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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| E. | Germany, C.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial, bone and brass = D.(1991). | signed on the brass chapter ring. | Coffeen 35. | |
| E.A. 1 | Germany, 1580, MIM | Gun Sight, 1580 = DRE-546. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| E.A. 2 | MIM | Vertical Sundial, silver = LOS. | in the shape of a cross; pin missing; also marked "Crux Victoria" and "SCT II ODA RKI". | RSW. | |
| E.A.M. | Germany, 1718, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1718 = Gymnasium, Linz. | Zinner 1. | ||
| E.B. * N.L. | 1732, MIM NIM | Cross-staff, 1732 = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | marked on one side only. | RSW. | |
| E.B. 1 | England, 1625, MIM | Sector, 1625 = BM-1880/8/20-17. | Taylor 1(150); Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| E.B. 2 | MIM | Cube Sundial, stone = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| E.B. AND R. | France, c.1849, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = PEA. | E. Burdon and Richards. | Paris. | Brewington 1. |
| E.C. | England, 1701, MIM OIM | Compass Sundial, ivory, 1701 = D.(1984); Compass Sundial, brass, 1701 = ADL-W255; Microscopes = D.(pre-1950), Soth. 10/3/88. | compass papers printed " E.C. fecit 1701"; surely Edmund Culpeper 1; Soth. microscope has shagreen case. | Moskowitz 130; Clay and Court; Weil 2(2); ADL; RSW. | |
| E.E. | England, c.1560, MIM | Ring Sundial = Evans Coll. = OXF. | probably Epiphanius Evesham; seal has pineapple and "A.P." | Earle; RSW. | |
| E.F. | England, MIM | Napier's Bones, wood = OXF. | perhaps Edward Fage. | RSW. | |
| E.F.H. | England, 1735, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1735 = Soth. 10/27/69. | RSW. | ||
| E.H. 1 | France, 1659, MIM | Astrolabe, 1659, steel = NMM-Caird. | Michel 3; MADEX. | ||
| E.H. 2 | see Erasmus Habermel. | ||||
| E.I. | England, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant = P.C. | lunar volvelle and calendar. | RSW. | |
| E.I.C. | England, MIM | Gunter's Scale = ADL-W146. | East India Company; marked "4 E.I.C."; see Chrichton 2. | ADL; RSW. | |
| E.J. | OIM | Spyglass, miniature = FRK. | Frank. | ||
| E.L.B. | PHIM | Spring Balance = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | ||
| E.M.G. | OIM | Telescope = Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Ga. | owner? | RSW. | |
| E.M.P. | Germany, 1630, MIM | Table Sundial, 1630 = INN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| E.P. | England, pre-1800, NIM | Octant = MYS. | the scale on the octant is signed " E.P." with an anchor; this probably is Edward Parker. | London. | RSW. |
| E.P.G. | "Elevati Poli Gradus." | RSW. | |||
| E.R.L. | MIM | Gunner's Quadrant = SKO; Instrument = SKO. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| E.V.Z. | Germany, 1568, MIM | Artillery Rule, 1568 = DRE. | may be same as E.Z. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| E.Z. | Germany, 1568, MIM | Erhard Zimmermann; see E.V.Z. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | ||
| EADE, JONATHAN | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | Ship's Compasses = NMM-C145, Soth. 10/17/60; Slide Rule, ivory and silver = P.C. (Christie 5/5/70). | member of the Merchant Taylors' Company; took apprentices. | Wapping, London. | NMM; Crawforth 8; RSW. |
| EADE, WILTON AND ALLEN | England, 18th Century, NIM | Ship's Compass = Soth. 10/17/60. | Jonathan Eade, William Wilton 1 and Nathaniel Allen. | London. | RSW. |
| EAGLAND, JOSEPH | England, fl.1856-59, PHIM | barometer maker. | 3 Wellington Row, Bethnal Green, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EAMES | England, 19th Century, OIM | T.C. in the lid of a microscope box reads "By Eames Optician." | RSW. | ||
| EAMES, JAMES | USA, c.1835, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Cyr Auction, May, 1997. | patented a wooden theodolite, Feb, 11, 1835; signed "Eames Improved Patent Compass, Newry, Me." | Newry, Maine. | USNM; Coffeen B; MAD June 1997. |
| EARLE, CHRISTOPHER | England, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Evans Coll. | Gunther 2. | ||
| EARNSHAW, THOMAS | England, 1749-1824, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Skinner and Dyke, 2/5/1793-204. | the catalogue of the Earl of Bute's Coll. lists him as "L. Earnshaw"; watch and clockmaker noted for his chronometers. | 119 High Holborn (1791-1806; Chenies Street, Bedford Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(705); J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| EASLING | see Johann Ernst Essling. | Evans 1; P. & S. 4/3/1894; RSW. | |||
| EAST INDIA COMPANY | England, | Horizontal Sundial = CNAM. | oriental; see E.I.C.; see Chrichton 2. | RSW. | |
| EASTLAND AND CO. | England, OIM | Compound Microscope = UTR. | see William Eastland 2. | Taylor 2(166 & 349). | |
| EASTLAND, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1704-68, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1718; turned over to Thomas Lincoln in the Company in 1726; free of the Company in 1726; Assistant in the Company in 1737; father of William Eastland 2. | Clerkenwell, London (1764). | Taylor 2(166); Court and von Rohr 3(102); Robischon. | |
| EASTLAND, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1747-80, OIM | apprenticed to his father, William Eastland 1, c.1761, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; turned over to Henry R. Shuttleworth in the same Company in 1762; free of the Company, c.1768; Robischon thought he was free in 1773; some of his microscopes are signed "Eastland and Co." | London. | Taylor 2(349); Court and von Rohr 3(182); Robischon. | |
| EASTLANDT | Holland, c.1785, OIM | telescope maker. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| EASTMOND | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Redhill. | RSW. | |
| EASTON, EDWARD | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1701; free of the Company, April 5, 1708. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| EASTON, JAMES | England, 1731, MIM SIM | Backstaff, 1731 = DNM. | made for Francis Harrison. | RSW. | |
| EATON | England, PHIM | see Bordessa and Eaton; also see Novati, Bordessa and Eaton. | Goodison 1. | ||
| EATON, A.K. | USA, c.1854, OIM | in partnership with Charle A. Spencer for a few years c.1854. | Canastoga, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| EATON, JOHN | England, c.1658, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 2, 1651; free of the Company on July 7, 1658. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| EBERBACH AND SON CO. INC. | USA, c.1843, PHIM | made physical, chemical and physiological apparatus. | Ann Arbor Mich. | USNM. | |
| EBERHARD, J.G. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = D. | Zinner 1. | ||
| EBERHARD, J.P. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = DEU. | this may be a misreading for J.G. Eberhard. | RSW. | |
| EBERHARD, P. AEGID | Germany, 1688, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1688 = KRM. | Raittenau. | Rabenalt. | |
| EBERHART, PHILLIPP | Switzerland, c.1602, MIM | designed a surveying instrument with Leonhart Zubler. | Zurich. | Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| EBERSPERGER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1729-1755, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Bernhard Canzler in 1750; Graphometer, 1729 = NUR-WI 252; Compass, 1737 = NUR-WI 697; Quadrant, steel with wooden tripod, 1739 = NUR-WI 207; Quadrant, 1751 = NUR-WI 584; Graphometer, 1755 = DEU-2893; Rule = ADL-M133; Alidade with Compass = NUR-WI 1268. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| EBLE | c.1850, NIM | Sextant, primitive = UTR. | Ellwangen | RSW. | |
| EBMER, SEBALD | Germany, b.1580-d.1613, MIM | amateur mathematician & instrument maker; a friend of F. Ritter. | Nürnberg. | Michel 3. | |
| EBSWORTH, GEORGE RICHARD | England, c.1827, OIM | optician. | 54 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1320); O'Mara. | |
| EBSWORTH, RICHARD | England, fl.1815-29, MIM OIM PHIM | Tellurians, miniature = HAY, ADL-W51, D.(1983); Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 5/6/69; Telescope, refracting = X; Telescope, reflecting = X; Microscope = Soth. 12/8/69; Astronomical Quadrant, miniature = D.(1983); Floating Sundial = Soth.-S 1/26/88. | T.C.; the telescopes and the microscope are signed "Ebsworth." | 68 Fleet Street and 41 Fleet Street, both in London. | Taylor 2(1320); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Coffeen; ADL; RSW. |
| ECCLES, D. | England, | Water Clock, dated 1697 from the town of Salisbury = Hindley Shop, CMY. | modern work by Pearson Page of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| ECCLESTON | England, c.1750, OIM | made Newtonian telescopes. | London. | Taylor 2(473a); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| ECHEVERRIA | Spain, MIM | Squadra Mobile = P.C. (1976). | Bilbao. | RSW. | |
| ECHO AND BARGOS | Spain, 18th Century, MIM | Armillary Sundial = P. & S. 4/21/1898. | RSW. | ||
| ECKERT | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Nürnberg. | USNM. | ||
| ECKHARDT, A. GEORGE | Holland; England, fl.1770-99, MIM | Dividers = Auction, 1799; Parallel Rules = Auction, 1799; Graphometer, mahogany = Auction, 1799. | A. George Eckhardt, junr. invented a rolling parallel rule in 1770 which was made by Dollond; held fifteen patents; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(706); Mörzer Bruyns 2; Millburn 8. | |
| ECKHARDT, DR. CHRISTIAN LEONHARD PHILIPP | Germany, 1784-1866, MIM | Globes = X. | Tooley. | ||
| ECKHARDT, H.E. | England, | see A. George Eckhardt. | Soth. 7/27/64. | ||
| ECKLING, JOHANN M. | Austria, c.1820, MIM NIM | Sextant = NMM-S.115; Sextant and an unidentified Instrument = MOS; Goniometer = P.C.(1979). | Vienna. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Maistrov 4; RSW. | |
| EDELMANN | Germany, MIM | Wiedemann-type Galvanometer = WHI. | Price 12. | ||
| EDEN, ALFRED | England, c.1830, OIM | Achromatic Microscope = WHI. | pupil of Pritchard. | 6 Langham Place, Regent Street, London. | Taylor 2(1838); Clay and Court; Whipple 1. |
| EDEN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1818-27, OIM | apprenticed, c.1811, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1818; pupil of Andrew Pritchard 1, 1818-27; optician. | 30 Castle Street, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1321); Court and von Rohr 3(243). | |
| EDGECUMBE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDGEWORTH, HENRY | England, 1779, NIM | Octant, 1779 = NMM-Caird; Octant = Drouot 3/9/70; Compass = D; Wooden Magnetic Compass = P.C. | 51 on the Key, Bristol. | Taylor 2(707); Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| EDGINGTON | England, fl.1810-13, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1803; free of the Company, 1810. | 7 Charterhouse Lane, London. | Taylor 2(828); Court and Rohr 3(236). | |
| EDKINS, JAMES 1 | England, c.1721, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 9, 1721. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| EDKINS, JAMES 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kensington, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDKINS, SAMUEL SABINE | England, c.1838, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Melun 4/24/83, Bearnes 11/12/86. | signed "S.S. Edkins", son-in-law of, and successor to, William Bardin. | 16 Salisbury Square, London. | Taylor 2(2117); Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| EDWARDS AND HUNTER | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Cornhill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDWARDS AND KILBINGTON | England, c.1789, NIM | compass makers. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(831). | |
| EDWARDS, FREDERICK | England, fl.1838, MIM | 2 Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(2118). | ||
| EDWARDS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1781-1803, MIM OIM | made mariner's compasses and position instruments; made improvements on reflecting telescopes. | Ludlow and Bristol. | Taylor 2(830). | |
| EDWARDS, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as John Edwards 1. | Menai Bridge. | Goodison 1. |
| EDWARDS, JOSEPH | England, fl.1767-77, MIM | rule maker; had James Dingley as an apprentice. | Bull Street (1767); 46 Worcester Street (1770-77); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| EDWARDS, M. | Scotland, MIM OIM | Pantograph = FRK = RSM. | 209 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. | Frank; Clarke et al. | |
| EDWARDS, MATTHEW | England; USA, c.1850, MIM | "skilled instrument maker"; author. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| EDWARDS, THOMAS | England, fl.1667-92, MIM | designed astrolabes, double horizontal dial with analemma; author. | Oxford. | Taylor 1(315); Gunther 2; Dawsons 204. | |
| EDWARDS, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | "Warranted." | Bishops Castle. | RSW. |
| EECKHOUT, JOSEPH VAN DEN | Holland, fl.1782-87, MIM | Grand Orrery = Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Michel 3. | |
| EEDT, CORNELIUS VAN DEN | Holland, 1586, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, round, 1586 = BM (ex-SPI 2799). | compass markings are in English and Italian. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Nachet; BM-1895; Ernst; Michel 3. | |
| EEKSTROOM, JOHANNES | Holland, 1750, NIM | Backstaff = Dundee City Museum and Art Gallery. | marked "opt Schip de Swarte." | Adelaar. | RSW. |
| EFLING | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = DEU-16613. | Berlin. | Zinner 1. | |
| EGER, G.K. | Holland, c.1840, MIM | Quadrant = Auction, 1906. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| EGGERICH, JOH. | Holland, c.1660, MIM | Sector = DRE (lost). | Leyden. | RSW. | |
| EGGERICH, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1725, MIM | Calculating Instrument = GEL; Drawing Instruments = HAK. | see Johann Eggerich Frers; drawing instruments signed "Johannes Eggrich". | Berlin. | Maistrov 2; RSW. |
| EGGERT AND SON | USA, fl.1848-50, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1971); Dry Card Compass = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | chronometer makers; Dominick Eggert and Son. | 239 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| EGGERT'S, D., SONS | USA, c.1850, NIM | Chronometer = | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| EGGERT, CHARLES | USA, fl.1850-51, NIM | associated with John and Dominick Eggert. | New York, N.Y. | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGGERT, D., AND SON | USA, fl.1850-59, MIM PHIM | Quadrant, ebony and ivory = D.1976). | "S.B. and C." stamped on the inside of the mirror housing. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz, Special Cat. 1. |
| EGGERT, DOMINICK | USA, fl.1834-51, MIM PHIM | watch, chronometer and barometer maker. | 239 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y.(1841-42). | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGGERT, JOHN | USA, fl.1850-51, NIM | associated with Charles and Dominick Eggert. | New York, N.Y. | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGIDI, DOMENICO | Italy, MIM | Horary Quadrant, marble = X. | Ancona. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| EGRET, MARTIN | France, 1713, MIM | Sundial, pottery, 1713 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| EHLING, LEOPOLD | England, 1847, MIM | 151 St.George Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| EHRARD | Germany, OIM | constructed burning glasses; succeeded Hoesen. | Dresden. | Spargo 1. | |
| EHREN, FRIED HALB | Germany, 1762, | maybe town, Ehrenfriedhal; marked on wooden diptych sundials, WHI-773 and one from DPW Coll., both dated 1762; WHI marked "EHREN/FRIED/HAL." | Whipple 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| EHRENBERG | see Ney and Ehrenberg. | Kosobutsky. | |||
| EICHEL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers with pen points = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| EICHENS, WILLIAM | Germany; France, 1818-1884, MIM OIM | naturalized Frenchman; associate of Marc Secretan; established his own shop in 1866. | Paris. | Paris 1900; Daumas 1. | |
| EICHMANN | see Dryander. | ||||
| EICHNER, L.C. | USA, 1900-1967 ?MIM NIM OIM PHIM | engineer; made reproductions of many historic instruments, all signed and dated by him. | 437 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. | RSW. | |
| EICKERT, JOHAN | Germany, c.1588, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1588 = SPI = VIE. | signed also "I.E."; see I.E. 1. | Zinner 1. | |
| EIGHERT, W. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Marine Barometer = West of England Auctions 12/31/90. | Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| EIMMART, GEORG CHRISTOPH 1 | Germany, 1638-1705, MIM OIM PHIM | Celestial Globes, 1705 = VNL, NMM, ROM, P.C.; Planetarium, 1680 = NUR.; Terrestrial Globe, 1705 = VNL, NMM, P.C. etc. | apprenticed to J. von Sandrart, an engraver; made a wide range of instruments including sundials, armillary spheres, telescopes, and other astronomical items; had J. Ludtring as an assistant. | Regensburg (1638-60); Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 4; Stevenson; Globus, Nov. 54 and June 62. |
| EIMMART, GEORG CHRISTOPH 2 | Germany, c.1680, MIM | Armillary Sphere = NUR. | called "der Junger." | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. |
| EINDE, C.K. | Holland, MIM | Vertical Sundial = P.C. | Hollands Glorie. | ||
| EISINGA, EISE | Holland, 1774-1818, MIM | Planetarium built into the ceiling of Eisinga's house in Franeker; Wall Sundial, 1801 & Demonstration Planetarium, 1818 = Eisinga's house; Vertical Sundial, stone, 1801 = 'tCoopmanshus, Franeker. | Franeker. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| EISINGA, JELTE STEPHANUS | Holland, 1789-1812, MIM | astronomical clock maker; brother of Eise Eisinga. | Dronrijp | Rooseboom 1. | |
| EISLAND | perhaps the same as Eastlandt. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| EISLAND, W., AND CORPA | Holland, c.1790, OIM | Microscope = P.C. (1798). | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| EIVILLIM (?), WILLIAM | England, c.1632, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocer's Company on April 10, 1632. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| EJSER | France, MIM | Rule = Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| EKLING | same as Eckling. | Maistrov 4. | |||
| EKSTROM, DANIEL | Sweden, 1711-55, MIM NIM | Equatorial Sundial = SWE; Hadley's Quadrant = SWE | Ekstrôm was apprenticed to Peter Rosenberg in 1727; he was sent to Englnd and France to study instrument-making in 1740. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; Arvet; RSW. |
| ELCKNER SENIOR | Germany, c.1780, MIM PHIM SIM | Balance = DRE; Graphometer = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| ELDRED, JOSEPH E. | USA, 1831, MIM SIM | patented a surveying level with plumb 8/25/1831. | Rochester, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ELEKES, FERENC | Hungary; Austriac.1835, MIM | globe maker. | Vienna. | Globus June, 1963. | |
| ELEKES, FRANZ V. | fl.1825-44, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1831 = P.C. | Globus Nov., 1954 and Dec., 1956. | ||
| ELEY, HODSON | England, fl.1856-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, = X. | clock and watch maker; the barometer is signed "H. Eley." | Wide Bargate, Boston. | Goodison 1. |
| ELFIMOV, P.A. | Russia, fl.1841-42, MIM | published globes. | Chenakal 3. | ||
| ELFORD, JAMES M. | USA, fl.1816-39, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Huntington Historical Society, N.Y. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, 119 East Bay, Charleton, S.C. | Bowditch; USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| ELFORD, JAMES M., AND SON | USA, c.1835, NIM | Crown Compass = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, P.A. | Charleston, S.C. | RSW. | |
| ELIAS, P. | Holland, 1804-78, | designed a galvanometer which was made by W.M. Logeman of Haarlem and which is now in Teyler's Museum; lawyer and amateur scientist. | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24. | ||
| ELIOT, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | free in the Joiners' Company, c.1686; reported on John Patrick 1 on July 6, 1686. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ELIOT, WILLIAM | see William Elliott. | Taylor 2(1548). | |||
| ELKINGTON, GEORGE R. | England, 1801-65, OIM | 44 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham; 11 Berners Street, London (1836). | Taylor 2(1547); O'Mara. | ||
| ELKINGTON, J. | England, fl.1808-18, OIM | St. Paul's Square, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ELKNER | 18th Century, MIM | Rapporteur = Drouot 11/14/68. | RSW. | ||
| ELLA, WILLIAM | England, 1711, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1711 = Soth. 7/26/65. | RSW. | ||
| ELLDING, THOMAS | England, 1733, NIM | Backstaff, 1733 = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | RSW. | ||
| ELLICOTT | England, pre-1794, MIM | Pyrometer, Thermometer = Christie 12/12/1794. | probably John Ellicott 2. | RSW. | |
| ELLICOTT, A., AND B. RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1770, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM. | Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Rittenhouse. | USNM. | |
| ELLICOTT, ANDREW | USA, 1754-1820, MIM SIM | Transit, 1789 = USNM; Telescopic Quadrant = USNM; Surveying Compass, 1790 = State Historical Society of Wisconsin; etc. | noted American surveyor, fl.1774-1789; he was responsible for the mapping of Washington, D.C.; clockmaker. | 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. and Ellicott Mills, Md. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; Gillingham 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM. |
| ELLICOTT, BENJAMIN | USA, 1765-1827, MIM SIM | Transit and Level = Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. | brother of Andrew Ellicott; surveyor. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| ELLICOTT, GEORGE | USA, MIM | USNM. | |||
| ELLICOTT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1696-1733, MIM | admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1696; succeeded by his son, John Ellicott 2. | Bodmin; London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(167). | |
| ELLICOTT, JOHN 2 | England, 1706-72, MIM PHIM | Pyrometer, 1736 = X; Astronomical Clock = X; Wheel Barometers in clocks = P.C. and VAA; Wheel Barometer, 1740 = P.C.; Variation Compass = Skinner and Dyke Auction, May 14-16, 1791. | succeeded his father, John Ellicott 1 in 1733; took his son as a partner in 1769; clockmaker to George III; invented a compensated pendulum; author; he was made an F.R.S. in 1738. | 17 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(167); RSW. |
| ELLICOTT, JOSEPH | USA, 1732-80, MIM | Orrery in tall-case clock, 1769 = P.C. | mill builder; father of Andrew Ellicott. | Buckingham, Bucks County, Pa. and Ellicott's Lower Mills, Baltimore, Md.(1774). | Baillie 1; Britten 1; Mones and Jones. |
| ELLINETT, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | T. C. inside the door of the John Ellicott 2 clock with barometer at the VAA; barometer signed "Ellinett." | Boston and Charing Cross, Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| ELLIOT BROS. | misreading for Elliott Bros. | ||||
| ELLIOT, JOHN | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | barometer and philosophical instrument maker. | 14 Stacy Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT 1 | England, c.1850, MIM | Wheatstone's Heliochronometers = KEN, WHI. | 30 Strand, London. | Bryden 16; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Ward 3. | |
| ELLIOTT 2 | England, c.1840, OIM | sold instruments to Mrs. Janet Taylor. | Stepney, London. | Taylor 2(1325). | |
| ELLIOTT 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be William Edward Elliott. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SON 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Gunston Hall, Lorton, Va. | Ashford. | USNM. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SON 2 | England, c.1880, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SONS | England, fl.1840-55, MIM NIM OIM | Pocket Sextant = DPW; Microscope = FRK; Architect's Rule, boxwood = ADL-W122. | William Elliott 2 and Sons, also known as Elliott Sons. | 50 and 56 Strand, London. | Frank; DPW 3; Coffeen A; Moskowitz 104; ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT BROTHERS | England, 1840-now, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | sons of William Elliott, they took over Watkins and Hill in 1857; T.C.; opticians to the Admiralty; sometimes signed "Elliott Bros." | 56 Strand (1840-58) and 5 Charing Cross (1856-58); 30 Strand (1858-60); 449 Strand; 101 St. Martin's Lane (c.1861); all in London. | Taylor 2(2121); Calvert 2; Price 12; Fitzgerald; Moskowitz 104; Coffeen G; G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3 and 4; RGO; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ELLIOTT SONS | England, | see William Elliott and Sons. | RSW. | ||
| ELLIOTT, CLARK | USA, 1732-93, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaves = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (1764), Cranbrook Institute (1753), P.C. (4) (1761, 1762, 1765, 1768), MYS (1765), New London County Historical Society (1780), Wadsworth Athenaeum (1761); Octant, 1765, for Mr. Asa Waterman = MYS; Surveyor's Compass = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Greenough 1 in Boston to 1767; made 403 backstaffs; compiled almanacs. | Boston, Mass.; New London, Conn. | Price 2; USNM; Smart; Bedini 1 and 8; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 20 Haberdashers Walk, Hoxton. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT, W. | England, fl.1815-18, MIM | Ivory Rule = Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Georgia; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 5/21/73; Architect's Rules = ADL-W120 (boxwood), ADL-W211 (ivory), ADL-N42 (ivory). | the drawing instrument set is marked "Elliott." | 20 Wilderness Road, Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1324); Price 12; ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM (2), AND SONS | England, pre-1849, MIM | Architect's Rule, boxwood = ADL-W121; Drawing Instrument Sets = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Phillips 12/12/89. | the rule at the Adler is signed "W. Elliott and Sons." | 56 Strand, London. | ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1795-1835, MIM | freed by patrimony in the Joiners' Company on the report by Charles Snart and William Medland in 1795; took apprentices. | 51 Artichoke Lane (1800); 19 Jane Street, Commercial Road; 3 Wright's Row, Pell Street, Ratcliff Highway (1830); all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl. 1821-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Kenny; Surveying Compass = Soth. 4/22/65; Dynamometer, Pantograph, Drawing Instrument Sets = KEN, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/22/65; Box Sextant = Brussels 1979. | 21 Great Newport Street (1821-25); 277 High Holborn (1825-33); 268 High Holborn (1834); all in London. | Taylor 2(1325 & 1548); Clay and Court; Exhibition-Maps; KEN; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Crawforth 7. | |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM EDWARD | England, fl.1825-72, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Clinometer = VNN; Sextant, ebony, ivory = D.(1981). | 19 Upper Smithfield (1832); 36 Foxes Lane, Lower Shadwell (1836-40); 139 Shadwell High (1847-72); all in London. | Taylor 2(1549); O'Mara; RSW. | |
| ELLIOTTI, VINC. | Italy, 1733, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1733 = ROM. | RSW. | ||
| ELLIS, HENRY | England, fl.1748-49, NIM | devised an artificial horizon. | Taylor 2(254). | ||
| ELLIS, JOHN | England, c.1755, | improved the pocket aquatic microscope which was made by P. and J. Dollond; modified the Cuff-type microscope; F.R.S. | Wynter and Turner; Moskowitz; Soth. 4/29/77; RSW. | ||
| ELLISON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLISON, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 6/8/72; Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer at the unknown location is signed "Ellison." | Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ELLISON, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 4 Little Bath Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELMER, THEOBALD | England, c.1685, | apprenticed to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company, April 3, 1677; free in the Company, Mar. 2, 1685. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ELMER, W. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ELMES, JOSEPH | England, c.1673, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on July 7, 1673. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| ELMES, WILLIAM | England, fl. pre-1668-82, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1667 = X; Ring Sundials = NMM, LAW; Astrolabe = NMM. | rulemaker; member of the Woodmongers' Company; one of 19 instrument makers admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1668; took apprentices. | Moorfields, London. | Taylor 1(316); J. Brown 1 & 3; Clay and Court ; Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Michel 3; NMM 2. |
| ELMSDEN, EDMUND | England, c.1764, OIM | Telescope = OXF. | Lynn, Norfolk. | Taylor 2(585). | |
| ELSGREN, J. | Sweden, MIM | Diptych Sundial = NOR. | Ganef ? | RSW. | |
| ELTON | England, 1817, MIM | Orrery, transparent, miniature, 1817 = OXF; Orrery, transparent = D.(1985). | Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London. | Taylor 2(1326); G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 11. | |
| ELTON, ANDREW | England?, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D. (1994) | could be owner. | Coffeen X (1994). | |
| ELTON, JOHN | England, fl.1728-32, NIM | designed a new quadrant for which he received a patent in 1728; devised a new artificial horizon in 1732. | Taylor 2(255); Gunther 2; Bedini 8; Millburn 8; RSW. | ||
| ELTON, THOMAS | England, 1819, MIM | Astrarium, 1819 = Soth. 11/27/72. | RSW. | ||
| ELVIUS, JOHAN | Sweden, c.1775, MIM | studied instrument-making in London. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ELVIUS, PETRO | Sweden, fl.1695-1708, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = NOR; Horary Quadrant, 1708, wood and paper = SWE. | a mathematics professor who invented this particular form of instrument; author. | Uppsala. | RSW. |
| EMANUEL | France, 1666-1738, | author who published several papers on instruments and on the calendar; may be the same as C. Emanuel. | Toulouse. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| EMANUEL, C. | France, c.1727, MIM | Planisphere = Spitzer-2839 = ADL-M464. | may be the same as "Emanuel"; Michel thought the name was Emmanuel. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet; Ernst; ADL; RSW. |
| EMANUEL, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| EMANUEL, E. AND B. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | probably Ezekiel and Emanuel Emanuel. | Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| EMANUEL, EZEKIEL AND EMANUEL | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Ivory Sector = NMM; Quintant = NMM; Tide Gauge = AMST; Spy Glass = Soth. 10/31/66; Barometer = DeLuca 10/24/87; Telescope, German silver = P.C. (1975) = PMS Auction June, 1989 = P.C.; Marine Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | "Goldsmiths and Jewellers to Her Majesty"; barometer makers; mostly signed "E. and E. Emanuel"; PMS marked "By appointment to Her Majesty","No. 5169" and "R.G." | 3 Common Hard; 3 The Hard; both in Portsea; Portsmouth. | Taylor 2(1550 & 1550a); Goodison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| EMANUEL, H.M. | England, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK. | Frank. | ||
| EMANUEL, M. AND E. | England, fl.1820-25, MIM | 1 Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe (1820). | Taylor 2(1550). | ||
| EMANUEL, M., AND CO. | England, c.1825, MIM | 9-10 Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe. | Taylor 2(1550). | ||
| EMBERSON, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer signed "T. Emberson" = X. | made and sold barometers and thermometers; T.C. | Long Sutton, Lincs. | Goodison 1. |
| EMBREY, WM. | England, c.1700, MIM | Artillery Quadrant, wood and brass = P.C. | repaired crudely; scales run 0°-90° and 0-12. | Moskowitz 6. | |
| EMDEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1794-1860, MIM OIM PHIM | Thunder House = LEY; Air Pump = LEY; Microscopes =LEY; Thermometers = TEY; Compass Rose = AMST; Barometer = AMST; etc. | T.C. | in de Kalverstraat No. 55, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; Belgian Inv.; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; G.L'E. Turner 7; P.R. de Clerq 1. |
| EMDEN, JOHANN VAN | c.1590, | collaborator of Tycho Brahe; architect. | Michel 3. | ||
| EMERSON, WILLIAM | England, d.1782, MIM | made sundials; mathematician; author. | Hurworth, County Durham. | Gatty. | |
| EMERY, SAMUEL | USA, 1787-1882, NIM | Mariner's Compasses = PEA, BMM, Hart Nautical Museum, Cambridge, Mass.; Compass Card = PEA; Sextant = Old Gaol Museum, Maine. | T.C. in the case of a quadrant by Spencer and Co. (sold by H. Duren), ADL-A257; Joseph Callender engraved compass cards. | 12 Water Street (1809-); 162 Derby Street (1864); both in Salem Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Huber; Moskowitz 104; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; ADL; RSW. |
| EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL | England, 1851, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also "Emanuel." | Upper Hill Street, Wisbech. | Goodison 1. |
| EMMER, JOHN H. | USA, c.1847, | awarded a Diploma for "an ingenious galvanometer" at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1847. | 61 Nassau Street, Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| EMMERICH | Holland, OIM | Microscope = UTR. | Delft. | Van Cittert 3. | |
| EMMOSER, GERHARD | Germany; Austria, fl.1562-83, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1566 = BUD; Vertical Sundial and Nocturnal, 1571 = NUR; Celestial Globe, 1579 = NYM. | Gebhardt Von Baeinen is a misreading for Gerhard (Emmosser) Von Raeinen. | Augsburg; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Neumann 1 & 2; Council of Europe 2; Chandler and Vincent 3; RSW. |
| EMOTT, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1667-69, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 6, 1659; turned over to John Marke in the Joiners' Company in Feb. 1667; free in the Company Dec. 2, 1667; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ENBEECO | England, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK. | N.B. Co.? | London. | Frank. |
| ENDERLEIN, GEORG | Switzerland, 17th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, octagonal = BASH. | Basle. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| ENDERS | Enderesch. | Evans 1; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |||
| ENDERSBEE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1810-38, MIM | may be William Endersby, which see. | 1 Little Tower Street, Tower, London. | Taylor 2(1328). | |
| ENDERSBEE, WM., AND SON | England, fl.1810-38, MIM NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1970); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76. | London dealers for J.M. Kleman en Zoon; see William Endersbee. | 335 High Street, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1328); Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| ENDERSBY, WILLIAM | England, c.1781, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Garrard 1 in the Grocers' Company on Dec.6,1781. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ENDERSCH, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1705-69, MIM | Pillar Dial, wood = ELB; Equatorial Sundial = HAK; Celestial Globes, 1740 = ELB, DEU, DAN; Celestial Globe = Konigsberg Wallenrodt Bibliothek; Terrestrial Globes = AOV. | engraved portrait. | Elbing. | Zinner 1; Rohde; Evans 1; Schück 1; Chenakal 3; Globus, June 1962, Dec. 1956, June 1963; RSW. |
| ENDICOTT, JOHN | England, fl.1832-50, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 10 Norwich Court, Fetter Lane (1832-33); 23 Little Saffron Hill (1844-50); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ENEFER, ROBERT | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ENGELBERT | Czechoslovakia, MIM | Sundial, square = Hammer. | probably Engelbrecht. | Braune. | RSW. |
| ENGELBRECHT, ANTON | Czechoslovakia, fl.1825-29, MIM | Analemmatic Sundials = D.(1825), CZJ (1829); Inclinable Sundial, 1825 = PRA. | Melnik. | Horsky and Skopova; Zinner 1; Fischer 2; RSW. | |
| ENGELBRECHT, JOHANN 1 | Czechoslovakia, fl.1680-1702, MIM | Nocturnals = SPI (1684), HAK; Analemmatic Sundials = LIE (1680), Weimar Schloss Museum (1680); Azimuth Sundials = SPI (1681) = PRN, SPI (1684) = PRN; Table Sundials = ROU (1683) = VIE, LIN; Horizontal Sundials = P.C., SPI, MIL; Astronomical Clock = HAM. | Price thought there might be only one Johann Engelbrecht. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Fischer 2; Michel 1 and 3; Horsky and Skopova; Nachet; Ernst. |
| ENGELBRECHT, JOHANN 2 | Czechoslovakia, fl.1776-1804, MIM | made many brass horizontal, inclinable sundials dating from 1776 to 1804; examples may be seen at DEU, TGM, NUR, DRE, ADL, NYC, ZAG, PRA, MUN, STU, KEN, WHI, OXF, POTS, RSM, LIE, Huelsmann Coll., etc. | many of the instruments listed above have a notch in the gnomon to show the time of year; he is thought to have invented this type. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; Fischer 2; Horsky and Skopova; Price 3 and 12; Ward 3 and 4; Whipple 1; KEN; Chenekal 1; Coffeen G; Bryden 16; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| ENGELBRECHT, P. | Czechoslovakia, 1791, MIM | Armillary Sphere Clock, 1791 = PRA. | Seige. | Czech. Inv. | |
| ENGELHARDT, JOHANN | Germany, MIM | Sundial, portable = FIT. | Zinner 1; Gunther 3. | ||
| ENGELL, LEONHART CHRISTIAN VON | Germany, 1688, MIM | Squadra Mobile = FRA. | RSW. | ||
| ENGELMANN, G. | Germany, 1696, MIM | Celestial Globe = ZIT. | Meffersdorf. | Zinner 1. | |
| ENGELS | Holland, MIM | Rule = MLL. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| ENGELSE, VAN | Holland, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = UTR; Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = UTR. | de Rijk. | ||
| ENGILL | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, equation of time = Kolding Castle Museum, Denmark. | RSW. | ||
| ENGLAND, J. | England, c.1835, OIM | Optical Instrument = WHI. | probably the son of Moses England. | Walsall, Lancs. | Taylor 2(1840). |
| ENGLAND, JOHN | England, fl.1698-1730, MIM NIM | Garden Sundial, 1703 = Trinity College, Cambridge; Sector, 1703 = Trinity College, Cambridge = WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = OXF, Trinity College, Cambridge = WHI; Analemmatic Sundial = WHI. | apprenticed to Robert Jole of the Stationers' Company on Aug. 4, 1690; made free in the Company; took apprentices; had a contract with the Navy to make compasses, from 1704 on. | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(475); Gunther 2 and 3; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Price 12; Tyacke 1; Crawforth 6 & 7; Bryden 16. |
| ENGLAND, MOSES, AND SONS | England, fl.1830-34, OIM | Lower Russell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1840). | ||
| ENGLEFIELD, HENRY C. | England, fl.1778-1818, PHIM | Sir Henry Englefield; devised a mountain barometer in 1808. | Taylor 2(710); McConnell 1. | ||
| ENGLISH AND SONS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Brighton and Lewes. | Goodison 1. | |
| ENGLISH, NATHAN FREDERICK | USA, 1828-c.1904, OIM | made microscopes and telescopes, worked with his sons. | Hartland, Vermont. | USNM. | |
| ENGLISH, W., AND SON | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1973). | Exchange, Brighton. | RSW. | |
| ENOCK AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76. | Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ENTWISTLE, JAMES | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Thomas Bourne 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company, Mar. 17, 1801. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| EPISCHOFER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1580, MIM | Artillery Level, 1580 = VIG. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| EPRY, CHARLES ET JACQUELIN | France, post-1855, OIM | made telescopes; successors to the "Ancienne Maison Lerebours et Secretan, Fondée en 1789." | 18 Place de Pont-Neuf; 20 Blvd. St.Jacques; both in Paris. | USNM; Bulletin Soc. Astronomique de France, vol. 28, 1914. | |
| EPSWORTH, R. | misreading for Richard Ebsworth. | Taylor 2(1552). | |||
| ERBEN, JOSEF | Czechoslovakia, 1830-1910, MIM | globe maker. | Prague. | Globus, June 1963; Tooley. | |
| ERFINDER, STREBIN UND FERCHEL | Erfinder means inventor; see Strebin und Ferchel. | RSW. | |||
| ERHARD, JOSEFO | Germany, MIM | Proportional Compass = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| ERHARD, MATTHIAS | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = P.C. | Augsburg. | Polish Inv. | |
| ERICSON, HAROLD | USA, 20th Century, MIM | Cross-staff = X. | reproduction. | Noank, Conn. | RSW. |
| ERICSSON, JOHN | USA, fl.1835-51, | Rangefinder of sextant design = D. (1994). | Signed"Inventor"; patented a type of sounding device; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen X (1994). | |
| ERIGNON, MAJ. | Belgium, 1822, MIM | Rule, folding, 1822 = P.C. (1988). | hollow square tubes. | Louvegné. | RSW. |
| ERKSTROM | c.1774, MIM | Quadrant = Greiswalde Observatory. | "Erkström." | Daumas 1. | |
| ERNLE, THOMAS | England, 17th Century, MIM | Azimuth Compass = MAN-I52. | Garcia Franco 1. | ||
| ERNST | France, fl.1830-50, NIM PHIM | Sextants = MOS, Ecole d'application de Fontainebleau; Stick Barometer = USNM; Marine Barometer = Meteorological Office,Bracknell. | rue de Lille 11, Paris. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Paris 1900; Middleton 1 and 4. | |
| ERNST, HANS | Germany, c.1570, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, June 1963. | ||
| ERNST, PETER | Sweden, 1714-84, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Ventenskap Observatory; Pedometer = GOT. | Väuxjö and Stockholm. | Britten; Baillie 1. | |
| EROKHIN | Russia, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = MOS. | St.Petersburg. | Maistrov 4. | |
| ERSKINE, THOMAS | England, 1764, MIM | Octant, wood, 1764 = EMA. | may be owner. | RSW. | |
| ERST, HANS | Germany, 1546, MIM | Celestial Globe, painted, 1546 = STR. | Bertele 1. | ||
| ERTEL | Germany, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Meridian Telescope = MLL; Theodolite = DRE; Rule = P.C.(1987). | probably Georg or Gustav. | Munich. | RSW. |
| ERTEL SOHN | Germany, MIM | Theodolite = MOS. | either Georg or Gustave Ertel. | Munich. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. |
| ERTEL UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1834-58, MIM OIM | Transit Instrument and Mural Circle of the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1845; Naval Theodolite = ADL-L28; Plotting Scale = ADL-M133; Sextant = DEU; Computing Rule, 1843 = P.C.; Altazimuth Instrument = WHI; Level = WHI; Theodolites = KEN, P.C.(1987). | T.L. and Georg Ertel; sometimes spelled "Ertell"; trade catalogue, 1847. | Munich. | Engelmann 1; USNM; Italian Inv.; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL. |
| ERTEL, GEORG | Germany, 1813-63, MIM | worked with his father, T.L. Ertel, 1834-58. | Munich. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| ERTEL, GUSTAV | Germany, b.1829, MIM | son of T.L. Ertel. | Munich. | USNM. | |
| ERTEL, TRAUGOTT LEBRECHT | Germany, 1778-1858, MIM OIM | Repeating circles, 12" and 6" (1836) for Chas. Wilkes, for use on U.S. Exploring Expedition; Level = FLM; Theodolite, 1835 = Observatory of Kazan | worked with Reichenbach 1814-26; father of Georg and Gustav Ertel. | Munich. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja and Horsky; Italian Inv.; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ERTLING, L. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Hydrometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | may be L. Oertling. | London. | RSW. |
| ERVEN VAN HENDRICK MOOY | see Mooy. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| ESCHSOUX | France, c.1840, MIM | Surveyors' Y-Level = DPW. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ESLING, JOHAN ERNST | Germany, MIM | see Johan Ernst Essling. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| ESPERANCE, A L' | France, MIM | Sectors = ADL-M89i, ADL-W124. | this is not a name but is an address, "à L'esperance." | Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ESPLIN, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Wigan. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ESSEN, CHRISTIAAN PAULUS VAN | Holland, 1771-1840, MIM | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| ESSEN, HUGO | Holland, b.1798, MIM | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| ESSER, HERMAN | USA, 1845-1908, | see Keuffel and Esser. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| ESSER, L. | Switzerland, MIM | Protractor = FLO. | see Hommel and Esser. | Aarau. | |
| ESSEX, CHARLES, AND CO. | England, fl.1824-28, MIM | Floating Sundials = D.(1824); Christie 4/3/85 (1826) = Kelton Coll. (1990) (wood), Soth. 11/13/61 (1828), EGE, WHI, ADL-W191, etc. | patented this type of sundial, 1824; in round ivory or wooden boxes; Kelton has logo of "S" superimposed on "X" on label in lid of box which is also marked "Pantochronometer 1826." | London. | Whipple 1; Bryden 16; RSW; Price 12; Egestorff. |
| ESSLING, JOHANN ERNST | Germany, 1716, MIM | Sectors = P. and S. 4/3/94, 6/18/1894; Compass Sundial, 1716 = Soth. 2/5/53; Sundial = GOL; Augsburg-type Sundial, 1716 = Soth. 5/9/60; Universal Equatorial Sundial = GEL. | Berlin. | Chenekal 1; RSW. | |
| ESSLING, T.E. | Germany, | misreading for J.E. Essling. | Soth. 5/19/60. | ||
| ESTEVENIOT | France, 1768, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ESTEVERY | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = D.(1970). | Merzbach. | ||
| ESTON, EDWARD | see Edward Easton. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| ETANG, CHARLES FRANCOIS, GOUVERNEUR L' | France, fl.1739-87, OIM | Gouverneur Charles François L'Etang; an amateur constructer; made achromatic lenses. | rue du Colombier, No. 1341, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| ETHERET | France, c.1792, MIM | Daumas 1. | |||
| ETSLAUB, JOHAN | Germany, 1599?, MIM | Mining Compass = FLO. | RSW. | ||
| ETTRICK | England, fl.1836, MIM NIM | proposed improvements to the astronomical clock and the mariner's compass. | Taylor 2(2122). | ||
| ETZ, HY | USA, c.1840, OIM | made telescope mirrors and cameras. | Baltimore. | USNM. | |
| ETZLAUB, ERHARD | Germany, fl.1484-1532, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1511 = NUR-WI28; Dyptych Sundial, wood, 1513 = Drecker = ADL-DPW22. | the dials are not signed but are ascribed to Etzlaub on the basis of the map and the early date; cartographer; sundials were much sought after. | Erfurt; Am Laufer Schlagturm, Nürnberg (1484). | Zinner 1; Michel 1 & 3; M. Behaim Cat. Nür. 1957; Willebois; Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10; Gouk 1; Schnelbögl; ADL; RSW. |
| EUDRISCH, NIKOLAUS | Germany, fl.pre-1528, MIM | compass maker | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| EULER, JOHANN ALBRECHT | Germany, c.1775, MIM | designed sundials. | Chenakal 1. | ||
| EULER, LEONARD | France, 1707-83, OIM | worked on developing the achromatic lens. | Daumas 1; Nachet . | ||
| EUPORUS, M. ANTISTIUS | Italy, 1st Century A.D., MIM | Pelikinon Sundial, monumental = Archaeological Museum, Aquileia. | horizontal sundial with a wind rose. | Aquileia. | Kenner; Gibbs 1; Price 2; Portaluppi. |
| EUSTACHI, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1510-74, MIM | Oddi mentions a "Geometricus Gnomon" designed by Eustachi. | Urbino. | Belloni. | |
| EUSTACHIO | Italy, OIM | reputed to have made an eye-piece for a telescope. | Naples. | Dewhirst. | |
| EVA, RICHARD | England, fl.1755-80, MIM | Planetarium on a clock = X. | Falmouth. | Britten. | |
| EVAIN, A. | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | T.C.; advertsed telescopes, compasses and chronomerers. | Rule Ville-ez-Martin, St. Nazaire. | Christie_SK 11/19/87. | |
| EVANS 1 | England, c.1790, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 4/18/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS 2 | England, MIM | Compass Sundial = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS, A.G., AND CO. | see Goy Evans and Co. | RSW. | |||
| EVANS, BENJAMIN | USA, 1776-1836, MIM | nephew, apprentice and partner of Benjamin Rittenhouse; see Rittenhouse and Evans. | Norriton, Pa. (1791); Worcester Township, Pa. (1798-1800). | Bedini 1 and 8; B.R. Forman. | |
| EVANS, FREDERICK | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 12 Denzell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1841). | ||
| EVANS, GEORGE | England; USA, fl.1796-98, MIM PHIM | London; 33 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1796). | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | ||
| EVANS, GOY, AND CO. | England, c.1825, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | catalogue says A.G. Evans and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| EVANS, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably John Evans 1 or 2. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| EVANS, JAMES | England, c.1749, MIM | apprenticed to John Wilson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 5, 1736; free of the Company, May 1, 1749. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| EVANS, JOHN 1 | England, c.1809, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 3, 1759; free in the Company, June 12, 1768; "Rule Maker." | Sharrat Street, Golden Square (-1801); 8 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, (1809); both in London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| EVANS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1809, OIM | "Optician". | 88 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Taylor 2(1118); Crawforth 6. | |
| EVANS, REV. LEWIS | England, c.1824, MIM | Geometrical Curves = OXF; Mathematician's Tobacco Box, 1824 = OXF. | F.R.S.; ancestor of Lewis Evans who gave his collection of scientific instruments to OXF. | Gunther 2; USNM; RSW. | |
| EVANS, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = X. | also a clockmaker. | Usk. | Peate. |
| EVANS, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1825, MIM | Sundial inside lid of box = OXF. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1792-1805, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1765; free of the Company in 1792; took one apprentice. | Hand Court, Holborn (1792); 58 Rosomon Row, Clerkenwell (1795); 48 Rosomon Street, Clerkenwell (1805); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 6; Baillie 1; Taylor 2(1842). | |
| EVANS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1805, MIM | 10 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| EVE, CLOVIS | England, c.1630, OIM | made astronomical telescopes. | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1. | ||
| EVE, GEORGE FREDERICK | England, fl.1851-60, PHIM | made barometers, etc. | 4 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1851-53); 90 1/2 Holborn Hill (1854-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EVERARD, H.A. | England, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 10/18/71. | replica. | London. | RSW |
| EVERARD, P. AEGID. | Austria?, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = KRM. | RSW. | ||
| EVERARD, THOMAS | England, fl.1683-84, MIM | designed a new pattern of slide rule for the excise in 1683-4; duty was first charged on alcohol in 1643. | The Excise (London). | Taylor 1(429a); Whipple 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 2 and 9; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| EVEREST, GEORGE | England, 1790-1866, | Surveyor-General of India; designed and gave his name to a type of plain theodolite. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| EVERINGHAM, RICHARD | England, c.1784, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company in 1773; free of the Company in 1784. | London. | J.Brown 1. | |
| EVESHAM, EPIPHANIUS | England, 1589, MIM | Sundial, 1589 = X. | Taylor 1(80); Michel 3; USNM. | ||
| EVIN AND H. RAILLE | misreading for Ewin and H. Raille, which see. | USNM; RSW. | |||
| EWART, HENRY | England, 1828, OIM | Refracting Telescope, 1828 = Soth.-Chester 6/26/85. | Tweedsmouth. | RSW. | |
| EWART, J. | England, c.1850, | designed "The Cattle Gauge and Key to weighing machine arranged by J. Ewart"; made by James Tree of London. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Coffeen h. | |
| EWESTASCE, RICHARD | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1688. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| EWIN AND H. RAILLE | USA, c.1840?, MIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Illinois State Museum, Springfield. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM; RSW. | |
| EWIN, JOHN | USA, fl.1840, MIM | 23 Thames Street (1840-41); 71 Thomas Street (1845-48); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| EWIN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1833-42, MIM NIM OIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1982). | Ewin and Heartte, 1833-36; in business by himself, 1836-42; may have had access to a dividing engine. | 3 Commerce Street (1833); at the sign of the Quadrant, 53 South Street (1836-42); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Coffeen B; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. |
| EWIN, WILLIAM, AND ISAAC HEARTTE | USA, 1833-36, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = P.C.; Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, 53 South Street, Baltimore Md. (1833-35). | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| EWING, JOHN | USA, 1732-1802, NIM | described and illustrated an improvement of Godfrey's quadrant; provost of the College of Philadelphia. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Cajori; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| EWINGTON, HENRY | England, c.1812, | invented and patented a navigational charting device, made by Still, Old, and Co. of Bristol. | Bath. | Coffeen 55. | |
| EYK, ISAAC VAN | Holland, c.1821, MIM | Amsterdam? | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| EYN DE PUESS, FRANS VAN DEN | Holland?, MIM | Sundial = WHI. | not listed by Bryden. | Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |
| EYRE, R., AND R. RUST | England, c.1785, NIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM-Gabb Coll. | Ye Minories, London. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| EYRE, THOMAS | England, fl.1723-25, MIM | made hodometers. | Kettering, Northamptonshire. | Taylor 2(170). | |
| EYRE, W. | England, 1680-81, NIM | Compass Plate, brass, 1680 = D.(1994). | reverse side is a mirror image, including the signature with the date of 1681; this side could have been used to print compass cards. | Coffeen 46. | |
| EYSENBROEK | see Isenbroek. | RSW. | |||
| EZEKIEL | England, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = D.; Stick Barometers = X(2), Christie 4/19/78, Winterton's, 7/13/94. | probably Abraham Ezekiel or Cath and America Ezekiel. | Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| EZEKIEL, ABRAHAM | England, c.1791, PHIM | made or sold barometers. | Fore Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| EZEKIEL, AMERICA | England, | see Cath and America Ezekiel. | Goodison 1. | ||
| EZEKIEL, CATH AND AMERICA | England, fl.1809-30, PHIM | made or sold barometers? | Fore Street (1809-30); 179 Fore Street (1828); both in Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
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