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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| 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. |
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