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Your search for signatures starting with F yielded 680 entries. Displaying entries 1–680.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| F. 1 | may be "fecit". | suggest correction | ||||
| F. 2 | England, c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = PEA(2). | F with a fouled anchor; Fage? | Brewington 1. | suggest correction | |
| F. ICW. | 1613, MIM | Regiomontanus-type Sundial on lid of box, 1613 = GHS. | Archinard 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.A. 1 | Germany, 1728, MIM | Table Sundial, 1728 = KLA-4464. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.A. 2 | 1765, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial, 1765 = LJU. | for 46°. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.A. 3 | 1766, MIM | Altitude Sundial, 1766 = FIN-113. | with a combined nocturnal and sundial. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.A. 4 | Denmark?, 1770, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1770 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.A. 5 | MIM | Garden Sundial, marble = TIM. | square. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.A.B. | see F.A.R. | Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| F.A.J.C.P.S.R.C. | 1715, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1715 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.A.R. | Germany, fl.1768-74, MIM | Vertical Sundial, pin-gnomon, small, 1768 = GRA; Zappeck-type Sundial, 1774 = Koller 11/17/75. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.AE.G. | Austria?, MIM | Ring Sundial = KRM. | Rabenalt. | suggest correction | ||
| F.B. | c.1900, | Capuchin Sundial = ADL-T20. | probably made by D.B. Sheahan. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.B.F. | Germany, 1752, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1752 = Landsberg a. Lech Heimatmuseum. | "F.B. Fecit"? | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| F.B.G. | MIM | Full Protractor = P.C. (1982). | owner? two odd scales. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.B.P. | Germany, fl.1743-55, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1743 = CLU; Table Sundials, stone = TRA (1753), ADL-M279 (1755), Soth. 12/19/66. | Michel thought he might be Franz Bovius Presbyter. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.C. | 1701, MIM | Table Sundial, 1701 = Phillips 2/3/68. | "F.C. fecit, 1701". | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.C.R. | Germany, OIM | Nürnberg-type Microscope = NAC. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.D.I. | Germany, 1774, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1774 = Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | suggest correction | ||
| F.E.D. | 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, May, 1542 = P.C. | Brieux 2. | suggest correction | ||
| F.E.D.P.F. | Italy, 1568, MIM | Instrumentum Primi Mobilis, 1568 = FLO. | "Frater Egnatius Dantes Praedictatorum Faciebat." | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Italian Inv. | suggest correction | |
| F.F.B. | 1705, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1705 = BUD. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.F.C.D.F. | 1697, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1697 = Mercator Museum. | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.F.F. 1 | 1629, MIM | Artillery Level, silvered brass, 1629 = OXF. | Evans 1; Gunther 2 and 6; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.F.F. 2 | 1774, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, wood, bone, brass, 1774 = Koller 11/17/75 (Linton Coll.) = Libert et Castor 10/10/80. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.G. 1 | Holland, 1714, NIM | Cross-staff, 1714 = AMST. | might be owner. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| F.G. 2 | England, c.1784, NIM | Octant = NMM-S.127. | may be F. Gabourg or F. Goater. | Taylor 2(837); Clay and Court; NMM 2. | suggest correction | |
| F.G.P. | 1659, MIM | Protractor, 1659 = Soth. 5/24/71. | "Anno DNI 1659." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.H. | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Gunner's Scale = ADL-M122a. | also marked "553" and "I W.W.B." with the first "W" over the recumbant "B"; see "I.W.W.B." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.I. | Germany, MIM | Table Sundial, stone = Neuenberg-Schweiz, Museum. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.I.S. | 1781, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1781 = NYC. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.I.V. | Germany, 1698, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1698 = FIN-115 = P.C. | Zinner says 1766. | Zinner 1; Weil. | suggest correction | |
| F.J.F. | 1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1775 = P. & S. 11/21/1894 = 2/28/1896. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.J.K.S.J. | Austria, 1729, MIM | Table Clock, 1729 = Linz Stadt Gymnasium. | Franz Jakob Knittl, Society of Jesus, which see. | Linz. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| F.K. | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = MADEX-211. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.L. | 1779, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1779 = SLM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.M. | England?, c.1750, OIM | Refracting Telescope, three-draw = D. | Brophy. | suggest correction | ||
| F.M.B. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Dialing Instrument = ADL-M323. | the copper instrument is in the form of an anchor and is misdescribed by Engelmann as an Instrumentum Primi Mobilis. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.N. 1 | France, c.1820, MIM | Rule, gold = P.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.N. 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = GEP; AMST; P.C.(3). | All the dials include American cities in the latitude tables. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.P. | 1657, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1657 = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.P.B. 1 | 1743, MIM | Astrolabe, 1743 = CLU. | Cluny. | suggest correction | ||
| F.P.B. 2 | MIM | Diptych, wood = LID-M186. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.P.G.P. | Germany, 1787, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1787 = PRA. | the F. is placed above the initals P.G.P.; the whole signature is surrounded by three decorative lozenges; a Penther-type sundial. | Horsky and Skopova. | suggest correction | |
| F.P.O.M. | Germany, 1676, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1676 = HAK. | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.R. 1 | Spain, 1585, MIM | Dividers, one-handed, 1585 = P.C./owner. | signed "F.R." with an anchor in between; marked with four dots and a circle, arranged with the circle at the top with three dots underneath and a single dot,in the middle, at the bottom. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| F.R. 2 | Germany, 1683, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1683 = OXF. | Zinner says 1863. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| F.S. 1 | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Surveyor's Cross, in the form of an astrolabe = ADL-M43. | the dorsum has the form of an astrolabe but the face has two sighting tubes forming a surveyor's cross; misdescribed by Engelmann as an astrolabe. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.S. 2 | Germany, 1762, MIM | Bow Calipers, iron, 1762 = ADL-M80. | marked "Jesus Maria Joseph." | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.S. 3 | MIM | Level = A.M. Earle Coll. | Earle. | suggest correction | ||
| F.S. 4 | MIM | Ring Sundial, expanded hour scale = DEU. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.S.F. | Germany?, 1757, MIM | Sundial with Calendar, 1757 = X. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.S.L. | Germany, 1656, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1656 = MUN. | Munich. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| F.S.P. 1 | Germany, fl.1756-61, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundials = ZAG (1756), BUD (1761), BASH, SPL, LJU. | the 1756 dial is also marked "V.R." (3). | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.S.P. 2 | Germany, 1757, MIM | Table Sundial, 1757 = OXF. | chronogram; Frater Sebastian Prebyter? perhaps Sebastian Rutschmann. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Gunther 6. | suggest correction | |
| F.S.P. 3 | Germany, 1797, MIM | Sundial, 1797 = X. | Michel 3; Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| F.S.P.O.M.R. | Germany, 1759, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial, silver, 1759 = LJU. | for 46°10' latitude; the gnomon is geared and set by a pointer on a calendar scale. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| F.T.A.B.C.R. | France, 1846, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1846 = farm at Clappey. | Clappey. | Berton. | suggest correction | |
| F.T.D. | Germany?, 1836, NIM | Octant, 1836 = HAA. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.V. 1 | Germany, 1699, MIM | Table Sundials, stone = PRA (1699), VIE, D., NUR; Calendar, stone = P.C. | Zinner 1 and 4; Michel 3; Horsky and Skopova. | suggest correction | ||
| F.V. 2 | MIM | Dividers, iron = P.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.V.V. | 1698, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1698 = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| F.V.V.F. | 1550, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1550 = KRM. | Rabenalt. | suggest correction | ||
| F.W. H.Z.S. | marked on 1599 artillery level with vertical sundial, by Paulus Reinman, Spitzer 2820 (61). | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FABER, SAMUEL | Germany, 1657-1726, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1705 = VNL; Globes = TSUMM-30535, TSUMM-8984, etc.; Terrestrial Globe, 1705 = P.C. | Zinner 1; Chenekal 3; Globus, Nov. 1954, June 1962. | suggest correction | ||
| FABRE ET KUNEMANN | France, c.1860, PHIM | Papin Digester = USNM. | "Fabre et Kunemann Succrs de Pixii." | Paris. | Warner 13. | suggest correction |
| FABRE LAGRANGE | France, c.1857, PHIM | Olivier Geometric Models = Mathematical Cabinet at Harvard U., 1857. | successor to Jean-Baptiste-François Pixii; see also Fabre et Kunemann. | Paris. | Warner 13. | suggest correction |
| FABRI, OTTAVIO | Italy, c.1598, | designed a surveying instrument, "squadra mobile"; author. | Padua. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FABRICIUS, PAUL | Austria, 1519-88, MIM | Astrolabe, paper = X; Pillar Sundial = ZIT; Rete on Astronomical Clock = Museum, Olomuc, Czechoslovakia. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Morpurgo 1; Czech. Inv. | suggest correction | |
| FABRIQUE DE PARIS | France, | Sundials, tin = P. and S. 4/3/1894 and 2/28/1896. | "made in Paris." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FABRIS, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1800, MIM SIM | Quadrant = Christie 2/8/66; Sundial = Specola di Padova. | surveyor; mechanician; made the instruments necessary for his work. | Bovolenta. | Morpurgo 1. | suggest correction |
| FACCINI | see Facini. | suggest correction | ||||
| FACCIOLI, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO | Italy, 1774, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1774 = X. | Vicenza. | Morpurgo 1. | suggest correction | |
| FACE | misreading for Fage. | Soth. 2/4/77. | suggest correction | |||
| FACINI AND CORONELLI | Italy, 1697, MIM | Goniometer, 1697 = GEL. | invented and made by Bernardus Facini and Vincentius Coronelli. | Venice. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. | suggest correction |
| FACINI, BERNARDUS | Italy, 1665-1731, MIM SIM | Plane Table Compasses = Michel (1704), Christie-NY 10/24/83 (1708), Koller 11/17/75 (1704); Perpetual Horometer, 1727 = MERC = Constantini Coll. = OXF; Circumferentor, 1704 = Michel; Set of miniature Surveying Instruments, 1710 = ADL-W82; Spiral Slide Rule, 1714 = ADL-A225; Astronomical Clock, 1725 = Vatican; Graphometer, 1694 = VNM; Alidade, 1698 = VEN; Quadrant, 1701 = UTO 9/29/75; etc. | set of miniature instruments made for Frederick William I of Prussia before he succeeded his father; the two instruments reported by Michel may be one. | Venice; Piacenza. | Learner; Bonelli 4; Hamilton 1; Michel 1 and 3; Price 2; Italian Inv.; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Britten; Société Belge; Bedini 10; Righini 2; G. e M.L. Righini; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FACIOLI, NICOLA | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Goniometer, Rule = Museo Torricelliano, Faenza. | Milan; Rome. | Italian Inv. | suggest correction | |
| FACY, RICHARD | England, c.1850, MIM | Wapping Wall, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| FAGE | see Dring and Fage. | suggest correction | ||||
| FAGE, EDWARD | England, fl.1667-73, MIM | either he or John Read 2 succeeded Anthony Thompson 1; one of nineteen instrument makers admitted to the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1668. | Sign of the Sugar Loaf, Hosier Lane, West Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(317); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Gunther 2; J. Brown 1 & 3. | suggest correction | |
| FAGE, M. | England, c.1828, MIM PHIM | 20 Tooley Street, London (1828). | O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| FAGE, WILLIAM | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see Dring and Fage. | 10 Great Dover Street, Borough, London; Coffeen reported a finding of "10 Gridover Street, Boro." | Taylor 2(958),(2123); Coffeen 27. | suggest correction | |
| FAGERIO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (London). | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAGIOLI | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 5/12/72, 5/4/87. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAGIOLI AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see D. Fagioli and Son. | 3 Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FAGIOLI AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19 89. | Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell (London). | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAGIOLI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | 68 Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell (London). | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAGIOLI, D., AND SON | England, fl.1840-54, PHIM | Wheel Barometers, = Soth.-S 9/18/86 and 10/19/89, Soth. 7/21/87, Larvik Marine Museum, Norway, USNM, X(7), Soth. 5/12/72, D.(1972), (1983), Bearnes 9/16/87; Barometer = Christie 2/5/70; Barometer with clock = Phillips 4/16/88. | Dominic and J. (3) Fagioli. | 3 Great Warner Street (1840-51); 10 Great Warner Street (1851-54); both in Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 4; RSW; John Bell. | suggest correction |
| FAGIOLI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1836-54, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(5), D.(1970). | partner with his son J. Fagioli 3, 1840-54; X barometers are signed "D. Fagioli, Clerkenwell." | 3 Great Warner Street (1836-51); 10 Great Warner Street (1851-54); both in Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2124); RSW. | suggest correction |
| FAGIOLI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | could be J. Fagioli 2 or 3. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FAGIOLI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 5 Union Terrace, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAGIOLI, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably son of Dominic Fagioli. | 30 Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FAGLIABUE, A. | misreading for A. Tagliabue. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FAHLMER | France, c.1725, MIM OIM SIM | Alidade = P.C.; Protractor = BAR; Double Protractor = BAR; Telescopic Alidades = WHI, P.C., D.; Dip Level = DeLuca 10/21/95. | WHI telescopic level also marked "Dépot de la Diron. de la Rochelle." | Strasbourg. | Price 12; RSW; Brieux 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. | suggest correction |
| FAHRENHEIT, DANIEL GABRIEL | Poland; Holland, 1686-1736, OIM PHIM | Mercury Thermometer = LEY; Alcohol Thermometer, 1727 = LEY. | also made barometers, anemometers, etc.; invented a scale for thermometers; first to use mercury in thermometers, 1717; developed the solar microscope. | Danzig; Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; USNM; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| FAHRR, P. | Germany, 1744, NIM | Compass Rose, 1744 = X. | P. Fährr. | Schück 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAIRBONE, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1765-1802, MIM OIM SIM | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company in 1753; free of the Company, 1765; by 1780 he was a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices in both Companies. | Princes Court, Westminster (1765); St. Martin's Lane (1766); New Street, Shoe Lane (1773-1802); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(185). | suggest correction | |
| FAIRBONE, CHARLES 2 | England, fl.1786-1810, MIM OIM SIM | Set of Surveying Instruments = WHI-204. | apprenticed to his father, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1781; free of the Company, 1802; took over his father's last two apprentices in 1802, and took others later. | 20 Great New Street, Shoe Lane, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(832); J. Brown 1 and 2; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
| FAIRBONE, HENRY | England, c.1794, | apprenticed to his father, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company in 1794. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIRBONE, ISAAC | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to his uncle, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIRBONE, JOHN | England, c.1786, OIM | son of Charles Fairbone 1; apprenticed to John Dollond 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; admitted as Brother to the Company in 1786. | Court and von Rohr 3(220); Robischon. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIRBONE, TIMOTHY | England, c.1789, | apprenticed to his father, Charles Fairbone 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1789. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIRCLOTH, WILLIAM | England, c.1748, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1740; free of the Company in 1748. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIREY, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1823, MIM OIM PHIM | may be a misreading for Joseph Fairey and Son. | 22 Ratcliff Highway, London. | Taylor 2(964); RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAIREY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1800-1829, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Quadrant = NMM; Octant = D.; Sextant = BMR. | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 1, 1796; free of the Company on Nov. 3, 1803; took apprentices after 1800. | 15 Fair Street, Horseleydown (1803); 150 Tooley Street (1806-11); 20 Ratcliffe Highway (1811-29); 8 Northumberland Place, Commercial Road East; all in London. | Taylor 2(964); J. Brown 1 and 2; Belgian Inv.; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FAIREY, JOSEPH, AND SON | England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Octant, ebony and brass = D.(1976). | Joseph Fairey and his son, Richard Fairey. | Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(964a); RSW. | suggest correction |
| FAIREY, RICHARD | England, c.1829, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Joseph Fairey, in the Grocers' Company on March 5, 1829. | J.Brown 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIREY, RICHARD AND JOSEPH | England, fl.1790-1846, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | 150 Tooley Street, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(964). | suggest correction | ||
| FAIRFAX, WILLIAM | England, c.1685, MIM | apprenticed to John Warner 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 2, 1685 for nine years. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FAIRMAN, GIDEON | USA, 1774-1827, MIM | partner in the firm of "Hooker and Fairman" in Newburyport, pre-1810; later moved to Philadelphia and became a partner in the firm of "Draper, Murray and Fairman." | Newburyport, Mass.; Albany, N.Y.; Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1; Gillingham 3. | suggest correction | |
| FALCIOLA, B., AND CO. | England, fl.1839-43, PHIM | barometer makers. | 53 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FALCIOLA, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 12/15 83. | Nottingham. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FALCK | Falck = Falconus? | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |||
| FALCO | Italy, MIM | Horary Quadrant with volvelle = BRP. | for 45° Lat.; signed, "Opus Falco"; Bedini thinks it is a fake. | Bedini 14; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FALCON, A. | England, OIM | Spyglass = D.(1968). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FALCONER, G. | China, NIM | Sextant = FRK-54. | Hong Kong. | Frank. | suggest correction | |
| FALCONER, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, NIM | compass maker. | London. | Schück 1. | suggest correction | |
| FALCONI 1 | Italy, fl.1503-07, MIM | Astrolabe, 1505 = Lasotovich Coll., Venice = P.C. (ICA-3032); Astrolabe, 1507 = P. and S. 4/3/1894 = BM (ICA 251); Quadrants = BM, USNM. | goldsmith; quadrants for 45° are signed "Opus Falconi Bergomei Valensis"; BM one is lost. | Bergamo; Venice. | Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Morpurgo 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ICA 2; Bedini 14; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FALCONI 2 | Italy, 1586, MIM | Nocturnal, 1586 = NMM-Caird. | ex-Goldschmied Coll.; Bedini thinks it is a fake. | Bedini 14; NMM. | suggest correction | |
| FALE, G. | England, 1796, NIM | Octant, rosewood, 1796 = RSM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FALE, THOMAS | England, fl.1586-93, | designed a sundial and a graphometer made by Thomas Osborn; author. | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(75) 2(76); Weil 2(25). | suggest correction | |
| FALEIRO, RUY | Spain, 1519, MIM | made one wooden astrolabe and six wooden quadrants for Magellan. | Waters 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FALES, JAMES 1 | USA, fl.1820-30+, NIM | T.C.; had "Little Navigator" as shop sign; also made clocks and watches; father of James Fales 2. | 91 Water Street, Newport, R.I.; New Bedford, Mass. (by 1830). | Bedini 8; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FALES, JAMES 2 | USA, -1888, NIM | figure of midshipman for shop sign, now in New Bedford Whaling Museum; son of James Fales 1. | New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FALES, MARTHA | USA, NIM | compass maker. | Newburyport, Mass. | American Neptune, 1968; Bull. Maritime Museum, British Columbia, 1968. | suggest correction | |
| FALIGUM | Austria, 1721, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1721 = ADL-M266. | Graz. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; USNM; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FALLER | see Kaltenback, Faller and Co. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| FALLON, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FALLOW, JOSEPH | England, fl.1827-29, PHIM | barometer maker. | 127 Pilgrim Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAMADIO | PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 9/20/71. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FANNER | see DeGrave, Short and Fanner. | suggest correction | ||||
| FANZAGO, PIETRO | Italy, 1583, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1583 = Palazzo, Clusone. | Clusone. | Morpurgo 1. | suggest correction | |
| FARADAY, MICHAEL | England, 1791-1867, | invented the electro-magnetic generator. | G.L'E. Turner 24; DSB. | suggest correction | ||
| FARBINGER | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Pocket Calendar = Soth. 2/21/66. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FARDOIL, P. | France, fl.1684-1722, MIM | Astronomical Clock = POB. | also signed "J. Caffiéri et A. Coypel" on case. | Paris. | Trois Siècles. | suggest correction |
| FARELLI, C. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P-B 4/28/39. | Northampton. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAREY, JOHN, JNR. | England, fl.1791-1851, MIM NIM | Ellipsograph = Christie-SK 2/2/77 = RSM; Sextant = RSM. | invented a perspective machine in 1807; invented an ellipsograph in 1810; ellipsograph signed "Invented and Made by John Farey, Jnr"; suggested inverting the slide on the Soho slide rules in 1827. | Westminster, London. | NMM 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 9; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FARFLER, STEFAN | Germany, c.1655, MIM | sandglass and clock maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | suggest correction | |
| FARIMA, VINCENZO | Italy, MIM | Universal Sundial = NMM-D.75. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FARLAM, EBENEZER | England, c.1707, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1707. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FARMADIE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | 2 St. John's Street Road (London?). | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FARMER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Christchurch. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FARMER, F.C., AND SON | England, c.1840, MIM | Slide Rule for publicans, boxwood = D.(1987). | Waterloo, Liverpool. | Coffeen 15. | suggest correction | |
| FARMER, JAMES | England, fl. 1672-1708, MIM | free of the Grocers' Company by Patrimony in 1672; took apprentices. | Well Street near Well Close, London (1701-08). | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| FARMER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed in the Masons' Company in 1708; made free in the Company. | Crawforth 6 & 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FARMER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1731-77, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 4, 1722; made free of the Company Dec. 7, 1731; took over John Atkinson 2 as an apprentice from George Wright 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1739; uncle of Richard Gearing who succeeded him; made slide rules. | Cateaton Street (1731); St. Anns Lane near Aldersgate (1739); Lothbury; Dove Court, upper end Old Jewry, Wood Street; Whitefriars (1743); Pye Corner (1751); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1, 6 & 7; Darius 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FARMER, THOMAS | England, c.1703, MIM | apprenticed to James Farmer of the Grocers' Company in 1703. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FARMER, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, NIM | Mariner's Compass = NMM-Gabb Coll. | may be man who was apprenticed to his father, James Farmer, in 1708. | near the Limekiln, Horsley Down, London. | Taylor 2(476); J. Brown 1; RSW; Evans 1; May. | suggest correction |
| FARNGREN, JOHAN AUGUST | Sweden, 1811-60, MIM | Pantograph = NOR. | Färngren; T.C. | No. 9 Smala gränden, Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FARONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-C 10/9/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FARONI, G. | England, PHIM | Barometer = KOT. | Hull. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FARR, JOSEPH | USA, 1775-1845, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1986), Buffalo Historical Society, N.Y., Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | the last instrument is numbered "85." | Cunningham, Mass. (1775); Manlius Village, N.Y. | Smart 1; Coffeen 12. | suggest correction |
| FARRAR, THOMAS | England, c.1677, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company in 1677. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FARRELL, J. | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = D.(1981). | Manchester. | Moskowitz 122. | suggest correction | |
| FARRER, JOHN | England, c.1728, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Harrison in the Grocers' Company in 1713; turned over to Thomas Franklyn, Stationer, in 1716; free of the Grocers' Company in 1728. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FARROW AND JACKSON | England, c.1825+, MIM PHIM | Syke's Hydrometers = Phillips 2/14/79, Christie-SK 5/10/77, P.C.; Slide Rule, double, ivory = D.(1972); Bung Stick, wood = BIR; Slide Rule, double, wood = ADL-W144. | the Adler rule is marked "Farrow and Jackson Makers Ltd., London." | London. | Moskowitz 103; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FARTHING, I.H. | England, post-1799, MIM | T.C. on polygraph invented by Marc Brumel in 1799, patent number 2305. | Cornhill, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FASANA | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2). | one signed "Fasana Bath"; the other gives the street address as well. | 35 Milsom Street, Bath. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FASCUA, F. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | Bath. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FASOLDT, CHARLES | USA, c.1850, MIM | made mechanical instruments, watches and clocks. | Rome; Albany; both in New York. | Harrold. | suggest correction | |
| FASSANO, JOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FASTRE | France, PHIM | Fastré; barometer maker. | Paris. | Ashworth. | suggest correction | |
| FASTRE AINE | France, 1849, PHIM | Barometer, Fortin-type = CNAM. | Fastré aîné. | Quai des grands Augustins 63, Paris. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| FATIGET | c.1600, MIM SIM | Trigonum (surveying rule) = P.C. | "Fatiget non Rapiat"; a motto, not a maker. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FATORINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Antonio Fattorini. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FATORINI, M. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chichester. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FATORINI, M. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Polesden Lacey. | 24 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FATTON, FREDERICK LOUIS | France; England, c.1822, | patented an astronomical clock, 1822. | Paris; New Bond Street, London. | Britten. | suggest correction | |
| FATTORINI AND SONS | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | Skipton and Bradford. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FATTORINI, ANTONIO | England, c.1831, | pedlar of clocks and barometers; see also "Fatorini." | Como House, Harrowgate. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FATTORINI, JOSEPH | England, pre-1838-48, PHIM | barometer maker; in partnership with Henry Austin and John Cattanes, and Peter Ballarini before 1838; partner with Henry and Philip Cattanes in Cattanes and Co. (1848). | King's Staith (pre-1838); 12 Castlegate (1848); both in York. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAULHABER, JOH. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | invented a surveying instrument. | Ulm. | Weil 2(4). | suggest correction | |
| FAULKINGHAM | England, 1672, | sold faulty rules made by John Nash 1. | under the south east Corner of the Royal Exchange, London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FAULKNER, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = OXF. | for measuring altitudes; has a water level. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAURAY | France, c.1800, MIM | "Opticien"; TC in architect's etui of instruments. | Quai de l'Horloge à Paris. | Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | suggest correction | |
| FAURE | France, 1724, MIM | Sundial, 1724 = Villeneuve, Hautes Alpes. | Villeneuve. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| FAUTH AND CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Theodolite = P.C. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FAUTOUT-CHUIZY | see Sautout-Choizy. | Weil 2(4). | suggest correction | |||
| FAVA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FAVER | England, c.1838, | mis-spelling of Fayrer? | London. | Taylor 2(2125). | suggest correction | |
| FAVERIL, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | Lincoln. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAVERIO, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 11/16/76. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAVERIO, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. Wilkinson and Hodge 11/30/23; Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86, D.(1972). | some of these barometers are signed "Faverio Andover." | Andover. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FAVRAY | France, 18th Century, MIM OIM SIM | Microscope = OXF or KEN; Theodolite = Weschler 5/22/76; Telescope = A-P 3/15/76. | à la Ville de Genève, 69 (or 79) Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAWCETT, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1775-93, OIM | optician and watchmaker. | 34 Dame Street (1775-86); 3 Grafton Street (1787-92); 133 Capel Street (1793); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; G. Ferrel. | suggest correction | |
| FAWCETT, W.H. | USA, fl.1856-57, MIM | worked for J. and W. Burt. | 24 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAY, J.G. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | Southampton. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAY, S., AND SON | England, c.1825, NIM | Marine Compasses = Longleat House(2). | Cowes, Isle of Wight. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAYER | England?, pre-1845, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = S. Leigh Soth. 4/24/1845-38. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FAYRER | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | Orrery = OXF; Telescope = Soth. 9/20/83. | either James or John Fayrer. | 41? White Lion Street, Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(2125); RSW. | suggest correction |
| FAYRER AND SONS | England, c.1825, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAYRER, J. | England, fl.1826-70, MIM NIM OIM | Circle = PEA-4530; Equatorial Telescope = D.(1986). | either James or John Fayrer. | 40 White Lion Street; 66 White Lion Street; both Pentonville, London. | Brewington 1; Wynter 1. | suggest correction |
| FAYRER, JAMES | England, fl.1838, MIM PHIM | "Faver" in the directories may be a misspelling of this name; Taylor said that he and his brother, John Fayrer, divided some of Troughton's instruments; made instruments for the East India Company. | 40 White Lion Street, Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(2125); Brewington 1; Wynter 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAYRER, JOHN | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | see James Fayrer; made instruments for the East India Company. | 40 White Lion Street, Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(2125); Brewington 1; Wynter 1. | suggest correction | |
| FAYTHURNE | England, c.1609, OIM | made perspective machines. | London. | Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9. | suggest correction | |
| FAYVER | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Phillips 11/16/76. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FAZZI, SAMUEL | Italy, 1760, PHIM | Thermometer, 1760 = SPI-2866. | Michel 3; Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FEATHERS, P., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = FRK-S6 = RSM. | Dundee. | Frank; Clarke et al. | suggest correction | |
| FEATHERS, P.C. | Scotland, NIM | Sextant = Dundee City Museum and Art Gallery. | surely Peter Arith Feathers. | Dundee. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FEATHERS, PETER ARITH | Scotland, fl.1842-73, NIM OIM | Octants, ebony, ivory = D.(1982), FRK = RSM, Soth. 3/10/87. | T.C.; took his son as a partner in 1874. | 73 High Street (1842); No. 10 Dock Street (1845-50); 26 Dock Street (1853-68); 40 Dock Street (1869-73); all in Dundee. | Bryden 3; Coffeen A; Frank; Moskowitz 102; Clarke et al. | suggest correction |
| FEATHERSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1650-68, MIM | Wall Sundials, 1650 = Packwood House, Hockley Heath (3); Polyhedral Garden Sundial, 1668 = Packwood House, Hockley Heath. | Hockley Heath. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FEATON, JOHN | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on March 5, 1733. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FEAU, NICOLAS | France, c.1625, MIM | Astrolabe Table Clock = Petit Palais, Paris. | Féau. | Marseilles. | Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| FECHTER | Switzerland, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Plane Table with fixed and movable alidades = BASH; Quadrant = Stuker Auction 1958. | Basle. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FECIOLUS, IO. DOM. | Germany, 1558, MIM | Astrolabe, 1558 = OXF. | gift of Mrs. Billmeir, 1973. | Trent. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FEELING, T. THOMAS | France, 1734, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1734 = P.C. | Abbé de Meldon (Meudon?); Teeling? Keeling? | Meldon (Meudon). | Chew. | suggest correction |
| FEHRENBACK | see Stratz and Fehrenback. | John Bell. | suggest correction | |||
| FEHRENS AND ALBRECHT | USA, fl.1852-65, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| FEIL, CHARLES | France, post-1827, OIM | grandson of Guinand; "Ancienne maison Ch. Feil"; succeeded his grandfather; succeeded by Mantois. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| FEILDER, THOMAS | England, fl.1687-1720, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 9, 1678; free of the Company on Sept. 9, 1687; Master of the Company, 1715; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FELD | see Felt. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |||
| FELDT | see Felt. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |||
| FELKL, J., AND SON | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = DNM. | made for Croatia. | Prague. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FELKL, JAN | Poland; Czechoslovakia, 1817-88, MIM | globe maker. | Rostock; Prague. | Globus, June 1963. | suggest correction | |
| FELKL, L. | Poland; Gemany; Czech; Holl, 1817-87, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1850 = VNL; Planetarium, Ptolemaic = Birmingham Public Library, Alabama. | Rostock; Leipzig; Prague; Groningen. | Globus, Dec. 1957, June 1962; Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| FELL, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1740-70, MIM | made a new gnomon for the Ulverston church sundial in 1763. | Ulverston | Britten. | suggest correction | |
| FELLATA | France, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Place du Colège Royal, Lyon. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FELLWOCK, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1762-83, MIM | Quadrant, 1766 = PRA; Azimuth Quadrant, 1768 = DEU; Astronomical Clock, 1768 = Würzburg University Library; Planetarium, 1772 = BAM. | Johann Georg Fellwöck, globe maker. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1; Horsky 2; Daumas 1; Wheatland 2; Czech. Inv.; Narodni; Globus, June,'62 and '63. | suggest correction |
| FELT, D., AND CO. | USA, MIM | Rule and Rectangular Protractor, ivory = D.(1993). | New York, N.Y. | Coffeen 41. | suggest correction | |
| FELT, DAVID | USA, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, stand = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | New York, N.Y. and Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FELT, EBERHARD | Germany, d.1600, MIM | made diptych sundials; probably the son of Hans Felt; the name is also written "Feld." | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 & 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| FELT, HANS | Germany, fl.1561-77, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1566 = Drecker-110 = DPW = ADL-DPW20; Diptych Sundial, ivory = P.C.; Sundial = Evans Coll. | Master in 1564; the maker's mark is a fool's head; probably the father of Eberhard, Marx and Martin; the name is also spelled "Feld." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Baillie 1; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FELT, MARTIN | Germany, d.1602, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; probably the son of Hans Felt; sometimes spelt "Feldt." | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 & 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| FELT, MARX | Germany, d.1602, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; probably the son of Hans Felt. | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 & 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| FELT, WOLF | Germany, c.1682, MIM | compass maker; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| FENDERICH, CHRISTIAN | Germany?, MIM | Ring Sundial = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FENET, LEON | France, c.1890, MIM | Celestial Planisphere = Versailles 11/20/83. | done under the direction of Camille Flammarion. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FENIG | England, 1795, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1795 = P. & S. 11/21/1894; Celestial Globe = P. & S. 11/21/1894. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FENING | c.1750, MIM | Armillary Sphere = WHI. | may be Fenig | Price 12. | suggest correction | |
| FENN | England, c.1850, MIM | Triangular Rule, ivory = D.(1976). | Newgate Street, London. | Moskowitz. | suggest correction | |
| FENN, DANIEL | England, c.1780, MIM | Wheel-Cutting Machine = OXF; Hodometer works with compass = BM. | London. | Taylor 2(965); Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | |
| FENN, ISAAC | England, fl.1765-68, MIM | Hodometer = Christie 12/12/1794. | T.C.; invented a hodometer, patent granted in 1765. | at the Sign of the Measuring Wheel, near the corner of Bond Street in Oxford Street, London. | Crawforth 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FENN, J. | England, c.1850, MIM | Watchmaker's Rule, ivory = D.(1976). | London. | Moskowitz. | suggest correction | |
| FENTIMAN, JOHN | England, c.1798, MIM | a member of the Tiler and Bricklayers' Company; he took over Daniel Cass as an apprentice on June 23, 1798 from William Morris of the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| FENTON AND SONS | England, MIM | T.C. in a box for an equatorial sundial. | 11 New Oxford Street, London. | Wheatland 2. | suggest correction | |
| FENWICK, T. | probably the owner; marked on a levelling staff by H. Atkinson. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FER, A. DE | France, 1670, | Drawings of Quadrant, Cylinder Sundial, and Regiomontanus Sundial, 1670 = PBN-GED12781, -82, -83. | L'Isle du Palais sur le quai de l'Horloge, à la Sphère Royale, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERARI | France, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | Lille. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERARI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FERAT | France, c.1750-1802, MIM PHIM SIM | Levels with sights = La Rochelle 7/16/83, P.C.(1987); Graphometers = P.C., Christie 3/21/91 (with case); Horizontal Sundial in watch case = O-F; Circumferentor, telescopic sights = D.(1965); Protractor for prisms = D.(1969); Goniometers = P.C., STT; Miner's Compass = P.C. (1987); Folding Rule, ebony and silver = D.(1989); Stick Barometer, 1802 = Leeds Castle = Christie 12/12/96. | Férat; Ferrat? level signed "Ecole imperial de Chalons"; rule is in "decimètres" and has silver numerals set into the ebony; barometer is signed "Chalons-sur-Marne." | opposite the Palais Marchand, Paris. | Monreal; Nachet; Brieux 3; Pipping 2; MAD march, 1997; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FERCHEL | see Strebin und Ferchel. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FERCHEL, JOSEPH | Germany, fl.1841-47, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Drecker; Sundial, 1847 = DEU; Instrument = NYM; Geared Sundial = P. and S. 5/19/1896 = OXF. | geared sundial invented by A. Zimmerman (P. and S.); Gunther said the opposite; may be the Ferchel in Strebin und Ferchel, which see. | Evans 1; Gunther 6; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERCHNER, ANDREAS | Austria, c.1750, MIM | Celestial Globe on clock = WUP. | copy of Roll clock in VIE. | Vienna. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FERDINAND II, GRAND DUKE OF TUSCANY | Italy, c.1660, | invented the sealed, alcohol thermometer. | Middleton 4. | suggest correction | ||
| FERDINAND, SIGNIFER | Spain, 1633, MIM SIM | Plane Table Compass and Circle, 1633 = D.(1968). | Valencia. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FEREARIUS | see Ferrerius. | suggest correction | ||||
| FEREIUS | see Ferrerius. | suggest correction | ||||
| FEREMITE, ANTOINE | France, c.1620, MIM | Antoine Férémité. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | suggest correction | |
| FERENC, ELEKES | Hungary, c.1850, MIM | globe maker. | Tooley. | suggest correction | ||
| FERGUSON | Cruciform Sundial = UTR. | probably modern. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FERGUSON, DANIEL | Scotland; England, c.1771, | apprenticed to George Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1771. | Edinburgh. | Court and von Rohr 3(201). | suggest correction | |
| FERGUSON, JAMES 1 | Scotland; England, 1710-76, MIM OIM | made orreries, miniature globes with cases, "Astronoma Rotula" = RSM; several types of sundials, telescopes, etc; may be seen at the Banff Museum, KEN; FLO, NMM, NYM, ADL, RSM, VCW, etc. | astronomer; lecturer; F.R.S., 1763; author; taught by Cantley. | Banff; Edinburgh; Mortimer Street, London. | Taylor 2(258); Calthrop; Ward 3; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; DNB; DSB; H.C. King 2; Wynter 1; Stevenson; Yonge; Krogt 2; Clarke et al; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FERGUSON, JAMES 2 | Scotland; England, c.1765, | son of James Ferguson 1; apprenticed to John Troughton 1 in the Grocers' Company in 1765. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FERICHEL, JOSEPH | MIM | Sundial in watch, copper = P. and S. 4/21/1898. | may be Ferchel. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERIEUS | see Ferrerius. | suggest correction | ||||
| FERIEUS, JO. PAULUS | see Gio. Paolo Ferreri. | suggest correction | ||||
| FERIGNY, J.F. | 1736, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1736 = FRA. | amateurish. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERIN, AUGUSTO | Portugal, MIM | T.C. | 70 Rua Nova do Almada, Lisbon. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERINA, VINCENZO | Italy, pre-1765, MIM | Horologium, wood pedestal = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird. | initials P.G. added later. | NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERONI, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1809-10, PHIM | barometer maker; 1809 directory showed his name as "Ferony." | 49 Fleet Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| FERRARI, LORENZO | Italy, fl.1813-24, MIM | Astronomical Clock = X; Cannon Sundial = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | also marked "Laurent". | Parma. | Morpurgo 1; Evans 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| FERRARI, LUIGI | Italy, MIM | Magnetic Compass = ADL-M467. | Fox 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FERRAT, JEAN BAPTISTE PIERRE FRANCOIS | France, c.1750, MIM NIM | Level = CNAM; Repeating Circle = ECO. | Jean Baptiste Pierre François Ferrat; possibly same as Ferat. | Cloître Nôtre-Dame, Paris. | Daumas 1; Paris 1900. | suggest correction |
| FERREIRA, MANOEL | Portugal, fl.1748-71, NIM | Marine Compass, wood and paper, 1771 = HAA; Instrument, 1748 = PMM. | HAA is in an octagonal, wooden painted box. | Lisbon. | Schück 2; Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FERRERI, GIOVANNI PAOLO | Italy; France, fl.1600-24, MIM | Armillary Spheres = LEY (1600), NMM (1602, 1624). | LEY has star points; NMM are from the Barbarini Coll.; also signed as "Jo. Paulus Ferrerius", "Jo. Paulus Ferieus", "Paolo Ferrero." | Rome; Paris. | Michel 3; NMM 2; USNM; Morpurgo 1; RSW; Globus, Dec. 1956 and 1957. | suggest correction |
| FERRERIUS, JO. PAULUS | see Giovanni Paulus Ferreri. | suggest correction | ||||
| FERRERO, PAOLO | see Giovanni Paulus Ferreri. | suggest correction | ||||
| FERRET | France, fl.1770-89, OIM | lens maker; considered as a candidate for honor by the Royal Academy of Sciences. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| FERRIER | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial base = Soth. 12/19/66; Sundial Plate = Koller June 1967. | aux Galeries, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FERRIER, ANTOINE | France, c.1820, PHIM | Money Scales = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Versailles 4/17/83. | "Balancier ajusteur". | rue St. Roch n° 6 près la Fontaine, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FERRIER, ANTOINE DU | France, fl.1600-22, MIM | Pocket Calendars, 1607 = P.C.; Sundial, silver, 1616 = NMM-Caird; Sundial in watch = BM; Astronomical Compendium, 1607 = van Heusen Coll. = LOS. | set up by Henri IV in his workshop in the Louvre; clockmaker to Louis XIII; 1616 sundial modified by Butterfield; see Le Sieur de Ferrier; the center section of the compendium has been incorrectly reassembled. | au Louvre, Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; MADEX; USNM; RSW; Daumas 1; Nachet; Baillie 1; Thielmann. | suggest correction |
| FERRIER, GUILLAUME | France, fl.1620-22, MIM OIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = OXF; Sundial = Soth. 1/27/48. | son of Antoine du Ferrier; worked for Descartes in an attempt to produce hyperbolic lenses. | à la Gallerie, Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Josten; Société Belge; Maison Française; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FERRIER, JEAN | France, c.1641, MIM OIM | Quadrant = Académie royale des Sciences, Paris. | in the 1641 inventory of the Académie; made microscopes with hyperbolic lenses. | Paris. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| FERRIER, LE SIEUR DE | France, 1611, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1611 = Warren Coll. (1928) = Soth. May, 1974 = D.(1976). | Antoine du Ferrier?; dated "Nov. 21, 1611". | Culver 1; Brieux 3. | suggest correction | |
| FERRIER, THORNTON | England, fl.1817-23, PHIM | barometer maker? father of William Thornton Ferrier? | 34 Blackfriargate (1817); Queen Street (1822-23); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FERRIER, WILLIAM THORNTON | England, fl.1826-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | signed "W.T. Ferrier." | 11 Queen Street (1826-42); 5 Nelson Street (1846-51); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FERRIG | 1795, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1795 = X. | surely Fenig. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| FERRIS, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Poole. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FES, JOZE DA CRUS A | see Crus. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FESTE, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FETTANI, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FEUCHERE, C.G. | France, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1989). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FEVONY | see Alexander Feroni. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |||
| FEYHEL, MARTIN | Germany, fl.1578-80, MIM | Hodometer, 1580 = DRE. | Nürnberg; Augsburg; Dresden. | Michel 3; Rohde; Nachet; Baillie 1; Beckmann; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FEYKES, B. | Holland, fl.1826-57, MIM | Compass = WHI. | Oude Teertuinen 42 (1826-52); Oude Teertuinen 133; both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FICK, A. | Russia, 1829-1901, MIM | Myograph = GMT. | Maistrov 4. | suggest correction | ||
| FICKLER | Germany, c.1568, | invented an astronomical compendium made by Nicholaus Rensberg. | Basserman-Jordan 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FIDLER, ROBERT | England, fl.1805-13, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Mean Motion Orrery, 1813 = KEN; Orrery, 1805 = Dr. Pearson (1805); Sextant = DRE; Balances = KEN, Royal Institution; Barometer = X. | 32 Wigmore Street, Cavendish Square, London. | Taylor 2(1332); Daumas 1; KEN; Goodison 1; Britten; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FIEBIG | see Viebig. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FIEBIG, FRANCISCUS | Germany; Hollandfl.1633-47, MIM | Artillery Level, 1633 = BEK; Circumferentors = HAK, Königsberg Staat Kunstsammlung (1647), DEU, NUR; Graphometers = D.(1969), Copenhagen Rundturm; Celestial Globe, 1633 = BEK; Instrument, 1642 = P.C.; Geometry Set = KAS; Theodolite = D.(1969). | Arnstadt; Cologne; The Hague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Rizzi; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FIEDLER, JOHANN, VON WESTIN | Germany, 1752, MIM | Protractor, 1752 = Christie 5/7/63-9. | Dresden. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FIELD AND CO. | England, fl.1830-80?, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = Wellcome Museum, Phillips 4/20/83; Microtome = Phillips 11/16/88. | probably the firm of first Robert and then George Field. | New Street; Suffolk Street; both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1845); Bryden 9; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FIELD, CAPT. | England, | see Robert Field. | RSW; Moskowitz 104. | suggest correction | ||
| FIELD, GEORGE, AND CO. LTD. | England, post-1850, NIM | Compass in gimbals = FRK-N21. | probably succeeded Robert Field. | Birmingham. | Frank. | suggest correction |
| FIELD, JAMES | England, 1805, MIM OIM | billhead dated 1805. | 2 Bond Street, Bath. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| FIELD, JOHN | England, fl.1787-1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = X; Telescope = Soth. 4/22/65. | T.C.; apprenticed to Edward Nairne in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1779; freed in 1787; worked at the Royal Mint, 1804-1830; Master of the Company, 1799-1801, 1820-22. | 74 Cornhill, (1791); His Majesty's Mint (1817-27); both in London. | Taylor 2(833); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3(213). | suggest correction |
| FIELD, ROBERT | England, c.1800, MIM OIM SIM | Microscopes = WHI, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich.; Parallel Rules = SPL, OMM; Surveying Compass = Melun 4/24/83. | parallel rules marked "Capt. Field's improved rule" and "Field Improved." | 33 Navigation Street; 111 New Street, both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz 104; RSW; USNM; Taylor 2(1845). | suggest correction |
| FIELD, ROBERT, AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = FRK, CMY, P.C., Phillips 2/14/79, Christie 2/2/77; Surveyor's Compasses = Snowshill Manor, D.; Magnetic Compass = Versailles 11/20/83; Protractors = Soth. 12/13/65 and Christie 12/21/71; Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | often signed "R. Field and Son." | 113 New Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; Frank; USNM; Moskowitz 103; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FIELD, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Aylesbury. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FIELD, WALTER | England, 1777, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood, 1777 = BM. | also marked "Mr. Cuthbertson" and "J. Sutton." | Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | |
| FIELD, WILLIAM | England, c.1662, | apprenticed to Thomas Aldus in the Joiners' Company on July 1, 1662. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FIELOT, R., AND SON | OIM | Compound Microscope = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | probably a misreading of "R. Field and Son." | Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FIERET | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = X. | Montpelier. | Baillie 1. | suggest correction | |
| FIERI | Portugal; England, c.1790, MIM | see Magellan and Fieri. | Lisbon; London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FIEUSET | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 7/31/58; Mathematical Instrument Set = P.C.(1970). | rue Grenetta, Paris. | Troadec; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FIGATELLI, G.M. | Italy, c.1675, | instrument designer. | Weil 2(23). | suggest correction | ||
| FILBRI, GERARD BERNARD ANTON | Hollandfl.1769-1830, MIM | Level, 1769 = LEY. | made instruments for O. Canzius. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction |
| FILBRI, GERARD BERNARD HENDRIK | Holland, 1811-83, OIM | Lens, 1753 = DEU. | 1753 entry must be a mistake. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction |
| FILBY, D. 1 | Germany, fl.1750-60, NIM PHIM | Sextants = Cabrillo Marine Museum, Long Beach, Cal. (1750, 1760), HAM; Octants = HAM, Soth.-B 3/2/79; Barometer = HAA; Compass Rose = Staatl. Navigationsschule, Hamburg. | Hamburg. | USNM; Schück 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FILBY, D. 2 | Germany, c.1840, NIM | Sextant = P.C. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| FILFORD | see Vandome, Filford and Co. | suggest correction | ||||
| FILIBERTO, EMANUELE | Italy, fl.1570-75, MIM | globe maker. | Rome. | Globus, Dec. 1956. | suggest correction | |
| FILINGER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ely. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FILIPPO E HOVER | Italy, c.1764, MIM | Higgens 3. | suggest correction | |||
| FINCH | England, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, case = P-B 9/24/38. | may be I. Finch. which see. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FINCH, I. | England, c.1750, MIM | Sector = Soth. 2/8/83. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FINCH, JACOB | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on May 3, 1686. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FINE, FRANCOIS | France?, c.1500, MIM | François Finé. | Maddison 6. | suggest correction | ||
| FINE, ORONCE | France, 1494-1555, MIM | Navicula, ivory, 1524 = POR = MPP; Astronomical Clock, 1553 = Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Paris. | Oronce Finé; instrument designer and maker; author; navicula signed "Op. Orontii F. 1524." | Briançon; Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Nachet; Poulle 2; Moreux; Brusa 1; Portaluppi Cat.; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FINLAY, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1846-50, MIM OIM PHIM | 46 John Street (1846-47); 225 George Street (1848); 87 London Street (1849-50); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | suggest correction | ||
| FINLAY, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1820-22, MIM | 65 George Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | suggest correction | ||
| FINLAYSON, JOHN | Scotland, 1743, MIM OIM SIM | Compound Microscopes = RSM (1743), OXF; Telescopic Level, double = Soth. 10/5/90. | Jacobite; Burgess and Guild Brother, 1743; may have been a Hammerman. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 & 4; Nichols; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FINNEY AND LIDDLE | Scotland, fl.1826-27, OIM | Joseph Finney 2 and William Liddle. | 3 North Bank Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| FINNEY, JOSEPH 1 | England, 1708-72, PHIM | Angle Barometers = X, Christie-G 6/30/92, KEN; Pyrometers = X(2); Metallic Thermometer = Burton Constable. | Freeman of Liverpool, 1733; also made hygrometers and clocks; Christie barometer signed "J. Finney, Liverpool", walnut case; Joseph Finney 2 is probably son. | Liverpool. | D.N.B.; Antiquarian Horology, Sept. 1976; Fairclough; Elizabeth Hall; McConnell 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FINNEY, JOSEPH 2 | England; Scotland, fl.1770-1825, MIM OIM PHIM | Angle Barometer = KEN; Micrometer Gauge = KEN; Elliptical Trammel = KEN; Dial Pyrometer = KEN; Stick Barometer = P.C. | could be son of Joseph Finney 1; Edinburgh shop may be branch; all KEN instruments are part of George III Coll.; see Finney and Liddle. | Liverpool; 5 Bank Street (1818); 3 North Bank Street, (1819-1825); both Bank Street addresses are in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1553); Daumas 1; Chaldecott 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW; Tyler. | suggest correction |
| FIORA, J. | England, fl.1814-15?, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1970); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/17/87. | Signed "J. Fiora Nottingham"; the name also appears on clocks. | Long Row?, Nottingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FIORENZA, FRANCISCO | Italy, | set of ivory tablets with designs of a fortress. | Peter Brophy thinks the work is Flemish or Dutch. | Milan. | Brophy. | suggest correction |
| FIORINI, MATTEO | Italy, 1827-1901, MIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Globes = Museo della Societa Geografica Italiana, Rome. | Bologna. | Maddison 7; Globus, Dec.1956. | suggest correction | |
| FIORINO, S.D. | c.1835, PHIM | Barometer = KAS. | von Mackensen 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FIORUZZI E BIANCHI | Italy; France?, c.1820, PHIM | Galvanometer = Dept. of Physics, U. of Parma. | A. Fioruzzi and B. Bianchi 3 of Paris collaborated on this instrument used in Macedonio Melloni's lab. | Piacenza; Paris? | Brenni 1. | suggest correction |
| FIORUZZI, A. | Italy; France?, c.1820, PHIM | see Fioruzzi e Bianchi. | Piacenza. | Brenni 1. | suggest correction | |
| FISCHER 1 | England, 1783, MIM | patented a pedometer in 1763. | London. | Baillie 1. | suggest correction | |
| FISCHER 2 | USA, c.1850, MIM | Hydrometer Set = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79. | 58 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FISCHER, JOHANN PAUL | Germany, c.1840, MIM | Heliochronometers = PRA, Soth. 11/16/87. | Nürnberg? | Zinner 1; Horsky and Skopova; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FISCHER, N.C. | Germany, 1781, MIM | Mining Compass, 1781 = P.C.(1987). | Saalfeld. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FISCHER, PETRUS | Denmark, 1591, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1591 = ROS-66. | pupil of Tycho Brahe. | Rosenborg Castle Cat. | suggest correction | |
| FISH, ASA | USA, MIM | Gunter Scale = Streeter Coll. = MYS. | Mystic, Conn. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FISHER | USA, c.1823, PHIM | Barometer = Athenaeum of Philadelphia, Pa. | may be Martin Fisher; also made thermometers and other philosophical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| FISHER, EBENEZER | England, c.1725, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Smith 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 4, 1717 for eight years; free of the Company on Oct. 4, 1725. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FISHER, JAMES | USA, fl.1846-53, PHIM | also made chemical apparatus. | 58 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FISHER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1776, | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company in 1776. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FISHER, JOHN 2 | USA, c.1790, MIM | made an astronomical clock in 1790. | Yorktown, Pa. | Prime; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FISHER, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1849-53, MIM PHIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| FISHER, MARTIN | USA, c.1791, PHIM | made glass instruments, barometere, thermometers, etc; succeeded Alloysius Ketterer; see Fisher. | Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Middleton 1; Bedini 1 and 8; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FISHER, THOMAS | USA, c.1846, MIM | made an astronomical device; won an award for it in 1846. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FISHWICK, C. | England, c.1839, MIM NIM OIM | Naval Quay, Hull. | Taylor 2(2127). | suggest correction | ||
| FITCH, JOHN 1 | England?, c.1770, MIM | Protractor = X. | Haviland. | Price 2 (1964). | suggest correction | |
| FITCH, JOHN 2 | USA, c.1793, | improved the traverse board with "The Columbian Ready Reckoner", 1793. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| FITCHETT, EDWARD | England, c.1804, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 20, 1804. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FITTON, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1780-87, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1780 = P.C. | worked with Francis Fitton. | 36 Grafton Street; 60 Paul Street (1787); both in Cork. | Taylor 2(834); Brewington 1; Jannasch; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| FITTON, ALEXANDER AND FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1784-87, MIM NIM | 36 Grafton Street, Cork. | Taylor 2(834). | suggest correction | ||
| FITTON, FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1784-87, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1784 = PEA. | worked with Alexander Fitton. | 36 Grafton Street (1784); 36 Paul Street (1787); both in Cork. | Taylor 2(834); Brewington 1; NMM 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| FITZ, HENRY, JR. | USA, 1803-63, OIM | Lens, ten-inch, achromatic = ADL-A207; twelve-inch Objective = P.C.; Refracting Telescopes = USNM, U. of Michigan, Allegheny Observatory. | first important telescope maker in the U.S.A. | 508 Fourth Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM; Howell; Multhauf 2; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FITZGERALD, KEANE | England, fl.1765-75, PHIM | Metallic Thermometer = X. | designed a new wheel barometer; author. | Taylor 2(478); Chaldecott 4; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| FITZGERALD, MICHAEL | Ireland, c.1820, MIM | Sullivan's Quay, Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| FITZGERALD, WILLIAM | England, c.1801, NIM | invented a marine level instrument. | Grey's Inn, Middlesex, London[?]. | Taylor 2(1122). | suggest correction | |
| FITZROY, ADMIRAL ROBERT | England, 1805-65, | designed a new scale for barometere and a new shock-proof barometer for naval ships, both after 1850. | London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| FIXLMILLNER, PLACIDUS | Austria, 1721-91, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1766 = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1; Rabenalt. | suggest correction | |
| FLACK, RICHARD | England, c.1749, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 2, 1749. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FLAMENT | France, 19th Century, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Christie-NY 10/24/83. | the French curve is marked "3614 Bte. S.G.D.G." | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FLAMSTEED, JOHN | England, 1646-1719, MIM | Mural Quadrant (with Abraham Sharp), 1688-1689 = NMM. | The first Astronomer Royal; author. | Greenwich. | Taylor 1(318); Daumas 1; Nachet; Howse 1. | suggest correction |
| FLANAGAN, PATRICK | Ireland, 1824, MIM | 13 Fishamble Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| FLANTIN, ETIENNE | France, c.1608, MIM | instrument maker to Henry IV. | au Louvre, Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| FLECHET, P. | France, MIM | Heliochronometer = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FLECHET, P.,ET CIE. | France, c.1850, MIM | Heliochronometer = USN. | "Ingénieur". | 5 Rue Nve. Pr. Augustin, Paris. | Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FLECHEUX, ABBE | France, c.1780, MIM | Tellurium = DPW; Loxocosme = P.C. | Abbé Flecheux; invented the "Loxocosme" to demonstrate the motions of the earth. | Brieux 2; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| FLEETWOOD, RICHARD | England, c.1793, MIM | apprenticed to John Browning 1 in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 7, 1793. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| FLEMING, JOHN | England, 1842-47, MIM | 41 Brick Lane (1842); 191 St. George Street (1847); both in London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| FLETCHER | Scotland, MIM | Pair of Globes, small = D.(1983) = RSM. | "Fletcher's Celestial Globe" also appears on a globe made by W. and A.K. Johnston. | Clarke et al; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FLETCHER, J., AND SON | England, OIM | T.C.; opticians; made chronometers and watches. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FLETCHER, M., AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN; Stick Barometer = Hutchinson-Scott Auctioneers, 6/14/94. | Stick barometer signed "Fletcher and Son, London." | 95 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FLIEGER, KASPAR | Germany?, c.1750, MIM | Pair of Globes = Prague Observatory. | Society of Jesus. | Zinner 1; Globus, June 1963. | suggest correction | |
| FLINDELL, JOHN | England, c.1782, OIM | was turned over to George Ribright of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1775; free of the Company in 1782. | Court and von Rohr 3(206). | suggest correction | ||
| FLINT, HENRY | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 3, 1701. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FLINT, THOMAS | England, fl.1826-48, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = KEN. | 9 High Street (1826-31); 31 Whitefriars Gate; 34 Whitefriars Gate (1835-48); all in Hull. | KEN; Taylor 2(2128). | suggest correction | |
| FLOCKHART, ANDREW | England, fl.1811-23, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Flockhart Covent Garden, London." | 5 King Street, Covent Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FLORENT, ARNOLD | see Langren. | ART. | suggest correction | |||
| FLORENT, ARNOLD, FILIUS | see Langren. | Belgian Inv. | suggest correction | |||
| FLORENT, JACOB | see Langren. | Belgian Inv.; Globus, Dec. 1957. | suggest correction | |||
| FLORIANUS, ANTONIUS | Italy, fl.1545-55, MIM | Terrestrial Globe Gores, 1555 = N.Y. Public Library. | Udine. | Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| FLOTTMAN | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Protractor = Soth. 10/4/77 = P.C. | Berlin. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FLOUTRIERES, PIERRE DE | France, c.1619, | Floutrières; designed sundials; author. | Paris. | Goldschmidt Cat. | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, CHRISTOPHER 1 | England, c.1650, MIM | successor to Thomas Flower. | in the Bulwarke by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(237); NMM 1. | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, CHRISTOPHER 2 | England, 1653-93, MIM OIM | employed by William Spencer 1 in early 1671; apprenticed, 1671, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1678. | Bishopsgate Street, London (1693). | Taylor 1(237); Evans 1; Dewhirst; NMM 1; Court and von Rohr 3(43). | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, GEORGE | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1670; free of the Company, July 3, 1682. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, JOHN | England, fl.1712-57, MIM OIM | son of Christopher Flower 2; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, 1712; Master of the Company in 1735. | NMM 1; Court and von Rohr 3(81). | suggest correction | ||
| FLOWER, MARY | England, fl.1693-97, MIM OIM | widow of Christopher Flower 2; mother of John Flower; managed husband's shop. | Bishopsgate Street, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(68). | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, SAMUEL | England, MIM | made small Gunter's quadrant. | Taylor 1(217). | suggest correction | ||
| FLOWER, THOMAS | England, 1642-97, MIM | succeeded by Christopher Flower 1; engraved scales; his sign suggests that he made sundials. | Sign of the Dyall in the Bulwarke by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(201); Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, W. | England, c.1646, MIM | made gunnery instruments described in William Eldred's book. | The Bulwarke by the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(217). | suggest correction | |
| FLOWER, WILLIAM | England, c.1768, | clergyman; invented a type of slide rule; author, 1768; John Bennett 2 made the slide rule. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| FLUDD, ROBERT | England, 1574-1637, | designed instruments including a geometrical staff and combination barometer and thermometer. | Oxford; London. | Taylor 1(93); Weil 2; Gunther 2. | suggest correction | |
| FOBIS, PIERRE DE | France, fl.1535-65, MIM | Armillary Sphere with clock = VIE; Astronomical Clock, 1535 = X. | globe maker. | Lyon. | Michel 3; Bertele 1; Globus, June 1963; Brieux 2. | suggest correction |
| FOCARD, JACQUES | France, c.1546, | designed astrolabes; author. | Lyon. | Weil 2(27). | suggest correction | |
| FOCINI, BERNARDO | see Bernardus Facini. | suggest correction | ||||
| FOEF | MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Pugsley Sale. | "No. 5." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOEHR, JAN CORNELISZ VON | Holland?, 1770, NIM | Octant, 1770 = HAK. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FOERING | see Pleis, Foering and Thudium. | suggest correction | ||||
| FOGGED, LUCAS | USA, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Maritime Museum of British Columbia. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| FOIRET | France, c.1850, OIM | Parabolic Reflector = D. | Paris. | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | |
| FOKKENBERG, J.D. | Holland, 1777, OIM | Microscopes = KEN (1777), CRI. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2; KEN. | suggest correction | |
| FOLE, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1667, MIM | one of nineteen instrument makers admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668. | J. Brown 1; Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| FOLE, ROBERT 2 | misreading for "Jole." | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |||
| FOLETTI, MICHAEL | England, fl.1844-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 88 Curtain Road (1844-46); 4-5 Bateman's Row (1847-49); 64 Banner Street (1851-52); 89 Old Street (1853-60); all in London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FOLGER, GIDEON | USA, OIM | Spyglass = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass. | Nantucket, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOLGER, WALTER, JR. | USA, 1765-1849, MIM OIM | Astronomical Clock, Mariner's Compasses, Telescope = Foulger Museum, Nantucket, Mass. | scientist, astronomer, philosopher, Member of Congress, State Senator. | Nantucket, Mass. | Bedini 1; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FOLIE, A.P. | 1796, MIM | Garden Sundial, small, 1796 = D. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FOLKES, MARTIN | England, 1690-1754, OIM | designed a Cuff-type microscope with a micrometer. | Nachet. | suggest correction | ||
| FOLLI, P. FRANCESCO | Italy, 1624-85, PHIM | Hygrometer = FLO-2434. | Poppi. | Bonelli 1 & 5. | suggest correction | |
| FOND, SIGAUD DE LA | France, 1730-1810, | worked on the plate electrical machine, 1771. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| FONDRINIER | see Fourdrinier. | Hamilton 2. | suggest correction | |||
| FONETES | MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood = DPW. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FONTAINE, DE | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FONTAINEMOREAU, PIERRE ARMAND | Scotland, c.1844, | Le Comte de Fontainemoreau; he invented a new type of barometer. | Skinner's Place, Sise Lane, Edinburgh? | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol.IV, p.56. | suggest correction | |
| FONTANA 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wycombe. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FONTANA 2 | England, | see B. Fontana; Bulla, Grassi and Fontana; Grassi and Fontana. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FONTANA, B. | England, fl.1830-56, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "B. Fontana Exeter". | Cowick Street, St. Thomas, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FONTANA, B. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kettering. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FONTANA, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 4/24/87. | High Wicombe. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FONTANA, FELICE | Italy, 1730-1805, OIM PHIM | Balance Barometer = FLO. | earliest known director of Grand Duke Léopold's Museum which is now the Museo di Storia della Scienza in Florence; used spider silk for cross lines in a level with two telescopes that he built; also made thermometers. | Florence. | Bonelli 5; Michel 1 & 3; Daumas 1; Morpurgo 1; Boffito; Italian Inv.; Bedini 8; Knoefel; Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| FONTANA, FRANCESCO | Italy, fl.1580-1656, OIM | claimed to have invented a telescope in 1608, and a microscope in 1618; author; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Naples. | Offenbacher 22; Nachet; Weil 2(19); Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| FONTANA, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see Fontana 1 and E. Fontana. | High Wycombe. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FONTANA, G.B. | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Celestial Globe = Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck. | Globus, Nov. 1954. | suggest correction | ||
| FONTANI | see Fontana. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FONTANI, M. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 9/10/86. | High Wycombe. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FONTEYNE, LA | France, 1645, MIM | Sundial, compass in butt of pistol = Wallace Coll.-A1182, London. | Mourgues. | Cousins. | suggest correction | |
| FONZONOLE, ROUX | France, OIM | Microscope = D. | Paris. | Brieux 3. | suggest correction | |
| FOORD, RICHARD | England, c.1660, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company; free of the Company in 1660. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FOPPES, WYTZE | Holland, 1707-78, MIM NIM OIM | Trigonometric Instruments = P.C. (1751), LEY (1757); Telescope, Gregorian = Eisinga's house, Franeker; Reflecting Circle = AMST; Telescopes, reflecting = Auctions, 1906 and 1910. | Rooseboom puts "Dongjuma" in parentheses after the surname; also made microscopes. | Leeuwarden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FORBIN | see Fortin. | Gunther 2. | suggest correction | |||
| FORD, GEORGE 1 | England; USA, fl.1811-42, MIM NIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrant = D.(1970). | either he or his son, George Ford 2, was a clockmaker. | West King Street, Lancaster, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1; Moskowitz 101. | suggest correction |
| FORD, GEORGE 2 | USA, c.1842, MIM NIM SIM | succeeded his father, George Ford 1, in 1842. | Lancaster, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| FORD, HENRY | England, c.1724, | free in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1724. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FORD, J. | England, c.1800, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 2/1/79; Octant = OXF; Hadley's Quadrant = PRA. | may be John Ford, which see. | London. | Taylor 2(1123); Horsky and Skopova; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FORD, JOHN | England, c.1813, MIM | apprenticed to John King 2 in the Grocers' Company, 1802; turned over to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1805; free of the Company in 1813. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FORD, ROBERT | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 7, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FORDHAM, THOMAS | England, c.1776, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Fordham." | Bishops Stortford. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FOREST, J. | France, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Versailles 11/20/83 (3), Melun 4/28/83, Soth.-B 9/12/73, D.(1972), Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; Celestial Globe = D.(1972); Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Versailles 4/24/83. | some of the globes are marked "Trazada por J. Forest Ingenioro Geografo." | Paris. | Moskowitz 104; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FOREST-DUCHESNE, NICOLAS | France, 1639, | designed a sector with sights and socket, 1639; author. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FORIANO, FRA FRANCESCO DE | Italy, 1743, OIM | Microscope, 1743 = ROM. | Bonelli 4. | suggest correction | ||
| FORLANI, PAOLO DI | see Paulus de Furlanis. | Woodward 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FORNELLI | see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni. | Taylor 2(2179); Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FORNETH | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | Sheffield. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FORRE AND CO. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1970). | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FORREST | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FORSTER | see Graham and Forster. | suggest correction | ||||
| FORSTER, CLEMENT | England, fl.1682-94, MIM PHIM | Sector = D.(1994). | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 29, 1670; free of the Company, July 3, 1682; took apprentices; barometer maker. | at Mr. Davis's, near Painter's Coffee House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, London (1694). | J. Brown 3; Taylor 1(345); Goodison 1; Coffeen X (1994). | suggest correction |
| FORSTER, DANIEL | England, 1733, NIM | Davis Quadrant, 1733 = Versailles 11/19/79. | Wapping, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FORSTER, HANS | Germany?, MIM | Dividers = NUR-WI242. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FORSTER, SAMUEL | England, | designed an equatorium, made by Anthony Thompson. | North 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FORSTER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1630-74, MIM | Calendar = NMM-Gabb Coll. | pupil of William Oughtred in 1630; designed a protractor. | Red Bull over against St. Clement's Churchyard, outside Temple Bar, London. | Taylor 1(164); Rabone 1. | suggest correction |
| FORSTHOFF, JOHANN WILHELM | Germany, c.1700, PHIM | Money Balance = Soth. 6/25/68. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FORSYTH, WILLIAM | England, MIM | Slide Rule, single, wood = RSM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FORTIER | France, fl.1725-60, MIM | Astronomical Clocks with Armillary Spheres = Wallace Collection (1763), Getty Museum, P.C. | Paris. | Connaissance des Arts, 1975. | suggest correction | |
| FORTIN ET HERMANN | France, c.1830, PHIM | Pneumatic Apparatus = USNM; Hygrometer = USNM; Porosity Apparatus = USNM. | Nicolas Fortin. | Paris. | USNM; Middleton 4; Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| FORTIN, AUGUSTIN | France, fl.1768-80, MIM | Astronomical Clock = NMM; Terrestrial Globes = Schuhmann-96 (1770), CNAM (1769, 1770, 1780), NMM (1770)(2); Celestial Globes = ADL-A262 (1780), CNAM (1770, 1780), Drouot 11/6/67; Pair of Globes, 1780 = D.(1970); Armillary Spheres = D.(1974), VEO, Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y.; Planispheres = P.C., ADL-DPW53 (1768); Planetarium = D.(1974). | "Ingénieur pour les globes et sphères"; Yonge gave first address. | Mouchy-la-V. (Oise); chez le S. Fortin, rue de la Harpe, Paris. | Brieux 3; Bonelli 4; Italian Inv.; Daumas 1; Nachet; MADEX; Wynter 1; Stevenson; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FORTIN, ETIENNE | France, c.1785, MIM OIM | made large astronomical instruments. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| FORTIN, JEAN NICHOLAS | France, 1750-1831, MIM NIM PHIM | Barometers = CNAM, FLG, GMT; Air Pump, 1780 = FLO; Air Pump = CNAM; Spherometer = CNAM; Repeating Circle = CNAM; Balance = WHI. | the foremost precision instrument maker in Paris of his era, he made chemical apparatus and precision balances for Antoine Lavoisier; developed a portable cistern barometer; Yonge thought he made the Hispanic Society armillary sphere. | rue Saint Honoré; rue de la Sorbonne; rue de la Montagne-Sainte Geneviève; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; Brewington 1; Bonelli 1 & 4; Maistrov 4; Brieux 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Italian Inv; J.A. Bennett 2; Middleton 1; Yonge. | suggest correction |
| FORTIN, LE SIEUR | see Augustin Fortin and Jean Nicholas Fortin as both used this title. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FORTIN, LOUISE | France, c.1793, MIM | worked with her father, Augustin Fortin; globe maker. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| FOSANELLI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bishops Castle. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FOSSE-E-O | MIM | Proportional Dividers, wood and metal = USNM. | the hyphens indicate illegible letters. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FOSSELL, DAVID | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Hinckley. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER | England, 19th Century, MIM | Floating Sundial, ivory = P.C. | marked "Magnetic Sun Dial." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER AND CAMMACK | England, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-TL98. | Liverpool. | Frank. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, CHARLES | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | Halifax. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, CLEMENT | see Clement Forster. | suggest correction | ||||
| FOSTER, DANIEL | England, NIM | a copy of a mariner's compass signed "Daniel Foster" was made and signed by L.C. Eichner of New Jersey, for the Mayflower II. | near Wapping Old Stairs, London. | Taylor 1(351); RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, EDWARD | England, fl.1777-85, MIM | Planetarium, 1777 = X. | also a clock maker. | Carlisle. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction |
| FOSTER, JAMES 1 | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | partner with L.T. Wells as Wells and Foster 1. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, JAMES 2 | USA, 1814-73, MIM PHIM SIM | Solar Compass = Oregon State Logging Museum, Klamath Falls.; Surveyor's Compasses = Abraham Lincoln Museum, Springfield, Il., D.(1978). | see also "Wells and Foster" 2 and "James Foster Jr. and Co." | Fifth and Race Street, Cincinnatti, Ohio. (1852-73). | Smart 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FOSTER, JAMES, JR. AND CO. | USA, 1814-73, MIM PHIM SIM | Transit = Ohio State Museum, Columbus; Surveying Chain= D.(1991). | James Foster 2. | Baltimore, Md (1814-38); Cincinnati, Ohio (1838-73). | Smart 1; Coffeen 35. | suggest correction |
| FOSTER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 of the Clockmakers' Company in 1680; free of the Company on Jan. 20, 1690. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, JOHN 2 | Englandc.1693, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on May 3, 1693; free of the Company, April 4, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FOSTER, JOHN 3 | England, c.1726, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Foster 2 (or 1) of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 1, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FOSTER, JOHN 4 | England, c.1797, | apprenticed to Joseph Stutchbury in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1797. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FOSTER, JOHN 5 | England, fl.1830-37, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant, ebony = Soth. 10/28/86. | T.C. | 70 Sparling Street; 43 Sparling Street; 33 Strand Street. all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1849); Brewington 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FOSTER, JOSEPH | England, c.1728, MIM | apprenticed to his father , John Foster 2 (or 1), of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 6, 1728. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| FOSTER, ROGER 1 | England, c.1650, MIM | Horary Quadrant = D.(1969). | this instrument was later modified with a radius arm to serve as a surveying quadrant; it was used for survey work in New England, c.1750. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, ROGER 2 | France?, c.1790, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Soth. 3/10/87. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FOSTER, SAMUELL | England, fl.1619-52, | designed a type of sector that was made by Anthony Thompson 1; designed and made other instruments and sundials; professor of Astronomy at Gresham College; author; see S.F. | Coventry. | Calvert 2; Taylor 1(139); Weil 2(15); Brusa 1. | suggest correction | |
| FOSTER, W. | England, fl.1685-90, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = BM(3) one dated 1685, OXF (1690). | Gunther 2; Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | ||
| FOSTER, W.T. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 12/17/75. | Ramsgate. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOUCALT, JEAN BERNARD LEON | France, 1819-68, OIM PHIM | Philosophical Instrument = POB; Telescope = Observatoire de Marseilles (2). | Jean Bernard Léon Foucalt; designed microscopes for daguerreotypes; designed pendulum to show motion of the earth; invented a gyroscope in 1852. | Paris. | Nachet; Trois Siècles; G.L'E. Turner 24; Maynent. | suggest correction |
| FOUCHE | see Fourché. | suggest correction | ||||
| FOUCHY, MR. GRANDJEAN DE | France, fl.1732-69, | invented the micrometer scale which was added by Le Maire Fils in 1741 to the telescopic quadrant, ADL-M186, which had been made by Philippe Claude Lebas, c.1675; Fouchy was a member of the Académie Royal des Sciences. | Paris. | Engelmann 1; Fox 1; Ronfort 1; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOUCQUIER, ANTHOUNE | France, fl.1587-89, MIM SIM | Sundial, ivory, 1587 = Peyrot Coll.; Circumferentor, 1589 = DEU. | Evans 1; Price 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FOUITIE, MME. DE | France?, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-T154. | Frank. | suggest correction | ||
| FOULLON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Rule, folding, ivory = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FOULLON, ABEL | France, 1513-65, | invented the holometer for surveying; author; director of the Mint for Henri II. | Paris. | Michel 3; Boffito; Weil 2. | suggest correction | |
| FOURCHE | France, fl.1780-1810, MIM | Measures = CNAM; Money Balance = TPD. | Fourché; measures marked "l'an V". | rue de la Ferronnerie, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FOURDRINIER | France, pre-1672, MIM SIM | Graphometer = FIN-240 = ADL-N33; Gnomonic Instrument = X. | Paris. | Nachet; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOUX | Holland, 1752, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments; went to Leyden in 1752. | De Clerq. | suggest correction | ||
| FOWLER, F. | England, MIM | Table Sundial = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOWLER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1709, OIM | apprenticed to John Yarwell in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1709. | The Globe, Sweetings Alley, London. | Robischon. | suggest correction | |
| FOWLER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1720-39, MIM PHIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = P.C., D.(1964), Soth. 11/23/59; Azimuth Compass = NMM; Sundial, 1737 = OXF; Sundial = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Protactor = D.(1996); Universal Sundial = D.(1995). | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1; T.C.; made slide rules, thermometers, etc. | at the Globe in Swithin Alley by the Royal Exchange; at the Globe in Sweeting's Alley by the Royal Exchange (1737); both in London; [may be one address]. | Taylor 2(174); Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Baillie 1; RSW; Gunther 2; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; NMM 2; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen 49 and 55. | suggest correction |
| FOWLER, JOHN WILLIAM | England, c.1753, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 9, 1753. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FOWLER, T. | England, c.1700, MIM | Azimuth Compass = SWE. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FOWLER, WILLIAM | England, 1738, NIM | Backstaff, 1738 = P.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FOWLES | England, c.1676, MIM | made Townley-type micrometer which Flamsteed gave to Gian Domenico Cassini, c.1676. | London. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| FOWLT, JOHN | England, c.1737, | apprenticed to Robert Cole 1 in the Stationers' Company; turned over to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company, June 7, 1737. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| FOX | England, PHIM | Dip Circles = X. | Cornwall. | McConnell (1984). | suggest correction | |
| FOX, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Edmund Fox or earlier E. Fox recorded by Baillie; barometer signed "E. Fox Ely and Soham." | Ely and Soham. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| FOX, EDMUND | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker? see E. Fox. | Broad Street, Ely. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction | |
| FOX, H. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | scale plate etched (?). | Wakefield. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FOX, JOSEPH | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Mrs. Martha Rust in the Grocers' Company, 1801. | London. | J. Brown 2. | suggest correction | |
| FOX, ROBERT WERE | England, fl.1831-48, | designed a dipping needle and a terrestrial magnetism measuring instrument. | Falmouth, Cornwall. | Taylor 2(1850). | suggest correction | |
| FOXON, WILLIAM | England, 1772, | invented a hydrometer, or mechanical log, 1772. | Deptford. | Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | |
| FOY | France, OIM | Spyglass = FRK. | optician. | Galerie Vivienne No. 59A, Paris. | Frank. | suggest correction |
| FPLEGER, CHRISTOPH HUDIER | 1629, MIM | Protractor, 1629 = STU. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FRADER, DIDAE, SATDAN | 1511, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1511 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FRAENKEL, H.H. | Holland, 19th Century?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Auction, 1975. | Groningen. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| FRAGET, F. | Francec.1850, MIM | Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | marked "Constucteur." | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRAIDEL | see Raidel. | suggest correction | ||||
| FRAMBOTTI, PAOLO | Italy, c.1649, MIM | Sector = X. | Padua. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| FRAN:US, P. PETRUS, DE WILLEVEAUX | see Willeveaux, P. Petrus Fraa~:us de. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FRANCESCO DI PADUA | Italy, | owner of many fine instruments made for him by Erasmus Habermel; badge was three rose bushes. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FRANCHETTA | England, MIM | Alidade = CYM. | Manchester. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCIS, BULMER | England, fl.1731-74, MIM | apprenticed to Richard George on April 5, 1709; turned over to Richard Hutchinson, of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCIS, E.G. | England, fl.1836-42, OIM | Microscope = CRI. | Gunther thought it was 92 Berwick Street. | 82 Berwick Street, Soho, London. | O'Mara; Gunther 2. | suggest correction |
| FRANCIS, GEORGE | England, fl.1828-42, MIM OIM PHIM | 103 Regent Street (1828-29); 93 Berwick Street; both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1851); Nachet. | suggest correction | ||
| FRANCIS, JM. | USA, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer, mahogany = Sack. | 13 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | I. Sack Brochure 29, 10/1/76. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCIS, LAWRENCE C. | USA, fl.1844-83, PHIM | Barometers = Soth.-PB pre-1980, Atwater Kent Museum and Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Stick Barometer = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Barometer and Thermometer = D.(1957). | signed "L.C. Francis." | Fetter Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANCISCI D'ESPANA | Spain, 1692, MIM | Astrolabe, 1692 = ROM. | Francisci d'España; ICA-501. | Bonelli 4; Price 1; ICA 2; Bedini 12; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCISCI DI VECTIOSI | Italy, 1577, MIM | Astrolabe-Quadrant, 1577 = P. and S. 6/18/1894-34 = BMR; Quadrant, 1577 = OXF. | P. and S. signed "Opus." | Gunther 6; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCISCUS DE SALUIS | Italy, 1682, MIM | Drawing Compass, 1682 = ADL-M75. | "Franciscus de Saluis Roman. fecit Neap. 1682." | Rome; Naples. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANCISCUS DI CREMONA | Italy, 1638, MIM | Dividers, 1638 = Istituto di Fisico, Padua. | Cremona. | Italian Inv. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCISCUS DI VITIOLI | see Francisci di Vectiosi. | Société Belge; Belgian Inv. | suggest correction | |||
| FRANCK, CAROLUS | Austria, 1732, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = ADL-M256; Universal Ring Sundial, 1732 = ADL-DPW45. | Zinner and Michel thought he was c.1680. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANCK, JOHAN FREDERICK | 1643, MIM SIM | Protractor with sights = SKO; Surveying Instrument Set = SKO; Horizontal Sundial, 1643 = SKO. | sundial is for 50° latitude. | Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCO, CARLO | Italy, c.1653, MIM SIM | Horizontal Sundial = LIE; Graphometer = X. | Milan. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCOIS | France, c.1750, MIM | Carpenter's Square = ADL-M99. | "François." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCOIS, A. LE | France, MIM | Instrument = KEN. | "A. Le François." | 174 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANCOIS, GILBERT | France, pre-1767, OIM | Microscope, silver = Davila Sale 11/12/1767, Paris. | François. | Frick Library, New York City; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANCONE, JOANNES | 1779, MIM | Nachet. | suggest correction | |||
| FRANK, HEI | Germany, c.1830, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Lempertz 4/28/61; Diptych Sundial, wood, leather and paper = WHI. | only initial of first name can be read on WHI. | Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKE | Austria, MIM | made various mathematical instruments. | Vienna. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKE, JOHANN FRIDERICH | Germany, fl.1640-43, MIM | Proportional Compass, 1640 = VIE; Graphometer, 1642 = VIE; Set of Surveying Instruments, 1643 = SKO; Mining Compass = P.C. | the 1640 octant also shows the name "Benjamin Bramer"; Franke was the Warden of the Castle and the Commandant of Plassenburg. | Plassenburg bi Kulmbach. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 3 & 14; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANKEN, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | see Johann Friderich Franke. | suggest correction | ||||
| FRANKHAM AND WILSON | England, fl.1856-60, PHIM | barometer makers; see Richard and Henry Frankham. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKHAM, RICHARD AND HENRY | England, fl.1829-55, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Barometer = Soth. 7/15/66. | also made thermometers; see Frankham and Wilson. | 12 Wilson Street, Grays Inn Road, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANKIN, THOMAS | see Thomas Franklyn. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FRANKLIN 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | St. Anne's Place, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKLIN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | 44 High Street, Bloomsbury. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKLIN AND CO. | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | T.C. | N°. 20 St.Ann's Square, Manchester. | Calvert 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN | USA, 1706-90, MIM PHIM | Electrical Machine = Library Company, Philadelphia; Lodestone, 1729 with Franklin's name = Soth. 12/8/69. | scientist, author, diplomat; he invented many philosophical instruments. | Boston, N.E.; Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW; etc. | suggest correction |
| FRANKLYN, THOMAS | England, fl.1716-19, MIM | member of the Stationers' Company; he took over John Farrer and James Howell as apprentices in 1716 and 1719, respectively, from Joseph Harrison of the Grocers' Company. | London. | J.Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKS, A. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope, compound binocular = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Manchester, Southport and Hull. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRANKS, ABRAHAM | England, c.1830, OIM | Hick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Taylor 2(1852). | suggest correction | ||
| FRANSZ, PIETER | Holland, c.1629, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FRANZ, JOH. GEORG | Germany, fl.1790-1808, MIM | Celestial Globes = Eisenach Thüring Museum (1790), Gotha Landsbibliothek (1804), VNL, DEU, Regensburg Hofbibliothek, VIT; Terrestrial Globe, 1808 = NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Globus, Nov. 1954, June 1962. | suggest correction | |
| FRANZ, JOSEPH, S.J. | Czechoslovakia, 1756, | developed a precision rule in 1756. | Czech. Inv. | suggest correction | ||
| FRANZ-LX, IORGE | Belgium?, 1593, MIM | Sundial, 1593 = LIE. | Michel 9; Belgian Inv. | suggest correction | ||
| FRANZEL, FERD. RUDOLF | Germany, 1749, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1749 = Schiller's House, Weimar. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FRANZI, FELIX | Holland, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer, walnut = Christie April, 1978. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| FRASCATORO, GIROLAMO | Italy, | made a Copernican equatorium. | North 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FRASCOLI, ANTONIO | Italy, 1866, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, 1866 = Linceo Giulio Beccaria, Milan. | Milan. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRASER | England, fl.1789-1815, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including sextants, barometers, telescopes, various types of sundials, pedometers, a magnetic compass dated 1789, etc. | William Fraser or perhaps his son; see Fraser and Son; "Optician to His Majesty." | 3 New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(835); Goodison 1; Evans 1; Whipple 1; Gunther 6; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; Wynter and Turner; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW; Coffeen 14; Bryden 16. | suggest correction |
| FRASER AND SON | England, 1799-1815, MIM PHIM SIM | Box Sextant = Christie 2/16/69; Theodolites = D.(1972), Soth. 11/9/70; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/87. | William Fraser and his son; taken over by Hawks Grice, 1815, and by Edward Dixey in 1817. | New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(835); Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; RSW; Clay and Court; Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction |
| FRASER, A. AND H. | England, c.1825, MIM OIM | Spyglass, six-draw = Soth. 11/9/70; Sundial = Chriatie-SK 11/19/87. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRASER, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1840-70, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1840, stone = Bredisholm. | sundial maker; mason. | Gatty; Somerville. | suggest correction | |
| FRASER, J.G. | England, | owner; "J.G. Fraser, R.N." marked on a sextant in the Frank Coll. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FRASER, JOHN | England, c.1681, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = SPI-2818. | apprenticed to Edward Eyston in the Clockmakers' Company, 1681. | London. | Taylor 1(528); Michel 3; Ernst; Evans 1; Britten; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRASER, W.M. | England, c.1775, MIM | sold Wright's celestial globes; probably a misreading for Wm. Fraser. | New Bond Street, London. | Soth. 11/20/70. | suggest correction | |
| FRASER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1785-1815, MIM OIM | Spyglass = KEN; Balance = Wallington Museum, Northumberland; Hodometer = Chelsea Fair (1973); Air Pump = P.C.; Level = X; Circular Slide Rule = P.C. | T.C.; instrument maker to King George III; "Optical and Mathematical Instrument Maker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales"; see "Fraser" and "Fraser and Son." | Ferguson's Head, 3 New Bond Street; 31 New Bond Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(835); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1; RSW; Moskowitz 103; Delehar 9. | suggest correction |
| FRASI, FREDERICK | MIM | Sun Compass = NMM-D.22. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FRASSY | England? France?, c. 1850, MIM | Sector, wood = ADL-M498. | in centimeters. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRATELLI, BIANCHY | see Bianchy. | suggest correction | ||||
| FRAUENHOFER, JOSEPH VON | Germany, 1787-1826, OIM | Telescopes = STT, VIT, DRE; Spectroscope = DRE; Transit = STT. | made the most important telescopes of his era; joined Reichenbach and Liebherr in 1807; firm was Reichenbach, Utzschneider und Liebherr, 1807-14; was Utzschneider und Liebherr 1814-24; was Utzschneider und Frauenhofer, 1824-26; Frauenhofer built his own optical glass factory in Benedictbeuren Stift; his greatest contributions were in the field of spectroscopy. | Munich; Benedictbeiren. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Drechsler 2; Pipping 1 & 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Repsold; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. | suggest correction |
| FRAZER 1 | England, fl.1785-88, MIM | Pedometers = CLO, P.C. | might be William Fraser. | London. | Baillie 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRAZER 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRAZER, WILLIAM | England, c.1825, OIM | 94 Wardour Street, London. | Taylor 2(1557). | suggest correction | ||
| FREAUN, A.R. | France, 1842, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1842 = MAN-I164. | Paris. | Garcia Fraanco 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRECOT | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Museum of Natural History, Paris. | Frécot. | 89 rue de la Harpe, Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| FREDENSBURG, C. | Germany, | this entry does not appear in Zinner, although the entry "B.E." says "see C. Fredensburg." | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FREEMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | 25 Great Warner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FREEMAN AND NEW | England, PHIM | T.C.; scalemakers. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Calvert 2. | suggest correction | |
| FREEMAN, HENRY | England, fl.1817-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Taylor 2(1336a). | suggest correction | |||
| FREEMAN, HENRY WILLIAM | England, fl.1828-40, MIM | 3 Curtain Road (1828-29); 3 New Inn Yard, Curtain Road (1840); both in London. | O'Mara; Crawforth 6. | suggest correction | ||
| FREEMAN, S. | England, c.1900, | Water Clock, 1642 = MYS. | surely modern, by Birmingham firm. | Gloucester. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FREEMAN, T.G. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FREEMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1698, MIM | apprenticed to Cornelius Harbert of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 6, 1686; turned over to Thomas Meades, also of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company, July 4, 1698. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| FREER, JOHN | England, 1646, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1642 = D.(1979). | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FREMINVILLE | France, c.1790, OIM | Telescope, wood = A-P 3/15/76. | Fréminville; made telescopes for the army. | rue du Bacq, No. 628; Gros Caillou (c.1790); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FREMOY, C.G. DU | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Clock, geared = SLM. | also signed "Frenoy." | Salzburg. | Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| FRENCH, JAMES | England; USA, 1788, NIM | Davis Quadrant, 1788 = MYS. | brother of Samuel French; may have been owner. | Providence, R.I. | USNM; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRENCH, SAMUEL | c.1788, | brother of James French. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FRENCH, SANTIAGO JAMES MOORE | England, fl.1810-44, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X; Stick Barometer = X. | instruments signed "French Royal Exchange." | 14-15 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange (1822-39); 80 Cornhill (1840-44); both in London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| FRENOY | see Fremoy. | suggest correction | ||||
| FRERSZ, JOHANN EGGERICH | Germany, 1666, MIM SIM | Case of Instruments, 1666 = KAS; Theodolite = BER; Cicumferentor = KAS. | Zinner thought him Frers; may be same as Johann Eggerich, which see. | Gottigen; Cologne. | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRESNEL, AUGUSTIN JEAN | France, 1788-1827, | developed new microscopes; invented a special lens for lighthouse lamps; author. | Nachet; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| FREY, FRANZ | 1757, MIM | Sundial, square, 1757 = P. and S. 6/8/1894. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FREY, MARTIN | Germany, c.1590, MIM | the inscription, "Martin Frey Regenpure 1590", appears on a universal equinoctial hanging sundial c.1480 at OXF. | Regensburg. | Maddison 6; Evans 1; Gunther 1 and 6. | suggest correction | |
| FRIC, JOSE AND JAN | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM SIM | Theodolite = MOS. | Prague. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Hynie. | suggest correction | |
| FRIED, GEY | see Seyfried. | Bonelli 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FRIEDRICH | Germany, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P. and S. 4/3/1894; Alidades = P. and S. 11/12/1894(2). | Evans 1 listed him as Friedrichy. | Berlin. | Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRIEHER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1600, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = LUN. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FRIEND | England, c.1850, MIM | River Current Meter = P.C.; Depth Sounder, No. 322 = D.(1987). | sounder marked "Patentee." | Southampton. | Coffeen 15; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRIES, A. | Italy, OIM | Telescope = Christie 12/16/69. | "Ottica." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRIES, FREDERIC | Holland, fl.1791-92, PHIM | made philosophical instruments for van Marum. | Haarlem. | G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24. | suggest correction | |
| FRIESE, H. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial, wood = BEK. | Berlin. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRIESSFELDT, HANS | Germany, c.1555, MIM | Diptych Sundial = Liegnitz Stadtmuseum. | compass maker; Master in 1555; sundial signed "HANS FR__ NFELT NERMBERG FACIEBAT"; Zinner spelt him as Frueinsfeldt. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | suggest correction |
| FRIEZ, JULIEN P., AND SON | USA, c.1900, MIM | Compass, with sights = Michigan Historical Society, Lansing, Mich. | also marked "Delagrave et Cie. Editeur, Paris." | Belfort Observatory, Baltimore, Md. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRIGERIO, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | may be same as J. Frigerio. | 281 High Holborn, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRIGERIO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRISI, GEO. L. | Italy, 1794, MIM | Quadrant, ivory, 1794 = OXF. | latitude 45°28'. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | suggest correction | |
| FRISIUS, GEMMA | Gemma Frisius (Gemma of Friesland). | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| FRISIUS, NEPOS GEMMAE | see Gualterus Arsenius, nephew of Gemma Frisius. | USNM; RSW; van Ortroy 2. | suggest correction | |||
| FRIST | 1578, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1578 = MUN. | "Frist, Kurlze dout ewigist Bedenck das end zeit laub't behend." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRISY | see Gemma Frisius. | suggest correction | ||||
| FRITH | England, post-1826, OIM | Telescope, two-draw = FRK-T134. | see Peter Frith and Co. | London. | Frank. | suggest correction |
| FRITH, PETER | England, fl.1820-62, OIM | Microscope, drum = D.(1986). | signed "P. Frith." | London. | Coffeen 13. | suggest correction |
| FRITH, PETER, AND CO. | England, fl.1820-c.66, MIM OIM SIM | Telescope, post-1826 = PEA. | also made microscopes; T.C. | Sheffield; 28 Cursitor Street (1826); 5 Bartlett's Buildings, Holborn (1866), factory; both in London. | Taylor 2(1557a); Brewington 1; USNM; Calvert 2; Coffeen 13. | suggest correction |
| FRITZ, KARL | Germany, c.1750, PHIM | Steelyard = USNM. | Bonn. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| FROBERG, SVEN | Sweden, 1782, MIM | Fröberg. | Uppsala. | Sidenbladh. | suggest correction | |
| FRODSHAM | England, 19th Century, MIM | Map Measurer = KEN. | Kingsgate Street, Red Lion Square, London. | KEN. | suggest correction | |
| FRODSHAM AND BAKER | England, fl.1809-49, PHIM | John Frodsham and Baker. | Kingsgate Street (1809-23); 33 Gracechurch Street (1823-); both in London. | Britten. | suggest correction | |
| FRODSHAM AND KEEN | England, c.1840, MIM NIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/16/75. | T.C.; chronometer and watch makers. | 9 St. George Crescent; 17 South Castle Street and East Side Salthouse Dock; all in Liverpool. | Brewington 1. | suggest correction |
| FRODSHAM, CHARLES | England, 1811-70, MIM PHIM | Barometer = K. and C. 5/14/75. | apprenticed to his father, William James Frodsham, in the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company in 1845; F.R.S.; successor to Arnold (1843) and to B.L. Vulliamy (1854); brother of John and Henry Frodsham. | London. | Poggendorff; USNM; Pipping 1; Britten; Clifton 1. | suggest correction |
| FRODSHAM, G. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X and K.and C. 5/14/75. | 84 Strand, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRODSHAM, HENRY, JR. | England, fl.1835-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = MYS; Octant = WHI; Stick Barometers = Soth. 2/19/87, VNN; Marine Barometer = NOR; Sympiesometer = D.(1961); Sextants = D.(1976), D.(1997). | his instruments are often signed "H.Frodsham"; brother of Charles and John Frodsham. | 38 Castle Street, Liverpool; Change Alley, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1558); Price 2; Bryden 9; Clifton 1; Coffeen 56. | suggest correction |
| FRODSHAM, JOHN | England, 1785-1849, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | member of the Clockmakers' company, 1822; livery of the company in 1830; partner with Baker, 1809-49 as Frodsham and Baker. | Kingsgate Street (1809-23); 33 Gracechurch Street (1823-); both in London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; Britten. | suggest correction |
| FRODSHAM, WILLIAM JAMES | England, fl.1800-38, MIM OIM | see Parkinson and Frodsham. | Taylor 2(1403). | suggest correction | ||
| FROGGATT, SAMUEL | England, fl.1827-46, MIM OIM PHIM | still listed as "Optician" in the 1846 Directory. | 14 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden (1822-29); 27 Bridgehouse Place, Newington Causeway and 13 Charterhouse (1840); all in London. | Taylor 2(1559); O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| FROGGATT, THOMAS | England, fl.1822-30, OIM | Walkmile, Pickle; Savile Street; both in Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1560). | suggest correction | ||
| FROLANDER, ANDERS | Sweden, b.1733, MIM | Frölander was apprenticed to J.Z. Steinholtz in 1760. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FROMENT, PAUL GUSTAVE | France, 1815-64, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope = BIL; Surveying Instrument, 1850 = P.C.; Electrical Machine = D.; Marine Compass = D. | student at the Ecole Polytechnique, Paris (1835-37); showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 5 rue Ménil/Montant, Paris. | Poggendorff; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Brieux 2; Purtle; Paris-1900; J.A.Bennett 2. | suggest correction |
| FROMOND | 1784, OIM | Microscope, small, 1784 = Liceo Ginnasio D. Manin, Cremona. | Italian Inv. | suggest correction | ||
| FROST | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker; may be W. Frost. | Great Charles Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| FROST AND ADAMS | USA, 1835-1935, MIM SIM | Transit-Level = P.C. | founded in 1835; incorporated in 1895; the Makepeace Company bought Frost and Adams in 1931; artists' supplies; sold surveying instruments under the name of Frost and Adams; successors to Whipple; see Frost and Adams Co; the transit-level was marked "Yankee No. 155." | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1 and 2; Bedini 6; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FROST AND ADAMS CO. | USA, MIM | Rule, wood = ADL-W119. | see Frost and Adams. | Boston, Mass. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FROST AND WITHNOLL | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | W. Frost and T. Withnoll; successors to Wood and Lort; rule makers; authors. | Litchfield Street (1767); 14 Litchfield Street (1770); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(591). | suggest correction | |
| FROST BROS. | England, c.1850, MIM | Rope-maker's Gauge = OXF. | patent rope-makers. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| FROST, NOAKES AND CO. | England, PHIM | Frost, J. Noakes and Co. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FROST, W. | see Frost and Withnoll. | Taylor 2(591). | suggest correction | |||
| FROTHERINGHAM, SAMUEL | England, d.1745, | invented a metallic thermometer. | Holbeach, Elloe Holland, Lincolnshire. | Chaldecott 2; Britton. | suggest correction | |
| FROWD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hemel Hempstead. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRUEINSFELDT, HANS | see Hans Friessfeldt. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FRUTOLF | Germany, d.1103, MIM | Benedictine monk; made sundials. | Bamberg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRY, J. | England, 1742, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood, 1742 = Soth. 2/2/76. | in the Old Bailey, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FRYE AND SHAW | USA, fl.1837-45, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Barometer = MYS; Stick Barometer = John C. Freeman (1845); Marine Compasses = PMS, D.(1983); Octants = P.C.(2); Surveying Compasses = Huntington Historical Society, N.Y., D.(1935), Skinner 6/28/83; Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | Addington D. Frye and Robert Ludlow Shaw; USNM entry says that Huntington instrument is dated 1780. | 222 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Coffeen D; Hague; Warner 12; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FRYE, ADDINGTON D. | USA, fl.1836-48, MIM NIM | see Frye and Shaw. | 222 Water Street (1836-37); 33 Pike (1844-48); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| FRYE, JOSEPH | USA, 1712-94, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = USNM. | this instrument was used by Frye and may have been made by him. | Fryeburg, Me. | Smart 1; Bedini 8. | suggest correction |
| FUCHS | Germany, 1577, MIM | Astrolabe, 1577 = Gillingham Coll. = P.C. | ICA-273; for 50° latitude. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FUCHS, M. | Germany, c.1817, PHIM | Barometer = DRE; Electrical Machine, 1817 = DRE. | Leipzig. | Drechsler; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FUCHS, M.C.B. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Celestial Globe = MUN. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FUCHS, THOMAS | Germany; Sweden, fl.1706-45, MIM | Gunner's Scale, 1706 = STT. | Uppsala. | Pipping 1 & 2. | suggest correction | |
| FUGGER | Germany, MIM | Pillar Sundial, "rock crystal" and silver, 1560 = TIM. | the sundial has a parchment calendar inside; the instrument may not be as old as the marked date would indicate. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FUHRMANN, ELIAS ADAM | Germany, 1750, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1750 = P. & S. 11/21/1894. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FULBY, P. | Germany, NIM | Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco, Ca. | probably D. Filby. | Hamburg. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| FULIGATTI, GIULIO | Italy, c.1617, MIM | S.J.; designed sundials; author of "De gli Horivoli a sole", dedicated to Don Cosmo II Gran Duca di Toscana IIII, Ferrara, 1617. | Cesena. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FULLER 1 | England, c.1820, OIM | made a microscope in the form of a book. | Norwich. | Taylor 2(1561); Nachet; Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| FULLER 2 | England, PHIM | see Caltenback, Fuller and Co. | 77 Blackman Street, Borough, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FULLER, J. | England, MIM | Level = Soth. 7/15/63. | Ipswich. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FULLER, JOHN E. | USA, fl.1845-47, MIM | Time Telegraph, with Calculator, 1845 = WHI; Circular Slide Rule, Palmer-Type = P.C. | invented a circular slide rule, "The Time Telegraph" to figure the number of days between any two dates; patented in 1845; bought out Aaron Palmer and improved Palmer's slide rule by adding his rule to the back of the instrument in 1847; Delehar thought he was George Fuller. | Boston, Mass. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 9; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FULLER, JOSEPH | England, fl.1832-34, MIM PHIM | 2 St.James' Walk, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1856); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| FULLER, MR. | England, fl.1678-85, MIM | invented "a little Cross-Staff." | A.J. Turner 1 & 2. | suggest correction | ||
| FULLER, SAMUEL | Ireland, c.1732, | wrote a book on globes. | Dublin. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| FULLONE | see Foullon. | suggest correction | ||||
| FULLWOOD, BARBON | England, c.1785, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | Holborn, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FULTON, J. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = Atwater Kent Museum, Phiadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| FULTON, J.L., AND CO. | USA, PHIM | Scale, beam = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FUNCK, CHRISTLIEB BENEDICT | Germany, 1736-87, MIM | Globe, paper covered, 1780 = SLM; Terrestrial Globe, 1785 = DRE. | Christlieb Benedict Funck von Hartenstein, professor of physics. | Leipzig. | Grötzsch 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FUNCK, JOH. MICHAEL | Germany, 1725, MIM | Diptych Sundial, cardboard, 1725 = BAU. | Erfurt. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| FUNCKLER, F.W. | Holland, fl.1849-60, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = TEY. | won a gold prize at the 1849 Paris Exposition; see Logeman en Funckler. | Haarlem. | G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24. | suggest correction |
| FURLANIS, PAULUS DE | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, silver = WHI. | map maker; sometimes signed "Paolo Forlani"; engraved plate of quadrant for Fabritio Mordente's book. | Verona. | Whipple 1; O. Brown 3; Woodward 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FURST, PAULUS | Germany, c.1622, | engraving of an astrolabe signed "M. Francisci Ritteri Noribergensis Paulus Fürst excudit" = OXF (Gunther 288); Fürst also designed a horizontal sundial. | Nürnberg. | Price 1; Gunther 1; Lunardi. | suggest correction | |
| FURSTALLER, JOSEF JAKOB | Austria, 1730-75, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Studienbibliothek, Salzburg. | Fürstaller. | Bramberg and Salzberg. | Globus, Oct. 1953, Nov. 1954, Dec. 1956, June 1963. | suggest correction |
| FURSTLE | Fürstle; see Johann Paul Kraus. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FURTENBACH, MARTIN | Germany, 1535, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1535 = Raymond Fugger (1535). | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| FURTTENBACH, JOSEPH | Germany, pre-1771, MIM | Fürttenbach; invented and made skaphe sundials (drawing). | Portaluppi; Nedoluha. | suggest correction | ||
| FUSARIUS, FRANCISCUS | Italy, 1637-1638, MIM | Sectors = OXF (1638), ADL SD-2 (1637). | ADL one (viewed by RSW in P.C. 1977) is Guidobaldo-type; OXF has steel points. | Cremona. | Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FUSELLI | Italy, NIM | Compass in gimbals = D.(1976). | Genoa. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| FUSORIS, JOHANNE | France, c.1365-1436, MIM | Astrolabes = OXF (ICA-192, 194, 196), CNAM-19544, NOR, BAR, GIL, DPW (ICA-193b), RSM-1947/27, ADL-M27 (ICA-199), FIN (ICA-193) = Landau = ADL-W264, ANM (ICA-460), BRS (ICA-568), NMM (ICA-337), University of Wroclaw, D.(1993); Mars plate for Equatorium, 1400, = P.C. | Fusoris astrolabes, though not signed, are so well documented by Poulle that identification is certain. | Giraumont; Paris. | Poulle 1 & 6; Michel 2; Price 1; Gunther 1; Simoni; Polish Inv.; A.J. Turner 10; DSB; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| FUSS, NICHOLAS | Germany, c.1774, | designed a microscope. | Nachet. | suggest correction | ||
| FUSSEN | Germany, | Füssen. | Bobinger 5. | suggest correction | ||
| FUSSES, NIZZAER | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Rule = DRE. | Nürnberg. | Drechsler. | suggest correction | |
| FUTTEL, THOMAS | see Thomas Tuttell. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| FYFE, S.H. | Scotland, NIM | Compass in gimbals = FRK-N3 = RSM. | Glasgow. | Frank; Clarke et al. | suggest correction | |
| FYOT, F.M. | England, c.1785, | invented a "cyclometer" and a graphometer. | 33 Compton Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(836). | suggest correction |
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