextants = KOT, VNM, NMM, WHI; Box Compass = Snowshill Manor; Telescope = Soth. 10/15/73; Corn Balance = Soth. 10/15/73; Octant = Soth. 10/15/73; Marine Barometer = VNN, Christie-SK 6/24/88; Wheel Barometer = X. | Established a Navigation Warehouse; many of the instruments are signed "H. Hughes." | Commercial Road (1835); 120 Fenchurch Street (1840); 59 Fenchurch Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1894); Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz 122; Goodison 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| HUGHES, HENRY, AND SON | England, c. 1844-1940, MIM NIM OIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums and which often appear at dealers or in auction catalogues. | the "son" was Alexander Hughes; the firm continued as Henry Hughes and Son Ltd. until the middle of the 20th Century. | 59 Fenchurch Street, London. | USNM; Moskowitz 122; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Mörzer Bruyns 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| HUGHES, HENRY, AND SONS | England, c.1840, MIM NIM | Reflecting Circle = AMST. | may be misreading for Henry Hughes and Son. | London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| HUGHES, J. | England, c.1820, NIM PHIM | Hanging Compass = NMM; Marine Compass, porcelain = Christie 10/19/90; Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87; Barometer = DEU; Octants = NMM-S.110, Fall River Historical Society, Mass.; Sextants = SMM, VNM, BAR, Snowshill Manor, etc. | this could be either James Hughes or Joseph Hughes 2; the trade card reads "Real Manufacturer of sextants, quadrants, compasses and telescopes"; marine compass marked "Keen's Patent." | 16 Queen Street, Ratcliffe Cross; Ratcliff; both in London. | NMM 2; Calvert 2; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| HUGHES, J.J. | misreading for J. Hughes. | Bell 2; Middleton 1. | |||
| HUGHES, JAMES | England, fl.1817-22, NIM OIM | made sextants, octants, quadrants, compasses and telescopes. | 16 Queen Street, Ratcliff Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1363); Dewhirst. | |
| HUGHES, JOHN | England, NIM | Octant = ADL-A54. | London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| HUGHES, JOHN M. | USA, fl.1838-50, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | made telescopes, microscopes, meteorological and surveying instruments, thermometers, etc. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| HUGHES, JOSEPH 1 | England, c.1800, MIM OIM | father of Henry Hughes of Fenchurch Street, London. | Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1164); Dewhirst; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 122. | |
| HUGHES, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1822-75, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = WHI. | son of Joseph Hughes 1; successor or partner of James Hughes (1822). | 16 Queen Street, Ratcliff Cross (1835); Minories; Bickley Row, Rotherhithe and 38-40 Queen Street, Rotherhithe (1868-75); all in London. | Taylor 2(1598); Brewington 1; USNM. |
| HUGHES, RICHARD | England, c.1815, MIM | apprenticed to John Browning 1 or 2 of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 5, 1815. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HUGHES, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1787-97, MIM | rule maker. | 26 Duke Street (1787); Colmore Row (1797); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| HUGHES, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| HUGHES, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1719, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 5, 1719. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HUGHES, WILLIAM 2 | England, 1790, NIM OIM | Octant, 1790 = NMM. | NMM 2 has no entry for William Hughes. | Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(994). |
| HUGUET, NICOLAUS | France, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P. & S. 5/19/1896; Graphometers = P. & S. 2/28/1896, Graz Univ. Sternwarte; Butterfield-type Sundial = UTO 11/2/76. | some of the instruments are signed "Hugueth." | Paris. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. |
| HUHN, F.A. | Germany, c.1827, NIM | see W. von Rönn und F.A. Hühn. | Schück 2. | ||
| HUISEN, JACOB | Holland, fl.1739-92, OIM | Microscope = UTP. | sometimes spelled "Huijsen." | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. |
| HUISINGA, T.F. | Holland, pre-1832, OIM | telescope maker. | St. Jacobi Parochie. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| HULETT, JOHN | England, 1630, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1630 = D.(1973). | Oxford. | G.L'E. Turner 16; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1. | |
| HULL, HARRISON | England?, NIM | Sextant = ADL-A168. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| HULL, J.B. | England?, c.1830, MIM | Sector = P.C. | owner? | RSW. | |
| HULL, NATHANIEL | misreading for Nathaniel Hill. | C.N. Robinson. | |||
| HULOT | France, pre-1780, MIM | Dividing Engine = COR. | Paris. | Courtenvaux; RSW. | |
| HULSE | see Jacob and Hulse. | Soth. 5/2/66. | |||
| HULSIUS, LEVINUS | Belgium; Germany, fl.1590-1606, MIM | Sector = Pommerische Kunstschrank, Berlin (1905); Planimeter = NUR. | author; instrument designer and maker. | Ghent; Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bezold; Weil 2(19); Lunardi. |
| HULST VAN KEULEN, GERARD | Holland, fl.1756-1801, MIM NIM | Backstaves = AMST (1791), P.C. (1791), LEY, Northern Marine Museum, Groningen ; Cross-staves = AMST (1791), LEY (1788), Leiden Obs., P.C. (1793); Sextants = AMST, LEY, TEY, (1790); Protractor = RIJ; Octant, 1790 = TEY; Azimuth Compass = Leiden Obs.; Sundial = LEY; Reflecting Circle = LEY; Compass Card = LEY; etc. | grandson of Johannes van Keulen 3; the sextants and the octant in the AMST and the TEY are marked "Divided cum privilegio"; many of the instruments from this shop are signed "G.H.v.K.; his widow succeeded in 1801. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; G.L'E. Turner 7; Rooseboom 1; J. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| HULST VAN KEULEN, WEDUWE GERARD | Holland, c.1801, NIM | Octant = AMST; Compass Card = AMST; Compass = AMST; Engraved Plates, brass, for printing compass roses = AMST. | the widow of Gerard Hulst van Keulen was born Anna Hendrika Calkoen; she was probably succeeded by Johannes Gerard Hulst van Keulen van de Velde; succeeded her husband in 1801; a compass plate signed "Johannes van Keulen [(3) en Zoonen] * Wed. G. Hulst van Keulen" exists. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. |
| HULTBERG, OLOF | Sweden, fl.1708-43, PHIM | made an air pump and a hydrostatic balance for Martin Triewald. | Stockholm; Uppsala (1723). | Pipping 1. | |
| HUMBERT AND KNIGHT | USA, fl.1836-37, PHIM | made a large electrical machine. | 14 Roosevelt Street, New York, N.Y. | Ames, "Industry of New York", Oct.-Sept. 1836-37. | |
| HUME, JANE | England, 1836, MIM | 10 High Street, Wapping, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| HUMPHREY | England, c.1775, PHIM | Level Gauge on a Banjo Barometer = Soth. 1/19/73; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Thomas Humphreys. | Barnards Castle. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HUMPHREYS, CHARLES | Englandfl.1846- 56, MIM | 136 Pennington, St. George Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| HUMPHREYS, THOMAS | England, PHIM | see Humphrey. | Goodison 1. | ||
| HUMPHREYS, WILLIAM | England, b.1812 fl.1838-50, PHIM | made barometers and clocks. | Hartlepool. | Bell 2. | |
| HUND, G. | England, MIM | T.C.; made or engraved rules. | Calvert 2. | ||
| HUNDTERPFUNDIN, MARGAREDA WILHELM | Germany?, 1617, MIM | Measure, copper, 1617 = Madex-555 (P.C.). | MADEX. | ||
| HUNNEX, JOSHUA | England, fl.1810-36, MIM | apprenticed to Ebenezer Hoppé in the Joiners' Company, March 17, 1801; free in the Company. | 6 Crown and Shears Place, Sparrow Corner (1810); 27 opposite the one mile stone, Mile End Road; Spencer Street, Goswell Street Road (1836); all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| HUNT | Ireland, c.1815, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1971); Inclinable Sundial = D.; Equatorial Sundial = P.C.; Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | telescope is marked "Day or Night"; Thomas Hunt 2 ? | Cork. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HUNT, EBENEZER | England, c.1804, | apprenticed to his father, John Hunt 2, of the Grocers' Company, on Oct. 4, 1804. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| HUNT, GEORGE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Overton. | Goodison 1. | |
| HUNT, HARRY | England, b.1635 fl.1673-1713, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Hooke (1679); Marine Barometer = Royal Society (1695). | assistant to Robert Hooke until 1676; Operator to the Royal Society, where he succeeded Richard Shortgrave; sometimes listed as "Henry Hunt"; made meteorological instruments. | Gresham House, Broad Street, London. | Taylor 1(364); Goodison 1; Evans 1; Dewhirst 1; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. |
| HUNT, HARVEY W. | USA, 1796-1850+, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Surveyor's Vernier Compass = P.C. | was with Richard Patten (1823-34); see Brown and Hunt (1834-37). | 78 Wall Street (1821); 190 Water Street (1834); 27 Fulton Street (1835-37); all in New York, N.Y.; Granby Street between Gay and Exeter, 60 South Street, Baltimore, Md. (1840-42); Washington, D.C. (1846-50+). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| HUNT, HENRY | England, c.1850, NIM | T.C. in octant case, octant signed "Crichton" (Soth. 10/18/71). | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| HUNT, JOHN 1 | England, pre-1777, MIM | not in the Grocers' Company; father of John Hunt 2 and grand- father of Ebenezer Hunt, both in the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HUNT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1788-1812, MIM OIM | son of John Hunt 1; apprenticed to William Spencer 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 1, 1777; free of the Company on June 5, 1788. | 6 Dog Row, Bethnal Green, London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| HUNT, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1696, | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company on July 28, 1696. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HUNT, THOMAS 2 | Ireland, fl.1792-1812, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = X.; Wheel Barometer = X; Marine Barometer = X. | the marine barometer is signed "T. Hunt Cork"; see Hunt. | Patrick Street, Cork. | Taylor 2(1164a); Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| HUNT, THOMAS 3 | Ireland, fl.1820-24, MIM | Thomas Hunt, Jr.; optician; probably the son of Thomas Hunt 2. | 37 Patrick Street (1820); 65 Patrick Street (1824); both in Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| HUNT, THOMAS 4 | USA, 1799-1878, MIM | fl. 1851-1871. | 53 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. (1853-54). | Smart 1. | |
| HUNT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1673-98, | invented a slide rule. | Taylor 1(365). | ||
| HUNTER | England, | see Edwards. | Cornhill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| HUNTER AND SANDS | England, c.1850, OIM | Monocular Microscope = Christie. 6/7/72. | 20 Cranbourn Street, London. | RSW. | |
| HUNTER, EDWIN | Ireland?, c.1800, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 2/25/86. | signed "Edn. Hunter Fecit"; T.C. in the lid of the case shows "Jas. Heron clock and watchmaker in Newtown." | RSW. | |
| HUNTER, JAMES | England, fl.1813-18, | invented the "Nautical Indicator"; may be Mr. Hunter of Edinburgh. | Leicester Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(1364). | |
| HUNTER, JOHN | England, | "conversant in the mathematical and clockway"; a journeyman? | London. | Bryden 9. | |
| HUNTER, MR. | Scotland, 1817, NIM | invented or made a navigation instrument. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1364). | |
| HUNTINGTON, GURDON | USA, fl.1763-1804, MIM | Surveying Compass, wood = P.C. | also a clockmaker and a goldsmith. | Windham, Conn.(1763-89); Walpole, New Hampshire (1789-1804). | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1. |
| HUNTLEY, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-S 5/19/88 and 5/18/89. | see John Huntly. | City Road (London?). | RSW. |
| HUNTLEY, ROBERT | England, fl.1805-38, OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN; Lucernal Microscope = WHI; Jones type Microscope = USNM; Culpeper type Microscope = CZJ; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X; Level with Compass = WHI; Telescope = Soth.3/25/86. | the barometer in the VNN is signed "Huntley, 53 Holborn." | 1 Plummer's Row, City Road and 53 High Holborn (c.1817); 294 or 244 Regent Street; 118 Oxford Street (1830); all in London. | Taylor 1(1365); Dewhirst; USNM; Goodison 1; Clay and Court; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| HUNTLY, JOHN | England, c.1825, OIM | 16 Brownlow Street, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1600). | ||
| HURD, NATHANIEL | USA, 1729-77, | engraved the compass cards for surveyor's compasses by Andrew Newell and Thomas Greenough 1. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Price 2; Rudd; Warner 12. | |
| HURLIMANN, A. | France, c.1873, MIM NIM OIM | Sextants = Dartmouth College, USA, USNM, Nouveau Drouot 10/16/88 ; Telescope, 1873 = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | succeeded Lorieux; the sextant at the Nouveau Drouot was also marked "1384." | Paris. | Calvert 2; USNM; RSW. |
| HURLOCK, JONAS | England, c.1699, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1699. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HURST, JOSEPH | misreading for Hurt. | Taylor 2(273). | |||
| HURT, JOSEPH | England, fl.1729-48, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = KEN, WHI, NMM; Stick Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Ralph Sterrop of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Aug. 5, 1729; free in the Company in 1736; successor of Ralph Sterrop; T.C. shows that he was also a thermometer maker; the barometer is signed "I. Hurt." | at the Sign of Archimedes and Three Golden Spectacles, Ludgate Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(273); NMM 2; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1 & 7; Court and von Rohr 3(128); Robischon. |
| HURTER 1 | England, c.1830, MIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| HURTER 2 | see also Haas and Hurter | ||||
| HURTER AND HAAS | England, 1785-95, MIM PHIM | Balance, 1793 = X.; Barometer, 1787 = X. | London. | Taylor 2(853); G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| HURTER, JOHANN HEINRICH | England, fl.1750-87?, MIM PHIM | Air Pump = STT; Barometer = GEM (1786); Hygrometer = DRE; Borda Circle = GEM. | GEM are the de Suussure Coll. | London. | Taylor 2(853); Pipping 1; Goodison 1; Daumas 1; Drechsler 2; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| HURTER, JOHN | England, fl.1791-93, PHIM | may be J.H. Hurter. | Marlborough Street, London. | Bell 2. | |
| HURTIN, CHRISTIAN | USA, 1743?-1830, MIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C. (1788)( # 7), P.C. (1788)(# 8), P.C. (1811)(# 39), VCW (1794). | came from a Huguenot family of La Rochelle, France in the early 18th Century; watchmaker ; the VCW instrument is marked "No.18." | New York, N.Y.; Goshen, N.Y. (1788). | Smart 1; USNM; Rudd; RSW. |
| HUSBANDS 1 | England, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/27/69; Henderson-type Hypthonite = Soth. 7/7/78. | may be Henry Husbands, see also H. Husbands; hypthonite was a surveying instrument. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| HUSBANDS 2 | see T. Wright and Husbands. | Calvert 2. | |||
| HUSBANDS AND CLARKE | England, fl.-1862-1870, OIM | Refracting Telescope = Soth. 12/19/60; Theodolite = P.C.(1987); Telescope = Christie-SK 11/2/95. | Denmark Street, Bristol. | USNM; RSW. | |
| HUSBANDS AND SONS | England, | Bristol. | Soth. 11/9/70. | ||
| HUSBANDS, H. | England, pre-1876, | see M.W. Dunscombe and Husbands. | Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| HUSBANDS, H.Y. | England, c.1850, NIM OIM PHIM | optician; manufacturer of microscopes, surveying and nautical instruments; see H. Husbands and Henry Husbands. | 8 St. Augustine's Parade, corner of Denmark Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| HUSBANDS, HENRY | England, MIM | T.C., in the case for a telescopic level by Hyde of Bristol. | RSW. | ||
| HUSSEY, JAMES | England, c.1747, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = P.C. | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company, March 1, 1747; the set of drawing instruments is signed "Hussey London." | London. | Taylor 2(496); Crawforth 7. |
| HUSSEY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1739-97, MIM | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on May 8, 1739; rule maker. | London. | Crawforth 6 & 7. | |
| HUTCHIN, HENRY | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 14, 1712. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HUTCHINS AND HUTCHINS | USA, fl.1786-1807, MIM | Levi and Abel Hutchins; clockmakers. | Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1. | |
| HUTCHINS, I. | England, 18th Century, NIM | Backstaff = PEA. | St. Catherine's, London. | Brewington 1. | |
| HUTCHINS, LEVI | USA, 1761-1855, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1804 = DATM. | apprenticed to Simon Willard; surveying instrument maker; clockmaker; see Hutchins and Hutchins. | Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; DATM. |
| HUTCHINSON 1 | England, c.1850, MIM | Capuchin Sundial, paper = CMY. | RSW. | ||
| HUTCHINSON 2 | England, fl.1847-50+, PHIM | barometer maker; watchmaker. | Church Street, Sunderland. | Bell 2. | |
| HUTCHINSON AND SON | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| HUTCHINSON, CHARLES C. | USA, 1832-1913, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope with tripod = Bourne 3/20/84; Wye Level = D.(1993). 1/21/93; Sextant, miniature = D.(1996). Sextant, 6 inch radius, Yale (2007). | apprenticed to F.W. Lincoln 2 pre -1853; in business by 1853; partnership with Lincoln, 1858-83; succeeded him as C.C. Hutchinson, 1883-1913; T.C. | 136 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass; 152 State St Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; Garcelon 33 and 34; Coffeen 55; RSW; WEBDB. |
| HUTCHINSON, RICHARD 1 | England, 1781, MIM | apprenticed to William Spencer 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 12, 1781. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| HUTCHINSON, RICHARD 2 | England, fl.1702-36, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company for eight years on June 26, 1694; free of the Company on July 6, 1702; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HUTCHINSON, THOS. | England?, MIM | Sector, ivory = Christie 7/29/76. | RSW. | ||
| HUTT, RICHARD | England, c.1740, | member of the Clothmakers' Company; William Baker turned over to him on Oct. 20, 1740, but was freed in the Joiners' Company in 1748. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| HUTTON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1724-27, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph South of the Clockmakers' Company for eight years on June 4, 1716; free of the Company on Oct. 5, 1724; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| HUTTON, JOHN 2 | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant, with double frame = Soth. 3/10/87. | 10 Park Lane, London. | RSW. | |
| HUX, ELIZABETH | England, PHIM | scale and weightmaker; widow of Thomas Hux; she ran the business and took apprentices for 26 years; T.C. | Ye Three Cocks at Holborn Conduit, London. | Crawforth 7; J. Collins 1. | |
| HUX, THOMAS | England, PHIM | scale maker; succeeded by his wife, Elizabeth Hux. | Ye Three Cocks at Holborn Conduit, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN | Holland; France, 1629-95, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope objective Lenses = BRO(2). | author; invented the pendulum clock and a micrometer; identified polarized light; invented and supervised the construction of two planetariums made by the clockmaker Van Ceulen. | The Hague; Paris. | Michel 14; Rooseboom 1; North 2; Daumas 1; Nachet; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; Darius 4. |
| HUYGENS, CHRISTIAAN AND CONSTANTIN | Holland, 1656, OIM | made a 23-foot telescope in 1656. | Offenbacher Cat.29, 1977. | ||
| HUYGENS, CONSTANTIN | Holland, c.1686, OIM | Object Glasses, 1686 = BM, BRO. | brother of Christiaan Huygens; lens of 123-foot focal length lens at the Royal Society in 1723. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1; USNM; Nachet; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10; Darius 4. |
| HUYS | Holland, c.1800, NIM | Mariner's Compass = AMST. | signed "---t oude Kompasmakers Huys." | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| HYAMS | see Griffin and Hyams | Bell 2. | |||
| HYDE, J. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably John Hyde, watch and clockmaker, fl.1835-41. | Sleaford. | Goodison 1. |
| HYDE, J.M. | England, fl.1841-52, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = PEA; Microscope = D.(1981); Sextant = P.C.(1984); Telescopic Level = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Stick Barometer = GMM; Compound Microscope = Wellcome Institute. | level and barometer signed "Hyde Bristol"; barometer also marked "Optician." | 1 Broad Quay, Bristol. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 122; Lockhart 1; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| HYMAN | England, fl.1812-50, PHIM | made barometers, watches and jewelry. | Cornwall Street; Parade; Treville Street; Bedford Street; George Street; all in Plymouth. | Bell 2. | |
| HYNES, J. | England, c.1830?, NIM OIM PHIM | Mariner's Compass = D.(1971); Wheel Barometer = X. | quadrant maker; possibly John Hynes, optician (c.1830); there is a compass signed "Hynes." | Lynn. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| HYRNE, HENRY | England, c.1652, | John Herne 1 sent letters to the Royal Society which were entered as having come from Henry (Harry) Hyrne. | London. | Taylor 1(238). | |
| HYRONS, GEORGE | England, fl.1780-87, MIM | 82 Queen Street, Park, Southwark. | Taylor 2(854). | ||
| HYVEE, ROGER | England, fl.1703-04, | designed instruments for lunar observations. | Taylor 1(539). | ||
| I. 1 | Portugal, 1616, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1616 (NMM-58) = Christie-NY 6/14/88 = ADL-A275. | National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabe; from the Atocha wreck. | A. Stimson 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| I. 2 | Germany, c.1702, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = ADL-M14. | also marked "D.K." and "T.P."; the "D.K." is D.K. 3 and the "T.P." is T.P. 2. | Augsburg. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| I.* K. | Germany, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = ADL-W128. | the * is either a T with a downward hook on the end of the crossbar or a P with an extended shaft. | RSW. | |
| I.3 K. | Germany, fl.1636-48, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Drecker Coll. (1636), X (1644), NMM, NYC, PRA, ZUR, WHI, NUR, DRE, DEU, OXF, STU, ADL, Huelsmann Coll. (2), etc. | Jacob Karner; some other dials are just marked "3". | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; NMM 2; Gouk; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| I.A.D. | see Succa. | RSW. | |||
| I.A.M. 1 | Germany, fl.1688-1708, MIM | Ring Sundials = BM (1688), MER (1693), ZAA (1695), PRA (1695, 1696), Drecker = ADL-DPW4 (1699), UTR (1701), HAK (1704), Düsseldorf (1705), GRA (1708). | Zinner 1 and 6; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; de Rijk; ADL; RSW. | ||
| I.A.M. 2 | England, 1695, MIM | Ring Sundials = PAK-125 (1695), KEN. | "The Master I.A.M. 1695" on PAK. | Beevers. | |
| I.A.M. 3 | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = BUD. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.B. 1 | 1547, MIM | Astrolabe, 1547 = UTR-3425 (ICA 539). | appears to be c.1400; perhaps owner; may be fake; rete is Fusoris-type. | Van Cittert; Michel 3; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| I.B. 2 | Germany, 1592, MIM | Nocturnal, 1592 = Rosenheim = FIN = Soth. 11/1/65 = UTO 11/2/76. | RSW. | ||
| I.B. 3 | 16th Century, MIM | Jacob's Staff, with gilt-brass cross = FLO-411. | Michel 3. | ||
| I.B. 4 | 1663, MIM | Volvelle on box, 1663 = D.(1969). | RSW. | ||
| I.B. 5 | 1780, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1780 = BASH. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.B. 6 | Germany?, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, wood base = MUN; Compass, wood base = MUN. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| I.B. 7 | NIM | Backstaff = WHI. | RSW. | ||
| I.B. 8 | MIM | Sundial, ivory = Fry Coll. | RSW. | ||
| I.B. 9A | Germany, | marked on printed paper compass rose in ADL-M477, cut down to fit smaller compass. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| I.B. 9B | Holland, c.1625, MIM | Sundial, pocket = AMST. | see Joost de Beer. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| I.B. 9C | Jost Bürgi? Ioannes Bos? Ioannes Bosius? Ioannes Batis? | RSW. | |||
| I.B. 9D | Germany, c.1620, MIM | Proportional Dividers = DEU. | Jost Burgi; marked "Infentor et fecit." | RSW. | |
| I.B.F. | Italy?, MIM SIM | Trigonometer = FLO-2530. | Price 2. | ||
| I.B.H. | Germany, 1713-79, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = CZJ. | Johann Balthasar Heggenauer. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| I.C. 1 | 1577, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, round, 1577 = Soth. 5/16/57-125. | RSW. | ||
| I.C. 2 | Scandanavia, 1660, MIM | Clog Almanac, 1660 = OXF. | Maddison 1. | ||
| I.C. 3 | England, c.1650, NIM | Lodestone, silver-mounted = Christie 4/3/85. | master mark "I.C." has mullet below; also on London caudle cup, 1659. | London. | RSW. |
| I.C.E. | Germany?, 1704, MIM | Vertical Sundial, round, copper, 1704 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.C.P. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial = Eisenach Museum. | 48° latitude. | Zinner 1. | |
| I.C.R. 1 | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | Nürnberg-type Microscopes, wood and paper = P.C., etc. | the mark I C over R within a circle is burned into the base; these microscopes were produced by toy makers rather than by optical instrument makers. | Nürnberg. | G.L'E. Turner 16; RSW. |
| I.C.R. 2 | Germany, fl.1795-1807, MIM | Sundials, 1795, 1798, 1807 = DRE. | Körber 1; RSW. | ||
| I.C.S. | Germany, 1771, MIM | Measuring Stick, wood, 1771 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| I.D. 1 | 1622, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-metal, 1622 = Soth. 5/10/54. | signed "I.D.f." | RSW. | |
| I.D. 2 | Holland, c.1656, | marked on weights with coin balance by Jacob Drielenburg. | RSW. | ||
| I.D. 3 | England, c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = D.(1989). | the initials "I.D.", with an anchor between the letters, appear on the ivory scale; probably John Dring, which see; Coffeen thought the initials might possibly stand for John Dollond but more likely to be those of John Dring. | Moskowitz 122; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Coffeen 27. | |
| I.D.F. | 1621, MIM | Gunnery Sight, 1621 = OXF. | Price 2. | ||
| I.D.V. | see D.I.V. | ||||
| I.E. 1 | Germany?, 1584-88, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1584 = OXFB. | see Johan Eickert. | Zinner 1; Michel 1. | |
| I.E. 2 | 1668, MIM | Perpetual Calender on box, 1668 = Christie 10/12/65. | RSW. | ||
| I.E. 3 | 1796, MIM | Pocket Sundial, 1796 = SLM. | RSW. | ||
| I.E.V. | 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, hexagonal = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| I.F. 1 | Italy, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial with Nocturnal = MADEX = NMM-D.73. | gilt-brass. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| I.F. 2 | 1636, MIM | Rule, ebony and ivory, 1636 = MADEX. | RSW. | ||
| I.F. 3 | England, c.1864, MIM | Sundial, 1684 = Christie 9/11/86. | signed "I.F. Fecit Aprill the 18th 1684." | RSW. | |
| I.F. 4 | England, 1746, NIM | Backstaff, 1746 = Snowshill Manor, Glouc. | also marked "Thos. Dutch, Jan. 20, 1746." | RSW. | |
| I.F.B. | MIM | Sundial = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| I.F.F. | see J.F. Kynast. | ||||
| I.F.I. | 1771, PHIM | Money Scales, 1771 = P-B 10/28/63 (3). | RSW. | ||
| I.F.K. | Germany, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = ULM, Vogel, March, 1973. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| I.G. 1 | c.1600, MIM | Gunner's Level = ADL-M216. | fleur-de-lys between the initials. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Tarrasuk 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| I.G. 2 | Germany?, 1665, MIM | Quadrant and Sundial, wood, 1665 = Soth. 12/9/68 = ADL-N26. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| I.G. 3 | Germany, 1755, MIM | Vertical Sundial, round, 1755 = Galerie am Neumarkt 10/19/72. | RSW. | ||
| I.G. 4 | Germany?, NIM | Lodestone, small, silver-bound = Kelton Coll. (1990). | RSW. | ||
| I.G.H. 1 | Germany, 1650, MIM | see J.G.H. 1. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.G.H. 2 | England, c.1725, MIM | Sector = Christie 4/3/85. | English sector. | RSW. | |
| I.G.H. 3 | Sweden, c.1775, MIM OIM | Horizontal Sundial = SWE; Magnetic Compasses = NOR (2), D. (1985); Sectors = NOR, ADL-A346; Telescopic Alidade = NOR; Mining Compass with Sundial = STM. | Johan Gustaf Hasselström, which see. | Stockholm. | Zinner 1; Coffeen 30; ADL; RSW. |
| I.G.H. 4 | 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial, cover = Ineichen 10/18/74. | RSW. | ||
| I.G.H. 5 | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = P-B 5/16/53. | RSW. | ||
| I.G.M. | c.1750, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| I.G.V. | see Johann Georg Vogler; many of Vogler's Augsburg-type sundials are signed this way; another variant is "J.G.V.", which see. | Zinner 1; Körber 1; Bobinger 2; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |||
| I.H. 1 | England, 1720, MIM | Sundial, 1720 = Nottingham Museum; Ring Sundial = OXF. | Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| I.H. 2 | England, fl.1742-44, NIM | Nocturnals, wood = Melun 4/24/83 (1744), PMM (1742). | "I.H." with a star in between and the date underneath; "both bears." | RSW. | |
| I.H. 3 | marked on a James Ham 1 backstaff. | ||||
| I.H. 4 | crudely scratched on back of artillery calipers, ADL-W128. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| I.H. 5 | letters conjoined; marked on dividers signed "J. Marcelli. | Moskowitz 103. | |||
| I.H.K. | Germany, 1723, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1723 = MUN-33/193. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | ||
| I.H.S. | "In Hoc Signo." | RSW. | |||
| I.K. 1 | c.1610, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = ADL-DPW25, PRA, Christie 11/24/83; Drouot 4/7/87. | the dial in Prague is also stamped "3", the mastermark of Jakob Karner. | Nürnberg. | Horsky and Skopova; ADL; RSW. |
| I.K. 2 | Germany, 1639, MIM | Instrument, 1639 = Drecker. | RSW. | ||
| I.K. 3 | MIM | Compass Sundial = NOR. | punchmark on brass hour scale. | RSW. | |
| I.K. 4 | Germany, MIM | Sector on Gunner's Calipers = ADL-W128. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| I.K. 5 | France?, 1825, MIM | Gunners' Level, 1825 = Soth. 2/25/86 = D.(1987). | Coffeen 15; RSW. | ||
| I.K.L. | Germany, c.1680, MIM | Ring Sundial = WHI-688. | Bryden thought it possible that it might be J.K. Landeck; we know of Andreas Landeck and of Johann Melchior Landeck. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| I.L. | Sweden?, c.1725, MIM | Compass = X. | Pipping 1. | ||
| I.L.E. | MIM | Compass Sundial, boxwood, barrel = ADL-A1. | letters combined on the east line of compass card. | ADL; RSW. | |
| I.L.M. | 1702, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1702 = P.C. | Moskowitz. | ||
| I.M. 1 | 1609, MIM | Vertical Sundial with sights, 1609 = STR. | RSW. | ||
| I.M. 2 | MIM | Table Sundial, round, pewter = ADL-T71. | modern copy; marked "42°" for latitude. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| I.M. 3 | Germany, c.1791, OIM | Microscopes, wood and paper = D.(1982), Prin Coll., CZJ, NOR, Soth. 3/25/86, P.C., Phillips 11/16/88, etc. | Junker of Magdeburg, 1791. | Nürnberg. | Coffeen A; G.L'E. Turner 16; Daumas 1; Weil 2(6); Oxford Exhibition, 1947; Moskowitz 112; RSW. |
| I.M. 4 | MIM | made instruments with a fleur-de-lys as the punchmark. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.M. 5 | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = DeLuca 8/1/87. | silver inlays and fittings. | RSW. | |
| I.M.E. | Germany?, MIM | Rule, wood and ivory = ULM. | "I.M." over "E." | RSW. | |
| I.M.H. | 1760, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, stone, 1760 = LEI. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.M.M. | Germany?, 1696, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1696 = GRA-01901. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.M.S. 1 | Germany, 1518, MIM | Tympan for computing unequal hours = OXF. | Johannes Stöffler Mathematicus. | Oppenheim. | RSW. |
| I.M.S. 2 | see A.B.S.C. | RSW. | |||
| I.M.V.F. | 1651, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1651 = PRN. | looks like an astrolabe. | Czech. Inv. | |
| I.M.X.R. | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = THO. | the "X" is really a V overlapping an A or an inverted V. | RSW. | |
| I.M.Z.R. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.N.H. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = MUN. | could be read H.N.I. | RSW. | |
| I.N.R.I. | "Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum." | ||||
| I.N.W. | MIM | Dividers = ADL-M136i. | I.N. over W. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| I.P. 1 | 1612, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1612 = Soth. 4/13/54. | RSW. | ||
| I.P. 2 | Germany, 1622, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-bronze, 1622 = D.(1931). | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.P. 3 | England, c.1670, MIM | Gunter's Quadrants = NMM-Q.12; Christie-SK 4/17/86. | John Prujean; also marked "OXO." | Oxford. | Macintyre; NMM 2; RSW. |
| I.P. 4 | Germany, NIM | Octant, brass and wood = BRE-B144. | master mark of anchor; another octant with only anchor mark = BRE-B300. | Zinner 1. | |
| I.P. 5 | Backstaff = PEA. | "I.P." (5) is marked on the vane of of the PEA backstaff and on a "In° Deane 1742" backstaff. | Wynter 1; Brewington 1. | ||
| I.P. 6 | Coignet-type Nautical Hemisphere = P.C.(1976). | modern English forgery. | Brieux 4. | ||
| I.P.G. | 1627, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1627 = FLO-1286. | Michel thought it might be Gueboult of Dieppe. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| I.P.M. | Germany, | may be owner; these initials appear on the Soth. pair of dividers signed "C.T.M." (Christopher Trechsler Mechanicus). | RSW. | ||
| I.P.R. | Sweden, c.1770, MIM | Variation Compass = D.(1991). | Johann Petter Rosenberg, which see. | Stockholm. | Coffeen 35. |
| I.R. 1 | Germany, c.1567, MIM | Cube Sundial = NUR-L100. | Evans 1 (?). | ||
| I.R. 2 | c.1660, MIM | Compass Sundials, round = X, P.C., Evans Coll. | ADL-A289 compass sundial is signed "Joh. Robins" and marked "I.R." (2) on the hour scale; Evans Coll. is signed on hour scale and compass card. | Evans 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| I.R. 3 | c.1700, MIM | Clinometer = WHI. | Olivia Brown; J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| I.R. 4 | Germany, 1764, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1764 = SLM. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.R. 5 | Poland, 1756, MIM | Astronomical Ring, 1756 = TIM. | signed "I.R. fecit TLVMATSNAY 1756." | Tlumatsnay, Gallicia (Poland 1756). | RSW. |
| I.R. 6 | England, c.1700, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = P.C. | marked "Samuel Mason is a Knave." | RSW. | |
| I.R. 7 | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, wood = Museum of London-A3891. | embossed on brass gnomon, "I.R.", I has horizontal line through it about a third of the way up; acorn incised on base. | Nürnberg? | Gouk 1. |
| I.R. 8 | on ivory scales with fouled anchor, it indicates that Jesse Ramsden had divided them. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |||
| I.R. 9 | USA, 1776, | owner's initials marked on a William Guyse Hagger backstaff at Rhode Island Historical Society, after original owner's name had been rubbed out. | D.J. Warner 8. | ||
| I.S. 1 | 1554, MIM | Ring Sundial, with expanded scale, 1554 = MUN-33/787. | the initials are within a heart. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| I.S. 2 | Germany, 1584, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1584 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| I.S. 3 | Italy, c.1650, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Christie 6/7/72. | RSW. | ||
| I.S. 4 | Germany, 1768, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1768 = ING; Table Sundial, stone = VIE; Universal Ring Sundial, 1768 = GRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| I.S. 5 | 1801, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1983). | name almost obliterated by later name. | Coffeen C. | |
| I.S.A. | on lid of Hans Troschel sundial; probably owner. | Pugsley Sale; RSW. | |||
| I.S.B. | 1727, MIM | Bullet Calipers, 1727 = LEY. | RSW. | ||
| I.S.D.S.M. | 1531, MIM | Astrolabe, 1531 = X (ICA-578). | Price 1; ICA 2. | ||
| I.T. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Compass Sundials, ivory and brass = NMM-D.84, THO. | NMM 2; MADEX; RSW. | ||
| I.T.P.K. | Germany, MIM | Gunners' Calipers with Sector = ADL-W128. | the T and P are overlaid to form a combined letter; there are fleur-de-lys between the letters; "I.H." (4) is crudely engraved on the other side; steel points. | ADL; RSW. | |
| I.T.S. | Europe, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Surveying Compendium, case = Phillips 2/14/79. | RSW. | ||
| I.V.K. | Holland, MIM NIM | "I.v.K." used by Johannes van Keulen 1 (1700-15), by Johannes van Keulen 3 (1725-56), by Johannes van Keulen 4 (1776-78) and by Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen (1756-99); unless signed instruments are dated within one of the working periods listed above , it is difficult to assign a particular maker; see alao "J.v.K." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| I.W. 1 | England, 1665, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1665 = OXF; Nocturnal, 1665 = OXF. | John Wingfield? | Taylor 1(341). | |
| I.W. 2 | Germany, 1672, MIM | Vertical Sundials, = Drecker Coll. (1672) = DPW, Soth. 3/25/86 (1680); Sundial = HAK. | the Sotheby dial shows a crown over the initials. | Zinner 1; RSW.. | |
| I.W. 3 | England, 1687, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1687 = Churchyard, Areley Kings, Worc. | may have been man called "the Wizard." | Gatty. | |
| I.W. 4 | c.1800, MIM | Garden Sundial, pewter = P.C. | also marked "John Liscomb", who may have been the owner. | Antique Collector's Calendar, 1974; RSW. | |
| I.W. 5 | MIM | Rule, folding, wood and brass = FLO. | RSW. | ||
| I.W. 6 | England, c.1711, OIM | Microscope, ivory, screw-barrel = KEN. | made by James Wilson 1. | Clay and Court. | |
| I.W. 7 | France, c.1750, MIM | Drafting Set, with case = D.(1993). | signed "IW" under a heart. | Coffeen 43. | |
| I.W.A.O.F. | "Johannes Wiesel Augsburg Opus (?) fecit"; see Johannes Wiesel. | RSW. | |||
| I.W.W.B. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Gunner's Scale = ADL-M122b. | also marked "403" and in the initials the first W is over a recumbant B; see "F.H.", which carries the same mark. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| I.Z. 1 | c.1600, MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 2/13/58. | RSW. | ||
| I.Z. 2 | MIM | Level = ADL-M215. | signed on bottom of base. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| I.Z.K. | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Soth. 12/12/55. | may be misreading for I.3 K., which see. | RSW. | |
| IANBOMUS, GUILLERMO | Spain?, 1617, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1617 = MAN-I62. | Garcia Franco 1. | ||
| IANCELLUS CREMONENSIS | Italy, c.1565, MIM | Gianello Torriano; instrument maker to Charles V; made planetary automata. | Cremona. | North 2. | |
| ICW., F. | see F. ICW. | RSW. | |||
| IGNATIUS | Germany, 1777, PHIM | Pneumatic Pump, 1777 = X. | cited by Bernoulli. | Daumas 1. | |
| IGNELL, ERIK | Sweden, c.1763, MIM | took over Westberg workshop, 1763. | Pipping 1. | ||
| IHLDER, W., AND CO. | Germany, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1972). | Bremenhaven. | RSW. | |
| IHRMARK, JOHAN | Sweden, fl.1740-81, MIM | apprenticed to C.H. Werberg and Rosenberg; partner of Hasselström, 1777-81. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| IIII. R.G. | marked on table sundial at POTS signed "V.H.M." | Körber 1. | |||
| IJZER, M. AND L.D. VAN | Holland, c.1850, MIM | Rule, folding, wood = BOM Auction, 1906. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| IL SILIPRANDI | see Siliprandi, Il. | RSW. | |||
| ILENSA AND SON | England, c.1785, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | 5 Greville Street, London. | RSW. | |
| ILES, JAMES FREDERICK | England, c.1836, MIM | 30 Jamaica Street, Commercial Road, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| ILES, JOHN | England, 1725, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1725 = APS. | London. | Multhauf 1; RSW. | |
| ILLINGER, JOHANNES | Austria, 1733-1800, MIM OIM | made telescopes and an azimuth quadrant for the Kremsmünster Observatory. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. | |
| ILLINGWORTH, JOHN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1979). | Halifax. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ILOTT, THOMAS | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | ||
| IMISON, JOHN | England, fl.1783-1808, MIM OIM | author. | Manchester. | Taylor 2(855). | |
| IMMISCH | England, PHIM | thermometer maker; see Moritz and Immisch. | London. | RSW. | |
| IMMSER, PHILIPP | Germany, fl.1538-58, MIM | Sundial inside base of table clock, 1554 = BM; Astronomical Clock = VIT. | mathematician; clock designer; see Emmoser. | Tübingen. | Zinner 1; Mucke 2; Vincent 1. |
| IMPAY SON AND CO. | see Imray Son and Co. | Garcia Franco 1. | |||
| IMRAY | see Blachford and Imray. | ||||
| IMRAY AND CO. | England, c.1835, NIM OIM PHIM | James Imray; Frederick Wiggins worked for the firm, c.1835. | London. | Taylor 2(2273). | |
| IMRAY AND SON | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = GMM. | James Imray. | 102 Minories, London. | RSW. |
| IMRAY SONS AND CO. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Marine Sympiesometer = Soth.-SK 7/23/87. | 89-102 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| IMRAY, JAMES | England, fl.1836-42, NIM | Sextant, incomplete = Soth. 10/27/42. | joined with Robert Blachford in 1836. | Navigation Warehouse, 102 Minories, London. | Taylor 2(2151); Brewington 1; RSW. |
| IMRAY, SON AND CO. | England, c.1850, NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1974); Octant, ebony brass and ivory = Phillips 2/15/89. | T.C.; "inventors of the metal quadrant with ivory arch", James Imray; by 1937 the firm had become Imray, Laurie, Norie and Wilson Ltd. at 123 Minories, London. | 89 and 102 Minories, London. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Witt; RSW. |
| IMSS, PHIL. | see Philipp Immser. | Vincent 1. | |||
| INDERWICK, J. | England, fl.1825-27, OIM | also an ivory turner. | 58 Prince's Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(1601). | |
| INDGE, T.C. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | Chard. | RSW. | |
| INGENHOUSZ, JOHANN | Austria, 1730-99, | devised apparatus to show heat conductivity of various materials; first suggested a liquid compass; developed early model of the plate-type electrical machine, 1760. | Vienna. | KEN; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| INGHAM, NORTH | England; USA, fl.1725-35, MIM | Magnetic Compasses, wood = Massachusetts Historical Society, PEA. | apprenticed to James Anderton in the Grocers' Company in 1700; in Boston by 1720, when two daughters were christened. | North Boston, New England. | J. Brown 1; Smart 1; Bedini 8; Brewington 1; Warner 12. |
| INGOLD, PIERRE FREDERICK | England, c.1843, | watchmaker; held patent for improvements in machinery for making parts of mathematical, optical, astronomical and navigating instruments. | Dean Street, Soho, London. | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Dec. 1843. | |
| INGRAM, JOHN | England, c.1748, PHIM | made Fotheringham's thermometer; watchmaker and white-smith. | Spalding. | Chaldecott 2. | |
| INGRAM, L. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Laceby Ingram, watch and clock maker. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. |
| INNES | Scotland, PHIM | Dynamometer = D.(1969). | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| INNSEL, ELIAS | see C.S.A.P. | RSW. | |||
| INSLEY | see Watson and Insley. | RSW. | |||
| INTERVINE | see Introvino. | Bell 2. | |||
| INTROFISI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| INTRONINI | see Introvino. | Goodison 1. | |||
| INTRONINI, GASPAR | see Gaspar Introvini. | Taylor 2(1602). | |||
| INTRONINO AND CO. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 1/19/73. | RSW. | ||
| INTROSS AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers; became P. Intross and Co. after 1850. | 5 Sims's Terrace, Chatham. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| INTROSS, A. (3), AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 8/12/87. | see A. Intross 3. | Stroud. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| INTROSS, A. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-West Sussex 6/21/83. | see Intross and Co. | Chatham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| INTROSS, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | Rochester Bridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| INTROSS, A. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | see A. Intross and Co. | Stroud. | RSW. |
| INTROSS, P. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chatham. | Goodison 1. | |
| INTROSS, P. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | Rochester. | Goodison 1. | |
| INTROSS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | Rochester Bridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| INTROVINE | see Introvini. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |||
| INTROVINI, ANTHONY AND GASPAR | England, fl.1816-17, PHIM | barometer makers. | Thomas Street, Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| INTROVINI, ANTHONY, AND CO. | England, fl.1814-15, PHIM | barometer makers. | Thomas Street, Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| INTROVINI, GASPAR | England, fl.1820-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 4/17/86. | also a picture frame maker and gilder; see Anthony and Gaspar Introvini; the Christie barometer is said to be signed " Jantrovino", a misreading. | 43 Thomas Street (1822-26); 88 St. George Street (1841); Foundry Road; No. 49 Thomas Street; all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1602); Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| INTROVINO | see Introvini. | ||||
| IOAN ET PAURUS | Italy, c.1690, MIM | Graphometer = P.C. | Venice. | RSW. | |
| IOHA, M. | Poland, 1637, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1637 = Church, Wodzislaw. | Wodzislaw. | Polish Inventory. | |
| IRELAND | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| IRELAND, DANIEL | England, c.1724, MIM | turned over as an apprentice to John Bennett 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 5, 1724. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| IRVINE, ELZABETH | England, c.1838, OIM | succeeded John Irvine. | London. | Taylor 2(1896). | |
| IRVINE, I. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | see J. Irvine. | London. | RSW. |
| IRVINE, J. | England, fl.1817-22, MIM OIM | 5 Queenhithe, London. | Taylor 2(1367); Dewhirst. | ||
| IRVINE, JOHN G. | England, fl.1830-37, OIM | 32 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1846). | ||
| IRVINE, THOMAS AND PETER | England, fl.1838-42, MIM PHIM | 19 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(2152 & 2152a); O'Mara. | ||
| IRVING, ALEXANDER | England, 1695, MIM | apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1688; free of the Company, Sept. 30, 1695; an alternative spelling was "Irwing." | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| IRWIN, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1759, | designed an instrument to find longitude. | London. | Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| ISELI | France, c.1830, MIM | Surveyor's Y-Level = P.C. | 149 Boulevard St.Germain, Paris. | RSW. | |
| ISENBROEK | see Ysenbroek. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| ISLE, GUILLAUME DE L' | France, fl.1675-1725, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM-3851; Terrestrial Globes, 1700 = CNAM-763 and NMM-G146; Celestial Globe, 1700 = FLO. Celestial & Terrestrial Globes = Bonnier de la Mosson, 1774; Celestial & Terrestrial Globes = Hendrik de Leth auction, Aug. 21, 1758. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| ISLE, J.N. DE L' | France, c.1700, | physicist; invented a new scale for thermometers. | Daumas 1. | ||
| ISMAY | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, single draw = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | Pier, Dover. | RSW. | |
| ISOARD | France, 19th Century, MIM | Depth Gauge = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| ITEBTING | misreading for Heating. | RSW. | |||
| IUSTI, JOANNES BAPTISTA | Italy, fl.1555-65, MIM | Horary Quadrants, 1555 and 1558 = FLO; Nocturnal and Horary Quadrant, 1565 = Christie 11/21/61. | D.J. Price showed the quadrants in Florence as 1565 & 1568. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Price 2; RSW. |
| IVEN, W.H. | Germany, NIM | Compass Rose = X. | Hamburg. | Shück 2. | |
| J. AND B. | Ireland, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| J. AND R.D. | England, MIM | Rule, folding = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | "Danish Inches." | Sheffield. | RSW. |
| J.A. | USA?, c.1830, | "J.A." with anchor, stamped on ivory scale of Richard Patten's octant at MYS. | D.J. Warner 10. | ||
| J.A.B. AND CO. | England, post-1856, MIM | Scale, ivory = CMY. | Callen Street, West, London. | RSW. | |
| J.A.M. 1 | misreading for "I.A.M." 1, which see. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| J.A.M. 2 | MIM | Garden Sundial, stone = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| J.B. 1 | see I.B. 1. | van Cittert. | |||
| J.B. 2 | England, | see John Brown 1. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | ||
| J.B. 3 | 1761, MIM | Calipers, iron and steel, 1761 = D.(1969) = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| J.B. 4 | see Cargrave. | RSW. | |||
| J.B. 5 | England, MIM | Sector, ivory = P.C. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| J.B. 6 | MIM | Drawing Instruments = Christie 11/22/78. | RSW. | ||
| J.B.A.D.B. | c.1650, MIM | Dividers, iron = NMM-D1/D.23. | NMM 2. | ||
| J.B.A.R.L. | France, 1785, MIM | Garden Sundial, marble, 1785 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | ||
| J.B.H. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = CZJ. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| J.B.W. | 1760, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, honestone, 1760 = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | RSW. | ||
| J.BF. | c.1800, MIM | Table Sundial, silvered brass = Koller 11/17/75. | signed "J.Bf." | RSW. | |
| J.C. 1 | England, | Sir John Cheke, marked on quadrant at BM dated 1551 and signed "T.G." and also marked "W.B." (3). | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| J.C. 2 | England, | see John Chatfield. | RSW. | ||
| J.C. 3 | Germany, c.1725, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| J.C. 4 | England, | see James Chapman 2. | Brewington 1. | ||
| J.C. 5 | England, c.1750, MIM | Compass Sundial = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | RSW. | ||
| J.C. DE W. | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, marble = UTR. | also marked "fec. et exsc." | de Rijk. | |
| J.C.C. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = Kreis Mosbach in Baden Museum, Amtshaus. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.C.L. | Germany, 1716, MIM | Rules, 1716 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| J.C.V. | MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| J.D. | England?, c.1750, MIM | Slide Rule, circular = BM. | may be "T.D." 2; also marked "T.E." | Price 3; Ward 4; Gunther 2. | |
| J.D.C. | marked on universal equatorial sundial, WHI-575; Bryden thought it a monogram, not a maker's name. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| J.D.Z. | Germany, 1765, NIM | Cross-staff, wood, 1765 = Hamburg Seemannsschule. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| J.E. | MIM | Rule, folding, ivory = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| J.E.C. | Germany, MIM | Sundial = MUN. | invented this type of sundial. | Haugis. | RSW. |
| J.E.V. | 1756, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1756 = LIE. | Michel 9. | ||
| J.F. | Italy, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial and Nocturnal = MADEX = NMM-D.110. | MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| J.F.F. | Germany, c.1790, OIM | Nürnberg-type Drum Microscopes, wood = P.C., Prin Coll.(2), NAC(2), Pharmacy Museum, Kracow, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, etc. | J.F. over F., inside a heart; branded into base of the microscopes. | Daumas 1; Polish Inv.; RSW. | |
| J.G. | France, c.1600, MIM | Artillery Level = ADL-M216. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| J.G.H. 1 | Germany, 1650, MIM | Sundial, wood and paper, 1650 = Wolfenbüttel Bibliothek. | Bobinger thought he was (Johann?) Georg Hertel. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| J.G.H. 2 | see "I.G.H." 3. | Zinner 1. | |||
| J.G.S. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, hexagonal, copper = Breslau Schlesisches Museum für Kunst und Altertümer. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.G.S.J. | Germany, 1692, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1692 = REG. | "S.J." may be Society of Jesus. | Zinner 1. | |
| J.G.V. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = BM, DEU, Soth 12/15/58, P. and S. 3/20/1896, 5/19/1896, etc. | Johan Georg Vogler, which see; see also "I.G.V." | Augsburg. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| J.G.V.L. | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = VIT. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.H. 1 | 1575, MIM | Astrolabe, 1575 = NUR (ICA-556). | Joshua Habermel? | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| J.H. 2 | France, 1583, MIM | Moon Globe on clock, 1583 = Altdorf. | Isaac Habrecht 1. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1. |
| J.H. 3 | 1716, MIM | Dividers, wood, 1716 = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| J.H. 4 | 1824, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Alidade, 1824 = NOR. | J. Hofgren, which see. | RSW. | |
| J.H. 5 | 1826, MIM | Protractor, 1826 = D.(1991). | base line divided into 60 parts; one semicircular scale runs from 0-90 and is not a true semicircle; possibly J. Hofgren? | Coffeen 32. | |
| J.H.B. | MIM | Diptych Sundial = OXF. | "H." is formed by a bar between the "J." and the "B." | Evans 1. | |
| J.H.B.P. | Germany?, 1655, MIM | Instrument, 1655 = STU. | RSW. | ||
| J.H.S. 1 | 1810, MIM | Magnetic Compass, wood and brass, 1810 = Milwaukee Public Museum, Wis. | RSW. | ||
| J.H.S. 2 | misreading for "I.H.S." | Körber 1. | |||
| J.J.K.H. | 1739, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1739 = KRM. | also marked "V.T." | Zinner 1. | |
| J.K. | MIM | Ring Sundial, expanded = SLM. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.K.S. | c.1650, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| J.M. | MIM | Sundial with silver hour scale = FIN-175. | RSW. | ||
| J.M.C. | Belgium, 1775-1836, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1831 = UTR. | also marked "baron van Utenhave van Heemstede, Jutphaas." | Antwerp. | de Rijk. |
| J.M.K. AND Z. | NIM | Octant, wood and ivory, No. 481 = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | RSW, | ||
| J.M.S. | Switzerland?, 1689, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1689 = ZUR. | astronomy student. | Zinner 1. | |
| J.R.C. | Germany, OIM | Microscope, Nürnberg-type = CZJ. | RSW. | ||
| J.R.M. | England, 1688, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1688 = OXF. | "J.R.M. fecit." | Taylor 1(412); Evans 1. | |
| J.S. 1 | Germany, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Ulrichmuseum, Augsburg; Horizontal Sundial, stone = VIE. | Bobinger 2; Michel 3. | ||
| J.S. 2 | Portugal, late 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = RSM, Ethnological Museum, Lisbon (2). | Joao da Silva, which see; marked "autor." | RSW. | |
| J.S.M. | England?, c.1800, MIM | Gunter's Rule, boxwood = D.(1975). | owner? | Moskowitz. | |
| J.U.H.Z.E. | see H.G. 7. | Zinner 1. | |||
| J.V.K. | Holland, MIM NIM | "J.v.K." used by Johannes van Keulen 1 (1700-15), by Johannes van Keulen 3 (1725-56), and by Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen (1756-99); unless signed instruments are dated within one of the above listed working periods, it is difficult to assign a particular maker; see also "I.v.K." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| JAC., D. | 1658, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1658 = NAC. | "anno 58." | RSW. | |
| JACK, RICHARD | Scotland, c.1750, | mathematics teacher; patented a sea quadrant and refracting telescope with George Adams 1, in 1750. | Edinburgh. | J. Brown 1; Bryden 3; Dewhirst. | |
| JACK, ROBERT | MIM | Pelorus = D.(1965). | Pittenweem. | RSW. | |
| JACKS, JAMES | USA, c.1780-97, MIM NIM SIM | sometimes spelt Jack; sold mathematical, nautical and surveying instruments; maker? clockmaker. | Charleston, S. Car. (in 1780's); Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (?-1797). | Bedini 1; USNM. | |
| JACKSON 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| JACKSON 2 | England, 1736, MIM | made Mortimer's thermometer. | Chaldecott 2. | ||
| JACKSON 3 | see Farrow and Jackson. | ||||
| JACKSON 4 | England, 17th Century, MIM | Sector, with steel points = P.C. | London. | RSW. | |
| JACKSON, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1701-14, MIM NIM | invented a new quadrant in 1703. | Taylor 1(532). | ||
| JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1590-1616, MIM SIM | specialized in surveyor's chains; refered to by Eric Rathbone. | Sign of the Cock, Crooked Lane, Eastcheap, London. | Taylor 1(83); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Darius 3. | |
| JACKSON, HENRY | England, fl.1707-27, MIM | invented a new quadrant, the "nocturnal quadrant", and a planisphere. | Taylor 2(75). | ||
| JACKSON, I. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Rules, ivory = Phillips 1/30/84. | may be James Jackson. | RSW. | |
| JACKSON, J. 1 | England, MIM | Sector, ivory = P.C. | London. | RSW. | |
| JACKSON, J. 2 | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = LAW and CZJ; Clinometer = KEN. | probably Joseph Jackson 1. | London. | Taylor 2(275); Chaldecott 1; RSW. |
| JACKSON, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1750-85, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 2/19/66; Hydrostatical Coin Balance = P.C. | Assay Master for Birmingham. | Birmingham. | D. Crawforth-Hitchins; RSW. |
| JACKSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1820-22, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = KEN. | 16 Knightsbridge, London. | Taylor 2(1603). | |
| JACKSON, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1730-70, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Elliptical Trammel = OXF; Sextants = OXF, Soth. 3/10/87, P.C.; Universal Ring Sundials = NMM-D.222, LAW-287, OXF (1740), KEN; Surveying Level = KEN; Telescope, Gregorian = KEN; Sundial = KEN; Sector = NMM. | licensed by John Hadley to make his quadrant in 1734; some of the above instruments may have been made by Joseph Jackson 2; Joseph Jackson 1 and 2 could be the same man; the sextant at Soth. was marked "N.82." | London. | Bedini 8; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| JACKSON, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1735-60, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 10, 1723; free of the Company on May 13, 1735; took apprentices; may be same as Joseph Jackson 1. | Opposite Exeter Change, Strand (1735); Angel Court in the Strand (1736); near Surrey Street in the Strand (1739); Angel Court in the Strand (1760); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| JACKSON, JOSEPH 3 | England, fl.1745?-70, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Yorke, c.1738. | Angel Court, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(275); NMM 2; Michel 3; Chaldecott 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| JACOB AND HALSE | England, fl.1809-19, MIM | Globes, miniature, with cases = Soth. 5/2/66 (1809) and 5/7/56 (1819); Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with case, 1809 = Soth. 5/10/76, D.(1994). | London. | ATG 8/13/94; RSW. | |
| JACOB, A. | England, c.1830, OIM | St.Ann's Place, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1898). | ||
| JACOB, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1761-1770, MIM | rule maker; he had Thomas Bridges, Jos. Timmins and William Stringer as apprentices. | Bilstone Street, Wolverhampton (1761); Snowhill (1761); Smallbrook Street (1767); Chapel Row (1770); the last three in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| JACOB, ISAAC | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 33 Castle Street, Swansea. | Goodison 1. | |
| JACOB, WILLIAM | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | 29 Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| JACOBI | France, 1765, OIM | Microscope with case, 1765 = NAC. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| JACOBI AB HEYDEN | MIM | Terrestrial Planisphere = MUN. | is Heyden a place? | RSW. | |
| JACOBS ZN, CHRISTIAAN | Holland, 1564, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Veere; Middelburg (1564). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JACOBS, CONRAD | Holland, c.1610, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = BM. | Leeuwarden. | Baillie 1. | |
| JACOBS, LEWIS | England, c.1823, PHIM | watchmaker and silversmith; barometers. | Totnes. | Bell 2. | |
| JACOBS, WOLFF | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 36 Great Saffron Hill, London. | Taylor 2(1899). | ||
| JACOPI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Salop. | Goodison 1. | |
| JACQUELIN, GABRIEL | France, c.1760, NIM | Compass = X. | Rochefort. | A.J.Turner X. | |
| JACQUELIN, JEAN | France, c.1760, NIM | Compass = X. | Rochefort. | A.J.Turner X. | |
| JACQUERY, D. | England, c.1829, | apprenticed to Robert Bancks 2 on Dec. 1, 1829, in the Joiners' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| JACQUET 1 | France, c.1790, OIM | successor to Jean-Baptiste Noël Chiquet. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| JACQUET 2 | France, c.1810, OIM | made telescopes and microscopes. | rue du Haut-Moulin, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| JACQUINET | France, MIM | Armillary Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/13/71 = P.C. | Rue St. Honoré, Paris. | RSW. | |
| JACQUINOT, DOMINIQUE | France, 1545, | author; designed an astrolabe, Gunther 203; Nachet thought date was 1619. | Champagne. | Gunther 1; Michel 2 & 3; Nachet. | |
| JAMBON, R.F. | France, c.1828, MIM | devised "le machine geocyclique", a type of orrery; author. | a la Portée des gens du monde, Paris. | Baillie 1; H.C. King 2; Coffeen 12. | |
| JAMES | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker; jeweler. | Saffron Waldon. | Bell 2. | |
| JAMES AND SON | England, pre-1784, PHIM | Barometer = USNM. | London. | USNM; Middleton 4. | |
| JAMES, GEORGE | name of owner on a Hadley quadrant by John Gaitskill, 1823, ADL-A53. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| JAMES, GRAY AND KEEN | misreading for Jones, Gray and Keen. | RSW. | |||
| JAMESON, GEORGE | see George Jamieson 1. | H.C. King 2; Bryden 3. | |||
| JAMESON, JAMES | England, c.1761, OIM | apprenticed to John Margas in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free in the Company in 1761. | West Smithfield, London. | Robischon. | |
| JAMIESON | Scotland, c.1840, MIM | Percussion Machine = RSM. | Adam Square, Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low. | |
| JAMIESON, GEORGE 1 | Scotland, fl.1729-55, MIM | Orrery = RSM; Garden Sundials = EMA, X (1735). | orrery signed "George Jameson"; made brass plates for sundials. | Hamilton. | Taylor 2(188); Bryden 3; RSW. |
| JAMIESON, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1786-1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | clock and watch maker; chronometer maker to the Navy; one of the barometers is signed "George Jamison." | 33 Charing Cross, London (1800-05); High Street, Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| JAMIESON, ROBERT | Scotland, c.1820, MIM PHIM | Marine Thermometer, case = Captain Livingstone (pre-1820). | probably the Jamieson in Gardner, Jamieson and Co., which see. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1604); Clarke et al. |
| JAMIESON, ROBERT, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1819-25, MIM | 31 Brunswick Place (1822); 8 Nelson Street (1823-25); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| JAMIN, MAISON | France, 1822-pre-1865, OIM | succeeded by Darlot, pre-1865. | 14 rue Chapon, Paris. | USNM. | |
| JAMISON, GEORGE | see George Jamieson 2. | Goodison 1. | |||
| JAMNITZER, J. | MIM | Mining Compass = DRE (lost). | RSW. | ||
| JAMNITZER, WENZEL | Germany, 1509-86, MIM PHIM | Astrolabe, 1578 = DRE (lost); Sundials with shadow squares, 1578 = POB, DRE; Terrestrial Globe = NUR; Altitude Instrument, 1585 = DRE; Compasses, Rules and Wind Vanes = DRE; Measuring Rod, metal = BASH; Specific Gravity Measure = HAK. | author; painting showing HAK measure is at BASH. | Nürnberg. | Engelmann 3; Perry; Zinner 1; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Drechsler 2; Trois Siècles; Nachet; RSW. |
| JANEN, PIETER JACOBSZE VAN DEN | Holland, NIM | Marine Compass = P. and S. 4/3/1894. | Rotterdam. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| JANETTI | France, c.1795, MIM | cast official measures; worked for Fortin. | Marseilles. | Daumas 1. | |
| JANSE, JAN | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Cross-staff = Noordelijk Scheepvaart Museum. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| JANSEN, ANDRIES | Holland, 1600, MIM NIM | made universal astrolabes, cross-staves and quadrants for the van Neck expedition in 1600. | Amsterdam? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JANSEN, HANS | Holland, fl.1611-19, OIM | may have been the inventor of the microscope with his son, Zacharias, 1611-19; made microscopes. | Zeeland. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| JANSEN, WILLEM JANS | Holland, c.1826, MIM | made a planetarium as planned by Eisinga. | Dongjum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| JANSEN, ZACHARIAS | Holland, 1588-1632, OIM | spectacles, microscope and telescope maker; associated with the development of the refracting telescope in 1608; may have been the inventor of the microscope with his father, Hans Jansen. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Michel 3. | |
| JANSON, JOHANNES | Holland, fl.1620-48, MIM | Quadrant, wood, 1628 = LUN; Pairs of Globes, 1623 = DRE and Weimar Landesbibliothek; Celestial Globe, 1623, Terrestrial Globe, 1636 = Landesbibliothek, Berlin; Pair of Globes, 1645 = Heimatmuseum, Waldenburg; Celestial Globe, 1648 = LUN; Terrestrial Globe, 1620 = NMM. | son-in-law of Hondius. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1 & 6; Grötzsch 1 & 2; NMM 2; RSW. |
| JANSON, WILLEM | Holland, MIM | instrument maker for Adriaan Metius. | Michel 2. | ||
| JANSONIUS, JACOBUS | Holland, 1694, MIM | Universal Sundial, 1694 = ROT. | may be the same as Jacob Janszoon, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| JANSSEN, EGBERT | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Circumferentors = UTR and Geodätisches Institut, Munich; Graphometer = BAU; Square = UTP. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| JANSZOON, CORNELIS | Holland, fl.1568-80+, NIM | marine compass maker. | Harlingen; Emden (1568-80); Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JANSZOON, JACOB | Holland, 1674, NIM | cross-staff maker in 1674; see Jacobus Jansonius. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| JANTROVINO | misreading for Gaspar Introvini. | RSW. | |||
| JANVIER FILS | France, | ? | St. Claude. | Gélis. | |
| JANVIER, ANTIDE | France, 1751-1835, MIM | Armillary Sphere with clockwork,1774 = P.C.; Planetaria on Clocks = TOU (1773), TIM(2), Drouot 10/12/75, UTO 11/2/76, P.C.; Thermometers = CNAM (3). | clockmaker and author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Baillie 1; Tardy 3; Guye and Michel; RSW. |
| JANZOONS, ZACHARIUS | see Zacharius Jansen. | ||||
| JARDIN 1 | England, MIM | Level = D. (1973); Tension gauge = D. (1973). | London. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| JARDIN 2 | France, c.1800, MIM OIM | Drawing Instrument Set = UTO; Folding Square = Christie 6/7/72; Telescopic Rule, with silver mounts = SPI-11 (2770) = SPI-Anderson-26; Protractor = D.(1984); Sector = Saint-Brieuc 8/4/79. | "Opticien." | quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet; Coffeen F; RSW. |
| JARDIN, DU, PIERRE, LE JEUNE | France, c.1640, MIM | Diptych Sundial = LEI. | Paris. | A.J. Turner X. | |
| JARDIN, GEORGE | Scotland, fl.1737-70, MIM | Miner's Dial, 1770 = Kirkcaldy Museum. | blacksmith. | Glasgow. | Bryden 3. |
| JARDIN, JEAN DU | France, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Christie 12/18/74 and 4/9/75. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| JARDIN, PIERRE DU | France, 1594-1645, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = Soth. 12/12/55-113 = P.C. (1614), P.C. (1620), ADL-M257 (1627), MAN-I159 (1645), OXF, D.(1975), Ecouen (CLU). | ivory or ivory and wood; colored paper or tooled leather applied to 1b and 2a sides; the ADL instrument was misread as "du Chardin"; P.C. 1614 is ivory on pearwood with silver. | Paris. | Nachet; Brieux 3; Garcia Franco 1; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| JARDINE | France?, PHIM | Balance = Martin Sale 3/8/178? | RSW. | ||
| JARMAIN, T. | England, c.1759, NIM | made marine compasses. | London. | Bryden 3. | |
| JARMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1735, MIM | apprenticed to George Wright 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1728; turned over to James Swetman 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1729; free of the Company in 1735. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| JARVIS, F.W. | England, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = D.(1985). | may be the owner. | Coffeen 10. | |
| JASOND, IMAMFI | Nocturnal, 1589 = A-P 3/7/77. | misreading for initials of month scale. | RSW. | ||
| JAY, DANIEL | USA, 1764, MIM | Sundial, 1764 = P.C. | made for James Pemberton; latitude 40°. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. |
| JAYNE, JOHN | USA, 1784-1813, MIM NIM | Rule, 1805 = Essex Institute; Rods, 1806 = Essex Institute (2). | apprenticed to Benjamin King 2; T.C. in Hadley quadrant case. | at the Sign of Hadley's Quadrant; Essex Street (1805); Water Street (1807); Derby Street, opposite Union Wharf (1811); all in Salem, Mass.; Marblehead, Mass. | Brewington 1; Bedini 1 and 8; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| JAZEPH, JAMES | England, fl.1807-17, OIM | 24 Well Street, Cripplegate; 15 Nichols Street, Aldersgate; both in London. | Taylor 2(1165); O'Mara. | ||
| JAZEPIE, J. | England, 1807-17, OIM | probably James Jazeph. | 15 Castle Street, Aldersgate, London (1817). | O'Mara. | |
| JAZIOLI | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, wood, 5-foot = Cardoza Auction 8/26/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| JEACOCK, JAMES | England, fl.1836-72, MIM PHIM | 32 Fore Street (1836-42), (1852); 96 Fore Street (1847); both in Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(2155); O'Mara. | ||
| JEARDEIN, DU | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, oval = Soth. 2/1/79. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| JEAURAT | France, 1780, MIM | Star Guide, 1780 = CNAM. | member of Académie Royale des Sciences; invented an iconantidiptic telescope; author. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Courtanvaux; RSW. | |
| JECKER | France, c.1800, NIM PHIM SIM | Sextant, No. 101 = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Theodolite = FRK = Kelton Coll. (1990); etc. | probably François-Antoine-Jacob Jecker. | Paris. | RSW. |
| JECKER FRERES | France, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Jecker frères; François-Antoine Jecker and his brothers, Laurenz J. Jecker and perhaps A. Jecker. | 32, rue de Bondy, Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| JECKER, A. | France, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = A-P 3/15/76. | may be brother of François-Antoine Jecker. | RSW. | |
| JECKER, FRANCOIS-ANTOINE | France; England; France, fl.1790-1820, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made many balances, Borda circles, telescopes, microscopes, theodolites, elevation finders, barometers, etc; examples can be seen in NMM, CNAM, NAC, ROU, VNN, LAW, Schuhmann, etc. | François- Antoine Jecker; worked with Ramsden in London for five years; later had workshop with his brothers; signed "Jecker à Paris"; organized quantity production. | 20 rue des Marmousets; 110 rue des Douze-Portes, au Marais; 32 rue de Bondy (1819); all in Paris. | Daumas 1; NMM 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Wynter and Turner; J.A. Bennett 2; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| JECKER, LAURENZ J. | France, 1769-1834, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | brother of François-Antoine Jecker. | 32, rue de Bondy, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| JEEYES, SAMUEL | England, c.1670, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Philip Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1670. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JEFFERSON, THOMAS | USA, 1743-1826, | statesman; third President of the United States; was very interested in science and its application to people and to the United States; invented many labor- and time- saving devices including a pantograph for signatures; invented the wind directional machine at Monticello. | Virginia; Washinton, D.C.; Monticello, Va. | Bedini 8 and 11; DAB; etc. | |
| JEFFERSON, WATERMAN | USA, 1840, SIM | Surveying Compass/Inclinometer = D.(1996). | signed on pewter compass face; may be owner. | Douglas, Mass. | Coffeen 55. |
| JEFFERY, A. | England, fl.1862-89, MIM | Mining Theodolite, Lean-type = P.C. | watch and clockmaker; succeeded William Wilton 2 in Camborne. | Market Place, Camborne, Cornwall. | Crawforth 4. |
| JEFFREYS | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 4/7/76. | Dudley. | RSW. | |
| JEFFREYS AND SON | England, post-1850, PHIM | watch and clockmakers; made barometers; see John Jeffreys. | Market Place, Biggleswade. | Bell 2. | |
| JEFFREYS, J. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Gorringe's, Lewes 4/28/92. | mahogany and rosewood; could be Jeffreys or John Jeffreys, which see. | London. | RSW. |
| JEFFREYS, JAMES | England, fl. c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 132 St. John Street, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1900). | ||
| JEFFREYS, JOHN | England, fl.1823-50+, PHIM | watch and clockmaker; made barometers; see Jeffreys and Son. | Market Place, Biggleswade. | Bell 2. | |
| JEFFREYS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 26 Wilderness Row, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1901). | ||
| JENIG, PAUL | Germany, 1792, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1792 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| JENIN, PIERRE | France, 1614, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1614 = Saint-Blaise Church, Neuchatel. | Neuchatel. | RSW. | |
| JENKIN | England, 1925, | designed the Oxford Astrolabe in 1925, made by W. Watson and Sons Ltd; wrote short paper on it. | Bryden 16; Gunther 1; RSW. | ||
| JENKIN, EDWARD | England, c.1850, PHIM | Partner with Edward Hall in Dring and Fage and Co.; made hydrometers and saccharimeters. | 19 and 20 Tooley ST., lONDON bRIDGE, lONDON. | mCcONNELL 4. | |
| JENKINS, DAVID | England, fl.1828-29, MIM | 32 Whynot Street, Clerkenwell, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| JENKINS, HENRY | England, fl.1757-78, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | author; clockmaker. | 46 Cheapside (1774); 68 Aldersgate Street (1778); both in London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| JENKINSON, JOHN | England, fl.1644-69, OIM | member of Spectaclemakers' Company by 1644; took an apprentice. | Bishopsgate, London. | Court and von Rohr. | |
| JENNER, ANSELM | England, fl.1685-92, MIM | made the "Encyclogium" with Walter Hayes. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(440). | |
| JENNINGS, HENRY CONSTANTINE | England, 1731-1820, MIM NIM | Instruments = NMM, John Ross (1819). | patented an insulated compass and a mercurial log glass. | Shiplake; Lindrey Row, Chelsea; 39 Carbuton Place, Fitzroy Square, Marylebone; 75 Great Titchfield Street, Portland Place; all in London. | Taylor 2(499). |
| JENNINGS, THOMAS | England, fl.1844-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | T.C. on back of E. Hoppe barometer. | Tacket Street. Ipswich. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| JENSEN, GUSTAVO | Cuba, PHIM | Marine Barometer and Sympiesometer = Christie 4/3/74. | Habana. | RSW. | |
| JENSEN, IVER | Denmark, c.1790, NIM | Crown Compass = NMM. | Copenhagen. | Bedini 8. | |
| JENSEN, OLE | Norway?, 1779, | marked on a "Cole, London" (Benjamin Cole 2) Hadley's quadrant, 1779 at OMM. | RSW. | ||
| JENTILL, EDMUND | England, 1594, | devised a pair of compasses which could draw a number of geometrical and spiral lines, 1594. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| JERAK, FRANZ | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition in London, 1851. | Prague (Austria). | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| JEREMIASZ | see Meyjes Jeremiasz, Johannes or Franz. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |||
| JEROME, JEWEL AND CO. | USA, 1847-49, NIM | Noble Jerome, Lyman Jewel and David Mathews; clock makers; also made marine compasses. | Antiquarian Horology, June, 1983. | ||
| JEROME, NOBLE | USA, c.1847, | see Jerome, Jewel and Co.; was with the firm from 1847-49. | Antiquarian Horology, June 1983. | ||
| JERVIS, E. | 1752, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, silver, etui, 1752 = P.C. | possibly owner. | Antiques, July 1925. | |
| JERVIS, FRANCIS | England, c.1656, MIM | apprenticed for 8 years to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company on June 2, 1656. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JETINSKY | 1725, MIM | Hodometer in cart with organ, 1725 = GEL. | RSW. | ||
| JEVVITT AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = K. and C. 10/8/75. | may be misreading for "Jewitt and Co." | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| JEWEL | England, OIM | see Willett and Jewel; microscope makers. | RSW. | ||
| JEWEL, PIETER | Holland, OIM | Microscope = Crisp Coll. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2. | |
| JEWITT AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | see Jevvitt and Co. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| JEWITT, W. | NIM | T.C.; sextant maker according to label on Bradford sextant in Victory Museum, Portsmouth. | RSW. | ||
| JEWSBURY, J. | England, c.1870, | marked on a sundial signed "Moody Birmingham", which see; a large firm known as Pearson Page, Jewsbury in the 1950's. | Birmingham. | Evans 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| JEZEPH, JAMES | misreading for Jazeph. | Taylor 2(1165); O'Mara. | |||
| JOACHIMICUS, JOHANN PRATORIUS | see Johann Praetorius. | Drechsler 2. | |||
| JOANIDES, JOHN | Holland?, pre-1690, MIM | son of Zachariah Ioanides; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Middelsburg. | Clay and Court. | |
| JOB, C.H., AND CO. | England, c.1790, MIM | Pantograph = D.(1976). | London. | Moskowitz 110. | |
| JOBLOT, LOUIS | France, 1647-1723, OIM | invented several types of microscopes; author. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| JOBSON, BENJAMIN | England, 1680, MIM | Gunner's Sector, wood, 1680 = X. | Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983. | ||
| JOEL, MR. | England, fl.1675-85, MIM | Jole? Choule? | London. | A.J. Turner 1 and 2. | |
| JOHAN | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, plate and scale only = Soth. 12/16/63. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| JOHANNES | Germany, 1462, MIM | Astrolabe, 1462 = Hardcastle Coll. (ICA-640) = NMM (loan) = Christie-SK 9/28/89 = P.C. | early astrolabe, back plate, with inscriptins, may be later; thought to be by Johannes Regiomontanus, which see. | NMM 2; Price 1 & 6; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| JOHANNESEN, H.A. | England, c.1850, NIM | Marine Compass = OMM. | Grimsby. | RSW. | |
| JOHANNSON, A., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in octant box. | 150 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| JOHN OF HARLEBEKE | England, 14th Century, | wrote on a globe, a wooden sphere with brass meridian. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| JOHN OF HOLYWOOD | England, | see Sacrobosco. | RSW. | ||
| JOHN OF LIGNERES | France, c.1310, | wrote a text on the universal astrolabe, 1310. | Lignères. | A.J. Turner 10; Poulle 2 and 3. | |
| JOHN OF MONTPELIER | France, c.1276, | worked out quadrant sundial; Johannes Anglicus de Montpelier; is he the same as Guillelmus Anglicus of Marseilles? author. | Montpelier. | Gunther 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| JOHN, PETER 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lynn. | Goodison 1. | |
| JOHN, PETER 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Wisbech. | Goodison 1. | |
| JOHN, THOMAS | England, c.1838, OIM | 8 Clement's Inn Passage, London. | Taylor 2(2157). | ||
| JOHNHRRIS | England, | mark of John Harris 1. | RSW. | ||
| JOHNSON | see Long and Johnson. | ||||
| JOHNSON AND BLACKBURN | England, fl.1847-48, PHIM | William Johnson 3 and Cuthbert Blackburn; barometer and thermometer makers. | 34 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| JOHNSON AND MATTHEY | England, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition, 1851, London. | 79 Hatton Garden, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| JOHNSON, C. | England, c.1860, OIM | Telescope on stand = P.C. | 2 optics marked "1860." | Aldersgate Street, London. | RSW. |
| JOHNSON, GEORGE | England, | see "G.J." | Evans 1. | ||
| JOHNSON, HENRY | England, c.1802, | invented a device for tracing spiral curves; devised deep sea pressure gauges and deep sea thermometers. | 39 Crutched Friars, London. | USNM. | |
| JOHNSON, ISAAC | England, c.1723, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1713; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1723. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JOHNSON, J.B. | USA, fl.1846-80, MIM NIM PHIM | also made meteorological instruments; see J.B. Johnson and Co. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| JOHNSON, J.B., AND CO. | USA, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| JOHNSON, J.N. | England, c.1827, | designed a new sextant. | Southampton. | Taylor 2(1605). | |
| JOHNSON, J.P. | see J.B. Johnson. | USNM. | |||
| JOHNSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1627-54, MIM | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| JOHNSON, JOHN 2 | England, 1679-1736, NIM OIM PHIM | Nocturnal, 1723 = BM; Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | apprenticed to Thomas Sterrop 1 or 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1693; free of the Company in 1700; took apprentices. | London. | Taylor 2(76); Price 3; Ward 4; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(67); RSW. |
| JOHNSON, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1689-1718, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocers' Company, 1675; free of the Company, 1689; took apprentices. | Little Tower Hill (1704); near the Postern on Tower Hill (1709); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| JOHNSON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1745-72, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = OXF, Soth. 7/22/68, 2/2/76, P.C (1976); Stick Barometer = X; Microscope, 1751 = Clay Coll.; Microscope = Christie 6/7/72. | apprenticed to James Mann 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1738; free of the Company in 1745; succeeded James Mann 2 in 1760; T.C.; advertised barometers and thermometers. | at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near the West end of St.Paul's & 23 Ludgate Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(371); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; Wynter; Clay and Court ; Court and von Rohr 3(143); Robischon; RSW. |
| JOHNSON, T. | USA, 1760, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1760 = P.C. | Bedini 1. | ||
| JOHNSON, W. AND A.K. | misreading for Johnston. | Christie-SK 4/17/86; Nat'l Antiques Review, July 1975. | |||
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1690, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1690. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1715-45, OIM | apprenticed to James Mann 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1715; took an apprentice. | London. | Robischon. | |
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-Pulborough 3/1/83. | in partnership with Cuthbert Blackbourn (1847-48). | 19 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1830); 20 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1831-33); 29 Kirby Street (1834-40); 34 Hatton Garden (1841-60); all in London. | Taylor 2(2159); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 4 | England, fl.1830-60, OIM PHIM | Thermometer = NMM-MT/TH.13. | T.C.; "Optician and Spectacle Maker." | 188 Tottenham Court Road, London. | Calvert 2; NMM 2. |
| JOHNSTON | c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe, miniature = Soth. 2/4/74; Celestial Globe, 12-inch = Phillips 1/13/76. | "Johnston's New Celestial Globe", on miniature globe; possibly Ward or Alexander Keith Johnston. | RSW. | |
| JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH | Scotland; England, c.1826, MIM | globe maker; partner of William Johnston, his brother; see W. and A.K. Johnston. | Edinburgh; London (1851). | Lister; Morrison-Low; A.D.C. Simpson; RSW. | |
| JOHNSTON, W. AND A.K. | Scotland; England, fl.1826-1900+, MIM | Celestial Globes = ADL-A173 (1879), ADL-A47, RSM (2); Terrestrial Globes = Christie-SK 4/17/86 (2), Folio Sale, 1975. | William and Alexander Keith Johnston; both ADL celestial globes marked "Ltd."; one of the terrestrial globes dated 1888. | Edinburgh (1826-51); London (1851-). | Lister; DNB; Morrison-Low; A.D.C. Simpson; RSW; Nat'l Antiques Review, July 1975, Portland, Me.; ADL. |
| JOHNSTON, WARD | see W. and A.K. Johnston. | RSW. | |||
| JOHNSTONE, H.J. | NIM | Sextant = D.(1965). | RSW. | ||
| JOHNSTONE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1774-76, MIM | Carruber's Close, Edinburgh (1774-76). | Bryden 3. | ||
| JOLE, ROBERT | England, fl.1664-1702, MIM | Abacus = Soth. 10/27/69; Cotterel-type Napier's Bones, wood = OXF. | apprenticed to Hilkiah Bedford in the Stationers' Company, June 1, 1656; free in the Company, June 6, 1664; admitted as a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1667; took apprentices; also made gauging rods. | Sign of the Crown, over against Durham Yard, the Strand; Sign of the Globe, Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(334); Baillie 1; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Bryden 9; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 9; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| JOLE, THOMAS | England, c.1680, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to his father, Robert Jole, of the Clockmakers' Company on April 5, 1680. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JOLIFFE | see Joloffe. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| JOLIVALD, ABBE | France, c.1850, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = CNAM. | Abbé Jolivald. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| JOLLAIN, GERARD | France, c.1666, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1666 = X. | cartographer; produced map gores and globes. | Karrow 1. | |
| JOLOFFE, WILLIAM | England, c.1806, MIM | apprenticed to Rowland Tidder in the Grocers' Company in 1799; free of the Company in 1806. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| JONAS | France, c.1840, OIM | Monocular = D.(1983). | au Théatre Royal de Feydeau, Paris. | Coffeen D. | |
| JONAS, W. AND S. | misreading for W. and S. Jones. | Gillingham 6. | |||
| JONES 1 | England, c.1780, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | may be David Jones or Thomas Jones 1; many instruments are signed only "Jones Charing Cross London", including telescopes, hygrometers, octants, circumferentors, sundials, etc. | Charing Cross, London. | NMM 2; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Tomlinson 1; RSW. | |
| JONES 2 | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = PEA. | could be Charles, Davis, or Thomas (2) Jones. | Liverpool. | Brewington 1. |
| JONES 3 | England, MIM OIM | Universal Ring Sundial = NMM; Telescope, Gregorian = Brown U., R.I.; Instruments = X. | could be John Jones 2 or William Jones 2. | Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(612); NMM 2; RSW. |
| JONES 4 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | "Optician." | 201 Strand, London. | RSW. |
| JONES 5 | see Daniel and Jones. | RSW. | |||
| JONES 6 | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, single draw = D.(1989). | "Day or Night"; could be John Jones 2, Thomas Jones 1 or 2, or William Jones 2. | London. | Rinaldi 23. |
| JONES AND CO. 1 | England, c.1825, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Octant = NMM-S.157; Telescope = Christie 5/26/76. | London. | Goodison 1; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| JONES AND CO. 2 | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer makers. | Toxteth Park, Liverpool. | Bell 2. | |
| JONES AND RUST | England, fl.1811-13, NIM | Mariner's Compass = PEA. | probably Thomas Jones 2 and Joseph Rust 4. | 29 Pool Lane (1811); 31 Pool Lane (1813); both in Liverpool. | Brewington 1; RSW. |
| JONES AND SON | England, fl.1785-95, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = VCW; Theodolite = P.C.; Telescope = Soth-S 7/23/87. | John Jones 2 and his son William Jones 2. | 135 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| JONES, CHARLES | England, fl.1821-40, MIM OIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory, for Josiah Hewitt = D.(1984). | T.C. | 57 Stanley Street, East Side, Dry Dock; 25 Strand; both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1606); Moskowitz 101; Bell 2; Coffeen H. |
| JONES, DAVID | England, fl.1770-90, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = KEN, Soth. 2/8/83, D.(1972); Stick Barometer = X; Instrument = WHI. | apprenticed to Benjamin Martin in the Goldsmiths' Company, June 3, 1766; T.C.; father of Thomas Jones 1; many of his instruments are signed "D. Jones London." | 35 Charing Cross (1791); 65 Charing Cross; both in London. | Taylor 2(996); Clay and Court; Calvert 2; Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXIII); Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| JONES, DAVIS | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | 110 Richmond Row; 70 Great George's Street; both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1903). | ||
| JONES, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1780-1800, OIM | Microscopes = WHI, DEU. | developed an "improved" microscope. | 14 Somerset Place, New Road, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(857); Clay and Court; Daumas 1. |
| JONES, EDWARD 2 | England, c.1792, PHIM | balance maker. | Wolverhampton. | D. Crawforth-Hichins. | |
| JONES, GRAY AND KEEN | England, fl.1830-50, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN; Sextant = Soth. 1/27/75; Octants = D.(1973), Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Charles Jones?, Gray and Robert Keen. | Strand, Liverpool. | Bell 2; Brewington 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| JONES, HENRY 1 | England, fl.1663-95, PHIM | apprenticed in 1654; made free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1663; Master of the Company in 1691; clockmaker; made barometers. | Inner Temple, London. | Goodison 1; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | |
| JONES, HENRY 2 | England, c. 1796, OIM | 36 Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(997). | ||
| JONES, INIGO | England, | architect; designed a sundial for New Square at Lincoln's Inn, London. | London. | Gatty. | |
| JONES, J. | England, MIM | Compass, Planisphere map on card = P.C. | may be John Jones 2. | London. | RSW. |
| JONES, J., AND SON | England, fl.1784-88, MIM OIM PHIM | John Jones 2 and William Jones 2; also made barometers. | 135 near Furnival's Inn, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| JONES, JAMES 1 | England, c. 1715, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 10, 1715. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JONES, JAMES 2 | England, c.1787, MIM OIM | optician. | 92 Snow Hill, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 87 Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(2160). | ||
| JONES, JOHN (2), AND SONS | England, pre-1793, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Rochon Micrometer Telescope = X. | John Jones 2 and his sons, William (2) and Samuel Jones. | 135 Holborn, London. | Brewington 1; Clay and Court. |
| JONES, JOHN 1 | England, c.1725, MIM | apprenticed to James Rowley of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 1, 1725. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JONES, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1758-84; d.1808, MIM OIM | Orreries, wood and paper = Soth. 6/16/75, Bagshaws, Uttoxeter 3/26/93; Microscope = Pym Sale. | apprenticed in 1751 to Leonard Ballet in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1758; "Wm. Jones new Portable Orrery made by John Jones"; William (2) and Samuel Jones were sons of John Jones 2; see W. & S. Jones; Clifton calls him John Jones 1 and says he was also member of the Fishmongers'Company, (1779). | at the Sign of Archimedes and the Golden Spectacles, the corner of the Bell and Crown Inn, Holborn; 135 near Furnival's Inn, Holborn, both in London. | Taylor 2(612); Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Brewington 1; Court and von Rohr 3(161); RSW; Morrison-Low 6; Clifton 1; ATG 5/8/93. |
| JONES, JOHN 3 | USA, fl.1847-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | No. 18 South Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Antiques, Jan. 1971. | |
| JONES, JOHN SIDNEY | USA, fl.1838-39, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| JONES, MARY | England, fl.1829?-40, OIM | succeeded Owen Jones. | 241 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(2161); O'Mara. | |
| JONES, MR. | England, c.1820, MIM NIM | Dipping Needle = Peter Barlow (1820). | mathematical instrument maker to the Ordnance; probably either John Jones 2 or William Jones 2. | Taylor 2(1166). | |
| JONES, OWEN | England, fl.1820-29, OIM | succeeded by Mary Jones. | 11 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square (1820-22); 241 Oxford Street (1822-29); both in London. | Taylor 2(1607); O'Mara. | |
| JONES, PHILIP | England, c.1757, | member of the Framework Knitters' Company; Robert Bancks 1 (MIM), turned over to him by William Murry, of the Joiners'Company, in 1757. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| JONES, ROBERT | England, 1692, MIM | Sector, wood, 1692 = D. (1992). | Coffeen Comm. | ||
| JONES, SAMUEL | England, c.1794, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of John Jones 2; brother of William Jones 2; got the freedom of the Spectaclemakers' Company but was never formally apprenticed; see W. and S. Jones. | London. | Morrison-Low 6; RSW. | |
| JONES, SAMUELL | England, 1690, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1690 = Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. | RSW. | ||
| JONES, T. AND S. | England, fl.1805-06, MIM | hard to say who these are, unless the entry is a misreading for T. Jones and Son or W. and S. Jones, but the address does not agree with either nor the date with the former. | 30 Marylebone Street, London. | Taylor 2(1166); RSW. | |
| JONES, T., AND SON | England, c.1835, PHIM | barometer makers; Thomas Jones 1 and son (could be Samuel?). | Charing Cross, London. | Bell 2. | |
| JONES, THOMAS (1), AND SONS | England, fl.1790-1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Plotting Protractor and Sextant = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Microscope = Frank Coll; Altazimuth Instrument = WHI. | 62 Charing Cross, London. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| JONES, THOMAS 1 | England, 1775-1852, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including KEN, OXF, Longleat House, Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, RSM, MAN, STT, NMM, USNM, Kelton Coll., etc. | son of David Jones; apprenticed to Ramsden in 1789; patented a dividing engine in 1811; T.C.; F.R.S. in 1835; instrument maker to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence. | 120 Mount Street, Berkeley Square (1806); 21 Oxenden Street, Piccadilly (Hay Market) (1811-14); 62 Charing Cross (1816-50); 4 Rupert Street, Coventry Street; Cockspur Street (c.1819); 13 Ponton Street, Haymarket; all in London. | Taylor 2(998); J.A. Bennett 2; Middleton 1 and 4; Wynter 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; USNM; Garcia 1; Coffeen 14; RSW; DNB; Pipping 1; NMM 2; Goodison 1; Multhauf and Good. |
| JONES, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1800-22, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octants, ebony = PEA, D.(1989), Pugsley Sale; Sextants = PEA, Soth. 10/24/60; Ring Sundial = OXF; Hadley's Quadrant = PEA; Marine Barometer = VNN; Telescope = Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Conn. | T.C.; "Maker of Sextants, Quadrants, Compasses and Telescopes"; partner with Joseph Rust 4 in Jones and Rust, fl.1811-13, which see. | 4 Harrington Street; 5 Harrington Street; Castle Street, near the Exchange; all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1608); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; NMM 2; Rinaldi 23; RSW. |
| JONES, W. AND S. | England, fl.1790-1840, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL, OXF, KEN, RSM, Snowshill Manor, Frank, BM, COO, VNN, PEA, SWE, STM, LEY, VCW, NMM, MAR, PMS, USNM, WHI, Hawick Museum, APS, Bolling Hall, Bradford, etc. | William (2) and Samuel Jones, sons of John Jones 2; T.C.; some of their globes were engraved by George Wright 2. | 135 Holborn Hill, near Furnival's Inn (1794-95); at the Archimedes, No. 30 Lower Holborn, nearly opposite Furnival's Inn (1795-1822); both in London. | Taylor 2(858); Goodison 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Wynter 1; Bedini 8; DNB; Multhauf 1; Hamilton; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Chaldecott 1; RSW; USNM; Moskowitz 104; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Hillier; Coffeen 15; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXIV); Collins 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; ADL; Yonge. |
| JONES, W., AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope = VCW. | William Jones 2 and Son. | Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| JONES, W.S. | England, | misreading for W. and S. Jones. | London. | Soth. 2/1/79; USNM; A-P 3/15/76. | |
| JONES, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1760, | proposed a new method for finding the longitude at sea and an instrument to use in the process. | London. | USNM. | |
| JONES, WILLIAM 2 | England, 1763-1831, MIM OIM PHIM | Orreries, wood and paper = ADL-W83, PEA, SWE, DEU, VCW, KEN, USNM, NMM, Pym sale, Koller 11/17/75, Soth. 10/17/60, Ader Picard Tajan 3/15/76, Soth. 3/10/87, P.C. (1794), etc. | apprenticed to his father, John Jones 2, in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1776; free of the Company in 1794; brother of Samuel Jones; pupil of Bejamin Martin; employed by G. Adams 2; partner with his father, John Jones 2, by 1784 as "Jones and Son" and "J. Jones and Son"; wrote on a new portable orrery in 1782 "invented and made by W. Jones"; a partner with his brother by 1794, as "W. and S. Jones." | Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(858); Wynter 1 & 2; Dewhurst; Brewington 1; NMM 2; Coffeen 9; Goodison 1; H. King 2; Court and von Rohr 3(207); J.A. Bennett 2; Yonge; ADL; Clifton 1; RSW. |
| JONES, WILLIAM 3 | USA, c.1846, MIM | exhibited an "Astral Chrometer" at the fair of the American Institute, Albany N.Y. in 1846 winning a silver medal; he also invented a portable sundial. | 275 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 6; USNM. | |
| JONES, WILLIAM 4 | England, 1775-1852, MIM | Gunter's Rule = NMM; Rule = D.(1988). | made "Soho" slide rules; signed "late Wellington." | Crown Court, Soho, London | Cajori; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2. |
| JONES, WILLIAM 5 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Whitford. | Bell 2. | |
| JONG, J. DE | Holland, fl.1816-17, NIM | son of Jacobus de Jong?; compass maker. | in de Oude Teertuinen bij de o.z. Kapelsteg, Amsterdam? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JONG, J. DE, AND BRUYN | Hollandfl.1800-66, NIM OIM | Microscope = Leeuwarden Museum; Compass = X; Crown Compass = AMST; Azimuth Compass = AMST; Dry Card Compass = Frisian Marine Museum, Leeuwarden. | sometimes spelt "Jongh." | Oude Teertuinen bij de Kapelsteeg 13 (1836-52); Oude Teertuinen bij de Kapelsteeg 166 (1853-66); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1. |
| JONG, JACOB DE | Holland, fl.1740-1808, NIM | Compass Card = AMST; Marine Compass, 1788 = P.C.; Compasses = P.C. (2). | sometimes spelt "Jongh"; compass maker. | teertuinen (1742); Oude Teertuinen (1767); both in Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| JONG, P. DE | Holland, 1742, NIM | compass maker. | Droogbak, Amserdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JONNARD | c.1630, MIM | Calipers, iron = D. | maker or owner. | RSW. | |
| JOOS FILS | France, NIM | Dry Card Compass = MYS. | Dunkerque. | RSW. | |
| JOOSTING, JOHANNES HENDRICK | Holland, 1817, | member of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam, 1817; may be brother of Pierterz. Dirk Joosting; instrument maker? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| JOOSTING, PIETER | Holland, 1742, NIM | compass maker in 1742; by 1767 the firm was Joosting en Zoon. | Martelaarsgracht, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| JOOSTING, PIETER, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1767, NIM | compass makers. | Texelse Kay (Konigsstraat), Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2.Rooseboom 1. | |
| JOOSTING, PIETERZ. DIRK | Holland, 1816, | member of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam in 1816; may be descendant of Pieter Joosting; may be brother of Johannes Hendrick Joosting; instrument maker? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| JOPLING | England, c.1840, MIM | Pantograph = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | designed a curve instrument; pantograph signed "Jopling's Double Cranks." | 24 Somerset Street, Portman Square, London. | Gregory Sale 3/17/1842; RSW. |
| JORDAN, T.B. | England, c.1838, | invented the first photographic sun recorder. | Penzance. | Middleton 4. | |
| JORDAN, THOMAS | England, 1840, MIM NIM | Dipping Needle = Ross and Sullivan (1840). | Falmouth. | Taylor 2(1905). | |
| JORDAN, WILLIAM | England, c.1649, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company, 1649. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| JORDISON | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = P-B 3/4/39. | Middlesboro. | RSW. | |
| JOSEPH A VIN | France, MIM | Sundial, ivory = X. | Joseph à Vin. | Michel 3. | |
| JOSEPH, D:, NOTO: | see D. Joseph Noto. | RSW. | |||
| JOSEPH, F. | Italy, MIM | Floating Sundial, ivory = Evans Coll. | Vincenza. | Dewhirst. | |
| JOSLIN, GILMAN | USA, fl.1837-54+, MIM | Pairs of Globes = Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Tarrytown, N.Y. (1839), Phillips 12/12/89 (1840, 1846); Terrestrial Globes = Heritage Foundation, Deerfield, Mass. (1840), Birmingham Public Library, Ala. (1846), P.C. (1846), D.(1968) (1846), D.(1989); Tellurium, 1854 = D.(1975). | made Loring's globes in 1846; made several sizes of globes. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge; USNM; Moskowitz 122; Coffeen C; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 6; Rinaldi 3; RSW. |
| JOSLIN, GILMAN, AND SON | USA, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globes = Wellesley College, Mass., P.C., Soth-PB pre-1980. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| JOUGHIN, FREDERICK | England, c.1864, NIM | Octant = Phillips 10/5/76. | 17 Upper Eastsmithfield, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| JOUGHIN, GEORGE | England, 1856, MIM | 14 Rutland Street, Mile End, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| JOULE AND SCORESBY | England, 1845, PHIM | Magnetic Electric Machine, 1845 = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | James Prescott Joule and William Scoresby. | London. | RSW. |
| JOULE, JAMES PRESCOTT | England, 1818-89, PHIM | scientist; designed experimental apparatus, copper calorimeter, etc.; worked with William Scoresby, 1845, as Joule and Scoresby, which see; showed conservation of energy, 1847. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; RSW. | |
| JOURDAN | France?, MIM | Heliograph = LIE. | Michel 9. | ||
| JOUVENET | France, c.1760, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = OXF; Sector = THO; Protractor = THO; Universal Ring Sundial with alidade = TIM. | TIM instrument is forgery. | Paris. | RSW; Brieux 5. |
| JOY, ALFRED | England, MIM | Hodometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | Chichester. | RSW. | |
| JOYCE, J.B., AND CO. | England, 1697, MIM | see William Joyce. | Baillie 1. | ||
| JOYCE, WILLIAM | England, 1724, MIM | Sundial on church = Cockshutt? | may be founder of J.B. Joyce and Co., 1697. | Cockshutt. | Baillie 1. |
| JOYEUX, BERNARD | France, pre-1787, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Musée Lorrain, Nancy. | Paguy. | Michel 14. | |
| JUAN DE ----- | Spain?, 1622, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, pocket, 1622 = Ineichen 10/20/75. | last name not clear. | RSW. | |
| JUDAEUS, LEO | see Levi ben Gerson. | Michel 3. | |||
| JUDSON, THOMAS | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 26 Waterloo Road, Lambeth; 11 Alfred Street, Newington Causeway; both in London. | Taylor 2(2163). | ||
| JUGAN | France, MIM | Square, silver = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| JULIUS HERZOG | Germany, | see Herzog, Julius. | Zinner 1. | ||
| JULLIEN | France, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Versailles 11/20/83. | "Opticien." | 86, rue des Carmes, Rouen. | RSW. |
| JUMP | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer in regulator clock = X; Chronometer = NMM. | possibly Richard Thomas Jump; clock by Vulliamy. | London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1167). |
| JUMP, JOSEPH | England, fl.1827-54, PHIM | clockmaker; apprenticed to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy in 1827; with him until 1854; son of Richard Thomas Jump; see Jump. | London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| JUMP, RICHARD THOMAS | England, 1812-64, PHIM | Clockmakers' Sector = P.C. (1935). | clockmaker; apprenticed to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy on Nov 7, 1825; grandson of Thomas Jump; father of Joseph Jump. | 24 Marsham Street, Westminster, London (home). | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; V. Mercer. |
| JUMP, THOMAS | England, fl.1785-1803, MIM | Clockmaker's Sector = X. | may be inventor of this type of sector; clockmaker. | Prescot. | V. Mercer. |
| JUNG | Germany, 1770, MIM PHIM | Thermometer, 1770 = X. | cited by Bernoulli. | Uffenheim. | Daumas 1. |
| JUNGERS, PROF. E. | Denmark, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Rasmussen, Jan, 1968. | Prof. E. Jüngers' Mechaniske Etablissement. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| JUNGHANS, C. | Germany, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood = LUN. | Jena. | Zinner 6. | |
| JURGENSEN'S SONS | Denmark, c.1850, PHIM | Jürgensen's showed in the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | Copenhagen. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| JURGENSEN, LOUIS URBAN | Denmark, c.1800, PHIM | Thermometer, No. 841 = Soth. 7/26/65. | Jürgensen. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| JURGENSEN, URBAN | Denmark, c.1843, MIM PHIM | Thermometers = Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Ineichen 5/10/76; Metallic Thermometer, 1843 = BM. | Urban Jürgensen. | Copenhagen. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| JURIN | England, 1684-1750, | doctor; mathematician; worked on optics. | Nachet. | ||
| JUSTER, JAMES | England, c.1782, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1782. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| JUSTI, JOANNES BAPTISTA | see Giovanni Baptista Giusta. | Michel 3. | |||
| JUSTICE, JOHN | Scotland, 1717, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1717 = Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh. | originally at Woodhall House. | Somerville. | |
| JUTTNER, JOSEPH | Czechoslovakia, c.1828, MIM | Armillary Spheres, Copernican, 1828 = PRA, KRA; Armillary Sphere, Ptolomaic, 1828 = PRA; Celestial Globes = PRA (2), KRA; Terrestrial Globe = PRA. | Joseph Jüttner. | Prague. | Estreicher; Horsky and Skopova; RSW. |
| K. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway, POTS. | the mark is a crown over "K." | Körber 1; RSW. | |
| K.F. | Traverse Board = OMM. | RSW. | |||
| K.K. 1 | 17th Century, MIM | Navicula-type Sundial = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| K.K. 2 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Quadrant and Level, mining-type, ivory = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| K.L.C. 1 | c.1790, MIM SIM | Cartographic Surveying Rule = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | under a crown; also marked "N.G.H." | RSW. | |
| K.L.C. 2 | MIM | Rule, silver, in etui = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| K.M. 1 | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Dividers with Sundial and Compass = FIN = EMA. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| K.M. 2 | see H.A. K.M. | ||||
| K.S. | 1723, MIM | Bow Compass, 1723 = D.(1987). | Coffeen 15. | ||
| KACHLER | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = UTR. | Stuttgart. | de Rijk. | |
| KADAUER | see Kodauer. | Zinner 1. | |||
| KAERIUS, P. | 1614, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1614 = NMM-G.108, 109. | ex-Mensing Coll. | NMM 2. | |
| KAETHOFF, CASPAR | Holland, | see Caspar Kalthoff. | Daumas 1. | ||
| KAI?___, I.L. | 1666, NIM | Cross-staff, 1666 = PEA. | also marked "Edward Holyoke 1718." | Brewington 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| KAKELAAR, HENDRIKUS | Holland, fl.1783-86, NIM | marked on compass card in Joseph van den Eeckout's grand orrery in Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg. | Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KALABERGO, G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | possibly misreading for John Kalabergo, which see. | Banbury. | RSW. |
| KALABERGO, JOHN | England, 1812-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4), Phillips 9/10/86; Soth. 1/27/88. | the barometers at Phillips and Soth. were read as "G. Kalabergo Banbury." | Market Place (1830-32); Bridge Street North (1832-52); both in Banbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| KALLER | France, c.1760, NIM | Octant = POB. | also marked "ETS." | Paris. | Trois Siècles. |
| KALTENBACK, FALLER AND CO. | see Caltenback, Fuller and Co. | Bell 2. | |||
| KALTHOFF, CASPAR | Holland; England, fl.1628-64, MIM | excellent instrument maker; worked with Johannes Digges and William Corderoy. | Dordrecht; London. | Rooseboom 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Daumas 1. | |
| KAMPE, FRANZ LEBRECHT | Germany, 1712-85, MIM | Quadrant on stand = Universtätssternwarte, Göttingen. | made astronomical instruments and clocks. | Göttingen. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1. |
| KAMPF, JOHANN | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KAMPMAN, J. | Holland, c.1770, MIM PHIM | Level, wood = TEY; Philosophical Instruments = TEY. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| KAMPMAN, J., AND ADAM STEITZ | Holland, c.1770, PHIM | Parabolic Trajectories = TEY (2); Rebound Trajectory = TEY; Projectile Trolley = TEY; Cycloidal Tracks = TEY (2); Inclined Planes = TEY; etc. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| KANDEL, JOHAN GEORG | Switzerland, MIM | Sundial = X. | Constanz. | Evans 1. | |
| KANTER, J. DE, PH.Z. | Holland, 1762-1841, MIM SIM | Pocket Solarium, paper and wood, 1788 = AMST. | author. | Wissekerke; Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| KANUMAK, PIOMA | Russia, NIM | Sextant = Central Naval Museum, Leningrad. | RSW. | ||
| KARL | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| KARL, F. LIBERATUS | Germany, 1766, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, case, 1766 = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | Baden. | Evans 1. | |
| KARL, GEORG | Germany, 1598, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1598 = OXF. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Baillie 1. | ||
| KARMEYER | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Astrolabe Table Clock = X. | Marienburg. | Baillie 1. | |
| KARMOCK, JOHN | England, fl.1782-87, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1773; free of the Company in 1782; took apprentices. | 35 Wapping Street (1782-86); 302 Bell Dock, Wapping (1787); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| KARMOCK, STEPHEN | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to his brother, John Karmock, of the Grocers' Company, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KARNER, ALBRECHT | Germany, 1619-87, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = BUD (1655), Fränkel Coll. (1655), D.(1985) (1655), GRA (1658), BAM (1661), BM (1661), St. Gallen Altertums-Sammlung (1661), MEM (1662), WUP (1667), Michel Coll. (1668), ADL-DPW26 (1668), Hübner Coll., Vienna (1688), MUN, GRA, etc. | son of Conrad Karner 2; fl.1655-87; master mark is hunting horn; 1688 instrument probably misreading of date. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Gunther 2; Dewhirst; Price 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1; Gouk 1; Coffeen 10; ADL; RSW. |
| KARNER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1620-82, MIM | compass maker; son of Hans Karner 1 or 2; Gouk's text does not agree with her chart. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, CASPAR | Germany, 1542-pre-90, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = OXF. | Master in 1564. | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 and 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. |
| KARNER, CONRAD 1 | Germany, fl.1567-71, MIM | compass maker; father of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, CONRAD 2 | Germany, 1571-1632, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = D.(1619), ADL-W21 (1621), BM (1622), LIE (1622), WHI (1623), Palazzo Madama, Turin (1623), MUN (1628), Huelsmann Coll. (1628), BASH (1629), OXF (1630), GEP (1631), NYS (1632), STU, National Museum, Helsinki, OXF, etc. | master mark is hunting horn. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; USNM; Gunther 2; Josten 1; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; NMM 2; Baillie 1; Bryden 16; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| KARNER, ELISABETH | Germany, fl.1564-90, | married Caspar Karner in 1564, had eight children; married Albrecht Lösel in 1590 and had one son, Michael Lesel, which see. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, ERASMUS | Germany, 1614-51, MIM | compass maker; son of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, GEORG | Germany, b.1648 fl.1679, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = MUN (1679), P.C., OXF, UTR, etc.; Diptych Sundial, ivory, lower leaf = Landshut in Niederbayern Museum. | master mark is jumping horse; the UTR dial has only the master mark; Georg was Melchior Karner's brother and son of Albrecht Karner. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; De Clerque 1; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| KARNER, HANS 1 | Germany, fl.1588-1632, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = D.(1983), ADL-W136. | the ADL sundial has two Maltese crosses in compass box. | Nürnberg. | Coffeen E; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KARNER, HANS 2 | Germany, 1597-1676, MIM | compass maker; son of Hans Karner 1. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1650-1716, MIM | compass maker; son of Albrecht Karner. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, HANS PAULUS | Germany, 1606-27, MIM | son of Hans Karner 1; compass maker; did not make ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW, | |
| KARNER, JACOB | Germany, 1612-48, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = DEU (1599), WHI (1639), WHI (1648), WHI (3), NYC (incomplete). | master mark is "I.3 K.", which see; WHI (1648) is signed "3", other WHI, undated, are signed "I.3 K." and "3"; some of the rest of these sundials are signed thus or with a "3"; son of Conrad Karner 2; DEU (1599) diptych must be a misreading of the date. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Price 2; Gouk 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| KARNER, JACOB FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1640-86, MIM | compass maker; son of Jacob Karner and grandson of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, LEONHARD ANDREAS | Germany, 1682-1733, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Heidelburg Museum (1732). | master mark was glove with cuff; see "L.K." 1 and "L.A.K." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| KARNER, MARTIN | Germany, 1606-32, MIM | compass maker; son of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, MELCHIOR | Germany, 1642-1707, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Geneva Mus. of Horology (1665), LIN and KLA (1685), OXF and PAK (1690), P.C. (1687), etc. | master mark is 4; see "M.K." 3; Melchior was the son of Albrecht Karner; Gouk thought that the small, ivory on wood, diptych sundials stamped with mark of a mitten were his. | Arnstadt. | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; USNM; Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| KARRATT, S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Goodison 1. | |
| KARRENO | 1786, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1786 = SPI-2841; Sundial, 1786 = Bourgeois Sale. | might be the same dial. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| KARSENO | see Karreno. | Evans 1. | |||
| KARTARO, MARIO | see Mario Cartaro. | Tooley. | |||
| KASNER AND MOSS | Australia, MIM | Compass, pocket = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Melbourne. | RSW. | |
| KASPAR, MICHAEL | see Michael Chasper. | ||||
| KASSELMAN, HENDRIK A. | Germany, c.1750, NIM | Octant = HAA. | Michel 1. | ||
| KATER, HENRY | England, 1777-1835, | with the Royal Engineers in India; improved geodetic instruments; invented a reversible pendulum to find the value of gravity; designed a hygrometer; Royal Society medal in 1817; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(999); McConnell (1984); G.L'E. Turner 24; DNB; RSW. | ||
| KAUFFER, MICHAEL | Germany, c.1655-1730, MIM | Astrolabe, 1681 = STU (ICA-571); Calendar, 1685 = STU; Quadrant, 1685 = STU; Astronomical Table = STU. | Kauffer "sculpsit" and Carolus Graff "delineavit" the instruments. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Himmerlein 1; Price 1; ICA 2; |
| KAUFMANN, C. | Germany, MIM | Polymeter = DEU. | Kreuzlingen. | RSW. | |
| KAUKOL, D.K. | Germany, 1708, MIM | Globe Sundial, 1708 = REG. | Altenbuch. | Zinner 1. | |
| KEAPPOCK, JAMES | USA, c.1753, NIM | Octant, 1753 = P.C. | Philadelphia, Pa. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| KEATOR, FRED W. | USA, 20th Century, MIM | Mariner's Astrolabe = MYS. | modern reproduction. | RSW. | |
| KEEGAN, MICHAEL | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 2 Phoenix Street, Soho, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KEEN | England, MIM OIM | see Frodsham and Keen; Gray and Keen; and Jones, Gray and Keen. | Liverpool. | Bell 2; Soth. 6/16/75. | |
| KEEN AND FRODSHAM | England, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = Nat'l Museum of Canada; Marine Barometer = X; Sextant = Soth. 12/10/73; Compass = Drouot 11/7/67. | Robert Keen and Charles Frodsham. | 17 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| KEEN, P.I. | England, NIM | Octant = Soth. 10/15/73. | probably a misreading of R.I. Keen; Robert John Keen. | Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | RSW. |
| KEEN, ROBERT | England, fl.1845-54, MIM | see Frodsham and Keen; Jones, Gray and Keen; Gray and Keen. | Liverpool. | Brewington 1. | |
| KEEN, ROBERT JOHN | England, fl.1838, OIM | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(2164). | ||
| KEENE, ARTHUR B. | Ireland, c.1854, | Pair of Globes, 17" dia. = D.(1971). | agent for Thomas Maltby of London. | 4 Kildare Place, Dublin. | Bryden 9; RSW. |
| KEHEW, JOHN | USA, 1818-1889, MIM NIM OIM | Marine Compass = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; Octant, ebony = D.(1992). | nephew of Samuel Emery; partner of Edward Samuel Ritchie in E.S. Ritchie and Co., Boston, 1862 on; T.C.(1841-56); dealer. | 69 North Water Street (1841-56); 49 North Water Street, corner of William Street (1859); both in New Bedford, Mass.; Boston, Mass. (1862). | Brewington 1; Price 2; Smart 1; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen 36; RSW. |
| KEILL, SIMON | England, 1657, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1657 = FLO-1294. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| KEITH, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1795, | designed a self-registering maximum-minimum thermometer and a surveying level. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(678 & 1000). | |
| KEITH, GEORGE | Scotland?, d.1812, PHIM | made clocks, watches, and barometers. | Strathaven. | Bell 2. | |
| KEIZER, LAWRENCE | England, c.1841, PHIM | made barometers and looking glasses. | Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool. | Bell 2. | |
| KELHAM, ROBERT | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Amersham Auction 3/3/97. | Chelmsford. | ATG 4/12/97. | |
| KELLER | France, c. 1750, MIM NIM | made octants and other instruments. | Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| KELLER, J. CO. | Switzerland, | "J. Co. Keller Sculpsit" marked on horary quadrant by Johann Meylin. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KELLER, JOHANN CHRISTOF | Austria, c.1600, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = P.C., OXF (2), ADL-M293, Burndy Library, Conn., P. and S. 6/18/1894, P-B 1/22/54. | mathematician. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; USNM; Baillie 1; Maddison 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KELLNER, KARL | Germany, c.1849, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | started Optical Institute in Wetzler in 1849. | Wetzler. | van der Star 1; RSW. |
| KELLY, ELIZABETH | England, c.1838, OIM | optician. | 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | O'Mara. | |
| KELSON, JONAS | England, 1648, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, oval, 1648 = OXF. | Simpson; RSW. | ||
| KELVEY | India; England, 19th Century, OIM | see Cooke and Kelvey. | Calcutta and Liverpool. | Soth. 2/28/80. | |
| KELVIN AND JAMES WHITE LTD. | SCOTLAND, PHIM | Marine Barometer and Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| KELVIN AND WHITE | USA, NIM | Nautical Rule = Drouot 11/30/70. | Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| KELVIN, BOTTOMLEY AND BAIRD LTD. | Scotland, c.1870, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| KELVIN, LORD | William Thomson, which see. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Burnett (1984). | |||
| KEMEL, DE | Belgium, NIM | Sextant = DNM. | Antwerp. | RSW. | |
| KEMM, E. | England, post-1776, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with celestial lining in fishskin case. | signed "A new GLOBE of the EARTH from the best Authorities by E. Kemm"; shows Cook's voyages in 1775 and 1776. | RSW. | |
| KEMP AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1835-99, PHIM | Thermometer = RSM; Meteorological Equipment (incomplete) = RSM; Disc Electrical Machine = RSM; Henley's Discharging Table = RSM; Furnace Cylinder = RSM; etc. | made chemical apparatus; founded by Kenneth Treasurer Kemp in 1835; he was joined by his brothers, James and Alexander Kemp, which see; firm was continued after 1864 by unidentified relatives from Glasgow. | 7 South College Street (1835-38); 53 South Bridge (1839-44); 12 and 13 Infirmary Street (1845-87); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(2165); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 2; Dewhirst. |
| KEMP, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1822-54, PHIM | with Kemp and Co. from 1841-54, with his older brothers, James and Kenneth Treasurer Kemp, which see; author; made chemical equipment. | 53 South Bridge (1841-44); 12 and 13 Infirmary Street (1845-54); both in Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 2. | |
| KEMP, JAMES | Scotland, 1802-64, PHIM | elder brother of Kenneth Treasurer Kemp; joined Kemp and Co. between 1841 and 1851; worked with his younger brother, Alexander Kemp; made chemical apparatus. | 12 and 13 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh (1845-64). | Morrison-Low 2. | |
| KEMP, JOHN | England, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79; Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | Wakefield. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| KEMP, KENNETH TREASURER | Scotland, 1805-42, PHIM | Galvanic Battery, 1828 = RSM; Experimental Galvanic Battery, 1830 = RSM; Liquified Gases = RSM (4); Blowpipe, 1829 = RSM. | apprenticed to Drs. John and Thomas Johnstone Aitken, surgeon-apothecaries, in 1832 for five years; chemical apparatus maker from 1829 on; founded Kemp and Co. in 1835, which survived him until 1899; main interest was chemical electricity; author. | Surgeon Square, Edinburgh (1829-36). | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 2. |
| KEMPSON AND KINDEN | England, fl.1803-09, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Discs = BM (1803 and 1809). | Birmingham. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| KEMPSON AND SON | England, 1826, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1826 = D.(1985). | perhaps P. Kempson and Son. | Birmingham. | Coffeen 9; RSW. |
| KEMPSON, P. | England, fl.1797-98, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Discs = BM (1797 and 1798). | Birmingham. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| KENDALL, EDWIN | USA, 1812-63?, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = USNM. | second son of Thomas Kendall, Jr.; made thermometers and mercurial barometers by 1844; by 1858 he was making aneroid barometers. | New Lebanon, N.Y. (1844-58); Great Barrington, MA. (1858-59); New Lebanon Spa, N.Y. (Lebanon Springs, N.Y.) (1859-63). | S.C. Turner. |
| KENDALL, JOHN | USA, 1810-92, PHIM | son of Thomas Kendall, Jr.; trained by his father; continued his father's shop, 1831-92; renaming it John Kendall and Co.; took Edward C. Clark as partner;; thermometer maker. | New Lebanon, N.Y. | Smart 1; S.C. Turner. | |
| KENDALL, JOHN, AND CO. | USA, 1832-92, PHIM | made thermometers; John Kendall and Edward C. Clark. | New Lebanon, N.Y. | S.C. Turner. | |
| KENDALL, THOMAS, JR. | USA, 1786-1831, MIM PHIM | invented a linear dividing engine (Universal Graduator [Gradienter]) to mark thermometer tubes in 1817; made a great many thermometers; T.C.; had three sons, John, Edwin and David, which see. | Millbury, Mass. (pre-1817-20); New Lebanon, N.Y. (1820-31). | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; S.C. Turner. | |
| KENDALL-GREEN, R.B. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Deddington; Oxford. | Bell 2. | |
| KENDRICK, ARCHIBALD | England, fl.1791-1820, PHIM | made weights. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| KENDRICK, ARCHIBALD, AND CO. | England, fl.1820-28, PHIM | made weights. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| KENDRICK, ARCHIBALD, AND SON | England, 1828-30, PHIM | weight makers; the firm became "Archibald Kendrick and Sons" (1830-79) and "Archibald Kendrick and Son Ltd" (1879-1986). | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| KENDRICK, CHARLES | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker. | Evesham Street, Alcester. | Bell 2. | |
| KENEY, VINCENT | England, c.1530, MIM | sundial maker? | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| KENINGHAM | see Cuningham. | P.J. Wallis; Taylor 1(22). | |||
| KENNARD, JOHN | USA, 1782-1861, MIM SIM | Quadrants with sights and compasses, wood = Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, N. H./ Currier Gallery of Arts, Manchester, N.H., D.(1993). | compass card and dial of Dartmouth instrument made by Thomas Salters Bowles; D. signed "Newmarket"; made Phineas Merrill-type quadrant; Newmarket is now Newfields. | Portsmouth; Nashua; Concord; Newmarket; all in New Hampshire. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Price 2; MAD, May, 1993. |
| KENNY, M.J. | USA, OIM | Telescope = USNM. | "inventor and builder." | Buffalo, N.Y. | USNM. |
| KENRICK, W. | Holland, c.1800, MIM | Magnetic Compass = TEY. | Amsterdam. | G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| KENT, CHARLTON | England, NIM | Dip Needles = USNM (2); Kew Magnetometer = USNM. | Dover. | USNM. | |
| KENT, DAVID | NIM | Liquid Compass = D.(1975). | RSW. | ||
| KENTISH, THOMAS | England, fl.1839-47, MIM | Slide Rule, wood = D. | designed a type of slide rule which had gauge points printed on a paper strip for the fourth side; author. | Taylor 2(2166); Delehar 9; RSW. | |
| KENVYN, G. | see James Kynfin. | Michel 2; Taylor 1(73); Price 1. | |||
| KENVYN, JAMES | see James Kynfin. | RSW; Michel 2. | |||
| KENYON, HENRY | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 126 High Street, Wapping, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KEOHAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1816-40, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = PEA; Quadrant, ebony and brass = D.(1976); Telescope = D.(1972); Sextants = Seamans Institute of New York, Fall River Marine Museum, Mass.; Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 17, 1816. | 1 Arbour Terrace (pre-1836); 33 Upper Smithfield; 53 John Street; 2 Arbour Terrace, Commercial Road East; all in London. | Bell 2; USNM; Brewington 1; Taylor 2(2218); Moskowitz 104; O'Mara; Rinaldi 2; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| KEPLER, JOHANN | Germany, 1571-1630, | astronomer; worked for Tycho Brahe and then for Rudolph II; author; developed the Keplerian telescope; determined the elliptical orbits of the planets. | Dreyer; etc. | ||
| KEPPELER, JOHAN NEPOMUK | Germany, 1834, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, honestone, 1834 = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | RSW. | ||
| KERBY, FREDERICK | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Platt Terrace, Kings Cross, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KERLING, H.J. WAT | Germany, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = DEU. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KERN, J. | Switzerland, c.1850, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Koller May, 1972. | Kern had a display in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Aarau. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| KERN, S. | USA, c.1846, | invented a surveying compass made by Jacob Sensensy Danner, which see. | Strasburgh, Va. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| KERNER, MELCHER | Germany, | surely Melchior Karner. | Soth. 12/8/69. | ||
| KERR, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clockmaker. | Annan. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| KESER, HANS | Germany, c.1528, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KESSEL | Germany, 1742, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, marble, 1742 = ADL-M483. | similar sundial at STU. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| KESSLER, FRANZ | Zinner 1; Vey. | ||||
| KETTERER, ALOYSIUS | England; USA, fl.1789-90, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; succeeded John Deregan; succeeded by Martin Fisher. | at the Sign of the Seven Stars, Race and Fourth Streets (1789); in house of Nicholas Hess on Race Street, opposite the German church (1790); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 8; Gillingham 1. | |
| KETTERRER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-Chester 3/9/83. | 99 Queen Street, Portsea. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| KETTLE, NATHANIEL | England, c.1754, | apprenticed to George Adams 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1754. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KETTLEWELL, C.J. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 2/2/84. | also marked "Patent Composite Arc." | RSW. | |
| KEULEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1697, MIM | Globe, 2-inch diameter, leather case = D.(1990). | advertised a pocket globe in 1697; leather case has signed, celestial lining. | Amsterdam. | Edell 1; Krogt 2; RSW. |
| KEULEN, CORNELIS BUYS VAN | Holland, fl.1756-78, NIM | partner in Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen, 1756-78. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KEULEN, GERARD HULST VAN | see Hulst van Keulen, Gerard. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |||
| KEULEN, GERARD VAN | Holland, c.1678-1726, NIM | also signed "G.v.K."; cross-staff signed that way at UTR; took Johannes van Keulen 3 as partner in 1725. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KEULEN, JAN VAN | Holland, 1724, NIM | Cross-staves = UTR (1724), UTR. | RSW. | ||
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN (3), EN ZOONEN | Holland, fl.1756-1801, NIM | made many cross-staves and octants; dates ranged from 1758-80; examples can be seen at ADL, AMST, Groningen Museum, PMM, UTR, Fishery Museum, Vlaardingen, etc; many signed "I.v.K." or "J.v.K." | Gerard Hulst van Keulen, partner in 1756-79; Cornelis Buys van Keulen, partner in 1778-79; Johannes van Keulen 4 was partner in 1778. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 1 | Holland, 1654-1715, MIM NIM | Planetaria = LEY (2); Cross-staves = AMST (1700), HAM (1701), School of Navigation, Altona (1701), P.C. (1702), UTR; Bearing Compass = AMST; Astrolabe, paper (in book) = BAR; Roemer's Jovilabe and Saturnilabe = lost. | planetaria made to Huygens' design; cross-staves signed either "I.v.K." or "J.v.K."; associated with Jacob Robijn in 1679; also made clocks. | Amsterdam (1682); The Hague. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1; H.C. King 2. |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 2 | Holland, fl.1684-99, | published books and sea charts; published planisphere by Nicolas J. Vooghdio, Amsterdam, ADL-A286. | Amsterdam. | Krogt 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 3 | Holland, fl.1725-56, MIM NIM | Cross-staves = HAM (1733), P.C. (1736), P.C. (1740), P.C. (1751), Municipal Museum, Westterschelling (1755); Azimuth Compasses = RIJ (2); Bearing Compass = RIJ; Pleinschaal = RIJ. | two cross-staves signed "I.v.K." and three signed "J.v.K."; compass brass plate signed "Johannes van Keulen * Wed. G. Hulst van Keulen"; Weduwe Gerard van Keulen was partner, 1726-31; Weduwe Johannes van Keulen 1 was partner, 1755-56; pleinschaal is a form of Gunter rule. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Cowan; Engelsman. |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 4 | Holland, fl.1776-78, NIM | Cross-staff, 1776 = PMM. | cross-staff signed "I.v.K. 1776 Amsterdam"; partner in Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen in 1778. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| KEULEN, WEDUWE GERARD VAN | Holland, fl.1726-31, NIM | partner with Johannes van Keulen 3 in 1726-31. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| KEULEN, WEDUWE JOHANNES VAN | Holland, 1755-56, NIM | she was widow of Johannes van Keulen 1; partner with Johannes van Keulen 3 in 1755-56. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| KEUZEKAMP, F. | Holland, 1799, PHIM | Electrical Machine, 1799 = Frans Pasteur (1799). | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KEWLEY, JOHN | England, 1774, MIM | Sundial = Ballafreer Farm, Braddan, Isle of Man; Instrument, 1774 = Evans Coll. | Gatty; Evans 1. | ||
| KEWLEY, THOMAS | England, c.1816, PHIM | devised an improved thermometer. | Aldersgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(1312). | |
| KEYL, JULIUS | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Mining Compass = DRE. | Zwickau. | RSW. | |
| KEYNON | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-C 6/6/85. | Stockport. | RSW. | |
| KEYS, HENRY | England, c.1716, | apprenticed to Robert Chantrey of the Grocers' Company, 1716. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KEYZOR AND BENDON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Keyzor and Bendon were brothers born Abraham and George Bandan. Their parents were Moses Bandan (later Bendon) and Alice Kyezor (aka Keyzor). Abraham changed his surname to Keyzor when he went to work with his Uncle Michael Keyzor in Norfolk in 1847. They started out as Opticians. When Abraham returned to London in 1855 he took over the business established by William Harris & Son at 50 High Holborn and originally called it Keyzor & Co. His younger brother George, then known as George Bendon joined him prior to 1861. They operated the business under the name Keyzor and Bendon until Abraham's death in 1873. | 50 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; WEBDB. |
| KIBBLE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1976), D.(1988). | Greenwich. | RSW. | |
| KIBBLE, JOHN | England, fl.1824-37, MIM | made drawing instruments. | 81 Highfield Street and 27 Great Crosshall Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1614); Crawforth 6. | |
| KIDD | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = CMY. | Malton. | RSW. | |
| KIENING, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1582, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1582 = MUN. | from the Bassermann-Jordan Coll. | Füssen. | Bassermann-Jordan 1; Michel 3. |
| KIENING, HANS | Germany, fl.1575-78, MIM | Book-form Clocks with Sundials in lids = OXF (1575), X; Astronomical Clock, 1578 = VIE. | Füssen. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Michel 3. | |
| KIENING, ISAAK | Germany, fl.1568-76, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = MUB (1568), AUG (1569), VIE (1569), St.Gallen Altertumssammlung (1576), Bebenhausen Schloss (1576), Christie 3/29/90 (1570). | the sundials in AUG and Christie are made of stone. | Isny. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| KIESTRA, JOH. | Holland, 1821-1906, OIM | Lens for telescope = Eisinga's house, Franeker. | Herbagum. | RSW. | |
| KILBINGTON | England, c.1789, MIM | compass maker; see Edwards and Kilbington. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(831 & 860). | |
| KILLICK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be James Killick. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| KILLICK AND WEBB | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | Opposite the Albert Gate, London. | Bell 2. | |
| KILLICK, JAMES | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | barometer maker; see Killick; silversmith. | St. George's Place, London. | Bell 2. | |
| KILNER, THOMAS | England?, 1649, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1649 = PRZ. | RSW. | ||
| KILPATRICK, ALEXANDER | Scotlandfl.1820-32, PHIM | maker of chemical apparatus; started as a tinsmith before 1820. | 14 Crosscauseway (1826-32); 1 Hope Street (1832); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| KILPATRICK, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1833-36, PHIM | chemical apparatus maker. | 14 Crosscauseway and 1 Hope Street (1833); 1 Hope Street (1834-36); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| KIMBELL, ISAAC | England, fl.1775-1828, OIM | 21 Dean Street, Fetter Lane; London. | Taylor 2(737); Clay and Court; Crawforth 6. | ||
| KIMBELL, JOHN | England, fl.1817-29, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Martin in the Goldsmiths' Company on April 4, 1763. | 21 Dean Street, Fetter Lane; London. | Taylor 2(1372); Dewhirst; Crawforth 6. | |
| KINDLER, E. | USA, 19th Century, MIM | Circular Slide Rule = ADL-G5. | Chicago, Ill. | ADL; RSW. | |
| KINDON | England, | see Kempson and Kindon. | Birmingham. | Price 3. | |
| KINDON, JAMES | England, 1771, MIM | Rule, boxwood, 1771 = Lunar Society Exhibition, 1966. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| KING 1 | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | 45 Baldwin's Green, Leith; Lanark. | Morrison-Low; RSW. | |
| KING 2 | England, c.1822, MIM NIM | Octant, ebony = Soth. 11/9/70; Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/12/72. | John King 2 (?). | Bristol. | Bryden 9. |
| KING 3 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = Christie-NY 10/26/87. | has thermometer and hygrometer. | London. | RSW. |
| KING 4 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | could be G.B. King, John King 2 or Thomas D. King. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| KING AND COOMBS | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Prism, Amici-type = D.(1983). | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Coffeen C. | |
| KING AND HAGGER | USA, fl.1759-62, MIM NIM | Benjamin King 1 and either William Hagger or William Guyse Hagger. | near the Sign of Mr. Pitt, Newport, R.I. | Bedini 1. | |
| KING AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, botanical = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | probably J. King and Son, which see. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| KING, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1840, NIM | 37 High Street, Dundee. | Bryden 3. | ||
| KING, BENJAMIN 1 | USA, 1707-86, MIM NIM | Backstaves = New Bedford Whaling Museum (1758 & 1785), P.C. (1760, 1763, 1764), Duke's Cty. Hist. Soc. (1754), MYS (1758 & 1762), Shelburne Mus. (1762), Phillips House, Wickford (1762), R.I. Historical Society (1762), Newport Historical Society (1771 & 1785), Fall River Marine Museum, Mass. (1758), etc.; Octant, 1767 = Soth. 5/21/73; Caleb Smith-type Hadley Quadrants = J.C. Brown Library, Brown U., X (1769). | brother of Daniel King; father of Samuel King; partner of Hagger; in business for himself before 1760. | Salem, Mass.; at the Sign of the Mathematical Instruments, next to the Golden Eagle on Thames Street, Newport R.I. (1742-64); Charleston, S. Car. (1765). | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Evans 1; USNM; Moskowitz 102; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1740-1804, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1770 = DeLuca 8/1/87 = D.(1989); Backstaff, 1775 = PEA; Marine Compass = PEA; Octant, 1767 = Soth. 1973. | apprenticed to his father, Daniel King; nephew of Benjamin King 1; succeeded by his son-in-law, Capt. Jonathan Mason. | Court Street; Lynde Street; both in Salem, New England. | Bedini 1 & 8; Brewington 1; Bryden 9; Smart 1; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, CHARLES GEDNEY | USA, 1808-72, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Crosses = ESS(2); Transit = GUR; Surveying Compasses = Old Gaol Museum, Maine, DeLuca 8/1/87. | son of Gedney King; see Gedney King and Son.; T.C.; most instruments signed "C.G. King." | No. 7 Broad Street, third store from State Street (1839-58); Washington Street (1858-72); both in Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| KING, DANIEL | USA, 1704-90, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood, 1744 = P.C.; Graphometer, wood, 1767 = PEA; Backstaff, 1766 = R.L. Foster, Jr. Auction, 8/1/86 = Foster, Jr. Auction 8/1/88 = Maine Maritime Museum; Electrostatic Machine = X. | brother of Benjamin King 1; father of Benjamin King 2 and had him as an apprentice; the 1744 compass card is marked with a tide table; backstaff made for Nicholas Gifford, March 24, 1766, "scrimshawed." | Salem, New England. | Bedini 1, 8 and 14; Smart 1; Brewington 1; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, F.W. AND R. | England; USA, fl.1849-75, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, P.C., D.(1983); Level Holder = USNM. | Frederick W. and Richard King; successors to James Green 2 (pre-1851); succeeded by Edward Meister in 1876; T.C. | London; 13 Nassau Street, New York, N.Y. (1849-50); 33 South Street (1851-); 226 Baltimore Street; both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. USNM; RSW. |
| KING, FREDERICK W. | USA, 1821-89, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | see F.W. and R. King. | New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| KING, G.B. | England, fl.1821-50+, PHIM | made barometers. | College Green, Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| KING, GEDNEY | USA, 1777-1839, MIM NIM | Marine Compasses = PEA (2), D.(1974). | father of Charles Gedney King; apprenticed to his uncle, Benjamin King 2; Joseph Callender and Thomas Wightman produced his compass cards; T.C.; see Gedney King and Son. | Fore Street, near foot of Cross Street (1800); No. 8 North Row, Fish Street (1803); 10 North Row, Fish Street (1805); 29 State Street (1820); 113 State Street (1826); 118 State Street (1827); 7 Broad Street (1831); 95 State Street; all in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Bedini 8; USNM; D.J.Warner 10 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, GEDNEY, AND SON | USA, fl.1832-39, MIM NIM | son was Charles Gedney King; T.C. | 7 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Smart 1; Coffeen H. | |
| KING, GEORGE | England, fl.1802-09, MIM | clock and watch maker; repaired and sold mathematical instruments. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| KING, GREGORY | England, fl.1628-82, MIM | a diallist. | Lichfield. | Taylor 1(161). | |
| KING, H.J., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, MIM | Micrometer = BIR. | engineers. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| KING, I. | England, c.1775, OIM | Microscope, improved compound = Soth. 12/10/73. | John King 3? | RSW. | |
| KING, J., AND SON | England, fl.1823-31, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Soth. 6/27/88. | opticians; John King 3 and John King 4. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1615); RSW. |
| KING, JOHN 1 | Scotland, c.1780, PHIM | also made clocks. | Aberdeen. | Bryden 3; J.S. Reid; | |
| KING, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1788-1805, MIM | apprenticed to William Spencer 2 in the Grocers' Company in 1781; free of the Company in 1788; took apprentices. | Greenfield Street, Whitechapel (1788); No. 1 Prince's Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1795); Thomas Street, Whitechapel (1802); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| KING, JOHN 3 | England, c.1822, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope, compound = Soth. 7/23/73; Theodolite = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Surveying Level = Soth. 7/15/63 = P.C.; Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | optician; made barometers; father of John King 4; see J. King and Son; sometimes signed "J. King"; barometer from Soth.-S is signed on paper scale. | 2 Clare Street (1822); J. Stone Summer Hill Academy; both in Bristol. | Bell 2; Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| KING, JOHN 4 | England, c.1839, MIM OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker; son of John King 3; see J. King and Son. | Clare Street, Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| KING, JOHN 5 | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | 13 Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1908). | ||
| KING, JOHN 6 | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | 6 Cannon Street, St.George's End, London. | Taylor 2(1909). | ||
| KING, JOHN 7 | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(1910). | ||
| KING, JOHN 8 | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| KING, JOHN SUMNER | England, c.1782, | apprenticed to John Karmock of the Grocers' Company in 1782. | London. | J.Brown 1. | |
| KING, MRS. THOMAS | England, c.1677-79, OIM | widow of Thomas King 1. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| KING, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Southwark, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| KING, RICHARD | England; USA, 1823-1905, MIM NIM | see F.W. and R. King. | London; New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | |
| KING, ROBERT | England; USA, c.1789-1868, MIM NIM | T.C.; made or sold nautical compasses. | 82 Duane (1812); 16 Elm Street (1814-15); 108 Orchard (1823-24); 19 Lombardy (1827-30); 19 Monroe (1831-32); 18 Monroe (1832-37); 219 Fourth (1837-38); 212 Front Street (1838-43); all in New York, N.Y.; New Orleans (1822-23). | USNM; Smart 1; Moskowitz 101; D.J. Warner 10 and 12.. | |
| KING, SAMUEL | USA, 1748-1819, MIM NIM | son of Benjamin King 1; succeeded his father in 1786. | at the Sign of the Mathematical Instruments, on Thames and Pelham Streets, Newport, R.I. | Bedini 1 and 8; Brewington 1; Smart 1. | |
| KING, STEPHEN | 1793, NIM | T.C. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| KING, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1669-76, MIM OIM | sometimes spelt "Kinge"; apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan.13, 1657; free in the Clockmakers' Company, April 15, 1669; in the Spectaclemakers' Company by 1669; probably OIM as two of his apprentices were Thomas Sterrop 1 and James Mann 1. | Little Britain?, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(21); Clay and Court; J. Brown 3; Crawforth 6; Robischon. | |
| KING, THOMAS 2 | USA, c.1815, MIM | 21 Elm, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| KING, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1767-84, MIM NIM | Hadley Quadrants = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; P.C.(1784); D.(1771), (1997). | Temple Bar, Dublin (1767-72). | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Coffeen 58; RSW. | |
| KINGE, THOMAS | see Thomas King 1. | Robischon. | |||
| KINNY, BALTASAR | Scotland, | see Balthazar Knie. | Bryden 10. | ||
| KINSNATTER, GEORG | Germany, 16th Century., MIM | Astrolabe Clock = TIM. | RSW. | ||
| KINZELBACH | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed in the London Great Exhibition of 1851. | Stuttgart, Württemburg. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| KIPP EN ZONEN GILTRAY | Holland, fl.1864-1929, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope, binocular = AMST. | A.P.Kipp and J.W. Giltray, 1864-1916; Giltray alone, 1917-29. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| KIPP, A.P. | Holland, 1834-1916, MIM NIM OIM | son of P.J. Kipp; member of the firm 1864-1916. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| KIPP, P.J., EN ZONEN | Holland, fl.1864-1917, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Laboratory Apparatus = TEY; Naval Telescopes = TEY; Binocular Telescope = AMST; Pyrometers, clay = X; Sextants = AMST, Royal Dutch Meteorological Office. | A.J. and W.A. Kipp are the sons. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24; USNM. |
| KIPP, P.J., EN ZOON | Holland, c.1854-64, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | P.J. Kipp and A.P. Kipp, his son. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KIPP, PETRUS JOHANNES | Holland, 1801-64, PHIM | scientist; designed and made scientific apparatus including a carbon dioxide generator; there is an example at Cragside (1982); see P.J. Kipp en Zoon; see P.J. Kipp en Zonen; A.J. and W.A. Kipp were his sons. | Oulde Delft. | Rooseboom 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| KIPP, W.A. | Holland, fl.1864-, MIM NIM OIM | son of P.J. Kipp; partner in P.J. Kipp en Zoon with his brother, A.J. Kipp. | Delft. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| KIRBY, JAS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Baillie has watchmaker by that name in St Neots, c.1795. | St. Neots. | Greppin 1; Baillie 1. |
| KIRBY, JOHN JOSHUA | England, 1716-74, MIM | Protractor with pivoted rule, silver = OXF; Sector, ivory and silver, 1765 = Soth. 3/10/87. | invented this type of protractor; F.R.S.; "Designer in Perspective to His Majesty, George III"; surely same as Joshua Kirby; wrote on archetectonic sector. | Ipswich. | Taylor 2(373); A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| KIRBY, JOSHUA | England, | see John Joshua Kirby. | Taylor 2(373). | ||
| KIRCH, HENRICUS | Germany, 1749-81, PHIM | Coin Balance = D.(1986). | the balance is signed "Meister Henricus Kirch." | Cologne. | Wynter 1. |
| KIRCH, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1750, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 10/3/88. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS | Germany; Italy, 1602-80, MIM | Reckoning Machine = DRE (lost); Wall Sundials = Heiligenstadt (1624), Koblenz (1623). | author; designed a new type of astrolabe (Gunther 187) and a pantometrium. | Geyssen, Germany; Rome. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Michel 2 and 3; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| KIRCHER, R.P. | 1646, MIM | may be Athanasius Kircher. | Moreux. | ||
| KIRCHNER | pre-1814, MIM | Measuring Instrument = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| KIRKE, FRANCIS | England, 1723, NIM | Backstaff, 1723 = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | ||
| KIRKPATRIC, D. | England, fl.1812-26, | devised an artificial horizon. | 16 Cornwallis Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1374). | |
| KIRKWOOD 1 | Scotland, fl.1804-28, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1810 = RSM. | Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 1; A.D.C. Simpson; Grimaldi. | |
| KIRKWOOD 2 | England, c.1850, MIM | Pairs of Globes = K. and C. 3/19/75, Phillips 5/20/75. | RSW. | ||
| KIRKWOOD 3 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Woller. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| KIRTON, JOHN | England, 1696, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1696. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| KITCHEN, JAMES | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 105 Fenchurch Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KITCHENMUN, T. | England, c.1808, MIM | designed a slide rule; sometimes spelled "Ketchenmun." | Taylor 2(1171a); USNM. | ||
| KITCHINGMAN, JOHN | England, c.1792, MIM | free of the Turners' Company; took apprentices, including Anthony Oldiss Bancks (optician). | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| KITSON, GEORGE | England, c.1700, NIM | Compass = CLU; Crown Compass = PMM. | Wapping Old Stairs, London. | Taylor 1(351); RSW. | |
| KJERSGAARD, S., AND CO. | Denmark, 19th Century, NIM | Marine Compass = USNM. | Copenhagen. | USNM. | |
| KLAU | MIM | Sundial, ivory = Christie 4/18/1899. | RSW. | ||
| KLEIN, JACOBUS | Holland, c.1760, NIM | Davis Quadrant = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| KLEIN, JOSEPH | see P. Johannes Klein. | Czech. Inv. | |||
| KLEIN, P. JOHANNES | Czechoslovakia, 1684-1762, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = Prague Observatory (2), DRE (1738); Quadrant, large = PRA. | Prague. | Horsky and Skopova; Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2. | |
| KLEINGER, F.P. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = LOS. | may be J.P. Kleininger. | RSW. | |
| KLEINHEMMEL, MELCHIOR | Germany, c.1550, MIM | see M.K. 1. | Annaberg. | Pippa. | |
| KLEININGER | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = RJK. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| KLEININGER, F. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Pocket Sundial = Historical Society of the Tarrytowns, N.Y. | probably a misreading of J.P. Kleininger. | USNM. | |
| KLEININGER, F.P. | Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = LOS. | probably a misreading for J.P. Kleininger. | RSW. | ||
| KLEININGER, I.C. | see J.G. Kleininger | ||||
| KLEININGER, I.G. | see J.G. Kleininger. | ||||
| KLEININGER, J. | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = Hayden Planetarium, Boston, Mass., Soth. 2/7/72, P.C. | USNM; Heger; RSW. | ||
| KLEININGER, J.G. | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = EMA, SLM, NOR, ZIT, NYM, TRA, LIE, DRE, OXF, ADL-W71, ADL-W202, etc.; Cube Sundials, wood and paper = NMM, WHI, MUN, LAW, ROM, etc. | these dials were mass-produced with printed paper scales glued to wood; they may be found in most museums. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Michel 3 & 9; Grötzsch 2; NMM 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| KLEININGER, J.P. | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = AMST, KRM, NYM, WRAY, OXF, Schrobenhausen Stadtmuseum, Deventer Museum, etc. | very likely to be the same as J.G. Kleininger. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| KLEIST, EWALD GEORG VON | Germany, fl.1700-48, | made an independent invention of the Leyden Jar at the same time as, or earlier than, Pieter von Musschenbroek. | G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| KLEMAN, A. | Holland, pre-1815, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KLEMAN, H. | Holland, pre-1838, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | son of J.M. Kleman? | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. |
| KLEMAN, J.M., EN ZOON | Holland, fl.1793-1857 = wxy, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of instruments including sextants, octants, quintants, circumferentors, telescopes thermometers, etc.; examples can be seen at AMST, LEY, STK, Frisian Marine Museum, RIJ, Clock Museum, Utrecht, etc. | Jan Marten Kleman; instrument makers to the King; the signature often appears as "J.M. Kleman & Zoon, Kon. Inst- Makers, Amst." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; RSW. |
| KLEMAN, JAN MARTEN | Holland, 1758-1845, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Microscope = Crisp Coll.; Solar Microscope,1798 = LEY; Octants = LEY, AMST; Quadrants = DRE, Osler; Surveyor's Compass = P.C.; Meridian Telescope = LEY; Sextants = STK, Koninklijk College Zeemanshoop, Amsterdam; Quintant = AMST. | fl.1781-1830; "Royal Instrument Maker and Supplier for Sea Service to King Louis Napoleon in 1808; in 1814 he received a similar title from King William 1; retired in 1830. | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Van der Star 1; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 5; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; Pipping 1; USNM; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| KLEMM, J.M., EN ZOON | misreading of J.M. Kleman en Zoon. | Amsterdam. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| KLEY, JACOB | Holland, 1716-91, MIM NIM PHIM | Octants = LEY (1754), ROT, Visserijmuseum, Vlaardinger, Leiden Observatory; Astrolabe = Auction, 1798; Demonstration Models = TEY, UTR; Backstaff = AMST; Pleinschaal = AMST; Inclined Plane = X; Hadley Quadrant = Marine Museum, Horten. | a pleinschaal is a form of Gunter rule. | Rotterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 and 4.; G.L'E. Turner 7; Daumas 1; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| KLEYSER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Goswell Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| KLIBER, U. | see Ulrich Klieber 2. | Bobinger 2; Price 2. | |||
| KLIEBER 1 | Germany, | see Ulrich Klieber 1, 2 and 3. | RSW. | ||
| KLIEBER 2 | Austria, 1606, MIM | Double Horizontal Sundial, 1606 = SPI-2803. | Vienna. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| KLIEBER, TOBIAS | Germany, 1545-1618, MIM | Sundial, round, 1581 = BUD; Astronomical Compendium, 1595 = BM; Sundial = OXF; Celestial Globe, 1576 = lost; Etui for Mathematical Instruments, 1591 = AUG. | sundial is signed "T.K." 1; Evans thought he was from Gastein; son of Ulrich Klieber 2 and brother of Ulrich Klieber 3; see "T.K." 2 also. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 1 and 3; Baillie 1; Nachet. |
| KLIEBER, UDALRICUS | see Ulrich Klieber 3. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| KLIEBER, ULRICH 1 | Germany, c.1487-1530, MIM | sundial maker. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| KLIEBER, ULRICH 2 | Germany, c.1511-62, MIM | Powder Horn with Compass and Moon Dial, 1533 = X; Sundials, 1541 = Pfalzgrafen, Otto Heinrich's schloss at Neuberg. | the instruments are mentioned in the state archives. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| KLIEBER, ULRICH 3 | Germany, 1529-1606, MIM | made wide range of mathematical instruments including astronomical compendia, sundials, artillery levels, etc., ranging in date from 1554-1606; examples can be seen at KES, OXF, MUN, AUG, VIE, ADL, WHI, BEK, BUD, etc. | son of Ulrich Klieber 2; sometimes signed "Udalricus Klieber" or "V.K." 1. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; Maddison 1; Michel 1 and 3; Bryden 16; Nachet; Price 2; ADL; RSW. |
| KLIEBER, V. | Germany, | see Ulrich Klieber 1 and 2. | Bobinger 2; Price 2. | ||
| KLING, E. | Austria, c.1845, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = KRA. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KLINGENSTIERNA, SAMUEL | Switzerland, c.1762, | mathematician; his work led to the discovery of the achromatic lens. | Nachet. | ||
| KLINGER UND BAUER | Germany, 1790, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1790 = DRE. | Johann Georg Klinger and Joh. Bernhard Bauer. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 1 and 2; RSW. |
| KLINGER, C. ABEL | Germany, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = ADL-W59, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. / Chicago Historical Society (2); Terrestrial Globes = DRE, MAN, Soth. 4/24/72, D.(1976). | D.(1976) globe is printed in Dutch. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 2; Garcia Franco 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KLINGER, J.S. | England, c.1830, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y. | made miniature globes; misreading for Johann Georg Klinger? | Yonge. | |
| KLINGER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1764-1806, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Royal Library, Stockholm, Christie-SK 4/17/86, DRE (2) (1792), NMM (2), Grimma, Halle, Köthen, Phillips 2/2/84; Celestial Globes = DEU (1790), LOS (1796), BAU, etc; Terrestrial Globe, 5.5", 1790 = Sotheby's 5/11/94. | "Chalcogr."; see Klinger and Bauer; Grimma, Halle and Köthen are heimatmuseums; made terrestrial globe, 1790, for Andreas Steib's 1804 astronomical clock in MUN. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 1 and 2; NMM 2; Freiss; RSW. |
| KLINGERT SOHN | Germany, 1828, MIM SIM | Transit, small, 1828 = KRA. | Breslau. | RSW. | |
| KLOCKSPARGER, JOHANN | Czechoslovakia, c.1770, MIM | Scale for converting measures, circular = PRA. | Prague. | Baillie 1. | |
| KLOCKSPERGER, T. | Czechoslovakia, c.1690, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver and brass = NYM; Sundial = P. & S. 4/3/1894. | Prague. | Zinner 6; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| KLONNE, J., AND MULLER, G. | Holland, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | J. Klönne and G. Müller. | van der Star 1. | |
| KLOOS, F.J. | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Museum Schevingen. | T.C. "Leeuhaven Wz. No.163, Manufacturer of Nautical Instruments, Coppersmith, Lamp maker." | Rotterdam. | RSW. |
| KLOOS, F.J., EN ZOON | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Marine Compasses = Museum, Schevingen (2). | Rotterdam. | RSW. | |
| KLOPPENBURG, GERHARD | Germany, fl.1713-16, MIM | invented and engraved double equatorial sundials made by Gerhard Kremer. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Wynter and Turner; Michel 3; Cousins; RSW. | ||
| KNABE | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = DAR. | Darmstadt. | Zinner 6. | |
| KNABE, C.E. | Germany, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = BM (lost). | Grünsstadt. | Price 3; RSW. | |
| KNACHERGAARD, N.P. | Denmark, post-1827, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | meteorologist and clockmaker. | Aalborg. | RSW. |
| KNAUSTINUS, HEINRICH | Germany, 1578, MIM | Astrolabe, 1578 = MUN (ICA-3027). | maker or owner? | Zinner 1; ICA 2. | |
| KNEBEL, F. | Holland, fl.1816-27, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = LEY (1816), Klokkenmuseum, Zaanse Schans, Utrecht Observatory (2). | made chronometers. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| KNIBB, JOHN | England, c.1673, MIM | Astronmical Clock = X. | brother of Joseph Knibb and cousin of Samuel Knibb; apprenticed to William Sutton in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 4, 1664; free of the Company, 1673, in Oxford; took apprentices in Oxford. | Oxford. | Crawforth 7. |
| KNIBB, JOSEPH | England, fl.1670-89, MIM | brother of John Knibb and cousin of Samuel Knibb; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company by Redemption in 1670; served as assistant in the Company in 1689. | London. | Robischon. | |
| KNIBB, SAMUEL | England, fl.1663-74, MIM | see Sutton and Knibb, who in 1664 cooperated to make Morland's trigonometrical machines, now at KEN and FLO; he finished the FLO machine in 1666 after Sutton's death. | Threadneedle Street, London. | Taylor 1(297); Bonelli 1; Michel 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| KNIE, BALTHAZAR | Germany; Scotland, fl.1743-1817, PHIM | Angle Barometers = X, Soth. 7/19/88 (1787), Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, City of Gloucester Museum, P.C., RSM, KEN, etc; Stick Barometers = Hopetoun House, Edinburgh, Christie-SK 9/11/86, RSM, D.; Double Barometer, 1800 = RSM; Wheel Barometers = X, P.C.; Barometer, 1778 = Traquair House; | used thermometers by Charles Moliner; signed "Mr. Knie" (1800), "Knie, Edin.", "Balthasar Knie", "Baltasar Kinny." | second door above Mr. Scyth, facing Niddry's Wynd (1776); near Mr. Scyth (1776); opposite the Guard (1782-90); nearly opposite the Guard, High Street (1789); opposite Forrestets Wynd Well (1793-98); Head Seller's Close (1800-03); Lawnmarket (1805-10); 405 Lawnmarket (1811-14); Borthwick's Close (1815); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1, 5; Bryden 3, 10; Morrison-Low 1; RSW; McConnell 1. |
| KNIGHT 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| KNIGHT 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| KNIGHT 3 | England?, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sales Cat.(1975). | possibly Charles Knight. | Dunmow. | RSW. |
| KNIGHT, CHARLES | England, c.1800, PHIM | barometer maker. | Baillie 1. | ||
| KNIGHT, F.C., AND CO. | USA, fl..1894-1923, MIM SIM | Transits = X (2). | Frank Campion Knight. | Philadelphia, PA. | Miller. |
| KNIGHT, FRANK CAMPION | USA, 1856-1923, MIM SIM | claimed to be the successor to Edmund Draper. | 402 Locust, Philadelphia, Pa. (1894-95). | Smart 1; Miller. | |
| KNIGHT, GEORGE | England, pre-1840, PHIM | Chemical Retort = OXF; Balance = Christie 10/31/67. | signed "Knight Foster Lane." | Foster Lane, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| KNIGHT, GEORGE, AND CO. | England, fl.1850-58, MIM PHIM | won a prize in the Great Exhibition of London in 1851. | 2 Foster Lane, Cheapside, London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| KNIGHT, GEORGE, AND SONS | England, fl.1840-62, MIM PHIM | Chemical Balance = OXF. | T.C.; see R. and G. Knight; see George Knight. | 2 Foster Lane, Cheapsides, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| KNIGHT, GOWIN | England, 1713-72, MIM NIM | Instrument = OXF; Compass Cards = Uring Sale 6/16/1773 (3). | Dr. Gowin Knight; developed and improved a compass in 1745; patented it in 1766; F.R.S.; T.C.; author. | Lincoln's Inn Fields, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(278); DNB; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Schück; RSW. |
| KNIGHT, JOHN | England, fl.1812-35, PHIM | made barometers, watches and clocks. | Mill End, Thaxted. | Bell 2. | |
| KNIGHT, R. AND G. | England, fl.1811-20, MIM PHIM SIM | Inclinometer = STT. | Richard and George Knight. | No. 41 Foster Lane (1811); Foster Lane, Cheapsides (1816); both in London. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| KNIGHT, RICHARD | England, | see R. and G. Knight. | RSW. | ||
| KNIGHT, T. | England, PHIM | made barometers. | Stone. | Bell 2. | |
| KNIGHTS, JAMES | England, 1739, MIM | Hodometer, 1739 = KEN. | Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| KNIP, GEREIT | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Planetarium with clockworks = DRE. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1. | |
| KNITTEL, GEORG FRANZ | Czechoslovakia, fl.1683-90, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = PRA (1683), BEK (1685); Level, 1690 = DEU. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| KNITTEL, JOH. WILHELM | Czechoslovakia, 1701, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1701 = ROM. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Bonelli 4; Bedini 12; RSW. | |
| KNITTL, FRANZ ANTON | Austria, 1671-1744, MIM PHIM SIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = BAM (1713), KRM (1713), Linz Stadt Sammlung (1713), NMM, KRM, LIN, KEN (2), etc.; Burning Glass, 1716 = Lambach Stift; Horizontal Sundials = LIN, NOR (2), NMM, CZJ, AMST, KEN, POR; Compasses, 1714 = X (2); Surveying Instruments, 1721 = Lambach Stift. | father of Franz Jacob Knittl; Evans noted a ring sundial, 1685, at Kunst und Gewerbe Museum, Berlin. | Kremsmünster; Linz. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM 2; Portaluppi; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; W. Eckhardt 3; RSW. |
| KNITTL, FRANZ JACOB | Austria, 1729-70, MIM | Table Sundials = NMM (1753), SLM (1754), Linz Museum Depot aus Hohenfurth (1751). | son of Franz Anton Knittl; see also "F.J.K.S.J." | Linz. | Zinner 1; NMM 2. |
| KNITTL, JOH. WILHELM | Czechoslovakia, 1701, MIM | Sundial, 1701 = ROM. | Prague. | Bedini 12; RSW. | |
| KNOTT, ROBERT | England, 1683, MIM | apprenticed to Clement Forster of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 29, 1683. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| KNOWLES, JEFFREY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| KNOX AND SHAIN 1 | USA, fl.1855-76, MIM SIM | Surveying Vernier Compass = P.C.; Transits = U. of North Dakota, D.(1983). | Joseph Knox and Charles J. Shain; also made levels. | 461/2 Walnut Street (1855); 716 Chestnut Street (1856-76); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Coffeen C; RSW. |
| KNOX AND SHAIN 2 | USA, fl.1878-91, MIM | Henry M. Knox and Charles J. Shain. | 716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| KNOX, HENRY M. | USA, fl.1878-91, MIM | see Knox and Shain 2. | 716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| KNOX, JOSEPH | USA, 1805-77, MIM SIM | see Knox and Shain 1; see Draper and Knox. | 7 Plum Street (1829-37); 72 Dock Street (1851); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| KNYFF, LEONARD | England, c.1730, | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1730; his father may have been the topographer of the same name. | J. Brown 1; Tooley 1. | ||
| KOCH | Germany, OIM | Microscope = NOR. | Berlin. | Fürst. | |
| KOCH, BARTHOLOME | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = OXF; Augsburg-type Sundials = Drecker Coll. = P.C., Christie 4/3/85; Horizontal Sundials = Christie 4/18/1899, P.B. 1/22/54, P. & S. 5/20/1895, Koller 11/17/75. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; RSW. | |
| KOCH, F.L. | Germany, fl.1749-63, MIM SIM | Horizontal Sundial, with case = MUN; Level, 1749 = SWE; Level = STT; Laterna Magica = STT; Graphometer, 1763 = DOR. | graphometer signed "Koch Berlin." | Berlin. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| KOCH, H. | Germany, 1751, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1751 = CZO. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| KOCH, HANS | Germany, fl.1554-1603, MIM | made sundials; see "H.K." 1 and 5. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Boursier; RSW. | ||
| KOCH, HANS HINRICH | ?, c.1776, | owner of Leverton Hadley quadrant. | Apenrade. | RSW. | |
| KOCH, I.(T.) L. | Germany, 1775, MIM | Sector, 1755 = PRZ. | see J.L. Koch. | Berlin. | RSW. |
| KOCH, J.L. | Germany, 1742, MIM OIM | Culpeper-type Microscope = NOR; Sectors = NOR, OXF (1742). | related to Johann Koch 1 and K. Koch. | Berlin. | Pipping 1; Maddison; RSW. |
| KOCH, JOHANN 1 | Austria; Germany; Swedenfl.1650-79, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1650 = P. & S. 3/8/1895; Horizontal Sundials, 1665 & 1672 = NOR; Horizontal Sundials = NOR, KEN; Diptych Sundial = NOR; Artillery Level = MADEX-369; Sundial = SKO. | instrument and clock maker; J.K. Koch and K. Koch are descendants. | Vienna; Berlin; Stockholm (1665-79). | Zinner 1; Pipping 1; Baillie 1; MADEX; Sidenbladh; Maddison; RSW. |
| KOCH, JOHANN 2 | Austria, 1755, MIM | Sundial, 1755 = X; Universal Ring Dial = Kühnelt Coll., Innsbruck; Horizontal Sundial = VAA. | Vienna. | Zinner 6; Basserman-Jordan 2. | |
| KOCH, K. | Germany, 1763, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1763 = DOR; Table Sundials = MUN, WRAY-39. | related to Johann Koch 1 and J.L. Koch. | Berlin. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Maddison; RSW. |
| KOCH, MARTIN | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Analemmatic Table Sundial = GRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KOCH, RASMUS | Denmark, fl.1765-72, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST; Compass Cards = SFM (1765), X (1772). | X also marked "R.K." | Copenhagen. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Schück; RSW. |
| KOCHANSKI, ADAM ADAMANTY | Poland, 1631-1700, MIM | Triple Wall Sundial, 1680 = Palace, Wilanow. | designed by Hevelius. | Warsaw. | Maddison 7. |
| KOCHLER | Germany, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial = Delft Sundial Exhibition (1984). | signed on paper compass rose. | Stuttgart. | RSW. |
| KOCK, BARTHOL. | see Bartholme Koch. | Christie 4/18/1899. | |||
| KOCKS, JOHANNES H. | Holland, 1761-1849, OIM PHIM | made microscopes and philosophical instruments for van Musschenbroek. | The Hague. | Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; USNM. | |
| KODANER | see Kodauer. | Hamilton 1. | |||
| KODAUER, JOSEPH | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 3/8/1895; Equatorial Sundials = P. and S. 3/20/1896 and 5/19/1896, D.(1974), PRA, LAW, MERC, Soth. 4/22/65; Butterfield-type Sundial = OXF. | MERC signed "Josephus Kodaner." | Carlsbad. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Hamilton 1; RSW. |
| KOEDIJK, ENGELB | Holland, c.1817, MIM OIM PHIM | Kalverstraat bij de Bagijnenhofsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| KOENIG, KARL RUDOLPH | Germany; France, 1832-1901, MIM PHIM | Set of Helmholtz Resonators = TEY. | physicist from Königsberg, studied under Helmholtz; moved to Paris in 1851; apprenticed to the violin maker Vuillaume until 1858; made acoustical apparatus thereafter; won gold medal in 1862. | Königsberg; Paris (1851). | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Poggendorff; USNM. |
| KOERNER | Germany, c.1810, OIM | Telescope = CZJ. | Weimar. | RSW. | |
| KOGLER, IGNATIUS | c.1744, MIM | Equatorial Armillary Sphere = Peking Observatory. | Ignatius Kögler. | Michel 3; Needham? | |
| KOGLER, JEREMIAS | Poland, 1634-88, MIM PHIM | Compass, 1634 = KRM; Sectors = ADL-M87 (1688), KRA (1664), Neusing Coll. and Academy of Science, Gdansk (1668). | Kögler; sometimes spelled "Kegeler." | Danzig. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Polish Inv.; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KOHL, MAX | Germany, c.1880, MIM | Electrostatic Machines = D.(1971), A.-P. 3/15/76. | "Mechaniker." | Chemnitz. | Moskowitz 103. |
| KOHLER, A. | Sweden, c.1850, MIM SIM | A. Köhler; made surveyor's planimeters; probably a clockmaker. | Visby. | Pipping 1. | |
| KOHLER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, fl.1663-80, MIM SIM | Graphometers = KEN (1663), DRE; Table Sundial, 1677 = KEN; Diptych Sundials, round = MERC, DRE; Augsburg-type Sundial, 1680 = Merc-30; Artillery Levels = DRE (lost) (1699), MUN; Astronomical Compendium = P.C. (1969); Diptych Sundials = Markisches Museum (1766), Lempertz 6/14/76. | Christoph Köhler; Augsburg-type has perpetual calendar on 1b and is signed "Dresten fecit Fluss Köhler"; DRE graphometer has 3" radius. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Price 2; Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. |
| KOHLER, FLUSS | misreading for Christoph Köhler. | Hamilton 1 & 2. | |||
| KOHN | RussiaMIM | Thermometer = D.(1970). | both Fahrenheit and Réaumur scales. | RSW. | |
| KOLESCH AND CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = GUR. | New York City. | USNM. | |
| KOLL, BERNHART | Germany, 1569, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; Master in 1569. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KOLNEP, W. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = P.C. | Berlin. | Padgitt. | |
| KOLOMET, MENDEL SCHAFFER | MIM | Watch Dial with Compass = P. & S. 2/28/1896. | Kolomet may be a town. | RSW. | |
| KOLWEIN, M. | Austria, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = KEN-1880/40. | see Mathias Kulwein. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| KONIG, D. | Switzerland, MIM | Meridian Sundial = ROM-7863. | Berne. | Bonelli 4. | |
| KONIG, GOTTFRIED | Germany, MIM | Universal Horizontal Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | König. | Hildburghausen. | RSW. |
| KONST, R. | Holland, c.1775, MIM | Astrolabe = LEY. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| KOOGIES, JAN | see Jan Koogje. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |||
| KOOGJE, JAN | Holland, c.1725, MIM | Planetariums, miniature = LEY, Soth. 12/17/62 = P.C. (1969). | clockmaker | Wormerveer. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. |
| KOOPS, B. | Holland, c.1800, OIM | Solar Microscope = LEY. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| KOPPELLAR | Austria, PHIM | Barometer = KRA. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KOPSEN AND CO. | Australia, NIM | Marine Compass = American Art Galleries, Chicago 3/18/75. | Sydney. | RSW. | |
| KORDENBUSCH, G.F. | Germany, 1773, MIM | Plotting Scale, 1773 = OXF. | "Math. P. Pa." | Nürnberg. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| KORISTKA, F. | Italy, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = DRE. | Milan. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| KORN, HARTMAN | Germany, 1664, MIM | Sundial, circular, with calendar, 1664 = OXF. | associated with John Korne? | Zinner 1; Taylor 1(521); Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| KORNE, JOHN | England, c.1700, OIM | Telescope = NMM. | associated with Hartman Korn? | Taylor 1(521); Evans 1; NMM 2. | |
| KORNER, FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1824, | Körner; invented a barometer, thermometer, air pump, and balance; author; had Carl Zeiss as an apprentice, c.1830. | Jena. | Pipping 1; Middleton 1; Dawsons 205. | |
| KOSBU, F. | Germany, c.1850, NIM | Octant = AMST; Compass = X. | the last letter in Kosbu has a line over it. | Hamburg. | Schück 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| KOSTENBADER, GEORG | Germany, c.1588, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Chateau de Gaesbeek, Belgium. | see G.K.B. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 2. | |
| KOSTER, ANTON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Lienz Heimatmuseum. | Köster; crude work. | Zinner 1. | |
| KOSTKOWEGO | Poland, | invented a type of polyhedral sundial. | RSW. | ||
| KRABBE, JOHANN | Germany, 1553-1616, MIM NIM | Astrolabes, brass = STO (1579) (ICA-529), D.(1972), Fort Caroline Nat'l Memorial, Fla. (1582) (ICA-581) (NMM-3); Astrolabes, paper = OXF (1583) (ICA-276), LUN (1583) (ICA-612); Nocturnal, 1583 = ROM; Diptych Sundial, 1583 = ZUR; Regiomontanus Sundial, 1584 = NMM-D.228; Mathematical Instrument (1586); Globe (1583). | author; he wrote that his planispheric astrolabes were intended for mariners; the Fort Caroline astrolabe is considered a mariner's astrolabe; NMM is the National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes; geometer to Henricus Julius, Bishop of Halberstadt, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg. | Minden; Wolfenbüttel. | Zinner 1; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Gunther 1 and 2; Price 1; ICA 2; Waters 1; NMM 2; MADEX; Stimson 3; RSW; Debeauvais 1. |
| KRAFFT, FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1500, MIM | made an astrolabe. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| KRAFT, C.E. | Austria, c.1790, MIM NIM | Protractors = DRE, PRZ; Sextant, miniature = WHI-817. | Vienna. | Grötzsch 2; Dewhirst; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| KRAFT, E., UND SOHN | Austria, MIM SIM | Rule = TRE; Compass = P.C. (1969); Mining Compass = P.C.(1987). | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KRANENBORG, LAMBERTUS DERKS | Holland, fl.1773-74, MIM | Sundials = Loppersum (1773), Hoogezand (1774). | Loppersum; Hoogezand. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KRANER, CHRISTOPH | Austria, 1641, MIM SIM | Plane Table Compass, 1641 = VIE. | Innsbruck. | Zinner 1. | |
| KRANEWELTER, JACOB | 1755, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| KRAP | Holland, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = AMST. | see Krap en van den Brink; see Arbon en Krap. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; NAMUR. |
| KRAP EN VAN DEN BRINK | Holland, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = AMST. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| KRAPP, JOHANN | Germany, c.1790, PHIM | Barometers, recording = DEU (2). | Mannheim. | Middleton 1. | |
| KRATZENSTEIN, BRUNO | USA, c.1850 ?, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, with telescope = P.C. | Chicago, Ill. | USNM. | |
| KRATZER, NICHOLAS | Germany; England; Belgium1486-1550, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Corpus Christi College, Oxf.(pre-1624); Garden Sundials = Corpus Christi College, St. Mary's Church, Oxford. | mathematical instrument maker to Henry VIII; there is a portrait of Kratzer by Hans Holbein. | Munich; Oxford; Antwerp; London. | Zinner 1; Taylor 1(1); Maddison 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; DNB; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| KRAUS, JOHANN PAUL | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = BM. | signed "Johann Paul Kraus Fürstle : Max : Liechtenstein: Hoffmeister fecit"and marked "J.G. Gutwein sculpsit." | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| KRAUSLER, MATHIAS KARL | Austria, 1691, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1691 = Vorau Stift. | Pöllau in Steirmark. | Zinner 1. | |
| KRAUSS, JOHANN THOMAS | Germany, 1751, MIM | Protractor, glass, 1751 = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| KRAUWINCKEL, HANS | Germany, 1580-1610, MIM | Nürnberg Counter = USNM. | Nürnberg. | USNM. | |
| KREBS | see Nicholaus de Cusa. | Nachet. | |||
| KREICH, JOACHIM | Germany, 1598-99, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1599 = DEU; Alidade with compass, 1598 = PRA; Triangulation Instrument, 1599 = NUR. | Weimar. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Czech. Inv.; RSW. | |
| KREITTMAYER, GEORG | Germany, 1660, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1660 = X. | Munich. | Zinner 1. | |
| KREMBER | Holland, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | also signed "gentifori"; probably Philip Kremser which see. | RSW. | |
| KREMER, GERHARD | Germany, fl.1713-16, MIM | Double Equatorial Sundials = Bourgeois Sale, Cologne, 1902 = TIM, Christie 4/9/75 (1714), LEI. | made sundials invented and engraved by Gerhard Kloppenburg which see. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Cousins; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| KREMSER, PHILIP | Holland, 1781, MIM | Table Sundial, string-gnomon = MUN; Table Sundial, 1781 = GRA. | for 46°30' latitude. | Cenifori (Genifori?). | Zinner 1 and 6; Price 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| KRES, ALBAN | Germany, MIM | Rule, folding, with hinged bars at ends = ULM. | Ulm. | RSW. | |
| KRIECKEL, G.F. | MIM | Artillery Rule = STU; Rule = THO. | RSW. | ||
| KRIEGSEISEN, MATHIAS | 17th Century, PHIM | made demonstration instruments. | Nachet. | ||
| KRIGNER, SALOMON | Poland; Germany, c.1694, MIM SIM | Augsburg-type Sundials with cams = DRE, SWE, ROS = FIN, P.C., OXF, KRA, PRZ, THO; Equatorial Sundials = NYC, STT, CZJ, EMA, Drecker Coll.; Graphometer, 1694 = DRE. | most Augsburg-types are oval. | Warsaw; Marienbad. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Pipping 1; Michel 3; Pryzpkowski 1; DES; Körber 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| KRITTL, JOHANN WILHELM | Czechoslovakia, | misreading for Knittel. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| KRUGNER, AL. CR. | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, with cam = P. & S. 3/8/1895 = Drecker Coll.? | is this a horrible rendering of Salomon Krigner? | Marienberg. | RSW. |
| KRUINCS | misreading for Kruines. | P. & S. 2/9/1897. | |||
| KRUINES | France, fl.1800-22, MIM OIM | Cannon Sundials = P. & S. 5/19/1896 and 2/9/1897; Telescope = Gersaint, Nantes 10/28/88. | "Opticien"; Gersaint also marked "Quai de l'Horloge." | au Télescope, Enclos Saint-Denis de la Chartre; 41 Quai de l'Horloge; 61 bis, Quai de l'Horloge (1807); all in Paris. | Nachet; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| KRUINES, VEUVE | France, c.1822, MIM OIM | carried on her husband's shop; maker (?). | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| KRUINES-RAMBAUD | France, MIM | Instrument = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | 21 Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | RSW. | |
| KRULT, E., UND SOHN | Austria, MIM | Compass = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KRUSE, ABRAHAM | Germany, c.1796, PHIM | Coin Balances = HAK, DRE, D.(1982). | the balances in Dresden and with the dealer are marked "Schwelm in der graffshaft Mark 1796." | Schynelium, Westfalia. | USNM; Coffeen III; RSW. |
| KRUSE, J. MELCHIOR | Germany, 18th Century, PHIM | Gold Balance = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Coin Balances = Christie 4/3/85, Koller 11/17/75. | the gold balances are marked "Goldwafenmacher und Eichmeister." | Elberfeld. | RSW. |
| KUBEL, EDWARD | Germany; USA, 1820-96, MIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = USNM, D.(1987); Siderostat = USNM; Gravity Pendulum = USNM; Dividing Engine = Alpha Instrument Co., Washington, D.C. | Kübel; worked primarily for the U.S. Government. | Bayreuth, Bavaria (pre-1849); Washington, D.C. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 15.. |
| KUBISCH | MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| KUBITSCHEK | Austria, c.1800, PHIM | Hygrometer = DRE. | Vienna. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| KUEBLER AND SEELHORST | USA, c.1850?, MIM SIM | Surveying Transit = GUR. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| KUGSBERG, AUGUST | NIM | Crown Compass = STK. | the first letter in Kugsberg may be different. | RSW. | |
| KUHLMANN, G. CH. | Germany, MIM | Alidade = D.(1971). | Kühlmann. | Colmar. | RSW. |
| KUHLMANN, IN. BIN. | MIM | Protractor = D.(1972). | Roux Devilas 73. | ||
| KUHNEL, PAUL | USA, c.1850?, MIM | Pair of Globes = X. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| KUILE, COENRAAD TER | Holland, 1781-1852, MIM | made a tellurium and a lunarium. | Enschede. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KULICK, MATHIAS | England, c.1782, | apprenticed to Thomas Garrard 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1782. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KULIVIN | Russia, 1772, | invented electrical machine, 1772; Academy of Science. | RSW. | ||
| KULL AND DOWNING | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = OMM. | "London." | London. | RSW. |
| KULLBERG, VICTOR | England, 1824-90, NIM | made self-registering marine compasses, or course indicators; made chronometers and watches. | 105 Liverpool Road; 12 Cloudesley Terrace; both in London. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| KULLSTROM, J.J. | Sweden, fl.1830-60, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | Kullström. | Stora Glasbruksgaten 8, Stockholm. | RSW. |
| KULWEIN, MATHIAS | Germany, MIM | Ring Sundial = MUN. | see M. Kolwein. | Zinner 1. | |
| KUMMER, K.W. | Germany, 1836, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1836 = DRE. | Berlin. | Grötzch 1 & 2; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| KUNIG, ARNOLD | France, fl.1481-1500, MIM | thought to have made an astrolabe, 1481, now in the Musée de Rohan, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1. | |
| KUNINGNANT, M. | France?, c.1660, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = ADL-M155. | marked "Ingénieur." | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| KUNN, ANTON | Austria, c.1810, PHIM | Balance = ADL-M405. | Anton Künn. | Vienna. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KURFURST VON SACHSEN, AUGUST J. | Germany, | see August J. Kurfürst von Sachsen. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KURZ, CHRISTIAN ADAM, UND SOHN FRANZ | Germany, 1700, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1700 = P. & S. 11/21/1894. | Reutlingen. | RSW. | |
| KUTSCH | France, c.1792, MIM PHIM | Rules = CNAM; Balance = CNAM; Triangular Rule, wood = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | made comparators. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| KUTZ AND ADAMS | USA, fl.1834-36, MIM | rule makers; surely Erasmus A. Kutz 1. | 300 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1834-36). | USNM; RSW. | |
| KUTZ, ERASMUS A. 1 | England; USA, 1778-1856, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR/ Onandaga Hist. Soc., Syracuse, N.Y./ Crestline Hist. Soc.,Ohio, Conn. Hist. Soc., Hartford, Western Reserve Hist. Soc., Cleveland, Ohio; Compass = Cornell University, N.Y.; Sextant = Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Inc., Va.; Shoe Measure = USNM; Yardstick = USNM; Octants = P.C. (2). | Kutz was primarily a rule maker; T.C.; George Bracher in England made telescopes for Kutz. | 343 Water Street (1818-19); 248 Water Street (1821); 151 Water Street (1822); 172 Water Street (1824-27); 164 Water Sreet (1828-35); 180 Water Street (1835-36 & 1842-43); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; O'Mara; Brewington 1; Taylor 2(1496); D.J. Warner 10; USNM; RSW. |
| KUTZ, ERASMUS A. 2 | USA, 1822-68, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1973). | signed "E.A. Kutz (son)"; rule maker. | 2 Stanton (1839-40); 117 Madison (1850-51); 91 Monroe Street (1856); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 106. |
| KUTZ, FREDERICK | USA, fl.1827-30, MIM | rule maker. | 55 Orange (1827-28); 395 Broome (1829); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| KUTZ, THOMAS | USA, fl.1829-30, MIM | rule maker. | 107 Mott (1829); Mott at N. Walker (1830); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| KUTZ, THOMAS E. | USA, fl.1823-27, MIM | 86 Reed (1823); Nassau, corner of John (1824); 51 Roosevelt (1825); 61 Vesey (1826-27); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| KUYPER, GERHARD | Holland, c.1775, PHIM | made a new type of electrical machine with Van Marum. | Groningen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KWIDZYNIA, MIKOLAJ WODKA | Poland, 1442-94, MIM | Sundial = Cathedral, Wloclawek. | professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna. | Polish Inventory. | |
| KYFFIN, EDWARD | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover on Nov. 30, 1682 to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| KYN, JAMES | England, fl.1593-1727, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1593 = X Coll.; Sundial = RSM. | the dial in the X Coll. is for 52° and marked "Made for T.B." (1); the dial in the RSM is signed "Kynius." | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| KYNAST, J.F. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Drecker Coll. = P.C.(1969). | also marked "I.F.F." | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| KYNFIN, JAMES | England, fl.1569-1610, MIM | Astrolabe, 1597 = FLO; Astronomical Compendium, 1593 = BM; Geometrical Compass, 1595 = FLO-2516; Graduated Circle, 1595 = FLO-435; Theodolite base, 1597 = FLO-3174. | also signed as "James Kenvyn", "Jacobus Kynvin"; made instruments for Sir Robert Dudley; made Blagrave's "Mathematical Jewel" and "Familiar Staff." | near Powles (St. Paul's Cathedral), London. | Taylor 1(73); G.L'E. Turner 26; Gatty; Gunther 4; Dewhirst; Bonelli 2; Price 1 & 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| KYNIUS | see James Kyn. | Dewhirst. | |||
| KYNVIN | see Kynfin. | ||||
| KYNVYN | see Kynfin. | ||||
| KYNWIN | see Kynfin. | ||||
| KYRRHESTES, ANDRONIKOS | Macedonia, c.75 B.C., MIM | Sundial = Tenos; Tower of the Winds = Athens. | Gibbs 1; Price 13. | ||
| L'ADMIRAL, JACOB | see Admiral, Jacob L'. | RSW. | |||
| L'ALLEMAN, DIDIER | France, fl.1677-78, MIM | made a celestial globe in 1677-78; mentioned in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions XII, p. 895; watchmaker. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| L'AMAND, R. | France, c.1720, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Evans Coll. | Dieppe. | Evans 1. | |
| L'ASNE, MICHEL | see Michael Asinus. | Nachet; RSW. | |||
| L'ETANG | see Etang. | ||||
| L'HOSTE, JEAN | France, fl.1616-31, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1616 = Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France et de la Musée Lorrain, Nancy; Celestial Globes = Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France (1617) et de la Musée Lorrain (1618). | mathematician and author; sometimes signed "Johannes L'Hoste." | Nancy. | Bonacker; RSW. |
| L'ISLE, DE | see Isle, de l'. | ||||
| L. 1 | Germany, 1741, OIM | Solar Microscopes, 1741 = DRE (2). | Hans Löser, Reichsgraf. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | |
| L. 2 | Germany, | see L.A.E. | Maurice 1; RSW. | ||
| L.A.E. | Germany, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone = DEU. | might also be marked "L." (2). | Maurice 1; RSW. | |
| L.A.K. | Germany, 1733, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1733 = NMM-D.141 | Leonhard Andreas Karner; for latitude 48°; see "L.K." 1. | Augsburg. | NMM 2; Gouk. |
| L.B. | England, NIM | Nocturnals, wood = CMY, etc. | when found on English nocturnals, L.B. stands for "Little Bear." | RSW. | |
| L.D.B. | USA?, 1785, NIM | Backstaff, 1785 = Maine Historical Society, Portland Me. | Bedini thought it was 1776. | Bedini 14; RSW. | |
| L.G. | Germany, 18th.Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Christie 6/23/64. | L. Grassl or L. Gräf. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| L.G.M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = P. & S. 5/19/1896. | probably a misreading of "L.T.M." | RSW. | |
| L.H. | France, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial in medallion = Libert et Castor 4/28/82. | might be the owner's initials. | RSW. | |
| L.I.S. | 1646, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1646 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| L.J.M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = P. & S. 3/20/1896 and 5/19/1896. | probably a misreading of "L.T.M." | RSW | |
| L.K. 1 | Germany, fl.1728-30, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = Galerie am Neumarkt 10/19/72 = Kugel (1730), Drout 4/7/87 (1728). | the mastermark is a glove with cuff; see L.A.K.; see Leonard Andreas Karner. | Nürnberg. | Gouk; RSW. |
| L.K. 2 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = PRA. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| L.K.G. | Germany, 1631, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1631 = BM. | Zinner 1. | ||
| L.L. | France, c.1700, | owner's initials with crest on an astronomical compendium, Versailles 11/19/78. | RSW. | ||
| L.M. 1 | Germany, MIM | either Lienhart Miller, Leonhart Miller, or Leinhart Milner. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| L.M. 2 | Germany, 1625, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1625 = ADL-T12. | Lienhart Miller. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| L.M. 3 | Germany, 1626, | marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Lienhart Milner, 1626." | RSW. | ||
| L.M. 4 | Germany, fl.1636-45, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, 1636 and 1645 = Huelsmann Coll. | also marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Leonhart Miller" in the Findlay Sale. | Nürnberg. | Syndram; RSW. |
| L.M. 5 | France, c.1750, MIM | marked on a garden sundial signed "Lheureux", in Koller, May 1972. | RSW. | ||
| L.M. ST. | fl.1644-48, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundial, 1648 = SKO; Artillery Scale, 1644 = SKO. | Price 2. | ||
| L.M.N. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Torquetum = BAM. | calendar runs from 1600 to 1639. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. |
| L.R.F. | Germany, 1631, MIM | Triptych Sundial, 1631 = BM. | signed "L.R.f. 1631." | Price 3; Ward 4; Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| L.S. 1 | Germany?, 1518, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1518 = FIN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| L.S. 2 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = REG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| L.S. 3 | England, 17th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial, expanded = Christie 6/7/72. | RSW. | ||
| L.S. 4 | 1715, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1715 = ZUS. | RSW. | ||
| L.S. 5 | England, c.1800, MIM | Bow Dividers = D.(1972). | Moskowitz 103. | ||
| L.T. | initials on a telecopic graphometer by Lenoir; probably the owner. | Wynter 1. | |||
| L.T.M. | Germany, c.1710-70, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials found in many museums and collections. | Ludovicus Theodatus Müller. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| L.T.V. | surely a misreading of L.T.M | Christie 4/3/74. | |||
| L.X.A. | 1593, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1593 = LIE. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| L.Z. 1 | Germany, 1741, MIM | Hodometer, 1741 = DRE. | Löser und Zimmer or Lehmann und Zimmer? | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | |
| L.Z. 2 | MIM | Compass Sundial = NOR. | initials on cover, owner? | RSW. | |
| L.Z.K. | misreading of I.3 K.; see Jacob Karner. | Koller 11/7/63. | |||
| LA HIRE, GABRIEL-PHILIPPE DE | France, 1677-1719, OIM | Telescope = POB. | son of Philippe de la Hire? experimented with barometers. | Paris. | Nachet; Middleton 1. |
| LA HIRE, PHILIPPE DE | France, 1640-1718, | de la Hire; wrote on astrolabes and gnomonics; invented a new type of astrolabe projection. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Middleton 1. | |
| LA MOTTA | Italy, 1767, NIM | Compass in gimbals, 1767 = ROM. | Price thought the date was 1707. | Rome. | Bonelli 4; Price 2; RSW. |
| LA MOTTE | France, c.1690, MIM | Sector = P.C.; Square = P.C. | Versailles. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| LA REINE | France, OIM | Field Glass, pocket = USNM. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| LABBE, J.N. | 1826, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1826 = LIE. | J.N. Labbé. | Michel 9. | |
| LACAM, B. | owner's name on mathematical etui signed "H. Cole maker" for Humphrey Cole, which see | RSW. | |||
| LACKEN, JOHN | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/30/89. | Maidstone. | RSW. | |
| LACOMBE | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Drouot 4/26/67-38. | Toulouse. | RSW. | |
| LACOUR, CLAUDIUS | France, | Toricelli Barometer, 1769 = D.(1972). | modern work; "opticien." | rue du Bac, Paris. | RSW. |
| LACROIX | France, post-1753, | "maître serrurier"; received permission to make a perpetual motion machine from the inventor, Arles de Montigny, after Solvaique; see Berin de la Croix. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| LACY, W. | England, 1779, MIM | Orrery, 1779 = NMM-P.25. | "Invenit et Delineavit." | NMM 2. | |
| LACY, WILLIAM | England, c.1803, PHIM | apprenticed to Francis Vandermeulen on July 21, 1803, for seven years. | West Street, West Smithfield, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LADD AND OERTLING | England, fl.1860-74, PHIM | Edward Wilds Ladd and Ludwig Oertling; made balances; the RGO records have a letter announcing the partnership, dated Dec. 1860. | 192 Bishopsgate Street Without, London. | USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| LADD AND STREATFIELD | England, fl. 1847-59, PHIM | the partnership of Edward Wilds Ladd and John Streatfield fl. c.1847-Oct. 1859; listed themselves as "successors to R.B. Bate, hydrometer and gauging instrument makers to the Hon. Board of Inland Revenue"; made standard weights and measures. | 1 Old Jewry, London. | Chaldecott 4; McConnell 4. | |
| LADD, EDWARD WILDS | England, pre-1847-60, PHIM | worked for R.B. Bate; maker of hydrometers and saccharometers to the Honourable Board of Inland Revenue; had John Streatfield as a partner in Ladd and Streatfield c.1847-1859; worked alone, as E.W. Ladd and Co. from Oct. 1859 to Dec. 1960 when he took Ludwig Oertling as a partner, this lasted until c.Aug. 1874. | 1 Old Jewry (1859); 192 Bishopsgate Street (1860); both in London. | Chaldecott 3 and 4; RGO. | |
| LADD, W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Thermometer = Royal Institution; Microscope, compound = Minnesota Historical Society. | William Ladd. | 12 Beak Street, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| LADD, WILLIAM | England, fl.1847-69, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D., Phillips 2/22/77, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. | made barometers and thermometers; optician; devised a method for coarse focusing on a microscope; had a display in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | 7 Cleaver Street, Kennington (1847); 31 Chancery Lane (1858); 11 and 12 Beak Street, Regent Street W. (1869); 29 Penton Street, Walworth Road; all in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; Fürst; Moskowitz; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| LADERRIERE | France, c.1900, NIM | Inclinometer, No. 2 = Versailles 4/17/83; Sextant = WHI. | "Service Hydrographique de la Marine Boussole d'inclinason de Laderrière No. 2" is marked on the inclinometer. | Bennett 1; RSW. | |
| LAENEN, F.A. | Belgium?, 1789, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1789 = LIE. | Michel 9; RSW. | ||
| LAFFRANCHO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4). | sometimes spelled J. LaFrancho. | Ludlow. | Goodison 1. |
| LAFONTAINE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Cannon Sundial, miniature = D.(1988). | 18 Galerie Monpensier, Palais Royal, Paris. | RSW. | |
| LAFRANCHO, J. | England, | J. LaFrancho; see J. Laffrancho. | Ludlow. | Goodison 1. | |
| LAGARDE, A. | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = ADL-A32. | name stamped inside of lower half of box. | ADL; RSW. | |
| LAGNY | France, fl.1665-90, MIM | "arquebusier"; made instruments for the Paris Observatory and the Academy. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Augarde. | |
| LAGSTINUS, FRANCS. | France?, 1602, MIM | Armillary Sphere with Ptolemaic Planetarium in center, 1602 = Watney Coll. = Christie 7/12/67. | Gunther 2. | ||
| LAIDIER, FRA J. | see Fra J. Lardier. | Evans 1. | |||
| LAIDMAN | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1997). | possibly R.T. Laidman, which see. | ATG 5/24/97. | |
| LAIDMAN, R.T. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass, case = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| LAINTON, SAMUEL | England, c.1860, PHIM | Angle Barometers = WHI, X; Thermometer = X. | thermometer is on a Howorth barometer; may be cabinet maker at 9 King Cross Street (1860). | Halifax. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Middleton 1. |
| LAIRD, DAVID WHITE | Scotland, fl.1834-51, NIM OIM | Octants, ebony = Soth. 6/20/74, FRK = RSM, Dundee Art Galleries; Telescope = Phillips-E 7/31/87. | also made clocks and watches; T.C. in Whitby Museum. | 4 Bridge Street (1834-42); 58 Bridge Street (1843-51); both in Leith. | Taylor 2(2167); Bryden 3; Clarke et al; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| LAK | Germany, 1773, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1773 = Debreuil Coll. = NMM-Caird. | L.A.K.? | Nürnberg. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| LAKE AND SON | England, fl.1775-1800, MIM PHIM | Pantograph = D.(1972); Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 11/13/86. | Taunton. | Moskowitz 105. | |
| LAKE, THOMAS | England, 1770, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1770 = NMM-S.103. | instrument made for Martin Walding. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(738); NMM 2. |
| LALANDE, JEROME LE FRANCOIS DE | France, fl.1771-1803, | Jérôme Le François de Lalande; astronomer; author; had the analemmatic sundial on the church in Bourg-en-Bresse restored; drew a celestial globe, 1792. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Howse 2; Cousins. | |
| LALAYE, M. | France, MIM | Planispheres = PBN (2). | Destombes 5. | ||
| LALIGANT | France, pre-1843, MIM | Balance = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| LALLAERIUS, JACOBUS | Italy, 1636, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1636 = P.C. (1971). | "astronomus fecit An. 1636"; for latitude 47 1/2°. | RSW. | |
| LALONDE | France, PHIM | Barometers = Lesoufaché Coll.(2). | Maurice 1. | ||
| LALOY, M. | France, 1607, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, lead, 1607 = house in Tourcil. | Limoges. | Gatty. | |
| LAMARDELLE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Baradelle? | à la sphère, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| LAMB, ANTHONY | England; USA, 1703-84, MIM NIM | Gauging Rod, 1759 = Streeter Coll., Yale U.; Backstaves = PEA (2-one dated 1747), Newport R.I. Historical Society Museum; Surveyor's Compass = USNM; Rule, wood inlaid with brass and ivory, 1759 = P.C.; Magnetic Compasses = D.(1986), Glebe House, Seabury Society; Haviland Instrument, ivory = P.C. | apprenticed to Henry Carter, MIM, of London pre-1724; transported to Maryland from Newgate Prison, London, 1724; made Thomas Godfrey 1's octant in 1731. | London (1703-24); at the Sign of the Compass and Quadrant, near the New Dock (1730); at the Sign of the Quadrant and Surveying Compass (1745); at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton's Head (1749); all in New York, N.Y.; Hunter's Key, N.Y. (1753). | Taylor 2(191); Smart 1; Bedini 1, 7 and 8; Brewington 1; USNM; Coffeen 13; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| LAMB, ANTHONY, AND SON | USA, fl.1755-60, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Passaic County Historical Society, Paterson, N.J. | Anthony and John Lamb. | Hunter's Key, N.Y. | Smart 1; Bedini 1 and 7. |
| LAMB, JOHN | USA, 1735-1800, MIM SIM | apprenticed to his father, Anthony Lamb, and was his partner, 1755-60, as Anthony Lamb and Son; very active in the Revolution; became a wine-merchant. | Hunter's Key, N.Y. | Smart 1; Bedini 1, 7 and 8; Brewington 1. | |
| LAMB, JOSEPH | England, c.1827, MIM | Instrument = OXF; Slide Rule, circular, ivory and silver, 1827 = P.C. | author; watchmaker. | Taylor 2(1616); Delehar 9. | |
| LAMBE | Holland, c.1704, PHIM | made barometers and gave them names of English makers. | Amsterdam. | J. Brown 3. | |
| LAMBE, LUKE | England, c.1684, MIM | apprenticed to Johnson Weekes of the Clockmakers' Company on March 25, 1684. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LAMBERT | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| LAMBERT LE FILS | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55. | Lambert le fils. | Paris. | RSW. |
| LAMBERT PERE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Folding Square = ADL-W134; Sector = X; Mathematical Instrument Set = P-B 10/28/63; Protractor = Melun 6/10/79. | the protractor is signed "Lambert le Père." | Paris. | Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| LAMBERT, H. | NIM | Octant = Pugsley Sale = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| LAMBERT, J.S. | c.1770, | designed a combination horizontal and analemmatic sundial. | Ericson. | ||
| LAMBERT, THOMAS | England, c.1727, MIM | apprenticed to John Hutton 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1727. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LAMBRIT, THOMAS | see Thomas Gemini. | ||||
| LAMINIT, JAKOB EMANUEL | Germany, 1719-60, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG, HAM, GEL, SPI-2810, Koller 11/17/75. | brother-in-law of Johann Martin Willebrand. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. |
| LAMONBY, GEORGE BURNTHWAITE | England, | Lamonby may be town; see George Burnthwaite. | RSW. | ||
| LAMONT | Ireland, NIM | Octant = D.(1969). | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| LAMPLEY, CHARLES | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 7, 1683; free of the Company, Sept. 4, 1693. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| LAMPLOUGH | England, 1792, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass, 1792 = Phillips 5/20/75. | Burlington. | RSW. | |
| LAMY, SIMON | France?, MIM | Cannon Sundial = D.(c.1968). | RSW. | ||
| LANA, FRA FRANCESCO DE TERZI | Italy, 1631-87, | developed a microscope; author; physician. | Brescia. | Nachet. | |
| LANCAEUS, BALTHASSAR | Italy, fl.1557-71, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1557 = FLO; Artillery Instrument with Calipers, 1557 = FLO. | Lanci. | Urbino. | Bonelli 2 and 5; Evans 1; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| LANCASTER | England, OIM | Telescope, brass, on steel stand = D.(1987). | possibly "Lancaster and Son" or "Jas. Lancaster and Son." | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| LANCASTER AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, binocular = Wellcombe Museum (KEN) | probably James Lancaster and Son; opticians. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. |
| LANCASTER AND SONS | England, c. 1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976). | may be Jas. Lancaster and Sons. | RSW. | |
| LANCASTER, CYRUS | USA, 1802-62, MIM | made many celestial and terrestrial globes, dating from 1825 to 1845; examples may be seen at USNM, Albany Institute of History and Art, N.Y. / Seward House, Auburn, N.Y. / Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead, N.Y. / P.C., D.(1975). | apprenticed to James Wilson 3; became his son-in-law; taken into firm of James Wilson and Sons in 1826, as manager of Wilson's factory. | 110 Washington Street, Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8; Yonge; USNM; Moskowitz; RSW. |
| LANCASTER, GILBERT | England, c.1692, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1683; free of the Company, June 6, 1692. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| LANCASTER, JAS., AND SON | England, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| LANDECK, ANDREAS | Germany, 1589-1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial, copper, 1647 = NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Maurice 1. | |
| LANDECK, JOHANN MELCHIOR | Germany, 18th.Century, MIM | Pedometer with Sundial = BM. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| LANDRINI | Italy, c.1750, MIM | Air Thermometer = DRE. | Drebbel-type. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| LANDTECK, ENDRES | see Andreas Landeck. | Lunardi. | |||
| LANDTSCHOT, HENDRICK VAN | Holland, fl.1682-83, | held a 1683 patent on a nautical instrument. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| LANE, H. | England, 1776, | Terrestrial Globe, with case = Phillips 2/14/79. | probably a misreading of N. Lane. | RSW. | |
| LANE, JOHN | England, c.1799, MIM NIM SIM | T.C., 1799. | at the Blue Coat Boy and Quadrant, in the Great-Minories, London. | C.N. Robinson. | |
| LANE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1776-1829, MIM | made miniature terrestrial globes, many in shagreen cases lined with celestial gores; dates range from 1776 to 1829; examples can be seen at the Chicago Ill. Historical Society, PAM, NMM, and many other museums. | they are signed "Lane's Pocket Globe" or "Lane's Improved Globe"; the celestial gores lining the cases of the miniature globes show a geocentric projection. | London. | Taylor 2(740); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; Yonge; Krogt 2; RSW. |
| LANE, NICHOLAS | England, c.1783, MIM | father of Thomas Lane; globe maker. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| LANE, R.E. | England, NIM | Octant, mahagony = X. | RSWx. | ||
| LANE, SAMUEL | USA, 1718-1806, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1760 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H. | surveyor; the globe was made to help him in his work. | Stratham, New Hampshire. | Bedini 8; Yonge. |
| LANE, THOMAS | England, c.1801, | son of Nicholas Lane, a globe maker; apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 4, 1783; free in the Company, Mar. 3, 1801. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| LANEN, PIETER JACOBSE VAN DER | Holland, c.1740?, NIM | Compass = Königl. Institut für Meereskunde, Berlin. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| LANG | France, 18th Century, MIM | Rule = ADL-M133; Artillery Level = D.(1987). | "Mechanicien du Roy pour l'artillerie"; might be the same as Joh. Phil. Lang. | Strasbourg. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| LANG, JOH. PHIL. | France, 1748-62, MIM | Quadrant, 3' radius, on stand, 1762 = Musée Lorrain, Nancy; Quadrant, 1748 = STR. | both quadrants are made of iron and brass. | Strasbourg; Paris. | Michel 3 & 14; RSW. |
| LANG, JOHANN CHRISTOFF | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = ADL-M383. | Price dated it at c.1580. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Price 2; Michel 2; ADL; RSW. |
| LANG, JOSEPH | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | 43 Eastcheap, London. | RSW. | |
| LANGE DE BOURBON | France, 1753, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1753 = Oudheidkundige Museum, Ghent; Butterfield-type Sundials = Christie-SK 4/17/86, UTO 9/29/75, MERC (rectangular) = Spaulding = Lempertz 6/14/76 = D.(1976); Instrument = Wallace Coll. | Paris. | Hamilton 2; Brieux 3; F.J.B. Watson; RSW. | |
| LANGE DE BOURBON, M. | France, c.1710, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = NYM; Stick Barometer = X. | "faiseur de barometres du Roi." | Paris. | Vincent 2; Hamilton 2; Tyler. |
| LANGENBUCHER, JACOB | Germany, 1649-1712, MIM OIM | Compass = ADL-M470; Universal Ring Dial = D. | also made terrestrial and celestial globes, telescopes, etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1 & 6; Brieux 3; ADL; RSW. |
| LANGFORD, EDWIN | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Sector = D.(1935); Octant = D. | Bristol. | M. Gardner 2 (1935); Bryden 9; O'Mara 2; Moskowitz 106. | |
| LANGFORD, J. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | ||
| LANGHANS, HANNS WOLFF | Germany, c.1687, MIM | sandglass maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| LANGLANDS, JOHN | England, c.1820, MIM | Pocket Compass = Soth. 12/3/76. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| LANGLEY, LEMUEL | USA, 1828, | patented a method of adjusting the marine compass in 1828. | Gosport or Norfolk, Virginia. | Bedini 8; USNM. | |
| LANGLEY, W. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Grain Balance = Soth. 1/27/75. | 46 Tooley Street, London. | RSW. | |
| LANGLOIS ET LAPIE | France, 1815, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1815 = Gonse Coll. = MADEX-26 = NMM-G.114. | H. Langlois and Lapie. | Paris. | NMM 2. |
| LANGLOIS, CHARLES FRANCIS | France, c.1700, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = DRE; Pantograph = DRE; Graphometer = DRE. | Paris. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| LANGLOIS, CLAUDE | France, c.1730-50, MIM SIM | made various types of sundials and surveying, mathematical and astronomical instruments which can be seen at ADL, POB, CNAM, OXF, HAK, NMM, DRE, NYM, LOU, HAY, WHI, Huelsmann Coll., etc. | installed the meridian in St. Suplice Eglise in 1744; perfected the pantograph in 1743; "Ingénieur"; most instruments are signed "Langlois" or "C. Langlois"; worked for the Academy of Sciences; succeeded by his nephew, Canivet. | Au Niveau; aux Galeries du Louvre; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Grötzsch 2; Körber 1; Michel 3; NMM 2; Engelmann 1; Josten; Bryden 16; Trois Siècles; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| LANGLOIS, H. | France, 1815, MIM | globe maker; see Langlois et Lapie. | NMM 2. | ||
| LANGLOIS, JEAN | France, fl.1720-27, MIM | Circumferentor, telescopic, 1720 = de la Mosson Coll. = Buffon Coll.(1744) = D.(1976); Alidade, 1726 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Universal Ring Dial = CNAM; Microscope = RMS; Butterfield-type Sundials = FIT (WHI), Soth. 7/10/67; Circumferentor, 1727 = X; Plane Table with Telescope and Sundial, 1727 = de la Mosson Coll. = D. = LOU; Rule, case, 1726 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | "élève du Sieur Butterfield." | aux Armes d'Angleterre, Paris. | Daumas 1; CNAM 2; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Michel 3; Gersaint; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| LANGLOIS, L. | France, 1745-47, MIM | Graphometer = MADEX. | probably Claude Langlois; instrument marked "L'Ecole Nat. des Ponts et Chaussées." | au Niveau, Paris. | MADEX; RSW. |
| LANGLOIS, TIMOTHEE | France, 1693, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. | Thimothée Langlois; the Butterfield dial is signed "T. Langlois, siezième"; Baillie listed him as a water clock maker. | Paris. | Baillie 1; RSW. |
| LANGREN, ARNOLD FLORENT VAN | Holland, fl.1586-1625, MIM | Celestial Globes = Lindköping Stiftsbibliothek (1586), NMM (1589 and 1624); Pair of Globes = Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp; Terrestrial Globes = NMM (1589), U. Library of Gand; Armillary Sphere = stolen. | Jacob Florent van Langren, his father, engraved the gores; Gand globe signed "Arnold Florent Filius." | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; NMM 1 and 2; ART; Belgian Inv. |
| LANGREN, JACOB FLORENT VAN | Denmark; Holland, fl.1586-1625, | engraved terrestrial and celestial gores; many were made up by his son, Arnold Florent van Langren. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Belgian Inv.; Globus Dec., 1957. | |
| LANGSTON, D. | England, c.1825, OIM | 116 Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(1617). | ||
| LANGTHORNE, JOSEPH | England, c.1709, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 5, 1709. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LANGWER, P. | Germany, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = BRE. | Zinner 1. | ||
| LANIER | France, c.1750, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-T59. | Paris. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| LANSUERG, ANGELUS | Italy, | misreading for Lusuerg. | Evans 1. | ||
| LANZ, NIKOLAUS | Austria, c.1550, MIM | Astronomical Clock = VIE. | Innsbruck. | Neumann 1. | |
| LAPIE | France, c.1815, MIM | Armillary Sphere, wood and paper = Melun 6/10/79. | see Langlois et Lapie. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| LAPP, MARIA CATHARINA | 1731, MIM | Measure, 1731 = MADEX-564. | RSW. | ||
| LAPPI AND SOLCHA | England, fl.1838-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Salvattore Lappi and Lewis Solcha; what about Luppie and Solcha, which see. | 17 Robinson Row, Hull. | Goodison 1; Loomes 1. |
| LAPREY | see Lippershey. | Nachet. | |||
| LARAUX, P. DE | England, c.1711, MIM | designed a garden sundial which was made in 1711 by J. van der Cloese; see Jacob van der Cloese. | Stamford. | Evans 1?; RSW. | |
| LARBRE, CECILE | France, 1867, MIM SIM | Alidade with Level, ivory on tortoise shell = TIM. | S.G.D.G.; breveté. | Reims. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| LARDIER, FRA J. | France, 1567, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1567 = Troyes. | Evans 1. | ||
| LARESCHE, ANCIENNE MAISON | France, pre-1833, MIM | succeeded by Henry Robert, which see. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LARGE | England, c.1820, PHIM | barometer maker. | Melton Mowbray. | Bell 2. | |
| LARGE, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1852-63, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Maine Historical Society, Portland. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| LARKIN, THOMAS | England, c.1800, NIM | T.C. | Soth. 11/16/87. | ||
| LARMOUR AND CO. | USA, NIM | Octant = Seamans Institute, N.Y. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| LAROCHE | France, c.1800, OIM | made achromatic telescopes. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| LAROSE FILS | France, MIM SIM | Theodolite = P.C. | chez son père à Clermont. | RSW. | |
| LAROUE | France, 18th Century, PHIM | invented and made the first spherometer. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| LARTIGUE | France, c.1777, MIM | globe maker; engineer. | Nachet. | ||
| LASACHER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = PRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| LASHBROOK, THOMAS | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on April 3, 1693; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1701; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| LASHBROOKE, HENRY | England, c.1727, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 3, 1727. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| LASNIER | France, fl.1693-1740, MIM SIM | made a wide range of mathematical instruments including sundials and graphometers that may be seen at ADL, NMM, THO, LIE, HAY, WHI, KEN, VEN, NAC, AMST, etc. | aux Deux Globes, Paris. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet; KEN; Mörzer Bruyns 1; USNM; Michel 1, 3 and 9; Price 2; Engelmann 1; Brieux 3; NMM 2; Dewhirst; ADL; RSW. | |
| LASSERE, MICHEL | Michel Lasséré; see Père Chérubin. | Nachet. | |||
| LASSETER | England, c.1810, OIM | 8 Green Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(1375). | ||
| LATTREE | France, c.1771, MIM | Celestial Globe = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | "Chez Lattrée graveur ordinaire du Roi, de M. le Duc d'Orléans et de la Ville"; "Autre privilège et approbat de MM. de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences"; the globe was probably prepared by Lalande and published by Lattrée. | Chez Lattrée rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Bord, Paris. | RSW. |
| LAUN, A. EN J. VAN | Holland, fl.1816-30, MIM PHIM | Orreries = P.C., LEY, DEU (1825); Thermometer = P.C. | Abrahan Hartog and Jacob van Laun; sons of Hartog van Laun. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; van der Star 1; RSW. |
| LAUN, H. VAN, EN ZONEN | Holland, fl.1802-15, MIM PHIM | Horizon Rings and Stands = LRY, RIJ, NMM, Ellburg Museum; Tellurium (partial) = FRA. | Hartog van Laun and his sons, Abraham and Jacob. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Zinner 1. |
| LAUN, H. VAN, EN ZOON | Holland, fl.1802-15, MIM PHIM | Planetariums = Leiden Sternewacht, Zutphen Museum, LEY; Horizon Ring and Stand = TEY; Electrometer = UTR. | probably Hartog van Laun and his son Abraham van Laun. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Zinner 1. |
| LAUN, HARTOG ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1733-1815, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = LEY; Planetariums = LEY, Physics Laboratory, Amsterdam; Attwood Machine = Museum of Education, The Hague. | pupil of John Cuthbertson; see H. van Laun en Zon. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; van der Star 1. |
| LAUN, JACOB VAN | Holland; France, c.1778-1832, MIM PHIM | Rule = P.C. | worked with his father, Hartog van Laun, 1802-15, and with his brother, Abraham, 1816-32. | Amsterdam; Launay, France (c.1800). | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. |
| LAUR, JEAN ANTOINE | France, c.1850, MIM | exhibited in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | 4, Rue St. Claude au Marais, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| LAURENS, W.J. | Holland, OIM | Telescope = P.C. | Hoorn. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| LAURETUS, CHRISTOPHER | France, 1598, | marked "Ex. Mente Christophori Laureti Agendicensis 1598" on an astrolabe, ADL-M31, which is signed "Martinot Fecit", which see. | Sens. | Engelmann 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| LAURIE, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1792-98, MIM OIM PHIM | see Gardner and Laurie (1792-98); partner with John Gardner 1. | Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| LAURIER, FRAN | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string gnomon = OXF; Sundial, silver = P. & S. 3/20/1896; Diptych Sundial, silver = P.C. | Blois. | Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| LAUTERBACH, A.B. | Germany, 1716, MIM | Münster-type Universal Sundial = X. | Jena. | Zinner 6. | |
| LAUTERBACH, HIERONYMUS | Austria, fl.1556-77, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1576 = GRA. | Graz. | Zinner 1. | |
| LAUTERBACH, JOH. BALT. | Germany, 1683, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1683 = LND. | Zinner 6. | ||
| LAVAL | France, 1786, MIM | Steelyard, 1786 = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| LAVERACK, HENRY | England, c.1830, MIM | 35 Bridgewater Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1913). | ||
| LAVIGNE | Belgium?, 1794, MIM | Garden Sundial, granite, 1794 = LIE. | Michel 9. | ||
| LAVINGANUS, BRENTEL | 1627-29, MIM | Cube Sundial, wood and paper, 1627 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| LAWLEY | England, 19th.Century, | see Millikan and Lawley. | RSW. | ||
| LAWLEY, W. | England, post-1850, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 7/12/71. | 78 Fardingdon Street, London, E.C. | RSW. | |
| LAWRENCE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| LAWRENCE AND MAYO | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Sextants = Soth.2/22/71, Melun 4/24/83; Cannon Sundial = D.(1977). | the sextant sold at Sotheby has the Nat'l Physical Lab. Certificate; the Melun sextant is signed "Lawrence et Maye." | London. | RSW. WEBDB. |
| LAWRENCE ET MAYE | see Lawrence and Mayo. | ||||
| LAWRENCE, A.B.D. | England, MIM | Nest of Weights = Soth. 4/22/65. | RSW. | ||
| LAWRENCE, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, MIM | apprenticed to James Rowley of the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LAWSON | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = D.(1984). | clock is by J.N. Edwards, London. | Bishopsgate Street, London. | RSW. |
| LAWSON, HENRY | England, fl.1796-1839, OIM | brother of Johnson Lawson; apprenticed to Edward Nairne (his step-father), of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Dec. 6, 1788; free of the Company by servitude, April 12, 1796; Master of the Company, 1803-05. | 45 Gower Street (1817); 12 Chancery Lane (1839); both in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(224); Clay and Court. | |
| LAWSON, JOHNSON | England, fl.1796-1813, OIM | brother of Henry Lawson; apprenticed to Edward Nairne of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1789; free of the Company on April 12, 1796; Master of the Company in 1813. | 11 Bedford Street, Bedford Lane, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(225). | |
| LAYBOURN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Royston. | Goodison 1. | |
| LAZARS, J. | Scotland, c.1838, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87. | may be Lizars ? | Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| LE BAS | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = NMM. | probably Philippe-Claude Le Bas. | Paris. | NMM 2. |
| LE BAS ET MENARD | France, post-1650, OIM | Le Bas et Ménard. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| LE BAS FILS | France, fl.1688-1721, OIM | Telescope, Gregorian = Prin Coll. | son of Philippe-Claude Le Bas; succeeded his mother, Veuve Le Bas. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| LE BAS, PHILIPPE-CLAUDE | France, fl.1669-76, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Quadrant = ADL-M186; Telescope = ADL-W179; Telescope, large = Bonnier de la Mosson Coll.; Microscope = Père Lami (1703); Proportional Compass, 1669 = X. | optician to the King; made very fine lenses; shop carried on by his widow and, later by his son; ADL quadrant is signed "divisé par Le Bas", and has a micrometer attachment by Pierre Le Maire in 1741. | aux Galleries du Louvre, Paris. | Daumas 1; Ronfort 1; Engelmann 1; Nachet; ADL; RSW. |
| LE BAS, VEUVE | France, fl.1676-80, OIM | succeeded her husband, Philippe-Claude Le Bas; made instruments for the Paris Observatory. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| LE COEUR | see Lecour | Taylor 2(375). | |||
| LE FEBURE, ADRIEN | France, 1640, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1640 = USNM. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LE GENDRE | France, MIM | Table Sundial (incomplete), with case = P.C. | au Pantographe, Paris. | RSW. | |
| LE GROS, PETER JOSEPH | Ireland, fl.1835-39, MIM | 22 Joy Street (1835); 46 Joy Street (1839); both in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| LE JARS | France, c.1850, OIM | successor to Maison Richer. | L'Hermite, Paris. | RSW. | |
| LE LACHEUR AND LENFESTEY | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(Oct. 1975). | Guernsey. | RSW. | |
| LE MAIRE | France, fl.1846-c. 90, OIM | Telescope, binocular = OXF; Opera Glasses = P.C., K. and C. 11/24/76. | K. and C. signed "Le Maire Fabi", for "`fabrique"? | rue de Ménilmontant, 22, Paris. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| LE MAIRE ET FILS | France, c.1740, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Oudheidkunige Museum, Ghent; Rule, folding = Christie 12/18/74. | Jacques Le Maire and his son, Pierre Le Maire 2. | à la Pierre d'Aimant; au Quartier Anglais; both in Paris. | RSW. |
| LE MAIRE FILS | France, | Gunnery Level = D.(1994). | see Pierre Le Maire 2; sometimes signed "Le Maire le Fils." | Paris. | Coffeen 46; RSW. |
| LE MAIRE LE FILS | Pierre Le Maire 2 was the son of Jacques Le Maire. | Daumas 1. | |||
| LE MAIRE, FRANCOIS | France, c.1700, MIM | Equatorium = Jaipur Observatory. | François Le Maire. | Paris. | Poulle 8; Brieux 2. |
| LE MAIRE, HENRI | France, c.1675, MIM | father of Pierre Le Maire 1. | Paris. | Gaines. | |
| LE MAIRE, JACQUES | France, fl.1720-40, MIM OIM | made many sundials of various types including one invented by Julien Le Roy; examples can be seen in many museums including CNAM, TIM, BM, OXF, NMM, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., WHI, etc. | father of Pierre Le Maire 2; some sundials are signed "fait par Jacques Le Maire et inventé par Julien Le Roy de la Société des Arts au Génie, Paris"; developed a variant of the Newtonian telescope in 1728; made a variant of the Hadley quadrant. | au Génie, Paris. | Daumas 1; Bryden 16; Evans 1; Brieux 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; NMM 2; Price 3; Ward 4; USNM; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| LE MAIRE, JEAN | France, MIM | member of the "Corporation des Fondeurs". | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| LE MAIRE, NICOLAS | France, c.1683, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = HAY, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, Lempertz-464; Graphometer = Versailles 11/19/78; Instrument = CNAM; Universal Ring Sundial = A-P 3/15/76. | the sundial at Drouot is for 47°33'. | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| LE MAIRE, PIERRE 1 | France, c.1675, MIM | Pantometer (sighting instrument) = CNAM. | son of Henri Le Maire. | sur le quai des Morfundus au Cercle divisé, Paris. | Daumas 1; Gaines. |
| LE MAIRE, PIERRE 2 | France, 1717-85, MIM NIM PHIM | made sundials, mathematical instruments and lodestones which can be seen in many museums including ADL, GEP, BASH, MUN, PAK, MLL, USNM, CNAM, NMM, PMM, BM, HAY, Louvre, Cambridge Archaeological Museum, Snowshill, STT, DRE, WHI, etc. | added a micrometer in 1741 to the Le Bas quadrant, ADL-M186; the ADL-DPW31 lodestone is dated 1754 and another, from a 1975 sale is dated 1738; a marine compass, 1744 (PMM) is signed "Le Maire le fils quai de l'Horloge, Paris", from And.-SPI. sale; see Le Maire Fils and Le Maire le Fils. | au nouveau quartier anglais, quai de l'Horloge du Palais, au coin de la rue du Harloy; à la Pierre d'Aimant; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Pipping 1; Drechsler 2; USNM; Dewhirst; Courtanvaux; Wynter 1; Coffeen A and 46; Engelmann 1; RSW; Bryden 16; Bedini 8; Syndram; ADL. |
| LE MANCHOT, JEHAN | France, c.1562, MIM | mentioned as maker of sundials. | Blois. | Michel 3. | |
| LE MARIEE | France, c.1790, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | Le Mariée. | Strasbourg. | Daumas 1. |
| LE NOUR | misreading for Lenoir (Etienne). | USNM. | |||
| LE REBOURG | France, | misreading for Lerebours. | RSW. | ||
| LE REBOURS | misreading for Lerebours. | ||||
| LE ROY 1 | France, c.1700, MIM | Universal Sundial, silver and brass = Spaulding Coll; Universal Sundial, silver = Hamilton = McVitty = P-B 1/22/54. | may be single instrument. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. |
| LE ROY 2 | France, c.1714, MIM | son-in-law of Jean Pigeon; constructed an armillary sphere with him in 1714. | Lyon. | Guye et Michel. | |
| LE ROY 3 | France, c.1800, MIM | Armillary Sphere = MADEX; Sundial, oval, silver = P-B 1/22/54. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LE ROY, J.B. | England, c.1820, NIM | Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco; Quadrant, ebony, ivory and brass = D.(1981). | Jersey. | USNM; Moskowitz. | |
| LE ROY, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, fl.pre-1751-1800, OIM PHIM | son of Julien Le Roy; made electrical machines, microscopes and telescopes; member of French Academy of Sciences, 1751. | Moskowitz 122. | ||
| LE ROY, JULIEN | France, 1686-1759, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, silver = NMM-D.90; Inclinable Sundials = D.(1986), Drouot 4/7/87. | clockmaker; "ancien directeur de la Société des Arts" ; invented an inclinable sundial, "Cadran Universel et à Meridienne. Fait et inventé par Julien Le Roi", also made by Jacques Le Maire, example at WHI,; invented a vertical sundial made by Gérard. | la Société des Arts, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Price 3; Ward 4; USNM; NMM 2; Wynter 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| LE SAGE, F. | France, c.1856, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 5/19/72. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LE SENEY, SEBASTIAN | France; England, fl.1538-47, MIM | Astrolabe = BM (ICA-305). | instrument maker to Henry VIII. | Normandy; St. Margeret's, Westminster, London (1541). | Taylor 1(11a); Gunther 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; RSW. |
| LE TELLIER, JACQUES | France, c.1780, MIM | Pillar Sundials, ivory = VEN, Evans Coll., P. and S. 4/3/1894. | may be c.1660; VEN is marked "A.B." (5) on bottom. | Dieppe. | Evans 1; Earle; Dewhirst; Price 2; RSW. |
| LE TELLIER, NICOLLAS | France, 1632, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1632 = CAU. | ICA-322; NMM-17; National Maritime Museum Registery of Mariner's Astrolabe; lost in World War II. | Honnefleur. | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Waters 1; Anthiaume et Sottas; A. Stimson 3; Evans 1. |
| LE-SECQ | France, c.1815, PHIM | Barometer = USNM. | de la Gorgue, Dept. du Nord. | Middleton 4. | |
| LEA, ANNE | England, fl.1701-30, MIM | widow of Philip Lea; globe maker; in partnership with her son-in-law, Richard Glynne, 1712-25; also produced maps. | at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside (1701-12); at the Atlas and Hercules in Fleet Street (1720-25); both in London. | Tyacke 1. | |
| LEA, JOHN | England, c.1626, | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1626. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| LEA, PHILIP | England, fl.1689-1700, MIM | Planispheres = Burton Constable (2). | apprenticed to Robert Morden of the Weavers' Company in 1675; free of the Company in 1683; father-in-law of Richard Glynne; Lea published maps and globes; succeeded by his widow, Anne Lea in 1701; see Morden, Berry and Lea. | at the Atlas and Hercules in the Poultry over against the old Jury (1683-86); at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside next to the corner of Friday Street (1687-1700) and also in Westminster Hall near the Court of Common Pleas (1689-95); all in London. | Tyacke 1; Elizabeth Hall; NMM 2; Evans 1; Taylor 1(309); Daumas 1; Dawson 216; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| LEA, R. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Ringwood. | Bell 2. | |
| LEACH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably George Leach. | Salisbury. | Goodison 1. |
| LEACH, CALEB | USA, c.1800, MIM | Orrery = Pere Fobes (c.1800). | clockmaker; Asa Hall assisted in the construction. | Plymouth, Mass. | Bedini 8. |
| LEACH, GEORGE | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | watch and clockmaker; see Leach. | Exeter Street, Salisbury (1830). | Goodison 1. | |
| LEADBETTER, CHARLES | England, fl.1715-69, | designed a new slide rule with a third slide in 1739; author. | Hand and Pen, Cock Lane, Shore-ditch, London. | Taylor 2(84); Delehar 2. | |
| LEAKE, FAITH | England, 1678, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1678. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LEAKE, JOHN | England, fl.1650-86, MIM | made a globe sundial for Leadenhall Corner (1655); invented a rule for solving spherical triangles. | London. | Taylor 1(239). | |
| LEALAND | see Powell and Lealand. | G.L'E. Turner 1. | |||
| LEALAND, P. | England, fl.1826-40, MIM OIM SIM | Theodolite, 1826 = J. Nixon (1826); Rule, three-foot = ADL-A267. | may be connected with Powell and Lealand. | 24 Great Clarendon Street, Summerstown, London (1836-40). | Taylor 2(1618); G.L'E. Turner 24; ADL; RSW. |
| LEAN, JOEL | England, c.1790, | mine manager; developed an improved miner's dial. | Cornwall. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| LEANIE AND CO. | England, OIM | Microscope = D.(1972). | Church Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| LEAR, ANTHONY JAMES | England, fl.1828-36, MIM PHIM | 4 Arlington Street (1828-29); 36 St. John's Lane (1832-36); both in Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1914); O'Mara. | ||
| LEAVIT, JACOB | USA, 1760, MIM | Window Sundial, 1760 = USNM. | Massachusetts. | RSW. | |
| LEAVITT, WILLIAM | USA, 1801-83, | may have invented a string course protractor. | Salem, Mass. | Brewington 1. | |
| LEBEGUE, J., ET CIE. | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globes on iron stands = Christie-SK 8/20/87 (2), Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | "éditeurs fabricants." | 30 Rue de Lille, Paris. | RSW. |
| LEBLI, S. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Thermometer = D. | Portsea Town. | RSW. | |
| LEBOURS | France, MIM | Sector = D.(1968). | Lerebours? | RSW. | |
| LEBRUN, ALEXANDRE | France, c.1850, MIM | displayed at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; Salomon was his agent at 22 Red Lion Square, London. | 3 rue Chapon, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| LEBRUN, JEHAN | France, c.1642, MIM | "Chez Jehan Lebrun faiseur de sphères, astrolabes et autres instruments géometriques......"; inscription on a paper astrolabe (ICA-220) by G. Picquet at CNAM. | Rue St. Jacques, au Globe celéste, Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Price 1; Gunther 1; ICA 2; Michel 3. | |
| LEBUS, LE MAITRE | France, 1747, MIM | Variation Compass, 1747 = PMM | Paris. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| LECLAIR | France, c.1680, MIM | Calipers, large, gilt-brass = MAD, ROU-166 = Doucet-249 = P.C. | hidden signature under the cover of the pivot; Doucet thought the date was c.1780; probably J.-B. Leclair. | Rue Dauphine à l'image Nôtre Dame, Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1; Michel 3 & 5; Evans 1; Doucet Cat.; RSW. |
| LECLAIR, J.-B. | France, c.1780?, MIM | probably the same as "Leclair." | Doucet Cat. | ||
| LECLERC | France, 1527, MIM | Nocturnal, 1527 = ROU-74. | Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| LECLERC, ALEXIS | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | |
| LECLERC, FRANCOIS | France, 1604, MIM | François Leclerc; brother of Jacques Leclerc. | Doucet Cat. | ||
| LECLERC, JACQUES 1 | France, 1604, MIM | brother of François Leclerc. | Doucet Cat. | ||
| LECLERC, JACQUES 2 | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | |
| LECLERC, LOUIS | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | |
| LECLERC, PIERRE 1 | France, 1715, | instument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | |
| LECLERC, PIERRE 2 | France, 1741, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | |
| LECOMTE, FRANCOIS | France, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer with movable scale = CNAM. | François Lecomte. | Middleton 1. | |
| LECOUR, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1743-61, OIM | apprenticed to Matthew Loft of the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 29, 1736; free of the Company, Oct. 6, 1743; sold anamorphic images. | Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London (1761). | Taylor 2(375); Court and von Rohr 3(139). | |
| LECOUR, JAMES 2 | England, c.1770, OIM | apprenticed to Peter Dollond of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct 3, 1770. | London. | Taylor 2(375); Court and von Rohr 3(198). | |
| LEDERMULLER, MARTIN FROBIN | Germany, 1719-69, | Ledermüller; developed a simple microscope; author. | Nürnberg. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| LEE, GEORGE | England, c.1830, NIM | T.C. | 33 The Hard, Portsea. | RSW. | |
| LEE, GEORGE, AND SON | England, fl.1847-80, MIM NIM OIM | Artificial Horizon = Soth. 11/9/59. | T.C.; "Mathematical, Optical and Nautical Instrument Makers to the Hon. Corporation of Trinity House and the Admiralty"; "established 1847." | Ordnance Row, The Hard, Portsea and 3 Palmerston Road, Southsea. | Calvert 2; O'Mara; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; Crawforth 1. |
| LEE, JOHN | England, c.1810, | citizen and clothworker; William Rise, an apprentice, was turned over to him by John Symons of the Grocers' Company. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| LEE, MRS. PHILIP | England, | misreading for Anne Lea. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | ||
| LEE, NEWMARCH | England, 1824, NIM | Compass Card, 1824 = in Thomas Smith azimuth compass. | T.C. in box of Fairey octant. | Hull. | NMM 2; Moskowitz 102. |
| LEE, PHILLIP | misreading for Philip Lea. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |||
| LEE, S. AND S. | England, c.1830, OIM | 15 Clement Street, Leamington. | Taylor 2(1915). | ||
| LEECH, ABSOLOM | England, MIM | Sundial in a walking stick = OXF. | Evans 1. | ||
| LEEK, JOHN | see John Leake. | Gatty. | |||
| LEENHARDT | Holland, 1779, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1779 = SPI. | Nachet thought he was German. | Michel 3; Nachet. | |
| LEEUWARDEN, WEDUWE SIMON VAN | Holland, c.1744, MIM NIM OIM | the widow of Simon van Leeuwarden; sold compasses, sandglasses, telescopes, sounding leads, etc. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 5. | |
| LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONI VAN | Holland, 1632-1723, OIM | Microscopes = LEY, NAC, DEU, UTR, Zeiss-Jena, van Heurck Coll., etc. | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; made the first simple microscope for his own research, of which nine are known to still exist, including one in the van Heurck Coll. housed at the Antwerp Zoo. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1 & 2; van der Star 1; Dewhirst; Bradbury; Nachet; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 10, 14 and 23; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; J. van Zuylen; Darius 4. |
| LEFEBIERE | France, 1745, MIM NIM SIM | Telescope on Graphometer, 1745 = NMM-Si/G.14. | Etienne-Jean Lefebvre? | au Grand Turc, Paris. | NMM 2. |
| LEFEBRISE | France, c.1814, MIM | misreading for Lefèvre on planisphere at CNAM. | Grimaldi(987). | ||
| LEFEBURE | alternate spelling for Lefebvre and Lefèvre. | Daumas 1. | |||
| LEFEBURE, J. | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Level = Christie 12/18/74. | RSW. | ||
| LEFEBVRE ET POULAIN | France, NIM | Protractors, marine = Versailles 11/20/83 (2). | Or LEFEBVRE ET POULIN, as suggested. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| LEFEBVRE, ETIENNE-JEAN | France, d.1753, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Equatorial Sundials = NMM-D.78 and 89, WRAY, CNAM; Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = PEA, PRIN, Soth. 10/19/64; Marine Compass with alidade and level = VNN; Levels = CNAM, P.C.; Magnifier for graphometer, 1745 = NMM; etc. | perhaps son of Jean Lefèvre; sometimes signed "Lefèvre" or "Lefebure." | au Grand Turc (1745); rue de la Grande-Truanderie (1753); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Michel 1 and 3; Hamilton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| LEFEBVRE, J. | France, MIM | Level = Melun 6/10/79. | RSW. | ||
| LEFEVER, CHARLES | England, fl.1829-58, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company. | 14 Duncan Place, Hackney, London. | Taylor 2(1620); Crawforth 7. | |
| LEFEVER, GEORGE | England, c.1823, PHIM | made barometers and watches; silversmith; jeweler. | Market Place, Wisbech. | Bell 2. | |
| LEFEVER, THOMAS | England, c.1824, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company; took apprentices. | 1 College Place, Highbury Vale, London. | Taylor 2(1621); O'Mara; Crawforth 7. | |
| LEFEVRE, J. | France, 1798, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1798 = LIE. | J. Lefèvre. | Michel 9. | |
| LEFEVRE, JEAN | France, 1650-1706, MIM OIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Planispheres, wood and paper = CNAM; Quadrant, 1702 = Marseilles Observatory; Level with two Telescopes = CNAM; Level= Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Inkstand, travelling = Soth. 1/27/48. | Lefèvre; invented a micrometer, 1705; made instruments for the Académie des Sciences including 2 micrometers, a microscope, etc.; inkstand is probably part of an etui, it has the address on it. | au deux Globes, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Evans 1; RSW. |
| LEFFLER, M. | Sweden, NIM | Compass Rose, paper = GMM. | Göteborg. | RSW. | |
| LEFRANC, ANDRE | France, 1652, PHIM | Set of Weights, 1652 = CNAM. | André Lefranc. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| LEFRANCOIS, A. | France, c.1850, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Soth. 1969 = ADL-N35. | "Maison Vantier et Marc Ingénieurs-Opticiens, A. Lefrançois successeur." | 174 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal, Paris. | ADL; RSW. |
| LEGA, GERARD PETRUS RUDOLPHUS | Holland, 1773-1845, NIM | worked with his father, Ignatius Lega. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| LEGA, IGNATIUS | Holland, 1737-97, NIM | Compass, 1787 = AMST; Crown Compasses = AMST (1778), Christie 6/7/72. | father of Gerard Petrus Rudolphus Lega; the 1787 compass is also marked "A.K." (4). | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; RSW. |
| LEGA, IGNATIUS AND GERARD PETRUS R. | Holland, c.1799, NIM | Crown Compass, 1799 = AMST | Ignatius Lega and his son, Gerard Petrus Rudolphus Lega; the compass is also marked "A.K." (4). | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| LEGEY | France, pre-1833, MIM NIM | Mathematical Instruments = CNAM; Marine Compass = CNAM; Rules = CNAM; Folding Square = ADL-W135. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; ADL; RSW. | |
| LEGGET, DAVID | England, fl.1832-34, MIM PHIM | 35 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1622); O'Mara. | ||
| LEGRAND | France, c.1725, MIM | Graphometer = ADL-A141; Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C. | Paris. | ADL; RSW. | |
| LEGRAND, C. | France, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = X. | Douai. | Nachet. | |
| LEGRIS | France, c.1840, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = La Rochelle 7/16/83; Marine Compass = OMM. | "opticien." | Le Havre. | RSW. |
| LEGROS | France, pre-1814, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| LEGRY | France, MIM | Hygrometer = Drouot 3/9/70. | Le Havre. | RSW. | |
| LEGUIN, STEPHEN | England, c.1790, | designed a longitude-finding instrument and a new log. | Taylor 2(1004). | ||
| LEHEUX, R. | misreading for Lekeux. | Christie 7/28/70. | |||
| LEHMANN | Germany, c.1742, MIM | Hodometer = DRE. | worked for Reichsgraf Hans Löser. | Reinharz. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2; Chaldecott 4. |
| LEHMANN, BURKART | Germany, 1615, MIM | Instrument, 1615 = DEU-5140. | Price 2. | ||
| LEHNBERG, CARL | Sweden, fl.1725-68, OIM | Achromatic Telescope, 1760 = SWE. | optical instrument maker to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science from 1756 to 1768; made the first achromatic telescope in Sweden, 1760; made a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1756. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| LEHNER, ANDREAS | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = BEK. | Munich. | Zinner 1. | |
| LEHNER, THOMAS | Germany, 1747, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood, 1747 = DEU; Diptych Sundial, wood = Drecker Collection = P.C. | the diptych dial is for 48°. | Geiselhöring. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| LEHR, FERDINAND | USA, fl.1852-54, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| LEIBNITZ, GOTTFRIED | Germany, 1646-1716, | greatly improved the calculating machine by a new method of multiplying, 1671-94; invented a small lens; author; had the idea of the aneroid barometer. | Frankfort. | Nachet; Von Mackensen 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. | |
| LEIGH, SAMUEL | England, c.1830, | Urania's Mirror = ADL, Soth. 10/3/88, etc. | sets of constellation cards pierced to show star locations. | 18 Strand, London. | Sperling; ADL; RSW. |
| LEITNER, JACOB SIGMUND | Germany, c.1775, MIM SIM | Graphometer = NUR. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| LEITZ, E. | Germany, c.1893, OIM PHIM | Microscopes, etc. | Wetzlar. | RSW. | |
| LEJARD ET CIE. | France, c.1850, MIM | Slide Rule = D.(1972). | La Maison Richer, L'Hermite, Paris. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| LEKEUX, RICHARD | England, fl.1777-1838, MIM NIM OIM | Octants = MAN (1784), GEP (1787), X, DNM, PEA, PMS, OMM, Glasgow Museums and Art Gallery/ Larvik Marine Museum, Norway/ Museo Navale, Madrid, D.(1997), etc.; Sextant = AVI; Telescope = Christie 7/28/70; Hadley's Quadrant = P.C. (1987). | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company, 1770; turned over to Walton Willcox, member of the Joiners' Company, 1775; free of the Grocers' 1777 and Fishmongers' Companies; took apprentices; octant at X is signed "R.L." | No.137 near Execution Dock, Wapping (1787-88); 137 Hermitage Bridge, Wapping; 138 Wapping High Street; 103 Wapping near Execution Dock; No. 168 near King Edward Stairs, Wapping; 13 High Street (1826); all in London. | Taylor 2(862); Garcia 1; Bryden 9; Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz 107; Crawforth 7; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| LELLI, J. | England, PHIM | Thermometer = Pym Sale. | Portsea Town. | RSW. | |
| LELLI, S. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chichester. | Goodison 1. | |
| LELLI, S. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 8/12/87. | Newport, Isle of Wight. | RSW. | |
| LELUBOIS, J. | France, c.1850, MIM | invented an accountant's slide rule; example at OXF. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| LEMAINDRE, N. | France, MIM | Equatorial Sundials, silver = MERC, P.C., P-B 1/22/54. | Blois. | Hamilton 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| LEMAIRE | see Le Maire. | ||||
| LEMAIRE, NICHOLAS | France, c.1730, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 4/18/88. | probably N. Le Maire, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| LEMARDELEY | France, 1846-, OIM | microscope maker. | 127 rue de la Glacière, Paris. | USNM. | |
| LEMBKE | see Gall and Lembke. | ||||
| LEMIERE | France, 19th Century, OIM | Lorgnette Glass = Soth. 5/27/25; Telescope = Christie-SK 9/11/86; Monocular = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Palais Royal No. 6, Paris. | RSW. | |
| LENAERTS, T.B. | France, 1770, MIM | Sundial, 1770 = Evans Coll. | Malines. | Evans 1. | |
| LENEL | misreading for Lennel. | ||||
| LENELIN, M. | 1729, MIM | Quadrant, 1729 = Soth. 1973. | five-inch radius. | RSW. | |
| LENELL | misreading for Lennel. | Cons. Nat'l 1. | |||
| LENFESTEY | England, c.1800, | see Le Lacheur and Lenfestey. | Guernsey. | RSW. | |
| LENNEL | France, fl.1774-84, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Graphometers = D.(1988) (1775), PNM (1781), CNAM, D.(1774), OMM (1774), CZO (1778), VCW (1776), P.C. (1987) (1775), RSM (1774), Chayette 6/28/86 (1778); Meridian Telescope, 1774 = POB; Marine Compass = PNM; Water Levels = D.(1974) (1774), P.C. (1987) (1775, 1776); Mathematical Instrument Set = CNAM; Sector = USNM; Rule, folding, 1774 = CNAM; Surveyor's Compass = WHI; Telescopic Quadrant = CNAM. | "Elève et successeur de Me. Canivet à la Sphère"; "Ingénieur du Roi et de la Marine"; succeeded by his widow. | A la Sphère, Quai de l'Ecole entre le café de Parnasse et la Miroitier, Paris. | Daumas 1; Destombes 4; Cons. Nat'l 1; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; Courtanvaux; USNM; Evans 1; Wynter 1; MADEX; O. Brown 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Coffeen 20; RSW. |
| LENNEL, VEUVE | France, c.1784, MIM SIM | Surveying Level = Phillips 2/2/84; Alidade, box = D.(1976); Set of Drawing Instruments = Koller May, 1972. | succeeded her husband; level also marked "Département de Figeac." | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| LENNEP | Germany?, fl.1780-90, PHIM | Balances = DRE (1780), (1790), (undated). | RSW. | ||
| LENNEP, ELIAS A | Germany, fl.1663-94, MIM | Astrolabe = Linz Staatsgymnasium (ICA-608). | signed "Elias a Lennep Math. Cultor me fe."; mathematician. | Lennep. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. |
| LENNEP, HEINRICH VAN | Germany, fl.1667-1710, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass, 1667 = X; Celestial Globe, 1693 = KAS. | decorated Diepel's celestial globe in 1683; finished celestial globe that was started by Burgi in 1585; see H.L. 2. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Bryden 16. |
| LENNEP, JOHANN HARTMANN | Germany, 1685-1753, MIM | "mechaniker." | Kassel. | Baillie 1. | |
| LENNIE | Scotland, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Cross-staff = FRK = RSM; Microscopes = FRK = RSM, D.(1872); Telescopes = FRK = RSM (6). | Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 1; Moskowitz 105; RSW. | |
| LENNIE AND CO. | England, OIM | Microscope, case = D.(1975). | 62 Church Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| LENNIE, E. | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometers = RSM, Soth.-West Sussex 6/21/83. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| LENNIE, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1830-80, OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 12/8/69, 5/21/73, 12/10/73. | optician. | 46 Princes Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| LENOIR 1 | France, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made cicumferentors, graphometers, Borda circles, meter rods of steel, magnetic compasses, levels, rules, inclinometers, sectors, etc. which can be seen at many museums including ADL, CNAM, VCW, DRE, POB, COO, RSM, SWE, NOR, WHI, etc. | can be either Etienne or Paul Etienne Lenoir; T.C. | au dépot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, Rue ci-devant Louis Le Grand, Paris. | Daumas 1; Portuguese Inv.; Trois Siècles; Grötzsch 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; O. Brown 1; Coffeen 15; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| LENOIR 2 | France, | see "Schwartz dit Lenoir." | Nachet; RSW. | ||
| LENOIR 3 | France, | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1972). | modern work; "opticien." | rue des Tournelles, Paris. | RSW. |
| LENOIR FILS | see Paul Etienne Lenoir. | ||||
| LENOIR, ETIENNE | France, 1744-1832, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Measure = CNAM; Borda Circles = ADL-DPW33, CNAM, PNM, LEY, KEN, STT, USNM; Graphometers = MADEX, etc.; Sextants = KRA, WHI; Protractor with arm = P.C.; Surveying Cross = P.C.; Transit = D.(1986); Slide Rules = D.(1990), P.C., WHI. | made a dividing engine, c.1783; claimed to have invented the repeating circle; "Ingénieur du Roi pour les instruments à l'usage des sciences"; T.C.; optician. | rue de la Pelleterie (1785); No. 1, rue Basse-des-Ursins (1792); rue Cassette, 14 (post-1792); 301 rue Saint-Honoré (1810); Rue de la Place Vendôme, Hôtel du Dépot, Galerie de la Marine; au Petit Bénéfice, Quai de l'Horloge-du-Palais, No. 59 (1830); all in Paris; some his son's? | Daumas 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; Pipping 1; Michel 3; Nachet; USNM; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Delehar 9; ADL; RSW. |
| LENOIR, PAUL ETIENNE | France, 1776-1827, MIM OIM | son of Etienne Lenoir; made astronomical instruments; fl. 1810-27. | Paris; some listed in his father's entry may have been his. | Daumas 1; Nachet; J.A. Bennett. | |
| LENOIT | misreading for Lenoir. | ||||
| LENONE | misreading of Zenone or Zenon. | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| LENT, D.E. | USA, c.1815, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D. | Rochester, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| LENTON, JOHN | England, c.1830, OIM | 14 Waingate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1916). | ||
| LENVIE | France, c.1810, PHIM | Barometer = Società Torricelliana, Faenza. | Paris. | Middleton 1. | |
| LENVIRE | France, c.1789, MIM | "Ingénieur." | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. | ||
| LEO DE BALNEOLIS | see Levi ben Gerson. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| LEONAE, AMERIGO | Italy, 1589, MIM | Nocturnal with Rojas Astrolabe, 1589 = NMM-N.17. | Rome. | NMM 2. | |
| LEONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| LEONE, JOHN | England, c.1830?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Soth 12/15/83. | see J. Lione 2. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LEONI | sometimes a variant spelling of Leone. | Bell 2. | |||
| LEONI, F. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 1/19/73. | Andover. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| LEONI, G. | USA, fl.1837-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1971). | "Manufacturer and importer of mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments. glass-blowing in all its branches, barometers and thermometers." | New York, N.Y. | USNM; Moskowitz 102. |
| LEORA, P., AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Church Street, Sheffield. | Bell 2. | |
| LEPAUTE | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 12/13/74. | RSW. | ||
| LEPAUTE, HENRI | France, c.1849, OIM | Fresnel Lenses = Sankaty Light, Nantucket, Mass., Cape Hatteras | Sankaty Light now in the Nantucket Whaling Museum. | Paris. | Warner 13; RSW. |
| LEPAUTE, JACQUES JOSEPH | France, 1779-c.1830, MIM | Planetarium Clock = Christie 3/28/73. | Jacques Joseph Lepaute de Belle Fontaine. | Paris. | RSW. |
| LEPELTIER | France, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D.(1973). | St. Malo. | RSW. | |
| LEPERE, GEORGE | France, 1744, OIM | Telescope, 1744 = ADL-M442. | George Lepère. | Quai de l'horloge du Palais, Paris. | RSW. |
| LEPETIT | France, NIM | Sextant = Melun 4/24/83. | signed "Lorieux, Le Petit Suc." | Paris. | RSW. |
| LEPETIT, A. | France, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie 12/18/74. | successor of A. Berthélémy. | Paris. | RSW. |
| LEPETIT, ETS. | France, NIM | Circle and Sextant = Drouot 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| LEPETTI | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, oval, silver = NOR. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LEPINE | France, c.1725, MIM | Multiplying Machine = USNM. | Lépine; devised this type in 1725. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| LEPINE, JEAN | France, c.1710, MIM | Calculating Machines = CNAM, Conti Coll. = COR; Astronomical Clock = Buckingham Palace. | Jean Lépine. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Grimaldi. |
| LEPRIEUR | France, | see Derrien et LePrieur. | RSW. | ||
| LERBONI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LEREBOURS ET SECRETAN | France, 1845-55, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Holland Circle = DNM; Telescope = GEL; Microscopes = LEY, Ineichen 6/5/75, D.(1972), Cranbrook Institute of Science Michigan, Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Level = CNAM; Pantograph = COO; Resonance apparatus = TEY. | Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours and Marc Secretan. | 13 Place du Pont-Neuf, Paris. | Daumas 1; Destombes 4; Cons. Nat'l 1; van der Star 1; USNM; Wynter and Turner; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Moskowitz; Portuguese Inventory; RSW. |
| LEREBOURS ET SECRETAN, MAISON | France, post-1855, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Auguste and Georges Secretan, cousins; TC.; "Maison Lerebours et Secretan / Secretan Successeur." | Paris. | Moskowitz 122; Warner 13. | |
| LEREBOURS, M.M. | France, c.1847, OIM | opticians to the Royal Observatory of Paris; sale of their work in London by Bullocks, 8/13/1847. | Paris. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| LEREBOURS, NOEL-JEAN | France, 1761-1840, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sectors = CNAM, P.C. (1987); Telescopes = POB, CZJ (1810), Wesleyan U. (1835), USMA (1840), CNAM, La Rochelle 7/16/83, Soth. 12/13/65, ; Piezometer = USNM; Graphometers = USNM, Christie-NY 10/24/83, D.(1968); Horizontal Sundial = Versailles 11/20/83; Alidade = KRA; Rule = P.C. (1987); Standard Meter = D.(1991); etc. | appointed engineer to the king, 1789; "Opticien de l'Observatoire Royale et de la Marine et du Bureau des Longitudes"; succeeded by his son, Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours; worked under Louvel until 1789. | au Cloître Saint-Benoît; 69 Quai de l'Horloge (1789-93); Place de Pont-Neuf; all in Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Moskowitz 122; Michel 3; Coffeen 35; Warner 13; RSW. |
| LEREBOURS, NOEL-MARIE-PAYMAL | France, 1794-1855, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = D; Thermometer = Soth. 10/16/86. | son of Noël-Jean Lerebours; succeeded his father in 1840; took Marc Secretan as a partner in 1845. | 13 Place du Pont-Neuf, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Poggendorff; Moskowitz 103; Warner 13; RSW. |
| LERGET, C. | misreading for Clerget. | RSW. | |||
| LERIEUX | misreading for Lorieux. | ||||
| LEROUX | France, c.1850, NIM | Octants = Randier, P.C. (1971). | St. Malo. | Randier; RSW. | |
| LEROY | see Le Roy. | ||||
| LERRA, CARL ANDREAS | Denmark, 1786-1871, MIM | son of Johannes F.A. Lerra. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| LERRA, JOHANNES FRANCESCO ANTONIO | Denmark, b.1735, PHIM | Stick Barometers = OMM, Den Gamle By, Aarhus; Wheel Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus; Thermometer, 1789 = OMM. | instrument maker to King Fredrick V, 1761; father of Carl Andreas Lerra; see Ruspinus. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| LERRA, P. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| LERRA, P., AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = Christie 1/15/70. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| LERUDE | France, | Barometer, 1743 = D.(1972). | "Opticien"; modern work. | rue St. Louis en l'ile, Paris. | RSW. |
| LESEL, ALBRECHT | see Lösel. | Michel 3; Gouk 1; Zinner 1; Körber 1. | |||
| LESEL, MICHAEL | Germany, b.1591 fl.1612-29, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = NMM-D.299 (1612), STU (1613), Breslau Schles. Museum für Kunstgewerbe (1624), OXF (1629), Konstanz Rosgarten Museum (1629), GRA (1629), BM (1629), LOS, Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, ADL-N22, etc. | his mother was first married to Caspar Karner, and then to Albrecht Lösel, which see; mastermark is a crown. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Thielmann; NMM 2; USNM; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| LESIEUR | France, 1818, MIM | Calendar Clock, 1818 = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LESLIE, JOHN | Scotland, 1766-1832, PHIM | Hygrometer and Differential Thermometer, Photometer = Royal Observatory of Scotland Sale, 6/19/1848. | Sir John Leslie; invented barometric scale to compute heights of mountains; invented the differential thermometer; F.R.S.; author; Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh U., 1805-; instruments have platina scales. | Edinburgh. | Middleton 4; Taylor 2(863); USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Gunther 2; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| LESLIE, ROBERT | USA, 1793, NIM | Navigating Instrument, 1793 = X. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; RSW. | |
| LESNE | France, c.1810, OIM | optician and lens maker; see Boucher et Lesné. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| LESPINASSE, DE | France, c.1780, MIM PHIM | Meridian Sundial on clock = Wallace Coll.; Barometer = Wallace Coll. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| LESTANG | see Etang. | ||||
| LESUEUR | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, oval, silver = LIE, KEN. | Gisors. | Michel 3. | |
| LETELLIER | France, fl.1769-77+, OIM | Microscope = CNAM. | engineer and optician; associated with Dellebarre, 1777. | rue Saint-Jacques, près Saint-Yves (1777); au Microscope, quay des Augustins, vis-à-vis le Pont-Neuf (later); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| LETH, H. DE | Holland, pre-1760, MIM | Planetarium = Clifford Coll.(1760). | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| LETTER, J.B. | Switzerland, c.1730, MIM | Table Clock = ADL-M388. | Zug. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| LETTI AND CO. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 10/2/70. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| LETZEN, B. DE | Germany, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial, circular = TIM. | RSW. | ||
| LEUNEUX | France, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Christie-NY 4/3/85. | Versailles. | RSW. | |
| LEUPOLD, JACOB | Germany, 1674-1727, MIM PHIM SIM | Air Pump, 1709 = DRE; Water Levels = KAS. | author; most work dated 1699-1709; mechanic; Saxon Commissioner of Works and Mining, 1701-25; made a walking-stick barometer. | Leipzig. | Grötzsch 2; Michel 3; Dawson 21 (1971); Middleton 1; RSW. |
| LEUTMANN, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1725-1757, MIM OIM PHIM | clergyman; improved the pivot for weather vanes; designed a simple microscope; developed several variant barometers. | Dabrun. | Nachet; Middleton 1 and 4; Evans 1. | |
| LEUTPOLD, JACOB | see Leupold. | Crommelin 1. | |||
| LEVASSEUR | France, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | rue Grand Pont, No. 5, ci-devant la Rue Beau Voisine, Rouen. | RSW. | |
| LEVASSEUR, E. | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM. | RSW. | ||
| LEVER, STEPHEN | England, fl.1675-77, MIM | master craftsman; made instruments. | Duck Lane, London. | Taylor 1(384). | |
| LEVERTON | England, post-1776, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = HAM, Stadt Museum Abenrå, Denmark. | one of them marked "Hans Hinrich Koch", surely owner; O'Mara thought he was probably John L. Leverton of Liverpool. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| LEVERTON, JOHN L. | England, fl.1766-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrants = NMM (1777), FIN (1783); Stick Barometer = X.; Cuff-type Microscope = Phillips 5/14/74. | see Leverton; the NMM quadrant was made for Peter Richards, the one at FIN for William Tyler; most of the instruments are signed "Leverton." | Water Street (1766-69); Pool Lane (1772); 30 Pool Street (1774); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(742); Goodison 1; O'Mara; Bryden 9; NMM 2; RSW. |
| LEVEY, J. | Ireland, fl.1833-35, OIM | optician and jeweler. | 39 Mary Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| LEVI BEN GERSON | Spain; France, 1288-1344, | astronomer and mathematician; invented the Jacob or cross-staff, the transvesal scale for subdividing angles and the camera obscura; author. | Catalonia; Bagnols; Perpignan. | B. Goldstein 1, 2, 3 and 4; DSB; Daumas 1; Michel 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| LEVI, ISAIAH | England, fl.1822-41, PHIM | watch and clockmaker; see J. Levy. | Lord Street (1822-35); Silver Street (1841); both in Gainesborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| LEVI, JACOB | England, c.1775, OIM | spectacle maker. | 14 Temple Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| LEVI, MOSES | England, fl.1839-46?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Christie-SK 10/20/89. | may be Moses Levy. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| LEVI, SAMUEL | England?, pre-1782, | invented a calculating machine. | Courtanvaux. | ||
| LEVIL, P. | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | George Yard, Lombard Street, London. | RSW. | |
| LEVIN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/3/70, Christie 6/30/89; Marine Barometers = X, Christie 6/30/89, etc. | wheel barometer from Christie is signed "Leven Penzance." | Penzance. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LEVIN, M. AND E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LEVIN, P. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = Bernard Coll. = NMM-Caird. | probably P. Sevin. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| LEVITT | England, fl.1816-42, PHIM | partner with Morris Tobias as Tobias and Levitt, which see. | 31 Minories, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LEVY, H. AND L. | England, fl.1793-94, OIM | opticians. | Temple Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| LEVY, J. | PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | variant spelling for Isaiah Levi? | Gainesborough. | Goodison 1. |
| LEVY, MOSES | variant spelling for Moses Levi? | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |||
| LEWELIN, M. | England?, 1729, MIM | Quadrant, 1729 = Soth. 12/10/73. | also marked "M.L." and "T.J." 1. | RSW. | |
| LEWENBERG, LEON | USA, pre-1839, OIM | Telescope = X. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| LEWER, JAMES | England, | T.C.; may have only sold instruments. | at ye Elephant and Rising Sun, five doors from Friday Street in Cheapside, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| LEWIS | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Poole. | Bell 2. | |
| LEWIS AND BRIGGS | England, c.1766, MIM | Slide Rule = USNM. | made gauging instruments. | 52 Bow Line, Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(623); USNM. |
| LEWIS AND ROSS | England, c.1820, MIM PHIM | 96 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London. | Taylor 2(1624). | ||
| LEWIS, ELLIS | USA, c.1858, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1982). | "clock and mathematical instrument maker." | Rockingham County, Va. | Coffeen B. |
| LEWIS, JOHANNES | Ireland, MIM | Compass Sundial = P.C. (1988). | John Lewis 2. | Dublin. | RSW. |
| LEWIS, JOHN 1 | England, d.1621, NIM | compass maker. | St. Katherine's, the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(102); RSW. | |
| LEWIS, JOHN 2 | Ireland, fl.1679-88, MIM SIM | Sundial, 1684 = Christie 10/12/65; Circumferentor, 1688 = Maynooth College; Garden Sundial = D.(1966); Compass Sundial = P.C. (1988). | the Christie sundial is signed "Johans Lewis Dublin fecit 1684"; the sundial in the private collection is signed "Johannes Lewis Dublin." | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| LEWIS, W. | England, c.1727, | made metal tubes for telescopes. | 2 Rose Street, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(192). | |
| LEY, JOHN | England, c.1707, MIM | apprenticed to John Randall of the Grocers' Company on Dec.9,1707. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| LEYBOURN, WILLIAM | England, 1626-1716, MIM | wrote many books on dialing and surveying; made garden sundials "both fixed and movable." | Monkswell Street, Cripplegate, London (c.1645); on the road between Acton and Uxbridge, Southhall, 3 miles from Brainford. | Taylor 1(222); G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| LEYDEKKENS, C. | Holland, fl.1845-47, NIM PHIM | Magnet, horseshoe = LEY. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| LHEUREUX | France, c.1750, MIM | Garden Sundial = Koller, May, 1972. | L'Heureux?; the dial is also marked "L.M." (5). | RSW. | |
| LIAIS, EMMANUEL | France, c.1850, PHIM | invented an azimuth instrument made by Jose Maria dos Reis, which see; author; made barometers. | Middleton 1; RSW. | ||
| LIBAERTS, ELISEUS | Belgium, fl.1562-64, MIM | Celestial Globe = Historisches Museum, Dresden. | on Christian II horse armor. | Antwerp. | RSW. |
| LIBERATUS, FR. KARL | Germany, 1766, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1766 = OXF(?). | Augsburg; Baden. | Evans 1. | |
| LIBHER | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Christie 12/18/74. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| LIBRERIA ESCOLAR CARBONELL Y ESTERA | Spain, c.1850, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Neumarkt 6/1/72. | the Carbonell and Estera School Library? | RSW. | |
| LIDDELL, DUNCAN | Scotland, fl.1634-37, | may have designed a staff for gauging and surveying. | Aberdeen. | Taylor 1(179). | |
| LIDDELL, J.J. | Scotland, fl.1840-58, MIM OIM PHIM | made levels; exhibited in the Great Exhbition, London, 1851. | 3 Hanover Street (1843-57); 91 South Bridge (1858); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| LIDDLE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1819-33, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | successor to Finney and Liddle, Joseph Finney 2; clockmaker; the barometer is signed "William Liddell Edinburgh." | 3 North Bank Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| LIEBERKUHN, JOHANN NATHANIEL | Germany England, 1719-69, OIM | Telescope, 1755 = DRE. | Lieberkühn; doctor; developed a type of simple microscope also a solar microscope with Fahrenheit which was introduced into England in 1740. | London (1740). | Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet; Evans 1; Dewhirst; RSW; A.J. Turner 10. |
| LIEBFRIED, CHRISTOPHER | Germany, 1596, | designed an astronomical compendium in 1596; Lynden made it in 1598. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| LIEBHERR, JOSEPH | Germany, 1767-1840, MIM OIM | see Utzschneider und Liebherr; Reichenbach, Utzschneider und Liebherr. | Immenstadt; Munich. | Baillie 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| LIEBHERR, VET | Germany, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = DEU. | Landshut. | Middleton 1. | |
| LIEBISCH, F.A. | Germany, 1820, MIM OIM SIM | Theodolite, 1820 = DRE; Telescope = DRE. | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| LIEBLICH | Germany, OIM | Telescope on stand = KRA. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| LIEFRING, B. | 1795, NIM | Octant, 1795 = WHI. | RSW. | ||
| LIERA, FABIO | Italy, c.1625, MIM | made precision instruments; pupil of Simone Barocci. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| LIFORD, JOHN | England, post-1740, MIM OIM | T.C. in telescope box. | at Euclid's Head opposite the New Church in the Strand, London. | NMM 2. | |
| LIGEON | France, 18th Century, | possibly a misreading of Pigeon. | Paris. | Michel 1 & 3; | |
| LIGEON, ARON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = LOU, P-B 1/31/53. | misreading for Pigeon? | Michel 1 & 3; RSW. | |
| LIGHTFOOT, PETER | England, c.1335, MIM | sundial maker. | Glastonbury. | Baillie 1. | |
| LIGNAMINE, CHRISTOPHORUS | Italy, 1799, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, wood, 1799 = OXF. | the initial "L" is part of a complicated logo. | Rome. | RSW. |
| LILBERRAD | misreading for Silberrad. | RSW. | |||
| LILIENFELD, NIKOLAUS | Sweden?, 1499, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1499 = Nicholas Church, Stralsund. | Stralsund. | Zinner 1. | |
| LILJEMARK, CARL PETTER | Sweden, c.1760, MIM | apprenticed to J.Z. Steinholtz, 1760. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| LILLE, MARTIN | England, c.1669, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on May 6, 1669. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| LILLEY AND REYNOLDS LTD | England, 1880-, MIM NIM | firm of John Lilley and Son(s) merged with William Reynolds in 1880. | London. | Brewington 1. | |
| LILLEY AND SON | England, fl.1835-75+, MIM NIM PHIM | Patent Course Indicator = LIM; Octant = D.(1974); Sextants = WHI, Soth. 4/26/71, D.(1982); Navigating Instrument = Soth. 4/27/72; Anemometer = WHI; Marine Barometer = X; Folding Square = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | John Lilley and son; T.C. of John Lilley in one box where the insrument is signed Lilley and Son; the folding square is signed "Lilley et Fils." | 7 Jamaica Terrace, Limehouse, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; Coffeen B; Bennett 1; RSW. |
| LILLEY AND SONS | England, NIM | Sextants = Phillips 5/20/75, D.(1969). | see John Lilley and Sons Ltd. | London. | RSW. |
| LILLEY, JAMES ARCHER | England, c.1801, MIM | a carpenter in the Merchant Taylors' Company; took John Lilley (MIM) as an apprentice on Oct. 7, 1801. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| LILLEY, JOHN | England, fl.1811-45, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 25, 1801; re-apprenticed to James Archer Lilley, a carpenter in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Oct. 7, 1801; probably trained by Michael Dancer; free of the Merchant Taylors' Company, Feb. 6, 1811; T.C.; took apprentices; see John Lilley and Son, Lilley and Son, and Lilley and Sons. | Jamaica Terrace, Commercial Road, near the West India Docks, London. | Brewington 1; Crawforth 1, 7 and 8. | |
| LILLEY, JOHN, AND SON | England, fl.1826-75, MIM NIM | Instruments = KEN, WHI, X; Clinometer = D.(1976). | T.C.; see Lilley and Son, Lilley and Sons, John Lilley and Sons Ltd. | 7 Jamaica Terrace (1826-63); Commercial Road, Limehouse and 9 London Street, Fenchurch Street (1868-75); all in London. | Taylor 2(1625); Brewington 1; NMM 2; Calvert 2; USNM; Roux Devilas 66; RSW. |
| LILLEY, JOHN, AND SONS LTD. | England, c.1880, MIM NIM | Marine Compass = X. | London and North Shields. | RSW. | |
| LILLY AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1834-44, PHIM | see S. Lilly 2, Stephen Lilly; made barometers; carvers and gilders. | Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | |
| LILLY AND RIVOLTA | Scotland, fl.1844-45, PHIM | barometer makers; carvers, etc.; probably Stephen Lilly; Rivolta 1. | Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | |
| LILLY, S. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| LILLY, S. 2 | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Christie-SK 4/17/86. | probably Stephen Lilly. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LILLY, STEPHEN | Scotland, fl.1812-32, PHIM | looking glass and barometer maker; probably S. Lilly 2. | Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | |
| LILY AND SON | England, post-1837, MIM | "Ecliptic"? instrument with compass = Christie 12/18/74. | London. | RSW. | |
| LIMBACH, F. | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sextant, ebony, ivory and brass = Soth. 10/3/88. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| LINCOLN, CHARLES | England, c.1744-1807, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Armillary Sphere = NMM; Stick Barometers = X, Halloway's Auction, Banbury 5/1/90; Microscopes = CZO, P.C. (1869), D.(1975); Telescopes = VCW, Court Coll., Drouot Richelieu 11/28/88; Christie 5/15/73. Soth. 7/29/69, P.C. (1969); Pantograph = D.(1973); Horizontal Sundial = Phillips 7/28/82; Level = Soth. 12/13/65; Cicumferentor = D.(1994). | son of Thomas Lincoln; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1758; free by Patrimony on April 1, 1762; Master of the Company, 1787-90; took apprentices. | Cornhill near the Poultry (1763); Head of Sir Isaac Newton, 62 Leadenhall Street (1791-1801); both in London. | Taylor 2(624); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(171); Dewhirst; Bryden 9; Daumas 1; NMM 2; USNM; Moskowitz 107; Garcelon 33; Gemmary III; RSW. |
| LINCOLN, F.W., JR. AND CO. | USA, fl.1858-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Mariner's Compass = X; Transits = HAR, D.(1976); Tell-tale Compass = Eldred 7/26/73; Octant = PMS. | Frederic Walker Lincoln, Jr.; took his apprentice, Charles C. Hutchinson, as a partner; T.C. | at the Sign of Mercury and the Quadrant, 126 Commercial Street, corner of Richmond Street, Boston, Mass. | Bryden 9; Smart 1; Moskowitz; RSW. |
| LINCOLN, FREDERIC WALKER, JR. | USA, 1817-98, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Transit = GUR; Marine Compass = OMM; Octants and Dry Card Compass = MYS. | grandson of Paul Revere; apprenticed to Gedney King, 1830; flourished 1839-58 alone; took Charles C. Hutchinson, his apprentice, as a partner in 1858; T.C.; most instruments signed "F.W. Lincoln, Jr."; Mayor of Boston; T.C. | 62 Commercial Street (1839-53); at the Sign of Mercury and Quadrant, 136 Commercial Street (1853-58); 126 Commercial Street (1856-58); all in Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Price 2; USNM; Moskowitz; D.J. Warner 10; Garcelon 33; RSW. |
| LINCOLN, FREDERICK | USA, MIM | Magnetic Compass = D.(1965). | probably F.W. Lincoln, Jr. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. |
| LINCOLN, JOSHUA R. | USA, NIM | compassmaker; Thomas Wightman engraved the compass cards. | Warner 12. | ||
| LINCOLN, T. | 1803, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1803 = P.C. | USNM. | ||
| LINCOLN, THOMAS | England, fl.1716-50, OIM | apprenticed to Matthew Cooberow of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1709; free of the Company on Oct. 3, 1716; took apprentices; Master of the Company 1746-47. | at St. Bartholomew's the Less (1749); Leadenhall; both in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(87); Robischon. | |
| LIND, DR. | England, pre-1781, PHIM | Barometer = Martin's Sale, 3/8/1781? | probably James Lind. | RSW. | |
| LIND, JAMES | Scotland; England, 1736-1812, PHIM | Anemometer = William Wales (1772); Clinometers = RSM, OXF, UTR. | scientist; F.R.S., 1777; designed a pocket clinometer and an anemometer in 1775. | Edinburgh; Windsor. | Taylor 2(504); Bryden 3; Middleton 4; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. |
| LIND, NILS | Sweden, c.1770, MIM | Sundial = STT. | made unusual sundials. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1, pp. 199-200. |
| LINDEN | see Lynden. | Zinner 1; Ward 4; A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| LINDERMAN, HENDRIK | Holland, c.1780, PHIM | Balance, steel = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | Deze Gewigte werden gemaakt on verkogt te Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| LINDERMAN, JAN | Holland, 1740-1809, PHIM | Coin Balances = D.(1980), Soth. 10/3/88. | Amsterdam. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| LINDERMAN, JOANNES | Holland, c.1775, PHIM | Jeweler's Balance = WHI. | op de Beurs en in de Kalverstraat naast de Kerk de Papegay in de Goud Balans, Amsterdam. | O. Brown 2. | |
| LINDERMAN, WILLEM | Holland, c.1811, PHIM | balance maker. | Nieuwendijk by Dam no. 10, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| LINDERSTRUB, GOTTLIEB NIKLAUS | Switzerland, 1803-73, MIM | Instrument, 1840 = BASH. | "mechaniker." | Basel. | RSW. |
| LINDHOLM, C.L. | Sweden, fl.1851-64, MIM | apprenticed in 1836; in business, 1851. | Snickarbacken 5, Stockholm (1864). | Pipping 1. | |
| LINDIG, M. | Germany, c.1800, MIM OIM SIM | Levelling Instrument = DRE; Telescopic Alidade = DRE. | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| LINDQUIST, C.A. | Sweden, 1828-1905, MIM PHIM | specialized in laboratory balances. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| LINDQUIST, J.W. | Sweden, fl.1830-45, MIM | Malm skillnadsgaten 60, Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | ||
| LINDSAY, GEORGE | England, fl.1728-76, OIM | Microscopes = PYM, WHI (1742), Royal Microscopical Society, P.C., Soth. 7/29/69 and 6/9/80; Telescope = OXF; Microscope, pocket, silver = KEN. | T.C.; invented a type of simple microscope; held the first patent on a portable microscope in 1743; "Watchmaker to His Majesty and the Princess Dowager"; clockmaker to George II; some of the microscopes are marked "Geo: Lindsay Inv. & Fec." | at the Dial, facing the Fountain Tavern, near St. Catherine's Street, in the Strand, London. | Taylor 2(193); Evans 1; Maddison 1; Nachet; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Bryden 11; A.J. Turner 10; Millburn 8; RSW. |
| LINDSON, J. BERGER | Norway?, fl.1797-1809, MIM | Vertical Sundials = NOR (1797, 1809, undated). | many more unsigned. | RSW. | |
| LINE, FRANCIS | see Francis Hall. | Taylor 1(133). | |||
| LINERIIS, JEAN DE | see John of Lignères. | Michel 3. | |||
| LINGE, IOHAN | Germany?, 1684, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, copper, 1684 = MUN. | RSW. | ||
| LINGER, HANS RUDOLPH DEN | Germany, 1613, MIM | Dividers, 1613 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | ||
| LINGFORD, JOHN | England, fl.1793-1835 ?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably jeweller and ironmonger (fl.1793-1835). | Market Hill (1793-1814); Parliament Street (1835); 5 Milton Street (1835); all in Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| LINGKE | Germany, c.1850, MIM PHIM SIM | Assay Kit = P.C. (1970); Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | Freiberg. | RSW. | |
| LINGKE AND CO. | Germany, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Illinois State Museum. | Berlin. | USNM. | |
| LINNELL, GEORGE | England, fl.1769-1804, OIM | probably son of Joseph Linnell 1; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, Sept. 12, 1769; took apprentices; optician. | Goldsmith Street, St. Gough Square; 14 Cowlane (1804); both in London. | Taylor 2(625); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(184); Robischon. | |
| LINNELL, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1763-75, MIM OIM PHIM | Angle Barometers = X, Christie 5/26/76; Universal Ring Sundial = NMM-D.259. | apprenticed to Robert Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1754; turned over to Avis Sterrop, June 28, 1756; turned over to Mary Sterrop, Oct. 1, 1760; free of the Company on June 30, 1763 (Taylor said apprenticed to James Ayscough in 1754); succeeded James Ayscough in 1763; T.C.; "The Original Shop for Crown Glass Spectacles"; "optician." | St, Giles, Cripplegate; the Great Golden Spectacles and Quadrant, 33 Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's (1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(505); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(167); NMM 2; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Robischon; RSW; Evans 1. |
| LINNELL, JOSEPH 2 | England, c.1774, OIM | apprenticed to Robert Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1774; Robischon thought he was apprenticed to Joseph Linnell 1. | Court and von Rohr 3(204); Robischon. | ||
| LINNELL, ROBERT | England, fl.1754-74, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1747; free of the Company, Oct. 3, 1754; took apprentices. | London. | Court and von Rohr 3(166). | |
| LINNICH, NICLAES | Germany, 1766, NIM | Crown Compass, 1766 = D.(1986) = Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum. | Altoona. | RSW. | |
| LINSENBARTH, O. | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Rod for liquid measure = DRE. | Eisenach. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| LIOBAR | France, 1789, MIM | Sundial, 1789 = Veynins, Isère. | Gatty 1. | ||
| LIONE AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | see James Lione. | 81 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| LIONE AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1820-36, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Dominick Lione. | 14 Brook Street (1820); 16 Brook Street (1821-36); both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| LIONE AND FARONI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| LIONE AND SOMALVICO | England, fl.1805-20, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 6/6/75 and 7/21/83, Christie-SK 9/11/86 and 1/22/87; Barometers = Soth. 7/3/70 and 7/31/70, Christie 7/6/72; Barometer in clock = D.(1971). | Dominick Lione and Joseph Somalvico 1. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street, Holborn (1811-20; 16 Brook Street, Holborn; all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LIONE AND TARONE | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| LIONE, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| LIONE, D., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 10/20/89. | probably Dominick Lione with Joseph Somalvico 1 or another maker. | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LIONE, DOMINICK | England, fl.1805-36, PHIM | made barometers; partner with Joseph Somalvico 1, 1805-19, as Lione and Somalvico and as Lione, Somalvico and Co.; see Lione and Co. 2; on his own, 1820-36. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street (1811-20); 16 Brook Street; all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LIONE, J. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C., Soth. 2/19/87. | probably James Lione. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LIONE, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see John Leone. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. |
| LIONE, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4). | two are signed "Jas. Lione." | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| LIONE, SOMALVICO AND CO. | England, fl.1805-19, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C., X, Christie 10/5/72, Soth. 3/7/75, 7/16/76 & 12/15/83, Soth.-Pulborough 3/31/83; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/2/83, D.(1976); etc. | opticians; many examples survive from both addresses; Dominick Lione and Joseph Somalvico 1; see Lione and Somalvico, D., Lione and Co., Somalvico, Lione and Co. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street (1811-19); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1378); RSW. |
| LIONI | see Leone, Lione. | Bell 2. | |||
| LIPPERSHEY, HANS | Holland, fl.1594-1619, OIM | Telescope = LUN. | spectacle maker; claimed to have made the first telescope; applied, unsuccessfully for a patent for it in 1608; developed a microscope. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Wynter and Turner; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10. |
| LIPPERSHEY, JEAN | see Hans Lippershey. | Nachet. | |||
| LISCOMB, JOHN | USA, c. 1800, | probably owner; marked on a garden sundial signed "I.W." (4) which see. | RSW. | ||
| LISIEUX, PERE ET FILS | France, OIM | Solar Microscope = D.(1969). | Lisieux père et fils. | RSW. | |
| LISTER, JOSEPH JACKSON | England, 1786-1869, OIM | invented a new achromatic microscope; F.R.S., 1832. | Taylor 2(1174); G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| LISTER, THOMAS | England, 1745-1814, MIM | Orrery = University Museum, Glasgow. | made orreries designed by Joseph Priestley; clockmaker. | Halifax; Yorkshire. | Taylor 2(282); Baillie 1. |
| LISTER, WILLIAM | England, MIM | T.C.; sold second-hand chronometers. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Crawforth 1. | |
| LISTER, WILLIAM, AND SONS | England, c.1846, NIM | T.C.; made chronometers. | Newcastle. | Crawforth 1. | |
| LISTON, D. | England?, 1772, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1772 = BRU. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| LITTLEWORT | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | could be George or William Littlewort. | Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London. | O'Mara; RSW. |
| LITTLEWORT, GEORGE | England, fl.1826-48, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 11 Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London (1836-40). | Taylor 2(2169); O'Mara; RSW. | |
| LITTLEWORT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1824-48, MIM OIM PHIM | 7 Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London. | Taylor 2(1626); Dewhirst; O'Mara; RSW. | ||
| LITTLEWORTH, W. | England, fl.1822-23, OIM | optician. | 7 Upper East Smithfield, London. | O'Mara. | |
| LITTMAN, E. | Sweden, c.1850, MIM | had a display at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Stockholm. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| LITTMANN, CHRISTIAN EDWARD | Germany; Sweden, 1804-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = STT (1836), SWE; Dip Needle = SWE; Rule = SWE; Balance = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | instrument maker to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1833-56; made many fine instruments. | Halle; Munich (1827-32); Stockholm. | Pipping 1 and 2; RSW. |
| LIVEING AND DEWAR | England, pre-1880, | George D. Liveing and Sir James Dewar; designed a direct vision spectroscope. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| LIVEING, GEORGE D. | England, 1827-1924, | see Liveing and Dewar. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| LIVINGS, JOHN | England, fl.1840-47, MIM OIM | optician. | 136 Goswell Street (1840); 103 Rahere Street, Goswell Street (1847); both in London. | O'Mara. | |
| LIVINGSTON, PETER R. | USA, c.1781, MIM | filed a payment claim for a plane table he had provided to the U.S. Surveying Department; maker or dealer? | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| LIZARS, J. | Scotland; Englandfl.1858-1900+, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = FRK = RSM (4), P.C., Christie-SK 4/17/86; Barograph with Thermometer = Christie 11/22/78; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Magic Lantern = FRK = RSM; Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | optician; dealer. | 16 Glassford Street, Glasgow; Glasgow and London; Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 1; Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| LLOYD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hereford. | Goodison 1. | |
| LLOYD, JOHN 1 | England, 1740, NIM | Backstaff, 1740 = Christie-SK 11/2/95. | RSW. | ||
| LLOYD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1769, | apprenticed to John Cuff of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 14, 1765; turned over to Henry Raines Shuttleworth of the Company on July 7, 1769. | Court and von Rohr 3(191); RSW. | ||
| LOAM, MICHAEL | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie 3/29/60. | Hampton, Middlesex. | RSW. | |
| LOCK | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| LOCKE, JOHN | USA, 1792-1856, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = USNM. | a medical doctor; invented an orrery made by Aaron Willard Jr.; patented a type of surveying compass; invented an electro-chronograph and a collimating level; did research on magnetism; Professor of Chemistry, Ohio Medical College; it may be that there are two John Lockes. | Boston, Mass.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Newark, Ohio. | Smart 1; D.J. Warner 6; USNM. |
| LOCKERSON, JAMES | England, c.1582, MIM | worked in wood. | near the Conduit at Dow Gate, London. | Gunther 4; Taylor 1(64); Michel 3. | |
| LOCKWOOD, ANTHONY | England, c.1818, | designed a new universal compass. | Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London. | Taylor 2(1379). | |
| LOCKWOOD, J.J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 9/23/88. | the Christie barometer is signed "J. Lockwood Preston" and marked "Warranted Correct." | Preston. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| LODWICK, ABRAHAM | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on April 27, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LOEBER, CHARLES | Germany; USA, 1826-1906, MIM OIM SIM | partner with James M. Shanahan as Shanahan and Loeber, 1853-56; may have also worked for Stackpole and Bro. | 181 William (1854-55); 50 1/2 Fulton (1855-56); Fulton Street, New York and 18 Rush, Brooklyn (1873); both in N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| LOEBL, MATTHIAS | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 5/20/1895. | Weissenburg. | RSW. | |
| LOESER | see Löser. | Chaldecott 4. | |||
| LOEWENSTAMM | Germany, c.1768, OIM | made telescopes and other observatory instruments. | Dresden; Frankfort (1768-). | Daumas 1. | |
| LOFT, MATTHEW | England, 1697-1748, OIM | Microscopes = KEN, OXF, NOR, LEY, WHI, LOS, Uppsala U., etc.; Telescopes = U. of Nottingham, D.(1975), etc. | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Aug. 15, 1711; free of the Company on Jan. 12, 1720; Master of the Company 1744-45; took apprentices; T.C. | at the Golden Spectacles in Threadneedle Street, fronting on the North Gate of the Royal Exchange (backside of the Exchange); Reflecting Telescope and Hadley's Quadrant in Cornhill; both in London. | Taylor 1(562) and 2(86); Court and von Rohr 3(90); Maddison 1; Chaldecott 1; Fürst; Wynter 2; Daumas 1; van der Star 1; RSW; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Robischon. |
| LOFTUS | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Hydrometers = D.(1974), K. & C. 4/7/76, D.(1976), etc. Double Slide Rule = D.(1976); Gauger Set = D.; Stick Barometer = Christie 4/26/90. | many of the hygrometers are marked "maker to the Revenue." | 146 Oxford Street, London. | Moskowitz ; Coffeen II; RSW. |
| LOFTUS, W.R., LTD. | England, c.1875, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometer = Phillips 7/28/82. | also made thermometers; Turner indicated 821 Oxford Street. | 321 Oxford Street, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| LOFTUS, WILLIAM R. | England, c.1869, MIM PHIM SIM | later became W.R. Loftus Ltd. | 321 Oxford Street; 146 Oxford Street (W); both in London. | O'Mara. | |
| LOGEMAN EN FUNCKLER | Holland, fl.1859-60, PHIM | Hydraulic Press, 1858 = TEY. | Logeman en Fünckler. | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24. | |
| LOGEMAN, WILLEM MARTINUS | Holland, 1835-60, NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = LEY, KAS; Foucalt Pendulum, 1856 = TEY; Resonator, 1848 = TEY; Galvanometer = TEY; Compass, 1852 = P.C. | had display in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; worked with F.W. Fünckler, 1858-60. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crommelin 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| LOISEAU | France, 1841, MIM | succeeded Huette in 1841. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| LOKEUX | misreading for Lekeux. | Garcia 1. | |||
| LOMAS, H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X and Adlington Hall(2), D.(1996). | the barometers at Adlington Hall are signed "Lomas." | Adlington. | Goodison 1; ATG 3/15/97. |
| LOMAS, RICHARD | England, c.1794, MIM | member of the Wheelwrights' Company; took over Richard Burnell as an apprentice from Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 12, 1794. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| LOMBARDELLUS | 1559, | see Ioannes Lombardellus Castellanus Masse | Lombardy? | RSW. | |
| LOMBARDINI | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a dealer. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. |
| LOMBARDINI AND CASTELETTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Salop = Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| LOMBARDINI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| LOMBARDINI BROS. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| LOMBARDINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 11/27/86, Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| LOMBARDINI, FRANCIS | England, c.1844, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "F. Lombardini Totnes." | Fore Street, Totnes. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| LOMBARDINI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Goodison 1. | ||
| LOMBARDINI, S. | England, post-1850, PHIM | barometers; looking-glass maker. | Lower Castle Street, Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| LOMBARDINI, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1997). | Huddersfield. | ATG 3/1/97. | |
| LOMMEL, JOHANN LEONHARDT | Germany, c.1620, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = OXF. | Gunther No. 345. | Nürnberg. | Michel 2; Gunther 1; Baillie 1. |
| LOMMERS, JACOBUS | Holland, fl.1751-65, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = UTR (1751), DEU (1760), LEY; Telescope, 1765 = AMST; Optical Instruments = LEY. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Daumas 1; Crommelin 1; van der Star 1; USNM. | |
| LOND, B. | misreading for Bloud. | Marouf 10/3/70. | |||
| LONDON STEREOSCOPIC CO. | England, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = P.C. | "new patent jewel Kaleidoscope." | London. | RSW. |
| LONE, J.C.P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | may be Love. | 113 High Holborn, Lomdon. | RSW. |
| LONG | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant, ebony and ivory = Bearnes 1/27/88. | RSW. | ||
| LONG AND JOHNSON | England, fl.1785-1810, MIM OIM PHIM | Spyglasses = WHI-977, P.C. | James Long and Johnson. | at the North Gate of the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(626); Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(197); Clay and Court. |
| LONG, A.J. | England, late 19th Century, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometer = Soth.-B 12/21/76. | RSW. | ||
| LONG, ENOCH | USA, 1763, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass with Sundial, 1763 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord. | surveyor. | Hopkinton, New Hamp. | Bedini 8. |
| LONG, ENOCH, JR. | USA, c.1763, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood, 1763 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord. | surveyor. | Hopkinton, New Hampshire. | Bedini 8. |
| LONG, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Tiverton. | Goodison 1. | |
| LONG, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | probably James or Joseph Long. | London. | RSW. |
| LONG, JAMES | England, fl.1781-1817, MIM OIM PHIM | Drawing Instrument Set = Soth. 1/22/73; Telescopes = X, CZJ, etc.; Sundials = Soth. 9/20/83, etc.; Stick Barometers = X(4); Wheel Barometers = X (3); Air Pump = CNAM; Microscope = Soth. 10/28/86. | apprenticed to Edward Nairne of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Aug. 14, 1769; free of the Company on Oct. 30, 1781; Master of the Company, 1805-07; partner with Johnson, as Long and Johnson, 1785-1810; optician; patented a sympiesometer; T.C.; succeeded by James Smith 1. | at the North Gate of the Royal Exchange ; 4 Back of the Royal Exchange (1817-); both in London. | Taylor 2(626); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(197); Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| LONG, JOSEPH | England, fl.1820-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Sector = P.C.; Stick Barometer = X; Microscope = Christie 11/22/78; Hydrometers = OXF, KEN, WHI, USNM, P.C., D., Norwich Castle Museum; Thermometers = P.C., D.; Slide Rules, ivory = D., Soth. 10/17/60; Slide Rule, double = D.(1973; Rule = D.(1988). | Taylor thought there might be two people; "Maker to the Indian and Colonial Governments." | 136 Goswell Street, Clerkenwell; 20 Little Tower Street (1820-29); South Tower Street; 43 Eastcheap; all in London. | Taylor 2(1631 and 1632); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz 106; Calvert 2; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; McConnell 4; RSW. |
| LONG, JOSH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Joseph Long. | 20 Little Tower Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| LONG, SOLOMON | England, fl.1686-91, MIM | erected sundials. | near the Pump in Little Britain, London. | Taylor 1(444). | |
| LONGLAND, WILLIAM | England, fl.1674-1722, OIM | Telescopes = NMM-O.115/9102c, Stuart Art Exhibition, 1686. | apprenticed to Joseph Howe of the Broderers' Company through the Spectaclemakers' Company on Jan. 27, 1668; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 2, 1674; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company 1686-87 and 1694-95. | The Ship, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 1(321) & 2(87); NMM 2; Court and von Rohr 3(35); Clay and Court; Evans 1; Dewhirst; J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| LONGMAN, JAMES | England, c.1786, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company before 1786; took an apprentice. | 26 Cheapside, London. | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(208). | |
| LONGONI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| LOOF JUNR, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86 and 4/24/82, Bearnes 1/24/90. | "Watch and Clockmaker." | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. |
| LOOIJ, ARENT | Holland, c.1744, NIM | made compasses. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 & 5. | |
| LOON, HAN A | Holland, c.1680, NIM | Quadrant = UTR. | "Han à Loon fecit T'Amsterdam by Joannes van Keulen." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| LOOS 1 | Germany, c.1810, PHIM | tried to improve Fortin-type barometer; may be same man as Loos 2. | Büdingen. | Middleton 1. | |
| LOOS 2 | Germany, c.1825, PHIM | tried to improve De Luc-type barometer; may be same man as Loos 1. | Darmstadt. | Middleton 1. | |
| LOOS, DANIEL FREDERICK | Germany, 1735-1819, MIM | Pocket Almanac, silver, 1805 = Soth. 12/3/76. | RSW. | ||
| LOOS, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1738, PHIM | made nested weights; master mark was three crowns, later used by Carl Gottlieb Lorenz, c.1795. | Nürnberg. | Koller 11/17/75. | |
| LOOT, JOH. | Holland, 18th Century, PHIM | thermometer maker; probably Johannis Loots. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| LOOTS, JOHANNIS | Holland, c.1665-1726, MIM NIM PHIM | Cross-staves, = BRO (1716), Museum für Meereskunde, Berlin (1729) (lost); Astrolabe = BOM 3/28/06 or 10; Astronomical Instrument = BOM 3/28/06 or 10; Quadrant, wood = UTR. | "Boekverkooper en Graadbooghmaaker." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Belgian Inventory; Darius 4. |
| LOOTSMAN, JACOB THEUNIS | Holland, d.1679, NIM | cross-staff maker and bookseller. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| LORAIN | France, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79. | RSW. | ||
| LORDELLE | France, fl.1742-46, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, WRAY, NOR (1743); Graphometer, 1742 = NAC; Mathematical Instrument Set = WRAY; Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C.(1969). | Nachet stated that Lordelle was the successor to Bion. | à la Sphère, Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1; NMM 2; MADEX; RSW. |
| LORDETTE | France, | misreading for Lordelle. | WRAY. | ||
| LORENZ, CARL GOTTLIEB | Germany, c.1795, PHIM | made nested weights; master mark was three crowns, which was used earlier by Joh. Georg Loos. | Nürnberg. | Koller 11/17/75. | |
| LORENZ, JOHN | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Level, surveying = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| LORER, JOH. | Switzerland, 1617, | author; wrote on a new "Geometrical Instrument." | Zurich. | Zinner 6. | |
| LORICHON | France, 1805, PHIM | marked on the scale of a Hassenfratz barometer "Divisé et Gravé par Lorichon, floreal an 13", (April, 1805). | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | |
| LORIE, DAVID W. | Scotland, 18th Century, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | Leith. | RSW. | |
| LORIEUX LEPETIT | France, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = PMM; Full Circle = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | surely E. Lorieux; full circle signed "Lorieux Lepetit Succ. à Montrouge N. 666." | Paris. | RSW. |
| LORIEUX, E. | France, fl.1825-50?, NIM OIM | Sextants = NMM, PMM(2), Gersaint 7/20/96 (891); Borda Circles = VNN, PEA; Telescope = CNAM; Theodolite, telescopic = Christie 3/21/91. | succeeded Schwartz; succeeded by A. Hurlimann; Ponthus, Lepetit and Schiavetti-Bellini also claimed to have been the successor; see their entries; address for theodolite was "No. 3, Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine." | Pour du Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine Imperiale, 30 Rue et Passage Dauphine et Rue Mazarine 27, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Brewington 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| LORIEUX, E., PERE | France, c.1850, NIM | Reflecting Circle = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | signed "E. Lorieux Père." | Paris. | RSW. |
| LORIEUX, LEPETIT POULIN | France, post-1850, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | No. 9047. | Bagneux, Seine. | RSW. |
| LORIMER, JOHN | England, c.1795, | designed a dipping and variation needle. | Taylor 2(1007). | ||
| LORING | USA, fl.1832-46, MIM | made many globes, celestial and terrestrial; "From Smith's new English Globe"; see Josiah Loring. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge; RSW. | |
| LORING AND CHURCHILL | USA, fl.1859-60, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Henry Wiliam Loring and Gardner Asaph Churchill; successors to C.G. King. | 72 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; RSW. |
| LORING, BENJAMIN | USA, b.1775, | twin brother of Josiah Loring; stationer. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| LORING, HENRY WILLIAM | USA, 1807-85, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1976); Compass = P.C. | worked alone, 1831-58; Loring and Churchill (1859-60); alone, 1863-65. | 7 Broad Street (1850-57), Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Moskowitz. |
| LORING, JOSEPH | misreading for Josiah Loring? | Bedini 8. | |||
| LORING, JOSHUA | misreading for Josiah Loring. | RSW. | |||
| LORING, JOSIAH | USA, 1775-1840, MIM | Pairs of Globes = D.(1983)((1833), P-B 10/22/38, P.C.(1833), Rutgers U. Library, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn. (1838), D.(1987); Celestial Globes = D.(1968)(1832), PEA (1832), PEA (1833), D.(1976)(1833); Babson Institute, Mass., Yale U.; Terrestrial Globes = P.C.(1839), U.S. Naval Academy, Md. (1839), D.(1976). | according to Bedini, Loring was a bookseller who sold globes engraved by Annin, under his own name. | 136 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; Yonge; Moskowitz; RSW. |
| LORING, JOSIAH AND BENJAMIN | USA, c.1833, MIM | Pair of Globes on stands, 1833 = D.(1988). | 136 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| LORKIN, ABRAHAM | England, c.1736, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 15, 1733; turned over to Thomas Colliber, Feb. 20, 1736. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LORKIN, JAMES | England, fl.1805-22, MIM NIM | Sextant = X(USA). | 89 New Gravel Lane, Wapping; near New Crane Stairs, Wapping; both in London. | Taylor 2(1175). | |
| LORKIN, THOMAS | England, c.1825, MIM NIM | Magnetic Compass, jewelled pivot = RSM; Sextants = Soth. 7/29/69, D.(1971). | T.C.; member of the Wheelwrights' Company; took over Thomas Dench as apprentice from Joseph Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 16, 1789. | Wapping, New Crane Stairs; 89 near New Crane Stairs; both in London. | J. Brown 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| LORT, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1767-82, MIM | may be Lort in Wood and Lort in Birmingham, who were succeeded by Frost and Withnoll in 1767. | Walker's Alley (1767); 8 Upper Blind Quay (1776); 8 Exchange Street (1777-78); Plunket Street (1779-82); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Taylor 2(553). | |
| LOSEL, ALBRECHT | Germany, 1610, MIM | Diptych Sundials, 1610, = LIE, POTS (Hellmann Coll.). | Albrecht Lösel; married Caspar Karner's widow, Elisabeth, in 1590; they had a son, Michael Lesel, which see. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Körber 1; Gouk 1. |
| LOSER, HANS | Germany, 1704-63, MIM OIM PHIM | Pedometer = DRE. | Reichsgraf Hans Löser, Marshall of Saxony; designed a metallic thermometer; see "H.L." 3, "L. 1" and "L.Z." 1. | Reinharz. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Chaldecott 4; RSW. |
| LOTHAN | England, c.1100, MIM | Wall Sundial = Church, Great Edstone. | Great Edstone. | Gatty. | |
| LOTHIAN | England, 1829, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1829 = Soth. 5/2/75. | RSW. | ||
| LOTTER, TOBIAS CONRAD | Germany, fl.1774-99, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1774 = BAR; Planetarium = BAR; Pair of Globes, 1798 & 1799 = BAR. | geographer. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| LOUAGHI | see Taroni and Louaghi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| LOUCHET | France, 1838, PHIM | Barometer, portable, 1838 = Weil. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LOUIS | France?, 1716, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1716 = NYC. | DES. | ||
| LOUIS, CHRISTIAN KARL | Denmark, 1773, MIM | compass maker. | Copenhagen. | Schück. | |
| LOUIS, JEAN | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Christie 6/7/72. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LOURDEL | France, c.1760, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = X. | Lordelle ? | Daumas 1. | |
| LOUTEAU, PIERRE | France, c.1595, MIM | Sundial in back of watch = Exposition Maison Wolters Frères, Bruxelles, 1938; Sundial on the base of a clock, mounted on Atlas = SPI-2719. | Lyon. | Catalogue of the Exposition, 14 May-4 June, 1938; RSW. | |
| LOUVEL | France, fl.1765-71, OIM | Noël-Jean Lerebours worked under him, pre-1787. | au Cloître Saint-Benoît, Paris (1771). | Nachet; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| LOUVILLE, CHEVALIER DE | see Jacques-Eugène d'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| LOVE, J.C.P. | see J.C.P. Lone. | RSW. | |||
| LOVEGROVE, F.N. | England, | invented a quadrant dial. | London. | L.K. Hirschberg. | |
| LOVELACE, W. | England, c.1756, NIM PHIM | see W. Barrow and W. Lovelace; T.C. | at the Golden Lion in St. Martins-Le-Grand, London. | Calvert 2; RSW. | |
| LOVELACE, WILLIAM | England, c.1796, NIM | Escapement Timer for Log = PEA. | clockmaker. | 14 Charles Street, Hoxton. | Taylor 2(1007a); Brewington 1; Price 2. |
| LOVI 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| LOVI 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Angelo Lovi. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. |
| LOVI, ANGELO | Scotland, c.1804, PHIM | Stick Barometer = RSM; Double Barometer = WHI. | glass-blower; may be Lovi 2; RSM is signed "A. Lovi." | 82 South Bridge (1804); 16 South Bridge; both in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; RSW. |
| LOVI, MRS. ISOBEL | Scotland, fl.1805-27, PHIM | Philosophical Bubble Sets = RSM, KEN, CYM. | held patent on aerometrical beads (philosophical bubbles) in 1805; probably widow of Angelo Lovi. | 82 South Bridge (1806); Geddes Close (1807-11); 79 High Street (1812-13); Strichen's Close (1814-21); 113 High Street (1822); 114 High Street (1823-25); Strichen's Close (1826-27); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low 1. |
| LOW, A. | Scotland, PHIM | Double Barometer = WHI. | 16 South Bridge, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| LOW, EDWARD | England, 1763, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1763 = MYS. | also marked "A.B.T.C.D." | RSW. | |
| LOWDEN, GEORGE | Scotland, fl.1850-1900, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/15/73 = FRK = RSM, Christie 11/22/78; Microscope = FRK = RSM; Telescope, refracting = FRK = RSM. | 25 Union Street (1850-61); 1 Union Street (1864-74); 23 Nethergate (1876-80); 65 Reform Street (1882-1900); all in Dundee. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | |
| LOWE | England, 19th Century, OIM | Spyglass, gilt-brass = WHI. | Gavin or Joshua Reeve Lowe? | London. | Dewhirst. |
| LOWE, EDWARD | England, 1644, | took John Seller 1 as an apprentice in the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1644; Crawforth could find no record of Lowe being an instrument maker. | London. | Crawforth 8. | |
| LOWE, GAVIN | England, fl.1803-18, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | Paradise Row, Islington, London. | Taylor 2(1176). | |
| LOWE, JOSHUA REEVE | England, c.1836, MIM | Cherry Tree Court, Aldersgate, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| LOWELL AND SENTER | USA, fl.1846-73, NIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1864 = D.(1997). | Abner Lowell and William Senter 1; also made watches. | Portland, Me. | Smart 1; MAD Nov. 1997. |
| LOWELL, ABNER | USA, 1812-83, MIM SIM | apprenticed to Oliver Gerrish; in business for himself, 1834-36 and 1870-77; was associated with William Senter 1, 1836-70, as Lowell and Senter, then with his two sons until 1877; clockmaker. | Exchange Street (1836-66); Pearl Street (1866); Exchange Street (1867-77); all in Portland, Me. | Smart 1; Katra. | |
| LOWEN, JOHN | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company, June 17, 1718. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| LOWENGARD, JULES | France, MIM | made astrolabes and nocturnals. | Furniss. | ||
| LOWITZ, G.M. | Germany, 1712-74, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1747 = KRM, DEU, TRA, Nördlingen Museum, Wasserburg Stadtmuseum. | Göttingen. | Zinner 1. | |
| LOWTHER, G. | England, NIM | Octant = Kolding Museum; Sextant = Christie 5/26/76. | T.C. | 31 Quay Side; Docks; both in Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. |
| LOYSEL, ECCLESIASTIQUE | France, 1671, MIM | Peripole, brass, 1671 = OXF. | Evans 1. | ||
| LUBACH, FRANZ 1 | Austria, d.1726, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, stone = KRM, SEI; Horizontal Sundials = VIE, HAK, KRM (2). | some may have been made by Franz Lubach 2, his son. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 1; RSW. |
| LUBACH, FRANZ 2 | Austria, fl.1710-36, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = X. | son of Franz Lubach 1; may have made some of the sundials listed under his father's name. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Nachet. |
| LUBACH, JOHAN SIMON | Austria, c.1700, MIM | Table Sundials = ADL-M270, WHI, KRM; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = NOR; Universal Ring Sundial = PRA. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Bryden 16; Michel 3; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| LUCAR, S. | instrument at TIM; is he same as S. Lucas, which see? | RSW. | |||
| LUCAS, JACQUES | France, fl.1675-1704, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NYM-01.21.60. | Hugenot; watchmaker in Amsterdam by 1681. | La Rochelle; The Rokin, Amsterdam (1704). | Furniss; Vincent 2; Baillie 1. |
| LUCAS, S. | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1969); String-gnomon Sundial = HAY. | London. | RSW. | |
| LUCAS, WEDUWE | Holland, c.1742, NIM | the Widow Lucas; compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| LUCCA | Italy, 1767, MIM | Bow Compass, 1767 = ADL-M68. | town? | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| LUCIN, FRANCIS | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; see Francis Lucini. | 142 Great Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LUCINI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1836-38, PHIM | barometer maker. | Baldwins Gardens, London. | Bell 2. | |
| LUCIONI, GIUSEPPE A. | England, fl.1851-54, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 36 Ray Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| LUDEWIG | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Table Sundials = DRE (lost), ADL-M265, MUN, NYM, OXF. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2; Engelmann 1; Chandler & Vincent 1; Maurice 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| LUDFORD, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 5, 1750. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| LUDOVICI, DOMENICO, S.J. | Italy, pre-1746, MIM | Sundial = X. | author of "Horologium Triplex." | Boursier. | |
| LUDTRING, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1680-88, MIM | made an armillary sphere, a large planetarium and astronomical instruments for Eimmart. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| LUDWIG, J.C. | Germany, c.1742, MIM | Table Sundial = KRA; Circumferentor = KRA. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| LUDY, E.F. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 11/22/78. | Grimsby. | RSW. | |
| LUFKIN | USA, fl.1869-to date, MIM | made a wide range of rules and tapes. | Philip E. Stanley. | ||
| LUHME, J.F., UND CO. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | balance makers; had a display in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Berlin, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| LUISCIUS, ABRAHAM VAN STIPRIAAN | Holland, 1764-1829, | Bathometer = APS. | invented a barometer which was made by Onderdewijngaart Canzius in 1805. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Multhauf. |
| LUISETTI, I. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| LUKENS, ISAIAH | USA, 1779-1846, NIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1978) = P.C. | made meteorological, philosophical and chemical instruments; clockmaker. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| LUMLEY AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometers = Christie-SK 7/10/80, Soth. 3/13/67 (2). | see L. Lumley. | London. | RSW. |
| LUMLEY, L. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Hydrometers = CMY, Christie-SK 5/10/77; Vacuum Pump = CMY. | 121 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| LUMLEY, L., AND CO. | England, fl.1840-, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometers = P.C., Phillips 2/22/77; Thermometer = D.(1974). | Phillips and D. are "Ltd." | 121 Minories, London. | RSW. |
| LUMMEN?, A.K. | Holland, 1827, NIM | Bearing Compass, 1827 = AMST. | marked "A.H." (2) on the gimbals. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| LUNAN, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1824-d.1827, PHIM | Electrical Machine, globe = RSM. | watch and clockmaker too. | 8 Castle Street, Aberdeen (1824-25). | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. |
| LUND, PETER A.J. Also Lundh. | Norway, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. Drawing Instruments | WEBDB | Christiania. Oslo. | RSW. |
| LUNDBY, F. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant = OMM. | may be Lundy. | Grimsby. | RSW. |
| LUNDY, J.F. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 11/9/70. | may be Lundby? | Grimsby. | RSW. |
| LUPICINI, ANTONIO | Italy, fl.1581-91, MIM | Armillary Sphere = FLO. | invented a surveying instrument; wrote on astronomical instruments and calendars. | Florence. | Michel 3; RSW. |
| LUPPIE AND SOLCHA | England, c.1840, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; Salvatore Luppie and Lewis Solcha; see Lappi and Solcha. | Hull. | Loomes. | |
| LUPPIE, SALVATORE | see Lappi and Solcha. | Loomes 1. | |||
| LURASCO, C. | see Gebroeders Lurasco. | Crommelin 1. | |||
| LURASCO, GEBROEDERS | Holland, 1793-1850, MIM PHIM | Thermometer = LEY; Barometer = Soth.-A March, 1976. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1. | |
| LUSNERG, DOMENICUS | misreading for Lusuerg. | Egger 2. | |||
| LUSUERG, ANGELO | Italy, fl.1744-47, MIM | Dividers, 1744 = BRU; Armillary Sphere, 1745 = X; Sundial, 1747 = NYM. | Rome. | Morpurgo 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| LUSUERG, DOMINICUS | Italy, fl.1691-1744, MIM SIM | made sundials, mathematical and surveying instruments which can be found in many museums including ADL (1699, 1701, 1716), BM (1694), STU, DRE, KEN, DEU, NYM, FLO, ROM, OXF, PRN (1692), Museum in Bologna (1744), Michel Coll. (1744), NMM, PRA, WHI (1717), P.C. (1723), RSM (1691), etc. | Modena; Rome. | Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1; Italian Inv.; Michel 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Grötzsch 2; Brieux 3; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; NMM 2; Coffeen B; USNM; Evans 1; Wynter and Turner; O. Brown 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| LUSUERG, JACOBUS | Italy, fl.1668-1719, MIM SIM | made sundials, mathematical and surveying instruments which can be found in many museums, including ADL (1672), OXF (1668), BM, FLO, NMM, Liceo Ginnasio, Alatri (1669), MAD, BRU, COO, WHI (1688), USNM, NYM, KEN, ROU, P.C. (1685), etc. | some signatures include "Mutinensis" = Modena. | Modena; Rome. | Bonelli 4; Morpurgo 1; Portuguese Inv.; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Bryden 16; Daumas 1; Baillie 1; NMM 2; Michel 1 and 3; Brieux 3; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| LUTHER, M. | France, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, with case = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | Neuchatel. | RSW. | |
| LUTRY, EDMOND | France, OIM | Telescope = La Rochelle 7/22/78. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| LUTTIG, C. | Germany, fl.1844-90, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Protractor with scale = DRE; Half Reflecting Circle = NMM; Surveying Compass with Telescope = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Lüttig; won prize in 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Berlin. | NMM 2; Moskowitz 110; O'Mara; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| LUTZ Y SCHULTZ | Argentina, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = X. | Buenos Aires. | Price 2. | |
| LUTZ, C. | Switzerland, c.1850, MIM | won a prize in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; watchmaker. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| LUTZ, ED. | France, fl.1867-74, MIM OIM SIM | Graphometer = USNM; Surveying Cross = USNM; Gregorian Telescope = P.C. | Rue des Noyers, 49 (Bd. St. Germain), Paris. | Calvert 2; USNM; RSW. | |
| LUTZ, JOHAN VALLENTIN | Germany, 1680, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1680 = UTO 9/29/75. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| LUVATE, DOMINIC | England, fl.1828-34, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4); Aneroid Barometer = Eldred 7/26/73. | all are signed "D. Luvate Preston"; looking glass maker. | 43 Friargate (1828); 27 Friargate (1834); both in Preston. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| LUVATTE, D. | see Dominic Luvate. | Goodison 1. | |||
| LUZZANO | France, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = STR. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| LYALL | see Hay and Lyall. | ||||
| LYDELL, JAMES | England, c.1686, MIM | compass maker. | London. | Taylor 1(448). | |
| LYETH, A.B. | Sweden, MIM NIM | Compass in binnacle = K. and C. 3/19/75. | Stockholm. | RSW. | |
| LYFORD, G. | England; Russia, c.1730, MIM OIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN; Telescope = X. | the sundial is also marked "B. Scott" and "St. Petersburg." | Euclid's Head, near the new Church, Strand, London; St.Petersburg. | Taylor 2(285); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. |
| LYLE, D. | England, 1760, MIM | Volute Compass, 1760 = KEN. | Taylor 2(627a); Chaldecott 1. | ||
| LYMAN, CHESTER SMITH | USA, c.1869, | professor at Yale University; invented wave apparatus made by E.S. Ritchie and Sons. | D.J. Warner 6. | ||
| LYNCH | Ireland, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = RSM; Inclinable Sundial = Christie 11/21/61. | see James Lynch 1 & 2. | Dublin. | RSW. |
| LYNCH AND SON | Ireland, fl.1813-25, MIM | Armillary Sphere = EGE; Garden Sundials = D.(1971), Soth. 10/23/85 (1824); Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1813 = Soth. 5/27/82. | see James Lynch and Son. | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| LYNCH, GEORGE | Ireland, fl., MIM OIM PHIM | see James Lynch (2) and George Lynch. | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| LYNCH, JAMES (1), AND SON | Ireland, fl.1808-25, MIM OIM PHIM | Cuff-type Microscope = EGE. | T.C.; "Mathematical, Optical, Philosophical Instrument Makers to Trinity College and His Majesty's Ordnance"; see James Lynch 1. | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| LYNCH, JAMES (2) AND GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1840-44, MIM OIM PHIM | opticians, mathematical and philosophical instrument makers to the University and to the Royal Dublin Society. | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| LYNCH, JAMES 1 | Ireland, fl.1760-1807, MIM OIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 11/13/61; Microscope = Wellcome Institute. | partner with Edward Spicer, 1760-72, as Spicer and Lynch, which see; also a dealer. | 26 Capel Street (1784-1807); at the Sign of the Royal Spectacles, Capel Street; both in Dublin. | Taylor 2(743); Calvert 2; Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| LYNCH, JAMES 2 | Ireland, fl.1826-39, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; "optician, mathematical and philosophical instrument maker to the Ordnance and Trinity College" (1832). | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| LYNDEN, JOHANN ANTON | Germany, fl.1580-1604, MIM | Astrolabes = OXF(ICA-274), BRU; Astronomical Plate, 1604 = ZUS; Astronomical Compendium, 1596 = BM; Chalice Sundial, 1594 = LND. | the "Astronomical Plate" may be the astrolabe (ICA-572); the compendium was designed by Christopher Liebfried of Würzburg. | Heilbronn. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1 & 3; Ward 4; Michel 2, 3 & 7; Evans 1; ICA 2; Dewhirst; Cousins; RSW. |
| LYNE, FRANCIS | see Francis Hall. | ||||
| LYON 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | South Molton. | Goodison 1. | |
| LYON 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1772). | Edinburgh. | John Bell. | |
| LYON, BENEVOLO | MIM | Protractor = P.C.(1965). | RSW. | ||
| LYON, C. | England, c.1823, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bridlington. | Goodison 1. | |
| LYON, DANIEL M. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Spirit Levels = Craft Auction 5/1/82. | tool maker. | Newark, N.J. | Maine Digest, July, 1982. |
| LYON, HUNTER | Scotland, fl.1793-1803, OIM | optician. | Cross Causeway (1793-95); 118 Nicholson Street (1796 1801); 4 Bristo Street (1801-03); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. | |
| LYON, JAS. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 9/23/88 and 10/20/89. | No. 6 Dove Court, Swithin's Lane, Lombard Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| LYON, JAS. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| LYON, JON. | England, c.1660, MIM | Sector = NMM-CI/S.11. | London. | NMM 2. | |
| LYON, JOSEPH | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to George Griffith of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 12, 1708. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| LYON, PETER 1 | Scotland, fl.1784-88, MIM NIM OIM | on the Shore, Leith. | Bryden 3. | ||
| LYON, PETER 2 | Scotland, fl.1780-99, OIM | optician. | at the Cross Well (1782); near the Guard (1784); Head old Assembly Close (1786); High Street (1788-90); Bull Turnpike (1794); Castle Hill (1795); Calton Hill (1796-97); Parliament Close (1799); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| LYONET | France, | designed a microscope. | Daumas 1. | ||
| LYONET, PIERRE | Holland, 1707-89, OIM | made a simple microscope; naturalist. | Nachet. | ||
| LYONS, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1800-01, OIM | 408 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(1176a); Dewhirst. | ||
| LYONS, GEORGE | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| LYONS, MICHAEL | Ireland, 1844, MIM | Moon Dial, slate, 1844 = Dublin Civic Museum. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| LYTH, A.B. | Sweden, NIM | Marine Compass in binnacle = K. and C. 3/19/75. | Stockholm. | RSW. | |
| LYTH, GEORG WILHELM | Sweden, 1834-1918, MIM NIM | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | ||
| M'CALL, JOHN | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | see A. Chislett and M'Call. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(1932). | |
| M'COLL | Scotland, c.1818, MIM | see Miller and M'Coll. | 116 Stockwell, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| M'COLL, HUGH | England, c.1846, | T.C.; book and instrument seller. | 5 King Street, South Shields. | Crawforth 1. | |
| M'MILLAN, PETER | Scotland, fl.1824-51, NIM | Sextant = FRK = RSM. | 11 Guestrow (1824); Waterloo Quay (1828); 43 Quay (1829-33); 49 Quay (1834-39); 52 Quay (1840-41); 45 Regent Quay, (1842-51); all in Aberdeen. | Taylor 2(2180); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. | |
| M'MILLAN, WILLIAM, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1847-48, MIM | watch and clockmaker; in partnership with Ogg as Ogg and M'Millan 1844-46. | 28 Marischal Street, Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| M. 1 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, round = VIE. | Zinner 1. | ||
| M. 2 | NIM | Octant = SFM. | anchor is mastermark. | RSW. | |
| M., IOHA | Poland, 1637, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1637 = Church in Wodzislaw. | Wodzislaw. | Polish Inventory. | |
| M.A.Z.L. | 1713, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1713 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | ||
| M.B. 1 | Germany, 1626, MIM | Artillery Level, 1626 = NUR-WI1135; Sundial in ivory barrel = MUN-15 Phys; Artillery Level = DEU-49897; Artillery Level = FRA. | possibly Michael Bumel. | Zinner 1. | |
| M.B. 2 | see M. Burleigh. | RSW. | |||
| M.B. 3 | could be Martin Bayer of Annaberg or Moritz Behaim of Vienna; both were clockmakers. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| M.B.I.N. | Germany, fl.1627-30, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1627 = NUR-WI 1758; Graphometer, 1630 = STU- 12870; Quadrant = STU-12867. | possibly Michael Bumel. | Zinner 1. | |
| M.C. 1 | Austria (?), MIM | Ring Sundial = SAL. | Zinner 1. | ||
| M.C. 2 | Germany, 1570, MIM | see Michael Chaspar. | Bobinger 2. | ||
| M.C.K.C.R.P. | 1601, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1601 = OXF. | the initials may be in a different hand than the sundial. | RSW. | |
| M.D.Z. O.H.P. | see O.H.P. | Moran 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| M.E. 1 | 1686, MIM | marked on an artillery level signed "H.R." (2) at OXF; there is a crown over the "M." | Maddison 1; Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| M.E. 2 | Germany, 1802, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial, round, wood, lid, 1802 = D.(1987). | Coffeen 16. | ||
| M.E.A. | Spain?, MIM | Calipers = PRM; Calipers, sliding = D.(1968). | RSW. | ||
| M.E.D.F. | 16th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = SWF. | ICA-634. | Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| M.F. | Germany?, 1677, | marked on mining compass signed "Adamas Dornstrauch." | RSW. | ||
| M.F.P. | France, 1770, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1770 = LIM. | Dieppe work. | RSW. | |
| M.G. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = OXF. | star is mastermark. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| M.G.A. | MIM | Pantograph = D.(1975). | also marked "W.V.S." | RSW. | |
| M.G.C.G. | MIM | Diptych Sundial = FIN-82 = Thorban. | RSW. | ||
| M.H. 1 | may be H.M. 2, which see. | RSW. | |||
| M.H. 2 | Germany, 1630, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-copper, 1630 = OXF. | Michel 3. | ||
| M.H. 3 | USA, 1775, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant = PEA. | dated "Jan. 3, 1775." | Danvers, Mass. | Brewington 1. |
| M.H.F. | Czechoslovakia, 1630, MIM | Diptych, gilt-copper, 1630 = OXF. | Martin Habermel? | Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. |
| M.I.C.A. | Germany?, 16th Century, MIM | Armillary Sphere, with compass = NUR-WI 1226. | Zinner 1. | ||
| M.I.M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = Landsberg a. Lech Heimatmuseum. | also marked "I.H.S." | Zinner 1. | |
| M.I.M.R. | Germany?, fl.1568-91, | this mark appears on finger-ring sundials, one at WHI and the other at NMM; WHI is dated 1568 and marked "H.R." (1) and signed "H.C." (1); NMM is dated 1591 and marked "W.P." (2) and signed "H.C." (1). | Btyden 16; RSW. | ||
| M.J. | MIM | Dividers, iron = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| M.K. 1 | Germany, c.1550, MIM | Table Clock with Sundial on bottom = P.C. | probably Melchior Kleinhemmel of Annaberg. | Annaberg. | Pippa. |
| M.K. 2 | Germany, 1577, MIM | misreading by Engelmann and Zinner for "T.K." 3, marked on ADL-M304 which is signed "M.V.S." 1. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| M.K. 3 | Germany, fl.1680-1700, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory 1680 = NOR, Soth. 12/8/69; Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1700 = MUN. | Melchior Karner; mastermark is a "4." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| M.K. 4 | Germany, 1689, MIM | Artillery Level, 1689 = OXF. | date is "MDCLXXXIX"; may be same as "M.K. 5" but that date is in Arabic numerals. | RSW. | |
| M.K. 5 | France, 1688, MIM | Artillery Level, 1688 = Huelsmann Coll. | signed "16 M.K. 88"; also marked "A.G." 3, the "A." is under the one and "G." is under the last eight; possibly same as "M.K." 4 but that date is in Roman numerals. | Syndram. | |
| M.L. | marked on an instrument signed "M. Lewelin." | RSW. | |||
| M.N.J. + C. | 1772, MIM | Dividers, 1772 = Chevau 10/10/75. | RSW. | ||
| M.O. | Germany, 1774, MIM | Artillery Level, 1774 = USNM. | RSW. | ||
| M.P. 1 | 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, 1542 = USNM. | ex-Hoffman Coll; ICA-221; A.J. Turner thinks it was made by F. Michael Piquer. | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Gibbs and Saliba; Michel 2; A.J. Turner 12. | |
| M.P. 2 | fl.1591-96, | see H.K. 3; may be Marcus Purmann; see also "M.P." 3. | Dewhirst; Michel 3; Price 2; Evans 1; Technica, March, 1956. | ||
| M.P. 3 | Germany, fl.1591-1616, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, round = MUN (1591), MUN; Diptych Sundials = LIE (1594), Soth. 5/11/23 (1595); Cruciform Sundials = OXF (1598), MUN (1601); Sundial, 1597 = Evans Coll.; Sundial, string-gnomon, 1615 = NOR; Sundial with Calendar, 1616 = BM; Chalice Sundial = KEN. | probably Marcus Purmann; may be same as M.P. 2; usually signed "*M*P*"; NOR is for 48 °; 1591 MUN has Butterfield-type gnomon; undated MUN is for 48°. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| M.P. ET ROCHETTE | France, c.1780, MIM SIM | Graphometer = D.(1993). | Quai del'horloge à Paris. | Coffeen 41. | |
| M.P.S. | Germany, 18th Century, PHIM | Cup Weight Set = Phillips 5/20/75. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| M.R. 1 | 1645-46, OIM | Telescope, 1645-46 = NMM. | attributed to Anton Maria Schyrle, Rheita, Bohemia. | NMM 1; RSW. | |
| M.R. 2 | misprint for "M.P." 4. | Koller 11/17/75; RSW. | |||
| M.S. 1 | Germany, 1553, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, with compass, 1553 = BM-1922-7/5-2. | also marked "Simon Schmidlkofer der Junger 1577"; owner. | Zinner; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| M.S. 2 | 1597, MIM | Sector, 1597 = Soth. 5/11/23. | RSW. | ||
| M.S. 3 | England, MIM | Ring Sundial, small = Weil 2(29). | misreading for "S.W."; summer, winter. | RSW. | |
| M.S. 4 | Germany, 1585, | marked on lid of folding mining sundial, ivory and wood, 1585, probably owner; Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | ||
| M.S. 5 | Germany, 1589, | surveying instrument signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S." at DRE; it is "M.S." (5). | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| M.T.A. | Germany, c.1530, MIM | Astrolabe Orpheus Clocks = ADL-M377, Luton Hoo; Table Clocks = STU, Bobinet = Soth.-NY 2/11/89. | Bavaria. | Coole and Neumann; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| M.T.K. | 1574, MIM | Altitude Sundial, gilt-brass, round, 1574 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| M.V. 1 | Germany, c.1740, MIM | see M.Z. | Coffeen 46. | ||
| M.V. 2 | Germany, fl.1751-54, MIM | Vertical Sundials = GRA (1751), Koller 11/17/75 (1754). | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| M.V.S. 1 | Germany, 1577, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1577 = ADL-M304. | "Mechanicus Ulrich Schniep"; also marked "T.K." (3), misread by Engelmann and Zinner as "M.K." 2. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| M.V.S. 2 | possibly "Mechanicus Ulrich Schniep" or "Mechanicus Victor Stark." | Michel 3; RSW. | |||
| M.Z. | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory, round = D.(1994). | possibly M.V. 2, which see. | Nürnberg ? | Coffeen 46. |
| MA | Germany, | Morgen Abend, morning and night, found on mining compasses. | RSW. | ||
| MA----, D. | USA, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Old Colony Historical Soc.,Taunton, Mass. | the rest of the name is illegible. | RSW. | |
| MAAS, F.M. | Germany, MIM | Sundials = LIE, PRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| MAASS, HANSS MATTHIAS | Germany, NIM | Compass Rose = OMM. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| MABIRE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Folding Rule = Soth. 7/8/54; Artificial Horizon = Chayette 6/28/86. | pupil and successor of Lenoir. | Rue Cassette No. 14, près la Croix-Rouge fg. St. Germain, Paris. | RSW. |
| MACALL | England, c.1770, MIM | see Gilkerson and Macall. | Tower Hill, London. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1. | |
| MACARIUS, IOHANNES | Italy, fl.1668-89, MIM | Pantograph, 1668 = ROM; Graphometer, 1678 = P.C.; Sectors = ADL-M89o (1678), ADL-W107 (1671), ADL-W108 (1674), MAD (1686), ROU-4 (1685), HAK; Armillary Sphere, 1689 = Liceo Spallanzi, Regio Emilia; Dividers = CNAM (1686); Circumferentor, 1676 = KEN; Proportional Compass, 1685 = HAK. | ADL-W107 signed "Ioannes Maccarius." | Mirandolanus (Modena). | Evans 1; Price 2; Michel 3; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| MACAULAY AND SON | USA, c.1850, PHIM | Electro-medical Induction Coil = WHI. | 39 Redeness Street, New York, N.Y. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MACDONALD, DR. | England, | MacDonald; described an instrument to facilitate finding the longitude at sea. | 4 Coburg Place, Kennington Lane (London?). | USNM. | |
| MACDONALD, JNO. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| MACDONALD, THOMAS | Scotland, c.1844, | Macdonald; invented an optical enlarging and reducing instrument. | Glasgow. | Practical Mechanics and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, pp. 124-25. | |
| MACEY | see Benjamin Macy. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| MACGREGOR AND CO. | Scotland and England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | MacGregor and Co.; probably misreading for McGregor and Co.; see D. McGregor and Co. | Glasgow and Liverpool. | RSW. |
| MACHIR, JACOB BEN | see Profatius. | Gunther 2. | |||
| MACKAY | see Berry and Mackay; may be relative of Andrew Mackay. | Taylor 2(866); RSW. | |||
| MACKAY, ALEXANDER SPENCE | Scotland, 1857-1914, NIM | James Berry took Alexander Spence Mackay as a partner in Berry and Mackay, 1879-90, which see. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| MACKAY, ANDREW | Scotland; England, 1760-1819, | mathematician; determined the latitude and longitude of Aberdeen in 1781; may be relative of the Mackay in Berry and Mackay; author. | Aberdeen; George Street, Trinity Square, Great Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(866); DNB; J.S. Reid. | |
| MACKENZIE AND CO. | England, c.1817, MIM OIM | T.C. in Mackenzie microscope case; see Alexander Mackenzie. | London. | Taylor 2(1381); O'Mara; RSW. | |
| MACKENZIE AND SUGGART | England, c.1816, MIM OIM | Inclinable Sundial = NOR; Telescope = Soth. 12/2/74. | Alexander Mackenzie. | 15 Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(1381); RSW. |
| MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1816-58, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D.(1984) (with case), Soth. 10/3/88; Sextant = WHI; Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88. | worked with Suggart at Cheapside; microscope case has T.C. for Mackenzie and Co; sextant signed "Mackenzie 15 Cheapside, London"; Clay and Court thought he was "Mckenzie"; Soth. microscope signed "A. MacKenzie." | 15 Cheapside, London (1816-30); 38 De Beaur'r Square, Kingsland (1856-58). | Taylor 2(1381); Coffeen F; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; O'Mara; Bennett 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| MACKENZIE, CALEB | USA, fl.1807-08, MIM | 21 Thomas Street F.P., Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| MACKENZIE, COLIN | England, c.1791, OIM | free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 5, 1791; made spectacles. | Clay and Court. | ||
| MACKENZIE, MURDOCH | England, c.1774, | surveyor for the Admiralty; invented the station-pointer in 1774; author. | Taylor 2(377); G.L'E. Turner 24; Bedini 8; Wynter and Turner. | ||
| MACKI AND GOBBI | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Swaffham. | Bell 2. | |
| MACKINTOSH, THOMAS | England, fl.1780-82, MIM | Mackintosh. | Archimedes and Globe, opposite Long Acre, four doors from Great Queen Street; 7 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Field; both in London. | Taylor 2(867); Clay and Court. | |
| MACKNEIL | England, fl.1790-1801, NIM OIM | Telescope, three-draw = D.(1984); Sextant = X; Telescope = OXF. | "apprentice of the late Mr. Ramsden"; OXF telescope and sextant signed "MacKneil." | London. | Dewhirst; Taylor 2(1010); Coffeen G; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| MACKROW, J. | England, c.1780, NIM | Octants, ebony = DRE, P.C.; Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | quadrant signed "Mackrow London." | 4 Upper East Smithfield, London. | RSW. |
| MACNEAL, THOMAS | England, c.1776, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1776. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MACNEIL | MacNeil; see MacKneil. | RSW. | |||
| MACQUART ET CADOT | France, 1730-1733, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1730 = OXF. Butterfield dial = PC. | sundial signed "son genre" or "Cadot gendre de Macquart a Paris"; Henry Macquart was father-in law to Michel Cadot. | Paris. | RSW. |
| MACQUART, H. | France, c.1710, MIM SIM | Graphometer = P.C. | if he is the Macquart listed above, this date may be too early. | Paris. | RSW. |
| MACQUART, HENRY | France, fl. 1685-1720, MIM NIM SIM | made wide range of instruments including armillary spheres, sundials of various types, quadrants, graphometers, dip needles, gunner's levels, etc; may be seen in LIE, LOU, NMM, ADL, BM, OXF, KEN, WHI, etc. | pupil of Pierre Sevin; father-in-law of Michel Cadot and partner; sometimes signed "H. Macquart"; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs"; Master in 1688; received title of "Marchand fondeur, Ingénieur d'instruments suivant la Cour et Conseils de sa Majesté." | à l'Astrolabe, Quai des Morfundus, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1720). | Michel 3; Price 2 and 3; Evans 1; Daumas 1; Stevens and Aked; MADEX; Olivia Brown 1; Spitzer 1 and 2; Bryden 16; Augarde; ADL; RSW. |
| MACQUART, RENE | France, c.1730, MIM | René was a son of Henry Macquart; apprenticed to Nicolas Bion in 1720; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs." | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| MACRAE | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 7/23/87; Wheel Barometers = D.(1979), X (2). | 29 Royal Exchange, London. | Country Life, 6/14/79; Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |
| MACRAE, HENRY | England, fl.1832-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1985); Sympiesometer = Soth. 5/1/86; Stick Barometer = X; Octant = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87; Microscope = Phillips 11/16/88. | instruments signed "Macrae" plus address. | 34 Aldgate Street, London. | O'Mara; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Coffeen 9; RSW. |
| MACY, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1713-31, MIM NIM | Backstaves = PEA (1719), NMM (1720), RSM (1728); Sextant, 1728 = NMM; Compass, dry-card = D.(1994). | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on June 12, 1704; free of the Company, July 6, 1713; took apprentices; also sold nautical books. | Hermitage Bridge, Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(523), 2(88a); Hill and Padget-Tomlinson; NMM 2; Brewington 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; USNM; J. Brown 3; Coffeen 46. |
| MACY, ROBERT F. | USA, b.1822, PHIM | Polyangular Kalaidoscope = Seamen's Bethel Museum, Vineyard Haven, Mass. | he invented and patented this form of the kalaidoscope, signed "R.F. Macy." | Nantucket, Mass.; Westport Point, Mass. before 1868. | J. Haring; RSW. |
| MADAUER, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Germany, fl.1552-79, MIM | Sundial, 1554 = BM. | Abbot of Aldersbach. | Aldersbach. | Zinner 1. |
| MADER, FRAN. JOSE | Germany, 1709, MIM | Pedometer, 1709 = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| MAELCOTE, ODON VAN | Belgium; Italy, 1572-1614, | Copper discs (2), stereographic projections for 75° and 66°30' latitude = CNAM C-913. | author; are these printer's plates for Regnartius' book on the astrolabe? Zinner thought that there was an unsigned rete in BMR. | Brussels; Rome. | Zinner 1; Michel 2 and 3; Regnartius; RSW. |
| MAELZEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK | Germany, 1772-1838, | invented the metronome in 1816. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1955. | ||
| MAENNER, STURT. GUTHIHR | Germany?, MIM | Plate, copper, for compass rose = HAK. | Stürt. Guthihr Maenner. | Barth. | RSW. |
| MAESTLIN, MICHAEL | Germany, 1579, MIM | built a fourteen-foot cross-staffin 1579; author. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| MAFFIA | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | could be A. or C. Maffia. | London. | RSW. |
| MAFFIA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MAFFIA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MAFFIA, DOMINIC | England, post-1850, PHIM | barometer maker; see Peter and Dominic Maffia. | Monnow Street, Monmouth; Abergavenny. | Bell 2. | |
| MAFFIA, P., AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Monmouth. | Bell 2. | |
| MAFFIA, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | signed "P. Maffia." | Monmouth. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MAFFIA, PETER AND DOMINIC | England, post-1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | Monmouth. | Bell 2. | |
| MAGALHAES, JOAO JACINTO | Portugal, c.1790, MIM | Jo~o Jacinto Magalh~es; also clockmaker. | RSW. | ||
| MAGAREY, ALEXANDER | misreading for Alexander Megary. | RSW. | |||
| MAGARY, ALEXANDER | misreading for Alexander Megary. | RSW. | |||
| MAGEAREY, ALEXANDER | England, c.1802, | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 2, 1802; possibly same as Alexander Megary and Alexander Megeary which see. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 2; RSW. | ||
| MAGELLAN, J.H. DE AND FIERI | England, MIM | London. | COO notes, 1968; RSW. | ||
| MAGELLAN, JEAN HYACINTHE DE | Portugal; France; England, 1723-90, NIM | Repeating Circle = NMM. | invented a type of repeating circle; made Gowin Knight's compasses with George Adams 2; took out a patent for an improvement for the barometer with Henry Pyefinch in 1765; agent for some London instrument makers; F.R.S. | Paris; London (by 1765). | Taylor 2(378); DNB; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| MAGER, G. | NIM | Sextant = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| MAGGI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be J. Maggi or I. Maggi. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAGGI AND CO., MICH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| MAGGI AND ORTELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MAGGI, I. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87. | see Maggi. | 15 Union Court, Holborn Hill, London. | RSW. |
| MAGGI, J. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Grays Inn Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MAGGI, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAGGIAIOLI | Italy, 1599, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1599 = Soth. 1972 | made for the Company of Saint Matthew in Paltugnones. | Hillier, the London Times, 7/22/72. | |
| MAGGIO 1 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Michael Square, Southampton. | Bell 2. | |
| MAGGIO 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAGGIRIUS, SILVIUS | Italy, c.1700, | invented a recipiangle, a surveying instrument made by Petrus Blondeus, ADL-M107. | Rome. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL: RSW. | |
| MAGINUS, GIOVANNI ANTONIO | Italy, 1546-1618, MIM OIM | Quadrants = Evans Coll., Soth. 2/13/58 = Christie 3/29/60 (1592). | born in Padua; made burning glasses. | Bologna; Mantua. | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Spargol; RSW. |
| MAGNELLI, JOHANNES BAPTISTA | Italy, 1692, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1692 = FLO-3189 (99). | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| MAGNI | France, pre-1782, OIM | Optical Machine = COR; Microscope = COR. | probably Alexis Magny, which see. | Paris. | Courtanvaux; RSW. |
| MAGNI, VALERIO | Italy, 1587-1661, | experimented with vacuum tube for barometer, c.1645. | A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | ||
| MAGNIAC, FRANCIS | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to Francis Morgan in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 5, 1765. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MAGNIE, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, c.1786, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-10975. | Magnié; "dessin d'un quartier de réduction presenté au Roi, 1786." | Dunquerque. | American Neptune, Jan., 1975; Brewington 1; Daumas 1. |
| MAGNUS, CHRISTOPH, N.P. | Germany, 1608, MIM | Astrolabes, = BASH (ICA-2071) (1602), HAM (ICA-285) (1608), | Krabbe-type retes. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 2; Gunther 1; Price 1; GHP; ICA 2; RSW. |
| MAGNY, ALEXIS | France, 1712-c.1777, OIM | Microscope, 1754 = SPI-2926; Microscope, Culpeper-type, No.18, 1755 = NOR; Microscopes = P-B-Monte Carlo 6/23/76 (leather case), P.C., Getty Museum (leather case), FLO. | the P-B-Monte Carlo entry said to have been given to Mme. de la Pompadour by Louis XV, probably silver; his microscopes date from 1751-55; see Magni. | Paris. | Michel 3; Antique Dealer Collectors Guide, August, 1976; Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Ronfort 1; RSW. |
| MAGOR AND CO. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | RSW. | ||
| MAGRINI, LUIGI | Italy, 1802-68, PHIM | professor of mathematics; made electrical apparatus. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | |
| MAGWALD | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = DES. | Berlin. | Industrial Museum Cat.; RSW. | |
| MAHIER | see Spinelli, Mahier and Co. | RSW. | |||
| MAHLER, JOSEF | Germany, 1795-1845, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Dillingen Lyzeumssammlung. | managed the Benediktbeuren workshop 1826-38; in partnership with George Metz he managed this workshop fron 1838 to 1845. | Mönch in Ottobeuren. | Zinner 1; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM; RSW. |
| MAHLER, P. ILDEPHONSUS | Germany, 1759, | see B.A. 2; manuscript note on paper, "P. Ildephonsus Mahler Monachus Benedictins ursini fecit has Machinas D.P. Domenico beck oxenhusano episde ordinis Religioso, 1759 Ursini Math/esi operadon --- esdem Scib Magistro"; may be replacement as instrument appears to be mid-sixteenth century. | Munich. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| MAHON, CHARLES | England, 1753-1816, | Viscount Mahon, later Earl Stanhope, designed an arithmetic machine (OXF), a calculator (1777) (KEN, P.C.), microscope lens and a logic demonstrator (OXF); F.R.S., 1807; see James Bullock. | Chevening, Kent. | Taylor 2(744); RSW. | |
| MAHR, JACOB ANDREAS | Germany, 1763, MIM | Table Sundial, 1763 = Wiesbaden Museum; Sundial = Darmstadt Landesmuseum. | Wiesbaden. | Zinner 1. | |
| MAIEL | see Lloyd, Payne and Maiel. | RSW. | |||
| MAIGNAN, EMMANUEL | France; Italy, 1601-76, MIM OIM | wrote "Perspectiva Hororia" in 1648; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker; interested himself in barometer experiments. | Toulouse (1601-36); Rome (1636-50); Toulouse (1651-76). | Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Middleton 1. | |
| MAIGNE, P. | France, c.1803, PHIM | Maigné; instrument maker; devised a method to make a portable barometer. | rue Aumaire, Paris. | Middleton 1. | |
| MAILE, WILLIAM | England, c.1704, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 2, 1704. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MAILHAT | France, c.1860, OIM | Telescope, large = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MAILLET, ABRAHAM | England, c.1745, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on March 4, 1745. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MAIN, PETER | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAINGAUT | France, c.1763, OIM | worked for the Duc de Chaulnes for 20 years; then worked for Dom Noël. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| MAIR, JOHN | see John Marr 1. | Taylor 1(129). | |||
| MAISON CHEVALLIER | see Queslin. | RSW | |||
| MAISON VANTIER ET MARC | see Vantier et Marc, Maison; see A. Lefrançois. | RSW. | |||
| MAKEPEACE, G. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 12/15/72 and 5/4/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| MALACIDA, CHARLES | misreading for Malacrida. | Bell 2. | |||
| MALACRIDA 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be same as Malacrida 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| MALACRIDA 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 237 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MALACRIDA 3 | England, fl.1805-20, MIM PHIM | Compass = X; Platina Thermometers = X (2). | made instruments for William Hyde Wollaston. | Chaldecott 3. | |
| MALACRIDA AND CO. | Ireland; England, c.1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | see C. Malacrida and Co. | Dublin and London. | RSW. |
| MALACRIDA, C., AND CO. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dublin. | Goodison 1. | |
| MALACRIDA, CHARLES | England, c.1845, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Hydrometers, glass = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | barometer signed "Malacrida" with full address; others signed "C. Malacrida Manchester"; see Malacrida and Co. | 4 Withy Grove, Manchester. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| MALBY | England, 1886, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1886 = Christie 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| MALBY AND CO. | England, fl.1842-48, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1842 = Soth. 2/25/86, Phillips 9/10/86 ; Celestial Globes, 1845 = U. of Utah, N.Y. State Historical Assoc., Cooperstown, New York; Terraqueous Globe = U. of Utah; Celestial Globe = Soth. 4/18/88. | Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand, London. | USNM; Yonge; RSW. | |
| MALBY AND SONS | England, post 1828-46, MIM | Celestial Globes = VNN (one is 1846); Terrestrial Globe, 1846 = VNN. | London. | Yonge. | |
| MALBY'S | England, c.1850, MIM | Planisphere = Soth. 2/25/86; Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| MALBY, CHARLES | England, fl.1840-62, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = La Rochelle 7/16/83 (1842), Melun 4/24/83; Terrestrial Globe, 1848 = D.(1973); Pairs of miniature Globes, 1862 = H.M Queen Elizabeth II, D.(1974); Celestial Globe, 1850 = Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. | all signed "Malby"; worked with his sons. | 37 Parker Street; Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand; East Stanford (1862); all in London. | Yonge; Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| MALBY, THOMAS | England, 1854-67, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1854 = X; Terrestrial Globe, 1867 = Athenaeum, Philadelphia, Pa. | the pair of globes is marked "for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", 12" diameter; Thomas may be the son of Charles Malby. | London. | Bryden 9; RSW. |
| MALBY, THOMAS, AND SON | England, 1877, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1877 = D.(1977). | "Makers to the Admiralty." | London. | RSW. |
| MALCOTIUS | see Maelcote. | Michel 2. | |||
| MALE, GEORGE | England, c.1721, | apprenticed to George Wright 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 31, 1721. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MALER, JACOB HOFMAN | Germany, 1616, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1616 = KAS. | for 49°30' latitude. | Schwabisch Hall. | Basserman-Jordan 1. |
| MALICE | France, PHIM | Money Balance = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | marked "Marchand Balancier." | rue de la Ferronière a l'A couronné, Paris. | RSW. |
| MALIZARD | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | Inclinable Sundial = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79. | T.C.; optician. | Quai de l'Horloge 37 ter., Paris. | RSW. |
| MALLAGANI | see Mallugani. | Bell 2. | |||
| MALLETT | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Woodbridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| MALLING | see Melling. | Goodison 1. | |||
| MALLUGANII, MARK | England, fl.1830-40, PHIM | barometer maker?; umbrellas; perhaps just a retailer. | New Street, Dudley. | Bell 2; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1926). | |
| MALORIDA | see J. Gatty and Malorida. | Bell 2. | |||
| MALORIDA, J. | England, | barometer maker. | High Holborn, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MALT, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | one signed "J. Malt Wisbech." | Wisbech. | Goodison 1. |
| MALTBY | see Malby. | RSW. | |||
| MALTWOOD, R. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/6/78 | this is probably a too early guess of an instrument by Richard Austen Maltwood. | 3, Orange Row, Kennington, Surrey. | RSW. |
| MALTWOOD, RICHARD AUSTEN | England, fl.1829-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also made thermometers. | 19 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1829-44); 3 Orange Row, Kennington Row (1842-45); 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1845); 129 Great Saffron Hill (1846-48); 5 Cross Street (1854-59); Shoe Lane. all in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2 (2174). |
| MANASSER, DAVID | Germany, 1635, MIM | Dialing Instrument, 1635 = Evans Coll. | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | |
| MANCARROW | USA, MIM | Bedini 8. | |||
| MANCHE | France, 1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, octagonal, 1775 = Schuhmann-133. | style is triangular with plumb-bob; same as Mancher? | Paris. | RSW. |
| MANCHER | France, | Sundial = OXF. | same as Manche? | Paris. | Michel 3. |
| MANCINUS, IOHANNES MAR. | Italy, c.1550, MIM | Radio Latino = Michel Coll. | Michel 3. | ||
| MANDATO, REGIO | Spain, 1787, OIM | Telescope, 1787 = MAN-I 182. | Madrid. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| MANDER, GEORGE | England, c.1838-40, MIM PHIM | see Aston. | 21 Great Crown Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2 (2175); O'Mara. | |
| MANDERN, CARL VON | Denmark, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = OXF; Protractor and Rule = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | protractor is marked "Hafnia." | Copenhagen. | Maddison 5; RSW. |
| MANDL, GEORG | Germany, 1759, | Georg Mändl; author; wrote on sundials. | Zinner 1. | ||
| MANEGANI, ANTONIO AND PAULO | see Mantegani. | Bell 2. | |||
| MANERSPERG, ANTON VON | Austria, 1734, MIM | Anton von Mänersperg, Abbot of Admont, the sundial at BM is dated 1734 and signed "A.D.G.A.A." = "Ad Dei Gloriam Admonti Abbas." | Admont. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| MANFRED, SEPTALA | mentioned in Bonanni; misreading for Manfred de Settala. | Dewhirst. | |||
| MANGACAVALI, JNO. | England, c.1836, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 5 Greville Street, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MANGAVALI, JOHN | see Jno. Mangacavali. | Bell 2. | |||
| MANGAVEL | France, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Telescope = Melun 4/24/83. | signed "Mangavel, opticien à Bordeaux"; also see Manguel. | Bordeaux. | RSW. |
| MANGHETTI, ANTONIUS | Italy, MIM | engraved a graphometer by Bernardinus Pavolini which is now at USNM. | RSW. | ||
| MANGIACAVALLI, J. 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/76. | 17 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| MANGIACAVALLI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leeds. | Goodison 1. | |
| MANGIN, CLEMENT CYRIAQUE DE | France, c.1621, | author; his pseudonym was "Denis Henrion"; wrote on the sector. | RSW. | ||
| MANGUEL | France, NIM | Marine Compass = OMM. | see Mangavel. | Bordeaux. | RSW. |
| MANN AND AYSCOUGH | England, fl.1743 - 49, OIM | Telescopes = KEN, OXF; Solar and Scroll Microscopes, 1743 = Court Coll. | T.C.; James Mann 2 and James Ayscough. | Ludgate Street; Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near the West End of Saint Paul's, (1747); both in London. | Taylor 2(90 & 2266); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Maddison 1; Calvert 2; RSW. |
| MANN, I. 1 | England, OIM | Telescope, pasteboard and brass = VCW. | could be James Mann 1, 2, or 3. | London. | RSW. |
| MANN, I. 2 | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see William Mann. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| MANN, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1660-1730, OIM | Microscope = KEN; Telescope = WHI; Pillar Sundial on handle of cane, 1679 = P.C. | apprenticed to Thomas King 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Nov. 5, 1674; turned over to John Hicketts of the Company, March 20, 1682; Master of the Company, 1716-17. | St. Martins (1693); Angel Street (1695); Sign of the Archimedes and Pair of Golden Spectacles, Butcher Hall Lane, a little nearer St. Paul's, Fleet Street; all in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(46); Taylor 1(480) and 2(89); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10.. |
| MANN, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1707-51?, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Christie 4/9/75 (wood), WHI (3-refracting); Astroscope = Caleb Smith (1734); Stick Barometer = D.(1989). | son of James Mann 1; apprenticed to Matthew Cooberow of the Spectaclemakers' Company on April 4, 1699; free of the Company, June 28, 1707; Master of the Company 1725 and 1737; took apprentices; in partnership with James Ayscough as Mann and Ayscough, 1743-47; Ayscough had been his apprentice, 1732-40; T.C.; author; made thermometers and barometers. | Archimedes and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles near the Castle Tavern, Fleet Street (1735); Sir Isaac Newton's Head and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, 23 Ludgate Street (1743, 1751); all in London. | Taylor 1(480) & 2(90); Court and von Rohr 3(73)(129); Daumas; Bennett 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Goodison 1; Coffeen 27. |
| MANN, JAMES 3 | England, 1763, OIM | Telescope, 1763 = P.C. (1979). | succeeded his father, James Mann 2; the 1763 telescope might have been made by James Mann 2. | London. | Taylor 2(89 and 90); RSW. |
| MANN, JAMES 4 | England, c.1743, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Cole 1 in the Stationers' Company; turned over to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 6, 1743; could he be the same as James Mann 3? | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MANN, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1693-1709, MIM | succeeded his uncle, James Paterson. | at the Sign of the Globe, Cross-staff and Quadrant, Castle Hill, Edinburgh (1694-98); at the Sign of the Globe, Cross-staff and Quadrant, on the Shore, Leith (1699-1704). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| MANN, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1723-60, OIM | son of James Mann 2; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, April 1, 1723; succeeded by Samuel Johnson, c. 1760. | London | Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(96); Dewhirst; Daumas 1. | |
| MANN, JOHN 3 | Scotland, d.1770, NIM | barber and compass maker. | Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| MANN, W. | England?, NIM | Octant = Soth. 2/2/70. | may be same as W.C. Mann. | Gloucester. | RSW. |
| MANN, W.C. | USA, NIM | Octant = MYS. | may be same as W. Mann. | Gloucester, Mass. | RSW. |
| MANN, WILLIAM | England, c.1774, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | 56 Cable Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| MANNASSE, L., AND CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Transit = D.(1976). | Chicago, Ill. | Rinaldo 2. | |
| MANNHEIM, AMEDEE | France, 1831-1906, | Amedée Mannheim; invented the modern slide rule in 1851. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| MANNING AND MANNING | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | Malvern; Worcester. | RSW. | |
| MANNING, CHARLES | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1720. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MANNING, J. | England, 1861, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Christie 12/21/71; Planetarium, geared, case, 1861 = Soth. 4/18/88. | planetarium marked "published by J. Manning." | RSW. | |
| MANSELL 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fakenham. | Goodison 1. | |
| MANSELL 2 | England, PHIM | see Newcomb and Mansell | Wapping and Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| MANSELL, JOHN | England, 1770, MIM | rule maker; had as apprentice, Samuel Haycock, who ran away May 16, 1770. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| MANSFIELD, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1795-1828, MIM | apprenticed to John Atkinson 2 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 6, 1788; free of the Company, Dec. 3, 1795; took apprentices after 1800. | 103 Pennington Street, Ratcliffe Highway, London. | J. Brown 1 and 2. | |
| MANSVELT, PAULUS | Holland; France1783-1851, MIM | inspector of weights and measures; studied in the Hague; assisted Lenoir in Paris for four years. | The Hague; Paris; The Hague. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| MANTAGANI | see Manntegani. | Bell 2. | |||
| MANTEGANI, ANTONIO | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | watch and clock maker; X signed "A. Mantegani" and "Mantegani." | High Street, Wisbech. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. |
| MANTEGANI, ANTONIO AND PAULO | England, c.1850, PHIM | clock, watch and barometer makers. | Wisbech. | Bell 2. | |
| MANTENANT | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sectors = Neumarkt, 10/8/71, 5/5/72; Butterfield-type Sundial = P-B 10/3/57 #219. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MANTICHA 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76; Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | may be Dominick Manticha or Manticha 2. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MANTICHA 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, KEN. | stick barometers signed "Manticha London." | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| MANTICHA 3 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Bottle Barometer = KEN. | McConnell 1. | ||
| MANTICHA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth.-S 10/19/89. | possibly Dominick Manticha; Soth.-S signed "Manticha and Co. Fecit." | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MANTICHA, A. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MANTICHA, D., AND CO. | England, c.1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1968), P.C. (1968). | see Dominick Manticha. | 11 Ely Court, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1 & 5. |
| MANTICHA, DOMINICK | England, fl.1781-1805, PHIM | Stick Barometers = KEN, D.(1977), Bearnes 9/17/86; Double Barometer, 1781 = KEN. | the double barometer is signed "D. Manticha"; see Manticha and Co. and D. Manticha and Co. | 11 Ely Court, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1 & 5. |
| MANTICHA, J. | Scotland, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1975), D.(1981), Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, Michigan; Set of Philosophical Bubbles = RSM. | D.(1975) telescope is marked "improved day or night." | Greenock. | Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| MANTICHA, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = KEN. | Bell 2. | ||
| MANTICHA, PETER | England, PHIM | Double Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | the stick barometer is signed "P. Manticha." | Crown Feathers Court, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| MANTON, JOSEPH | England, c.1810, OIM | took out a patent on a telescope improvement. | Davies Street, Berkely Street, London. | Taylor2(1382). | |
| MANTOVA, P. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/74; Wheel Barometers = Christie 12/18/74, X (2). | Luton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MANUEL, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, | designed a Wye-level made and sold by W. and S. Jones. | Taylor 2(858). | ||
| MANZINI | see Ambrosini and Manzini. | Goodison 1. | |||
| MANZOCHI, GIROLAMO | England, c.1838, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | looking glass maker. | 22 Brook Street, Hull. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MAPLE | Francec.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 11/22/72. | stamped "Maple 28." | RSW. | |
| MAPPIN | England, c.1880, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | 61 Newhall Street, Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| MAR, ANDREAS | Italy, 1589, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1589 = OXF. | Evans thought that "Mar" might be an abbreviation; may be "A.M." 5. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | |
| MARALEE, W.H. | England, c.1750, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | North Shields. | RSW. | |
| MARBLE | see Sibley and Marble. | USNM. | |||
| MARC | France, c.1840, MIM | see Vantier et Marc; see A. Lefrançois. | Paris. | Soth. 1969; RSW. | |
| MARCEL, ARNOLD | Holland, 1672-1748, OIM | nephew of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; mathematician and physicist; made lenses. | Dordrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| MARCELLI, J. | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Dividers, iron = D.(1972). | also marked with a combined "IH." | Moskowitz 103. | |
| MARCHAL, J. | France, 1975, MIM | Astrolabe, 1975 = D.(1975). | astrolabes made to order. | Paris. | RSW. |
| MARCHE, FELIX DE LA | France, 1785-1821, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = CNAM-3851 (1785), Soth. 12/17/62-131; Celestial Globe = CNAM-7432. | Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. | ||
| MARCHOIS | France, c.1809, MIM SIM | Graphometers = D.(1972), X; Table Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55. | X may be in the USNM; made a protractor, in 1809, designed by Desagneaux. | Paris. | Roux Devilas 73; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| MARCHONI, ALBERTO | Italy?, MIM | Triangular Instrument = OXFB-127. | may be owner. | Zinner 1; Josten. | |
| MARCKS, C., AND CO. | India, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer with clock = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Bombay and Poona. | RSW. | |
| MARCUS ANTONIUS | see Antonius, Marcus. | Michel 1. | |||
| MARELLI | Italy, 1818, PHIM | Barometer, 1818 = Linceo G. Beccaria, Milan. | signed and dated on float. | Milan. | Middleton 1. |
| MARETZ, J. | France, c.1600, MIM SIM | Graphometer = ADL-M157; Protractor with sights = P.C.; Graphometer on a rectangular plate = LOS. | the LOS graphometer has sine and cosine tables and a list of towns with their latitudes, it is signed "Maretz Aix." | Aix. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Israel; ADL; RSW. |
| MARGAS, JOHN | England; Ireland, fl.1742-67, MIM OIM | Solar Microscope = KEN; Compass = Christie-SK 3/5/87; Sundial, 1767 = X; Instrument = WHI. | apprenticed to Nathaniel Adams 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1735; turned over to John Cox 2; free of the Company, Dec. 30, 1742; bankrupt in London, 1758; sundial signed "Margas Dublin 1767." | Rose Street, Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London (1758); Capel Street, Dublin (1761-67). | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3; Clay and Court; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(634); Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MARGES, JOHN | see John Margas | Bryden 9. | |||
| MARGETTS AND NICHOLSON | England, c.1803, MIM | George Margetts and Nicholson; made a double length sliding Gunter's scale, c.1803. | London. | Taylor 2(868). | |
| MARGETTS, GEORGE | England, fl.1748-1804, MIM | Astronomical Watches = P.C., NMM, OXF. | P.C. is "No 1"; NMM is lost; author of a work on lunar distances; invented a navigational slide rule; watchmaker. | 42 Penton Street, Islington (1789); 21 King Street, Cheapside (1792); 3 Cheapside (1801); all in London. | Taylor 2(868); Moskowitz 130; RSW. |
| MARGUERY | France, 1793, MIM | Odometer with clockwork, 1793 = DEU. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MARIANI, IACOPO | Italy, 1690, MIM SIM | Squadra Mobile, 1690 = ADL-M109. | "fac in Galli di D.S.A.S. in Florenza l'Anno 1690." | Florence. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| MARICOURT, PIERRE DE | France, 1269, NIM | made a magnetic compass in 1269? | Michel 19. | ||
| MARIE | France, 1736-60, OIM | Microscopes = CNAM, P.C. | furnished a lens to l'Observatoire in 1736. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| MARIE PUTOIS, ROCHETTE JEUNE | France, c. 1800, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | T.C. in box of graphometer signed "M.P. et Rochette", which see; T.C. signed "Mathémathique, Optique et Phisique" plus address. | Quai de l'Horloge la 3me Boutique en entrant par le Pont Neuf, à Paris. | Coffeen 41. | |
| MARIE VEUVE | France, c.1760, OIM | widow of Marie. | Quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| MARII, G. | misreading for C. Maru. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. | |||
| MARING, FRANCIS | England, c.1654, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1654. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MARINONE, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bedford. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARINONI, J.J. | Austria, 1676-1755, MIM | Mural Quadrant = D.(1965). | assembled a large collection of instruments, 1746; quadrant may have been ordered by him. | Vienna. | Brieux; A.J. Turner 10. |
| MARION JEUNE | France, PHIM | Thermometer = P.C. | "breveté." | passage de l'Opera 15, Paris. | RSW. |
| MARIOT, JAMES | Italy; Scotland, c.1742, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | Sign of the Crown, Gallowgate, Glasgow (1742). | Bryden 3; Goodison 1. | |
| MARIOTTA, GIG LI | Italy, 1589, MIM | Nocturnals = LOS (1589), van Alfen Coll. (1591). | LI is with a small I half way up the open L; LOS is very similar to the nocturnal ADL-M331 by A. Giamin; probably both are modern work. | Rome. | USNM; Hollands Glorie; RSW. |
| MARITZ, J. | Holland, d.1807, MIM | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| MARIUS, SIMON | Germany, 1609, OIM | Telescope, 1609 = DEU. | Ansbach. | Price 2. | |
| MARK AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Peterborough. | RSW. | |
| MARKDAINEL, JOHN | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 11, 1718. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MARKE, JOHN | England, fl.1664-79, MIM OIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = TIM, Watney Coll; Protractor = OXF; Sundial, 1679 = Drummond Castle, Scotland; Morland Calculating Machine, 1670 = FLO; Scale = BRU; Sutton-type Quadrant = Koller 11/17/75; Gunter Quadrant = D.(1976); Tympan (52°25') for Humphrey Cole's Astrolabe = SAN; Sector = ADL-A244; Plane Table, 1674 = X.; Telescopic Level, 1674 = X; etc. | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 5, 1655; free of the Company, April 4, 1664; admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company in 1667; succeeded Henry Sutton in 1665; took apprentices. | at the Sign of the Golden Ball, near Somerset House, the Strand, London. | Taylor 1(305); Bryden 15; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Somerville; Wynter 1; J. Brown 1 & 3; Crawforth 7; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. |
| MARKS AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | may be same as Mark and Co. | RSW. | |
| MARKS, A.J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = NMM. | Bell 2. | ||
| MARKS, JOHN MATHEW | confusion!; the name should be John Marke. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |||
| MARKS, L. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 5/18/89. | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MARKS, SOLOMON | England, fl.1822-60, NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = P.C.; Marine Barometer = X. | watch and clockmaker; see Solomon Marks and Co. | Broad Street, Cardiff. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| MARKS, SOLOMON, AND CO. | England, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Sextant = D.(1990). | Cardiff. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MARKWICK, JACOBUS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably James Markwick 1 or 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARKWICK, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1656-98, MIM | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1666; his son was James Markwick 2. | Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Robischon. | |
| MARKWICK, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1692-1730, MIM | son of James Marwick 1; free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1692 by Patrimony; Master of the Company, 1720. | Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Robischon. | |
| MARLAND, MICHAEL | see Michael Marlow 2. | Taylor 1(142); RSW. | |||
| MARLO, M. | see Michael Marlow 2. | Taylor 1(142); RSW. | |||
| MARLOW, MICHAEL 1 | England, fl.1620-50, MIM | Compass Card, engraved = Gardener Sale. | father of Michael Marlow 2; compass maker. | King Edward's Stairs, Wapping, midway between the two Gravel Lanes, London. | Taylor 1(142); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. |
| MARLOW, MICHAEL 2 | England, fl.1682-95, MIM | son of Michael Marlow 1; apprenticed to John Seller 1 in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Mar. 28, 1666; free of the Company, Dec. 17, 1673; compass maker. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(142); Crawforth 8. | |
| MARLOYE | France, fl.1840-56, PHIM | specializes in acoustic apparatus. | Paris. | Warner 13. | |
| MARNONI, ANTHONI | Scotland, fl.1844-49, PHIM | spirit hydrometer maker. | 34 Brunswick Place, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MARQUART, BALTUS | Germany, 1552, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1552 = P.C. | Gunther No. 326. | Augsburg; Berlin. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Bobinger 2 & 3. |
| MARQUART, JAKOB 1 | Germany, c.1527-75, MIM | Sundial on base of clock, 1567 = VAA. | Augsburg. | Evans 1; Bobinger 2 & 3. | |
| MARQUART, JAKOB 2 | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Sundial on table clock = ADL-M381. | Augsburg. | Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| MARQUIS, T. | England, c.1790, MIM | Set Square with Rules = D.(1983). | invented a type of plotting system much used by the military; "Teacher of the Military Sciences." | N° 1 Charing Cross, London. | Wynter 1; Coffeen 27. |
| MARR AND ANDERSON | Scotland, 1859, PHIM | made chemical apparatus; could be either John Marr 2 or Robert Marr. | 14 Renfield Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MARR, J. AND R., AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1849-58, PHIM | made chemical apparatus; John Marr 2 and Robert Marr. | 27 North Albion Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MARR, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1614-47, MIM | made compasses and sundials, possibly the dials in the Hampton Court gardens; father or uncle of William Marr. | Taylor 1(129); Evans 1. | ||
| MARR, JOHN 2 | Scotland, fl.1842-45, PHIM | made chemical instruments; see J. and R. Marr and Co. | 35 Montrose Street (1842-44); 17 Canon Street (1845); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MARR, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1849-61, PHIM | worked with John Marr 2 as J. and R. Marr and Co. (1849-58); may have been the Marr in Marr and Anderson (1859); worked as Robert Marr and Co. (1860-61). | 27 North Albion Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MARR, ROBERT, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1860-61, PHIM | 27 North Albion Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| MARR, WILLIAM | England, fl.1640-84, MIM | Garden Sundials = Royal Garden, Whitehall (c.1660). | court dialist; nephew or son of John Marr 1. | London. | Taylor 1(194); Evans 1. |
| MARRAND | England, 1827, MIM | Window Sundial, 1827 = Evans Coll. | London. | Evans 1. | |
| MARRATT AND SHORT | England, 1860-69, MIM PHIM | Rule, boxwood = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | barometer makers; see John Marratt. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; RSW. | |
| MARRATT, J.S. | England, c.1820-69, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.B. 12/3/48. | showed in the Great London Exhibition, 1851; see John Marratt. | 63 King William Street, London Bridge, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; O'Mara; RSW. |
| MARRATT, JOHN | England, fl.1833-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2); Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | became Marratt and Short in 1860; probably J.S. Marratt; microscope signed "Marratt 63 King William Street, London Bridge, London." | 54 Shoe Lane (1833); 15 Great Winchester Street (1841-44); 63 King William Street, London Bridge (1845-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1636); RSW. |
| MARRAUD | France; England, c.1824, MIM | Sundial, vertical, 1824 = OXF. | signed "Marraud Londres Février 1824." | London (1824). | Taylor 2(1824). |
| MARRIOTT | France, c.1850, PHIM | balance maker. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MARRIOTT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1822-40, MIM OIM | 38 New Montague Street, Brick Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1639); O'Mara. | ||
| MARRIOTT, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1822, OIM | 12 Market Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1639). | ||
| MARSCH, ULRICH | Germany, fl.1528-pre-1543, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = NUR-L85. | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| MARSDEN, THOMAS | England, 1749, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1749 = Dr. Jobson Horne Coll. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Taylor 2(380). | ||
| MARSH, B. | England, c.1858, PHIM | barometer maker. | 83 Coleshill Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARSH, HOWARD | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company, 1796. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MARSH, HUMPHREY | England, c.1690, MIM | Wheel-cutting Machine = NMM. | Highworth. | Taylor 1(468); Evans 1. | |
| MARSHALL, JNO., AND CO. | England, 1787, MIM | Armillary Spheres, cardboard, case, 1787 = ADL-W245. | "Published April 12th, 1787, and sold by Jno. Marshall and Co. Aldermany Church Yard, Bow Lane, London": "Special Additions to Miss Cowley's Pocket Sphere." | Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London. | Soth. 10/22/76; ADL; RSW. |
| MARSHALL, JOHN 1 | England, c.1682, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company in 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MARSHALL, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1685-1722, OIM | Telescopes = ADL-M424, KEN (1715), OXF, etc; Microscopes = KAS, Longleat House, Phillips 10/5/76, Soth. 4/28/69, etc. | apprenticed to Jack Dunning, a turner; free of the Turners' Company; worked as a turner in Ivy Lane; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; made microscopes for Boyle; T.C.; "Optician to His Majesty" (1720); "Maker of Optic Glasses to His Majesty"; succeeded by John Smith 2. | The 3 Keys,Ivy Lane; at the Sign of the Gun, Ludgate Street (1688-89); Archimedes and two Golden Spectacles in Ludgate Street near St. Paul's Churchyard, the house being new built (1693); Two Golden Prospects, Ludgate Street; all in London. | Taylor 1(435) & 2(91); Court and von Rohr 3(VIII); USNM; Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1 & 7; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| MARSHALL, JOHN 3 | England, c.1758, PHIM | Wilson Electrical Machine = Burton Constable. | Beverly. | Elizabeth Hall; RSW. | |
| MARSHALL, JOHN 4 | USA, 1730-1802, | invented an instrument in 1772 to measure magnetic deviation; Thomas Jefferson called it a "meridian instrument"; surveyor. | Fauquier, Va. | Bedini 8. | |
| MARSHALL, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MARSHALL, THOMAS | USA, c.1772, | invented a type of dip needle; surveyor. | Virginia. | Bedini 8. | |
| MARSHALL, THOMAS HANSON | England or USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | RSW. | ||
| MARSON, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/78. | London. | RSW. | |
| MARTEL, P.G. | Switzerland, MIM SIM | Alidade = GEM. | Geneva. | Delehar 6. | |
| MARTEL, PIERRE | Switz.; England; Jamaica, fl.1723-61, MIM PHIM | Gunner's Instrument Set = USNM; Sector, 1755 = U. of Glasgow in 1756. | thermometer maker; the USNM set is signed "Martel à Genève"; author. | Lausanne; Genève (1723-43); London (1743-46); Jamaica (1746-61). | Taylor 2(381); Middleton 2; Bryden 6; Evans 1; USNM. |
| MARTIGNONI L'AINE | France, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Martignoni l'aîné. | Mans. | RSW. |
| MARTIN 1 | see Benjamin Martin. | RSW. | |||
| MARTIN 2 | France, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Level = CNAM. | Versailles. | Soth. 6/25/68-57 note; Daumas 1. | |
| MARTIN 3 | France, c.1750, MIM | Sundial = HOF-236; Sundial, white enamel = PAK-139. | could be two makers; the Parkington Coll. sundial shows the address. | 244 rue St. Martin, Paris. | RSW. |
| MARTIN 4 | France, pre-1782, MIM SIM | Graphometers = P.C., P.C. (1987); Sector, ivory and silver = ADL-M132d; Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 6/25/68-57; Astronomical Ring = COR; Protractor = COR; Logarithmic Rule = COR. | sector signed "Martin à Tempel"; graphometer signed "Martin au Temple." | à Tempel, or au Temple, Paris. | Engelmann 1; Courtanvaux; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| MARTIN 5 | France, 18th C., MIM | not a member of any Corporation; lived in a privileged enclave; could be Martin 3 or 4, which see. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| MARTIN AND SON | England, fl.1779-82, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope = D.(1977). | Benjamin and Josua Lovell Martin, 1780; invented the "Dromometer" a type of log. | Fleet Street, London. | Wynter 1; Bell 2; Court and von Rohr 3(XXX); Clay and Court; Bedini 8; RSW. |
| MARTIN VON HALL | see Hall, Martin von | ||||
| MARTIN, BENJAMIN | England, 1714-82, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | had a large workshop which produced instruments under his name; made improvements to the microscope and wrote extensively in the field of natural philosophy; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764; see Martin and Son; member of the Goldsmiths' Company. | Chichester (to 1740); N°. 171 Fleet Street; shop near Crane Street; at the New Invented Visual Glasses (1716); at the Sign of Hadley's Quadrant and Visual Glasses; Newtons Head, 171 Fleet Street; all in Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(289); Millburn 1, 2 & 3; Goodison 1; Engelmann 1; USNM; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; D. Bachman; Yonge; Maddison 1; Coffeen 9; Moskowitz; J.A. Bennett 1 and 2; ADL; Daumas 1; Olivia Brown 4; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| MARTIN, C. FRANCOIS | France, c.1807, | C. François Martin; invented a slide rule for conversion of weights and measures to the metric system; author. | Toulon. | Offenbacher 29, 1977. | |
| MARTIN, FELIX | England, c.1825, MIM NIM | Wind Street, Swansea. | Peate. | ||
| MARTIN, FRANCIS | England, c.1683, MIM | apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 13, 1683 for eight years. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| MARTIN, HENRY | England, c.1850, PHIM | scale maker. | Reading. | RSW. | |
| MARTIN, I. | Germany, 1693, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1693 = Musée Historique de Neuchatel. | probably Johann Martin. | RSW. | |
| MARTIN, JAMES | England, fl.1784-94, MIM | probably the brother of John Martin 1; apprenticed to John Troughton 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1768; free of the Company May 6, 1784; took apprentices. | 25 Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1787); Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1792); 23 Dean Street, Fetter Lane (1794); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| MARTIN, JOHANN | Germany, 1642-1721, MIM SIM | made a great variety of sundials of very high quality; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL, OXF, NMM, WHI, USNM, DEU, FLO, AUG, LEY, HAK, etc.; also made pedometers and an astronomical clock at MUN. | step-brother of Johann Willebrand; step-uncle to Johann Martin Willebrand; invented the crescent sundial; some of his sundials are signed "Masig"; P. Masig was his agent in London; dated instruments are 1693, 1706 and 1710. | Frankfort; Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; NMM 2; USNM; Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; W. Eckhardt 3; Syndram; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| MARTIN, JOHN 1 | England, c.1766, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 2, 1766; probably brother of James Martin who was also in the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| MARTIN, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | watchmaker; clockmaker; jeweler; sometimes signed "Jno. Martin." | High Street, Maidstone. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Baillie 1. |
| MARTIN, JOSHUA LOVER | England, fl.1774-82, MIM NIM OIM | Quadrant = KEN; Telescope = KEN. | son of Benjamin Martin; see Martin and Son; patented an improvement on Hadley's quadrant in 1774; took out a patent for drawing brass tubes, 1782; quadrant signed "Martin Invt. et fecit London." | Taylor 2(289); H.C. King 2; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Millburn 8. | |
| MARTIN, PETER | England, c.1800, MIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1792; free of the Company May 1, 1800. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MARTIN, THOMAS | England, c.1794, | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1794. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MARTIN, W.B. | USA, c.1850, | engraved globes made by Gilman Joslin. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| MARTINDALE, ADAM | England, 1623-86, | invented a dialing instrument; author. | Warrington, Lancashire (1663); Rotherton, Cheshire; Leigh, Lancashire. | Taylor 1(211). | |
| MARTINELLE, L., AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/28/73. | probably a misreading of L. Martinelli and Sons. | RSW. | |
| MARTINELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| MARTINELLI AND SON | England, post-1838, OIM PHIM | barometer makers; see Lewis Martinelli (3) and Son. | 62 King Street, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(1929). | |
| MARTINELLI, A., AND WM. DAY AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | probably Alfred Martinelli. | 70 Union Street, Borough, London. | RSW. |
| MARTINELLI, ALFRED | England, fl.1839-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | thermometer maker; succeeded by his widow, Mrs. E. Martinelli in 1851. | 43 Union Street, Borough (1839); 96 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth (1843-44); 18 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth (1845-51); all in London. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. |
| MARTINELLI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MARTINELLI, D. | England, c.1802, PHIM | barometer maker. | Grays Inn Road, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MARTINELLI, JR. | England, c.1846, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Taylor 2(1929). | |
| MARTINELLI, L. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | marked "Warranted"; could be Lewis Martinelli 1 or 3. | RSW. | |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS (3), AND SON | England, fl.1838-46, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer, rosewood = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | opticians; looking glass maker; thermometer makers; see Lewis Martinelli 3. | 62 King Street, Borough, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS 1 | England, fl.1830-38, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 102 London Road, Brighton. | Bell 2; Taylor 2(1929); Dewhirst. | |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS 2 | England, fl.1803-11, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 6/27/88 (No. 82). | carver; gilder; print seller; barometer and thermometer maker. | 82 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS 3 | England, fl.1834-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X (4). | thermometer maker; Bell thought that Lewis Martinelli 2 and 3 were the same person; the clock in one of the barometers is signed "T. Combe, Camberwell." | 62 King Street, Borough, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MARTINELLI, MRS. E. | England, fl.1851-53, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded her husband, Alfred Martinelli, in 1851. | 18 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth. London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARTINELLI, P. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARTINELLI, P., RONCHETTI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Coventry. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARTINELLI, P.L.D., AND CO. | England, fl.1799, PHIM | barometer makers. | 82 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MARTINELLI, W., AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see William Martinelli. | 54 Snows Fields, Borough, London. | Goodison 1. |
| MARTINELLI, WILLIAM | England, fl.1840-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1970). | some of the barometers are signed "W. Martinelli, Snows Fields, Bermondsey", others just "W. Martinelli." | 21 Wells Street, Oxford Street (1840); 5 Friars Street, Blackfriars (1841); 120 Snows Fields, Bermondsey (1853-59); all in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| MARTINEZ, D. FRANCISCO | Spain, 1781, NIM | Lodestone, 1781 = MAN-I 23. | Garcia Franco 1. | ||
| MARTINEZ, JOSE | Spain, 1853, NIM | Binnacle, 1853 = MAN-I 51; Compass, 1853 = MAN- I 60. | Ferrol. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| MARTINOIA, G. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | York. | Bell 2. | |
| MARTINOIA, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| MARTINOLA, G. | misreading for G. Martinoia. | Bell 2. | |||
| MARTINOT | France, MIM | Armillary Sphere = X. | Paris? | Pastoreau. | |
| MARTINOT, GILLES | France, MIM | Instrument = D.(1964). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MARTINOT, LUDOVICUS | France, fl. 1598-1631, MIM | Astrolabe, 1598 = ADL-M31; Astronomical Volvelle, 1631 = Soth. 6/25/68-14. | ICA-212. | Sens. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Price 1; GHP; ICA 2; ADL; RSW. |
| MARTINS | see Pistor and Martins. | Weil and Baden; RSW. | |||
| MARTYN, THOMAS | England, late 18th Century, | T.C.; ship's chandler. | No. 208 near King Edward Stairs, Wapping, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| MARU, G. | Italy, fl.1743-47, MIM | Armillary Sphere with Planetarium, 1747 = LOS; Astronomical Ring, 1743 = LOS. | Louvain-type astronomical ring is c.1580; Maru is certainly owner; armillary sphere signed "G. Maru Caboga"; signed on base of stand "G.M.F.C." and "G. Maru fecit C."; planetarium has two planets, one with a ring. | Caboga. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. |
| MARX AND PETLEY | Australia, NIM | Dividers, navigational = P.C. | Sydney. | USNM. | |
| MARZORATI AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Holborn, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MARZORATI, E. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MARZORATTI AND RIVOTTA | England, PHIM | barometer makers; may be Marzoratti and F. Rivolta 2. | Reading. | Bell 2. | |
| MASCAGNE, DANGELO | Italy, PHIM | Measure = Koller 11/7/63. | Certosino. | RSW. | |
| MASEFIELD, ROBERT | England, 1767, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1767 = X. | Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| MASIC | see Masig. | RSW. | |||
| MASIG, P. | England, c.1720, | Crescent Sundials = OXFB-106, NMM, Roussel-98, OXF, Soth. 9/20/83; Augsburg-type Sundials = ADL-M301, OXF, NMM. | these instruments were made by Johann Martin and sold in England by his agent, P. Masig. | London. | Maddison 5; Engelmann 1; Taylor 1(525); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; ADL; RSW. |
| MASKELYNE, NEVIL | England, 1732-1811, | Astronomer Royal; claimed to have designed a prism micrometer; author. | Taylor 2(507); Dawsons 205; Phil. Trans. Vol. LXVII, 1777; Howse 3. | ||
| MASON 1 | England, fl.1809-60, MIM NIM SIM | Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/8/76; Sundial, circular = Christie 5/6/69; Mariner's Compass = EGE; Surveying Compass = Soth. 11/13/61-65. | may be Seacombe 2, Jonathan 2 or Thomas 1 Mason; mariner's and surveying compasses show address and signature. | 6 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MASON 2 | see Rabone and Mason. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |||
| MASON 3 | see Stanley, Belcher and Mason Ltd. | RSW. | |||
| MASON AND CO. | Ireland, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83, and 12/13/83; Surveying Level = Christie-SK 2/5/87; Microscope = D. | see Mason 1. | 11 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Coffeen; RSW. |
| MASON AND TYLER | USA, c.1820, PHIM | made small tools. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| MASON AND WRIGHT | USA, c.1853, MIM OIM PHIM | 13 Quarry, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| MASON, ALVA | USA, fl.1834-57, MIM PHIM | made chemical apparatus; probably related to T.W. Mason. | 24 Greenleaf's Court (1837); 89 South Fifth Street (1844); 91 South Fifth Street (1849); 89 South Fifth Street (1856-57); all in Philadephia, Pa. | Bryden 9 and 18; Reingold; USNM. | |
| MASON, G. | Scotland, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| MASON, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1674, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers'Company; free in the Company, 1674. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| MASON, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1832-58, MIM PHIM | 52 Squirrus Street, Bethnal Green Road, London. | Taylor 2(2176); O'Mara. | ||
| MASON, J. AND E. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| MASON, JAMES 1 | England, 1816, OIM | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1809, served for seven years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| MASON, JAMES 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | 14 Capel Street, Dublin. | RSW. | |
| MASON, JOHN ABRAHAM | England, c.1836, | designed "Masons' Hygrometer" in 1836; surgeon. | Pentonville, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MASON, JONATHAN 1 | USA, 1757-1808, MIM | son-in-law of Benjamin King 2; continued King's business after King's death in 1804; sea captain. | Lynde Street, Salem, Mass. | Bedini 8; Brewington 1. | |
| MASON, JONATHAN 2 | Ireland, 1784-1849, OIM | optician; see T. and J. Mason; on his own, 1809-12 and 1818-22. | 8 Arran Quay (1809); 9 Ormond Quay (1811); 14 Capel Street (1819-22); all in Dublin; 6 Patrick Street, Limerick (1846). | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| MASON, S. AND T. | Ireland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely Seacombe 2 and Thomas C. Mason. | 3 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Goodison 1. |
| MASON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1712-14, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1704,for eight years; free of the Company Sept. 29, 1712; took an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| MASON, SEACOMBE (2) AND THOMAS 1 | Ireland, fl.1836-80, MIM OIM PHIM | firm still going in 1880. | 6 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Taylor 2(2176a). | |
| MASON, SEACOMBE 1 | Ireland, 1748-1804, OIM | established his business in 1780; succeeded by Thomas (1) and Jonathan (2) Mason. | 8 Arran Quay, Dublin (1780-1804). | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| MASON, SEACOMBE 2 | Ireland, 1808-92, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = WHI. | optician until 1836, then joined with Thomas Mason 1, making optical and mathematical instruments. | 6 Essex Bridge (1838-44); 11 Essex Bridge (1845-64); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(2176a); RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MASON, STANDISH | Ireland, fl.1839-41, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/15/89. | optician; son of Thomas Mason 1. | 2 Upper Ormund Quay, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| MASON, T. AND J. | Ireland, fl.1805-17, OIM | Thomas Mason 1 and Jonathan Mason 2. | 8 Arran Quay (1805-08); 3 Essex Bridge (1813-17); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| MASON, T.W. | USA, fl.1850-64, MIM NIM PHIM | probably related to Alva Mason. | 89 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| MASON, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, fl.1780-1840, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1971). | T.C.; succeeded Seacombe Mason 1; established in 1780; listed as an optician until 1836, then as an optical and mathematical instrument maker with Seacombe Mason 2; "Instrument Maker to His Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Court." | 4 Essex Bridge (1809) & (1820); 3 Essex Bridge (1810-19) & (1821-36); 6 Essex Bridge (1827-38); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Taylor 2(2176a); RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MASON, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1852-56, MIM PHIM | succeeded Henry Nelson. | 2 Gloucester Street, Queen Square, London. | O'Mara. | |
| MASON, THOMAS H. | Ireland, 1877-1958, MIM PHIM | Polar Planimeter = OXF. | T.C.; "Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Maker to His Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Court"; surely a descendent of Thomas Mason 1; the planimeter is signed "T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin." | 21 Parliament Street; 5 and 6 Dame Street near the Castle; both in Dublin. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MASPOLI | see Soldini and Maspoli | Goodison 1. | |||
| MASPOLI, A., AND CO. | England, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Augustus Maspoli. | Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| MASPOLI, AUGUSTUS | England, fl.1826-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometers = X (5), Soth.-S 4/24/87, Soth. 12/13/88, etc. | also made themometers and telescopes; signed variously "Augustine Maspoli"," Augustino Maspoli" or "A. Maspoli, 79 Lowgate, Hull"; T.C. | 49 Salthouse Lane (1826-31); 79 Lowgate (1835-51); both in Hull. | Taylor 2(2177); Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| MASPOLI, AUGUSTUS AND JAMES | England, fl.1831-35, PHIM | barometer makers. | 49 Salthouse Lane (1831); 79 Lowgate (1835); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| MASPOLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a misreading of James Maspoli. | Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| MASPOLI, JAMES | England, fl.1826-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | the barometer is signed "J. Maspoli"; also sold looking glasses and jewelry; partner with Pasqual Soldini as P. Soldini and Maspoli; partner with Augustus Maspoli, which see. | 49 Salthouse Lane (1831); 79 Lowgate (1835); 17 Robinson Row (1839-48); 9 Robinson Row (1851-59); all in Hull. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MASPOLI, MONTI AND CO. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmakers; the partner may have been P. Monti. | Sandwich. | Goodison 1. |
| MASPOLI, P. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/6/73. | 13 John Street, Westgate, Bradford. | RSW. | |
| MASPOLI, P. AND V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Canterbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| MASSE, IOANNES | Italy, 1559, MIM SIM | Surveying Square, 1559 = P.C. | signed "Ioannes Masse, Lombardellus Castellanus", the last two names being a region and/or a town. | Lombardy. | RSW. |
| MASSET, LOUIS | Switzerland, c.1857, MIM | showed in the Great London Exhibition of 1851. | Yverdon. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MASSEY, EDWARD | England, fl.1790-1857, NIM | Log = AMST; Sounder = WHI. | called himself "the Younger"; invented a mechanical log in 1802 which was used by the Admiralty from 1807 to 1815; invented a deep sea sounder; author; T.C. | Newcastle-on-Tyne; Stanley; Newcastle, Staff.; Scholes near Prescot; Liverpool; Coventry; Hanley, Staff.; Saracen's Head, Snow Hill (1818); Clerkenwell (1834-38); last two in London. | Taylor 2(1181); Bedini 8; Treherne; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Wynter and Turner; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 1 & 2. |
| MASSI, CHARLES | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 38 Seward Street, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(2178). | ||
| MASSINO, PETER | Scotland, fl.1805-15, PHIM | Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X; Set of Philosophical Bubbles = P.C. | Canongate (1808); West College Street (1809-11); Fountain Close (1812-14); North College Street (1815); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low 1. | |
| MASSUCCI, PAUL | Italy, 1604, MIM | Goniometer, 1604 = FLO-461. | Lucca. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| MASSY, HENRY | England, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 8/7/54. | London. | RSW. | |
| MASTAGLIO AND MOLTENI | England, fl.1841-47, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 24-25 Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MASTAGLIO AND TACCHI | England, fl.1853-62, PHIM | T.C.; barometer and thermometer makers. | 132 High Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland. | Crawforth 1. | |
| MASTAGLIO, FORNELLI AND MOLTENI | England, fl.1837-41, PHIM | barometer makers; Taylor described it as a London firm and spelled Molteni as Moltani; V. Mastaglio, Fornelli and C. Molteni. | Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(2179). | |
| MASTAGLIO, V. | England, fl.1850-60, PHIM | barometer maker; probably a partner in Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni and in Mastaglio and Molteni. | 24 Grainger Street (1851-53); 45 Grainger Street (1855-60); 4 Carliol Square (1857-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MASTERS, J.N. | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer in clock = K. and C. 7/13/73. | Rye. | RSW. | |
| MATHER | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = MSI. | Liverpool. | USNM. | |
| MATHER, JOHN | England, c.1824, MIM | see Critchley and Mather. | 3 North Side Old Dock, Liverpool. | Crawforth 6. | |
| MATHER, S.P. | USA, fl.1845-60, | held two patents for submarine telescopes; may be the same as the Mather from Liverpool. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| MATHERS, THOMAS | Scotland, c.1848, MIM OIM | 88 Glassford Street, Glasgow (1848). | Bryden 3. | ||
| MATHESON AND CO. | Scotland, NIM | Octant = MYS. | T.C. in octant box in the Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway. | 68 Tolbooth Wynd, Leith. | RSW. |
| MATHEWS, JOHN | England, c.1742, | apprenticed to John Tracy of the Grocers' Company on March 31, 1742. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MATHEWS, SAMUEL | England, c.1694, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Grocers' Company on June 19, 1694. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MATHIESEN AND RITTER | England, c.1840, NIM | Marine Compass in gimbals = DeLuca 8/1/87. | marked "By Royal Letters Patent." | 17 Gracechurch Street, London. | RSW. |
| MATINELLI, W. | see William Martinelli. | RSW. | |||
| MATLOCK, TIMOTHY | USA, c.1734-1829, MIM | Bedini 8. | |||
| MATTEY, JEAN PIERRE | France, 1798, MIM | Rule, 1798 = Accademia delle Scienze, Turin. | signed "In. Pre. Mattey"; also marked "Inspe. re Gene. des Poids et Mesures" and "Piede Liprando di Piemonte"; mechanician. | Sartori. | |
| MATTHEWS, ALFRED | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| MATTHEWS, T. | Australia, NIM | Artificial Horizon = Cabrillo Marine Museum, Cal. | Sydney. | USNM. | |
| MATTHEWS, T.B. | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | 9 Athol Place, Pentonville, London. | RSW. | |
| MATTHEWS, W. AND J. | England, c.1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably William Matthews a watch and clockmaker of Penrith, c.1834. | Burrowgate, Penrith and Kendal. | Goodison 1. |
| MATTHEY | England, c.1851, MIM | see Johnson and Matthey. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| MATTIE, P., BROS. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony = D.(1974). | North Shields and Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| MATTMULLER, GERVASIUS | Germany; Austria, fl.1645-87, OIM | Gervasius Mattmüller; made telescopes for Rheita; "Imperial Court Optician", c.1687. | Augsburg; Vienna. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | |
| MAUGHAN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Beverly. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAULEVANT | France, c.1750, MIM SIM | Pocket Sundial, gilt-brass = Wray; Sectors = BASH, P.C.; Rule = Chevau 10/10/75; Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-DPW43d; Cube Sundial = WHI. | made sundials and topographical instruments. | Paris. | Michel 3; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| MAULEVAUT | see Maulevant | Michel 3; RSW. | |||
| MAURITJ, JOANNIS, DE TISSOTIS | c.1800, MIM SIM | Surveying Compendium = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Drouot said "Italie?". | RSW. | |
| MAURSTOTTER UND STERR | Germany, 1719, OIM | Telescopes, parchment = DEU-56898, DEU (1719). | Mathies Maurstotter and Johann Sterr; what about Mur und Sterr? same date, same instrument, same town. | Freising. | Price 2. |
| MAURSTOTTER, MATHIES | Germany, c.1719, OIM | see Maurstotter und Sterr. | Freising. | Price 2. | |
| MAUTEVAUT | misreading of Maulevant. | ||||
| MAVER, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAVER, JOHN | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 46 Baldwin Gardens, London. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | |
| MAVER, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 10/8/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| MAVERICK, SAMUEL | USA, d.1770, | apprenticed to Isaac Greenwood 2; killed in the Boston Massacre. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8. | |
| MAVERLEY, T. | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Balance = Phillips 10/5/76. | RSW. | ||
| MAVERO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAW AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope = D.(1972). | see S. Maw, Son and Thompson. | Aldersgate Street, London. | Moskowitz 104. |
| MAW, S., AND SON | England, c.1890, PHIM | Fitzroy-type Barometer = Meteorological Station, Bracknell. | London. | Middleton 1. | |
| MAW, S., SON AND THOMPSON | England, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/2/84; Balance = Christie 10/6/76. | see Maw and Son; the balance is signed "S. Mawson and Thompson"; probably a misreading! | Aldersgate Street, London. | RSW. |
| MAWE | England, c.1820, PHIM | made sets of solids. | 149 Strand, London. | Bryden 9. | |
| MAWSON AND SWAN | England, OIM | Microscope = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | RSW. | |
| MAWSON, JOHN | England, c.1860, | T.C.; retailer of optical instruments. | 9 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Calvert 2. | |
| MAWSON, S., AND THOMPSON | misreading of S. Maw, Son and Thompson. | Christie 10/6/76. | |||
| MAXAM, RICHARD | England, c.1655, | apprenticed to Hugh Bolter in the Woodmongers' Company in 1645; free of the Company, 1655. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| MAXWELL, JOHN | England, c.1712, MIM | globe maker; see Senex and Maxwell; also worked with Charles Price; T.C. | at the Globe in Salisbury Court, London. | Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner. | |
| MAY, JOHANNES | Holland, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, gilt and silver = PAK-126. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Parkington Cat.; RSW. | |
| MAYCOCK, S.M. | England, MIM | Compass with prism = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | RSW. | ||
| MAYEN, JOACHIM FREDERIK | Germany, c.1744, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | author; described a type of simple microscope. | Dresden. | Daumas 1. |
| MAYER 1 | France, pre-1782, MIM | made a stage for a Magni (Magny) microscope. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | |
| MAYER 2 | Universal Ring Sundial = TIM = Soth. 12/3/76. | with an alidade instead of a bridge; Williams' work? | RSW. | ||
| MAYER, JACOP | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Pedometer = LOS. | Vienna. | USNM. | |
| MAYER, JOSEF DANILE | see Josef Danile Mayr. | Lübke; Bobinger 2. | |||
| MAYER, LAURENTIUS | Germany, 1648, MIM | Cannon Sight, 1647 = SKO; Artillery Level, 1648 = SKO; Table Sundial, 1648 = SKO. | marked "Stuckhaubtman." | Price 2; RSW. | |
| MAYER, MATTHEW JAMES | England, c.1811, MIM | held a patent for an "instantaneous light machine." | Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(1386). | |
| MAYER, TOBIAS | Germany, 1723-62, MIM SIM | Geodetic Instruments = X. | invented a repeating circle to be used in his method of determining longitude from lunar distances; author; F.R.S. | Göttingen. | Taylor 2(636); Forbes; USNM; Bedini 8; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| MAYLIN, JOHN | England, c.1770, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on April 12, 1763; free of the company on July 3, 1770. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MAYNARD, WILLIAM | France, pre-1690, MIM | mentioned by Bonanni in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Paris. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| MAYNESTONE, JOHN | England, c.1661, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 25, 1653 (os); free of the Company on July 5, 1661. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MAYNOTT | England, 1826, PHIM | Set of weights, 1826 = Soth. 9/20/83. | RSW. | ||
| MAYO | see Lawrence and Mayo. | ||||
| MAYO, HENRY | USA, c.1850, NIM | T.C. in Spencer, Browning and Co. octant box. | No. 28 atlantic Avenue, east of Lewis Wharf, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| MAYO, THOMAS | Scotland, fl.1710-d.1719, NIM | ship's chandler; may have made nautical instruments. | on the Shore, Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| MAYO, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, | apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company, July 3, 1756. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MAYR, JOSEF DANILE | Germany, 1713-73, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = KAS. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Lübke; Zinner 1. | |
| MAYR, WOLFGANG | Germany, 1604, MIM | Multiple Sundial, 1604 = VIE. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| MAZILIER | France, MIM | Planetarium on top of clock = Drouot 12/21/66. | Metz. | RSW. | |
| MAZZOLENI, MARC ANTONIO | Italy, fl.pre-1597-1610, MIM | worked in the Arsenal in Venice, pre-1597-99; made Galileo's military sector, 1599 on; worked in Galileo's home in Padua, 1599-1610. | Venice; Padua (1599-1610). | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Bedini. | |
| MAZZOLETTI | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | 81 High Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| MAZZUCHI | England, PHIM | see A. Satorelli and Mazzuchi. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| MAZZUCHI AND CO. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | see B. Mazzuchi and Co. | Gloucester. | RSW. |
| MAZZUCHI, B., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| MCALL | misreading for M'Call. | RSW. | |||
| MCALLISTER 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MCALLISTER 2 | USA, c. 1875, OIM | Telescope = D.(1987). | "optician." | New York, N.Y. | Coffeen 15. |
| MCALLISTER AND BARETTA | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Transit = X. | Smart 1. | ||
| MCALLISTER AND BROTHER | USA, fl.1854-79, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = D.(1971), P.C. (2). | William Y. and J. McAllister; moved to New York before 1867. | Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; USNM; RSW. |
| MCALLISTER AND CO. | USA, fl.1838-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer, hydrometer and saccharometer makers; wholesale; firm established in 1783 by William Y. McAllister. | 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| MCALLISTER, J. | USA, fl.1854-79, OIM | in partnership with older brother, William Y. McAllister; moved to New York before 1867; see McAllister and Brother. | Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| MCALLISTER, T.H. | USA, pre-1867, OIM | Microscope = D.(1987). | may be a misreading for, or a son of, W.Y. McAllister. | New York, N.Y. | Purtle; Coffeen 15. |
| MCALLISTER, WILLIAM Y. | USA, fl.1783-1854, MIM OIM | Magnetic Compass = D.(1977). | established his firm in 1783; James Queen joined him in 1852, becoming a partner in 1853; the partnership was dissolved in 1854 when William's younger brother, J. McAllister took over; see McAllister and Brother, and McAllister and Co.; the magnetic compass was signed "McAllister." | 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Giordano. |
| MCARTHUR | OIM | Compact Microscope = Christie 10/6/76. | RSW. | ||
| MCCANN, JAMES | USA, c.1837, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = USNM. | McCann was granted a patent on a circumferenter in 1837; married in 1824. | Newmarket, Va. | USNM; Smart 1. |
| MCCLUER, H. | USA, c.1834, | McCluer patented a sundial in 1834. | Hamburg, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| MCCORMICK, JAMES | USA, c.1854, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| MCCOSKRIE, JAMES | USA, c.1846, MIM | won a diploma for a spirit level at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1846; Davenport, Quincy and Co. acted as his New York agents. | Cambridgeport, Mass. | USNM. | |
| MCCREARY, B.F. | USA, 1847, PHIM | received a silver medal "for the best electric Machines" in 1847. | 107 Norfolk Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| MCCULLOCH, A. | England, c.1840, OIM | Microscope = KEN. | 18 Blucher Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| MCCULLOCH, KENNETH | England, fl.1776-1802, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Azimuth Compass, 1788 = MAN-I 50 | McCulloch; T.C.; "Compass-Maker to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence"; granted a patent in 1788. | 38 Minories, London (1791). | Taylor 2(869); Crawforth 1; Garcia Franco 1; Clay and Court. |
| MCDONALD, JAMES 1 | England, 1797, | Sextant, 1797 = PEA. | probably the owner. | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| MCDONALD, JAMES 2 | Scotland, fl.1847-52, PHIM | 56 Potteror (1847-48); 36 Lothian Street (1849-50); 4 Hill Place (1852); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| MCDONALD, JAMES 3 | Scotland, fl.1854-57, PHIM | 37 Union Street (1854); 192 Argyle Street (1855-57); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| MCDONALD, P., AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometer = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| MCEVOY, GEORGE | Ireland, c.1743, NIM | Backstaves = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, X (1743). | McEvoy; the backstaff in the Pannett Park Museum was supposedly used by James Cook when an apprentice in Whitby. | Temple Bar, Dublin. | RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MCGREAVES AND CO. | Scotland; England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 12/2/74. | Glasgow; Greenock?; Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| MCGREGOR AND GARDNER | Scotland, c.1834, MIM PHIM | Robert Gardner moved his business to London in 1885, it was carried on by his grandson, Malcolm Gardner, who dealt in rare books. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1934); USNM. | |
| MCGREGOR, D., AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1848-1900, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM; Octants = D., FRK = RSM (2), etc; Sextants = D.(1972), FRK = RSM (2); Telescopes = Custom House, Barnstable, Mass., D.(1976), FRK = RSM (2); Stick Barometers = Christie 5/26/76; Christie-Chester 3/9/83; Sympiesometer, Adie-type = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway; Compasses = FRK = RSM (2); Azimuth Compass = FRK = RSM; Tell-tale Compass = Soth. 6/1/88, D.(1989); etc. | "Nautical Instument Maker to the Royal Navy." | 38, 39 and 40 Clyde Place, Glasgow; branches in Greenock, Liverpool and London. | Bryden 3; Calvert 2; USNM; Morrison-Low 1; Rinaldi 23; RSW. |
| MCGREGOR, DUNCAN | Scotland, fl.1844-55, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = SFM, FRK = RSM; Marine Barometer = VNN; Pelorus = MSI; Telescopes = D.(1968), FRK = RSM; Marine Compass = Soth. 6/21/83; Octant = FRK = RSM; Sextant = FRK = RSM. | chronometer maker; became D. McGregor and Co. (1848-1900); T.C.; most instruments signed "D. McGregor"; "Nautical Instrument Maker to the Royal Navy"; see Heron and McGregor. | 24 Clyde Place (1844-54); 38 Clyde Place (1855); both in Glasgow; 8 William Street, Greenock (1855). | Calvert 2; Bryden 3; Bell 2; USNM; Morrison-Low 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| MCHUGH, M. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | McHugh. | Staleybridge. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MCINTOSH, THOMAS | England, fl.1763-84, MIM OIM | Microscope = D.(1983). | T.C.; microscope signed "McIntosh Real Maker." | at the Archimedes and Golden Spectacles, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; at the Archimedes and Globe, opposite Long Acre, four doors from Great Queen Street; both in London. | Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Coffeen C; USNM; Clay and Court. |
| MCLACHLAN, JOHN | England, 1791, MIM | apprenticed to Colin Mackenzie; free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 5, 1791. | Clay and Court. | ||
| MCNUTT, WM. | MIM | Bevel Gauge, wood = PMS. | RSW. | ||
| MCPHERSON, R. | Scotland, fl.1825-26, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | McPherson, carver and gilder. | High Street, Dumfries. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MCQUAY, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1815-20, MIM | 29 Great Strand Street (1815-17); Bridgefoot Street (1818-20); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| MCQUIBAN, JAMES | Scotland?, MIM | Orrery, brass = P.C. (1983) = Auction, London. | RSW | ||
| MCQUIBAN, WILLIAM | Scotland, NIM | Octant, large, ebony = Christie 6/7/72. | Forres. | RSW. | |
| ME | 1802, MIM | Pocket Sundial, 1802, round, wood = Pugsley Sale. | RSW. | ||
| MEADES, THOMAS | England, fl.1687-98, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1679; free of the Company, April 4, 1687; took an apprentice. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MEARS, JNO. | England, c.1770, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. | Cloth Lane, London. | Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983. | |
| MEARS, JOS. | Water Clock, dated 1697 = ADL-A121. | modern work. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| MEARS, R. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = K. & C. 3/19/75; Wheel Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MEATING | misreading for Heating. | RSW. | |||
| MEBEL | misreading for Nebel | Mystic Seaport, Conn.; RSW. | |||
| MEDCALF, S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Steeple Bumstead. | Goodison 1. | |
| MEDICI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| MEDICI, RUDOLF | Germany, d.1430, MIM | Equatorium = Stams Stift. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| MEDINA, PEDRO | Spain, c.1540, | author of books on navigation. | Seville. | Michel 3. | |
| MEDINGER, EUGENE F. | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM | T.C.; chronometer maker; see Duren and Medinger; Henry Duren. | 115 Broad Street, near Front Street; 130 (or 180) Water Street; both in New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| MEDINGER, F. | USA, | T.C. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 101. | |
| MEDLAND, WILLIAM | England, c.1795, | citizen and gunmaker; reported favorably on William Elliot 1 in the hearing to grant Elliot the freedom of the Joiners' Company by Patrimony, on Dec. 1, 1795. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| MEDTMAN, ANTONIUS | see T.M. | Olivia Brown 2. | |||
| MEEKE | England, | Garden Sundial, 1665 = Christie 9/11/86. | reproduction. | Dover. | RSW. |
| MEER, I. VAN DER | Holland, 1767, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1767 = Fundatie van Renswoude. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; de Rijk. | |
| MEEUWIG, H. | Holland, c.1865, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = D.(1982). | Haarlem. | Coffeen A. | |
| MEGAREY | variant spelling for Megary, which see. | RSW. | |||
| MEGARY, ALEXANDER | Ireland; England; USA, 1790-1850, MIM NIM SIM | Wye Levels = D.(1976), Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Western Reserve Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (1965), P.C. (1958), Pugsley Coll., Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio, etc.; Transit = U. of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Dry Card Compass = MYS; Plain Compass = D.(1993). | apprenticed to William Morris in London before 1820; variant spellings are Megeary and Mageary; some of his instruments were probably bought, not made, by him. | 54 Grand (1825-27); 64 Lispenard (1827-28); 3 Thames (1828-29); 19 Pearl (1829-30); 196 Water (1830-31); 238 Water (1831-35); 190 Water (1835-43); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Warner 14; Crawforth 1; Garcelon 33, 34; RSW. |
| MEGEARY, ALEXANDER | see Alexander Magearey; see Alexander Megary; may all three be same person; Crawforth said he may have come to the U.S.A. after serving an apprenticeship in London. | Crawforth 2; RSW. | |||
| MEGELE | France, MIM | Compass Sundial, round = Soth. 5/10/54. | Vienne. | RSW. | |
| MEGELE, JOSEPH | Italy, 1775, OIM | mechanician at the Milan Observatory, 1775. | Milan. | Daumas 1. | |
| MEGNIE LE JEUNE | Mégnié le Jeune; see Pierre Bernard Mégnié. | Daumas 1. | |||
| MEGNIE, PIERRE BERNARD | France; Spain, 1751-1807, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = CNAM (3); Equatorial Telescope = POB. | Mégnié; instrument maker for Lavoisier and Cassini IV; made balances, telescopes, etc.; also signed as "Mégnié le Jeune"; Daumas thought it was to distinguish himself from his father and his uncle who were both master locksmiths in Dijon. | Paris; Madrid (1786-93); Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| MEHLHOM UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1845-46, PHIM | Thermometer = DRE. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| MEHR, GEO. | USA, MIM | patented and made a type of sundial, made of marble and showing the time of day and the distance of 19 cities from Philadelphia. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| MEIKLE, HENRY | England, fl.1819-28, MIM PHIM | made a syphon-hydrometer in 1828. | London. | Taylor 2(1387). | |
| MEINUNG, CARL LUDWIG | USA, fl.1743-1817, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Scale = Old Salem, Inc., North Carolina. | surveyor. | Salem, North Carolina. | Bedini 8. |
| MEISSNER, A. | Germany, c.1861, MIM OIM | Telescope = Duke's County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.; Skaphe Sundial, 1861 = Koller 11/17/75 = WHI. | sundial invented by H. Schmeisser. | Berlin. | Bryden 16; RSW. |
| MEISTER, EDWARD | Germany; USA, 1853-1928, MIM SIM | successor to F.W. and R. King, 1876; worked in Baltimore from 1876 to 1928. | Kassel; 226 West Baltimore, Baltimore Md. (1876-1928). | Smart 1. | |
| MEKKEN, JAN | Holland, MIM | made astronomical clocks. | Wieringen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| MELA AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Bell 2. | ||
| MELBOURNE, RICHARD | England, 1631, MIM | Astrolabe, 1631, ICA-438 = KEN. | another astrolabe, 1631 at the BM is signed "R.M." 1 which see. | Taylor 1(167); Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| MELIA | France, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1989). | RSW. | ||
| MELLEN | see Melling. | RSW. | |||
| MELLER, JOSEPH | England, fl.1825-26, PHIM | barometer maker. | 28 Princes Street, Birmingham. | Bell 2; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1642). | |
| MELLIN | see Melling. | Goodison 1. | |||
| MELLIN, JOHN | see John Melling. | Court and von Rohr 3(V); Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Goodison 1. | |||
| MELLING | see Dawson and Melling. | RSW. | |||
| MELLING AND CO. | England, fl.1846-51, MIM NIM | T.C.; successors to Bywater and Co.; "Chart agents to the Rt. Honble., the Lords Commissers. of the Admiralty." | 39 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Crawforth 1. | |
| MELLING AND PAYNE | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Sextant, ebony = FRK. | see Edward Melling and Co. | 39 South Castle Street, Navigation Warehouse, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. |
| MELLING, EDWARD, AND CO. | England, fl.1847-51, MIM | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | ||
| MELLING, JOHN | England, fl.1680-1703, OIM PHIM | made very fine lenses, microscopes and barometers; variant spellings are; Mellins, Mellin or Malling. | Abchurch Lane, Lombard Street, London. | Taylor 1(359); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(V). | |
| MELLINGER, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1567-93, MIM | Sundial, round, wood = Braunschweig Stadtische Museum. | Halle; Jena; Celle. | Zinner 1. | |
| MELLINS | see Melling. | Goodison 1. | |||
| MELLISH, MR. | probably Melling. | Taylor 1(359); Goodison 1. | |||
| MELLONI, MACEDONIO | Italy; France1798-1854, | improved the design of the thermopile. | Parma; Paris (1831-39); Italy. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MELLORIO, JOAO AND M.ALZ | Portugal, c.1800, NIM | Compass = LIM. | RSW. | ||
| MELVILLE | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bearne's 2/17/92. | London. | RSW. | |
| MELVILLE, DUNDAS, AND WHITSON | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = Soth. 1/27/75. | RSW. | ||
| MELVILLE, GEORGE, AND CO. | England, c.1830, OIM | 126 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham; 17 Thavies Inn, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1935). | ||
| MELVILLE, RICHARD | Scotland; England; Ireland, fl.1843-51, MIM | Sundial, nine gnomons = RSM; Garden Sundial, slate , "Glasgow" = X; Garden Sundial, slate, 51°31',"London" = Soth. 2/2/76; Garden Sundial, slate, = Phillips 2/14/79; Garden Sundial, stone = Soth. 7/22/64; Garden Sundial, "Liverpool" = D.(1976); Sundials = RSM (5), FRK = RSM, X. | most of the dials are signed "R. Melville." | Glasgow; London; Liverpool; Dublin. | Moskowitz; Bryden 9; Darius 3; Morrison-Low 1; Somerville; RSW. |
| MELVIN, RICHARD | Ireland; Scotland, fl.1842-71, MIM | Sundials = William Brown Museum, Liverpool, Cathedral of the Isles, Millport (1851); Sundials = X (1864), (1871). | his dials are reminescent of Richard Melville. | Armagh (1842); 9 Little Wellington Street, Dublin; Glasgow (1846). | D. Crawforth; Somerville. |
| MENAN | misreading for Menant? | Wray. | |||
| MENANT, T. | France, fl.1720-43, MIM SIM | made many sundials, mainly Butterfield-type; sundial, large, square, 1743, constructed for Clermont; also made sectors, folding squares and graphometers; his work can be seen in many museums including NOR, PAK, BM, VEN, etc. | au Butterfield, Paris. | Morpurgo; Moskowitz; Coffeen F; Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| MENARD | see Le Bas et Ménard. | Daumas 1. | |||
| MENARD, GUILLAUME, L'AINE | France, fl.1663-91, OIM | Guillaume Ménard l'aîné; made microscopes and telescopes; worked with Philippe-Claude Le Bas as Le Bas et Ménard; worked with Chapotot to make the binocular telescope for Chérubin. | Quay de l'Horloge-du-Palais, à l'enseigne du Bon Pasteur, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| MENAUT | misreading for Menant. | Drouot 11/7/75. | |||
| MENDE | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Sundial = FIN-177. | Freiburg. | RSW. | |
| MENDELSSOHN | England, c.1810, MIM PHIM | made air pumps and mathematical instruments. | Great College Street, Blackfriars Road, London. | Taylor 2(1388); USNM; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| MENDELSSOHN, KARL THEODOR NATHAN | Germany, 1782-1852, NIM PHIM | his workshop flourished, 1808-13; it produced sextants, balances and air pumps; Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor worked for him, and took over the workshop. | Berlin. | Weil and Baden. | |
| MENDENHALL, THOMAS | USA, fl.1770-91, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, No.4 = Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pa. | King and Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. (1770-80); 28 Strawberry Alley, Philadephia, Pa. (1790-91). | USNM; Smart 1. | |
| MENEELY AND CLATHOUT | misreading for Oothout | RSW. | |||
| MENEELY AND OOTHOUT | USA, fl.1836-38, MIM SIM | Wye Level = Christie 4/3/85; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C.(2), GUR, USNM (1837); Transit = P.C., D.(1838). | Andrew Meneely and Jonas Volkat Oothout, who retired in 1838; instruments signed "Warranted" probably were bought elsewhere. | West Troy, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Giordano 21; Warner 14. |
| MENEELY'S SONS, ANDREW | USA, fl.1852-63, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Edwin Andrew and George Rodney Meneely. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. |
| MENEELY, ANDREW | USA, 1802-51, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Milwaukee, Wis. Public Museum (1833), D.(1983), Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, Ohio (1850), P.C.,State Education Building, Albany, N.Y., GUR; Theodolites = D.(1984) (1833), RSM. | apprenticed to Julius Hanks, c.1817-23; worked with Horatio Hanks; partner of Jonas V. Oothout, 1836-38; T.C.; also made church bells; see Andrew Meneely and Son. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen E & F; RSW. |
| MENEELY, ANDREW, AND SON | USA, fl.1849-51, MIM SIM | Andrew and Edwin Andrew Meneely, his eldest son and partner in firm, 1849-51. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| MENEELY, EDWIN ANDREW | USA, 1828-87, MIM SIM | elder son of Andrew Meneely; see Andrew Meneely and Son; see Andrew Meneely's Sons. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| MENEELY, GEORGE RODNEY | USA, 1831-1915, MIM SIM | younger son of Andrew Meneely; see Andrew Meneely's Sons. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| MENNGER, HANS | Germany, 1567, MIM | member of compass maker guild; Master, 1567. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| MENNINGER, HANS | Germany, 1542, MIM | member of compass maker guild; Master, 1542. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| MENUSIER, HIERONIMUS | see Jérôme Vize. | Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |||
| MENZEL, WILIBALDUS | Germany?, 1566, MIM | Astrolabe, ICA-630, 1566 = St. Paul Stiftsgym. | Price 1; ICA 2; Zinner 1. | ||
| MENZIES, A. | England, NIM | Telescope, nautical = D.(1976). | King's Parade, Cambridge. | RSW. | |
| MERAS, HIERONYMOUS | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundial = VEN-14. | for 45° latitude. | Venice. | Price 2; Evans 1. |
| MERCATOR, GERARD | Belgium, 1512-94, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1541 = NMM, DRE, BASH, NUR, POB, HAR, ROM, etc.; Celestial Globes, 1541 = NMM, DRE, POB, NUR, ROM, etc.; Celestial Globes, 1551 = ADL-A255, NMM, BASH, AMST, NMM, POB, NUR, HAR; etc. | introduced Italianate script into northern Europe; developed the map projection named after him; real name was Gerhard de Cremer, the globes at the NMM are from the Mensing Collection; he was the director of Gemma Frisius' workshop to 1552. | Rupelmondanus; Louvain; Duisberg (1552). | Owsley 1; Michel 3; Maddison 2; Wynter 1; Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10; Rooseboom 1; Yonge; ADL; RSW. |
| MERCER, J.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Appleby. | Goodison 1. | |
| MERCHANT, ROBERT | England, fl.1740, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1740 = CNAM. | might have been a Frenchman. | Ithaca; Daumas 1; Taylor 2(383); RSW. | |
| MERCKLEIN, CHARLES | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Instruments = Libert et Castor 4/28/82, CNAM, P.C.(1987). | made a surveying instrument for triangulation that was invented by Hennon Dubois; instruments signed "Ch. Mercklein." | RSW. | |
| MEREDITH, NICHOLAS | England, fl.1791-1801, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 2/8/83, La Rochelle 7/16/83; Microscope = X; etc. | telescopes signed "Meredith, Bond Street London"; optical and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of York; author. | 91 New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(1011); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| MERIDITH, JOHN | England, fl.1782-1800, OIM | apprenticed to Henry Pyefinch of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 6, 1763; free of the Company, Oct. 10, 1782. | Court and von Rohr 3(187). | ||
| MERIGOT | France; Englandc.1807, MIM PHIM | may be J. Mérigot, a French engraver living in London in 1798; was a partner with Monk, a clockmaker; they made pyrometrical thermometers. | London (1798). | Taylor 2(747), (1182). | |
| MERILL AND DAVIES | see Merrill and Davis | RSW. | |||
| MERKLEIN UND ZIMMER | Germany, 1742-46, PHIM | Metallic Thermometer, 1746 = DRE; Telescope, Gregorian, 1742 = DRE. | J.S. Merklein and J.G. Zimmer; telescope marked "H.L." (3). | Schloss Reinharz. | RSW. |
| MERKLEIN, J.S. | Germany; Russia, fl.1742-74, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thermometer DRE; Artificial Lodestone = DRE; Telescope, 1761 = DRE; Circumferentor, 1774 = DRE; Mathematical Instrument Set, silver = Wray. | mathematical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Loeser at Reinharz; the Wray instrument set is marked "St. Petersburg"; the thermometer and lodestone are marked "Schloss Reinharz"; worked with J.G. Zimmer as Merklein und Zimmer, which see. | Dresden; Schloss Reinharz; St. Petersburg. | Zinner 1; Chaldecott 4; RSW. |
| MERLIN, JOHN JOSEPH | Belgium; England, b.1735-94, MIM PHIM | Lever Balance = Soth. 1/22/73. | harpsichord maker and inventor; made a mechanical gouty-chair in 1794; invented the first barbecue; made a nail violin in 1785; made fine timepieces. | Liège; Hanover Square, London (post-1760). | Maine Antique Digest, June 1987; RSW. |
| MERLINE, PAOLI | England, c.1858, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 72 Hatton Garden, London. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | |
| MERONE, JOSEPH | England, fl.1816-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Merone"; looking glass maker. | 98 Market Street (1816-22); 28 Market Street (1822-41); both in Manchester. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1643). |
| MERRIAM | USA, 1852, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1852 = D. | Troy, N.Y. | Coffeen II. | |
| MERRIAM AND MOORE | USA, 1852, MIM | Celestial Globe = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass.; Pair of Globes, 1852 = D.(1968). | the Maria Mitchell globe is also marked "The Franklin Improved Globe." | Troy, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. |
| MERRIAM AND TROY | misreading for Merriam, Troy, N.Y. | Coffeen II. | |||
| MERRIAM, MOORE AND CO. | USA, 1852, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1852 = D.(1883). | it seems odd that Merriam, Merriam and Moore, and Merrian, Moore and Co. all made globes dated 1852? | Troy, N.Y. | Maine Antique Digest, Oct. 1983. |
| MERRICK, JOHN M., AND CO. | USA, post-1857, PHIM | Stick Barometers = MYS, BMM, Fall River Historical Society, Mass. | Timby's Patent, Nov. 3, 1857. | Office No. 7, Central Exchange, Worcester, Mass. | RSW. |
| MERRIFIELD AND CO. | USA, c.1825, MIM | Gunter's Scales, wood = BMM, D.(1996), D.(1982); Rule = MYS. | the "Gunter" at the BMM is marked "Boston"; the rules at MYS and D.(1996) are marked "New York." | Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 55; RSW. |
| MERRILL | see Morrell | RSW. | |||
| MERRILL AND DAVIS | USA, fl.1835-37, MIM NIM SIM | Sandglass, twenty-eight seconds = MYS; Surveyor's Compasses = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, LOS. | label on sandglass reads William C. Davis and Robert Merrill. | 36 Oak (1835-36); 255 Front Street (1836-37); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; RSW. |
| MERRILL AND SONS | see Robert Merrill and Sons. | Moskowitz 103. | |||
| MERRILL'S SONS CO., INC., R. | USA, fl.1918-23, MIM NIM PHIM | T.C.; firm established in 1835. | 66 South Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; RSW. | |
| MERRILL'S SONS, ROBERT | USA, c.1860?, NIM OIM | T.C.; "Manufacurers and Importers of Nautical and Optical Instruments." | 179 Water Street, Cor. Burdon? Slip, New York. | Coffeen 56. | |
| MERRILL, GEORGE W. | USA, 1838-1905 z, MIM NIM | younger son of Robert Merrill; see Robert Merrill and Sons. | Smart 1. | ||
| MERRILL, PHINEHAS | USA, 1767-1815, | invented a type of quadrant which was made by Timothy Chandler and also by John Kennard. | Stratham, New Hampshire. | Smart 1. | |
| MERRILL, ROBERT | USA, 1804-76, MIM NIM PHIM | Sandglass = D.(1972); Marine Compasses = PMS, PEA(2), P.C. D.(1971), D.(1984), Focke Museum, Germany, MYS, Pacific House, Monterey, Cal.; Barometer = P.C. (1957). | made marine compasses; imported sextants, quadrants, etc.; he firm was Merrill and Davis 1835-38; Merrill worked alone from 1838 until 1865; T.C. | Newburyport, MA; 255 Front Street (1837-38); 138 Water Street (1838-39); 163 Water Street (1841-42); 141 Maiden Lane (1842-64); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; Brewington 1; Coffeen F; Smart 1; Warner 12; RSW. |
| MERRILL, ROBERT, AND SONS | USA, 1865-99, MIM NIM | Dry Card Compasses = MYS (2). | Robert Merrill and his sons, William G. and George W. Merrill. | 149 Maiden Lane (1865-77); 179 Water Street (1877); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; RSW. |
| MERRILL, ROBERT, SONS | USA, fl.1900-1923, MIM NIM | the continuation of the firm "Robert Merrill and Sons" after the death of the sons. | 100 Wall Street; 66 South Street; 68 South Street; all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| MERRILL, WILLIAM G. | USA, 1828-1898, MIM NIM | older son of Robert Merrill; see Robert Merrill and Sons. | Smart 1. | ||
| MERTHEN | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = BUD. | Zinner 1. | ||
| MERUAND | misreading for Meurand. | Roux-Devilas, 1967. | |||
| MERULA, CAROLUS JOSEPH | Italy, 1727, MIM | Micrometer, 1727 = ADL-M113. | Milan. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| MERZ UND SOHNE | Germany, fl.1845-58, OIM | Telescope = DRE. | Georg Merz with Ludwig and Sigmund Merz; exhibited in the London Great Exhibition of 1851. | Munich. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| MERZ, G. & S. | Germany, fl.1850-61, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Georg and Sigmund Merz; "vorm Utzschneider & Fraunhofer". | Munich. | RSW; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| MERZ, G., UND MAHLER | Germany, fl.1839-45, OIM | Telescopes, refracting, large = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (1839), Observatories in Pulkova, Kiev, Washington, D.C., Cincinnatti, Ohio; Heliometers = Observatories in Pulkova and Bonn. | George Merz und Josef Mahler. | Munich. | USNM; RSW. |
| MERZ, G., UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1857-67, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Harvard, Mass. and Capstadt. | Georg and Sigmund Merz; the USNM records show that they worked together from 1845 to 1847; a trade catalogue for the French market in 1857 is under the name "G. Merz et Fils." | Munich. | USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| MERZ, GEORG | Germany, 1793-1858, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Berlin, DEU, Kasan, Munich; Heliometer = Königsberg; etc. | worked with Utzschneider and Fraunhofer; director of optical work at the institute after Fraunhofer's death in 1826; Merz and Joseph Mahler bought and ran the Utzschneider optical institute from 1839 until Mahler's death in 1845; work carried on as Merz and Sons (1845-58); succeeded by his son, Sigmund Merz. | Munich. | USNM; Repsold; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| MERZ, LUDWIG | Germany, 1817-58, OIM | worked with his father, Georg Merz and his brother, Sigmund, from 1845 to 1858. | Munich. | USNM. | |
| MERZ, SIGMUND | Germany, 1824-xx, OIM | son of Georg Merz and his successor at the optical institute; worked with his father from 1845 to 1867; his brother, Ludwig was in the firm from 1845 to 1858. | Munich. | USNM. | |
| MERZ, UTZSCHNEIDER UND FRAUENHOFER | Germany, fl.1826-39, OIM | Telescope = Palermo Observatory; Refracting Telescope, with case = D.(1995). | Munich. | Serrio; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Coffeen 51. | |
| MESSER, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1792-1825, MIM PHIM | Sextant, 1792 = Christie 11/22/78; Octants = WHI, Hart Nautical Museum, MIT, Boston, Mass.; Air Pump = WHI. | 76 or 75 Bell Dock, Wapping (1792-96); 155 Minories (1810-25); both in London. | USNM; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; Bennett 1; Taylor 2(1012); RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| MESSER, J.J. | England, c.1845, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Seamen's Bethel Museum, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Phillips 4/20/83; Octants = D.(1974), D.(1976), Naval Museum, Faro, Portugal. | the telescope at Phillips is signed "Messer, London." | London. | RSW. |
| MESSIER | France, 1800, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1800 = CNAM-769. | Con. Nat'l 1. | ||
| MESSIN, C. | France?, 1613, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, gilt brass and wood, red leather case, 1613 = HAY. | RSW. | ||
| MESSITER, JOHN | MIM | Dividers, steel points, 1698 = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| MESTREL, ANTHOINE | France, 1551, MIM | Astrolabe, 1551 = OXF B-22. | ICA-414. | Paris. | Bonelli 1; Price 1; ICA 2. |
| MESTRII, ANTHONY | see Anthoine Mestrel. | Bonelli 4; RSW. | |||
| METCALF | England, 1652, MIM | Sundial, square, copper, 1652 = Soth. 7/7/55 | London. | RSW. | |
| METCALFE | USA, 1710, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1710 = American Heritage Society Auction, 1972. | RSW. | ||
| METCALFE, JO. | England, fl.1765-66, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| METINIER MD. | France, c.1825, MIM | Sector = Christie 9/11/86. | Metinier Md. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, Paris. | RSW. |
| METIUS, ADRIAAN | Holland, 1571-1635, MIM OIM | made a telescope in 1608; microscope maker; desgned mathematical instruments; Michel called him "Adriaan Metius the younger"; author. | Alkmaar, Franeker. | Daumas 1; Michel 2; Clay and Court. | |
| METIUS, JACOB ADRIAENSZ. | Holland, c.1580-1628, OIM | brother of Adriaan Metius; one of the claimants for the invention of the telescope in 1608; spectaclemaker. | Alkmaar. | Rooseboom 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| METIUS, JAMES | Holland, 1608, OIM | claimed to have invented the telescope in 1608. | Michel 3; Dewhirst. | ||
| METTEL, GEORG | Germany, fl.1740-75, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| METTEL, JOHANN | Germany, d.1730, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = H. Gouse Coll., Paris. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; MADEX. | |
| METTEL, JOHANN-GEORG | Germany, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = DRE, Gotha, NUR, MUN, Evans Coll.; Rule and Protractor = Evans Coll. | Evans thought that ADL-M371, though unsigned, was by Mettel. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| METTELIN, M. | see Mettlin, M. | Zinner 1. | |||
| METTLIN, M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = FIN-109, Evans Coll.(2). | one of Evans calendars is the cover for an aide-memoire. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| METZ | Holland, early 18th Century, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Christie-Amst. 10/22/81, Christie 4/3/85; Compass Sundial, ivory box = P.C.; Circumferentor = P.C.; Sector = D.(1994). | this is a large family of instrument makers, it is hard to ascribe an instrument only signed "Metz." | Amsterdam. | USNM; Coffeen 46; RSW. |
| METZ, C. AND D. | Zinner thought that this entry was a misreading for C.D. Metz; Rooseboom thought it might be Coenraad Metz 2 and his son, Dirk Metz. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1. | |||
| METZ, C.D. | Holland, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Sector = AMST; Quadrant = UTR; Circumferentors = UTR, P.C. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Van Cittert; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Wynter and Turner. | |
| METZ, COENRAAD 1 | Poland; Holland, 1643-1711, MIM OIM | Sextant, large, 1685 = Leiden Observatory. | Danzig (1643-65); Amsterdam (1665-1711). | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | |
| METZ, COENRAAD 2 | Holland, c.1690-1742, MIM SIM | Circumferentors = NMM, ADL-M154, MMG; Chest of Instruments, large = UTR; Chest of Instruments, small = LEY; Quadrant = UTR; Sector = AMST; Universal Equatorial Sundial = MMG; Astrolabe = X; Graphometer = LOS. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Van Cittert; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| METZ, COENRAAD FIBUS 1 | Holland, b.1703, MIM OIM | grandson of Coenraad Metz; continued the workshop; may be Coenraad Metz 2; Daumas and Rooseboom thought there were Coenraad Fibus Metz 1 and 2, son and grandson of Coenraad Metz 1. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | |
| METZ, COENRAAD FIBUS 2 | Holland, b.1732, MIM | married in 1753. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| METZ, D.C. | Holland, 17th Century?, MIM | Ring Sundials = WRAY (2), one of silver; Universal Ring Sundial, silver = Soth. 7/24/45; Sector = MAN-I168. | Amsterdam. | Garcia Franco 2; RSW. | |
| METZ, DIRK | Holland, fl.1730-67, MIM NIM SIM | Azimuth Compass = AMST; Astronomical Ring = P.C.; Set of Surveying Instruments = X; Circumferentor with sundial = TIM; Sundial, Sutton-type = ADL-W49. | friend of Musschenbroek for whom he made instruments. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam (1742-67). | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Moskowitz; ADL; RSW. |
| METZBER | misreading for Metzger. | Moreux. | |||
| METZGER, JEREMIAS | Germany, 1564, MIM | Astrolabe Clocks, = UTR-UM394 (1564), VIE. | many elctrotype copies were made of the "Metzger Clock"; it is possible that the UTR clock is one of them as it has modern works. | Augsburg. | Van Cittert; Moreux; Neumann 2. |
| MEULAN | France, c.1790, | dealer in physical and chemical apparatus. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| MEULEN, A.H. VAN DER | Holland, fl.1850-53, MIM NIM PHIM | T.C.; a binnacle, compass, six magnetic bars, barometer and a thermometer were exhibited in Rotterdam in 1852; he was succeeded by his widow. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| MEULEN, CORNELIS JACOBS VAN DER | Holland, 1805-78, MIM | Tellurium, Lunarium and Planispherium = Eise Eisinga's house, Franeker. | Sneek. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| MEULEN, WEDUWE A.H. VAN DER | Holland, c.1853, MIM NIM PHIM | continued the firm after her husband's death. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| MEUNIER | France, 18th Century, MIM | Waywiser = Koller 11/7/63; Folding Rule = BM; Drawing Instrument = D.(1970); Rule = P.C.; Protactor = ADL-A269; Sector = ADL-A270; Folding Square = ADL-A271. | "Meunier Md."; protactor probably a forgery; all ADL instruments have "à la flotte française à Paris" as the address. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre; à la flotte française; both in Paris. | Merzbach; Ward 4; Price 3; ADL; RSW. |
| MEURAND, ANTOINE-JOSEPH | France, fl. 1750-80, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1777 = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, 12/11/91. | father of Charles-Joseph Meurand; Master in the "Corporation des Fondeurs", c.1750; juror, 1770-72; took an apprentice; sun dial made for 48°51'(Paris). | au Compas des Génies; Rue de Cloître St. Jacques (1766); Rue Saint Louis, Ile de la Cité (1769); Quay de l'Horloge du Palais, Paris, (1771). | Augarde; RSW. |
| MEURAND, CHARLES-JOSEPH | France, fl.1771-94, MIM OIM SIM | Equatorial Sundials, 1780 =.NMM, GEM, Soth. 3/14/57, etc.; Graphometers = Evans Coll. (1780), Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88, USNM, etc.; Telescopic Graphometer = VNN; Universal Quadrant = COO; Sectors = ADL-M89d, ADL-M89n, P.C., etc.; Mathematical instrument Sets = Soth. 12/12/62 and 7/15/63; Alidade with Bubble Level, 1788 = ADL-M190; Square, folding = Drouot 4/17/87; etc. | never breveted an "ingénieur"; member of Corporation des fondeurs; Master in the Corporation, 1771. | Quay de l'Horloge du Palais; also Quai du Nord (1790); both in Paris. (Quai du Nord is the name of Quai de l'Horloge between the French revolution.) | Daumas 1; USNM; Pipping 1; Price 2; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Augarde; ADL; RSW. |
| MEUREUS, G. | Italy, fl.1590-1620, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = OXF. | Rome. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | |
| MEURIS, GUILLAUME | Belgium, 1683, MIM SIM | Quadrants = CNAM (1683), Oliva Museum, Danzig (1681); Augsburg-type Sundial = X; Protractor = MAA; Sundial = BEK; Circumferentor, military = P.C. | the Augsburg-type sundial and the protractor are signed "G. Meuris"; there is a very similar circumferentor at OXF signed "G.M." (2). | Brussels. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| MEURON | France, 1779, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1779 = Christie 12/18/74. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MEURS, HENDRIK VAN | Holland, fl.1742-67, NIM | compass maker. | Teertuinen (1742); Hoek van de Lestagie en de Oude Waal (1767); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| MEURS, RUTGERUS VAN | Holland, c.1775, MIM | made a clockwork planetarium. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| MEURTHIN, J. | Sweden, c.1830, MIM SIM | Mining Compass = X. | watchmaker. | Gärle. | Pipping 1. |
| MEWES, PHILIPPE DE | France, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = Bernard Coll. = NMM-Caird. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MEYEN | see Mayen | Daumas 1. | |||
| MEYER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Abingdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| MEYER AND FRAUNHOFER | Germany, c.1836, OIM | Telescope, refracting = U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1836. | purchased by Chas. Wilkes for the Expedition. | USNM. | |
| MEYER, EUGENE | MIM | Sundial = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| MEYER, HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1723-29, PHIM | Pyrometer = UTR. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| MEYER, J.S. | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Instrument = LEY. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; USNM. | |
| MEYERS, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1819-20, PHIM | barometer maker. | 104 High Street, Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| MEYERS, PHILIP | see Philip Myers. | Taylor 2(1945); Goodison 1. | |||
| MEYERSTEIN, M. | Germany, 20th Century, NIM | Borda Circle = BRE. | Göttingen. | RSW. | |
| MEYJES JEREMIASZ, FRANS | Holland, 1782-1823, NIM | Crown Compasses = AMST, KRO, P.C.,etc. | brother of Johannes Meyjes Jeremiasz. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| MEYJES JEREMIASZ, JOHANNES | Holland, 1776-1856, NIM | compass maker; founded Johannes Meyjes & Zoon, sail makers; brother of Frans Meyjes Jeremiasz. | Haringpakkerij, Amsterdam (1816-17). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| MEYLAN, FELIX | Switzerland; Holland, fl.1774-1809, PHIM | clock and physical instrument maker; (Charles Louis) Felix Meylan; worked on the Leidse Sphera. | Valée du Lac de Joux, Berne Canton; Leiden (1776). | Rooseboom 1. | |
| MEYLIN, JOHANN | Switzerland., 1671-1712, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Zurich Observatory. | the quadrant is signed "Meylin in Zurich fecit"; also marked "J.H. Vogel delineavit - J. Co. Keller sculpsit." | Zurich. | Zinner 1. |
| MEYNIER 1 | France, 1724, MIM SIM | made an odometer in 1724. | Paris. | Beckmann. | |
| MEYNIER 2 | see Mégnié. | Daumas 1. | |||
| MEYRICK, WILLIAM | England?, 1788, PHIM | Guinea Balance, 1788 = Soth. 10/3/88. | signed "William Meyrick Cesn (or Cefn) Côch Cir. 1788"; adjusted by Charles de Grave. | RSW. | |
| MEYSEL, JO. GE. | Austria, c.1810, MIM | Drawing Instrument = Koller, May 1972. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| MICELI, ANTONIO | c.1850, MIM | Sandglass, 14-second = D.(1983). | Coffeen C. | ||
| MICHAEL, LEWIS | USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D. (1992). | "Made By Lewis Michael . SOMERSET PA."; clockmaker; bubble level at south point. | Somerset, Pa. | RSW. |
| MICHALON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Compass, spherical = SPI-2826. | Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| MICHAULT | France, c.1730, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = D.(1972), Soth.-NY 6/8/87; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C. (1981); Garden Sundial = OXF-B203. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, rue St. Denis, vis-à-vis celle de la Chanverrerie près St. Magloire, Paris. | Maddison 5; Roux Devilas 73; RSW. | |
| MICHEL | France, fl.1764-94, MIM | in 1764 Michel was authorized by the Académie des Sciences to make mechanical devices in metal; first worked for Lennel Veuve; in 1794 he was attached to the Section of Mechanics of the Commission temporaire des Arts. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| MICHEL, JOHAN JOST | Holland, fl.1763-72, MIM | made metal instruments. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| MICHELL, LEWIS | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, open sights = P.C. | patterned after a Rittenhouse instrument. | Price 2. | |
| MICHL, ANT. JOHANN | MIM | Sundial, octagonal = FIN-214. | RSW. | ||
| MIDDLETON, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1720-41, | R.N.; F.R.S., 1727; devised an azimuth compass. | Taylor 2(290); DNB. | ||
| MIDGLEY, JONATHAN | England, MIM | Rule, eight-inch = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| MIELER, LIENHART | Germany, fl.1621-25, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Nouveau Drouot 5/28/88 (1621), NMM, LAW-296 (1625). Helsinki, Nat'l Museum (1621). | may be same man as Lienhart Miller. | Nürnberg. | Vivielle 2; RSW. Joe Paszczyk. |
| MIELLER, LIENHART | Germany, 1621, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1621 = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | surely Lienhart Mieler. | RSW. | |
| MIGON | France, c.1678, MIM OIM | Universal Equatorial Sundials = D., Versailles 5/6/79. | made an azimuth instrument for Cassini I at the Paris Observatory in 1678. | Paris. | Brieux 2; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| MILBOURNE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1620-43, | Leybourne said Milbourne invented the form of slide rule made by Thomas Brown 1; designed other instruments as well. | Brancepath, Co. Durham. | Taylor 1(143); Evans 1. | |
| MILCHMEYER | Germany, c.1760, OIM | Microscope, simple = X. | Frankfort-am-Main. | Daumas 1. | |
| MILER, JORG | Germany, c.1610, MIM | Sundial, ivory = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird. | may be Jorg Miller. | Zinner 1; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| MILER, LIENHART | variant spelling for Lienhart Miller. | RSW. | |||
| MILER, LINHARD | variant spelling for Lienhart Miller. | RSW. | |||
| MILES AND CO. | England, PHIM | Balance, iron and brass = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | ||
| MILES, LAWRENCE | England, fl.1717-53, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke l in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 9, 1701; free in the Company, Sept. 3, 1717. | Ditchside (1737-42); Fleur-de-Lis Court, Fleet Street (1743-53); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| MILES, SEPTIMUS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Ludgate Street, London. | RSW. | |
| MILESIO, D. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Goodison 1. | |
| MILESON, ABEL | England, fl.1838-68, MIM PHIM | 23 Emmett Street, Limehouse Hole, London. | Taylor 2(2182); O'Mara. | ||
| MILESSIO, D. | Ireland, fl.1812-25, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/2/77; Stick Barometer = X. | carver and gilder; may have been a retailer. | Dublin. | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| MILIETUS, CHRISTOPHORUS | 1575, MIM | Astrolabe, 1575 = P.C. | ICA-3038. | ICA 2; RSW. | |
| MILLAR, RICHARD, JR. | Scotland, fl.1845-68, NIM | also made clocks and watches. | 45 Bridge Street (1845-51); 58 Bridge Street (1852-68); both in Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| MILLARD AND SON | England, fl.1836-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Joseph Millard and Son; barometer makers. | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MILLARD AND SONS | England, fl.1838-47, MIM OIM PHIM | Joseph Millard and Sons; barometer makers. | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell and Oxford Street, London. | Bell 2; Taylor 2(1645). | |
| MILLARD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1825-36, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer maker; see Millard and Son, Millard and Sons. | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Bell 2; Taylor 2(1645). | |
| MILLARD, THOMAS | England, fl.1851-57, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988). | "Optician." | 334 Oxford Street (London). | Rinaldi 22. |
| MILLER | see the various members of the German and Scottish Miller family; see also Miler and Müller. | Gouk 1; RSW. | |||
| MILLER AND ADIE | Scotland, fl.1802-23, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope, Cuff-type = RSM; Surveying Compasses = Melun 4/24/83, D.; Compass = Phillips 11/11/81; Theodolites = Soth. 1/27/75, RSM; Sextant = Christie 10/12/65; Stick Barometer = X; Level = FRK = RSM; Telescope, reflecting = FRK = RSM; Telescopes = RSM; Dip Circle = FRK = RSM; Hydrometer = RSM; etc. | John Miller and Alexander Adie, his nephew. | 94 Nicholson Street (1804-07); 96 Nicholson Street (1807-09); 8 Nicholson Street (1810-11); 15 Nicholson Street (1811-22); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1069); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| MILLER AND M'COLL | Scotland, c.1818, MIM | George Miller and M'Coll. | 116 Stockwell, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MILLER, A.P. CARLO | see A.P. Carlo Müller. | Evans 1. | |||
| MILLER, CASPAR | Germany, 1564, MIM | Diptych Sundial = X. | member of compass maker guild; Master, 1564. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. |
| MILLER, GEORGE | Scotland, c.1819, MIM | worked with M'Coll as Miller and M'Coll in 1818. | 116 Stockwell, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| MILLER, HANS 1 | Germany, d.1555, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; may or may not be the same as Hans Müller who compiled an inventory in 1538, which see. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| MILLER, HANS 2 | Germany, 1564, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; Master in 1564. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| MILLER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1613, MIM | member of compass maker guild; married in 1613. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| MILLER, HANS 4 | Germany, fl.1614-19, MIM | member of compass maker guild; married in 1614, 1616, 1618, and 1619; probably more than one man. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | |
| MILLER, HANS 5 | Germany, 1587, MIM | member of compass maker guild; married daughter of Hieronymus Reinmann in 1587; possibly Hans Miller 2 or 6. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | |
| MILLER, HANS 6 | Germany, | Diptych Sundial = X. | member of compass maker guild; mark is shield with flower and star. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. |
| MILLER, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1771-1825, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Soth. 7/15/63; Stick Barometers = X (2), RSM, etc; Mountain Barometer = KEN; Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1793 = X, RSM, etc; Surveyor's Compasses = Weschler 5/22/76, Ineichen 5/10/76; Surveying Quadrant = OXF; Orrery = RSM; Cometarium = RSM; Sundial, Air Pump = RSM; Level = FRK = RSM. | may have been apprenticed to John Yeoman; journeyman under George Adams 1; took his nephew, Alexander Adie, as an apprentice and later as partner (1804-12). | back of Fountain Well (1774); Parliament Close (1775-95); 38 South Bridge (1795-1800); 86 South Bridge (1803-05); George IV Bridge (pre-1803); Nicholson Street, 94 (1804-07), 96 (1807-09), 8 (1810-11), 15 (1811-12); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3, 9 and 17; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Darius 3; USNM; RSW; Krogt 2; Taylor 2(1013); Morrison-Low 1; Taylor 2(675a). |
| MILLER, JORG | Germany, 1564, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = X. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| MILLER, JOSIAH | USA, fl.1750-75, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, pewter = X (1973), D.(1975), D.(1979). | X and D.(1979) are for 42°; the dealer in 1979 thought Miller worked near Plymouth Mass. | Connecticut. | Moskowitz ; RSW. |
| MILLER, JOST | France, fl.1609-16, MIM | Gunnery Level, 1609 = BM; Sector, 1616 = FLO. | Strasburg. | Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1. | |
| MILLER, LEONHARD | Germany, fl.1627-64, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; dates ranged from 1637-51; examples can be seen at BM, OXF, INN, HAK, WHI, EMA, BEK, AUG, ROM, SAL, LIE, KEN, ADL, etc. | punchmark is a fleur-de-lys; Zinner and Gouk treated Leonard and Lienhart Miller as one person but we feel the date spread is too wide; Leonhard is some times spelled Leonhart or Leonhardt; sometimes signed "L.M." with insignia in between. | Nürnberg. | Zinner,1; Gouk 1; Price 2; MADEX; Hamilton 2; Bobinger 2; NMM 2; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| MILLER, LIENHART | Germany, fl.1600-34, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials dated from 1600 to 1634; examples may be seen at PAK, KES, EMA, NOR, GRA, VIT, DEU, BM, WUR, STU, BASH, STO, NMM, WHI, NUR, LAW, etc. | possibly the father of Leonhard Miller; the dials are marked with a fleur-de-lys; the dial in the NMM is signed "Lienhart Mieler", probably a mis-stamping for Miller; LAW is signed "Lienhart Miler 1616." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Stewart; Price 2; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| MILLER, NIKOLAUS 1 | Germany, 1605, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1605 = X. | Zinner thought that Nikolaus Miller 1 and 2 were the same person. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. |
| MILLER, NIKOLAUS 2 | Germany, fl.1642-61, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials, dating from 1642-61; examples may be seen at FRA, INN, NOR, VIT, WHI, EMA, MUN, OXF, JENA, etc. | the punchmark is a crown; some of his dials are signed "N.M." with the crown. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Moreau; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| MILLER, S.R. | USA, c.1835, | designed a surveying compass; submitted it to the Patent Office on Oct. 22, 1835. | Front Royal, Va. | USNM. | |
| MILLESIO, D. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Kendal. | RSW. | |
| MILLIKAN AND LAWLEY | England, 19th Century, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 4/3/85. | 161 Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| MILLINGTON, JOHN | England; USA, c.1832, | M.D.; science educator from England; announced he was going to open a shop of philosophical instruments, some to be made by him. | Philadelphia, Pa. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| MILLIS, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, | T.C.; wire-drawer. | at the Black Horse, opposite the Church in Crooked Lane, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| MILLS, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1790-99, MIM | apprenticed to Walton Willcox in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 10, 1782; turned over to William Spencer 1 in the Grocers' Company, May 23, 1783; free in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 12, 1790; took an apprentice. | Hermitage Yard, Wapping, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| MILLS, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1825-38, MIM PHIM | 82 Parsons Street, Ratcliff Highway, London. | Taylor 2(1646). | ||
| MILLS, HARRIET | England, OIM | T.C.; widow of Robert Mills. | London. | RSW. | |
| MILLS, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | Bury. | Bell 2; RSW. | |
| MILLS, JOHN | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to Samuel Mason of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MILLS, ROBERT | England, fl.1822-46, OIM | Telescope, case = Phillips 10/5/76. | optician; signed "Mills" plus address. | 35 Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; 49 Southampton Street, Pentonville; both in London. | RSW; Taylor 2(1647). |
| MILLS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1799-1824, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "W. Mills London." | London. | Goodison 1. |
| MILNE, ALEXANDER | England, 1806-96, PHIM | Barometers = NMM, KEN. | Admiral Sir Alexander Milne. | Bell 2; NMM 2; Middleton 1. | |
| MILNE, JOHN, AND SON | Scotland, c.1767, MIM PHIM | Sundial = Mr. Mackenzie (1767); Balance = RSM (2). | T.C.; founders and iron-mongers. | at the Golden Church Branch, Bishops Land, High Street, Edinburgh. | Calvert 2; Morrison-Low 1. |
| MILNER, HANS 1 | Germany, c.1625, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = ADL-W29, BASH. | the punchmark is a bat. | Nürnberg. | Ackermann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| MILNER, HANS 2 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Flensburg Kunstgewerbe Museum. | the punchmark is a shield with a flower and star. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. |
| MILNER, JASPER | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = KEN (inv. 1938-371). | RSW. | ||
| MILNER, KASPAR | variant reading for Jaspar Milner. | Zinner 1. | |||
| MILNER, LIENHART | misreading for Lienhart Miller. | Soth. 2/26/62. | |||
| MILSDOERFFER, JEAN GEORG | Germany, c.1750, OIM | Berlin. | Clay and Court. | ||
| MINGUET, PABLO | Spain, c.1763, OIM | T.C.; may be Paulus. | Madrid. | Calvert 2. | |
| MINOLLA, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 39 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MINORETTI, JOHN | England, fl.1845-50, PHIM | barometer maker. | Loseby Lane; Hotel Street; both in Leicester. | Bell 2. | |
| MINOSA, S. | England, c.1790, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MINOT | France, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = CNAM (ICA-219); Capuchin Sundial = CNAM | Michel 2; Price 1; Gunther 1; GHP; Cons. Nat'l 1; ICA 2; MADEX. | ||
| MINSHULLS | England, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Soth. 6/25/68, 6/19/72 and 3/21/73, Christie 7/5/71. | some may be duplicates. | RSW. | |
| MIOTTI, VINCENTIUS | Italy, 1717, MIM SIM | Sundial, 1717 = X; Alidade = LOS. | Rome. | Evans 1; USNM. | |
| MIRANDA, JOSEP' DA COSTA | Portugal, 1711, MIM | Marine Compass, 1711 = WHI. | Lisbon. | Maddison 6; Bryden 17; J.A. Bennett 1. | |
| MIRE, LEONHARDT | misreading for Leonhardt Miller. | Phillips 9/16/81. | |||
| MIRVAULT | France, 19th Century, NIM | Repeating Circle = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | 47 rue Grenéta, Paris. | RSW. | |
| MITAINE | France, c.1855, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Versailles 4/17/83. | signed "l'Ingénieur Mitaine Opticien fabricant." | Place Vendome No 2, Paris. | RSW. |
| MITCHELL AND BALE | England, fl.1814-15, MIM | 65 Lower East Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1389). | ||
| MITSDORFER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1740-60, OIM | Microscope = KEN; Heliostat, 1753 = DEU. | Mitsdörfer. | Berlin. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| MITTELSTENSCHEID, JOHANN CASPAR | Germany, 1803, PHIM | Beam Balance, portable, with case = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Balances = DRE (1803), Markisches Museum, Berlin; Coin Balance = WHI. | the case for the beam balance has the maker's label. | In der Bergischen Hauptstadt, Lennep. | Olivia Brown 2; RSW. |
| MITZKO, HENRY THOMAS | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 36 St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2183). | ||
| MODD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Donnington. | Goodison 1. | |
| MODESTIN, JOSEPH | Czechoslovakia, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Mechanical Sundial = KEN. | Chrudin, Bohemia. | Michel 3. | |
| MOELLINGER, K.H. | Germany, MIM | Berlin. | Evans 1. | ||
| MOFFETT AND BLACKBURN | England, PHIM | T.C.; scale makers. | 126 Minories, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| MOGEY, W. AND D. | USA, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 3/10/87. | Bayonne, N.J. | RSW. | |
| MOGG, EDWARD | England, fl.1803-48, MIM | Globe, dissected, cardboard = D.(1992). | "Published March 1st 1812 by Edwd. Mogg" plus address; engraver, publisher and mapseller. | 14 Little Newport Street, Leicester Square. | Coffeen 36. |
| MOGINIE | England, OIM | Microscopes = Melun 4/24/83, Christie-SK 5/10/77. | 14 Ridinghouse, London. | RSW. | |
| MOGINIE, SAMUEL | England, fl.1820-42, PHIM | barometer maker. | Pimlico, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MOISETTE | see Gaggini et Moisette | RSW. | |||
| MOLARBY, MICHAEL | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Builth. | Bell 2. | |
| MOLBERG, P. MEN. | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | Stockholm. | RSW. | |
| MOLE, WILLIAM | England, c.1740, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1, in the Joiners' Company, March 13, 1721; made a Leadbetter's slide rule. | at ye Axe in Grub Street; at the Mariner and Globe, in Chiswell Street; both in London. | Darius 2; Crawforth 7. | |
| MOLER, JACOB | Germany, MIM | Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | marked "Aquius Civitas." | Aachen. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. |
| MOLESWORTH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MOLETTI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1531-88, MIM | a list of instruments made or designed by him is in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan. | Padua. | Michel 3. | |
| MOLINARI, A. | England, fl.1836-40, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MOLINARI, ANTONIO 1 | England, fl.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), D.(1976). | also a thermometer maker; the barometers are usualy signed "A. Molinari Halesworth." | Halesworth. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| MOLINARI, ANTONIO 2 | Italy; Denmark, fl.pre-1780- 89, PHIM | Thermometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | the firm was in business in Copenhagen, 1787 -1889. | Italy (pre-1780); Copenhagen (1787-89). | RSW. |
| MOLINARI, B. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| MOLINARI, D. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Halesworth. | RSW. | |
| MOLINER, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1784-1801, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2); Angle Barometer = X; Barometer = D.(1975). | sometimes spelled "Molliner." | Baillie Grant's Close (1784); Netherbow (1786-90); High Street (1794); Baron Grant's Close (1799-1801); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| MOLL, HERMAN | Holland; England, c.1680-1732, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = P.C. (1719), P.C., Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y. (1703), Chicago Historical Society. | T.C.; map maker; geographer; "A Correct Globe with Trade Winds"; California is shown as an island. | London (1719-27). | Calvert 2; Yonge; Warner 2; Krogt 2; Stevenson. |
| MOLLER, HEINRICH MATTHIAS | Germany, c.1800, PHIM | Gold Balance = HAK. | Heinrich Matthias Möller. | Hamburg. | RSW. |
| MOLLER, JOHANNES | Germany, fl.1660-87, MIM | Graphometer, 1660 = DAR; Quadrant, 1670 = Colburg Gymnasium; Armillary Sphere, geared, 1687 = DRE. | Johannes Möller. | Gotha. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| MOLLER, M. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| MOLLINGER, JOSEPH | Germany, MIM OIM | Microscopes = LEY, DEU; Sundial = Bernal-3962. | Neustadt. | Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| MOLLISON, ALEXANDER | England, c.1825, MIM PHIM | 17 Chapman Street, Islington, London. | Taylor 2(1651). | ||
| MOLLO, TRANQUILLO | Austria, fl. 1816-34, MIM | Mechanical Universe, 1834 = D.(1993); Terrestrial Globe with compass = Soth. 6/9/39. | mapmaker. | Vienna. | Coffeen 42; RSW. |
| MOLT, JOH. ALBERT | Germany, 1756, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1758 = ULM. | marked "Gnomonicus Lauracensis." | Zinner 1. | |
| MOLTANI 1 | see Molteni | Taylor 2(2179); Bell 2. | |||
| MOLTANI 2 | see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Moltani. | Taylor 2(2179). | |||
| MOLTEN, F., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | might be Francis Molton. | Goodison 1. | |
| MOLTEN, JOSEPH | Holland, 1779, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1779 = Christie-NY 4/19/89. | "inv. et fecit." | Amsterdam. | RSW. |
| MOLTENI ET SIEGLER | France, c.1851, PHIM | Molteni et Siégler; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | 62 rue neuve St. Nicolas, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MOLTENI, A. 1 | England, fl.1850-58, PHIM | barometer maker. | 185 Pilgrim Street (1851-53); 154 Pilgrim Street (1855); 152 Pilgrim Street (1857-58); 91 Clayton Street (1857-58); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MOLTENI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wigan. | Goodison 1. | |
| MOLTENI, A. 3 | France, fl.1782-1900, MIM NIM | Sextant = LIM; Octant = MYS; Solar Chronometer = D.(1981). | the octant is signed "Molteni Molteni" according to Price; Molteni was advertising photography in 1897. | 44 rue du Chateau d'Eau, Paris. | USNM; Price 2; Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| MOLTENI, ALEX | England, fl.1829-36, PHIM | thermometer and barometer maker; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni; see Mastaglio and Molteni. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MOLTENI, C. | England, fl.1850-60, PHIM | barometer maker; may have been a partner in Mastaglio and Molteni. | 25 Grainger Street (1851-53); Collingwood Street (1851-53); 47 Grainger Street (1855-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MOLTENI, J. | France, c.1855, NIM | Sextant, No. 2429 = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MOLTENI, J. AND A. (3) | France, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| MOLTENI, J., ET CIE. | France, OIM | Telescope = AMST. | Paris. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| MOLTENO | France, MIM | Cannon Sundial = CAS. | for latitude 51° 30'; might be a misreading for Molteni. | RSW. | |
| MOLTEUL, J. | France, c.1851, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | USNM suggested that this might be a misprint for J. Molteni. | rue du Chateau-d'Eau, 62, Paris. | Catalogue Officiel, Section Française, Great Exhibition of 1862; USNM. | |
| MOLTHER, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1619, | designed a tricuspid compass and a proportional compass. | Hesse. | Offenbacher 37. | |
| MOLTIN | see Molton. | Bell 2. | |||
| MOLTON, FRANCIS | England, fl.1801-42, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X (2); Wheel Barometers = X (5), Christie 12/17/75, D.(1975), D.(1976), Soth.-S 7/23/87, Phillips 11/16/88. | also a thermometer maker. | Dove Lane (1822-30); St. Lawrence Steps; both in Norwich. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1936); RSW. |
| MOLTON, FRANCIS, AND CO. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | Bell 2; RSW. | ||
| MOLYNEUX | England, fl.1824-36, MIM | Alt-azimuth Instrument = Wesleyan University (1836). | made astronomical clocks and chronometers; provided equipment for Charles Wilkes in 1836 for a U.S. exploring expedition; see Molyneux and Cope. | London. | USNM. |
| MOLYNEUX AND COPE | England, fl.1820-40, MIM | made sidereal clocks; see Molyneux. | London. | USNM. | |
| MOLYNEUX, EMERY | England, fl.1587-1605, MIM NIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1592 & 1603 = BM; Celestial Globes = BM, KAS; Astrolabe, paper = P.C.(1970). | also a compass and nautical instrument maker; Edward Wright and William Sanderson joined him in making a large terrestrial globe. | Lambeth, London. | Taylor 1(79); Bedini 8; Wynter 1. |
| MOLYNEUX, SAMUEL | England, 1687-1728, OIM | Reflecting Telescope = King John V, Portugal. | made improvements in speculum metal; F.R.S.; he may have had the telescope made to his order. | Kew House, Richmond, Surrey. | Taylor 2(94). |
| MOMPUTO MORI | Sundial = K. and C. 11/24/76. | probably a motto: "Non Puto Mori." | RSW. | ||
| MONAGHAN, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1760-62, PHIM | weather-glass maker. | Winetavern Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| MONASTERI, L., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | Darlington. | Goodison 1. | |
| MONCONYS, BALTHAZER DE | France, 1611-65, | designed a microscope with a field lens, c.1660. | Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | ||
| MONFRINO | England, c.1810, PHIM | see Cermenati and Monfrino. | Boston. | Comstock; USNM. | |
| MONGENET, FRANCOIS DE | France; Italy, fl.1552-pre-92, MIM | Terrestrial Gores, 1552 = X; Celestial Globe, silver, 1552 = ADL-G15; Pairs of Gores = ADL-A344 and A345, BM-Map Room, New York Public Library, PBN; Terrestrial Gores = NUR; Celestial Globes (2) = ROM; Terrestrial Globe = ROM; Pair of Globes = Drecker; Terrestrial Globe with Sundial and watch inside, 1552 = UTC. | François De Mongenet; the ADL celestial globe had later additions made to it and is marked "Elaborabat Franciscus De Mongenet 1605" with the original date erased; the globes at ROM were stolen in 1984; unsigned terrestrial globe, ADL-M17, made from de Mongenet gores, c.1560. | Vesoul; Besançon; Venice. | Fox 1 and 2; Bedini 12; Yonge; Stevenson; Ruge; Karrow; ADL; RSW. |
| MONILLER | France, MIM | Instrument = BM. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| MONK | England, fl.1772-85, MIM PHIM | made pyrometers; clockmaker. | Taylor 2(747). | ||
| MONK AND MERIGOT | England, 1807, MIM PHIM | Pyrometrical Thermometer = Auction, 1807. | Monk and Mérigot. | Taylor 2(747). | |
| MONNS, ELIZABETH | USA, 1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1820 = Yale U., Conn. | Setauket, Long Island, N.Y. | Yonge. | |
| MONTANARI, GEMINIANO | Italy, 1633-87, | invented "stadia", an idea of putting parallel cross hairs in a telescope. | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| MONTAUBAN, A. | France, c.1720, MIM | Water Level = P.C. (1987). | RSW. | ||
| MONTAUDON, J. | USA, c.1838, MIM | invented an instrument to measure distance. | Washington, D.C. | Taylor 2(2185). | |
| MONTGOMERY, ROBERT | USA, fl.1683-1713, NIM | Davis Quadrant = P.C. (1978); Davis Quadrant, 1711 = P.C. (stolen). | New Amsterdam (New York), N.Y. | RSW. | |
| MONTHI | England, | see Barnaschoni and Monthi or Bernaschoni and Monthi. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MONTI | see Maspoli, Monti and Co; see Bernasconi and Monti. | RSW. | |||
| MONTI AND BESERGA | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Bell 2. | ||
| MONTI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1847-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4). | watch and clockmaker; the barometers are signed "A. Monti." | Palace Street, Canterbury. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| MONTI, FRANCOIS, ET FILS | Italy, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie 9/11/86. | signed "François Monti et Fils à Turin." | Turin. | RSW. |
| MONTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 10/19/87, Soth.-S 1/27/88. | the Soth. barometers are signed "Joseph Monti Canterbury"; the barometer identified by Goodison, (X), was signed "J. Monti Canterbury." | Canterbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| MONTI, P. | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Marine Barometer = VNN. | watchmaker?; possibly a partner in Maspoli and Monti. | Sandwich. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| MONTI, P., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | Lewes. | RSW. | |
| MONTIGNY, ARLES DE | France, 1753, | invented a type of perpetual motion machine in 1753; gave permission to make it to Joseph Solvaique, a Swiss, then to Lacroix, later to Sulpice Cuvillier and then again to Solvaique. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| MONTINI | England, PHIM | see Vanini and Montini; barometer makers. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| MOODY | England, c.1870, | Sundial = Evans Coll. | also marked "J. Jewsbury Birmingham" a noted manufacturer of reproductions. | Birmingham. | Evans 1; Price 2. |
| MOODY, JAMES E. | USA, 1848-1913, MIM OIM SIM | Transits = GUR (2). | worked for John H. Temple ; he finished the incomplete instruments Temple left in his workshop. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. |
| MOOLEN, S. VANDE | Holland, 1701, MIM | Quadrant, Roias projection on reverse, 1701 = Soth. 11/16/87. | RSW. | ||
| MOON SENR. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | "from Dollonds"; probably John Moon. | 215 High Street, Islington. | RSW. |
| MOON, J. 1 | England, 1786, MIM | Garden Sundial, stone, 1786 = VCW. | marked "Sarum Lat. 51° 6'." | Salisbury. | Price 2. |
| MOON, J. 2 | England, c.1852, NIM | may be the same as John Moon. | 31 1/2 Limekiln Hill, London. | O'Mara. | |
| MOON, JOHN | England, fl.1830-52, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1982); Garden Sundial, 1833 = D.(1979); Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | sextant signed "Moon" and "Moon from Dollonds"; the sundial is signed "Moon" and marked "Isaac Scartii"; see J. Moon 2 and Moon Senr. | 3 Lucas Road, Commercial Road; 28 Green Street, Stepney (1838); 76 Minories (1846) and at Limehouse; all in London. | Taylor 2(1937); Coffeen A; RSW. |
| MOON, THOMAS | England, c.1669, NIM | "an ingenious smith." | Bristol. | Sturmy; Clay and Court. | |
| MOON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1791-1811, OIM | apprenticed to John Dollond 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 4, 1782; free of the Company, Oct. 16, 1791. | 35 Northhampton Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(214). | |
| MOOR, ANN | England, c.1762, MIM | Set of Regular Solids, boxwood = Burton Constable. | Elizabeth Hall; RSW. | ||
| MOOR, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1788-1801, OIM | opposite the Guard (1788-90); 17 Parliament Close (1793); 15 Parliament Close (1794); Robertson's Close (1801); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| MOOR, WILLEM | Holland, c.1600, MIM | Astrolabes and Quadrants, 1600 = Jacob van Neck's Expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| MOORE 1 | see Merriam and Moore. | RSW. | |||
| MOORE 2 | USA, PHIM | "Patented Eagle Balance for 1/2 and 1/4 eagles for sale at the office of Moore's"; "Price Current." | 12 Merchants Exchange, Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| MOORE AND NIMS | USA, c.1850, SIM | Terrestrial Globe = D.(1976). | see also Merriam and Moore. | Troy, N.Y. | RSW. |
| MOORE AND WRIGHT | England, MIM | Micrometer = Christie 10/6/76. | RSW. | ||
| MOORE, CHARLES | England, c.1862, NIM | invented or made an indicator to determine magnetic devation. | Quay Parade, Swansea. | USNM. | |
| MOORE, F. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. (1975). | Kensington, Conn. | RSW. | |
| MOORE, F.C. | England, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Phillips 5/20/75 & 2/22/77. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| MOORE, FRANCIS M. | Ireland, c.1830, NIM | T.C. in octant case. | Belfast and Dublin. | RSW. | |
| MOORE, GEORGE W. | USA, c.1870, MIM | Sundial with Compass in watch-form = MYS. | signed "Moore's Sundial watch and compass." | 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. |
| MOORE, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worthington. | Goodison 1. | |
| MOORE, JOHN G. | USA, c.1865, MIM | Orrery = D.(1989). | patented an "Improved Orrery" in 1865. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Moskowitz 132. |
| MOORE, JONATHAN | England, c.1701, | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company on May 27, 1701. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MOORE, P., AND CO. | NIM | label in a case for an octant at MYS. | RSW. | ||
| MOORE, SIR JONAS | England, c.1681, | author; "A New System of Mathematics" (1681) has drawings of nocturnals. | Perry. | ||
| MOORE, THOMAS | England, c.1669, MIM | Bristol. | Taylor 1(336). | ||
| MOORE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1751-88, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1751 = X; Backstaff = Soth. 7/7/55. | 55 Paternoster Row, London. | Taylor 2(513); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| MOOY, ERVEN VAN HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1765-95, NIM | Cross-staff, 1775 = ROT. | widow of Hendrik Mooy; the cross-staff is signed "H. Mooy 1775"; as this was after Hendrik's death it was from his old stock or made by his widow. | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| MOOY, HENDRIK | Holland, 1715-65, NIM | made cross-staves; succeeded his second cousin, Isaac Swigters in 1750; firm continued by his widow, Erven van Hendrik Mooy, (1765-95). | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1. | |
| MOQUIN ET AMIEL | Switzerland, c.1790, MIM | Sundial in back of watch = CHF. | Geneva. | RSW. | |
| MORALES, JUAN BAUTISTA | Spain, fl.1605-21, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1605 = X; Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1621 = OXFB. | Basanta; Maddison 5; Michel 3; MADEX. | ||
| MORCAR, FRANCOIS | France, 1620, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1620 = Church in Murs. | François Morcar. | Gatty. | |
| MORDEN, R., BERRY, W., AND LEA, P. | England, c.1690, MIM | Celestial Globes = NMM (2); Terrestrial Globes = NMM, WHI. | Robert Morden, William Berry and Philip Lea. | London. | NMM 2, Olivia Brown 3. |
| MORDEN, ROBERT | England, fl.1666-1703, MIM | globe maker; member of the Weavers' Company, c.1666; may have been apprenticed to Joseph Moxon; worked with John Rowley. | At the Atlas in New Cheapside (1669); At the Atlas in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange (1671-1702); both in London. | Tyacke 1; Taylor 1(242). | |
| MORDENTE, FABRITIO | Italy, b.1532, MIM | Reduction Compasses = ADL-M69, ADL-DPW36. | Mordente invented this type of instrument; designed a type of quadrant, plate found in atlas by Paulus de Furlanis, which see; author. | Engelmann 1; A.J. Turner 10; Bonelli 10; Woodward 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| MORE, JAMES | Scotland, c.1850?, MIM SIM | Suveyor's Chain = D.(1985); Level = FRK = RSM. | "Chain Maker." | Glasgow. | Morrison-Low 1; Coffeen 9. |
| MOREAU | France, 19th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = ADL-A48. | Rue de Seine, 16, Paris. | ADL; RSW. | |
| MOREAU, JEHAN | France, 1622, MIM | Astrolabes, wood and paper, 1622 = ADL-W98, USNM. | Moreau republished Philippe Danfrie's 1584 paper astrolabe in 1622 using the same plates but adding his (Moreau's) name and address; see Philippe Danfrie. | "à Paris chez Jehan Moreau rue St.-Jacques à la Croix blanche." | Gibbs 2; USNM; Price 1; Gunther 1; Gibbs and Saliba; ICA 2; ADL; RSW. |
| MORELEY AND SONS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Guildford. | Goodison 1. | |
| MORELLI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| MORELLI, FELICE | France, MIM | Le Roy-type Inclinable Sundial = WHI (FIT). | invented by Julien Le Roy. | Paris. | Bryden 16. |
| MORETTI | England, fl.1826-46, PHIM | barometer maker; hardware man, etc. | Pierrepont Place; Walcot Street; both in Bath. | Bell 2. | |
| MORETTI AND ABATTE | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Bearne, 6/29/92, Soth. 6/6/75. | Soth. signed "Moretti and Batti"; possibly J. Abatte 1 or J. Abatte 2 of Peterborough or Moretti of Bath. | RSW. | |
| MORETTI AND BATTI | England, c.1780, PHIM | probably misreading for Moretti and Abatte, which see. | Soth. 6/6/75; RSW. | ||
| MORETTI, J.C. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, Thermometer and Hygrometer = Phillips 1/30/84; Stick Barometer = X. | Lynn. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MORETTI, R. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant, ebony = MYS. | Cardiff. | USNM; Price 2. | |
| MORGAN 1 | England, pre-1793, NIM | Sextant = Herring Auction, May 1, 1793. Inclinable Sundial = Tesseract, Winter 1983 | probably John Morgan 2. | RSW, Coffeen, D | |
| MORGAN 2 | MIM | Square, iron = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| MORGAN, FRANCIS | England; Russia, fl.1764-1804, MIM OIM | Inclinable Sundial = OXF; Mathematical Instrument Set, silver = Soth. 12/15/78. | apprenticed to his father, John Morgan 2, in the Joiners' Company, 1757; free by Patrimony on testimony by Robert Tangate 1 and Robert Croome in the Company, 1764; took apprentices; emigrated in 1771; scientific instrument maker to the (Russian) Admiralty (1772-1801); T.C. in English and French; the dealer's sundial was made in London, the others were made in St. Petersburg. | Carey Street (1765); New Street Square (1766); At the Sign of Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate Street near St. Paul's, (1767-71); all in London; St. Petersburg (1772-1804). | Maddison 1; Crawforth 1 and 7; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(748); Chenakal; Millburn 11; RSW. |
| MORGAN, HENRY | England, c.1682, MIM | clock and watchmaker; member of the Clockmakers' Company, 1682. | Robischon. | ||
| MORGAN, JOHN 1 | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton of the Grocers' Company; might have been turned over to another master; free of Nathaniel Anderton on Dec. 6, 1682. | J. Brown 1; RSW. | ||
| MORGAN, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1733-58, MIM NIM | Gauging Scale = Soth. 10/17/60; Circles (2), Dividers, Protractors = UTO 11/2/76; Plate and Azimuth Circle = Aubert Sale, 1806. | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 7, 1726; free in the Company, Dec. 4, 1733; took apprentices; father of Francis Morgan; made compasses, octants, Hadley quadrants, etc.; original maker of Gowin Knight's Patent Compass; had James Watt as an apprentice c.1750-56. | Finch Lane, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(385 & 1665); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| MORGAN, JOHN 3 | misprint for John Margas. | Bryden 9. | |||
| MORGAN, JOHN THOMAS | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 7 Crown Street, Hucton Square, London. | Taylor 2(2186). | ||
| MORGAN, SYLVANUS | England, 1620-93, MIM | he was an accomplished dialist; author. | at the Sign of the Coat, behind the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(198). | |
| MORGAN, W. DE | England, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | ||
| MORGANTI, B. | England, c.1825, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Brighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| MORIANI | Italy, PHIM | Thermometer = WHI. | Bryden 11. | ||
| MORICE, DAVID AND SON | England, c.1825, PHIM | barometer makers. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| MORICE, DAVID AND WILLIAM | England, fl.1804-25, PHIM | barometer makers. | Royal Exchange, London. | Bell 2. | |
| MORILLARD | France, 1600, MIM | Astrolabe, 1600, ICA-528 = MADEX-265. | the astrolabe was corrected by Sevin of Paris. | Lyon. | Price 1; ICA 2; GHP; Michel 2; MADEX. |
| MORIN, HENRI | France, c.1880, MIM | Rule, wood = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Staff Transit = D.(1994); Telescope, marine = Versailles 11/19/78; Surveying Instrument = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | telescope is signed "3 Rue Boursault"; surveying instrument is signed "Atelier H. Morin et Gensse à Paris." | 11 Rue Dulong; 3 Rue Boursault; both in Paris. | Garcelon 33; Bennett 2; RSW. |
| MORIN, J.-B. | France, 1583-1656, | proposed, in 1634, to use telescopes on astronomical instruments. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| MORISON | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| MORITZ AND IMMISCH | England, PHIM | Thermometer = Christie 5/26/76. | "from the inventor to Capt. W.B. Phillimore---." | London. | RSW. |
| MORK, A.F. | Sweden, c.1800, MIM | Pantograph = X. | A.F. Mörk. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. |
| MORLAND | England, 1731, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1731 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| MORLAND, SAMUEL | England, 1625-95, | Sir Samuel Morland; invented a perpetual calendar in 1650, example at BM; invented a "Poor man's Dial" (sundial), also a variant of Napier's Rods and a calculating machine in 1666; Sutton and Knibb made examples of the calculating machines now at KEN and FLO; "Master of Mechanics to King Charles II." | Bloomsbury; Vauxhall (1677); both in London. | Taylor 1(219); G.L'E. Turner 24; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9; DNB; DSB; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| MORLEY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Cardoza 8/26/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| MORLEY, GEORGE | England, 1836, MIM OIM | Taylor 2 equated this man with George Motley. | 84 High Street, Whitechapel (1836); 80 High Street Whitechapel; both in London | Taylor 2(2189); O'Mara. | |
| MORLEY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1805-06, MIM | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 7, 1796; Taylor listed a J. Morley with these dates and address. | 1 little Thames Street, Wapping, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(1184). | |
| MORRELL 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Whitby. | Goodison 1. | |
| MORRELL 2 | see Baker, Carver and Morrell. | RSW. | |||
| MORRELL 3 | England?; USA?, NIM | Compass Card = D.(1978). | Portsmouth. | RSW. | |
| MORRICE, JOSEPH | England, | an ivory turner in the Merchant Taylors' Company; had George Hicks. an OIM, as an apprentice. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MORRIS, G. | England, OIM | T.C.; spectacle maker. | No. 9, Bedford Square, East London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| MORRIS, ISAAC | England, c.1830, OIM | Kendal. | Taylor 2(1940). | ||
| MORRIS, J. | England, OIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Kendal. | Goodison 1. | |
| MORRIS, JOHN B. | England, fl.1825-43, MIM PHIM | Rule, Coggeshall-type, 1843 = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | the rule is signed "J.B. Morris London." | 14 New Walnut Tree Walk, London. | Taylor 2(1652); RSW. |
| MORRIS, JOSEPH | England, c.1788, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1788. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MORRIS, LEWIS | England, 1701-65, OIM | improved Wilson's pocket microscope. | Holyhead, Anglesea. | Taylor 2(198). | |
| MORRIS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1771-1803, MIM NIM | Octant, 1791 = Museum of Science, Boston, Mass. | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Feb.7, 1764; free of the Company on May 7, 1771; took apprentices. | Strand (1771); Cooper's Row, St.Catherine's (1783); St.Catherine's Square (1794-1801); Upper East Smithfield (1802); 54 East Smithfield (1803); all in London. | J. Brown 1; USNM. |
| MORRIS, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1801-18, MIM | rule maker. | Great Charles Street (1801); Summer Row (1808-18); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| MORRISON, A. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| MORS, THOMAS | England, fl.1730-50, MIM NIM | T.C.; bookseller. | at the Sign of the Lute on the Northside of St. Paul's Church Yard, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| MORSE, SAMUEL 1 | England, fl.1838-50, OIM | T.C.; spectaclemaker. | No. 3 Tenter Terrace, Prescot Street, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| MORSE, SAMUEL 2 | England, c.1840, MIM | 50 Mansell Street, Minories, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| MORSS, ANTHONY S. | USA, fl.1850-80, MIM NIM | Rope Guage = PMS; Dry Card Marine Compasses = D.(1961), D.(1972). | the rope guage is also marked "Hardware." | 210 and 212 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz 104; USNM; RSW. |
| MORTIMER, CROMWELL | England, c.1698-1752, | invented a metallic thermometer. | London. | Chaldecott 2. | |
| MORTIMER, JOHN | England, c.1862, | devised a compass with both azimuth and dip needles. | Pippinford Park, Maresfield, Sussex. | USNM | |
| MORTON AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1847-51, OIM PHIM | Alexander Morton. | 7 South College Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| MORTON, A. | misreading for Thomas Morton 2. | A.J. Turner 1; Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| MORTON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1832-46, PHIM | 'Windmill Experiment' for Air Pump = RSM. | 29 Richmond Place (1832-33); 2 Roxburgh Place (1834-37); 9 Drummond Street (1838); 11 Hill Square (1839); 71 Adam Square (1840-42); 7 South College Street (1845-46); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(2187); Morrison-Low 1. | |
| MORTON, DANIEL JAMES | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to Thomas Bourne 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company. Jan. 11, 1803. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MORTON, JAMES | England, MIM | chronometer maker; worked with his brother, Thomas Morton 1. | Sunderland and South Shields. | RSW. | |
| MORTON, JOHN, AND CO. | Scotland, NIM | Marine Compass = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| MORTON, THOMAS 1 | England, MIM | worked with his brother James. | Sunderland. | RSW. | |
| MORTON, THOMAS 2 | Scotland, 1783-1862, OIM | Telescope, wood = P.C. (1974); Telescopes = RSM, FRK = RSM (3). | designer and maker of textile machinery. | Kilmarnock. | Bryden 3; A.J. Turner 1; Morrison-Low 1. |
| MORZIERES, JOSEPH LOUIS | France, MIM | Table Sundial, octagonal = FIN-217. | Morzières. | Paris. | RSW. |
| MOSCHINO, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1650, OIM | Telescope = Roussel-22 = Prin Coll. = NMM-Caird; Opera Glass, ivory = Soth. 3/25/86. . | Genoa. | Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| MOSER | Czechoslovakia, 1727, MIM | Instrument, 1727 = PRA. | Prague. | RSW. | |
| MOSHAMMER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1731, PHIM | Pyrometer, 1731 = DEU. | Regensberg. | Daumas 1. | |
| MOSLEY | Ireland, PHIM | Pocket Barometer = K. & C. 7/9/75. | Waterford. | RSW. | |
| MOSS AND WINDRED | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 8 Crescent Street, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(2188). | ||
| MOSS, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1828-36, MIM OIM PHIM | Waterloo Place, Commercial Road (1828-29); 7 Catherine Street, Commercial Road (1830); 55 1/2 Houndsditch (1836); all in London. | Taylor 2(1941); O'Mara. | ||
| MOSS, CONRAD | Germany, 1588, PHIM | Nest of Weights, 1588 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| MOSS, J. | England, c.1750, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = X. | Taylor 2(2188). | ||
| MOSS, S. | England, | T.C.; experimental chemist. | 150 High Street, adjoining the Arcade, Cheltenham. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| MOSSY | France, fl.1780-1821, MIM PHIM | Thermometer and Calendar = Ader Picard Tajan 3/15/83; Barometers = CNAM (2, 1780), (1789); Thermometer, 1782 = CNAM; Barometer and Thermometer, 20 Janvier, 1791 = Pescheteau-Badin-Godeau-Leroy -de Ricqlès 7/8/97. | worked with Cappy before 1780; see Cappy and Mossy; breveté ingénieur in 1788; "constructeur des instruments de phisique en verre de la Société Roial del' Medicine"; worked for Lavoisier; barometer and thermometer signed "Mossi à Paris" plus date. | Quay Pelletier à la Croix d'or, Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1; ATG 8/2-9/97; RSW. |
| MOTEL, JEAN-FRANCOIS-HENRI | France, 1786-1859, MIM | Chronometer = ADL-N62. | Jean-François-Henri Motel. | Paris. | J.A. Bennett 2; Baillie 1; ADL; RSW. |
| MOTLEY, GEORGE | see George Morley. | Taylor 2(2189); O'Mara. | |||
| MOTTER, JOHANN | Belgium, 1602, MIM | Astronomical Rings = BRO (1602), KEN, VIE, NUR. | Flanders. | Michel 3; Maddison 1; Zinner 1. | |
| MOUNT, WILLIAM | England, c.1692, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on July 20, 1682; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1692. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MOUROUX | France, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Bordeaux. | RSW. | |
| MOUY, DE | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = ROU-125. | Michel put him down as French. | Amsterdam. | Michel 3; RSW. |
| MOWER | see Short and Mower. | RSW. | |||
| MOWRE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 1/31/85. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| MOXON, JAMES | England; Scotland, fl.1646-91, MIM | worked with his brother, Joseph Moxon, in 1646 and 1647 (Bryden thought Joseph was his father); free of the Weavers' Company by Patrimony before 1646; successfully petitioned to become a member of the Stationers' Company in 1646; active in Edinburgh in 1690. | at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf in Houn's ditch at the end of Houn's ditch near Bishopsgate, London; Lawrence Ord's Close, foot of the Canongate, Edinburgh (1690); London (1691). | Tyacke 1; Bryden 3 and 15. | |
| MOXON, JOHN | misreading for Joseph Moxon. | Wynter and Turner. | |||
| MOXON, JOSEPH | England, 1627-1700, MIM | Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, including miniatures, which may be seen in many museums including KAS, SKO, ADL, WHI, BEK, Winchester Cathedral Library, etc.; Quadrant, wood and paper, with a Volvelle = Burton Constable. | free of the Weavers' Company by Patrimony before 1646; transferred to the Stationers' Company in 1646; admitted to the Livery of the Weavers' Company in 1664; had been taking apprentices in that Company; worked with his brother, James, 1646-47; worked with John Sugar (1653-65); T.C.; F.R.S. in 1678; "Hydrographer to the King"; made "Particular" and Copernican spheres from Blaeu's design; developed the miniature terrestrial globe in England. | see Moxon, Joseph (Cont.) | see Moxon, Joseph (Cont.) |
| MOXON, JOSEPH (CONT.) | terrestrial globe at Winchester designed by Roger Palmer. | at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf in Houns-ditch, at the upper end of Houns-ditch near Bishopsgate (1647); the Netherlands (-1651); near St. Michael's in Cornhill, at the Sign of the Atlas on Parnassus Hill (1652-65); on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge at the Sign of the Atlas (1666); Covent Garden (1667); at the Atlas in Russell Street (1670-71); at the Sign of Atlas on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge on the west side of Fleet Bridge; Westminster Hall over against Parliament Stairs (1694); Warwick Lane (1699); all in London. | Taylor 1(228); Tyacke 1; Elizabeth Hall; Crawforth 1; USNM; Millburn 5; Wynter 1; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 4; Krogt 2; Edell; Olivia Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | ||
| MUCKLOW, BENJAMIN | England, c.1830, OIM | Rea Mill, Lawley Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1942). | ||
| MUDGE, JOHN | England, 1721-93, OIM | brother of Thomas Mudge; made several reflecting telescopes. | Plymouth. | Taylor 2(386). | |
| MUDGE, THOMAS | England, 1717-94, MIM | apprenticed to George Graham of the Clockmakers' Company on May 4, 1730; free of the Company, Jan. 15, 1738; took apprentices; clock and chronometer maker; succeeded George Graham; from 1750 Mudge had William Dutton as a partner. | 67 (later 151) Fleet Street, London; Plymouth (1771). | Dewhirst; J. Brown 3; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(294). | |
| MUETER | see Motter. | Zinner 1. | |||
| MUGGENAST, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 1714, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1714 = GEM. | clockmaker. | Strengen? | Zinner 1. |
| MUIR, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1682-d.1695, NIM | ship's chandler and nautical instrument maker. | Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| MULLALLY, LUKE | Ireland, c.1751, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| MULLER | Germany, PHIM | Hygrometer = DEU. | Müller. | Berlin. | Daumas 1. |
| MULLER, F. HENRICH | Germany, fl. 1672-78, MIM | Sundial, round, silver = OXF; Sundial, octagonal = Zeiss, Jena; Perpetual Calendar (1663-1700) = Evans Coll.-OXF; Horizontal Sundial, round, silver = Soth. 4/16/56-134. | F. Henrich Müller; Zinner called him "J. Heinrich Müller." | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| MULLER, FRANZ ERNST | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, wood = Wolfenbüttel Bibliothek. | Franz Ernst Müller. | Zinner 1. | |
| MULLER, H., AND CO. | China, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 12/13/71. | Shanghai. | RSW. | |
| MULLER, HANS | Germany, 1538, MIM | Hans Müller; member of compass maker guild; compiled aninventory in 1538; Linhart Gresel was one of the guardians of his children. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | |
| MULLER, JOHANNES | see Regiomontanus. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| MULLER, LUDOVICUS D. | see Ludwig Theodor Müller. | Hamilton 1. | |||
| MULLER, LUDWIG THEODOR | Germany, fl.1710-70, MIM | Augsburg-type sundials by this maker can be found in most museums and collections. | Ludwig Theodor Müller; or Ludwig Theodatus Müller; the dials are often signed "L.T.M."; an early example of a cottage industry, most examples have assembly marks on the various parts to aid in the final reassembly; they come in leather covered cardboard boxes with instruction sheets in German, French and English with a long list of towns and their latitudes; "Kompassmacher, Mechaniker." | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; USNM; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| MULLER, MARTIUS | Italy, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Genoa. | Clay and Court. | |
| MULLER, P. CAROLUS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = ADL-M316; Pillar Sundial = WRAY-97; Pillar Sundial, wood and paper = St. Gall. | P. Carolus Müller; Zinner called him "Karl Müller." | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| MULLER, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Rule = Stuker 11/22/66. | Sebastian Müller. | Ebersbach. | RSW. |
| MULLER, THEODAT G. | misreading for L.T. Müller. | RSW. | |||
| MULLER, WALDEMAR | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Randers. | RSW. | |
| MULLINER, ABRAHAM | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph South of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1712. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| MUNCK, FRANCIS | England, c.1652, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company on Sept.28, 1652. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| MUNDAY, THOMAS | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/28/86. | RSW. | ||
| MUNGER, ASAHEL | USA, c.1835, | he received a patent on a pendulum level in 1835. | Oberlin, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| MUNNICH, GEORGE | Holland, 1766-1829, MIM | George Münnich; instruments at LEY. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| MUNRO | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/4/77, X. | 12 York Place, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(1943); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| MUNRO, JAMES | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 4/5 High Street Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(1943); Goodison 1. | ||
| MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 1489-1552, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = Weil = Zeitlin = USNM. | author; wrote many books on dialing and mathematics which often included instruments to be cut out and mounted by the reader. | Zinner 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| MUR UND STERR | Germany, 1719, OIM | Telescope, parchment, 1719 = DEU. | Christian Mur and Johann Sterr; what about Maurstotter und Sterr? same date, same instrument, same town. | Freising. | Daumas 1; Price 2. |
| MURDOCK, ALBERT | USA, c.1835, MIM | globemaker; partner with his father, David Clark Murdock; see D.C. and A. Murdock. | West Boylston, Mass. | Yonge; Bedini 8; USNM. | |
| MURDOCK, D.C. AND A. | USA, fl.1800-40, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = P.C., P.C. | David Clark Murdock and his son, Albert; globe makers. | West Boylston, Mass. | Yonge; Bedini 8; USNM. |
| MURDOCK, DAVID CLARK | USA, 1805-86, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = P.C. Yale U., P.C. | made many globes, 1830 on; second son, Albert, became his partner in 1835; see D.C. and A. Murdock. | West Boylston, Mass. | Yonge; Bedini 8. |
| MURER, JOHANN | Germany, 1556-1641, MIM | Sundial, glass = ZUR. | Oberwinther (1581); Rickenbach (1612). | Zinner 1. | |
| MURIS, JEAN DE | France, fl.1318-23, | astronomer; used a kardaya, a kind of sextant. | Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| MURPHY | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Cottenham, Cambs. | Bell 2. | |
| MURRAY | see Draper, Murray and Fairman. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. | ||
| MURRAY, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1824-41, NIM | also a clock and watchmaker. | 40 Quay (1824-27); 37 Quay (1828-35); 30 Quay (1836-41); all in Aberdeen. | Taylor 2(2191); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low. | |
| MURRAY, JOHN 2 | Scotland, c.1834, NIM | compass maker. | Dock Street, Dundee (1834). | Bryden 3. | |
| MURRAY, MUNGO | England, fl.1754-72, | invented a shipwright's sector; author. | His Majesty's Yard, Deptford, Kent; London. | Lefkowicz Bulletin No.6, 1977; Taylor 2(514). | |
| MURRAY, WALTER | Scotland, fl.1945-75, NIM | see Berry and Mackay. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| MURRELL, JOHN | England, fl.1836-46, OIM | 13 Albion Place, St.John's Lane, London. | Taylor 2(2192); O'Mara. | ||
| MURREY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1810-21, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on May 1, 1810. | Haymarket, London (1821). | Crawforth 7. | |
| MURRY, WILLIAM | England, c.1755, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; took Robert Bancks 1 as an apprentice in 1755; turned him over to Philip Jones of the Framework Knitters' Company, in 1757. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MUSSCHENBROEK, JAN VAN | Holland, 1687-1748, OIM PHIM | Microscope, 1702 = X; Air Pumps = LEY (1708) & (1722), KAS, DEU (1708). | made a wide range of philosophical instruments; worked for 's Gravesande; son of Johann Joosten van Musschenbroek and succeeded him in 1707. | Leyden. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; USNM; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| MUSSCHENBROEK, JOHAN JOOSTEN VAN | Holland, 1660-1707, OIM PHIM | Air Pumps = LEY (1698), UTR (1706), DEU; Microscope, aquatic = LEY; Microscopes = KEN, LEY. | succeeded his brother, Samuel van Musschenbroek; father of Jan van Musschenbroek; his master mark was a lamp with crossed keys; KEN and LEY microscopes are signed "Johann van Musschenbroek", but with proper master marks. | Leiden. | Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. |
| MUSSCHENBROEK, JOHANN VAN | may be same as Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| MUSSCHENBROEK, PIETER VAN | Holland, 1692-1761, | physicist; invented a pyrometer; son of Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek; interested in the luminescence of barometers. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. | |
| MUSSCHENBROEK, SAMUEL VAN | Holland, 1639-81, OIM PHIM | Air Pump, 1675 = LEY. | older brother of Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek; his master mark was a lamp with crossed keys; the keys represent the city of Leiden. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM. |
| MUSTON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| MUTH | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Sector, with compass = P.C.; Universal Ring Sundial = SWE. | probably H.L. or J.P. Muth; "Opticus Professor fecit." | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Pipping 1; RSW. |
| MUTH, H.L. AND J.P. | Germany, 1721, MIM | Celestial Globe, silver, 1721 = KAS. | Heinrich Ludwig and J.P. Muth were brothers. | Kassel. | Zinner 1. |
| MUTH, HEINRICH LUDWIG | Germany, 1673-1754, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1720 = KAS. | brother of J.P. Muth. | Kassel. | Zinner 1. |
| MUTH, J.P. | see H.L. and J.P. Muth. | Zinner 1. | |||
| MUTI | Czechoslovakia, 1716, MIM | Sun and Moon Dial, 1716 = Christie 4/3/85. | Willebrand-type; the first letter of the name is not clear it might be Huti or Vuti. | Prague. | RSW. |
| MUXTON AND PALLANT | England, pre-1843, MIM | Bubble Level = USNM. | W. Muxton and John Pallant. | 44 Museum Street, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| MUXTON, W. | England, pre-1843, MIM SIM | worked with John Pallant. | 44 Museum Street, London. | USNM; RSW. | |
| MYBOOM, PAULUS | Holland, MIM | Compass Sundial, in ivory barrel = Eisinga's house, Franeker. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| MYERS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Yarmouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| MYERS, H. AND J. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Winchester. | Bell 2. | |
| MYERS, P. | England, MIM | Sector, ivory = Auction, 1960. | may be Philip Myers, having moved from Nottingham to London. | London. | Taylor 2(1945). |
| MYERS, PHILIP | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | 1 Okeham Street, Nottingham. | Taylor 2(1945). | ||
| MYLIUS, A. DE | England, 1791, MIM | finished a planetarium invented and started by Philipp Matthaeus Hahn. | London. | Taylor 2(601). | |
| MYLNE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1630-40, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials = Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Stobhall, Perthshire; Obelisk Sundials = Wemyss Castle, Drummond Castle (1630). | a stone mason. | Perth. | Gatty; Somerville. |
| N. 1 | MIM | Cruciform Sundial, silver = Koller 11/17/75. | signed "N. 46" on the cover. | RSW. | |
| N. 2 | c.1809-19, MIM | Compass, silver, with case = Drouot 4/26/67. | the "N" has a crown over it. | RSW. | |
| N.A. | England, fl.1731-65, | stands for New Astronomer, a pseudonym for William Ross which see ; he invented a type of ring sundial called a Rossisphere in 1733; there is an example at OXF; author. | Taylor 2(222 & 301). | ||
| N.C. | France, 1797, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, cast pewter, 1792 = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | RSW. | ||
| N.D. | Habermel-type Astrolabe = Michel Coll. | Price 2. | |||
| N.G.H. | c.1790, MIM | marked on a cartographic surveying rule signed "K.L.C." (1) under a crown. | Christie-SK 11/27/86. | ||
| N.H. | 1764, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1764 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| N.M. 1 | Germany, 1649, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1649 = Huelsman Coll. | Nikolaus Miller 2. | Nürnberg. | Syndram; RSW. |
| N.M. 2 | USA, 1760?, MIM | Window Sundial, small = D.(1989). | perhaps related to Josiah Miller. | Moskowitz 132. | |
| N.N. | England, 1611, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1611 = Hartshead, Yorkshire. | Hartshead, Yorkshire. | Gatty. | |
| N.V. | Italy, 1853, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1853 = ADL-W137. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| NACHET ET FILS | France, pre-1851-1881 and 1892 on, OIM | Microscopes = K. & C. 6/21/75, Phillips 5/20/75; etc. | Camille Sébastien Nachet and son; the firm of A. Nachet changed its name back to Nachet et Fils in 1892. | rue Saint-Séverin 17, Paris. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| NACHET, A. | France, fl.1881-92, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | successor to Nachet et Fils; the firm changed its name back to Nachet et Fils in 1892. | Paris. | Moskowitz 132. |
| NACHET, CAMILLE SEBASTIEN | France, 1799-1881, OIM | Microscopes = D.(1972), D.(1984); etc. | Camille Sébastien Nachet started business with Vincent Chevalier; established his own firm c.1840; made microscopes. | rue Voltaire (1819); rue Serpente 16; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen F; Moskowitz 104; Brieux; Warner 13. |
| NAFTEL, PAUL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | Guernsey. | RSW. | |
| NAGLER, JOHN | USA, fl.1810-30, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Wachovia Museum, Old Salem, North Carolina. | Winston-Salem, North Carolina. | USNM. | |
| NAHMENS, NAHMEN | Germany, 1704-68, NIM | Octant with Compass = X. | Zinner 1. | ||
| NAIME | misreading for Nairne. | Phillips 9/10/86. | |||
| NAIRN | variant spelling for Nairne. | RSW. | |||
| NAIRNE AND BLUNT | England, fl.1774-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including FLO, WHI, MLL, COO, BAR, UTR, LEY, SUN, KEN, OXF, CNAM, PMM, Burton Constable, etc. | Edward Nairne and Thomas Blunt 1; Blunt had been apprenticed to Nairne from 1760 to 1771. | 20 Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(750); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz; Wynter; RSW; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; J.A.Bennett 1 and 2; Middleton 1. |
| NAIRNE, EDWARD | England, 1726-1806, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of well engraved instruments including; barometers, electrical machines, telescopes, sundials, rules, a mariner's astrolabe (NMM-52), etc.; examples may be seen at ADL, UTR, MLL, MAN, USNM, FLO, NMM, OMM, SWE, HAR, OXF, WHI. | apprenticed to Matthew Loft of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 2, 1741; free of the Company by Redemption, Jan. 26, 1748; Master of the Company 1759, 1774, 1796-97; took apprentices; partner with Thomas Blunt 1, 1774-93; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty"; T.C. | at the Golden Spectacles, Reflecting Telescopes and Hadley's Quadrant, in Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(388); O. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Engelmann 1; DNB; DSB; Crawforth 1 & 7; Maddison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; J.A. Bennett 1 and 2; A. Stimson 3; Garcia Franco; ADL; RSW. |
| NAPIER, D., AND SON | England, c.1848, NIM | Mariner's Compass = AMST. | patented "Captain's Registering Compass" in 1848. | 8 and 9 Vine Street, York Road, Lambeth. London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| NAPIER, JOHN | Scotland, 1550-1617, | Baron Merchiston; published a work on logarithms in 1614 and invented two calculating devices called "Napier's Bones" and a more complicated version called the "Promptuary", in 1617. | Merchiston. | DNB; DSB; G.L'E. Turner 24; Tomash; etc. | |
| NARCAL, FEITA | Brazil, c.1720, NIM | Compass, 1720 = LIM. | Rio de Janeiro. | RSW. | |
| NARCISS, THEODOR AUGUST | see Theodor August Narzis. | RSW. | |||
| NARCY | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 1/22/73 = D.(1997). | modern work; this looks like the work of the forger Williams. | "Paris." | Brieux 4; Coffin 58; RSW. |
| NARRIEN, JOHN | England, fl.1805-25, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sectors, ivory and brass = Soth. 12/15/78, Armand 10/11/90; Stick Barometer = D.(1986); Theodolite = D.(1973). | Soth. sector is part of a set of drawing instruments. | 70 St. James's Street, London. | Taylor 2(1186); Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| NARRIEU, JOHN | misprint for John Narrien. | RSW. | |||
| NARZIS, THEODOR AUGUST | Germany, 1721-73, MIM | Sundial, octagonal, 1766 = ULM. | compass in lid; marked "Stuckjunker." | Ulm. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| NASH, F.M. | USA, fl.1866-71, MIM SIM | a partner in Blunt and Nichols with Edmund Blunt 2 and John H. Nichols who was Blunt's uncle; later was a partner in Blunt and Co. (1868-71), with William Sinclair Blunt; then on his own, made surveying instruments. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| NASH, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1664-90, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company in 1664; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company, Feb. 24, 1668; took apprentices; also sold maps and globes; had some faulty rules seized in 1672. | at the Sign of the Globe, within Aldgate, London. | J. Brown 1 & 3; Taylor 1(310); Clay and Court. | |
| NASH, JOHN 2 | England, c.1717, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1709; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1717; J. Brown 1 reported that Nash took over Thomas Clark 1 as an apprentice from Charles Crick 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 16, 1697 though these dates do not agree; it may be that this is John Nash 1, though the dates are off also. | London. | J. Brown 1 & 3. | |
| NASH, REUBEN | USA, 1786, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1786 = Vermont Historical Society. | Benson, Vermont. | USNM. | |
| NASH, THOMAS | England, fl.1717-69, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 10, 1708; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1717. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| NATHAN, ADOLPH | c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | "opticus." | RSW. | |
| NATHAN, ELIAS | England, c.1830, OIM | 1 Old Millgate, London. | Taylor 2(1946). | ||
| NAVARRE, FRANCOIS | France, fl.1760-78, OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = Auction, Versailles 5/6/79, CNAM, P.C. | in 1760 brevetted "ingénieur Ordinaire en instruments de Physique et de Mathématiqus Privilégié de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne" elder grandson of Louis XV; worked with Dom Noël. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Augarde; RSW. |
| NAYLOR 1 | England, c.1722, PHIM | made weather-glasses. | Black Lion, Longacre, London. | Smart 1. | |
| NAYLOR 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| NAYLOR, T. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Hutchinson-Scott Auctioneers, 6/14/94. | barometer maker. | Lowestoft; Halifax. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| NAZE, JEAN | France, 1553, MIM | Astrolabe, 1553 = Musée, Lyon; Astronomical Table Clock = CLU. | ICA-2000 | Lyon. | Destombes et Brieux; Brieux 3; ICA 2. |
| NEAL, MISTER | England, MIM | globe maker; probably John Neale. | London. | Bedini 8. | |
| NEALE, HENRY | England, fl.1686-95, MIM PHIM | Set of Weights D.(1971); Money Balance = Gabb Coll. = NMM. | T.C.; Moskowitz thought c.1775. | at ye end of St. Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Calvert 2; Taylor 1(446); Moskowitz 102. |
| NEALE, JOHN | England, fl.1743-58, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Waywiser = X. | author; watchmaker; made miniature orreries, globes, electrical machines, etc.; often signed "J. Neal"; he attempted to publish John Bevis' Star Atlas in 1750 but went bankrupt. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(389); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Lattin; Clay and Court; Gingerich 1. |
| NEBEL | France, c.1795, MIM SIM | Graphometers = WHI, MYS, Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79; Sector = P.C.; Folding Square = P.C. | au Butterfield, Paris. | Price 12; Brieux 2; Olivia Brown 1; RSW. | |
| NEEVES, RICHARD | England, fl.1857-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 3 Regent Place, Grays Inn Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEEVES, WILLIAM | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 17 Great St. Andrew Street, London. | Taylor 2(2193). | ||
| NEFF, W.C. AND J. | USA, fl.1848-69, MIM NIM PHIM | manufactured electro-magnetic machines. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| NEGELEIN, N.G. | Germany, c.1830, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = UTR, ADL-N15, OXF, D.(1977), P.C., Delft Sundial Exhibition; Magnetic Compass, small, boxwood = D.(1971). | the magnetic compass has a multi-colored compass rose printed in English. | Nürnberg a Bavaria. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; de Rijk; Giordano 2; Moskowitz 102; ADL; RSW. |
| NEGRATTI, H. | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; possibly Henry Negretti but he is not known at this address. | 2 Dorrington Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEGRETTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 36 Redcliff Street, Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEGRETTI AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | Henry Negretti; the barometer at Christie-SK was signed "Negretti & Co., fecit, London." | 19 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| NEGRETTI AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 35 Pike Street, Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA | England, 1850-present, MIM OIM PHIM | sundials; telescopes; microscopes; barometers; thermometers; hygrometers; etc. | Henry Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra became partners in 1850, this continued until the death of Negretti in 1879; the firm was carried on by the sons of Negretti and of Zambra and still exists under the same name; T.C.; "Opticians and Meteorological Instrument Makers to Her Majesty"; patented an improvement for barometers in 1861. | 11 Hatton Garden; 1 Hatton Garden; branch at 122 Regent Street (1862-present); 38 Holborn Viaduct (1870-1941). | G.L'E. Turner 24; W.J. Read; Daumas 1; Moskowitz; Middleton1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| NEGRETTI AND ZAMORA | England, c.1773, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | the perpetual calendar on the barometer runs from 1773-1872; this must be a misreading for Negretti and Zambra and the early date taken from the perpetual calendar. | RSW. | |
| NEGRETTI, ENRICO ANGELO LUDOVICO | see Henry Negretti. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2194); Bell 2. | |||
| NEGRETTI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEGRETTI, GAETONO | England; USA, fl.1841-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "G. Negretti, Manchester." | 4 Thomas Street, Manchester (1841); New York, N.Y. (1850-52). | Goodison 1; Warner 5. |
| NEGRETTI, H., AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-Sk 10/20/89. | 19 Leather Lane, London. | RSW. | |
| NEGRETTI, HENRY | Italy; England, 1818-79, MIM OIM PHIM | Magnetic Sundial, brass case = Soth. 11/13/61; Wheel Barometer = KEN; etc. | Enrico Angelo Ludovico Negretti; came to England in 1830; he was apprenticed to Francis Augustus Pizzala 1 in 1838; Read thought he was apprenticed to C. Tagliabue; glassblower, in 1840; Middleton thought he was working with John Ronketti in 1840; worked for M. Pizzi from 1843, and later for his widow; philosophical instrument maker by 1849; formed a partnership with Joseph Warren Zambra in 1850 which continued until Negretti's death in 1879; the firm was carried on by sons of Negretti and of Zambra and still exists under that name. | see NEGRETTI, HENRY (cont.) | |
| NEGRETTI, HENRY (CONT.) | 20 Greville Street (1840); 17 Leather Lane, Holborn (1841-45); 9 Hatton Garden (1849); all in London. | Taylor 2(2194); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Daumas 1; W.J. Read; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; RSW. | |||
| NEGRETTI, L., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEGRETTI, L., AND SON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 4/20/83. | Portsmouth. | RSW. | |
| NEGRINI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Tenterden. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEHR, F.C. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Armillary Sundial = Magdalen College, Oxford. | Greenwich. | Gunther 2. | |
| NEIL, SIR PAUL | England, c.1650, OIM | telescope maker "of high repute." | USNM; Dewhirst. | ||
| NEILL BROS. | Ireland, fl.1850-63, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | probably the sons of Robert Neill. | 23 High Street, Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| NEILL, JR. AND J. | Ireland, c.1860, NIM | Sextant = Bearne's 1/25/89. | may be Neill Bros., which see. | Belfast. | RSW. |
| NEILL, ROBERT, AND SONS | Ireland, fl.1842-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Neill and Sons." | 25 High Street, Belfast. | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| NEIRNE | misreading for Nairne. | Dewhirst. | |||
| NELLE MESURE | "nouvelle mesure", the new metric measure of the French Revolution. | RSW. | |||
| NELLSON, R. | England, 1738, MIM | Sundial, 1738 = X. | Gatty. | ||
| NELME, LEMUEL DOLE | England, c.1750, | T.C.; dealer in ships' merchandise; etc. | at his office in Exchange Alley, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| NELSON, JOSEPH | England, fl.1703-08, MIM | supplied all sorts of sundials; a surveyor. | Colchester, Essex. | Taylor 1(541). | |
| NELSON, OLIVER | Ireland, 1771, MIM | Sundial, 1771 = Soth. 3/10/87. | he was "printer to the Honourable City of Dublin." | Dublin. | RSW. |
| NELSON, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1830-62, OIM PHIM | Telescope built into a cane = ADL-A56; Marine Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Nelson Dublin"; optician, spectacle maker and jeweler. | 21 Essex Quay (1830-31); 20 Essex Quay (1832); 24 Essex Quay (1833); 37 Lower Ormond Quay (1834-39); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; ADL; RSW. |
| NELSON, WILLIAM H. | England, fl.1840-62, MIM OIM | may be the same as William Nelson or maybe his son. | 37 Lower Ormond Quay (1840-44); 42 Lower Ormond Quay (1845-51); 66 Dame Street (1852-62); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| NEMES, JOHN | England, fl.1724-53, MIM | Sundials = OXF, AMST; Horizontal Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83; Compass Sundials = Soth. 10/18/74, 10/20/75 and 3/10/87-99, WHI-1192. | apprenticed to his father, Robert, in the Clockmakers' Company in June, 1710; freed as a Brother in the Company, June 18, 1724; the horizontal and compass sundials are signed on the paper compass roses inside the lids of the cases; some of the signatures show as "I. Nemes." | London. | Taylor 2(199); Mörzer Bruyns 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; Weil 25; Crawforth 8; Baillie 1; Britten; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| NEMES, ROBERT | see John Nemes. | Britten. | |||
| NEMES, T. | England, MIM | Compass Sundials = ADL-W231, D.; Diptych Sundial = Einsiedeln Stift. | Taylor 2(199); Crawforth 8; Weil 25; Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| NENZELIUS, OLOF | Sweden, 1728-1804, MIM | clock and instrument maker, amateur. | Lund. | Pipping 1. | |
| NEPHEW, CHARLES | India, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 2/25/86. | Calcutta. | RSW. | |
| NEPHEW, CHARLES, AND CO. | India, 19th Century, MIM | Pocket Compass = Soth. 4/27/72; Inclinable Sundial = ADL-N24; Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 12/16/63; Horizontal Sundial = Soth. 12/16/63. | Calcutta. | ADL; RSW. | |
| NEPOS GEMMA FRISIUS | Gualterus Arsenius, which see. | RSW. | |||
| NERICE, BERNARDO | Italy, 1762, MIM | Sundial, brass, on a marble base, 1762 = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird. | Lucca. | NMM 2. | |
| NESBIT, ALEXANDER | England, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| NESBITT, JOHN | England, PHIM | Balance, large = D.(1976). | 42 Market Street, Manchester. | RSW. | |
| NESSY | France?, MIM | Sundial = Hayden Planetarium, Boston. | USNM. | ||
| NESTFELL, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1694-1762, MIM | Planetaria = Natural History Museum, Vienna (1753), BAM, WUR; Quadrant, (1762) = DEU; Table Sundial = Pommersfelden Schloss. | King said Vienna mechanism was very similar to that in the George Graham tellurian at ADL. | Bamberg; Würzberg (1753). | Maurice 1; H.C. King 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. |
| NETHERWOOD, JOB | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Clement Foster of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec.16, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| NETINI, PAULUS CONSTANTINI | Italy, fl.1820-40, MIM | Sundials on papier-maché snuff boxes, 1820 & 1840 = Drecker Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| NEUHAUS | Austria, c.1800, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| NEUHOFER UND SOHN | Austria, MIM | Alidade = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| NEUMAN, JOHANN-BAPTIST | Austria, 17th Century, MIM | Sundial, gilt-brass = Michel Coll. | Vienna. | Michel 3. | |
| NEUMANN, BALTHASAR | Germany, 1712, MIM | Sundial, 1712 = DEU-2829; Sectors = WUR (1713), P.C. | artillery officer; P.C. sector is architectural. | Price 2; Daumas 1; Zinner 1; RJW; RSW. | |
| NEUSSHART | Germany, 1750, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial, 1750 = ULM. | also marked "P.M.L.P.N." | Ulm. | RSW. |
| NEVE, GUILLIAM DE | Holland, c.1623, PHIM | balance maker; T.C. dated 1623. | Amsterdam. | Soth. 11/16/87. | |
| NEVE, P. | France, c.1820, MIM | Planetarium = Soth. 12/16/63; Planetarium, wood and paper = Soth. 12/17/62. | rue de l'Hirondelle, 22, Paris. | RSW. | |
| NEWALL, R.S. | England, c.1946, MIM | Capuchin-type Sundials = WHI (4). | modern. | Bryden 16. | |
| NEWBERY, WILLIAM | England, c.1610, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 20, 1610. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| NEWBOND AND BULFORT | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| NEWCOMB AND MANSELL | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; sextant = PC. | Mansell 2. | 35, Wapping Liverpool. | Goodison 1; WEBDB. |
| NEWCOMBE, F. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| NEWDIGATE, FRANCIS | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Weschler 5/22/76. | RSW. | ||
| NEWELL AND BROWNING | USA, c.1803, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | probably Joseph Newell and Samuel Browning 1. | Merchants Row, Boston, Mass. (1803). | Smart 1. |
| NEWELL AND SON | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Andover Historical Society, Mass., Bostonian Society, Old State House, Boston, Mass., P.C. | Andrew and Joseph Newell; the compass card in the private collection is also marked "Callender Scp."; some compass cards signed "N. Hurd Sct." | East end of Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass. | USNM; Smart 1; Rudd; Warner 12. |
| NEWELL, ANDREW | USA, 1749-98, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = PMS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., P.C., D.; Backstaff = P.C. | "served his time with the late Mr. Dupee"; worked under "the best Masters in London"; Nathaniel Hurd and Joseph Callender engraved the compass cards. | King Street 1 (1773); 61 State Street (1789-96); at the East End of the Market (Faneuil Hall) (1798); all in Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Price 2; Rudd; Giordano 3; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; RSW. |
| NEWELL, CHARLES | USA, 1783-1809, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compassses = PEA, South Natick Historical Society, Mass. | T.C; son of Andrew Newell. | 11 Merchants Row, East side of the Market, Boston, Mass.(1805). | Bedini 8; Smart 1. |
| NEWELL, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1798-1813, MIM SIM | partner with his father, Andrew Newell, 1798; also a ship chandler; partner with Samuel Browning 1 as Newell and Browning. | East end of Market (1798); Merchants Row (1800); 11 Merchants Row (1805-1813); all in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| NEWELL, THEODORE | USA, c.1821, MIM | made several orreries; farmer; amateur astronomer; held a patent on his orrery. | Poultney, Vermont. | Bedini 8. | |
| NEWMAN AND SON | England, c.1851-62, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | John Frederick Newman and his son; taken over by Negretti and Zambra in 1862. | London. | Middleton 1. | |
| NEWMAN, A.J. | England, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | RSW. | ||
| NEWMAN, ELIZABETH | England, 1694, | apprenticed to Daniel Thomas in the Clockmakers' Company in 1694. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| NEWMAN, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1769, | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 5, 1769. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| NEWMAN, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1808, MIM | watch and clockmaker who made the movement in Dec., 1808 for an orrery by Thomas Blunt 1; the movement was later repaired by Henry Voight of Philadephia, Pa.; there is a chance that the two George Newmans are the same man. | Wynter 1. | ||
| NEWMAN, JAMES | England, fl.1793-1827, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Newman 1 of the Grocers' Company, who was possibly his father, in 1793; succeeded him c.1800; made barometers and thermometers. | Exeter Exchange, Strand, London. | Goodison 1; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(1015); Middleton 1. | |
| NEWMAN, JOHN FREDERICK | England, fl.1816-60, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | made many philosophical instruments including barometers, pyrometers electrical machines, also sundials, surveying instruments, rules, etc; examples may be seen at KEN, VEN, USNM, SWE, Royal Institution, etc. | most instruments signed "I. Newman" or "J. Newman"; showed an air pump at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851; he was philosophical instrument maker to the Royal Institution; made instruments for the East India Company; developed a portable barometer in 1833; probably succeeded James Newman; bought out by Negretti and Zambra, 1862; T.C.; see Newman and Son. | No. 7 and 8 Lisle Street, Leicester Square (1816-25); 109 Regent Street; 122 Regent Street (1827-60); all in London. | Taylor 2(1396); Goodison 1; USNM; Price 2; Moskowitz 103; RSW; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Middleton 1. |
| NEWMAN, S. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | 122 Regent Street, London. | RSW. | |
| NEWMAN, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1759-1800, MIM PHIM | Pantograph = CMY (Cooke Shop). | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1751; free of the Company on Jan. 2, 1759; took apprentices; successor to Heath and Wing; T.C.; took James Newman, possibly his son, as apprentice, 1793; James Newman succeeded him c. 1800. | Essex Street in the Strand (1759); Shoe Lane (1764); Exeter Change, Strand (1788); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Taylor 2(516); RSW. |
| NEWMAN, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1788, | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Newman 1, of the Grocers' Company, on Nov. 6, 1788. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| NEWMAN, W., AND CO. | India, c.1880, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 1/27/75; Augsburg-type Sundial, round = WHI. | Calcutta. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| NEWMARCH, LEE | England, 1824, | signature on the back of the compass card of an azimuth compass by Thomas Smith 2. | Hull. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| NEWSUM, BARTHOLOMEW | England, fl.1565-93, MIM | Table Sundial = FIN-223 = P.C. = Christie 6/7/72; Case of Drawing Instruments = BM; Compass in Clock = BM; etc. | sundial maker to Queen Elizabeth I; a variant spelling is "Newsam." | London. | Taylor 1(39); Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| NEWTON | England, fl.1825-50, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Pair of Globes, 1850 = Soth.-B 2/9/72; Orreries = D.(1973), D.(1986)(2); Terrestrial Globes, miniature = ADL-W53, Focke Museum; Celestial Globe = Grimaldi Coll.; Globe = NMM; Orrery, miniature, case = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich.; etc. | probably William Newton 2; the ADL globe is signed "Newton's new improved Pocket Globe." | 66 Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Calvert 2; Grimaldi; Coffeen F; Wynter 1; Yonge; ADL; RSW. |
| NEWTON AND BERRY | England, 1831, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1830 = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1831 = Soth. 9/20/83 and 4/18/88; Terrestrial Globe, in box, 1831 = Soth. 1/27/75; etc. | successors to J. and W. Newton; succeeded by Newton Son and Berry. | 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); RSW. |
| NEWTON AND CO. | England, fl.1861- 85, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79; Barometers = Christie 10/26/72, and 12/6/78 (No-433); Inclinometer = WHI; Telescopes, refracting = D.(1972), Soth.-WS 10/18/83; Microscopes = D.(1975), Christie 4/3/85; Sextant, pocket = Soth. 9/20/83; Dumpy Level = Christie 12/18/74; Gyroscopes = Christie 4/9/75, Soth. 3/10/87; Vacuum Pump = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Inclinable Sundial = Phillips 2/14/79; Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Soth. 7/7/78; etc. | succeeded Newton and Son; T.C.; "Opticians and Globe Makers to the Queen." | 66 Chancery Lane; 3 Fleet Street near Temple Bar; both in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Moskowitz 122; Taylor 2(1397); Olivia Brown 1; RSW. |
| NEWTON AND SON | England, fl.1840-61, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = H. Ford Museum, Mich (1840), Rutgers U. Library, N.J. (1844); P.C. (2), Phillips 7/20/83 (1845), Maria Mitchell House, Nantucket, Mass. (1849), USNM (1852); Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Soth. 7/7/78, Phillips 4/20/83; Celestial Globes = D.(1974)(1845), Maria Mitchell House (1847), Cambridge Geological School (1861); Pair of Globes on stands with compasses = Christie 4/3/85; Orreries = Soth. 1/27/75, Bonhams 12/4/81; etc. | John and William (2) Newton; one terrestrial globe is marked "Newtons New and Improved Terrestrial Globe. Published by Newton and Son"; T.C. | 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Olivia Brown 1; Yonge; RSW. |
| NEWTON AND SONS | England, c.1845, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Chancery Lane, London. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| NEWTON BROS. | England, NIM OIM | Sextant = D.(1976); Telescope = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | telescope marked "Impd. Day or Night." | Hull. | RSW. |
| NEWTON SON AND BERRY | England, fl.1830-61, MIM | Celestial Globe, miniature = Phillips 10/20/82; Pocket Globe = Soth. 5/6/69; Terrestrial Globes = D.(1987) (1836), Chicago Historical Society, State College, Framingham, Mass.; Celestial Globes = D.(1989) (1839), P.C. (1838). | the pocket globe was misread as Newton Sons and Berry; the celestial globe has constellations shown as mathematical instruments, etc.; succeeded Newton and Berry; became Newton and Co. | 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); Wynter and Turner; Maine Antique Digest, June, 1987; Moskowitz 132; Yonge; RSW. |
| NEWTON, B., SON AND BERRY | England, 1830, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1830 = Bracketts 4/27/90. | probably misreading for "Newton, Son and Berry." | ATD 4/21/90. | |
| NEWTON, E.T. | England, c.1830, MIM SIM | Telescopic Mining Transits = P.C. (1982), P.C. (1984); Surveying Instrument = Soth. 10/8/71; Altitude Theodolite = Phillips 4/20/83; Sundial = D.(1974); Surveying Compass = X. | the altitude theodolite and the sundial are marked "Camborne"; the rest are marked "St. Day, Cornwall"; T.C.; "Successor to the Maker" (William Wilton). | Cambourne; St. Day; both in Cornwall. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 4; Rienitz; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| NEWTON, E.T., AND SON | England, c.1860, MIM SIM | Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | Camborne, Cornwall. | RSW. | |
| NEWTON, F.M. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | optician; probably a retailer of barometers. | Leicester. | RSW. |
| NEWTON, ISAAC | England, 1643-1727, MIM OIM | Wall Sundial = Wolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Reflecting Telescope = Royal Society. | scientist; astromomer; author; F.R.S.; designed and made prototype instruments; constructed a seven mirror burning glass. | Wolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Trinity College, Cambridge. | Taylor 1(299) and 2(97); DNB; DSB; Gatty; Price 2; USNM; Spargo 1; I. Bernard Cohen 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Genuth 2. |
| NEWTON, J. AND W. | England, fl.1815-20, MIM | Celestial Globe = Bowes Museum (1804); Pair of Globes, 1820 = P-B 3/4/39; Terrestrial Globes = Bearnes 9/16/87 (15", 1815), H. Ford Museum, Mich. (1820). | John and his son William Newton; Ford Museum marked "Newton's New Improved Terrestrial Globe manufactured by J. and W. Newton." | No. 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); Wynter and Turner; Yonge; RSW. |
| NEWTON, JAMES | England, 1810-68, | surely John Newton, which see; some miniature terrestrial globes with cases, marked "Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Pocket Globe", were thought, incorrectly, by Syndram and Yonge, to be by James Newton; dated 1817-18 at Huelsmann Coll., H. Ford Museum, Mich. VNN and P.C.; celestial globes are at State College, Framingham, Mass., Shelburne Museum, Vt. | No. 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Syndram; Yonge. | |
| NEWTON, JOHN | England, fl.1783-1818, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1817 = Phillips 7/20/83, Soth. 10/19/82, D.(1981); Celestial Globe, 1818 = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Pocket Globes, 1817 = Soth. 10/21/74; Orreries = Soth. 10/21/74 and 12/3/76; Sector, ivory = D.(1972); etc. | brother-in-law of Edward Baker; globes dated 1783 were redrawn from Hill's 1754 plates, signed "Palmer and Newton 1783", a later edition was signed "J. Newton 1783"; T.C.; Palmer and Newton, c.1783; Newton and Son (William 2); J. and W. Newton; Newton, Son and Berry, 1838; see James Newton. | No. 128 at the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street; No. 56 and No. 66 Chancery Lane, Temple Bar; 3 Fleet Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1397); Wynter 1; Moskowitz 122; Crawforth 1; Krogt 2; Wynter and Turner; Millburn 11; RSW. |
| NEWTON, THOMAS | England?, fl.1769-96, MIM | Sextant, 1769 and Quadrant, 1796 = Wadsworth Atheneum, Conn. | there may be more than one sextant. | USNM. | |
| NEWTON, W. AND F. | England, c.1830, MIM | Compass, wood = D.(1981); Sundial = P.C. | 3 Fleet Street, London. | Coffeen I; USNM. | |
| NEWTON, W. LEIGH | England, c.1830, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = Soth. 3/10/87. | RSW. | ||
| NEWTON, W.E. AND F. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 9/10/86. | RSW. | ||
| NEWTON, W.E. AND K. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Temple Bar, Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| NEWTON, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1690, | Benjamin Owen, an apprentice, was turned over to Newton, c.1687 from Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| NEWTON, WILLIAM 2 | England, 1840, MIM | Celestial Globe = D.(1974). | marked "Newtons new and Improved Celestial Globe, calculated for 1840"; son of John Newton; see J. and W. Newton; Newton and Son; Newton Son and Berry. | London. | Wynter 1. |
| NEWTON, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, c.1851, | exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 66 Chancery Lane and 3 Fleet Street, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| NHOLDER, T. | misreading for T.N. Holderich, which see. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; Findlay Sale. | |||
| NICCOLLSON, JOHN | England, c.1629, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on June 30, 1629. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| NICHO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| NICHOL | England, 1717, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1717 = TIM. | the name might be "Nicholas"; the index is at April 27. | RSW. | |
| NICHOLAS | see Nichol; might be first name on boxwood nocturnal, 1717, at TIM; correction table on the reverse. | sSW. | |||
| NICHOLL, ISAAC | England, c.1681, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on March 8, 1675; free of the Company, March 22, 1681. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| NICHOLLS, SUTTON | England, fl.1692-1731, MIM | made 9-inch terrestrial and celestial globes. | near Weaver's Arms, by the Postern in London Wall, London. | Taylor 1(477). | |
| NICHOLSON | England, fl.1787-1802, MIM PHIM | made four-foot sliding Gunter's scales, sectional log-scales and hydrometers; see Margetts and Nichlson. | London. | Taylor 2(876). | |
| NICHOLSON, BARTHOLOMEW | England, c.1711, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 17, 1711. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| NICHOLSON, PETER | England, 1765-1846, | invented a cyclograph and other drawing instruments; teacher; author. | London. | Taylor 2(877). | |
| NICHOLSON, WILLIAM | England, 1753-1815, | invented a hydrostatic balance in 1784; scientist; author. | Soho, London. | Taylor 2(753); Multhauf 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| NICKELSEN, JENS | Denmark?, 1763, | marked on the mirror box of a 1763 octant signed "Beneeden het Lohat", in the Roussel Sale, item No.81; see Beneeden. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| NICKERSON AND BAXTER | USA, NIM | Compass = MYS. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| NICOLA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| NICOLAI, GUILIELMUS | France, fl.1603-26, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1603 and Celestial Globe, 1626 = Chicago Historical Society. | manuscript. | Lyons; Avignon. | Yonge. |
| NICOLAUS DE CUSA | Germany, 1401-64, MIM | Celestial Globe = CUS. | Nicolaus Krebs; author; cardinal. | Cues. | Zinner 1; Weil 2(6); Hartmann. |
| NICOLE | France, 1742, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, pewter, 1742 = R. Wiener Coll., Nancy. | Nancy. | Boursier. | |
| NICOLLET | France, c.1738, OIM | workman for Passemant; continued the shop with Ollivier, Passemant's brother-in-law. | au Louvre. | Daumas 1. | |
| NICOLOSIO, IOA. BAPTISTA | Italy, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Vatican. | Price 2. | ||
| NIDERMAYER, JOHAN-FRANZ | Austria, c.1710, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = Basserman-Jordan Coll., Soth.-PB pre-1980. | Salzburg. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| NIEUWELANT, JAN. | Belgium, 1572, MIM | Astrolabe, 4 tympans, 1572 = Plantin (1572). | Plantin's account also mentioned "cross dials." | Louvain. | Michel 2 and 3. |
| NIEUWENHUIS, LAMBERTUS | Holland, 1741-1810, | friend of and collaborator with Eise Eisinga. | Enschede. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| NIGHTINGALE, PETER | see Petrus Philomena de Dacia. | RSW. | |||
| NIKHEL, JOSEPH | France?, 1702, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1702 = Ottingue. | Ottingue. | Rohr 2. | |
| NIKOMEDES | Greece, 1st Century A.D., MIM | Spherical Sundial = Archaeological Museum, Kavalla, Greece. | Gibbs 1. | ||
| NIMBLETT | USA?, c.1790, MIM | Dividers = Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier. | USNM. | ||
| NIMS | USA, c.1850, MIM | see Moore and Nims; globe makers. | Troy, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| NIMS, H.B., AND CO. | USA, c.1858, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = USNM. | "Improved Globe Boston." | Troy, N.Y. | Yonge. |
| NISSEN, JULIUS | Denmark, c.1851, PHIM | Stick Barometers = NOR, Den Gamle By, Aarhus | exhibited an air pump at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | Copenhagen. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| NIXON, J. | England, c.1820, NIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1973); Octant = USNM; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | barometer signed "Nixon 75 Crombies Street, Commercial Road East." | Commercial Road, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| NO, D. IO. | France, 1710, MIM | see Dom Joseph Noto. | Brophy. | ||
| NOAKES, J. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signature is "Noakes Burwash." | Burwash. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| NOBERT, FRIEDRICH ADOLPH | Germany, 1806-81, OIM | microscope maker; designed a dividing engine; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | Barth, Pomerania, Prussia. | Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| NOBLE, JOHN | England, fl.1810-20, OIM | Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87. | RSW. | ||
| NOBLE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1627, MIM | above St. Clement's Church, towards the May Pole in the Strand, London. | Taylor 1(156); Evans 1. | ||
| NOBLE, PHILANDER | USA, 1772-1845, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1839 = P.C. | silversmith; clockmaker. | Westfield, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| NOBLET, J.F. | England, 1830, MIM | Compass, 1830 = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | RSW. | ||
| NODEN, JNO. | England, fl.1826-28, PHIM | barometer maker. | 10 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| NODOS | France, c.1760, OIM | Microscope = Bernard Coll. | "fournisseur du roi." | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| NOEL, DOM NICOLAS | France, 1712-83, OIM | Dom Nicolas Noël; Benedictine; made telescopes with Navarre. | St. Germain des Prés; la Muette, Passy. | Daumas 1. | |
| NOLF, PIETER | Holland, c.1597, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | Rooseboom 1; MADEX. | ||
| NOLLET, JEAN-ANTOINE | France, 1700-70, PHIM | Abbé Nollet; a professor who made a large number of philosophical instruments; he had an early interest in electricity; mounted a terrestrial globe in 1728, now at the NMM; technical assistant to Réaumur, 1734; visited London, 1734; F.R.S. | Paris. | Daumas 1; MADEX; DSB; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| NOLLI, J.B., AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Perth. | Goodison 1. | |
| NOLLI, S., COMOLI AND CO. | Scotland, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| NOLSON, JOHN | England, 1689, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company in 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| NOONE, THOMAS | England, 1669, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| NOOR, F.W. | Denmark, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer, No.353 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | "Mechanius et Opticus." | Kongens Nytorr. | RSW. |
| NOORDBERGH, PIETER, JR. | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Crown Compass = RIJ; Compass = Schiffer-Gesellschaft, Lübeck. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| NOORDIJK, H. | Holland, 1753-1828, MIM NIM | Cross-staves = AMST (1805), P.C. (1804); Slide Rule, 1810 = Historic Museum, Amsterdam. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| NOOTH, DR. JOHN MERVIN | England, 1737-1828, PHIM | Nooth Apparatus = KEN, Cragside, Burton Constable, Petworth. | desgned chemical apparatus. | E. Hall; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| NORBERT | misreading for Friedrich Adolph Nobert. | USNM. | |||
| NORDBORG, OL. | Sweden, 1723, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1723 = Ost India Hus, Goteborg. | Upsteld. | RSW. | |
| NORDEN, ROBERT | misreading for Morden. | Evans 1. | |||
| NOREDON, JOHN | see John Noseda. | Fennell. | |||
| NOREEN, D. | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | Stockholm. | RSW. | |
| NORETTI AND ABATTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| NORIE AND CO. | England, fl. 1816-39, MIM NIM | Sextants = MYS, LIM; Octant = Marine Museum, Horten, Norway; Quadrants = PEA, SUN; Gunter Sliding Rule = D.(1996). | John William Norie. | Navigation Warehouse, Leadenhall St., London. | American Neptune, Jan., 1975; Coffeen 55; Clifton 1; RSW. |
| NORIE AND WILSON | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = Nat'l Museum of Canada; Sextant = Hart Nautical Museum, MIT; Compass = LIM. | John William Norie and C. Wilson. | 156 Minories, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| NORIE COMPANY | England, c.1830, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 7/10/67. | surely Norie and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| NORIE, J.W., AND CO. | England, c.1819, NIM | Octants = AMST, MYS, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Soth. 7/10/67 & 3/19/73, Auction Melun 11/5/78, P.C.(1977); Sextants = New London County Historical Society, Conn., Hart Maritime Museum, MIT. | John Wiliam Norie; Norie bought out the firm of David Steel, nautical publishers, in 1819; by 1937 the firm had become Imray, Norie and Wilson, Ltd. | London. | USNM; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Taylor 2(1019); Witt; RSW. |
| NORIE, JOHN WILLIAM | England, 1772-1843, NIM | T.C.; author; used the figure of a little midshipman as his shop sign; may have been only a retailer. | Naval Academy, Navigational Warehouse, 157 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(1019); Pipping 1; Lefkowicz 6, 1977; C.N. Robinson. | |
| NORIEGA, F. | Spain, 19th Century, PHIM | Balance = Soth. 6/21/76. | Madrid. | RSW. | |
| NORMAN, C. | Sweden, 1787, MIM | Almanac on snuff box, 1787 = D.(1995). | Runic calendar. | Coffeen 51. | |
| NORMAN, JOHN | England, c.1846, | microscopic objects and supplies. | 178 City Road, London. | USNM. | |
| NORMAN, ROBERT | England, c.1550-1604, MIM | Variation Compass = X. | invented a dip needle, c.1576, to measure the vertical component of magnetic force; the compass is illustrated in William Borough's book; author, compass maker. | Ratcliffe, London. | Taylor 1(29); Michel 3; Evans 1; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| NORRIEN | misreading for Narrien. | Wynter and Turner. | |||
| NORRIS AND PETERS | NIM | Sextant, vernier = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| NORRIS, J. | England, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| NORRY, N. | France, 1620, MIM | Britten. | |||
| NORRY, PIERRE | France, fl.1644-79, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon, oval = Phillips 9/16/81; Sundial, string-gnomon, octagonal, 1644 = Ecouen (CLU-18537); Sundials, octagonal, silver = Barnett Coll. (1649), Soth. 3/17/38; Butterfield-type Sundial, 1679 = OXFB-70; Horizontal Sundials = MERC, Lempertz 6/14/76, Libert et Castor 4/28/82, Soth. 2/25/86. | the dials are usually signed "Norry" but sometimes spelled "Nory"; Michel thought that Norry moved to Paris about 1679. | Gisors; Paris (c.1679). | Hamilton 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| NORTH, FRANCIS, BARON GUILFORD | England, c.1670, | invited to become a F.R.S, but declined; taught Henry Wynne and Henry Jones how to make barometers. | Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| NORTH, LUKE | England, 1710, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1710 = LEY; Nocturnal, pearwood = FIN. | is this the same instrument? | Taylor 2(98); RSW. | |
| NORTHEN, EDWARD | England, fl.1830-42, OIM PHIM | partner with his father, Richard Northen, before 1834; succeeded his father in 1842; made barometers. | 46 Lowgate (pre-1834); 50 Lowgate (1835-42); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| NORTHEN, RICHARD | England, fl.1790-1841, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Drawing Instrument Set = WHI. | also a barometer maker; took his son Edward as a partner before 1834. | Lowgate (1790-91); 46 Lowgate (1803-34); 50 Lowgate (1835-41); all in Hull. | Taylor 2(878); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| NORTHEN, RICHARD, AND SON | England, 1830-45, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D. | watch, clock and barometer makers; the son was probably Edward Northen; the barometer was marked "46 Lowgate, Hull"; the firm was succeeded by W. White 2, c.1845. | 46 Lowgate (pre-1834); 50 Lowgate (1835-41); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| NORTON AND TAGLIABUE | USA, 1847, PHIM | received a diploma of excellence for barometers and thermometers at the Fair of the American Institute, 1847. | 240 Water Street, New York N.Y. | USNM. | |
| NORTON, ELIJAH | USA, fl.1817-37, MIM OIM | Surveyor's Compass = Division of Archives and History, University of the State of New York, Albany. | 64 Whitesboro' Street (1817); 128 Genesee Road (1833); both in Whitesborough; Utica, N.Y. (1837). | Smart 1. | |
| NORTON, JOHN | England, fl.1803-07, MIM | described himself as a MIM; patented a new mill and a pump. | Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1188). | |
| NORTON, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1590-1635, | designed a "cosmodelite", a complicated, all-purpose instrument. | The Tower, London. | Taylor 1(84). | |
| NORTON, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1845, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | Stamford. | RSW. | |
| NORY, PIERRE | see Pierre Norry. | RSW. | |||
| NOSEDA, J. AND P. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87. | Walsall. | RSW. | |
| NOSEDA, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1774-79, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Fennell; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| NOSEDON | see Noseda. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |||
| NOT., JOSEPH | Germany, | see Dom Joseph Noto. | RSW. | ||
| NOTO, DOM JOSEPH | Germany, 1710, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, wood, 1710 = P.C.; Altitude Sundial = OXF (1785); Sundial, small = LAW-304. | the compendium is signed "D. Io. No."; the LAW sundial is signed "Joseph Not."; the Oxford dial is signed "Ame D: Joseph Not:° Pennica." | Penig, Saxony. | Brophy 1; RSW. |
| NOURRY, JEAN | France, c.1671, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = OXF; Equatorial Sundial, silver, 1671 = MADEX-108 = Caird Coll. = NMM; Equatorial Sundial = MADEX-92; Horizontal Sundial = History of Science Museum, Geneva; Sundials, octagonal = MADEX-128 and D. | the dealer's sundial was marked "Paris", the others, "Lyon." | Lyon; Paris. | Maddison 5; Brieux 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| NOVATI, BORDESSA AND EATON | England, fl.1853-54, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; became Bordessa and Eaton in 1855. | 54 Exmouth Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| NOY, JOHN | see John Noyes. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| NOY, WILLIAM | England, c.1762, MIM | see William Noyes. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| NOYES, JOHN | England, c.1789, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1782; free of the Company Nov. 5, 1789; son of William Noyes. | Grocers Hall, Poultry, London. | J. Brown 1. |
| NOYES, WILLIAM | England, c.1762, MIM | father of John Noyes; apprenticed to James Crick in the Grocers' Company on Aug. 7, 1754; free of the Company, April 6, 1762. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| NOZZI | see Comoli and Nozzi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| NUGENT, PATRICK ROONEY | England; Nova Scotia, fl.1786-98, MIM NIM | Nugent was awarded patents for a steering azimuth compass and for modifications to the octant and sextant; appointed Deputy Surveyor General of Cape Breton, 1786-87, and acting Surveying General in 1796. | St. Pancras, Middlesex; Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (1786-87); Grey's Inn, Middlesex (1794); Cape Breton Island (1796); London (1798). | R.C. Brooks. | |
| NUNEZ, PEDRO | Portugal, 1542, | wrote many books on navigation; invented the "nonius" scale for dividing the quadrant; this was a series of concentric arcs, the outer divided into 90 parts, the second into 89 parts, the third into 88 parts and so on to the innermost arc which was divided into 46 parts; the alidade could thus read to within 30" of arc; Tycho Brahe was the only one to make use of the idea, but not very successfully. | Daumas 1. | ||
| NUTZ, L.N. | c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, with vernier = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| NYE, EDMUND | England, c.1830, MIM | Floating Sundial, Porter-type = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. | |
| NYSTROM | Sweden, c.1760, MIM | Lund? | Pipping 1. | ||
| NYSTROM, J.W. | USA, c.1851, MIM | Calculating Machine = USNM. | patented in 1851. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. |
| O.H.P. | see Ottheinrich Herzog von der Pfalz. | RSW. | |||
| O.H.P.C. | Germany, | marked on the back of a horary quadrant by Jacob Rabus at NUR, dedicated to Ottheinrich von der Pfalz, 1556. | Zinner 1. | ||
| O.H.S. | O.h.S.; see S.h.O. | Price 3. | |||
| O.K.S.P. | 1842, NIM | Traverse Board, 1842 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| O.L. | Sweden, 1737, MIM | Gunner's Scale, 1737 = SKO. | Price 2. | ||
| O.R.B. | fl.1567-1612, | mark on sand glasses; Vivielle thought they were made by Hans Ducher of Nürnberg. | Vivielle 1. | ||
| OAKES, JOHN | USA, 1818-1910, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | in the New York City Directories from 1848 to 1896 as a mathematical, nautical, and philosophical instrument maker; sometimes spelled "Oaks." | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| OAKESHOTT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1844-45, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 29 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| OAKLEY, JOHN | England, c.1757, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on May 3, 1757. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| OAKLEY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1767-77, OIM | Upper Priory (1767); 79 Bull Street opposite the Saracen's Head (1770-77); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| OATES, JOHN | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Pump, near Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| OBERHAUSER, G., ET E. HARTNACK | France, fl.1847-56, MIM OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 9/20/83. D.(1984). | Georges Oberhauser and his nephew, Edmund Hartnack. | Place Dauphine, 21, Paris. | Coffeen F; RSW. |
| OBERHAUSER, GEORGES | Germany; France, 1798-1868, MIM OIM | Microscopes = HAR, Christie 5/26/76. | breveté; made jewel lenses; worked with Henri-Prudence Gambey, 1815; retired in 1856; "opticien." | Germany (1798-1815); 19 Place Dauphine, Paris. | Pipping 1; Ambler; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| OBERHAUSER, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1759-66, MIM SIM | Theodolite, 1759 = MUN; Mathematical Instrument Set, 1766 = DEU. | Schwaz in Tyrol. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | |
| OBERKAN, JOHAN HEINRICH | Switzland, 1690, MIM | Astrolabe, 1690 = Landesmuseum in Grand Hotel, Nancy. | ICA-3202. | Zurich. | Price 1 and 2; ICA 2. |
| OCHS, HANS | MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-bass = LIE. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | ||
| ODELEM, ANTOR | Germany, 1661-1740, MIM SIM | Theodolites = HAK, Braunschweig Stadt Museum; Astronomical Rings = DRE, P. & S. 3/20/96, Evans Coll.; Table Sundial, 1715 = LUN; Sundials = NOR, Triebold Coll. | P. and S. and Evans Coll. astronomical rings may be one instrument. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| ODELL, JOHN | England; USA, fl.1800-22, MIM NIM OIM SIM | worked for Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 for 20 years; came to USA in 1819; "J. Odell, Maker 1805" is found under the mirror of a Spencer, Browning and Rust octant at the Franklin Institute. | London (1800-19); USA (1819-22). | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| ODELSTIERNA, CARL | Sweden, 1753-95, OIM | fl.1780-95; business continued by Peter Helleström. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ODENDAL, WILHELM | Germany, 1651, PHIM | Money Balance, 1651 = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| ODENDOLL, M. BERND | see M. Berndt Odental. | RSW. | |||
| ODENKIRCHEN, P., AND S. BOSCH | Holland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Hawden-Satter House, Nantucket, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| ODENTAL, BERNDT AND JACOB HEUSCHER | Germany, 1699, PHIM | Balance, 1699 = American Numismatic Society, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | ||
| ODENTAL, M. BERNDT | Germany, 1651, PHIM | Money Balance, 1651 = DRE. | also spelled "Odendoll." | Cologne. | RSW. |
| ODIORNE, JOTHAM | USA, c.1800, SIM | Graphometer = D.(1996). | may be owner. | Gorham, Maine or New Hampshire. | Coffeen 55. |
| ODOMALCOT | see Odon van Maecote. | RSW. | |||
| OEHLSCHLAGER, ADAM | Denmark, 1599-1671, | mathematicien; designed the Gottorp globe which was made by Busch; see Busch and Oehlschlager. | Gottorp. | H.C. King 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1. | |
| OERI | Switzerland, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Ohio. | Zurich. | USNM. | |
| OERLE, FRANCOIS VAN | Holland, 1660, MIM | Pocket Sundial, 1660 = AMST. | "François van Oerle Fec A Bolduc ad Poli 52 Grade voor Cosyn Ambrosius Pool an 1660 November 8." | Den Bosch. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| OERTLING | Germany, 1758, NIM | Sextant, 1758 = Soth. 5/19/60. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| OERTLING, JOHANN AUGUST DANIEL | Germany, 1803-66, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Dividing Engine = DEU; Sextant, No. 1859 = D.(1989). | apprenticed to Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor c.1819; started his own business in 1826 or 1827; first to build electric dividing engine; brother of Ludwig Oertling. | Berlin. | Pipping 1; Poggendorff; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Weil and Baden; Coffeen 27. |
| OERTLING, LUDWIG | Germany; England, 1818-93, PHIM | Laboratory Balances = KEN, Christie-SK 7/10/80. | apprenticed to his brother, Johann August Daniel Oertling, in Berlin; by 1847 he was in business in London; the firm is still going; specialized in precision balances; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851; worked for R.B. Bate; he was in partnership with Edward Wilds Ladd as Ladd and Oertling 1860-70. | Berlin; 13 Store Street, Bedford Square, (1847-); 27 Moorgate Street (-1874); Turnmill Street near Farrington Street Station (1874-); all in London except for Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Coffeen 27; McConnell 4; RSW. |
| OGDEN, F.B., AND ERICSSON | England, c.1837, | patented sea sounding apparatus in 1837. | London. | USNM. | |
| OGG | Scotland, fl.1844-46, NIM | see Ogg and M'Millan; also a watch and clockmaker. | 53 Marischall Street (1844); 30 Regent Quay (1845-46); beth in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| OGG AND M'MILLAN | Scotland, fl.1844-46, NIM | also made clocks and watches; Ogg and William M'Millan. | 53 Marischall Street (1844); 30 Regent Quay (1845-46); both in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| OGILVIE, ROBERT A. | England, c.1845, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 19 Upper Wharton Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| OHREN, MAGNUS | England, NIM | Mariner's Compass = NOR. | London. | RSW. | |
| OKESHOTT, ROBERT | England, c.1664, MIM | apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company on June 7, 1664. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| OLDFIELD, HENRY | England, 1821, | apprenticed to William George Cook; free in the Masons' Company, March 29, 1821; listed as a victualler. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| OLEARIUS | see Oehlschläger. | Zinner 1. | |||
| OLING, LUCAS | Holland, 1564, | listed as a maker in a 1824 catalogue of books and instruments. | Leeuwarden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| OLISIPONE | Spain, 1590, MIM | Sundial with compass, 1590 = Soth. 11/17/38. | "Olisipone elaborat A.R.D." | RSW. | |
| OLIVA, BONAVENTURA | Italy, c.1782, | invented philosophical instruments. | Mantua. | Offenbacher 22(1970). | |
| OLIVE, MICHAEL | England, fl.1849-56, MIM NIM | chronometer, watch and clock maker. | Church Street, 26 Arwenack Street, Falmouth. | H.M. Brown. | |
| OLIVER | England, 1892, | patented a meantime sundial in 1892. | RSW. | ||
| OLIVER, JOHN | England, 1616-1701, MIM | Window Sundial, glass, 1664 = ex-Rectory, North-hill, Bedfordshire. | may have made the window sundial for the Weavers' Company London, c.1669. | Eagle and Child, Ludgate Hill; Sign of the Ship, Great Old Bailey; both in London. | Gatty; Taylor 1(186); Daniels. |
| OLLAND, H. | Holland, 1825-1901, NIM PHIM | Pelorus = AMST. | Utrect. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| OLLER | an elaborate script and much wear caused Engelmann to make this misreading of Coenraad Metz, on ADL-M154. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| OLLER, ANTON HENRIK | Sweden, 1816-89, PHIM | made physical apparatus, 1857 on. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| OLLIVIER | France, c.1770, | brother-in-law of Passemant; took over his workshop on Passemant's death; employed one of Passemant's workers, Nicollet. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| OLSCHLAGER | see Oelschlager. | RSW. | |||
| OLSEN, CHRISTIAN D. | Norway?, 1824, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1824 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| OLSEN, G.T. | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Melun 4/24/83. | O.J. Olsen? | Grimsby. | RSW. |
| OLSEN, O.J. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = K. & C. 6/21/75. | G.T. Olsen? | RSW. | |
| OLSEN, T. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony = Christie 12/8/76. | Grimsby. | RSW. | |
| OLSSON | Sweden, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = GMM. | Goteborg. | RSW. | |
| ONDERDEWIJNGAART CANZIUS, JACOB HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1771-1838, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentors = D., Soth. 11/1687; Telescope = Frisian Maritime Museum, Sneek; Microscope, Dellebarre-type, 1806 = KEN; Air Pump = UTR; Bathometer = APS. | designed and manufactured scientific instruments; he had the first factory in Holland for this purpose, 1797; the microscope in the KEN is also marked "A. Dellebarre." | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Brieux 2; Crommelin 1; Multhauf 1; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet; Mörzer Bruyns 2; USNM; RSW. |
| ONION, THOMAS | England, fl.1767-1801, MIM | rule maker; he worked in both boxwood and ivory. | Brickhill Lane (1767); Lancaster Street (1787); Great Hampton Street (1797-1801); all in Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| OOSTERWIJK, SEVERIJN ADAMSON | Holland, fl.1658-85, MIM OIM | clockmaker; made microscopes ? | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| OOTHOUT, JONAS VOLKAT | USA, 1814-60, MIM SIM | in partnership with Andrew Meneely from 1836 to 1838 at which time Oothout retired. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1; RSW. | |
| OPP, C.H. | Germany, MIM | Pedometer = Evans Coll. | Berlin. | Evans 1. | |
| OPPELT, I.B. | Germany, fl.1785-1800, OIM | Microscopes = DEU (2), LEY. | the microscopes are dated 1785 and 1800. | Anspach. | Daumas 1. |
| OPPEN, J.F.B. | Denmark?, 1795, MIM | Compasses, 1795 = ROS-6886. | ROS Cat.; RSW. | ||
| OPPIN, CH | see Choppin. | Nachet. | |||
| ORAM, E. | USA, 1831, | received a patent for a terrestrial globe, Jan. 12, 1831. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ORDYNO, GEORGE | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | Middle Pavement, Nottingham. | Taylor 2(1948). | ||
| OREZ, N. | fl.1633-48, MIM SIM | Horizontal Sundials, 1633 and 1648 = Evans Coll; Surveying Quadrant = Drouot 4/7/87. | the quadrant is marked "Factur", it has a protractor and a shadow square. | Evans 1; RSW.. | |
| ORIGONI, JOHN | England, fl.1830-47, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer maker; see Grassi, Bergna and Origoni; he was working alone by 1837. | 34 Dean Street, Newcastle (1837). | Taylor 2(1869) & (2195); Goodison 1. |
| ORME, CHARLES | England, 1688-1747, MIM PHIM | Angle Barometer, three tubes, 1741 = Goodison Coll.; Angle Barometers, two tubes = Gloucester Museum (1742), Soth. 2/24/85 (1741), Auction 1954 (1740 or 42); Angle Barometers, single tube = P.C. (1738), FIT, D.(1968)(1738); Angle Barometer, 1736 = Soth. 7/19/88; Angle Barometer, 1741 = Soth. 5/14/87 ; Rule = City of Leicester Museum. | author; may have invented the angle barometer. | Ashby-de-la Zouch, Leicestershire. | Goodison 1 & 2; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| ORREGGIO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTALLY | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | Rouen. | RSW. | |
| ORTALLY, JOSH. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Joseph Ortelli and Co. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| ORTALY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ORTELLI 1 | see Maggi and Ortelli. | Goodison 1. | |||
| ORTELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ORTELLI AND CO. 1 | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = K. & C. 9/20/71, X; Stick Barometers = Christie 12/17/75, X. | the barometer sold at Christie is signed "Ortelli and Co. Macclesfield Warranted"; see P. Ortelli and Co. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI AND CO. 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably A. Ortelli 2 | Oxford. | Goodison 1. |
| ORTELLI AND CO. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | surely Ortelli and Co. 1 or 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, A. (2) AND D., AND PRIMAVESI | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | may be connected to Ortelli and Primavesi in London, 1848; made barometers and thermometers. | 114 High Street, Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, A. 1 | England, c. 1800, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972); Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), X(2); Stick Barometer = X. | D.(1973) signed "Ortelli Buckingham." | Buckingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, A. 2 | England, 1790-1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Christie 12/17/75. | succeeded by A. (2) and D. Ortelli and Primavesi. | High Street, Oxford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, A.M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Godalming. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, D. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Pul. 3/1/83. | see A. (2) and D. Ortelli and Primavesi; Defendent Ortelli? | Marlborough. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, DEFENDENT | England, fl.1852-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded Peter Ortelli; see Defendent and John Ortelli. | 49 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, DEFENDENT AND JOHN | England, fl.1854-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | 49 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, JOHN | England, fl.1854-60, PHIM | see Defendent and John Ortelli. | 49 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, fl.1809-18, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | 20 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ORTELLI, N., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie SK 4/17/86. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| ORTELLI, P., AND CO. | England, 1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, 1805 = X; Stick Barometer, 1805 = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | see Ortelli and Co. 1. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, PETER | England, fl.1835-56, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; partner in Ortelli and Primavesi. | 3 Leather Lane (1835-51); 49 Hatton Garden (1848-51); 15 Leather Lane (1852-56); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTIZ, IGNACIO | Spain?, 1733, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1733 = D.(1986). | marked on the ring is "en la puebla." | Coffeen 2. | |
| OS, MATHIAS VON | Germanyfl.1561-89, MIM | Astrolabe, 1589 = HEI. | ICA-597; clockmaker. | Lübeck. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. |
| OSBORN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 9 Northampton Square, London. | Taylor 2(2196). | ||
| OSBORN, THOMAS | England, fl.1586-93, MIM SIM | the maker of Thomas Fale's graphometer; Fale called him "a good workman"; invented a dialing instrument. | Taylor 1(75) 2(76); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| OSBORNE 1 | England, c.1830, OIM | see Ashmore and Osborne | 42 Burgess Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1767) & (1949); RSW. | |
| OSBORNE 2 | England, OIM | Telescope = New London County Historical Society, Conn. | London. | USNM. | |
| OSBORNE, GEORGE | England, fl.1625-28, | invented a semicircular instrument. | Hull. | Taylor 1(151). | |
| OSBORNE, MURRAY | Scotland, fl1776-1817, MIM | apprenticed to James Watt. | Gallowgate (1783-1801); 406 Gallowgate (1803-17); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| OSBORNE, THOMAS 1 | see Thomas Osborn. | Fale, "Horologiagraphica"; Clay and Court. | |||
| OSBORNE, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1801, MIM PHIM | astronomical clock maker. | Vauxhall Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| OSLER, FOLLETT | England, 1845, PHIM | Anemometer, 1845 = Royal Exchange, London. | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, p.139. | ||
| OSTERLAND, C. | Germany, c.1850, PHIM | Mineralogical Kit = KEN; Mining Compass = Soth. 3/10/87. | the kit marked "Mechaniker"; the compass marked "Patent." | Friedberg, Saxony. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| OSTRAVSKY, JOHANNES ANTONIUS | 1719, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1719 = BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| OSWALDUS, FRIDERICUS | 1636, MIM | Measuring Rod, 1636 = DRE. | "inv. et fac." | RSW. | |
| OTERSCHADEN, JOHN | Belgium, fl.1580-1613, MIM | Pair of Globes = NMM-Caird; Terrestrial Gores = H.P. Kraus; Pair of Gores = Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y. | NMM 2; Yonge. | ||
| OTLEY, JONATHAN | England, fl.1818-28, MIM | watchmaker; "ingenious mechanic." | Kesick. | Taylor 2(1399). | |
| OTTER, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1598-1660, MIM | Table Sundial = Königsberg Städt Kundtsammlung. | made linkage nstruments to solve geometrical problems; worked with Van Call, the clockmaker, from 1658-60. | Zinner 1. | |
| OTTHEINRICH HERZOG VON DER PFALZ | Germany, 1502-59, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, gilt-brass, 1547 = ADL-M237, van Alfen Coll., D.(1969). | the van Alfen and D. sundials are signed "O.H.P." (Ott Heinrich Pfalzgraf); the Adler dial is signed "M.D.Z.O.H.P." (Mit Der Zeit Ott Heinrich Pfalzgraf) and "O.H.P. Auctor" on the back; the dealer's dial is mounted on a stone base; the van Alfen dial is mounted on an ebony base; Mit Der Zeit is said to be Ottheinrich's personal motto; he bought an astrolabe, two ivory sundials and an armillary sphere from Georg Hartmann in 1544. | Palatinate. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Moran; Michel 3; Holland's Glorie; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| OTTWAY, JOHN | England, fl.1826-70, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1985); Wheel Barometer = X. | T.C. | 87 St. Johns Road (1826-33); 5 York Street, Covent Garden (1830-39); 10 King Street, Holborn (1840-41); 11 Devonshire Street, Queen Square (1842-48); 33 Upper King Street (1849-51); all in London. | Taylor 2(1950); Goodison 1; Crawforth 1 & 6; RSW. |
| OTTWAY, W. | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | Ealing. | RSW. | |
| OTTWAY, W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopes, single draw = Christie-SK 3/31/83 & 4/17/86, Phillips 6/15/76; Dumpy Level = Phillips 2/22/77. | Ealing, London. | RSW. | |
| OUDRY | France, c.1820, MIM | Rule = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| OUGHTRED, WILLIAM | England, 1575-1660, | invented the double horizontal sundial, now called the Oughtred-type; invented a calculating device which he called his "circles of proportion"and a straight slide rule; author; mathematician; had William Forster as a pupil. | Albury; Cambridge. | Taylor 1(94); Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| OULD, HENRY | England, fl.1791-94, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Nov. 7, 1759; worked for Edward Nairne; had his own business by 1794; T.C.; patented an improvement for a quadrant in 1791. | Dartmouth; No.4 New Court, Great New Street, Fetter Lane, London; 59 Lower East Smithfield, London (1794). | Taylor 2(1021); Crawforth 6, 7 & 8. | |
| OUTHIER, ABBE D.REGINALD | France, 1694-1774, | Abbé Outhier; invented a drive mechanism for celestial globes in 1727; invented a planetarium in 1727; both types were made by Jean-Baptiste Cattin; Outhier made improvements in odometer invented by Meynier 1. | Besançon (1727); rue Genégau, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l; Beckmann; RSW. | |
| OUVIERE | France, MIM | Cosmograph, copper = Drouot 4/26/67. | Ouvière. | Marseilles. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| OVERING, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Balance = Kendal Museum. | T.C.; "Seller of Scales, Weights of all Measures." | London. | RSW. |
| OWEN | see Barrow and Owen. | RSW. | |||
| OWEN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1687, | apprenticed to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1687; turned over to William Newton 1. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| OWEN, JAMES | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to William Evans 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1795; free of the Company Jan. 6, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| OWEN, WILLIAM | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 5/12/72. | the barometers are signed "Owen Oswestry." | Oswestry. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| OWENS, OWEN | England, fl.1794-1825, NIM OIM | Sextants = NMM, PEA (1797); Octants = Saint-Brieuc 8/4/79, Christie-SK 11/2/95; Hadley's Quadrant = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.; Quadrant = Pugsley Sale; Telescope = BMM. | the Pugsley quadrant is marked for the owner "Daniel Russell 1796"; Christie-SK is marked "Made for Bartholomew Downing ct. 21, 1794." | 4 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1400); Bryden 9; Brewington 1; American Neptune, Jan. 1975; RSW. |
| OXENFORD, JOHN | England, fl.1713-48, MIM | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 13, 1704; free in the Company, Dec. 1,1713; took an apprentice. | Savage Garden, London (1724). | Crawforth 7. | |
| OXLY, HENRY | England, c.1780, PHIM | Coin Balance = WHI. | 230 Upper Thames Street, London. | Olivia Brown 2. | |
| OXMANTOWN, LORD | Ireland, fl.1830-40, | made specula for microscopes and telescopes; author; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(2197). | ||
| OZANAM | France, 1688-1736, | author; desgned an instrument and published a book on "L'Usage de l'instrument universelle ou "pantometre"; a rectangular frame with the alidade pivoted at one corner; also published "l'Usage du compass de proportion" in 1736. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| P. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial Mould, sandstone = Nat'l Museum of Wales. | Wales. | Peate. | |
| P.A. 1 | Germany, MIM | Table Sundial = LIN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| P.A. 2 | 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = Drouot 4/7/87. | RSW. | ||
| P.A.F. | Germany?, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, star-shaped = D.(1983) = TIM. | the latitude scale goes as high as 60°; Wynter suggested this might be Petrus ab aggere. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| P.B. 1 | c.1580, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon = ADL-M247. | the case is shaped like a watch. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| P.B. 2 | c.1650, NIM | Shipwright's Rule = NMM-Gabb Coll. | Taylor 1(234a); Dewhirst; NMM 2. | ||
| P.B. 3 | pre-1702, MIM | Sundial, hour scale only = "Speaker." | found on the pirate ship, "Speaker", which was wrecked off Mauritius, in 1702. | Lizé. | |
| P.B. 4 | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = UTR, ADL-W194, WHI, Koller May 1972, Christie-G 11/20/79. | the initials are found in the compass boxes. | de Wijk; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | |
| P.B. 5 | Germany, c.1820, | marked on globe by Carl Bauer, which see. | RSW. | ||
| P.B.S.P. | Austria?, 1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial, small, 1663 = SAL. | Zinner 1. | ||
| P.C.P.Z.N. | Italy, 1608, MIM | Cube Sundial in box-form = ADL-M319. | all "N"s are backward. | Florence. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| P.D. 1 | Germany, c.1780, PHIM | Money Balance = DRE. | Paulus Dienert or (Dierert). | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| P.D. 2 | England, OIM | Eyepiece for a 4" Refracting Telescope = D.(1971). | Peter Dollond (?). | Moskowitz 102. | |
| P.D.B. | France, c.1800, | poids des boulets; marked on sectors. | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| P.D.M.F. | Italy?, 17th Century, MIM | Squadra Mobile = WHI-311. | O. Brown 1. | ||
| P.E. | marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Gois" (1). | RSW. | |||
| P.E.M. | Germany, 1767, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, stone, 1767 = Heimatmuseum, Landback a. Lech. | also marked "1740." | Zinner 1. | |
| P.F. ET CIE. | France, c.1880, MIM | Heliochronometers = OXF, Cooke's Shop in the CMY. | "breveté, S.G.D.G." | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| P.G. 1 | c.1710, MIM | Ring Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | punchmark is initials in a shield. | RSW. | |
| P.G. 2 | might be Paulo Galluci; see Ferina. | RSW. | |||
| P.G.P.Z.N. | see P.C.P.Z.N. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| P.H. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = Christie-NY 11/3/85. | maker's mark, stamped. | RSW. | |
| P.I.B. | Germany, 1629, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1629 = University Art Museum, Uppsala. | Philipp Jakob Berner. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| P.K. | "P.K." marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "H.M." (3), 1616. | Zinner 1. | |||
| P.M.L.P.N. | Germany, c.1750, | marked on string-gnomon sundial signed "Neusshart" at ULM. | RSW. | ||
| P.R. | 1769, PHIM | Weights, 1769 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | crown over initials. | RSW. | |
| P.S.M. | England, c.1845, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, box = D.(1990). | place names in English. | RSW. | |
| PAAUW, JAN, JR. | Holland, c.1723-1803, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = UTR; Mathematical Instrument = LEY; Air Pump = van Cleef en Scheurleer, 1799; Microscope = LEY; etc.. | made instruments for P. van Musschenbroek; received the degree of D. Phil. at Franeker in 1762; many of his microscopes, mathematical and geodetical instruments survive. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; USNM. |
| PACKER, CHARLES | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1976). | the "Lambourn Church Dial." | Lambourn. | RSW. |
| PACKEWOOD, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1630, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1630; made a shipwright's rule. | by Alhallowes-Barking Church, London. | J. Brown 1; Bryden 9. | |
| PACQUELLET, ROCH | France, 1567, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1567 = HAR. | Laon. | Janin 1. | |
| PAGANI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1812-25, PHIM | Wheel and Stick Barometers = X (5). | optician; the barometers are signed "A. Pagani Nottingham." | Gainsborough; Goose Gate, Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| PAGANI, J.M. | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-A March, 1975. | Groningen. | Daumas 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PAGANUZZI, ANTO. | Italy, 1755, MIM | Compass for plane table, 1755 = P.C. (1987) = D.(1993). | Coffeen 43; RSW. | ||
| PAGE'S | France, PHIM | Folding Bar Magnet = OXF. | Rue de Chantre, Paris. | RSW. | |
| PAGE, CHARLES GRAFTON | USA, c.1840, | M.D.; devised electro-magnetic apparatus, made by Daniel Davis, Jr. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| PAGE, EDWARD | England, 1673, MIM | London. | Evans 1. | ||
| PAGE, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1656, | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company on June 20, 1649; free in the Company, July 7, 1656. | Crawfirth 7. | ||
| PAGE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1750-84, PHIM | Angle Barometer = WHI. | Norwich. | Taylor 2(1952); Dewhirst; Goodison 1. | |
| PAGE, WILLIAM | England, c.1708, | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company on June 15, 1708. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PAGLAR, SAMUEL | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company, Nov.1, 1808. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PAIGE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Southboro, Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| PAINE, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1590, MIM SIM | instrument maker; plane tables. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(85); Evans 1. | |
| PAINE, JOHN | England, c.1689, | apprenticed to William Howe of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 5, 1689. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PALLANT, JOHN | England, fl.1826-1850+, MIM OIM PHIM | Meridian Telescope = D.(1987); Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | apprenticed to John Huggins 2 of the Grocers' Company, Dec. 7, 1826; partner with W. Muxton as "Muxton and Pallant" before 1843; on his own after that date; the telescope is signed "J. Pallant, 44 Museum Street, London"; the barometer is signed "Pallant 51 Strand, London." | 44 Museum Street (before 1843); 14 Mercer Street, Long Acre (1843); 51 Strand; all in London. | Moskowitz 130; J. Brown 2; RSW. |
| PALLANT, T. | misreading for J. Pallant. | USNM. | |||
| PALMER | England, fl.1841-46, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | also a thermometer maker; could be Edward Palmer 2. | 103 Newgate Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PALMER AND HALL | USA, fl.1849-57, PHIM | successors to Daniel David, Jr.; the firm became "Thomas Hall" in 1857; made electrical apparatus. | Boston, Mass. | Romaine; USNM. | |
| PALMER AND NEWTON | England, fl.1783-97, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with case, 1783 = NMM. | Palmer and John Newton; T.C.; "Successors to the late Mr. Bateman"; the globe was edited from Nathaniel Hill's globe of 1754. | No. 128 at the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(879); Crawforth 1; Evans 1; Krogt 2; NMM 2. |
| PALMER, AARON | USA, fl.1843-47, MIM | Palmer's Card Calculator = Soth. 10/3/88. | registered a form of circular side rule in 1843 which was made by John E. Fuller; was bought out by John E. Fuller who added his rule to the reverse side, as an improvement, in 1847. | Boston, Mass. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 15; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| PALMER, ASHUR C. | USA, c.1840, MIM | partner with Edward Samuel Ritchie, as Palmer and Ritchie, 1839-42. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| PALMER, EDWARD 1 | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 6, 1765. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PALMER, EDWARD 2 | England, fl.1841-46, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | barometer and thermometer maker; made working models of locomotives, 1842; T.C.; succeeded by Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood at this address. | 103 Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(2196a); Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| PALMER, JOHN | England, fl.1631-75, | member of the Spectacle Makers' Company; desgned and wrote about an improvement for Blagrave's "Mathematical Jewell"; designed a planetary instrument which was made by Walter Hayes. | London. | Taylor 1(168); North 2; Evans 1; Crawforth 6. | |
| PALMER, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1829-36, MIM | Sundial, 1829 = Riccarton Castle, Midlothian; Sundial, 1836 = Churchyard, Currie. | Gatty. | ||
| PALMER, ROGER | England, fl.1668-79, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = WHI. | the Earl of Castlemain; invented a new "English Globe" which was published by Moxon. | Bryden 11; Gunther 3; Taylor 1(402) & (406). | |
| PALMER, STEELE, YOUNGHUSBAND | England, 1813, NIM | T.C. "Nautical Instrument Makers"; John Steele. | opposite Duke's Dock, Wapping, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| PALMIERI, LUIGI | Italy, 1807-96, | designed meteorological instruments. | Naples. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| PALRONI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| PALURIE, D.F. | Spain, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe = D.(1972). | Barcelona. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| PANNETRAT | France, pre-1871, MIM | Héliade = CNAM-8278. | RSW. | ||
| PANORMI | 1634, | Horizontal Sundial, 1634 = BM. | probably Panormos on Tenos. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| PAOLETTI | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Mitchells, Cockermouth, 12/12/96. | Goole, Yorkshire. | ATG 12/7/96. | |
| PAPIN | England, fl.1672-92, PHIM | made barometers, hydrostatic balances and hydraulic instruments; worked for Robert Boyle, 1687-91; nephew of Denis Papin. | at Mr. Carpenter's, near Bell Inn, Friday Street; at Mrs. Blakies, the Court over against the Crown and Thistle, Blackfriars; both in London. | Taylor 1(410); Goodison 1; Evans 1. | |
| PAPIN, DENIS | France; England; Germany, 1647-1712, PHIM | made air pumps; worked for Robert Boyle at Oxford; author; developed an air pump while working with Huygens, 1671-75, as a technical assistant; F.R.S. | Paris (1647-75); London (1675-87); Marburg (1687-1712). | Daumas 1; Taylor 1(410); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PAPON, ESTIENNE | France, MIM | Sundial in the cover of a watch = Bloch-Pimentel Coll. = P.C. | Gien. | RSW. | |
| PAPPEN | alternative spelling for Papin. | Evans 1. | |||
| PARACHINI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PARACHINI, G. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 11/13/86. | "Warranted." | RSW. | |
| PARDIE | England, pre-1764, MIM | designed and made a universal sundial. | James Ferguson. | ||
| PARIS | France, c.1763, MIM OIM | son of Claude Paris and succeeded him in the business. | L'Estrapade, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| PARIS, CLAUDE | France, 1703-63, MIM OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = CNAM (1755), Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Telescopes = NAC, P.C.; Microscope, Cuff-type = NAC; Telescopes were offered by dealers in 1967, 1970 and 1976. | associated with Jean-Baptiste-Charles Gonichon, 1733; made "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour" in 1740; the privilege passed to his sister, Marie-Michelle Gonichon, upon his death in 1763; it is hard to tell whether it is Claude Paris or his son who made the telescopes offered by dealers. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2 & 3; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Augarde; RSW. |
| PARISH, ROBERT | England, c.1738, MIM | apprenticed to John Foster of the Clockmakers' Company on May 1, 1738. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PARK, ROBERT | Scotland, c.1800, NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = D.(1971), D.(1972); Telescope = FRK = RSM. | T.C. in a Spencer, Browning and Co. sextant case. | Greenock. | Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| PARK, ROSWELL | USA, 1807-69, | revised at least two of Josiah Loring's terrestrial globes in 1846. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| PARKER 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as Parker 4. | Theobalds Street (London?). | Goodison 1. |
| PARKER 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wisbech. | Goodison 1. | |
| PARKER 3 | England, c.1900, | Water Clock, 1649 = K. & C. 12/3/75. | fake, surely the work of Pearson and Page of Birmingham. | Southampton. | RSW. |
| PARKER 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | may be the same as Parker 1. | Princes Street, Soho, London. | RSW. |
| PARKER, BENJAMIN | England, c.1753, MIM | Slide Rules, Saxspeach-type = OXF (1753), KEN (1753), Christie-Australia 6/5/62. | Isaac Newton's Head, next the Great Turnstile, Holborn; Fulwood's Rents, Holborn; Ratcliffe; all in London. | Taylor 2(202) and (534); Evans 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Holland; RSW. | |
| PARKER, EDWARD | see E.P. | RSW. | |||
| PARKER, FRANCIS | England, c.1690, | member of the Bakers' Company; may have had William Roloson turned over to him in 1690. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PARKER, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1761-66, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = EGE. | watchmaker; the ring sundial is 2 1/2" in diameter. | Cork Hill, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| PARKER, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1703-26, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Walpole of the Grocers' Company on March 2, 1696; free of the Company on June 8, 1703; took apprentices. | Foster Lane, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| PARKER, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1806-25, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-P 3/1/83. | one barometer is signed "Parker London" the others are signed "Parker" or "J. Parker" plus the Princes Street address. | 53 Princes Street, Leicester Square, Soho (1817); 22 Little Queen Street, Holborn; both in London. | Taylor 2(1189); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PARKER, JAMES 3 | England, c.1817, OIM | optician. | 333 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(1189). | |
| PARKER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1748, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 14, 1740; free of the Company, Jan. 18, 1748. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PARKER, JOHN 2 | England, c.1830, OIM | Sandpits, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1955). | ||
| PARKER, RICHARD GREEN | USA, 1798-1869, MIM | educator; made hemisphere globes from c.1827 for the use of his students. | Boston, Mass. | Warner 4; DAB. | |
| PARKER, SAMUEL | England, fl.1825-26, OIM | 16 Little Hampton Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1658). | ||
| PARKER, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1705, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on July 9, 1705. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PARKER, THOMAS 2 | Scotland, fl.1801-02, MIM | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1190). | ||
| PARKER, WILLIAM | England, 1784-1817, MIM OIM | Lens = APS. | constructed large burning glasses, one just under 3 feet in diameter, another, 16" dia. for Priestly; said to have been of "advanced age" in 1817; usually referrered to as "Mr. Parker." | Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(754); Multhauf 1; Clay and Court; Spargo 1; Dewhirst. |
| PARKES AND HADLEY | England, MIM | Orrery, planets missing = Lub and Himmel, April 1965; Orrery, sun and moon missing = Grimwades 10/25/90. | "patented." | RSW. | |
| PARKES, I. | England, OIM | Spyglass = P.C.(1967). | London. | USNM. | |
| PARKES, JAMES, AND SON | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = Wellcome Museum, D.(1969), D.(1976), Christie-SK 2/8/79, Phillips 2/14/79; Sextant = D.(1975); Surveying Instrument = D.(1977); Telescopes = American Art Galleries, Chicago, Ill. 3/18/75, Christie-SK 7/10/80. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851, London. | 5 and 6 St. Mary's Row, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 112; USNM; RSW. |
| PARKES, JOHN AND SONS | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Charles 6/10/79. | T.C. in sextant box. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| PARKES, SAMUEL | England, fl.1777-1818, MIM | rule and compass maker. | 8 Sand Street (1777); St. Mary's Row (1787); Legge Street (1797-1801); all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PARKES, SAMUEL, AND SON | England, fl.1808-18, MIM | rule makers, worked in boxwood and ivory. | Bull Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PARKINSON AND FRODSHAM | England, fl.1800-38, MIM OIM | William Parkinson and William James Frodsham; famous for their chronometers. | 4 Change Alley, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1403). | |
| PARKMAN, S.N. | USA, NIM | Boat Compass = MYS. | 174 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| PARKS | see Graham and Parks. | ||||
| PARMINTER, GEORGE | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to his father, John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 3, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PARMINTER, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1739-91, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 6, 1732; free of the Company, Sept. 20, 1739; took apprentices. | near the White Hart alehouse in Mansell Street, Goodman's Fields (1739); next door to the Sun and Bell in the Minories (1742); the corner of the Minories (1758); King Street, Tower Hill (1787); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| PARMINTER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1791-96, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln in the Spectacle- makers'Company; admitted by Patrimony to the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1791; took one apprentice; optician. | Crown Court, Wapping (1791); Dog Row, Bethnal Green (1796); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Robischon. | |
| PARMINTER, SAMUEL | England, c.1787, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on June 7, 1787; son of John Parminter 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PARNALL AND SONS | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Beam Balance = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| PARNELL | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Christie-SK 11/2/95. | probably Thomas Parnell, or William, his son. | London. | RSW. |
| PARNELL AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/27/74. | probably Thomas Parnell. | London. | RSW. |
| PARNELL, THOMAS | England, fl.1776-1811, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/83; Telescopes = SWE, X; Octants = MYS, D.(1990), Marine Museum, Horten, Norway, Stadt Museum, Albenå, Denmark, VNN, Bolling Hall, Bradford; Sextants = MYS, Versailles 4/17/83, P.C.; etc. | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 13, 1768; free of the Company, May 7, 1776; T.C.; most of his instruments are signed "Parnell." | at the Mariner and Quadrant, No. 94 (later No. 2) Hermitage Bridge, Lower East Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1023); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Moskowitz 102; Pipping 1; Goodison 1; M.A.D., May 1990; RSW. |
| PARNELL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1811-14, MIM | took over Thomas Parnell's shop in 1814; might have been his son. | Hermitage (1811); No. 94 (later No. 2) Lower East Smithfield (1813-14); all in London. | Taylor 2(1023); Crawforth 7. | |
| PARRISH, H. | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer maker. | 6 1/2 Wood Street, Bath Row, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PARROTT, W.T. | England, 1790, NIM | Octant, ebony, 1790 = Vogel Nov. 1972; Octant = Soth. 9/20/83. | Hull. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| PARRY, THOMAS WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM | Analemmatic Sundial = Christie 6/7/72. | 14 Princes Street, Barbican; 24 Holywell Street, Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(2199); RSW. | |
| PARSONS | England, MIM | Circular Slide Rule = Soth. 10/21/74. | London. | RSW. | |
| PARSONS AND TUTTEL | England, 1701, MIM | William Parsons 1 and Thomas Tuttel; advertised a pair of 36-inch globes for 25 pounds in 1701. | London. | Taylor 1(411). | |
| PARSONS, CHARLES | England, 1674, MIM | Quadrant Sundial, 1674 = OXF. | for 51° latitude. | Taylor 1(376); Evans 1. | |
| PARSONS, GEORGE | England, c.1822, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Parsons 3, of the Grocers' Company on July 4, 1822. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| PARSONS, JAMES | England, fl.1820-38, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, William Parsons 3, of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 3, 1812. | 22 Bull and Mouth Street, London. | Taylor 2(2200); J. Brown 2. | |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1658-1723, MIM | Protractor, Plotting Scale = OXF. | may be Col. William Parsons; see Parsons and Tuttel. | Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London. | Taylor 1(411) & 2(1660); RSW. |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1759, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1759 = NMM; Protractor = OXF. | 3.6" in diameter. | Taylor 2(1660); O'Mara. | |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1799-1822, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 5, 1789; free of the Company, Jan. 3, 1799; took apprentices, including his own children. | 9 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden; New Sreet, Fetter Lane (1801-07); Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1808-12); Paul's Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard (1812-22); Bull and Mouth Street (1822); all in London. | Taylor 2(1660); J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 4 | England, c.1809, | apprenticed to his father, William Parsons 3 on Feb. 2, 1809. | London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| PARTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, NIM | compass maker. | 40 Low Street, Sunderland. | Taylor 2(1956). | |
| PASCAL, BLAISE | France, 1623-62, | mathematician; philosopher; worked with Toricelli's idea of vacuum tube for barometer, c.1650; invented an adding machine in 1642. | A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; DSB. | ||
| PASCAL, CLAUDE | France; Holland, fl.1654-74, MIM | clockmaker. | The Hague (1654); Paris (1670). | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PASCAL, DOMINIQUE | France, c.1740, PHIM | Coin Balances = Soth. 11/16/87 and 4/18/88. | Rue de 4 Chapaux, Lyon. | RSW. | |
| PASCHE, LOUIS | Holland, fl.1768-93, MIM | Pasché; clockmaker; worked on Leidse Sphere. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PASSEMANT, CLAUDE-SIMEON | France, 1702-69, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, Waddesden Manor, Bucks; Wheel Barometers = NYM, Phillips 9/10/86, Christie N.Y. 6/7/79 (Sèvres porcelain); Thermometer = DEU; Telescopes = WHI, ADL-M434, Spitzer-2891, Valley Forge Historical Society, Pa.; Hygrometer = COR; Solar Micrscope = COR; Planetariums = Palais de Versailles (1749), MLL (1766); Sundials = NMM, CNAM; Pair of Globes = POB; Astronomical Clock = Palais de Versailles; Microscopes = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, NYM; etc. | Claude-Siméon Passemant; author; "Ingénieur du Roi"; made three telescopes for Louis XV (1751, 1755, 1759). | rue de la Monnaye à la Pomme d'Or; au Louvre, au dessus de l'Académie Française (1749); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Taylor 2(296a); Ronfort; Brieux 3; Bennett 1; ADL; Michel 3; Stevens & Aked; USNM; Engelmann 1; Augarde; RSW. |
| PASSEMENT | misreading for Passemant. | ||||
| PASSEY, D. | England, c.1790, OIM | Solar Microscope = Soth. 3/25/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| PASTEUR, BERNARD FRANCOIS | Switzerland; Holland, 1742-1801, OIM PHIM | Pneumatic Pump = LEY. | Bernard François Pasteur; clockmaker; also made microscopes, thermometers, etc. | Geneva (1742-67); Amsterdam (1767); Leyden (1794). | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1. |
| PASTORELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bowling Street, Westminster, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI AND CETTI | England, c.1853, PHIM | Pastorelli and Edward Cetti; barometer and thermometer makers; they succeeded John Tagliabue. | 11 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI AND CO. 1 | England, 1815-17, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Fortunato Pastorelli; became F. and J. Pastorelli in 1817. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1856-63, MIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Dumpy Level = D.(1982). | Francis Pastorelli; level is Patent No. 2711, 11/18/1863. | 208 Piccadilly, London. | Goodison 1; Coffeen A. |
| PASTORELLI AND CO. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. Pastorelli. | 180 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PASTORELLI AND RAPKIN | England, 1750-1900, PHIM | Barometer, Fortin-type = Phillips 2/14/79; Hygrometer = Longleat House, Wilts.; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 6/6/85; Thermo-Hydrograph = K. & C. 9/29/76; Aneroid Barometer = Soth.-S 7/17/96. | firm claimed to have been established in 1750; aneroid barometer signed "Pastorelli and Rapkin Ltd." | 46 Hatton Garden, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, A. AND F. | England, fl.1848-49, PHIM | Anthony Pastorelli and his son, Francis. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, A., AND SON | England, c.1848, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Dawcross Street; 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1829-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3); Barometer and Thermometer = Phillips 11/11/81; Hygrometer = OXF. | philosophical instrument maker; succeeded Fortunato Pastorelli in 1830; took his son Francis as a partner, 1848-49; some barometers signed "A. Pastorelli." | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/16/81. | either Fortunato or Francis Pastorelli. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| PASTORELLI, F. AND J. | England, fl.1817-18, PHIM | Fortunato and J. Pastorelli; barometer makers. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, F., AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Telescope = D.(1975). | Francis Pastorelli. | 208 Piccadilly, London. | Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, FORTUNATO | England, fl.1805-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the barometer is signed "Pastorelli 156 Holborn, London"; see Pastorelli and Co. 1, F. and J. Pastorelli; succeeded by Anthony Pastorelli. | 252 High Holborn (1805); 156 High Holborn (1811); 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1815-30); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1848-60, OIM PHIM | son of Anthony Pastorelli and his partner, 1848-49, as A. and F. Pastorelli; succeeded him in 1850; see Pastorelli and Co. 2. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1848-56); 208 Piccadilly (1856-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, J. | England, c.1817, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | worked with Fortunato Pastorelli, 1817-18, see F. and J. Pastorelli and Pastorelli and Co. 3. | 180 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PASTORELLI, JOHN | England, fl.1837-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Christie-SK 5/20/88; Stick Barometer = X. | 28 Cable Street (1837); 55 Cable Street (1841-47); 61 Cable Street (1851); 10 South Castle Street (1857); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2201); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PASTORELLI, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1820-27, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Leopards Court, Leather Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1663); Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1825, PHIM | made barometers. | 67 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, T. AND F. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | surely Fortunato Pastorelli and a relative. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. |
| PATERNAL, NICOLAS | Portugal, 1616, MIM | Astrolabe, 1616 = LIM. | ICA-217. | Price 1; Gunther 1; Michel 2; GHP; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| PATERSON | Scotland, c.1803, OIM | Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| PATERSON, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1679-93, MIM | produced an "Arithmatical Spiral" calculating instrument; wrote almanacs; advertised "weather-glasses of all sorts and sizes"; succeeded by his nephew, John Mann 1. | at the Sign of the Sea Cross-staff and Quadrant in the Cowgate (1681-86); Sign of the Sea Cross-staff and Quadrant, Reid House, middle of the Leith Wynd (1689); both in Edinburgh. | Taylor 1(424); Bryden 3, 10 & 15; Clay and Court; Goodison 1. | |
| PATHRICK, JOHN | see John Patrick. | Clay and Court. | |||
| PATIN | France, c.1700, MIM | Crescent-type Sundial = D. | Brieux 3. | ||
| PATON, DAVID | Scotland, c.1824, MIM | made a planetarium and lunarium in 1824. | Dunfermline. | Taylor 2(1664). | |
| PATRICK | England, 19th Century, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = ATG, 7/13/96. | ad said 18th century. | London. | RSW. |
| PATRICK, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1686-1722, MIM | apprenticed to William Thompson in the Joiners' Company on July 8, 1668; free in the Company, July 6, 1686, on the report of Thomas Eliot; took apprentices; may be the father of John Patrick 2 or there may be only one John Patrick. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PATRICK, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1693-1720, MIM PHIM | Angle Barometers = P.C. (2); Stick Barometers = D.(1981), NMM, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Pillar Barometer, ivory, brass and silver = BM. | author; apprenticed to William Tompson of the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1686; free of the Company in 1693; became a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1712; specialized in barometers; T.C.; probably the son of John Patrick 1 unless the two are the same person. | against Bull Head Court, in Jewin Street near Cripplegate Church (pre-1704); Ship Court, Old Bailey (1704-); both in London. | Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Taylor 1(526); Calvert 2; RSW; Bedini 8; Price 3; Crawforth 1; Dewhirst; RSW; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| PATRICK, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 5, 1686. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PATRIDGE, R., AND CO. | USA, c.1830, MIM | Circular Calculator for finding interest = D.(1985). | Boston, Mass. | Coffeen 9. | |
| PATRON | France, MIM SIM | Graphometers = D.(1972), A-P 3/15/76. | possibly Pierre-André Patron, which see. | Paris. | Roux Devilas, 1973; Augarde; RSW. |
| PATRON, PIERRE-ANDRE | France, c.1742, | Pierre-André Patron; master sword maker; may be same as Patron, which see; may have made instruments. | rue de la Petite Sonnerie, Paris. | Augarde. | |
| PATRONE | see Patroni | Crawforth 1. | |||
| PATRONI, PIETRO | Italy, fl.1714-22, OIM | Microscope, 1715 = LEY; Binocular Microscopes = P.C. (1719), NAC (1722); Binocular Telescopes = DEU (1714), NAC (1719); Telescopes = ADL-M426, Soth. 1/25/84. | the binocular telescopes are signed "Sac Coesae et Catae Mais Opticus Mediolani" and "Petrus Patronus"; the Soth. telescope is signed "Pierre Patroni"; the Adler telescope is signed on the objective lens; Patroni is mentioned in an advertisment by James Mann 2. | Mediolani = Milan. | Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; Price 2; Engelmann 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| PATTART, IOAN. | Germany, fl.1715-52, MIM | Garden Sundials, stone = Aschbach Schloss (1752), Cremsdorf bei Höchstadt. | Cremsdorf sundial has arms of Christian Ernst von Guttenberg. | Bamberg. | Zinner 1. |
| PATTEN | see Potten. | Crawforth 7. | |||
| PATTEN, GEORGE | USA, 1820-57, MIM OIM | son of Richard Patten; see Richard Patten and Son. | New York, N.Y. (1820-42); 23 South Street (1849-51); 38 W. Baltimore (1856-57); the last two in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| PATTEN, RICHARD | USA, 1792-1865, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A215, NMM, USNM, D.(1983), P.C., etc; Octant = MYS; Marine Compass = P.C.; Sextant = Fairfield Historical Society, Conn.; Surveying Compass = D.(1993). | worked with his son, George, as Richard Patten and Son, 1842-1857; MYS octant is No. 12; Garcelon compass signed "R. Patten, New York"; had a dividing engine; T.C.,"All instruments in the above line made to order and warranted being divided on an Engine after the Plan of Ramsdens." | Maryland; 350 Water Street (1813); 184 Water Street (1815-19); 180 Water Street (1821-34); 11 Park Place (1834-37); all in New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. (1843-46); Baltimore, Md. (1849-60); Washington, D.C. (1862-65). | Smart 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Moskowitz 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; ADL; Garcelon 33 and 34; RSW. |
| PATTEN, RICHARD, AND SON | USA, fl.1842-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Richard and George Patten. | Washington, D.C. (1842-49); Baltimore, Md. (1850-57) the years (1856-57) were at 38 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| PATTEN, STEPHEN | USA, fl.1834-41, MIM NIM | sold nautical items, rules, dividers, etc. | Exchange Street (1834); No. 31 Exchange Street (1841); both in Portland Me. | Portland, Maine Business Directories. | |
| PATTEN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1838-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | 6th and Arch, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| PATTERSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Hoppé in the Joiners' Company on May 10, 1804. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PATTON | see Richard Patten. | RSW. | |||
| PATTON AND GEORGE | NIM | Sextant = Fall River Marine Museum, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| PATTRICK | England, c.1805, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = ATG, 7/13/96. | surely Thomas Pattrick 1. | London. | RSW. |
| PATTRICK, T., AND CO. | England, fl.1802-08, MIM | Pocket Globe in case = D. | the celestial gores in the case are signed "Pattrick and Co."; the address is that of Thomas Pattrick 1. | 29 King Street, Covent Garden, London. | Wynter and Turner. |
| PATTRICK, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1802-08, MIM OIM PHIM | globe maker; see T. Pattrick and Co.; author. | 29 King Street, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1192); Wynter and Turner. | |
| PATTRICK, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wisbeach. | Goodison 1. | |
| PAU, JOHANN | Holland, pre-1762, OIM | made a solar microscope. | Leyden. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| PAUL | Switzerland, c.1800, PHIM | son of Jacques Paul; barometer and thermometer maker, also made other philosophical apparatus. | Geneva. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PAUL, JACQUES | Switzerland, 1733-98, MIM PHIM SIM | Hygrometer, hair = P.C.; Graphometer = GEM; Thermometer = GEM; Standard Meter = GEM; Electrical Doubler = GEM; Stick Barometer, 1763 = GEM. | father of Paul; apprenticed to Canivet; pocket compass (P.C.) is signed by both men; difficult to tell the father's work from the son's; GEM instruments are all from the Saussure Coll. | Geneva. | Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10. |
| PAULUS | Holland, c.1653, OIM | made lenses for Christiaan Huygens. | Meester. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PAULUS DE SURLANIS | misreading for Paulus de Furlanis, which see. | O. Brown 3; Woodward 1; RSW. | |||
| PAULUS, JACOBUS | MIM | Microscope = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | USNM. | ||
| PAURUS | see Ioan and Paurus. | RSW. | |||
| PAVOLINI, BERNARDINUS | Italy, c.1750, MIM SIM | Telescopic Graphometer = D.(1987); Graphometer = USNM. | USNM instrument is signed "Bernardinum Pavolini Fecit" and marked "Antonius Manghetti Incidit." | USNM; Coffeen 15; RSW. | |
| PAYNE 1 | see Melling and Payne. | RSW. | |||
| PAYNE AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Pedometer = WHI. | "3448 Patent"; William Payne. | 165 New Bond Street, London. | O. Brown 1. |
| PAYNE, A. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-LA 6/7/76. | 6 Little Warner, Clerkenwell, London. | RSW. | |
| PAYNE, BENJAMIN | England, c.1825, PHIM | Apothocary Scales = WHI; Balance = WHI. | No. 395 Strand, near Southamton Street, London. | O. Brown 2. | |
| PAYNE, CHRISTOPHER | see Christopher Paine. | RSW. | |||
| PAYNE, GEO. P. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = D.(1976). | 39 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| PAYNE, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | Banbury. | RSW. | |
| PAYNE, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1795-1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Payne Hadleigh." | Hadleigh. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1. |
| PAYNE, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1831, MIM | Pedometer = D.(1972). | patented a pocket pedometer in a watch case in 1831; clock and watch maker. | 163 New Bond Street, London.; Navigation Warehouse, South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1957); Moskowitz 104. |
| PAYNSTON | England, c.1815, MIM | invented a current meter. | Taylor 2(1402). | ||
| PAYSON, SAMUEL, JR. | USA, fl.1844-47, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. (1844-46); New York, N.Y. (1846-47). | USNM. | ||
| PEACE, PHILIP | Scotland, fl.1842-57, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 9/1/70. | 61 Broughton Street (1842-45); 71 South Frederick Street (1846); 99 Prices Street (1847-57); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PEACHY, WILLIAM | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to Joseph Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 5, 1786. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PEACOCK, JONATHAN | England, c.1726, MIM | sundial maker. | the Old George, Penrith. | Bryden 9. | |
| PEACOCK, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1778-90, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kimbolton. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1. | |
| PEACOCK, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1789-1832, PHIM | probably a dealer; name is marked on a stick barometer, signed on the back "J. Croce York 1789." | York. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PEAK | see Harvey and Peak. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| PEARCE, THOMAS | England, fl.1856, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | instrument signed "Pearce Cirencester." | Cricklade Street, Cirencester. | Goodison 1. |
| PEARSON, DAVID | USA, c.1760, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = D. | the father of Henry Sleeper Pearson; the compass card was engraved by Joseph Callender. | Newburyport, Mass. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103. |
| PEARSON, HENRY SLEEPER | USA, 1789-1878, MIM NIM SIM | Marine Compass = D.(1984); Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (2). | son of David Pearson; T.C.; watch and scientific instrument maker. | at Jones Row, 6 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. (1823-77). | Smart 1; Coffeen G; RSW. |
| PEARSON, J. | England, c.1797, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76, X. | barometers are signed "Pearson Towcester." | Towcester. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PEARSON, JOSEPH 1 | England, c.1797, OIM | optician; father of Joseph Pearson 2. | Moor Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PEARSON, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1801-18, OIM | optician; son of Joseph Pearson 1. | 129 Moor Street (1801); Moor Street (1808-18); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PEARSON, RICHARD | England, c.1827, MIM NIM OIM | North Side, Old Dock, Hull. | Taylor 2(1666). | ||
| PEARSON, ROBERT | England, c.1776, MIM | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 2, 1760; free of the Company, Oct. 3, 1776. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PEARSON, WILLIAM | England, 1813, MIM | Orrery, showing mean motion, 1813 = KEN. | astronomer; constructed an astronomical clock and planetarium; F.R.S., 1819. | Whitbeck, Cumberland; Temple Grove, East Sheen; South Kilworth, Lincolnshire. | Taylor 2(880); RSW. |
| PEASE, PAUL | USA, fl.1750-58, NIM | Quadrant, 1758 = Brown University, Rhode Island; Backstaff, 1750 = R.I. Historical Society. | Warner said "Probably son-in-law of Nathaniel Folger of Nantucket; it is not known if he was maker or owner of this instrument"; probably maker because of other instruments. | Rhode Island? | USNM; Bedini 1; Evans 1; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. |
| PECCENINI | 1814?, MIM SIM | Graphometer = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| PECHE | France, c.1840, NIM | Marine Compass = PMS. | sold sextants made by E. Lorieux. | Nantes. | USNM; RSW. |
| PEDDELL, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 15, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PEDERSEN AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| PEDIS, T. | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer and clock = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27 | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| PEDLIO | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PEDRAGLIO 1 | France, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976); Telescope = Soth. 3/25/86. | "Opticien". | rue de la Fosse 12, Nantes. | RSW. |
| PEDRAGLIO 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Rochester. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRAGLIO, BAPTISTA | England, c.1800, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Bearne's 9/13/89. | RSW. | ||
| PEDRENE | England, c.1785, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1977). | with thermometer, hygrometer and spirit level. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| PEDRETI, MARIO | Italy, 1589, MIM | Protractor with pivoted arm, 1589 = BMR. | Rome. | Michel 3. | |
| PEDRETTI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRETTI, PETER | England, fl.1834-51, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bath Street, Clerkenwell (1834-44); 13 Dorring Street (1844-51); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRONE BROS. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carlisle. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRONE, LOUIS | England, fl.1841-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Inclinable Sundial = WHI; Marine Barometer = PMS; Wheel Barometer = X. | sometimes spelled "Lewis Pedrone." | 57 Lord Street; 27 & 28 Lord Street; both in Liverpool. | Bryden 9 and 16; Taylor 2(2202); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PEDRONE, S. AND G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | RSW. | ||
| PEDUZZI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Anthony or James Peduzzi. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| PEDUZZI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1825-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | 23 Picadilly (1834), London?; 31 Oldham Street (1841), Manchester. | Taylor 2(1670); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PEDUZZI, JAMES | England, fl.1825-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1968), Christie 12/8/74, Christie-SK 11/27/86. | all the barometers are signed "J. Peduzzi Manchester"; one has the Newbury Street address. | 49 Oldham Street (1825-26); Newbury Street; 97 Oldham Street (1834-41); all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1671); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PEDUZZI, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 74 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEEL, WILLIAM | England, c.1717, | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PEER, JOOST | see Joost de Beer. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| PEFFENHAUSER, PHILIPP HEINRICH | Germany, 1657-1733, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, with cam latitude setting = FRA; Horizontal Sundials with moon scale = Sorfältige Schrift, Budapest, Eichstatt Museum; Crescent Sundials = INN, GRA, BM; Equatorial Sundials = Drecker Coll., D.(1974). | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Wynter 1; Michel 3. | |
| PEIA, A. | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Short Graham and Co., Gloucester. | also made thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| PELEGRINO, FRAN. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 9/1/70; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| PELL, JOHN | England, 1610-85, | author; wrote on quadrants. | Oxford. | Gunther 2. | |
| PELLATT AND CO. | England, fl.1824-32, | Messrs. Green and Pellatt; glass-workers. | Falcon Glass House, Holland Street, Blackfriars Bridge, London. | Taylor 2(1672). | |
| PELLETIER, J.C. | Holland, fl.1776-1809, PHIM | made a magnetic experiment and physical instruments for cabinets. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PELLIER | France, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Lempertz 4/28/61. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| PELLIN, PH. | France, c. 1883, PHIM | became partner of JulesDuboscq in 1883, carried on firm after 1886. | Paris. | Warner 13. | |
| PELT, JAN VAN | Holland, MIM | Dividers = Soth. 4/18/88. | RSW. | ||
| PENCOTTI, I. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | High Street, Dudley. | RSW. | |
| PENDER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| PENDLETON, WILLIAM KIMBOROUGH | USA, 1817-99, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = P.C. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| PENEDO, A. | Holland, c.1785, OIM PHIM | made camera obscuras, pumps, etc. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| PENER | see Bener. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| PENNER | see Bener. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| PENNOCK, JOSEPH | England, c.1726, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Scott of the Grocers' Company on June 30, 1719; free of the Company, July 27, 1726. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PENNY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1816-38, MIM | 25 Broad Street, Ratcliff Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1407). | ||
| PENSA, J., AND SON | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 9/11/86, Soth. 12/13/88. | John Pensa and Son. | 5 Greville Stret; 39 Charles Street; both in Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PENSA, JOHN | England, fl.1830-39, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/83. | thermometer maker. | 2 Charles Street; 39 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1830-34); 5 Greville Street (1835-39); all in London. | Taylor 2(2204); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PENSA, MARGARET | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; possibly the widow of John Pensa. | 25 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London (1846). | Taylor 2(2204); Goodison 1. | |
| PENSA, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Colchester. | RSW. | |
| PENSOTTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1817, PHIM | barometer maker. | High Street, Dudley. | Taylor 2(1959); Goodison 1. | |
| PENTHER, FRIEDRICH JOHAN | Germany, 1752, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1752 = DRE. | author; wrote on gnomonics. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| PEOTE, JAMES | see Pioti. | Goodison 1. | |||
| PEPPER, JNO. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | instrument signed "Pepper Biggleswade." | Market Place, Biggleswade. | Goodison 1. |
| PEPYS, SAMUEL | devised rule to figure timber volume. | Latham and Matthews. | |||
| PERBY AND BRO. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Liquid Measure, wood = D.(1976). | 51 Fulton Street, New York N.Y. | RSW. | |
| PERES, JAN | Holland, fl.1765-93, MIM | repaired Isenbroek's planetarium, ADL-M392, in 1793; clockmaker. | Haarlem. | Engelmann 1; Fox 1; Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| PERESTE | misreading by Engelmann of inscription on ADL-M392, should be "Peres te" = Peres in." | ADL; RSW. | |||
| PERIGOT, CHARLES | France, 19th Century, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Melun 4/24/83. | sometimes spelled "Périgeot"; the Melun globe is marked "édité par Delagrave à Paris." | Paris. | RSW. |
| PERIGRINUS, PETRUS | 13th Century, | wrote a treatise on the astrolabe. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| PERKINS | see Spencer and Perkins. | RSW. | |||
| PERKINS, EYSUM | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1670; carried on trade as a non-freeman, c.1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PERNAUD | France, 1745, | forged name and date on #535 G in dial list at OXF. | Nancy. | Evans 1. | |
| PERNER, ADAM | Germany, 1596, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, 1596 = WHI. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| PERNOT, J. | France, 1785, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1785 = P.C. | Dunkerque. | Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| PERRE, J. | France, 18th Century, NIM | Marine Compass = Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, 7/27/90 (No. 30). | "J. Perre maître poulier et faseur de compas." | Dunkerque. | RSW. |
| PERREAUX, L.G. | France, fl.1841-62, MIM PHIM | firm founded in 1841; made precision instruments, dynamometers, spherometers, etc. | rue Monsieur-le Prince, 16, Paris. | USNM. | |
| PERRENOUD, SAUVEUR | France, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = PRM; Dividers, brass and steel = Bergbau Mining Museum, Bochum, Westalfia. | RSW. | ||
| PERRETT, GEORGE | England, c.1799, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1799. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PERRINS, H. AND F. | England, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = Versailles 4/17/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| PERRON, R. | England, c.1800, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. (1976). | London. | RSW. | |
| PERRY AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/18/71; Octant = Christie 12/21/71. | probably P.F. Perry. | West Hartlepool. | RSW. |
| PERRY, ANDREW | Ireland, fl.1839-45, MIM | optician. | 5 Fitzwilliam Place, Grangegorman Lane (1839-42); 21 Grangegorman Lane (1843-45); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnettt. | |
| PERRY, EDMUND | England, c.1675, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 15, 1666; free of the Company, June 2, 1675. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PERRY, P.F. | England, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 2/8/79. | see Perry and Co. | Hartlepool. | RSW. |
| PERRY, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1835-37, OIM | optician. | 22 Grangegorman Lane, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| PERSONNE, GILLES | France, 1602-75, OIM PHIM | mathematician; designed an equal-arm balance; worked on developing a vacuum; put telescopes on surveying and navigating instruments, c.1667; "Gilles Personne de Roberval." | Roberval. | Middleton 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PESCHKE | Germany, c.1743, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = HAK. | Dresden. | W. Eckhardt 3. | |
| PESCHKU, ANDREAS | Austria, fl.1602-41, MIM | Calendars, stone = GRA (1602), VIE (1610), Radkersburg Stadtmuseum (1615). | Graz. | Zinner 1. | |
| PETER, C.W. | Holland, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1954). | probably G.W. Peter. | Rotterdam. | RSW. |
| PETER, G.W. | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| PETER, G.W., EN ZOON | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Octants, (2) = AMST; Sextants (2) = Municipal Museum, Vlissingen; Azimuth Compasses = AMST, Nowegian Maritime Museum, Oslo. | the compass at AMST also shows the name D.H. Selter. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| PETERS | see Norris and Peters. | RSW. | |||
| PETERS, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PETERSEN, C. | Germany, c.1860, MIM | Mathematical Instrument = HAM. | St. Pauli; Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| PETERSEN, HEINRICH | Germany, NIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; made barometers and telescopes. | Grand Elbestrasse 7, Altona. | RSW. | |
| PETIT, P. | France, 1598-1677, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1659 = BM. | produced a form of grid micrometer; Intendant of Fortifications at Rouen; experimented with early barometers. | Rouen. | A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PETLEY | see Marx and Petley. | USNM. | |||
| PETRALI, ANGELO | c.1820, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = Christie 5/10/83. | RSW. | ||
| Petri, Adolf | 1819-1895 | see Dolberg, Adolf | |||
| PETRONI | Patronus? | Dewhirst. | |||
| PETRUS AB AGGERE | Spain; Belgium, fl.1558-62, MIM SIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1558 = RSM (loan) = Soth. 12/4/61 = Zoccali Coll. = Soth. 3/16/67 = ADL-DPW40; Graphometer?, 1560 = FLO-1278; Astronomical Ring, 1562 = OXF. | sundial signed "Absolvit Bruxelle Petrus ab aggere in gratiam D. Francisci de Hispania anno salutis humanae 1558"; the graphometer? is signed "Absolvit Toleti Petrus ab aggere Mathematicus Regius"; astronomical ring is signed "Petrus Aggerius Matriti in gratian D. Petri Fajiandi"; Michel said the name might be a latinization of Van Rampart or Van den Dijk; the lists of towns with latitudes always start with "Hispania", as Spain owned the Low Countries at that time. | Brussels (1558); Toledo (1560); Madrid (1562). | Bonelli 1; Morpurgo 2; Zinner 1 (2nd Ed.); Price 2; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PETRUS AGGERIUS | see Petrus ab aggere. | RSW. | |||
| PETRUS PHILOMENA DE DACIA | Italy; France; Denmark, fl.1286-1303, | known as Peter Nightingale; designed an equatorium; author. | Bologna (1286-92); Paris (1292); Denmark (c.1303). | O. Pedersen. | |
| PETTERS' SON, BORSE | Sweden, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = GMM. | Börse Petters' Son. | Göteborg. | RSW. |
| PETTERSSON, GUSTAF | Sweden, fl.1806-42, OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Gabriel Collin; free in 1806. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| PETTIT, JAMES | England, fl.1837-44, OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/18/71 (1837), Christie-SK 12/1/83 (1844). | F.R.A.S. | RSW. | |
| PETZL, JOH. PHIL. | Germany, 1709, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1709 = REG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| PEUCHOT | France, MIM | Celestial Planispheres, (3) = CNAM. | RSW. | ||
| PEUERBACH, GEORG | Austria; Germany1423-72, | astronomer; author; Zinner thought he made astrolabes and shield-type sundials. | Vienna. | Zinner 1. | |
| PEVERELLE, JOHN B. | England, fl.1849-54, PHIM | barometer maker. | 16 Pershore Street, Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| PEVIN, N. | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = O-F 13. | P. Sevin? | Paris. | Monreal. |
| PEYRONNY, M.M. DE, ET HENRI ROBERT | France, 19th Century, MIM | Universal Sundial = ADL-W140. | "Cadran Solaire universal par M.M. de Peyronny et Henri Robert Horlogers." | ADL; RSW. | |
| PFAB, ANDREAS | Germany, 1760, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1760 = DRE. | Dresden. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| PFAEFFTI | Switzerland, MIM | Protractor = PAM? | Berne. | RSW. | |
| PFALTZ, J. WILLIAM | USA, fl.1807-10, MIM | clock and watch maker. | 39 Fells Street F.P. (1807-08); St. Paul's Lane (1810); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | |
| PFEIFFER, JOHANNES ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1717-47, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = OXF; Combination Drawing Compass No. 4, 1742 = Koller, 1972 = P.C. = Christie 4/3/85; Graphometer, 1747 = Huelsmann Coll. | Coburg. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Syndram; RSW. | |
| PFENNINGER, J.C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = KAS. | Kassel. | Lübke. | |
| PFINZING, PAUL | Germany, b.1554, MIM | made odometers. | Nürnberg. | Beckmann. | |
| PFISTER, HERMAN | Switzerland; USA, 1847-1911, MIM SIM | Theodolites = USNM, Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio. | joined Rasselas Prince Whitcomb in R. Whitcomb and Co., 1877-78; worked alone 1870-76 and 1879-1905; his son, William Henry Pfister, was his foreman in 1905. | Schaffhausen; Missouri; 119 W. 5th, Cincinnatti, Ohio (1870-1911). | Smart 1. |
| PFISTER, MARTIN | Germany; Norway, fl.1537-42, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg (-1542); Spitzenberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PFISTER, WILLIAM HENRY | USA, 1875-1935, MIM SIM | son of Herman Pfister; foreman for his father in 1905. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| PHAIDROS | Greece, c.200 A.D., MIM | Sundial, quiver variant = BM. | there are four sundials in one; Gibbs 2544; Phaidros was the son of Zoilos, a Paenian. | Athens. | Gibbs 1. |
| PHARE, I.E. | MIM | Compass = LIM. | RSW. | ||
| PHELIZOT, C. | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial inside the cover of a watch = Drouot 2/18/60 = P.C. | Dijon. | Pippa; RSW. | |
| PHELPS | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = STM. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. | |
| PHELPS AND GURLEY | USA, fl.1845-51, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Meridian Telescope, small = P.C.; Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, USNM; Transits = GUR, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, N.Y.; etc. | Jonas H. Phelps and William Gurley. | 319 River Street, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| PHELPS AND GURLEYS | USA, fl.1851-52, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Jonas H. Phelps and William and Lewis Ephraim Gurley; firm became W. and L.E. Gurley; which see. | 319 River Street, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PHELPS, B.C. | USA, 1861, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1861 = D.(1984). | Coffeen H. | ||
| PHELPS, JONAS H. | USA, 1809-65, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | associated with Oscar Hanks from 1833 to 1837; took Lewis E. Gurley as an apprentice in 1844; became a partner with William Gurley, 1845-52; moved to Connecticut and continued to make surveying instruments; see Phelps and Gurley and Phelps and Gurleys. | 319 River Street, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. |
| PHELPS, THOMAS | England, fl.1799-1823, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fetter Lane (1799); 28 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch; 30 Red Lion Street, Holborn (1802-05); 33 Monkwell Street (1817-18); 19 Jewin Street (1822-23); the last 3 in Cripplegate, all in London. | Taylor 2(1194); Goodison 1. | |
| PHENDLER, ISAAC | Germany, c.1590, MIM | Sinecal Quadrant = Spitzer Sale = HAK. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| PHILIP, GEORGE, AND SON | England, MIM | Pair of Globes, 3-inch = Soth. 5/12/75; Terrestrial Globe = USNM. | the globe at the USNM is from the Liverpool address. | 92 Fleet Street, London; 51 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | USNM; RSW. |
| PHILIP, ROBERT | England, c.1830, OIM | 19 North Street, Brighton. | Taylor 2(1960). | ||
| PHILIPS, HENRY | England, fl.1648-77, | invented Philips' Tide Ring. | London Bridge, London. | Taylor 1(229). | |
| PHILLIPS | England, MIM | Globes (3) = K. and C. 4/7/76. | RSW. | ||
| PHILLIPS BROS. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 7/17/96. | 31 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London. | RSW. | |
| PHILLIPS, CAPT. C., R.N. | England, NIM | Marine Compass = RSM. | RSW. | ||
| PHILLIPS, J. | England, c.1840, OIM | Microscope = D.(1986). | London. | Coffeen 12. | |
| PHILLIPS, JAMES | Ireland, 1800, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1800 = Ulstet Folk Museum. | Derriaghy. | Clarke et al. | |
| PHILLIPS, JOHN | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, May 24, 1695. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PHILLIPS, SOLOMON | England, c.1838, OIM | T.C.; spectaclemaker; practical optician. | 43 Rathbone Place; No. 231 Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Percy Street; both in London. | Calvert 2; Taylor 2(2206). | |
| PHILLIPS, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to James Clark 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 5, 1808. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PHILOMENA | see Petrus Philomena de Dacia. | O. Pedersen. | |||
| PIANCHII, P. AND H. DE | Italy, 1764, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| PIANTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIAR, SCHOL | Austria, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silvered brass = SPI-2844. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| PIATTI, PAULUS AMILIUS | Italy, 1728, MIM | Rule, 1728 = ADL-M129. | the rule is marked "A" and "E", one at each end. | Venice. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PICA, JUAN | Spain, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 12/19/66. | Barcelona. | RSW. | |
| PICARD | France, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = La Rochelle 7/6/83. | "opticien." | Dreux. | RSW. |
| PICARD, EUGENE | France, 1865, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1865 = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79. | worked under Andriveau Goujon. | RSW. | |
| PICARD, JEAN | France, 1620-82, | astrononomer; an early advocate for using telescopes on surveying instruments, c.1669; scientist; worked on standardizing weights and measures; invented a new level. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Daumas 1; Dawson 216, 1971; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PICARDI | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| PICART | France, 1733, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1733 = LIE; Gunner's Level = Evans Coll. = OXF; Sector = D.(1997). | gunner's level also spelled "Picard", marked "J. Weiler" at a later time. | Combrey. | Evans 1; Michel 3; Brieux 3; Tesseract X; RSW. |
| PICART, A. | France, c.1840, OIM | Concave Lens on stand = D. | 20 Rue Mayet, Paris. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| PICCARD, CHARLES | France, c.1700, MIM | Variation Compass = PMM. | St. Malo. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| PICK, JAMES | Russia, c.1851, PHIM | showed at the Great Exhibitiom of London in 1851. | Warsaw. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| PICKERING | England, | see Dixon and Pickering, barometer makers. | RSW. | ||
| PICKERING, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1810-34, PHIM | Balance = WHI. | records show him as a "Scale Maker" (1810-16) and a "Beam and Scale Maker" (1817-34). | 73 Pill Lane, Dublin. | O. Brown 2. |
| PICKERING, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1781, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners; Company on Sept. 4, 1781; listed as a MIM in the directories; may be the same as Thomas Pickering 2. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| PICKERING, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1838, MIM OIM | may be the same as Thomas Pickering 1. | 30 Regent Street, Kensington, London. | Taylor 2(2207). | |
| PICKERINGE, THEOPHILUS | England, c.1642, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1642. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PICKETT, GEORGE | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | 265 Oxford Street, London. | RSW. | |
| PICQUET, G. | France, fl.1627-42, MIM | Astrolabes, wood and paper, 1627 = P.C. and D.; Astrolabe, wood and paper, 1642 = CNAM. | the astrolabe at the CNAM is ICA-220A and is also marked "Jehan Lebrun." | (P.C.) Chez Pierre Mariette rue St. Jacques à lesperance; (D.) Chez Melchior Tavernier, graveur & imprimieur du Roi pour les tailles douces, demeurant en l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay qui regard la Megisserie à l'Espic d'Or; both in Paris. | Gunther 1; Price 1; Michel 2 & 3; Dewhirst; Brieux 2; ICA 2; RSW. |
| PIERCE, SAMUEL | England, c.1770, OIM | worked for Ramsden for over 30 years; made telescopes. | London. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; USNM. | |
| PIERCE, WILLIAM | USA, c.1639, | almanac compiler; mariner. | Charles Evans; Bedini 8. | ||
| PIERRE, DANIEL DE | Germany, 1665, OIM | Microscope, 1665 = DRE. | lens maker. | Augsburg. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PIERRE, MAISTRE | France, c.1551, NIM | Master Pierre; "le Compassier"; made Foullon's holometer. | rue de la vieille drapperie à l'Enseigne Sainct Geneviève, Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| PIERRELET, V. | France, 1840, MIM | Planetarium on clock, 1840 = CNAM. | RSW. | ||
| PIERUCCI, MARIANO | Italy, fl.1851-73, PHIM | made many physical instruments that are in the Institute of G. Salvemini in Florence; worked for the gabinetto di Fisica U. di Pisa. | Pisa. | Brenni 1. | |
| PIETER, JOHANNES SINT | Holland, fl.1773-83, PHIM | Scale of a Barometer = Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Stick Barometer = Soth.-A 1977. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PIETER, JOHANNES SINT, BONGIANI & COMP. | Holland, c.1783, PHIM | Barometer = P.C. (1912). | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PIETERSZ, REYNIER | pre-1597, | invented two navigating instruments and a ring sundial. | Michel 3. | ||
| PIETERZE, P. | Holland, NIM | Compass, wood = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden. | Harlingen. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PIETRO, ORATIO GOVERNA | Italy, 1585, MIM | Astrolabe, 1585 = P. & S. 4/3/1894 = HOF. | ICA-182. | Padua. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| PIFFARETTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 48 Judd Street, Euston Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIGANDOLA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PIGEON 1 | France, MIM | Sectors = Christie 12/18/74, D.(1976). | the dealer's sector is labelled "à commune affranchie." | Lyon?; Paris? | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| PIGEON 2 | France, c.1690, MIM | Folding Square = ADL-M49. | modified terrestrial and celestial globes under Coronelli's direction; used a different "g" from Pigeon à Lyon. | Place Dauphine, Paris. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PIGEON 3 | France, 1788, MIM | Sector = ADL-M89c; Alidade = ADL-M134; Equatorial Sundial = MERC; Butterfield-type Sundials = OXF, P.C.(1968), Soth. 3/27/72; Protractor = Versailles 2/28/82; Chest of Architect's Instruments, 1788 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | used a different "g" from Pigeon à Paris. | Lyon. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PIGEON, G. | France, c.1780, MIM | Armillary Sphere, Copernican, cardboard = X. | Paris. | Bryden 9. | |
| PIGEON, JEAN (1), AND G. LE ROY | France, 1714, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1714 = POB. | G. Le Roy was the son-in-law of Jean (1) Pigeon. | Lyon. | Guye et Michel. |
| PIGEON, JEAN 1 | France, fl.1714-17, MIM | made miniature terrestrial globes. | Lyon. | Krogt 2; RSW. | |
| PIGEON, JEAN 2 | France, 1804, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1804 = MUN. | celestial globe on Andreas Steib's astronomical clock, 1804, at MUN; "Ce Globe du Ciel a été desiné selon l'Observatoire presente de l'Astronom de Paris de trois cens étoiles de Jean Pigeon Mathe: dedié à S.A.R. Mgr. le Duc d'Orleans"; see Jean Pigeon 1. | Paris. | Friess. |
| PIGGOTT, PETER WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company; may be the same man as the holder of a patent on optical instruments. | 4 Penton Street, Walworth; | Taylor 2(2208); Dewhirst; Crawforth 7. | |
| PIGOT, FRANCIS | England, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| PIGOT, JOHN | England, 1770-1854, PHIM | barometer maker. | 7 Noble Street, Wilmington Square, London (1823-36). | Goodison 1. | |
| PIGUER, MICHAEL | see Michael Piquer. | RSW. | |||
| PIK, JAN | Poland, c.1850, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Clock Museum, Warsaw. | optician. | Warsaw. | RSW. |
| PIKE'S SON, B. | USA, fl.1867-1916, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Historical Society of Rockland County, N.Y., Onondago Historical Society, Syracuse, N.Y. | Daniel Pike. | 518 Broadway (1867-&6); 960 Broadway (1881); 930 Broadway (1878; 1886); 638 Madison Avenue (1913), and 24 East 59th Street (1916); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| PIKE'S SONS AND CO., B. | USA, c.1867, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Transit = Old Salem, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina. | Daniel and Gardiner Pike. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. |
| PIKE, B., AND SON | USA, 1831-41, 1844-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Western Reserve Historical Society, VCW, Maine Historical Society, Portland, Chicago Historical Society, Ill., USNM, North Carolina Museum of History and the State Archives, Gunner's Calipers = Harvard U. Observatory; Barometer = USNM; Dip Circle = Soth. 3/10/87; Protractor Set, with case = D.(1993); etc. | Benjamin Pike 1 and 2, 1831-41, and Benjamin Pike 1 and Daniel Pike, 1843-50; protractor set signed "Crozet's Protractor"; did not make all the instruments they sold. | 12 Wall Street (1831-32); 14 Wall Street (1832-33); 166 Broadway (1833-42); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen C and 43; Moskowitz 103; Warner 14; RSW. |
| PIKE, B., AND SON'S | USA, c.1835, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D.(1992). | New York. | Coffeen 39. | |
| PIKE, B., AND SONS | USA, fl.1850-67, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, Cal., USNM, Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, Ohio, D.(1972), GUR, P.C., etc; Transits = WHI, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, N.Y., D.(1982); Microscope = D.(1986); Barometers = USNM (2). | Benjamin Pike 1 and either Benjamin (2) and Daniel Pike, 1841-43, or Daniel and Gardiner Pike, 1850-67. | 166 Broadway; 518 Broadway; both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 14; Moskowitz 104; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| PIKE, BENJAMIN 1 | England; USA, 1777-1863, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Rutgers University, New Jersey. | took Benjamin Pike, Jr. ( 2) as partner, 1831-41; took Benjamin (2) and Daniel Pike, his sons, as partners, 1841-43; worked with Daniel alone 1843-50; Gardiner Pike, another son, worked with his father and Daniel, 1850-63; firm continued under the old name until c.1893; some of their instruments surely purchased from other makers. | England (1777-1798); 147 Pearl Street (1807); 12 Wall Street (1810-30); 166 Broadway; 518 Broadway (1841-67); all but the English address are in New York N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Warner 14; RSW. |
| PIKE, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1809-64, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = USNM; Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1971), P.C. (2); Graphometer, 1850 = USNM; Theodolites = Franklin Institute, Pa., D.(1992). | in business with his father and brother, Daniel, 1841-43; then worked alone; known as Benjamin Pike, Jr. | 166 Broadway (1841-43); 294 Broadway (1843-64); both in New York, N.Y. | Taylor 2(1961); Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen 36. |
| PIKE, BENJAMIN, JR. | see Benjamin Pike 2. | RSW. | |||
| PIKE, DANIEL | USA, 1815-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of Benjamin Pike 1; worked with his father, and his brother, Benjamin Pike 2 1841-43; worked with his father 1843-50; worked with his father and his brother, Gardiner, 1850-67. | 166 Broadway; 518 Broadway; both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103. | |
| PIKE, GARDINER | USA, 1824-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | youngest son of Benjamin Pike 1; worked with his father and his brother, Daniel, 1850-67, as B. Pike and Sons. | 518 Broadway, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103. | |
| PIKKER, THOM. D. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Thom. D. Pikker; compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PILGRAM, BENEDICT | Germany, fl.1524, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILGRAM, FRITZ | Germany, d.1543, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; made ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILGRAM, HANS | Germany, 1544, MIM | sundial maker; Master of the compass maker guild in 1544. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILGRAM, SEBALD | Germany, fl.1530-47, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; made ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILKINGTON AND GIBBS | England, 1860, MIM | Heliochronometers = P.C.(1860), D., Soth. 7/10/67. | Soth. signed "Pilkington and Gibbs Ltd." | Preston. | RSW. |
| PILKINGTON, GEORGE | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 48 St. James's Street, Clerkenwell; 14 Clarence Place, Pentonville; both in London. | Taylor 2(2209); Dewhirst. | ||
| PILLISCHER, MORITZ | England, fl.1850-87, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = OXF (1855), Phillips 4/20/83 (1887), D.; Telescopes = Phillips 4/20/83 Soth.-S 5/19/88; Stick Barometers = X (2); Fortin-type Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94; Sunshine Recorder = P.C.; Barograph = KEN. | showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, where he was listed as "Morrice Pillischer"; Fortin-type barometer (Bond St.) marked "No. 550." | 398 Oxford Street (1851); 88 New Bond Street (1854); both in London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PILLOT | France or Belgium, PHIM | devised a type of ballooning stick barometer called "Barometric Simple de Pillot." | RSW. | ||
| PILON, GERMAIN | France, c.1575, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials = D. | 32 faces; one sits on Atlas, the other on a caryatid; invented by "P. Beautemps de St.-Pourcinen Auvergne." | Brieux 2. | |
| PINAM, JOSEPH | MIM | Quadrant, wood, 4-inch radius = FLO-1306. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| PINARD, HENRI | France, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| PINCHBECK | England, post-1783, MIM | succeeded Christopher Pinchbeck 2. | London. | Taylor 2(297). | |
| PINCHBECK, CHRISTOPHER 1 | England, fl.1670-1723, MIM | father of Christopher Pinchbeck 2. | St. George's Court, St. John's Lane; Sign of the Astronomico-Musical Clock, near the Leg of Mutton, Fleet Street (1721); both in London. | Taylor 2(101). | |
| PINCHBECK, CHRISTOPHER 2 | England, 1710-83, MIM PHIM | made thermometers; son of Christopher Pinchbeck 1. | Cockspur Street, London. | Taylor 2(297). | |
| PINCHETTA, A., AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | London. | RSW. | |
| PINCHETTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | London. | RSW. | |
| PINEAU, F. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Dividers, iron = ADL-M84. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| PINHEY AND WOODS | England, MIM NIM | patent compass correction with azimuth sundial. | 58 High Street, Southampton. | RSW. | |
| PINI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see T. Pini. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PINI, J. AND L. | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | Joseph and Luigi Pini were partners; barometer makers. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PINI, JOSEPH | England, fl.1835-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Phillips 2/15/89. | thermometer maker; in partnership with Luigi Pini, 1848-60; Phillips signed "I. Pini." | 1 Princes Street, Red Lion Square (1835); 3 Princes Street, Red Lion Square (1836); 23 Brook Street (1838-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PINI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, c.1838, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Pini and Co." with no address. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(2210); Goodison 1. |
| PINI, LUIGI | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | see J. and L. Pini. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PINI, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | this may be a misreading, see J. Pini. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, Leather Lane, London. | RSW. |
| PINI, VALENTINO | Italy, fl.1598-1607, | designed sundials, 1598; author. | Venice. | Lübke; RSW. | |
| PINNEY, FRAN. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | one signed "Pinney Stamford." | Stamford. | Goodison 1. |
| PINNI, FRANCIS, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PIOCHAT | France, 1710, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1710 = Heinz Coll., Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Pa.; Butterfield-type Sundials = Soth. 11/17/38 & 3/11/77. | "Elève de Butterfield." | Paris. | Stewart; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PIOTI, JAMES | England, c.1792, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 10/9/86. | stick barometer is signed "Pioty Boston"; the name is sometimes spelled "Peote." | Boston, Lincolnshire. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PIOTTE, JAMES | England, fl.1806-23, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Piotte Hull." | Queen Street (1806-23); 2 Queen Street (1821-23); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| PIOTTI, P. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 4/25/91. | signed "P. Piotti Fecit." | RSW. | |
| PIOTTY, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIOTY, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| PIPER | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | Exeter. | RSW. | |
| PIPER, GEORGE | England, 1809, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1809 = D.(1988). | patented Aug. 12, 1809. | London. | RSW. |
| PIQUER, F. MICHAEL | Spain; France; Belgium, 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, 1542 = D.; Astrolabe = NMM. | the dealer's astrolabe is signed "Opus F. Mich. Piquer / Hisp. Parisiis MDXLII / Ant. Charreton XII Lugd. 1542"; Charreton may have been the owner in Lyon; the astrolabe at the NMM has Louvain as its source, ICA-433, ex-Barbarini Coll; see M.P. 1. | Catalonia; Paris (1542); Louvain. | Price 1; NMM 2; ICA 2; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Brieux 2; GHP. |
| PIQUIER, D. MICHAEL | see F. Michael Piquer. | RSW. | |||
| PIQUOLET | c.1790, MIM | Sundial on a snuff box = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| PIRELLI, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PIRENBRUNNER, ERASMUS | Germany, 1574, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1574 = VIG. | Augsburg. | Neumann 1. | |
| PIREON, JEAN | misreading for Jean Pigeon 2. | Friess. | |||
| PIRET, J. | France, PHIM | Barometer = Wallace Coll., London. | Paris. | F.J.B. Watson. | |
| PIRGER, WOLFGANG | Germany, 1485, MIM | sundial maker in 1485. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PISA, THOMAS OF | see Thomas of Pisa. | Dewhirst; Michel 3. | |||
| PISANI, OCTAVIUS | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Chauveau Coll. | Naples. | Michel 3 (?).; check Octavii ! | |
| PISONE, B. | England, c.1840, MIM | Gauging Rod for spirits = P.C. | "Liquidometer." | RSW. | |
| PISTALLA, CHARLES | England, c.1805, PHIM | barometer maker. | 221 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PISTOR UND HIRSCHMANN | Germany, fl.1813-15, MIM OIM | Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor and Hirschmann, Senior. | Berlin. | Weil and Baden. | |
| PISTOR UND MARTINS | Germany, fl.c.1845-71, MIM NIM OIM | Meridian Transit, 1859 = AUI; Three-circle Navigating Instrument = Christie 12/18/74; Reflecting Circles = WHI, Phillips 11/16/76; Prismatic Circles = AMST (4). | Karl Philip Henrich Pistor; after his death, Martins continued the firm. | Berlin. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 1 & 2; USNM; Middleton 1; Weil and Baden; RSW. |
| PISTOR UND MENDELSSOHN | Germany, pre-1813, MIM | Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor and Karl Theodor Nathan Mendelssohn; instrument makers. | Berlin. | Pipping 1; Weil and Baden. | |
| PISTOR UND SCHIECK | Germany, fl.1824-36, MIM OIM PHIM | listed barometers in their 1829 catalogue. | Berlin. | Middleton 1; Weil and Baden. | |
| PISTOR, KARL PHILIPP HEINRICH | Germany, 1778-1847, MIM | Sundial, pocket, round = Drouot 11/7/75. | started out as an amateur and soon became a professional; received a D. Phil. in 1843; partner with Karl Theodor Nathan Mendelssohn pre-1813; Friedrich Wilhelm Schieck joined his workshop as a journeyman, 1811-19, and in 1824 became a partner and workshop manager in Pistor und Schieck; this partnership continued to 1836; Pistor then had a short partnership with Hirschmann, Senior, and later with Martins as Pistor und Martins until 1871 when Martins died; had visited Tulley in London for five weeks, c.1822. | 34 Mauerstrasse, Berlin. | Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Weil and Baden. |
| PITSALLA, CHARLES | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Retford. | London. | ATG 5/10/97. | |
| PITT, R. | England, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory = D.(1976). | London. | RSW. | |
| PITTUS, MINIATO | Italy, fl.1553-67, MIM | Sundial with Quadrant, wood, 1553 = Evans Coll. | Florence. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst. | |
| PITZOLI, ANTHONY | Ireland, fl.1831-35, PHIM | barometer maker. | 86 Pill Lane (1831); 86 1/2 Pill Lane (1832-35); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| PIXII | France, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | either Nicolas Constant Pixii or his son, Anthoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | RSW. | |
| PIXII ET FILS | France, c.1833, PHIM | Air Pump = P.C. | Nicolas Constant and Antoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | rue de Grenelle, St. Germain 181, Paris. | Brieux 3; RSW. |
| PIXII NEVEU ET SUCCESSEUR | France, c.1825, PHIM | Prism, variable angle = USNM. | "Pixii Neveu et Successeur de Dumotiez." | Rue du Jardinet No. 2 à Paris. | Warner 13. |
| PIXII PERE ET FILS | France, 1808-35, PHIM | Barometer = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Air Pump = D.(1976). | "Tube de Mariotte"; "Pixii Père et fils; Nicolas Constant and Antoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | rue de Grenelle, St. Germain 181, Paris. | Warner 13; RSW. |
| PIXII, ANTOINE-HIPPOLYTE | France, 1803-35, PHIM | Electromagnetic Generator = FLO. | son of Nicolas Constant Pixii; invented a magneto-electric machine in 1832; worked with his father, 1832-35. | 91 Rue de Jardinet, No. 2, Paris. | Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13. |
| PIXII, NICOLAS CONSTANT | France, 1776-1861, MIM PHIM | Thermoscope = P.C.; Torricelli Tube, 1830 = USNM; Hygrometer = LEY; Goniometers, Wollaston-type = APS, USNM; Pyrometer = USNM; Thermometer = LEY. | nephew of Louis-Joseph and Pierre François Dumotiez; one of the best and most productive makers of physical apparatus of his day; succeeded his uncles, c.1815; worked with his son, Antoine-Hippolyte, 1832-35; see Pixii Père et Fils; see Nicolas Constant Pixii-Dumotiez; U. of Georgia, Athens, bought instruments in 1819. | 91 rue de Jardinet, No. 2, Paris. | Daumas 1; Multhauf 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13; RSW. |
| PIXII-DUMOTIEZ, NICOLAS CONSTANT | France, c.1815, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = PEA. | Nicolas Constant Pixii succeeded his uncles, Louis-Joseph and Pierre François Dumotiez, c.1815. | Paris. | Daumas. |
| PIXU | misreading for Pixii. | Drouot 4/26/67. | |||
| PIZZALA | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87. | could be A. or Francis Augustus Pizzala 2. | 20 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. |
| PIZZALA AND GREENE | England, post-1854, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Francis Augustus Pizzala 2 and Greene 1. | 19 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PIZZALA, A. | England, fl.1840-53, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1977), X; Stick Barometers = Soth. 5/12/72 and 10/16/86; Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 5/21/73. | succeeded Francis Augustus Pizzala 1 and was succeeded by Francis Augustus Pizzala 2. | 7 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1840-46); 19 Hatton Garden (1847-53); both in London. | Taylor 2(2211); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PIZZALA, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS 1 | England, fl.1838-40, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = Christie 5/24/39. | succeeded by A. Pizzala; either A. Pizzala kept F.A Pizzala 1 name and showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London or it was F.A. Pizzala 2 who showed. | 7 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(2211); RSW. |
| PIZZALA, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS 2 | England, fl.1854-60, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded A. Pizzala in 1854; later a partner with Greene 1. | 19 Hatton Garden, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZALA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 84 Leather Lane, Holborn, Lomdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZI AND CETTI | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Buckingham. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| PIZZI AND NEGRETTI | England, fl.1841-45, PHIM | Jane Pizzi took Henry Negretti as a partner after the death of her husband, Valentine Pizzi; made barometers. | 19 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZI, JANE | England, fl.1840-45, PHIM | widow of Valentine Pizzi; partner with Henry Negretti, 1841-45; made barometers. | 27 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1840); 19 Leather Lane (1841-45); both in London. | Taylor 2(2112); Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZI, VALENTINE | England, fl.1838-40, PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded by his widow, Jane, and Henry Negretti. | 27 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2212). | |
| PL., CAR. | see Carolus Platus. | Michel 3. | |||
| PLACE, WILLIAM | England, 1694, MIM | Proportional Rule, boxwood, 1694 = Soth. 5/21/73 = NMM. | "made for Benjamen Philliaps." | Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| PLAGEMANN, JOHAN JOACHIM FRIEDRICH | Germany; Sweden, 1740-1806, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1792 = SWE. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| PLANCIUS, PETRUS | Holland, 1552-1625, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1625 = ROM, KEN, SKO; Terrestrial Globe = ANM; Astrolabes = LIE, FLO. | Michel thought he was "Platevoet." | Dordrecht?; Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; Bedini 12; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PLANKMAN, RUTGERUS ROELEFS | Holland, 1748, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1748 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | ||
| PLANT, JOHN | England, c.1724, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PLANTART, NICOLAS | France, c.1619, MIM | Sundial inside lid of watch = Drouot 2/18/60. | Blois (1619); Abbéville (post-1619). | RSW. | |
| PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND | Belgium, c.1832, | invented the phenakistoscope in 1832; see S. Stampfer, professor. | Brussels. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| PLATEL | see Platus. | Brieux 2. | |||
| PLATEVOET, PIETER | see Petrus Plancius. | Bedini 12; Michel 3. | |||
| PLATH, C. | Germany, c.1800, MIM NIM OIM | Celestial Globe = LOS; Sextants = D.(1971), LIM, K. and C. 9/20/71, Seamans Institute of New York, N.Y.; Telescopes = PMS, Tower of Gold, Seville. | Hamburg. | USNM; RSW. | |
| PLATT, AUGUSTUS | USA, 1793-1886, MIM SIM | Transits = Ohio State Museum, Columbus, State Historical Society, Madison, Wis. | son of Benjamin Platt; see Augustus Platt and Son; his son was Calvin Platt. | New York, N.Y.; Lanesboro, Mass. (1809); Columbus, Ohio (1843-72). | Smart 1. |
| PLATT, AUGUSTUS, AND SON | USA, fl.1843-62, MIM SIM | Augustus and Calvin Platt. | Columbus, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| PLATT, BENJAMIN | USA, 1757-1833, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio State Historical Society, Columbus. | father of Augustus Platt; the compass cards have sine and cosine tables; clockmaker; gold and silversmith. | Danbury (1757); New Milford (1802); both in Conn.; Columbus, Ohio (1817-33). | Smart 1. |
| PLATT, CALVIN | USA, fl.1840-70, MIM SIM | worked with his father, Augustus, as Augustus Platt and Son, 1843-61; became superintendent of another firm. | Columbus, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| PLATUS, CAROLUS | Italy, fl.1578-98, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundials = D.(1588), BM (1593), Soth. 10/20/75 (1593); Armillary Spheres = FLO (1588), OXF; Celestial Globe, 1598 = NMM-Barberini; Globe = FLO. | sometimes spelled "Platel"; the FLO armillary sphere is signed "Car. Pl." | Rome. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Brieux 2; Evans 1; Dalton; RSW; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| PLATZER, L. | Czechoslovakia, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | Carlsbad. | Michel 3. | |
| PLEDGER, ELIAS | England, c.1731, MIM | wrote a pamphlet on the quadrant in 1731. | Taylor 2(298). | ||
| PLEIS, FOERING AND THUDIUM | 1840, MIM | Garden Sundial, cast-iron, 1840 = Mercer Museum, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| PLIENINGER, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1590-1607, MIM | made many large, stone sundials, most with perpetual calendars; examples can be seen at HAK, REG, KRE, MUN, AUG, STU, KAS, GRA, etc. | there is a stone sundial at BM, signed "A.P." (2) and marked "Marcus Curtius", which probably is by Plieninger. | Regensberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| PLIMPTON, GEORGE | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 5 Tysol Street and Lincoln's Inn Passage, London. | Taylor 2(1962). | ||
| PLONINGER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, 1720, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1720 = Evans Coll. | Munich. | Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| PLOSSL, SIMON GEORG | Austria, 1794-1868, MIM OIM | Telescopes = USNM, ADL-A258, APS (1833), KRE, Technical Museum, Warsaw, P.C., D., etc; Dialytical Telescope, 1834 = APS; Microscopes = DRE, Pharmacy Museum, Cracow, Soth. 2/25/86; Camera Lucida = DRE.; etc. | Simon Georg Plössl; "Optiker und Mechaniker"; also made solar microscopes. | Vienna. | Multhauf 1; USNM; Repsold 2; Pipping 1; H.C. King 1; Coffeen 16; Giordano 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Chaldecott 3; RGO; ADL; RSW. |
| PLUMER, THOMAS | England, c.1775, NIM | Backstaff = Soth. 5/20/92. | signed "Thos. Plumer in Bristol." | Bristol. | RSW. |
| PLUMMER, FRANCIS | England, c.1646, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company c.1639; free of the Company April 8, 1646. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| POCHAINE, JOHN | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/16/86 | signed "J. Pochaine Warranted"; may be the same as Pochine. | Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POCHINE AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be the same as Pochaine. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. |
| POCHLER, JOH. | Germany, 1657, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1657 = X. | Joh. Pöchler. | Hussum. | Zinner 1. |
| POCOCK, EBENEZER | England, 1801-36, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, on a paper balloon = Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | marked "W. Day Lithog."; probably related to George Pocock; Taylor thought him English; Day and Haghe were lithographers to the King, see George Pocock; the balloon globe is similar to the one proposed by George Pocock; Bedini mentioned Bristol; might have emigrated or might be two people. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1963); Bedini 8; Yonge; RSW. |
| POCOCK, GEORGE | England, 1791-1830, MIM | Globe = X; Globe, terrestrial, inflatable, paper = D.(1997). | patented an inflatable terrestrial globe; D. signed "G. Pocock, Patentee, Bristol; Author of various other scientific Spheres stationary and revolving; G. Pocock del't; Day and Haghe lith'rs to the King"; Taylor thought he was English and mentioned the globe at an unknown location as well as Bristol as his address; Bedini thought he was an American globe maker who proposed an inflatable globe in 1830; might have emigrated or might be two people. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1963); Bedini 8; Coffeen 56. |
| Poeller, F. | Munich | Telescope, refracting=PC | 2 7/8" mirror, 38" long | Munich, Germany | Erlandson (Urbana, IL) |
| POGGIALI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, fl.1850-67, MIM OIM SIM | collaborated with Amici and was a mechanic in the Observatory of Florence. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | |
| POIRSON, JEAN BAPTISTE | France, 1760-1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1814 = Jefferson County Historical Museum, Watertown, N.Y. | "Géographe, Membre Légion d'Honneur." | Lorraine; Paris. | Yonge. |
| POLANSKI, BERNARD | Germany?, c. 1728, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, mounted over compass = NMM; Armillary Spheres = ROU = NMM. | this particular form of ring sundial was invented by Mathias Hauser. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; MADEX; RSW. | |
| POLEM | fl.1740-60, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| POLENI, GIOVANNI | Italy, 1709, MIM | made calculating machine in 1709; astronomer, mathematician and author; F.R.S.; French Academy. | Padua. | RSW. | |
| POLHAMMAR | Sweden, c.1710, MIM | made quadrant for Anders Spole, astronomer at Uppsala. | Pipping 1. | ||
| POLING, Z. | see Z. Boyling. | Zinner 1. | |||
| POLLARD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1820-38, OIM | 59 (later 62) Milbank Street, Westminster; 42 Princes Street, Leicester Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(1675). | ||
| POLLOCK, AARON | USA, c.1815, PHIM | made meteorological, philosophical and weighing instruments; patented a "balance beam", July 31, 1815. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| POLLYCOTT, THOMAS | England, c.1684, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1684. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| POLTH, JOHANN DE | Holland, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Bernal Sale-3961 = BM. | The Hague. | Ward 4; RSW. | |
| POLTHER | France, | Aneroid Barometer, 1732 = D.(1972). | "opticien"; modern work. | rue St. Opportune, Paris. | RSW. |
| POLTI | Italy; England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | "from Italy." | Goodison 1 and 5. | |
| POLTI, C. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Phillips 4/30/83; Angle Barometer = X. | both X barometers signed "Polti Exon." | Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POLTI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POLTI, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be Joseph Polti, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| POLTI, JOSEPH | England, fl.1822-34, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | made thermometers; barometers signed "J. Polti Leeds." | 7 Kirkgate (1822); Coxon's Yard, 72 Kirkgate (1834); both in Leeds. | Taylor 2(1676); Goodison 1; Dewhirst. |
| POLTI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| POLTY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | "J. Polty fecit"; see Joseph Polti. | RSW. | |
| PONCELOT, J. | France, c.1840, MIM | Globe on clock = Neumarkt 5/5/72. | Morez au Jura. | RSW. | |
| PONCIA, A. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONCIA, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONCIA, A., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see A. Poncia 1. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| PONCIA, J. | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | dealer? | Hereford. | Goodison 1. |
| PONCIONE AND COLUMBA | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 3/30/88. | see Poncione, Columba and Co. | 180 High Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| PONCIONE, COLUMBA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 180 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONCIONE, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/83. | signed "J. Po---one London"; see Jno. Poncione and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| PONCIONE, JNO., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be J. Poncione. | 281 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| POND, JAMES | England, fl.1822-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a dealer. | High Street (1822); 35 Broad Street (1830); both in Lynn. | Goodison 1. |
| PONGUETA, ALEXANDER | Spain, 1633, MIM | Sundial, 1633 = D.(1986). | Madrid. | Queries, SIS Bull., No. 12., 1986. | |
| PONISI, G. | England, c.1795, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | Docks, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| PONISS, J., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/6/78. | probably J. Ponisso. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| PONISSO, J. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONT, JEAN DES | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = Christie 11/11/70. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| PONTHUS ET TERRODE | France, fl.1850-95, MIM | precision instrument makers; took over the workshop of Berthélemy in 1895; succeeded by A. Hurlimann. | Paris. | Calvert 2; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| PONTHUS-LORIEUX | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | Sextants = D.(1971), D.(1976); Full Circle, #221 = D.(1971). | Ponthus claimed to have succeeded E. Lorieux. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; NMM 2; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| POOL | England, c.1815, MIM | Spirit Level on barometer = Christie 8/2/72. | the barometer was signed "E. Blunt, London." | London. | RSW. |
| POOL AND COMPANY | USA, c.1840, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Maine Historical Society, Portland. | surely John Pool. | Easton, Mass. | USNM; RSW. |
| POOL, CHARLES | USA, fl.1819-36, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | also made barometers and thermometers. | 295 Broadway (1819); 312 Broadway (1821-23); 280 Broadway (1824-26)(1831-34); 9 Wall Street (1827-30); 189 Reade (1835-36); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. |
| POOL, FREDERIC | USA, fl.1841-45, MIM NIM PHIM | alternative spelling was "Frederick." | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| POOL, H.M., AND BROTHERS | USA, c.1845, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = DPW, P.C. | Horace Minot, John, and presumably Harrison Pool. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1; RSW. |
| POOL, HARRISON | USA, 1816-69, MIM NIM SIM | presumably worked with his brothers, John and Horace Minot Pool, as H.M. Pool and Brothers, which see. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| POOL, HORACE MINOT | USA, 1803-78, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, Clark County Museum, Springfield, Ohio, P.C., D.(1987), D.(1994); Transits = GUR (2), P.C.; Level = P.C. | see H.M. Pool and Brothers; see J. and H.M. Pool. | Easton, Mass. | USNM; Smart 1; Coffeen 15; Moskowitz; Price 2; Garcelon 33. |
| POOL, J. AND H.M. | USA, fl.1828-78, MIM NIM SIM | Bearing Indicator = Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, Mass.; Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1971), PEA; Protractor = USNM; Magnetic Compasses = Clark County Historical Society, Springfield, Ohio, D.(1989). | John and Horace Minot Pool were brothers. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 102; Coffeen 27; RSW. |
| POOL, J., AND CO. | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C., D.(1997). | John Pool; signed J. Pool and Comp'y." | Easton, Mass. | Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| POOL, JOHN | USA, 1796-1865, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1978). | worked with his brother, Horace Minot Pool as J. and H.M. Pool; also presumably worked with Horace Minot and Harrison Pool as H.M. Pool and Brothers. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1; Rinaldi. |
| POOL, JOHN MURRAY | USA, 1824-1904, NIM | son of John Pool and nephew of Horace Minot Pool. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| POOL, T. AND F. | USA, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P-B 10/5/44. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| POOL, THOMAS 1 | USA, fl.1828-43, PHIM | made thermometers; called Thomas Pool, Jr. in 1828-30 directories. | 568 Pearl (1828-29); 42 Fulton (1830); 31 Fulton (1835-36); 44 Fulton (1836-37); 174 Broadway )1837-39); 509 Broadway (1841-43); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| POOL, THOMAS 2 | USA, c.1864, MIM | 177 N. Eutau Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | ||
| POOLE | England, 1667, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1667 = D.(1975). | London. | RSW. | |
| POOLE, JOHN 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Sympiesometer = RSM. | might be John Poole 2 at an earlier or later address. | Upper East Smithfield, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POOLE, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1830-86, NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/16/75; Wheel Barometer = K. & C. 3/19/75; Marine Barometer with Sympiesometer = D.(1976); Chronometer = ADL-A132; Telescope = Soth. 3/25/86. | the sextant and the marine barometer are marked "57 Fenchurch Street, London." | 9 York Terrace, Commercial Road; 7 Brunswick Terrace, Commercial Road; 57 Fenchurch Street (after 1855); all in London. | Taylor 2(1964); ADL; RSW. |
| POOLE, THOMAS | England, fl.1817-18, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Upper North Place, Grays Inn Gate, London. | Taylor 2(1408); Goodison 1. | |
| POOLE, WILLIAM C. | USA, c.1840, MIM NIM SIM | patented a mariner's and a surveyor's compass in 1840. | Lancaster, Pa. | USNM. | |
| POOLER | England, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/22/77. | might be Richard Turner Pooler. | London. | J. Brown 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| POOLER, RICHARD TURNER | England, c.1790-1810, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 1, 1780; free of the Company, Feb. 5, 1790. | 6 Great Tower Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| POPE, JOSEPH | USA, 1750-1826, MIM | Orrery, 1787 = Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. | clockmaker; it is reported that he took 11 years to finish the orrery; figures reputed to be by Paul Revere. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; USNM. |
| POPE, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1813, | took out a patent in 1813 on a nautical instrument; might be the same as William Pope 2. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1409). | |
| POPE, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1829, | author; patented a magnetic dip needle; might be the same as Willian Pope 1 or 2. | London. | Taylor 2(1677); Dawson's 205. | |
| POPELL, MATTHAEUS FRANCISCUS | Germany, fl.1665-69, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1669 = AMST; Sundial = ROU-109 = NMM; Table Sundial, 1665 = OXFB; Quadrant = Evans Coll. | alternative spelling was "Poppel." | Evans 1; Michel 3; Gatty; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM-2; RSW. | |
| POPKES, D. | Holland, c.1763, PHIM | made physical instruments for the cabinet of the Fundatie van Renswoode. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| POPPE, H.B. | Germany, 1759, MIM | Artillery Level, 1759 = HAM. | RSW. | ||
| POPPEL, H. | 16th Century, MIM | Mathematical Instrument = NMM-Caird. | RSW. | ||
| POPPENBERG, JOH. PET. | Germany, c.1775, PHIM | Coin Balances = WHI, DRE. | Westfalia. | O. Brown 2; RSW. | |
| POPPING, GERTRUD | MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver, case = WHI ( FIT). | Gerdrud Pöpping. | Price 2; Bryden 16. | |
| PORENSON, ALBERT | Germany, 1774, MIM | rebuilt a large astronomical quadrant in 1744; the quadrant is now in the Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany. | Schlee; RSW. | ||
| PORO, ---ITO | Portugal, NIM | Sextant = LIM. | Lourenço, Luiz da Porto. | RSW. | |
| PORRE VECCHIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Porre the Elder and Co. | 17 Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PORRI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see Porre Vecchio and Co. | 17 Great Queen Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PORRI, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1834-64, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | his first name may have been "Baldisaro"; his grandson said that Benjamin Porri had been apprenticed to Remundi in Halifax; Benjamin Porri's son-in-law was Innocenti Fattorini; the barometer is signed "B. Porri Skipton." | Caroline Square (1834); New Market Square (1841); both in Skipton. | Goodison 1. |
| PORRI, DOMENICO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PORRI, F. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer and Hygrometer = Soth. 12/15/83; Wheel Barometer = X. | Dublin. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PORRI, G.B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| PORRO, FRANCISCO | Spain, NIM | T.C. | Gibralter. | Calvert 2. | |
| PORRO, IGNAZIO | Italy; France; Italy, 1795-1875, MIM OIM SIM | Prism Monocular with Telemeter, 1849 = SWE; Cylindrical Slide Rule = SWE. | invented and made the first prism monocular; retired in 1861. | Florence; Paris; Milan. | Pipping 1; Dewhirst; Brenni 1; RSW. |
| PORTA, JOHN BAPTISTA | Italy, OIM | made telescopes and microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| PORTARIS, BOHINI DE | see Bohini de Portaris. | Italian Inventory. | |||
| PORTEMAN, ANN | England, MIM | Sundial, folding style = Soth. 4/20/14 | might be owner. | RSW. | |
| PORTER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/10/90. | Wokingham. | RSW. | |
| PORTER AND CONNER | USA, NIM | Ship's Mechanical Log = APS. | possibly Commodore David Porter and David Conner. | Multhauf 1. | |
| PORTER, DANIEL | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 1, 1803. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| PORTER, G.E. | PHIM | Stick Barometer, walnut = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| PORTER, GEORGE | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | 14 St. James's Buildings, London. | Taylor 2(1965). | ||
| PORTER, HENRY | England, fl.1825-60+, MIM OIM | apprenticed to William Cary; succeeded him in 1825 and kept Cary's name; T.C.; "Cary and Co. (Henry Porter) Opticians and Scientific Instrument Makers to the Admiralty established 1765"; "Late of 181 Strand, W.C." | 181 Strand; 7 Pall Mall (S.W), 2 doors east of Waterloo Place; both in London. | Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| PORTER, R. | USA, MIM SIM | Level = Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| PORTER, RUFUS | USA, 1822, MIM | Almanacs with Volvelles = D.(1989), Old Sturbridge Village. | signed "R. Porter Del." | Billerica, Mass. | M.A.D. Sept 1989; Jean Lipman. |
| PORTER, SAMUEL | England, c.1824, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, Ferguson type = UTR; Floating Sundials = UTR, OXF, NMM, VNN, Maritime Museum of British Columbia, D.(1976), Soth. 12/15/78, ADL-T46 (bone), D.(2), etc.; Table of Time = D.(1997). | Porter patented the floating sundial on Feb. 14, 1824; table of time was for 56 years, 1825-1880 and signed "Sam'l Porter Fecit, Entered at Stationer's Hall May 27, 1825." | London. | Taylor 2(1679); Dewhirst; Michel 3; de Rijk; USNM; Moskowitz; Coffeen 29, 33, 43 and 58; ADL; RSW. |
| PORTER, THOMAS | England, c.1705, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 5, 1705. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| POSIDONIUS | Italy, c.43 B.C., MIM | Astronomical Ring or Planetarium = lost. | Rome. | Cicero; Grimaldi 315. | |
| POST, WILLIAM | England, fl.1723-52, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Wright 1 in the Broderers' Company; free of the Company, May 1, 1723; Master of the Company, 1752; also a clock maker. | on London Bridge. | Crawforth 7. | |
| POTTEN, JOHN | England, fl.1707-37, MIM | apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company, July 29, 1699; free of the Company, Jan. 9,1707; took one apprentice. | under Exeter Change in the Strand, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| POTTER 1 | see Hearn and Potter. | RSW. | |||
| POTTER 2 | Canada, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, pocket = D.(1972); Microscope = P.C. | either Augustus Frederick Potter or Charles Potter 2. | Toronto. | Moskowitz 104. |
| POTTER, A.D. | surely a misreading for J.D. Potter. | ||||
| POTTER, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK | Canada, c.1860, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1986). | brother of Charles Potter 2. | Toronto, C.W. | Coffeen 12. |
| POTTER, CHARLES 1 | England, c.1813, | apprenticed to George Dollond 1 in the Grocers' Company, Dec. 2, 1813. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| POTTER, CHARLES 2 | Canada, c.1860, MIM SIM | Transit = P.C. | brother of Augustus Frederick Potter. | Toronto, C.W. | Coffeen 12; USNM. |
| POTTER, FRANCIS | England, 1594-1678, MIM | Quadrant, silver, 1651 = BM. | sundial maker; mechanician; mathematician; author. | Trinity College (pre-1613-37); Kilmanton Rectory (1637). | Feingold; Taylor 1(132); Gunther 2. |
| POTTER, JOHN | USA, 1746-1818, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1785 = GUR. | clockmaker. | Brookfield, Mass. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1; USNM. |
| POTTER, JOHN DENNETT | England, b. 1810; fl.1830-69, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Box Sextant = Phillips 10/5/76; Hadley's Quadrant = NMM; Sextants = Phillips 10/26/83, Bearnes 1/24/90, Christie 7/5/71; Stick Barometer = K. and C. 12/15/72; Parallel Rules = MYS (1851), Whaler's Village Museum, Maui; Sectors = ADL-A285, KEN, Soth. 2/25/86; Telescope = Christie-SK 10/23/87; Octant = Soth. 3/10/87; Station Pointer = NMM. | T.C.; shopman to R.B. Bate; "Hydrometer and Mathematical Instrument Maker and Chart Agent to the Rt. Hon.ble the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty"; Maui parallel rules marked "Capt. Fields Improved Reg. Jany 1854"; firm active to 1966. | 31 Poultry and Tower Hill; 145 Minories (1866); both in London. | Taylor 2(1966); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24.; McConnell 4; ADL; RSW. |
| POTTING | see Potten. | Crawforth 7. | |||
| POTTS | see Rittenhouse and Potts; also Potts and Rittenhouse. | Multhauf 1; RSW. | |||
| POTTS AND RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1773, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = APS. | W.L. Potts worked with either David or Benjamin Rittenhouse; Bedini favors Benjamin on stylistic grounds; see Rittenhouse and Potts. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Multhauf 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1. |
| POTTS, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. & C. 2/8/78. | London. | RSW. | |
| POTTS, THOMAS | England, fl.1805-14, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | T.C.; barometer signed "Potts London Real Maker." | No. 371 Strand near Southhampton Street (1805); 18 St. Martin's Court (1807-14); both in London. | Taylor 2(1198); Crawforth 1; Goodison 1. |
| POTTS, WILLIAM LUKENS | USA, 1771-1854, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, P.C., D.(1985). | worked with Benjamin Rittenhouse as Rittenhouse and Potts (1796-98); also as Potts and Rittenhouse. | Worcester Township, Pa. (1796-98); Pitts Town, New Jersey (1800); Bucks County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1817). | Bedini 8; Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 10; B.R. Forman. |
| POUILLY, J. | France, fl.1683-92, MIM OIM SIM | Graphometers = NMM (1686), PAM, D.(1985), P.C.(1987), Christie's 4/3/85, State Library, New South Wales; Sector = X; Microscope = P.C. | made microscopes, Butterfield-type sundials, lodestones; Coffeen thinks that Pouilly and Depouilly are the same maker; see also Depovilly. | Au Compas Marin, rue Dauphine, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Coffeen 11 and 46; RSW. |
| POULAIN | see Lefebvre et Poulain. | ||||
| POULIEUR | France, | a rope-maker. | RSW. | ||
| POULLOT, V.N. | France, fl.1838-62, OIM | lens maker. | rue Saint-Louis-en-Marais 35, Paris. | USNM. | |
| POUND, JAMES | England, 1669-1724, | helped his nephew, James Bradley, to construct a clock-driven telescope; designed a cylinder sundial; F.R.S. | Wanstead, Essex. | Taylor 1(470) & 2(103). | |
| POUTENSZ, SIMON ABBE JAN | Holland, c.1476, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| POUVILLION | variant of Pouvillon. | Nachet; Daumas 1; RSW. | |||
| POUVILLON | France, c.1833, MIM OIM | Orrery on Clock = D.(1983). | successor to Noël Simon Carochez. | Nogent-sur-Oise; 33 Quai de l'Horloge, Paris (1833). | Nachet; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| POWELL | see Butler and Powell. | Bryden 9. | |||
| POWELL AND LEALAND | England, fl.1842-99, OIM | made many fine microscopes; made improvements in microscopes. | Hugh Powell and P. Lealand. | 4 Seymour Place = 4 Euston Square = 170 Euston Road, London. | G.L'E. Turner 1, 4, 23, 24; Young 1; Moskowitz 122; USNM; Coffeen 14; RSW. |
| POWELL, HUGH | England, 1798-1883, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = WHI. | partner of P. Lealand, 1841-83; T.C. | 24 Clarendon Street, Somers Town, St. Pancras (1830); 4 Seymour Place = 4 Euston Square = 170 Euston Road (1841); both in London. | Taylor 2(1028); G.L'E. Turner 1, 4, 23, 24; Young 1; Crawforth 1; Dewhirst. |
| POWELL, J. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Worcester. | RSW. | |
| POWELL, JAMES | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on April 5, 1722. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| POWELL, JOHN | England, 1753, MIM | Calendar, 1753 = Bodleian Library. | Birmingham. | Gunther 2. | |
| POWELL, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POWELL, THOMAS, AND SONS | England, c.1810, MIM SIM | Transit = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| POYNER, IOHANNES | 1719, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1719 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| POYNET, JOHN | England, MIM | Sundial = Henry VIII. | Earle. | ||
| POZO, JUAN DEL | Spain, 1656, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1656 = O-F Coll. | square; similar to Petrus ab aggere sundials. | Seville. | Monreal; RSW. |
| POZOLY, A. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POZZI AND CO. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 11/2/72, Bearne's 2/17/92; Stick Barometers = Phillips 9/10/86, Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Phillips stick barometer marked "Warranted." | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POZZI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wooton Bassett. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, C. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POZZI, C. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POZZI, JOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Rochdale. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, O. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, PETER | England, fl.1822-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Willow Street, Oswestry. | Taylor 2(1967); Goodison 1. | |
| POZZOLI, FRANCIS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Prittlewell. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRAC FIOR | Italy?, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = ADL-M105. | Fior-enza ? | Florence? | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PRADA, C. | England, c.1800?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | one wheel barometer signed "Prada High Wycombe and Chesham" the other, "C. Prada High Wycombe." | High Wycombe and Chesham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PRADA, C., AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Winterton Auction 9/20/90. | Georgian. | Worcester. | RSW. |
| PRADA, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chester. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRAETORIUS, D. | Germany, MIM | Sundial, inclinable = ADL-W229. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| PRAETORIUS, JOHANN | Germany, 1537-1616, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1562 = NUR; Chalice Sundial, 1563 = NUR; Astrolabes = DRE (1568) (ICA-271), NUR (1568) (ICA-554), FLO (1591) (ICA-483); Quadrant, 1571 = NUR; Terrestrial Globe, 1568 = DRE; Nocturnal, 1568 = DRE; Celestial Globe, 1566 = DRE (lost); Astrolabe, date unknown, = DRE (lost); Torquetum, 1568 = NUR; Sundials, 1566 and no date = NUR. | the celestial globe was also marked "J. Richter" (his real name); Drechsler thought that he was Johann Prätorius Joachimicus. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Lunardi; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Drechsler 2; RSW. |
| PRANDI, F. AND CO. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Francis Prandi. | 26 Church Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Dewhirst. |
| PRANDI, FRANCIS | England, c.1822, PHIM | T.C.; barometer maker; see F. Prandi and Co. | No. 32 Church Street, Sheffield. | Crawforth 1; Goodison 1. | |
| PRATT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1616-24, MIM | Arithmetical Jewel, 1617 = BM. | instrument is a a mechanical calculator; author. | London. | Taylor 1(135); Price 3; A.J. Turner 10. |
| PRAUN, JAMES | England, c.1710, OIM | optician; Uffenbach brothers found him "very cheap and good and, if he takes the trouble, makes a fine polish" (on the lenses?), in 1710. | London. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PRAZMOUSKI, A. | France, c.1870, OIM | Microscopes = OXF, Phillips 7/28/82; Heliochronometer = Soth. 3/25/86. | the microscope at Phillips was marked "E. Hartnack et A. Prazmouski, A. Prazmouski Sucr."; Hartnack and Prazmouski were partners c.1865-70. | 1 Rue Bonaparte, Paris. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PREDARY | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may have been a dealer. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| PREGELL, THOMAS | Germany, fl.1617-29, MIM | Astrolabe, 1629 = VIE (ICA-560); Diptych Sundial, 1617 = Greppin Coll. = Koller 11/17/75; Sundial, ivory, 1619 = AMST; Sundial, 1617 = de Longrée Coll; Diptych Sundial = P.C.; Sundials = Fremersdorf Coll. (1623), BRE (1629). | alternative spelling was "Prögel." | Nürnberg (1617); Zwickau. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Michel 2; Price 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; GHD; RSW. |
| PREIST | England, c.1782, PHIM | Hydrometer = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | RSW. | ||
| PRENLICE, J. | misreading for John Prentice. | ||||
| PRENTICE, CHARLES F. | USA, 1854-1946, MIM OIM SIM | son of James Prentice; worked with his father as James Prentice and Son 1883-97; then incorporated as James Prentice and Son Company until 1924. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PRENTICE, JAMES | England; USA, 1812-88, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Clinometer = D.(1971); Sextant = MYS; Wye Level = D.(1994). | apprenticed to John Beal in London for seven years; came to the U.S.A. in 1842; worked alone 1846-83; formed a partnership with his son, Dr. Charles Prentice as Prentice and Son, c. 1883, in New York, N.Y.; 1994 D. is signed "New York." | London; 315 Broadway (1853-54), New York, N.Y.(1842-88). | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Garcelon 33. |
| PRENTICE, JAMES, AND SON | USA, fl.1883-97, MIM SIM | James Prentice and his son, Dr. Charles F. Prentice. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PRENTICE, JAMES, AND SON COMPANY | USA, fl.1897-1924, MIM OIM SIM | incorporated 1897 and dissolved in 1924; Dr. Charles F. Prentice as president. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PRES. R.L.S.P. | 1725, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1725 = NMM-Caird. | sundials mounted on base; globe is hand-painted. | NMM 2. | |
| PRESBURY, WILLIAM | England, c.1674, | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, c.1674. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| PRESL, MATHIAS J. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = VIE; Theodolite = KRE; Graphometer = KRE. | Aussee. | Michel 3; Zinner 1. | |
| PRESTINARI AND VANINO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 11/2/72. | RSW. | ||
| PRESTON, E., AND SONS | England, c.1861, MIM | Slide-Rule, Carrett-type = P.C. | Birmingham. | Delehar 2. | |
| PRESTON, GRANT | England, c.1832, NIM | made liquid compasses. | London. | Taylor 2(1968); J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| PRETZFELDER, I.C. | Germany, 1746, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, pewter, 1746 = WHI (FIT). | Nürnberg. | Price 2; Bryden 16. | |
| PRICE 1 | see Hill and Price. | ||||
| PRICE 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | London. | RSW. | |
| PRICE AND SCOTT | England, 1715, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1715 = BM. | Charles Price and Benjamin Scott. | at the Mariner and Globe at Exeter Exchange Street in the Strand; at the Atlas against Exeter Exchange in the Strand (1715); both in London. | Tyacke 1; J. Brown 1; Calvert 2. |
| PRICE, C. | see I. Sellars and C. Price. | ||||
| PRICE, C., AND I. SENEX | England, fl.1707-10, MIM | miniature globes; "Geographers"; "New and Correct Globe with ye Trade Winds, etc." | London. | Krogt 2. | |
| PRICE, C.W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Bearnes 9/17/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| PRICE, CHARLES | England, fl.1697-1744, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, on stand, 1715 = Christie 5/26/76; Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with case = D.(1981). | apprenticed to John Seller 1 of the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1694; free of the Company in 1703; partner with Jeremiah Seller, 1697-1705; worked with John Senex, 1710-13; partner of Benjamin Scott, 1714-15; T.C.; see Seller and Price. | see Price, Charles (Cont.) | see Price, Charles (Cont.) |
| PRICE, CHARLES (CONT.) | at the Hermitage in Wapping (1700-05) and at the shop next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill (1703-06); at their house in Whites-Alley, Coleman Street (1707-10); at the Archimedes and Globe in Ludgate Street (1710); at the Lisbon Coffee-House behind the Royal Exchange (1713-15); at the Atlas against Exeter Exchange in ye Strand (1715); at the Sign of the Mariner and Globe, Strand (1718); of Hammersmith, in Westminster Hall (1727-30); at Strand-Bridge in the Strand (1731); in the Fleet Prison (1731); all in London. | Tyacke 1; J. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Taylor 1(420) & 2(104); Krogt 2; Wynter and Turner; Crawforth 6 and 8; RSW. | |||
| PRICE, HENRY | England, c.1846, MIM PHIM | London. | Dewhirst. | ||
| PRICE, RICHARD | England, c.1801, MIM | rule maker. | Mills Court, Slaney Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PRICE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 115 Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1969). | ||
| PRICHARD, ZEBEDIAH | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1661; free of the Company, June 17, 1669. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PRIEST | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newark. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIESTLY, THOMAS | England; Russia, c.1830, MIM | Sundials = P.C., Christie 12/18/74; Terrestrial Globe = MLL. | the sundial in a private collection and the globe are in Russian characters. | Moscow. | Schmidt; Chenakal 1; RSW. |
| PRIEUR, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, c.1725, PHIM | Barometer = MADEX-1197 = PAC. | Hooke-type two-liquid barometer, mounted on a carved wooden panel. | rue Ste. Marguerite Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PRIEUT, G. | France, c.1580, MIM | Sundial in lid of a watch = X. | Moreux. | ||
| PRIMAVESI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/88. | Wareham. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI BROS. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Poole and Wareham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIMAVESI BROS. 2 | England, c.1875, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 9/20/83. | Bournemouth. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, D. | England, c.1850, | agent for Robert M. Barrett. | Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, F. | England, c.1845, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see F. Primavesi and Son; see F. Primavesi and Sons. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIMAVESI, F., AND SON | England, c.1850, NIM OIM | Sextant, ebony = P-B Sale. | Cardiff and Swansea. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, F., AND SONS | England, c.1850, NIM OIM | Telescope = PMS. | Cardiff and Swansea. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, FRANS | Holland, fl.1740-60, PHIM | Thermometer = UTR. | according to Crommelin, thermometer is signed "L. Primavesi." | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Middleton 1; Rooseboom 1. |
| PRIMAVESI, JEAN | Italy; Holland, c.1750, PHIM | Barometer = UTR. | signed "L. Primaves." | Amsterdam. | Middleton 1. |
| PRIMAVESI, L.P. | Holland, c.1760, PHIM | associated with his father, Frans Primavesi. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PRIMAVESI, LODK. | Holland, c.1771, OIM PHIM | Double Barometer = UTR. | see Bianchi and Primavesi; see Bianchi, Primavesi and Co.; made thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PRIMAVESI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 7 Greville Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIN, GEORGES | France, fl.1903-1934, MIM OIM SIM | made transit circles and telescope mounts; succeeded Paul Gautier in 1910; for several years the firms of Prin and Secretan were joined as Ets. Secretan, Epry et Jacquelin successeurs. | Paris. | H.C. King 1; Daumas 1; USNM. | |
| PRINCE, A. | Ireland, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie 11/24/76. | Waterford. | RSW. | |
| PRINCE, JOHN | USA, 1751-1836, MIM PHIM | Rev. John Prince; made and improved instruments. | Salem, Mass. | Bedini 1; Burstyn; Genuth 1. | |
| PRINE | misreading for Prins. | RSW. | |||
| PRINS, HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1730-60, OIM PHIM | Thermometers, mercurial = TEY, Leigh and Soth. 3/23/1790, Langford and Son 4/5/1769; Thermometers, LEY(3), UTR (1758); Barometers = LEY, UTR; Telescope = LEY. | apprenticed to Fahrenheit; succeeded him in 1736. | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| PRIO., IO. FRAN. | Italy, 1597, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundial, oval, 1597 = Ecouen (Cl. 1312). | also marked "S. H.L."; decorated with cherubs. | RSW. | |
| PRIOR, THOMAS | USA, 1760, MIM | Sundial, copper, 1760 = Museum, Pa. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Antiques, June 1925. | |
| PRIOR, W.R., AND CO. | England, OIM | Microscope = K. and C. 5/23/7? | London. | RSW. | |
| PRITCHARD, ANDREW | England, 1804-82, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D.(1971),(1984),(1985),(1986), Soth. 7/10/67, 2/25/86, etc. | apprenticed to Cornelius Varley in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1832; free of the Company on Jan. 9, 1839; made first diamond lens with Varley; made jewel lenses; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; T.C.; author. | 18 Pickett Street (1827-29) and (1831-35); 312 Strand (1833-34); 263 Strand (1836-37); 162 Fleet Street (1837); all in London. | Taylor 2(1199); Court and von Rohr 3(250); Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 14; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| PRITT | England, 19th Century, MIM | Garden Sundial, bronze = D. | "Maker"; 53° 45'. | Moskowitz 121. | |
| PROCIOP, A. | Italy?, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = Galerie am Neumarkt 10/19/72. | RSW. | ||
| PROCKTER, MARMADUKE LYDE | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 24, 1786. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PROCTOR | England, c.1740, MIM | Ring Sundial = WHI. | see L. Proctor; see Charles Proctor. | Bryden 16. | |
| PROCTOR AND BEATTIE | England, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| PROCTOR AND BEILBY | England, fl.1787-1801, MIM OIM SIM | Telescope = PMS; Microscope, Culpeper-type = Soth. 11/27/67; Surveyor's Compass = D.(1980). | Price Street (1787); Newhall Street (1797-18)1); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| PROCTOR BROS. | England, c.1740-80, MIM | Charles and L. Proctor; made ring sundials. | Milk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(394). | |
| PROCTOR, CHARLES | England, fl.1760-95, MIM | Ring Sundials = Evans Coll. = OXF (1760), Soth. 10/17/60. | sundials signed "Proctor Sheffield"; brother of L. Proctor. | Milk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(394); Gunther 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Earle; RSW. |
| PROCTOR, G. AND W. | England, c.1800, OIM | Telescope, 3-draw = D.(1986). | London. | Coffeen 12. | |
| PROCTOR, GEORGE | England, c.1818, OIM | optician; see Proctor and Beilby. | Newhall Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PROCTOR, L. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = OXF. | for 53° latitude; brother of Charles Proctor; see Proctor. | Milk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(394); Gunther 2; Evans 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| PROCTOR, WILLIAM | England, fl.1808-30, OIM | took out patents for hardware. | Bell Street, Trippel Lane, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1200). | |
| PROFATIUS, JUDAEUS | France, c.1236-c.1304, MIM | Profeit Tibbon (Jacob ben Machir); wrote on the universal astrolabe in 1263 and also on the quadrans novus. | Provence; Montpelier. | Maddison 1; Poulle 2 and 3; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PROGEL | Prögel see Pregell. | Michel 3. | |||
| PROSCH, ANDREW | USA, fl.1846-97, MIM NIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| PROSCH, GEORGE | USA, fl.1834-43, MIM PHIM | mechanician. | 19 Canal Street (1834-35); 44 Watts Street (1835-36); 27 Jones Street (1838-39); 140 Nassau Street (1841-43); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| PRUDENT, L. | France, fl.1836-62, NIM OIM | "Lorgnettes de théatre de marine et de campagne." | rue de Chabrol 20, Paris. | USNM. | |
| PRUJEAN, JOHN | England, fl.1667-1701, MIM | Astrolabe, wood and paper, 1670 = OXF; Quadrants, wood and paper = OXF, NMM; Quadrants = ADL-A203, KEN, D.(1974), Soth. 6/9/77, OXF. | the astrolabe is ICA-314; the ADL quadrant was found on an English beach. | New College Lane, Oxford. | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 2 & 3; Maddison 1; RSW. Dewhirst; Taylor 1(322); ADL. |
| PRYOR, THOMAS | USA, fl.1778-1801, MIM NIM | loyalist. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| PUCHNER, PAULUS | 1577, | designed an artillery level. | RSW. | ||
| PUGH, FRANCIS ROBERT GEORGE | England, c.1841, | apprenticed to William Green 2 in the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1841. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PUKE, I. | England, c.1790, MIM | Garden Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| PULHAM, S. | England, c.1750, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | near Harleston, Weybread, Suffolk. | RSW. | |
| PULLEN, D. | England, 1712, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1712 = D.(1967). | ten inches in diameter. | RSW. | |
| PULLEN, JAMES | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Elmes on Oct. 20, 1669. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PULMAN, P. | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Axminster. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| PULMANN, JACOB | see Hans Bulmann; | Zinner 1. | |||
| PULSFORD, GEORGE | England, c.1848, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "G. Pulsford." | 36 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PURCHON, GEORGE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X (2). | Glass House. | Goodison 1. | |
| PURDEN, J. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.C.(1975). | may be John Purden. | London. | RSW. |
| PURDEN, JOHN | England, c.1764, | apprenticed to Thomas Newman 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 7, 1764; may be the same as J. Purden. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PURMANN, MARCUS | Germany, fl.1588-1616, MIM | made astronomical compendiums and various types of sundials and clocks dating from 1588 through 1616; examples of his work can be seen at VIE, Prague Alte Sternwarte, NUR, MUN, ex-Coll. Michel, LIE, Geneva Museum, OXF, HAK, DEU, NOR, BM, ZUR, etc. | "Uhr und Compassmacher"; see also "M.P." 3. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Maddison 1; Hamilton 2; Lübke; Michel 1, 2 & 3; Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Skopova 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. |
| PURMANS, M. | Astronomical Compendium = ADL-W58. | forgery; the mis-spelling comes from Rohde. | Michel 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| PURRINI, BART. | Italy, 1780, OIM | Microscope, 1780 = D.(1973). | Siena. | Garisenda Antiquariato. | |
| PUSCHNER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1720-51, MIM | Planetarium in an Armillary Sphere, 1751 = BAM; made many terrestrial and celestial globes dated from 1720 through 1751; examples can be seen in most principal museums. | engraver and noted mechanician; see Dopplemayr and Puschner. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| PUTMAN, JACOB | USA, 18th Century, MIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier. | USNM. | ||
| PUTOIS ET ROCHETTE | France, c.1785, OIM PHIM | Goniometer, silver = FLO. | Paris. | Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| PUTOIS, ETIENNE ANTOINE | France, fl.1760-98, OIM | supplied Rochon with a telescope for a prismatic micrometer; made achromatic telescopes; succeeded the Veuve Marie, c.1760; breveted in 1788; worked with Grateloup; licensed optician to the king. | au Griffon, 67 du Quai de l'Horloge, Paris (1786). | Daumas 1; Nachet; Howse 2. | |
| PUYRICHARD | France, c.1680, | invented a level with telescope in 1680. | au Faubourg Saint-Germain, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| PYEFINCH, ELIZABETH | England, c.1786, MIM | listed as an umbrella maker and mathematical instrument maker in the directories of 1786; kept the China Warehouse at 30 Bucklersbury; possibly succeeded Henry Pyefinch. | 30 Bucklersbury; 45 Cornhill (1786); both in London. | Taylor 2(642). | |
| PYEFINCH, HENRY | England, 1739-90, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, Galilean = NMM; Telescope = G. Washington (1780-99); Sector = Christie 12/8/76; Stick Barometer = VAA; Microscopes = Clay Coll., P.C.; Telescope, Gregorian = P.C. | apprenticed to Francis Watkins 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company, June 28, 1753; free of the Company, March 3, 1763; took an apprentice; made globes; T.C.; tok out a patent, with J.H. Magellan, for an improvement to the barometer, 1765. | at the Golden Quadrant, Sun and Spectacles, No. 67 Cornhill, between Bishopsgate Street and the Royal Exchange; 64 Cornhill (1765); 45 Cornhill (1782-91); all in London. | Taylor 2(642); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(164); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Bedini 8; NMM 2; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Tyler; RSW. |
| PYM, THOMAS | England, c.1721, MIM | apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1714; free of the Company on Jan. 15, 1721. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PYOTT, J. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 1/27/86. | 74 West India Dock Road, London. | RSW. | |
| PYPENS | Holland, c.1809, MIM | Eindhoven. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| QANTAR, ANTHONY | England, c.1671, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1664; free in the Company in 1671. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| QUARE, DANIEL 1 | England, 1649-1724, MIM PHIM | Altitude Sundial = FIN-225; Analemmatic Sundial, 1707 = Soth. 3/11/63; Pillar Barometers = VCW, KEN, OXF, FLO (2), Hampton Court, Wakefield Plantation, Va., Philadelphia Museum of Art; Gloucester Museum, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, D.(1974) (No.28), Christie 12/7/75 (No.64), Soth. 6/27/74 (No.114), VAA, P.C., etc. Watch movement = ADL-A182; Angle Barometer = Hampton Court. | admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company, April 3, 1671; Master of the Company, 1708; received first English patent for a barometer in 1695; watch and clockmaker. | Kings Arms, Change Alley, London. | Taylor 1(350) & 2(106); Goodison 1 and 6; Symonds; Clay and Court; J. Brown 3; G. Bell; Michel 3; Stevens and Aked; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; USNM; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| QUARE, DANIEL 2 | England, 1708, | apprenticed to his father, Daniel Quare 1, in the Clockmakers' Company, 1708. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| QUARTIER | see Sibenmann and Quartier. | USNM. | |||
| QUEEN AND CO., INC. | USA, fl.1893-1912, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wye Levels = GUR, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Transit = GUR. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| QUEEN, JAMES W. | USA, 1815-90, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Level = Warren County Historical Society, Pa.; Surveyor's Compass = Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln. | he took Samuel L. Fox as a partner in 1860, the firm was James W. Queen and Co. until 1870 when Queen retired. | 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1839-60). | Smart 1; Moskowitz 102; USNM. |
| QUEEN, JAMES W., AND CO. | USA, fl.1860-70, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, D.(1967), Pugsley Sale; Dip Needle = D.(1971); Telescope = Chicago Historical Society, Ill.; etc. | James W. Queen and Samuel L. Fox; Queen retired in 1870 ; most of the instruments were probably made by W. and L.E. Gurley at this late date. | 924 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. and New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW. |
| QUEEN-GRAY CO. | USA, fl.1912-25, MIM NIM OIM SIM | John G. Gray; successors to Queen and Co.; firm stopped at Gray's death in 1925. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| QUESLIN, MAISON CHEVALLIER | France, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/3/88; Telescope = Gersaint 7/20/96. | "Maison Chevallier, l'In. Queslin Opt." | 1 rue de la Bourse, Paris. | RSW. |
| QUEUE, DANIEL | misreading for Daniel Quare. | Daumas 1. | |||
| QUEYRAT | France, c.1720, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 12/1/75. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| QUICK, PAUL | England, 1737, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1737 = Zennor Church. | Zennor, Cornwall. | R. Wallington, Country Life, 7/24/75. | |
| QUILLET | France, fl.1750-89, MIM SIM | Graphometer = D.(1976); Field Compass = NUR; Sector = Soth.-S 10/19/87; Etui of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 4/18/88. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. | |
| QUIN 1 | England, pre-1802, PHIM | hygrometer maker; partner with Robert Atkins. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| QUIN 2 | England, c.1814, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | probably either James or George Quin. | London. | RSW. |
| QUIN AND ATKINS | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer = Auction Sale, London, 1960; Mathematical Instrument = WHI. | London. | Taylor 2(2215a). | |
| QUIN, JAMES AND GEORGE | England, 1814, PHIM | Hydrometers = Chelsea Fair, 1973 (1814), STM. | London. | RSW. | |
| QUINCEY, J. | USA, fl.1783-86, MIM | Octant = USNM. | ship owner or master, pre-1786; established as mathematical instrument maker in New York; succeeded by John Greenwood in 1786; presumed to have returned to Mass.; octant (perhaps an import) was later sold or repaired by William Hooker, New York, N.Y. | Mass.; 199 Water Street, New York, N.Y. (1786); Mass.? | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 14; D.J. Warner 10. |
| QUINCY | see Davenport, Quincy and Co. | USNM; RSW. | |||
| QUINGNET | variant spelling for Coignet. | RSW. | |||
| QUINIET, AEGIDIUS | see Aegidius Coignet. | ||||
| QUINNIET, AEGIDIUS | Belgium, fl.1554-80, MIM | Theodolite, 1557 = BMR; Astronomical Compendium = D.(1986); Astrolabes = Ecouen (CLU) (1557) (ICA 2-222), OXF (1560) (ICA 2-224), BM (ICA 2-225), ROM (1556). | signed "Aegidius Quinniet Antwerpianus faciabat ao 1557"; varied spellings include Coignet, Quingnet, Cuniet, etc. | Antwerp. | Zinner 1; Wynter 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Gunther 1 and 6; Michel 1, 3 and 7; Cluny Cat.; Belgian Inventory; Namur; Evans 1; Société Belge; Guye and Michel; Brieux 2; RSW. |
| QUINQUERNAL, ANTOINE, AND ROVERELLI | Italy, c.1770, MIM | Hodometer = FLO-502. | Antoine Quinquernal and Aloys Roverelli. | Florence. | Michel 3. |
| QUINSEY, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford (stolen Sept. 1990). | Keighley. | Goodison 1; M.A.D. Sept. 1990. | |
| R. 1 | Holland, 1602, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1602 (NMM-56) = AMST. | NMM is the Census of Mariner's Astrolabes. | Mörzer Bruyns 3; A. Stimson 3; RSW. | |
| R. 2 | MIM | Barrel Measure, wood and ivory, 64 inches = Salem Maritime Nat'l Site. | rule now in two pieces | RSW. | |
| R.C. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers, iron = Bovet Coll. = NMM. | RSW. | ||
| R.D. | Germany, 1838, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| R.D.H.A.E. | Germany?, 1765, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1765 = NUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| R.E. 1 | Germany, MIM | Astrolabe = DEU. | mastermark in shield. | D. Bachman 1. | |
| R.E. 2 | England, fl.1770-1805, MIM | Sundials, vertical = the Church and a house on Thomas Street North in Monkwearmouth. | schoolmaster; parish clerk. | Boldon. | Gatty. |
| R.F. 1 | Germany, 1590, | marked on a stone perpetual calendar by M. Joh. Helsbeccius in the HAK museum. | RSW. | ||
| R.F. 2 | France, c.1620, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Evans Coll. = OXF; Diptych Sundial, octagonal, ivory = Soth. 7/7/78 = Soth. 12/15/55-160. | initials and punchmark on base of diptych, punchmark is an inverted V with a little circle above it; both instruments have paper or leather lining on 1b and 2a; Soth. has a blue lining on 1b with a list of latitudes in gold, and with a slide to set string at proper latitude. | Dieppe ? | Evans 1; RSW. |
| R.F. 3 | England, 1630, | initials marked on a quadrant by John Chatfield, 1630. | RSW. | ||
| R.F. 4 | France, 1633, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1633 = Vivielle Coll. | has a nocturnal on the cover; possibly R.F. 2. | Dieppe ? | Madex; RSW. |
| R.G. 1 | marked on the compass cards in Elias Allen's sundials, surely Ralph Greatorix; marked on paper compass card of horizontal sundial, WHI-1191, probably Ralph Greatorex; other marks on WHI sundial are "H." (4) and "C.P." (2). | Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| R.G. 2 | MIM | Sundial in ivory sphere = Soth. 3/11/63. | RSW. | ||
| R.H. | 1612, | instrument maker ? | Evans 1. | ||
| R.K. | Denmark, | marked on 1772 compass card signed "Rasmus Koch." | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| R.L. | see Richard LeKeux. | Brewington 1. | |||
| R.L.S.P., PRES. | see Pres. R.L.S.P. | RSW. | |||
| R.M. 1 | England, 1631, MIM | Astrolabe, 1631 = BM. | ICA-312. | another astrolabe at KEN, 1631, signed "Richard Melbourne", which see. | Price 1 & 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Taylor 1(167); Clay and Court; Evans 1. |
| R.M. 2 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Garden Sundial = Nat'l Museum of Wales. | initials added later. | Wales. | Peate. |
| R.P. | 1708, MIM | Horary Quadrant, crude, 1708 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| R.S. 1 | England, fl.1631-34, MIM | Astrolabe Quadrant, 1631 = Koller 11/17/75; Quadrants = BM (1632), OXF (1634). | Evans 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Taylor 1(174); Clay and Court; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| R.S. 2 | England, 1654, MIM | Table Sundial, lead, 1654 = London Museum. | RSW. | ||
| R.S. 3 | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = NOR (2), UTR | marked "Autor"; the dials in the NOR shows a frock coated figure and a hand; the UTR dial was exhibited in the Delft sundial exhibition of 1984. | de Rijk; RSW. | |
| R.S. 4 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Miner's Compass = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| R.S. 5 | Robert Smith ?; Richard Saunders ? or the father of Henry Sutton ? | Taylor 1(174); RSW. | |||
| R.T. | England?, 1531, MIM | Pair of Dividers, 1531 = Soth. 4/18/88. | RSW. | ||
| R.V.K. | owner!; the initials are on a circumferentor by D. Metz at the TIM, 1987. | RSW. | |||
| R.W. 1 | England, 1617, MIM | Sundial, sandstone, 1617 = The Washington House, Little Brington, Northhampton. | might be Robert Washington. | Earle. | |
| R.W. 2 | MIM | Garden Sundial = ADL-W150. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| R.W. 3 | England, c.1840, MIM | punched in middle of ivory scale on unsigned octant at PMS. | RSW. | ||
| R.Z. | Germany, c.1581, | marked on 1b of ADL-M258, c.1581. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| RAALINI, C. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass., X (2), Soth.-PB pre 1980 and Soth. 12/14/89. | Preston. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RABALIO, PETER | Italy; England, fl.1760-89 d.1791, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer, multiple tube = X; Stick Barometer = X; Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | the wheel barometer is signed "P. Rabalio Birmingham"; most are signed simply "Rabalio"; also a thermometer maker. | at the Sign of the Barometer, 18 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham; at the Sign of the Dolphin, Coventry; at the Sign of the Golden Lion, in Hamston Gate, Leicester; at Mrs. Dowee's in High Street, near the College-Gate, Worcester; all before 1789. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| RABELON, ISAAC | England, 1719, PHIM | Barometer, 1719 = KEN. | Daumas 1. | ||
| RABONE | England, c.1900, MIM | Folding Rule = P.C. | marked "Warranted Boxwood"; "made in England." | RSW. | |
| RABONE AND MASON | England, fl.1834-37, PHIM | barometer makers; firm later became known as "John Rabone." | 61 St. Pauls Square, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1972); Goodison 1. | |
| RABONE, ELIZABETH | England, c.1808, MIM | rule maker. | Water Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RABONE, EPHRAIM | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker. | Water Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RABONE, JOHN | England, fl.1829-60, PHIM | Double Folding Rule, wood = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | barometer maker; probably a partner in Rabone and Mason; worked alone in 1829 and 1839-58; took his son into the firm, 1858-60. | Ludgate Hill (1829); 61 St. Pauls Square (1839-60); both in Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1972); RSW. |
| RABONE, JOHN, AND SON | England, fl.1858-60, MIM | the Rabone firm was established in 1784; makers of boxwood and ivory rules; trade catalogue at OXF. | Hockley Abbey Works, Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| RABONE, JOHN, AND SONS | England, c.1860, MIM | Bubble Level = P.C.; Folding Rule, wood = DRE; Rope Gauge, boxwood and brass = Soth.-WS 12/13/83; | some of the instruments are signed "J. Rabone and Sons." | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1942); G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| RABONE, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/10/90. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RABONE, THOMAS | England, fl.1829-60, MIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 8 Court Water Street (1824); 12 Court, Broad Street (1835); Hockley Hill (1847); 172 Hockley Hill (1849-54); Frederick Street; 63 Great Hampton Street (1858); 61 Great Hampton Street (1860); all in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1972); Goodison 1. | |
| RABUS, JACOB | Germany, c.1556, MIM | Horary Quadrants = NUR (1556), STU. | the quadrant in the NUR is dedicated to Ottheinrich von de Pfalz, it is marked on the back "OHPC"; the quadrant in the STU is dedicated to Herzog Wolfgang von Bayern. | Memmingen. | Zinner 1. |
| RABY, EDWARD | England, c.1834, OIM | Great Brook Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1976). | ||
| RAD, CHRISTOPHER | Germany, c.1683, MIM | Orrery, 1683, was owned by Chr. Treffler in 1683, now lost. Celestial Globe = HAK. | goldsmith; the globe at HAK, 54 cm. in diameter, is signed "RAD" at the south pole. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 3; Stevenson. |
| RADEMACHER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Eccles. | Goodison 1. | |
| RADFORD | England, OIM | T.C. | over against the East End of the New Church in the Strand, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| RADFORD, JOHN | England, fl.1668-95, OIM | optician. | at the Golden Spectacles without Temple Bar (1668); St. Clement Danes (1695); both in London. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |
| RADSMA, TJEERD JACOBS | Holland, c.1686-1790, MIM | he made eight clocks with planetariums. | Harlingen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| RADULF | Belgium, c.1025, MIM | made a different form of astrolabe c.1025; Magister of Liège. | Liège. | Zinner 1. | |
| RAETOR, JOHN | England, c.1801, MIM OIM PHIM | 49 Cheapside, Deritend, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| RAFFLE | France, MIM | Protractor = P.C.(1968). | Rafflé. | Paris. | RSW. |
| RAGGETT, JAMES | England, c.1830, OIM | 21 London Street, Reading. | Taylor 2(1977). | ||
| RAHNE, PETER | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Sectors = STU, THO. | "Peter Rahne Fecit: zu Berlin." | Berlin. | Hambly 2; RSW. |
| RAHTJEN, G. | Germany, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = P.C.(1979). | Bremen. | RSW. | |
| RAIDEL, HANS FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1627, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, incomplete, 1627 = AUG; Horary Quadrant, 1627 = AUG. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| RAILLE, H. | see Evin and H. Raille. | USNM. | |||
| RAIMONDUS, PETRUS | Italy, 1375, MIM | Astrolabe, 1375 = A.C. Baldwin Coll. = BOS. | Cumae. | Exhibition of 1876, London; Thorndike; RSW. | |
| RAINER FRISIUS | see Gemma Frisius. | Zinner 1. | |||
| RAINGO FRERES | France, c.1820, MIM | Orrery Clock = D.(1976). | Raingo Frères; clock makers. | Paris. | RSW. |
| RAINGO, Z. | Belgium; France, c.1824, MIM | Orrery Clocks = TIM (1987)(2); Royal Collction, Madrid, Windsor Castle (1824), P.C., Sloan Museum, BMR, Soth. 1/16/62 and 7/12/63, P-B 10/12/64; Planetarium = CNAM. | Tournai; Paris. | Pippa; Horological Journal, 1960; RSW; etc. | |
| RAITTENAU, AEGIDIUS EBERHARD VON | Germany, 1605-75, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1546 = Harburg Sammlung Hohenlohe; Sundial, triangular, 1666 = KRE; Azimuth Sundial, 1668 = KRE; Logarithmic Machine, 1670 = KRE. | made other instruments, dated between 1645 and 1669, whose location is not known; author; Benedictine monk; "Mechaniker, Mathematiker und Architekt"; the globe is signed "Rabus 1546." | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. |
| RAMAGE | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = D.(1968). | probably John Ramage 1 or 2. | Aberdeen. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RAMAGE AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1837-38, OIM PHIM | might have made barometers; see Smith and Ramage; see John Ramage 1 & 2. | 41 St. Nicholas Street (1837); 6 St. Nicholas Lane (1838); both in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMAGE, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1845-60, NIM OIM PHIM | partner in Smith and Ramage; see John Ramage 1 and 2; see Ramage and Co. | 45 Regents Quay, Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMAGE, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1806-35, OIM PHIM | Telescope, single draw = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | made large teescopes; probably was also a barometer maker. | 85 Broad Street (1824-29); 39 Union Street (1831-35); both in Aberdeen. | Taylor 2(1202); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RAMAGE, JOHN 2 | Scotland, fl.1835-36, OIM PHIM | might have made barometers; possibly the son of John Ramage 1; see Ramage and Co.; see Smith and Ramage. | 39 Union Street (1835); 104 Union Street (1836); both in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMAS, P. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably P. Ramos, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMIRES, FRANCISCO | Spain?, 1853, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1853 = Soth. 5/29/61. | RSW. | ||
| RAMME, EDWARD | England, c.1634, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 in the Grocers' Company, June 24, 1626; free in the Company Aug. 5, 1634. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RAMMINGER, JAKOB | Germany, 1594, MIM | Miner's Compass, 1594 = BM; Pedometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | the compass is marked "alias Scriba"; the pedometer is signed "Jac. Ram. D. Scriba"; Ramminger invented this type of pedometer. | Stuttgart. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| RAMOS, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see P. Ramas. | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RAMPAART, VAN | see Petrus ab Aggere. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |||
| RAMPOLDI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 4/28/88. | Huntingdon. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RAMPOLDI, J. | England, fl.1851-53, PHIM | barometer maker. | 22 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMSBECK | Austria, c.1772, MIM OIM | see Schreibelmayer und Ramsbeck. | Vienna. | Daumas 1. | |
| RAMSDEN, JESSE | England, 1735-1800, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | one of the most famous mechanics of his time; developed one of the first dividing engines ever built; made many of the most important astronomical and surveying instruments used in England and on the continent; by 1789 he had made over 1000 sextants; his instruments are to be found in many of the principal museums. | apprenticed to J. Burton, MIM, in 1758; started business in 1762; married Sarah Dollond; invented the opthalmometer; made improvements in electrostatic machines & precision balances; some of the optics for his instruments were made by his brothers-in-law Peter and John Dollond 2; made F.R.S. in 1768. | 199 Piccadilly, opposite Sackville Street, London. | Taylor 2(526); DNB; DSB; Maddison 1; Bryden 11; E. Hall; RSW; Goodison 1; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Coffeen 27. |
| RAMSEY, HENRY T. | England, NIM | Octant, case = HAM. | Lowgate, Hull. | RSW. | |
| RAND, J. | England, c.1799, OIM | patented a micrometrical stadimeter as a 'military and naval telescope'; author. | London. | Moskowitz 104; Taylor 2(1029); Dewhirst. | |
| RANDALL, JOHN | England, fl.1689-1707, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocer' Company on Sept. 1671; free of the Company on Dec. 2, 1689; took apprentices. | Great Minories, London (1693). | J. Brown 1. | |
| RANDALL, RICHARD | England, c.1799, | apprenticed to George Mills in the Joiners' Company, Feb. 5, 1799. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| RANDALL, WILLIAM | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to his father, John Randall, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 10, 1700. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RANDOLL | see Randall. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| RANDOLPH, T.F. | USA, c.1860, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, case = Chillicothe Museum, Ohio. | 67 West 6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| RANDOLPH, T.F., AND BRO. | USA, c.1867, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Transylvania College. | 67 West 6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| RANNOY, P. GELASIUS VISCHER | Germany, 1712, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1712 = DEU. | Price 2. | ||
| RANSLEY, W. | England, MIM NIM | Set of nine Rules, ivory = Phillips 4/20/83; Parallel Rules, wood = NMM. | 4 Westminster Bridge Road; Stansgate; both in London. | NMM 2; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| RAPKIN | England, | see Pastorelli and Rapkin. | RSW. | ||
| RAPOSA | see A. Goys; see Joa~o de Goes. | Stimson 3; Guedes. | |||
| RASPAIL | France, c.1770, OIM | made micrscopes. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| RASPON, RAPHAEL | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Compass, large, shadow square = POB. | MADEX. | ||
| RASTRELLI, AUGUSTINO | Italy, 1719, MIM | Reduction Compass, 1719 = FLO-1257. | Florence. | Michel 3. | |
| RATCLIFF, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1743-59, MIM | Sundial, 1743 = St. Mary's Church, Welshpool. | father of Owen Ratcliff; clockmaker. | Welshpool. | Peate. |
| RATCLIFF, OWEN | England, fl.1776-80, MIM | Sundial = Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire. | son of Benjamin Ratcliff; clockmaker. | Welshpool. | Peate. |
| RATH, H. | Germany, c.1867, MIM | Mining Gradient Level, 1867 = Christie 12/18/74. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| RATH, PETER | Germany, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Compass, in case = DEU; Thermometer = DEU; Barometer = DEU. | Munich. | Middleton 1; RSW. | |
| RATHBONE, AARON | England, 1572-1618, | designed a reducing ruler; author. | Yorkshire. | Taylor 1(91). | |
| RATTENBURY, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, c.1816, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | apprenticed to James Ripley in the Grocers' Company, Oct. 3, 1816. | Stratton. | j. Brown 2; RSW. |
| RATTKNECHT, CHRISTOPH | Austria, c.1739, MIM | Graphometer, 1739 = SAL. | Salzburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| RATTKNECHT, JOHANN-CHRISTOPH | Austria, c.1670, MIM | Sundial = X. | Salzburg. | Michel 3. | |
| RATUS, CARL AUG., BAADEN FR. LIBE | Germany, 1766, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1766 = Soth. 5/12/75. | RSW. | ||
| RAVILIUS, ALEX | Italy, 1542, MIM | Skaphe, ivory and brass, 1537 = OXFB; Armillary Sphere, 1542 = ADL-M2. | the armillary is also marked "Io. Thomae Manfredo", probably the owner. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | |
| RAVIZZA, AMICINO | Italy, 1799, MIM | corrected a sundial made by Cocart. | Cremona. | Evans 1. | |
| RAWBENGEL, HANS | Germany, 1487, MIM | made sundials, 1487. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| RAXTOR, JOHN | England, c.1818, MIM SIM | John Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| RAY | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly Daniel Ray, c.1790 or William Ray, c.1820, both came from Battle and were watchmakers. | Battle. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| RAY AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 2/14/79. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| RAY, J., AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant with case = D.(1976). | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| RAY, J.W., AND CO. | England, | Sextants = Christie-SK 2/9/84, D.(1968). | may be same as J. Ray and Co., and possibly Ray and Co. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| RAYNER, MICHAEL | England, c.1717, MIM | apprenticed to to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 22, 1706; free in the Company Jan. 7, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| RAYNOLD | Germany, MIM | Alidade = Drouot 4/26/67. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| RAYSON, WILLIAM | England, 1683, MIM | Quadrant, 1683 = Soth. 7/7/55; Horary Quadrant, Sutton-type, 1683 = WHI. | may be only one instrument. | Leicester. | Bryden 16; RSW. |
| READ, J. | England, PHIM | Set of Money Balances = Soth. 11/13/64. | St. Ann's Lane, Nr. Aldersgate, London. | RSW. | |
| READ, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1582-1610, MIM | worked in wood; made Blagrave's staff in 1590 and Arthur Hopton's staff in 1610; made alidades, squares, compasses, etc; partner of John Thompson 1, and succeeded by him. | Hosier Lane, London. | Taylor 1(68); Daumas 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| READ, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1650, MIM | presumably son or nephew of John Read 1; Taylor thought he was partner and successor of Anthony Thompson 1 of Hosier Lane, but Edward Fage could have been the successor. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(243). | |
| READ, JOHN 3 | England, 1688, MIM | Sundial, bronze, 1688 = Soth. 12/13/71 = WHI. | Bishop Stortford. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| READ, SAMUEL | England, fl.1742-78, PHIM | balance maker; chosen to make étalons of weights in 1742 for comparison by the Royal Society and the French Academy; partner of Charles De Grave and succeeded by him in 1780. | London. | Taylor 2(398); Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| READE | variant spelling for Read. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| READE, GEORGE | England, c.1762, | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on June 1, 1762. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| READING, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1752-68, MIM | surveyer; apprenticed to Gabriel Stokes. | Georges Lane, near Stephens Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| REALINI, C. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass., X (2), Soth.-PB pre-1980, Soth. 12/14/89 and 12/14/95. | Preston. | RSW. | |
| REALINI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| REARDON, JOHN | England, c.1838, OIM | 42 Gaston Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2217). | ||
| REAUMUR, RENE ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE | France, 1683-1757, | Réné Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; designed a thermometer scale, with 0° as freezing and 80° as boiling; physicist. | La Bermondiere. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Daumas 1. | |
| REBALLIO EN ZOON | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Hydrometer and Thermometer = USNM. | Rotterdam. | USNM. | |
| REBALLIO, A. | Holland, c.1790, OIM PHIM | Instrument = LEY; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | Rotterdam. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| REBEIRO, IOZE GABRIEL | Spain, c.1790, | marked on an English octant; probably the owner. | Versailles 4/17/83. | ||
| RECH, WOLFF | Germany, c.1649, MIM | sandglass maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| RECHBERGER, WILHELM | Germany, c.1611, | wrote about the astrolabe. | Augsburg? | Zinner 1. | |
| RECHTER, JAN 1 | Holland, fl.1730-1801, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Planetarium = LEY; Solar Microscope = KEN; Artillery Inclinometers = ADL-M143, Soth. 10/28/63, LEY. | Delft. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| RECHTER, JAN 2 | Holland, 1777-1801, MIM | son of Jan Rechter 1. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| RECORDE, ROBERT | England, c.1556, | published drawings of portable and standing quadrants. | Gunther 2. | ||
| REDDING, ROSIER | England, c.1769, | apprenticed to Robert Taylor 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 4, 1769. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| REDMOND | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1976). | English forgery, probably by Williams; marked "Dublin." | Brieux. | ||
| REED, JAMES | USA, 1792-1878, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Alliance Historical Society, Ohio, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Michigan Historical Society, Lansing. | the Alliance, Ohio instrument is marked "Washington, Pa.", the others "Pittsburgh Pa."; by 1850 the firm was "James Reed and Co."; the later instruments may be by "James Reed and Co." | Washington, Pa. (1792-1847); Pittsburgh, Pa. (1847-78). | Smart 1; RSW. |
| REED, JAMES, AND CO. | USA, fl.1847-78, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Michigan Historical Society, Lansing, Michigan. | see James Reed. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Smart 1; Multhauf 1; RSW. |
| REED, THOMAS, AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. | Sunderland. | Crawforth 1. | |
| REEDER, R. | USA, c.1847, | took out a patent on a mariner's compass, 1847. | Cincinnati, Ohio. | UANM. | |
| REENS, H.A. | Holland, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie, April 1978; Telescope = Auction, Dordrecht, June 1975. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| REES, JOHN | England, c.1823, | apprenticed to James Hamer in the Joiners' Company, Oct. 8, 1823. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| REEVES AND SONS | England, 19th Century, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = Christie-SK 7/24/86; Sector, ivory = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | see William Reeves and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| REEVES, JOHN | England, fl.1679-1710, OIM | member of the Turners' Company; son of Richard Reeves 1; the objective lens at KEN may be by John rather than Richard Reeves 1, which see; John is probably the Reeves, Jr. mentioned by Pepys. | London. | Taylor 1(412); Daumas 1; Evans 1; Court and von Rohr; Latham and Matthews; Robischon 1; Clay and Court. | |
| REEVES, RICHARD 1 | England, fl.1641-89, OIM | Telescope = KEN. | member of the Turners' Company; made microscopes and lenses for telescopes; worked for Hooke; made a spyglass, a microscope and a scotoscope for Samuel Pepys, 1661-64; made very long telescopes; perspective glass maker to the King; made James Gregory's prototype reflecting telescope. | against the Foot and Leg, Long Acre, London. | Taylor 1(199); Latham and Williams; Dewhirst; Henry King 1; L. Bell; Court and von Rohr 3(I); Robischon 1; Daumas 1; A.D.C. Simson. |
| REEVES, RICHARD 1 AND JOHN COX | England, c.1664, OIM | telescope makers. | London. | Henry King 1. | |
| REEVES, RICHARD 2 | England, c.1666, OIM | telescope maker; son of Richard Reeves 1? or is he the same man? | London. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| REEVES, W. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Syke's Hydrometer = P.C. (1989). | adjusted by H.R. Loftus in 1943; see William Reeves and Co. | London, possibly 69 EASTCHEAP. | RSW. WEBDB. |
| REEVES, WILLIAM | USA, 1785, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1785 = VNN. | "Reeves, Thomaston, Me." is written in the case. | Thomaston, Me. | RSW. |
| REEVES, WILLIAM, AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Double Slide Rule = D.(1989). | see Reeves and Sons. | London. | Moskowitz 132. |
| REGHTER, DAVID | Holland, fl.1780-97, PHIM | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES | Germany, 1436-76, MIM | Johannes Müller; astronomer, author, published a calendar and ephemerides; designed various astronomical instruments; Zinner attributed a ring sundial, ADL-M307, to Regiomontanus; see Johannes. | Königsberg. | Zinner 1; Maddison 1 & 2; Michel 3; J.A. Bennett 2; DSB; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| REGNARD FRERES | France, MIM | Clepsydra = CNAM. | Regnard frères. | Sens. | Con. Nat'l 1; RSW. |
| REGNAULT, HENRI VICTOR | France, 1810-78, | devised a hygrometer similar to Daniell's. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| REGNIER | France, c.1800, MIM | Meridian Sundial = CNAM. | Régnier. | Senaur. | RSW. |
| REGNIER, EDWARD | France, c.1800, PHIM | Dynamometers = USNM, Soth. 10/17/60. | à Beau Grenelle, Banlieu de Paris. | USNM; RSW. | |
| REHE, SAMUEL | England, fl.1770-92, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Sir John Soane Museum, London. | the barometer is signed "S. Rehe London"; the scale has both French and English inches; worked for John Troughton 2 in 1778; made a copy of Ramsden's dividing engine. | Shoe Lane, London. | Taylor 2(757); Goodison 1; Bedini 8; Daumas 1; USNM. |
| REICHENBACH UND FRAUENHOFER | Germany, c.1810, MIM OIM | Telescope = DRE. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| REICHENBACH UND UTZSCHNEIDER | Germany, fl.1804-15, MIM OIM | Meridian Transit = NOR; Meridian, 1815 = Capodimonte Obs., Naples. | Georg von Reichenbach and Joseph von Utzschneider. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| REICHENBACH, GEORG VON | Germany, 1772-1826, MIM OIM | Altazimuth Instrument, 1814 = Naples Observatory; Dividing Engines, = DEU (1804), SWE (1832); Altazimuth Telescope = PRA; Sextant = DEU; Repeating Theodolite, 1810 = DEU. | worked with Joseph Liebherr, 1802-14; joined by Utzschneider in 1804; went with Ertel in 1814. | Mannheim. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| REICHENBACH, UTZSCHNEIDER UND LIEBHERR | Germany, c.1804, MIM OIM SIM | Georg von Reichenbach, Joseph von Utzschneider and Joseph Liebherr. | Munich. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REICHER, GEORG | Germany, c.1674, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REICHERT, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1761-68, PHIM | Nest of Weights = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | RSW. | ||
| REICHLE, MELCHIOR | Germany, fl.1568-69, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1568 = BM; Cruciform Sundial, 1569 = BM | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| REICHMANN, JOSEPH: FRAN: ANT: DE | Germany, c. 1773, | the name is marked on an armillary sphere made by Eiler Christian Hogh, ADL-M9; surely the owner. | Engelmann 1; Yonge; Habacher; ADL; RSW. | ||
| REID | Scotland, c.1815, MIM | patented a trigonometer. | Aberdeen. | RSW. | |
| REID, ADAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Woolwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| REID, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | barometer signed "Alex Reid." | 66 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| REID, JOHN | England, c.1590, MIM | John Blagrave referred to him as an able maker. | Darius 3. | ||
| REIFF, GOTTFRIED | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Pillar Sundials, wood = MERC = WHI, Soth. 4/18/88. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 2; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| REIFFEL, C., AND N. THORN | USA, c.1848, MIM | patented a new form of dividers in 1848. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| REIGER, P.J. | Germany, MIM | Sector = Evans Coll. | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | |
| REIGNE | France, 18th Century, NIM | Octant, wood with silver trim = ROU-79. | Marseille. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| REIMANN, I. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Berlin, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| REINE, R. | England, fl.1673-80, OIM | made optical glass. | Lime Street, between Leadenhall and Fenchurch Streets, London. | Taylor 1(367); Evans 1. | |
| REINELT, PAUL | Germany, MIM | Pair of Globes = Stiftsbibliothek, Braunau in Böhmen. | Zinner 1. | ||
| REINERUS GEMMA | same as Gemma Frisius, which see. | Baillie 1. | |||
| REINHOLD, ERASMUS 1 | Germany, 1511-55, | astronomer; author. | Wittenberg. | Michel 3. | |
| REINHOLD, ERASMUS 2 | Germany, c.1576, MIM | Tycho Brahe used a large wooden quadrant made by Erasmus Reinhold (2), in 1576. | Saalfeld and Wittenberg. | Michel 2 & 3. | |
| REINHOLD, JOHANNES | Germany, fl.1588-92, MIM | Celestial Globe, with sundials on base, 1588 = CNAM; Terrestrial Globe, 1588 = NMM; Astrolabe, 1591 = HAY. | clockmaker; worked with Georg Roll; see Roll und Reinhold. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Aked; Cons. Nat'l 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| REINMANN | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = BASH. | punchmark is a moon. | Price 2. | |
| REINMANN, BENEDIKTUS | Germany, fl.1564-75, MIM | Master in 1564; made ivory diptych sundials; sometimes spelled "Reymann." | Nürnberg. | Michel 3; Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, GEORG 1 | Germany, fl.1527-42, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1531 = X; Diptych Sundials, ivory = WHI (1536). | not in Bryden 16. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1; Lunardi; Gouk 1. |
| REINMANN, GEORG 2 | Germany, fl.1551-71, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1551 = Wien Mobiliendepot; Diptych Sundial, wood, 1555 = NUR. | Master in 1555; Gouk dated him "1555-71." | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. |
| REINMANN, GEORG 3 | Germany, fl.1575-85, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HANS 1 | Germany, 1547-71, MIM | Master in 1565; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Michel 3; Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HANS 2 | Germany, d.1627, MIM | father of Hans Reinmann 3; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HANS 3 | Germany, d.1628, MIM | son of Hans Reinmann 2; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HIERONYMUS | Germany, fl.1554-69, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = MUN (1554), OXF (1558), NMM (1562), Beauvais Museum (1563), Koller 11/17/75 (1563), (1573), (1561 partial), Sammlung W. Lüdge, Einbeck (1565), NMM (1566), ADL-DPW28 (1569), Huelsmann Coll. (1558). | became Master of the Compassmakers' Guild in 1556. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; NMM 2; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| REINMANN, JORG | see Georg Reinmann. | Zinner 1. | |||
| REINMANN, PAULUS | Germany, 1557-1609, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials from 1575 to 1609; examples may be seen at ADL, NYM, NMM, UANM, OXF, DEU, KES, HAM, NOR, WHI, HAK, etc.; Horizontal Sundial, 1591 = Drouot 4/7/87; Artillery Levels = DRE (lost), Soth. 3/10/87 (1600). | Reinmann's master mark was a crown; M. Lesel used a crown as his master mark from 1609 to 1629. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Morpurgo 2; Lunardi; Brieux 1; Chandler and Vincent; USNM; Hamilton 2; Spitzer Cat.; Bryden 16; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| REINTHALER, CHRIST. FRIED. ERNST | Germany, 1783, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1783 = DRE. | Leipzig. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| REIS, JOSE MARIA DOS | Brazil, fl.1837-73, MIM | made the azimuth instrument invented by Emmanuel Liais; won medals at Exhibitions between 1861 and 1871 including first prize in the Great Exhibition of 1862 in London. | Rua do Hospico, 67,69 & 71, Rio de Janeiro. | RSW. | |
| REISCH, LEONHARD | Germany, c.1701, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1701 = Wien Schottenstift. | clockmaker; author; the globe is signed "Leonhardus Reisch Algojus." | Oberdorf. | Zinner 1. |
| REISSIG | Germany, c.1803, MIM OIM | instrument maker to the court at Kassel. | Kassel. | Ashbrook. | |
| REITA, ANTHONY MARIA VON SCHYRLE DE | Germany, 1597-1660, | invented a new telescope eyepiece; author. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| REITER, M. | see Prof. Bohme and M. Reiter. | RSW. | |||
| REITZEL, C.A. | England?, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe = Soth. 4/18/88. | ten-inch N. Anderson globe constructed by Reitzel. | RSW. | |
| RELTING, A. | c.1760, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| RENARD 1 | see Renaud. | Pipping 1. | |||
| RENARD 2 | France, c.1750, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Koller, May, 1972. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| RENARD, N. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = MERC; Universal Ring Sundial, gilt-brass = P-B 1/22/54. | Montauban. | Michel 3; Hamilton 1; RSW. | |
| RENAUD | France; Germany, 1790, PHIM | Thermometer, 1790 = GEM. | Strasbourg; Berlin. | Pipping 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| RENAUD, J. | France, c.1700, MIM | Surveying Instrument = PMM. | Daumas thought it was a mariner's astrolabe, but it had been incorrectly restored. | Marseilles. | Daumas 1; A. Stimson 3; RSW. |
| RENCH, E. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Grey Inn Terrace, London. | RSW. | |
| RENNISON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Quadrant = SUN. | Station Road, Barry Docks, Sunderland. | RSW. | |
| RENNISON AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Octant = D.(1973). | North Shields. | RSW. | |
| RENNOLDSON | England, c.1800, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, incomplete = Sotheby's 5/11/94. | either J.A. or Isaac Rennoldson; T.C. | RSW. | |
| RENNOLDSON, ISAAC | England, fl.1822-46, MIM OIM | succeeded J. Rennoldson, who could have been his father or uncle, in 1822. | 5 Cambridge Place, Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(1682). | |
| RENNOLDSON, J. | England, fl.1817-22, MIM | Sector, ivory = Cooke's Shop, CMY; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 3/9/64. | succeeded by Isaac Rennoldson, which see. | 23 Camden Row, Bethnal Green Road, London. | Taylor 2(1413); RSW. |
| RENSBERG, NICOLAUS | Germany, 1568, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1568 = WUP. | the base of the compendium was curved to fit a cannon; a compass was in a Bavarian collection in 1599; mathematician; clockmaker; alternative spelling was "Rensberger." | Coburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; RSW. |
| RENWICK, JAMES | England, fl.1844-47, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 2 Booths Place, Turnmill Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| REOHAN, THOMAS | misreading for Keohan. | Taylor 2(2218). | |||
| REPETTO, M.E., Y CA. | Argentina, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. Pulborough 3/1/83. | dealers for Negretti and Zambra; barometer marked "Introductones." | Buenos Aires. | RSW. |
| REPSOLD, A., UND SOHNE | Germany, 1867, MIM OIM | Adolf Repsold and two of his sons. | Hamburg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REPSOLD, ADOLF | Germany, 1806-71, MIM OIM | worked with his brother, Georg; they succeeded their father, Johann Georg Repsold in 1830; the name was changed to A. & G. Repsold; the firm became A. Repsold und Söhne in 1867. | Hamburg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REPSOLD, ADOLF UND GEORG | Germany, fl.1830-67, MIM OIM | Heliometer, 1849 = KEN; Telescopes, 1853 = Madrid Observatory. | succeeded their father, Johann Georg Repsold in 1830; makers of very fine, large instruments. | Hamburg. | Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| REPSOLD, GEORG | Germany, 1804-85, MIM OIM | worked with his brother, Adolf; they succeeded their father, Johann Georg Repsold, in 1830; the firm was then known as A. & G. Repsold; Georg retired in 1867. | Hamburg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REPSOLD, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1771-1830, MIM OIM | established his firm in 1802; made precision astronomical instruments; succeeded by his sons, Adolf and Georg Repsold in 1830. | Hamburg. | Daumas 1; Pipping 1; Pannekoek; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| RESCOW, JOHN | England, c.1710, MIM | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(108); Bryden 9. | ||
| RESEL, FRANZ | Austria, 1759, MIM | Table Sundial, 1759 = Linz Museum Depot Hohenfurth; Graphometer = D.(1931); Compass Sundial = MERC-100 = Soth. 12/12/55; Pocket Sundial = BM. | compass sundial signed "Fr. Resel Fecit Vienne." | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| RESI, HANS | name marked on mining compass signed "H.G." (6) at GRA. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |||
| RESLER, ANTON VON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = MERC, OXF (2), NOR, Soth. 12/16/63, Munich Auction, 1965. | the dial at NOR is signed "Antony Resler." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; Evans 1; Bobinger 2; RSW. |
| RESTELL | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | Croyden. | RSW. | |
| RETTING, E. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = OXF. | Zinner 1. | ||
| REVERE, PAUL | USA, 1735-1818, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = Bostonian Society, Mass., Paul Revere Memorial Association, Boston, Mass.; Compass Card, 1786 = Yale U. Art Gallery; Balance, weights and case = Paul Revere Memorial Association. | silversmith; Revere did the engraving for the paper compass roses for Benjamin Warren's surveying compasses. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; Price 2; The World of Franklin and Jefferson Exhibition Cat.; Revere Cat. |
| REW, ROBERT | England, fl.1755-65, OIM | described as one of the workmen of John Dollond 1. | London. | Taylor 2(528); Daumas 1. | |
| REYBORNE, J., AND SONS | England, MIM | Rule, folding, ivory = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79. | RSW. | ||
| REYMANN | see Reinman. | Michel 3. | |||
| REYNERUS, GEMMA | see Gemma Frisius. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| REYNOLDS | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Level and Inclinometer = D.(1994). | probably J.A. Reynolds of J.A. Reynolds and Co. | Birmingham. | Garcelon 33. |
| REYNOLDS AND CO. 1 | England, c.1840, NIM | Pelorus = Marine Museum, Horten, Norway; Nautical Instrument = AMST. | Tower Hill, London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| REYNOLDS AND CO. 2 | England, MIM | Surveyor's Level = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | see J.A. Reynolds and Co. | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| REYNOLDS AND WIGGINS | England, c.1840, NIM PHIM | Sympiesometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | William Reynolds and Frederick Wiggins. | 82 Minories, London. | Taylor 2(2273); RSW. |
| REYNOLDS, G. | USA, c.1950, MIM | Astrolabe, c.1950 = Pugsley Sale. | chief engineer of Winchester Arms Co.; he made many reproductions of instruments for Mr. Edwin Pugsley, the C.E.O. of Winchester Arms Co. | New Haven, Conn. | Pugsley Sale; RSW. |
| REYNOLDS, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | St. Austell. | Goodison 1. | |
| REYNOLDS, J.A., AND CO. | England, MIM | Rolling Rule = Christie-SK 7/24/86; Surveying Level = Christie-SK 2/8/79. | see Reynolds and Co. 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| REYNOLDS, JOHN | England, fl.1582-1636, MIM SIM | made wooden plane tables, etc; probably a master gunner. | Barking Churchyard (All Hallows Church), Tower Street; near Tower Hill; The Tower; all in London. | Taylor 1(69); Michel 3; Gunther 4. | |
| REYNOLDS, JOSEPH | England, c.1691, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Whitehead of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 20, 1683; free of the Company, April 6, 1691. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| REYNOLDS, THOMAS | England, c.1719, MIM | apprenticed to James Swetman 1 in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 5, 1712; free of the Company, June 23, 1719. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| REYNOLDS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1827-80, MIM | merged with John Lilley and Son(s) in 1880, as Lilley and Reynolds Ltd. | London. | Brewington 1. | |
| REYNOLDSON | England, c.1800, MIM OIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = X.; Pantograph = Christie 4/3/85. | St. John's Lane, West Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1203); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| REYNOLDSON, THOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 7 Queen Street, Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| RHODES, MANOAH | England, c.1841, | Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "M. Rhodes Bradford"; he was listed as a jeweler; probably a dealer in barometers. | 138 Westgate, Bradford. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| RIBALDI, A. | Ireland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1955). | Limerick. | RSW. | |
| RIBALDI, J. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Limerick. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIBOLDI, JOSEPH | Ireland, 1824, PHIM | carver and gilder; may be the same as J. Ribaldi, which see. | 122 George's Street, Limerick. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RIBOLDI, L. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 5/8/85. | Limerick. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RIBON | France, PHIM | Balance, small = Chateau de Barbie, Albi. | "Balancier." | à l'Rue Couronné Cour St. Martin N. 8, Paris? | RSW. |
| RIBOUT | France, MIM | Architect's Scales = WHI. | RSW. | ||
| RIBRIGHT AND SON | England, fl.1778-82, OIM | George Ribright and his son, Thomas Ribright 2. | London. | Taylor 2(529)(758); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RIBRIGHT, GEORGE | England, 1730-90, MIM OIM | Sets of Drawing Instruments = Christie-SK 4/17/86, DeLuca 8/1/87 (silver). | son of Thomas Ribright 1; apprenticed in 1744; admitted as a foreign Brother to the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1751; took apprentices; took his son Thomas Ribright 2 as partner to become Ribright and Son, in 1788. | 40 the Poultry, London (1764 1790). | Taylor 2(529); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(150); RSW. |
| RIBRIGHT, THOMAS 1 | England, 1712-72, MIM OIM | Case of Instruments with Persective Glass = KBV; Microscope, Culpeper-type = Soth. 3/25/86. | apprenticed to Thomas Sterrop 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1726; free in the Company, 1734; Master in the Company, 1758-60; took apprentices; "Optician to his Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales"; T.C.; patented an etui with a telescope in the middle. | at the Golden Spectacles, the Poultry, London. | Taylor 2(299); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Evans 1; Delehar 6. |
| RIBRIGHT, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1768-1810, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | the barometer is signed "T. Ribright"; apprenticed to his father, George Ribright of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1768; free of the Company in 1775; partner with his father as Ribright and Son, 1778-82; on his own, 1783-95. | 40 Poultry, London. | Taylor 2(758); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3. |
| RICCIOLI | Ireland, c.1661, MIM | Rule = BRP. | Price 2. | ||
| RICE, THOMAS | England, fl.1640-60, MIM | gunner at the Tower; made many sundials. | The Tower, London. | Taylor 1(1960; Evans 1; Gatty. | |
| RICH, JAMES | England, 1771, NIM | Backstaff, wood, 1771 = D.(1973). | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| RICH, MOSES | England, NIM | Octant = Woodman Institute, New Hampshire. | London. | USNM. | |
| RICHARD OF WALLINGFORD | England, born c.1292-1335, MIM | Abbott of St. Albans; member of the "Merton School"; instrument maker and astronomer; among his inventions are the rectangulus and the albion (1326); made an astronomical clock, c. 1320. | Oxford; Wallingford. | Gunther 2; North 4; Michel 3 & 5; Needham 1. | |
| RICHARD, C.A. | USA, fl.1845-60, PHIM | barometer maker. | High Street, next door south of Mrs. Robinson's City House, Columbus, Ohio. | E.D. Beckman. | |
| RICHARDS, DAVID | England, c.1834, OIM | also made chronometers. | 27 Church Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1978). | |
| RICHARDS, ESTHER | England, fl.1801-08, MIM | rule maker. | 94 Lichfield Street (1801); 95 Lichfield Street (1808); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RICHARDS, JOHN 1 | England, c.1802, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 2, 1800; turned over to Charles Fairbone 2 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 8, 1802; may be the same as John Richards 2. | J. Brown 1; RSW. | ||
| RICHARDS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker; may be the same as John Richards 1. | Lichfield Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| RICHARDS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1787-97, MIM | rule maker; worked in boxwood and ivory. | 14 Lichfield Street (1787); Lichfield Street (1797); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RICHARDSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1807-30, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = AMST; Telescope = Christie-SK 7/10/80; Sextant = Cohasset Historical Society, Mass. | apprenticed in 1784; T.C., "late foreman to Mr. Chas. Lincoln", "Real Manufacturer." | 18 Leadenhall Street (1807); 7 St. Catherines Street, near the Tower (1808-17); 12 Upper East Smithfield (1821); 38 Windham Street, New Road, Marylebone (1826); all in London. | Taylor 2(1205); Mörzer Bruyns 1; Crawforth 1; USNM; RSW. |
| RICHARDSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1797-1819, OIM | held a patent on a machine to polish glasses in 1797; became Richardson and Sons by 1819. | 26 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields (1808); 1 Drury Lane (1810); 22 Little Queen Street, Holborne (1814); all in London. | Taylor 2(1031). | |
| RICHARDSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1801-27, OIM | apprenticed to his father Winstanley Richardson in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1794; free in the Company, Jan. 15, 1801. | 16 Somerset Street, Aldgate, London (1801-27). | Taylor 2(1206); Court and von Rohr 3(230). | |
| RICHARDSON, JOSEPH | USA, PHIM | Gold balances (3) in case = Soth. 1/22/25. | Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| RICHARDSON, MATTHEW | England, fl.1737-52, OIM | probably father of Winstanley Richardson; apprenticed to Edward Scarlett 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on June 10, 1730, free of the Company Dec. 27, 1737; T.C.; "Optician to his Majesty." | at Sir Isaac Newton's Head and Golden Spectacles against York Buildings, in ye Strand, London. | Taylor 2(400); Court and von Rohr 3(131); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. | |
| RICHARDSON, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1784-86, OIM | optician. | 4 East Cole Alley, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RICHARDSON, WINSTANLEY | England, fl.1771-1807, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 4, 1753; free of the Company, Sept. 30, 1773; took his son, John Richardson 2 as an apprentice. | Irongate, London (1807). | Court and von Rohr 3(165). | |
| RICHBOURG | France, MIM | Universal Sundial = Soth. 5/29/61. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| RICHER | France, | son of Jean-François Richer. | Daumas 1. | ||
| RICHER, JEAN-FRANCOIS | France, 1743-1820, MIM NIM SIM | Tellurium = BMR; Graphometers = P.C. (1987) (1807) (2), A-P 3/15/76 (1807), D.(1985), Versailles 11/20/83, Soth. 4/29/77; Magnetic Compass, 1807 = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, 12/11/91; Transit Circles = P.C., Ineichen 10/20/75; Sextant = Historical Society of Delaware; Y-Level = Franklin Institute Philadelphia, Pa.; Marine Compass = VNN; Terrestrial Globe = P.C.; Slide Rules = P.C.(1987), D.(1993). | Jean-François Richer; all his instruments are signed simply "Richer à Paris"; scale on Mossy barometer of 1789 is marked "Divisé par Richer"; the tellurium was marked "invented by Abbé Grenet." | L' Hermite, Paris. | Daumas 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 10 and 43; Darius 4; RSW. |
| RICHER, MAISON | France, OIM | Telescopic Level = Versailles 4/17/83. | the level is signed "Maison Richer L'Hermite Le Jars successeurs à Paris." | L'Hermite, Paris. | RSW. |
| RICHLOT | Germany, MIM | Mining Set = HAK. | RSW. | ||
| RICHTER, E.O., AND CO. | England, MIM | Draftsman's Kit = Weschler 5/22/76. | RSW; WEBDB. | ||
| RICHTER, JOHANNES | see Praetorius. | Michel 3. | |||
| RICKARDS, JOSEPH | England, | apprenticed to William Elliot 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 30, 1816. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| RICKETT, W. | England, c.1786, OIM | Horary Quadrant = KEN. | Taylor 2(885); Daumas 1. | ||
| RIDEL | France, NIM | Marine Compass = Historical Society of Old Newbury, Mass. | Nantes. | USNM. | |
| RIDER, JOB | Ireland, fl.1805-09, | partner of Henry Gardner, 1805-09; watch and clock maker. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RIDER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1832-34, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | advertised sextants. | 22 Ashton Street, Poplar, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(1684); O'Mara. | |
| RIDLEY, MARK | England, 1560-1624, MIM | author; sundial maker. | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(56). | |
| RIEBENHAUSEN | Germany, 17th Century, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Munich Geodätisches Institut. | Zinner 1. | ||
| RIEDIG, M.C.G. | Germany, 1820-22, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1822 = DRE; Terrestrial Globe, 1820 = DRE. | Leipzig. | RSW. | |
| RIEDIGER, ADAM | Switzerland, c.1735, MIM | Table Sundial, 1735 = STU; Celestial Globe = Bern Stadtbibliothek. | Berne. | Zinner 1. | |
| RIEFLER, CLEMENS | Germany, fl.1841-76, MIM | Ellipsograph = Christie 12/8/76. | made precision clocks and drawing insruments. | Nesselwang; Munich, Bavaria. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; WEBDB. |
| RIEGE, GEORG | Germany, c.1699, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = Drecker = ADL-DPW23 (1699), D.(1972). | the master mark is a three-leaf clover. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| RIENKS, SYDS JOHANNES Z. | Holland, 1770-1845, OIM | Telescopes = AMST (1824), LEY (1825), BRO (1825), Eisinga's House, Franekar (1830); Microscopes = TEY (1825), KEN (1826), etc. | worked with Argen Roelofs; worked alone by 1826. | Ferwerderadeel; Leiden. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Daumas 1; Insley 1; Dewhirst 1; Clay and Court; Rooseboom 1; RSW. |
| RIEPENHAUSEN, J.C. | MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| RIESEN, A.B. | marked on a surveying instrument signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S." at DRE; it is "M.S." (5). | RSW. | |||
| RIESS, PROF. | Germany, 1840, MIM | Chronoscope, 1840 = WUP. | Stuttgart. | RSW. | |
| RIGAUD, DE SAINT | France, c.1610, | designed the capuchin sundial. | Cousins. | ||
| RIGG, CUTHBERT | 1708, | Instrument, 1708 = University of Miss. | owner? | Price 2. | |
| RIGGS AND BROTHER | USA, c.1845, NIM | Marine Compasses = MYS, D.(1970); Sextants = MYS, D.(1970). | company founded in 1818 by William H.C. Riggs; the firm was also a retailer of navigating instruments; the Philadelphia Maritime Museum has a sextant made by Heather but bearing their name. | 310 Market Street, Philadelphia Pa. | USNM; Moskowitz 101; RSW. |
| RIGGS AND BROTHERS | USA, c.1840, NIM | Pelorus, 1840 = Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Il.; Sextant = D.(1972). | see William H.C. Riggs. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| RIGGS AND CO. | USA, c.1825, NIM | Marine Compass = D.(1972). | Philadelphia, Pa. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| RIGGS, WILLIAM H.C. | USA, fl.1818-36, NIM | Box Compass, 1836 = Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. | maker and retailer of nautical instruments; established an observatory in 1820. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| RIJSMA, A. | Holland, MIM | Orrery = Phillips 5/20/75. | Steijnmoller. | RSW. | |
| RIKER, J.L. AND D.J. | USA, c.1847, MIM PHIM | made an orrery and other astronomical instruments; prize winning magnetic apparatus shown at the American Institute Fair, Oct. 1847. | 78 Suffolk Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| RILEY AND STEVENS | USA, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | New Orleans, La. | RSW. | |
| RIMMINGTON 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | Lubenham. | RSW. | |
| RIMMINGTON 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Bradford. | RSW. | |
| RIMONDI, CHARLES | England, fl.1841-66, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | watch and clockmaker; jeweler; made? and sold barometers; the wheel barometers are signed "C. Rimondi." | 1 Union Street (1837); 8 Waterhouse Street (1850-66); both in Halifax. | Goodison 1; Loomes. |
| RINALDINI | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = Geographical Institute, Florence. | RSW. | ||
| RING | Germany, c.1800, MIM OIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | microscope maker. | Berlin. | Bryden 16; Clay and Court; Dewhirst. |
| RINGELBERGH, JOACHIM STERCK VAN | Antwerp, fl.1499-1536, MIM | he was reported to have made a ring sundial. | Ringelberg. | Zinner 1. WEBDB. | |
| RINSEN, ANTHONY | Hollandfl.1748-65, MIM PHIM | Daumas listed him as English. | Leiden. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | |
| RINSEN, J. VAN | Holland, c.1750, PHIM | made air pumps. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| RIPARMENTI | France, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1983). | Bordeaux. | Wynter; RSW. | |
| RIPLEY AND SON | England, fl.1800-07, MIM NIM | Quintant = X.; Octants = X, VNN, Christie 4/3/85, Christie-SK 2/8/79, Fall River Historical Society, Mass.; Hadley Quadrant = P.C. | Thomas Ripley 1 and his son James Ripley; the octant offered by Christie-SK was misread as "Ripley and Sons." | 364 Hermitage Bridge Road, Wapping (1797); 335 High Street, Wapping (1805); both in London. | Taylor 2(760 & 1208); J. Brown 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| RIPLEY, JAMES | England, fl.1796-1828, MIM NIM | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Ripley 1, in the Grocers' Company, June 6, 1782; free in the Company April 7, 1796; partner with his father 1800-07; worked alone 1807-22; took apprentices after 1800. | 15 Warkworth Terrace, Commercial Road, Limehouse; 364 Hermitage Bridge Road, Wapping (1800-05); 352 High Street, Wapping (1805-22); 335 Hermitage Bridge Road, Wapping (1828); all in London. | Taylor 2(760 & 1208); J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| RIPLEY, THOMAS (1), AND CO. | England, c.1790, MIM NIM | may be Thomas (1) and his son, James Ripley. | 364, near Hemitige Bridge, below the Tower, London. | Clay and Court. | |
| RIPLEY, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1763-1807, MIM NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrants = PEA (1773), OMM (1775 & 1779), STK (1782), FRK (1770), Soth, 3/25/86; Octants = USNM, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.; Telescope, four-draw = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 5, 1755; free in the Company, April 12, 1763; took apprentices, including his son James Ripley; James was his partner from 1800 to 1807. | Baker's Building, New Broad Street (1763 & 1770); at the Globe Quadrant and Sectacles, near Hermitage Bridge below the Tower, Wapping (1765); 364 Hermitage Bridge, below the Tower (1773; all in london. | Taylor 2(760); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Multhauf 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| RIPLEY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1, his father, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 10, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RIPLEY, THOMAS 3 | England, pre-1813, MIM | Hakney. | RSW. | ||
| RIPLEY, THOMAS BRAND | England, c.1805, | apprenticed to James Ripley of the Grocers' Company in 1805; grandson of Thomas Ripley 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RIQUET | France, MIM | Wall Sundial = Cie. du Canal du Midi, Toulouse. | see Maison Riguet. | Boursier. | |
| RIQUET, MAISON | France, MIM | Wall Sundial = house at Echirolles (Haute Garonne). | see Riquet. | Boursier. | |
| RISE, WILLIAM | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Symons of the Grocer's Company, July 3, 1806; turned over to John Lee, April 15, 1810. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| RISSO, JOHN 1 | Scotland, c.1783, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | Saltmarket, Glasgow. | Bryden 3 & 10; Goodison 1. | |
| RISSO, JOHN 2 | England, c.1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Lotherton Hall; Stick Barometer = Temple Newsham; both in Leeds. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RITCHIE, ANDREW ELIOT | USA, 1878-1935, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | succeeded his father, Andrew Montgomery Ritchie, as head of the firm "Edward S. Ritchie and Sons", 1916-35. | Brookline, Mass. (1878-1935). | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, ANDREW MONTGOMERY | USA, 1849-1916, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | joined his father, Edward S. Ritchie and his brothers, Thomas Pope and John Ritchie in Edward S. Ritchie and Sons, 1872-1916; his son Andrew Eliot Ritchie succeeded him. | New Bedford (1849); Boston (1850-86); Brookline (1886-1916); all in Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, E.S., AND SONS | USA, fl.1886-1953, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Edward S. Ritchie and Sons changed its name to E.S. Ritchie and Sons in 1886. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, EDWARD S., AND SON | USA, fl.1866-67, MIM NIM PHIM | Edward Samuel Ritchie and his son, Thomas Pope Ritchie. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, EDWARD S., AND SONS | USA, fl.1867-1937, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Electrical machine = Searsport Historical Society, Me.; Liquid Compass = D.(19720. | Edward S. Ritchie and his sons, Thomas Pope and John Ritchie, 1867-72; after 1872 the youngest son, Andrew Montgomery Ritchie joined the firm; in 1886 the firm became E.S. Ritchie and Sons; Andrew's son, Andrew Eliot Ritchie ran the firm from 1916-35; T.S. and J.D. Negus bought the company in 1937 and sold it to the Sherman Brothers in 1953, they moved to Pembroke, Mass. at that time. | Boston (1867-86); Brookline (1886-1953); Pembroke (1953); all in Mass. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| RITCHIE, EDWARD SAMUEL | USA, 1814-95, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Liquid Compasses = LOS, D.(1972), Maine Historical Society, Augusta, USNM. | worked with Ashur C. Palmer as Palmer and Ritchie, hardware, 1839-42; in business for himself, 1842-50, as a ship's chandler; from 1850-54 he worked with Nathan B. Chamberlain as Chamberlain and Ritchie, PHIMs; worked alone, 1854-62; then took John Kehew as partner as E.S. Ritchie and Co. until 1864; by 1866 the firm was E.S. Ritchie and Son, which see; E.S. Ritchie developed a liquid compass, adopted by the U.S. Navy. | Boston (1839-42), (1850-86); New Bedford (1842-49), Brookline 1886-95; all in Mass. | Smart 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bedini 8; USNM; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| RITCHIE, JOHN | USA, 1844-1902, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | middle son of Edward S. Ritchie; joined his father and brother, Thomas Pope Ritchie, as Edward S. Ritchie and Sons in 1867. | New Bedford (1844-49); Boston (1849-86); Brookline (1886-1902); all in Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, THOMAS POPE | USA, 1842-1914, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | worked with his father as Edward S. Ritchie and Son, 1866-67; his brother, John, joined them in 1867; in 1872 another brother, Andrew Montgomery Ritchie, entered the firm of E.S. Ritchie and Sons. | New Bedford (1842-50); Boston (1850-86); Brookline (1886-1914); all in Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHINGHAM | England, c.1790, NIM OIM | Sextant = NMM-S.35. | London. | Taylor 2(1033); NMM 2; RSW. | |
| RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1780, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM | could be David or Benjamin Rittenhouse. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. |
| RITTENHOUSE AND COMPY. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = New Salem Park Museum, Il. | Smart thought this instrument was made by David Rittenhouse, c.1782, basing his opinion on the simplicity of the compass face; Forman felt it was made by Benjamin Rittenhouse and his son, David Rittenhouse 2. | Worcester Township, Pa. | Smart 1; B.R. Forman. |
| RITTENHOUSE AND EVANS | USA, fl.1798-1801, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, USNM. | Benjamin Rittenhouse and Benjamin Evans, his newphew and former apprentice. | Worcester Township, Pa. | Bedini 8; Smart 1; Coffeen A; USNM; B.R. Forman; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE AND POTTS | USA, fl.1796-98, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1982), D.(1996), APS, P.C., Winterthur Museum, Del. | Benjamin Rittenhouse and William Lukens Potts. | Worcester Township, Pa. | Multhhauf 1; Bedini 8; Smart 1; Coffeen A and 55; USNM; B.R. Forman; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN | USA, 1740-1825, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Atwater Kent Museum and the Franklin Institute (1786) of Philadelphia Pa., Buffalo Historical Society, N.Y., USNM, P.C. (1790), ADL-A26 (1790), Valley Forge Historical Society Pa. (1790), GUR, Ohio State Museum, Columbus (1787), Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Mich, D., Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing, etc. | brother of David Rittenhouse 1; clock and instrument maker; his dated works range from 1786 to 1792; bankrupt in 1801; see Rittenhouse and Evans. | Norriton, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1807-25) | Multhauf 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Coffeen 14, 21 and 26; USNM; B.R. Forman; Leiserowitz; ADL; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN AND J. THOMAS | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1978). | Antiques, June, 1978. | ||
| RITTENHOUSE, DAVID 1 | USA, 1732-96, MIM OIM SIM | Orreries = University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, N.J.; Astronomical Clocks = USNM, APS; Zenith Telescope = USNM; Surveyor's Compasses = USNM, New York State Library, Albany, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Germantown Historical Society both in Philadelphia, Pa., Historical Society of Montgomery County, Norristown, Pa., GUR; etc. | astronomer, clockmaker; F.R.S.; A.P.S.; built the first American observatory; brother of Benjamin Rittenhouse; the first two surveyor's compasses listed were made for George Washington. | Norriton Township, Pa. (1732-70); Philadelphia Pa. (1770-96). | Multhauf 1; Smart 1; Bedini 1 & 8; USNM; Rice; B.R. Forman; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE, DAVID 2 | USA, c.1800, MIM SIM | probably the son of Benjamin Rittenhouse; see Rittenhouse and Compy. | Worcester Township, Pa. | B.R. Forman. | |
| RITTER, FRANZ | Germany, fl.1609-40, MIM | Astrolabe, wood, 1613 (ICA-611) = Lüneburg Museum; Astrolabes = MAA (ICA-465), DEU (ICA-619). | author; wrote on the astrolabe; ICA-288 is a plate from Ritter's book on the astrolabe reproduced by Gunther in "Astrolabes of the World." | Nürnburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA-2; RSW. |
| RITTLER, EUSTACH | Germany, 1826, MIM | Beam Compass, 1826 = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| RITTSON, J. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometers = K. & C. 12/3//75, D.(1977). | the barometer offered by the dealer is of padouk wood and was signed "Rittson." | RSW. | |
| RIVA | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | could be A. (1), C., J., or M. Riva, which see. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. |
| RIVA AND BEARELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | may be F. Riva, which see. | Reading. | RSW. |
| RIVA, A. 1 | Scotland, c.1823, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Riva; carver, gilder. | 70 East High Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1. |
| RIVA, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Marlborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVA, C. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVA, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Riva and Bearelli. | Reading. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVA, FERDINANDO | England, fl.1830-34, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 7 Watson Walk, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1979). | |
| RIVA, G. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RIVA, GIOVANNI | Italyc.1750, MIM SIM | Magnetic Compasses for plane tables = P.C., P.C. (1987); Compass box, 1750 = BM. | Venice. | Price 3; RSW. | |
| RIVA, J. | Scotland, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK, P.C. | RSW. | ||
| RIVA, J. AND M. | Scotland, fl.1825-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976). | J. and Michael Riva; probably dealers in barometers. | 70 High Street (1825); 143 High Street (1826-50); 147 High Street (1850-57); 63 John Street (1857-60); all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVA, MICHAEL | Scotland, c.1827, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 2/28/80. | see J. and M. Riva; the barometers are signed "M. Riva Glasgow." | 143 High Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVA, P. | Scotland, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 12/12/89. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RIVA, P., AND CO. | Scotland, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVA, S. | MIM | Compass = ROM | RSW. | ||
| RIVARD | France, c.1750, | author; wrote on sundials. | RSW. | ||
| RIVERS, JOHN | England, fl.1822-35, MIM | barometer maker. | Wind Street (1822); Goat Street (1830); High Street (1835); all in Swansea. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1980). | |
| RIVIERO, DIEGO | Spain, c.1523, MIM | made astrolabes, etc. | Seville. | Michel 3. | |
| RIVINGTON, JAMES | USA, c.1778, | advertised Peter Dollond's telescopes for sale, May, 1778. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| RIVOLTA 1 | Scotland, c.1844, PHIM | see Lilly and Rivolta 1; probably Stephen Lilly. | Bell 2. | ||
| RIVOLTA 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| RIVOLTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RIVOLTA, A. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | might be A. (2), Alex or Anthony Rivolta as no town is given. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Soth. 7/21/83; Wheel Barometer, Thermometer and Hydrometer = Soth.-C 5/16/85. | may be A. Rivolta 1. | Chester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, ALEX | England, fl.1817-19, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | signed "A. Rivolta 32 Brook Street." | 11 Brook Street (1817-18); 32 Brook Street (1819); both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, ANTHONY | England, fl.1822-61, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | also made thermometers and looking glasses; see A. Rivolta 1; the barometer is signed "A. Rivolta" 1 plus address. | 32 Brook Street, Holborn (1822-45); 21 Lower Calthorpe Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW.. |
| RIVOLTA, D. 1 | PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as D. Rivolta 2, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, D. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = RSM. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, F. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, F. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, F., AND CO. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = 1975 Auction Cat. | F. Rivolta (1) and Co. | Macclesfield. | RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be F. Rivolta and Co. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RIVOTTA | England, | see Marzoratti and Rivotta; F. Rivolta 2 ? | Bell 2. | ||
| RIX, J. | England, fl.1750-60, MIM | Cometarium = USNM; Slide Rules = P.C., D.(1982); Slide Rule, 1758 = X. | watch and clockmaker; slide rule signed "Rix maker 1758" and marked "For the excise." | in Shrewsbury Court, in White Cross Street, near Cripplegate, London. | Taylor 2(530); A.J. Turner 10; Clay and Court; Coffeen F; RSW. |
| RIX, WILLIAM | England, c.1740, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1; made slide rules. | at the Mariner and Globe, facing the lower End of the Old Jewry, London. | Darius 2. | |
| RIZAUD | France, | instrument maker. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| RIZZI, A. | England, PHIM | T.C. on the back of a wheel barometer. | RSW. | ||
| RIZZO, DOMENICO | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Boxed Magnetic Compass = ADL-M224. | the name is on the lid of the box, together with the figure of a man; might well be the name of the owner. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| ROACH AND WARNER | USA, fl.1837-42, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A118, P.C. | John Roach and Henry Warner; they were partners from 1837 to 1842. | 293 Broadway, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| ROACH, JOHN | Ireland; USA, 1813-91, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Mackay School of Mines, Reno, Nev., Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, P.C.; Y-Level = USNM. | worked alone in New York from 1833 to 1837 and again from 1843 to 1861; worked with Warner as Roach and Warner from 1837 to 1842; worked with Joseph Charles Sala from 1861 to 1891 when Sala succeeded him. | Cork (1813-33); 116 White (1833-35); 3 Wall Street (1836-37); 293 Broadway (1837-42); 72 Nassau (1842-43); the last five all in New York, N.Y; 720 California Stret (1855-90); 429 Montgomery Street (1891); last two in San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| ROACH, L. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Nat'l Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ROBB, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1776-1816, PHIM | Angle Barometers = X (2), D.(1963) (2). | one of the X barometers is also marked "David Milne, Carnbegg" and was possibly made by B. Knie; Robb is listed as a clockmaker. | Montrose. | Goodison 1 & 5; RSW. |
| ROBBINS, J. AND C. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 10/26/83. | 9 Bartholomew Close, London. | RSW. | |
| ROBELOU, ISAAC | England, c.1719, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1719 = KEN. | London. | Goodison 1; McConnell 1. | |
| ROBEQUI, JOSEPH MARIE | France, c.1775, | invented a plotting protractor which was made by Jules Borromei in 1775, ADL-M98. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| ROBERT | France, c.1840, PHIM | Barometer = Versailles 11/20/83. | signed "Robert opticien" with address. | passage Saint-Pierre, N. 4, Versailles. | RSW. |
| ROBERT DE VAUGONDY | France, fl.1645-50, MIM | Planetarium, 1650 = ROU-61. | author of book published in 1645; surely related to Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, DIDIER | France, 1723-86, MIM | son of Gilles Robert de Vaugondy and worked with him; made armillary spheres and globes. | Paris. | Yonge; Michel 3. | |
| ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, GILLES | France, 1688-1766, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1750 = CNAM; Pair of Globes = VNN. | father of Didier Robert de Vaugondy who worked with him in producing maps, globes and atlases; grandson of Nicolas Sanson; the VNN terrestrial globe was corrected by Delamarche in 1787. | Paris. | Yonge; Michel 3; RSW. |
| ROBERT OF CHESTER | England, c.1140, MIM | Chester. | Gunther 3. | ||
| ROBERT, HENRI 1 | France, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = ROU-103. | Marseilles. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| ROBERT, HENRI 2 | see MM. de Peyronny et Henri Robert. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| ROBERT, HENRY | France, 1833, MIM | Astronomical Demonstration Device = D.(1985); Horizontal Sundial = Wray-102; Pillar Sundials in cardboard tubes with the equation of time scales = ADL-N27, TIM, WHI(FIT), CHF, BM, NMM, CNAM, WUP, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich., D.(1997), Soth. 12/12/55, Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; etc. | "Horloger de la Marine, Breveté S.G.D.G"; D. pillar dial signed "Horloger de la Reine"; pupil of Breguet; advertisement in La Gazette de France (1833) (Price Coll.); Gersaint is for 46°; pillar dials sold for 5 francs | au Palais Royal, No. 164 au p/er (anci/ne maison Laresche); Rue du Coq St. Honoré, No. 8; both in Paris. | Bryden 16; Michel 3; USNM; MADEX; Dewhirst; NMM 2; Coffeen 56; ADL; RSW. |
| ROBERT, JONA FRANCIS | Holland, fl.1783-86, | made the ecliptic circle for the orrery by Eeckhout. | Middleburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ROBERT, MASTER | France, 1377, MIM | sundial maker; made an almanac for the Duke of Burgundy in 1377. | Dijon. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ROBERT, THEODORE | England, NIM | Sextant = D.(1976). | 34 Strand Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ROBERTS 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stonehouse. | Goodison 1. | |
| ROBERTS 2 | England, NIM | see Simpson and Roberts. | 34 Strand Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ROBERTS, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1742-85, MIM | Slide Rules = P.C. (1754), (1755), Christie 12/14/89 (pre-1758). | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 3, 1733; free in the Company, April 6, 1742; took apprentices; Christie slide rule carries owner's name and date, "Edward Dawson. Mansfield. 1758." | Old Jewry (1749-57); Dove Court, Old Jewry (1778-82); both in London. | Crawforth 7; Delehar 2; RSW. |
| ROBERTS, EDWARD 2 | England, fl.1785-96, MIM | Slide Rule, Everard-type, wood, 1791 = X; Slide Rule, three slides, wood = ADL-N37, Christie-SK 6/2/83; Gauging Slide Rule, Verie-type, wood = X; Slide Rule, four slides, wood = D.(1991). | apprenticed to his father, Edward Roberts 1, in the Joiners' Company on July 19, 1763; free of the Company, May 3, 1785. | (at his father's) 3 Dove Court, Old Jewry (1785); Grocer's Alley; both in London. | Taylor 2(1034); Crawforth 7; Bryden 9; Clay and Court; Darius 2; Delehar 9; Gemmary III; ADL; RSW. |
| ROBERTS, GEORGE | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to his father, Edward Roberts 1, in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 29, 1765. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROBERTS, HENRY | England, c.1834, OIM | 48 Inge Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1981). | ||
| ROBERTS, JONATHAN | England, fl.1681-1727, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Howe in the Broderers' Company; free of the Company, Feb. 3, 1681; took apprentices. | at a Cookes against ye Red Cross in East Smithfield (1681); Fleet Street (1700); both in London. | Crawforth 7; J. Brown 1. | |
| ROBERTS, RICHARD | England, 18th Century, PHIM | balance maker. | Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(1036). | |
| ROBERTS, SAMUEL | England, fl.1755-1800, MIM | Sundials = Churchyards at Llonbrynmair, Llanfair Caereimion, and Manafan, Mont. | Llanfair Caereinion. | Peate. | |
| ROBERTS, THOMAS | England, pre-1864, OIM | Telescope = D.(1989). | 3 Strand Street, Liverpool. | Rinaldi 23. | |
| ROBERTS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1700-21, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Ccompany on July 2, 1688; free in the Company, Feb. 3, 1700; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ROBERTS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 (his grandfather?) in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 7, 1773. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROBERTS, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1822-41, MIM | made rules of boxwood and ivory. | 21 West Bar, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1686); Crawforth 6. | |
| ROBERTSON, DR. | England, pre-1830, | patented an improvement for the marine barometer; an example is in the VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| ROBERTSON, JOHN | England, 1712-76, MIM | Table Sundial = Versailles 4/17/83. | invented an improved slide rule; F.R.S.; author of book on mathematical instruments, London, 1775. | Christ's Hospial, London (1748); Portsmouth Naval Academy (1755-66). | Taylor 2(300). |
| ROBERTSON, R. | NIM | Octant = Brown University, Providence, R.I. | USNM. | ||
| ROBERTSON, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1730-60, OIM | Compound Microscopes = Clerk of Penicuik family (2), RMS, WHI, Earl of Bute (1783). | the Earl of Bute's microscope was signed "Gul. R. fecit." | Edinburgh. | Bryden 4. |
| ROBERVAL | see Gilles Personne. | RSW. | |||
| ROBIJN, JACOB | Holland, 1679, NIM | partner with Johannes van Keulen 1 in 1679; is he the same person as Jacobus Robijn? | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ROBIJN, JACOBUS | Holland, c.1649-1701, NIM | made cross-staves, 1688; succeeded by Joachim Hasebroek | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ROBILOU, ISAAC | England, 1719, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1719 = X. | London. | Tyler. | |
| ROBIN, ROBERT | France, 1742-1809, MIM PHIM | Meridian Sundial, 1789 = CNAM; Wheel Barometer, with clock = Chelsea Fair. | "Horloger du Roy." | au Galleries du Louvre, Paris. | Ithaca; RSW. |
| ROBINS, JOH. | England, c.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial = D.(1989) = ADL-A289. | "I.R." (2) (which see) is punched into the hour scale. | Coffeen 25; ADL; RSW. | |
| ROBINSON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | see Robinson Bros. | 53 Bishopsgate Street, London. | RSW. |
| ROBINSON AND BARROW | England, fl.1842-45, PHIM | Thomas Charles Robinson and Henry Barrow; Barrow bought Robinson's business in 1842, after Robinson's death. | 38 Devonshire Street, Portland Place (1842); 26 Oxendon Street, Haymarket (1843); both in London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| ROBINSON BROS. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79. | see Robinson. | 53 Bishopsgate Street, London and Market Square, Shrewbury. | RSW. |
| ROBINSON, B.C. | England, c.1854, MIM | T.C.; made chronometers. | Middlesborough. | Crawforth 1. | |
| ROBINSON, BURNHAM AND CO. | USA, c.1831, MIM | watchmakers. | Danvers, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| ROBINSON, DANIEL | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Money Balance = Versailles 4/17/83; Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | Bradford. | RSW. | |
| ROBINSON, H. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | South Shields. | RSW. | |
| ROBINSON, HENRY | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Hutchinson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1724; free in the Company, June 4, 1733. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ROBINSON, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1845-84, OIM | optician; philosophical artist; firm was called James Robinson and Sons from 1885 to 1910. | Museum of Curiosities, 41 Grafton Street (1845); Polytechnic Museum and Gallery of Curiosities, 65 Grafton Street (1846-55); Poltechnic Museum and Photographic Gallery (1856-84); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| ROBINSON, JAMES, AND SONS | Ireland, fl.1885-1910, OIM | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| ROBINSON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1743, MIM | see (Thomas) Crosby and (John) Robinson (1); they split up in 1743; T.C. | Dock Hed, Redriff (1743); London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| ROBINSON, JOHN 2 | England, c.1761, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Craford in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 4, 1753; free in the Company, Mar. 3, 1761. | at Mr. Craford's, Ratcliff Highway, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ROBINSON, JOHN 3 | Ireland, fl.1791-95, MIM | 4 Drogheda Street (1791-92); 21 Hawkin's Street (1794-95); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| ROBINSON, L. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Naval Training Center Historical Museum, Cal. | Liverpool. | USNM. | |
| ROBINSON, THOMAS CHARLES | England, 1792-1841, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Mountain Barometer = X; Dip Circle = RGO; Balances = WHI, RSM, Cambridge University Mining Dept.; Theodolite, miniature = Yorkshire Museum, York; Universal Instrument, 1857 = BRO. | developed a type of beam balance; made rock crystal prisms; Henry Barrow bought the business in 1842 and continued it as Robinson and Barrow. | 38 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. | Taylor 2(1687); Goodison 1; USNM; Bryden 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; Stock 1; Dewhirst; Darius 4. |
| ROBINSON, THOMAS ROMNEY | England, 1792-1882, | Rev. Dr. Robinson; invented the windmill-type anemometer in 1846. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| ROBOTHAN, WALTER | England, | T.C.; sold instruments. | at the Red M and Dagger in Pope's Head Alley against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| ROCCHETTI, PAOLO | Italy; England, fl.1840-77; d.1897, MIM PHIM SIM | Compass, 1857 = Padua University. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Padua (Austria) (1851); London (1851); Florence (1861). | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brenni 1. |
| ROCHEL, HANS T. | misreading for Troschel. | Pugsley Sale. | |||
| ROCHET | see Rochette, Gaspard. | RSW. | |||
| ROCHETTE | France, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | Rochette Jeune ? | Quais de l'Horloge, No. 81, Paris. | RSW. |
| ROCHETTE JEUNE | France, c.1820, MIM SIM | Graphometers = P.C. (1979), P.C. (1987), Libert and Castor 4/28/82; Clinometer = D.(1973); Surveying Instrument = P.C. (1987); Miner's Compass = P.C. (1987). | probably the son of Gaspard Rochette. | au Griffon, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Wynter and Turner; Wynter; RSW. |
| ROCHETTE, GASPARD | France, 1754-1805, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Circle = D.(1973); Telescopes = P.C., D.(1967; Sectors = P.C., Drouot 11/7/75; Rule = P.C.; Square, folding (metric scale) = Christie 4/3/85; Graphometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | probably the father of Rochette jeune; graphometer is signed "Rochet"; see Rochette père. | Quay du Nord (1794); Quay de l'Horloge du Palais N.60; 49 Quay de l'Horloge (1805); all in Paris. | Daumas 1; USNM; Wynter; Maddison 1; RSW. |
| ROCHETTE, PERE | France, OIM | Telescope = Versailles 11/19/78. | Rochette père; may be Gaspard Rochette. | Paris. | RSW. |
| ROCHON | France, c.1790, MIM OIM | developed a micrometer for telescopes. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| RODELLA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1749-1834, MIM PHIM SIM | Telescopic Level = ADL-M191; Alidade = NMM; Compass, 1814 = Padua University. | clockmaker; appointed mechanician to the Specola di Padova, 1794-1802; the ADL instrument is marked "Regio Machinista Padua." | Venice; Padua (1794). | Michel 3; NMM 1; Engelmann 1; Brenni 1; ADL; RSW. |
| RODELLA, GIUSEPPE | Italy, fl.1595-1620, | instrument maker. | Padua. | Evans 1. | |
| RODGERSON, W. | England, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | T.C.; manufacturer of nautical instruments; printer. | 10 St. James Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RODGERSON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1835-90, MIM OIM | Chathan Buildings, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2222); Crawforth 6. | ||
| RODRIGAS | Spain, OIM | Telescope = Observatory, Madrid. | Madrid. | RSW. | |
| RODRIGUEZ, FULGENCIO | Spain, fl.1805-06, NIM | Sextant, 1805 = MAN-I 121; Sextant = MAN-I 25; Sextant, 1806 = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | Ferrol. | Garcia Franco 1; RSW. | |
| ROE 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, with watch = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | the watch movement is signed "Wm. Sharpe, London." | Midhurst. | RSW. |
| ROE 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 6/27/88. | Godalming. | RSW. | |
| ROE, JOSEPH ADOLPHUS | England, fl.1855-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Roe Ipswich"; watch and clockmaker. | Tacket Street, Ipswich. | Goodison 1 |
| ROELOFS AND RIENKS | Holland, c.1825, MIM OIM | microscope and telescope makers; Arjen Roelofs and Syds Johannes Z. Rienks. | Friesland. | Dewhirst. | |
| ROELOFS, ALBERT | Holland, 1745-1809, OIM | brother of Pieter and Arjen Roelofs. | Hijum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROELOFS, ARJEN | Holland, 1754-1828, MIM OIM PHIM | brother of Albert and Pieter Roelofs; worked with Syd Johannes Z. Rienks as Roelofs and Rienks, 1825; made microscopes and barometers, also made a cometarium and a jovilabium. | Hijum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROELOFS, PIETER | Holland, 1742-1801, MIM OIM | brother of Albert and Arjen Roelofs. | Hijum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROEMER, OLAUS | Denmark; France, 1644-1710, MIM OIM PHIM | astronomer; built one of the first transit telescopes; constructed planispheres, a saturnilabium, a jovilabium (1673), while in Paris; produced standard thermometers (1702); | Copenhagen; Paris (c.1679); Copenhagen. | Cohen 2; North 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; Drekker; RSW. | |
| ROGER, MARK | England, c.1814, | developed a new slide rule for compounding interest. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| ROGERS, J. | England, fl.1755-1828, OIM | wrote on telescopes. | Taylor 2(532). | ||
| ROGERS, MARK | England, fl.1716-37, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 7, 1706; free in the Company Aug.7, 1716; took apprentices. | Long Walk, London.(1737). | Crawforth 7. | |
| ROGERSON AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant = OMM. | 11 South Lombard Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ROGET, PETER MARK | England, 1779-1869, | physician and scholar; invented the log-log scale for the slide rule in 1815; F.R.S. in 1815; published the Thesaurus in 1852. | Manchester (1798-1810); London. | DNB; Delehar 9; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ROHDE, F., ET FILS | Russia, c.1850, MIM OIM | Gunner's Square = P.C. | "opticiens et mecaniciens." | St. Petersburg. | RSW. |
| ROHLEIN, CHRISTOFF | Germany, 1680, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1680 = P.C. | Christoff Röhlein. | Dresden. | Pippa. |
| ROHR, NIELS | see Niels Rohr Bangs. | RSW. | |||
| ROIAS, JUAN DE | Belgium; France, c.1550, | pupil of Gemma Frisius; invented a new projection for the astrolabe; author of "Commentarium in Astrolabium", Lutetia, 1550. | Louvain; Paris (1550). | Michel 2 & 3; Maddison 1 & 7; Gunther 1; Perry. | |
| ROLANDS, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROLAS VAN VRIES, J. | Holland, 1642, MIM | Astrolabe, 1642 = X. | Amsterdam. | Michel 2. | |
| ROLFE, SAMUEL | England, c.1700?, MIM | Compass Sundials = OXF, ADL-W237, Christie 12/18/74 = Christie 4/9/75. | the compass sundial ADL-W237 is marked "S.R." (1) at the east point of the compass rose; "1742" scratched on bottom of hour scale; see Samuel Rolt. | London. | Taylor 1(448); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ROLL, GEORG | Germany, fl.1560-92, MIM | Celestial Globe with clockwork, 1588 = VIE. | made clockwork globes with Johannes Reinhold; worked for Rudolph II; see the entry for Georg Roll und Johannes Reinhold. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| ROLL, GEORG, UND JOHANNES REINHOLD | Germany, fl.1584-86, MIM | Celestial Globes with clockwork = VAA (1584), DRE (1586), Naples Observatory (1586), GEL; Astronomical Clocks = VAA (1576), VIE (1584). | worked for Rudolph II. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Grimaldi; RSW. |
| ROLOSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1698, | as an apprentice, turned over to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company from William Dixon in 1690; turned over to Michael Savage in 1696 or later; both members of the Joiners' Company; free of the Company, 1698. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROLT, SAMUEL | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 of the Grocers' Company on June 19, 1714; probably Samuel Rolfe, which see. | J. Brown 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| ROM:KAY:MAY: | Austria, 1709, MIM | Inclinometer, 1709 = VIT. | Salzburg. | Kirnbauer 1. | |
| ROMANS, BERNARD | USA, fl.1720-84, | made improvements to the marine compass, 1733; geographer and cartographer. | Bedini 8. | ||
| ROMLEY, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1750, | founder; T.C. | at the Sign of the Three Bells in Horse-Shoe Alley, Middle Moorfields, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| RON, ANDREAS | Germany, 1572, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1572 = X. | Augsburg. | Neumann 1. | |
| RONCHATE, BAPTIS | England, PHIM | Double Barometer = OXF. | probably Giovanni Battista Ronchetti, which see. | Goodison 1 and 5. | |
| RONCHETI | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | signed "Roncheti fecit." | RSW. | |
| RONCHETI AND GATTY | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1965), D.(1990). | might have been Bapt. Roncheti or J.M. Ronketti and James Gatty; the dealer's barometer was signed "Ronchetti and Gatty." | London. | Goodison 1. |
| RONCHETI, BAPT. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (4), Soth. 1/19/73, Daggett House, Edgartown, Mass.; Double Barometer = D.(1971); Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78, Soth. 10/22/87. | probably Giovanni Battista Ronchetti, which see; one barometer signed "B. Roncheti Manchester"; another "Bap. Roncheti, 15 High Street, Manchester"; two are signed "Bapt. Ronchetti"; Soth. 10/22/87 is signed "Bapt. Roncheti Fecit." | 15 High Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETI, BAPT., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Stick Barometers = X (2). | probably Giovanni Battista Ronchetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETI, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be either Edmund or Thomas Ronchetti. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| RONCHETTI 2 | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 4/22/88; Stick Barometer = D.(1965). | could be by J. (1 or 2), John B., or Joshua Ronchetti 1; Goodison favored the latter for the X wheel barometer. | 43 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI 3 | see P. Martinelli, Ronchetti and Co. | Goodison 1. | |||
| RONCHETTI AND SON | England, fl.1836-39, PHIM | may be John Ronchetti and Son; succeeded by Joseph Somalvico 2 in J. Somalvico and Co. | 2 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, BAPST., LOMAS AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/4/92. | surely Baptiste Roncheti, which see. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, CHARLES JOSHUA | see Joshua Ronchetti 1. | Goodison 1. | |||
| RONCHETTI, EDMUND | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Waterbeer Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = RSM. | optician; probably Joshua Ronchetti 1 or 2. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| RONCHETTI, J. 2 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 12/17/89. | J. Ronchetti 1 and 2 may be the same man. | Victoria Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, JOHN | Italy; England, fl.1836-38, PHIM | barometer maker. | 25 Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(2223); Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, JOHN B. AND JOSHUA (2) | England, fl.1841-51, OIM PHIM | John Baptist Ronchetti and his brother, Joshua Ronchetti 2; sons of Joshua Ronchetti 1; they were succeeded by their brother-in-law, Joseph L. Casartelli in 1851. | 43 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, JOHN BAPTIST | England, 1812-80, OIM PHIM | son of Joshua Ronchetti 1; he worked with his brother, Joshua Ronchetti 2 from 1841 to 1851; hydrometer and thermometer makers; they were succeeded by Joseph L. Casartelli who married their sister. | 9 Cambridge Street, Golden Square; 43 Market Street; both in Manchester. | Goodison 1; USNM. | |
| RONCHETTI, JOSHUA 1 | Italy; England, fl.1817-41, MIM OIM PHIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = Soth. 10/28/63; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = VCW; Azimuth Compass = P.C. (1982). | full name was Charles Joshua Ronchetti; son of Giovanni Battista Ronchetti; father of John Baptist and Joshua (2) Ronchetti. | 29 Balloon Street (1817); St. Anns Passage (1829); Cateaton Street (1830); 43 Market Street (1832-41); all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1689); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, JOSHUA 2 | England, fl.1841-51, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | son of (Charles) Joshua Ronchetti 1; worked with his brother John Baptist Ronchetti, 1841 to 1851. | 43 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, THOMAS | England, fl.1822-56, PHIM | optician; barometer maker. | New Bridge Street (1822); 4 Mount Pleasant, Black Boy Road (1830); Black Boy Road (1850-56); all in Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETY, I. AND M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably John Merry Ronketti | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCORONE, FRA. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONDELET | France, 1789, | instrument maker at PBN. | Evans 1?; RSW. | ||
| RONDINI, JEAN | England, c.1815, OIM | held a patent on dioptric telescopes. | London. | Dewhirst. | |
| RONKETTI | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1977). | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| RONKETTI AND CO. | England, PHIM | see John Merry Ronketti. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RONKETTI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Bapt. Roncheti. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| RONKETTI, J. AND M. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X.; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | misreading for John Merry Ronketti. | 6 Peter Street, Bloomsbury, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONKETTI, J.G.H. | England, fl.1845-46, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | the stick barometer is signed "I.G.H. Ronketti, 15 Museum Street, Bloomsbury"; see John Ronketti 1 at that address. | 102 St. Martins Lane (1845); 116 Great Russell Street (1845); 19 Leather Lane (1846); 15 Museum Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONKETTI, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1823-44, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; see J.G.H. Ronketti; became a partner with Henry Negretti, c.1840. | 15 Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London. | Taylor 2(2224); Goodison 1; Middleton 1. | |
| RONKETTI, JOHN 2 | USA, c.1850, PHIM | may be related to Joshua Ronchetti 1 or 2 of Manchester; see John George Ronketti. | New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | |
| RONKETTI, JOHN GEORGE | England; USA, fl.1820-53, MIM NIM PHIM | may be John Ronketti 2, which see; New York business directory for 1852-53 showed him as an instrument maker. | 8 Back Hill, Hatton Garden (1822); Leather Lane; both in London; New York, N.Y. (1852-53). | Taylor 2(1690a); Goodison 1; USNM; Middleton 1. | |
| RONKETTI, JOHN MERRY | Italy; England, fl.1790-1819, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Longleat House, X, Soth. 11/20/70 and 6/6/75; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/6/73. | 180 Holborn (1790-97); 6 Peter Street, Bloomsbury (1800-19); both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RONKETTI, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1820-22, PHIM | barometer maker. | 8 Back Hill, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1690). | |
| RONKETTI, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1854-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 31 Northampton Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONKITTE, J.M. | see John Merry Ronketti. | Goodison 1. | |||
| RONLEY, JOHN | England, MIM OIM | Micrometer = WHI. | moving-wire eyepiece micrometer. | J,A. Bennett 2. | |
| RONN, W. VON, UND F.A. HUHN | Germany, c.1827, NIM | W. von Rönn und F.A. Hühn. | Schück. | ||
| RONQUETTI | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer on clock = Soth. 10/26/73; Barometers = Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 6/22/23 and 7/20/23. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ROOKE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROOKER, JAMES EDWARD | England, fl. approx. 1850s | small pocket telescope=PC | 54 Newington Causeway | WEBDB | |
| ROOKER, JOHN A. | England, fl.1810-46, MIM | Slide Rule, 1810 = Evans Coll.; Pocket Calendar = Evans Coll.; Pantograph = Soth. 2/7/72. | the instruments are signed "John Rooker"; apprenticed to James Martin in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 4, 1794; free in the Company, 1810; divided the log-log slide rules, invented by Peter Mark Roget and sold by Francis West. | 27 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town; 49 Guildford Place, Kennington Cross; 1 Little Queen Street; 26 East Street, Lamb's Conduit Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1418); J. Brown 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 9. |
| ROORISTER, C.V. | Germany, c.1843, | invented a computing scale made by Ertel und Sohn. | Munich. | Brieux 2. | |
| ROOSE, THOMAS | England, c.1828, MIM | 16 north Side, Old Dock, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1691). | ||
| ROOSEBOOM, JAN | Holland, c.1809, MIM OIM SIM | made telescopes and surveying instruments. | Buiksloot. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROOSENBOOM, JN. | Holland, c.1825, NIM | Zak Sextant = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| ROOTS, EDWARD | England, c.1728, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Macy of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 20, 1728. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ROPER, ABRAHAM | Ireland, fl.1787-93, MIM | listed as Abraham Rosser, 1787-88. | 8 Bedford Row, Dublin (1787-93). | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| RORDORF | Italy, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | "Toledo N.286 à Naples." | Naples. | RSW. |
| ROSA, FELIX | France, | Félix Rosa; worked for Vaucanson, which see. | Daumas 1. | ||
| ROSAI, F. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROSAPINI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ticehurst. | Goodison 1. | |
| ROSATTE, J. | England, PHIM | this name appears on a printed paper barometer scale. | Leeds. | Goodison 1. | |
| ROSCOE, ROBERT | England, fl.1696-1730, MIM | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ROSE, DANIEL | England, MIM | Sundials = Shutts near Ashopton Hall and Derwent Churchyard, Derwent. | Derbyshire. | Gatty. | |
| ROSE, JOHN | England, c.1688, | apprenticed to John Toogood in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 11, 1688. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROSELL, JOSE | Spain, c.1850, MIM NIM | Octant = MAN-I128; Alidade with compass and case = Gersaint 7/20/96. | "Gran establecimiento de instrumentos de Jose Sosee." | Plaza de Palacionumero 13, Barcelona. | Garcia Franco 1. |
| ROSEN, CARL | Norway, NIM | Magnetic Compass = NOR. | Fahlun. | RSW. | |
| ROSENBERG, JOHAN PETTER | Sweden, fl.1764-77, MIM | instrument maker; apprenticed to Daniel Ekström, took over his shop; maker to the Academy, 1764-77. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ROSENBERG, PETTER | Sweden, c.1730, | instrument maker to the Corps of Engineers. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ROSENFALDT, HANS | Sweden, 1567, MIM | Hans Rosenfäldt made a silver astrolabe for Erik XIV, King of Sweden, for 1,200 marks. | RSW. | ||
| ROSENTALL, I. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. Pulborough 3/1/83. | Burton-on-Trent. | RSW. | |
| ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED ERICH | Germany, c.1782, PHIM | made an improvement for a portable barometer. | Stuttgart. | Middleton 1. | |
| ROSENTHAL, J.C. | Germany, 1717, MIM | Table Sundial, 1717 = EMA; Sundial, 1717 = Soth. 5/11/23. | may be the same sundial. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| ROSLIN, EUSTACHIUS | Germany, c.1537, | Röslin wrote an explanation of the astrolabe in 1537. | Frankfort. | Zinner 1. | |
| ROSS | England, c.1820, | see Lewis and Ross. | London. | Taylor 2(1624). | |
| ROSS AND CO. | England, c.1859, OIM | Thomas Ross who succeeded his father, Andrew Ross, c.1859. | London. | RSW. | |
| ROSS, ANDREW | England, 1798-1859, OIM PHIM | Microscope, presentation set = D.(1989). | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on July 20, 1813; optician; produced over four thousand microscopes; also made telescopes, stick and wheel barometers, and Wilson-type rain gauges; see Andrew Ross and Co. (1837-41). | 15 St. John's Square (1830); 33 Regent Street, Piccadilly (1837); 21 Featherstone Buildings (1840-47); 2 Featherstone buildings (1848-56); all (exept for Regent Street) in Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1983); Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low 1; Moskowitz 132; Tesseract; Coffeen; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| ROSS, ANDREW, AND CO. | England, fl.1837-41, OIM | Microscope (1839) = Soth. 7/7/78; Binoculars = D.(1984). | Andrew Ross and J.S. Lister; they developed a objective lens. | 33 Regent Street, Piccadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1983); G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen H; RSW. |
| ROSS, THOMAS | England, c.1859, OIM | succeeded his father, Andrew Ross, as Ross and Co. | London. | RSW. | |
| ROSS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1731-65, MIM | Rossisphere = P. & S. 2/28/1896 = OXF. | author; invented a type of ring sundial in 1733 called a "Rossisphere"; used a pseudonym "N.A." (New Astronomer), which see. | sondon. | Taylor 2(222 & 301); Evans 1. |
| ROSSELL, JOSE | Spain, MIM NIM | Sextant = BAR (2); Artificial Horizon = BAR; Octant = BAR. | José Rossell; T.C. | Plaza de Palacia N. 15, Barcelona. | RSW. |
| ROSSER, ABRAHAM | see Abraham Roper. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.. | |||
| ROSSI, DE | Italy, 1695, MIM | Set of Gores for a Celestial Globe, 1695 = NMM-Caird. | could be Dominico or Jacobus de Rossi. | NMM 1; Yonge; RSW. | |
| ROSSI, DOMINICO DE | Germany; Italy, 1647-1719, MIM | Pairs of Globes, 1695 = Hispanic Society of America, N.Y., UCLA. | he altered Matthäus Greutter's 1638 globes and re-issued them. | Mailand; Rome. | Yonge. |
| ROSSI, G. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (5), D.(1978), Soth. 5/14/87, Ilbert Coll., Christie-SK 11/17/86. | four of the barometers are signed "G. Rossi Norwich"; the barometer offered by Soth. also has a thermometer. | Exchange Street, Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ROSSI, GIUSEPPE DE | Italy, c.1615, | printed pair of globe gores by Joducus Hondius in 1615. | Rome. | Yonge. | |
| ROSSI, JACOBUS DE | Italy, 1695, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1695 = NYM. | "----ex chalcographia Dominico Rubeis preo Jacobus de Rubeis an. 1695"; Yonge thought he was the same person as Dominico de Rossi | Rome. | Yonge. |
| ROSSI, JOSEF DE | Italy, 1615, | issued globe gores, 1615; "Josef de Rubeis Mediolanensis." | Mediolanus. | Yonge. | |
| ROSSI, JOSEPH F. | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR; Wheel Barometer = NOR. | the stick barometer is signed "I. Rossi." | Stockholm. | RSW. |
| ROSSI, P. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROSSITER | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | signed on the bubble level. | Bridgwater. | RSW. |
| ROSSITER, GEORGE | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 5, 1773. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROSTAND, ED. | France, MIM | Wall Sundial = Villa Ar-Naga, Cambo, B. Pyr. | Cambo, Basse Pyrennées. | Boursier. | |
| ROSTRIGA | Spain, c.1780, MIM PHIM | Sector, wood = MAA; Vacuum Pump, double acting = ISI. | the pump may be signed "Rostriaga." | Madrid. | RSW. |
| ROTH | France, c.1825, MIM | Adding Machine = X. | "Roth Bte." (breveté); see Dr. Roth and M. Wertheimber. | RSW. | |
| ROTH, DR., AND M. WERTHEIMBER | France, c.1845, | invented an automaton calculator. | Daumas 1; Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol.14, pp.129-31. | ||
| ROTHKNECHT, JOH. CHRISTOPH | Austria, c.1720, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = OXF. | Salzburg. | Gunther 2; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| ROTHWELL | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope, Culpeper-type = Soth.2/25/86; Stick Barometer = X; Barometer = P.C.; Goniometer, stellar = Phillips 11/16/88. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ROTZ, JEAN | France; England, fl.1540-80, MIM | made an elaborate compass of variation for Henry VII; developed an armillary ring sundial with sights, mounted over a compass and called by him a "differential quadrant"; his father might have been a Scot. | Dieppe; London; Dieppe. | Taylor 1(15); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ROUCKLEIFFE, JOHN | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to Charles Crick 2 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 29, 1722. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ROUGETTE | France, MIM | Miner's Compass with Level = USNM. | see Rouquette. | Nimes. | USNM. |
| ROUQUETTE | France, c.1820, MIM SIM | Graphometer = P.C. | see Rougette. | Nimes. | USNM; RSW. |
| ROUSSE, JACQUES | France, 1691, MIM | Vertical Sundial, slate, 1691 = Church, Coutures. | Coutures. | Gatty. | |
| ROUSSEAU | France, c.1777, MIM | Cannon Sundials = P.C., Christie 6/7/72, Ineichen 10/25/75; Sundials in Watch Cases = WRAY, MERC, HAY, Lempertz 6/14/76, McVitty Coll.; Magnetic Sundial = TIM. | applied for a patent for a cannon sundial in 1777; most of his work is marked "inv. fec."; collection of material is at Chenonceaux. | Price 2; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| ROUSSELLE | France, 1741, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1741 = NYM. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ROUSSELLE, L. | France, c.1850, NIM | Sextant, small = D.(1975); Marine Compass = MYS. | "Opticien"; the sextant case has the trade card of Negus Co. | Le Havre. | RSW. |
| ROUSSELOT, F. | France, 1771, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1771 = P.B. 10/9/43; Protractor with arms = P.C.; Drawing Instrument Set = ADL-N36. | Paris. | Culver 2; Brophy; ADL; RSW. | |
| ROUSSEVILLE | France, pre-1701, MIM | made a dialling instrument. | Portaluppi. | ||
| ROUTLEDGE, ADAM | England, fl.1828-34, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "Routledge Carlisle." | 32 English Street, Carlisle | Goodison 1. |
| ROUTLEDGE, J. | England, fl.1805-32, | engineer; invented a type of slide rule for engineers in 1810. | Leeds. | Taylor 2(1211); Moskowitz. | |
| ROUX | France, c.1703, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver, 1703 = D.(1976). | Tourraine. | RSW. | |
| ROUX, JACQUES | France, c.1690, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = Chadenet Sale. | Toulon. | RSW | |
| ROUX, JOSEPH | France, 1725-93, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = VNN; Mariner's Compass = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | sur le port à Marseilles. | R. Malley; RSW. | |
| ROUX, JOSEPH, FILS, AINE ET COMP. | France, c.1760, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA. | Joseph Roux, Fils, Aîné et Comp. | Le Port vers St. Jean, Marseilles. | RSW. |
| ROUY, CH. | France, 1817, | invented an orrery in 1817, made by Bour. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ROVERELLI, ALOYS | Italy, c.1770, MIM | see Antoine Quinquernal and Roverelli. | Florence. | Michel 3. | |
| ROVERENUS, SEXTUS | Italy, MIM | Sector = VEN. | Occulta. | Price 2. | |
| ROWE, ROBERT | England, fl.1703-25, | invented a fluid quadrant. | Taylor 2(110). | ||
| ROWELL, JOHN | England, fl.1733-34, MIM | Sundials, stained glass = Arbury Hall, Warwick (1733), Purley Hall, Berks (1734). | Daniels 1. | ||
| ROWLAND, DAVID | England, fl.1814-33, MIM NIM | made sextants; patented improvements for sextant and quadrant circles; "an ingenious mechanic." | 4 Cats Street, John Street, Edgeware Road; 68 Crawford Street (1833); both in London. | Taylor 2(1420). | |
| ROWLAND, JOHN | England, 1724, | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROWLAND, RICHARD | England, fl.1792-1819, MIM NIM | Magnetic Compass, in wood box, with Sundial in cover = PAM; Marine Compass = Old Gaol Museum, York, Me; Horizontal Sundial = Christie 4/3/85. | patented improvements in compasses, wheels and binnacles in 1812; made an improved sand glass in 1819; succeeded by Thomas and Edward Rowland. | Quay (1793-94); 50 Broad Quay (1807-19); both in Bristol. | Taylor 2(1421); Crawforth 6; Bryden 9; USNM; RSW. |
| ROWLAND, THOMAS AND EDWARD | England, fl.1825-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | succeeded Richard Rowland at this address. | 50 Broad Quay, Bristol. | Taylor 2(1693); Goodison 1; Bryden 9. |
| ROWLEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | optician. | Brighton. | RSW. |
| ROWLEY, JAMES | England, fl.1721-88, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Woods of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 6, 1714; turned over to James Drury of the same Company; free in the Company Feb. 5, 1721; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| ROWLEY, JOHN | England, fl.1691-1728, MIM NIM SIM | made many, beautiful instruments, including mechanical equatorial sundials, orreries, sectors, heliochronometers, etc., dating from 1690 to 1716; examples are to be found at DEU, NMM, WHI, ADL, OXF, TIM, KEN, MAA, etc. | apprenticed to Joseph Howe in the Broderers' Company on Oct. 20, 1682; free in the Company on Feb. 26, 1691; took apprentices; Master of Mechanics to George I; succeeded John Worgan; succeeded by Thomas Wright 1. | Threadneedle Street, behind the Exchange (1691); Johnson's Court, Fleet Street (1710); under the Dial at St. Dunstans Church (1714-15); all in London. | Taylor 1(507) & 2(111); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Taylor and Wilson; Maddison 1; Gunther 2; ADL; RSW; Michel 3; Bryden 11 and 16; J.A. Bennett 2; Gingerich 2; A.J. Turner 10; Wynter. |
| ROWLEY, T. AND SON | England, OIM | Telescopes, four-draw = Christie-SK 3/31/83, Versailles 11/20/83. | probably Thomas Rowley and Son. | Brighton. | RSW. |
| ROWLEY, T., AND SONS | England, OIM PHIM | Telescope = K. and C. 9/20/71; Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 7/13/73. | probably Thomas Rowley. | Brighton. | RSW. |
| ROWLEY, THOMAS | England, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 7/13/73; Microscope, No. 198 = Soth. 12/15/78. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| ROYER, ABRAHAM | see A.R. 2. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |||
| RUBEIS | see de Rossi. | Yonge. | |||
| RUBERGALL, THOMAS | England, fl.1802-54, MIM OIM PHIM | made many instruments including stick and wheel barometers, telescopes, sundials, etc; examples are at WHI, NOR, USNM, etc. | optician to George III; optician to H.R.H. Duke of Clarence (1789-1830); optician to the Queen. | 27 Piccadilly; Princes Street, Soho (1802); 27 Coventry Street 1805-23; 24 Coventry Street (1826-54); all in London. | Taylor 2(1423); Goodison 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| RUBEUS, THEODOSIUS | Italy, 1587, MIM | Sundial, 1587 = POB. | Rome. | Michel 3. | |
| RUCKERT, THOMAS | Germany; Czechoslovakia, fl. 1575-90, MIM | Pedometers = DRE (1575), PRA (1581), BM (1590). | may have invented the pedometer. | Dresden (1575-81); Prague (1581-90). | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| RUDOLPH | Germany, c.1747, MIM OIM | mechanical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Löser. | Reinharz. | Chaldecott 4. | |
| RUDOLPH, J.G. | Germany, 17th Century, OIM | Telescope = ADL-M446 | signed on objective lens. | Dresden. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| RUELLE | France, 1771, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1771 = ADL-M269. | "gravé par Ruelle." | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| RUFFO, ANDRE | Spain, 1648, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1648 = P.C. (NMM-64) | also marked "Mel Aluresonovo", probably the owner; NMM is the National Maritime Museum Registry of Maritime Astrolabes. | Stimson 3. | |
| RUFVEN, I. | misreading for John Ruthven, which see. | RSW. | |||
| RUGENDAS | Germany, MIM | this is a family of sundial and clockmakers; see Nikolaus Rugendas 1, 2 and 3; their work was of the highest quality and it is difficult to differentiate between them except for the few dated instruments; examples may be seen at ADL, NMM, OXF, SAL, PAR, STU, BM, NYM, THO, LOS, AUG, DEU, UTR, HAM, WHI, etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; USNM, deRijk; Gunther 2; Price 3; Ward 4; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | |
| RUGENDAS, NIKOLAUS 1 | Germany, 1585-1658, MIM | made sundials and clocks; Michel thought that Nikolaus Rugendas 1 developed the Augsburg-type sundial and its variant which has a cam to automatically set the latitude. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3. | |
| RUGENDAS, NIKOLAUS 2 | Germany, 1619-94, MIM | Calendar Clock, 1661 = Residenz, Munich. | apprenticed to his father, Nikolaus Rugendas 1; father of Nikolaus Rugendas 3; sundial and clock maker. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3. |
| RUGENDAS, NIKOLAUS 3 | Germany, 1665-1745, MIM | Sundial = LAW-307; Augsburg-type Sundials = ADL-W47, ADL-A96; Universal Ring Sundial = ADL-DPW44. | son of Nikolaus Rugendas 2; sundial and clock maker; his work dates from 1690 to 1745. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| RUGGLES, STEVEN P. | USA?, 1837, MIM | Terrestrial Globe (for the blind), 1837 = Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass. | Yonge. | ||
| RUGHI, GAETANO | Italy, fl.1820-30, PHIM | made equipment for Leonardo Nobili's electro-magnetic experiments. | Regio Emilia. | Brenni 1. | |
| RUHER, HANS CAROL | Germany, post-1674, MIM | Rüher; made sundials after 1674. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| RUHMKORFF, HEINRICH DANIEL | Germany; France, 1803-77, PHIM | Electro-Medical Induction Apparatus = TEY; Eddy Current Machine = Pavia University. | "Mechanicien"; succeeded by J. Carpentier. | 15 Rue des Maçons Sorbonne, Paris (1840). | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| RUMBALL, SAMUEL | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 5 Crane Court, St. Peter's Hill, London. | Taylor 2(2226). | ||
| RUMPF, PHILLIPP | Germany, fl.1822-27, PHIM | Balance = DRE; Heliotropes, 1822, 1827 = X; Barometer, Fortin-type, 1823 = DEU. | Göttingen. | Middleton 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| RUPERT, PRINCE | England, 1663, MIM | invented a mechanical tracing device. | Latham and Matthews, Vol.7 | ||
| RUPP AND GREGG | USA, 1844-53, MIM | Michael Rupp and William Theodore Gregg 1. | New York N.Y. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| RUPP, MICHAEL | France; USA, 1818-99, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | partner with William T. Gregg as Gregg and Rupp (1844-53); worked alone 1853-99; T.C. | France (1818-29); came to USA in 1829; New York N.Y. (1844-99). | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| RUPP, MICHAEL, AND CO. | USA, 1853-99, MIM | Sextant = D.(1965). | T.C.; chronometer maker. | 39 South Street, Corner Old Slip, New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| RUSHMER | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-S 9/18/86, 7/23/87. | Yarmouth. | RSW. | |
| RUSHTON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1801-38, MIM OIM | 8 Whittal Street (1801-08); 10 Whittal Street (1818); both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1695); Bryden 9. | ||
| RUSPINUS, CAREL | Holland, c.1760, PHIM | Barometers = LEY, OMM; Thermometer, mercury, 1760 = Exposition, Leiden, 1927. | op de Gr. unmonise shigs Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| RUSSELL, ALEXANDER, AND CO. | Scotland, 1834, MIM | Sundial, 1834 = Kirkaldy Museum. | "Kirkaldy Foundry." | 43 High Street, Kirkaldy. | Stevens and Aked. |
| RUSSELL, DANIEL | England, | owner of a quadrant by Owens, Liverpool. | RSW. | ||
| RUSSELL, HENRY | England, c.1827, PHIM | made Taylor-type rain gauges | Kings Square, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1696). | |
| RUSSELL, JAMES | England, c.1840, MIM | advertised a planetarium. | RSW. | ||
| RUSSELL, JOHN 1 | England, 1745-1806, MIM | Selenographias = Burghley House, Soth. (1791), Phillips 2/22/77, KEN (1797), KEN. | artist; amateur astronomer and mathematician; R.A.; patented the Selenographia, or moon globe, in 1796. | Newman Street, London. | Taylor 2(763); Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10; Country Life, 3/16/78; Millburn 8; RSW. |
| RUSSELL, JOHN 2 | Scotland, c.1745-1817, PHIM | Stick Barometers = P.C., X (3); Wheel Barometers = VAA, SPI-Anderson 3/25/27, Buckingham Palace (2), National Galleries of Scotland; Wheel Barometers, Royal = Christie 12/6/78, RSM, etc. | "Watchmaker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales" pre-1811; "Watchmaker to H.R.H. the Prince Regent", 1811-17; invented the 'Royal Wheel' type of barometer; made at least 23 barometers; the RSM barometer is marked "inv. et fecit." | oppposite the top of Kirk Wynd, Falkirk. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RUSSELL, WILLIAM | USA, c.1809, | patented an improved marine compass in 1809. | New Bedford, Mass. | Bedini 8; USNM. | |
| RUST | see Spencer Browning and Rust. | RSW. | |||
| RUST AND EYRE | England, c.1770, MIM OIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM. | Richard Rust and R. Eyre were partners, as R. Eyre and R. Rust, until 1785; Rust issued a Trade Card to say that he was on his own as of that date. | The Minories, London. | J.A. Bennett 2; NMM 2. |
| RUST, EBENEZER 1 | England; Holland; England, fl.1771-1800, MIM | apprenticed to his uncle, Richard Rust, in the Grocers' Company; free in the Company on Sept 4, 1777; took apprentices; partner with William Spencer 2 and Samuel Browning 2 in Spencer, Browning and Rust 1, 1784-1800. | at Mr. Spencer's, 26 Wapping Street (1777), London; Amsterdam (1779-82); at Mr. Spencer's 327 Wapping Street (1782); Green Churchyard, St. Catherine's (1782); both in London; Eaton Ford, Beds. (1784); Eaton Socon, Beds.(1792); Wapping (1795); St. George's in the East (1798); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RUST, EBENEZER 2 | Holland; Englandfl.1809-38, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Ebenezer Rust 1, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 3, 1795; free in the Company, June 1, 1809; a partner in Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 with William and Richard Browning, from 1819-38; optician. | Amsterdam (1782); 66 Wapping; Bun Street; both in London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| RUST, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1785-1801, | member of the Grocers' Company; took over his nephew, Joseph Rust 2, as an apprentice from his brother, Richard Rust, in 1785. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RUST, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1786-93, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Richard Rust, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 4, 1777; turned over to Joseph Rust 1, his uncle, in the Company, 1785; free in the Company on Mar. 2, 1786; took apprentices; bankrupt in 1789. | St. Catherine's (1788); 15 Free School Street, Southwark (1793); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RUST, JOSEPH 3 | England, fl.1809, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Ebenezer Rust 1, in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1798; free in the Company, Dec. 7, 1809. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RUST, JOSEPH 4 | England, fl.1811-16, NIM | T.C.; worked with Thomas Jones 2 in Jones and Rust (1811-13), which see. | 28 Pool Lane, Liverpool (1816). | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| RUST, MRS. MARTHA | England, 1801, MIM | widow of Ebenezer Rust 1; took Joseph Fox as an apprentice in the Grocers' Company Feb. 5, 1801. | King Street, Sampson's Gardens, London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| RUST, RICHARD | England, fl.1752-85, MIM NIM SIM | Sextant = TRE; Quadrant, 1758 = Soth. 7/8/54; Octants = ADL-A52 (1770), D.(1974), etc; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79; Circumferentor = P.C. (1987); Mining Theodolite = HAK; Backstaff = Christie-SK 4/17/86; etc. | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1744; free of the Company, 1752; took apprentices; T.C.; partner with John Adams 3, c.1760; invented and made an artificial horizon. | at Mr. Thos. Rust's at the Anchor and Bells in the Minories (1752); the Minories (1753); at the corner of St. Catherine Stair, near the Tower of London; St. Catherine's High Street (1781); all in London. | Taylor 2(403); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Michel 3; C.N. Robinson; Wynter 1; Clay and Court; ADL; RSW. |
| RUTHVEN, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1819-40, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = Soth. 6/23/87 = 10/3/88. | T.C.; Soth. 6/23/87 was misread as "I. Rufven", the other listed as "I. Rufve." | Edinburgh. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| RUTSCHMANN, JOSEPH | Austria, c.1792, MIM | made an astronomical clock with Pater David Cajetano, Capuc., who was Sebastian Rutschmann. | Michel 3; Zinner 1. | ||
| RUTSCHMANN, SEBASTIAN | Austria, c.1790, | known as Pater David Cajetano, Capuc, which see. | Michel 3; Zinner 1. | ||
| RUTT, RICHARD | England; USA, 1799-1859, MIM NIM OIM | made or sold nautical compasses; worked with his son, as R. Rutt and Son, 1842; worked alone, 1845-59. | England (1799-1830+); 10 Thames Street, Feld's Point, Baltimore, Md. (1842-59). | Smart 1; Warner 12. | |
| RUTT, RICHARD, AND SON | USA, 1842, MIM NIM OIM | T.C. | 10 Thames Street, Feld's Point, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 101. | |
| RUTTY, THOMAS | England, c.1838, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company, 1838. | 39 Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(2227); Crawforth 7. | |
| RUTZIUS, JOHANN PETRUS | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | Friedberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1. | |
| RUVOLO, FRANC. | Italy?, 1687, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, ivory, 1687 = Chicago Historical Society. | signed "Franc. Ruvolo Fecit. Joseph Baranca Sculpsit Octob. 1687." | Yonge. | |
| RUXTON, THOMAS | Ireland, c.1817, MIM | 64 Aungier Street, Dublin. | Taylor 2(1424a). | ||
| RYBURN, ARTHUR | USA?, 1772, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1772 = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | on loan to a historic house in Salem. | RSW. | |
| RYCK, ABRAHAM DE | Holland, c.1660, MIM | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| RYDBECK, ANDREAS | 1729, MIM | Perpetual Calendar with Lunar Volvelle, 1729 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| RYDER, J. | USA, 1854, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1854 = D.(1965). | Newark, Ohio. | RSW. | |
| RYHINER, CHARLES | USA, fl.1838-39, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. | 26 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo. | Smart 1. | |
| RYLAND, THOMAS | England, fl.1801-08, OIM | optician. | Great Charles Street (1801); Mary Ann Street (1808); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RYLEY, GEORGE | England, c.1680, | a Lorimer; took Jeoffrey Stagnes as an apprentice, then turned him over to Simon Chapman of the Clockmakers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| RYTER, A. | misreading of Augustine Ryther. | Zinner 1. | |||
| RYTHER, AUGUSTINE | England, fl.1582-95, MIM SIM | Theodolite, 1590 = FLO; Equatorial Sundial = FLO; Universal Sundial, 1588 = Soth, 10/22/85 = KEN. | member of the Grocers' Company by 1582; took Charles Whitwell as an apprentice in the Grocers' Company in 1582; engraved maps; the instruments at FLO were brought to Florence in 1608 by Sir Robert Dudley. | a little from Leadenhall next to the Signe of the Tower, London (1590). | Taylor 1(47a); J. Brown 1 & 3; Michel 3; Zinner 1; RSW. |
| S. | England?, 17th Century, MIM | Calipers, steel = Christie 12/12/72. | found at Hampton Court Palace. | RSW. | |
| S. H.L. | marked on a 1597 sundial at Ecouen signed "Io. Fran. Prio." | RSW | |||
| S.A.C. | 1689, MIM | Slide Rule, wood, 1689 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| S.B. 1 | 1578, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1578 = VAA. | Gunther 330. | Gunther 1. | |
| S.B. 2 | Germany, 1681, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1681 = SLM. | Zinner 1. | ||
| S.B. AND C. | Spencer, Browning and Co. | Moskowitz. | |||
| S.B.L. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | Moskowitz 132. | ||
| S.B.R. | England, fl.1791-1882, MIM NIM | Spencer, Browning and Rust; ivory scales on sextants and quadrants marked this way were divided by the firm for a number of different makers. | London. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| S.F. | England?; France?, 1620, MIM | Navicular Sundial, 1620 = WHI. | Samuel Foster? | Bryden 11 and 16. | |
| S.G.D.G. | sans garantie de gouvernment = patent without a government guarantee of quality. | Price 2. | |||
| S.H.O. | Germany, c.1600, MIM SIM | Miner's Surveying Set = BM. | Price said that the S.h.O. might be read as O.h.S; Ward made no reference to the initials which are on one of the sides. | Bavaria. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| S.H.W. | MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 3/10/87 = Kelton Coll. (1990). | the initials are marked on three scales inside the ring; summer, winter and ?; S.H.W. also marked on the outside to the left of the bail; M. over M. marked on right side of bail with smaller punch. | RSW. | |
| S.I. | 1613, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon, compass, 1613 = Christie 9/11/86. | ivory case with a coat-of arms on the cover. | RSW. | |
| S.L. | 19th Century, MIM SIM | Surveying Cross, spherical = D.(1985). | candelabra punchmark; slits every 45°. | Coffeen 10. | |
| S.L.G.V.D. | the initials are marked on a cube sundial dated 1647 in the BM and signed "von Dietrichstein." | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |||
| S.P.F. | England?, fl.1716-36, MIM | Ring Sundials, 1736 = KEN, BM, Huelsmann Coll. (1716). | F. may be fecit; the KEN sundial also has the mark "** ++ cc" the same mark appears on a ring sundial dated 1714 at the DEU. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Syndram. | |
| S.R. 1 | England, c.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial = D.(1987). | may be Samuel Rolfe. | Coffeen 17. | |
| S.R. 2 | Italy?, c.1750, MIM | Protractor = ADL-M94. | may be "sinistro" and "retto". | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| S.S. | England, 1649, MIM | Sundial, vertical, stained-glass, 1649 = Bucklebury Church, Berks. | Daniels 1. | ||
| S.W. 1 | see M.S. 3. | RSW. | |||
| S.W. 2 | Summer and Winter on English and German ring sundials | RSW. | |||
| SABEUS | see Zabeus. | RSW. | |||
| SACHSE, ANDREAS | Germany, d.1680, MIM PHIM | made surveying instruments; see A.S. 3. | Clausthal. | RSW. | |
| SACK, JOHN C. | Germany; USA, 1823-95, MIM | worked for Thomas Tennett, 1858-88; alone 1889-95. | Nürnberg (1823-58); Battery Street (1858-88); # 4 California Street, Room 7 (1889-95); the last two in San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1. | |
| SACRE | Belgium, 18th Century, MIM | Level = BRO. | Sacré. | Brussels. | Insley. |
| SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES DE | England; Francec.1220-56, | author; astronomer; mathematician; educated at Oxford; went to Paris in 1220; best known for his book "De Sphaera", an astronomical text based on Ptolemy and his Arabic commentators; also known as John of Holywood. | Yorkshire; Monastery of Holywood, Nithsdale; Paris. | Gunther 2; DSB. | |
| SACROW, STAMMER | 18th Century, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon = Soth. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| SADTLER | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN. | possibly Satler. | Vienna. | Michel 3. |
| SADTLER, G.T., AND SONS | USA, c.1824, OIM | George T. Sadtler; son of Philip B. and brother of John P. Sadtler. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| SADTLER, JOHN P. | USA, c.1824, OIM | son of Philip B. Sadtler; brother of George T. Sadtler. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| SADTLER, PHILIP B. | Germany; USA, fl.1800-45, MIM OIM PHIM | his two sons, John P. and George T. Sadtler were in the firm by 1824. | Baltimore Md. | USNM. | |
| SADTLER, PHILIP B., AND SON | USA, fl.1842-45, MIM OIM PHIM | late T. Fenton Hamilton and Co. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| SAEGELKEN, JOHN HINRH. | Germany, MIM NIM | Compasses = BRE, D.(1983); Compass Card = BRE. | Bremen. | Coffeen C; RSW. | |
| SAETTA, L'ABBE | Italy, 18th Century, NIM | Marine Compass = ROM. | L'Abbé Saetta. | Venice. | Price 2. |
| SAFFORD AND WILLIAMS | USA, fl.1849-52, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| SAGER, JOHANN MELCHIOR | misreading for Johann Melchior Hager, which see. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| SAHLEENSTEIN, G.V. | Germany?, c.1760, OIM | Microscope = WHI. | may not be German. | Daumas 1. | |
| SAINT-MARTIN, VIVIEN DE | France, c.1850, MIM | revised and corrected a terrestrial globe by Schotte. | RSW. | ||
| SAINT-REMY, DE 1 | France, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1989). | "opticien"; see de Saint-Remy 2. | Chateau Thierry. | RSW. |
| SAINT-REMY, DE 2 | France, late 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1990). | "opticien"; see de Saint-Remy 1; may be same person. | Paris. | RSW. |
| SALA, D.A. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-Amsterdam 3/26/97. | Leiden. | RSW. | |
| SALA, DE | Italy; Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = LEY. | see D. Salla. | Leiden. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SALA, DOMINICO | England, PHIM | Double Barometers = Gloucester Museum, P.C. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALA, JOSEPH CHARLES | Italy; USA, 1841-1916, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | worked with John Roach, 1861-91; agent for W. and L.E. Gurley 1913-16; listed as Jos. G. Sala in 1915 (Julia); | Italy (1841-61); 720 California Street (1861-91); 429 Montgomery Street (1891-1913); 48 Second Street (1913-16); the last three in San Francisco, Ca. | Smart 1. | |
| SALA, M. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | RSW. | ||
| SALA, S. | England, c.1807, PHIM | barometer maker. | Taylor 2(1212). | ||
| SALAMONI, M. | England, | variant spelling of Salmoni, which see. | Goodison 1. | ||
| SALDARINI, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Taylor lists him as Salderini. | Long Causeway, Peterborough. | Taylor 2(1996); Goodison 1. |
| SALE, THOMAS | England, 1629, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1629 = Technical Museum, Oslo. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| SALERI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALIBOS, BALTHASAR | Holland, 1597, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1597 = SWE. | Pipping 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | ||
| SALKIND, S. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | North Walsham. | RSW. | |
| SALLA, ANTHONY | England, fl.1832-39, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 65 Paradise Row (1832-33); 66 Paradise Row (1836-39); both in Chelsea, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALLA, ANTONIO | England, c.1780, PHIM | Double Tube Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | RSW. | ||
| SALLA, D. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-Amsterdam 3/26/97. | Signed "D. Salla Fec. Leijde.see De Sala. | Leiden. | RSW. |
| SALLA, J. BAPT. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = Phillips 4/20/83, Soth.-S 4/24/87; Barometer = D.(1971). | the barometers are signed variously "J.B. Salla", "J. Bapt. Salla London" and "Bapt. Salla London." | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SALLA, MARK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Preston. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALLA, P.B. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/20/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| SALLERON, JULES | France, 1829-97, PHIM | barometer maker; may be related to, or the same as, T. Salleron; had partner, Jules Dujardin who succeeded him in 1888. | 1 rue du Pont-de-Lodi; 24 rue Pavée du Marais (1860-88); both in Paris. | Middleton 1. | |
| SALLERON, T. | France, pre-1888, PHIM | Barometers = Istituto di fisica, U. of Bologna, Meteorological Office, Bracknell. | may be related to, or the same as, Jules Salleron. | 24 rue Pavée (du Marais), Paris. | Middleton 1. |
| SALMON, ROBERT | England, c.1803, MIM NIM | received a silver medal from the Royal Society for his combination navigating instrument. | Woburn, Bedfordshire. | Taylor 2(1213). | |
| SALMON, W.J. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscopes = P.C., D.(1976). | the micrscope in the private collection is signed "Salmon-Warington's Universal" plus address; see William John Salmon, may be the same man at a different address. | 100 Fenchurch Street, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| SALMON, WILLIAM JOHN | England, c.1850, | showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851, London; may be the same as W.J. Salmon at a different address. | 254 Whitechapel Road, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SALMONI, MARK | England, c.1838, PHIM | called himself a "dealer" in barometers; maker? | Oxford. | Taylor 2(2228). | |
| SALMONI, PETER PAUL | England, fl.1829-41, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | stationer; probably a dealer; the barometers are signed "P. Salmoni Bath." | 4 Milson Street (1829-30); 24 Union Street (1833-41); both in Bath. | Goodison 1. |
| SALOM AND CO. | Scotland & England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescopes = Phillips 11/16/88, Christie-SK 11/27/86; Student Microscope No. 8491 = Soth. 12/1/75. | Edinburgh and 137 Regent Street, London. | RSW. | |
| SALT, ABRAHAM | England, c.1808, MIM | rule maker and cutler; see Joseph and Abraham Salt also Abraham Salt and Son. | Worcester Street, Birminghan. | Bryden 9. | |
| SALT, ABRAHAM, AND SON | England, c.1815, MIM | rule makers. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| SALT, JOSEPH AND ABRAHAM | England, fl.1797-1801, MIM | rule makers. | Smallbrook Street (1797); Windmill Street, Bristol Street (1801); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| SALTER, GEORGE | England, PHIM | made spring balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| SALTERI, ANTONIO | England, fl.1805-28, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | looking glass maker; the barometer is signed "A. Salteri" plus address. | No. 17 Great Queen Street, London | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SALTERY, F., VECHIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see Frans Saltery and Co. | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1. |
| SALTERY, FRANS, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | see F. Saltery, Vechio and Co. | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1. |
| SALTIERI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALVADE, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), BM. | the barometers are signed "P. Salvade" or "P. Salvade Liverpool"; the barometer in the BM is from the Ilbert Coll. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SALVIS, FRANCISCUS DE | Italy; Spain, fl.1682-99, MIM SIM | Proportional Compass, 1682 = ADL-M75; Universal Ring Sundial, 1695 = OXF; Sector, 1691 = ROM; Circumferentor, 1699 = ROM; Rule, 1691 = MAA. | the proportional compass is marked "Neap"; the rule and the sundial are marked "Madrid." | Naples (1682); Madrid (1691-95). | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Price 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SALZIGER | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 4" diameter, with case = VNN. | Nürnberg. | Yonge; RSW. | |
| SAMALVICO | see Somalvico. | Taylor 2(2252a). | |||
| SAMALVICO, J. AND SON | misreading for Somalvico. | Taylor 2(2229). | |||
| SAMBROOK, JOHN | England, c.1680, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on July 30, 1668; free of the Company, Sept. 6, 1680. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SAMOILOVY, ZAVOLACHY | Russia, c.1790, MIM | Protractor, rectangular, silver, and pair of Compasses, German silver, with case = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | protractor signed in Cyrillic, "pri sor Zavolachy Samoilovy." | RSW. | |
| SAMPSON, GEORGE BENTLEY | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to Robert Bancks 2 in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 15, 1803. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SAMSON | Norway, c.1800, PHIM | see Hirsch og Samson. | RSW. | ||
| SAMUELS AND CO. | Ireland, fl.1867-68, OIM | 29 Nassau Street, Dublin. | Morrison-low and Burnett. | ||
| SAMUELS, E.J., AND CO. | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 73 Great Prescott Street, Goodman Fields, London. | Taylor 2(2230). | ||
| SAMUELSON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = Soth. 3/10/87. | Breslau has been in Poland since 1945. | Breslau. | RSW. |
| SANBROOKE | see Sambrook. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| SANCTINI, DOMINICUS SANTES | c.1680, MIM | Armillary Sphere = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| SANDBURG, SAMUEL | Germany, MIM | Instrument = Museum, Lubeck. | Lubeck. | Evans 1. | |
| SANDER, H.C.D. | Germany, MIM | Brunswick. | Evans 1. | ||
| SANDERLIN, JOHN | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Peter Collins of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 19, 1699. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SANDERS, RICHARD | England, c.1656, | member of the Joiners' Company; had James Wells as an apprentice who was turned over to him by Thomas Worrall in 1656. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SANDERS, SAMUEL | misreading for Samuel Saunders 2 or 3. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SANDERS, THOMAS | Ireland, c.1802, | member of the Excise Board committee to evaluate hydrometers in 1802; surely same as Thomas Saunders, which see. | Dublin. | McConnell 4. | |
| SANDERSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1600, MIM | London? | Bedini 8. | ||
| SANDOZ, ABRAM-LOUIS | France, c.1743, | wrote a how-to book on the making of sundials. | La Chaux de Fonds. | RSW. | |
| SANDRINI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| SANDS | see Hunter and Sands. | RSW. | |||
| SANDWELL, JOHN | England, c.1783, NIM | Octant, 1783 = NMM. | Broadstairs, Kent. | Taylor 2(887). | |
| SANDY, JAMES | Scotland, 1770-1819, OIM | made reflecting telescopes and other optical intruments. | Alyth. | Taylor 2(1037a). | |
| SANEHAGEN, O.L. | Germany, 1719, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon, with sights, 1719 = Drouot 4/27/79 = Huelsmann Coll. | for latitude 52°. | Syndram. | |
| SANG, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1844-52, MIM SIM | Platometer = D.(1983). | invented the platometer (area measuring device, planimeter) in 1851; showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; land surveyor. | Kirkaldy. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; WEBDB. |
| SANGSTER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SANGSTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1820, MIM PHIM | Beam Balances = Cavendish Lab, Cambridge. | King's Arms, Butcher Row, Temple Bar, London. | Taylor 2(2240); Dewhirst. | |
| SANGSTRUP, S. | Denmark, 18th Century, MIM | Protractor = D.(1997). | Kiöbenhaun has a tilde over the "u" ("v"). | Kiöbenhaun | Coffeen 56. |
| SANKEY, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Coalbrookdale, Salop. | Goodison 1. | |
| SANKEY, JEREMIAH | England, c.1693, | apprenticed to John Randall of the Grocers' Company on June 12, 1693. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SANSEDONIUS, FRANCISCUS | Italy, c.1730, OIM | telescope maker. | Naples. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | |
| SANSUM, CHARLES | England, c.1748, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 6, 1748. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SANTBECH, DAVID NOVIAMAGUS | Switzerland?, c.1561, | author; instrument designer (?). | Basle? | M. Gardner?; RSW. | |
| SANTEN, A. VAN | Holland, fl. c.1826-60, NIM OIM | Octant = Veenkoloniaal Museum, Veendam. | T.C. | Leuvehaven, openhoek van de Zwanesteeg, c. Wijk 36, Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| SANTI, A. | France, fl.1831-62, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope = Drouot 12/-/69; Barometer = MAN; Goniometer = Koller 11/7/63; Surveying Level = P.C. | rue Saint-Ferréol 6, Marseilles (Bouches du Rhône). | Garcia Franco 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| SANTOUT | misreading of Sautout. | RSW. | |||
| SANTUCCI, ANTONIO | Italy, fl.1577-1611, MIM | Armillary Spheres, wood = Escorial, Madrid (1582), FLO (1588-93). | the armillary in the FLO is the larger, measuring 7 feet + in diameter; there is an unsigned one in the Huntington Library. | Pomerance; Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Yonge; RSW. |
| SARBON | France, 1750, MIM | Sun Compass, 1750 = Hof Coll. | RSW. | ||
| SARCHOIS | France, c.1790, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = MERC. | Paris. | Hamilton 1. | |
| SARGENT, THOMAS CORNELIUS | England, fl.1854-79, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = KEN. | the barometer is signed "T.C. Sargent." | 29 Cannon Street (1854); 4 Thomas Street (1856-79); both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| SARGENT, THOMAS S., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in the case of a Hadley quadrant at the OMM. | London. | RSW. | |
| SARJANT, THOMAS | England, fl.1710-12, MIM | Slide Rule = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 21, 1703; free in the Company, Jan. 9, 1710; took one apprentice. | London. | Taylor 2(112); Crawforth 7. |
| SARON, J.B. GASPARD BACHARD DE | France, 1730-94, MIM | see Bachard de Saron, J.B. Gaspard. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| SARRAZIN | France, NIM | Octant = Soth. 3/21/73. | this is a variation of the standard octant and was invented by Sarrazin. | Marseilles. | RSW. |
| SARTON, H. | Belgium, MIM | Sundial, portable = FIN-213; Horizontal Sundial, watch-form = PRIN = NMM-Caird. | Liège. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| SARTORIUS, J.P. | 1797, MIM | Table Sundial, lead, 1797 = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| SASSE, J.P. | Holland, MIM | Measuring Rod = LOS. | a complicated arranangement of hinged and sliding parts; 200 mm. | RSW. | |
| SASSI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 3/9/83. | Weighton. | RSW. | |
| SATLER | Austria, c.1820, NIM | Sextant = DRE. | see also Sadtler. | Vienna. | RSW. |
| SATORELLI, A., AND MAZZUCHI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| SATORELLI, A., AND MUZZUCHI | variant spelling for Mazzuchi? | Goodison 1. | |||
| SAUMAREZ, HENRY DE | England, 1695-1729, | patented the "Marine Surveyor" (a type of mechanical log) in 1715. | Guernsey. | Taylor 1(447) & 2(114); Bedini 8; Wynter and Turner; Evans 1. | |
| SAUNDERS | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 5/12/75. | might be Samuel Saunders 2 or 3. | London. | RSW. |
| SAUNDERS, CHARLES | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on March 25, 1672. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SAUNDERS, M.A. | Ireland, fl.1821-31, OIM | "Optician"; "Bristol Packet Office." | Eden Quay (1821-22); 27 Eden Quay (1823-29); 6 Aston's Quay (1830-31); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| SAUNDERS, RICHARD 1 | England, fl.1681-1715, MIM PHIM | made sundials and barometers; published almanacs. | Ouston, Leicestershire (1683-95); Leesthorp, near Melton Mowbray (1696-1711). | Taylor 1(425); Goodison 1. | |
| SAUNDERS, RICHARD 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Air Pump, Cuthbertson-type = Queen's College, Cambridge. | Salisbury Court, London. | Taylor 2(1038); Dewhirst. | |
| SAUNDERS, SAMUEL 1 | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company on Feb. 5, 1699; turned over to John England in the Stationers' Company on Oct. 4, 1703; freed by Patrimony in the Masons' Company, June 14, 1708; took apprentices in that Company; captain in the Militia, 1743. | London. | Crawforth 7; Millburn 11. | |
| SAUNDERS, SAMUEL 2 | England, fl.1730-50, MIM SIM | Sundial with Compass = Soth. 3/17/83; Universal Ring Sundial = NOR; Circumferentor = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79; Sundial, octagonal = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | apprenticed to Joseph South in the Clockmakers' Company, Sept. 2, 1723; free in the Company, Oct. 5, 1730; most of the instruments are signed "S. Saunders London"; the circumferentor is also marked with the address. | West Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| SAUNDERS, SAMUEL 3 | England, fl.1743-83, MIM NIM | Mariners' Compass = Auction, London, 1960; Sector = D.(1987). | sector signed "S. Saunders"; made and sold quadrants and "sliding canes" telescope tubes; appointed master compass-maker to the Admiralty at Deptford Dockyard; he was succeeded in 1783 by R. Wager; T.C. | the Ancient Mathematical Shop under St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(406); Crawforth 1; Coffeen 17; RSW. |
| SAUNDERS, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1793-1819, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Universal Ring Sundial = EGE; Sundial, 1794 = Soth. 11/1/65. | the universal ring sundial has a diameter of 185 mm.; see Thomas Sanders. | 8 George Street (1793); 7 George Street (1794); 35 College Green (1796); 23 Capel Street (1797); Church Lane (1800-03); Eden Quay (1819); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| SAUNDERSON AND SPEAR | Ireland, fl.1831-35, OIM | also wax and spermaceti candle manufacturers. | 3 Westmorland Street (1831); 48 Grafton Street (1832-33); 25 Suffolk Street (1835); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| SAUR, I.M.L. | Germany, 1754, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1754 = Eichstätt Willibaldsburg. | the dial is also marked "Clo. Marienstein."s | Kloster Marienstein, Eichstätt. | Zinner 1. |
| SAURET-ANDRIVEAU | France, post-1850, MIM | Planetarium = P.C. | successor to Charles Dien 2. | 8 Rue de Savoie, Paris. | RSW. |
| SAUSE, RICHARD | USA, c.1797, OIM | advertised telescopes. | New York, N.Y. (?). | Bedini 8. | |
| SAUSSURE, HORACE-BENEDICT DE | Switzerland, 1740-99, PHIM | Horace-Bénédict de Saussure; naturalist; professor of philosophy at the University of Geneva (1762-86); improved several instruments; left a large collection of sundials and other nautical and philosophical instruments which are now in the History of Science Museum in Geneva; invented and made a "cyanometer." | Geneva. | A.J. Turner 10; Archinard; DSB. | |
| SAUTER AND GYLDENSTOLKE | Sweden, c.1780, MIM | Tellurian = ADL-L34. | J.J. Sauter and Count Nils Gyldenstolke; this according to correspondence but the signatures are not yet found; the terrestrial globe is by R.B. Bate, London, 1809. | Stockholm. | Fox 1 & 2; ADL; RSW. |
| SAUTER, FR. JOHANNES | Germany; Sweden, 1723-86, PHIM | Balance = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | also a clockmaker; Zinner said he was from Ostmettingen; Pipping said he was born in Strasbourg and moved to Stockholm; may have been father of Johann Jacob Sauter, which see. | Stockholm. | Zinner 1; Pipping 1; RSW. |
| SAUTER, JOHANN JACOB | Germany; Sweden; Russia, b.1770, MIM | Heliochronometers = ADL-M302, DRE, KEN, NOR, P.C. (2). | may have been son of Fr. Johannes Sauter, which see; married in 1791; court mechanician in Stockholm; made calculating machines; the ADL, NOR and one of the P.C. instruments are signed "JN. JB. Sauter Stockholm; the others have "St. Petersburg" as an address. | Ostmettingen; Kornwestheim (1791); Stockholm (1792); St. Petersburg. | Zinner 1; Fox 1 and 2; Engelmann 1; Calvert 3; Wynter 2; Delehar 5; M. Sauter; ADL; RSW. |
| SAUTERLEITI | Germany, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = STU, Konstanz Rosgarten Museum. | an alternate spelling is "Sufferleiti." | Konstanz. | Zinner 1. |
| SAUTOUT | France, c.1700, MIM SIM | Graphometer with telescope = VNN. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| SAUTOUT L'AINE | France, c.1720, MIM | Sundials, Butterfield-type = Soth. 2/1/79 (silver), Soth. 12/12/55; Sundials = Evans Coll., Soth. 10/22/56, FIN-58; Sector = X. | Sautout l'aîné. | Paris. | Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. |
| SAUTOUT-CHOIZY | France, c.1740, MIM SIM | Rule, folding = NYM; Graphometer = HAK; Sectors = AMST, HAR; Rule = D. | see Choizy; alternate spelling is Choisy. | Paris. | Evans 1; Nachet; Rohde; Brieux 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Giordano X; RSW. |
| SAUVAGE, L.J., FILS AINE | Belgium, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM; Compass = van Alfen Coll. | the compass in the USNM is signed "L.J. Sauvage fils" and "Aîné à Liège." | Liège. | USNM; Hollands Glorie; RSW. |
| SAVAGE | England, c.1845, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/21/72. | Shrewsbury. | RSW. | |
| SAVAGE, GEORGE | England, c.1801, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Hemsley of the Grocers' Company, June 4, 1801. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SAVAGE, JAMES | England, fl.1803, MIM | member of the Coachmakers' Company; took over Charles Gilbert as an apprentice on June 2, 1803 from William Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SAVAGE, MICHAEL | England, fl.1696-98, MIM | apprenticed in the Joiners' Company in 1688; free in the Company, 1696; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SAVARIN | France, c.1850, MIM | Pillar Sundials = ADL-W72, Bernard Coll. | "Horologer"; the ADL dial is for 45° lat. | Rue Ste. Catherine, No. 57, Bordeaux. | Madex; ADL; RSW. |
| SAVERY, SERVINGTON | England, fl.1730-85, | invented a micrometer for a heliometer in 1743, an example was made by Dollond, c.1749. | Magdalen College, Oxford. | Taylor 2(302); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| SAVIN, P. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = NMM-Caird. | probably a misreading for P. Sevin. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| SAVOI, GIOVANNI | Italy, fl.1766-68, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, 1768 = Christie 4/3/85 = Kelton Coll. (1990); Augsburg-type Sundial = Christie 4/3/85; Equatorial Sundial = FLO; Horizontal Sundial with Compass in gimbals, 1766 = FLO. | born in Siena; the horizontal sundial in Florence is signed "Johannes Savoi senensis F. Florentiniae"; one of the Augsburg sundials is signed "Gio. Savoi Fe: in Firenze"; the other "Gio. Savoi F. in Firenze 1768." | Siena; Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| SAVORY, THOMAS | England, | invented a mechanical log. | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| SAVVAGE, L.J., FILS | see L.J. Sauvage, fils Ainé. | ||||
| SAWTELL, E. | Australia, NIM | Pocket Sextant = Soth. 12/15/78. | Rundle Street, Adelaide. | RSW. | |
| SAWYER AND HOBBY | USA, fl.1840-54, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR (1849), GUR, P.C.; Transit = P.C.; Telescopic Level = D.(1969); Dry Card Compass = X. | Horace Sawyer and Jonathan Hobby. | 156 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| SAWYER, HORACE | USA, 1811-89, MIM SIM | worked alone, 1835-40; partner with Jonathan T. Hobby as Sawyer and Hobby, 1840-54; again worked alone 1854-89; made transits, levels, surveying compasses, etc. | 214 Biceker Street (1835-40); 156 Water Street (1840-54); both in New York N.Y.; Union Place (1855-88); 185 Woodworth Avenue (1888-89); both in Yonkers, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SAWYER, WILLIAM | England, c.1726, | apprenticed to John Oxenford in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 3, 1717; free in the Company April 5, 1726. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SAXPEACH, JOSEPH | England, c.1753, | invented the "Catholic Organon or Universal Sliding Foot-Rule" (a slide rule with a telescope) in 1753; wrote a booklet about it; Benjamin Parker made them; Suxspeach is a variant spelling. | Ratcliff, London. | Taylor 2(202) & 2(534); RSW; Holland. | |
| SAXTON, JOSEPH | USA; England, 1799-1873, MIM PHIM | Balance = U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, Pa.; Astronomical Clock, 1825 = X; Clock = Independence Hall Philadelphia, Pa. Electrical Machine = KEN. | invented a magneto-electric machine in 1833; self-registering tide gauge devised by Saxton c.1845; automated Mr Troughton's dividing engine for use by the U.S. Coast Survey; etc. | Huntington, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1837-73); 94 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 24 Sussex Street, London (1831-37). | Taylor 2(1997); Bedini 8; Frazier; USNM; Coffeen B. |
| SAXTON, NATHANIEL S. | USA, c.1855, | patented the "Summator", a circular adding machine, in 1855. | Riverhead, N.Y. | Coffeen 13. | |
| SAY, DE | France, c.1774, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Versailles 11/20/88. | "De Say, opticien du roi". | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| SAYER, ROBERT | England, c.1770, | Tide Calculator, paper = P.C. | volvelles; probably a designer. | 53 Fleet Street, London. | Wynter and Turner. |
| SCALVINO | Italy, c.1758, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = P.C. | Milan. | RSW. | |
| SCANAGETY | France, c.1770, | dealer; sold Hadley's quadrants made by Gregory and Son. | "Se vend à L'Orient chez Scanagety." | RSW. | |
| SCANEGATTY | 1753, PHIM | Thermometer, 1753 = Wallace Coll. | F.J.B. Watson | ||
| SCANTLEBURY, JOHN | England, c.1817, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J.B. Scantlebury Sheffield". | Campo Lane, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| SCARLETT, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1705-43, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes, reflecting, miniature = Soth. 6/25/68 and 4/18/88; Microscope, ivory = Soth. 3/27/72; Microscope, screw barrel = P.C.; Wilson-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88; Stick Barometer = Dunham Massey, Altringham. | apprenticed to Christopher Cock of the Spectaclemakers' Company on June 25, 1691; free of the Company, June 28, 1705; Master of the Company 1720-22; "Optician to his Majesty King George the Second"; T.C. in English, French, and Dutch; visited Paris in 1738; father of Edward Scarlett 2. | at the Archimedes and Globe in Dean Street, near St. Anne's Church, Soho, London. | Taylor 1(473), 2(115); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Court and von Rohr 3(63); Crawforth 1; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SCARLETT, EDWARD 2 | England, 1702-79, OIM PHIM | Barometer, 1753 = Evans Coll.; Angle Barometer = D.(1968). | apprenticed to his father, Edward Scarlett 1, in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Jan. 10, 1717; free of the Company on June 25, 1724; Master of the Company, 1745-46; made microscopes and telescopes; succeeded his father in 1743; angle barometer might be by Edward Scarlett 1. | Maxwell Street (1749); the Spectacles, second house from Essex Street, near Temple Bar; both in London; may have been in reverse order. | Taylor 2(209); Court and von Rohr 3(97); Goodison 1; Evans 1; Daumas 1. |
| SCARLETT, F. | England, 1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | may be mis-reading for Edward Scarlett 1 or 2. | RSW. | |
| SCARTII, ISAAC | England, 1833, | marked on a garden sundial by John Moon, 1833 at a dealer's in 1979. | Coffeen A; RSW. | ||
| SCATLIFF, DANIEL | England, fl.1759?-1830, MIM NIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1759 = Soth. 2/7/72; a Hadley's Quadrant by Scatliff was owned by a Mr. Hearne in 1796. | the date shown for the quadrant in the Soth. sale may have been misread. | 6 Wapping Wall, Shadwell, London. | Taylor 2(1998); RSW. |
| SCATLIFF, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1728-34, MIM | uncle of Samuel Scatliff who succeeded him. | Friar Bacon's Head, corner of St. Matthew's Alley, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(210). | |
| SCATLIFF, JAMES 2 | England, c.1749, | apprenticed to Samuel Scatliff in 1749. | Robischon. | ||
| SCATLIFF, JOHN | England, c.1765, OIM | son of Samuel Scatliff; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1765 by Patrimony; succeeded his father. | Clay and Court; USNM; Robischon. | ||
| SCATLIFF, SAMUEL | England, fl.1734-64, MIM OIM | Telescope = OXF. | may be the son of Simon Scatliff 1; Samuel was apprenticed to James Mann 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company, April 29, 1725; free of the Company on Oct. 2, 1734; Master of the Company, 1751-52; took apprentices; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764; succeeded James Scatliff 1, his uncle, after 1734; he was succeeded by his son, John Scatliff; T.C. | Friar Bacon's Head, corner of St. Matthew's Alley, Cornhill; St. Paul's Churchyard (1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(303); Court and von Rohr 3(195); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 and 7; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Robischon. |
| SCATLIFF, SIMON 1 | England, c.1683, NIM | may have been the father of Samuel Scatliff; apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 3, 1683; listed as a compass maker and ship's chandler c.1690; he is listed in J. Brown 3 as Simon Scatliss. | London. | Taylor 2(1214); J. Brown 3. | |
| SCATLIFF, SIMON 2 | England, fl.1806-25, NIM | compass maker. | 23 Wapping; 21 Rotherhithe Street, Southwark; both in London. | Taylor 2(1214). | |
| SCATLIFF, WILLIAM | England, 1759, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1759 = D.(1973). | the quadrant is also marked "William Christopher", the name of a ship's captain with the Hudson's Bay Company. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| SCATTOGLIA | Italy, 1784, MIM | see I. Alessandri and Scattoglia. | Venice. | RSW. | |
| SCHAAP, TJERK | Holland, 1794-1877, NIM | compass maker; ironmonger; son of Willem Schaap. | Droogbak, Amsterdam; No.5, 1, 2 (1826-51); N0.7 (1852-60); No.UU 45, 43, 46 (1861-62); No.TT 45, 46 (1863-75); No.7, 8 (1876-77); all of the above addresses are at the same location. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SCHAAP, WILLEM | Holland, 1754-1822, NIM | Compasses = AMST (1798), P.C. (1799), Rijpermuseum, De Rijp (3); P.C. | father of Tjerk Schaap; the undated compass in a private collection is marked "in Amsterdam." | Droogbak 5, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| SCHABLASS, JOS., UND SOHN | Austria, MIM SIM | Triangular Scale = D.(1990). | "Mechanika; in Austrian inches; box has paper medallion, "Ferdinand Kaiser für Osterreich." | Josefstadt Piaristengasse 22, Vienna. | RSW. |
| SCHAFFER, MENDEL | see Mendel Schaffer Kolomet. | ||||
| SCHALANI, C. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Guilford 8/24/93. | Taunton. | ATG 8/20/93. | |
| SCHALFINO, JOHN | England, fl.1840-43, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), D.(1976), Auction, 1975. | the barometer in the 1975 auction was signed "I. Schelfino", plus address. | East Street, Taunton. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SCHALL, JOHANN ADAM, VON BELL | Germany; China, 1591-1666, MIM | Sundial, ivory = Stonyhurst College, Lancaster, England. | Jesuit; chief astronomer and President of the Mathematical Tribunal, Beijing. | Cologne; Beijing (1618-66). | H.J. Jones; D. Rowe 1. |
| SCHALLER, CHRISTOPHE | Germany, fl.1630-42, MIM | Wall Sundials = Sungau and Ferrette. | the sundials in Ferrette have disappeared. | Sentheim. | Rohr 2. |
| SCHARASNELLA, P.J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | Kingswood. | RSW. | |
| SCHAUFEL, VEIT | Germany, 1554, MIM | Astronomical Clocks, 1554 = MUN, Feill Coll., Soth.-Amst. May 1981. | the example at Soth. has a sundial and compass inside; some of the listings may be the same clock. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Neumann 1; RSW. |
| SCHAURHAMMER, HANS JACOB | Belgium; Holland; Austriac.1660, OIM | optics specialist; cousin and brother-in-law of Mattmüller. | Enghien; south east Holland; Vienna. | Habacher. | |
| SCHEEFFER, W.D. | Austria, 18th Century, | marked on a graphometer by Joseph Czech. | Vienna. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHEFFELT, MICHAEL | Germany, 1652-1739, MIM | Sector with full bow, 1694 = ULM; Sectors = HAK (1700), EMA (1705), ULM (1710 & 1716)), KRE (1717), ROU (1730), NAC (1730), SAL (1739); Circumferentor, 1705 = HAK; Graphometers = NUR (1708), ULM (1719); Pantometrum = ULM. | the pantometrum is marked "a P. Schott"; author; Zinner's dates for Scheffelt do not agree with the dated instruments. | Ulm. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SCHEFFER, IVO | Sweden, 1709, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1709 = SWE. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| SCHEFFLER, J.C.H. | Germany, 1813, NIM | Magnetic Compass, 1813 = HAM. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHEGA, JOHANN ANTONIUS | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = Greppin Coll., PRA, OXF, Koller 11/17/73, P.C.; Equatorial Sundials = München Stadtmuseum, SPI; Table Sundials = MUN, WUR. | the instruments are signed "Antonius Schega"; the sundial in the PRA was made in Munich the one listed by Koller was made in Augsburg. | Augsburg; Munich. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; W. Eckhardt 3; Horsky and Skopova; Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| SCHEIF, DAVID | Germany, c.1610, MIM | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | ||
| SCHEIFFELHUET | Germany, fl.1700-17, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Kunstgewerbe Museum, Charlottenberg, Berlin. | Augsburg. | Berlin Cat., 1963; RSW. | |
| SCHEINER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1573-1650, MIM | author; astronomer; invented the pantograph, c.1604; made the first Keplerian telescope in 1615. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Daumas 1. | ||
| SCHEIRLIN, ABRAHAM | Germany, fl.1637-52, MIM | Table Clock = OXF. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHELFINO, JOHN | see John Schalfino. | RSW. | |||
| SCHELNSTAINER, FRITZ | Germany, c.1487, MIM | made sundials, 1487. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, HEINRICH | Germany, 1566, MIM | made sundials; Master in 1566. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, HEINTZ | Germany, d.pre-1530, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1534-38, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, SEBALD | Germany, d.pre-1534, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHEMIT | France, c.1810, OIM | Telescope = P.C. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| SCHENA | England, PHIM | see J. Gestra and Schena. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHENER | misreading for Schöner. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |||
| SCHENER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | see Johann Christoph Schöner. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |||
| SCHERPENSELENSIS, ARNOLD | Italy, 1595, MIM | Horary and Sinecal Quadrant, 1595 = SWE. | the quadrant has a radius of 380 mm.; it was made for Joh. Antonius Magnis and was signed "Arnoldum Scherpenselensem." | Bologna. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| SCHIAVETTI, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. & C. 9/20/71. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| SCHIAVETTI-BELLINI | France, c.1840, MIM OIM | Parallel Rule = VNN. | "opticien de la Marine"; breveté; successor to Colombi; sole successor to Schwartz as the furnisher of maps and plans to the Office de la Marine; the only dispensor of the instruments of E. Lorieux and may have succeeded him. | rue d'Aiguillon, no. 19, Paris. | Calvert 2; RSW. |
| SCHIAVI, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chesham. | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHICKARD, WILHELM 1 | Germany, 1592-1635, MIM | mathematician; uncle of Wilhelm Schickard 2, which see; invented and made a tellurium which he called an "Astroscopium"; a modern copy is at the Adler Planetarium, ADL-W147; devised a calculating machine in 1623. | Tübingen. | Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| SCHICKARD, WILHELM 2 | Germany, 1692, MIM | Astroscopium, 1692 = Lindau Stadtmuseum. | nephew of Wilhelm Schickard 1; the instrument is signed "Wilhelm Schickard Junior"; the "Astroscopium" is a form of tellurium which shows either the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| SCHICKERT, HUGO | Germany, PHIM | Money Balances = Stadtmuseum, Meissen. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| SCHIECK, FRIEDRICH WILHELM | France, 1790-1870, OIM | Drum Microscope = UTR; Microscope, compound = OXF; etc. | apprenticed to Ludwig Wisskemann, 1808-11; journeymann for Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor in Berlin, 1813-19; worked on his own, 1819-24; became shop manager and partner to Pistor as Pistor and Schieck, 1824-36; cocentrated on microscopes; made a dividing engine in 1819; had his son, Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Schiek as an apprentice, 1860-64. | Philippsthal (1808-11); 34 Mauerstrasse (1813); 31-g Dorotheenstrasse (1837); 1a Marienstrasse (1838); all in Berlin. | Weil and Baden; USNM; Dewhirst. |
| SCHIECK, FRIEDRICH WILHELM HERMANN | Germany, 1843-1916, OIM | son of Friedrich Wilhelm Schieck; apprenticed to his father, 1860-64; went to London and Paris; worked there for Hartnack as journeyman; entered his father's firm; specialized in developing high-performance biological and travelling micrscopes; entered international various exhibitions from 1873-96. | Berlin. | Weil and Baden; USNM. | |
| SCHIELIUS, GEORGIUS | MIM | Squadra Mobile = SKO. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| SCHIERBECK, JULIUS F. | Denmark, 19th Century, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Kelton Coll. (1990). | Kiobnhavn. | RSW. | |
| SCHILMLSZKIJ, JOSEPH | 1792, MIM | Sundial, 1792 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| SCHINDEL, JOHANN | Austria; Czech.; Germany, c.1370-1450, MIM | Sundials = X. | wrote on the astrolabe, the pillar sundial, etc., made sundials. | Vienna; Prague; Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi. |
| SCHINDLER | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Christie 12/18/74; Table Sundial = P.C.; Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon = ULM. | the calendar at Christie and the table sundial are marked "Schmelnitz"; the other instrument may have been made by Christian Karl or C.H. Schindler. | Schmelnitz. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; RSW. |
| SCHINDLER, C.H. | Czechoslovakia?, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = MUN; Table Sundial = ROU; Sundial = ULM. | possibly the son of Christian Carl Schindler, which see; the MUN sundial is signed "C.H. Schindler jun." | Prague? | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| SCHINDLER, CHRISTIAN CARL | Germany, fl.1680-1716, MIM SIM | Table Sundials = ADL-M289 (1680), Fürstenstein Schloss, WHI, ROU, BMR, DRE (lost); Nocturnals = DEU (1705), Fürstenstein Schloss; Altitude Sundial = OXF (1716); Universal Ring Sundials = BUD, D.(1993); Calendar = Fürstenstein Schloss; Surveying Instrument = G. Bernard Coll.; Vertical Sundials = Koller 11/17/75, P. and S. 2/28/1896, ADL-M369 (with perpetual calendar). Armillary Sphere Schmidt collection Vienna signed "Schindler M. & M. fecit à Vien", ARMILLARY SPHERE, signed "Schindler M. & M. / fecit"=DOROTHEUM auction October 18th , 2007, Circular Calendar with vertical Sundial=Auction DOROTHEUM April 2002, signed "Schindler Mathematicus et Mechanicus à Wiena", circular Calendar with vertical Sundial=Auction DOROTHEUM APril 2003 signed "Schindler fecit à Schmelnitz", | he called himself "Mathematicus et Mechanicus"; ADL is signed "Schindler fecit." | Halle. Schmelnitz (Schmöllnitz, Smolnik Slowakia), Dresden (see Schindler, Christian Karl. Metallische Probier-Kunst "MECHANICO in Dreßden" 1697), Vienna? (see à Vien and à Wiena) | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Schmidt und Egger; Coffeen 43; ADL; RSW.; DOROTHEUM, SCHINDLER, C.C. 1697 |
| SCHIONNING, CHRISTIAN | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, AArhus | Aarhus. | RSW. | |
| SCHISSLER, CHRISTOPHER 1 | Germany, fl.1546-1609, MIM | made a wide range of beautiful astronomical compendia, sundials and mathematical instruments dating from 1546 to 1605; examples may be found at ADL, USNM, OXF, BM, KEN, NMM, BASH, INN, AUG, FLO, MUN, DRE, EMA, RSM, DEU, VIE, WHI, etc. | from 1580 on he signed "Christopher Schissler Senior" or "Christopher Schissler d. Alt." to distinguish himself from his son; he also used the title "Geometricus ac Astronomicus Artifex"; one of Germany's best and most prolific makers; he also produced instruments for the French and English markets. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 1 & 2; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bassermann-Jordan 1; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHISSLER, CHRISTOPHER 2 | Germany; Czechoslovakia, fl.1580-1646, MIM | Sundials = NMM (1582), P.C. (1583), FLO; Bow Dividers with Compass and Scales, 1586 = DEU; Dividers with Sundial, 1599 = FLO; Proportional Compass, 1586 = DEU; Sundial Calculater, 1591 = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Quadrant, 1595 = FLO; Artillery Levels = HAK (1633), AUG (1646); Celestial Globe = ex-Michel Collection; etc. | son of Christopher Schissler 1; Zinner thought his full name was Hans Christopher Schissler; see H.C. Schissler; he usually signed "Christopher Schissler Junior". | Augsburg; Prague. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 1 & 2; RSW. |
| SCHISSLER, H.C. | Germany, fl.1580-1646, MIM | Astrolabe Clock with Sundial = FLO. | Zinner thought that the full name of Christopher Schissler 2 was Hans Christopher Schissler. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHKOHR, C. | MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = D.(1973). | RSW. | ||
| SCHLAGER, JOS. | Germany, 1770, MIM | Artillery Level, 1770 = ADL-M209. | Walthussen. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| SCHLAPFY, JOHANN HINRICH | Germany, fl.1722-49, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1748 = HAM. | RSW. | ||
| SCHLEENSTEIN, C.V. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Köln Rheinsches Museum. | Cologne. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHLEICHER, CARL, UND SCHULL | Germany, MIM | Architect's Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 7/5/71. | Duren, Rhl. | RSW. | |
| SCHLICK, BENJAMIN | France, c.1850, MIM | Vertical Pantograph = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| SCHMALCALDER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS | England, fl.1806-38, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometers =X(2), Soth.-P 3/1/83; Wheel Barometer = OXF; Pantograph = D.; Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 7/27/64; Prismatic Compasses = WHI, OXF, D.(1993); Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1815, with case = Christie-SK 11/19/87; Reflecting Circle = WHI; Plotting Protractor = Sotheby's 5/11/94; Pantograph = D.(1992). | made and patented a prismatic compass in 1812; made microscopes, etc; his instruments are marked "London" or "82 Strand, London"; T.C. | 82 Strand (later 399), London. | Taylor 2(1215); Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen 36 and 43; RSW. |
| SCHMALCALDER, GEORGE | England, c.1829, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gilbert of the Grocers' Company, Nov. 5, 1829. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SCHMALCALDER, JOHN | England, c.1829, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gilbert of the Grocers' Company, Nov. 5, 1829. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SCHMEID, CONRAD | Germany, 1750, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1750 = D.(c.1900) = BM. | Schmeid was a canon at the College of Wetterhausen. | Wetterhausen. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| SCHMEISSER, A. | Germany, 1861, MIM | Universal Skaphe Sundial, 1861. | patented by H. Schmeisser, pre-1861. | Berlin. | Bryden 16. |
| SCHMEISSER, H. | Germany, pre-1861, | patented a string gnomon skaphe sundial an example of which was made by A. Meissner, and is at WHI. | Berlin. | Bryden 16; Koller 11/17/75. | |
| SCHMICKHEL, JOHAN M. | Austria, c.1740, MIM | Inclinometer, mining = UIT. | probably the same as Martin Schmickhel. | Grecy (Graz?). | Kirnbauer 1. |
| SCHMICKHEL, MARTIN | Austria, 1741, MIM | Inclinometer, 1741 = ADL-M172; Mining Compass = Mining School, Leoban. | see also Johan M. Schmickhel. | Graz. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Kirnbauer 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHMID | France, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| SCHMID, J.C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 2/5/53. | surely Josef Christoph Schmidt, which see. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| SCHMIDLKOFER, SIMON | Germany, | "Simon Schmidlkofer der Junger 1577" marked on polyhedral sundial at BM, signed "M.S. (1) 1553", owner. | Price 3; Ward 4; Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHMIDT, GEORG | Germany, c.1581-1630, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = BEK. | "compassmacher"; also made automaton clocks; might be Johann Georg Schmidt and or Johannes Schmidt. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 1 & 2. |
| SCHMIDT, J.B. | Austria, c.1780, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | Vienna. | Bryden 16. | |
| SCHMIDT, JOHANN | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Compass with silvered wind-vane = Soth. 7/24/45. | Neuviedt. | RSW. | |
| SCHMIDT, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, MIM | Instrument = Bourgeois Auction, Cologne, 1902. | RSW. | ||
| SCHMIDT, JOHANNES | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Pair of Globes on Atlases, silver-gilt = Albertinium, Dresden. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHMIDT, JOSEF CHRISTOPH | Austria?, 1728, MIM | Spherical Sundial, 1728 = SAL; Perpetual Calendar on a snuff box = Evans Coll.; Perpetual Calendar = AUG. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Esdaille; RSW. | |
| SCHMIDT, NICOLAUS | Germany, 1593, MIM | Astrolabe, 1593 = P.C. (ICA-404). | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Maddison 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| SCHMIDTBAUR, JOHANN | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = WUP; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, silver and gilt-brass = P.C. (1974) = USNM. | the sundial in the USNM is signed "Schmidtbaur", it looks very much like the work of the best Augsburg makers. | Augsburg? | Baillie 1; RSW. |
| SCHMITZ, P. | Holland, c.1837, PHIM | Hygrometer = UTR. | sensitive material is wood; Schmitz was assistant to Prof. J.G. Crahay, Athenaeum at Massricht; later an engineer at Delft; made barometers and thermometers. | Maasricht; Delft. | Crommelin; Rooseboom 1. |
| SCHMOLZ, WILLIAM A. | USA, c.1861, MIM SIM | made Burt's solar compass. | San Francisco, CA. | Elgin. | |
| SCHNAITMAN, ISAAC | USA, fl.1837-59, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | dealer in all sorts of scientific instruments. | Philadelphia. | USNM. | |
| SCHNEEWEISS, URBAN | Germany, 1536-1600, MIM | the celestial globe cup at NYM bearing his name is thought to be a late 19th century work; Schneeweiss was a goldsmith in Dresden. | Dresden. | Yonge; RSW. | |
| SCHNEID, CONRAD | Germany, 1750, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1750 = BM. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| SCHNEIDER, JOSUA | Germany, c.1680, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = MUN. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHNIEP, ALEXIUS | Germany; Austria, fl.1571-1613, MIM | Diptych Sundials = SPI (1571), OXF (1578), Ecouen, Soth. 5/11/23; Sundials = Triebold Coll., Hannover (1583), Upsala Bibliothek (1586), VIE, POB, EMA. | clockmaker; son of Ulrich Schniep; the dials in the VIE and the POB were made in Vienna. | Munich (1571-82); Vienna (1583-1613). | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Michel 2 & 3; Madex; Dewhirst. |
| SCHNIEP, UDALRICUS | see Ulrich Schniep. | Zinner 1. | |||
| SCHNIEP, ULRICH | Germany, fl.1553-88, MIM | made many string-gnomon sundials and some artillery levels; his work is dated from 1553 to 1588; examples may be found at ADL, OXF, WHI, VIE, Munich Stadtmuseum, BM, MUN, BEK, HAK, Linz Museum, KEN, WUR, DRE, KAS, ex-Michel Collection, etc. | many of his instruments are signed "V.S." 1, others are signed "Ulricus Schniep" or "Udalricus Schniep"; pupil or associate of Christoph Trechsler. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Michel 2 & 3; Berlin Cat. 1963; Bryden 16; Neumann 3; Abeler; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHNIEP, ULRICUS | see Ulrich Schniep. | Zinner 1. | |||
| SCHOBER, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1714, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1714 = Fürstenstein in Schlesien Schloss; Geometry Set = KAS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHOENERER, T.A. | Germany, 1748, MIM | Sundial, 1748 = Evans Coll. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHOENMANN, JOHAN | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Astronomical Clock, wood and paper = VIE. | Constance. | Michel 3. | |
| SCHOKKING, A.J. | Holland, c.1840, MIM | Azimuth Compass = AMST. | compass made between 1808 and 1814; Kleman label in box. | Langestraat (1860-61); Langestraat SS 135 (1862); Martelaarsgracht L.554 (1863-68); all in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| SCHOLES, ROBERT | England, c.1748, | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 29, 1748. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SCHOLTE, HARMANUS | Holland, c.1792, MIM | Rule, wood, 1792 = BOM Auction 1906. | also marked "Anno MDCCXCII Den VIII September." | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SCHOLTS, J., JR. | Holland, c.1742, MIM | instrument maker, 1742. | Bantammerstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SCHONBERGER, GEORG | Austria; Germany; Czech., 1595-1645, | Schönberger wrote "Demonstratio et construtio Horologiorum novorum" in 1622; he was a Jesuit professor of mathematics in Freiburg. | Innsbruck; Ingolstadt; Freiburg; Prague; Olmütz. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHONER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1562, | son of Johann Schöner; published an astrolabe (Gunther-270) in his book "Gnomonice", Nürnberg, 1562. | Nürnberg. | Gunther 1; Michel 3. | |
| SCHONER, JOHANN | Germany, 1477-1547, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = NUR (1520), DRE. | Johann Schöner; author. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; RSW. |
| SCHONER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | Germany, c.1660-1709, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Thorban Coll.; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = BUD; Crescent Sundial = ROU-96; Astrolabe Clock = MUN; Astronomical Clock = Munich Residenz. | Johann Christoph Schöner was also a clockmaker, he was the father of Joseph Anton Schöner, which see. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| SCHONER, JOSEF ANTON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = Brünn Stadtmuseum. | Josef Anton Schöner. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. |
| SCHOOLING, JAMES | England, 1787, PHIM | Guinea Balance, 1787 = Phillips 4/20/83. | "Scale-Maker." | No. 44, Bishopsgate Street, within London. | RSW. |
| SCHORT, J.J. | France, 1638, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1638 = ADL-M294. | signed "J.J. Schört"; also marked "Jacobus de Staney Paris", the owner. | Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHOTSMAN, SAMUEL | Holland, c.1690, MIM | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SCHOTT, CHARLES | Germany; USA, 1821-1903, MIM | made instruments while still in Germany; came to the USA c. 1844; was in charge of the Garland Coll. of scientific instruments at Vanderbilt University. | Heidelberg (1821-44?); Nashville, Tenn. (1854-1903). | Smart 1. | |
| SCHOTT, GASPAR | Germany, c.1680, OIM | microscope maker. | Daumas 1. | ||
| SCHOTTE, ERNST | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Versailles 4/17/83; Celestial Globe = AUI | terrestrial globe revised and corrected by Vivien de Saint-Martin; see Ernst Schotte and Co. | Berlin. | RSW. |
| SCHOTTE, ERNST, AND CO. | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Tellurium = Christie 4/3/85. | see Ernst Schotte. | Berlin. | RSW. |
| SCHOTTE, J.H. | Germany, 1754, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1754 = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| SCHRADER | Germany; Russia, 1762-1869 ?, OIM | Reflecting Telescope, 1794 = X. | went to Lilienthal in 1792 to work for Schrötter; the telescope was 26 feet long. | Kiel; Lilienthal (1792); St. Petersburg (post-1794). | Daumas 1. |
| SCHRADER, BRYGGER R.F. | Denmark, MIM | Rule, wood = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| SCHREIBELMAYER UND RAMSBECK | Austria, c.1772, MIM | Quadrant, 1772 = VIE. | Vienna. | Daumas 1. | |
| SCHRETTEGGER, JOHANN NEPOMUK | Germany, fl.1797-1843, MIM | made a great many Augsburg-type sundials for the mass market; examples may be seen at ADL, NOR, STU, BM, BUD, KRE, DEU, AUG, EMA, WHI, etc. | son-in-law of Andreas Vogler; the instruction sheets which are found with the dials are often printed in French as well as in German. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; Evans 1; Stewart; Bryden 16; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHRODER | Germany, 1721, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1721 = KAS. | Hannover. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHRODTER, EMIL | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Dusseldorf, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SCHROPP, SIMON | Germany, 1826, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1826 = DRE. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| SCHROTTER, J.H. | Germany, c.1790, OIM | Lilienthal. | Daumas 1. | ||
| SCHUBART, CARL | Germany, 1681, MIM | made sand glasses. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| SCHUBLER, JOHANN JACOB | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = HAK. | RSW. | ||
| SCHULEN AND BOBY | 19th Century, NIM | T.C. in a sextant box. | RSW. | ||
| SCHULER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 16 City Road (London?). | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHULL | see Carl Schleicher und Schull. | RSW. | |||
| SCHULTES, HANS | Germany, 1550-74, MIM | Nürnberg Counters = USNM. | USNM. | ||
| SCHULTHESS, AUG. | Switzerland, c.1820, PHIM | Balance = Koller, May, 1972. | "Ingénieur-Mecanicien." | Zurich. | RSW. |
| SCHULTZ | England, pre-1799, MIM | described as a mathematical instrument maker at the William Wales' sale of 1799. | Taylor 2(1039). | ||
| SCHULTZE, G.A. | Germany, c.1849, | designed a recording barometer, c.1849. | Middleton 1. | ||
| SCHULZ, ANDREAS | Austria, 18th Century, OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = Breslau Universitätssternwarte, Magdalenen-Gymnasium, Breslau. | Vienna. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHULZE, JOHANN WILHELM | Germany, 1689, MIM | Table Sundial, 1689 = KAS. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| SCHUSSLER, H.C. | misreading for H.C. Schissler. | Michel 3. | |||
| SCHUSTER, HANNS | Germany, d.1619, MIM | sand-glass maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| SCHUSTER, JOHANN CHRISTOFER | Germany, 1760-1820, MIM | Calculating Machines = DEU, Christie 5/19/93 = D.(1993). | fl.1785-1820; made an astronomical clock with Philipp Matthäus Hahn in 1785, to whom he was related; Daumas thought Schuster lived in Uffenheim and later in Anspach; Zinner placed him in Westheim where the clock was made; D. machine marked "Ansbach", and made 1820-22. | see note. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SCHUSTER, PAULUS | Germany, fl.1585-1634, MIM | Astrolabe Clocks = DRE (1585), DHM (1591). | the clock in the Dresden Historical Museum = Gunther-332. | Nürnberg. | Gunther 1; Lunardi; Britten 1; RSW. |
| SCHUTZE JUN., JOHANN LEONHARD | Germany, 1793, MIM | Dividing Circle, 1793 = DRE. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM | USA, fl.1854-80, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Jacob Rutsen Schuyler, Marcellus Hartley and Malcolm Graham; all had worked for Young, Smith and Co. before 1854; firm became Hartley and Graham in 1880; by 1900 it was M. Hartley Company. | 13 Maiden Lane (1854); 17 Maiden Lane; 19 Maiden Lane (1863-64); all in New York, N.Y.; and 6 Mary's Row, Birmingham, England (1863-64); and 15 Rue Enghein, Paris, France (1863-64); and in San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1. |
| SCHUYLER, JACOB RUTSEN | USA, 1816-87, MIM SIM | worked for Young, Smith and Co., 1833-46; was a partner in the firm, 1847-52; partner in Smith, Young and Co. 1852-54; senior partner in Schuyler, Hartley and Graham from 1854 on; this last firm probably dealt in various instruments. | 4 Maiden Lane (1833-54); 13 Maiden Lane (1854 on); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SCHWAB, JOS. | Germany, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood and paper = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHWAIGER, ANDREAS | Germany, c.1840, MIM | Rule = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| SCHWALB, HERMANOS | Peru, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 2/25/86; Analemmatic Sundial, round case = X. | Soth. is an English sundial drawn for southern latitudes; Schwalb was probably a dealer. | Lima. | RSW; RSWx. |
| SCHWARTZ | see D. and S.; see also Darling and Schwartz. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| SCHWARTZ DIT LENOIR | Germany?; France, c.1830, MIM NIM | Quintant, No. 412 = D.(1989); Reflecting Circles = Versailles 4/17/83 (#39), P.C. (1971)(#99), Bourne 2/27/90; Octants, ebony = Hôtel des Ventes du Minage, La Rochelle 6/5/76, VNN (#8, "La Sibus"); Sextants = P.C. (#501), D.(1977). | Paris. | Coffeen 27; RSW. | |
| SCHWARTZ, ANDREAS | Germany, 1617, MIM | Sundial, gilt-brass, 1617 = Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHWARTZ, FRANCISCUS | Belgium, c.1760, MIM | Protractor = FLO-201. | Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| SCHWARTZ, J.G., AND SON | Denmark, c.1860, MIM | Rule, wood = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| SCHWARTZ, JACOB, AND CO. | USA, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1973). | the scale is in both German and English. | Alma, Wisconsin. | RSW. |
| SCHWEDER, P.A. | Sweden, c.1840, MIM | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | ||
| SCHWEINFURTER, PETER | Germany, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Zurich Sternwarte. | signed "M. Jak. Meyer Bas. G. Peter Schweinfurter fabricavit." | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHWENTER, DANIEL | Germany, 1549-1612, | mathematician; associated with Hans Troschel. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| SCHWERER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Truro. | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHYRLE, ANTON MARIA | Czechoslovakia, c.1650, MIM OIM | telescope maker; made an elaborate planetary machine which he called the "Planetologium"; see "M.R." 1. | Rheita, Bohemia. | North 2; RSW. | |
| SCOLA, I.S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. and Co. 2/27/25. | Alresford. | RSW. | |
| SCORESBY, WILLIAM | England, 1789-1859, PHIM | Artificial Magnets = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | apprenticed into the whale-fishing industry; experimented with and made magnets; F.R.S., 1824; author; see Joule and Scoresby. | Whitby; Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars, London. | Taylor 2(1217); RSW. |
| SCOTT 1 | England, c.1817, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = Christie-NY 10/24/83, D.(1986). | either George or James Scott. | Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(1427) & (1428); Coffeen 13; RSW. |
| SCOTT 2 | England, 1820, PHIM | Balance, 1820 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| SCOTT 3 | England, 1840, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1840 = Oxford Botanical Gardens. | Dewhirst. | ||
| SCOTT 4 | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Soth.-S 5/31/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT AND TIRYUTIN | Russia, fl.1748-51, MIM | Copy of Gottorp Globe = LOM. | Benjamin Scott and Fillip Nikitich Tiryutin; globe has diameter of 3.1 meters. | St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. | J. Brown 1; Chenakal 3. |
| SCOTT, B., AND C. PRICE | England, 1718, MIM NIM | Globe, 1718 = X. | Benjamin Scott and Charles Price 1; T.C. | at the Mariner and Globe, Exeter Exchange, Strand, London. | Clay and Court; J. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Tyacke 1. |
| SCOTT, BENJAMIN | England; Russia, fl.1712-51, MIM NIM OIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to James Anderton of the Grocers' Company on April 14, 1702; turned over to John Rowley of the Broderers' Company on April 2, 1706; free of the Grocers' Sept. 16, 1712; took apprentices; compass maker to the Russian Navy Ministry, 1733-47; scientific instrument maker to the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences; see B. Scott and C. Price; see G. Lyford. | Exeter Change (1712); the Mariner and Globe, Exeter Exchange Street, Strand (1715); near Exeter hange in the Srand (1731); all in London; St. Petersburg (1733-51). | Taylor 1(577) & 2(116); Tyacke 1; J. Brown 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; USNM; Wynter 1; Crawforth 7; Chenekal; RSW. |
| SCOTT, DAVID | Ireland, fl.1825-38, MIM | 14 Stafford Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| SCOTT, GEORGE | England, fl.1804-27, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Oct. 5, 1796; made free of the Company on March 7, 1804; succeeded James Scott in 1817; may have made miniature terrestrial globes; took apprentices; see Scott 1. | 4 Butchershall Lane, Newgate Street (1818); 98 Newgate Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(1427); Crawforth 7 & 8; Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| SCOTT, GIDEON | Scotland, 1765-1833, MIM OIM PHIM | Reflecting Telescope, four-inch = Hawick Museum and Art Gallery. | astronomer; inventor; made orreries and various astronomical instruments; invented a calculating rule to determine the number of teeth, the pitch and the diameters of gear wheels. | Hawick. | McKie; Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society, 1870; RSW. |
| SCOTT, J. | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87; Marine Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | 17 Bermondsey Wall, London. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT, JAMES | England, c.1817, MIM | may have made miniature globes; see Scott 1; succeeded by George Scott in 1817. | 4 Butchershall Lane (Newgate Street), London. | Taylor 2(1428); Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| SCOTT, JAMES GEORGE | England, c.1846, MIM PHIM | Dewhirst. | |||
| SCOTT, JOHN | USA, 1752-1801, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Stark County Historical Society, Canton, Ohio (1772), P.C. | clockmaker; the compass in a private collection was made before 1784. | Chambersburg, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| SCOTT, R. | Scotland, c.1850, MIM OIM | Dumpy Level = Phillips 10/26/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1739, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Scott of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 12, 1731 (os); turned over to Joseph Jackson of the Grocers' Company on May 22, 1735; free of the Company on June 1, 1739; took one apprentice. | at Mr. Jackson's near Surry Street in the Strand, London (1739). | J. Brown 1. | |
| SCOTT, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1816, MIM | Globe, miniature, with case = D.(1983). | Oxford. | Coffeen D. | |
| SCOTT, ROBERT 3 | USA, fl.1853-54, | see Hunt and Scott. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT, WENTWORTH E. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Thermometer, self-registering maximum = X. | Weatbourne Park, London. | USNM. | |
| SCOTT, WILLIAM SAMUEL | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1806. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SCRIBA | alias for Jacob Ramminger, which see. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |||
| SCRIVENER, HAYTER | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 2 of the Grocers' Company, on Jan. 3, 1811, for seven years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SCULTETUS, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Germany, 1532-1614, | brother of Zacharias Scultetus; wrote about sundials. | Görlitz. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCULTETUS, ZACHARIAS | Germany, 1550, MIM | Instrument, 1550 = DRE. | brother of Bartholomaeus Scultetus. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| SEABORNE, JOHN | England, c.1660, | apprenticed to Thomas Aldus of the Joiners' Company on Feb. 16, 1660. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SEAGROVE, E.K. | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976). | Rinaldi 2. | ||
| SEAN, A. | Italy; France, fl.1612-17, MIM | Surveying Instrument, 1612 = X. | Bologna (1612); Paris 1617; Venice. | Evans 1 | |
| SEARCH, JAMES | England, fl.1780-90, MIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X.; Magnetic Compass = OXF; Parallel Rules = Soth. 10/17/60; Circumferentor = OXF; Pair of Proportional Compasses = X. | succeeded John Bennett 2. | Crown Court, Soho and Pultney Street Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(888); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| SEBELIN L'AINE | France, MIM | Sebelin l'aîné; first name might be Josue; sundial maker; is he the same as or related to Jean Sibelin? | RSW. | ||
| SECHTING, JOHANN GOTTFRIED EWALD | Germany, 1749-1814, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = Breslau Sternwarte, Breslau Schlesisches Museum. | Breslau. | Zinner 1. | |
| SECOES, JACOB | Holland, 1622, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1622 = USNM. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| SECRETAN | see Lerebours et Secretan. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SECRETAN SUCCESSEUR | France, fl.1855-67, OIM | Marc Secretan succeeded Lerebours et Secretan in 1855. | Paris. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| SECRETAN, AUGUSTE | France, 1833-74, MIM SIM | son of Marc Secretain; worked with his cousin, Georges Secretain, as Maison Lerebours et Secretan, 1867; succeeded by Georges Secretan in 1871. | Paris. | Poggendorff; Warner 13. | |
| SECRETAN, GEORGES | France, b.1837, MIM SIM | nephew of Marc Secretan; worked with his cousin, Auguste Secretan, as Maison Lerebours et Secretan;; succeeded Auguste in 1871. | Paris. | Poggendorff; Warner 13. | |
| SECRETAN, MARC-FRANCOIS-LOUIS | Switzerland; France, 1804-67, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, noted for his telescopes, Borda circles, theodolites, surveyor's compasses, etc. | professor of astronomy at Lausanne; worked with Noël-Marie- Paymel Lerebours in Paris from 1845 to 1855; on his own after that; "Opticien de S.A.M. l'Empereur"; did work for the Paris observatory; probably joined by his son and nephew, Auguste and Georges Secretan who later worked under the name Maison Lerebours et Secretan. | Lausanne; Paris. | Poggendorff; Moskowitz 122; Daumas 1; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Warner 13; RSW. |
| SEELHORST | USA, | see Kuebler and Seelhorst. | USNM. | ||
| SEELIGER, JOHANN | Austria?, c.1700, MIM | produced mathematical instruments for Antonius Braun. | Habacher. | ||
| SEELING | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | see Whitbread and Seeling. | Taylor 2(2039); Crawforth 8; RSW. | ||
| SEELING, JOSEPH | England, c.1817, MIM OIM | apprenticed to William John Weeden in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Feb. 5, 1817; optician; probably a partner in Whitbread and Seeling. | London. | Crawforth 8. | |
| SEFTON, HENRY | England, c.1632, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 16, 1620; free of the Company Jan. 11, 1632. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SEGARD | France, c.1754, OIM | optician. | A la Couronne d'or, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| SEIDEL, GEORG | Holland, c.1750, PHIM | Set of Coin Balances = Soth. 10/3/88. | carries mastermark of Georg Seidel. | RSW. | |
| SELDEN, JOSEPH | England, c.1694, MIM | scale and rule maker; invented a jointed sliding rule; author. | Tunbridge Wells. | Taylor 1(431). | |
| SELLARS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1691-1725, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Clowes of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 5, 1683; free of the Company, Nov. 2, 1691; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3; Robischon. | |
| SELLER AND PRICE | England, fl.1697-1705, MIM NIM | Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price; "Hydrographers to ye Queen"; "Compass makers to the Navy Royall"; made compass cards for Richard Glynne; globe makers. | at the Hermitage in Wapping (1700-05); also at their shop next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill; both in London. | Taylor 1(420 & 509); Tyacke; Bryden 9; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |
| SELLER, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1697-1720 d.c.1720, MIM NIM | Equatorial Sundial = Evans Coll. | apprenticed to John Seller 1, his father, in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Mar. 3, 1686; freed by patrimony, Sept. 1, 1703; T.C.; partner of Charles Price, 1697-1705; John Senex was also a partner, 1703-1705; author. | at the Hermitage in Wapping (1699-1705); and at the shop next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill (1703-05); both in London. | Taylor 1(509); Tyacke; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 8; RSW. |
| SELLER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1630-97, MIM NIM SIM | Marine Compass (fragment) = OXF. | apprenticed to Edward Lowe in the Merchant Taylors' Company, 1644; free of the Company, 1654; entered the Livery in 1676; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; Junior Warden of the Company in 1672; father of John Seller 2 and Jeremiah Seller; "Hydrographer to the King." | Covent Garden (1654); at the sign of the Mariners' Compass and Hour Glass at the Hermitage Stayers in Wapping (1660-69); at the Mariners' Compass at the Hermitage Stairs in Wapping (1669-75); also in Exchange Alley in Cornhill (1671-75); Pope's Head Alley in Cornhill (1678-81); west side Royal Exchange (1682-86); Westminster Hall (1690); all in London. | Taylor 1(273); J. Brown 1 & 3; Daumas 1; Tyacke; Stevenson; Robischon; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7 & 8. |
| SELLER, JOHN 2 | England, c.1667-98, MIM | apprenticed to John Seller 1, his father, in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Aug. 21, 1681; probably the John Sellers who was admited by Patrimony to the Stationers' Company on Mar. 26, 1686; made compasses and maps; took an apprentice. | the Star next the Mercers Chapel in Cheapside (1686); the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard (1687); at the Map of the World at the West End of St. Paul's (1687-89); all in London. | Taylor 1(405); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 8. | |
| SELLERS, JOHN | USA, fl.1760-73, MIM SIM | surveyor; made and used a sighting instrument c.1765. | Pennsylvania. | Bedini 8. | |
| SELLIGUE | France, c.1824, OIM | made achromatic microscopes. | Dewhirst. | ||
| SELTER, D.H. | azimuth compass at AMST signed "G.W. Peter en Zoon" is also marked "D.H. Selter 183/673"; this may be a misreading or a misstamping of D.B. Selter. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |||
| SELTER, DIRK BAREND | Holland, 1820-99, NIM | Dry Card Compass = Frisian Maritime Museum, Sneek; Compass = KRO. | T.C. at AMST; see C. Brinkman & D.B. Selter. | Binnen-Bantammerstraat N.383 (1860-75); Binnen-Bantammerstraat N.36 (1876-96); 'S Gravenhekje 6 (1899); all in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| SELTMAN, JOHAN CAR. | Germany, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | Braunschweig. | RSW. | |
| SELTOTTE | Germany, MIM | Armillary Sphere = MAN-I 165. | Ptolemaic. | Berlin. | Garcia Franco 1. |
| SELVA | see also Selvea. | Goodison 1. | |||
| SELVA, DOMENICO | Italy, fl.1710-58, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopes, reflecting = NMM, D.(1975); Telescopes = NAC, P.C., Rou-37, KRE (1720); Circumferentor with telescope, 1758 = ROU-39. | official optician to the Republic of Venice; father of Lorenzo Selva; made several improvements to optical instruments; the telescope in the private collection is marked "No. XXXVI"; KRE signed "Domenico Celvi." | Venice. | NMM 2; Moskowitz; Daumas 1; J. Hill 38; Michel 3; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| SELVA, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| SELVA, LEONARDO | Italy, c.1778, OIM | telescope maker; Daumas lists him as the son of Domenico Selva. | Venice. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | |
| SELVA, LORENZO | Italy, c.1716-1800, OIM | son of Domenico Selva; made improvements in optical instruments; official optician to the Republic of Venice. | Venice. | J. Hill. | |
| SELVEA, GEORGE | England, c.1826, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X(2). | barometers signed "G. Selva Hull"; succeeded by John Selvea. | 25 Grimsby Lane, Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| SELVEA, JOHN | England, c.1831, PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded George Selvea. | 25 Grimsby Lane, Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| SELWIN, RICHARD | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to John Seller 1 in the Merchant Taylors' Company on July 5, 1693. | Crawforth 8. | ||
| SEM, LUDOVICUS | Italy, c.1612, MIM SIM | Armillary Sphere, 1612 = FLO; Surveying Instrument, 1612 = OXF. | Bologna. | Michel 3. | |
| SEMAH | see Aboab. | RSW. | |||
| SEMINCOLO, LEONARDO | misreading for Loenardo Semitecolo. | Christie-SK 9/11/86. | |||
| SEMITECOLLO | Telescope, three-draw, pastboard and horn = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | surely Semitecolo or a copy. | RSW. | ||
| SEMITECOLO, LEONARDO | Italy, 18th Century, OIM | made a large number of telescopes of cardboard covered with vellum or leather, the lens mounts and rings are of horn, bone or wood; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL (3), FLO, WHI, USNM, OXF, DEU, DRE, etc. | Venice? | Maddison 1; Daumas 1; Coffeen E; Price 2; USNM; ADL; RSW. | |
| SEMMONDS, H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as Semmons in Truro. | Goodison 1. | |
| SEMMONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Might be the same as H. Semmonds. | Truro. | Goodison 1. |
| SENEBIER, JACOB | Switzerland?, c.1595, MIM | Solar Calendar = SPI-2889. | might be related to A. Senebier, a watchmaker in Geneva. | Geneva? | Michel 3. |
| SENECAL | France, c.1690, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory = Drouot 4/7/87, Madex, Musée du Chateau, Dieppe, Exhibition of 1000 Years of Navigation, Brussels, 1979. | could be Ephraim or Jacques Senécal. | Dieppe. | MADEX; RSW. |
| SENECAL, EPHRAIM | France, fl.1686-99, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory = FIN-90, Evans Coll., NMM, MADEX, WHI. | Ephraim Senécal. | Dieppe. | Bryden 16; Michel 3; Moreau; NMM 2; RSW. |
| SENECAL, JACQUES | France, pre-1660, MIM | made a large number of Bloud-type ivory sundials; examples may be seen at OXF, BM, NMM, NOR, HAM, UTR, ADL, etc. | the Jacques Senécal sundials held at the Adler are ADL-T55, ADL-T56, and ADL-DPW18; ADL-T56 is incomplete; ADL-DPW18 has an addition of a string-gnomon sundial engraved on a silver chapter ring and fitted over the magnetic compass; the addition is signed "Felix Gervaise 1660", which see. | Dieppe. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Tomlinson 1; Madison 1; Evans 1; Stevens and Aked; NMM 2; Madex; RSW. |
| SENEX AND MAXWELL | England, fl.1710-c.1724, MIM | John Senex and John Maxwell were partners from 1710 to shortly before 1724. | London. | Tyacke 1. | |
| SENEX AND PRICE | England, 1706-10, MIM | Miniature Globe = X. | John Senex and Charles Price. | London. | Wynter and Turner. |
| SENEX, JOHN | England, 1680-1740, MIM | made many globes, of various sizes, which may be seen at NMM, ADL (A277), Chicago Historical Society, Yale U., LOS, etc. | apprenticed to Robert Clavell in the Stationers' Company in 1695; free, 1706; published with Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price, 1703-05; in partnership with Charles Price, 1706-10; with John Maxwell, 1710-c.1724; F.R.S. 1728; map and book publisher; made Whiston's "Copernicus" instrument; succeeded by his widow in 1740. | against St. Clements Church in the Strand (1702); next to the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill (1703-06); at their House in White's Alley, Coleman Street (1707-10); at the Globe in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1710-21); against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street (1721-40); all in London. | Taylor 1(547); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 1; Kroght 2; ADL; Yonge. |
| SENEX, MRS. JOHN | England, fl.1740-49, MIM | globe maker; continued her husband's shop. | London. | Wynter and Turner; Bedini 8. | |
| SENIN, P. | misreading for P. Sevin. | Thielmann; Drouot 4/26/67. | |||
| SENTER, WILLIAM 1 | USA, 1813-88, MIM NIM SIM | apprenticed to Oliver Gerrish; became associated with Abner Lowell as Lowell and Senter (1836-70); joined by his nephew William Senter 2 in 1875 as William Senter and Co. | Portsmouth, N.H. (1813-28); Portland Me. (1828-88). | Smart 1. | |
| SENTER, WILLIAM 2 | USA, fl.1875-88, MIM SIM | joined his uncle, William Senter 1 as William Senter and Co. (1875-88). | Portland, Me. | Smart 1. | |
| SENTER, WILLIAM, AND CO. | USA, fl.1875-88, MIM NIM SIM | William Senter 1 and his nephew, William Senter 2. | Portland, Me. | Smart 1. | |
| SEPP, CHRISTIAAN | Germany; Holland, 1700-75, PHIM | Hamburg; Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SEPTALIUS, MANFRED | variant of Manfredo Settala. | RSW. | |||
| SERLE, GEORGE | England, fl.1656-80, | author; devised a quadrant and a dialing scale which was made and sold by Anthony Thompson and by Walter Hayes. | London. | Taylor 1(268); RSW. | |
| SERSON, JOHN | England, fl.1735-60, | invented Serson's Whirling Speculum, an artificial horizon, in 1752. | Taylor 2(305); Bedini 8. | ||
| SERVILL, J. | misreading of J. Sewill. | Christie 12/17/75. | |||
| SESINO, S. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| SETTALA, MANFREDO | Italy, 1600-80, MIM OIM | Armillary Sphere, 1646 = Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan. | made lenses and burning glasses; formed the Museo Settala which became part of the Ambrosiana in 1751. | Milan. | Tavernari; Spargo 1; Michel 3; Clay and Court. |
| SETTY | Holland, c.1770, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SEUTTER, GEORG MATTHAEUS | Germany, 1678-1757, MIM | Pair of Globes = ROM; Celestial Globes, 1710 = AUG, MUN, ROM; Celestial Globes = DRE, LOS, NMM, Seitenstetten Stift, etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bedini 12; USNM; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| SEVERN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 1 Walbrook Place, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(2243). | ||
| SEVERUS, ALPHENUS | c.1500, | name marked on an astrolabe signed "Piervincenzo Danti del Rinaldi" in the HAK. | RSW. | ||
| SEVIN, PIERRE | France, fl.1662-85, MIM SIM | wide range of instruments of very high quality, such as astrolabes, sundials, graphometers, levels, etc., that may be seen in many museums including ADL, NMM, OXF, LIE, PRIN, CNAM, BM, LOS, etc. | made instruments for the Paris observatory, 1665-80; several instruments made by Grosselin are marked "Divisé par Sevin à Paris". | Paris. | Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM 2; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL; RSW. |
| SEWARD | Ireland, MIM SIM | Compass Sundial = Soth. 5/11/23; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/13/61; Proportional Dividers = Christie 11/22/78; Surveyor's Compass = D. | Dublin. | Coffeen I; RSW. | |
| SEWARD, C. | England, MIM PHIM | Compass, wood = Lancaster City Museum; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 8/12/87. | Lancaster. | RSW. | |
| SEWILL AND YOUNG | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Balance, steel = Phillips 4/20/83. | RSW. | ||
| SEWILL, J. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | also marked "J. Smith London", surely owner; may be either John or Joseph Sewill. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| SEWILL, JOHN | England, MIM NIM | Double Sextant = Soth. 12/15/78; Sextant with Case = Phillips 5/20/75. | a T.C. for "J. Sewill Liverpool" was found in a SBR sextant case; the sextant at Phillips was signed "Sewill Liverpool." | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| SEWILL, JOSEPH | England, fl.1835-62, MIM OIM | Stick Barometer = LEY; Barometer, 1862 = PMS; Aneroid Barometers = OMM, BMM; Octant = PMS; Sextant = Christie 5/26/76. | T.C. "Maker to the Admiralty"; the sextant marked "Liverpool." | 15 Canning Place (c.1835), Liverpool; 61 South Castle Street, Liverpool and 30 Cornhill, London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| SEXTON, PLINY | USA, 1796-1881, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = GUR. | the compass is marked "Palmyra, N.Y." | Springfield, Mass. (1796-1819); Palmyra, New York (1819-81). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| SEYFRIED, GEORG PAULUS | Germany, c. 1773, MIM | Cube Sundials, wood = WUR, Leipzig U. Sternwarte, etc; Cube Sundial, brass on wood, 1773 = Drouot 4/7/87. | worked with David Beringer as Beringer und Seyfried. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Chandler and Vincent 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. |
| SHADD, CHARLES | England, c.1703, MIM | apprenticed to John Randall of the Grocers' Company on July 13, 1703. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SHADWELL | England, NIM | Sextant = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | the name of the owner, "W. Ford", is shown. | 102 High Street, London. | RSW. |
| SHAIN | see Knox and Shain 1 and 2. | Smart 1. | |||
| SHAIN, CHARLES J. | USA, 1822-91, MIM | worked alone 1851-55; as partner with Joseph Knox as Knox and Shain 1, 1855-76; worked alone, 1877; as partner with Henry M. Knox as Knox and Shain 2, 1878-91. | 72 Dock Street (1851); 46 1/2 Walnut Street (1855-76); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Miller. | |
| SHALFINO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | Taunton. | RSW. | |
| SHALLAND | see Challand. | Clifton 1. | |||
| SHALLER, FERDINAND | MIM | Magnetic Compass = Buffalo Museum of Science. | RSW. | ||
| SHANAHAN AND LOEBER | USA, fl.1852-53, MIM SIM | Transit = P.C. | James M. Shanahan and Charles Loeber; made theodolites, transits, surveying compasses and drawing instruments. | 181 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| SHANAHAN, JAMES M. | Ireland; USA, 1824-85, MIM SIM | partner with Charles Loeber as Shanahan and Loeber, 1853-56; listed as maker of surveying instruments, 1853-56. | 181 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SHARMAN, JOHN | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2 of the Grocers' Company, Jan. 6, 1786. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SHARP, ABRAHAM | England, 1653-1742, MIM OIM | Declining Sundial = Thoresby Coll. (1714); Garden Sundial, 1722 = Bolling Hall, Bradford; Mural Arc Quadrant, 1689 = X; Astronomical Quadrant = KEN; Telescope = NMM; Refracting Telescope, wood = Yorkshire Museum, York. | assistant to Flamsteed (1684-90); the refracting telescope has an unusual mount, it is on loan to the NMM (1973); there are 10 instruments at Bolling Hall pertaining to Sharp, given by his heirs, they include the rete from a "Mathematical Jewell" and several unusual quadrants; see A.S. 4; his observatory at Horton Hall was dismantled and the stones numbered and buried in the garden at Bolling Hall. | Horton Hall, Little Horton, near Bradford; Greenwich (1684-90). | Taylor 1(361) & 2(118); Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SHARP, HENRY | England, OIM | made achromatic microscope objectives. | 38 Bowden Street, Sheffield. | USNM. | |
| SHARP, SAMUEL | England, c.1825, MIM OIM PHIM | 29 Brownlow Street, Drury Lane; 16 Church Row, Pancras Road, Somerstown; both in London. | Taylor 2(1699). | ||
| SHARP, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1714, OIM | Telescope = Thoresby Coll. (1714). | Taylor 1(361). | ||
| SHARP, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1724-1799, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1785 = Falcon Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon. | scientific instrument maker, wood worker, clock and watch repairer. | Stratford-on Avon. | RSW. |
| SHARPE, WILLIAM | England, 1798, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, cardboard, 1798 = Evans Coll. | Norwich. | Evans 1; Esdaille. | |
| SHARPE, WM. | England, | member of the Clockmakers' Company?; made watch movement in wheel barometer by Roe 1, Soth.-S 9/18/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHARPLIN, WILLIAM | England, c.1770, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company on May 4, 1762; free of the Company on Dec. 4, 1770. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SHAW 1 | England, d.1666, MIM | associated with Thompson to make Prince Rupert's perspective instrument; might be Anthony Thompson 2 or William Thompson. | London. | Daumas 1; Gunther 2. | |
| SHAW 2 | USA, | see Frye and Shaw. | Coffeen D; RSW. | ||
| SHAW, EDWARD | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Clement Forster of the Clockmakers' Company on June 24, 1689. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SHAW, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1682-1715, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D. | apprenticed in 1672 in the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company in 1682; Master of the Company, 1712-15. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Robischon. |
| SHAW, JOHN 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | magnet manufacturer. | Sheffield. | Taylor 2(2001). | |
| SHAW, PETER | England, fl.1710-61, | designed a portable set of chemical instruments and apparatus with Francis Hauksbee 1, F.R.S. | Taylor 2(211). | ||
| SHAW, ROBERT LUDLOW | USA, 1813-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = P.C. (1988); Octant = MYS; Telescopes = MYS, Decatur House, Washington, D.C.; Marine Compasses = MYS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, D.(1971); Sextant = MYS. | may have been apprenticed to John H. Wheeler; Shaw and Addington D. Frye succeeded Wheeler in 1836 as Frye and Shaw, which see; the partnership lasted until 1845; the firm had a Ramsden-type dividing engine. | 222 Water Street (1836-76); also at 119 Beekman 1858-67); 110 Wall Street (1876); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Preuss and Treworgy 2; Moskowitz 102; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| SHEA, ROLAND H. | Ireland; USA, 1829-55, MIM SIM | Wye Level = New Bern, N.C. | born in Ireland. | Ireland (1829); 29 Front Street (ward 2), Brooklyn, N.Y. (1849-53); 167 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1853-55); 82 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. |
| SHEAHAN, D.B. | USA, fl.1900-22, MIM | sundial maker; his monumental and wall sundials are found in towns and institutions in the New England states; he also made many pocket sundials which were influenced by Lewis Evans' chapter on portable sundials found in the 4th edition of Mrs. Gatty's book on sundials, 1904; the Tomlinson collection at the ADL contains many examples of his work. | New York, N.Y. | Tomlinson 1; Wray Cat.; USNM; Fox 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| SHEARER, JAMES | England, fl.1825-42, MIM | Astronomical Clock with two Globes = P.-B. 11/19/42. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHEARS, JOHN | c.1920, | Water Clock, signed "John Shears Newcastle, 1629" = Clock Museum, Newport, N.H. | this looks like the work of Pearson Page Ltd. of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| SHEFFEL, MICHAEL | mis-spelling of Michael Scheffelt. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SHELDON, JOHN | England, PHIM | made spring balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| SHELTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1702, | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1702. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SHELTON, JOHN 2 | England, c.1721, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Stanbury of the Clockmakers' Company on May 20, 1712; free of the Company, Jan. 16, 1721. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SHELTON, JOHN 3 | England, c.1745, | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1745. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SHENSTON, J.T. | England, fl.1836-46, PHIM | Weight, earthenware = OXF. | "Manufacturer." | 395 Strand, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| SHEPARD, ANN | England, 1676, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1676 = NMM. | see A.S. 4. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(395); NMM 2; RSW. |
| SHEPARD, JOHN | England, c.1674, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 22, 1674. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SHEPEARD, J.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Congleton. | Goodison 1. | |
| SHEPHERD | England, c.1820, NIM | Octant = Soth. 2/3/76; Sextant, double frame = X. | the sextant was shown on the QE 2 menu in 1983; see C. Shepherd. | Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| SHEPHERD, C. | England, c.1820, NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = VNN; Telescope, two-draw = Melun 4/24/83. | 53 Leadenhall Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| SHEPPARD, EDEN | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company on Sept. 12, 1701. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SHEPPARD, JOHN | England, 1737, NIM | Davis Quadrant, 1737 = Ader Picard Tajan 3/7/77. | RSW. | ||
| SHEPPERE, LOUIS DE | France; Russia, fl.1690-1700, OIM | Frenchman working in St. Petersburg; Chenakal thought he did not take any pupils. | St. Petersburg. | Chenakal 3. | |
| SHERMAN, C.R., AND CO. | USA, fl.1865-73, NIM | Marine Compasses = MYS (2), Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass. | the Whaling Museum compass is signed "Charles R. Sherman and Co."; the "and Co." was his partner James Handley; T.C. reads, in part, "Successor to J. Kehew." | 49 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| SHERMAN, CHARLES R. | USA, fl.1849-73, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Daggett House, Edgartown, Mass. | he worked for John Kehew, 1849-59; succeeded him in 1865; instruments signed "C.R. Sherman"; see C.R. Sherman and Co. | 49 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| SHERWOOD | England, c.1838, NIM | compass maker?; designed a "Magnetic Geometer" for finding position at sea; this was patented by R.M. Hoe, which see. | Taylor 2(2245). | ||
| SHETRINO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| SHEW, H. | England, c.1800, MIM | Pantograph = D.(1972). | London. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| SHEWSWELL, THOMAS | England, c.1623, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen in the Grocers' Company between 1612 and 1617; free of the Company on July 29, 1623. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SHIELD, NICOLAS | England, fl.1668, | Shield had John Yarwell as an apprentice in 1668; Yarwell became a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | Clay and Court. | ||
| SHIPLEY, GEORGE | USA, fl.1797-1801, | sold telescopes. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| SHIPPY, JOHN | England, c.1706, MIM | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on May 6, 1706. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SHIRK, JOSEPH | USA, 1814-1902, MIM SIM | Tansit = P.C.(1965). | surveyor; Mennonite inventor. | Churchtown; Union Grove (1841-1902); both in Pa. | Smart 1. |
| SHIRTCLIFFE | England, c.1700, | designed a type of slide rule,made by William Wyeth. | Cajori. | ||
| SHORT | see De Grave, Short and Fanner. | RSW. | |||
| SHORT AND MOWER | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = K. and C. 5/23/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHORT, JAMES | Scotland; England, 1710-68, OIM | reflecting telescopes in large numbers; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL, OXF, HAR, LEY, AMST, RSM, Zeiss of Jena, Palermo Observatory, Tashkent Observatory, etc. | one of the most successful makers of his era; the earliest dated telescope is 1735; Short marked his telescopes with a serial number which appears as a formula, the production number of that particular focal length, over the total prduction to date, = the focal length of the telescope; he was succeeded by his brother, Thomas Short. | Edinburgh (1710-38); Surrey Street, Strand, London (1739-68). | Taylor 2(307); Bryden 1, 3, 7, & 19; G.L'E. Turner 3, 6, & 8; A.J. Turner 10; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| SHORT, THOMAS | Scotland; England, c.1712-88, OIM | Reflecting Telescopes = ADL-W18, KEN, etc. | succeeded his older brother, James Short in 1768; took out a patent in 1774 for a reflecting telescope with more than two specula. | Foot of the Broad Wynd, Leith (1748); Surrey Street, Strand, London (1768-76); Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh (1776-88). | Taylor 2(308); Bryden 3; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(XIV); ADL; RSW. |
| SHORTGRAVE, RICHARD | England, fl.1658-76, PHIM | made wheel and stick barometers, thermometers etc.; worked for Robert Hooke; became "Operator to the Royal Society", succeeded in that job by Harry Hunt; devised a new water level. | Gresham College, London. | Taylor 1(274); Goodison 1; Daumas 1; Evans 2. | |
| SHORTGRAVE, THOMAS | England, fl.1674-80, PHIM | son of Richard Shortgrave; assistant to Robert Hooke. | London. | Taylor 1(274). | |
| SHOTTE, J.N. | see J.H. Schotte. | Evans 1; Zinner 1. | |||
| SHREW | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHUTTLEWORTH | England, 18th Century, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Franklin Institute, Soth. 3/11/77; Surveyor's Compass = Bruce Museum, Greenwich Conn.; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 12/15/72; Pantograph = Christie 7/23/80; Microscope Barrel = Soth. 5/21/73; Telescope = P.C. | instruments signed this way could have been made by either Henry Raines Shuttleworth or Henry Shuttleworth. | Goodison 1; USNM; Daumas 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, HENRY | England, fl.1787-1812, OIM | Microscopes = Clay Coll.(2); Soth.-S 4/24/87. | apprenticed to his father, Henry Raines Shuttleworth, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free in the Company in 1787 according to Crawforth; others think it was 1797. | at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pair of Golden Spectacles (No. 23 Ludgate Street) near the West End of St. Paul's, London. | Crawforth 1; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(226); Clay and Court; RSW. |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, HENRY RAINES | England, c.1732-97, MIM OIM | Microscopes = Stevens' Auction Rooms 6/14/1782, Soth.3/25/86; Garden Sundial = P.C.(1987); Spyglass = D.(1985). | father of Henry Shuttleworth; apprenticed to John Cuff in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1747; free of the Company in 1754; Master of the Company, 1782-87; took apprentices; see Shuttleworth. | at Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles; The Old Mathematical Shop near the West End of St. Paul's (1791) (otherwise 23 Ludgate Street); both in London. | Taylor 2(537); Court and von Rohr 3(153); A.J. Turner 10; Robischon; Coffeen 9; Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, JOSEPH | England, fl.1830-37, MIM | Sectors, ivory = X, Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79, Soth. 7/15/63; Drawing Instrument Set = P.C. (1980). | Evans noted that he made a microscope c.1786 but this surely is the work of H. Shuttleworth. | 73 Lichfield Street, Birmingham; 133 Broad Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2002); Evans 1; RSW. |
| SIBE, JOHANN | Denmark, | see Brenner and Sibe. | Baillie 1. | ||
| SIBELIN, JEAN | France, fl.1706-35, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = Musée Historique de Neuchätel. | "horologer"; is he the same as or related to Sebelin l'aîné, which see. | Neuchätel. | RSW. |
| SIBENMANN AND QUARTIER | USA, fl.1852-55, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| SIBLEY AND MARBLE | USA, fl.1801-07, MIM | advertised in 1801 that they repaired (and sold?) swords, clocks, mathematical and surgical instruments, etc. | New Haven, Conn. | USNM. | |
| SICKLER, C. | Germany, c.1850, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 3/10/87; Surveying Level = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | Karlsruhe. | RSW. | |
| SIEBER, MICHAEL | Germany, 1744, MIM | Equatorial Table Sundials, 1744 = PRA, PAM; Horizontal Sundial = PRA. | signed "Pater Michael Sieber OSP fecit." | Zinner 1; Astron. Inst.; RSW. | |
| SIEFER, KONRAD | Germany, 1403, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1403 = Strassburg Cathedral. | Lübke. | ||
| SIEGLER | see Molteni et Siégler. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| SIEMENS AND HALSKE | Germany, c.1850, | showed in 1851 at the Great Exhibition in London. | Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SIEMENS, CHARLES WILLIAMS | Germany, 1823-83, MIM PHIM | patented a double cylinder air pump, exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London with his partner, Halske. | Berlin. | Chaldecott 3; RGO; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SIENER, G. | Germany, c.1860, MIM OIM | Telescopic Level = DRE. | Darmstadt. | RSW. | |
| SIETE, LUDOLF DE | Germany, 15th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = Cracow University Observatory. | master of the treasury of the abbey of Einbeck. | Einbeck. | Zinner 1. |
| SIKES, BARTHOLOMEW | England, 1731-1803, PHIM | devised a type of hydrometer; collector of Excise. | Stourbridge; 5, Wilderness Row, Clerkenwell, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; McConnell 4. | |
| SILBERADE | Telescope = Phillips 6/15/76. | this is probably a misreading for Charles Silberrad. | RSW. | ||
| SILBERMANN JEUNE | France, fl.1855-62, MIM PHIM | Silbermann jeune; might have been the son of Jean Thiebaut Silbermann; "preparateur de physique au College de France"; found a way to print celestial and terrestrial globes with but one strike ? | Paris. | USNM. | |
| SILBERMANN, JEAN THIEBAUT | France, 1806-65, MIM PHIM | on his arrival in Paris Silberman apprenticed himself to Jecker, a maker of physical apparatus; Silbermann later became Superintendent of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers; he developed a form of heliostat in 1843 which was widely adopted; Silbermann jeune may have been his son. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| SILBERRAD, CHARLES | England, fl.1801-33, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = WHI, CNY; Double Barometer = OXF; Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Universal Ring Sundial = Auction, 1961; Instrument = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88. | the wheel barometer is signed "C. Silberrad", the other barometers are signed "Silberrad." | 34 Aldgate within, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1218); Michel 3; Daumas 1; O'Mara; RSW. |
| SILIPRANDI, IL | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Water Level = D.(1973); Level, large, iron = D.(1971). | RSW. | ||
| SILK, WILLIAM | England, c.1762, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 29, 1762. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SILKER | Sweden, c.1710, MIM | instrument maker; probably a half-brother of Christopher Polhem. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| SILLO AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | York? | Goodison 1. | |
| SILLO, S. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1986). | York. | Antique Collector, Nov. 1986. | |
| SILVA, JOAO DA | Portugal, late 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = Evans Coll., D.(1967), Lisbon Ethnological Museum. | also signed as "J.S." 2, which see; "autor." | RSW. | |
| SILVA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| SILVANI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Thermometer = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| SILVANI, G. AND B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Brighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| SILVANI, V. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = Christie 12/8/76. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| SILVANI, V., AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| SILVE, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | 9 East Street, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| SILVER AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant with telescope = Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| SILVER, C.W., AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant = KEN-1872-77. | RSW. | ||
| SILVER, G., AND CO. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 11/13/86. | RSW. | ||
| SILVER, P.W., AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 6/7/72. | Cornhill, London. | RSW. | |
| SILVER, S.W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Electrical Machine, with ebonite fittings = X. | 3 Bishopsgate Street, London. | USNM. | |
| SILVESTER, JOSHUA | England, c.1594, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1594. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SIMENCOURT, DE | France, c.1850, MIM | Vertical, south-facing Sundial = D. | No. 341; "Cadran Vertical Indiquant l'avance et le retard sur la Méridienne du Midi vrai." | Faubourg St. Denis No. 42 (erased), Paris. | Coffeen 55. |
| SIMES, CHARLES | England, c.1784, MIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on June 3, 1784. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SIMKIN, J. | England, fl.1781-91, MIM | card in Lewis Evans Coll. | Burton Wood. | Evans 1. | |
| SIMMES, ISAAC 1 | England, fl. 1609-10, MIM | Garden Sundials = KEN (1609), X (1610); Sundial, bronze, square, 1610 = Phillips 2/15/89. | goldsmith. | Parish of St. Botolf, London. | Delehar 1; RSW. |
| SIMMES, ISAAC 2 | England, 1735, MIM | Horizontal Sundial Plate, 1735 = X. | clockmaker. | Evans 1. | |
| SIMMONS, H. | USA, 1852, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1852 = D.(1983). | for "Lat. 43°". | Paris, N.Y. | Coffeen E. |
| SIMMONS, THOMAS | England, c.1807, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on June 30, 1807. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SIMMS 1 | England, c.1824, MIM OIM | Protractor = Soth. 10/28/86; Meridian Transit Telescope, 1824 = X; Altitude and Azimuth Telescope, 1824 = X. | London. | RSW. | |
| SIMMS 2 | see Troughton and Simms; Edward Troughton 2 and William Simms 2. | Taylor and Wilson; RSW. | |||
| SIMMS 3 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95 | Chipping Norton. | RSW. | |
| SIMMS, FREDERICK WILLIAM | see William Simms 2. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SIMMS, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1792-99, OIM | 4 (later 8) Crooked Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1041). | ||
| SIMMS, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1822-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of William Simms 1; brother of James Simms 2 and William Simms 2; see J. and G. Simms. | London. | Taylor 2(1042); Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, J. AND G. | England, fl.1822-46, MIM NIM OIM | James Simms 2 and George Simms 2; the firm made mariner's and other compasses; Francis Barker and Son in their Trade Card stated that they had worked for the Simms' firm for seventeen years and had succeeded them. | 4 Broadway, Blackfriars; 9 Greville Street, Hatton Garden (1846); both in London. | Taylor 2(1042); Taylor and Wilson; Chaldecott 3; R.G.O. | |
| SIMMS, JAMES 1 | England, 1711-95, MIM | father of William Simms 1 and grandfather of William (2), James (2), and George Simms (2); made drawing compasses. | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(309); Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1822-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of William Simms 1; see J. and G. Simms. | London. | Taylor 2(1042); Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, JAMES 3 | England, 1828-1915, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | apprenticed to his father, William Simms 2 in 1843; after his father's death in 1860, he became a partner with his cousin, William Simms 3, in Troughton and Simms until 1871 when William Simms retired; James Simms 3 carried on the firm alone until his death in 1915. | Woolich Road, Charlton, Kent and 138 Fleet Street, Lomdon. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, JAMES 4 | England, 1862-1939, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of James Simms 3 and brother of William Simms 4; carried on Troughton and Simms Ltd. with his brother, 1915-22; in 1922 the firm merged with T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. of York to become Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd. | Woolwich Road, Charlton, Kent and 138 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1763-1820, MIM | son of James Simms 1; father of William (2), James (2), and George Simms (2), which see. | Birmingham; Bowman's Buildings, Aldersgate Street, London (1793). | Taylor 2(889); Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, WILLIAM 2 | England, 1793-1860, MIM OIM | Frederick William Simms; son of William Simms 1; may have been apprenticed c.1807 to Bennett (?) of Cork who was one of Ramsden's workmen; after some years on his own he joined with Edward Troughton 2 as a partner (1826-36) in Troughton and Simms; joined by his nephew William Simms 3 in 1836; improved Troughton's dividing engine by adding a "self-acting mechanism"; exhibited standard yard rules at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; author; F.R.S., 1852. | The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street (1826-43); 138 Fleet Street (1843-60); both in London. | Taylor 2(1430); J.A. Bennett 2; Chaldecott 3; R.G.O.; G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, WILLIAM 3 | England, 1817-1907, OIM | son of James Simms 2; joined his uncle, William Simms 2 in Troughton and Simmsin 1836; became partner in the firm with his cousin, James Simms 3 in 1860; retired in 1871. | The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street, London; 138 Fleet Street (1841), London and Woolwich Road, Charlton, Kent (1864). | Taylor 2(1430); Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMMS, WILLIAM 4 | England, 1860-1938, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of James Simms 3; carried on the firm of Troughton and Simms Ltd. with his brother, James Simms 4 from 1915-22; in 1922 the firm merged with T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. of York to become Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd. | Woolwich Road, Charlton, Kent and 138 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SIMONDO | England, PHIM | Table Orrery = Whitehall, London. | Grimaldi. | ||
| SIMONS, D. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. West Sussex 10/18/83. | Trowbridge. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| SIMONS, JAMES | England, 1774-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = Bennington Museum, Vermont, Christie-SK 7/10/80; Butterfield-type Sundials = Soth. 5/21/73, D.(1974), D.; Pantograph = Phillips 11/16/76; Stick Barometer = X. | one of the sundials shown by dealers had a list of six English cities, the other has a single hour scale; the barometer is signed "Simons London"; his trade card shows that he sold microscopes. | Sir Isaac Newton's Head, corner of Marylebone Street and Golden Square, opposite Glasshouse Street (1773-85); Fleet Street; 17 Marylebone Street (1791); all in London. | Taylor 2(1042a); Goodison 1; USNM; Wynter and Turner; C.N. Robinson; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. |
| SIMPSON 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SIMPSON 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| SIMPSON AND ROBERTS | England, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory, brass, with case = ADL-T50. | Roberts 2. | 34 Strand Street, Liverpool. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SIMPSON, JOHN | England, c.1815, MIM | apprenticed to John Browning 1 in the Grocers' Company on Jan. 2, 1800; free of the Company on Dec. 7, 1815; Master; also spelled "Simson". | London? | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| SIMPSON, JONATHAN | USA, 1787-1863, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = USNM, Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort; Compass = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. | silversmith; clockmaker. | Bardstown, Kentucky. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 17. |
| SIMSON | England, NIM | Octant = Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. | possibly John Simpson. | Strand Street, Liverpool. | Holbrook 2. |
| SIMSON, JOHN | see John Simpson. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| SINCLAIR, GEORGE 1 | Scotland, fl.1654-96, PHIM | barometer maker; professor of mathematics and philosophy; author. | St. Andrews; Glasgow; Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 10; Middleton 1. | |
| SINCLAIR, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1670-1703, MIM | designed a pantograph; might be "St. Clair." | at the Sign of the Log, Russell Street, Covent Garden, London? | Taylor 1(349). | |
| SINDLE, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = OXF. | Taylor 2(1219). | ||
| SING, MAURITIUS | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = UTO 11/2/76; Astronomical Clock = UTO 9/29/75. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SINGELING | see Cingeling. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| SINGER | England, pre-1881, | patented a compass sundial; the siver case is hallmarked 1881. | London. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| SINGER, HANS | Germany, c.1548, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SIOLI, L. | England, 1807, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1807 = X. | Richmond. | Goodison 1. | |
| SIRE, GEORGES ETIENNE | France, 1826-1906, | invented a version of the gyroscope. | Besançon. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SISSON | England, PHIM | Barometer = COR. | probably either Jonathan Sisson 2 or Jeremiah Sisson. | London. | Courtanvaux. |
| SISSON, I. | variant signature for J. Sisson, which see. | RSW. | |||
| SISSON, J. | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments are signed "J. Sisson"; these could be by Jonathan Sisson 2 or by Jeremiah Sisson; examples may be found at AMST, KEN, UTR, NYM, WHI, etc; a drawing instrument, ADL-W100, is signed "I. Sisson." | London. | Bryden 16; de Rijk; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Coffeen F; Wynter & Turner; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| SISSON, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1736-88, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = KEN; Mural Arc, 1770 = KEN; Telescope Micrometer = KEN; Octant, 1763 = UTR; Stick Barometers = KEN, WHI. | son of Jonathan Sisson 2; succeeded him in 1747; made quadrants used by David Rittenhouse in 1768; instrument maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. | Corner of Beaufort Buildings, Strand London. | Taylor 2(411); Goodison 1; USNM; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. |
| SISSON, JONATHAN 1 | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Jeremiah Gregory of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 1, 1720; J. Brown thought he was not the mathematical instrument maker, Jonathan Sisson 2 who was the father of Jeremiah Sisson. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SISSON, JONATHAN 2 | England, c.1690-1747, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of finely divided instruments dating from 1725-42; examples can be seen at NMM, UTR, WAI, Bologna U. Observatory, etc. | chief workman for George Graham; John Bird worked for Sisson; from 1729, instrument maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales; added telescopic sights to a theodolite; succeeded by his son, Jeremiah Sisson in 1747; see Graham and Sisson; T.C. | at the Sphere, corner of Beaufort Buildings in the Strand, London (1722-47). | Taylor 1(580) & 2(120); Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J. Brown 3; Crawforth 1; USNM; Michel 3; von Cittert 1; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Millburn 6 & 10; RSW. |
| SIVA, PADRE GAETANO DI | see Gaetano | NMM 2. | |||
| SIX, JAMES | England, fl.1782-96, MIM PHIM | invented a maximum-minimum thermometer; F.R.S., 1792; author. | Maidstone; Canterbury. | Taylor 2(890); Bedini 8; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SIZER, NORTON | England, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass. | London. | RSW. | |
| SKIRROW, JAMES | England, fl.1783-1814, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Adlington Hall. | signed "J. Skirrow Wigan"; clockmaker. | Lancaster and Wigan. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| SLADE AND KEAST | USA, c.1842, MIM NIM PHIM | may be James Slade, which see. | Boston, Mass. (1842). | USNM. | |
| SLADE, JAMES | USA, c.1844, MIM NIM PHIM | may be the Slade in "Slade and Keast", which see. | Boston, Mass. (1844). | USNM. | |
| SLATER, THOMAS | England, fl.1852-58, OIM | ground lenses for 24-inch refracting telescopes for the Rev. J. Craig in 1852. | 4 Somers Place, West Euston Square (1852); 136 Euston Road (1858); both in London. | USNM. | |
| SLEYER, W. | England, fl.1674-80, MIM | instrument maker and operator with Robert Boyle. | Lady Ranelagh's House, Pall Mall, London. | Taylor 1(378). | |
| SLIPPER | see Sloper. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| SLOPER, A. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Plotting Scale, silver = Trinity College, Cambridge. | London. | Dewhirst. | |
| SLOPER, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1727-42, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Hutchinson of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 4, 1717; free of the Company, Jan. 16, 1727. | Maiden Lane, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SLOT, SYRACH VAN | Holland, MIM | Sector = Stedelijmuseum, Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SMALKANDENSIS | see Johannes Bamman and H.B.1; Smalkandensis appears as part of the signature on Bamman's 1484 astrolabe, it is the name of the town where he lived. | Price 1. | |||
| SMALL, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1819-24, MIM | 22 East Pratt (1819); 44 South Gay Street (1822-23); 56 Pitt Street (1824); all in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | ||
| SMART | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| SMART, JOHN | England, fl.1690-1700, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| SMART, ROBERT | England, c.1760, | apprenticed to Joseph Hill of the Grocers' Company on May 6, 1760. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SMEATON, JOHN | England, 1724-91, MIM NIM PHIM | Condensing Steam Engine = Herring Auction, May 1, 1793; Celestial Globe = Herring Auction, May 1, 1793. | engineer; surveyor; switched from the study of law to instrument making; worked with Dr. Gowin Knight testing patent logs, etc.; designed an air pump in 1752; produced Smeaton's gyroscopic horizon, c.1760; F.R.S. in 1753. | Furnival's Inn Court (1750); South Street, Grey's Inn, Holborn (1772); both in London. | Taylor 2(412); A.J. Turner 10; Bedini 8; Loomes 2; RSW; Courtanvaux; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| SMEATON, THOMAS | 20th Century, | Water Clock, signed "Thomas Smeaton, Salisbury, 1625" = BIR. | probably made by Pearson Page Ltd. of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| SMETHWICK | England, fl.1674-75, OIM | partner of Jack Dunning; turner; glass grinder; made lenses for telescopes and other optical instruments. | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(379). | |
| SMETHWICK, FRANCIS | England, fl.1667-85, OIM | pupil of William Oughtred; amateur optical instrument maker; worked with Hooke; made a microscope, a telescope, and some burning glasses; F.R.S. in 1667. | London. | Taylor 1(323); Gunther 2; Daumas 1; Spargo 1. | |
| SMION | Germany, 1592, MIM | Artillery Dividers, 1592 = MUN. | Simon? | Nürnberg. | Price 2. |
| SMISSEN, VANDER | Holland, late 17th Century, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = BMR; Sector = D.(1994). | sector signed "Vander Smissen Maestricht." | Maestricht; Brussels. | Rooseboom 1; Michel 1; Evans 1; Coffeen 46; RSW. |
| SMIT, FR. ANTON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = DEU. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SMIT, J. CHR. | Holland, fl.1831-47, MIM NIM | instrument and compass maker. | Elandstraat 551 (1831-38); Elandstraat over de Franschen tuin 551 (1839-47); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SMITH 1 | England, fl.1763-74, MIM | see Watkins and Smith. | London. | Moskowitz 122; RSW. | |
| SMITH 2 | England, 1788, MIM | Planetarium = Mr. Didier (1788). | optician and instrument maker; member of the Bath Philosophical Society. | Bond Street, Bath. | Bryden 9. |
| SMITH 3 | England, c.1819, PHIM | T.C.; see James Smith 1. | Royal Exchange, London. | Crawforth 1; Calvert 2. | |
| SMITH 4 | England, c.1830, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 4/17/61, Soth. 7/15/63, Versailles 2/28/82; Celestial Globe = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | probably Charles Smith of Charles Smith and Son. | London. | RSW. |
| SMITH 5 | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN. | RSW. | ||
| SMITH 6 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| SMITH 7 | England, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | see Smith 3. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. |
| SMITH AND BECK | England, fl.1847-57, OIM | Microscopes = Hunterian Museum, U. of Glasgow, Christie 12/8/76, Phillips 10/26/83 and 2/15/89, Soth. 2/26/68 & 2/25/86, D.(1975), D.(1985), P.C.; Binocular Microscope, No.1527 = Soth. 2/25/86; etc. | James Smith 3 and Richard Beck; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; Phillips 2/15/89 was presentation gift in 1852, No. 667. | 6 Coleman Street, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Nuttall 2; Moskowitz; Coffeen 9; RSW. |
| SMITH AND CO. 1 | USA, 1831, MIM | made mathematical instruments and clocks. | Canton, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| SMITH AND CO. 2 | England, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Christie 12/8/76. | 63 Charing Cross, London. | RSW. | |
| SMITH AND HIND | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-Scot. 5/11/93. | Hartlepool. | ATG 5/8/93. | |
| SMITH AND RAMAGE 1 | Scotland, PHIM | Smith and John Ramage 2 | Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| SMITH AND RAMAGE 2 | Scotland, fl.1845-60, NIM OIM PHIM | Marine barometer = X. | Charles Ramage. | 45 Regents Quay, Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. |
| SMITH AND WATKINS | England, fl.1764-74, OIM | Addison Smith and Francis Watkins 1. | London. | Clay and Court. | |
| SMITH'S | England, MIM | Celestial Globe = Herschel Home Museum, Bath. | RSW. | ||
| SMITH'S NAVIGATION SHOP | England, | Hadley Quadrant = D.(1976). | Pool Lane (Liverpool). | RSW. | |
| SMITH'S, PROF., ETABLESSMENT | Denmark, c.1843, | Quadrant on stand = AUI. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| SMITH, ABRAHAM, AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | RSW. | ||
| SMITH, ADDISON | England, fl.1763-89, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Burndy Library, Conn., Phillips 4/20/83, D.(1982); Microscope = Phillips 4/20/83; Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Francis Watkins 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 4, 1750; free of the Company, June 30, 1763; partner with Francis Watkins 1, 1764-68, as Watkins and Smith; opticians and scale makers; opposed Peter Dollond's patent; the shop sign was "Hands and Scales" T.C.; took out patents on spectacles in 1783. | St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross (1764); 5 Charing Cross (1764-74); opposite Northumberland Street, 481 Strand (1779); 79 Charlotte Street, Rathbone Place (1783); all in London. | Taylor 2(538); Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; Robischon; Clay and Court; Cort and von Rohr 3(160); Coffeen B; USNM; RSW. |
| SMITH, ANDREW 1 | Scotland, 1821, | invented the "Apograph", a scale drawing device (pantograph); it was sold by Mason of Dublin; R.B. Bate ried to get the rights. | Ayr. | Darius 3; McConnell 4; RSW. | |
| SMITH, ANDREW 2 | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see William and Andrew Smith; William Smith 6 and Andrew Smith 2. | 46 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(2248). | |
| SMITH, AUDLEY | England, NIM | Sextant = Burndy Library, Norwalk, Conn. | London. | USNM. | |
| SMITH, B. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| SMITH, BECK AND BECK | England, fl.1857-66, OIM | Microscope, # 3527 = Christie 12/8/76; Binocular Microscope = Soth. 7/10/67; etc. | James Smith 3, Richard Beck and Joseph Beck. | 6 Coleman Street, London E.C. | USNM; Moskowitz; RSW. |
| SMITH, CALEB 1 | England, fl.1734-45, | insurance broker; invented an astronomical sextant, 1734; invented a sea-quadrant, c.1742, of which 2 examples survive. | London. | Bedini 8. | |
| SMITH, CALEB 2 | see Ward and Smith. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| SMITH, CHARLES | England, MIM | globemaker; see Smith 4, Charles Smith and Son, and Charles Smith and Sons. | London. | Taylor 2(1705); Yonge. | |
| SMITH, CHARLES, AND SON | England, fl.1827-1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Christie 12/12/72, Soth. 2/12/76 & 2/8/83; Terrestrial Globes = P.C., P.C. (1839); Celestial Globe = Rutgers U. Library, New Brunswick, N.J., Wellesley College Observatory, Mass; Pair of Globes = Soth. 5/30/75. | see Charles Smith and Sons; sometimes signed "Smith and Son" or "C. Smith and Son"; Soth. 5/30/75 misread as "G. Smith and Son." | 172 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1705); Wynter and Turner; USNM; Wynter 1974; Yonge; RSW. |
| SMITH, CHARLES, AND SONS | England, c.1867, MIM | Pair of Globes, 18" = Soth. 2/8/83; Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with case, 1867 = Peron & Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | see Charles Smith and Son. | London. | Taylor 2(1705); RSW. |
| SMITH, CORDIAL | USA, c.1775, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1775 = Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. | Smart 1. | ||
| SMITH, D.L. | USA, c.1870, MIM | Floating Sundials = Bliss Coll., D.(1978), D.(1983). | "D.L. Smith's Patent, August 23, 1870." | Coffeen D; RSW. | |
| SMITH, EDGERTON (2) AND WILLIAM (1) | England, fl.1803-08, MIM NIM | succeeded their father Edgerton Smith (1); the elder Smith was probably associated with Edward Massey between 1805 and 1808 and was the author of the booklet on the use of Massey's log. | Navigation Shop, 18 Pool Lane, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1220a)(769). | |
| SMITH, EDGERTON 1 | England, fl.1766-1807, MIM NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Octants = NMM (2). | took out a patent for improvements in binnacles and compasses with his mechanic, Michael Harris; school master and printer, 1766-72; instrument maker and lecturer on philosophy, 1774; succeeded by his sons, Edgerton (2) and William (1) Smith. | Church Street (1766-72); Newton's Head, 17 Pool Lane (1774); both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(769); Goodison 1; Bryden 9. |
| SMITH, EDGERTON 2 | England, c.1825, NIM | Magnetic Compass = Soth. 12/1/75. | see Edgerton (2) and William (1) Smith. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| SMITH, EDGERTON, AND CO. | England, c.1819, PHIM | Edgerton Smith 2; T.C. | Liverpool. | Crawforth 1; Calvert 2. | |
| SMITH, F., AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | Frederick Smith. | Southampton. | RSW. |
| SMITH, FREDK. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Smith's trade card in the case of a Kettlewell sextant says "from Plymouth." | Plymouth; 23 Oxford Street, Southampton. | RSW. | |
| SMITH, G., AND SON | probably a misreading for Charles Smith and Son. | Soth. 5/30/75; RSW. | |||
| SMITH, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1674, MIM | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1664; free of the Company in 1674. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SMITH, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 2, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SMITH, GEORGES | France, 19th. Century, MIM | Sundial, round, silver = Lempertz 6/14/76. | perhaps a misreading for Monsieur George. | Paris. | RSW. |
| SMITH, I. | England, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = USNM. | USNM. | ||
| SMITH, J. 1 | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Compass, small = Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen. | Groningen. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SMITH, J. 2 | England, MIM | Orrery, pocket sized, = Soth. 11/13/61; Globe, miniature = Soth. 2/26/68. | surely James Smith 1. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. |
| SMITH, J. 3 | Denmark, OIM | Spyglass = D. | "Dag og Nat" | Koebenhaven. | RSW. |
| SMITH, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1812-28, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Gloucester Museum, X; Wheel Barometers = X (5), Christie 4/25/91. | succeeded James Long; the barometers are signed "Smith Royal Exchange" or "J. Smith, Royal Exchange, London"; see J. Smith 2. | Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1. |
| SMITH, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1820-25, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope = OMM. | the telescope is signed "J. Smith, 126 Wapping, London"; also made octants; succeeded John Smith 4 at this address. | 126 Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1706); Pipping 1; RSW. |
| SMITH, JAMES 3 | England, fl.1840-66, OIM | Microscope, 1840 = Hunterian Museum, U. of Glasgow; Microscope, # 5 = RSM. | founding partner of Smith, Beck and Beck; member of the R.M.S. in 1840. | 17 Bath Place (later 15 Palace Row), New Road, Fitzroy Square; 56 Tollington Road; both in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 3; Nuttall 2; Taylor 2(1707). |
| SMITH, JAMES JOHN | England, c.1868, OIM | Microscope, binocular, Wenham-type = P.C. | "late Smith and Beck"; probably a great-nephew of James Smith 3; member of the R.M.S. in 1868. | 56 Tollington Road, Islington, London (1868). | Moskowitz 3. |
| SMITH, JAMES R. | USA, fl.1858-69, | probably a dealer; worked with his father, William Henry Smith, in the firm of William H. Smith and son; later his brother, Lewis Bayard Smith joined the firm which became William H. Smith and Sons. | 2 Maiden Lane and 77 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SMITH, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1674-94, MIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundial = FIN = Weil = USNM. | toolmaker in Lancashire; came to London, c.1673; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1674; wrote two books on horology including the earliest horology book in English and two on "baroscopes"; may or may not have made barometers; clockmaker; Britten said that he died before 1730. | Lancashire; St. Augustine, London. | Goodison 1; Evans 1; USNM; Taylor 1(413); Britten; Middleton 1; Baillie 1; Aked. |
| SMITH, JOHN 2 | England, c.1725, OIM | succeeded John Marshall 2 as optician to King George II. | at the Archimedes and Three Golden Prospects, Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(212); Delehar 4; Clay and Court. | |
| SMITH, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1740-80, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Hindley, assistant to Dr. Demainbray at Kew. | York; Richmond, Surrey; Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(413). | |
| SMITH, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1817-22, MIM NIM OIM | succeeded by James Smith 2. | 126 Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1432). | |
| SMITH, JOHN 5 | England, 1807-95, MIM | Sundial, 1838 = Wesleyan Chapel, Bielby; Sundial = Albert Park, Middlesbrough. | astronomer; diallist; made a pedometer. | Bielby. | Gatty. |
| SMITH, JOHN 6 | USA, c.1846, MIM NIM OIM | also an engineer and surveyor. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1846). | USNM. | |
| SMITH, JOHN A. | Scotland, 19th Century, NIM | Lifeboat Compass = D.(1989). | Peterhead. | Moskowitz 132. | |
| SMITH, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1717-22, MIM | member of the Clockmakers' Company, c.1717; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SMITH, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1817-46, MIM OIM PHIM | partner of James Smith 3. | 42 Threadneedle Street (1817); Northgate, Royal Exchange (1822); 17 Bath Placee (later 15 Palace Row, New Road, Fitzroy Square; all in London. | Taylor 2(1433). | |
| SMITH, JOSEPH 3 | England, c.1825, NIM | made mariner's compasses and quadrants. | Rigman's Rents, Fore Street, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1710). | |
| SMITH, L.A. | USA, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Doyle Americana Auction 11/30/88. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| SMITH, LAUNCELOT | England, fl.1616-23, MIM | free of the Joiners' Company before 1623; had already taken Thomas Brown 1 as an apprentice. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SMITH, LEWIS BAYARD | USA, c.1860, | worked with his father, William Henry Smith and his brother, James R. Smith in William H. Smith and Sons; probably dealers. | 2 Maiden Lane and 77 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SMITH, M.F., AND CO. | Holland, 1848, MIM | Chronometer = National Museum of Canada. | The Hague; Antwerp. | USNM. | |
| SMITH, MARY | England, c.1730, | widow of John Smith 1; advertised her husband's books for sale at the Fan and Flower deluce over against Somerset House in the Strand. | St. Augustine, London. | Goodison 1; Britten. | |
| SMITH, MIHILL | England, c.1735, MIM | apprenticed to James Parker 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 7, 1723; turned over to Benjamin Scott on Mar. 11, 1727; free of the Company on May 13, 1735. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SMITH, MOSES | USA, c.1830, | developed a new technique to remagnetize compass needles in 1830. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8; USNM. | |
| SMITH, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1689-1720, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver in the Clockmakers' Company for eight years on May 5, 1680; free of the Company, July 1, 1689; took apprentices. | London. | Taylor 1(563); Evans 1; J. Brown 3. | |
| SMITH, PETER | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to James Clarke 1 of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 3, 1793. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SMITH, PHILIP | England, fl.1686-83, MIM | Scale, folding, boxwood, 1670 = ADL-A290. | admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1668; took an apprentice. | London. | Taylor 1(298); Clay and Court; Robischon; J. Brown 1 & 3; ADL; RSW. |
| SMITH, R. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Versailles 11/20/83; Stick Barometer = Bearne's 3/11/97. | "cutter and optician." | York. | RSW. |
| SMITH, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1604, | invented a method for plotting sundials. | Taylor 1(110). | ||
| SMITH, ROBERT 2 | England, 1698-1768, | designed a reflecting microscope; author. | Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| SMITH, S., AND SONS | England, MIM | Orrery Clock = Christie 3/29/60. | RSW. | ||
| SMITH, SAML. ALBT. | England, MIM | Rule, brass = D.(1984). | signed "Maker." | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| SMITH, SAMUEL B. | USA, 1847, PHIM | exhibited an electro-magnetic machine at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1847; won a diploma. | 197 1/2 Broadway, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| SMITH, T. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1983). | may be Thomas Smith, which see. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. |
| SMITH, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1772-, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 22, 1772; may be the same as T. Smith, which see. | Crawforth 7; RSW. | ||
| SMITH, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1814-22, NIM | Azimuth Compass = D.(1971). | marked on back of compass card "Lee Newmarch." | 53 Old Gravel Lane, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1434); Moskowitz 102. |
| SMITH, THOMAS S. | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see Thomas Stokes Smith. | 11 Goldsmith Street, Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(2247). | |
| SMITH, THOMAS STOKES | England, c.1809, MIM | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company, Oct. 31, 1809; listed as a MIM in the directories; see Thomas S. Smith. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SMITH, W.A. | England, MIM | Eidograph = D.(1984). | "inv. and made by W.A. Smith"; "sold by Mason, Parliament Street, Dublin." | Coffeen G. | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1803-08, MIM NIM | son of Edgerton Smith 1; partner with his brother, Edgerton Smith 2. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(769) & (1220a). | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1822, MIM | 54 Red Lion Square, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1711). | ||
| SMITH, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1830, MIM | compass maker. | 5 Briton Side, Plymouth. | Taylor 2(2006). | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM 4 | England, fl.1830-37, MIM | 6 Court, Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(2005). | ||
| SMITH, WILLIAM 5 | England, fl.1835-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "W. Smith Crowland"; watchmaker. | North Street, Crowland. | Goodison 1. |
| SMITH, WILLIAM 6 | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see William and Andrew Smith; Andrew Smith 2. | 46 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(2248). | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM AND ANDREW | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | Beam Compass = OXF; Apograph = RSM; Eidograph = D.(1996). | William Smith 6 and Andrew Smith 2; apograph sold by Mason of Dublin; eidigraph signed "Invented and made by W. and A. Smith, No. 332." | 46 Lisle Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(2248); Coffeen 55; RSW. |
| SMITH, WILLIAM H., AND SON | USA, fl.1858-69, MIM PHIM | importers; William Henry Smith and his son, James R. Smith; see also William H. Smith and Sons. | 2 Maiden Lane and 77 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM H., AND SONS | USA, 1858-1869, MIM SIM | William H. Smith and his sons, James R. Smith and Lewis Bayard Smith; probably dealers. | 2 Maiden Lane and 77 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SMITH, WILLIAM HENRY | USA, 1803-69, MIM SIM | probably a dealer; see Young, Smith and Co., Smith, Young and Co., William H. Smith and Son and William H. Smith and Sons. | 4 Maiden Lane (1830-57); 2 Maiden Lane and 77 William Street (1858-69); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SMITH, YOUNG AND CO. | USA, fl.1852-57, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | William Henry Smith and Henry Young. | 4 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. |
| SMYTH | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4); Barometer = Soth. 9/1/70. | one X is marked "London." | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SMYTH, ROBERT | 20th Century, | Water Clock, signed "Robert Smyth, London, 1659" = Local History Museum, Shaftesbury. | probably made by Pearson Page Ltd. of Birmingham. | Stevens and Aked. | |
| SMYTHE, JOHN | England, c.1596, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on May 1, 1596. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SNART, CHARLES | England, c.1795, MIM | free of the Haberdashers' Company; scalemaker; reported on William Elliott 1 in 1795. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SNART, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1690-1700, MIM PHIM | Balances = NMM. | T.C. | at the Sign of the Heart and Scales, Maiden Lane, against the Goldsmiths' Hall, London. | Taylor 1(471); RSW. |
| SNART, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1807-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 11/19/87; Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 10/19/87. | apprenticed in the Merchant Taylors' Company; trade card read "Telescope Maker to the Trade"; succeeded by Neaziah Snart. | Southwark; 215 Tooley Street, London. | Crawforth 7; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1221); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| SNART, NEAZIAH | England, fl.1830-46, PHIM | succeeded John Snart 2 before 1833; sometimes listed as Nehomiah or Neariah Snart in directories. | 215 Tooley Street, London. | Taylor 2(1221); Goodison 1. | |
| SNEEBERGER, MICHAEL | Czechoslovakia, c.1600, MIM | associated with Jost Bürgi. | Prague. | Michel 3. | |
| SNEEWINS, ANTONIUS | Holland, fl.1642-73, MIM NIM SIM | made many fine instruments including astrolabes, nocturnals, quadrants, surveying instrument, rules, sundials, etc., dating from 1642 to 1673; examples may be found at AMST, UTR, SKO, CNAM, LEY, KEN, CMY, RIK, etc. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Zinner 1; Michel 2; Price 1; ICA-2; Gunther 1; van Cittert; Hollands Glorie; RSW. | |
| SNEEWINS, HENRICUS | Holland, fl.1640-75, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = LEY, FIN, Drecker Coll. = DPW, D.(1984); Magnetic Compass, 1651 = SKO; Sectors = NUR, Berg Akademie, Freiburg; Ring Sundial = Evans Coll.; Circumferentor = Soth. 11/13/61. | son of Johannes Sneewins; the universal ring sundial listed by the dealer is also marked "Alexander Brouwer"; see H.S. 4. | Leiden. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Price 2; RSW. |
| SNEEWINS, JAN. | see Johannes Sneewins. | Michel 2 & 3. | |||
| SNEEWINS, JOHANNES | Holland, fl.1637-75, MIM NIM | Compass = ROT; Sundial = Oude Dordrecht (society)(1905). | father of Henricus Sneewins; grandfather of Willem Sneewins; author; wrote on the astrolabe. | Rotterdam; Utrecht. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Evans 1; Daumas 1. |
| SNEEWINS, WILLEM | Holland, fl.1677-1709, MIM NIM SIM | Quadrants = AMST (1697), van Cleef Auction, 1799; Sundials = AMST (1700), Evans Coll. (1703), OXF (1709); Graphometer = LEY; Theodolite = SPI-2762 = AND-11 = Bliss Coll. | son of Henricus Sneewins; Rooseboom thought that Antonius Sneewins was his father. | Delft. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. |
| SNELLEN, W. | Holland, c.1800, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = UTR; Sundial, silver = Zeiss-Jena. | Rooseboom 1; de Rijk. | ||
| SNELLING, JOHN | England, fl.1761-1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Snelling Alton." | High Street, Alton (1830). | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| SNOW | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ripon. | Goodison 1. | |
| SNOW-HARRIS, WILLIAM | England, c.1838, PHIM | constructed a wheel barometer. | Middleton 1. | ||
| SODERBERG, MR. | England, late 18th Centuryy., OIM | T.C.; "Working Optician." | No. 2 Crown Court, Crown Street, Westminster, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| SOHER, JOHANNES | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| SOHLBERG, GORAN | Sweden, b.1745, MIM | Göran Sohlberg; apprenticed to J.Z. Steinholtz in 1760. | Pipping 1. | ||
| SOLARO | Holland, 1817, PHIM | barometer maker; partner with Donati Butti in 1817; may be A. Solaro or J. Solaro. | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SOLARO AND BUTTI | Holland, c.1817, PHIM | barometer makers; Donati Butti came from Milan in 1794; partner with A. or J. Solaro in 1817. | Vijgendam 39, Amsterdam (1817). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SOLARO, A. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = FML. | see Solaro and Butti. | Leeuwarden. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| SOLARO, J. | Italy; Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = FML. | see Solaro and Butti. | Leeuwarden. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| SOLCA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X(3). | Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| SOLCA, J. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| SOLCA, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| SOLCHA | see Lappi and Solcha. | Goodison 1. | |||
| SOLCHA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kettering. | Goodison 1. | |
| SOLCHA, J. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | might be a variant for J. and J. Solca, which see. | Hull. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SOLCHA, LEWIS | England, fl.1851-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | the barometers are signed either "Solcha Hull" or "L. Solcha Hull"; may have been a partner in Lappi and Solcha (Luppie and Solcha), which see. | 1 Dagger Lane (1851); 17 Robinson Row (1855-59); both in Hull. | Goodison 1; Loomes 1. |
| SOLDINI, A. | England, fl.1848-55, PHIM | barometer maker. | 17 Robinson Row (1848); 9 Robinson Row (1851-55); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| SOLDINI, GIOSUE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth.-WS 12/13/83. | jeweller; some of the barometers are signed "G. Soldini Wincanton." | High Street, Wincanton. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SOLDINI, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = Bearne's 3/11/97. | RSW. | ||
| SOLDINI, P., AND MASPOLI | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer makers; Pasqual Soldini and James Maspoli. | 9 Robinson Row, Hull (1860). | Goodison 1. | |
| SOLDINI, PASQUAL | England, fl.1855-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | see P. Soldini and Maspoli. | 9 Robinson Row, Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| SOLEIL | France, c.1790, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Soth. 2/25/86. | may be the father of Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil, which see. | Passage Freydeau, Paris. | RSW. |
| SOLEIL FILS | France, fl.1834-49, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = P.C., Christie 12/12/72, Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; Polarimeter = USNM. | "Opticien du Roi"; Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil, which see; Gersaint and USNM address is "Rue de l'Odèon." | Galerie Vivienne No. 23; Rue de l'Odèon No. 35; both in Paris. | USNM; Warner 13; RSW. |
| SOLEIL, HENRI | France, fl.1849-72, PHIM | Polariscope = USNM; Fresnel Lens = USNM. | "èleve et successeur de son père"; son of Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil. | Paris. | Warner 13. |
| SOLEIL, JEAN-BAPTISTE-FRANCOIS | France, 1798-1878, OIM PHIM | Achromatic Lens and Prism = OXF; Telescope, three-power, miniature = D.(1992); Camera Lucida, miniature = D.(1993); Fresnel Press = USNM. | Jean-Baptiste-François Soleil; may be the same as "Soleil Fils", which see; invented the saccharimeter; succeeded by his son, Henri Soleil, and son-in-law, Jules Duboscq, independently, in 1849; camera lucida signed "Soleil" plus address. | 21 rue de l'Odéon, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Poggendorff; USNM; Coffeen 36 and 41; Warner 13; RSW. |
| SOLMS, JOHAN JACOB | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = PRA; Horizontal Sundials = PRA, PRN, SPI-2857, D.(1933). | Horsky and Skopova; Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| SOLOMON, AARON | England, c.1801, OIM | optician. | Bell Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| SOLOMON, D. | England, OIM | T.C.; spectaclemaker. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| SOLOMON, JOSEPH | England, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851, London. | 22 Red Lion Square, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SOLOMON, S. | England, fl.1815-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be a watchmaker. | Lewes. | Goodison 1. |
| SOLOMON, SAMUEL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Saml. Solomon." | Devizes. | Goodison 1. |
| SOLOMONS AND CO. | India, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = TIM. | 7, Government Place, Calcutta. | RSW. | |
| SOLOMONS, ABRAHAM | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | 6 New Road, St. George's East, London. | Taylor 2(2250). | ||
| SOLOMONS, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1838-56, MIM OIM PHIM | see Samuel and Benjamin Solomons. | 5 New Road, St. George's East (1838); 39 Albemarle Street, Piccadilly (1846); both in London. | Taylor 2(2252). | |
| SOLOMONS, ELIAS 1 | England, c.1832, OIM | see George and Elias Solomons. | Stepney, London. | Taylor 2(2008). | |
| SOLOMONS, ELIAS 2 | England, fl.1832-46, OIM | may be the same as Elias Solomons 1, which see. | 36 Old Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(2007). | |
| SOLOMONS, G.M. | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | 9 East Bedford Square, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(2251). | ||
| SOLOMONS, GEORGE AND ELIAS | England, c.1832, OIM | took out a patent in 1832; George Solomons and Elias Solomon 1. | Stepney, London. | Taylor 2(2006). | |
| SOLOMONS, SAMUEL AND BENJAMIN | England, fl.1838-56, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/20/75 and 4/29/77, Christie-SK 4/17/86, K. & C. 11/24/76, FRK = Soth. 3/25/86, etc.; Microscope = FRK = Soth. 3/25/86. | "Opticians to the Government"; the instruments are signed "S. and B. Solomons"; T.C. | 5 New Road, St. George's East (1838); 39 Albermarle Street, Picadilly (1846); both in London. | Taylor 2(2252); Chaldecott 3; R.G.O. |
| SOM, LUDWIG | Germany, c.1708, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundials = BASH, Bern Historical Museum, Lindau Stadtmuseum; Analemmatic Sundial = Lindau Stadtmuseum. | Lindau. | Zinner 1. | |
| SOMALRICO AND CO. | misreading for Somalvico and Co. | RSW. | |||
| SOMALVECO, J. | misreading for J. Somalvico. | Phillips 2/22/77. | |||
| SOMALVICO | see "Lione and Somalvico" and "Lione, Somalvico and Co." | Goodison 1. | |||
| SOMALVICO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1997) | possibly J. Somalvico and Co. | ATG 5/24/97. | |
| SOMALVICO AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = D.(1990). | "Day or Night"; on folding stand. | London. | RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, CHARLES | England, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = Phillips 2/3/82; Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/14/87; Wheel Barometers = X(6). | son of Joseph Somalvico 1; brother of James Somalvico; all the instruments are signed "C. Somalvico." | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, J., AND CO. | England, fl.1839-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometers = Beresford Hotel, San Francisco, Cal., Soth. 12/15/72, Soth.-WS 6/21/83; Chrondrometer = Christie-SK 2/9/81. | Joseph Somalvico 2; T.C. states "Manufacturers ------- Opticians"; showed in the Great Exhibition in London in 1851. | 2 Hatton Garden; 18 Charles Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Taylor 2(2252a); Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; Vincent 1; Wynter 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, J., AND SON | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 12/15/72, 5/4/73 and 12/14/89; Marine Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X(2); Telescope = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | probably James Somalvico and his son, Joseph Somalvico 2. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden; 91 Hatton Garden; both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, JAMES | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | son of Joseph Somalvico 1; brother of Charles Somalvico; father of Joseph Somalvico 2. | 41 Kirby Street; 22 Kirby Street; both in Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. |
| SOMALVICO, JH. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94. | Possibly Josh or Joseph Somalvico. | London. | RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, JOSEPH (1), AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Phillips 12/2/87 (2). | one barometer is signed "J. Somalvico and Co. Improved", it is also marked with the dealer's or owner's name. | 81 Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1805-19, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1993). | barometer maker; father of James and Charles Somalvico; partner with Dominick Lione as Lione and Somalvico and Lione, Somalvico and Co. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street (1811-19); both in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Ant. Hor. Summer, 1993. |
| SOMALVICO, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1833-60, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, D.(1983); Barometer = Christie 11/6/69. | son of James Somalvico and brother of Vincent Somalvico; formed J. Somalvico and Co. and succeeded Ronchetti and Son. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1833-39); 2 Hatton Garden; both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, JOSEPH 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/14/87; Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/20/88, Phillips 9/10/86; Stick Barometers = X (2). | No. 67 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| SOMALVICO, JOSH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 1/12/89. | possibly Joseph Somalvico 1 or 2. | 18 Charles Street, London. | RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, JOSH, AND CO. | England, c.1869, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Phillips 2/15/89, Christie 4/28/89; Marine Barometer = D.(1983); Stick Barometers = Soth. 7/21/83, X. | marine one also signed "J. Somalvico and Son, Makers, London."; repaired a Nairne and Blunt stick barometer after 1869; perhaps Joseph Somalvico 1 or 2. | 81 Holborn; 256 Holborn; 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (post-1869); all in London. | Goodison 1; Wynter 2; Taylor 2(2252a); RSW. |
| SOMALVICO, V., AND CO. | England, c.1856, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | surely Vincent Somalvico, which see. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| SOMALVICO, VINCENT | England, fl.1856-58, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers and philosophical instruments. | 14 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SOMATIICO, JOSH, AND CO. | misreading for Josh Somalvico and Co. | K. & C. 7/9/75. | |||
| SOMMER, AUGUST | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = Przypkowski Coll. | descendent of Johann Sommer? | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Maddison ? |
| SOMMER, BALTHASAR | Holland; USA, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = Assenborch Coll. (1794). | succeeded by his widow; also made microscopes. | Amsterdam; New York, N.Y. | Rooseboom 1; Bedini 8. |
| SOMMER, JOHANN | Germany, 1636-1702, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = ADL-T7, GRA, KRE; Sundials = STU, LUN. | the universal ring sundial at the ADL is signed on the outer surface of the equatorial circle and the name can not be seen when the dial is folded; some reproductions, in silver, of a universal ring sundial, signed "Johann Sommer" have appeared in the London market. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SOMMER, MRS. BALTHASAR | USA, c.1753, OIM | advertised that she ground optical glasses for microscopes, spy glasses, etc; succeeded her husband who was trained in Amsterdam. | Pot-Baker's Hill, Smith Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1 & 8. | |
| SONDWAL, AND. | Holland, | variant of And. Soutwal. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SONGA, ANTONIO | England, c.1772, MIM | Cornhill, London. | Moskowitz. | ||
| SONTHALMER, VALENTINUS | Germany, | an astrolabe is insribed "Valentinus Sonthalmer Georgio Weinmayster dono anno 1535"; it is also marked "H.G." (1) and "1537"; it was formerly in the Nachet Coll.; Zinner thought that Valentinus Sonthalmer was also known as Joh. Gebhart; Nachet thought it was the work of Georg Hartmann. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Nachet; MADEX; Michel 2 and 3. | ||
| SORDELLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 23 Baldwin Gardens, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SORDELLI, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 3/7/75. | probably J. Sordelli, which see. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SORDELLI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometer = X. | probably the same as I. Sordelli, which see. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| SORDILLI, L. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/16/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| SORENSEN, SOREN | Sweden, 1806-75, MIM | Sören Sörenson. | 24 Styckgjutarebacken, Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| SORMANI, PAUL | France?, PHIM | Barometers and Thermometers = Soth.-PB (Los Angeles) 10/14/74. | RSW. | ||
| SORSBY, WILLIAM | England, c.1724, | apprenticed into the Joiners' Company, 1724; perhaps to Thomas Cooke 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SOULBY, JOHN | England, fl.1830-42, NIM OIM PHIM | Octants = OMM, Christie-SK 9/11/86. | T.C. reads "J. Soulby late Smith"; may have been John Smith 4; see John Soulby and Co. | 126 Wapping, London. | RSW. |
| SOULBY, JOHN, AND CO. | England, fl.1842-56, NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = OMM; Stick Barometer = OMM. | 126 Wapping High Street, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| SOULBY, S., AND CO. | misreading of J. Soulby. | RSW. | |||
| SOUTH, JOSEPH | England, fl.1709-24, MIM | apprenticed to John Hewson of the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1702; free of the Company, Nov. 7, 1709; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SOUTHALMER, VALENTINUS | misreading for Valentinus Sonthalmer. | Gunther 1. | |||
| SOUTHHOUSE, JAMES | England, fl.1856-85, NIM | 25 Goodmans Yard, Minories, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| SOUTHHOUSE, ROBERT | England, fl.1868-72, NIM | 25 Goodmans Yard, Minories, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| SOUTHWELL, THOMAS | England, c.1759, MIM | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1749; free in the Company, March 6, 1759. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SOUTHWORTH, BLENDINA | USA, fl.1834-35, PHIM | widow of Elijah Southworth; made hydrometers and watches. | 230 Greenwich, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| SOUTHWORTH, ELIJAH | USA, fl.1797-1834, PHIM | patented a hydrometer Feb. 28, 1821; made hydrometers, oliometers, saccharimeters and watches; grocer; succeeded by his widow, Belinda Southworth in 1834. | 53 Water (1797-99); 135 Broadway (1800-03); 228 Greenwich (1804); 230 Greenwich (1805-34); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| SOUTWAL, AND. | Holland, 1742, MIM PHIM | made a Bianchi-type air pump. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| SOWER, CHRISTOPHER | USA, fl.1724-40, MIM | printer; doctor; author; also made clocks and mathematical instruments. | Germantown and Philadelphia; both in Pa. | USNM. | |
| SOWERBY, J. | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Mathematical Instrument = Soth. 7/15/63; Sector, boxwood = D.; Surveyors Rule, ivory = D.(1976); Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Sowerby London"; the other instruments are signed "Sowerby London." | Chiswell Street, London. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz; Coffeen II; RSW. |
| SPACKMAN, JOHN | England, c.1711, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 3, 1711. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SPADA, VIRGILIO | owned a microscope now at the ROM (1960); might be Virginio Spada, a member of Pope Alexander VII's household. | Price 2. | |||
| SPAHN AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| SPANO, ANTONIUS | Italy; Spainfl.1593-1615, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1593 = Pierpont Morgan Library, New York, N.Y. | patron was Philip II of Spain. | Tropea; Spain. | Yonge. |
| SPARKES, GEORGE | England, c.1715, | apprenticed to Edmund Culpeper 1 of the Grocers' Company, on March 5, 1713; turned over to John Wolmesley on Sept. 21, 1715. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SPARROW, W. | England, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 2/8/83. | Eastbourne. | RSW. | |
| SPEAKMAN, JOHN | England, c.1729, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 6, 1729; Speakman may have been admitted to the Company in 1729 instead of being apprenticed in that year. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SPEAR | Ireland, MIM OIM SIM | Sector, large, ivory = BM; Pocket Microscope = Crisp Coll.; Inclinable Sundials = WHI, Pugsley Sale; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Compound Microscope = Wellcome Institute. | Dublin. | Bryden 9 and 16; Price 4; RSW. | |
| SPEAR AND CLARK | Ireland, fl.1815-17, MIM OIM | Richard Spear 1 and Edward Clark. | 27 College Green, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| SPEAR AND CO. | Ireland, fl.1838-64, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = UTO 11/2/76, Phillips 2/22/77, D.(1973). | Richard Spear 2. | 27 College Green (1838-42); 28 College Green (1843-64); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Egestorff; RSW. |
| SPEAR, PHINEAS | USA, c.1830, | devised an artificial horizon in 1830. | Portland, Me. | Bedini 8. | |
| SPEAR, RICHARD 1 | Ireland, fl.1791-1814, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Compass Sundial = Christie-SK 10/6/83; Clinometer = Phillips 2/2/84; Sextant = P.C.(1982); Stick Barometer = X; Surveyor's Compass = P.C.(1982); Telescope = D.(1981); Gunner's Calipers = Phillips 11/16/88. | made William Spear's saccharometer, c.1802; as most instru- ments are signed "Spear Dublin" it is hard to distinguish between Richard Spear 1 and 2; worked with Edward Clark as Spear and Clark (1815-17); was Instrument Maker to His Majesty's Crown [Agent?] in Ireland and to His Ordnance. | 29 Capel Street (1791-92); 23 Capel Street (1793-1808); 23 Capel Street and College Green (1809); 35 College Green (1810); 35 College Green (1812-14); all in Dublin. | Egestorff; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1046); Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| SPEAR, RICHARD 2 | Ireland, fl.1818-37, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | succeeded Richard Spear 1; see Spear and Co., as well as Richard Spear and Co.; also a wax and oil merchant. | 27 College Green, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Goodison 1. |
| SPEAR, RICHARD, AND CO. | Ireland, fl.1820-31, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Richard Spear 1; spermaceti refiners and oil merchants. | 27 College Green, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Goodison 1. |
| SPEAR, SAUNDERSON | Ireland, fl.1831-37, OIM | optician, wax chandler and oil merchant. | 3 Westmorland Street (1831); 98 Grafton Street (1832-34); 23 Suffolk Street (1835-37); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| SPEAR, WILLIAM | Ireland, c.1802, | invented a saccharometer in 1802; a variant spelling was "Spere." | Bryden 9. | ||
| SPEARS | Ireland, NIM | Octant = P.C.(1978). | see Richard Spear 1 and 2. | Dublin. | Rinaldi. |
| SPEARS AND CO. | see Spear and Co. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |||
| SPECHT, JOHANN | Austria, 1697, MIM | Gunner's Levels = Porte de Hal, Brussels, Huelsmann Coll. | Huelsmann signed "Specht fecit Vienna 1697." | Vienna. | Michel 3; Syndram. |
| SPEER | Ireland, c.1791, | see Richard Spear 1. | 29 Capel Street, Dublin. | RSW. | |
| SPEETH, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 17th Century ?, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = KRE. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SPEIDELL, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1600-34, | invented rules for special measurements; author; mathematician. | Queen Street, Drury Lane, London. | Taylor 1(103); Clay and Court. | |
| SPELZINI, I. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Short Graham and Co. 6/16/93. | Cirencester. | ATG 7/10/93. | |
| SPELZINI, J. 1 | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | RSW. | ||
| SPELZINI, J. 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | 11 Brooks Market, (London ?). | RSW. | |
| SPELZINI, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| SPELZINI, J., AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be John Spelzini and his son. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| SPELZINI, JOHN | England, fl.1836-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76 & 6/27/88, Phillips 4/30/83; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88; Barometer = Christie 2/5/70. | the barometers are signed either "Spelzini Beauchamp Street, Leather Lane", "J. Spelzini, 91 Leather Lane, London" or "J. Spelzini, 11 Beauchamp Street, Holborn, London." | 8 Beauchamp Street (1836); 11 Beauchamp Street (1839-48); 74 Great Saffron Hill (1856-59); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SPENCER | Scotland, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Phillips 10/26/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| SPENCER AND BROWNING | England, fl.1781-84, MIM NIM | Octants = Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., Phillips-NE 7/19/93. | William Spencer 2 and Samuel Browning 2; turned into Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 in 1784 when Ebenezer Rust 1 joined the partners; Spencer married Browning's sister. | 327 Wapping High Stret, London. | J. Brown 1; ATG 7/10/93; RSW. |
| SPENCER AND CO. | England, c.1846, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, these include, surveyor's compasses, octants, sextants, marine compasses, quadrants, stick barometers, etc. | Coffeen and Moskowitz think that this name was used by Spencer, Browning and Rust on certain of their instruments; a sextant at MYS has the address "111 Minories, London"; 3 mariner's compasses show "No. 66 Wapping, London" as does a quadrant dated 1846 at LOS; a sextant, ADL-A257 is marked with the name of the agent, "H. Duren," of New York, N.Y. | 66 Wapping; 111 Minories; both in London. | Goodison 1; USNM; Coffeen B; Moskowitz 132; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| SPENCER AND GRENOP | England, c.1880, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth.-Chester 6/10/83. | RSW. | ||
| SPENCER AND PERKINS | England, fl.1775-94, MIM | made many pedometers; examples may be found at WHI, KEN, OXF, DRE, etc. | 44 Snow Hill, London. | Taylor 2(770); Coffeen D; RSW. | |
| SPENCER AND SON | Ireland, fl.1864-86, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | John Spencer 2; also mechanical engineers. | 13 Aungier Street (1864-65); 13 Aungier Street and 19 Grafton Street (1866-68); 19 Grafton Street (1869-83); 23 Nassau Street (1884-86); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Goodison 1. |
| SPENCER, ARTHUR | England, c.1732, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph South of the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1724; free of the Company Oct. 3, 1732. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SPENCER, BARRETT AND CO. | England, c.1850, NIM | Quadrants = PMS, MYS (2), D.(1972); Sextants = MYS (3), Virginia Historical Society; Octants = Virginia Historical Society, USNM, Hart Nautical Museum, Boston, Mass. | the octant at the Virginia Hist. Soc. is also marked "H. Duren, N.Y.", its case has a Duren trade card. | London. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| SPENCER, BREWING AND CO. | misreading of Spencer Browning and Co. | Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | |||
| SPENCER, BROWN AND RUST | misreading of Spencer, Browning and Rust. | Pugsley Sale. | |||
| SPENCER, BROWNING | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = MAN-I126; Quadrants = PMS, Maritime Museum of British Columbia; Barometer = PMS; Compass = PMS. | surely a misreading for Spencer, Browning and Co. or for Spencer and Browning. | London. | Garcia 1; USNM. |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND CO. | England, fl.1840-62, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | made octants, quadrants, sextants, compasses, telescopes; a spectroscope at TEY; examples are numerous and may be found at OMM, MYS, MSI, AMST, VNN, Longleat, Wiltshire, Wadsworth Atheneum, Woodman Institute, Maine Historical Society, etc. | after Ebenezer Rust 2 died in 1838, Spencer, Browning and Rust became Spencer, Browning and Co. by 1840 (Rinaldi gives this date as 1843); Charles Taber and Co., New Bedford, Mass. were the American agents; T.C. stated that the instruments were genuine if "SBR" was stamped on the scales. | 111 Minories (1840); also 6 Vine Street, America Square (1848); both in London. | J. Brown 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; USNM; Coffeen 9; Rinaldi 23; RSW. |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND LIGHT | England, c.1860, OIM | Telescope = Westerly Public Library, R.I. | London. | USNM. | |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND RICH | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = USNM. | misreading of Spencer, Browning and Rust? | London. | USNM. |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND RUST 1 | England, fl.1784-1819, MIM NIM OIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including Octant, 1791 =NMM; Quadrant, 1801 = D.(1983). | William Spencer 2, Samuel Browning 2 and Ebenezer Rust 1; the firm divided ivory scales signed "SBR" for other nautical instrument makers; T.C. | 327 Wapping High Street (1784-91);123 Wapping (1791); 66 Wapping (1797); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; USNM; Taylor 2(894); Calvert 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| SPENCER, BROWNING AND RUST 2 | England, fl.1819-40, MIM NIM OIM | made mostly nautical instruments including: Octant, 1820 = Little Compton R.I.; Octant, 1825 = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y. | William and Richard Browning and Ebenezer Rust 2; after the death of Ebenezer Rust 2 in 1838, the firm changed the name to Spencer, Browning and Co. in 1840; it is difficult to tell the difference between the instruments made by Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 and those made by Spencer, Browning and Rust 2. | 66 Wapping, London. | J. Brown 1; USNM. |
| SPENCER, C.A. AND H. | USA, c.1850, OIM | microscope makers; Charles A. Spencer and H. Spencer who may have been a son. | Canastota, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| SPENCER, C.A., AND SONS | USA, fl.1877-80, MIM OIM PHIM | Charles A. Spencer and sons. | Geneva, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| SPENCER, CHARLES A. | USA, 1813-81, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = Hamilton College, Clinton, N.Y. (1858); Microscopes = USNM, St. Barnard College, Alabama; Microscope Objective = USNM. | made the first American microscopes; partner with A.K. Eaton, c.1854 for a few years; had Robert B. Tolles as apprentice and collaborator, 1843-58; later in business with his sons until 1873; after his shop burned he moved to Geneva, N.Y. (1877-80). | Canastota (1813-75); Geneva (1877-80); both in N.Y. | USNM; Ashbrook 2; Moskowitz 103. |
| SPENCER, DEVEREUX | England, c.1712, | apprenticed to Thomas Sarjant in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 30, 1712. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SPENCER, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1861-68, OIM | Microscope = D.(1987). | made for the French market; signed "J. Spencer." | 47 Cullenwood Avenue, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Goodison 1; Moskowitz; RSW. |
| SPENCER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to William Spencer 2 of the Grocers' Company on Nov.7, 1793. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SPENCER, JOHN 2 | Ireland, fl.1838-63, MIM OIM PHIM | see Spencer and Son. | 128 Summerhill (1838); 3 Aungier Street (1845-51); 13 Aungier Street (1852-63); all in Dublin. | Goodison 1. | |
| SPENCER, SAMUEL | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to William Spencer 2 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 16, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SPENCER, THOMAS | England, c.1634, MIM | free of the Joiners' Company in 1634; had Thomas Worrall as an apprentice; Worrall was also freed in 1634. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SPENCER, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.pre-1669-73, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company before 1668. | in the Minories (1668); Bermondsy (1671); both in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(5). | |
| SPENCER, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1773-1819, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company on Nov. 4, 1766; free of the Company on Dec. 2, 1773; took apprentices; George Mills was turned over to him on May 23, 1783 by Walton Willcox of the Joiners' Company; was a partner in Spencer and Browning and in Spencer, Browning and Rust 1. | at Mr. Rust's in the Minories (1773); No. 26 Wapping Street (1777); No.327 Wapping Street (1778); Virginia Street(1790); No. 327 Wapping Street (1795); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| SPENCER, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1811, MIM | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 1 in the Grocers' Company on July 2, 1801; free of the Company, June 6, 1811. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SPENDER, JOHN | England, c.1669, | apprenticed to Benjamin Emott in the Joiners' Company, Aug. 2, 1669. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SPERE | see Spear. | ||||
| SPETZINA | England, c.1815, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | London. | RSW. | |
| SPICER AND LYNCH | Ireland, c.1772?, MIM OIM SIM | Edward Spicer and James Lynch 1. | Capel Street, Dublin. | Taylor 2(655). | |
| SPICER, EDWARD | Ireland, fl.1760-71, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Soth. 3/5/81 & 2/25/86, D.(1985); Cartographer's Chest = Phillips Auction. | worked with James Lynch 1 as Spicer and Lynch, which see. | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(655); Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| SPIEDELL, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1675-85, MIM | A.J. Turner 1 & 2. | |||
| SPIEGEL, JOHANN | Germany, c.1705, MIM | Cube Sundial, wood,1705 = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Pillar Sundial, wood = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Cube Sundial = Pressburg Museum. | Lindau. | Zinner 1. | |
| SPIERING, JAN HENDRIK | Holland, c.1760, OIM | made solar microscopes. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| SPILLER | see Tisley and Spiller. | Royal Institution Notes, 1971. | |||
| SPILLETT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1734-72, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln, OIM, in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1727; free of the Company, Oct. 2, 1734: appointed Beadle Mar. 31, 1743. | London. | Court and von Rohr 3(124). | |
| SPILLETT, JOHN 2 | England, c.1757, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln, OIM, in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 5, 1750; free of the Company, Oct. 6, 1757. | Court and von Rohr 3(158). | ||
| SPINELLI | France, 1815, NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 3/29/73. | see Spinelli, Mahier and Co. | Le Havre. | RSW. |
| SPINELLI, MAHIER AND CO. | France, c.1868, NIM | T.C.; won prize in 1868; see Spinelli. | opposite the church of Nôtre Dame, Rue des Drapiers, 15, Le Havre. | RSW. | |
| SPINEUX, J.A. | England, c.1760, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | the magnetic needle lock is marked "H.B." (4). | RSW. | |
| SPINGEL, JOHAN JOACHIM | Germany, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = GEL. | it is possible that this is Johann Spiegel, which see. | RSW. | |
| SPINOZA, BARUCH DE | Holland, 1632-77, MIM | Crommelin said that Spinoza was an instrument maker. | Clay and Court. | ||
| SPIRINX, NICOLAS | France, fl.1606-43, MIM | Pair of Globe Gores, 1610 = Yale U., New Haven, Conn. | engraver and artist. | Lyons; Dijon. | Yonge. |
| SPITTELL, JOHN ? | England, c.1734, OIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 1, OIM, in the Spectaclemakers' Company, July 1, 1726; free in the Company on Oct. 2, 1734; Court and von Rohr thought he might be the same as John Spillett 1, but the dates differ. | Court and von Rohr 3(120). | ||
| SPITZ, CASPAR | Germany, c.1555, MIM | Astronomical Clock = VIE. | Schwaz. | Neumann 1. | |
| SPITZER, ANDREAS | Austria, 1764, MIM | Ptolemaic and Copernican Planetariums, 1764 = VNL. | Jesuit. | Vienna. | Zinner 1 (Nachträge); Wawrlk. |
| SPLEISS, THOMAS | Germany, 1705-76, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Schaffhausen Museum; Celestial Globe = Schaffhausen Museum. | also made sundials, terrestrial globes and planetariums; author. | Schaffhausen. | Zinner 1. |
| SPOFFORTH, R. | England, c.1700, | "R. Spofforth Sculp." marked on the compass card of a declination compass made by Richard Glynne at OXF. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| SPONG, JOHN | England, 1623-69, MIM OIM | Microscope = S. Pepys (1664); Pantograph = S. Pepys (1668). | may have been an amateur. | London. | Latham and Matthews, Vol. 5 & 9. |
| SPOONER, E.C. | USA, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Barometer = Andover Historical Society, Mass. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| SPRAT, JOHN | England, c.1677, OIM | apprenticed to Joseph Howe of the Broderers' Company, through the Spectaclemakers' Company, Feb. 8, 1677; Howe was also a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(50). | ||
| SPREIAFICUS, P.D. JACOBUS | Italy, 1632, MIM | Vertical Sundial, round, 1632 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| SPRINGER | England, c.1795, MIM NIM OIM | Equatorial Sundial = Archaeological Museum, Cambridge; Hadley's Quadrant = P.C.; Reflecting Telescopes = CAS, Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, Cal.; Dry-card Compasses = RSM, Wotton Auction 12/30/96; Hadley's Quadrant, 1795 = P.C. | Wotton compass signed "MIM to the King"; may be Joshua or Joseph Springer; Taylor ascribes the 1795 quadrant to Joshua Springer. | Bristol. | A.J. Turner 10; Dewhirst; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(770a); ATG 2/1/97; RSW. |
| SPRINGER, J. | England, c.1790, MIM | Sundial, round box, folding gnomon = NMM (Gabb Coll.); Pocket Sundial = Phillips 9/10/86. | could be Joseph or Joshua Springer. | Bristol. | NMM2; RSW. |
| SPRINGER, JOSEPH | England, OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = X. | recorded by T.H. Court. | Bryden 9. | |
| SPRINGER, JOSHUA | England, fl.1759-1808, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrant = HAM; Angle Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = City of Gloucester Museum. | T.C. (1760); his shop formerly belonged to Mr. John Wright; see Joshua Springer and Co. | at Hadley's Quadrant, in St. Stephan's Lane; 2 Clare Street; both in Bristol. | Crawforth 1; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(770a); A.J. Turner 10; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SPRINGER, JOSHUA, AND CO. | England, c.1773, | in partnership with George Atwood 1 as hardware manufacturers. | Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| SPRINGER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1775-94, MIM | 24 Charles Street (1775-85); John Street (1787); Charles Street (1793-94); all in Bristol. | Bryden 9. | ||
| SPRONK, D. | Germany, MIM | Pepetual Calendar = PAK. | Cleve. | Parkington Cat.; RSW. | |
| SPURRIER, AARON | England, c.1741, | turned over to Thomas Ribright 1, OIM, in the Spectaclemakers' Company on March 28, 1741. | Court and von Rohr 3(145). | ||
| SQUERREL, ROBERT | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Stow Market. | RSW. | |
| SQUIRE | see Burgoyne, Burbidges and Squire. | USNM. | |||
| SQUIRE, P. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 4/30/83. | "Chemist to the Queen"; surely a retailer. | London. | RSW. |
| SQUIRREL, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bildeston. | Goodison 1. | |
| ST. | Germany, MIM | Sundial, round, with lid = Focke Museum, Bremen. | the signature is "St."; the master mark is a star. | Zinner 1. | |
| ST. CLAIR | see Sinclair. | Taylor 1(349). | |||
| ST. GOBAIN, CHAUNY ET CIREY | France, 1655 -1922, OIM | optical and chemical glass makers. | Siege social, 1 bis Place des Saussaies, Paris. | USNM. | |
| ST. JOHN | England, 1671, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1671 = X. | Henslow. | ||
| ST. JOHN, J.R. | USA, c.1852, | took out a patent on a compass to find local variation of the magnetic flux, 1852. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| STAB, JOHANN | Germany; Austria, fl.1494-1522, | designed the large, square sundial in the Lorenzerkirche, Nürnberg, 1502; author. | Ingolstadt; Vienna; Graz. | Zinner 1. | |
| STACKPOLE AND BROTHER | Ireland; USAfl.1851-1910, MIM NIM SIM | Sextants = Versailles 11/20/83, USNM; Octant = Seamans Institute of New York; Transits = D.(1986), GUR, USNM; Compass, Compass-Transit, Transits (2) = Cornell U.; Theodolites = ADL-A122, Cornell U. (2); Reflecting Circles = MYS (4); Surveyor's Compass = D.(1989); Third of a Circle = MYS. | William and Robert Stackpole; supplied nautical instruments to the U.S. Government. | Ireland; 41 Fulton (1856-1910), New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Coffeen 27; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| STACKPOLE, ROBERT | Ireland; USA1823-73, MIM NIM SIM | came to America with his parents and older brother, William, in 1833; worked with William Stackpole as Stackpole and Brother. | Ireland; 41 Fulton, New York, N.Y. (1833). | Smart 1; Coffeen 27; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| STACKPOLE, WILLIAM | Ireland; USA1819-95, MIM NIM SIM | came to America with his parents and younger brother, Robert, in 1833; worked alone, 1843-51; see Stackpole and Brother. | Ireland; 41 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Coffeen 27; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| STACY, THOMAS | England, c.1797, MIM | Sundial = Municipal Museum, Newark-on-Trent. | Stevens and Aked. | ||
| STADION, HANS GEORG VON | Germany, c.1685, MIM SIM | Mining Surveyor's Compass, 1585 = VIE; Surveying Instrument, 1587 = VIE. | owner? | Bamberg; Augsburg. | Michel 3. |
| STADTLANDER, JOHANN | Germany, 1686-1742, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1730 = Focke Museum, Bremen; Graphometer = Focke Museum, Bremen. | "fein mechaniker." | Bremen. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| STAES, ROBERT | Belgium, c.1609, OIM | telescope maker? | Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| STAFFORD, J. | England, fl.1677-84, MIM | assistant to John Flamsteed. | Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London. | Taylor 1(406); Evans 1. | |
| STAGNAES | 1790, | Hadley's Quadrant, 1790 = OMM. | this might be the name of a town. | RSW. | |
| STAHEL, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1586-1634, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = Uppsala (1586), Halle. | also made clocks. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| STAIGHT, THOMAS | England, fl.1829-60, MIM PHIM | Floating Sundials = TIM, WHI, D.(1997); Horizontal Sundial, wood and cardboard = Geneva Museum of Arts; Compass Sundial = Phillips 11/16/88. | freed by Patrimony in the Fanmakers' Company, 1828; took apprentices; also made barometers and thermometers; Zinner thought the Geneva sundial was signed "T. Stuight"; Evans thought he was T.P. Staight; Straight is alternate spelling; D.(1997) sundial has thermometer with Fahrenheit and Reamur scales. | 26 Bartlett Buildings, Holborn(1829-39); 12 Wallbrook (1846); both in London. | Bryden 16; Zinner 1; Goodison 1; Coffeen 58; Clifton 1; RSW. |
| STALKER, DAVID | Scotland, c.1860, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1968); Marine Compasses = Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Melun 4/24/83; Marine Barometer = VNN. | T.C.; also made watches and clocks. | 6 Commercial Place, Leith. | RSW. |
| STAMBERG, FRANC. ANTON VON | Germany, 1717, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1717 = Düsseldorf Kunstgewerbe Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| STAMMER, J. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/10/81 = D.(1984) = P.C. | Sacrow (west of Berlin). | Coffeen G; RSW. | |
| STAMPA AND SON | England, fl.1802-18, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; possibly Charles Stampa and Son. | 74 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| STAMPA, CHARLES, AND CO. | England, fl.1802-11, PHIM | Stick Barometers = OXF, X. | the barometer at OXF is signed "Stampa and Co., London", the other is signed "Stampa and Co." | 125 Holborn Hill (1802); 25 Kirby Street, Hatton Carden (1803-11); both in London. | Taylor 2(1225); Goodison 1. |
| STAMPA, D. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometers X(2); Wheel Barometer = X. | 14 Leith Street, Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| STAMPA, D., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1770, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-Scot. 5/11/93; Wheel Barometer = D.(1996). | Christie-Scot. barometer signed "D. Stampa and Co."; see D. Stampa of Edinburgh. | Edinburgh. | ATG 5/8/93; ATG 5/4/96. |
| STAMPER, R. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Whalers' Village Museum, Lahine, Maui. | 14 Leith Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| STAMPFER, JACOB | Germany, 1505-79, MIM | Globe with Armillary Sphere, 1539 = X. | Michel 3; Stevenson. | ||
| STAMPFER, S. | Austria, c.1832, | professor; invented the stroboscope at the same time that Plateau invented the phenakistoscope which was the same thing. | Vienna. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| STAMPIOEN, JOHAN JANSZ, DE JONGE | Holland, b.1610 fl. 1664-84, MIM | Planisphere, paper = ADL-A259. | signed "J. Stampioen." | The Hague. | USNM; D.J. Warner 2; ADL; RSW. |
| STANCLIEF | USA, c.1859, MIM OIM PHIM | see Tiensch and Stanclief. | Smart 1. | ||
| STANCLIFFE AND DRAPER | USA, fl.1828-32, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wye Levels = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. and the New York Central & Hartford Railroad which had a Wye Level in 1874; Wye Level and Compass = Hagley Museum, Wilmington, Del. | Benjamin Stancliffe and Edmund Draper; T.C. | 118 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Miller. |
| STANCLIFFE, BENJAMIN | England; USA, 1782-1834, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sextants = APS, P.C., X(3); Surveyor's Compass = P.C., X(3), USNM; Alidades = Coast and Geodetic Survey (1834) 2). | apprenticed to his uncle, John Stancliffe, in London, 1796; worked for Edward Troughton 2, 1812-15; took Edmund Draper as an apprentice and later as a partner in Stancliffe and Draper (1830-33; Edward Troughton Hassler worked with him in 1834; Miller says that one sextant is signed "London" and that Stancliffe possibly did not make the other sextants. | 13 Bennet Street, Blackfriars Rd., London (1782-1816); 14 Walnut Street (1817); 118 South Front Street (1833); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Multhauf 1; Bedini 8; Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; Miller; RSW. |
| STANCLIFFE, JOHN | England, fl.1770-1810, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextants = WHI, Aubert Auction, 1806, Soth. 3/24/1834, Christie 12/12/73, D.(1982); Quintants = GEM, Phillips 12/12/89; Pocket Sextant = SFM; Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/15/89. | may have been apprenticed to Joseph Hindley of York; made a dividing engine, c.1788 while still an apprentice; foreman to Jesse Ramsden; WHI sextant is marked "Divided by J. Allen." | York; London. | Taylor 2(896); Coffeen A; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| STANDARD | USA, | Surveyor's Tape = Adirondack Museum, N.Y. | the tape is marked "Standard." | Brooklin, N.Y. | USNM. |
| STANDARD RULE CO. | USA, fl.1872-1922, MIM | Sliding Rule, folding, wood = D.(1972). | Unionville, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; Moskowitz 103. | |
| STANEY, JACOBUS DE | France, | marked on a 1638 diptych sundial, ADL-M294, signed "J.J. Schört Paris"; Staney must have been the owner. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| STANFORD, EDWARD | England, c.1880, MIM | Two Pairs of Globes = NMM. | geographer and publisher; one set has a compass in the base; the other set is marked "Malby's." | 55 Charing Cross, London. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| STANHOPE | see Charles Mahon, Lord Stanhope. | RSW. | |||
| STANLEY 1 | see Stanley and Co. | RSW. | |||
| STANLEY 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| STANLEY AND CO. | England, fl.1853- on, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | the instruments are usually signed "Stanley." | Great Turnstile, Holborn, London. | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| STANLEY AND HARLING | England, MIM | Drawing Instruments = Phillips 4/20/83. | RSW. | ||
| STANLEY RULE AND LEVEL CO. | USA, fl.1855-date, MIM | Slide Rule, Coggeshall-type = ADL-W155. | "warranted boxwood." | New Britain, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; ADL; RSW. |
| STANLEY, BELCHER AND MASON LTD. | England, post-1856, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.C. | London. | RSW. | |
| STANLEY, G.I. | England, c.1840, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Ineichen 10/20/75. | G.I. may be part of the address. | Turnstile, Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| STANLEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1801-26, MIM OIM | St. Mary's Row (1801); Bath Sreet (1818); 73 Bath Street(1825-26); all in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1713); Bryden 9. | ||
| STANLEY, WILLIAM FORD | England, 1829-1909, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | went into the tool business in 1853; founded Stanley and Co. | Great Turnstile, Holborn; Railway Approach, London Bridge; both in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM; RSW. |
| STANLY | misreading for Stanley. | Soth. 1/27/75. | |||
| STANRIDGE | see Staynred. | Taylor 1(145). | |||
| STANTON 1 | England, fl.1662-96, MIM | free in the Clockmakers' Company, 1662; Master of the Company in 1696; made a calculating machine for Robert Hooke. | Seething Lane, near Navy Office, London. | Taylor 1(362); Robischon. | |
| STANTON 2 | England, MIM | Rule, two-foot, folding, ivory = X. | may be John Stanton, which see; Great Turnstile leads out of Holborn. | Great Turnstile, London. | Taylor 2(1226). |
| STANTON, JOHN | England, fl.1800-22, MIM | see Stanton 2. | 73 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1226). | |
| STARCK, THOMAS | Germany?, 1620, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1620 = Ilbert Coll. = BM. | RSW. | ||
| STARK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Torquay. | Goodison 1. | |
| STARK, VIKTOR | Germany, fl.1628-36, MIM SIM | Sector, 1628 = DAR; Theodolite, 1633 = DRE. | used the title "Mechanius"; there is an astrolabe signed "V.S.F. 1632" in a P.C., and an artillery level signed "V.S.M.F. 1636" at DRE, which see. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; RSW. |
| STARKE AND KAMMERER | Germany and Austria, MIM | Planimeter = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Name was also read as Starke and Hammerr | RSW; WEBDB | |
| STARR, ROBERT | England, fl.1667-86, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company, pre-1667; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company, Feb. 24, 1668; took apprentices. | near the Golden Tun, Smithfield, London. | J. Brown 1 & 3; Taylor 1(324); Clay and Court. | |
| STARRAT, WILLIAM | England, c.1746, | author; described a gunnery instrument and its use. | London. | C.N. Robinson. | |
| STARRE, D. | Holland?, MIM | Pedometer = MAA. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| STARRETT, HERBERT RISTEEN | USA, 1865-1950, MIM NIM | worked for S. Thaxter and Son, 1884-1905; he purchased the firm from Abby C. Cushing in 1905; it appears that he closed the firm c.1916. | 28 Central Street, Boston, Mass. (in 1916). | Smart 1. | |
| STASSNIE | France, OIM | Microscope = Drouot 5/20/69. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| STAUBHAR | Germany, 1741, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1741 = STR. | Evans 1. | ||
| STAYNES/STAINES/STANES/STAGNES, JEOFFREY | England, c.1680, | apprenticed to George Ryley in the Lorimers' Company; turned over to Simon Chapman of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3, Loomes. | ||
| STAYNRED, PHILIP | England, fl.1621?-69, MIM | made measuring rules and gauging rods. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(145). | |
| STEALE AND SON | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Exhib. 1000 Years of Navigation, Brussels, 1979. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| STEAR, ADAM | England, 1660, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1660 = Rev. G.W.W. Minnes (1902). | Earle. | ||
| STEARNS, E.A., AND CO. | USA, fl.1833-92, MIM | Slide Rule, Coggeshall-type = ADL-W142. | made a wide range of wooden rules. | Brattleboro, Vt. | Philip E. Stanley; ADL; RSW. |
| STEBBING AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | "Opticians to the Queen"; J.R. Stebbing. | Southampton. | RSW. |
| STEBBING AND WOOD | England, fl.1851-53, PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | J.R. Stebbing and Wood. | 47 High Street, Southampton. | Goodison 1. |
| STEBBING, GEORGE | England, fl.1805-45, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometers = VNN, X; Wheel Barometer = X(2). | took out a patent for improvement of land and sea compasses. | Broad Street (1805-08) and (1810-45); 66 High Street; all in Portsmouth. | Taylor 2(1435); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| STEBBING, J.R. | England, fl.1840-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextants = Nat'l Museum of Canada (case), Christie 12/18/74; Protractor with pointers = P.C.; Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Stick Barometers = X, Christie 5/26/76; Telescope = Detroit Historical Museum. | protractor invented by Cmdr. Hay, R.N. | 47 High Street (1845); Dock Chambers (1857); both in Southampton. | Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| STEBBING, J.R. AND H. | England, c.1833, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | No. 63 High Street, Southampton. | Crawforth 1. | |
| STEDMAN, CHRISTOPHER 1 | England, fl.1747-72, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope, small, case = D.(1989); Sundial = Ed. Jones Coll.; Slide Rule, boxwood = D.(1983); Backstaff, 1760 = Marine Museum, Horten, Norway; Magnetic Compass, round box = Huelsmann Coll. | member of the Stationers' Company; took apprentices; Huelsmann signed "Stedman London" on printed paper compass rose inside lid, also marked "R. v. Graffen 1786" in center of printed rose in compass box; succeeded by his widow, Elizabeth Stedman, who was in turn succeeded by Christopher Stedman 2 in 1786; T.C. | at the Globe on London Bridge (1750); 24 Leadenhall Street (1761); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Wynter; Clay and Court; USNM; Moskowitz 132; Syndram; RSW. |
| STEDMAN, CHRISTOPHER 2 | England, c.1784, MIM | son of Christopher Stedman 1; apprenticed to George Adams 2 in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 2, 1777; free of the Company, Oct. 21, 1784; succeeded Elizabeth Stedman, his mother, in 1786. | 24 Leadenhall Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(541). | |
| STEDMAN, ELIZABETH | England, fl.1780-86, MIM | succeeded her husband, Christopher Stedman 1 in 1780; succeeded by Christopher Stedman 2 in 1786, probably her son. | 24 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(541). | |
| STEDWELL, JOHN | England, c.1752, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln, OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, June 27, 1745; free of the Company on Oct. 5, 1752. | Court and von Rohr 3(151). | ||
| STEEL AND GODDART | England, fl.1714-1780 (?), NIM | Quadrant = Pugsley Sale. | London. | RSW. | |
| STEEL, DAVID | England, 1819, | nautical publisher; firm was bought out by J. W. Norie and Co. in 1819. | London. | RSW. | |
| STEEL, P. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/9/77. | Tower Hill, London. | RSW. | |
| STEELE | see Palmer, Steele and Younghusband. | RSW. | |||
| STEELE, JOHN, AND SON | England, fl.1829-47, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = OXF; Wheel Barometer = X; Marine Barometer = Dundee Museum. | see Palmer, Steele and Younghusband. | 9 and 10 Duke's Place, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(2011); Goodison 1. |
| STEER, JOHN | England, c.1830, OIM | Rotten Row, Derby. | Taylor 2(2012). | ||
| STEFANI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1802, MIM OIM SIM | Plane Table Alidade = ADL-M134. | succeeded Giovanni Battista Rodello as mechanician to the Specola di Padova in 1802. | Padua. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; Brenni 1; RSW. |
| STEFFANI, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Eyre Street Hill, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| STEFFANI, WILLIAM DE | England, fl.1829-39, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-WS 6/21/83. | also made thermometers. | 33 Exmouth Street, Spitalfields, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| STEFFENONI, JOSH. | misreading for Stefferoni. | Phillips 7/20/83. | |||
| STEFFERONI, JOSH. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | the Phillips barometer was misread as "Josh. Steffenoni." | 74 Leather Lane. Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| STEGMANN, JOHANN GOTTLIEB | Germany, 1725-95, MIM OIM SIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = MLL; Circumferentor = KAS; Mining Compass = KAS; Surveying Instrument = Braunschweig Stadt Museum; Magnetic Sundial = DRE; Solar Microscope, 1759 = D.(1986) = Soth. 11/16/87. | mathematics professor; made the meridian telescope for the Kassel Observatory in 1754; the microscope was signed "fait par Stegmann à Cassel." | Kassel; Marburg (1786). | Zinner 1; Wynter 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| STEIB, ANDREAS | Germany, 1752-1828, MIM | Astronomical Clock with pair of Globes, 1804 = MUN. | Master in 1792; pupil of and journeyman for Philipp Matthäus Hahn; clockmaker; terrestrial globe is by J.G. Klinger of Nürnberg, celestial one by Jean Pigeon of Paris. | Ofen (1752); Munich (1778-80); Mainz (1787-89); Würzburg (1789-1828). | Friess. |
| STEIGER, WILLIAM T. | USA, fl.1838-pre-1855, | took out a patent for a protracting table in 1838. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| STEINER | Germany?, 1723, MIM | Artillery Level, 1723 = ADL-M212. | may be Philipp Jakob Steiner; or perhaps may be the father or older brother of Johann Ludwig Steiner. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| STEINER, JEAN MICHEL | Switzerland, c.1760, OIM PHIM | clockmaker; made barometers, thermometers and physical apparatus; optician. | Zurich. | Daumas 1. | |
| STEINER, JOHANN LUDWIG | Switzerland, 1711-79, MIM | mechanician; clockmaker; author. | Zurich. | Michel 3. | |
| STEINER, PHILIPP JACKOB | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sundials = MEM, MUN. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |
| STEINER, PHILIPP JACOB | Germany, 1709-79, MIM | Sundials = MUN, Memmingen Stadtmuseum. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |
| STEINHEIL, ADOLPH | Germany, 1832-92, MIM OIM | worked with his father, Carl August Steinheil, 1855 on; Adolph Steinheil's son, Rudolph, took over the business in 1892. | Munich. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| STEINHEIL, EDUARD | Germany, 1830-78, MIM OIM | younger son of Carl August Steinheil; entered the firm in 1862. | Munich. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| STEINHEIL, KARL AUGUST | Germany, 1801-70, MIM OIM | Telescopes = OMM, MYS (No. 8259); Telescope, with right-angled prism = TEY. | father of Adolph and Eduard Steinheil; grandfather of Rudolph Steinheil; established an independent optical workshop in 1854; he was joined by Adolph Steinheil in 1855 and by Eduard Steinheil in 1862; he also made microscopes; professor of mathematics and physics; it is hard to tell which instruments were made by the son or the grandson by the signatures. | Munich. | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Chaldecott 3; R.G.O.; RSW. |
| STEINHEIL, RUDOLPH | Germany, 1865-1930, MIM OIM | son of Adolph Steinheil; joined the firm in 1892. | Munich. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| STEINHOESUR, JOHN LEBERECHT | England, fl.1812-20, MIM | called himself a MIM; patented a hardware improvement in 1812. | Piccadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1437). | |
| STEINHOLTZ, JOHAN ZACHARIUS | Sweden, fl.1733-76, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Circle = SWE; Microscope, No.4 = NOR. | apprenticed to Daniel Ekström; ran the Academy workshop with Ahl, 1755-62. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| STEISEL, J.P. | Luxemburg, 1773, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1773 = P.C. | signed "J.P. Steisel Pyrotechnicus." | Pippa. | |
| STEITZ, ADAM | Holland, fl.1759-66, MIM PHIM | Rule, 1759 = AMST; Water Jet = Ebeling Coll.; Centrifugal Machines = TEY, UTR (1766), etc. | see J. Kampman and Adam Steitz. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. |
| STEIZ, JOSEF | Germany, 1768, MIM | Table Sundial, 1768 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| STENGLIN, JOHANN PHILIPP I. | Germany, 1636-1706, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver = Huelsmann Coll. | carries mastermark; goldsmith; Master in 1661. | Augsburg. | Syndram. |
| STENNE, SAMUEL | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1664; free in the Company, 1672. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| STENSON, JOHN | England, c.1782, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | author. | Derby. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| STEPAN, D. | Italy, 1572, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1572 = WHI. | also marked "Flo. M.M.F."; almost certainly Don Stephanus of Florence. | Florence. | Bryden 16. |
| STEPHANUS, D., B.F.F. | Italy, fl.1572-87, MIM | Pillar Sundials , ivory = ROS (1572), Soth. 6/25/68 (1573), KEN (1587); Quadrant, ebony = FLO-2499. | see also D.S.B.F.F., D.S.F.F., D. Steph. B.F.F.,D. Stepan; possibly all Don Stephano Buonsignori. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Bryden 16; Lübke; RSW. |
| STEPHENS AND CO. | USA, fl.1854-1901, MIM | Rule, wood = D.(1976). | made a wide variety of wood and ivory rules; merged with Chapin in 1901 to form Chapin-Stephens. | Riverton, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; RSW. |
| STEPHENS, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1747-81, MIM NIM | Backstaves = WHI, Soth. 18/6/85 (1747). | the backstaff at the WHI was made for George Waddington, the Soth. example was made for Gyles Fearon. | Temple Barr, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. |
| STEPHENS, ALEXANDER AND JOHN | Ireland, fl.1760-81, MIM NIM | Temple Bar (1760-74); 31 Temple Bar (1775-81); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | ||
| STEPHENS, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1760-93, MIM NIM | worked with Alexander Stephens, 1760-81. | 31 Temple Bar, Dublin (1782-93). | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| STEPHENSON, GEORGE | Scotland, 1781-1848, MIM | father of Robert Stephenson. | Killingworth. | Earle; DNB. | |
| STEPHENSON, GEORGE AND ROBERT | Scotland, c.1830, MIM | Wall Sundial = Stephenson home, Killingworth. | father and son team. | Killingworth. | Earle; DNB. |
| STEPHENSON, NICHOLAS | England, fl.1674-80, | devised a mechanical orrery; author. | The Tower, London. | Taylor 1(380). | |
| STEPHENSON, ROBERT | Scotland, 1803-59, MIM | son of George Stephenson. | Killingworth. | Earle; DNB. | |
| STEPHENSON, WM. | England, 1782, NIM | Octant, ebony, 1782 = Soth. 12/15/78. | RSW. | ||
| STEPNEY, WILLIAM | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Dreweatt-Neate Auction, Newbury 3/21/90. | Horsham. | A.T.G. 3/10/90. | |
| STERCK | see Ringelbergh. | Zinner 1. | |||
| STERLING | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| STERNE, THOMAS | England, fl.1619-31, MIM | globe maker. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 1(140). | |
| STERR, JOHANN | England, 1719, OIM | see Maurstotter and Sterr. | Freising. | Price 2; Daumas 1. | |
| STERROP | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM OIM | Microscopes = D.(1973), Soth. 5/25/86; Solar Microscope = Clay Coll.; Octant, wood = Exhibit "1000 Years of Navigation", Brussels, 1979; Telescopes = NMM, DRE, D.(1977); Garden Sundial = Victory Museum, Portsmouth. | the garden sundial is drawn for 17°18', it belonged to Nelson; it is hard to determine which Sterrop was the maker of any item signed that way. | London. | Clay and Court; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| STERROP AND YARWELL | England, fl.c.1697-1708, OIM | T.C.; partners sometime between 1697 and 1708; Ralph Sterrop and John Yarwell. | at the Archimedes and Three Pair of Golden Spectacles in Ludgate Street, the second Shop from Ludgate, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| STERROP, AVIS | England, fl.1756-60, OIM | widow of George Sterrop of the Spectaclemakers' Company; the widow may have also been made free of the Company; Joseph Linnell 1 was turned over to her from June 28, 1756 to Oct. 1, 1760; she was succeeded by Mary Sterrop. | St, Paul's Churchyard, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(173); Robischon. | |
| STERROP, GEORGE | England, 1715-56, NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, No.525 = HAR; Octant, No.529 = Soth. 7/15/63; Sexant, No.528 = P.C.; Solar Microscopes = Court Coll., OXF; Microscopes = VCW, D.(1972)(1745); Telescopes = D.(1981), Soth. 3/25/86. | son of Thomas Sterrop 3 and Mary Sterrop; apprentice to his mother in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1730; free in the Company, 1737; took an apprentice; nephew of Ralph Sterrop; succeeded him in 1734. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 2(122); Goodison 1; Court and von Rhor 3(132); Robischon; Clay and Court; Moskowitz 122; Hillier; Wynter 1 & 2; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| STERROP, JANE | England, fl.1715-33, OIM | in the Spectaclemakers' Company; ran her husband's business for 18 years after Thomas Sterrop 1 died; took apprentices. | Little Britain, London. | Crawforth 7; Robischon; Court and von Rohr 3(84). | |
| STERROP, MARY | England, fl.1729-71, OIM | widow of Thomas Sterrop 3; probably a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices, including her son George; succeeded her husband in 1729, ran the shop untill 1737; later succeeded her daughter-in-law Avis Sterrop in 1760, she then ran the shop until 1766; see Mary Sterrop and Co.; Joseph Linnell was turned over to her from Avis Sterrop in 1760. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Robischon; Court and von Rohr 3(118). | |
| STERROP, MARY, AND CO. | England, c.1767, OIM | Peter Dollond took over the shop in 1767. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Robischon. | |
| STERROP, RALPH | England, fl.1685-1736, OIM | son of Thomas Sterrop 1; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1678; free in the Company Sept. 30, 1685 by paying 13s 4d; Master of the Company, 1705-06; wrote an instruction book for his microscopes; partner with John Yarwell, 1697-1708; succeeded Yarwell; succeeded by his nephew, George Sterrop. | St. Paul's Churchyard (1695); Archimedes and Golden Prospects, Ludgate Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(513), 2(123); Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3(52); Robischon; Goodison 1; Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| STERROP, RICHARD | England, c.1677, | brother of Thomas Sterrop 1; apprenticed to James Throgmorton in the Spectaclemakers' Company on June 28, 1677. | Court and von Rohr 3(51); Clay and Court. | ||
| STERROP, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1679-1715, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas King 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in Dec. 1669; free of the Company, June 26, 1679; took apprentices; father of Thomas Sterrop 3; Master of the Company, 1701-02. | Little Britain, London (1693). | Court and von Rohr 3(42); Robischon; Clay and Court. | |
| STERROP, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1683-1734, OIM | probably a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company by 1683; took apprentices; Court and von Rohr thought he might be the same as Thomas Sterrop 3. | Court and von Rohr 3(57). | ||
| STERROP, THOMAS 3 | England, fl.1708-29, OIM | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Sterrop 1 in 1701 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free in the Company, (by Patrimony) April 1, 1708; took apprentices; succeeded by his widow, Mary Sterrop. | St. Paul's Chuchyard, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(76); Clay and Court; Robischon. | |
| STEUR, JACOBUS DE | Holland, fl.1659-72, MIM SIM | Sundial with two compasses, 1667 = Leoben Montan Hochschule; Sundials = Drecker Coll.(1672), Ley; Circumferentors = DOR, WHI, Van Alfen Coll., USNM, NOR (2),; Instrument = NUR; Holland Circle = WHI; Sector = ROM; Protractor = Hammer Coll.; Astrolabe = WHI; Pantograph = SWE. | one of the NOR circumferentors is only the base plate. | Leiden. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Pipping 1; Hollands Glorie; Daumas 1; USNM; RSW. |
| STEVENS | see Riley and Stevens. | RSW. | |||
| STEVENS, EDWARD | England, c.1717, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 7, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| STEVENS, GEORGE | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 22, 1712; turned over to John Gilbert 1 on Feb. 3, 1718. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| STEVENS, JEREMIAH | England, c.1825, MIM SIM | made sundials and surveying instruments. | 2 Bell Court, Doctors Commons,, Bloomsbury, London. | Taylor 2(1714). | |
| STEVENS, JOSEPH | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 3, 1718. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| STEVENSON | Scotland, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | 51 George, Forth Bridge, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| STEVENSON, DAVID | Scotland, c.1844, | civil engineer; made improvements on leveling instruments; "Practical Mechanics" referred to him as D. Stevenson and T. Stevenson in the same issue. | Edinburgh. | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol III, pp. 408-10. | |
| STEVENSON, PETER | Scotland, fl.1835-86, PHIM | apprenticed to Alexander Allan; succeeded him in 1835. | 9 Lothian Street, Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(2256); Dewhirst. | |
| STEVENSON, T. | see David Stevenson. | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. III, pp. 408-410. | |||
| STEVENSON, THOMAS | Scotland, 1818-87, PHIM | devised a thermometer screen in 1864. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| STEWARD, HENRY | England, fl.1823-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Steward York." | 6 Low Ousegate, York. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| STEWARD, J.H. | England, c.1850+, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | made microscopes, telescopes, sundials, stick barometers, etc.; examples may be found at MMA, NMM, Cambridge Zoological Laboratory, WHI, and in numerous auctions. | WHI signed "J.H. Steward Ltd." | 406 and 66 Strand and 54 Cornhill; 406 Strand and 56 Cornhill; all in London. | Bryden 16; Lübke; Dewhirst; Moskowitz; Coffeen C; NMM 2; RSW. |
| STEWART, CHARLES | England, c.1791, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 3, 1791. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| STIBBING | misreading for Stebbing. | Christie 5/26/76. | |||
| STIEREN, W.E. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, vernier = P.C. | Pittsburg, Pa. | USNM. | |
| STILES, J.J. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 12/18/74. | T.C.; "Nautical and St--- Schools, Charts and Navigation Warehouse." | 196 High Street East, Sunderland. | RSW. |
| STILES, WILLIAM MASON | England, fl.1830-60, MIM PHIM | Demonstration Apparatus = USNM (3); Orrery = Brown University, R.I. | also made barometers and thermometers. | 29 Seward Street, Goswell Street (1830-46); 70 Ossulston Street (1853-60); both in London. | Taylor 2(2013); Goodison 1; Price 2; USNM; RSW. |
| STILL, OLD, AND CO. | England, c.1812, NIM | Navigational Charting Device = D. | Bristol. | Coffeen 55. | |
| STIPRIAAN, LUISCIUS | Holland, | see Abraham van Stipriaan Luiscius. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| STIRRUP, THOMAS | England, fl.1651-59, | "Description and Use of the Universall Quadrant", London, 1655; he had designed it; Anthony Thompson drew the plate. | London. | Taylor 1(248); Gunther 2; Dewhirst. | |
| STOAKES | see Stokes. | RSW. | |||
| STOCKERT | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | made many wooden cube and diptych sundials; examples can be seen at ADL, BAR, VNN, Clock Museum, Newport, R.I., etc; the name appears on some floating sundials. | some are marked "à Bavaria" or "in Bavaria" for the French or the English market; either Ernst Christophe Stockert or Johann Paulus Stockert. | Bavaria. | Zinner 1; Wynter 1; Coffeen B; ADL; RSW. |
| STOCKERT, E.C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Cube Sundials, wood and paper = WHI, NMM, CNAM, NOR, WUR, Zürich Sternwarte, Lindau Stadt Museum, etc. | surely Ernst Christophe Stockert, | Zinner 1. | |
| STOCKERT, E.D. | surely a misreading for E.C. Stockert. | Wray. | |||
| STOCKERT, ERNST CHRISTOPHE | Germany, 1730-1806, MIM | made many wooden diptych sundials, floating sundials and wooden cube sundials; the wood is covered with printed paper scales; examples can be seen in many collections including the ADL, NUR, NOR, WHI, CNAM, WUR, NMM, NYM, Spaulding Coll. (1806), etc. | surely E. C. Stockert; these are inexpensive sundials made for the mass market. | Nürnberg in Bavaria. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 2; Bryden 16; Gillingham 6; ADL; RSW. |
| STOCKERT, JOHANN PAUL | Germany, c.1780-90, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = ADL-W212, Geneva Museum of Horology, CNAM, STU, Linz Museum, Huelsmann Coll., etc.; Sundials, round, wood = NOR, Geneva Museum of Arts, P.C., Linz Museum, etc; Horizontal Sundial = Geneva Museum of Arts; Floating Sundial = ADL-N9. | the sundials are signed "Johann Paul Stockert", "Johann Paulus Stockert", "Stockert", or "Stockert a Bavaria"; made "räderlosen uhren." | Bavaria. | Zinner 1; ADL; Syndram; Stuttgart Cat., 1913; RSW. |
| STOCKL, I. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = ADL-M300. | I. Stöckl. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| STOCKTON, GEORGE | England, fl.1830-37, NIM | 9 Long Row, South Shields. | Taylor 2(2014). | ||
| STOCKTON, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| STOER, WILHELM TOBIAS | Germany, 1812, MIM | made sandglasses. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| STOFFLER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1452-1531, MIM | Celestial Globe, wood, 1493 = NUR. | Johannes Stöffler; author; wrote on the astrolabe, the calendar, etc.; professor of mathematics at Tübingen; see I.M.S. 1. | Justingen; Tubingen. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| STOKER | misreading for Stockert. | RSWx. | |||
| STOKER, FRANZ | Germany, MIM | Sundial = Evans Coll. | Nürnberg. | Evans 1. | |
| STOKES, GABRIEL | Ireland, c.1682-1768, MIM NIM | Horary Quadrant, 1738 = NMM; Slide Rule, 1713 = NMM; Gunter Sliding Rule, 1719 = WHI; Sundial, 1742 = Willis Museum, Basingstoke; Miner's Theodolite, 1717 = Court Coll. | invented the "Pantometron", a surveying instrument; wrote pamphlet about his latitude-finding invention for the univrsal ring dial. | Essex Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(657); NMM 2; Coffeen 51; RSW. |
| STOKES, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1842-50, OIM | worked for Spear and Co., 1846-50; optician. | 3 Upper Leeson Street (1842-45) Dublin; 3 Ballygihen, Sandy Cove, Kingstown; 28 College Green, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| STOLLE, HEINRICH | Czechoslovakia, fl.1607-13, MIM OIM | Triangular Instrument = Zurich Sternwarte; Graphometers = DRE, Breslau Schlesisches Museum; Instrument = NUR; Sectors = VIE, DEU (2); Telescope = BM; Pair of Compasses = DEU; Mathematical Compendium, silver = Soth. 7/29/69. | clockmaker; the compasses are also marked "Th. Teuffel Czeilbergk." | Prague. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; RSW. |
| STONE, ARCHIMEDES | England, c.1735, | apprenticed to Joseph Jackson 2 of the Grocers' Company on May 15, 1735. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| STONE, EDMUND | England, fl.1700-68, | mathematical practitioner; translated Bion's book on mathematical insruments from French to English and added a supplement. | London. | Taylor 1(582). | |
| STONE, JOSHUA | England, c.1760, NIM OIM | Sextant, 1760 = P.C. | Taylor 2(659). | ||
| STONE, NICHOLAS | England, fl.1619-22, MIM | Sundial, 1619 = St. James, London; Sundials, 1622 = Privy Garden, Whitehall, London and Holbourn. | London? | Gatty. | |
| STONE, RICHARD | England, c.1763, | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1763. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| STONE, S | USA, c.1835, MIM SIM | patented a device to measure distance with a theodolite in 1835. | Long Green, Maryland. | USNM. | |
| STONE, WILLIAM | Scotland?, c.1684, MIM | Nocturnal, wood = EMA. | Taylor 1(437); RSW. | ||
| STOPANI | see P. Wachano and Stopani. | RSW. | |||
| STOPANI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| STOPANI, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1824-50, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 11/27/86, Phillips 8/12/87. | the barometers are signed "J. Stopani" or "J. Stopani Aberdeen." | 38 North Street (1824-25); 42 Queen Street (1827-40); 44 Queen Street (1841-43);68 Broad Street (1844-50); all in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; RSW. |
| STOPANNI | Holland, PHIM | see Butti Gebroeders en Stopanni. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| STOPPANI, F. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | 25 Red Lion Street, Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| STOPPANI, NICHOLAS | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | the barometers are signed "N. Stopani Sheffield" or "N. Stoppani Sheffield.. | Orchard Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| STORDY, JON. | England, 1789, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round, 1789 = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87. | folding gnomon. | Orton. | RSW. |
| STORER, WILLIAM | England, c.1780, OIM PHIM | Camera Obscura = DRE; Telescope, refracting = Soth. 3/25/86. | the telescope is signed "Storer Professor of Optics to his Majesty no.176 The Subscription Telescope by the King's Patent Warranted to be adjusted by Wm Storer and delivered to the Subscribers at Chas. Lincoln's No. 62 Leadenhall Street"; invented the "Royal Delineator", a type of camera obscura. | No. 14 Lisle Street, Leicester Fields, London. | Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| STORR | England, 18th Century, MIM | Perpetual Almanacs = KEN, Law-290. | York. | RSW. | |
| STORR, B. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be Batty Storrs, which see. | Beverley. | Goodison 1. |
| STORRS, BATTY | England, 1710-93, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(4); Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | all the barometers are signed "B. Storrs York" or "B.Storr (York)". | Minster Gates, York. | Goodison 1; RSW. WEBDB. |
| STORRS, NATHAN | USA, 1768-1839, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Heritage Foundation, Deerfield, Mass. | clockmaker; apprenticed to Jacob Sargeant of Springfield, Mass. in 1791, of Storrs it was said "He was lately from New York"; partner in Baldwin and Storrs, 1792-94, with Jedidiah Baldwin; partner with Benjamin E. Cook, as Storrs and Cook, 1827-34; succeeded by Cook. | Springfield, Mass.; New York, N.Y.; King Street, Northampton, Mass. (1791); Shop Row, Northampton Mass. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| STORRS, SHUBAEL | USA, 1778-1847, MIM SIM | gold and silversmith, in business for himself 1808-47; his nephew, Charles Storrs was also a siversmith. | 30 Genessee Street, Utica, N.Y. (1803-47). | Smart 1. | |
| STOTT | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2). | Dunfries. | Goodison 1. | |
| STOTT, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ashby-de-la-Zouch. | Goodison 1. | |
| STOTTRUP, M.J. | Germany, MIM | Nocturnal = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| STOYLE, J. | England, fl.1817-19, MIM | may have been a designer and not an instrument maker. | Taylor 2(1438). | ||
| STRACHAN, A.F. | England, c.1810, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver = Soth. 7/21/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| STRAIGHT | see Thomas Staight. | RSW. | |||
| STRALENDORF, PETER HENRICH VON, R.P. | Germany, 1612, MIM | Astrolabe, 1612 = Ecouen (Cl.24146). | rete has contellation figures; no tympans; ICA-286. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA-2; RSW. | |
| STRAN, THOMAS F. | USA, fl.1819-23, MIM | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | ||
| STRASY, STEVEN | see Steven Stacy. | Michel 3. | |||
| STRATTON, J.P. | USA, c.1848, PHIM | made electrical apparatus. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| STRATTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1750, MIM OIM | T.C.; optician. | at ye Golden Spectacles in Sidney's Alley near Leicester Fields, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| STRATTON, JOHN 2 | England, 1819, MIM | Counter, 1819 = D.(1975). | Devizes. | RSW. | |
| STRATZ AND FEHRENBACK | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Perth. | John Bell. | |
| STRAUB | see Brugger and Straub. | Goodison 1. | |||
| STRAUB AND HEATING | England, c.1850, MIM | Wheel Barometers = Phillips 10/26/83 and 2/2/84, K. & C. 2/8/78. | signatures misread as "Straub and Meating" and "Straub and Itebting." Possibly Straub and Hebting (WEBDB). | 77 Blackman Street, Borough. | RSW. WEBDB. |
| STRAUB, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| STREATFIELD | England, c.1750, MIM SIM | Graphometer = KEN. | London. | Daumas 1. | |
| STREATFIELD, JOHN | England, fl. pre-1847-59, PHIM | partner with Edward Wilds Ladd, c.1847-59; made hydrometers in R.B. Bates workshop. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| STREBIN | Germany, c.1840, MIM | see Strebin und Ferchel. | RSW. | ||
| STREBIN UND FERCHEL | Germany, c.1840, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth.-Geneva 4/8/76 = TIM. | signed "Strebin und Ferchel Erfinder"; Erfinder means inventor; instrument patented in 1840; may be Joseph Ferchel, which see. | Soth.-G 11/8/76. | |
| STREET, R.W. | England, c.1860, MIM SIM | Theodolite = D.(1976). | Commercial Road, Lambeth, London. | Moskowitz. | |
| STREET, THOMAS | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Level = D.(1975); Theodolite = Soth.-B 9/18/81; Pocket Compasses = Christie 12/21/71 and 6/7/72; Surveying Instrument = Soth. 12/15/78; Dumpy Level = Phillips 10/26/83. | 39 Commercial Road, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(2015). | |
| STREET, THOMAS AND SON | England, MIM OIM | Telescope, stand, case = D.(1983). | 39 Commercial Road, Waterloo Bridge, London. | RSW. | |
| STREETE, THOMAS | England, 1621-89, MIM | devised a reflecting instrument; made planetary instruments and tables. | New Buildings, Tower Hill, near the Surgeon's Arms (1652); popping Court, Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(206); A.J. Turner 1 & 2. | |
| STRELER, BERNARDUS | Germany, 1745, MIM | Block Sundial, wood, 1745 = Dillingen Lyzeum. | the dial is signed "Bernard Streler CRW FECIT Anno 1745." | Zinner 1. | |
| STRETTEGER | see Schrettegger. | Parke-Bernet 12/16/71. | |||
| STRETTON, WIDOW | England, fl.1819-22, MIM | presuably succeeded her husband. | Platform, Rotherhithe, London. | Taylor 2(1439). | |
| STRIGEL | Holland, pre-1745, MIM | Rule, with case = D.(1993). | scale on each side, "Pouc. d. Roy", "Pouc. de Rhyn", "Antwerp Fer Calibre" and "Antwerp Piere Putre"; signed "Strigel a la Hay" and "Nicolas Mercator 1745", owner; both "ys" have an umlaut over them; see J.C. Strigelius. | The Hague. | Coffeen 43. |
| STRIGELIUS, J.C. | Germany, 1742, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1742 = DES. | with compass and level; see Strigel. | Crailsheim. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; DES Cat. |
| STRINGA AND CAPELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| STRINGAL, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | Carmarthen. | Goodison 1. | |
| STRINGER, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Brecon. | Goodison 1. | |
| STRINGER, WILLIAM | England, pre-1761, | apprenticed to Christopher Jacob; ran away before July 20, 1761. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| STRODE, THOMAS | England, fl.1642-97, MIM | dialist and author. | Maperton, Somerset. | Taylor 1(202). | |
| STRONG, TIMOTHY | England, 1781, MIM | Capuchin Sundial, 1781 = D.(1986). | Coffeen 13. | ||
| STROPE JEUNE | France, MIM OIM | Armillary Sphere, wood and paper = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79. | "opticien et luthier", lute maker. | Chartres. | RSW. |
| STROSSER, J.P. | Belgium, MIM | Brussels. | Evans 1. | ||
| STUART, BERNARD | Scot.; Germ.; Austr.; Russ., 1706-55, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1735 = VIE; Horizontal Sundial, 1736 = SAL. | born Alexander Stuart in Scotland; became a priest in the Regensburg Abbey; in 1725 he took the name Bernard. | Regensburg; Salzburg; St. Petersburg. | Zinner 1. |
| STUART, GEORGE | England, c.1837, MIM | 82 Westgate Street, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(2257). | ||
| STUCKHAUBTMAN | a title; see Laurentius Mayer. | Price 2; RSW. | |||
| STUCKJUNKER | Germany, | title; see Theodor August Narzis. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| STUDER, J.G. | Germany, c.1840, MIM SIM | Theodolite = DEU. | Freiberg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| STUIGHT, T. | see Thomas Straight. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| STUIJVENBERG, J. VAN, EN ZOON | Holland, 19th Century, MIM | Bevel = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| STUKELEY, WILLIAM | England, 1687-1774, MIM | invented and made a "lunaesolarium" in 1747. | Stamford (1730-47); London (1747-74). | Millburn 5. | |
| STUMPFF, J.A. | England, c.1780, OIM | Microscope = Royal Medical Society. | London. | Taylor 2(898); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| STURGEON, WILLIAM | England, 1783-1850, PHIM | apprenticed to a boot-maker; soldier at Woolich; made electrical apparatus; invented an electro-magnet, c.1825. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| STURM, JOHANN CHRISTOPHORUS | Germany, fl.1678-85, | invented philosophical instruments including a differential thermometer; author. | Altdorf. | O'Neal. | |
| STURMEN, REUBEN | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to James Gardner on Jan. 6, 1803, for 7 years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| STUTCHBURY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1791-1826, MIM | Slide Rules = OXF, X; Gauging Rule, four slides = P.C.; Slide Rule, proof, boxwood = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Excise Rule = OXF. | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 3, 1784; free in the Company Mar. 1, 1791; took an apprentice. | Dove Court, old Jewry, London (1803-15). | Taylor 2(897); Crawforth 7; Delehar 2; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| SUCCA, IAC. DE | Belgium, c.1600, MIM | Astronomical Ring, 1600 = OXF; Horizontal Sundials, round, 1601 = Ruben's House, Antwerp, P.C. | the astronomical ring is also marked "I.A.D.", "C.A.B.", and "A", see A. 2. | Antwerp. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. |
| SUDLOW, JOHN | England, fl.1750 ->, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Jackson 2 in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1736; free of the Company May 3, 1750; took an apprentice. | Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London (1750). | J. Brown 1. | |
| SUESS, W. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851, London. | Marburg, Hesse, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SUFFELL, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1839-77, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X; Protractor = Phillips 11/16/76; Circular Protractor, ivory = D.(1972); Diagonally divided Scale = Phillips 11/16/76. | T.C.; Suffell was a salesman, 1839-43; a MIM, 1844-77. | 132 Long Acre (1839-65); 122 Long Acre (1866-77); both in London. | Delehar 1; Crawforth 3; Goodison 1. |
| SUFFELL, CHARLES 2 | England, fl.1864-70, MIM | 11 Bridge Street, Westminster, London. | Crawforth 3. | ||
| SUFFELL, CHARLES 3 | England, fl.1864-66, OIM | optician. | 45 King Street, Westminster, London. | Crawforth 3. | |
| SUFFERLEITI | alternate spelling for Sauterleiti. | Zinner 1. | |||
| SUGAR, JOHN | England, fl.1645-65?, MIM | globe maker and seller; worked with Joseph Moxon (1653-65?). | near St. Michael's in Cornhill at the Sign of the Atlas on Parnassus Hill, London (1653-65?). | Taylor 1(254); Tyacke 1; Evans 1; | |
| SUGGART | see MacKenzie and Suggart. | Taylor 2(1381). | |||
| SULLIVAN, J.L.D. | USA, 1878, MIM | "Solaragraph", 1878 = Clock Museum, Newport, N.H. | 26 School Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| SULLIVAN, PATRICK | England, fl.1738-43, PHIM | Stick Barometers = NMM, X(2); Thermometer = NMM. | one barometer signed "Pat Sullivan London", the other is signed "P. Sullivan without Temple Barr, London." | Wickham Court (1738-43); at ye South back of St. Clemonts Church near Temple Bar: both in London. | Goodison 1; Symonds. |
| SULLY, HENRY | England; Holland; France1680-1728, MIM | Backstaff, No. 143 = Soth. 5/29/61 | watchmaker; worked in Amsterdam in 1711; put a meridian sundial in Saint-Suplice, Paris in 1722; may be two people. | Amsterdam (1711); Versailles (by 1722). | Taylor 2(126); Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SUMERAU, BARTHOLEMEW | England, fl.1840-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 27 Lisle Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SURGETT, CHARLES | England, fl.1830-38, OIM | 12 Beauchamp Street, London. | Taylor 2(2016). | ||
| SURLANIS, PAULUS DE | see Paulus de Furlanis. | O. Brown 3; D. Woodard 1. | |||
| SURRIDGE, A. | England, c.1850, MIM | Parallel Rule, boxwood = D.(1976). | 12 1/4" long. | London. | RSW. |
| SUTHARD, THOMAS | England, c.1788, | apprenticed to Edward Troughton 2, his uncle, in the Grocers' Company on June 5, 1788. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SUTTER | Germany, c.1890, NIM | Sextant = Auction, Saint-Brieuc 11/12/78. | Berlin SW 68. | RSW. | |
| SUTTER, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1811-22, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "John Sutter, Edinburgh." | Toddrick's Wynd, Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9. |
| SUTTON | England, OIM | Telescope, single draw = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | Great Newport Street (London?). | RSW. | |
| SUTTON AND KNIBB | England, fl.1664-66, MIM | Calculating Machines = KEN (1664), FLO (1664-66). | Henry Sutton and Samuel Knibb; Knibb was workman for Sutton; machines were Sir Samuel Morland's invention in 1663; both are signed "Henricus Sutton et Samuel Knibb Londini fecurent 1664"; FLO given to Cosimo II in 1669. | London. | A.J. Turner 10; G.L'E. Turner 24; Michel 3; Daumas 1; Bonelli 1. |
| SUTTON, BAPTIST | England, fl.1636-53, MIM | instrument maker; father or uncle of Henry Sutton? | Chancery Lane, Holborn, London. | Taylor 1(184); Evans 1. | |
| SUTTON, GEORGE | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 14 Bridge Street, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(2259). | ||
| SUTTON, HENRY | England, fl.1648-69, MIM | made a wide range of fine, interesting instruments including astrolabes, sundials, horary quadrants, sectors, globes, etc; examples may be seen at ADL, OXF, CMY, AMST, VNN, CNAM, BM, KEN, WHI, USNM, RSM, etc. | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, 1638; free of the Company in 1647-1648; took apprentices; made calculating machines with Samuel Knibb; some of the horary quadrants are printed from a copper plate, to be mounted on wood by the customer. | Threadneedle Street at the back of the Royal Exchange, near St. Christopher's Church, London. | Crawforth 7; Gunther 1; ICA 2; A.J. Turner 10; J.A. Bennett 2; Michel 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1; USNM; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Clay and Court; Taylor 1(188); Maddison 1; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| SUTTON, J. | name marked on slide rule of 1777 by Walter Field at BM; owner. | Price 3. | |||
| SUTTON, SAMUEL | England, c.1782, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company on May 5, 1774; free of the Company, March 7, 1782. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SUTTON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1656-78, MIM | brother or relative of Henry Sutton; apprenticed to Thomas Worrall in the Joiners' Company on May 4, 1642; free of the Company, Feb. 2, 1656; took apprentices. | a little beyond the church, in Upper Shadwell, below Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(259); Crawforth 7; Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| SUXPEACH, JOHN | misreading for Joseph Saxpeach. | Clay and Court. | |||
| SUYWENS, VICTOR | France, c.1830, NIM | Magnetic Azimuth Compass = D.(1989). | "Poulieur", pulley-maker. | Dunkerque. | Coffeen 27. |
| SWAIM, JAMES | USA, 1833, MIM | held a patent for an "astronomical machine", 1833. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| SWAIN, B.O. | USA, 1849, MIM | held a patent on an astronomical planetarium, 1849. | Annisquam, Mass. | USNM. | |
| SWAN 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carlisle. | Goodison 1 | |
| SWAN 2 | see Mawson and Swan. | King and Chasemore 12/15/72 | |||
| SWAN, ALEXANDER | Scotlandfl.1829-36, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 75 High Street (1829); 22 Gallowgate (1830); 112 Gallowgate (1831); 106 Gallowgate (1834-36); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3. | |
| SWAN, OWEN | 1762, MIM | Magnetic Compass, 1762 = D.(1957). | RSW. | ||
| SWAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1790-1837, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1791 = OMM. | T.C.; Crawforth thought the name was Swann and had thirteen addresses for him. | 34 Barnastre Street (later 3 Bridge Water Place); 43 Banastre Street; 3 Manns Island; 57 Freemason Row, Vauxhall Road; 54 Barnastre Street; all in Liverpool. | Crawforth 1 & 6; Taylor 2(1718); Bryden 9; RSW. |
| SWAN, WILLIAM | England, c.1700, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in the Clockmakers' Company. | Robischon. | ||
| SWANN | see Swan. | RSW. | |||
| SWART, JACOB 1 | Holland, fl.1840-63, NIM | partner in the firm of Gerard Hulst van Keulen, 1840-63; succeeded J. Staats Boonen and was succeeded by his son, Jacob Swart 2. | Nieuwebrugsteeg-Nieuwebrug, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SWART, JACOB 2 | Holland, fl.1863-85, NIM | partner in the firm of Gerard Hulst van Keulen; succeeded his father, Jacob Swart 1; the firm closed in 1885. | Kampasteiger, hoek Nieuwebrugsteeg No. 171, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SWEENEY, EDWARD | Ireland, 1763, MIM | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| SWEENEY, ELIAS | USA, c.1802, MIM | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | ||
| SWEENEY, NATHANIEL | Ireland, 1763, MIM | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| SWEET | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SWEETMAN | see Swetman. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| SWESCHNIKOW, W. | Russia, c.1740, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = Ineichen 10/18/74. | Ws. Pe. | RSW. | |
| SWETMAN, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1702-35, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 5, 1694; free of the Company, Mar. 9, 1703; took apprentices; rulemaker. | Glasshouse Yard, Minories (1707); Minories (1711-12); both in London; Stepney (1725); Penington Street, Ratcliffe Highway, London (1730-35). | J. Brown 1. | |
| SWETMAN, JAMES 2 | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to his father James Swetman 1, in the Grocers' Company, Sept. 28, 1722; free of the Company on Aug. 19, 1730. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SWETMAN, JOHN | England, c.1735, MIM | apprenticed to his father, James Swetman 1 in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 25, 1725; free of the Company July 3, 1735. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SWIFT, JAMES | England, post-1856, OIM | Microscopes = Christie 11/22/78, Phillips 2/22/77, Christie-SK 2/8/79 & 7/10/80; Field Microscope = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Binocular Microscope = Soth. 2/7/72; Microscope, small, with box = P.C.(1978); Stage Illuminator = Christie 12/18/74. | made improvements in mechanical construction of microscopes. | 3 Matson's Terrace, Kingsland Road; 43 University Street, W.C.; both in London. | |
| SWIFT, JAMES, AND SON | England, post-1860, OIM | Microscopes = Christie 5/26/76, Phillips 2/22/77, 2/14/79 and 12/12/89, Soth. 12/15/78, Soth.-Torquay 7/8/81, Christie-SK 12/1/83. | 81 Tottenham Court Road, London. | RSW. | |
| SWIFT, JAMES, AND SONS | England, post-1860, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/21/74. | London. | RSW. | |
| SWIGTERS, ISAAC | Holland, d.1750, MIM NIM | last partner in Inde Jonge Lootsman (at the young pilot's), a business dealing in charts and navigating instruments including cross-staffs and pleinschaals (a type of Gunter scale); he was succeeded by his second cousin, Hendrik Mooy. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 4. | |
| SWINDEN, JEAN HENRI VAN | Holland; France1746-1823, | professor at Franeker, pre-1785; mathematician, astronomer and physicist; studied the metric system in Paris, 1798-99; author. | Franeker; Amsterdam (1785); Paris (1798-99); Amsterdam. | USNM. | |
| SWYGGART | see Suggart. | Taylor 2(1381). | |||
| SWYGGETT, JOSEPH | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 43 Edmund Street, King's Cross, London. | Taylor 2(2018). | ||
| SYBENGA, S.P. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = USNM. | North Shields. | USNM. | |
| SYCHEN, JAN VAN | Belgium, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1988). | Gandavi (Ghent). | RSW. | |
| SYEDS AND DAVIS | England, fl.1817-35, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM; Compass Rose in Binnacle = D.(1975). | Agnes Syeds and Davis 5; compass makers; succeeded Agnes Syeds and Co. | 379 Rotherhithe; Fountain Stairs, Rotherhithe; both in London. | Taylor 2(1047); RSW. |
| SYEDS, AGNES, AND CO. | England, fl.1810-17, MIM NIM OIM | T.C.; "Mathematical Instrument Makers to His Majesty's Navy"; "Inventors of the Boats Betticle"; succeeded John Syeds, her husband. | 379 Rotherhithe Street near Kings Stairs, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Taylor 2(1047a). | |
| SYEDS, JOHN | England, fl.1790-1810, NIM | T.C.; "Syeds' Patent Quadrant"; took out patent No. 1789 in 1791; compass maker; succeeded by his wife, Agnes Syeds. | No. 25 Parker Row, New Road, Dock Head; at No. 17, near East-Lane Stairs, Rotherhithe (1794); Fountain Stairs, Rotherhithe (1805); all in London. | Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Taylor 2(1047). | |
| SYKES | England, c.1840, | invented a type of hydrometer, made by Loftus and others. | London. | RSW. | |
| SYKES, H. | England; France, fl.1780-90, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = X, D.(1986), Bernard Coll.; Sector = Soth. 2/25/86. | optician; made telescopes; Englishman living in Paris; agent for English instrument makers; "privilégié du roi." | Place du Palais-Royal, Maison du Caffé, Paris (1782). | Taylor 2(899); Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10; Brieux 2; RSW. |
| SYLVESTER II, POPE | see Gerbert of Aurillac. | Maddison 2; Michel 2. | |||
| SYM, JAMES | Scotland, c.1837, MIM | 167 High Street, Glasgow. | Taylor 2(2260). | ||
| SYMMES, ISAACK | see Isaack Simmes. | Delehar 1. | |||
| SYMONS, JOHN | England, fl.1800-1810, MIM | apprenticed to John Troughton 2 in the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1799; free of the Company on Nov. 6, 1800; took apprentices after 1800. | Salmon and Ball Court, Bunhill Row, London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| SYMPSON, JOHN | England, fl.1702-14, MIM | Master of Mechanics to Queen Anne. | London. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| SYPE, LAURENTZ VAN DE | Germany, MIM | Astrolabe (ICA-2075) = St. Paul Gymnasium, Görlitz Kunstsammlung. | in the ICA this instrument is listed under "Van de Sype." | Zinner 1; ICA 2. | |
| T. 1 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = VIE; Horizontal Sundial, in barrel- shaped case, ivory = VIE. | Zinner 1. | ||
| T. 2 | 1606, MIM | Division plate on the back of a Sundial = D.(1982). | Coffeen B. | ||
| T. 3 | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Ost India Hus, Göteborg. | RSW. | ||
| T.B. 1 | England, 1627, MIM | marked on ivory sundial, 1593 in X Coll., "Made For T.B." (1). | London. | Evans 1. | |
| T.B. 2 | c.1900, | Horizontal Sundial = ADL-T20. | modern copy. | Tomlinson 1; Fox 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| T.C. | England, 1831, MIM | Sundial, slate, square, 1831 = P.C.(1982). | RSW. | ||
| T.D. 1 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Drecker Coll. (1600) = DPW, ADL-T10, ADL-T11, ROM, HAK, OMM, WHI, Huelsmann Coll., Soth. 3/27/72 = TIM, FIN-84; Skaphe Sundial = OXF. | surely these are by Thomas Ducher 1, which see; master mark is a crowned serpent; the sundial at OMM has two compasses, marked "Wegweis Kampsus" and "Marinus Kampassius", it is in a leather case. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Price 2; Bryden 16; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| T.D. 2 | possible reading for "J.D.", which see. | RSW. | |||
| T.E. | these initials are marked on a circular slide rule at the BM signed "J.D." | Price 3; Ward 4; Gunther 2. | |||
| T.G. | England, 1551, MIM | Quadrant, 1551 = BM. | Thomas Gemini; it is also marked "J.C." (1) and "W.B." (3). | London. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| T.H. | England, MIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = Soth. 7/26/65. | RSW. | ||
| T.I. | c.1680, MIM | Ring Sundial = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| T.J. 1 | c.1729, | marked on a 1729 quadrant signed "M. Lewelin." | RSW. | ||
| T.J. 2 | c.1900, | Horizontal Sundials = ADL-T69 (falsely dated 1775) and ADL-T70 (falsely dated 1807). | both were made by D.B. Sheahan; by implication, by Thomas Jefferson; the address for both is "Va." | Tomlinson 1; Fox 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| T.J.H. | 1827, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1827 = VNN. | RSW. | ||
| T.K. 1 | Germany, c.1581, MIM | see Tobias Klieber. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |
| T.K. 2 | Germany?, 1581, MIM | Artillery Rule, 1581 = BRP. | might be Tobias Klieber. | Price 2. | |
| T.K. 3 | marked on ADL-M304, signed "M.V.S." (1); Zinner and Engelmann reported it as "M.K." (2); may be the owner or the initials for "Tag Kalendar." | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| T.M. 1 | England, 1799, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1799 = P.C. | Adlington. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. | |
| T.M. 2 | England?, c.1970, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Christie 12/12/72 = WHI-1638. | possibly an English forgery. | London. | Bryden 16; RSW. |
| T.P. 1 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Compass Sundials in ivory barrels = ADL-W39, VIE, Soth. 11/16/87. | the sundial at the ADL has a punch mark of T and P conjoined on the hour-scale and also printed on the compass rose. | Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| T.P. 2 | marked on a terrestrial globe, ADL-M14, signed "I.", see I. (2). | ADL; RSW. | |||
| T.R. | England, late 18th Century, PHIM | Set of Cup Weights = Phillips 5/20/75. | RSW. | ||
| T.R.W. | 1593, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round, ivory, 1593 = van Heusen Coll. #25. | RSW. | ||
| T.S.S. | Germany, 1555, | signed on a woodblock of a horary quadrant, 1555, at the Munich Staatsbibliothek. | Zinner 1. | ||
| T.V.B. | Germany, 1620, MIM | Diptych Sundial, brass, 1620 = DRE. | Zinner 1. | ||
| T.W. 1 | 1600, MIM | Pocket Sundial, 1600 = CCG. | RSW. | ||
| T.W. 2 | England, c.1730, MIM | Ring Sundials = Evans Coll. (2)(1730), NYM-Tucker Coll., D.(1982), WHI(3). | Coffeen wondered if "T.W." might stand for Thomas Wright. | Gunther 2; Coffeen A; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| T.W. 3 | 1741, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1741 = WRAY = Soth. 6/28/68. | RSW. | ||
| T.W. 4 | England, 1753, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1753 = D. | Moskowitz 121. | ||
| T.W. 5 | Scotland, 1825, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1825 = Amisfield, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire. | Gatty. | ||
| T.W. 6 | MIM | Sand Glass = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| TABER, ABRAHAM, AND BROTHER | USA, 1869, NIM | successors of Charles Taber and Co.; agents for Spencer, Browning and Co. | 49 Union Street, New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. | |
| TABER, C. AND A. | USA, 1849, | Charles and Abraham Taber; advertised nautical instruments for sale in 1849. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| TABER, CHARLES | USA, fl.1845-65, | advertised nautical instruments for sale and repair; see Willuam C. Taber and Son. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| TABER, CHARLES, AND CO. | USA, fl.1825-69, NIM | Mariners Compasses = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y., Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.; Octants, ebony and ivory = P.C.(1974), D; Sextant = Portsmouth Historical Society, New Hampshire. | agents for Spencer, Browning and Co.; succeeded by Abraham Taber and brother; dealers. | New Bedford, Mass. | USNM; Giordano 9; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| TABER, WILLIAM C., AND SON | USA, fl.1845-49, | William C. Taber and Charles Taber; advertised nautical instruments for sale. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| TABORSKI | Poland, MIM | Sundial = KEN-inv. 1894-8. | Cracow. | RSW. | |
| TABRAR, WILLIAM | England, fl.1832-36, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 38 Laystall Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TACCHI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 5/12/72. | Bedford. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| TACCHI, JOHN | Italy; England, PHIM | barometer maker; see Mastaglio and Tacchi. | Lake Como; Sunderland. | Crawforth 1. | |
| TACCHINI, ANTONIO | Italy, fl.1822-55+, PHIM | appointed mechanician to the Specola di Padovo in 1855. | Pavia; Padua. | Brenni 1. | |
| TACHI, F. | Holland, 18th Century?, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = Mak van Waay Auction, May, 1975. | Zierikzee. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| TAGLIABUE | USA, c.1847, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; see Norton and Tagliabue; may be John Tagliabue 3. | 240 Water Street, New York, N.Y (1847). | USNM. | |
| TAGLIABUE AND CASELLA | England, fl.1830-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/23/88; Stick Barometer = Mallams, Cheltenham. | Mallams signed "C. Tagliabue and Casella"; Caesar Tagliabue and Louis Paschel Casella; became Casella and Taglibue in 1846. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; ATG 3/18/95; RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE AND CICERI | England, c.1849, PHIM | barometers; Anthony Tagliabue and perhaps P. Ciceri. | 31 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| TAGLIABUE AND CO. 1 | England, fl.1807-14, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 4/17/86; Stick Barometer = X. | Caesar Tagliabue; earliest directory date for the Tagliabues; the first immigrant is supposed to have arrived in 1769. | 26 High Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1229); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1832-54, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Anthony Tagliabue. | 31 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TAGLIABUE AND CO. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/16/82. | could be either Tagliabue and Co. 1 or 2. | Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE AND NEGRETTI | USA, 1847, PHIM | received silver prize in 1847 at Fair of American Institute, for barometers, hydrometers and wet bulb thermometers. | 236 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| TAGLIABUE AND ZAMBRA | England, fl.1847-50, PHIM | John Tagliabue 1. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TAGLIABUE, A. | England, fl.1832-54, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie 5/5/83, P.C., X. | probably Anthony Tagliabue; Christie barometer is listed as "A. Faglibue." | 31 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2262); RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE, A. AND A. | England, fl.1829-31, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, Thermometer, Level and Humidistat = D.(1983). | Angelo and Anthony Tagliabue. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE, ANGELO | England, fl.1829-48, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | partner with Anthony Tagliabue, 1829-31, as A. and A. Tagliabue, which see; barometer is signed "A. Tagliabue 19 Leather Lane." | 11 Brook Street, Holborn (1829-33); 19 Leather Lane (1835-40); 91 Leather Lane (1841-44); 3 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1845-48); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2261). |
| TAGLIABUE, ANTHONY | England, fl.1829-54, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers and philosophical instruments; in partnership with Angelo Tagliabue as A. and A. Tagliabue, 1829-31. | 11 Brook Street (1829-31); 31 Brook Street (1832-54); both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2262). | |
| TAGLIABUE, B., GAGGIA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| TAGLIABUE, C. 1 | England, c.1799, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Tagliabue" plus address; see Tagliabue, Torre and Co. | 294 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TAGLIABUE, C. 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | barometer maker; probably Caesar Tagliabue. | 68 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TAGLIABUE, C. 3 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn (London). | RSW. | |
| TAGLIABUE, C.B.J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Caesar Tagliabue? | 26 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TAGLIABUE, C.J., MANUFACTURING CO. | USA, PHIM | Thermometer = Pacific House, Monterey, Cal. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| TAGLIABUE, CAESAR | England, fl.1807-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/83; Stick Barometer = X. | Soth. barometer has thermometer by L. Giana; with Casella in 1838; see C. Tagliabue 2. | 26 High Holborn (1807-14); 28 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1822-29); 23 Hatton Garden (1829-46); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1720); RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE, CATHERINE | England, c.1838, PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded John Tagliabue 2, probably his widow. | 25 Eyre Street Hill, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2263). | |
| TAGLIABUE, CHARLES, AND CO. | England, fl.1835-36, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TAGLIABUE, FRANCIS | USA, fl.1852-56, | advertised his Navigation Warehouse in 1856. | San Francisco, Cal. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| TAGLIABUE, GIUSEPPE | England; USA, 1812-78, MIM PHIM | Ruler = N. Carolina Museum of History; Marine Barometer = D.(1976); Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | son of Caesar Tagliabue; apprenticed to his brother Giovanni; went to New York in 1834; won numerous awards; see John Tagliabue 3. | Pearl Street, New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5; USNM; RSW. |
| TAGLIABUE, J. AND J. | England, fl.1817-19, OIM PHIM | made barometers and philosophical instruments; one of the partners was John Tagliabue 1. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TAGLIABUE, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1817-52, PHIM | made barometers and philosophical instruments; see J. and J. Tagliabue; see Tagliabue and Zambra. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1440). | |
| TAGLIABUE, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1826-38, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded by Catherine Tagliabue, probably his widow. | 44 Leather Lane (1826-28); 23 Hatton Garden (1829); 25 Eyre Street Hill (1834-38); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2263). | |
| TAGLIABUE, JOHN 3 | USA, fl.1838-87, MIM NIM PHIM | 269 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5; USNM. | ||
| TAGLIABUE, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1853-54, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| TAGLIABUE, TORRE AND CO. | England, c.1802, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X(2); Wheel Barometer = X. | see C. Tagliabue 1. | 294 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TAISNIER, JOHANNES | Belgium, 1509-62, | designer of "spherical rings" which were useful in surveying, artillery, astronomy and navigation. | Offenbacher 22, 1970. | ||
| TALBOT, EBENEZER | USA, 1810-1902, MIM SIM | Level = P.C. | "Improved builder's level warrented. E. Talbot No. 6 Windsor Locks, Ct." | Windsor Locks (-1863); East Granby (1863-90); Windsor Locks (1890-1902); all in Connecticut. | Smart 1. |
| TALBOYS, JAMES | England, c.1817, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company, Sept. 11, 1817. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| TAMBURINI, GIOVANNI DOMENICO | Italy, c.1700, PHIM | Barometer = FLO. | Middleton 1. | ||
| TANCKINS, JOACHIMUS | Germany, 1596, MIM | Instrument, 1596 = NUR. | Perleberg. | Evans 1. | |
| TANGATE, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1761-1804, MIM | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on April 7, 1752; turned over to George Adams 1 in the Grocers' Company, April 4, 1758; free in the Joiners' Company, April 7, 1761; took apprentices. | Shoe Lane, Fleet Street (1770-73); 4 Bride Lane (1774); 9 West Square (1800); 42 Elliott's Buildings, St. Georges Field (1804); 9 West Square; all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| TANGATE, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1781, | apprenticed to his father, Robert Tangate 1, in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 4, 1781. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| TANGUY | France, fl.1665-80, MIM OIM | "arquebusier"; worked in the Paris Observatory and for the Academy. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Wolf; Augarde. | |
| TANNER, JOSEPH | England, c.1856, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | watchmaker, silversmith; the X barometer is signed "Tanner Cirencester", the other one "J. Tanner, Cirencester." | Market Place, Cirencester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TANNON, W.F. | misreading of W.F. Cannon. | RSW. | |||
| TAPLEY, ROBERT | USA, c.1850, NIM | Pelorus = PMS. | the pelorus at the PMS was designed by Tapley. | West Brooksville, Me. | RSW. |
| TAPPENDEN AND HANBY | England, c.1768, MIM | T.C.; tool makers. | at the White Lion the Corner of George Street in Foster Lane, Cheapside, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| TARA, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Louth. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARADELLI | Italy, 19th Century, OIM | Naples. | Brenni 1. | ||
| TARDIN | France, 19th Century, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/7/87. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| TARELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| TARELLI 1 | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88. | RSW. | ||
| TARELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/14/87; Wheel Barometer = BMM. | probably Charles Tarelli 2. | Northampton. | RSW. |
| TARELLI, A., AND SON | England, fl.1853-60, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Anthony Tarelli and his son. | 42 Dean Street (1853); 65 Grey Street (1855-60); both in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| TARELLI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1827-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | the barometers are signed "A. Tarelli"; see also A. Tarelli and Son. | 41 Dean Street (1827-44); 42 Dean Street (1847-55); 65 Grey Street (1855-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| TARELLI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | could be Charles Tarelli 1 or 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARELLI, CHARLES 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Banbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARELLI, CHARLES 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(5), Christie 4/28/89. | the barometers are signed variously, "Chas. Tarelli", "C. Tarelli Northampton" or "Charles Tarelli, Northampton." | Woodhill, Northampton. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TARELY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | a variant spelling of Tarelli. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARLETON, JEREMIAH | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on June 12, 1690. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| TARONE | see Lione and Tarone. | Bell 2. | |||
| TARONE AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76, X; Stick Barometer = X. | No. 7 Grevil Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| TARONE, A. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably Andrew or Anthony Tarone. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARONE, A., AND CO. | England, fl.1802-45, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Andrew Tarone and Co. | 7 Grevil Street (1802-19); 39 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1842-44); 4 Back Hill (1843); all in London. | Goodison 1. |
| TARONE, ANDREW | England, fl.1802-19, PHIM | barometer maker; looking-glass maker. | 7 Grevil Street, London. | RSW. | |
| TARONE, ANTHONY | Scotland, fl.1818-46, PHIM | barometer maker. | 37 Murraygate (1818-29); 32 Murraygate (1834); 12 Castle Street (1840); 90 Nethergate (1842); 12 Murraygate (1846); all in Dundee. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3. | |
| TARONE, FRA. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| TARONE, JNO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 1/26/90. | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| TARONE, JOHN | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARONE, P.A. | England, fl.1809, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometers are signed "P. Tarone Bristol" or "P.A. Tarone Bristol." | Tucker Street, Bristol. | Goodison 1. |
| TARONE, P.A., AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| TARONI | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | barometer maker. | Daumas 1. | ||
| TARONI AND LOUAGHI | England, c.1829, PHIM | barometer makers. | 9 City Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARONI, A. AND G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hanley. | Goodison 1. | |
| TARONI, F. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Milford Haven. | clockmaker. | Heverfordwest. | Peate. |
| TARONI, GEORGE | England, fl.1842-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | watch and clockmaker. | 62 Whitefriargate, Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| TARONI, P. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Chester 3/9/83, X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| TARR, HENRY S., AND SON | USA, MIM | Level with plumb-bob = X. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| TARTS | England, c.1750, PHIM | Stick Barometer = 1975 Sales Cat. | London. | RSW. | |
| TASKER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1813-53, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Soth.-S 1/10/90. | also made thermometers. | High Street, Banbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TASKEY, W. | misreading for William Tasker. | Soth.-S 1/10/90. | |||
| TATAMANZA | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | Colchester. | RSW. | |
| TATE | misreading for "late Ramsden, Berge, London" on sextant in auction, 1989, in New England. | RSW. | |||
| TATLOCK | see Baird and Tatlock. | RSW. | |||
| TAUBER, M. | Germany, c.1780, OIM PHIM | Barometer = DRE; Telescope = DRE. | M. Taüber. | Leipzig. | RSW. |
| TAVENIER-GRAVET | France, c.1870, MIM | Slide Rule, Mannheim-type = P.C. | successors to Gravet-Lenoir. | rue Mayet 19, Paris. | Delehar 2. |
| TAWS, CHARLES | USA, c.1795, MIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| TAYLOR, ALFRED | England, 1863-1940, MIM OIM SIM | Frederick Cooke retired in 1894 in favor of Alfred Taylor,who joined his brother, Dennis Taylor, in T. Cooke and Sons. | York. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| TAYLOR, BROOK | England, fl.1701-31, | author; mathematician; wrote on "Linear Perspective"; two instruments, once owned by Taylor while a student at St. John's College, Cambridge, are now at the Adler Planetarium, a Butterfield-type sundial, ADL-W219, and a brass rule, ADL-W221, both were signed and dated by him in 1701. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| TAYLOR, C.H., AND CO. | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer maker. | 12-13 Buckingham Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| TAYLOR, DENNIS | England, 1861-1943, MIM OIM SIM | Dennis Taylor was in charge of the optical shop at T. Cooke and Sons; he was joined by his brother, Alfred Taylor, in 1894. | York. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| TAYLOR, EDMUND | England, fl.1825-27, MIM OIM PHIM | 15 Whitehorse Yard, Drury Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1721). | ||
| TAYLOR, FRANCIS | England, c.1738, MIM | member of the Vintners' Company; reported on John Urings 2, Aug. 2, 1738. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| TAYLOR, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = CMY. | 108 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| TAYLOR, G.R. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Sunderland. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| TAYLOR, GEORGE | England, fl.1833-45, NIM | author; see G. Taylor; E.G.R. Taylor thought that he was the husband or a close relative of Janet Taylor and that he succeeded her, however the dates are wrong for that possibility. | 9 Fenchurch Street (1833); Navigation Warehouse, 103-4 The Minories, London. | Taylor 2(2021); RSW. | |
| TAYLOR, J.B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| TAYLOR, JAMES | England, c.1830, PHIM | magnet manufacturer. | Sheffield. | Taylor 2(2022). | |
| TAYLOR, JANET, AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Allan Knight Maritime Museum, Monterey, Cal. | London. | RSW. | |
| TAYLOR, JOHN 1 | England, c.1823, OIM | succeeded Thomas Taylor 3. | 17 Corner Hennings Road, London. | Taylor 2(1722). | |
| TAYLOR, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1825-27, OIM | 1 Lower Castle Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(1723). | ||
| TAYLOR, JOHN 3 | England, c.1845, | invented a cometarium and a "Perennial Celestial Globe" in 1845. | Liverpool. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| TAYLOR, MRS. JANET | England, fl.1833-59, MIM NIM PHIM | Octants = X (1840), Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, D.; Sextants = Allan Knight Maritime Museum, Monterey, Cal., Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., Soth. 11/16/87; Sympiesometer = Christie 5/5/83; Instruments = NMM, KEN. | patented an improved instrument to measure angles and distances; Taylor describes herself as a retailer; author; those of her instruments which show an address list "104 Minories, London"; she also ran a Nautical Academy. | 1 Fen Court, Fenchurch Street; 6 East Street, Red Lion Square; The Nautical Academy and Warehouse, 103-4 Minories; all in London. | Taylor 2(2023); Coffeen II; Moskowitz 133; USNM; RSW. |
| TAYLOR, POSSIBLY JAMES. | England, NIM | Sextant = PMS. Mercury barometer = PC. | 104 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| TAYLOR, ROBERT 1 | Scotland, 1717, | bookseller, charts, slide rules, small telescopes, etc; maker(?); T.C. | Berwick-on-Tweed. | Bryden 3. | |
| TAYLOR, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1769, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company on Jan. 18, 1758; free of the Company July 4, 1769; took one apprentice. | Somerset Street, Whitechapel, London (1769). | J. Brown 1. | |
| TAYLOR, SAMUEL | USA, c.1810, MIM | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | ||
| TAYLOR, T.L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Pontefract. | Goodison 1. | |
| TAYLOR, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1692, MIM | took John Eastland as an apprentice in 1692. | London. | Michel 3. | |
| TAYLOR, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1727, | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 8, 1727. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| TAYLOR, THOMAS 3 | England, fl.1815-22, MIM OIM | Sector = D.(1984). | succeeded by John Taylor 1. | 17 Corner Hennings Row, St. Martin's Lane, london. | Taylor 2(1442); Coffeen F; RSW. |
| TAYLOR, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company, Dec. 7 or 21, 1674; turned over to the Widow Peirce of the ? Company; free of the Company April 3, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| TAYLOR, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1825-27, MIM | 13 Chamber Street, Goodman's Fields, london. | Taylor 2(1724). | ||
| TAYLOR, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1825-27, MIM OIM PHIM | 11 Little Newport Street, London. | Taylor 2(1725). | ||
| TEATLEY, ROBERT | England, c.1764, OIM | although not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, he opposed Peter Dollond's patent. | Fleet Street, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(XXVII). | |
| TECKER | misreading for Jecker. | Soth. 6/8/70. | |||
| TEDMUN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1759, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 27, 1759. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| TEEKES | see van der Vliel. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| TEIXEIRA, ANTONIO | Portugal, 1769, MIM | Square and Protractor, ivory, 1769 = LIM. | RSW. | ||
| TELAMANZI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Colchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| TELFER, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1801-2, MIM | took out a patent relating to textiles. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1231). | |
| TELFORD | England, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | Chester. | RSW. | |
| TELFORD, W.N. | England, c.1855, PHIM | T.C. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| TEMPLE, JOHN H. | USA, 1812-77, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = WHI; Transit = GUR (No. 1). | worked for Nathan B. Chamberlain (1832-38); worked for himself (1839-77); built a dividing engine which finally ended up with C.L. Berger and Sons; employed James E. Moody as a workman; Moody finished many incomplete instruments after Temple's death. | Princeton (1812-30); Sterling (1830-38); Court Street, Boston; 11 Cornhill, Boston (1839-66); West Roxbury (1866-77); all in Mass. | Smart 1; Coffeen II; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM. |
| TENGAY, GREGORY | England, fl.1675-79, OIM | apprenticed to Henry Haslom of the Spectaclemakers' Company on April 2, 1668; free of the Company, July 1, 1675. | Court and von Rohr 3(36). | ||
| TENNANT, G. | England, fl.1814-15, MIM | 126 Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1443). | ||
| TENNANT, THOMAS | USA, c.1822-c.1890, MIM NIM | Sextant = MYS. | apprenticed to William J. Young; Tennant was the first in the USA to mass-produce protractors; moved to San Francisco where he made and sold nautical instruments including those made by Young; had John C. Sack as a workman, 1861-88; showed an imported solar compass at th San Francisco Mechanics Institute Fair of 1858; T.C. | Newburyport, Mass.; at the Sign of the Wooden Sailor, Long Wharf, Battery Street (1849), San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10; Elgin; RSW. |
| TERONI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| TERRIL, J. RITTSON | 1744, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1744 = Soth. 5/12/72. | RSW. | ||
| TERRODE | see Ponthus et Terrode. | Calvert 2. | |||
| TERRY, FRANCIS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Masham. | Goodison 1. | |
| TERRY, JOS. | NIM | Octant = Fall River Historical Society, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| TERRY, WILLIM | England, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer with watch, No. 395 = Neumarkt 10/8/71 = Neumarkt 5/5/72 = UTO 11/2/76; etc. | surely William Terry. | London. | RSW. |
| TERTRE, CH. DU | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-Rome 11/29/79. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| TERZA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see A. Terzza. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| TERZZA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Terza. | Goodison 1. | |
| TESSA, A. | Switzerland ?, PHIM | Bottle Barometer = Landesmuseum, Zurich. | Middleton 1. | ||
| TESSAROLO, FRANCESCO | Italy, fl.1810-42, MIM PHIM SIM | Heliostat = U. of Padua; Oligocronometro = U. of Padua. | worked for Giovanni Battista Rodella at the Specola di Padovani. | Padua. | Brenni 1. |
| TESTI, J, & CO | England, c.1822, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Signed "J Testi & Co, 49 Leatherlane, Holborn, London." | 49 Leatherlane, Holborn, London | WEBDB |
| TESTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Chester. | Goodison 1. | |
| TESTI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 15 Great Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TESTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3); Stick Barometer = X. | the barometers are signed "Testi", "J. Testi 19 Leather Lane, Holborn, London" and "J. Testi 10 Leather Lane, Holborn, London." | 19 Leather Lane, Holborn; 10 Leather Lane, Holborn; both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| TETAMANZI, SANTINO | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | 81 Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| TETTAMANZI, S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Colchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| TEUFFEL, TH. | Germany, c.1607, MIM SIM | Theodolite = DEU. | his name is also marked (as owner?) on a pair of compasses at the DEU made by Heinrich Stolle, which see; Price listed this maker as "F. Teuefel." | Czeilbergk. | Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| TEXTOR, JOHANN | Austria, c.1710, MIM PHIM | Sundials, chalk-stone = MUN, DRE; Horizontal Table Sundials = GRA, VIT. | father of Johann Martin Friedrich Textor; made sundials, compasses, barometers and thermometers; city supervisor of barometers and thermometers. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Habacher. |
| TEXTOR, JOHANN MARTIN FRIEDRICH | Austria; Germany, c.1725, MIM PHIM | Table Sundial, chalkstone, map, 1725 = DRE; Horizontal Sundial, marble, map = DRE. | son of Johann Textor; made barometers and thermometers; engineer. | Vienna; Dresden. | Zinner 1; Habacher; Evans 1; RSW. |
| THACHER, CHARLES | MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = VNN. | RSW. | ||
| THACHER, EDWIN | USA, c.1881, | invented and patented a cylindrical slide rule, 1881. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| THACKER, JEREMY | England, c.1714, | amateur instrument maker. | Yorkshire. | Taylor 1(578). | |
| THACKER, ROBERT | variant of Theaker. | Evans 1. | |||
| THAXTER, JOSEPH HELYER | USA, 1801-35, MIM NIM | partner with his father, Samuel Thaxter, in S. Thaxter and Son, 1822-35. | 125 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| THAXTER, S., AND SON | USA, fl.1822-1916, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | Samuel Thaxter and his son, Joseph Helyer Thaxter, were partners from 1822 to 1835 when the son died; Samuel Thaxter worked alone fron 1835 to 1842 when a grandson, Samuel Thaxter Cushing, came into and took over the business until 1882; his widow, Abby Cushing, managed the firm until 1905; at that time Herbert Risteen Starrett, who started with the firm as a clerk in 1884, took over the management; the business went on until 1916 as Samuel Thaxter and Son (H.R. Starrett). | 125 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 104; Coffeen A; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| THAXTER, SAMUEL | USA, 1769-1842, MIM NIM SIM | wide range of navigating and surveying instruments that may be seen in many museums. | probably apprenticed to William Williams whom he succeeded and whose niece or daughter, Mary, he married in 1792; took his son, Joseph Helyer Thaxter as a partner, 1822-35; worked alone, 1835-42, then took Samuel Thaxter Cushing, a grandson, into the firm; T.C. | at the Head of Long Wharf (1792); 125 State Street (1796-1842); both in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bedini 8; Coffeen I; USNM; D.J. Warner 8 and 10; RSW. |
| THEAKER, ROBERT | England, 1665, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| THEILER, M., AND SONS | England, OIM | Pocket Microscope = Soth. 12/2/74. | London. | RSW. | |
| THELOTT, OLOF | Sweden, fl.1695-1713, MIM | Elvius-type Quadrant, wood and paper = SWE. | son of Philip Jacob Thelott. | Uppsala. | Pipping 1; Sidenbladh. |
| THELOTT, PHILIP JACOB | Sweden, c.1670, MIM | Nocturnal = NOR; Universal Ring Sundial = NOR; String-gnomon Sundial = NOR; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = NOR; Table Sundials, Horizontal and Equatorial = NOR,(3), one is dated 1676; Horizontal Sundial = Blekinge Museum. | father of Olof Thelott. | Uppsala. | Pipping 1; Sidenbladh; RSW. |
| THEODULE, P. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Vertical Sundial, pocket = TIM. | marked "E.A. 6." | RSW. | |
| THEVENOT, MELCHISEDECH | France, c.1666, | Melchisédech Thevenot; may have invented the bubble level; he described it in 1666. | Wynter and Turner; Daumas 1. | ||
| THIBAULT, SEBASTIAN | France, 1588, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1588 = OXF. | Michel lists him as Spanish. | Dreux. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. |
| THIELE, F.A. | Denmark, OIM | Telescope = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| THIERFELDER, DANIEL | Austria, 1594, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1594 = Linz Landesmuseum. | signed "1594 Daniel Thierfelder S und R." | Zinner 1. | |
| THIERY, FRANCOIS | France, fl. 1683-92, MIM | Sundials, slate, 1692 = Bernard Coll., D.(1994). | signed "François Thiery, chanoin de Maisieres 1683." | Rocroy et Maisieres (modern Mézières?). | Michel 3; Coffeen 46. |
| THILLAYE, N. | France, c.1800, PHIM | made air pumps. | Rouen. | Daumas 1. | |
| THODEY, SAMUEL | England, c.1783, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 8, 1774; free of the Company Sept. 4, 1783. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| THOMAS | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Versailles 11/20/83. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| THOMAS OF PISA | Italyc.1370, | Michel 3. | |||
| THOMAS, CHARLES XAVIER, CHEVALIER | France, 1785-1870, MIM | Arithmometers = KEN, Christie 12/21/71, Phillips 11/16/88 (o. 1778). | Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar; invented the Arithmometer, a multiplication machine, c.1820; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Colmar, Alsace; 13 Rue du Helder, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| THOMAS, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carmarthen. | Goodison 1. | |
| THOMAS, DANIEL | England, fl.1682-1711, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | apprenticed Aug. 2, 1675, by turnover, to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company; free in the Company, Aug. 7, 1682; took three girls as apprentices. | Minories, London. | Crawforth 7; J. Brown 3; Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| THOMAS, E. | England, MIM | London. | Evans 1. | ||
| THOMAS, EDWARD | USA, 1806-32, OIM | published designs for achromatic objective lenses for microscopes. | New York State. | USNM. | |
| THOMAS, FRANCIS | England, c.1626, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, Jan., 1626. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| THOMAS, GEORGE | England, 1758-1802, NIM | "Master compass maker at the Deptford Naval Dock"; succeeded Samuel Saunders in 1783. | Deptford. | Taylor 2(777). | |
| THOMAS, H.J. | England, c.1830, OIM | Henrietta Street, Cavendish Street, York. | Taylor 2(2024). | ||
| THOMAS, J. | USA, | see Benjamin Rittenhouse and J. Thomas | Pennsylvania. | RSW. | |
| THOMAS, J.B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Southampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| THOMAS, WILLIAM FRITH | England, c.1820, MIM | apprenticed to William Spencer 1 in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 4, 1800; free of the Company on Feb.3, 1820. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| THOMPSON 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one of the barometers is signed "Thompson". | Yarmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| THOMPSON 2 | see S. Maw, Son and Thompson. | RSW. | |||
| THOMPSON AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sector, ivory and brass = ADL-W112. | see John Thompson 4. | Manchester Street, Liverpool. | ADL; RSW. |
| THOMPSON, A. | England, MIM | Taylor lists an instrument by A. Thompson at the WHI but that instrument was made by Anthony Thompson 1, which see. | 125 Cock Hill, Ratcliff, London. | Taylor 2(1445). | |
| THOMPSON, ANTHONY 1 | England, fl.1638-65, MIM | made many instruments in wood and brass, these included rules, Gunters' quadrants, sundials, universal ring sundials, sectors, etc.; examples may be seen in various museums such as ADL, WHI (FIT) (1652), etc; | made instruments for Samuel Pepys; succeeded John Thompson 1, possibly his father; T.C.; succeeded by Edward Fage or John Read 2. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(190); Bryden 16; J.A. Bennett 2; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; USNM; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Latham and Matthews; Michel 3; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW; Dewhirst. |
| THOMPSON, ANTHONY 2 | England, c.1660, MIM | son of Anthony Thompson 1. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Clay and Court. | |
| THOMPSON, BENJAMIN, COUNT RUMFORD | England, 1753-1814, | invented the differential air thermometer at the same time as John Leslie. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| THOMPSON, HENRY A. | England, c.1850, MIM | Level, Gardner Patent-type = D.(1989). | T.C.; ironmonger, engineer, smith, founder, etc; he may have retailed this item. | Lewes, Sissex. | Moskowitz 132. |
| THOMPSON, ISAAC 1 | England, fl.1672-95, MIM OIM | may hve been the father of Isaac Thompson 2, who was turned over to him as an apprentice by Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company; Isaac Thompson 1 would have been a foreign instrument maker at that time; made mural quadrants and other instruments. | Bedford Street, near Covent Garden (1675); Sign of the Engine, against Montague House in Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury; both in London. | Taylor 1(363); Robischon; Evans 1. | |
| THOMPSON, ISAAC 2 | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne in the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Isaac Thompson 1, his father ?, a foreign instrument maker; free of the Company in 1699. | Bloomsbury, London. | Robischon. | |
| THOMPSON, ISAAC 3 | England, fl.1701-04, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 3, 1694; free in the Company, Feb. 3, 1701; took an apprentice. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| THOMPSON, J. | England, fl.1810-15, NIM | advertised compasses and quadrants; see A. Thompson 1. | 124 Cock Hill, Ratcliff, London. | Taylor 2(1445). | |
| THOMPSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1609-48, MIM | in the Stationers' Company; made wooden instruments and rules; took apprentices; partner and successor of John Read 1; succeeded by Anthony Thompson 1 who was possibly his son; T.C. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(121); Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 9 & 10; Clay and Court; Evans 1. | |
| THOMPSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1825, MIM | may have been succeeded by Joseph Thompson. | 34 Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1726). | |
| THOMPSON, JOHN 3 | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | Nottingham. | Taylor 2(2025); RSW. | |
| THOMPSON, JOHN 4 | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie-SK 8/20/88(?); Aneroid Barometer = D.(1973). | see Thompson and Co.; the barometer is signed "J. Thompson 2 Manchester Street, Liverpool"; the theodolite is signed with both the Manchester Street and the Lord Street addresses. | 2 Manchester Street and 65 Lord Street; both in Liverpool. | RSW. |
| THOMPSON, JOSEPH | England, fl.1830-38, MIM NIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = MYS. | the quadrant is signed "Thompson 36 Wapping, London." | 36 Wapping High Street, London. | Taylor 2(2026); RSW. |
| THOMPSON, PISHEY | USAc.1822, | imported optical, mathematical, surveying instruments and books. | Pennsylvania Avenue between 11th and 12th, Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| THOMPSON, RICHARD | England, 1751, MIM | Gunter's Scale, boxwood, 1751 = D.(1972). | this might be the name of the owner. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| THOMPSON, ROBERT | England, c.1764, | apprenticed to Francis Morgan in the Joiners' Company, July 3, 1764. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| THOMPSON, SAMUEL | England, c.1770, OIM | optician. | in a yard between 18 and 19 Dudley Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| THOMPSON, SIMON | England, c.1830, NIM | compass maker. | Great Yarmouth. | Taylor 2(2027). | |
| THOMPSON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1662-86, MIM | apprenticed in the Joiners' Company in 1651; free in the Company, 1662; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| THOMS, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | barometer and philosophical instrument maker. | 289 Strand, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| THOMSON 1 | see White, Thomson and Co. | ||||
| THOMSON 2 | variant of Thompson. | RSW. | |||
| THOMSON, DAVID | England, 1789-1834, | Capt. Thomson invented a Lunar Corrector, c.1820; made by Bate in 1816. | Coffeen 35. | ||
| THOMSON, T. | Scotland, PHIM | Double Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| THOMSON, THOMAS | Scotland, c.1821, | Professor at Glasgow University; worked on improving the saccharimeter; taught Alexander Allan to make it. | Glasgow. | McConnell 4. | |
| THOMSON, WILLIAM | Scotland, 1824-1907, | became Lord Kelvin of Largs in 1892; invented an electrometer and made major improvements in magnetic compasses. | DSB; DNB; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| THON, IO. H.S. | Holland?, 1721, MIM | Sundials, 1721 = D., P.C.(1975). | reproductions in silver or brass, dated 1721 were for sale at the Musée d'Horologie at Chaux-de-Fonds in 1978; Mörzer Bruyns thought the name was Dutch. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Brieux 1; RSW. | |
| THORN, N. | see C. Reiffel and N. Thorn. | USNM. | |||
| THORNDIKE, WILLIAM S. | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| THORNE, BAPTIST | England, c.1719, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 of the Grocers' Company on March 4, 1719. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| THORNELOE, C. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | ||
| THORNER, WILLIAM | England, c.1691, | apprenticed to Thomas Walpool of the Grocers' Company on April 6, 1691 | J. Brown 1. | ||
| THORNTHWAITE, W.H. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | partnership with Horne as Horne and Thornthwaite; also one of the partners in Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood; T.C. | London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO; Calvert 2; Goodison 1. | |
| THORNTON, A.G. | England, OIM | Transit = Christie-SK 3/31/83; Telescopic Level = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Theodolite = Soth. 7/31/67; Level = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87; Graphometer = D.(1970). | the telescopic level is marked "Premier Level." | Manchester. | RSW. |
| THOROWGOOD, EDWARD | England, fl.1669-70, MIM | free of the Plumbers' Company; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1669; took an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. | |
| THORP | England, c.1811, PHIM | Thermometer on a barometer by Horrod = P.C. (1968). | Bath. | Goodison 5. | |
| THORP, JOSEPHUS | Denmark, MIM | Compass Sundial, silver, in an ivory box = Soth. 10/16/60. | RSW. | ||
| THORPE, JAMES | England, c.1830, OIM | 17 Westbar Green, London. | Taylor 2(2028). | ||
| THORSEN, O. ELEV. | Norway?, 1768, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1768 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| THOURY, JACQUES | France, c.1700, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, silver, oval = P.C., Bernard Coll. = MADEX-112 = NMM; Butterfield-type Sundials = Soth. 5/16/57 (octagonal), Drouot 4/7/87; Terrestrial Globe = CNAM. | Paris. | MADEX; NMM 2; Brophy 1; RSW. | |
| THOUVEREZ, JUREWIT | France, 1788-1825, MIM | Planetarium on clock, 1797 = Rasmussen 2/6/68. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| THRASI, STEVEN | see Steven Tracy. | Rooseboom 1; Michel 3. | |||
| THRASIUS | see Steven Tracy. | Rooseboom 1; Michel 3. | |||
| THROGMORTON, JAMES | England, fl.1676-1716, OIM | son of John Throgmorton and apprenticed to him in the Spectaclemakers' Company, Oct. 6, 1669; free of the Company in 1676; Master of the Company in 1688, 1695 and 1697; took Richard Sterrop as an apprentice in 1677. | The Minories, London (1693). | Court and von Rohr 3(41); Clay and Court. | |
| THROGMORTON, JOHN | England, fl.1669-93, OIM | apprenticed to John Jenkinson in the Spectaclemakers' Company, Oct. 20, 1644; member of the Company Oct. 6, 1669; took his son, James Throgmorton as an apprentice in 1669; fought for the Restoration. | Tower Hill (1669); St. Katherine's (1693); both in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(10). | |
| THROUGTON AND SIMMS | misreading for Troughton and Simms. | Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | |||
| THUDIUM | see Pleis, Foering and Thudium. | RSW. | |||
| THURET ET BELNET | France, 1861, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, in relief, 1861 = Soth. 2/28/80. | Dijon. | RSW. | |
| THURET, ISAAC | France, fl.1678-80, MIM | Planetariums = PBN (1680), ROS; Eclipsareons = PBN (1680), ROS. | clockmaker to Louis XIV; made Roemer's planetarium, eclipsareon and Jovilabe designs; worked with Huygens and Roemer. | H.C. King 2. | |
| THURLOW, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hyde. | Goodison 1. | |
| THURNEISSER, LEONHARDT | Germany, c.1574, | author; one of his works on astrology contains a very complicated set of planetary volvelles. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. | ||
| THURNER, JOHANN | Czechoslovakia, fl.1671-79, MIM SIM | Graphometers, 1679 = WHI, OXF. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; Evans 1. | |
| TIBBON, PROFEIT | see Profatius. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| TICADELL (?), WM. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Thermometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | a signed thermometer on a wheel barometer by W. Cooper. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| TICKELL, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1827-40, OIM | optician. | 74 Great Britain Street (1827-28); 24 Upper Sackville Street (1828-40); 48 Beresford Street 1840); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; | |
| TICKNER, JOHN | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to John Parminter 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1796. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| TIDDER, ROWLAND | England, fl.1791-1808, MIM | apprenticed to William Morris 1 in the Grocers' Company in May, 1783; turned over to James Bradley 2, a member of the the Feltmakers' Company on Sept. 12, 1786; free of the Grocers' Company, April 7, 1791; took apprentices. | No. 7 Butler's Buildings, East Smithfield (1791); East Smithfield (1793); both in London. | J. Brown 1; RSW.. | |
| TIDDLER | see Tidder. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| TIEDEMANN | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | Microscopes, Cuff-type = KEN (2). | Stuttgart. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |
| TIENSCH AND STANCLIEF | USA, c.1859, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | T.C. in the box of a surveying compass by Adolph Tiensch. | 88 Third Street, near Post Office, Louiville, Ky. | Smart 1. | |
| TIENSCH, ADOLPH | Germany; USA, 1818-1895, MIM OIM PHIM | Wye Level = P.C.; Surveying Compass = D.(1989). | listed in the Cincinnati directories, alone for 1849-51; worked for Harig and Jones in 1852; by himself from 1856 on; his son Gustav Adolph worked for him; Stanclief must have been a partner at some point, see Tiensch and Stanclief. | Baden-Baden, Germany; Cincinnati, Ohio (1849-51); Louisville, Ky. (1852); Third Street opposite the Post Office, Louisville, Ky. (1856-60); Memphis, Tenn. (1860?-95). | Smart 1; Coffeen 27. |
| TIENSCH, GUSTAV ADOLPH | USA, 1853-1949, MIM SIM | worked with his father, Adolph Tiensch, from 1871 to 1895; listed as an instrument maker through 1936. | Louisville, Ky. | Smart 1. | |
| TILLEY AND SON | England, NIM | Course Projector = Portsmouth Shipyard Museum, Va. | course protractor ? | USNM. | |
| TIMBY | 1857, MIM PHIM | Timby Solar Clock = P-B 10/5/44. | patented an improved stick barometer, Nov. 3, 1857. | Middleton 1; RSW. | |
| TIMMINS | see Wynn and Timmins. | RSW. | |||
| TIMMINS, JOS. | England, 1761, | apprenticed to Christopher Jacob, a rule maker; ran away before July 20, 1761. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| TIMMINS, THOMAS | England, c.1830, OIM | 33 Lower Arcade, Bristol. | Taylor 2(2029). | ||
| TIMMONS, THOMAS | England, fl.1777-1818, OIM | optician and spectaclemaker. | 1 Old Hinckleys (1777); 19 Fleet Street (1801); Bromsgrove Street (1818); all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| TINNON | see Daniel Ducommun-dit-Tinnon. | RSW. | |||
| TIRYUTIN, FILIPP NIKITICH | Russia, fl.1737-71, MIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = LOM; Sundial and Globe = State Armoury, Moscow; etc. | Tiryutin was a pupil of Golynin at the Academy of Sciences from 1737 to 1747; an apprentice from 1747 to 1756; made a copy of the Gottorp Globe with Benjamin Scott, from 1748 to 1751; he was named a "master of the instrument-making art" in 1756 by the Academy; assigned to the "School of Arts" in the Artillery Engineering Cadet Corps; was an ingenious innovator and a good manager; made and repaired various drawing and surveying instruments; he was dismissed in 1771. | St. Petersburg. | Chenakal 3; J. Brown 1. |
| TISLEY AND SPILLER | England, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Monocular Microscope = Phillips 2/2/84; Tyndall Audibility of Sound Machine = Royal Institution. | 172 Brompton Road, London. | RSW. | |
| TLUMATSNAVV | Poland?, 1756, MIM | Astronomical Ring, 1756 = TIM (1972). | Olmitz. | RSW. | |
| TOALDES, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1719-97, MIM | Regiomontanus-type Sundial, 1760 = Michel Coll. = Soth. 3/17/38 = Percy Webster = OXF (Bilmeier Coll. #195). | author of "Metodo facile per descrivere gli orlogi Solari", Venice, 1790; professor of astronomy at U. of Padua, 1760. | Padua. | Maddison 5. |
| TOBIAS AND LEVITT | England, fl.1816-42, MIM PHIM | Morris Tobias and Levitt; clockmakers. | 31 Minories, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TOBIAS, M.J. | England, MIM | Pocket Watch = ADL-A107. | Liverpool. | ADL; RSW. | |
| TOBIAS, MORRIS | England, c.1815, MIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Chronometer = USNM. | signed "Tobias 31 Minories, London"; partner with Levitt, 1816-42. | 31 Minories, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TOBIAS, R.P. | Austria, 1752-54, MIM | assembled the 1688 Coronelli globe now at NMM-Caird. | Vienna. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| TOCHETTI, C. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| TOD, S. | Scotland, c.1765, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.C. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| TODD, ROBERT | England, 1685, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1685. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| TOGNIETTI, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| TOGNIONI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| TOGNOLA, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | |
| TOIA, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | Farringdon. | RSW. | |
| TOLDER, ANDREAS | Austria, MIM | Azimuth Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | "fecit Viene." | Vienna. | RSW. |
| TOLLES, ROBERT B. | USA, 1822-83, MIM OIM PHIM | Lenses, 1873 = Army Medical Museum; Binocular Eyepiece = USNM. | apprenticed to Charles A. Spencer, 1843-51; collaborated with him, 1851-58; started his own business in Canastota in 1858; moved to Boston in 1867 and organized the Boston Optical Works, became its supervisor and in 1871 its owner; patented a binocular eyepiece. | Canastota, N.Y. (1822-67); Boston, Mass. (1867-83). | USNM. |
| TOLLEY, EDWARD | England, c.1838, OIM | 8 Tavistock Row, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(2264). | ||
| TOMLIN, WILLIAM | England, c.1738, | apprenticed to Henry Craford of the Grocers' Company on June 27, 1738. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| TOMLINSON, JAMES | England, c.1746, OIM | spectaclemaker; took Thomas Watkins as an apprentice, Oct. 2, 1746; he was probably a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Clay and Court. | |
| TOMLINSON, JOHN | England, fl.1835-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Jno. Tomlinson, Horncastle"; watch and clockmaker. | Bull Ring, Horncastle. | Goodison 1. |
| TOMPION AND GRAHAM | England, 1711-13, MIM PHIM | Tellurian = OXF. | Thomas Tompion and George Graham, his nephew. | at the sign of the Dial and three Crowns, at the corner of Water Lane and Fleet Street, London. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| TOMPION, THOMAS | England, 1638-1713, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Royal Collection (2), (one at Hampton Court); Stick Barometers = Hampton Court, Soth. 2/4/77; Marine Barometer = Greenfield Village, Mich.; Inclinable Sundials = BM (gold, 1703), (silver). | admitted as a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 4, 1671; free in the Company, by redemption on April 6, 1674; Master of the Company in 1703; took George Graham as a partner in 1711; on Tompion's death in 1713 Graham succeeded to the business; Tompion was associated with Robert Hooke for many years; as one of the best clockmakers of the era Tompion made Flamsteed's clocks and mural quadrants. | the Dial and Three Crowns, Water Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(283); Goodison 1; Crawforth 7; J. Brown 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Price 3; Britten; R.W. Symonds. |
| TOMPSON, THOMAS | England, 1638-1713, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| TONNELOT | France, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.C. Thermometers made for the Yale Observatory January 1884 and April 1879. | 25 Rue du Sommerard Paris | RSW. | |
| TOOGOOD, ELIZABETH | England, fl.1693-1700, MIM | in the Joiners' Company; succeeded her husband, John Toogood by 1693; testified to the freedom of John Crooke l in the Company on July 4, 1693; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| TOOGOOD, JOHN | England, fl.1678-90, MIM | apprenticed to William Sutton in the Joiners' Company, June 3, 1669; free in the Company Sept. 3, 1678; took apprentices; succeeded by his wife, Elizabeth Toogood, before 1693. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| TOOKE, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1609, OIM | ground lenses for Thomas Harriot; made "perspective glasses". | London. | Taylor 1(120); A.J. Turner 10; Wynter and Turner; Evans 1. | |
| TOPANI, JOHN | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | RSW. | ||
| TOPHAM | see Choate, Alder and Topham. | D.J. Warner 10. | |||
| TOREY, ANGELO | England, c.1830, MIM | Salisbury. | Taylor 2(2030). | ||
| TORNAGHI AND CO. | Australia, c.1860, NIM | Sextant = Seamans Institute of New York, N.Y. | see Angelo Tornaghi and A. Tornaghi and Co. | Sydney. | USNM. |
| TORNAGHI, A., AND CO. | Australia, c.1860, MIM | Protractor = Phillips 11/16/76. | Angelo Tornaghi. | Sydney. | RSW. |
| TORNAGHI, ANGELO | England; Australia, fl.1850-64, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Level and Compass = Soth. 4/18/88. | "optical and mathematical instrument maker to the Surveyor General Department Observatory, etc."; worked with Negretti and Zambra. | London (1858); 28 Bridge Street, Sydney (1861); 312 George Street, two doors from Hunter Street, Sydney, (1864). | RSW. |
| TORPORLEY, NATHANIEL | England, 1564-1632, | designed the sundial made by Charles Whitwell in 1593 which is now at OXF; designed a graphometer and a perpetual calendar; author. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 1(74); Michel 3. | ||
| TORRE 1 | France, c.1778, PHIM | Double Barometer = COR; Thermometers, 1778 = POB(2). | Torré. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Courtanvaux. |
| TORRE 2 | England, PHIM | Double Barometer, boxwood = OXF; Multiple Tube Barometer = D.(1976); Barometer, folding = OXF. | all the barometers are signed "Torre fecit." | Taylor 2(1234); Goodison 1; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; RSW. | |
| TORRE AND CICERI | England, fl.1780-82, PHIM | Anthony Torre and Ciceri; barometer makers. | 44 Market Lane, Pall Mall, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE AND CO. 1 | England, c.1805, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 12/15/83 and 7/21/83, X(2); Stick Barometers = X(2). | opticians; see Anthony de la Torre; the barometers are signed "Torre and Co., Leigh Street, Red Lion Square, London" or "Torre and Co. 12 Leigh St. Red Lion Square." | 12 Leigh Street, Red Lion Square, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TORRE AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 12 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE AND CO. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76, 7/21/87 and 4/28/88; Stick Barometer = X. | surely Torre and Co. 1 or 2. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TORRE BROS. | England, c.1783, PHIM | Anthony Torre and brothers; barometer makers. | 44 Market Lane, Pall Mell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE, ANTHONY | England, fl.1767-88, PHIM | son of Giovanni Battista Torre; he was associated with the firms "Torre and Ciceri" (1780-82); "Torres Bros." (1783); he may have been a partner in "Tagliabue, Torre and Co." | 44 Market Lane, Pall Mall (1767-86); 132 Pall Mall (1786-88); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE, ANTHONY DE LA | England, fl.1805-23, OIM PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded by della Torre and Barelli; see Torre and Co. 1. | 12 Leigh Street (1805-11); 4 Leigh Street (1815-23); both in Red Lion Square, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE, DELLA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE, DELLA, AND BARELLI | England, fl.1826-33, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded Anthony de la Torre; the Torre was probably Joseph della Torre. | 9 Lamb's Conduit Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TORRE, DELLA, AND CO. | Canada, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976). | Halifax and St. Johns, New Brunswick. | Rinaldi 2. | |
| TORRE, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy; France; Englandfl.1753-80, MIM PHIM | had a shop in Paris in 1760 to produce barometers and other instruments; opened a London branch in 1767; father of Anthony Torre. | Italy; Paris (1760); 44 Market Lane, Pall Mall, London (1767). | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRE, J. DELLA | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Scone Palace, X(4); Barometer = Henry Ford Museum, Greenfield, Mich. | barometer in Scone Palace is signed "I. della Torre Perth." | Perth. | Goodison 1. |
| TORRE, JOSEPH DELLA, AND CO. | England, fl.1834-51, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Barometer = Soth. 9/1/70. | the barometers are signed "Joseph Torre and Co., London." | 9 Lamb's Conduit Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| TORRELLI, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1830, OIM | Wood Hill, Northampton. | Taylor 2(2020). | ||
| TORRES | Spain, NIM | Sextant = MAN-I27. | Santander. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| TORRI AND POZZI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wooton Bassett. | Goodison 1. | |
| TORRIANO | Spain, c.1550, MIM | Sundial = Convent in Yuste. | Gatty. | ||
| TORRIANO, GIANNELLO | Italy, | see Iancellus Cremonensis. | Cremona. | North 2. | |
| TORRICELLI, EVANGELISTA | Italy, 1608-47, MIM OIM PHIM | mathematician, and briefly a pupil of Galileo; Torricelli's work with air pressure led to his invention of the mercury barometer. | Florence. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; Daumas 1 | |
| TORRICELLI, JOSEPH | Italy, 1739, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1739 = FLO. | Price thought the inventory number of this instrument was 117, Michel thought it was 1283. ?? | Florence. | Price 2; Michel 3. |
| TORTONA, CARLO ANTONIO | Italy, c.1685, OIM | author; invented the screw-barrel microscope in 1685. | Rome. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| TORTONI | see Carlo Antonio Tortona. | Nachet. | |||
| TOSCANELLI, PAOLO DAL POZZO | Italy, 1397-1487, MIM | Sundial = dome of Santa Maria del Fiore, Florence. | Florence. | Bonelli 6. | |
| TOTTENHAM, EDWARD | Ireland, fl.1844-47, OIM | optician, watch and clock maker; "late of Spear and Co.". | 38 College Green, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| TOULMIN, SAMUEL | England, fl.1757-83, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Signed "Saml. Toulmin"; also a watchmaker. | Strand, London. | Goodison 1. |
| TOURNANT, ALEXANDRE | France; Germany; Englandc.1730-92, OIM | glass-grinder and turner; worked in France and Germany, then moved to England; worked for Matthew Boulton, 1770-72; succeeded by his widow and daughter; invented machines to reproduce and to polish lenses. | Paris; Berlin; Birmingham (1770-72); Paris. | Taylor 2(543); Daumas 1. | |
| TOURY, I. | France, 1790, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver, 1790 = Thomas Barnett Coll. | two silver proof marks for 1790, an axe and a fasces. | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| TOWARD, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to William Parson 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 4, 1808. | London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| TOWNLEY, RICHARD | England, fl.1660-1705, MIM | improved Gascoigne's micrometer; instrument designer and maker; had his own workshop; came from the North Country. | Townley Hall. | Taylor 1(288); Evans 1; Middleton 1. | |
| TOWNLEY, ROBERT | England, c.1738, | apprenticed to Joseph Jackson of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 4, 1738. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| TOWNSEND, C.H. | see Charles Hervey Townshend, Capt. | Moskowitz A; Kelton 1. | |||
| TOWNSHEND, CHARLES HERVEY, CAPT. | USA, 1833-1904, NIM | Double Reflecting Circles = MYS, Kelton Coll. (1990). | patented a double reflecting circle in 1888, signing "C.H. Townsend" on patent; model is in the New Haven Colony Historical Society; Moskowitz had one unsigned but marked as based on Townshend's 1888 patent; five reflecting circles are at Mystic Seaport; later ones were made by Stackpole and Bro., New York, N.Y.; at least one of the MYS circles may be signed "Capt. Henry Hervey Townshend." | New Haven, Conn. | RSW. |
| TOWNSHEND, HENRY HERVEY, CAPT. | see Capt. Charles Hervey Townshend. | RSW. | |||
| TOZIEGUY | France, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = Drouot 11/19/70. | Bolbec. | RSW. | |
| TRACY, JOHN | England, fl.1735-42, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Scott in the Grocers' Company on Nov. 17, 1715; turned over to Thomas Heath 1 on Nov. 15, 1720; free of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 15, 1735; took apprentices. | Shoe Lane, Fleet Street (1735); St. Bride's lane, Fleet Street (1739-42); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| TRACY, STEVEN | Holland, fl.1670-1703, MIM | Copernican Planetarium, geared = LEY; Celestial Globe, geared = ROT (destroyed in 1940); Armillary Sphere = LEO; Broadside, 1711 = USNM. | the planetarium is known as the "Leidse Sphera"; Tracy was an Englishman living in Holland, he sometimes used a latinized form of his name, "Thrasius." | Rotterdam. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; Grimaldi (817); Drekker; USNM; RSW. |
| TRALLE | USA?, | invented a glass hydrometer; there is an example in the Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| TRAPP, DAVID | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Compass Sundial, brass hour-scale and ivory box = Evans Coll. = OXF. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| TRAUBAUD | France, c.1850, NIM | Traubaud's T.C. in the case for an octant by Buron of Paris. | Marseilles. | RSW. | |
| TRAUGHTON SIMMS | misreading of Troughton and Simms. | A-P 3/15/76. | |||
| TREACHER AND CO. | India, PHIM | Combined Barometer, Thermometer and Altimeter = Christie 12/21/71. | Bombay. | RSW. | |
| TRECENSIS | see I. Aubrius. | Hamilton. | |||
| TRECHSLER, CHRISTOPH 1 | Germany, fl.1572-1624, MIM SIM | made a wide range of mathematical instruments including sundials, octants, artillery levels, etc.; examples can be seen at ADL, DRE, OXF, SST, KES, VAA, BEK, STU, SKO, BM, HAK, POB, FLO, VIE, etc. | from 1605-24 signed as "der Elder", showing that his son, Christoph Trechsler 2, had joined him; "Mechanicus." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Hollands Glorie; Vincent 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; Abeler 1; ADL; RSW. |
| TRECHSLER, CHRISTOPH 2 | Germany, fl.1611-24, MIM | Altitude Insrument, 1623 = DRE; Sundial, 1624 = Göteborg Museum. | son of Christopher Trechsler 1; the instrument at Dresden is signed "C.T.S.M.F." (Christopher Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus Fecit); the sundial is signed "C.T.S.M." (Christopher Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus). | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Vincent 2. |
| TRECOT, CHARLES | France, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.C.(1982). | Charles Trécot. | Rue de la Carpe, (Paris?). | RSW. |
| TRECOURT ET GEORGES OBERHAUSER | France, c.1850, OIM | Grand Microscope Achromatique = Phillips 11/16/88. | "Brevet d'Invention." | Place Dauphine No. 19, Paris. | RSW. |
| TRECOURT, ACHILLE | France, fl.1834-40, OIM | Achille Trécourt worked with Bouquet and Georges Oberhauser to develop a new form of microscope; optician; Pipping lists him as R. Trécourt. | Paris. | Nachet; Pipping 1. | |
| TREE, JAMES | England, c.1850, MIM | Slide Rules, Ewart-type = P.C., D.(1984); Rules (16), silvered brass = Phillips 2/2/84; Clinometer = Phillips 6/15/76. | the Ewart-type slide rules are marked "The Cattle Gauge and Key to weighing machine arranged by J. Ewart, Newcastle-on-Tyne"; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 22 Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, London. | Delehar 2; Coffeen H; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; RSW. |
| TREET, JAMES | misprinting of James Tree. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| TREFFLER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, fl.1676-83, | owned a clockwork globe, dated 1683, by Christopher Rad of Augsburg; globe now lost. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| TREFFLER, JOHANN PHILIPP | Germany; Italyfl.1625-97, MIM PHIM | Night Clocks = KAS, MST, TIM; Hydrometer = FLO. | turner; clockmaker; worked for Archduke Ferdinand II of Florence, 1656-64, as a clock and mathematical instrument maker; developed a pendulum clock and invented a vibration counter. | Augsburg (1625-56); Florence (1656-64); Augsburg (1664-97). | Bedini 2 & 15; Michel 3; Baillie. |
| TREFFLER, MARCUS | a ghost; this error was started by Perelli, the astronomer at the U. of Pisa, in 1771; continued by Baillie and Michel. | Baillie 1; Michel 3; Bedini 2. | |||
| TREMEL | France, fl.1763-1775, MIM OIM PHIM | Trémel; "mechanicien." | Daumas 1. | ||
| TREMLETT, RICHARD | England, fl.1852-58, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers, air pumps and other philosophical instruments. | 7 Guildford Place; 9 Albermarle Street; both in Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; USNM. | |
| TRENDELL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976). | Maidenhead. | RSW. | |
| TRESOLDI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| TRESOLDI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | 6 Union Bldgs., Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TREVITT, ROBERT | England, 1706, MIM | Cruciform Sundial = Middle Moorfields, London (1707). | London. | Cousins. | |
| TRIBBLE, W.F. | USA, NIM | Liquid Compass = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| TRIEWALD, MARTEN | Sweden, 1691-1747, MIM | Mårten Triewald. | Arvet. | ||
| TRIGG | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/1/88. | Guilford. | RSW. | |
| TRITSCHLER, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | Carlisle. | RSW. | |
| TROAKE, HENRY | England, 1831, MIM | Weather Prognosticater, four dials, paper, 1831 = Soth. 9/20/83. | Topsham. | RSW. | |
| TROEMER, HENRY | Germany; USAfl.1840-?PHIM | Set of Weights = OXF. | balance maker; German locksmith who came to Philadelphia, Pa. in 1838; firm still in business in 1959 at original address. | 911 Arch Street (1840-?), Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| TROGER, JOSEF | Austria?, 1732, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, chalk-stone, 1732 = SAL. | Zinner 1. | ||
| TROLIER | 1795, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1795 = BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| TROLLAY, ROBERT | England, 1655, MIM | Folding Rule, three sections, 1655 = RSM. | "Free Mason." | Yorke. | RSW. |
| TROMBETTA, CHARLES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | one of the barometers is signed "Trombetta Norwich"; the others are signed "Charles Trombetta." | Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| TROSCHEL, HANNS | Germany, 1599?-pre-1634, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials dated between 1614 and 1631; examples may be seen at ADL, WHI, MERC (1628), KAS, MUN, FLO, BASH, Gotha Landesmuseum, Ecouen (CLU), CHF (1631), etc. | son of Hans Troschel; Hanns Troschel's master mark was a star; Gouk listed him as "Hans the Younger." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Vincent and Chandler; Stewart; Hamilton 1 and 2; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| TROSCHEL, HANS | Germany, 1549-1612, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials dated between 1580 and 1612; examples may be seen at ADL, NYM, KEN, OXF, DRE, MUN, BM, BEK, NOR, Ecouen (CLU), WHI, etc. | master mark was a thrush on a twig: he was made a Burger of Nürnberg in 1578. | Bamberg; Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Gouk 1; Vincent & Chandler; Hamilton 1 and 2; Bryden 16; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| TROUGHTON | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | a great many instruments are signed this way; probably most are the work of Edward Troughton 2. | London. | USNM; Coffeen 10; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Skopova; RSW. | |
| TROUGHTON AND SIMMS | England, fl.1826-1922, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums; including, ADL, BRO, CNAM, Brown U., USNM, KEN, BM, West Point Museum, N.Y., OXF, WHI, PMS, MLL, COO, AMST, MYS, VNN, STM, Horten Marine Museum, etc. | Edward Troughton 2 took William Simms 2 as a partner to form Troughton and Simms in 1826; the firm name continued until 1922; Edward Troughton 2 retired in 1831; William Simms 3 joined his uncle in 1836 until 1860 when William Simms 2 died; William Simms 3 became a partner with James Simms 3, his cousin, from 1860 until 1871 when William Simms 3 retired; James Simms 3 ran the firm alone until his death in 1915; see Troughton and Simms (cont.) | ||
| TROUGHTON AND SIMMS (CONT.) | (cont.) William Simms 4 and James Simms 4 took over the firm and incorporated it as Troughton and Simms Ltd. in 1916; they merged with T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. of York in 1922 as Cooke, Troughton and Simms; Vickers Ltd. had acquired control of T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. in 1916 and that of Troughton and Simms Ltd. a few years later; firm was later renamed Vickers Instruments Ltd. | 136 Fleet Street, London (1826-41); 138 Fleet Street, London (1841-64); Woolwich Road, Charlton, Kent and 138 Fleet Street, London (1864 on). | Taylor 2(1728); J.A. Bennett 2; Goodison 1; Darius 4; Insley 1; Coffeen 13; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Taylor and Wilson; USNM; ADL; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| TROUGHTON, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1740-64, MIM | divided and engraved mathematical instruments; uncle of John Troughton 2, Joseph Troughton 1, and Edward Troughton 2; John Troughton 2 joined his uncle's firm in 1760. | Lancaster; Surrey Street, Strand, London. | Taylor and Wilson; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(419); Daumas 1. | |
| TROUGHTON, EDWARD 2 | England, 1753-1835, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Dividing Engine, 1793 = KEN; one of the most important instrument makers of his era; he made a wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL, NMM, OXF, RSM, FLO, ROM, PEA, KEN, MLL, COO, LIM, DRE, etc. | apprenticed to his brother, John Troughton 2, in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 2, 1773; free of the Company on May 6, 1784; was a partner with his brother, John 2, from 1788 to 1804, as J. and E. Troughton; (Crawforth , Goodison, and Taylor & Wilson indicated that this partnership started much earlier ??); T.C.; Edward Troughton 2 took William Simms 2 as a partner in 1826, as Troughton and Simms; Troughton received the Copley Medal in 1809 and was made F.R.S in 1810. | see Edward Troughton 2 (cont.). | |
| TROUGHTON, EDWARD 2 (CONT.) | Surrey Street, Strand; the Orrery, 136 Fleet Street; both in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(778); Taylor and Wilson; Goodison 1; Skempton and Brown; DNB; DSB; Bryden 9; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1; NMM 2; ADL; RSW. | |||
| TROUGHTON, FRANCIS | England, c.1763, | apprenticed to John Troughton 1, his uncle or granduncle, in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 1, 1763. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| TROUGHTON, J. AND E. | England, fl.1782-1804, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Garden Sundial, 1795 = Trinity College Cambridge (?); Sextants = WHI, KEN, NMM; Slide Rule = KEN; Orrery, miniature = KEN; Reflecting Circle = NMM; Level = P-B 9/24/38. | John Troughton 2 and his brother Edward Troughton 2, (1782-1804); Taylor & Wilson and Goodison state that this partnership started earlier, before the takeover of the Benjamin Cole and Sons firm in 1782 | Surrey Street, Strand (pre-1782); The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street (1782-1804); both in London. | Taylor 2(662); J.A. Bennett 2; Goodison 1; J. Brown 1; Skempton and Brown; Dewhirst; Taylor and Wilson; RSW. |
| TROUGHTON, J. AND J. | England, fl.1764-70, MIM OIM PHIM | there are two possibilities: John Troughton 2 and his brother, Joseph Troughton 1 or John Troughton 1 and his nephew (or grandnephew), John Troughton 2; J. Brown found that Joseph Troughton 1 was apprenticed to his uncle (or granduncle), John Troughton 1 in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 16, 1765; she found no record of his freedom in the Company; we think that the second possibility is more likely. | Surrey Street, Strand, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(663); Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson; RSW. | |
| TROUGHTON, JAMES | misreading for John Troughton 2. | Clay and Court. | |||
| TROUGHTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1716-88, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company, Jan. 17, 1735; free in the Company, Nov. 25, 1756; took apprentices, including his nephews or grandnephews, John Troughton 2, Francis Troughton, and Joseph Troughton 1. | Surrey Street, Strand, London; Lewisham (1788). | J. Brown 1; Skempton and Brown. | |
| TROUGHTON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1764-1807, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his uncle (or granduncle), John Troughton 1, on Jan. 27, 1757, in the Grocers' Company; free of the Company, July 3, 1764; became a partner in J. and J. Troughton,(1764- 70); the other J. Troughton could have been John (1) or Joseph (1); took over the business of Benjamin Cole 2 in 1782 and moved to Cole's shop at The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street, London; took his brother, Edward Troughton 2 as a partner, 1788-1804; Taylor and Wilson, Goodison and E.G.R. Taylor thought the partnership with Edward Troughton 2, came earlier. | see John Troughton 2 (cont.). | ||
| TROUGHTON, JOHN 2 (CONT.) | Standgate lane, Lambeth (1752); at his uncle's in the Strand (1764); Crown Street, Fleet Street (1768); Dean Street, Fetter Lane (1773); Queen's Square, Bartholomew Close (1779-80); The Orrery, 136 Fleet Street (1782-1807); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(662); Skempton and Brown; Taylor and Wilson; Goodison 1; Wynter 1; Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| TROUGHTON, JOSEPH 1 | England, c.1765, MIM | apprenticed to his uncle (or granduncle), John Troughton 1, in the Grocers' Company on Oct.16, 1765; Taylor and Wilson, Goodison and E.G.R. Taylor state the Joseph Troughton 1 was a partner with his brother, John Troughton 2, as J. and J. Troughton (1764-70); however it is possible the other partner may have been John Troughton 1. | Surrey Street, Strand, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor and Wilson; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(663). | |
| TROUGHTON, JOSEPH 2 | England, c.1780, | son of Joseph Troughton 1; apprenticed to his uncle, John Troughton 2, of the Grocers' Company on July 6, 1780. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| TROW, ISAAC | England, fl.1830-37, MIM | Rule, boxwood = Soth. 10/15/73; Sector, ivory = Soth. 10/15/73. | "late R. Bakewell, Birmingham." | 8 Court, Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(2031); RSW. |
| TRUEG, L.I. | USA, c.1869, | took out patents on sundials in 1869 and 1870. | Saint Vincent's, Pa. | USNM. | |
| TRUNDY AND JONES | USA, NIM | "Makers"; John Trundy 2 and Jones; T.C. in marine compass by John Trundy 2, ADL-W186. | Portsmouth, N.H. | ADL; RSW. | |
| TRUNDY, JOHN 1 | USA, 1774-1802, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = DPW, DeLuca 8/1/87. | the compass cards were engraved by Thomas Wightman. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 8; Warner 12; RSW. |
| TRUNDY, JOHN 2 | USA, 1800-73, MIM NIM SIM | Marine Compasses = Portsmouth Historical Society, New Hampshire, ADL-W186; Surveyor's Compass = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H. | worked with Jones; see Trundy and Jones. | 18 Bow Street (1851); 50 Bow Street (1860-61); both in Portsmouth, N.H. | Smart 1; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| TRUSCOTT 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | St. Austle. | Goodison 1. | |
| TRUSCOTT 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | St. Columb. | Goodison 1. | |
| TSCHIRNHAUS, EHRENFRIED WALTER VON | Germany, 1651-1708, OIM | Burning Glass = DRE; Double Burning Glass, large = DRE. | Klesslingswaldo, Saxony. | RSW. | |
| TSCHLER | see Haalstatt und Tschler. | RSW. | |||
| TUCHER | see Ducher; all instruments that we have seen by this family are Ducher or T.D., etc; Zinner and Gouk put them under Tucher. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Gouk 1; RSW. | |||
| TUCHER, HANS | see Hans Tucher 3. | Gouk 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| TUCKER, ROBERT | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | the barometers are signed "R. Tucker, Taunton"; jeweller. | 41 North Street, Taunton. | Goodison 1. |
| TULLEY | England, c.1826, OIM | Microscope, 1826 = Wellcome Coll., KEN; Telescopes = Christie-SK 8/20/87, Baily Sale 4/25/1845. | probably Charles Tulley. | Islington, London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO; Nuttall 3; RSW. |
| TULLEY, C., AND SONS | England, fl.1800-30, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Phillips 10/26/83, Soth. 5/21/73 & 3/25/83; Telescope, achromatic = Baily Sale 4/24/1845; Microscope = Baily Sale 4/24/1845. | Charles Tulley and his sons, William and Thomas Tulley | Turrel Court , Upper Street (later 7 Church Row), Islington, London. | Taylor 2(903); Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| TULLEY, CHARLES | England, 1761-1830, OIM | Telescopic Eyepieces (2) = D.(1971). | father of Thomas and William Tulley, which see; may have served his apprenticeship with the Dollonds; made large, achromatic telescopes, up to twelve feet long; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; T.C. dated 1817. | London; Turrel Court, Islington, London. | Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3(XL); Moskowitz 102; Clay and Court; H.C. King 2; Thoday; J.A. Gould; RSW. |
| TULLEY, EDWARD | England, OIM | not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | Court and von Rohr 3(XLI). | ||
| TULLEY, HENRY | England, 1793-1833, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 11/27/86; Pantograph = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Instrument = WHI. | optician; son of Charles Tulley; (Taylor indicated that he was the grandson). | London; 5 Kingston Bldgs. (1822-22); 3 Pulteney Bridge (1830-33); both in Bath. | Taylor 2(903); Bryden 9; Goodison 1; J.A. Gould; RSW. |
| TULLEY, THOMAS | England, 1791-1846, OIM | son of Charles Tulley; brother of William Tulley; partner in C. Tulley and Sons and later in William and Thomas Tulley. | London. | Taylor 2(903); J.A. Gould. | |
| TULLEY, WILLIAM | England, 1789-1835, OIM | son of Charles Tulley; brother of Thomas Tulley; partner in C. Tulley and Sons; later a partner in William and Thomas Tulley; produced an achromatic microscope lens in 1826; worked with Joseph Jackson Lister. | Turrel Court, Islington, London. | Taylor 2(903)(1235); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; J.A. Gould. | |
| TULLEY, WILLIAM AND THOMAS | England, c.1820, OIM | brothers; sons of Charles Tulley. | Islington, London. | Taylor 2(1235)(903). | |
| TUNG, L. | England, MIM | Vertical Sundial = WRAY. | similar to the Zappech-type. | Evans 1. | |
| TUNSTED, SIMON | England, 1326-69, | "Donostadius"; improved the Albion and the Rectangulus. | Norwich; Oxford; Suffolk. | Michel 3. | |
| TURCHETTI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dorchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| TURELLI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1830-37, PHIM | barometer maker. | 41 Dean Street, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(2019). | |
| TURNBULL AND CO. | Scotland, NIM OIM | Sextants = Soth. 10/18/71, D.(1972). | opticians; the sextant at Sotheby's was # 9593. | Edinburgh and Leith. | RSW. |
| TURNBULL, CHARLES | England, fl.1556-1608, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1605 = Corpus Christi College. | diallist; author; constructed stone polyhedral sundials; see C.T. 4. | Lincolnshire. | Taylor 1(49); Gatty; Earle. |
| TURNBULL, THOMAS | England, fl.1818-40, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Thos. Turnbull." | Whitby. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| TURNER, CHARLES | England, 1703, NIM | Nocturnal, 1703 = PAK-117. | RSW. | ||
| TURNER, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1635, MIM | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| TURNER, JOHN | England, fl.1817-25, OIM | "working optician". | 64 Upper King Street, Bloomsbury, London. | Taylor 2(1448). | |
| TURNER, JOSEPH | England, fl.1717-38, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Hutchinson of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 5, 1709; free of the Company, July 1, 1717; worked with John Barston to produce Barston's "Universal Astronomi- cal Quadrant", c.1738. | Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(314); J. Brown 3; Evans 1. | |
| TURNER, REV. T. | England, fl.1742-60, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = BM (1742), Evans Coll. (1760). | the calendar in the Evans Coll. is of cardboard and is signed "Rev. Turner Worcester". | Worcester. | Esdaille; RSW. |
| TURNER, THOMAS | England, c.1823, MIM | Timber-measuring Instrument = NMM. | Marlborough. | A.J. Turner 3. | |
| TURNHOUT, JOH. | Germany, 1671, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1671 = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | Herzogenbosch. | Zinner 1. | |
| TUSTIAN AND CO. | England, fl.1840-82, MIM | rule makers; | 18 Princes Square, Ratcliffe Highway (1840-46); Princes Square, St. George Street, East (1847-82); both in London. | Crawforth 5. | |
| TUSTIAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1836-39, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood = P.C.; Rule, folding = X. | the folding rule is marked "No. 2 Princes Square ----"; see Tustian and Co.. | 18 Princes Square, Ratcliffe Highway (1836, 1839); Princes Square, St. George Street, East (1838); 2 Princes Square, Ratcliffe Highway; all in London. | Delehar 4; Crawforth 5. |
| TUTHER, JOHN | England, fl.1817-25, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Soth. 5/19/83; Microscope, aquatic = KEN; Balance = KEN; Electrical Machine = CMY; Stick Barometers = X (2). | 64 Upper King Street, Bloomsbury (1817); 221 High Holborn (1819-25); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1449); G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| TUTTELL, THOMAS | England, fl.1695-1702, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of sundials, mathematical instruments, etc, including a presentation set in ivory of a cross-staff, a backstaff, and a Gunter's rule all at NMM; examples can be seen at NMM, BM, OXF, VAA, Norwich Museum, WHI, KEN, etc. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 2, 1688; free of the Company, July 1, 1695; took apprentices; invented a type of analemmatic sundial; Trade Cards, one in French; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the King's most Excellent Majesty", 1700-02 (King William); Tuttell drowned in 1702 while on a marine survey. | at the King's Arms and Globe at Charing Cross and at his shop facing the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London. | J. Brown 3; Taylor 1(497); Crawforth 1; Robischon; RSW; A.J. Turner 10; Michel 3; Bryden 16; Goodison 1; Stevens and Aked. |
| TUTTLE | USA, fl.1820-40, PHIM | see Dillon and Tuttle. | RSW. | ||
| TWADELL, WILLIAM | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Hydrometers, glass = Christie-SK 3/31/83, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge (5); Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | is he the same as Twydell, which see? | Glasgow. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| TWEER, HANS | Belgium, MIM | Antwerp. | Evans 1. | ||
| TWYDELL | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P-B 10/7/44. | see William Twadell, may be the same man. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| TYCHER, HANS | Germany, 1583, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1583 = Soth. 9/20/83. | misreading or miswriting for Tucher (Ducher). | RSW. | |
| TYCOS/SHORT AND MASON LTD | England, c.1900, PHIM | Compass Stand for universal ring sundial = ADL-T32. | "Tycos" is over the other name; Tycos had recently bought the firm. | London. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| TYLER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 9/20/71. | probably James or John Tyler. | London. | RSW. |
| TYLER, JAMES | England, fl.1844-56, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded by Mrs. F. Tyler in 1857, probably his widow. | 5 Charles Street (1844-55); 21 Charles Street (1856); both in Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TYLER, JOHN | England, fl.1829-36, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 15 Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1829-33); 22 1/2 Kirby Street (1838); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TYLER, MRS. F. | England, fl.1857=60, PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded James Tyler; probably his widow. | 21 Charles Street (1857-58); 23 Charles Street (1859-60); both in Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| TYLER, RUFUS | USA, c.1828, MIM | received a patent for a dividing engine in 1828. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8; USNM. | |
| TYLER, WILLIAM | owner of a Hadley's quadrant made by John L. Leverton in 1783, in Liverpool. | RSW. | |||
| TYZACH, EDWARD | England, 1713, NIM | Nocturnal, wood, 1713 = Evans Coll.? | Bristol. | Evans 1. | |
| TZECK, JOSEPH | see Josef Czech. | Habacher. | |||
| U.P. | Austria, 1600, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1600 = Melk Stift. | for lat. 48°. | Zinner 1. | |
| U.S. | Germany, fl.1582-87, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1582 = D.(1976); String-gnomon Sundial, 1587 = Koller 11/17/75; Horizontal Sundial, 1586 = Lempertz 6/14/76; Astronomical Compendium = DRE (lost). | Ulrich Schniep ? | Brieux 3; RSW. | |
| U.W.W. | England, c.1900, MIM | Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972). | Birmingham. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| UL. KL. | see Ulrich Klieber 3. | Zinner 1. | |||
| ULMER, J.C., CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Wye Level = GUR. | Cleveland, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| ULPIUS, EUPHRONSYNUS | Italy, 1542, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, copper, 1542 = New York Historical Society. | artist and engraver; D.J. Price thought he was Volpaia; Maccagni and Yonge said that his name was also known as Vulpius or Volpaia; possible that he could be Euphrosynus Vulparia? | Rome; Venice. | Price 2 (1964); Maccagni 1; Yonge; RSW. |
| UMFREVILLE, C.H. | England?, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 2/2/84. | RSW. | ||
| UNDERHILL, JOHN | England, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | Wolverhampton. | RSW. | |
| UNDERHILL, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be Thomas Underhill, which see. | 4 Old Mill Gate, Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| UNDERHILL, THOMAS | England, c.1841, MIM PHIM | 70 Bridge Street, Deansgate, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | ||
| UNSELD, JOHANN MARTIN | Germany, 1685- 1765, MIM | Protractors = ADL-M110, STU, OXF; Sectors = ULM, Bautzan Stadtmuseum. | the sector in the Bautzen Stadtmuseum was made in Augsburg; all the other instruments listed were made in ULM. | Ulm; Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| UPPIFRAN, SEDD | Sweden, MIM | Gauge = STK. | Sedd Uppifrän. | RSW. | |
| UPSON NUT CO. | USA, c.1860, MIM | Rule, wood = D.(1976). | Philip E. Stanley; RSW. | ||
| UPTON, NATHANIEL | England, c.1675, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Nash 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1675 for eight years. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| URBINAS | see Balthassar Lancaeus. | RSW. | |||
| URE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1812-22, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "W. Ure, Glasgow"; also see William Ure and Son. | 15 Deanside Lane (1812-18); 40 Stockwell (1819-22); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1. |
| URE, WILLIAM, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1822-40, MIM PHIM | 40 Stockwell (1822-23); 85 Candleriggs (1824-25); 40 Candleriggs (1826-29); 120 Brunswick Street (1830-35); 109 Candleriggs (1831-35); 3 Brunswick Court (1837-40); all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2266). | ||
| URIENT, JAKOB | Germany, 1724, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1724 = Linz Staatsgymnasium; Universal Ring Sundial = Linz Staatsgymnasium. | Jesuit. | Zinner 1. | |
| URINGS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1709-38, MIM | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company, May 28, 1702; free of the Company on Oct. 4, 1709; took apprentices; father of John Urings 2 and Robert Oulton Urings; author. | East Smithfield, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| URINGS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1738-72, MIM NIM OIM | Backstaves = D.(1983)(1751), Abroath Museum (1752); Hadley's Quadrants = PEA (2), NMM, D.(1989), FRK = Soth. 3/25/86; Octant, 1763 = KRO; Microscope = LEY; Telescope, Gregorian = LEY; Sundial, round = Soth. 12/16/63 # 127. | son of John Urings 1; brother of Robert Oulton Urings; free of the Joiners' Company by Patrimony on reports of Francis Taylor and Charles Crick on Aug. 1, 1738; took over an apprentice from Barbara Gilbert, widow of John Gilbert 1, in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 5, 1752; ship chandler; author | St. Catherines (1738); Minories; at ye Hermitage (1751); 174 Fenchurch; at ye Hermitage, Catterns (St. Catherine) (1757-72); all in London. | Taylor 2(315); Crawforth 7; NMM 2; Moskowitz 120; Wynter; Brewington 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| URINGS, ROBERT | England, c.1766, MIM | possibly Robert Oulton Urings. | Liverpool (1766). | Crawforth 7. | |
| URINGS, ROBERT OULTON | England, fl.1738-1810, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Urings 1, or to his brother, John Urings 2, in the Joiners' Company; listed as a mathematical instrument maker in 1750; possibly Robert Urings of Liverpool (1766). | London ?; Liverpool ? | Crawforth 7. | |
| USSLAUB, DAVID | Germany, MIM | Magnetic Declination Instrument = FLO. | possible alternate spelling is Utzlaub. | Michel 3. | |
| USTONSON, JOHN | England, OIM | apprenticed to Onesimus Ustonson, a fishing-tackle maker, in the Merchant Taylors' Company. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| USTONSON, ONESIMUS | England, | a fishing-tackle maker in the Merchant Taylors' Company, he took John Ustonson (OIM) as an apprentice. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| UTZSCHNEIDER UND FRAUENHOFER | Germany; Austriafl.1824-26, MIM OIM | Telescopes = DRE, Madrid Observatory, Versailles 4/17/83, Soth. 4/24/1845; etc.; Universal Instrument = WHI. | Joseph von Utzscheider and Joseph von Frauenhofer. | Munich; Benediktbeuren. | J.A. Bennett 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| UTZSCHNEIDER UND LIEBHERR | Germany, 1814-24, MIM OIM SIM | Joseph von Utzschneider and Joseph Liebherr. | Munich. | G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| UTZSCHNEIDER, JOSEPH VON | Germany, 1763-1840, MIM OIM SIM | partner in Reichenbach, Utzschneider und Liebherr, 1807-14; Utzschneider und Liebherr, 1814-24; Utzschneider und Frauen- hofer, 1824-26; resigned from the original Munich Institute in 1814; firm became Merz, Utzschneider and Frauenhofer from 1826 to 1839. | Munich; Benediktbeuren. | G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| UTZSCHNEIDER, REICHENBACH & FRAUENHOFER | Germany, fl.1809-14, MIM OIM SIM | Joseph von Utzschneider, Georg von Reichenbach and Joseph von Frauenhofer. | Benediktbeuern. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| UTZSCHNEIDER, REICHENBACH UND LIEBHERR | Germany, fl.1806-09, MIM OIM SIM | Joseph von Utzschneider, Georg von Reichenbach and Joseph Liebherr. | Munich. | J.A. Bennett 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Repsold. | |
| V.A. | 1519, MIM | Miner's Compass, 1519 = MUN. | Price 2. | ||
| V.B. E.F. | France, 1821, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1821 = house in Chantignan. | Berton. | ||
| V.C. 1 | England, fl.1554-57, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = OXF (1554), ADL-M363 (1557). | the instrument at the Adler Planetarium was previously ascribed to Humphrey Cole, but it must have been the work of the, as yet unidentified, "V.C." | Engelmann 1; Gunther 2; Jane Turner; Michel 3; Dewhirst; ADL; Janin 1; RSW. | |
| V.C. 2 | 1784, MIM | Dividers, 1784 = Soth. 6/23/69. | RSW. | ||
| V.G.H. | 1751, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1751 = LEY. | Zinner 1. | ||
| V.G.M. | 1731, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1731 = LEY. | RSW. | ||
| V.H.M. | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Table Sundial, book-form = POTS. | also marked "IIII. R.G." | Körber 1. | |
| V.K. 1 | Germany, 1557, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1557 = MUN. | Ulrich Klieber 3. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| V.K. 2 | Holland?, 1777, NIM | Backstaff, 1777 = LEY. | could be van Keulen. | RSW. | |
| V.K. 3 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BASH. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| V.M.N. | Germany, 1579, MIM | Horizontal Sundial on finger ring, 1579 = OXF; String-gnomon Sundial, 1579 = VAA. | the sundial at OXF has the arms of Franciscus Padoanis; the sundial at VAA is marked "Vergis Me in Nicht." | Zinner 1; Scarisbrick. | |
| V.R.3 | 1756, | marked on a Zappeck-type sundial signed "F.S.P." (1), dated 1756 at ZAG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| V.S. 1 | Germany, fl.1572-88, MIM | Pedometer = HAK; Horizontal Sundials = ADL-M243 (1572), DEU (1587); Diptych Sundials = HAK (1576), Soth 5/11/23 (1576), ADL-DPW9 (1577), BASH (1582), ADL-M244 (1582), Ecouen (1582), Soth. 3/27/72 (1586), DEU (1587), Christie 4/3/85 (1588), etc. | Ulrich Schniep. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| V.S. 2 | Germany, late 16th Century, MIM | Pedometer = D.(1973). | the S is twisted around the right arm of the V. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| V.S. 3 | Viktor Stark, which see. | Zinner 1. | |||
| V.S.F. | Germany, 1632, MIM | Astrolabe, 1632 (ICA-2073) = P.C. | "Viktor Stark fecit." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; RSW. |
| V.S.M.F. | Germany, 1635, MIM | Artillery Level, 1635 = DRE. | "Viktor Stark Mechanicus fecit." | Dresden. | RSW. |
| V.S.W. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Table Clock with Sundial = ADL-M379. | the signature is V.S. over W., as in a fraction; the "W" may be a city. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| V.T. | marked on horizontal sundial, dated 1739, signed "J.J.K.H.", at KRM. | RSW. | |||
| VACANO, JOSHUA | PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| VACCANO, HIACINT | Germany, c.1800, PHIM | Siphon Barometers = DEU (2). | Munich. | Middleton 1. | |
| VACHON, GM. VL. | France, NIM | Compass Roses (2) = D.(1972). | Honfleur. | Brieux 3. | |
| VAGNARELLI, LAURENTIUS | Italy, 1639, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1639 = SPI-2765 = HAK. | ADL-M153 is surely from Vagnarelli's workshop. | Urbino. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Spitzer 1 & 2; ADL; RSW. |
| VAGO, F. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| VAGO, F. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | marked "Warranted." | Perth. | RSW. |
| VAGO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| VALE, GILBERT | USA, 1788-1866, MIM | Combination Terrestrial and Celestial Globe = Historic New Harmony, Indiana. | combination globe patented in 1843. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8; USNM; Warner ? |
| VALEE | France, OIM | Valée. | Rouen. | RSW. | |
| VALERIUS, JACOBUS | Holland, 1558, MIM | Astrolabe, 1558 (ICA-446) = BMR. | signed "Jacobus Valerius Rectificata Anno XPI 1558." | Oudewater; Utrecht. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3. |
| VALERIUS, PTOLOMAUS VON | Germany, c.1565, MIM | Planetarium, Ptolomaic = DRE (lost). | Coburg. | RSW. | |
| VALERIUS, RENNERUS | Belgium, 1607-87, | Latin form of Remy Wouters; wrote a treatise on sundials. | Malines. | Michel 3. | |
| VALK EN SCHENK | Holland, c.1700, MIM | Southern Celestial Map = D.(1973). | Gerhard Valk and P. Schenk. | Amsterdam. | RSW. |
| VALK, GERHARD | Holland, 1650-1720, MIM | Pairs of Globes = NMM-Caird (1750), D.(1973); Celestial Globe = DRE. | father of Leonard Valk; worked with P. Schenk making atlases 1683-1700; see Gerhard and Leonard Valk. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Zinner; Bagrow-Skelton; Yonge. |
| VALK, GERHARD EN LEONHARDT | Holland, fl.1715-50, MIM | Celestial Globes = MUN, Wolfenbüttel Offentl. Biblioteck, Linz Stadtmuseum, KAS, Harburg Schloss (1715), Freiburg Museum (1715), Pommersfelden Schloss (1715), AMST (1750), LEY (1750); Pairs of Globes = NMM (one dated 1745), Hispanic Society of America, N.Y. (3) (1715, 1715, 1750), P.C. (1750); Terrestrial Globe = AMST. | Leonhardt was the son of Gerhard; the terrestrial globe is the center of an armillary sphere by Covens; 1750 Hispanic Society pair marked "Revis. A. 1750" surely by Leonhardt Valk as his father had died in 1720. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Krogt 2; Edell 1; Bagrow-Skelton; Yonge; RSW. |
| VALK, LEENDERT | Holland, fl.1804-06, NIM | Compasses, 1804 and 1806 = Northern Maritime Museum, Groningen; Compass Cards = KAS, Altoona Museum. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| VALK, LEON | Holland, 1742, NIM | compass maker, 1742. | Houttvinen, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| VALK, LEONHARDT | Holland, 1675-1755, MIM | globemaker; worked with his father, Gerhard Valk. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Bagrow-Skelton; Yonge. | |
| VALLANT, M. | France, c.1590, MIM | Sundial with Compass in lid of a watch case = Soth. 5/27/54. | Webster Sale, part 1. | RSW. | |
| VALLEE, P. | France, 1759, MIM | took Noël-Simon Carochez as an apprentice, 1759; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs." | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| VALLOT | France, c.1808, MIM PHIM | Paris. | Daumas 1. | ||
| VAN DE SYPE | see Sype, Laurentz van de. | ICA 2. | |||
| VANANDETSI, LUKAS | Armenia; Holland, late 17th Century, MIM | made an astrolabe. | Amsterdam. | USNM. | |
| VANDERMOELEN, PH.-M.-G. | Belgium, 1825-69, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 80 cm. = Congo Museum, Terruren, Belgium. | Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| VANDOME, FILFORD AND CO. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Coin Balance = Phillips 2/2/84. | see Richard Vandome. | Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| VANDOME, RICHARD | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Balances = WHI; Weights = WHI; Balance, steel = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | T.C.; took apprentices. | 117 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2032); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| VANDOME, RICHARD, AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | balance makers; T.C. | 117 Leadenhall Street, London. | Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VANETTI AND BENZZONI | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | thermometer and hygrometer. | 22 North Street, Brighton. | RSW. |
| VANINI AND MONTINI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANINO | England, | see Prestinari and Vanino. | RSW. | ||
| VANNINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 25 Spring Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANNINI, ANTHONY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | 7 Orange Street, West Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANNINI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANTE, L. | MIM | Protractor = DPW. | RSW. | ||
| VANTIER ET MARC | France, c.1840, MIM | "Ingénieurs-Opticiens"; succeeded by A. Lefrançois, which see. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| VARA, PULGADAS | Spain, 1806-07, MIM | Standard Meter, 1807 = MAA; Sliding Calipers, 1806 = MAA. | RSW. | ||
| VARLEY | England, c.1850, MIM | Horizontal Pedestal Sundial, plaster = WHI. | possibly Cornelius Varley. | London. | Bryden 16. |
| VARLEY AND SON | England, c.1850, MIM OIM | showed at the Great Exhibition of London in 1851; surely Cornelius Varley and Son. | 1 Charles Street, Clevendon Square, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VARLEY, CORNELIUS | England, 1781-1873, OIM | "Graphic Telescope" = OXF; Telescope = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Microscope = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took Andrew Pritchard as an apprentice and later worked with him to cut the first diamond lens; had his son as a partner, c.1851; took his father, Samuel Alfred Varley as a partner in 1862; took out a patent in 1811 for a "Graphic Telescope." | Junction Place, Paddington, London. | Taylor 2(1236); Chaldecott 3; RGO; G.L'E. Turner 24; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXV); USNM; RSW. |
| VARLEY, SAMUEL ALFRED | England, c.1862, PHIM | Watch Wheel Depthing Tool = Soth. 10/21/74. | retired in 1862 from the Electric and International Telegraph Co. to become a partner of his son, Cornelius Varley. | 7 York Place, Kentish Town. | Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| VARNEY, GEORGE D. | USA, c.1843, MIM SIM | Theodolites = D.(1971)(2). | marked "Patented June 24, 1843". | Moskowitz 102. | |
| VARTY, THOMAS | England, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | 31 Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| VASSALI | see the entries on Vassalli. | ||||
| VASSALLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be Jerome Vassalli. | Goodison 1. | |
| VASSALLI, JEROME | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), Christie 12/16/82; Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | the barometers are variously signed "Vassalli Scarborough", "J. Vassalli Scarborough" and "Vassali Scarborough, jeweler." | 49 Merchants Row, Scarborough. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| VASTENHOUT, AS. VAN | Holland, fl.1783-1828, NIM | Mariner's Compass = AMST; Hanging Compass = Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen. | the AMST compass is marked on the case "I.V.B. 1783." | Haringpakkerij (1816-17); Texelse Kaai 18 (1826-28); both in Amsterdam; Oost Vriesland. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| VASTENHOUT, VAN WEDUWE | Holland, c.1820, NIM | widow of As. van Vastenhout. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| VASTENHOUT, VAN, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1828, NIM | As. van Vastenhout en Zoon. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| VASTRIK | Holland, c.1705, NIM | compass maker; father of Jan and Jacob Vastrik. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| VASTRIK, JACOB | Holland, c.1705, NIM | compass maker; worked with his father, Vastrik and his brother, Jan Vastrik. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| VASTRIK, JAN | Holland, c.1705, NIM | compass maker; worked with his father, Vastrik and his brother, Jacob Vastrik. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| VAUCANSON | France, | had Félix Rosa as a worker. | Daumas 1. | ||
| VAUGONDY, DIDIER ROBERT DE | France, 1756, MIM | Pocket Globe, 1756 = in a Paris museum. | à la Marché, rue du Foin, Paris. | Edell 1; Howse 2. | |
| VAULX, J. DE | c.1590, MIM SIM | made a form of theodolite. | X. | ||
| VAYRINGE | Italy, MIM | Sector = D.(1976). | marked "a Florence". | Brieux 3. | |
| VAYRINGE, PHILIPPE | France, 1685-1746, MIM | Tellurian = Natural History Museum, Vienna. | born at Longuyon; professor of physics. | Lunéville. | H.C. King 2; Mucke; Michel 3. |
| VEALE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exmouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| VEBRANDI | c.1900, MIM | Astrolabe = ADL-A111 (falsely dated 1595). | this instrument is somewhat reminescent of the astrolabes signed "Johannes Bos"; there is reference to a Vibrandi of Leeuwarden, Holland. | Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| VECCHI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1784-1846, PHIM | Instruments = Museo Civico, Modena. | Modena. | Brenni 1. | |
| VECCHIO 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | the stick barometer is signed "Vecchi, Nottingham." | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| VECCHIO 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Shaftsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| VECCHIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 22 Union Passage, Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| VECCHIO, DEL, AND DOTTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one of the barometers is signed "del Vecchio and Dotti." | Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. |
| VECCHIO, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| VECCHIO, J. DEL | England, fl.1810-38, PHIM | listed as a barometer maker in 1820-22. | 26 Westmoreland Street (1810-38); 187 and 188 Great Brunswick Street (1837-38); 6 D'Olier Street (1837-38); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| VECHIO, F. SALERI, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1972). | 34 Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| VECHIO, J. SALTERY, AND CO. | England, c.1820, | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | Misreading for F. Saleri Vechio and Co. | 94 Holborn hill, London. | RSW. |
| VECTIOLI, FRANCISCUS DI | Italy, 1577, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1577 = OXF; Square, 1577 = BMR. | Michel listed the name as Vectiosi, Price showed him as di Vitioli. | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 2. | |
| VECTIOSI | see Vectioli | Michel 3. | |||
| VEDY, FELIX | France, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = Christie 3/9/65 Versailles 11/19/78; Quadrant, "No. 3" = D.(1988). | Védy showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; Versailles is signed "No. 911." | 52 Rue de Bondy, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 20; RSW. |
| VEEN, AADRIAN | see Henricus Hondius and Veen. | RSW. | |||
| VEITCH, JAMES | Scotland, 1771-1838, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Schumacher, Altona (c.1830), Nisbit 4/4/1860, RSM; Stick Barometer = RSM. | plowwright and telescope maker; made microscopes, clocks and jewel lenses; Inspector of Weights and Measures for Roxburgh. | Inchbonny, Jedburgh. | McKie; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Clarke et al. |
| VELAZQUEZ, JOAQUIN | Mexico, 1732-86, MIM | made astronomical instruments, c.1750. | USNM. | ||
| VELDE, JOHANNES VAN DE | Holland, fl.1810-23, NIM OIM | partner in the firm of Gerard Hulst van Keulen; telescope maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom. | |
| VELDER AND GROENENDAAL | Holland, fl.1672-1702, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST. | Pieter de Velder and Joannes van Groenendaal. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| VELDER, PIETER DE | Holland, 1713-84, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST. | the reverse side of the compass card is marked "Johannes van Groenendaal tot Rotterdam." | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| VELENNEL | probably a misreading of Ve (veuve) Lennel. | RSW. | |||
| VELLINGTON | misreading for Wellington. | Christie-SK 1/31/85. | |||
| VENEBRUCH | Germany, pre-1859, OIM | made and modified Cuff-type microscopes. | Berlin. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| VENETIANI, CAN. | Italy, 1778, MIM | Inclinometer, 1778 = ADL-M188. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| VENEZIA, OLIVE | Italy, 17th Century, OIM | Telescope = Gersaint, Nantes 10/28/88. | Venezia = Venice? | RSW. | |
| VENTOM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VENTOM, AZALIAH | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Venton in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| VENTOM, THOMAS | England, MIM | free of the Merchant Taylors' Company; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| VENTURINI, JULIANUS | Italy, fl.1793-1807, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass, 1807 = Evans Coll.; Architectural Quadrant, 1793 = DPW; Gunner,s Level, 1793 = D.(1997); Dividers, 1785 = Sotheby's 5/11/94. | Dividers and gunner's level signed "Julianus Venturini fecit Romae", plus dates; dividers had box. | Rome. | Evans 1; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| VERBIEST, FERDINAND | Germany; China, 1623-88, | Armillary Sphere = Museum, Beijing. | Jesuit; Chinese name was Nan-Hoai-Gin; made six large astronomical instruments for the Emperor in Peking, including the one listed above, a 6' celestial globe, a quadrant, a sextant, an azimuth circle and another armillary sphere. | Beijing. | H.S. Jones; Hickey. |
| VERDY | France, c.1690, OIM | Telescope = NMM. | the telescope is marked "Verdy à l'Observatoire." | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| VERGA, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| VERGA, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 7/30/25; Barometer = D.(1972). | Chester. | Goodison 1; John Bell. | |
| VERGA, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VERGA, J. 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Exhibition, Park Street Antiques, Berkhamsted, May 8-16, 1993. | ATG, 1/5/93. | ||
| VERGA, J.L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| VERGA, JOHN MARIE | England, fl.1828-34, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/17/87. | listed as a "carver, gilder"; one of the barometers is signed "J.M. Verga Macclesfield." | Market Street (1828); Mill Street (1834); both in Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| VERGA, L. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, mahogany = Soth.-Chester 1/31/85. | RSW. | ||
| VERGA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Huntington. | Goodison 1. | |
| VERICKE, C. | France, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 6/2/83, La Rochelle 7/16/83, Christie 4/3/85 (No. 346), BIL. | "Elève special de E. Hartnack, Paris"; La Rochelle signed "C. Verick." | rue de la Parcheminerie N° 3, Paris. | RSW. |
| VERIE, MR. | England, pre-1739, | excise officer; modified a type of slide rule; sometimes called "Mr. Vero." | Delehar 2. | ||
| VERMUNT | Holland, c.1811, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| VERNEDE | France, 1777, MIM | Micrometer, 1777 = ADL-M56. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| VERNET, JEAN | Germany, 1701, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, silver, 1701 = KAS. | mathematics teacher to the Cadet Corps in Kassel. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Abeler 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| VERNEY, JOHN | England, fl.1667-76, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; Master of the Company, 1671-72. | London. | Crawforth 6; Court and von Rohr 3(12). | |
| VERNIER, A. | France, fl.1607-30, MIM SIM | Graphometers = NMM (1607), (1630), WHI (1607). | type of graphometer invented by Dulac. | Hamilton 2; Whipple 1; Daumas 1; NMM 2. | |
| VERNIER, MICHAEL | France, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = OXF. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet. | |
| VERNIER, PIERRE | France, 1584-1630, MIM | in 1631 invented a subsidiary scale to accurately subdivide the principal scale; it is still in use today; wrote a book on the quadrant. | Ornans. | A.J. Turner 10; Michel 3; Daumas 1. | |
| VERTHINGTON AND ALLAN | misreading for Worthington and Allam. | Christie 11/24/83. | |||
| VERWER, G.L. | Holland, 1789, MIM | Gauge, 1789 = BOM Auction, 1910. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | ||
| VESDY | France, c.1650, OIM | Binocular Telescope = GEL; Telescope = NMM. | "à l'Observatoire"; GEL is signed "Vesdi." | Paris. | RSW. |
| VESOUL, P. THEODULE DE | France, 16th Century, MIM | Vertical Sundial, ivory = D.(1975). | also marked "Capucin." | Wynter 1. | |
| VETTER, CHR. | Germany, fl.1630-39, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1630 = GRA; Sundials, 1639 = MERC, Christie 4/3/85; Astronomical Compendium, 1639 = Soth.-NY 10/5/83. | the sundial in the Mercator Catalog was signed "Chr. Wetter." | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| VETTER, J.G. | Germany, MIM SIM | Graphometer = NOR. | Ansbach. | RSW. | |
| VEVIN, PIERRE | misreading for Pierre Sevin. | Evans 1; P. and S. 6/18/1894. | |||
| VIAL, J. | France, c.1914, OIM | telescope maker; successor to Maison Bardou; Ingénieur E.C.P. | 55 rue Caulaincourt, Paris. | USNM. | |
| VIALL, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1699-1730, MIM NIM | Nocturnal, 1724 = PEA. | Brewington 1; RSW. | ||
| VIANEN | 1619, MIM | Globe, silver, 1619 = Trippenhuis, Amsterdam. | Grimaldi(800). | ||
| VIANI, MATTEO | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Pair of Globes = ROM. | Venice. | Bedini 12. | |
| VIARD | France, c.1800, PHIM | Balance = DPW. | "Viard Balancier Ajusteur rue des Tapissiers 21, Rouen." | rue des Tapissiers 21, Rouen. | RSW. |
| VIBERG, A.D. | Sweden, c.1850, PHIM | balance maker; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Falun. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VIBRANDI | see Wijbrandtszn, Wijbe. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| VICK, CHARLEMAGNE 1 | see Viet, Charlemagne 1. | Evans 1. | |||
| VIDE | marked on mariner's astrolabe, NMM 39, signed "A. Goys", at Museu de Marinha, Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3. | |||
| VIDIE, LUCIEN | France, 1805-66, | invented the aneroid barometer, patented it in 1845; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brewington 1; Middleton 1. | ||
| VIEBIG, FRANCISCUS | see Franciscus Fiebig. | Zinner 1. | |||
| VIERBUCHEN, J. | USA, fl.1855-62, MIM | worked in the Instrument Shop of the U.S. Coast Survey; listed as "master instrument maker" in 1862; surely related to P. Vierbuchen. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| VIERBUCHEN, P. | USA, fl.1855-90, MIM | listed as an apprentice in 1855, and instrument maker later; employed in the Instrument Shop of the U.S. Coast Survey until 1890; surely related to J. Vierbuchen. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| VIET, CHARLEMAGNE 1 | France, fl.1673-95, MIM | Sundial, 1680 = Soth. 3/14/57. | Blois. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| VIET, CHARLEMAGNE 2 | France, fl.1680-1720, MIM | son of Charlemagne Viet 1. | Blois? | Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| VIGLOZZI, A., AND CO. | England, OIM | Telescope, brass and mahogany = Phillips 8/12/87. | "Day or Night". | London. | RSW. |
| VILLASANTE | Spain, PHIM | Barometer = MAN. | Madrid. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| VILLETTE, MONSIEUR | France; Belgium, c.1690, OIM | "ingénieur, mecanicien"; optician to his Electoral Highness of Cologne, the Bishop and Prince of Liège; Villette's father was also known as Monsieur Villette. | Lyons; Liège. | RSW. | |
| VILLETTE, MONSIEUR [FRANCOIS] | France, 1621-98, OIM | Burning Glass, 34" = POB; Microscope = WHI. | François Villette; microscope and telescope maker; worked with his two sons, one of whom was also known as Monsieur Villette; WHI signed "F. Villette à Liège." | Lyons; Liège. | Daumas 1; Spargo 1; RSW. |
| VIMERCATO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1557, | designed sundials; author. | Venice. | Lübke. | |
| VIN | see Joseph à Vin. | Michel 3. | |||
| VIN DROI | France, c.1790, MIM | Sector with caliber scales, iron points = Soth. 2/25/86. | RSW. | ||
| VINCARD | France, 1783, MIM SIM | Graphometers = DPW, Christie-SK = 10/24/83; Sector = P.C. (1968); Folding Square = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Goniometer, 1783 = X. | Vinçard. | à la Boussole, Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| VINCENT, MR. | France, c.1830, PHIM | Hygrometer = P.C. | thermometer maker; Bougloux was first his pupil, then his successor. | Quay Pelletier, 30, Paris. | RSW. |
| VINCENT, SAMUEL | USA?, NIM | Backstaff = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa. | probably owner. | RSW. | |
| VINCHS, CORNELIS | Belgium; Italyfl.1599-1623, MIM | Astrolabes = BM (1599) (ICA-223), BM (1600) (ICA-444), Specula Vaticana, 1616 (ICA-3029) = Johns Hopkins U.; Armillary Sphere, 1601 = OXF; Sundials = NMM (1623), LIE; Trigonometer with Sundial in handle, 1690 = ROM. | the 1660 inventory of the Bishop of Toledo showed another armillary sphere; the Specula Vaticana astrolabe was given to the Space Telescope Project at Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, Md. and is signed "Vinck"; LIE is signed "Vinckx"; the 1560 astrolabe listed by Zinner as at BM was not listed by Price 3 or Ward; Zinner thought the 1599 BM astrolabe was dated 1559. | Antwerp; Naples (1601-23). | Zinner 1; Gunther 1 and 2; Price 1, 2 and 3; ICA 2; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Rooseboom 1; Ward 4; RSW. |
| VINCINO, RINALDO | Italy, MIM | Proportional Compass = Brescia. | Price 2. | ||
| VINCKX, L. | 16th Century, MIM | Sundial = X. | is this a ghost? | Rooseboom 1; Michel 3. | |
| VINER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 23 Regent Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VINET, ELIE | France, 1525, MIM | Moreux. | |||
| VION, E. | France, c.1900, MIM OIM | Telescope, two-draw = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Telescopes = D.(1977), D.(1978); Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | 38 Rue de Turenne, Paris (1930). | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| VIRET | France?, c.1840, MIM | Sector, case = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | one meter in length; "pied mètrique", "pied ancien." | RSW. | |
| VISCHER, GELASIUS | Germany, 1712, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, chalk stone, 1712 = DEU. | Raunou. | Zinner 1. | |
| VISMARA, G.B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bury. | Goodison 1. | |
| VISSER | Holland, 1767, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, copper, 1767 = P.C. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| VITALIS, P. | 1753, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, chalk-stone, 1753 = SAL. | Zinner 1. | ||
| VITELLI, ALESSANDRO | Italy, MIM | Bonelli 1. | |||
| VITIOLI, FRANCISCUS DI | see Franciscus di Vectioli. | Price 2. | |||
| VITRUVIUS | Italy, fl.50-41 B.C., | Marcus Vitruvius Pollio; author of the era's pricipal work on architecture and engineering in which he discussed astronomy, sundials, waterwheels, etc.; invented a hodometer. | Rome. | Hellemans and Bunch; Pottage. | |
| VITTA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. (1978). | Stafford. | RSW. | |
| VITTORY AND DANNELLI | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| VITTORY AND LANETTI | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1990). | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| VIVIEN, NOEL | France, 17th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = SPI-2795. | Noël Vivien. | Paris. | Michel 3; RSW. |
| VIZE, JEROME | France, fl.1567-86, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1567 = SPI-2906 = BM. | Jérôme Vize; "Hieronimus Vize, Menusier" (woodworker). | Pau; Paris. | Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| VLIET, SIEBRAND TEEKES VAN DER | Holland, 1740-1806, OIM PHIM | Gregorian Telescope = Eisinga's house, Franeker; Telescope = van Cleef en Scheurleer Auction, 1799. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| VOGEL, J.H. | Switzerland, | "J.H. Vogel delineavit" is marked on a horary quadrant made by Johann Meylin. | Zinner 1. | ||
| VOGL., AND. | see Andreas Vogler; the signatures on many of Vogler's sundials are abbreviated in this way. | Zinner 1. | |||
| VOGLEN | see Vogler. | Evans 1. | |||
| VOGLER, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1766-1808, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = Linz Museum; Table Sundial, square = Zeiss Jena; Globe Sundial = STU; made many Augsburg-type sundials for the mass market, including ADL-W239. | the brother of Johann Georg Vogler, took over his workshop; the instructions are in French as well as in German | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; USNM; Pipping 1; ADL; Syndram; RSW. |
| VOGLER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1740-65, MIM | Sundial, 1740 = Würzburg Luitpoldmuseum; Equatorial Sundial, octagonal, 1750 = BM; Horizontal Table Sundials = Berne Historical Museum, Mainz Altertumsammlung; Equatorial Sundials, square = AUG, MERC; made many Augsburg-type sundials for the mass market. | brother of Andreas Vogler; "Compassmacher" in 1745; many sundials are signed "I.G.V." or "J.G.V."; Ward did not list the 1750 sundial. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Hamilton 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| VOGLER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1719, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = NMM; Astronomical Clock, 1719 = DEU; Sundial, gilt brass = Amsterdam Sale, 1933. | "Uhr- und Kompassmacher." | Ellingen. | Zinner 1 (Nachträge); Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. |
| VOGLER, JOHN | USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Old Salem, Inc., Wachovia Museum, North Carolina. | Salem, North Carolina. | USNM. | |
| VOGT, GEORG, UND M. ZACH. WAGNER | Germany, 1754, MIM | Azimuth Quadrant, 1754 = Breslau Sternwarte. | Zinner 1. | ||
| VOIGHT, F.W. | Germany, fl.1798-1802, PHIM | author; barometer maker. | Jena. | Middleton 1. | |
| VOIGHT, HENRY | Germany; USA, 1738-1814, MIM OIM SIM | Transit = USNM; Clock = U.S. Senate; Telescope, equal altitude = USNM. | repaired an orrery by Thomas Blunt 1; associated with John Fitch 2, 1786-92; Chief Coiner at Mint, 1793-1814; clockmaker. | Saxe-Gotha; Norriton, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1786). | Bedini 8; USNM; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| VOIGHT, JOHANN HEINRICH | Germany, 1613-91, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, wood and paper = MUN. | Stade. | Abeler 1; RSW. | |
| VOIGTLANDER | Austria, MIM SIM | Alidade = RSM. | probably Johan Christoph Voigtländer. | Vienna. | Darius 3. |
| VOIGTLANDER UND SOHN | Austria, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = DRE. | see W. Voigtländer. | Vienna. | RSW. |
| VOIGTLANDER, BRUDER | Austria, c.1840, MIM SIM | Mining Compasses = ADL-M176 (No. 356), ADL-M177 (No. 555); Proportional Dividers = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | dividers signed "Pol. Brüder Voigtländer in Wien." | Vienna. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| VOIGTLANDER, FRANZ | Austria, MIM SIM | son of W. Voigtländer; "Mekaniker"; may have worked with his father. | Engelmann 1; RSW. | ||
| VOIGTLANDER, J.F. | Austria, 1759-1839, | patented double Galilean achromatic opera glasses. | Dewhirst. | ||
| VOIGTLANDER, JOHAN CHRISTOPH | Austria, fl.1757-79, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Levels = X, Pressburg Museum; Magnetic Compasses = Christie-SK 4/17/86, UTO 9/29/75 (2), Pressburg Museum. | Johan Christoph Voigtländer. | Vienna. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| VOIGTLANDER, W. | Austria, MIM SIM | Alidade Transit = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | W. Voigtländer; also signed "sel sohn Franz Mechaniker." | RSW. | |
| VOLANTERIO, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1976). | one of the Xs signed only "G. Volanterio"; may be same as Joshua Volanterio, which see. | Doncaster. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| VOLANTERIO, JOSHUA | Italy; England, fl.1822-41, PHIM | barometer maker. | Italy; Frenchgate (1822); High Street (1834); Baxter Gate (1841); last three in Doncaster. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1730). | |
| VOLKMER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1616-93, MIM | probably the son of Johann Melchior Volkmer; discovered that the magnetic variation of Nürnberg in 1677 was 5° W instead of the 8° E used since the time of Hans Reinmann; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Michel 2 & 3. | |
| VOLKMER, JOHANN MELCHIOR | Germany; Austria, fl.1634-47, MIM | Sundial, square, 1634 = P.C.; Sundial, 1647 = OXF; Mathematical Set, 1642 = VIE; Astronomical Compendia = ADL-M477 (1633), Lehmann Sale (1634). | goldsmith; OXF signed "Volkmair"; VIE signed "Volkmayer"; probably the son of Tobias Volkmer and the father of Johann Georg Volkmer. | Nürnberg; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| VOLKMER, TOBIAS | Germany, fl.1581-1645, MIM SIM | made a wide variety of mathematical instruments including astrolabes, sundials, geometrical quadrants, artillery levels, surveying instruments which date from 1582 to 1645; examples may be seen at MUN, KRE, FLO, OXF, UTR, BUD, HAK, STU, WHI, DRE, BM, MAN, etc. | sometimes spelled "Volckmer"; mathmatician and goldsmith; probably the father of Johann Melchior Volkmer. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Bryden 11 and 16; Garcia Franco 1; Michel 3; Hollands Glorie; de Rijk; Gunther 2; Daumas 1; ICA 2; RSW. |
| VOLLAND, LIENHART | Germany, c.1544, MIM | "compassmacher." | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| VOLMAR, HANS | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Globe Sundial = WHI. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; Bryden 16. | |
| VOLONTE, C. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Crown Inn, Devizes. | Goodison 1. | |
| VOLPAIA 1 | the colloquial Italian form of Vulparia. | Yonge; RSW. | |||
| VOLPAIA 2 | see Ulpius. | Yonge. | |||
| VOLPELIUS, CASPAR | see Caspar Vopel | NMM 2. | |||
| VOLTZ, JOHANN JAKOB | Germany, 1621, MIM | clockmaker; delivered a sextant and a clock to Philipp of Hessen-Butzbach in 1621. | Butzbach. | Zinner 1. | |
| VONCARD, V. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Goniometer = Lempertz 6/14/76. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| VOODT, A. VAN DER | Belgium, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 5/20/75. | Antwerp. | RSW. | |
| VOOGHDIO, NICOLAS J. | Holland, c.1684, MIM | Planisphere, paper = ADL-A286. | designed an astronomical quadrant, made in wood by Han a Loon; two examples at UTR; there was a wood and paper quadrant at DRE (now lost) that was said to have been designed by Vooghdio and made by Johannes van Keulen 1; ADL signed "Auct N. Vooghdio Amsterdam by Johannes van Keulen (1) met privlégie vor 15 iaaren"; also marked "C.I. Voogt Geometra't Amsterdam by Johannes van Keulen (1) boekverkooper aand i nieux Brugh in de gekroon de Lootsman." | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; van Cittert 1; Michel 3; D.J. Warner 2; Krogt 2; ADL; RSW. |
| VOOGT, CLAES JANSE | Holland, fl.1684-96, | "C.I. Voogt Geometra't, Amsterdam", marked on Nicolas Vooghdio's planisphere, ADL-A286. | Krogt 2. | ||
| VOPEL, CASPAR | Germany, 1511-61, MIM | Astrolabe, 1561 (ICA-614) = Harburg Schloss; Armillary Sphere with manuscript gores on Globe, 1543 = Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; made celestial globes, nocturnals, quadrants, etc, dating from 1532 to 1561; examples may be seen at the Köln Rheinisches Museum, KEN, USNM, NMM, SAL, DEU, BM, OXF, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., etc. | globe maker; variant is Volpelius. | Cologne. | Zinner 1; Price 1, 2 & 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Maddison 1; Michel 3; Yonge; RSW. |
| VOPEL, GASPAR | see Caspar Vopel. | ||||
| VOS, WEDUWE J. | Holland, 1742, MIM | the widow Vos. | Warmoesstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| VOSSIUS, ISAAC | Holland, 1618-89, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an optical instrument maker; made a microscope with a high-power single lens; Monconys also refered to him. | the Hague; Leyden; Amsterdam. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| VOSTER, ANN | Ireland, 1760, MIM | name known from an ad. | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| VOSTER, DANIEL | Ireland, fl.1742-51, MIM | Slide Rule, three-foot, 1742 = KEN; Sundial = X; Horizontal Sundial, 1751 = P.C. | P.C. signed "D. Voster Corke Fet 1751 Non regio nisi regar." | Cork. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Mollan. |
| VOSTER, ELIAS | Ireland, 1760, MIM | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| VREAM, WILLIAM | England, fl.1710-27, MIM PHIM | author; made barometers, air pumps, etc; worked for Francis Hauksbee 1. | Earl Street, near the Seven Dials, within two doors of the Royal Oak, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(559) & 2(127); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| VRETSCHER, MATTHIAS, P.S. | Germany, 1754, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1754 = Weinmuller 10/28/70 = WUP. | Mannheimer; RSW. | ||
| VRIES, JAN ROELLAS VAN | Holland, c.1641, MIM | Astrolabe = Michel Coll.; Sundial = Friesch Museum, Leeuwarden; Zappeck-type Sundial, 1641 = Eisinga's House, Franeker. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| VROESEN, ADRIEN | Holland, 1711, | astronomical broadside at USNM; description of a 1711 planetarium. | USNM. | ||
| VRYTHOFF, LAMBERTUS | Holland, c.1650, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, ten centimeters square = Spaulding Coll. (pre-1929) = Lempertz 6/14/76 = D.(1976). | The Hague. | Hamilton 2; Brieux 2; RSW. | |
| VUER, JAN CORNELYZ VAN | Holland, 1775, NIM | Octant, 1775 = MADEX = NMM. | Jan Cornelyz van Vüer; ex-Seguin Coll. | Bryden 9; Rooseboom 1; MADEX; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| VUILLAUME | France, c.1858, | violin maker; had Karl Rudolph Koenig as apprentice until 1858, which see. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VULLIAMY | England, c.1787, MIM PHIM | Clock, 1787 = VAA; Barometer = VAA. | probably Benjamin Vulliamy, which see. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1775-1820, MIM PHIM | son of Justin Vulliamy and succeeded him; clockmaker to George III. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN LEWIS | England, fl.1812-54, MIM PHIM | probably son of Benjamin Vulliamy; clock and barometer maker; Richard Thomas Jump worked for him; took Joseph Jump as apprentice; clockmaker to Queen Victoria. | London. | Goodison 1; Britten; Middleton 1. | |
| VULLIAMY, JUSTIN | England, fl.1730-90, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Nostell Priory, etc. | father of Benjamin Vulliamy; also made clocks. | Pall Mall, London. | Goodison 1. |
| VULPARIA, AMELLI | Italy, fl.1580-1600, MIM | Palermo. | Gunther 2. | ||
| VULPARIA, BENVENUTUS | Italy, 1486-1553, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1516 = Phillips 2/22/76 = TIM. | "Laurentii filius"; clockmaker; see B.V.; author | Florence; Rome. | Maccagni 1; Morpurgo 4; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, CAMILLUS | Italy, 1484-1560, MIM | Sundial, wood, 1542 = FLO. | father of Hieronymus Vulparia; clockmaker. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Maccagni 1; Morpurgo 4; Evans 1. |
| VULPARIA, EUPHROSYNUS | Italy; France, b.c.1500-53+, MIM | Astrolabe, 1525 (ICA-175) = BM; Nocturnals = NMM (1516), FLO (1520); Armillary Sphere, 1553 = VIE. | son of Laurentius Vulparia 1; NMM nocturnal from MADEX; made map of Roman country in 1547, now in Vatican; also a geographer and clockmaker; see Ulpius. | Florence; Lyon. | Bonelli 1; Michel 2 and 3; Morpurgo 1 and 4; Gunther 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; ICA 2; MADEX; Maccagni 1. |
| VULPARIA, EX OFFICINA | Italy, MIM | Nocturnal and Sundial = Paris Auction, 6/22/79. | could this be misreading for Euphrosynus Vulparia? | Florence. | RSW. |
| VULPARIA, GIROLAMO | see Hieronymus Vulparia. | RSW. | |||
| VULPARIA, HIERONYMUS | Italy, c.1527-1614, MIM | made astrolabes, armillary spheres, planetary Ptolemaic models, and a wide range of sundials, including ADL-M4, ADL-DPW11 and ADL-W91; other examples can be seen at FLO, BMR, Perugia Museum, OXF, HAR, KEN, etc. | son of Camillus Vulparia; clockmaker; author; worked in both ivory and brass; dates range from 1554-90. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Maddison 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Maccagni 1; Gatty; Yonge; ADL; Morpurgo 1 and 4; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, HIERONYMUS CAMILLI | Italy, | early version of Hieronymus Vulparia; armillary sphere (KEN, 1554) and planetarium (FLO, 1557) are signed thus; see Hieronymus Vulparia. | Maccagni 1. | ||
| VULPARIA, LAURENTIUS 1 | Italy, 1446-1512, MIM | Nocturnal and Sundial, 1511 = FLO. | father of Benvenutus and Euphrosynus Vulparia; clockmaker. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Maccagni 1; Morpurgo 1 and 4; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, LAURENTIUS 2 | Italy, c.1500-66, MIM | Pin-gnomon Skaphe, 1560 = Josten Coll. = Soth. 3/14/57 = ADL-DPW14. | son of Camillus Vulparia; clockmaker. | Florence; Lyon (1553). | Michel 3; Maddison 3; Maccagni 1; ADL; Morpurgo 1 and 2; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, LORENZO | see Laurentius Vulparia 1. | A.J. Turner 10; Maccagni 1. | |||
| VULPIUS | see Ulpius. | Yonge. | |||
| W. | England, 1823, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1823 = D.(1983). | the barometer in signed "W" in a triangle on the scale and on the back. | RSW. | |
| W. AND W. | England, c.1725, NIM | Backstaff = NMM. | Taylor thought this entry might have been William Wright. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220). |
| W. M. F.S | England, 1838, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, wood, 1838 = D. | "W. m. F.s Sculp. 1838"; latitude is 53° 21'; painted wood. | Moskowitz 121. | |
| W., THOMAS | England, c.1330, MIM | Sundial, on the back of the Rosenwald astrolabe = USNM (ICA-2006)(ex-N. Giles Coll.). | the dial is signed "Thomas * W. fecit"; for lat. 53° 15'. | Price 1 & 2; ICA 2; USNM. | |
| W.B. 1 | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Artillery Level = ADL-M214. | three punches in a row are assembly marks on ADL; "W.B." also marked on artillery level signed "W. Burucker" at OXF. | Engelmann 1; ADL; Tarrasuk 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| W.B. 2 | initials marked on side 1b of an Elias Allen compendium. | Soth. 7/7/78. | |||
| W.B. 3 | William Brown or William Buckley; the initials are marked on a 1551 quadrant signed "T.G." in the British museum; the quadrant is also marked "J.C." (1). | Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Taylor 1(18); Clay and Court. | |||
| W.B. 4 | England, 1781, MIM | Sundial, wood, 1781 = Lancaster City Museum. | a magnetic compass is inset into the cover. | RSW. | |
| W.B.N. | Scotland, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| W.C.I.V.E. | Holland, MIM | Perpetual Calendar on a silver writing tablet = Soth. 6/25/68. | signed "W.C.I.v E." | RSW. | |
| W.C.J. | 1612, NIM | Azimuth Compass, 1612 = OMM. | it does not look that early. | RSW. | |
| W.C.S. | c.1850, NIM | Azimuth compass = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| W.D. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Cloth Measure, wood = ADL-M489. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| W.F. 1 | Germany, 1563, MIM | Pillar Sundial, rock crystal and silver, 1563 = Soth. 12/8/69 = TIM. | calendar on parchment inside the rock crystal cylinder; dubious. | RSW. | |
| W.F. 2 | 1707, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1707 = D.(1972). | RSW. | ||
| W.F. 3 | England, | owner's initials on a nocturnal by Humphrey Cole in the BM. | Gunther 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| W.G. | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Log = AMST. | possibly William Geissler. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| W.G.B.B.V.E. | marked on a 1584 astrolabe by Jost Bürgi in the KAS. | Zinner 1. | |||
| W.H. 1 | marked on a 1641 garden sundial signed "G.R." (2). | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. | |||
| W.H. 2 | Ireland, 1741, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1741 = WRAY-99. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| W.H. AND S. | Germany, MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/31/67. | RSW. | ||
| W.J. | MIM | Dividers = ADL-M136 | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| W.O. | USA, c.1780, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate = American Heriage Society Auction, 1972. | made for Charleston, South Carolina. | RSW. | |
| W.O.R. | 1722, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1722 = Koller 11/17/75. | the "W" is written as two overlapping "Vs." | RSW. | |
| W.P. 1 | Germany, fl.1591-98, MIM | Mining Compasses = NUR-WI1033 and NUR-WI1149; Instrument, ivory, 1598 = NUR. | made four engravings of sundials; an instrument, dated 1591, appears in a painting by von Kessel in the NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. |
| W.P. 2 | marked on a finger ring sundial, signed "H.C." (1), at the NMM. | RSW. | |||
| W.R. 1 | England, 1620, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1620 = Melun 4/24/83. | fake ? | RSW; Morrison-Low ? | |
| W.R. 2 | Ireland, 1667, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood, 1667 = OXF. | also marked "Dublini latitude 53°20'". | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Simcock 1. |
| W.R. 3 | 1794, OIM | Telescope, 1794 = Military Museum, Warsaw. | RSW. | ||
| W.R. 4 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Last Acle. | RSW. | |
| W.S. | on English and German ring sundials, in most cases it stands for "Winter" and "Summer." | Michel 3; Josten 1; RSW. | |||
| W.V.S. | marked on a pantograph signed "M.G.A." | RSW. | |||
| WACHANO, P., AND STOPANI | Germany, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| WACHTER, ALBERT | Germany?, c.1850 ?, MIM | French Curve = D.(1985). | Coffeen 9. | ||
| WACHTER, EGBERT JACOBSEN | Holland, c.1600, NIM | delivered compasses and sounding lines to Jacob van Neck's expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| WADDINGTON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| WADHAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| WADSWORTH, HENRY | USA, 1877, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = MYS. | patented, 1877. | Duxbury, Mass. | RSW. |
| WAECHTLER, FERDINAND FREDERICK | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Celestial Globe box, silver = LAW-300; Pairs of Globes = Soth. 12/7/51, MADEX-28 (silver), (ex-Chadenat). | Furth. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| WAGENAER, MAERTEN JOOSTEN | Holland, c.1617, | Enkhuisen. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| WAGER, R. | England, 1783, MIM NIM | appointed master compass-maker to the Admiralty at Deptford Docks, succeeding Samuel Saunders 3. | RSW. | ||
| WAGER, RICHARD | England, fl.1728-56, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Naval Dockyard, Deptford. | Taylor 2(216). | |
| WAGNER, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1538-40, MIM | Astrolabe, 1538 (ICA-257) = OXF; Armillary Sphere, 1540 = NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Lunardi; GHP. | |
| WAGNER, M. ZACH. | see Georg Vogt und M. Zach. Wagner. | Zinner 1. | |||
| WAHLBOM, ANDERS | Sweden, c.1755, MIM | apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; worked in his shop untill 1755. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| WAIT, GREENE AND CO. | USA, c.1828, | sold books, globes, etc. | Boston, mass. | USNM. | |
| WAITE, JOHN | England, fl.1668-95, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 17, 1679; free of the Company on May 17, 1688; took an apprentice. | at Smithfield Bar, London (1688-95). | J. Brown 1. | |
| WAKE, CHARLES | England, c.1833, MIM | made drawing instruments. | 11 Silver Street, Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(2269). | |
| WAKELIN | England, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 10/17/60. | RSW. | ||
| WAKELY, ANDREW | England, fl.1631-65, | author; advertized in 1633; Taylor lists Wakely as a member of the Joiners' Company who took James Akinson 1 as an apprentice; Crawforth found no record of this; see A.W. 1 for possible instruments. | Redriff Wall, near Cherry Garden Stairs, London. | Taylor 1(169); Crawforth 7. | |
| WAL, JACOBUS VAN DE | Holland, d.1782, OIM | had an observatory at Leiden and made a large telescope. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| WALCHERLING, B.J.R. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = BRA, P.C.; Analemmatic Sundial = BRA; Horizontal Sundial and Table Sundial on square plate = BRA; Azimuth Sundial = BRA. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| WALDEN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1. | |
| WALDING, MARTIN | England, c.1770, | marked on a Hadley's quadrant at NMM, made by Thomas Leake, 1770. | Taylor 2(738); NMM 2. | ||
| WALDSEEMULLER, MARTIN | Germany; France, c.1470-1518, MIM | Terrestrial Globe Gores, 1507 = Kraus, N.Y., U. of Minnesota; Gores for Globe, 1509 = X. | Waldseemüller. | Rudolfzell; St. Dié; Freiburg. | Edell 1; Yonge. |
| WALDSTEIN, H. | Austria; USA, c.1840, OIM | Vienna and New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WALES, WILLIAM | England; USA, fl.1850-93, OIM | pupil of Smith and Beck; came to America in the late 1850's; made microscope objectives. | Fort Lee, New Jersey (1891-93). | USNM. | |
| WALFORD, JOHN GEORGE | England, 1790-1832, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker. | Banbury. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WALGRAVE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1668-81, | designed an artillery instrument. | Two White Posts, near Little Queen Street, in Newton Street, St. Giles, London. | Taylor 1(329). | |
| WALKER 1 | Ireland, c.1799, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = MERC-154; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 10/27/69. | Dublin. | Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| WALKER 2 | England, NIM | see J. and A. Walker and Walker and Son (2). | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| WALKER 3 | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = Exhibition "1000 Years of Navigation ", Brussels, 1979. | RSW. | ||
| WALKER AND SON 1 | Ireland, c.1800, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. (1982); Sundial = KEN. | see Walker 1. | 16 1/2 Temple Bar, Dublin. | Egestorff 1; RSW. |
| WALKER AND SON 2 | England, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass = Phillips 5/20/75. | see Walker 2. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| WALKER, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1810-47, MIM NIM OIM | partner with John Walker in J. and A. Walker. | 33 Pool Lane (later 34 Castle Street), Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731). | |
| WALKER, ALEXANDER, AND CO. | England, fl.1857-79, MIM NIM OIM | see J. and A. Walker. | 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| WALKER, EZEKIEL | England, fl.1771-1816, OIM | amateur optician, interested in telescopes and micrometers. | Lynn, Norfolk. | Taylor 2(781). | |
| WALKER, F. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | see Francis Walker. | London. | RSW. |
| WALKER, F., AND J. HALL | England, 1834, NIM | Octant, ebony, brass and ivory, 1834 = Phillips 2/2/84. | London. | RSW. | |
| WALKER, FRANCIS | England, fl.1810-46, MIM PHIM | see F. Walker. | 35 (later 17) Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(1453). | |
| WALKER, FREDERICK | Ireland, fl.1832-50, MIM | 7 Trinity Place (1832-33); 31 Clarendon Street (1834-40); 29 Clarendon Street (1841-50); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| WALKER, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1841-48, MIM OIM | 6 Fade Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| WALKER, J. AND A. | England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant = WHI. | John and Alexander Walker; could be dealers; T.C. | 47 Bernard Street, London; Navigation and Stationery Warehouse, 33 Pool Lane, Liverpool (1823-27); 34 Castle Street (formerly Pool Lane), Liverpool (1837-39); 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 6. |
| WALKER, JOHN | England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM | partner with Alexander Walker as J. and A. Walker, which see. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731). | |
| WALKER, JOSEPH | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 43 Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2270). | ||
| WALKER, MATHEW | Ireland, fl.1721-22, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Georgia Historical Society, Atlanta. | Dublin. | USNM. | |
| WALKER, RALPH | Jamaica; England, 1749-1824, NIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM; Universal Ring Sundial, mounted over a Compass = PEA. | invented a tide calculator that was made by George Adams 2, an example is at the NMM. | Jamaica; London. | Taylor 2(782); J.A. Bennett 2; Dewhirst; Bedini 8; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| WALKER, SAMUEL | England, 1739, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1739 = The Holmes, Rotherham. | RSW. | ||
| WALKER, THOMAS | England, 1805-73, NIM | Harpoon Log = WHI; Patent Log = ADL-A57; Log, Model A-2 = D.(1972). | nephew of Edward Massey; the A-2 model log was patented in 1866; it was marked "London." | Birmingham; London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 104; G.L'E. Turner 24; ADL; RSW. |
| WALKER, THOMAS FERDINAND | England, fl.1861-1912, NIM | son of Thomas Walker; joined the firm in 1861; made taffrail logs. | Birmingham; London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 104. | |
| WALKER, WILLIAM 1 | Ireland, fl.1775-1819, MIM | Miner's Dial, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84; Circumferentor, 1797 = P.C.; Mathematical Instrument Set, etui, 1779 = Soth. 10/22/69. | see William Walker and Son (1805-19); father of William Walker 2. | 15 Temple Bar (1776-88); 17 Temple Bar (1791-1819); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. |
| WALKER, WILLIAM 2 | Ireland, fl.1805-26, MIM | son of William Walker 1; see William Walker and Son. | 17 Temple Bar, Dublin (1819-26). | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| WALKER, WILLIAM, AND SON | Ireland, fl.1805-19, MIM | Circumferentors = P.C., P.C. (1802), DUB (1807). | William Walker 1 and his son, William Walker 2. | 17 Temple Bar; 16 1/2 Temple Bar; both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| WALKINS, W. | misreading for W. Watkins. | James Street, London. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| WALL, COL. GEORGE | USA, 1788, | invented "Wall's Trigonometer" in 1788. | Bucks County, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| WALL, THOMAS | USA, 1797-1854, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | Cleveland, Ohio (1845-54). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WALLACE, JAMES | Scotland, OIM | Telescope = D.(1978). | Androssan. | RSW. | |
| WALLACE, WILLIAM | Scotland, 1768-1843, | invented the Eidograph in 1801; professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University. | Edinburgh. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WALLER 1 | Germany, c.1690, OIM | Double Burning Glass = DRE. | Tschimhaüs. | RSW. | |
| WALLER 2 | see Woller. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WALLINGFORD, RICHARD OF | see Richard of Wallingford. | Michel 3; Gunther 2; North 4. | |||
| WALLIS, JAMES | England, 1790, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1790 = house in St. Ives. | St. Ives. | Gatty. | |
| WALMSLEY, W.H. | USA, OIM | microscope importer and dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WALPOLE, CHARLES | England; USA, c.1746, MIM | London; Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1. | ||
| WALPOLE, THOMAS | variant spelling for Thomas Walpool. | ||||
| WALPOOL, THOMAS | England, fl.1683-1703, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1677; free of the Company on March 7, 1683; took apprentices. | at the Mariner and Compass, Minories, London (1696-1715). | J. Brown 1; Taylor 1(505) & 2(128); Evans 1. | |
| WALTER | Ireland, 1792, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| WALTER, BERNHARD | Germany, 1434-1504, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi; Gatty. | |
| WALTER, JAMES | England, PHIM | made barometers and other weather indicators. | 14 Water Street, Liverpool. | USNM. | |
| WALTON | England, | wheel barometer signed "J. Browning Walton Glastonbury"; Walton was probably a dealer who carried the work of John Browning (3). | Glastonbury. | Soth. 7/21/87. | |
| WALTON, JAMES | England, OIM | Instrument = KEN. | Taylor 2(2271). | ||
| WALTON, JOHN | England, c.1713, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood in the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1713. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WANNCK | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = Drouot 6/2/49. | Michel 3. | ||
| WANSCHAFF | Germany, NIM | Reflecting Circle = KEN-1876-998. | RSW. | ||
| WARD | England, fl.1843-51, | barometer maker. | 79 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WARD AND SMITH | England, c.1735, | William Ward and Caleb Smith; designed a sextant in 1735 which was made by Thomas Heath 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, HENRY | England, fl.1755-1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | watch and clockmaker; author; the barometer is signed "H. Ward Blandford." | Blandford. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WARD, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1675-1711, MIM | consructed sundials; engineer. | Langley. | Taylor 1(388). | |
| WARD, JAMES 2 | England, c.1792, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1722-55, OIM | apprenticed to Timothy Brandreth of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1714; free of the Company, Jan. 11, 1722; Master of the Company from 1737 to 1744. | Court and von Rohr 3(94). | ||
| WARD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1734, MIM | apprenticed to James Parker in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 26, 1714; free of the Company, Jan. 22, 1735 by Mrs. Elizabeth Parker. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, JOHN 3 | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to Robert Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, MACOCK | USA, 1702-83, MIM | made and repaired mathematical instruments; clockmaker; loyalist. | Wallingford, Conn. | Bedini 8. | |
| WARD, WILLIAM | England, c.1735, | worked with Caleb Smith to design a new sextant; see Ward and Smith. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARDEN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | also a casemaker. | High Street (1767); Market Place (1770); both in Walsall. | Bryden 9. | |
| WARE AND HIREMAN | USA, fl.1855-58, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Henry Ware and the brothers, Hy W. and John H. Hireman. | 25 East 4th Street, Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| WARE, HENRY | USA, 1810-85, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = DPW. | worked alone, 1839-55; partner with Hy W. and John H. Hireman as Ware and Hireman (1855-58); alone again (1858-85); early maker of Burt's solar compass; bought a transit from Gurley in 1864. | at Shawk's boards, corner of 5th and Sycamore (1839-55); 25 East 4th Street (1855-56); East Fourth Street (1858-85); all in Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| WARE, RICHARD | England, c.1716, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1708; free in the Company, June 5, 1716 | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WAREHAM, ROBERT | England; USA, 1825-92, MIM | Surveying Compass = X; Transit = X. | apprenticed to Edmund Draper c.1839, and was his foreman until Draper died in 1882. | England; 226 Pear (1867-90); 402 Locust (1891); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Miller. |
| WARLTIRE | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | possibly the owner. | Goodison 1. | |
| WARMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1696, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1696. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WARMELO, JOH. | Holland, 1742, NIM | made cross-staffs. | Utrechtschestraat, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WARNER 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/13/71. | Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. | RSW. | |
| WARNER 2 | see Roach and Warner; see Henry Warner. | Smart 1. | |||
| WARNER, HENRY | USA, 1810-57, MIM NIM PHIM | worked alone from 1834 to 1840 and from 1846 to 1857; took John Roach as a partner, 1841-45; the firm was known as Roach and Warner. | 293 Broadway (1838-42); 105 Fulton (1842-43); 68 Fulton Street; all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WARNER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Fage of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1672. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WARNER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1682 to + or - 1700, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on March 29,1675; free of the Company, April 3, 1682; took apprentices; author; barometer maker; made improvements to the type of slide rule which he manufactured; Taylor and Goodison indicate that he was in business until 1722 but this is not confirmed. | at the Sign of the King's Arms and Globe, Little Lincols's Inn Fields, end of Portugal Row, London. | Taylor 1(449) & 2(129); Goodison 1; Robischon; J. Brown 3. | |
| WARNER, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1697-1705, MIM | apprenticed to Edward Norris of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company Jan. 8, 1697; may have taken Richard Hamilton as an apprentice, Sept. 1705. | Lomdon. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WARNER, JOHN 4 | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 7, 1712; may have been turned over to Richard Hamilton of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WARNER, JOHN 5 | England, post-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | 72 Fleet Street, London, E.C. | USNM. | ||
| WARRANTED | used by American instrument makers to guarantee the instrument they either made or bought. | Warner 14. | |||
| WARREN, BENJAMIN | USA, 1740-1825, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = Streeter Coll., Yale University. | compass card printed by Paul Revere. | Plymouth, New Engd. (Mass). | Smart 1; Price 2; Bedini 8 & 16; USNM; Warner 12. |
| WARRENER, SOLOMON | England, c.1787, | apprenticed to John Karmock of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 6, 1787. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARRICK, ENOCH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | RSW. | ||
| WARRINER, CHAUNCEY | USA, c.1846, MIM | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | ||
| WARRIS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1804-22, OIM | held a patent on a mount for opera glasses. | Burgen Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1239); Dewhirst. | |
| WARWICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 16A Sloane Square, Chelsea, London. | Taylor 2(2036a). | ||
| WASH, EDWARD | England, c.1801, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1801; free of the Company June 2, 1808. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| WASHBOURNE | England, OIM | Lucernal Microscope = Clay Coll. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | ||
| WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM | England, c.1650, MIM | may be the maker of several instruments signed "A.W." (1); alternate choices would be Andrew Wakely or Abraham Watlington; the instruments are quadrants dated 1639, 1640 and 1644, also a terrestrial globe dated 1652. | Taylor 1(214a); Weil 2 (17). | ||
| WASSERLEIN, R. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| WAST, PAULUS | Holland, c.1793, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = van Cleef en Scheurleer Auction, 1799; Plate from Thermometer = OXF; Barometer = LEY. | Langebrugsteeg over O.Z. Heenenlogment, Amsterdam (1793). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; van Cittert 2; Maddison 1; Daumas 1; USNM. | |
| WAST, PAULUS, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1800, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; Triple Tube Barometer = Bonhams 9/2/77. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| WATER AND CO. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Sundial = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | marked "Caernarvon Lat'e 53° 7', Long. 4° 15' west." | Caernarvon. | RSW. |
| WATERMAN, GURDON | see Gurdon. | Pugsley Sale; RSW. | |||
| WATKINS 1 | England, 1730, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1730 = VAA. | London. | Grimaldi. | |
| WATKINS 2 | England, 1803, MIM | Pocket Compass, 1803 = Soth. 10/21/74. | could be Jeremiah or Francis (2) Watkins. | Charing Cross, London. | RSW. |
| WATKINS 3 | England, fl.1825-30, MIM | Miner's Dial = D.(1967). | see William Watkins 1. | 16 Augustine's Parade, Bristol. | Bryden 9; Dewhirst. |
| WATKINS 4 | England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments are signed "Watkins Charing Cross, London." | several instrument makers named Watkins used this address, it is difficult to differentiate between them. | Charing Cross, London. | RSW. |
| WATKINS 5 | England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments are signed "Watkins London"; could be the same as Watkins 4; the same comments apply. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATKINS AND HILL | England, fl.1819-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, examples at TEY, OXF, KEN, VNN, WHI, etc. | the firm started as Jeremiah Watkins and a descendant of Nathaniel Hill (1819-28); their trade card says they were "Mathematical, Optical and Philosophical Instrument Makers to Their Royal Highnesses The Dukes of York and Clarence"; they succeeded J. and W. Watkins; c.1828 Jeremiah was replaced by Francis Watkins 3; MIMs to the University of London; the firm's air pump won a prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; they were succeeded by the Elliott Brothers, c.1857. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(423); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 122; Wynter 1; Coffeen C and 43; RSW. |
| WATKINS AND SMITH | England, 1764-77, MIM OIM PHIM | Gunner's Calipers = Evans Coll.; Telescope = X; Odometer = Soth. 4/29/77; Stick Barometer = Audley End; Angle Barometers = D.(1978), KEN (1763). | Francis Watkins 1 and Addison Smith. | Charing Cross, London. | USNM; Evans 1; Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Moskowitz 122; McConnell; RSW. |
| WATKINS, A.W. | England, c.1808, PHIM | Inclined Barometer = USNM. | St. James Street, London (1808). | USNM. | |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 1 | England, before 1723-84, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = KEN, LEY, Christie 12/17/75; Telescopes = KEN, CMY; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 5/12/75; Circumferentor = Soth. 5/12/75; Angle Barometers = OXF, D., Christie 12/6/78 (1753), Phillips-Scot. 3/29/90; Stick Barometers = VCW, KEN; Theodolite = WHI; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96; etc. | apprenticed to Nathaniel Adams in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1737; free of the Company, 1746; took Addison Smith as an apprentice in 1750 and as a partner from 1764 to 1777; succeeded by Jeremiah and William (1) Watkins (Sons?) in 1782; balance maker; introduced the angle barometer in 1752. T.C. | Sir Isaac Newton's Head, Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(423); Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Moskowitz 122; Goodison 1; Pipping 1; Court and von Rohr 3(142); Robischon; RSW. |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 2 | England, c.1763, OIM PHIM | nephew of Francis Watkins 1; apprenticed to Addison Smith in the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 6, 1763. | Charing Crosss, London. | Taylor 2(1733); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3186); G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 3 | England, fl.1828-35, MIM OIM PHIM | replaced Jeremiah Watkins in Watkins and Hill, 1828. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WATKINS, HENRY M. | USA, c.1847, PHIM | received a diploma for his electromagnetic machines at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct., 1847. | 167 William Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WATKINS, J. AND H. | misreading of J. and W. Watkins. | Cristie-SK 4/17/86. | |||
| WATKINS, J. AND W. | England, fl.1784-98, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope = D.(1976); Solar Microscope = D.(1973); Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Ellipsograph = Phillips 9/10/86; Garden Sundial, 1785 = Soth.10/19/64; Theodolite = Soth.7/15/63; Graphometer = PEA; Hodometer = RSM. | Jeremiah and Walter Watkins; they succeeded their uncle, Francis Watkins 1 in 1784; instrument makers to the Duke and Duchess of York and to the Duke of Clarence; T.C.; Taylor listed this firm as Jeremiah and William (1) Watkins. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1052) & (1053); Moskowitz 122; Wynter 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| WATKINS, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1785-1828, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hodometer = Christie-SK 8/20/87; Hadley's Quadrant = CMY; Case of Drawing Instruments = DPW; etc. | nephew of Francis Watkins 1; brother of Walter Watkins; cousin or brother of William Watkins 1; worked with his brother, Walter Watkins, from 1784 to1798, as successors to Francis Watkins 1; worked alone 1799-1819; took Hill as a partner in Watkins and Hill in 1819; T.C.; instrument makers to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Clarence and to the Hone. East India Company. | No. 5 Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1052) & (1053); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 122; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXV); USNM; RSW. |
| WATKINS, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov.28, 1722. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WATKINS, THOMAS | England, c.1746, NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = VCU. | apprenticed to James Tomlinson in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 2, 1746; the barometer is signed "T. Watkins." | Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| WATKINS, WALTER | England, fl.1784-1808, MIM OIM PHIM | from 1784 to 1798 he was a partner with his brother, Jeremiah, as J. and W. Watkins; they succeeded their uncle, Francis Watkins 1, | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1. | |
| WATKINS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1784-1809, MIM OIM PHIM | Hodometer = OXF; Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Telescope = Christie 12/18/74; Instrument = NMM; Sundial = ROM; Angle Barometer = USNM; Stick Barometers = Earl Spencer Coll., X. | grandson of William Berry; brother or cousin of Jeremiah and Walter Watkins. | 22 St. James (1784-99); 70 St. James (1800-09); both in London. | Taylor 2(1053a); Middleton 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WATKINS, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1825-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Sundial, wooden case = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/9/59; Wheel Barometer = X; Instrument = NMM; Telescope = D.(1978). | 16 Augustine Parade; St. Augustine's Back; both in Bristol. | Taylor 2(1734); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WATLINGTON, ABRAHAM | England, 1644, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1644 = BM. | signed "Abraham Watlington fecit umbra sum"; see A.W. 1. | Ward 4; Price 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| WATSON 1 | England, c.1815, OIM | Telescopes = KEN, D.(1973), Soth. 4/24/45. | probably James Watson 2. | 4 Saville Place, opposite Lambeth Terrace, London. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst; USNM; RSW. |
| WATSON 2 | USA, c.1856, MIM | see William Burt and Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | RSW. | |
| WATSON 3 | England, post-1865, PHIM | Barometer and Altimeter = Christie 12/18/74. | marked "invented by H.A.H., 1865." | 4 Pall Mall, London. | RSW. |
| WATSON AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, # 1273 = Christie 12/8/76. | might be William Watson 1. | 313 high Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| WATSON, D. FRASER | England, c.1905, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Soth.- Pulborough 3/1/83. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| WATSON, HENRY | England, c.1860, | made Armstrong's hydro-electric machine. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | USNM. | |
| WATSON, JAMES 1 | England, c.1719, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1708; free in the Company, 1719. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1771-1824, OIM | Telescopes = P.C. (1975), P.C. (1982), KEN, Soth. 3/25/86, Christie 12/17/75, D.(1976). | the telescopes are often signed "J. Watson London"; he was also a telescope maker for the trade. | London. | Taylor 2(1241); Moskowitz ; USNM; RSW. |
| WATSON, JOHN | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, N., AND SONS LTD. | misreading for W. Watson and Sons Ltd. | Soth. 7/18/73. | |||
| WATSON, R. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Sight = Christie 7/5/71. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| WATSON, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to John Warner 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1690. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WATSON, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1830, MIM | Level = P.C. | Manchester. | Delehar 4. | |
| WATSON, ROGER | England, c.1634, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 14, 1634. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1674-1712, MIM NIM | Garden Sundial, 1688 = TIM. | devised a machine to find longitude at sea; made astronomical clocks. | Coventry; Long Acre, London. | Taylor 1(381); Evans 1; J. Brown 3; RSW. |
| WATSON, THOMAS | USA, 1832-1906, MIM | partner with William Burt, 1857-58, worked alone, 1859. | 214 Jefferson (1857-58); 34 Montcalm (1859); both in Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| WATSON, THOMAS N. | USA, fl.1867-70, MIM SIM | partner in William J. Young and Co. with William J. Young and Charles S. Heller. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| WATSON, W., AND SON LTD. | England, post-1850, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/14/79. | might be William Watson 1. | RSW. | |
| WATSON, W., AND SONS | England, fl.1837-99, MIM OIM | Eidograph = Christie 7/23/80; Microscopes = D.(1972), Christie 12/8/76 (# 1150) & (# 2761), Christie 5/26/76 (#3380), Phillips 4/20/83 (# 1578) and 12/12/89, K. and C. 9/29/76; Sundial = Christie 12/8/76. | might be William Watson 1. | 313 High Holorn, London. | Taylor 2(2272); RSW. |
| WATSON, W., AND SONS LTD. | England, fl.1900-27, MIM OIM | Microscope, # 66907 = Christie 12/8/76; Binocular Microscope, # 69798 = Christie 12/8/76; Telescope, 1918 and Microscopes (3) = Christie 5/26/76; Microscopes = D.(1972, Soth. 7/18/73; Telescope = D.(1976); Oxford Astrolabes, aluminum and paper = WHI, P.C., etc. | this firm may have been started by William Watson 1; the 1927 catalogue was the 41st edition; the astrolabe was designed by Jenkin. | 313 High Holborn, London. | Moskowitz 104; USNM; Bryden 16; Gunther 1; RSW. |
| WATSON, WILLIAM 1 | England, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free of the Company; may be the founding Watson in W. Watson and Son(s). | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1755, NIM | Compass Card = X. | T.C.; compasses and nautical instruments. | Church Lane Stairs, Hull. | C.N. Robinson; Bryden 9. |
| WATSON, WILLIAM 3 | England, d.1857, MIM | Vertical Sundials (2) = Church and house in Seaton Ross, East Riding, Yorkshire. | farmer. | Seaton Ross, Yorkshire. | Gatty; Flamank. |
| WATT, JAMES | Scotland; England, 1736-1819, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 5/8/86; Sector = John Rathbone and Sons, Brmingham, 1880. | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company, c.1750-56; trained to be a rule maker; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham. | London. | Rathbone 1; RSW. |
| WATT, JAMES 1 | Scotland; England, 1736-1819, MIM PHIM | Sector = KEN; Stick Barometer = RSM; Set of register plates = KEN. | apprenticed to John Morgan in London; returned to Glasgow in 1756; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the College of Glasgow", 1757 to 1771; the engineer who developed the steam engine; invented several mathematical instruments; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham, 1775. | Greenock; London; Saltmarket, Glasgow (1759-64); Irongate, Glasgow (1764-71); Birmingham (1775); Heathfield. | Taylor 2(548); Bryden 3 & 11; Goodison 1; Delehar 2; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| WATT, JAMES 2 | Scotland, fl.1827-63, MIM SIM | made measuring lines and survey chains. | 407 Argyll Street (1827-35); 179 Argyll Street (1836); 7 South Albion Street and 179 Argyll Street (1837-40); 11 St. Enoch Square and 179 Argyll Street (1841); 3 and 11 St. Enoch Square (1842); 3 St. Enoch Square (1843-53); 16 Croy place (1854-61); 11 Turner's Court (1862-63); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| WATTLEWORTH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Whitehaven. | Goodison 1. | |
| WATTS | England, 19th Century, MIM NIM | Dip Needle = Melun 4/24/83. | see E.R. Watts. | London. | RSW. |
| WATTS, E.R. | England, c.1880, MIM NIM SIM | Pocket Sextant = Phillips 5/20/75; Theodolite = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATTS, E.R., AND CO. | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 1/27/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATTS, E.R., AND SON | England, post-1850, MIM SIM | Theodolites = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87, K. & C. 4/7/76; Self-Adjusting Level = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87; Sextant = Soth. 6/21/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATTS, J. | USA, MIM | Gauge, wood, 45" and Rule, wood, 48" = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site. | the gauge is shod in steel. | corner of City Square and Chelsea Street, Charlestown, Mass. | RSW. |
| WATTS, JOHN | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1698; free of the Company, Nov.3, 1712. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WATTS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WAULMAN, G.S. | USA, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | 116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| WAUN, ABRAHAM HARTOG | Holland, 1769-1833, MIM PHIM | worked with his father, Hartog Waun (1802-15), and with his brother, Jacob Waun (1816-33). | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| WAUN, HARTOG | Holland, fl.1769-1815, MIM PHIM | worked with his son, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1802-15. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| WAUN, JACOB | Holland, fl.1816-33, MIM PHIM | worked with his brother, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1816-33. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| WAUQUIER | France, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | the barometer is signed "Wauquier-Soleil Paris." | Paris. | RSW. |
| WAUTHIER, JULES | England, fl.1853-55, PHIM | barometer maker. | 45 Wilmington Square, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WAWEN, GERVAS | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 14, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WAWRZNEIC, LAURENCE | Poland, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Polish Nat'l Collection, Montreal, Canada (1955). | Thorn. | Connoisseur, Sept. 1955. | |
| WEABER | England, c.1850, OIM | Cary-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| WEARDEN | variant of Warden. | Bryden 9. | |||
| WEATHERILL, WILLIAM | USA, c.1800, | mathematician. | 62 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1800). | USNM. | |
| WEATHERSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1787-1801, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clock and watch maker. | Woolmarket, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| WEBB 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 2/26/68. | London. | RSW. | |
| WEBB 2 | see Killick and Webb. | Bell 2. | |||
| WEBB, AMBROSE | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 10, 1712; free of the Company, March 5, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WEBB, HENRY | England. | naturalist; prepared microscope slides. | George Street, Balsall Heath, ca. 1858-66. | USNM; WEBDB. | |
| WEBB, ISAAC | England, fl.1669-95, MIM | admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1669; took apprentices; turned Benjamin Owen over to William Newton 1. | London. | J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. | |
| WEBB, J. | England, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = P.C. (1982). | London. | RSW. | |
| WEBB, JOHN | England, 1760-1846, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Theodolite = Phillips 2/2/84; Instrument = X. | T.C. | Old Established Shop, 408 Oxford Street; 192 Tottenham Court Road, opposite the chapel (1817); 28 Francis Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; Taylor 2(665); RSW. |
| WEBB, JOSEPH | England, c.1751, MIM | apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 2, 1744; made free in the Company on Christopher Stedman's report on Nov. 12, 1751. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WEBB, JOSEPH BENJAMIN | England, fl.1825-28, MIM NIM PHIM | 13 Charles Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1737). | ||
| WEBB, RICHARD | England, c.1842, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Denton. | Denton. | Gatty. | |
| WEBB, THOMAS | England, c.1793, MIM | Rule, folding, wood = D.(1988). | rule maker. | 8 Earl Street, St. James, Bristol. | Bryden 9. |
| WEBBER, JOHN | England, c.1800, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Webber London." | Woolwich. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WEBBERS, ZACHARIAS | Holland, 1639, MIM | Pillar and Spherical Sundial, 1639 = SWE. | the sundial is signed "Zacharias Webbers Lipsiensis ad Elavationem Poli 52 Graden Amsteldami: Anno 1639." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Pipping 1; RSW. |
| WEBSTER | England, c.1835, | improved the beam level; might be Henry Webster. | Moskowitz 104. | ||
| WEBSTER AND HAVENS | USA, c.1852, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| WEBSTER, HENRY | England, fl.1843-60, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | looking-glass, and thermometer maker. | 3 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell (1843-46); 37 Coppice Row (1847-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| WEBSTER, J. | USA, fl.1853-56, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| WECHIO, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| WEDDERBURN, THOMAS | see Adie and Wedderburn. | Bryden 3. | |||
| WEDDIGEN, H.G. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial on ivory cube = KAS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| WEDGEWOOD, JOSIAH | England, 1730-95, PHIM | ceramicist; introduced a pyrometer consisting of fusable clay cones in 1782. | Burslem. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WEED, B. | England, c.1850 z, NIM | Sextant = D.(1972). | Liverpool. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| WEEDEN, JOHN | England, c.1822, OIM | 18 Baldwyne Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1738). | ||
| WEEDON, WILLIAM JOHN | England, fl.1822-32, MIM OIM PHIM | 7 Norman Street, St. Luke's, London. | Taylor 2(1739). | ||
| WEEKES, JOHNSON | England, fl.1683-84, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Cooke of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1671; free of the Company Dec. 3, 1683; took an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. | |
| WEET, JOHN | England, 1728, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1728 = BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| WEETS, JOHNSON | misreading for Johnson Weekes. | Dewhirst. | |||
| WEGELIN, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Switzerland, 1683-1750, | author; wrote on cosmography and armillary spheres. | St. Gallen. | Michel 3. | |
| WEGELIN, JOSUA | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial on table clock = Auction, Munich 1933. | Augsburg. | Michel 3. | |
| WEHMANN, H. | Germany, NIM | Octants = BRE, D.(1976); Compass Card = BRE. | instrument maker and dealer; the dealer's octant was marked "sold by." | Vegasac. | RSW. |
| WEHMANN, T.E. | Germany, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | Vegasac. | RSW. | |
| WEICHERT, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Christie pre-1987; Sextant = D.(1978). | T.C. | Cardiff. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| WEICKERT 1 | Germany, c.1650, PHIM | Nest of Weights = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| WEICKERT 2 | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Protractor = DRE. | Leipzig. | RSW. | |
| WEIGEL, ERHARD | Germany, 1625-99, MIM | Celestial Globes inside Armillary Spheres, 1699 = BASH, KAS, Breslau Universitäts Sternwarte, NUR, etc.; Globe, silver with coat-of-arms and weather vane = MUN; Celestial Globes, 1699 = NMM, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (copper); Terrestrial Globe, 1699 = FLO; Celestial Globe = FLO. | author; wrote on globes. | Jena. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| WEILBACH, JOHAN PHILIP | Denmark, c.1830, NIM | Crown Compass = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | made liquid compasses. | Copenhagen. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| WEILER, J. | marked later on gunner's level by Picart, at OXF. | RSW. | |||
| WEILER, MARTIN 1 | Germany, 1590, MIM | Astrolabe, 1590 (ICA-3025) = SKO. | "Iochemus Haertsberch Lybeck.....", owner. | Eisleben. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; Price 2; Brieux 2; RSW. |
| WEILER, MARTIN 2 | Universal Ring Sundial, (falsely dated 1590) = X. | fake, probably by the London forger. | Brieux 2. | ||
| WEINMANN, CHRISTOPH | Germany, fl.1678-88, MIM SIM | Sector, 1678 = HAK; Rules (2), 1688 = ROU; Graphometers = Schloss Moosham, Salzburg, the Königsberg Stadt. Sammlung; Artillery Level, 1685 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| WEINMAYSTER, GEORGIO | astrolabe ICA-256 is inscribed "Valentinus Sonthalmer Georgio Weinmayster dono 1535"; it is also marked "H.G. 1537" (1); the long inscription is marked in the mater; the astrolabe was formerly in the Nachet Coll. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Zinner 1; MADEX; Nachet. | |||
| WEIR, ROBERT | Ireland, fl. 1785-1846, OIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1785 = Ardrossan, Ayr. | 17 Bridge Street, Coleraine. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Somerville. | |
| WEISS AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | showed in the Great London Exhibition of London in 1851. | 62 Strand, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WEISS, GEORGE | USA, fl.1853-54, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WEISS, GOTFRIED | Germany, c.1730, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = VIE, GRA, OXF; Equatorial Sundial = Breslau Sternwarte; Table Sundial = KEN; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87; Particular Sundial, with case = Soth. 4/17/61; Equatorial Sundial = GRA. | Nürnberg | Zinner 1; Maddison 1; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| WEIZSAEKER, V. | France, NIM | Sextant = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y. | Dunkerque. | USNM. | |
| WELCH, BENJAMIN | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 of the Joiners' Company in 1700. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WELCH, GEORGE | England, c.1796, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on Jan.4, 1781; free of the Company on April 7, 1796. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| WELCH, J. | England, 1716, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver, 1716 = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| WELCH, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1838-43, PHIM | Atwood Machine = USNM. | 54 Chrystie (1838-39); 43 Eldridge (1841-43); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WELDON | Weldon Range Finder Patent = Christie 5/26/76. | RSW. | |||
| WELDON, EDWARD | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. | |
| WELKER, JOHN | USA, 1797, MIM | clock, watch and instrument maker. | Market Street; across from Mrs. Kimboll's Tavern, Patrick Street (1797); both in Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| WELLER | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Littlehampton. | RSW. | |
| WELLINGEN, H.G. | Germany, MIM | Ivory Sundials (2) = STU. | RSW. | ||
| WELLINGTON, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1792-1825, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = D.(1978); Telescope = Phillips 2/22/77; Pantograph = Soth.-S 4/24/87; Microscope = Phillips 4/20/83; Sundial in case = Soth. 7/10/67; Drawing Instrument Sets = Soth. 5/6/69, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Stick Barometer = P.C. | most of his instruments signed simply "Wellington" but one of his microscopeswas signed "Alex Wellington, Mathematical Instrument Maker, Crown Court, Soho, London"; had one of the Jones' as an apprentice; joined by his son 1814-15; T.C.; succeeded by Laban Cooke in 1825. | Crown Court, Abinger Street, St. Anne's, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1056); Crawforth 1; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; ATG 1/16/93; RSW. |
| WELLS AND FOSTER 1 | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | L.T. Wells and James Foster 1. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| WELLS AND FOSTER 2 | USA, fl.1838-52, MIM OIM PHIM | William Wells and James Foster 2. | Third Street, near Sycamore (1838-); Walnut, between third and Fourth Streets (-1852); both in Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WELLS, GRACE | England, fl.1690-1708, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; widow of Joseph Wells, Joiner; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, JAMES | England, c.1664, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Worral of the Joiners' Company in 1656; turned over to Richard Sanders in the Company in 1656; free in the Company, 1664; took an apprentice. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, JEREMIE | England, fl.1703-35, MIM | apprenticed to his mother, Grace Wells, in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 3, 1690; free of the Company, Sept. 7, 1703. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1606-35, | author; designed accurate sundials. | Deptford. | Taylor 1(114). | |
| WELLS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1682-1714, MIM | "Rulemaker"; apprenticed to John White 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 13, 1672; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1682; took apprentices; | London? | J. Brown 3. | |
| WELLS, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1748, PHIM | Angle Barometer = NMM. | glass toy maker. | Moor Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. |
| WELLS, JONATHAN | England, c.1676, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1676. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WELLS, JOSEPH | England, fl.1667-90, MIM | apprenticed to John Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 20, 1660; free of the Company July 6, 1668; Brother in the Clockmakers' Company, 1668; succeeded by his widow, Grace Wells; took apprentices; rulemaker. | London. | Taylor 1(333); Clay and Court; Loomes; J. Brown 1 & 3; Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, L.T. | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | partner with James Foster 1 as Wells and Foster (1). | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| WELLS, NUGENT | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Phillips 11//16/88. | Newport. | RSW. | |
| WELLS, SAMUEL | England, fl.1817-30, MIM PHIM | 3 Clerkenwell Green; 139 Old Street, St. Luke's; both in London. | Taylor 2(1455). | ||
| WELLS, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1838-52, MIM OIM PHIM | see Wells and Foster 2; was the partner of James Foster 2. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| WELPER, EBERHARD | Germany, 1619, MIM | Quadrant, paper on wood, 1619 = DOR. | Strassburg. | RSW. | |
| WELSH, WILLIAM | USA, 1832, PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WELTIN, MELCHIOR | Austria, 1744, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = HAK (1744), VIE; Artillery Level = VIE. | HAK has sights for gnomon. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; W. Eckhardt 3; Rohde; Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| WELTZIEN, DANIEL | Germany, fl.1754-77, MIM SIM | Graphometer = HAK. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| WENCKEBACH, EDUARD | Holland, 1813-74, NIM | Prismatic Compass, Schmalcalder-type = AMST; Azimuth Compass = NMM; Quintants = TEY (# 46), P.C. (# 27); Bearing Compasses = Auction BOM 1906 & 1910; Sextants = TEY, P.C., Christie 6/17/72; Reflecting Circles = LEY (2), UTR, Poly- technic School, Delft. | Oude Teertuinen 30 (1841-42); Hoek Nieuwebrug en Nieuwe- brugsteeg (1843-52); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 & 5; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| WENGEMAYER, ODDO | Germany, 1622-1703, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. | |
| WENHAM, F.H. | England, OIM | Binocular Microscope = X. | convertible to a single microscope. | Effra Vale Lodge, Brixton. | USNM. |
| WENL, EMANUELL | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, July 5, 1686. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WERMELANDS BERGMASSARE CONTOIR | an agency which stamped its name on a magnetic compass made by I.G.H. | RSW. | |||
| WERNER | Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1971) = P.C. | Diameter = 5 Rhineland inches = 14 cm.; "Werner fecit Köln"; a modern forgery. | Brieux 4; RSW. | ||
| WERNER, J. | Germany, 1574, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1574 = DRE. | "er J. Werner oder Hartmann"; master mark shows crossed swords on a shield. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| WERNER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1468-1522, MIM | Astrolabe, 1516 (ICA-551) = NUR. | author; sundial maker; made improvements to the cross-staff in 1514. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Lunardi; Price 1; Behaim Cat.(1957). |
| WERNHER | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1976). | modern English forgery. | Brieux 2. | ||
| WERNLE, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = ADL-M297. | may have been item 58 in the Puttick and Simpson Cat., 6/18/1894. | Pressburg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Fischer; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| WERTHEIMER, M. | France, c.1845, | see Dr. Roth and M. Wertheimer. | Daumas 1. | ||
| WESE | England, late 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/17/75. | West (?). | Fleet Street, London. | RSW. |
| WESLEAK, WILLIAM | England, c.1691, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 31, 1691. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WESNLE, TOH. GEORG | misreading for Wernle. | P. & S. 6/18/1894. | |||
| WESSCHAGL, MANUEL | Germany, d.1728, MIM | Screw-Cutting Tool = USNM. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| WESSELL, I.J. | Norway, NIM | Traverse Board = OMM. | Christianafiord. | RSW. | |
| WESSLER INSTRUMENT CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Wye Level = GUR. | St. Louis, Mo. | USNM. | |
| WESSMAN, GUSTAVE | USA, fl.1852-53, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WEST 1 | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1971); Stick Barometers = Christie 11/16/55, D.(1988); Surveying Instrument = ADL-T40; Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1976); Walking Stick Barometer = NMM; Microscope = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | could be Charles or Francis West. | London. | Goodison 1; ADL; RSW. |
| WEST 2 | England, | Protractor = Phillips 4/20/83. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| WEST, CHARLES | England, fl.1814-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = WHI, Phillips 2/2/84, Soth. 5/21/73, D.(1971); Stick Barometer = X. | T.C.; may have been in partnership with Charles Robert West. | Serle's Passage, Lincoln's Inn; 5 Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane and 83 St. James Street, Pall Mall (1814-25); all in London. | Taylor 2(1456); Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW. |
| WEST, CHARLES ROBERT | England, fl.1806-24, OIM | Telescope = P.C. | may have been associated with Charles West; worked with William Bruce on a portable telescope; received a patent on it in 1806. | 78 Cornhill and Plow Court, Fetter Lane; Gateway of Lincoln's Inn and St. James, Pall Mall; all in London. | Taylor 2(1242). |
| WEST, FRANCIS | England, fl.1828-59, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = KEN, Meteorological Office, Bracknell; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/24/83; Camera Lucida = Exeter; Adams Universal Microscope = Soth. 4/28/69; Horizontal Sundial = Pugsley Sale; Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T40; Cuff-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' company in 1821; free of the Company, July 8, 1828; sold the log-log slide rule for accounting, invented by Peter Mark Roget in 1815, and divided by John Rooker. | 17 Rupert Court, Drury Lane; 83 Fleet Street (1830-44); 41 Strand (1844-56); 92 and 93 Fleet Street (1849-59); all in London. | Taylor 2(1243); Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Court and von Rohr 3(247); Tomlinson 1; Delehar 9; ADL; RSW. |
| WEST, FRANCIS LINNELL | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer, oak = Soth. 5/1/86; Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/17/75; Microscopes = D.(1972), Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | 31 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London. | USNM; RSW. | |
| WEST, J.C., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in octant box. | RSW. | ||
| WESTBERG, CARL HINDRIC | Sweden, 1720-69, OIM | Telescope = STM. | instrument maker; apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; active from c.1750 untill 1763 when he retired. | Stockholm. | Pipping; RSW. |
| WESTERMANN, B., AND CO. | USA, OIM | advertised a pocket microscope. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WESTERN, GEORGE | England, 1812, MIM | Map Meter, 1812 = X. | Delehar 3. | ||
| WESTIN, JOHANN FIEDLER VON | see Johann Fiedler. | RSW. | |||
| WESTIN, LUDW. EDW. | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = NOR. | owner?; the name is stamped twice in the case for the dial. | RSW. | |
| WESTLEY | England, | see Carpenter and Westley. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Coffeen B; Dewhirst. | ||
| WESTLEY, F. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/27/88. | 27a Old Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WESTON, W. | England, c.1840, MIM | Rule, 48", folding, wood = D.(1983). | Coffeen C. | ||
| WESTON, WILLIAM | England, 1722, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, gilt-brass, 1722 = D.(1973). | for latitude 52°. | RSW. | |
| WETELING, JAN | Holland, fl.1760-71, NIM | "I. Weteling" is marked on a cross-staff signed "J.V.K. 1760"; pupil in the Utrecht Society. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WETHERED, GEORGE | England, c.1677, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1677. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WETHERELL, JOHN | England, 1690, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1690. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WETTER, CHR. | see Chr. Vetter. | Hamilton 1 & 2. | |||
| WETTES, DE | Holland?, 1639, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1639 = Spitzer-47 (2806). | might be a variant of Wetter or Vetter. | Michel 3. | |
| WETTON | England, c.1800, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Lempertz 6/14/76. | 21 Fleet Street, London. | RSW. | |
| WEYDMAN, LUCAS | Poland, 1648, MIM | Instrument, 1648 = BM. | Cracow. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| WEYER, JOHN | Poland, MIM | Table Clock = ADL-A11. | Danzig. | ADL; RSW. | |
| WEYERMAN, J.H. | Germany, 1747, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1747 = OXF. | Ronsdorff. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | |
| WEYGAND, F.J. | Holland, c.1816, MIM | Terrestrial Globe Gores (attached) = Free Library, Philadelphia, Pa. | "Globe artificiel et méchinique à l'usage du Petit Géographer à Amsterdam." | Amsterdam; The Hague. | Yonge. |
| WEYK, JACOBUS | Holland, 1767, MIM | in de Kalverstraat bij de Luciessteeg, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| WEYMAN, DE | 1676, NIM | Tell-tale Compass, 1676 = Christie 6/7/72. | the compass is also marked "int. bos." | RSW. | |
| WEYS | see Weiss. | Zinner 1. | |||
| WHALEY | England, c.1840, NIM PHIM | Octant = D.; Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88; Marine Barometer and Thermometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| WHEATON, JOSEPH | England, c.1717, | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WHEATON, SETH | USA, 1779, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1779 = Richard Bourne Auction 8/9/79. | Providence, R.I. | RSW. | |
| WHEATSTONE, CHARLES | England, 1802-75, | physicist; developed an electric telegraph in 1831; invented the stereoscope in 1832; developed the Wheatstone bridge in 1843; many other philosophical instruments. | Gloucester; d. Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. | |
| WHEELER | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHEELER, EDMUND | England, OIM | Microscopes = D.(1975), Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHEELER, JOHN | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 5, 1806. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WHEELER, JOHN H. | USA, fl.1825-36, MIM NIM OIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = ADL-N55, D.(1983); Marine Compass, dry-card = PEA. | T.C.; in the trade card he claimed to be a "real manufacturer" of instruments; Robert Ludlow Shaw may have been his apprentice; succeeded by Addington D. Frye and Robert Ludlow Shaw. | 7 Thames (1825); 218 Water (1825-26); 220 Water (1827); 156 and 220 Water (1828); 220 Water (1829-35); 222 Water (1835-38); all in New York, N.Y. | Preuss and Treworgy 2; USNM; Coffeen D; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| WHEELHOUSE AND BERCINI | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded John Cetta. | 40 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHIBLIN, JOHN | England, fl.1669-76, MIM | carpenter; made scales, rules and models. | Taylor 1(340); Evans 1. | ||
| WHIFORD | England, c.1800, MIM | Rule, ivory, part of an architect's etui = Soth. 12/15/78. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHIPP, THOMAS | England, c.1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Whipp Rochdale." | Yorkshire Street, Rochdale. | Goodison 1. |
| WHIPPLE, SQUIRE | USA, 1804-88, MIM SIM | made and sold surveying instruments after he moved to Albany, N.Y.; graduated from Union College in 1830. | Hardwich, Mass. (1804-); Albany, N.Y. (-1888). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WHISTON, WILLIAM | England, 1667-1752, | author; designed several instruments including one called the "Copernicus." | Clare College, Cambridge; London. | Taylor 1(461) & 2(132). | |
| WHITAKER | England, MIM | Sector, ivory & brass = ADL-W114. | 12 Long Lane, Smithfield, London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| WHITALL, HENRY | USA, c.1830, MIM | produced a "Movable Planisphere of the Heavens." | D.J. Warner 6. | ||
| WHITBREAD AND SEELING | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 2 King Street, St. Luke's, London. | Taylor 2(2039). | ||
| WHITBREAD, GEORGE | England, fl.1828-50, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = NMM; Artificial Horizon = NMM (2); Quintants = AMST (2); Octant, ebony = Soth. 6/19/75; Sextant, pocket = Soth. 10/20/75; Sextant, case = Soth. 10/3/88 = Soth.-C 7/25/90. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1821; free of the Company on July 17, 1828. | 11 Exmouth Street, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(17410; Court and von Rohr 3(248); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| WHITCOMB, RASSELAS PRINCE | USA, 1808-84, MIM SIM | Transit Compass = P.C.(1863). | fl.1851-78; took Herman Pfister as a partner in the firm "R. Whitcomb and Co"; sold out to Pfister in 1878; | 121 Walnut (1851-52); 137 W. 5th (1855); northwest corner of 5th and Plum (1856); southwest corner of 5th and Race (1857-77); 119 W. 5th, Room 6 (1877-78); all in Cincinnati, Ohio. | Smart 1. |
| WHITE | England, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = KEN. | RSW. | ||
| WHITE AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| WHITE, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1850-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Mining Compasses = D.(1972), D.(1974); Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972); Microscope = D.(1976); Altimeter and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79; Dry Card Compass = Maritime Museum of British Columbia. | made instruments for Lord Kelvin; see Kelvin and James White Ltd. | 24 Renfield Street (1850-52); 14 Renfield Street (1853-56); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Wynter and Turner; Moskowitz 112; USNM; RSW. |
| WHITE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1670, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Loomes of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1663; turned over to Thomas Bagley of the same Company; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1670; took John Wells 2 as an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WHITE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1668, MIM | apprenticed to Humphrey Peirce of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1668. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WHITE, JOHN 3 | England, 1668, | admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WHITE, MR. | England, 1661, MIM | John Brown 1 reported that White had invented a slide rule; might be John White 3. | Taylor 1(407) or (489); J. Brown 3. | ||
| WHITE, PEREGRINE | USA, 1747-1834, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C.(1957), P.C.(1975), USNM, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. (2), etc; Protractor with Rule = P.C.; Surveying Instrument = Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | silversmith; clockmaker; instruments are dated from 1774-1834. | Woodstock, Conn. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; RSW. |
| WHITE, PHILIP | England, c.1817, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 28, 1817. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WHITE, S. | England, fl.1830-38, NIM | see William and S. White. | 17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(2041). | |
| WHITE, SAMUEL | England, 1707, NIM | compass maker for the Navy. | Ratcliff Cross, London. | Taylor 1(543). | |
| WHITE, THOMPSON AND CO. | Scotland, NIM PHIM | Mariner's Compass = Christie 7/5/71; Barometer and Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Whyte ? | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| WHITE, W. 1 | England, 1839, MIM | White's Plane Spherical Globe, 1839 = Phillips 9/10/86. | a planisphere. | 210 Brook Hill, Sheffield. | RSW. |
| WHITE, W. 2 | England, c.1845, NIM | Octant = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | T.C.; "late Northen"; succeeded Richard Northen and Son, c. 1845. | 50 Lowgate, Hull. | RSW. |
| WHITE, WILLIAM | Ireland, c.1824, OIM | 17 Crow Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| WHITE, WILLIAM SAMUEL | England, fl.1830-38, NIM | made sextants and quadrants. | 17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(2041). | |
| WHITEAR, T. | England, 1770, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1770 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| WHITEHEAD | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Market Harborough. | RSW. | |
| WHITEHEAD, CHARLES | England, c.1693, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D.(1997). | apprenticed to his father, Richard Whitehead, of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1693; instrument signed "Cha: Whitehead Fec." | J. Brown 3; Clifton 1; Coffeen 56. | |
| WHITEHEAD, JAMES | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1811. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | ||
| WHITEHEAD, RICHARD | England, fl.1671-93, MIM SIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = ADL-W203, P.C. (1990), Soth. 11/9/59 & 12/20/28; Sundials, silver = OXF (1671), Barrett Coll.; Circumferentor = WHI. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 5, 1663; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1671; took apprentices, including his son, Charles; his name is shown as Charles Whitehead in the apprenticeship papers; worked for George Graham. | Gunpowder Alley, Shoe Lane, off Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(300); J. Brown 3; Robischon; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Dewhirst; J. Evans 1; Clifton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| WHITEHOUSE 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHITEHOUSE 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 8 Coventry Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHITEHOUSE 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89 | 43 Warwick Street, Pimlico, London. | RSW. | |
| WHITEHOUSE, HON. GEORGE LEIGHTON | USA, 1797-1887, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses, wood = P.C., D.(1989), P.C., D.(1983); Surveying Compass = P.C.; Magnetic Compass = Gun House, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | land surveyor. | Farmington, N.H. (1824-87). | Smart 1; Coffeen C; Moskowitz 132. |
| WHITEHOUSE, J. | England, MIM | Protractor = Phillips 6/15/76. | RSW. | ||
| WHITEHOUSE, JOHN T. | England, fl.1830-38, OIM | 13 St. John's Lane, London. | Taylor 2(2042). | ||
| WHITEHOUSE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1825-46, OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1974); Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | 2 Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square; 3 (1) Cross Street, Hatton Garden; 1 Castle Street, Great Newport Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1742); USNM; RSW. | |
| WHITEHOUSE, S. | England, fl.1814-16, OIM PHIM | made magnets. | 3 Green Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1459). | |
| WHITEHURST | England, c.1750, PHIM | Chemical Balance = LEY. | could be James Whitehurst 1 or John Whitehurst 1. | Derby. | Daumas 1. |
| WHITEHURST AND SON | England, fl.1810-34, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie 5/5/83, Christie-SK 10/20/89, Phillips 12/12/89; Wheel Barometer = X. | John Whitehurst 2 and his son, John Whitehurst 3. | 22 Irongate, Derby. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WHITEHURST, JAMES | England, c.1775, PHIM | father of John Whitehurst 2; brother of John Whitehurst 1; clock and barometer maker. | Derby. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHITEHURST, JOHN 1 | England, 1713-88, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1977); Angle Barometers, 1749,1768, 1772 = X; Angle Barometer = Hardwick Hall; Angle Barometer, 1772 = Salford City Art Museum (lost0; Wheel Barometers = Luton Hoo, D.(1988), X; Angle Barometer, 1776 = P.C. | made F.R.S. in 1779; "Stamper of Money Weights" at the London Mint, 1775; probably succeeded in Derby by his brother, James Whitehurst of Derby and then by his nephew, John Whitehurst 2; clockmaker; made a member of the American Philosphical Society in 1786; friend of James Ferguson 1. | 22 Irongate, Derby; 4 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London (1776-88). | Taylor 2(318); Gunther 2; Goodison 1; Symonds; R.J. Morris; DNB; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| WHITEHURST, JOHN 2 | England, 1761-1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C.(2), Untermyer Coll., P-B 1962; Angle Barometers = OXF, BM, X; Stick Barometer = X; Wind-vane, 1791 = X. | see Whitehurst and Son; succeeded his father, James, and later his uncle, John Whitehurst 1; clockmaker; Middleton thought John Whitehurst 1 had made OXF barometer. | 22 Irongate, Derby. | Goodison 1; MacQuoid and Edwards; Middleton 1. |
| WHITEHURST, JOHN 3 | England, 1788-1855, MIM PHIM | son of John Whitehurst 2; partner with his father, 1810-34; clockmaker, also made barometers, thermometers, etc. | 22 Irongate; 1 Cherry Street (after 1843); both in Derby. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHITELEY, FRANCIS | USA, c.1836, MIM | Surveying Instrument, No. 147 = P.C. | patented a compass quadrant and protractor, Dec. 6, 1836. | Standardsville, Va. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| WHITESCARVER, G.H. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Protractor with Rule, electrum = D.(1995). | signed "G.H. Whitescarver's Calculating Protractor." | Coffeen 51. | |
| WHITESCOVER, G.H. | USA, | patented a quadrant compass. | USNM. | ||
| WHITFORD, SAMUEL | England, fl.1750-72, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer and hygrometer maker; probably father of Thomas Whitford; T.C. | Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(549); Goodison 1; Coffeen 41. | |
| WHITFORD, THOMAS | England, fl.1743-92, MIM OIM | Telescope = D.(1993). | apprenticed in 1736; probably related to Samuel Whitford, which see; John Bleuler succeeded him, still at the same address; T.C. | 27 Ludgate Street, St. Paul's, London. | Taylor 2(549); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Coffeen 41. |
| WHITING, W.G. | England, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988). | 6 Market Street, Manchester. | Rinaldi 22. | |
| WHITMORE AND SON | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Gold Street, Northampton. | RSW. | |
| WHITNEY, JOHN | USA, c.1801, MIM OIM | succeeded Thomas Whitney, might be his son. | 70 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WHITNEY, THOMAS | England; USA, fl.1790-1821, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Chicago Historical Society, D.(1987) (No. 321, 1817), Franklin Institute, P.C., D.(1984) (1818), GUR (1810), P.C. (No. 63, 1810), D.(1994) (1815); Magnetic Compasses = USNM, Winterthur Museum, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2 in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1782; free of the Company, Jan. 7, 1790; went to Philadelphia, Pa. before 1798; owned a dividing engine made by George Adams 2; took William J. Young as an apprentice in 1813 until 1820; T.C.(2)(one in 1798); succeeded John Gould. | London; 72 South Front (Mr. Gould's); 74 South Front Street; North Sixth Street, continued a little above the Mill Pond; 70 South Front Street; all in Philadelphia, Pa. | J. Brown 1; Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 1 & 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen I; R.W. Miller; Moskowitz 130; Garcelon 33; RSW. |
| WHITON, ELIJAH | USA, 1799-1871, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1824 = GUR; Instrument, No. 33 = Markle Museum, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. | Gurley serviced a surveying compass in 1874. | Groton; Hingham; both in Mass. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| WHITSON | see Melville, Dundas and Whitson. | RSW. | |||
| WHITTAKER, THOMAS | USA, late 19th Century, MIM | Planisphere = D.(1982). | 2 and 3 Bible House, New York, N.Y. | Coffeen A. | |
| WHITTEMORE, AMOS | USA, 1759-1828, | received a patent for a "nautical perambulator" in 1796; perhaps a type of patent log. | Mass. | Bedini 8. | |
| WHITTEN, D.E. | USA, c.1850, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D.(1971). | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| WHITTON, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, | T.C.; copper and brass plate maker. | at the Crown in New Street, Shoe Lane, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| WHITWELL, CHARLES | England, fl.1590-1611, MIM NIM | Quadrant, 1595 = FLO; Astrolabe, 1595 = FLO; Nautical Hemi- spheres = FLO (2); Vertical Sundial with Perpetual Calendar, 1595 = SPI = OXF; Universal Sundial, 1606 = OXF; Astronomical Compendia = NMM (1600), WHI (1604); Diptych Sundial = BM; Drawing Instrument = FLO; Noc- turnal = FLO; Computing Instrument on a Plane Table = WHI; Compass Rose = FLO. | apprenticed to Augustine Ryther of the Grocers' Company, Dec. 17, 1582; free of the Company on Nov. 10, 1590; took apprentices; engraver; cartographer; the FLO instruments belonged to Sir Robert Dudley in 1608, the astrolabe is very similar to ADL-M33; the 1593 sundial at OXF was designed by Torporley; also see C.W. (1). | see Whitwell, Charles (cont.). | |
| WHITWELL, CHARLES (CONT.) | over against Essex House (1597); Without Temple Bar, against St. Clement's Church (1598); both in London. | Taylor 1(88); J. Brown 1; Hamilton 1; Price 3; Ward 4; GHP; G.L'E. Turner 26 & 29; A.J. Turner 10; J.A. Bennett 2; Evan 1; Michel 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| WHITWORTH AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | balance makers; awarded a prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WHORLETT, EDWARD | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 6, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WHYTE, THOMSON AND CO. | Scotland, 19th Century, NIM PHIM | Liquid Compass in Binnacle = PMS; Marine Barometer = Christie- SK 11/27/86; Compass and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| WHYTOCK | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dundee. | Goodison 1. | |
| WICKINS, JOHN | England, c.1672, OIM | polished mirrors for Isaac Newton | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| WIDDESFIELD | USA, OIM | Telescope with stand = Campobello Nat'l Monument, New Brunswick, Canada. | misreading for Widdifield. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. |
| WIDDIFIDD AND CO. | misreading for Widdifield and Co. | Soth.-PB pre-1980. | |||
| WIDDIFIELD AND CO. | USA, fl.1847-68, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980; Telescopes = Eldred 10/11/75, Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| WIDDIFIELD, D.B. | USA, fl.1828-37, MIM OIM | see Widdifield and Co.; see Widdesfield. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| WIDDIFIELD, D.B., AND CO. | USA, fl.1838-56, MIM OIM | see D.B. Widdifield, Widdifield and Co., and Widdesfield. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| WIDEMAN, JACOB | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Table clock = OXF. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| WIDENHAM, R. | England, c.1824?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Widenham Lombard Street, London." | Lombard Street, London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WIDERROITER, SIGMUND | Germany, 1589, MIM | Horizontal Sundial and Calendar, chalk stone, 1589 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| WIEDHOLT | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Table Sundial = DOR. | Münster. | Zinner 1. | |
| WIEKERA, CS. VAN | Holland, 1794, OIM PHIM | Hygrometer, 1794 = TEY. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| WIESEL, JOHANNES | Germany, 1583-1660+, OIM | Telescope = SKO. | the telescope is also marked "I.W.A.O.F."; pupil of and instrument maker to Rheita; microscope maker; Daumas lists him as the father-in-law of Campani; refered to as an instrument maker by Bonami in 1690; variant spellings were Wiselius or Wiseling. | Augsburg. | Daumas 1 & 6; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| WIGGINS | see Reynolds and Wiggins. | RSW. | |||
| WIGGINS, FREDERICK | England, 1814-87, NIM PHIM | apprenticed to Mrs. Janet Taylor; worked for Imray and Co., c.1835; partner with William Reynolds as Reynolds and Wiggins, c.1840. | 102-104 Minories (Mrs. Janet Taylor's address); 102 Minories (c.1835); 82 Minories (c.1840); all in London. | Taylor 2(2273). | |
| WIGHT, E. | USA, c.1848, PHIM | also listed as a machinist. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WIGHTMAN, JOSEPH MILNER | USA, fl.1830-61, MIM NIM PHIM | Air Pump = D.(1982). | Wightman made a self-registering tide-gauge that was used by the U.S. Coast Survey c.1845; partner with Timothy Claxton as Claxton and Wightman; they made philosophical apparatus for schools; he succeeded Claxton. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6; Coffeen B; USNM. |
| WIGHTMAN, THOMAS | USA, c.1800, | "Wightman Sculp." appears on the compass cards of wooden surveyor's compasses by John Trundy 1. | RSW. | ||
| WIGLIUS, D. | England, 1626, MIM | Sectors = London Museum (1626), P.C. (1988). | the sector in the London Museum came with a collection of Cromwelliana. | Didcock 1; Brieux 2; RSW. | |
| WIGMORE, T. | c.1900, | Water Clock (falsely dated 1680) = X. | surely the modern work of Pearson Page of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| WIJBRANDTSZN, WIJBE | Holland, c.1600, MIM | made clocks and astronomical instruments; variant form is Vibrandi from which the name "Vebrandi" on ADL-A111, a fake, was taken. | Leeuwarden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| WIJK, C. VAN | Holland, 1756, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1756 = Delft Exhibition of Sundials in 1984 = UTR. | Utrecht. | de Rijk; RSW. | |
| WIJK, CORNELIS VAN | Holland; France, fl.1779-88, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscope, 1783 = UTR; Holland Circle, 1785 = UTR; Pneu- matic Pump, 1787 = UTR. | Utrecht; Haarlem; Paris. | Mörzer bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| WIJK, JACOBUS VAN | Holland, fl.c.1750-70, MIM NIM | Octant, 1763 = AMST; Azimuth Compass = ROT. | Kalverstraat bij de St. Luciessteg, Amsterdam (1767). | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| WIJK, JAN VAN | Holland, fl.1759-85, MIM NIM SIM | Octants = LEY, P.C., Göteborg Maritime Museum, Schleswig- Holstein Landesmuseum (1785); Surveying Instrument = AMST; Circumferentors = P.C. (2); Holland Circle, 1759 = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| WIJK, JOHAN VAN | Holland, 1655, OIM | Huygens reported in 1655 that Jan van Wijk was grinding lenses. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| WIKBOM, STEN | Sweden, 1767, MIM | Elvius-type Quadrant, wood and paper, 1767 = NOR. | Uppsala. | RSW. | |
| WIKKERA, WEDUWE VAN | Holland, c.1823, MIM | the widow Wikkera; probably the widow of Cs. van Wiekera, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WILCKENS, C.O. | Germany, PHIM | Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Altona. | RSW. | |
| WILCOX AND COYSGARNE | England, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = VNN. | Hermitage, London. | RSW. | |
| WILCOX, J. | England, pre-1731, MIM | made? and sold Gunter's quadrants. | at the Green Dragon in Little Britain, London. | Leadbetter. | |
| WILDBOARE, TOBIAS | England, c.1683, MIM | Triangular Quadrant, wood = KEN. | London. | Taylor 1(432); Calvert 3. | |
| WILDER | USA, PHIM | Thermometer = Vermont Historical Society. | Troy, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WILDER, CHARLES | USA, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometers = MYS, USNM, P.C. | "Woodruff's patent, 1860." | Peterboro, New Hampshire. | USNM; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| WILDPRET, JACOB | Austria, 1738, MIM SIM | made astrolabes, quadrants, compasses, surveying instruments, etc. | Lothringen; Vienna. | Michel 14. | |
| WILHELM VON HIRSAU | Germany, fl.1071-91, MIM | Astronomical Teaching Device, stone = Ulrichmuseum, Regensberg. | Hirsau. | Zinner 1. | |
| WILKENS, JOHN | England, 1614-72, | John Evelyn stated that Wilkens devised instruments. | Chester; Oxford. | Taylor 1(181). | |
| WILKES, THOMAS | see Thomas Wilks. | Taylor 2(425). | |||
| WILKINS, JOHN | England, fl.1851-52, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 1 Cropley Street, Hoxton. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILKINSON | England, c.1824, NIM | Sextant = X. | London. | USNM. | |
| WILKINSON AND SONS | England, c.1830, NIM | Quadrant = D.(1971). | London. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| WILKINSON, ANTHONY | England, fl.1774-82, PHIM | Money Balances = Christie-SK 7/10/80, Christie 3/31/83, Phillips 9/10/86, Versailles 11/20/83, Soth. 4/16/56, Koller 11/17/75, D.(1985), etc. | invented the folding gold balance c.1775; succeeded by Stephen Houghton and Son. | Kirkby; Ormskirk. | Taylor 2(1057); Coffeen 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| WILKINSON, JOHN | England, c.1830, OIM | Telescope, single-draw = Phillips 1/30/84. | the telescope is signed "J. Wilkinson." | 54 Briggate, Leeds. | Taylor 2(2044); RSW. |
| WILKINSON, THOMAS | England, c.1643, | devised an instrument similar in principle to an astrolabe and printed it in his almanac. | Northampton. | Taylor 1(207). | |
| WILKS, I. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Aubury Coll. = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| WILKS, THOMAS | England, fl.1725-47, MIM | Sundial = OXF; Sundial, 1725 = Christie 12/12/72 | Evans states that Wilks made a geared sundial for Lord Lichfield. | Pebworth. | Taylor 2(425); Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| WILL, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1731-50, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1750 = DEU; Sundial, octagonal = KEN. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1. | |
| WILL, JOHN | England, 1757, MIM | Rowley published "A treatise containing a description and use of a curious quadrant made by John Will", London, 1757. | USNM. | ||
| WILLANS, THOMAS | England, c.1739, | apprenticed to Robert Scott 1 of the Grocers' Company, on July 25, 1739. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WILLARD, AARON, JR. | USA, 1786-1864, MIM | Orrery, 1821 = West Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | author; clockmaker; made orrery invented by John Locke and a cometarium invented by James Dean. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6; Bedini 8; USNM; RSW. |
| WILLARD, ALEXANDER TARBELL | USA, 1774-1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = New Ipswich Historical Society, N.H. | clockmaker; also made theodolites etc. | Ashburnham (1774-1800); Ashby (1800-50); both in Mass. | Smart 1. |
| WILLARD, NICHOLAS | England, 1759, MIM | Slide Rule, 1759 = P.C. | signed "Nick Willard 1759"; deputy searcher for the Excise. | Delehar 9. | |
| WILLATS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Benjamin, Richard or Thomas Willats, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLATS, BENJAMIN | England, c.1849, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 55 Bartholomew Close, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLATS, RICHARD | England, fl.1850-60, OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; partner with Thomas Willats as Thomas and Richard Willats (1850-53). | 98 Cheapside (1850); 28 Ironmonger lane (1851-56); 2 Church Lane, Homerton (1857-60); all in London. | ||
| WILLATS, THOMAS | England, fl.pre-1850-53, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "T. Willats"; see Thomas and Richard Willats. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| WILLATS, THOMAS AND RICHARD | England, fl.1850-53, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | 98 Cheapside (1850); 28 Ironmonger Lane (1851-53); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLCOX, WALTON | England, fl.1772-83, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 of the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1765; free of the Company, Nov. 3, 1772; took apprentices; Richard Lekeux was turned over to him, Aug. 22, 1775, from Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company. | Hermitage, London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| WILLDEY, GEORGE | England, fl.1702-37, OIM | apprenticed to John Yarwell in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1695; free of the Company, March 26, 1702; Master of the Company in 1722 and 1733; took apprentices of both sexes; partner with Timothy Brandreth, 1707-10; partner with Charles Price 1, 1710-13; published and sold maps. | at the Archimedes and Globe in Ludgate Street, the corner next to St. Paul's (1707-09); at the Archimedes and Globe next the Dog Tavern (1709-13); and at the Archimedes and Globe over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill (1711-13); at the Print Shop the corner of Ludgate Street next St. Paul's and at his Spectacle and Toy Shop next the Dog Tavern in the same street (1718-37); the West end of St. Paul's; all in London. | see Willdey, George (cont.) | |
| WILLDEY, GEORGE (CONT.) | Taylor 1(498) & 2(134); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Court and von Rohr 3(70); Evans 1; Robischon; Clay and Court. | ||||
| WILLDEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1739-48, MIM OIM | son of and successor to George Willdey; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1732; free of the Company on Oct. 4, 1739, by Patrimony. | Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(319); Court and von Rohr 3(134); Crawforth 6; Robischon. | |
| WILLEBRAND, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1682-1720, MIM | Calendars = P.C., Frankfort Gewerbe Museum; Pedometers = AUG, ADL-M228; Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = OXF (2), AUG, HAK, KAS, LIE, PAM; Globe Sundial = WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = ADL-A95, ADL-DPW5, ADL-W85, AUG, OXF, BM, SAL, VIE; made many beautiful Augsburg-type sundials which may be found in most of the principal museums, one of the ones at WHI has a cam. | he was one of the most accomplished instument makers of his time; step-brother of Johann Martin; probably the father of Johann Martin Willebrand. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Bobinger 2; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Monreal; Maddison 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Wynter; USNM; Abeler 1; Bryden 16; Syndram; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW. |
| WILLEBRAND, JOHANN MARTIN | Germany, fl.1720-26, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, INN, STU; Equatorial Sundials = BEK, MUN; Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG (4), Evans Coll., etc; Crescent Sundial = AUG. | probably the son of Johann Willebrand; Willebrand made a miniature Augsburg-type sundial in gold to fit the back of a pocket watch by Nicholas Della at TIM. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; NMM 2; Evans 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| WILLEMSZ., CORNELIS, JR. | Germany, 1716-90, NIM | Octants = KRO, Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum. | Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WILLET AND JEWEL | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscope = D.(1973). | West Street, Gravesend, London. | Moskowitz 107. | |
| WILLEVAUX, P. PETRUS FRAN:US DE | France?, 1703, OIM | Telescope, parchment, 1703 = ADL-M430. | "P. Petrus Frañ:us de Willevaux; also marked "Sacerdus Capuccinus Fecit Anno. 1703." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| WILLHELIM | see Haase and Willhelim. | RSW. | |||
| WILLIAMS 1 | England, c.1835, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1987). | London. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMS 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = x. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WILLIAMS 3 | USA, PHIM | see Safford and Williams. | USNM. | ||
| WILLIAMS AND HAYDON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMS, DAVID | USA, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Newport Historical Society, R.I. | clockmaker. | Newport, R.I. | Newport Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 45 # 1; RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, ED. | England, c.1770, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| WILLIAMS, GEORGE | England, c.1828, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 7, 1828. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| WILLIAMS, J.F. | England, 1832, NIM | Marine Compass, 1832 = National Museum of Canada; Octant, ebony = Christie 7/28/70. | 63 Broadquay, facing the Sun Dial, Bristol. | Bryden 9; USNM. | |
| WILLIAMS, RICE | England, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Somerset House, by the New Church, Strand, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLIAMS, SAMUEL PORTER | USA, 1807-77, | may have been a partner in Young and Co. was partner in Young, Smith and Co. by 1837-43;apparently worked alone as a dealer in hardware from then on. | 4 Maiden Lane (1837-43); 17 Maiden Lane (1844-45); 19 Maiden Lane (1846-49); 74 Broadway (1850); 29 Maiden Lane; 15 John Street (1875); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| WILLIAMS, T.J. | England, NIM | Sextant, lattice framed = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | chronometer maker and optican; sextant signed "T. Williams" plus address. | Bute Dock, Cardiff. | RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS 1 | England, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, June 25, 1627. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS 2 | England, MIM | "late apprentice and successor to Mr. Harrison dec'd"; T.C. | J. Collins 1. | ||
| WILLIAMS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Devonport. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLIAMS, W.R. | England, c.1825, NIM PHIM | Sextants = Phillips 4/20/83, Soth. 5/11/23, MYS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Stick Barometer = MYS; Octant = MYS. | 9 Dock Street, Newport, Monmouthshire. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 1 | USA, 1738-92, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Backstaff, 1768 = PEA. | succeeded by Samuel Thaxter who married Williams' niece, and may have been his apprentice; advertised nautical compasses, Boston, 1770. | King Street, two doors east of the Sign of Admiral Vernon, near the Head of Long Wharf, Boston, Mass; the Mathematical Shop, next door to Major Read's, opposite the Town House, Marblehead, Mass. (1774); Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Brewington 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Price 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Balances = D.(1976), Soth.-C 9/22/83. | T.C. | 71 Cannon Street and 4 Alschurch Yard; both in London. | RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1801, MIM | free in the Coopers' Company; reported on Thomas Bourne of the Joiners' Company with Michael Dancer of the Joiners' Company in 1801. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PAYNE | England, c.1825, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey in the Grocers' Company, Oct. 6, 1825. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, AND SONS | England, c.1860, PHIM | William Williams (2) and Sons; balance makers; T.C. | 127 Cannon Road and 4 Alschurch Yard; both in London E.C. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMSON, JOHN | England, c.1777, | watchmaker; noted as a mechanic a mathematician and a chemist. | Cumberland. | Bryden 9. | |
| WILLIAMSON, ROBERT | England, fl.1766-69, | stationer and dealer in optical, philosophical, mathematical and musical instruments. | Near the Exchange, Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| WILLING, A., AND CO. | England, c.1840, NIM | Sextants = DOR, D.(1976). | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| WILLINGTON | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 3/24/1834. | misreading for Wellington? | RSW. | |
| WILLIS, ARTHUR | USA?, 1674, MIM | Plotting Rule, 1674 = Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. | Price thought it might have come from Sutton's workshop. | Bedini 1 & 8; Price 2; USNM. | |
| WILLIS, ROBERT | England, c.1830, MIM | Odontograph = OXF. | invented an odontograph; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(2046). | |
| WILLSMERE, JESSE | England, c.1827, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to James Gardner in the Grocers' Company on March 1, 1827. | 2 Gloucester Terrace, London. | Taylor 2(2275); J. Brown 2. | |
| WILLSON | see Wilson. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| WILLSON AND DIXEY | England, c.1800, MIM OIM | Telescope, pocket = Christie 4/3/85. | marked "late Appre to J. Ramsden"; T.C. | 9 Wardrobe Place, Doctors Commons, London. | Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| WILLSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1810-25, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1974), Christie-SK 11/15/79, Soth. 7/23/87. | "working optician" in directory; telescopes usually signed "G. Willson London." | 44 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. |
| WILLSON, JOHN | England, c.1772, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Hill in the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1765; free of the Company, July 7, 1772. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WILMOT, GEORGE | England, fl.1844-46, PHIM | barometer maker. | 46 Gee Street (1844); 14 Willow Row, Gee Street (1845-46); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILS, PIETER | Holland, 1670, MIM | Nocturnal with Lansberg-type Quadrant, 1670 = DRE; Astronomical Compendium, 1670 = WHI. | Haarlem. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| WILSON 1 | see Christie and Wilson. | RSW. | |||
| WILSON 2 | see Norie and Wilson. | RSW. | |||
| WILSON 3 | USA, 1850, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1850 = D.(1988); Pair of Globes = Norwich University, Conn. | probably James Wilson. | Albany, N.Y. | Rinaldi 22; Price 2; RSW. |
| WILSON 4 | England, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 6/21/76. | possibly Jac. Wilson, which see. | RSW. | |
| WILSON AND GILLIE | England, 1893-1900, NIM | Sextants = D.(1971). | certificates dated 1893 and 1900. | Quay, North Shields. | RSW. |
| WILSON AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILSON'S AND CO. | USA, fl.1820-22, MIM | Pair of Globes = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan. | James Wilson 3. | Albany, N.Y. | USNM. |
| WILSON, ALEXANDER | England, 1714-86, | invented the use of glass beads to measure specific gravity. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| WILSON, C. | England, c.1850, NIM | Quadrants, ebony and ivory = SUN, D.(1976). | "late Norie and Wilson". | London. | Rinaldi 2; RSW. |
| WILSON, DAVID | USA, pre-1833, MIM | partner with his father, James Wilson 3, and his brothers, Samuel and John Wilson; globe makers; business closed in 1833. | Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| WILSON, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | 4 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1825, NIM | Binnacle = D.(1955). | 20 Glasshouse Street, Picadilly Circus, London. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1838, MIM | 25 Merlin Place, Wilmington Square, London. | Taylor 2(2276). | ||
| WILSON, GEORGE W. | USA, 1821-1910, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Cross = GUR; Transit, 1886 = D.(1971); Wye Level = D.(1970). | Bradford, Vt.; Concord, N.H. (1864-1901). | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103; USNM. | |
| WILSON, HUGH | Scotland, MIM | Sundial = Fenwick, near Falkirk. | Gatty. | ||
| WILSON, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Folkestone. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILSON, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stamford. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILSON, J., AND SONS | USA, fl.1825-30, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1826 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., P.C.(1973); Terrestrial Globes, 1828 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., P.C. (1973); Celestial Globe, 1831 = Nat'l Geographic Society. | James Wilson 3 and his sons, David, Samuel and John (3). | Albany, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. |
| WILSON, J.G. | USA, c.1830, | "J.G. Wilson patent" appears on a wooden square made by Belcher Brothers. | RSW. | ||
| WILSON, J.J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | 19 Hudson Road, Sunderland. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, JAC. | England, pre-1731, OIM | Telescope, wood = OXF. | Orrery Coll; may be James Wilson 1 or , less likely, James Wilson 2. | London. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| WILSON, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1665-1723, MIM OIM | Telescope, reflecting = OXF; Microscope = OXF. | author; developed the screw-barrel microscope in England; a microscope at KEN, signed "I.W." (6) is by this maker. | at the Sign of the Willow Tree, in Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 1(450) & 2(137); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1. |
| WILSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1723-59, MIM | apprenticed to John Sedley of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 19, 1707; turned over to Cuthbert Lee of the same Company; free of the Company July 1, 1723; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WILSON, JAMES 3 | USA, 1763-1855, MIM | Pairs of Globes = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H., D.(1982); Terrestrial Globes = Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USNM (1811). | the first American globemaker, 1799; Wilson sold his first globes in 1809; dated ones range 1809-45; by 1815 the factory was in Albany, N.Y.; the firm became "J. Wilson and Sons" when his sons, Samuel, John, and David Wilson joined as partners; the direction of the business was turned over to Cyrus Lancaster, his son-in-law, after 1833; made a planetarium in 1846. | Bradford, Vt.; Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 1 & 8; Yonge; USNM; D.J. Warner 6; RSW. |
| WILSON, JAMES AND SONS | USA, fl.1826-33, MIM | James Wilson 3 and his sons, Samuel, David and John (3) Wilson. | Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WILSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1714-59, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 4, 1707; free of the Company, Jan. 17, 1715; took apprentices. | King's Head Court, Holborn, London. | J. Brown 1 and 3; Robischon. | |
| WILSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1816-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | watchmaker. | Peterborough (1816); Narrow Bridge Street; Peterborough (1830-41). | Goodison 1. |
| WILSON, JOHN 3 | USA, d.1833, MIM | globe maker; partner with his father, James Wilson 3 and his brothers, Samuel and David Wilson. | Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| WILSON, JOHN 4 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Appleby. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, SAMUEL | USA, d.1833, MIM | globe maker; partner with his father, James Wilson (3) and his brothers, John and David. | Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| WILSON, T. | England, c.1780, MIM | Gunter's Rule, boxwood = ADL-A247. | marked "Navigtion Scale - improved by B. Donn." First name "Thomas". | London. | ADL; RSW. WEBDB |
| WILSON, W.W. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Price 2 (1965). | |
| WILSON, WARDEN AND CO. | England, PHIM | Barograph = Bearnes 12/6/71. | London. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Moat House, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick. | assistant to Christopher Wren. | Gatty. | |
| WILTON, WILLIAM 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Eade in the Merchant Taylors' Company; partner with Eade and Allen, as Eade, Wilton and Allen. | London. | Crawforth 8; RSW. | |
| WILTON, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1825-66, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = Soth. 1/22/73; Miner's Level = OXF; Full Protractor = D.(1982); Dip Circle = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby; Theodolite = D.(1982). | T.C.; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; clockmaker; succeeded by E.T. Newton in St. Day and also by A. Jeffery in Cambourne. | St. Day and Cambourne, Cornwall. | Taylor 2(1246); Coffeen B; Bryden 9; Crawforth 1 & 4; H.M. Brown; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| WIMBEE, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1. | |
| WIMHURST, JAMES | England, 1799-1886, PHIM | Electrostatic Machine = D.; Electrical Machine, belt-driven = Royal Institution. | the Wimhurst Machine was invented c.1882; F.R.S. | Moskowitz 104; RSW. | |
| WIN | see Wynne. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WINCH, W. | England, c.1700, | name marked on a quadrant signed by John Rowley; Taylor and Wilson stated that Rowley might have been Winch's apprentice, while other sources give Joseph Howe as Rowley's master; it is likely that Winch was the owner of the quadrant. | Taylor and Wilson. | ||
| WINCKFIELD, EDWARD | England, c.1629, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 29, 1629. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WINCKLER, JOHANN | Germany, 1703-70, | made improvements to electrical machines. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| WINDRED | see Moss and Windred. | Taylor 2(2188). | |||
| WINEMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| WINEMAN, MOSES | England, c.1830, OIM | 38 Butcher Street, Portsea. | Taylor 2(2047). | ||
| WINFIELD, ROBERT WALKER | England, fl.1829-60, PHIM | Postal Balance = P.C. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WING, JOHN | England, c.1673-1715, MIM | made sundials; designed a portable plane table. | Pickworth, County Rutland. | Taylor 1(396). | |
| WING, TYCHO | England, 1726-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 27, 1741; free of the Company, Sept. 5, 1751; became Heath's partner and son-in-law c.1751; the firm continued as Heath and Wing untill 1773; see Heath and Wing. | the Strand, London. | Taylor 2(320); J. Brown 1. | |
| WINGFIELD, JOHN | England, fl.1669-71, MIM | instrument maker?; see I.W. (1). | against St. Olaf's Church in Crutched Friars, London. | Taylor 1(341). | |
| WINKEL, R. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/22/77. | RSW. | ||
| WINKLER, G. | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Plane Table with Compass = DPW; Sundial = FIN-213. | Berlin. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| WINKLER, GEORGE | Austria, c.1821, | developed a type of barometer. | Middleton 1. | ||
| WINNE, HENRY | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = D., USNM. | Henry Wynne? | Brieux 2; USNM. | |
| WINSLOW, SETH E. | USA, c.1840, PHIM | Balance = USNM. | the balance was patented by Winslow in 1840. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. |
| WINSOR AND NEWTON | England, c.1850?, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = D.(pre-1982). | London. | Coffeen I. | |
| WINTER, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1696-1753, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C.(1903); Equatorial Sundials = MUN, OXF, KAS; Augsburg-type Sundial = MUN. | goldsmith. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Abeler 1; RSW. |
| WINTER, J.B. | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | Protractor = Versailles 4/17/83. | probably T.B. Winter. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. |
| WINTER, J.F. | Germany, 1750, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = KAS (1750), OXF (1750), MUN. | compassmaker. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. |
| WINTER, T.B. | England, fl.1857-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Garden Sundial = Wallington Museum, Northumberland; Clock and Barometer = Crayside, Rothbury, Northumberland; Sympiesometer # 2811 = Soth. 10/22/88; Level = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A185, D.(1983), DPW; Sextants, miniature = D.(1983), D.(1988); Full Protractor = ADL-N48; Stick Barometers = Soth.1/19/73, Phillips 12/12/89. | T.C.; "Winter late Cail." | 21 Grey Street; 27 Grey Street; 55 Grey Street, corner of High Bridge; all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Crawforth 1; Rinaldi 22; Coffeen C; ADL; RSW. |
| WINTER, T.B., AND SON | England, c.1860, PHIM | Barograph = Soth.-WS 6/21/80; Air Meter = Christie-SK 7/10/80; mining dial plate = PC. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| WINTER, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1797-1810, OIM | 6 Brewer Street, Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(1060). | ||
| WINTER, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1810, MIM | apprenticed in 1810. | Clay and Court. | ||
| WINTER, THOMAS 3 | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | may be the same as Thomas Winter 4. | 4 Ebenezer Place, Commercial Road, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(2048). | |
| WINTER, THOMAS 4 | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = WHI. | 9 Wells Street, Oxford Street; 5 Market Street, Oxford Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(2049). | |
| WINTERHALDER, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 4/20/83. | Bishopsgate without, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WINTHROP, JAMES | USA, c.1786, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Middleton 1. | ||
| WINWOOD, DANIEL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WISBERG, C.H. | PHIM | Air Pump Frame = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| WISE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WISE, J. | England, c.1900, NIM | Octant = Ineichen 10/20/75. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| WISELING, JOHN | see Johannes Weisel. | Dewhirst. | |||
| WISELIUS | Germany, pre-1690, | see Johannes Weisel. | Clay and Court. | ||
| WISEMAN | England,MIM | Rule, wood, square, four-foot = RSM. | 81 ----------Road, London. | RSW. | |
| WISENPAITNER, GEORG IGNATIUS | Germany, 1776, MIM OIM | Telescope, 1776 = NUR; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BM. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| WISENPAITNER, JOHANN ANTON | Germany, 1782, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = WUR, ROU; Pedometers = DEU, OXF (1782); Atwood Machine = DEU; Elasticity Law Machine = DEU. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| WISKER | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie-SK 4/17/86, X(3); Wheel Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WISKER, ELIZABETH | England, fl.1822-27, PHIM | barometer maker; widow of John Wisker; succeeded him and took their son, Matthias, into the firm. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| WISKER, J.T.R. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Wisker York." | 13 Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. |
| WISKER, JOHN | England, fl.1804-22, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Garden Sundial = D.(1975). | succeeded his father, Matthew Wisker; was succeeded by his widow and his son, Elizabeth and Matthias Wisker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1; Wynter 2; RSW. |
| WISKER, MATTHEW | England, fl.1777-1804, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | succeeded Berry, an optician; succeeded by his son, John Wisker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. |
| WISKER, MATTHIAS | England, fl.1822-51, OIM PHIM | with his mother, Elizabeth Wisker, he succeeded his father, John Wisker; he worked with his mother from 1822 to 1827; he worked alone from 1827 to 1851. | Spurriergate (1822-29); 13 Spurriergate (1830-51); both in York. | Taylor 2(2050); Goodison 1. | |
| WISSKEMANN, LUDWIG | Germany, fl.1800-11, MIM OIM PHIM | made microscopes, telescopes and pumps; took Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek as an apprentice from 1808 to 1811; "Court Optician and Mechanic." | Philippsthal. | Weil and Baden. | |
| WISSLER | USA, c.1880, MIM SIM | Wye level = GUR. | St. Louis, Mo. | Moskowitz 104; USNM. | |
| WISTHOFF, JOHAN | misreading for J. Wüsthof. | RSW. | |||
| WITHAM, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1713-20, MIM | Garden Sundial = Ripple Churchyard, Gloucestershire; Universal Ring Sundials = NMM-D223, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sundial, gilt-brass = Soth. 11/9/59; Ring Sundial = NMM-Caird; Magnetic Compass = KEN. | Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 1(568) & 2(140); Gatty; RSW. | |
| WITHERING, WILLIAM | England, 1741-99, | author; designed a folding botanical microscope. | Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst. | ||
| WITHERSPOON | see Holland and Witherspoon. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WITHNOLL | England, | see Wood and Withnoll. | Delehar 2. | ||
| WITHNOLL, T. | England, c.1767, | see Frost and Withnoll; Bryden lists him as William Withnoll. | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(591); Bryden 9. | |
| WITHNOLL, WILLIAM | England, c.1777, MIM | see Frost and Withnoll; rule makers; Taylor lists him as T. Withnoll. | 20 Anne Street, on Mount Pleasant, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(591) & (671a). | |
| WITJE, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1760, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| WITT, SIMEON DE | Holland?, 1780, MIM | Astrolabe, paper, 1780 = USNM (Archives). | for latitude 41° north. | USNM. | |
| WITTEVEEN, SYBRAND | Holland, 1793, NIM | Crown Compass, 1793 = USNM. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; USNM. | |
| WOLF | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer in gimbals = New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass. | Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| WOLF, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1750-1800, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = NUR. | Munich. | Evans 1. | |
| WOLF, CARTEN | Germany?, 1775, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1775 = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| WOLF, DIRK DE | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Frisian Maritime Museum, Leeuwarden. | Buitenkant, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WOLF, EZEKIEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | barometer maker. | 206 Sherlock Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOLF, JOHANN | Germany, c.1625, MIM SIM | Alidade = USNM. | Ulm. | USNM. | |
| WOLFE AND CLARK'S | USA, c.1870, OIM | Telescopes = St. Genévieve Museum, Missouri, D.(1989). | the telescope in the St. Genévieve Museum is said to have been used to watch the race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee in 1870. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| WOLFE, JOHN | England, c.1729, MIM | apprenticed to Edward Preston in the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to William Bennett of the same Company; free of the Company on Jan. 20, 1729. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WOLFF, HEINRICH A. | Germany, 1770, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1770 = KAS. | the dial is also marked "H.A.W." | Lübke; RSW. | |
| WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE | England, 1766-1828, | devised a logarithmic slide rule for chemical equivalents in 1814, made by William Cary; designed a goniometer in 1809; invented a form of camera lucida in 1806; first to produce a doublet lens. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Multhauf -; Clay and Court; Delehar 9. | ||
| WOLLER | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975); Wheel Barometer = D.(1997). | could be either Charles or Matthew Woller. | Birmingham. | ATG 3/29/97; RSW. |
| WOLLER, CHARLES | England, fl.1839-58, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 63 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOLLER, MATTHEW | England, fl.1809-17, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 11/27/86; Stick Barometer = X. | T.C.; clock and watch maker. | 51 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| WOLMESLEY, JOHN | England, c.1715, MIM | George Sparkes was turned over to Wolmesley by Edmund Culpeper 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 21, 1715. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WOLRICHE, CARYE | England, c.1608, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1608. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WOLSCHOTGESWORE, J.F. | Holland, 1750, PHIM | Balance, 1750 = DPW. | "J.F. Wolscholgeswore ycker van haere maiestyt munten en Balancan." | RSW. | |
| WOLTHUYSEN, HENDRIK | Holland, d.1797, NIM | compass-maker. | Foelistraat 20/21, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| WOOD 1 | England, NIM OIM | Octants, ebony = Christie-SK 11/15/79; D.(1976); Telescope = MYS. | could be Benjamin or Benjamin J. Wood. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| WOOD 2 | see Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood. | Taylor 2(2196a). | |||
| WOOD AND CO. | England, c.1800, OIM | near the Mermaid, Hackney, London. | Taylor 2(1247). | ||
| WOOD AND LORT | England, c.1767, MIM | Jointed Rule with slide = OXF. | "New Improved Sliding Rule"; succeeded by Frost and Withnoll in 1767. | Taylor 2(553); Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD AND WITHNOLL | England, c.1770, MIM | Slide Rule, Coggeshall-type = P.C. | Delehar 2. | ||
| WOOD, BENJAMIN 1 | England, fl.1810-45, MIM NIM PHIM | Octant = Phillips 10/26/83; Wheel Barometer = X. | "teacher of navigation." | 41 Wapping (1810); 51 Wapping (1816); 50 Wapping (1822-32); 21 Bath Street and 49/50 Wapping (1834); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WOOD, BENJAMIN 1 AND BENJAMIN WOOD 2 | England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM | Benjamin Wood and Benjamin Wood Jr. | 7 Bath Street, Liverpool (1845). | Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, BENJAMIN 2 | England, fl.1834-47, MIM NIM OIM | son of Benjamin Wood 1, he was known as Benjamin Wood Jr.; the entry for Benjamin J. Wood in Taylor probably refers to Benjamin Wood Jr.; see Benjamin Wood 1 & Benjamin Jasper Wood. | 46 Wapping (1834); 7 Bath Street (1845-47); both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, BENJAMIN JASPER | England, fl.1796-1828, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 2, 1788; free in the Company, Feb. 2, 1796; the London directories show him as a MIM from 1797 to 1820; the Liverpool directories show a father and son, Benjamin Wood 1 and 2 and Crawforth thought that the first one could have been B.J. Wood, but he (B.Wood 1) had started in Liverpool in 1810. | 10 Pared Buildings, Leaden Hall Market, London (1797-1800); Liverpool (1828). | Crawforth 7; RSW. | |
| WOOD, CHAS., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WOOD, E. | England, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 5/20/75. | probably Edward George Wood. | London. | RSW. |
| WOOD, EDWARD | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 15 King Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2277). | ||
| WOOD, EDWARD GEORGE | England, fl.1852-93, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Versailles 4/17/83; Telescopes = Phillips 10/26/83, Christie 11/15/79; Stick Barometer = Soth.-Pul- borough 3/1/83. | his instruments are usually signed "E.G. Wood" with one of his addresses; was he a partner in Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood? | 7 Shepperton Street, New North Road; 74 Cheapside; both in London. | Taylor 2(2278); RSW. |
| WOOD, GEORGE | England, pre-1761, MIM | rule maker; succeeded by his widow, Mary Wood. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, HENRY | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker. | 29 Great Charles Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, I.V., AND SONS | England, MIM | Rope Gauge = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | Might be John Wood 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| WOOD, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1701-13, MIM | apprenticed to John Nash 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 20, 1690; free of the Company on April 7, 1701; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WOOD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker. | 19 Lonon'-prentice Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, JOHN 3 | USA, c.1790, | advertised pocket compasses, needles and magnets; probably a dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1790). | USNM. | |
| WOOD, JOHN 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WOOD, MARY | England, c.1761, MIM | the widow of George Wood; she continued the business under his name. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, RICHARD | England, c.1723, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1711; free in the Company in 1723. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WOOD, THOMAS | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | rule maker. | Brickhill Lane (1767); Brick-Kiln Lane (1770); both in Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOODALL, THOMAS | England, c.1604, MIM | free in the Grocers' Company from Charles Whitwell on April 27, 1604; never formally bound as an apprentice. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WOODE, JOHN | England, c.1627, MIM | Pearl Gauge = OXF. | Taylor 1(158); Evans 1. | ||
| WOODHEAD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1858-60, PHIM | barometer maker. | 10 Little Warner Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOODROFFE, GEORGE, SEN. | USA, c.1845, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| WOODRUFF | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | watchmaker; barometer dealer. | High Street, Margate. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WOODRUFF, L. | USA, c.1860, | patented a stick barometer made by Charles Wilder. | Ann Arbor, Mich. | Middleton 1. | |
| WOODS 1 | see Pinhey and Woods. | RSW. | |||
| WOODS 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| WOODS, H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Warrington. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOODS, ROBERT CARR | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 9/23/88, X; Barometer (incomplete) = KEN. | "Meteorological Instrument Maker"; an original member of the Meteorological Society. | 47 Hatton Garden, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| WOODS, THOMAS | England, c.1714, | clockmaker; had James Rowley (MIM) as an apprentice in the Clockmakers' Company, in 1714, but turned him over to James Drury of the same Company. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WOODSIDE, PATT. | England, c.1755, MIM NIM | Nocturnal, wood = D. | made for Robert Jackson. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| WOODWARD 1 | USA, PHIM | earliest maker of philosophical apparatus in New York, N.Y. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WOODWARD 2 | England, 1846, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 2/7/72 and 5/21/73 (1846). | the 1846 globe is 5" d.; see George Woodward 2. | RSW. | |
| WOODWARD, GEORGE 1 | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/6/73. | 18 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WOODWARD, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1851-60, MIM PHIM | made barometers, thermometers and globes; see Woodward 2. | 5 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOODWARD, JOHN THOMAS | England, fl.1823-56, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 1 Clements Inn Passage (1823-28); 8 Clements Inn Passage (1830-56); both in London. | Taylor 2(2051); Goodison 1. | |
| WOOLER | see Woller. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WOOLEY, JAMES | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Guilford 8/24/93. | Manchester. | ATG 8/20/93. | |
| WOOLF | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WOOLF, LEWIS | England, NIM | Sextant = Eldred 10/11/75. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| WOOLMAN, G.S. | USA, c.1852, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; his instruments were sold in the U.S.A. by James W. Queen and Co. and by W. & L.E. Gurley; in Britain his agent was R. & J. Beck of London. | 116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| WOOLY | see Louis Hooly. | RSW. | |||
| WORBEY, T.G. | England, c.1850, NIM | Parallel Rule with Protractor = Soth. 9/20/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| WORBOYS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ashwell, Baldock. | Goodison 1. | |
| WORGAN, JOHN | England, fl.1682-1714, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = OXF; Gunter's Quadrant, 1695 = OXF; Gunter's Quadrant and Sundial = ADL-W88; Sectors = Soth. 7/10/67, DPW, OXF, ADL-W246; Universal Ring Sundial = ADL-W86; Plane Table, 1696 = OXF; Box Compass, 1696 = Soth. 4/22/65 = D.(1994); etc. | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on Nov.8, 1669; free of Walter Hayes of the same Company on Dec. 6, 1682; took apprentices; author; "Master of the Mechanics to King George I." | Under the Dial of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street (1688); Fetter Lane against Clifford's Inn back gate (1693); Fleet Street (1700); all in London. | Taylor 1(451); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10; Taylor and Wilson; Coffeen 32 and 46; ADL; RSW. |
| WORKMAN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Augsburg-type Sundial with cam for latitude setting = BM. | "late servant to Mr. Hauksbee"; T.C. | near Tom's Coffee-House in Russel Street, Covent Garden, London. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| WORRALL, THOMAS | England, fl.1634-56, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Spencer in the Joiners' Company in 1627; free in the Company in 1634; took William Sutton as an apprentice in 1642. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WORTH | USA, c.1850, OIM | in 1849 Worth started a shop in New York making lenses and telescopes for engineering instruments; the business was bought by a Mr. Young who moved it to Philadelphia where it continued at least until 1911 as Young and Sons; Worth broke off and started a new optical shop. | New York, N.Y; Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WORTH, BENJAMIN | 1794, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1794 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass. | might be the owner. | RSW. | |
| WORTH, E.B.S. | England, c.1850, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87. | RSW. | ||
| WORTHING | England, c.1830, NIM | Sextant, Ramsden-pattern = Soth. 2/25/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| WORTHINGTON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Nathaniel Worthington. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WORTHINGTON AND ALLAM | England, fl.1821-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/7/55; Telescopes = Christie 5/26/76, Versailles 11/20/83; Sextants = MAN, Soth. 10/20/75; Stick Barometers = X, Christie 11/24/83; Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 1/10/90. | Nathaniel Worthington and Allam; probably successors to Matthew Berge. | 196 Piccadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1749); Goodison 1; Garcia Franco 1; RSW. |
| WORTHINGTON, NATHANIEL | England, c.1838, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant, # 2071 = D.(19830; Beechley's Improved Sextant, 1838 = X; Sundial = X; Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83; Telescope = D.(1993). | worked for Ramsden; successor to Berge; one sundial is marked "Explorer's dial; telescope is signed "Worthington, London." | London. | Taylor 2(1749); Wynter 2; Coffeen 43; RSW. |
| WOUTERS, PYBE | Holland, fl.1580-1635, MIM | Astrolabes = GRO, Friesch Museum, Leeuwarden (1606), Eisinga's House, Franeker (1606); Globe = Franeker. | Franeker astrolabe signed "P. Gualtherus Matheseos studiosi",is Louvain-type; a variant of the name is Pibo Gualtheri. | Franeker; Leeuwarden (1603). | Michel 3; Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| WOUTERS, REMY | see Rennerus Valerius. | Michel 3. | |||
| WRAGER | 1695, MIM | Pedometer, 1695 = SPI-183. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| WRAY, WILLIAM | England, 1829-85, OIM | Telescopes = K. & C. 3/28/73, Christie 4/9/75, Phillips 6/15/73 and 11/16/88. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; the telescopes are signed "Wray"; F.R.A.S. in 1862. | 43 Havering Street, Commercial Road East, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| WREN, CHRISTOPHER | England, 1632-1723, MIM | Vertical Wall Sundial = All Souls College, Oxford; Reflecting Sundial, 1648 = X. | Sir Christopher Wren; architect, mathematician and astronomer; invented a mechanical tracing device in 1663. | London. | Gatty; Latham and Mattews (vol. 7); Middleton 1. |
| WRENCH'S | England, MIM | Pair of Globes, 6" = Phillips 4/20/85. | marked "Wrench's Six Inch Globe, Constructed from the Latest Authorities, London"; probably Edward Wrench. | London. | RSW. |
| WRENCH, EDWARD | England, fl.1822-53, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Pantograph = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Telescope = Christie 12/18/74; Surveyor's Compass = D.(1973); Theodolite = Soth. 7/15/63; Wheel Barometer = D.(19760; Marine Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89; Terrestrial Globe, miniature = D(1996). | globe signed "Wrench's Miniature Globe, London." | 6 Gray's Inn Terrace, London. | Taylor 2(2280); Wynter 2; Coffeen 55; RSW. |
| WREY | misreading for Wray. | RSW. | |||
| WRIGHT 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27, Soth. 10/19/87. | Ongar. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT 2 | see Gregory and Wright; Gilbert, Wright and Hooke; Gilbert and Wright; Gregory, Gilbert and Wright; Moore and Wright. | Taylor 2(839); Clay and Court. | |||
| WRIGHT 3 | England, c.1760, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, with case = BM. | Taylor 1(96); Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| WRIGHT 4 | England, post 1858, | see Baxter and Wright. | RSW. | ||
| WRIGHT AND COLE | England, pre-1748, MIM | Thomas Wright and Benjamin Cole 1; see T. Wright and B. Cole; Cole succeeded Wright in 1748. | London. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| WRIGHT AND HOOKE | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | repaired by Gurley in 1930; owner lived in Roanoke, Va. | Smart 1. | |
| WRIGHT, A. | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.(1977). | Westminster, London. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 1 | England, fl.1596-1613, MIM | probably an instrument maker; worked for John Blagrave. | Taylor 1(96); Evans 1. | ||
| WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 2 | England, c.1663, | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, March 25, 1663. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WRIGHT, DAVID | England, c.1830, OIM | partner in Chadburn and Wright. | 94 Fargate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(2054). | |
| WRIGHT, E. | USA, c.1850, MIM PHIM | listed in the 1850 business directory. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WRIGHT, EDWARD | England, 1558-1615, MIM OIM | designed and made mathematical instruments using telescopic sights; made the "Celestial Automaton." | Caius College, Cambridge. | Taylor 1(53); Waters 2; North 2; Bedini 8. | |
| WRIGHT, G. | see Gabriel Wright and George Wright 3. | Milburn 8. | |||
| WRIGHT, G., AND WILLIAM BARDIN | England, 1782, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1782 = Chicago Historical Society, Ill. | "Wright's New Improved Celestial Globe, ----- G. Wright and William Bardin, London, 1782." | London. | Yonge. |
| WRIGHT, GABRIEL | England, fl.1781-1803, | member of the Girdlers' Company; claimed to have worked for Benjamin Martin 1 for eighteen years; author; patented a universal gimballed compass, c.1790; invented a universal sundial in 1781. | Millburn 8 and 11; Coffeen E. | ||
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1720-39, MIM | apprenticed to James Swetman 1 in the Grocers' Company on April 8, 1707; free of the Company on Jan. 21, 1720; took apprentices; turned over John Atkinson 2, an apprentice, to John Farmer 2 of the Joiners' Company on Sept. 25, 1739. | Clerkenwell, London (1736). | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Millburn 8. | |
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 2 | England, 1740-1805, MIM NIM | Terrestrial Globes = PEA, Soth. 11/16/87; Pair of Globes = Manchester Historic Association, N.H. | author; associated with W. Bardin; invented a heliochrono- meter which was made by B. Martin; possibly invented Wright's Patent Quintant but this may by another Wright; see Wright 2; see Gilbert and Wright. | Mr. Martin's Fleet Street; The Navigation Warehouse, 148 Leadenhall Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(909); Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Yonge; RSW. |
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 3 | a ghost; this is realy Gabriel Wright who published a paper on a universal sundial that he had invented. | Millburn 8. | |||
| WRIGHT, GEORGE E. | USA, 1892, MIM | Sun's Altitude Calculator, 1892 = ADL-G21. | Chicago, Ill. | ADL; RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, JAMES | England, 1808, MIM | French Curve, 1808 = Phillips 11/11/81. | London. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, JOHN 1 | England, 1740, MIM | Sundial, 1740 = Blaise Castle Folk Museum, Henbury. | this might be John Wright 2 if the date on the sundial was misread. | Bristol. | Stevena and Aked. |
| WRIGHT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1753-60, MIM | possibly related to Thomas Wright 1; apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 1 in the Merchant Taylor's Company, c.1753; by 1756 he had moved to Bristol; succeeded by Joshua Springer by 1759; T.C.; see John Wright 1. | London; The Sphere and Hadley's Quadrant, near St. Stephen's Church, Bristol (1756). | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1. | |
| WRIGHT, JONAS | England, MIM | made a Ptolemaic armillary sphere. | North 2. | ||
| WRIGHT, R.W. | England, OIM | Microscope = Borough Museum, Newbury, Berks. | London. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, ROBERT | England, fl.1821-32, | author; invented a hypsometer. | Jesus College, Cambridge; Winwick, Lancashire. | Taylor 2(219). | |
| WRIGHT, SUSAN | England, c.1730, NIM | Backstaff, lignum vitae and boxwood = Soth. 9/20/83. | signed "Made at Sus. Wrights in Bristol"; might be the widow of William Wright. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220); RSW. |
| WRIGHT, T. | c.1900, | Sundial = ADL-T42. | signed "T. Wright, Dublin" but is the work of D.B. Sheahan of New York, N.Y. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, T. AND COLE, B. | England, fl.1740-48, MIM | Grand Orrery = Dr. Coopman's house, Franeker, Holland. | Thomas Wright 1 and Benjamin Cole 1. | at the Orrery in Fleet Street, London. | RSW. |
| WRIGHT, T. AND HUSBANDS (2) | England, | T.C. | Calvert 2. | ||
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1715-48, MIM OIM PHIM | Wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including grand orreries at KEN, OXF, BRM, Royal Academy, Portsmouth and Dunham Massey, Altringcham (also armillary sphere); mechanical equatorial sundials at ADL, NYM; hodometers at VCW, Longleat House; microscope at RSM. | apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company, April 13, 1707; free in the Company by testimony of Rowley and John Coggs 1, Feb. 1, 1715; took Benjamin Cole 1 as an apprentice; MIM to George, Prince of Wales; MIM to the King; took over Rowley's work shop; partner with William Wyeth and later with Benjamin Cole 1; author and publisher; Wright was succeeded by Benjamin Cole 1 in 1748; T.C.; see Thomas Wright 1 (cont.) | see Wright, Thomas 1 (cont.) | see Thomas Wright 1 (cont.) |
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 1 (CONT.) | armillary sphere has two civil calendars. | at the Orrery and Globe, next the Globe and Marlborough Head Tavern, Fleet Street (1718); at the Orrery and Globe, Fleet Street, opposite Water Lane; at the Orrery and Globe, near Salisbury Court, Fleet Street; all in London. | Taylor 1(552), 2(143); Goodison 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Michel 3; Chandler and Vincent; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Price 2; Brieux 3; USNM; A.J. Turner 10; Clay and Court; Taylor and Wilson; Cajori; Royal Oak brochure; Coffeen 46 and 56; ADL; RSW. | ||
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 2 | England, 1711-86, MIM PHIM | author; trained as a philosophical instrument maker; worked at Heath's and Sisson's workshops; taught astronomy. | London; Biar's Green, near Brancepeth, Durham. | Taylor 2(321); Michel 3. | |
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 3 | England, fl.1830-38, MIM | Instrument = OXF. | the following addresses may be for two different makers. | 28 City Terrace, City Road, London; 1 Worship, Finsbury, London. | Taylor 2(2055). |
| WRIGHT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1720-30, MIM NIM | made a backstaff signed "W. and W." ? | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220). | |
| WRIGHT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1797-1801, MIM | rule maker. | Philip Street (1797); 14 Philip Street (1801); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| WRIGHTMAN, THOMAS | USA, c.1800, | engraved compass cards for Gedney King, Baker and Hooper, Joshua R. Lincoln, and John Trundy. | Warner 12. | ||
| WRIGHTSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1593, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1593. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WRIGLESWORTH, WILLIAM | England, fl.1688-91, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1688 = WHI. | sold a small astrolabe which "registered perpetual time." | Rising Sun and Globe, Upper Moorfields, London. | Taylor 1(462); Bryden 16. |
| WULPARIA | misreading for Vulparia. | Gatty. | |||
| WURDEMANN, WILLIAM | Germany; USA, 1811-1900, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Theodolites = P.C., Hagley Museum, Del.; Meridian Telescopes = West Point Museum, Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of the Interior; Transits = Cornell University, ADL-L31; Sextant = MYS. | Würdemann; studied in Heidelberg; came to the U.S.A in 1834 and worked for the U.S. Coast Survey; on his own from 1840; made many improvements to instruments; made his own dividing engine. | Bremen (1811-34); Washington, D.C. (1834-1900). | Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| WURSCHING | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood & paper = ADL-A150, Phillips 2/14/79, Christie 12/18/74 & 4/9/75, X. | Würsching. | Furth, Bavaria. | Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. |
| WURSTER, CHR. FRIEDRICH | Germany, fl.1748-61, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1748 = Neuenstein Schloss; Regiomontanus-type Sundial, wood = STU. | pastor. | Wiltendorff. | Zinner 1. |
| WURTZELBAU, JOHANN PHILIPP VON | Germany, 1651-1725, MIM | Sextant, wood, six-foot radius = DEU. | he was reported to have made quadrants and rules which are now lost, as well as many astronomical instruments. | Nürnburg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi. |
| WUSTHOF, J. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Altitude Sundial and Perpetual Calendar = ADL-A106; Perpetual Calendar = Soth.10/28/86. | "J. Wüsthof fecit" signed on ADL; Soth signed :J. Wisthof." | ADL; RSW. | |
| WUSTHOFF, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1693, MIM | Augsburg type Sundials = KES (1693), HAK. | Christoph Wüsthoff. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Rohde; RSW. |
| WYBARD, JOHN | England, fl.1630-74, | designed a surveying instrument. | Taylor 1(165); Evans 1. | ||
| WYCK, J.J. VAN | Holland, OIM | Dissecting Microscope = P.C. | could be J. or T. van Wyck. | RSW. | |
| WYDLER, CONRAD | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Pantograph = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| WYE, JOHN | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, Aug. 8, 1704. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WYET, WILLIAM | England, c.1653, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1653. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WYETH, WILLIAM | England, fl.1715-41, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C. (1978). | apprenticed to John Coggs 1 in the Pewterers' Company; free of the Company c.1715; became partner of John Coggs 1; later was partner with Thomas Wright 1; made Shirtcliffe's slide rule. | Globe and Sun, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street; Orrery and Globe, Fleet Street; Orrery near Water Lane; all in London. | Taylor 1(463) and (581), 2(144); Cajori 1; Crawforth 7; Taylor and Wilson; RSW. |
| WYK, J.V. | see Jan van Wijk 2. | RSW. | |||
| WYLAN, HENRY | England, c.1629, MIM | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices, c.1629. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WYLD, J. AND W. | England, c.1858, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see T. Wyld. | Charing Cross, East London. | RSW. |
| WYLD, T. | England, 1858, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1858 = D.(1972). | T. might have been read for J., or vice versa; see J. Wyld. | Charing Cross East, London. | RSW. |
| WYNN AND TIMMINS | England, MIM | Bow Gauge = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| WYNNE, ELLIS | England, 1670-1734, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1711 = Welsh Folk Museum. | Wales. | Peate. | |
| WYNNE, HENRY | England, fl.1662-1709, MIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundials = P.C.; Soth. 7/27/64; Sundial, silver = Soth. 12/13/71; Garden Sundials = GEL, D.(1976), Soth. 7/7/55, Windsor (near the Star "building"); Quadrants = P.C., ADL-L14 (returned); Protractor and Pantograph = Pepys (1669); Oughtred-type Sundial (1692) = Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries. | apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex in the Clockmakers' Company in 1654; free of the Company in 1662 and Master in 1690; took apprentices; worked with Richard Glynne, according to Clay and Court; ADL-L14 returned to lender. | near the Sugarloaf, Chancery Lane; near Searjeant's Inn; near the Rolls; at the Pope's Head, Chancery Lane; all in London. | Taylor 1(266); J. Brown 3; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9; Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 9; USNM; Earle; Robischon; Clay and Court; ADL; RSW; Somerville. |
| X. 1 | marked on the alidade of a mariner's astrolabe, 1555, NMM-2, in Dundee City Museum. | A. Stimson 3. | |||
| X. 2 | marked on the back of a mariner's astrolabe, NMM-37, dated 1628, at Western Australian Museum, Perth. | A. Stimson 3. | |||
| YARWELL, JOHN | England, fl.1669-1712, OIM | Telescopes = KEN, WHI, OXF, Soth. 12/16/63, etc.; Microscopes = KEN, WHI, OXF, etc. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Dec. 9, 1662; turned over to Nicholas Shield of that Company on April 2, 1688; free of the Company in 1669; Master of the Company in 1684; took apprentices; had Ralph Sterrop as a partner from 1697 until 1708 under the name Sterrop and Yarwell; T.C. | at ye Archimedes and Spectacles in St. Paul's Churchyard (1672-83); Archimedes and three Golden Prospects, in St. Paul's Churchyard; at the Sign of Archimedes in Ludgate Street, the first Spectacle Shop next Ludgate (1697); at the Archimedes and Crown (1698); all in London. | Taylor 1(343); Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(29); Dewhirst; USNM; Whipple 2; Robischon; RSW. |
| YARWOOD, JOHN | England, c.1680, | first to illustrate his trade card; misprint for Yarwell? | Darius 3. | ||
| YATES | misreading for Yeates. | RSW. | |||
| YEAMAN, JOHN | Scotland, c.1756, OIM | Level = RSM. | may have taken James Clark 1 and John Miller as apprentices. | Behind the Weigh-House in the Lawn-Market, Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(675a); Morrison-Low 1. |
| YEATES 1 | Ireland, c.1843, MIM | the name is stamped on the gnomon of a garden sundial by John Cruise. | Dublin. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| YEATES 2 | Ireland, c.1800, MIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie 11/22/78; Dumpy Level = Phillips 2/22/77; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | possibly Samuel Yeates. | Dublin. | RSW. |
| YEATES AND SON 1 | Ireland, fl.1834-39, OIM | Samuel Yeates and Son; T.C. | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Crawforth 1; RSW. | |
| YEATES AND SON 2 | Ireland, fl.1865-1922, MIM OIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | Yeates and Son (2) succeeded George Yeates 2 and Son; Stephen M. Yeates may have been the "son" in Yeates and Son (2); the firm was "Mathematical Instrument Makers to the University." | 2 Grafton Street (1865-1922); and 136 St. Stephen's Green West (1875-79); and 33 Nassau (1911-13); and 51 Nassau Street (1914-22); and 32A Dawson Street (1914); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| YEATES, ANDREW | Ireland, fl.1823-40, MIM SIM | Transit = DPW. | son of Samuel Yeates; worked with Edward Troughton 2 in 1832. | Dublin (1823); 12 Brighton Place, New Kent Road, London (1832). | Bryden 9; RSW. |
| YEATES, GEORGE 1 | Ireland, fl.1825-37, OIM PHIM | might be the same as George Yeates 2. | 70 Camden Street (1826-27); 70 Charlmont Street (1828-37); both in Dublin. | Morrisom-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| YEATES, GEORGE 2 | Ireland, fl.1843-58, MIM OIM PHIM | made air pumps; exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the University"; see George Yeates and Son. | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin (1840-46) & (1859-64). | Morrison-low and Burnett; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| YEATES, GEORGE, AND SON | Ireland, 1840-64, MIM OIM | George Yeates 2 and Son; succeeded George Yeates 2 and were succeeded by Yeates and Son 2; "Mathematical Instrument Makers to the University." | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| YEATES, HORATIO | Ireland, fl.1859-64, OIM | 29 Wicklow Street (1859-62); 23 Dawson Street (1863); 13 Leinster Street (1864); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| YEATES, KENDRICK | Ireland, fl.1804-39, OIM | listed as an optician through 1826; brass founder and brass merchant from 1827-39. | 22 Henry Street (1804-11); 27 Stafford Street (1816); 26 Stafford Street (1819-35); 24 Suffolk Street (1836); 26 Stafford Street (1837-38); 33 Stafford Street (1839); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| YEATES, SAMUEL | Ireland, fl.1790-1834, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Crisp Coll.; Equatorial Sundials = Bearnes 12/6/71, Linton Sale 10/9/80; Garden Sundial = Cristie 9/11/86; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometer = X. | see Samuel Yeates and Son, Yeates and Son (1). | 4 Upper Ormond Quay (1790-94); 29 Capel Street (1795-1810); 89 Dame Street (1811-26); 2 Grafton Street (1827-31); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| YEATES, SAMUEL, AND SON | Ireland, fl.1832-39, MIM OIM PHIM | Dissecting Mocroscope = Wellcome Institute; Wheel Barometer = X; Sundial = D.(1976). | see also Yeates and Son (1); T.C. | 2 Grafton Street (1832-39); and 9 Nassau Street (1839); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Crawford 1; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| YEATES, STEPHEN M. | Ireland, fl.1865-1902, MIM OIM | perhaps the son in Yeates and Son (2); grandson of George Yeates 2 ? | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| YEATES, THOMAS | Ireland, c.1848, OIM | 119 Abbey Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| YEATES, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1827-28, OIM | 18 Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| YEFF, ROBERT | England, fl.1702-12, MIM NIM | Nocturnals, wood = NMM, KEN (1702); Gunter's Rule, 1712 = WHI. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(535); J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |
| YEOMAN, JOHN | England, | check on him in cards and old print-outs. | RSW. | ||
| YERMOUTH, WILLIAM | England, c.1797, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 4, 1797. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| YLLMER, ANDREAS | Austria, 1559, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1559 = INN. | Innsbruck. | Neumann 1. | |
| YORKE, THOMAS | England, c.1738, | took Joseph Jackson 3 as an apprentice c.1738. | Clay and Court. | ||
| YORKE, WILLIAM | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed to Hilkiah Bedford in the Stationers' Company on June 6, 1662; free of the Company in 1669. | A.J. Turner 9. | ||
| YOULE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie-SK 11/19/87; Map Pointer = Soth. 12/15/78;; Sextants = MYS, D.(1989); Inclinable Sundial = LIM; Wheel Barometer = X; Drum Microscope = D.(1983). | 22 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel (1822-33); 79 Leadenhall Street (1845); 83 Leadenhall Street (1845-60); A1 Grace- church Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1752); Goodison 1; Coffeen C; Rinaldi 23; RSW. | |
| YOUNG 1 | see Sewill and Young. | RSW. | |||
| YOUNG 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1995). | Swaffam. | ATG 7/22/95. | |
| YOUNG AND CO. | USA, fl.1830-74, MIM SIM | Henry Young and his son, James Hyde Young; James continued the firm after his father joined with William Henry Smith in 1834. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| YOUNG AND SON 1 | England, c.1840, PHIM | Balances = OXF, Phillips 5/2/75; Diamond Balance = Phillips 4/16/76; Balances and Weights = CAR. | T.C.; balance makers to Queen Victoria. | 5 Bear Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(2282); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| YOUNG AND SON 2 | Scotland, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = OMM. | possibly David Young or R. Young and Son. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| YOUNG AND SONS | USA, fl.1881-1918, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Transits (# 8589) & (# 88090) = GUR. | the firm was founded by William J. Young in 1820; Alfred Young, his eldest son, ran the business in 1881 and 1882, his son, Alfred C. Young took over at the death of his father in 1882; the firm was sold to Keuffel and Esser of Hobken, N.J. in 1918 when Alfred C. Young died. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| YOUNG, DAVID | Scotland, NIM | Sextants = D.(1975), K. & C. 6/12/75. | South Shields and Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| YOUNG, HENRY | USA, 1792-1874, MIM SIM | fl. 1817-58; Henry Young and his son, James Hyde Young, were together, 1830-34 as Young and Co.; listed as Young, Smith and Co., 1834-45, when firm was Henry Young and William Henry Smith; became Smith, Young and Co. from 1852-57; retired in 1858. | 4 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. (1820-58). | Smart 1. | |
| YOUNG, JAMES HYDE | USA, fl.1830-74+, MIM SIM | was a partner with his father, Henry Young, from 1830 to 1834; he continued to run the firm, as Young and Co. until after 1874. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| YOUNG, R. AND SON | Scotland, c.1850?, NIM | Sextant = D.(1968). | 59 Clyde Place, Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| YOUNG, RICHARD | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Fage of the Clockmakers' Company on June 4, 1669. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| YOUNG, SMITH AND CO. | USA, f.1834-45, MIM SIM | Henry Young and William Henry Smith. | 4 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| YOUNG, THOMAS | England, 1773-1829, | Optometer, 1801 = Royal Institution. | author; wrote on optics and experimented with barometer tubes. | London. | Middleton 1; RSW. |
| YOUNG, WILLIAM J., AND CO. | USA, fl.1867-70, MIM SIM | William J. Smith, Thomas N. Watson and Charles S. Heller continued the firm under its old name. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| YOUNG, WILLIAM J., AND SONS | USA, fl.1871-80, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Oklahoma Historical Society. | the firm was formed by Alfred and T. Benton Young after the death of their father, William J. Young, in 1870; T. Benton Young left the firm in 1880 and Alfred Young changed the name to Young and Sons, which see; William J. Young left his dividing engine to Alfred Young. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM; Moskowitz 103. |
| YOUNG, WILLIAM JAMES | Scotland; USA, 1800-70, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of surveying and drafting instruments; the earliest are dated 1835; examples are found in many museums. | apprenticed to Thomas Whitney, by then, of Philadelphia, from 1813 to 1820; remained a journeyman to him until 1823; he got a dividing engine made by George Adams from Whitney; he invented a new transit in 1831 for the Baltimore and Ohio RR; was the first maker of Burt's Solar Compass; founded the firm of William J. Young and Co. in 1867, with Thomas N. Watson and Charles S. Heller as partners; on his death the firm became William J. Young and Sons, ie. Alfred and T. Benton Young. | 224 South Second Street (1825); 9 Dock (1837-55); 43 North Seventh Street; all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 14; USNM; D.J. Warner 11; RSW. |
| YOUNGHUSBAND | see Palmer, Steele and Younghusband. | RSW. | |||
| YOUNGS' | England, c.1850, PHIM | Letter Balance = Christie 12/21/71. | surely Young and Son 1. | London. | RSW. |
| YPELAAR, ABRAHAM | Holland, 1736-1811, OIM | Microscope = P.C. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| YSAEUS, MAGNUS | MIM | Protractor, silver, in etui = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| YSENBROEK, PIETER | Holland, 1701-76, MIM PHIM | Planetarium, 1738 = ADL-M392; Tellurian = UTP; Pyrometer = LEY; Barometer = X; Heliostat = X. | "textiel fabrikant"; author; itebtingf Ledenlijst Natuurkundig College, c.1737-76; the 1738 planetarium was improved in 1793 by Jan Peres in Haarlem. | Haarlem. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Fox 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Crommelin 1; Middleton 1; ADL; Teyler Museum Exhibition, 1988; RSW. |
| Z. | Germany, 1741, MIM | Pedometer, 1741 = DRE. | the work of J.G. Zimmer. | RSW. | |
| Z. ET B. | MIM | Terrestrial Globe = A-P 3/15/76. | the globe is marked "Edit." | RSW. | |
| Z.B. | owner's initials on a 1773 Spencer, Browning and Rust octant in the HAK. | RSW. | |||
| Z.G.F. | Italy, c.1840, | see Giovanni Francesco Zarbula; also see G.Z.F. and Z.J.F. | Piedmont. | Gatty. | |
| Z.J.F. | Italy, c.1840, | see Giovanni Francesco Zarbula; also see Z.G.F. and G.Z.F. | Gatty. | ||
| ZABEUS, BERNARDINUS | Italy, fl.1552-59, MIM | Astrolabes = DES (1558), ADL-M21 (1558)(ICA-177); Horizontal Sundial, 1552 = Goldschmied Coll. = MADEX-52 = NMM-Caird. | the astrolabe at the Adler planetarium is signed on the rim. | Padua. | Engelmann 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; Price 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ZACH | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = DRE. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |
| ZACHARIUS | Germany, 1550, MIM | Wall Sundials, 1550 = Görlitz. | the dials are signed "Zacharius Scultetus." | Görlitz. | Lübke. |
| ZACHARY, JOHN | England, 1687, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 of the Clockmakers' Company in 1687. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ZACUTO, ABRAHAM | Portugal, c.1510, MIM NIM | made mariner's astrolabes for Vasco da Gama's voyage. | Maddison 6. | ||
| ZAHN, JOANNES | Germany, c.1685, | author; designed telescopes. | Dewhirst. | ||
| ZALLINGER, JOS: G. A: LEON: | Italy, 1755, MIM | Sundial, 1755 = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the dial is also marked "G 46 Z M 30." | Bolzano. | RSW. |
| ZAMBRA 1 | see Negretti and Zambra. | RSW. | |||
| ZAMBRA 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | see J.C. Zambra. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| ZAMBRA, CESARE | England, fl.1820-22, PHIM | barometer maker; father of Joseph Warren Zambra. | Saffron Walden, Essex. | Taylor 2(1755). | |
| ZAMBRA, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, K. & C. 9/20/71. | 51 Spear Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ZAMBRA, G.J. | England, fl.1919-21, PHIM | partner with M.W. Zambra 2 and P.E. and H.N. Negretti. | London. | W.J. Read. | |
| ZAMBRA, J.C. | England, fl.1879-92, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Soth. 2/19/87. | eldest son of J.W. Zambra, and his partner together with H.P.J. Negretti from 1879 to 1888; the firm was run by H.P.J. Negretti, J.C. Zambra and M.W. Zambra from 1888 to 1892. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | W.J. Read. |
| ZAMBRA, JOSEPH WARREN | England, 1822-97, MIM OIM PHIM | son of Cesare Zambra; apprenticed to a glassblower in Hatton Garden; worked for C. Tagliabue; formed a partnership with Henry Negretti in 1850 which lasted until 1879; was a partner with H.P.J. Negretti and J.C. Zambra fron 1879 to 1888; Joseph W. Zambra retired in 1888. | London. | W.J. Read; G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(1755); Goodison 1. | |
| ZAMBRA, M.W. 1 | England, fl.1888-1909, MIM OIM PHIM | J.W. Zambra retired in favor of his second son, M.W. Zambra 1 in 1888; he was a partner with his brother, J.C. Zambra and H.P.J. Negretti from 1888 to 1892; then a partner with H.P.J. Negretti from 1892 until 1909 when M.W. Zambra retired. | London. | W.J. Read. | |
| ZAMBRA, M.W. 2 | England, fl.1909-35, PHIM | a partner with H.P.J. Negretti and his sons, P.E. and H.N. Negretti from 1909 to 1919; the partners were, M.W. Zambra 2, P.E. and H.N. Negretti together with G.J. Zambra from 1919 to 1921; the firm was, M.W. Zambra 2 plus P.E. & H.N. Negretti from 1921 to 1935. | London. | W.J. Read. | |
| ZAMNITZER | misreading for Jamnitzer. | RSW. | |||
| ZAMORA | the name "Negretti and Zamora" was read on a barometer with a perpetual calendar starting at 1773; this is surely a mis- reading of Negretti and Zambra. | Christie 4/19/78. | |||
| ZAMORANO, RODRIGUEZ | Spain, c.1528, MIM | Seville. | Michel 3. | ||
| ZANDRA, G. | surely G. Zambra. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |||
| ZANETTI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Victoria Hall, 8/11/97. | ATG 8/2 & 9/97. | ||
| ZANETTI AND AGNEW | England, fl.1817-25, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = P.-B. 4/14/38. | Vittore Zanetti and his former apprentice, Thomas Agnew. | 94 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ZANETTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1841, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | probably the son of Vittore Zanetti; partner with Thomas Agnew as Agnew and Zanetti. | 100 King Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| ZANETTI, V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = New House 9/10/93. | surely Vincente or Vittore Zanetti, which see. | Manchester. | ATG 8/28/93. |
| ZANETTI, VINCENT | England, fl.1822-26, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4). | may be the same as Vincente Vittore Zanetti. | 5 Wrights Court, Market Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1756); Goodison 1. |
| ZANETTI, VINCENTE VITTORE | England, PHIM | barometer maker; may be the same as Vitto Zanetti and Vittore Zanetti, which see. | 98 Market Street Lane; 87 Market Street Lane; both in Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZANETTI, VITTORE | England, fl.1810-25, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Vincent Vittore Zanetti; had Thomas Agnew as an apprentice in 1810; took him as a partner from 1817 to 1825 as Zanetti and Agnew. | 94 Market Street; 87 market Street Lane; both in Manchester. | Goodison 1 & 5. |
| ZANFRINI AND GUGERI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Blandford. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZANG | Holland?, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Evans Coll. | Maijnstockheim. | Esdaille; Evans 1. | |
| ZANGIUS, PHILIPP | Belgium, 1602, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1602 = ROM. | Louvain. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | |
| ZAPPA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ZAPPECK, F. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Zappeck-type Vertical Sundials = BUD, Linz Museum (2), OXF, PRZ, Prague Narodni Museum, GRA, WUP, Soth. 12/16/63, etc. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Price 2; Ithaca; Czech. Inventory; RSW. | ||
| ZARBULA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO | Italy, c.1840, MIM | mason and painter; designed and painted many sundials in Dauphiné. | Piedmont. | Gatty. | |
| ZAVAGLIA, SEBASTIANO | Italy, 1823-76, PHIM | doctor; made mechanical models and electrical apparatus; director of the Gabinetto Aldini in Bologna, 1863. | Bologna. | Brenni 1. | |
| ZECH | Czechoslovakia, 1525, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1525 = James Ferguson = Society of Antiquaries. | Prague. | Grimaldi. | |
| ZECH, IGNATZ JOSEPH | Germany, c.1791, MIM | Bobinger 3. | |||
| ZECH, JAKOB | Germany, 1550, MIM | Clock, portable = OXF. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 3; RSW. | |
| ZECH, JEREMIAS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Sundial = DRE (lost). | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| ZECH, JOHANNES GEORGIUS | Germany, 1699, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1699 = D.(1974). | Wynter 1. | ||
| ZECH, ZACHARIUS | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, large = Ehrensberger Coll. | Zinner 1. | ||
| ZEELST, ADRIAN | Belgium, fl.1569-1602, MIM | Astrolabe, 1569 = MAA (ICA-462); Cruciform Sundials, = MAN (1572), P.C. (1573), OXF (1588); Surveying Instrument, 1593 = P.C.; Astronomical Ring = D.(1972). | Zinner put him under E. Zeelstius but the instruments are signed "A. Zeelstius" or "A. Zeelst." | Louvain. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Garcia Franco 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Brieux 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| ZEHAVA | Russia, 1850, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set, silver, 1850 = GEL. | Tula. | RSW. | |
| ZEIHER, JOHANN ERNST | Russia, fl.1762-98, | designed a metallic thermometer and a marine barometer. | St. Petersburg. | Chaldecott 4; Middleton 1. | |
| ZEILMAKER, KEIMPE EN TJEPKE BLOK | Holland, c.1796, NIM | maritime compass makers. | Harlingen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ZEINER | see Hen. | Dewhirst. | |||
| ZEISS, CARL | Germany, 1816-88, OIM | apprenticed to Friedrich Körner in Jena; opened shop in 1846; developed various types of microscopes; firm still running in East and West Germany. | Jena. | Pipping 1. | |
| ZEITZ AND CO. | USA, 1850, MIM PHIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| ZENONE AND BUTTI | Scotland, fl.1823-24, | Refracting Telescope = FRK = RSM. | John Zenone and Louis Joseph Batti were dealers. | 5 Calton Street, Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. |
| ZENONE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1823-32, | Stick Barometers = X (2); Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/21/83, Phillps-E 10/28/88; Telescope = Phillips 7/23/88. | carver, gilder and looking glass maker; partner with Louis Joseph Butti in 1823; probably dealer; one of the stick barometers is signed "Lenone"; other stick barometer and Soth. wheel barometer are signed "I. Zenone." | 5 Calton Street 1823-30); 7 Calton Street (1827-30); 5 and 6 Calton Street and 77 Princes Street (1830); 9 Calton Street (1832); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ZENTMAYER, JOSEPH | Germany; USA, 1826-88, OIM | Microscope, No. 621 = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; RSW. | |
| ZERBONI AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| ZERBONI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1833-36, PHIM | barometer maker; partner in Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli. | 24 Cross Street, Hatton Garden; 13 Baldwins Gardens; 106 Hatton Garden; all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZERBONI, BATTISTESSA, MOLTENI, ETC | England, fl.1835-36, PHIM | Anthony Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; barometer makers; by 1840 the firm was Battistessa and Co. | 24 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1835); 13 Baldwins Gardens (1835); 106 Hatton Garden (1836); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZERBONIE, BATTISTESSA AND CO. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | Calton Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| ZEYDLER, PANGRATZUS | Germany, c.1557, MIM | made sundials; Master in 1557. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| ZEZEL, MICHAEL | 1628, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| ZICK, JOHANNES ANDREAS | Germany, 1664, MIM | Sandglass, 1664 = VIU. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi; Abeler 1; RSW. | |
| ZICKH, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1760-90, MIM | Planetarium with Armillary Sphere and Sundial, 1760 = WUR. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| ZIEGENGEIST, ALBRECHT | Germany, c.1700, PHIM | weight maker. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| ZIEHNER | Germany, c.1780, MIM OIM | Telescopic Quadrant = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| ZIMMER, J.G. | Germany, fl.1741-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Pedometer, 1741 = DRE; Löser-type Metalic Thermometer, 1747 = DRE; other undated thermometers at DRE, KEN; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = DRE. | mathematical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Löser at Schloss Reinharz; see Merklein und Zimmer. | Dresden; Schloss Reinharz. | Zinner 1; Chaldecott 4; RSW. |
| ZIMMERMAN, A. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, triangular = OXF. | Augsburg. | Evans 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3. | |
| ZIMMERMANN, ERHARD | Germany, 1568-88, MIM | Leveling Compass, 1568 = X; Artillery Level, 1588 = DRE. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| ZIMMERMANN, JOHANN JAKOB | Germany, 1644-93, MIM | Celestial Astroscopicums, 1692 = Lindau Stadtmuseum, DEU. | Rosicrucian; astronomer; astroscopicums translate as cones or gores; Zimmermann once held the "Bowl of Ahaz" which was made by Chrisopher Schissler and is now in the APS. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1; Multhauf 1. |
| ZINGG, MICHAEL | Switzerland., 1599-1676, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1648 = X. | Glarus. | Zinner 1. | |
| ZIPFEL, GEORGE | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "G. Zipfel 11 Cockey Lane, Norwich." | 11 Cockey Lane; Little Cockey Lane; both in Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| ZIRKEL | the name of the instrument; marked on a pair of dividers in the USNM; also marked "Nürnberg." | USNM. | |||
| ZOLLSTOCK | Germany, c.1760, MIM | Hamburg. | Rohde. | ||
| ZONDERVAN, H. | Holland, PHIM | Barometer, mahogany = Soth.-Mak van Waay, March 1976. | Sittard. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ZORN, GEORG | Germany, fl.1609-28, MIM SIM | Sectors = KRE (1609), BEK (1613), AUG (1614); Sundials = FLO (1613), NUR (1624); Astronomical Compendia, 1628 = Drecker Coll. = ADL-DPW15 (1628), UTO 11/2/76 (1626); Artillery Levels = BM (1619), OXF (1624), Berlin Zeughaus (1625), P.C. (1628); Surveying Instrument = STU; Reduction Compass = FLO (1618); Quadrant = P.C. (1611); etc. | see G.Z. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. |
| ZUBLER, LEONHARD | Switzerland, 1563-1609, MIM SIM | Vertical Sundial = WUP; Recipiangle = WHI; Pedometer = NUR. | author; designed a surveying instument with Phillipp Eberhart in 1602. | Zürich. | Zinner 1; Bryden 11; Michel 3; RSW. |
| ZUCCANI, EMILIO | England, fl.1841-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1977). | the X barometer is signed "Emilio Zuccani London." | 41 Brick Lane (1841-45); 32-33 Mansell Street (1849); 17 Mansell Street (1851-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ZUCCHI, NICOLO | Italy, 1586-1670, | Jesuit; experimented with mercury, filled tubes for barometers. | Rome. | Middleton 1. | |
| ZUMBACH, LOTHAR, VON KOESFELD | Germany; Holland, 1661-1727, MIM | Planetolabiums, cardboard = KAS, Leiden Sternwarte; Lunaelabium = KAS. | Trier (1661); Leiden; Kassel (1708). | Zinner 1. | |
| ZURAGHI, FELIX | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 9 City Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZURNER, ADAM FREDERICK | invented an odometer. | Beckmann. | |||
| ZWICKER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, c.1660, | author; wrote on sundials. | Danzig. | Zinner 1. |
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