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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| G. | Portugal, 1605, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1605 (NMM-59) = Christie-NY 6/14/88 = Museu de Marinha, Lisbon. | National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes; from the Atocha wreck. | A. Stimson 3. | |
| G. AND R.G. | Scotland, c.1817, MIM | wrote on thermometers and hygrometers; mathematical instrument makers ? | Kinross? | Taylor 2(1337a). | |
| G.A. | Gualterus Arsenius, which see; instruments sometimes signed "G.A. nepos Gemmae Frisi." | Engelmann 1; Van Ortroy 2; ADL; RSW. | |||
| G.A.I.G. | See H.G.A.V. | ||||
| G.A.R.E. | Holland?, 1569, MIM | Astrolabe, 1569 = AMST. | the astrolabe is also marked "P.C." | Holland, Belgium or Germany. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| G.A.Z.N. | Germany | marked on stone sundial signed "Gottfried Abbas." | N.M. Fränkel Coll. Cat, 1913. | ||
| G.B. 1 | England | on nocturnals = Great Bear. | RSW. | ||
| G.B. 2 | England, c.1775, NIM | Backstaff = Christie-SK 7/2/81-174. | "G.B. Royal Guardian", with Prince of Wales plumes; belonged to Nevil Maskylene. | RSW. | |
| G.B.H.L. | England?, NIM | Nocturnal, wood = GMM. | "G.B." may stand for Great Bear. | RSW. | |
| G.C. | c.1820, MIM | Sundial, pocket = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | ||
| G.C.A. | GermanyMIM | Universal Ring Sundial = LIN-100. | Zinner 1. | ||
| G.C.K. | Germany, 1768, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1768 = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| G.C.M. | ItalyMIM SIM | initials on surveying instrument made by Gio. Riva at VEN. | RSW. | ||
| G.C.S. | Germanyc.1550, MIM | Dividers with screw, iron = P.C. | screw runs through both arms; engraved with the arms of Augsburg. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| G.D. | England, OIM | Eyepieces (3) for Refractor Telescope. | George Dollond (?). | Moskowitz 102. | |
| G.D.L.G. | 1771, MIM | Vertical Sundial, stone, 1771 = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88 = Chayette 12/20/88. | direct south facing sundial. | RSW. | |
| G.E. | USA, 1779-99, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1779 = USNM; Horizontal Sundials, pewter, 1779 = Earle Coll., P.C.; Horizontal Sundial, pewter = Mercer Museum, Pa; Sundial Mold, stone, 1779 = D.(1985). | George Ellicott (?); USNM dial is for 40°. | Bucks County, Pa. | Earle; Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| G.E.R. D. ET L. | Germany, 1691, MIM | Astrolabe, wood and paper, 1691 = RAV (ICA-624). | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | ||
| G.F. | USA, c.1800, NIM | Marine Compass in gimbals = P.C. (1970). | wooden box. | Guthman 1. | |
| G.G. 1 | Holland, 1677, PHIM | Beam Balance, 1677 = LEY. | Crommelin 1. | ||
| G.G. 2 | marked on Dutch, silver perpetual calendar dated 1750, WHI-1776 (FIT); with coat of arms, surely owner. | Bryden 16. | |||
| G.G.B. | 1612, MIM | Tide Dial = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| G.G.C. | France., 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = ADL-M181. | cutout monogram in center; may be owner. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| G.G.F. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Drecker Coll. | F. appears under G.G.; may be Fecit. | RSW; Evans 1. | |
| G.G.Z. | Germany?, fl.1707-15, MIM | Sundial, 1707 = LIN; Sundial = KEN; Ring Sundial, 1715 = PAK-128. | Beevers; RSW. | ||
| G.H. 1 | c.1530, MIM | Skaphe = BMR. | Lunardi. | ||
| G.H. 2 | England?, 1665, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1665 = Soth. 5/11/23 = BM. | amateur work; may be George Hooper. | Taylor 1(291); Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| G.H. 3 | Belgium?, 1767, MIM SIM | Theodolite and Surveying Instruments in box, 1767 = Soth. 4/22/65. | Flanders? | RSW. | |
| G.H.M.A.D. | Germany, 1601, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1601 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| G.H.V.K. | Holland, fl.1780-1801, MIM NIM | Gerard Hulst van Keulen, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| G.H.W. | Germany, 1730, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1730 = Drecker Coll. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| G.J. | England, MIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | George Johnson? | London. | RSW. |
| G.K.B. | Germany, 1587, MIM | Nocturnal, 1587 = OXF. | Georg Kostenbader? | Josten 1; Liège; Price 2; Michel 1. | |
| G.K.V. | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Pillar Sundial with watch in base and Instruments inside, silver and parcel-gilt = Sneyd Coll. = Keele Hall Sale, pre-July, 1928 = Soth. 7/26/28 = WEBS. | signed on watch cock; tooled leather case; "London" also on watch cock, in later hand. | Davis; RSW. | |
| G.L. 1 | Germany, 1592, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon, 1592 = NUR-WI 257. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| G.L. 2 | England?OIM | Microscope, Lindsay-type = Soth. 12/15/78. | marked "215" | RSW. | |
| G.M. 1 | England, | "G.M. 60" marked on a calculating scale signed "M. Burleigh", also marked "M.B."; the instrument is ADL-N41. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| G.M. 2 | Belgium, fl.1681-83, MIM SIM | Military Circumferentor = OXF. | Guillaume Meuris of Brussels, which see. | Brussels. | Josten 1; RSW. |
| G.M. 3 | 19th Century, MIM | Drawing Instrument = Soth. 3/5/81 | case signed G. Mure. | RSW. | |
| G.M.F.C. | 1743, | "G. Maru fecit Caboga", on an armillary sphere at LOS. | Thielmann; RSW. | ||
| G.M.G. | 1774, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1774 = NYC. | RSW; DES. | ||
| G.M.M.K. | Germany, MIM | Rule = NYC. | has scales for various cities. | Drechsler 2. | |
| G.O.T.E. | MIM | Rule with various scales = VEN. | RSW. | ||
| G.R. 1 | Germany, 1544, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1544 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| G.R. 2 | England, 1641, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1641 = P.C. | also marked "W.H." | Minster, Kent. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. |
| G.S. 1 | 1633, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1633 = PRZ. | RSW. | ||
| G.S. 2 | Germany, 1645, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1645 = Meran Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| G.S. 3 | Germany, c.1730, PHIM | Nest of Weights = Koller 11/17/75. | mastermark is mermaid; probably Georg Scherb. | RSW. | |
| G.S.G. | Germany, c.1730, PHIM | Nest of Weights = Koller 11/17/75. | mastermark is mermaid. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| G.S.P. | 1643, MIM SIM | Protractor with rules pivoting at mid-point, 1643 = D.(1976); Graphometer with Sundial on back, 1643 = D.(1971). | RSW. | ||
| G.V. 1 | 1652, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1652 = USNM. | might be C.V. | RSW. | |
| G.V. 2 | MIM SIM | Miner's Compass, wood and ivory = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| G.V.F. | "Girolamo Vulparia fecit"; see Hieronymous Vulparia. | RSW. | |||
| G.V.K. | Holland, c.1678-1726, NIM | Cross-staff, 1724 = UTR. | see Gerard van Keulen. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bryuns 2. |
| G.W. 1 | 1591, MIM | Artillery Level, 1591 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| G.W. 2 | c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-M2536. | Brewington 1. | ||
| G.W. 3 | England, 1826, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1826 = P.C. | Smeeth. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. | |
| G.W. 4 | England, c.1835, NIM | marked on ivory scale of octant signed "Bassnet Liverpool", at PMS. | RSW. | ||
| G.W.G.J.M.H. | Germany, c.1560, MIM SIM | Miner's Compass, wood and ivory = ADL-M170. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| G.Z. | Germany, fl.1619-20, MIM | Gunner's Level, 1619 = BM; Military Architect's Instrument, 1620 = USNM. | surely Georg Zorn. | Augsburg. | Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; USNM; RSW. |
| G.Z.F. | Italy, c.1840, | see Giovanni Francesco Zarbula; see Z.J.F. and Z.G.F. | Piedmont. | Gatty. | |
| GA----, J. | England, NIM | Octant = GEL. | Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| GABALIO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, P.C. | 3 Long Lane; 20 Cross Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GABORY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be two makers. | 123 Holborn; 125 Holborn; both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| GABOURG, F. | England, fl.1784-97, OIM PHIM | Microscope = OXF (RMS). | may be F.G. 2; also barometer maker. | 125 High Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(837); Clay and Court; Bell 2. |
| GADIN | France, c.1850, OIM | optician. | 53, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| GAENLANSINGE, PER JAEN | Holland, 17th Century, PHIM | Balances = KRA. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| GAETANO, P., DI SIVA P. CAPUCCINO | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood = NMM-D.188. | NMM 2. | ||
| GAFTL | 1748, MIM | Measure, 1748 = Roussel-92. | RSW. | ||
| GAFURIO, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79. | Chester. | RSW. | |
| GAGETTA | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| GAGGIA | see B. Tagliabue, Gaggia and Co. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GAGGINI ET MOISETTE | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Instruments = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GAGNA, F., Y CIA. | Mexico, c.1855, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = D.(1972). | "Opticos." | 2a de St. Francisco N.I. (Mexico City). | Moskowitz 105. |
| GAGO, P. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | RSW. | ||
| GAIFFE, A. | France, c.1825?-1880?, MIM PHIM | Dividing Engine = Musée Lorraine, Nancy; Electrical Instrument = D.(1975); Electromedical Apparatus = D.(1984); Induction Coil = USNM. | induction coil signed :Appareil d'Induction Volta Faradique Brevetè S.G.D.G. A. Gaiffe à Paris." | 40, rue St. André des Arts, Paris. | Michel 14; Coffeen G; Warner 13; RSW. |
| GAIGNON, NICOLAS | France, 17th Century, MIM | Sundial, cast iron = Prin Coll. | MADEX. | ||
| GAILSDORFER, HANS | Germany, 1538, MIM | compass maker; Master in 1538. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GAILSTORFER, HANS | Germany, c.1674, MIM | Hans Gailstörfer, compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GAILSTORFER, JACOB | Germany, c.1674, MIM | Jacob Gailstörfer, compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GAINSBOROUGH, HUMPHREY | England, 1718-76, MIM | Sundial in base of clock = X. | Henley-on-Thames. | Beeson. | |
| GAITSKILL, JOHN | England, fl.1793-1823, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = MYS (1793), ADL-A53 (1823), Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Maine Historical Soc., Portland, Stadt Museum, Aberna, Denmark, P.C.(1969); Quadrants = Marine Historical Assoc.,Conn., P.C.(1974); Octant, ebony and ivory, 1793 = Soth. 2/28/80. | the octant was made for William Sanford Brown; many instruments are signed "J. Gaitskill"; ADL made for George James in 1823. | 332 Wapping; 329 Wapping; both in London. | Price 2; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| GALANDIUS, FRANCESCUS | France, MIM | Astrolabe, wood and paper, brass alidade = Soth. 2/26/62. | RSW. | ||
| GALBY, PETER AND CHARLES | England, fl.1832-46, PHIM | barometer makers. | 50 Exmouth Street, Spitalfields; Philosophical Institute, 9 Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1857); Dewhirst. | |
| GALE, JAMES | USA, b.c.1791-1871; fl.1815-24, MIM NIM | Gauges, wood, 15" and 48" (1818) = Salem Maritime National Historic Site; Tell-Tale Compass = PEA. | Neptune and Water Streets, Salem, Mass. (1815-pre-1824); Haverhill, Mass. (1824-71). | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW; USNM. | |
| GALE, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, PHIM | barometer maker. | 46 Knight Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1857a); Goodison 1. | |
| GALEOTTI, A. | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Drawing Instruments = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| GALETI, ANTHONY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1972), X. | possibly Anthony Galletti. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GALETTI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1830-50, MIM OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | sometimes spelled "Gallatti." | 80 Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1858); Bell 2; RSW. |
| GALGEMAYR, GEORG | Germany, c.1626, MIM | designed various types of dividers; author. | RSW. | ||
| GALI, J | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALILEI, GALILEO | Italy, 1564-1642, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = FLO. | astronomer; mathematician; invented a military sector; first used the telescope for astronomical observations. | Pisa; Florence; Arcetri. | DSB; Crommelin 1; Garvan; Michel 1; Bonelli; S. Drake: 51 10; etc. |
| GALIMBERTI, J. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bugle Street, Southampton. | Bell 2. | |
| GALINDEZ, MARTIN | Spain, d.1627, MIM | made sundials for the convent at Paular. | Gatty. | ||
| GALL AND LEMBKE | USA, OIM | Telescopes = Christie 5/26/76, 12/8/76 | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| GALL, JOHN | Scotland, c.1837, MIM PHIM | made hydrometers and saccharometers. | 48 London Street, Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(2132). | |
| GALLA, JULES-CESAR LA | France, c.1625, OIM | microscope maker? | Nachet. | ||
| GALLAND | France, c.1810, OIM | made a new type of lens for microscopes. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| GALLAND, PETRUS | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Sector = ADL-M89q. | "sub signo Pulcrae Virtutis in via Coronaria Roma." | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; USNM; ADL; RSW. | |
| GALLEE | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | ||
| GALLENHAMP, A. | England, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 5/23/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| GALLETTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Galetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLETTI, ANTHONI | Italy Scotland, fl.1798-1858, MIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth. 5/15/70; Philosophical Bubbles = D.(1985); Telescopes = RSM (2). | carver and gilder; barometer maker; T.C. | foot of Cannon Street, Edinburgh (1798); 21 Nelson Street (1805-28); and 10 Nelson Street (1826-28); 24/25 Argyll Arcade (1828-43); 24 Argyll Arcade (1843-50); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Bell 2; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GALLETTI, JOHN | Scotland, b.c.1821-94, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = FRK = RSM; Philosophical Bubbles = OXF, KEN. | carver and gilder; claimed firm started in 1789. | 24 Argyle Arcade, Glasgow (1851-94). | Bryden 3; Bell 2; Clarke et al. |
| GALLEY | Scotland, PHIM | barometer maker. | Glasgow. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLEY, P. | may be Gally. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GALLI, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1821-26, PHIM | Maker of Wheel Barometers ; picture merchant. | Waterloo Place, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLI, JOHANNES | Italy, c.1630, MIM | Sector = NMM-CI/S.10; Skaphe = NMM-D.359. | Barbarini Coll.; made precision instruments. | NMM 2; Michel 3; RSW; Morpurgo 1. | |
| GALLI, MARCO | Italy, 1694, MIM | designed a hodometer; author. | Parma. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| GALLO, G. | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Floating Sundial, ivory = THO; Floating Sundial = DNM. | Frankfort. | RSW. | |
| GALLOIN | France, 1801, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1801 = D.(1972). | latitude of Paris. | Roux Devilas, Cat 73. | |
| GALLON | France, c.1680, OIM | "Opticien"; thought of using a glass ball as the eyepiece in a telescope. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| GALLONDE | France, fl.1740-48, PHIM | Assay Balance = Rovelle (pre-1780); Thermometer = SPI-2865; Astronomical Regulator = CNAM. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Grimaldi(968); Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| GALLOW, G. | Germany, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 7/13/73. | Frankfort. | RSW. | |
| GALLUCCIA, GIOVANN | Italy, | Cube Sundial, 1609 = ADL-A24. | fake. | ADL; RSW. | |
| GALLUCIO, GIOVANNI PAOLO | Italy, 1564-98, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1564 = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird (fake); Universal Equatorial Sundial, paper, 1572 = NMM-D.232; Astrological Volvelle, paper, 1595 = WHI. | author; also signed "Joan Paulus Gallucio" or "Galluccio." | Salo; Venice. | NMM 2; Daumas 1; Michel 2 and 3; Weil 2(19); Bedini 8; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GALLY 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be John Gally. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| GALLY 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, ANDREW AND GEORGE | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | St. George Street, Smithfield, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | RSW. | ||
| GALLY, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GALLY, DOMENICO | England, c.1800, PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, G. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, GEORGE | England, c.1800, PHIM | see Andrew and George Gally. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, P. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Cambridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, P. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peter Gally? | Leeds. | Goodison 1. |
| GALLY, P. 3 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/10/81; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/15/89. | might be P. Gally 1 or 2. | RSW. | |
| GALLY, P. 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | Cranbrook. | RSW. | |
| GALLY, P., AND CO. 1 | England, fl.1809-60, PHIM | Peter or Paul Gally; barometer makers. | Strand, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, P., AND CO. 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/30/89. | is "Fetchet" misreading for "fecit"?; see P. Gally and Co. 1. | Fetchet? | RSW. |
| GALLY, PAUL AND PETER | England, fl.1809-61, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 8 Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell (1809-11); 9 Turnmill Street, Clerkenwell (1815-25); 50 Exmouth Street, Spitalfields (1826-48); 68 Hatton Garden (1849-61); 3 Upper Nth. Place, Grey's Inn Road (1852-54); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALLY, PAUL AND PETER, AND CO. | England, fl.1817-50, PHIM | barometer makers. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GALLY, PETER 1 | England, PHIM | see Paul and Peter Gally and Co. | Bell 2. | ||
| GALLY, PETER 2 | England, fl.1837-60, PHIM | barometer maker? | 89 Kirkgate (1837-60); 97 Kirkgate (1841); both in Leeds. | Goodison 1. | |
| GALMAIR, JOSEPH | Germany, 1727-90, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1749 = DEU; Celestial Globe with clockwork = Fugger Museum, Augsburg. | made pedometer winding watch. | Trabant; Munich. | Maurice 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| GALOIS, I. | France, 1548, MIM | Astrolabe, 1548 = P. and S. 4/21/1898 = Hoffman Coll. = USNM (ICA-204). | P. and S. say "T. Galois"; tympan for 48° = Orleans. | Gunther 1; Michel 2 and 3; Evans 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| GALOIS, L'ABBE | France, fl.1766-84, MIM | l'Abbé Galois; made a meridian sundial. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| GALVANI, ANDREA | Italy, pre-1823, MIM | invented an odograph which received a gold medal at the Industrial Exposition in Venice in 1823. | Pordenone. | Morpurgo 1; Boffito. | |
| GAMAGE, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1823-26?, MIM | Hydrometer with Proof Rule = WHI. | made Dicas' hydrometer; also appears as Gammage; son-in-law of and successor to J. Dicas; wrote a leaflet on hydrometers; T.C. | 17 (or 11) Clarence Street, Liverpool; 17 Beaumont Street, Windsor. | Taylor 2(1565); Calvert 2; Bryden 9. |
| GAMAGE, PHILIP | England, c.1694, MIM | apprenticed to Peter Collins of the Clockmakers' Company on July 2, 1694. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GAMBEY | France, c.1840, MIM | Altitude and Azimuth Instrument = Baily Sale 4/25/1845; Borda Circles = MYS and AMST. | surely Henri-Prudence Gambey; the MYS instrument is marked "No. 12"; the Baily instrument was misread as "Gambay." | Paris. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Preuss and Treworgy; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| GAMBEY, HENRI-PRUDENCE | France, 1787-1847, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Sextants = SPI-2774, USNM, CNAM, Dipping Circle = Magnetic Observatory, Dublin; Borda Circles = USNM, Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway (No.123); Heliostat = USNM; Magnetometer = USNM; Dividing Engines = CNAM; Theodolites = CNAM, BRO; Artificial Horizon = CNAM; Rules = CNAM; Balance, small = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Georges Oberhauser worked with him, 1815; Académie des Sciences, 1837. | St. Denis, Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; USNM; Taylor 2(2133); DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; Darius 4; RSW. |
| GANDOLA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 12 Little Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GANDOLFI, V. | France, fl.1795-1822, PHIM | Weights = CNAM; Weight = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | quai de la Monnaie; 11, du quai Conti; both in Paris. | Destombes 4; Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. | |
| GANGUZZA, GIROLAMO | Italy, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Villa Giulia, Palermo. | Gatty. | ||
| GANSER, GEORG, DER JUNGERE | Austria, MIM | Instrument = TIM. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| GANTHONY, RICHARD | England, fl.1794-1828, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P-B 12/3/48, X. | X is signed "Ganthony London." | London. | RSW. |
| GANTLETT, R. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | Calne. | RSW. | |
| GAPP, C.S. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GARAT | France, c.1855, PHIM | Balance = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GARDAM | England; USA, c.1860, SIM | Miner's Dial = D.(1994). | probably W. Gardam; see W. Gardam and Son. | Leeds. | Garcelon 33. |
| GARDAM, W., AND SON | USA, c.1880, MIM | Miner's Compass = D.(1991). | see Gardam. | 96 John Street, New York. | Gemmary III. |
| GARDE, ABRAHAM DE LA | France, fl.1588-1621, MIM | Sundials in the back covers of watches = Soth. 5/27/54, 12/9/68, and Christie 5/6/69. | son of Jacques de la Garde. | Paris (1591 and 1621); Blois (1600). | Britten; RSW. |
| GARDE, JACQUES DE LA | France, fl.1551-65, MIM | Armillary Clock = BM. | may have made terestrial globe in Weil 2(29) and in Soth. 10/17/60 sale. | Blois. | Weil 2(29); Price 3; RSW. |
| GARDEN | England, fl.1812-16, PHIM | see Accum and Garden. | London. | RSW. | |
| GARDEN, ALEXANDER | England, c.1800, PHIM | partner of Fredrick Accum; made and sold chemical and philosophical apparatus. | Old Compton Street, Soho, London. | G. L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDENER 1 | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1965). | may be Gardner 5. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| GARDENER 2 | see Gardner; see Gardiner. | RSW. | |||
| GARDENER AND CO. | variant spelling for Gardner and Co. | Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| GARDENERS | variant spelling for Gardners. | Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| GARDINER 1 | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1975), Soth.-S 10/19/89 (satinwood and ivory). | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| GARDINER 2 | variant spelling for Gardner. | Morrison-Low 1. | |||
| GARDINER, HENRY L. | Ireland, fl.1807-19, MIM | also made clocks and watches. | Fennell. | ||
| GARDINER, JAMES | England, | see James Gardner. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GARDINER, PATRICK | see Patrick Gardner. | Bell 2. | |||
| GARDNER 1 | Scotland, c.1770, NIM | Octants = NMM, PEA; Hadley's Quadrant = Mercer Museum, Pa. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1860); Brewington 1; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| GARDNER 2 | USA, fl.1823-50, MIM | Pair of Globes = Winterthur Museum, Del.; Celestial Globe, 1823 = D.(1972); Terrestrial Globe, 1823 = ESS. | "Gardners's Twelve-Inch Globe", published by Cummings, Hilliard and Co., Boston, Mass.; James W. Gardner, which see. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge; Moskowitz 104. |
| GARDNER 3 | Scotland, 1830, OIM | Microscope = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. Science, Mich. | Glasgow. | USNM; RSW. | |
| GARDNER 4 | Scotland, pre-1840, NIM | Quadrant =X. | used on whaler "Progress" in 1840. | Glasgow. | USNM; RSW. |
| GARDNER 5 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer and Thermometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | probably Gardner and Co. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GARDNER 6 | Ireland, MIM NIM OIM | Hadley's Quadrant = D.(1973). | T.C. shows telescopes, quadrants, compasses; watch and clock- maker. | 57 High Street, Belfast. | RSW. |
| GARDNER 7 | see McGregor and Gardner. | Taylor 2(1934). | |||
| GARDNER AND CO. 1 | Scotland, fl.1837-83, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescopes = FRK (4) = RSM, Christie-SK 4/14/89, D.(1972); Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1971 and 1982); Stick Barometers = X, Christie 4/28/82; Surveyor's Levels, = WHI, D.(1972)(1850); Miner's Dials = Soth. 4/7/82, FRK = RSM; Levels = WHI, FRK = RSM; Plotting Protractor = FRK = RSM; Microscope = FRK = RSM; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | succeeded M. Gardner and Co.; Christie stick barometer is signed "Gardener and Co"; T.C., "established 1765." | 44 Glassford Street (1837-38); 21 Buchanan Street, seventh shop from Argyle Street (1839-60); 53 Buchanan Street (1860-83); 53 Vincent Street (1883); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Frank; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 102; J.A. Bennett 2; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNER AND CO. 2 | Scotland, fl.1891-1920, | firm run by Thomas Rankine Gardner 2 after the breakup of Gardner and Lyle. | 53 St. Vincent Street (1891-99); 36 and 40 West Mile (or Nile) Street 1899-1920; both in Glasgow. | Clarke et al.; WEBDB | |
| GARDNER AND LAURIE | Scotland, fl.1792-98, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = FRK = RSM. | John Gardner 1 and James Laurie. | Corner of Bell's Wynd (1792), Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| GARDNER AND LYLE | Scotland, fl.1883-91, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Thomas Rankine Gardner 2 and James Lyle. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER AND NEILL | Ireland, fl.1809-18, NIM OIM | Microscope, Martin-type = Soth. 5/20/74; Octant = Natural Philosophy Coll., Glasgow. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | |
| GARDNER OF GLASGOW | Scotland, to 1921, MIM | Taylor 2(592). | |||
| GARDNER'S | Scotland, post-1818, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 4/22/65. | signed "Gardner's Successors to J. and J. Gardner"; may be misreading for Gardners. | 43 Bell Street, Glasgow. | RSW. |
| GARDNER, HENRY | Ireland, fl.1809-35, MIM OIM | succeeded Job Rider in 1809; worked with R. Neill, 1809-18; watch and clock maker. | 27 High Street (1809); 65 High Street (1819-20); 57 High Street (1824-35); all in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GARDNER, J. AND J. | Scotland, fl.1799-1818, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1973), X(2), D.(1975), Phillips 12/12/89, Christie-SK 9/11/86; Circumferentor = RSM; Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | opticians; John Gardner 1 and John Gardner 2, his son, founded firm; became Gardner, Jamieson and Co. in 1820. | Bell Street (1799-1801); 43 Bell Street (1803-18); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNER, J. AND S. | misreading for J. and J. Gardner. | Phillips 12/12/89. | |||
| GARDNER, JAMES | England, fl.1791-1830, MIM PHIM | Instruments = NMM, KEN. | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 4, 1783; free of the Company, Jan. 6, 1791; also appears as Gardiner; probably succeeded by William Gardner 1. | Meeting House Alley; 5 Somerset Place, Whitechapel; Princes Place, Cannon Street, New Road, St. George-in-the-East (1803); Wellclose Lane (1807); all in London. | J. Brown 1 and 2; Taylor 2(1859). |
| GARDNER, JAMES P. | USA, 1846, MIM | awarded a diploma at Fair of American Institute, Oct. 1846 for a sundial; W.A. Platt was his agent. | Columbus, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| GARDNER, JAMES W. | USA, fl.1825-30, MIM | designed celestial and terrestrial globes; see Gardner 2. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| GARDNER, JAMIESON AND CO. | see Gardners, Jamieson and Co. | Clarke et al. | |||
| GARDNER, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1734-1822, MIM OIM PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 6/16/75. | journeyman for James Watts, 1769; land surveyor; founded firm of J. and J. Gardner, which see; made an "improved Bradford static balance". | Crawford's Land, Bell's Wynd, Glasgow (1773-90). | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Clarke et al. |
| GARDNER, JOHN 2 | Scotland, 1765-1818, MIM OIM PHIM | son of John Gardner 1; partner with him as J. and J. Gardner, 1799-1818. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, JOHN 3 | Scotland, fl.1820-28, MIM | Sundial, 1821 = Pitcon, Dalry. | listed in directories as "John Gardner Younger" with J. and J. Gardner; may have made the above sundial. | Ayton Court, Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| GARDNER, JOHN 4 | Scotland, fl.1787-1823, MIM | designed celestial globes; first appeared in the 1787 directory. | Glasgow. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| GARDNER, M. AND C. | surely misreading for M. Gardner and Co. | Taylor 2(1860). | |||
| GARDNER, M., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1821, MIM OIM PHIM | John Gardner 1 and Margaret Rankine Gardner; succeeded Gardners, Jamieson and Co.,1821; became M. Gardner and Sons, 1822-37; then Gardner and Co., 1833-83; made barometers. | 43 Bell Street (1823-25); 92 Bell Street (1826-32); 44 Glassford Street (1832-37); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1860); Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, M., AND SONS | Scotland, fl.1822-37), MIM OIM PHIM | Margaret Rankine Gardner, Thomas Rankine Gardner 1 and William Gardner 2; made barometers; succeeded M. Gardner and Co. and were succeeded by Gardner and Co., which see. | 43 Bell Street (1824-25); 92 Bell Street (1826-32); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, MARGARET RANKINE | Scotland, fl.1819-49, MIM OIM PHIM | widow of John Gardner 2; in firm of Gardners, Jamieson and Co., 1819-21 and in M. Gardner and Sons, 1822-37. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, PATRICK | Scotland, c.1812, MIM | apprenticed, 1779; free of the Clockmakers' Company, 1812; watch and clockmaker. | Perth (pre-1800); Edinburgh (1800-1812). | Bell 2; T. Smith; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, ROBERT | Scotland; England, fl.1850-92, MIM PHIM | member of the family "Gardner of Glasgow" (not mentioned by Clarke et al); chronometer maker to the Admiralty and to the Council of State for India and also to the Italian Goverment; grandfather of Malcolm Gardner the late bookseller. | Glasgow (-1885); Lloyd's Square, London (1892). | USNM; Clarke et al. | |
| GARDNER, T. AND T. | Scotland, c.1830, MIM | Sighting Compass = P.C.(1987). | misreading for T.R. Gardner? | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| GARDNER, THOMAS RANKINE 1 | Scotland, c.1805-84, MIM OIM PHIM | Clinometer = RSM. | grand-son of John Gardner 1; son of John (2) and Margaret Rankine Gardner; partner first in M. Gardner and Sons and then in Gardner and Co. 1; "Optician to the Queen." | Glasgow. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNER, THOMAS RANKINE 2 | Scotland, fl.1883-1920, MIM OIM PHIM | great-grandson of John Gardner 1; grandson of John Gardner 2 and Margaret Rankine Gardner; son of Thomas Rankine Gardner 1; in Gardner and Co. 1 before 1883; partner with James Lyle as Gardner and Lyle, 1883-91; firm then became Gardner and Co. 2. | 53 St. Vincent Street (1883-99); 36 and 40 West Mile (or Nile) Road (1899-1920); both in Glasgow. | Clarke et al.; WEBDB | |
| GARDNER, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1814, MIM | apprenticed to James Gardner of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 6, 1814. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| GARDNER, WILLIAM 2 | Scotland, 1809-75, MIM OIM PHIM | Sector, ivory = Chevau-Légers 2/28/82; Clinometer = RSM. | grandson of John Gardner 1; son of Margaret Rankine and John Gardner (2); partner in M. Gardner and Sons and later, in Gardner and Co.; worked independently, 1846 on; sector signed "W. Gardner." | 3 Royal Bank Place (1846-55); 56 Gordon Street (1856-61); 134 Buchanan Street (1862-64); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low; RSW. |
| GARDNERS | Scotland, c.1822, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | opticians; succeeded Gardners, Jamieson and Co.; succeeded by M. Gardner and Co.; barometer signed "Gardeners". | 43 Bell Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GARDNERS AND CO. | Scotland, 19th Century, MIM SIM | name on trade card in theodolite case; Gardner and Co. 1 or 2. | Glasgow. | Soth. 12/18/80. | |
| GARDNERS, JAMIESON AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1819-21, MIM OIM PHIM | probably John Gardner 1, Margaret Rankine Gardner and Robert Jamieson, which see; succeeded J. and J. Gardner, and became M. Gardner and Co. in 1821. | 43 Bell Street, Glasgow (1820-22). | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GAREZONI | see Garzoni. | Bell 2. | |||
| GARGORY 1 | England, c.1820, MIM | Protractor = D.(1975). | different hand from that of James Gargory of Birmingham. | London. | RSW. |
| GARGORY 2 | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Compass, folding sights = Christies 11/11/70; Theodolite = Soth. 12/15/78. | surely James Gargory. | Bull Street, Birmingham. | RSW. |
| GARGORY, JAMES | England, fl.1835-56, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Protractors = Christie-SK 7/10/80/, D.(1975), D.(1985), Birmingham Museum of Science and Industry; Instrument = KEN; Miner's Dials = X, Soth.-Chester 6/26/85; Sector, ivory = D.(1977); Surveyor's Compasses = Soth. 12/13/65, Soth.-B. 4/7/82; Wheel Barometers = X; Stick Barometer = Capes Dunn 10/21/97; Surveyor's Level = DeLuca 8/1/87; Mining Compass = P.C.(1987). | signed "James or J. Gargory." | 41 Bull Street (1835); 5 Bull Street (1850-56); both in Birmingham; also in Wolverhampton. | Taylor 2(1861); Goodison 2; Giordano 1; Bryden 9; RSW; Coffeen 10; ATG 10/18/97. |
| GARNER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1732-37, NIM | Davis Quadrants = PMM (1732), NMM S.119 (1734), NMM S161 (1737) (on loan to the American Museum, Bath). | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on June 18, 1713; quadrants made for George Ramsey, Oliver Thompson and Thomas White respectively. | Taylor 2(261); NMM 2; J. Brown 3; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| GARNIER, PAUL, SR. | France, c.1830, MIM | clockmaker; finished a planetarium by Raingo. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| GAROF, P. | Scotland, c.1775, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 5/7/93. | Edinburgh. | ATG 5/1/93. | |
| GAROUSTE, DE LA | France, 17th Century, OIM | constructed burning glasses. | Spargo 1. | ||
| GARRARD, JOHN | England, c.1811, | a cooper; son of Thomas Garrard 1; free of the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on April 4, 1811. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GARRARD, SAMUEL | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Garrard 1, of the Grocers' Company on June 2, 1803; by then Thomas Garrard 1 was listed as wine and brandy merchant at old address. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GARRARD, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1781-pre-1811, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company in 1770; free of the Company, 1781; took apprentices; by 1803 was listed as a wine and brandy merchant at same address. | Old Gravel Lane, Ratcliffe Highway (1781); 174 Ratcliffe Highway (1795); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GARRARD, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1801-, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Garrard 1, of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1795; free of the Company, Oct. 1, 1801. | Ratcliffe Highway, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GARRARD, WILLIAM | England, fl.1781-1808, MIM | T.C.; invented and patented an altimeter; author; successor to J. Bettesworth with the same London address. | The Naval Academy, Ormond House, Paridise Row, Chelsea, London; Newington, Surrey. | Taylor 2(838); NMM 2. | |
| GARRETT | see Booth, Garrett and Blair | USNM. | |||
| GARTH | England, NIM | Sextant = MAN-124. | probably Richard Garth. | London. | Garcia Franco 1. |
| GARTH, RICHARD | England, fl.1800-17, MIM NIM | Mathematical Instrument = KEN. | 376 Rotherhithe Wall (1800); Rotherhithe Street (1817); both in London. | Taylor 2(1129). | |
| GARTNER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1654-1727, MIM PHIM | Double Burning Glass = DRE; Illuminated Mirror = DRE. | also made clocks; author. | Dresden. | Grötzch 2; Drechsler 2; Zinner 1; RSW. |
| GARUGHI | see Carugi. | Bell 2. | |||
| GARY | France, c.1792, MIM NIM | Protractor = Musée Carnavalet; Sectors = P. and S. 4/3/1894, WRAY; Graphometer = MAS; Butterfield-type Sundials = STR, BM; Instrument Set = Soth. 11/30/59; Compass = P-B 9/24/38; Dividers = D.(1975). | Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| GARZONI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | Canterbury. | Bell 2; RSW. | |
| GARZONUS, F.C.M. | Italy, 1697, MIM | Skaphe Dial, 1697 = Evans Coll. | also marked "Carm F. Taurini." | Turin. | Evans 1. |
| GASCOIGNE, RICHARD | England, c.1710, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1710. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GASCOIGNE, WILLIAM | England, 1612-38, OIM | invented a micrometer for telescopes in 1638; may have been the first to put telescopic sights on a quadrant. | Middleton, Yorkshire; London. | Taylor 1(176); DNB; Wynter and Turner; Nachet; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Goldschmidt 70. | |
| GASKIN, GEORGE AUGUSTUS SAMUEL | England, c.1802, MIM OIM | his father was an optician; apprenticed to James Clarke 1 of the Grocers' Company, May 6, 1802; made speculum metal mirrors. | London. | J. Brown 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GASKIN, JOHN | England, b.1785, MIM | assisted by Charles Graham; he was also a weaver. | Penrith. | Bryden 9. | |
| GASPAR A MIRICA | see Gaspar van der Heyden. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| GASPARD | France, 1753, MIM | Table Sundial, 1753 = Musée Lorrain, Nancy; Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = D.(1985?), TIM. | signed "Gaspard Tourner du Roy à Lunéville"; mechanical sundials almost identical to those of Gaspard Hommer, which see. | rue de Viller, Lunéville. | Michel 3 and 14; RSW; Coffeen 55. |
| GASPART, JOSE | Portugal, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Evans Coll. | Lisbon. | Evans 1; USNM. | |
| GASTEIGER, HANS | Germany, 1562, MIM | Astrolabe clock, 1562 = Coll. Pringsheim, Munich. | Gunther-327; reproduction at OXF. | Munich. | Gunther 1; Michel 2; Baillie 1; Neumann 1. |
| GASTI, GIOVANNI | Italy, 16th Century, MIM | Sundial = Drecker-210. | Florence. | RSW. | |
| GATH, T. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 7/3/70; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | Small Street, Bristol. | RSW. | |
| GATINI | see Copini, Gatini. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GATLIN | England, pre-1714, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1968). | RSW. | ||
| GATTELIE(R) | see Gratellie. | ||||
| GATTEY, FRANCOIS | France, fl. 1798-1822, MIM | François Gattey; invented a printed card slide rule in 1798 and called it "Cadran Logarithmique"; changed name to "Arithmographe" in 1810. | Delehar 9. | ||
| GATTEY, HENRY | England; USA, fl.1797-1827, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Quadrant = MYS. | T.C. in W. and S. Jones orrery at VCW; another T.C. is in French and English; artist; quadrant signed "H. Gattey." | 274 Water Street (1797-98); 207 North Water Street near Beek'n Slip (1814-27); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10; Yonge; RSW. |
| GATTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | Reading. | RSW. | |
| GATTI, CHARLES | England, fl.1817-22, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | spelled Gattie in directories; also Gatty. | 89 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| GATTI, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 53 Gray's Inn Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 7/31/70. | London. | RSW. | |
| GATTY 2 | see Bapt. Ronchetti and James Gatty. | RSW. | |||
| GATTY 3 | see Gatti. | RSW. | |||
| GATTY AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GATTY AND READING | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | probably a misreading for Gatty at Reading. | RSW. | |
| GATTY, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fish Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, ANDREW | Ireland, fl.1796-1824, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 18 Fishamble Street (1796-98); Smock Alley (1799, 1815-17, 1819); 34 Fishamble Street (1821-22); 7 Smock Alley (1823-24); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GATTY, ANTHONY | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, VNN; Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | sometimes signed "A. Gatty". | Royal Oak, Fisher Row, Reading. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GATTY, ANTHONY, AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Phillips 9/10/86, Christie-SK 10/20/89. | also made thermometers. | Royal Oak, Fishers Row, Reading. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GATTY, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, D. 1 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | barometer signed "Gatty Lewis." | Lewis. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GATTY, D. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, DOMCO | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Christie 1/26/90. | probably Dominico Gatty. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GATTY, DOMINIC, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bourne Auction, Mass. 2/11/81. | London. | Maine Digest, May 1981. | |
| GATTY, DOMINICO | England, c.1826, PHIM | barometer maker. | 111 Broad Street, Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, J., AND MALORIDA | England, PHIM | barometer makers; probably James Gatty. | Holborn, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GATTY, JAMES | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = K. and C. 9/20/71, Soth. 12/17/87, Christie-SK 9/23/88, City of Gloucester Museum, X; Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), Soth. 6/27/88, P.C., Stock Exchange, London; Double Barometers = P.C., City of Gloucester Museum, Goodison. | Soth. 6/27/88 has address of "237 High Holborn"; see Ronchetti and Gatty. | 130 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1 and 5; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GATTY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| GATTY, JOSEPH 1 | Italy; USA, fl.1794-1800, PHIM | Maximum-minimum Thermometer = Mt. Vernon, Va. | bulbs missing; made barometers and philosophical instruments as well. | 39 Pearl Street, New York City (1794); 79 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1796-1800). | Bedini 1 and 8; Middleton 1; Gillingham 1; USNM; Bell 2; D.J. Warner 5. |
| GATTY, JOSEPH 2 | Ireland, fl.1801-14, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1981). | printed paper dial face; also made thermometers. | 1 Smock Alley (1801-07); 25 Fishamble Street (1808); 1 Smock Alley (1809-14); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| GATTY, JOSH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GATWARD, J. | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | T.C.; sundial, clock and watch maker. | Saffron Walden. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1. |
| GAUDIN, MARK-ANTOINE-AUGUSTE | France, fl.1804-45, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | designed a microscope with rock crystal lenses; Pipping says that c.1870 is closer. | Paris. | Pipping 1; Nachet; RSW. |
| GAUDRON | France, 1674, PHIM | Barometer = KAS. | made air pumps; clockmaker. | Faubourg Saint-Germain, rue Mazarine, Paris. | Daumas 1; Estreicher 1; Middleton 1. |
| GAUPP AND CO. | China, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1984). | Hong Kong. | Moskowitz 126. | |
| GAUSS, KARL FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1777-1855, | invented a heliotrope and a bifilar magnetometer; author, mathematician and astronomer. | Gottingen. | DSB. | |
| GAUTRAU | France, fl.1780-1820, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = NMM-MT/BM.1; Compass = X. | Rochefort. | NMM 2; A.J.Turner X. | |
| GAVARD, ADRIEN | France, c.1840, MIM | Heliographs = CNAM; Pantograph = D; Drafting Machine = D.(1987). | "Eseur du Dépôt général de la Guerre"; drafting machine marked "Par Brevet d'Iven"; patented a "perspectographe", a perspective machine. | 6 rue Ventadour; Quai des Orfèvres, 70; both in Paris. | USNM; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Coffeen 15; Delehar 7. |
| GAY, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1676-90, OIM | son of Richard Gay; apprenticed to Joseph Howe in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1676; took one apprentice. | Golden Spectacles, near Sun Tavern, behind Royal Exchange, London. | J. Brown 1; Robischon. | |
| GAY, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1690-1733, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 1 in the Spectaclemakes' Company; free of the Company in 1690; took Matthew Loft and William Eastland 1 as apprentices; Master of the Company, 1718-20. | Archimedes and Spectacles, near Sun Tavern, Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(327), 2(43); J. Brown 1; Goodison 1; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(37); Robischon. |
| GAY-LUSSAC, JOSEPH LOUIS | France, 1778-1850, PHIM | scientist, worked on the thermal expansion of gases, devised a new form of barometer. | Middleton 1 and 4; G. L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| GAYDE | France, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = X. | optician to the king. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| GAZULUS, JOHANNES | Dalmatia, 1462, MIM | Ragusa. | Ameisenowa. | ||
| GEARING, FRANCIS | England, c.1751, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company onOct. 15, 1751; probably related to Richard Gearing, which see. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GEARING, RICHARD | England, fl.1730-70, MIM | nephew and successor to John Farmer 2; T.C.; "Rule Maker"; worked in brass, ivory and boxwood; used the same trade card pattern as Fisher Combes. | The Quadrant, without Newgate, facing the Old Bailey; at No. 2 Horse-shoe Court, Cook Lane, West Smithfield (after 1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(179); Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. | |
| GEARY, FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1805-12, OIM | instrument maker; optician. | Paul Street, Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GEBE | see Hans Göbe. | Zinner 1. | |||
| GEBHARD, HANS | Germany, 1568, MIM | Sundial on finger ring = LIE. | surely not the same as Johann Gebhard. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| GEBHARD, HEINRICH | Germany, 1602-61, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = STU. | Strassburg. | Himmerlein 2. | |
| GEBHARD, JOHANNE | Germany, fl.1538-68, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = ADL-DPW21 (1546), HAK (1547), D. (1548), UTO (1550) 11/2/76, WHI (FIT) (1556), PRA (1557), EMA (1557), FIN (1557) = Soth. 7/23/62, OXF (1561), THO, ADL-T54, Ethnological Museum, Lisbon. | punchmark is a six-pointed star, sometimes between "H.G."; see "H.G." (2); Lisbon instrument is upper half only; he was burger in 1538. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Bryden 16; Evans 1; Tomlinson 1; Gouk 1; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW. |
| GEBHARDT, JOHAN | c.1900, | Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T4. | modern work. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| GEBHART, HANS | see Johann Gebhard. | ||||
| GEBLER, JOH. CHRIST. | c.1750, MIM | Rule = MLL; Trigonometria Anarithmetica = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| GEDDA, PETER NICLAS VON | Sweden, 1737-1814, MIM | physicist; skilled amateur instrument maker. | Pipping 1. | ||
| GEERTS, DION | Belgium, c.1700, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = CZJ; Universal Equatorial Sundial in book-form = MERC-139 = McVitty Coll.; Universal Ring Sundial = Libert et Castor Auction, 4/28/82. | Brussels. | Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | |
| GEHLER | see Gebler. | ||||
| GEISER, DAVIDE | Italy, c.1840, PHIM | Thrmometer, bimetallic = U. of Pavia Museum. | Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| GEISLER, J.G. | Germany, 1798, MIM | Globe on clock, 1798 = Feill Coll. Sale, 1955. | RSW. | ||
| GEISSLER | Germany, c.1840, PHIM | Barometer = FLO. | Bonn. | Middleton 1. | |
| GEISSLER, W. | Holland, fl.1846-50, PHIM | Psychrometer, 1846 = RIJ; Hydrometers = Auctions, 1906 & 1910. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| GELB, JOHAN WOLFGANG | Germany, 1599-1632+, MIM SIM | Artillery Alidade with Inclinometer = Soth. 2/26/62 = USNM. | accepted into the Guild of Smiths as a small clockmaker in 1625; last child born in 1632; instrument signed "Johan Wolf Gelb me fecit Ulm." | Ulm. | Bedini 4; Price 2; RSW. |
| GELDER, BEERT JOHANNES | Holland, d.1828, MIM OIM PHIM | made sundials, microscopes, telescopes, barometers, thermometers, and clocks; father of Rinse Beerts Gelder. | Hallum; Beetgum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| GELDER, RINSE BEERTS | Holland, 1794-1857, MIM OIM | Compass, pocket = Frisian Marine Museum, Leeuwarden. | son of Beerts Johannes Gelder; made telescopes; clockmaker. | Beetgum; Menaldum. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| GELIN, E. | France, 1603, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1603 = P.C.(1964). | Vallo (Vallon?). | Ant. Hor. Soc. Exhib., 1964. | |
| GELLIBRAND, HENRY | England, 1597-1636, MIM | Wall Sundial = Library, Trinity College, Oxford. | author; designed instruments; wrote on magnetic deviation. | London; Oxford; London. | Taylor 1(138); Evans 1; DNB; DSB. |
| GEMINI, THOMAS | Belgium; England, fl.1542-62, MIM | Astrolabes = BMR (1552, ICA-450), OXF (1559, ICA-575), FLO (ICA-489), P.C. (ICA-3111), BMR (ICA-3112). | family name was"Thomas Lambrit"; member of the Stationers' Company; may have worked in Gemma Frisius' workshop; ICA-450 may be one that is now in the Brussals Observatory in Uccle (1988). | Lixhe; Flanders; London. | Zinner 1; Taylor 1(2); Michel 1, 2, 6, 8, and 10; Gunther 1 and 5; Rooseboom 1; Maddison 1; DNB; DSB; Price 1; ICA 2; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; Darius 4; RSW. |
| GEMINUS, ANTHONIO | Italy; Switzerland, 1589, MIM | Sundial and Nocturnal, 1589 = OXF. | Rome; Geneva. | Evans 1; Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1. | |
| GEMMA FRISIUS, RAINER | Belgium, 1508-55, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1537 = Zerbst Schlossmuseum, NMM. | doctor; mathematician; teacher at the U. of Louvain; uncle of the Arsenius brothers; invented the radio astronomico; Zerbst globe signed "Faciebant Gemma Frisius medicus ac mathematicus, Gaspar a Myrica et Gerardus Mercator Rupelmundanus anno a partu virg 1537". name means "Gemma from Friesland"; pupil of Apianus. | Louvain. | Zinner 1; Van Ortroy 2; Maddison 1 and 2; Michel 2 and 3; DSB; Baillie 1; Taylor 4; NMM 2; De Smet 1 & 2; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GEMMA, CORNELIUS 1 | Belgium, 1535-79, MIM | Astrolabe, 1574 = HAK. | son of Gemma Frisius; astronomer and mathematician; author. | Louvain. | Eckardt 1; Van Ortroy 2; Michel 3; Gunther 1; RSW. |
| GEMMA, CORNELIUS 2 | Spain, 1630, MIM | Astrolabe, wood, 1630 = MAS (ICA-472). | Madrid. | Garcia Franco 2; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| GENAILLE | France, c.1850, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GENERAL, JACQUES | misreading for Jacques Senecal. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |||
| GENERINI, FRANCESCO | Italy, 1593-1663, MIM OIM | applied the telescope to mathematical instruments, c.1630; made a planisphere in 1645. | Florence. | Michel 3; Morpurgo 1. | |
| GENNANO, ADAMS HEROLDO | see Adam Heroldt. | RSW. | |||
| GENNARI, CAV. DR. ENRICO | Italy, c.1850, OIM | USNM. | |||
| GENNERT AND HOLZKE | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Wye Level = D.(1994). | probably William Frederick Holske, which see. | New York. | Garcelon 33. |
| GENT, THOMAS | England, c.1739, MIM | apprenticed to John Tracy of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 10, 1739. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GEORGE 1 | France, c.1750, MIM OIM | Spy-Glasses = HAK, CNAM; Universal Ring Sundial = CNAM; Microscope = P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundials = NMM-D.120, P.and S. 2/28/1896 and 5/19/1896, Soth. 12/12/55, LIE, etc.; Sector = ADL-W125; Horizontal Sundial for 50°57' = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55. | "opticien de l'Academie Royale des Sciences." | Quai de Conti; ci-devant rue Dauphine présentment Quay de Conty; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Gunther 2; Michel 1, 3 and 9; Hamilton 2; Evans 1; Tardy 3; ADL; RSW. |
| GEORGE 2 | see Patton and George. | ||||
| GEORGE FILS | France, c.1800, OIM | Microscopes = CNAM, Bernard Coll. | probably the son of George 1. | rue Dauphine, Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| GEORGE, C. | England, c.1834, MIM | Dip Circle = NMM-DC.1. | Falmouth. | NMM 2. | |
| GEORGE, RICHARD | England, c.1709, MIM | member of the Clockmakers' Company; took Bulmer Francis as an apprentice on Jan. 26, 1709; Francis was later turned over to Richard Hutchinson of the Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GEORGE, W. | England, post-1834, NIM | Dip Needle = KEN. | introduced by R.V. Fox, 1834. | RSW. | |
| GEORGES | France, pre-1770, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Doucet Coll.; Telescopes = Bourlamaque Sale, 1770, CNAM; Balance = CNAM. | is he George 1? sundial maker. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Nachet. |
| GERARD | France, c.1730, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = D.(1976); Vertical Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | inscription on vertical dial reads "Inventé par Julien Le Roy de la Société des Arts. Fait par Gérard, Horloger à Sarrelouis". | Sarrelouis. | RSW. |
| GERARD, WILLIAM | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = PMS, P.C. | T.C.; patented composite A.R.G. (PMS). | Newtons Head, 36 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | NMM; RSW. |
| GERBERT D'AURILLAC | France, c. 930-1003, | Pope Sylvester II; mathematician and astronomer; made several armillary spheres and an "oralogium", either a sundial or an astrolabe. | Aurillac; Reims; Rome. | Maddison 2; Michel 2; DSB. | |
| GERBST | Russia, c.1850, OIM | Transit Instruments = Harvard Observatory, Swedish General Staff, etc. | technician at Pulkova Observatory; made instruments there. | Pulkova. | Novoshanova. |
| GERECHT, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1574-80, MIM | engraved calendars; examples at VIE etc. | Zinner 1. | ||
| GERET | France, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Chevau-Légers, 2/28/82-199 | "opticien". | Maçon. | RSW. |
| GERHARDUS | 1715, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1715 = Stedkils Museum, Leyden. | Grimaldi (809). | ||
| GERLACH, G. | Poland, c.1816, MIM SIM | Circumferentor; Surveyor's Compass; Calculating Machine; Rules; Drawing Instruments; Alidades; etc. all in the Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Warsaw. | Novokshanova; RSW. | |
| GERLETTI | Scotland, PHIM | Barometers = X(2) and Soth. 12/10/81. | Dominick or John Gerletti? | Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GERLETTI, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1828-48, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972); Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/4/77 = FRK = RSM, etc; Wheel Barometers = Soth. 12/5/85, etc. | looking-glass manufacturer, dealer. | 156 (1828-32), 153 (1833) and 145 (1834-39) Saltmarket; 10 Candlerigg Street (1840-48); all in Glasgow. | John Bell; Clarke et al. |
| GERLETTI, DOMINICK | Scotland, fl.1849-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-G 6/3/87. | barometer maker; optician. | 10 Candlerigg Street (1849-55); 24 Glassford Street (1855-57); 44 Trongate (1857-58); all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| GERLETTI, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1853-58, PHIM | perhaps son of Charles Gerletti; barometer maker. | 95 Candlerigg Street (1853-54); 55 St. Enoch's Wynd (1854-58); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al. | |
| GERONIMO, B. | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Bristol. | John Bell. | |
| GERONIMO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GERRARD | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Eldred 7/26/73. | Liverpool | RSW. | |
| GERRARD ET CIE. | France, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = Christie 12/18/74. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GERRARD, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1855, MIM | exhibited in the Paris Exposition of 1855. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| GERRARD, W. | England, NIM | Octant = PMS; Sextants = MYS. | "Patent Composite" stamped on ivory scale of octant; sometimes signed just "Gerrard." | 35 South East Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| GERRITSEN, CLAES | Holland, c.1600, MIM NIM | supplied compasses, sounding-lines and loadstones to van Neck's expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| GERSON | see Levi ben Gerson. | Goldstein 1; DSB. | |||
| GERSTEN | MIM | Calculating Machine = DAR. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GERVAIS | France?, c.1780, MIM | Armillary Sphere, Ptolemaic, cardboard = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| GERVAISE | France, fl.1730-50, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1733 = LIE. | also made octagonal moondials. | Ardennes. | Michel 3 and 9. |
| GERVAISE, FELIX | France, 1660, MIM | added a string-gnomon sundial, silver, in 1660, to ADL-DPW18, an ivory diptych sundial by Jacques Senecal. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| GESSLER, JOSEPH LEONHARDT | Germany, 1752, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1752 = P.C. | Wittistingen. | RSW. | |
| GESSNER, ABRAHAM | Switzerland, 1521-1636, MIM SIM | Globe Chalices, silver-gilt = BASH(1571), ZUS(1600), VIE, NOR; Drake's Cup, 1571 = City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth; Armillary Sphere = VIE. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| GESTRA, J., AND SCHENA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| GEWICHT, D. | PHIM | Balance = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| GEWITSEN, AREIAN | Holland, MIM | Diptych Sundial = DRE-1926-5. | Zinner 1. | ||
| GHETALDI, MARINO | Dalmatia; Italy1566-1626, PHIM | Burning Mirror, speculum metal = NMM-Barbarini Coll. | mathematician. | Ragusa (1566-?); Rome (?-1603); Ragusa (1603-26). | NMM 2; DSB. |
| GIACOMINI, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1820, NIM | Quadrant = Garzolini Coll., Trieste. | Belluno. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| GIAMIN, ANTONIUS | Italy, fl.1591-99, MIM SIM | Astrolabes = WHI (1592)(ICA-542), MERC-5 (1592) = P.C., ZUR (1599)(ICA-570); Radio Latino, 1591 = ADL-M117; Surveying Instrument = MUN; Pillar Sundial =DEU; Nocturnals, 1592 = ADL-M331, ROT, UTR, van Alfen Coll; Nocturnals = NMM (1596), van Alfen Coll. (1595). | some of the nocturnals are very dubious; ADL-M331 is identical to a nocturnal by Gigli Mariotti at LOS. | Rome. | Engelmann 1; Michel 2 and 3; Price 1 and 5; ICA 2; Van Cittert; Morpurgo 1; Nachet; NMM 2; Hollands Glorie; Hamilton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GIAMIN, IOANNIS | France; Italy, c.1550, MIM | Quadrans Vetus, iron = FLO. | Bordeaux; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 5; Michel 2 and 3; Hahn; RSW. | |
| GIAMINI, ANTON | see Antonius Giamin. | Michel 3. | |||
| GIANNA, L. | England, c.1816, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Barometer = Henry Ford Museum, Mich. | optician; often used Salop in place of Shrewsbury. | Market Place, Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GIANNEL | Italy, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Ambrosiana Library, Milan. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| GIANNOL, L. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | surely L. Gianna. | Shrewsbury. | RSW. |
| GIANO, C. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GIBB, ISAAC | England, c.1835, | apprenticed to William Green 2 in the Joiners' Company, March 3, 1835. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GIBBS, BROS. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | Dynamometer = Illinois State Museum, Springfield. | Canton, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| GIBBS, JAMES | England, c.1789, | apprenticed to Charles Card in the Joiners' Company on April 21, 1789. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GIBBS, ROBERT | England, c.1731, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on April 15, 1731. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| GIBBS, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIBON | France, c.1795, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1977). | rue Richelieu, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GIBSON | England, NIM | Sextant = AND-11/13/24. | North Shields. | Clarke et al; RSW. | |
| GIBSON, JOHN | Scotland, d.1795, MIM OIM | Solar Microscope = Soth. 11/15/71. | microscope signed "Gibson Kelso"; sold telescopes to the Duke of Roxburgh, etc.; watch and clockmaker. | Kelso. | RSW.Taylor 2(973); Dewhirst; Bryden 3; T. Smith; Clarke et al. |
| GIBSON, LAWRENCE | England, 1724, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GIERDELI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 7 Brooks Market, (London?). | Goodison 1. | |
| GIESSING, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | Germany, PHIM | a turner; worked with Winckler to improve the electrical machine. | Leipzig. | Hackmann; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| GIESTRA, I. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | ||
| GIFFORD, A.G. | New Zealand, NIM | Sextant = FRK. | Wellington. | Frank; RSW. | |
| GIFFORD, JAMES | Scotland, 1679, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1679 = Lennoxlove, E. Lothian. | thought to be carved by Gifford. | West Linton. | Somerville. |
| GIGLI, MARIOTTI | Italy, 1591, MIM | Nocturnal, 1591 = LOS. | very similar to ADL-M331. | Rome. | ADL; RSW. |
| GILARDI, J. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 7/23/87, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | possibly Gilardoni; X and Christie signed "Gilardi Bristol." | Bristol. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GILARDI, JOSEPH | Italy, 1755, OIM | Microscope Mounting = NAC. | Milan. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| GILARDONI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), 1975 Sales Cat., Bearne's 1/24/90. | Bristol. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GILARDONI, B. | England, c.1816?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Fore Street(?), Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| GILBERT 1 | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | instruments signed "Gilbert, London" were made by John Gilbert 1 or his descendants; they are difficult to distinguish except by style and/or date. | Tower Hill; Ludgate Street; both in London. | Moskowitz 103; Grötzsch 2; Taylor 2(178); Goodison 1; Coffeen C; RSW. | |
| GILBERT 2 | England, c.1813, MIM | Protractor = P.C.; Gunner's Calipers = Evans Coll. | mastermark is a heart with "EIC" inside and "4" above. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| GILBERT 3 | France, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = Christie 6/7/72 and 5/15/73; Microscope = CZJ. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GILBERT AND CO. | England, fl.1794-1817, NIM OIM | Octant = FIN; Hadley's Quadrant = VNN; Telescopes = D.(1974), D.(1986), X, Soth. 12/13/65, Soth.-B. 12/21/76, Phillips 2/15/89, NMM-O.201/63-22, Dukes County Historical Soc., Edgartown, Mass.; Microscope = Soth. 10/22/76; Solar Microscope = Soth. 3/25/86. | William Gilbert 2 and one or more of his sons; Crawforth finds no record of this listing in the directories; Phillips telescope marked "Improved Sea Telescope"; T.C. reads "Improved Achromatic Sea Telescopes Made by Gilbert, Wright and Hooke. Opticians" plus address. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | Bell 2; Clay and Court; NMM 2; Moskowitz 109; Crawforth 6; Coffeen 12; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND GILKERSON | England, fl.1793-1819, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Slide Rule, boxwood = Christie 5/26/76; Rule, boxwood, 1800 = OXF; Globe, 1806 = OXF; Stick Barometer = X; Octant = Christie 3/29/60; Telescopes = D.(1972), D.(1989), Christie -S.K. 2/8/79; Mining Dial = P.C.(1987); etc. | William Gilbert 2 and James Gilkerson; later William Dormer Gilbert with Gikerson. Succeeded Gregory, Gilbert and Wright. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | Brown; Taylor 2(974); Goodison 1; Dewhirst ; Clay and Court ; Bell 2; Moskowitz 112; J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND SON | England, c.1810, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = NMM-S.218; Telescope = MYS. | William Gilbert 2 and William Dormer Gilbert. | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | Taylor 2(839 & 1339); NMM 2; Moskowitz 111; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND SONS | England, fl.1806-18, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sector = P.C.; Universal Ring Sun Dials = Christie 4/3/74, Soth. 11/9/59; Hadley's Quadrant = Tait 11/22/1843; Pantograph = P.C.; Telescopes = MYS, D.(1976), Phillips 9/10/86; Stick Barometer = VNN. | William Gilbert 2 and his sons, William Dormer Gilbert and Thomas Gilbert. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Rinaldi Cat.; Bell 2; NMM 2; RSW. |
| GILBERT AND WRIGHT | England, fl.1790-92, 1802-05, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextants = NMM-S.36 (1791), MYS, P-B 9/25/69, Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; Octant = MYS; Instrument = KEN; Telescopes = Soth. 10/15/73, DRE, CZO, D.(1974),(1978); Pantograph = Christie -SK 7/10/80; Dry Compass = NMM-C.11; Prospect Glass = D.(1978). | first John Gilbert 2 and later William Gilbert 2 working with George Wright 2; sextants are marked "King's Patent"; sold Wright's new improved celestial globes. | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | J. Brown 1; Price 2; Taylor 2(839); USNM; NMM 2; Moskowitz 109; Coffeen E; RSW. |
| GILBERT, BARBARA | England, c.1752, | widow of John Gilbert 1; turned over his apprentice, John Bartlett, to John Urings 2 of the Joiners' Company; turned over apprentice Joseph Hill to John Gilbert 2 in the Grocers' Company; both on March 18, 1752. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| GILBERT, CHARLES | England, c.1810, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2, in the Grocers' Company on May 5, 1803; turned over to James Savage of the Coachmakers' Company on June 2, 1803; free of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1810. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GILBERT, ED. | England, 1778, NIM | Octant, 1778 = MYS. | made for Will Tillock, April 28, 1778. | Tower Hill, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| GILBERT, HENRY ROBERT | England, c.1798, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2, of the Grocers' Company, 1798; did not finish. | Tower Hill, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GILBERT, J. | can be John Gilbert 1 or 2. | ||||
| GILBERT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1717-52, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Backstaves = OXF (1745), NMM, KEN (1730); Sundial = NMM; Telescope = D.(1971). | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 in the Grocers' Company, 1709 free of the Company in 1717; took apprentices; made Biester's "portatis" instrument; undated instruments could have been made by John Gilbert 1 or 2. | Little Tower Hill (1717); Postern Row, Tower Hill (1718-52); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(178); Brewington 1; Goodison 1; NMM 2; USNM; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| GILBERT, JOHN 2 | England, 1744-91, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Backstaves = NMM (1755), Atwater Kent Museun, Philadelphia, Pa. (1770), P.C.(1774); Octants = PEA (1758, 1763, 1779), Soth. 12/3/76 (1764), NMM (1777), North Carolina State Archives (1759); Sextant, 1767 = Soth. 6/27/57); Telescopes = D.(1973) (1769), D.(1976); Cuff-type Microscope = OXF; etc. | son of John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers'Company; apprenticed to him Oct. 4, 1737; free of the Grocers' Company Feb. 28, 1744; T.C.; see Gilbert and Wright. | at the Mariner, Paternoster Road, Tower Hill (1763); 23 St. Paul's Churchyard, Ludgate Street (1776); 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill (1781); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(595); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz 112; NMM 2; Calvert 2; Brewington; USNM; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3; OXF Exib. 1947; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| GILBERT, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1771-91, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company, April 3, 1764; free of the Company April 9, 1771; brother of William Gilbert 2. | Tower Hill, London (1771). | J. Brown 1. | |
| GILBERT, M. AND T. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 1/27/75. | surely W. and T. Gilbert. | London. | RSW. |
| GILBERT, THOMAS | England, fl.1809-31, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2, of the Grocers' Company in 1801; free of the Company in 1809; see W. and T. Gilbert; the "W" is William Dormer Gilbert, his brother; T.C. | ; Leadenhall Street, London (1809). | J. Brown 1 & 2; Taylor 2(839 & 1339); Bell 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| GILBERT, W. AND J. | misreading for W. and T. Gilbert. | RSW. | |||
| GILBERT, W. AND S. | England, c.1817, NIM | Log = NMM-Lg.28. | W. and T. Gilbert? | London. | NMM 2. |
| GILBERT, W. AND T. | England, fl.1819-28, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Compass and Rule, silver case, 1826 = OXF; Vernier Protractor, 1827 = D.; Compasses = NMM (1838), NMM (7); Log Glasses = NMM; Telescopes = NMM, Soth. 5/12/75, Christie 4/14/89; Microscope = Soth. 3/19/73; Surveyor's Cross = D.(1977); Stick Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89; Sextant = Christie 12/16/69. | William Dormer Gilbert and his brother, Thomas, sons of William Gilbert 2; "Mathematical Instrument Makers and Opticians to the Hon. East India Compy"; also made kaleidoscopes; went bankrupt in 1828. | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(839); Clay and Court; Moskowitz 111; Bell 2; NMM 2; Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Coffeen D; Crawforth 1; McConnell 4; RSW. |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1540-1603, | wrote the pioneering work on magnetism; designed a dip-needle; worked with Blundeville, Briggs and Edward Wright on the problems of navigation; physician. | Colchester; Wingfield House, St. Peter's Hill, London (1596-97); Royal College of Physicians, London. | Taylor 1(31); Dawson Cat.; DNB; DSB. | |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1776-1813, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, John Gilbert 2, July 4, 1769; turned over to Peter Dollond July 18, 1769; free of the Grocers' Conpany Aug. 1, 1776; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company Dec. 1, 1801 by Redemption; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company 1807-09; see Gilbert and Wright, Gilbert and Son, Gilbert and Sons, Gilbert and Gilkerson, Gilbert and Co. | Tower Hill (1776); Leadehall Street (1795-1803); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(595); Brewington 1; Clay and Court; Moskowitz 109; Robischon. | |
| GILBERT, WILLIAM DORMER | England, fl.1802-33, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, William Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 5, 1795; free of the Grocers' Company Dec. 2, 1802; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company Oct. 6, 1813; succeeded his father Oct. 6, 1813; worked with his brother, Thomas as W. and T. Gilbert from 1819-31; worked alone 1832-33. | 148 Leadenhall Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(237). | |
| GILBERT, WRIGHT AND HOOKE | England, fl.1794-1805, MIM OIM | Telescopes = D.(1975), D.(1979); Magnetic Compass = Christie-SK 9/11/86; Sextant = OXF. | the "Gilbert" is first, John Gilbert 2, later, William Gilbert 2; the Wright is George Wright 2; sextant marked "King's Patent." | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, London. | Taylor 2(839); Moskowitz 109; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| GILDING, STEPHEN | England, c.1675, | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw in the Weavers' Company, June 28, 1675 for eight years. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GILES, EDWARD | USA, fl.1839-50, MIM SIM | see Blyndenburgh and Giles. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Coffeen E. | |
| GILES, JAMES | England, fl.1740-80, MIM | Orrery, = USNM; Sundial = Milton Church. | Gravesend. | Taylor 2(354a); USNM 2; Bedini 6; Price 2. | |
| GILKERSON | England, c.1800, MIM | Drawing Set, case = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Tower Hill, London. | RSW. | |
| GILKERSON AND CO. | England, fl.1809-27, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Sextants = DPW, NMM-S.261; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 4/22/65; Octant = HAR; Circumferentor = D.(1978); Surveyor's Compass = ADL-W188. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill; 148 Leadenhall Street, The Navigation Warehouse; both in London. | Taylor 2(1130); NMM 2; Moskowitz 117; ADL; RSW. | |
| GILKERSON AND MACALL | England, c.1770, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = X. | Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(716); Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| GILKISON, W.P. | ScotlandPHIM | sympiesometer maker | Cathcart Street, Glasgow. | Bell 2. | |
| GILL, JONATHAN | England, fl. 1707-16, MIM | Oughtred-type Sundial, 1716 = D.(1983) = ADL-W96. | apprenticed in 1700; free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1707; sundial is signed "Jn° Gill." | London. | Coffeen D; Wynter and Turner; J. Brown 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GILL, SAMUEL | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Rye. | Bell 2. | |
| GILL, THOMAS | England, fl.1817-18, PHIM | Hydrometer Slide Rule, ivory = Soth. 10/17/60. | signed "T. Gill"; patented a type of hydrometer with John Ashton. | 42 Greek Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1341); RSW. |
| GILLADON, ANDREAS | Switzerland?, 1690, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1690 = Chur Museum. | Evans 1. | ||
| GILLARDONI, A. | see Gilardony | Bell 2. | |||
| GILLES, MATTHIAS | England, 1708, NIM | Nocturnal, fruitwood, 1708 = Soth. 6/21/76. | RSW. | ||
| GILLESPIE, JOHN | England?, MIM | Calendar, round, wood = Soth. 10/17/60. | 10, Abbey Hill. | RSW. | |
| GILLMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Eastbourne. | Goodison 1. | |
| GILLY | France, 1777, MIM | he reworked the sundial of Cadenet. | Tardy 3. | ||
| GILMAN AND JOSLIN | misreading for Gilman Joslin. | Rinaldi 3; RSW. | |||
| GILMAN, BENJAMIN CLARK | USA, 1763-1835, MIM NIM | Compass Cards, paper = NHH, P.C.; Pedometer = Bristol Coll. | clockmaker. | Exeter, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Spinney. |
| GILMORE | England, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = Pugsley Sale. | as listed in catalogue; instrument sold was unsigned. | RSW. | |
| GILMORE, JOSEPH | England, fl.1718-26, NIM | invented a perpetual log, the "Navivum", and one other navigating instrument. | Bath. | Taylor 2(44); Bedini 8. | |
| GILMUR, BRYAN | USA, c.1790, MIM | also made clocks. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. | |
| GILPIN | England, 1816, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1816 = ANM. | London. | Namur Exhib. Cat. | |
| GILPIN, B. | England, OIM | Modified-Cuff Microscope = Wellcome Coll. | Newcastle. | Bryden 9. | |
| GILRUTH BROS. | Scotland, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Dundee. | RSW. | |
| GILTRAY, J.W. | Holland, 1851-1929, MIM NIM OIM | worked with A.P. Kipp; partner in the firm of P.J. Kipp en Zonen. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| GINOT-DESROIS, MLLE. | France, fl.1824-26, MIM | Planispheres, paper = GEP, MAS, TIM (1826); Astronomical and Perpetual Calendar = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | may be "Desrolis"; calendar marked "dedié à Charles X par Mlle. Ginot-Desrois", and was engraved by Choixegue. | Chez Bachelier Libraire pour les matématiques, Quai des Augustins, 55, Paris. | RSW. |
| GIOBBIO 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 9/10/86. | Devizes; Trowbridge. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |
| GIOBBIO 2 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Lampeter, Cardigan. | Bell 2. | |
| GIOBBIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Devizes. | RSW. | |
| GIOBBIO, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIOBBIO, G.B. | EnglandPHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Burnley. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIOBBIO, G.B., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/82. | see Giobbio and Co. | Devizes. | RSW. |
| GIOBBIO, GOSVE | Wales, PHIM | barometer maker. | Llandovery, Carmarthan. | Bell 2. | |
| GIOIA, FLAVIO | Italy, 13th Century, NIM | thought by Neapolitans to have invented the magnetic compass. | Naples. | Magazine of Science, London, 1891; Tooley; USNM. | |
| GIORDANI, D.G. | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, paper = Count Lamberti Coll., Rome. | Venice. | Chapuis. | |
| GIORDANI, VITALE | Italy, b.1633 d.1711, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Biblioteca Lancisiana, Rome. | Rome. | Michel 3. | |
| GIRACCIA, T. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Lewes. | Bell 2. | |
| GIRAR, MARC | France, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = J.P. Morgan Coll. | Blois. | RSW. | |
| GIRARD | France, 19th entury, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Drouot 4/7/87. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GIRARD ET BARRERE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 27.5 cm. = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Girard et Barrère. | Paris. | RSW. |
| GIRARD FRERES | France, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Girard Frères; made achromatic lenses. | Daumas 1. | ||
| GIRARD, A. | USA, 1849, MIM | invented an altitude recorder and a sun transit instrument. | Mobile, Ala. | USNM. | |
| GIRARD, BARRERE ET THOMAS | France, c.1850, MIM | Globe, terrestrial = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | Girard, Barrère et Thomas; see Girard et Barrère. | RSW. | |
| GIRARD, E., ET A. BOITTE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Globe, terrestrial = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | "éditeurs." | 22 rue Cassette, Paris. | RSW. |
| GIRAUD, BENOIT | France, fl.1744-1780, PHIM | Thermometer on clock, 1774 = X. | Rue des Orties (1774); Pl. Saint-Suplice (1780); both in Paris. | Tardy 3. | |
| GIRAUDON | France, NIM | Magnetic Compass = Drouot 3/9/70. | rue de la Paix, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GIREARO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 32 Ely, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIRGENSOHN, T. | Russia, c.1845, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Pulkowa Obs. (1845). | St. Petersburg. | Middleton 1. | |
| GIRL, MARTIN | surely Martin Gizl. | Taylor 2(597); Daumas 1. | |||
| GIRLONI, D. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIROD, JEAN GASPARD | Switzerland, c.1620, MIM | Sundial in base of skull watch = O-F. | signed "I.G. Girod"; watchmaker. | Coppet; Geneva. | Monreal; Baillie 1; Soth. 5/11/23; RSW. |
| GIRONIMO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly Laurence Gironimo. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| GIRONIMO, B. 1 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| GIRONIMO, B. 2 | England, fl.1817-44, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GIRONIMO, LAURENCE | England, fl.1845-54, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded by Felix Gugeri. | 93 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GISCARA, JEREMIAH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Giscard, misreading ? | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GISCARD | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | see Jeremiah Giscara, this might be a misreading. | Downham. | RSW. |
| GITTENS, W. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Angle Barometer = X. | 113 Salop, Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIUDICE, A. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Stroud Water. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIUSANI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GIUSANI, P. AND SONS | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cock Street, Wolverhampton (1835); Bilston. | Goodison 1. | |
| GIUSANI, S. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Cock Street, Wolverhampton. | Bell 2. | |
| GIUSTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, fl.1558-65, MIM | Quadrant, 1558 = FLO; Sundials = FLO (2). | also signed "Ioannes Baptista Iusti." | Florence. | Bonelli 5; Michel 3; Evans 1; Settle 2. |
| GIZL, MARTIN | Austria, 1769, MIM OIM SIM | Theodolite, 1769 = BM; Horizontal Sundial, string gnomon, = Soth. 11/16/87. | also spelled Cizl. | Salzburg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; RSW. |
| GLADSTONE, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GLAISHER, JAMES | England, 1809-1903, PHIM | pioneer meteorologist; developed a wet-dry bulb thermometer in 1847. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| GLASER, A. | Poland, 1588, MIM | designed a sundial for the Town Hall in 1588. | Danzig. | Zinner 1. | |
| GLAZEBROOK | England, c.1822, MIM | invented a slide rule. | Taylor 2(1568). | ||
| GLAZIER, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1796-99, MIM | 59 Townsend Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| GLEAVE, J., AND SON | England, MIM | Rule, folding, wood = D.(1984). | initial might be G. | Oldham Street, Manchester. | RSW. |
| GLEICHEN, VAN | Germany, c.1770, OIM | developed a form of compound microscope. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| GLOBBIO AND CO. | misreading for Giobbio and Co. | RSW. | |||
| GLOCKSBERGER, JOHANN | Czechoslovakia, c.1600, MIM | Ring Sundial = Drecker Coll. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| GLOVER, FREDERICK ROBERT AUGUSTUS | England, c.1839, MIM | patented "Glover's Sector", marked "Patent No.1." | Charlton. | Taylor 2(2135); Coffeen 14. | |
| GLOVER, HENRY | England; USA, fl.1842-70, NIM OIM | T.C.; apprenticed to Parkinson and Frodsham; made chronometers. | London; 33 John Street, (1842-43); 29 Louis Street (1843-44); 192 Broadway (1845); 119 Broadway (1846); 5 Wall Street (1847); 115 Wall Street (1848); 119 Wall Street (1850-53); 58 South Street (1853); 154 South Street (1854); 107 South Street (1860-62); 104 South Street (1864); 20 Burling Slip (1866); 222 Water Street (1868-70); all in New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; RSW. | |
| GLUCK | Mexico, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = ADL-T64. | "optico". | Mexico City. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GLUCKSTEIN | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Bell 2. | |
| GLYD, JAMES | England, 1752, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1752 = OXF. | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| GLYN, RICHARD | surely Richard Glynne. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |||
| GLYNNE, RICHARD | England, 1681-1755 fl.1705-25, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials over Compasses, silver = TIM, Chatsworth; Universal Ring Sundials = OXF, KEN, WHI, CZJ; Inclinable Sundials, silver = TIM, Chatsworth; Armillary Sphere = WHI; Drawing Instrument Sets = WHI, OXF, Halls 11/15/95; Orreries = OXF, NMM-P.13, Nat'l Museum, Beiping. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne in the Clockmakers' Company, 1696; free of the Company, 1705; son-in-law of Philip Lea; in partnership with Anne Lea, his mother-in-law, c. 1712-25; published globes; T.C.; sometimes signed "Glyn." | Cheapside (1712-16); Sign of the Hercules and Atlas, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1720-25); both in London. | Taylor 1(500) and 2(45); Price 3; Ward 4; Chaldecott 1; RSW; Calvert 2; Michel 3; ATG 12/9/95; Gingerich 1; Tyacke 1; J. Brown 3; Bryden 16; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Sivin 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GLYNNE, RICHARD, AND HENRY WYNNE | England, fl.1710-21, MIM | Hercules and Atlas, Fleet Street, opposite Salisbury Court, London. | Clay and Court. | ||
| GLYNNE, ROBERT | misreading for Richard Glynne. | ATG 12/8/95. | |||
| GNUTTI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1761, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BRP. | might be Grutti. | Price 2; Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| GOAT, R. | misreading for R. Gout. | Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 7/20/23. | |||
| GOATER | England, fl.1776-77, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = D. Phillips 11/16/88 (1776); Octants = SPI-2775 (1777), WHI, AMST. | John or Henry Goater. | 141 Wapping, London | Taylor 2(599); Daumas 1; Wynter and Turner; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| GOATER, E. | England, NIM | Octant = WHI. | 141 Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| GOATER, HENRY | England, fl.1777-92, MIM NIM OIM | Octants = WHI, AMST, NMM. | son or nephew of John Goater. | 144 (141) Wapping; New Gravel Lane, Wapping Wall; both in London. | Taylor 2(717); Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| GOATER, I. | see John Goater. | ||||
| GOATER, J.B. | England, NIM | Octant = University of Mississippi. | London. | Price 2. | |
| GOATER, JOHN | England, c.1760, NIM | Backstaffs = D., P.C.(1971), AMST; Hadley's Quadrant = MYS; Octants = Maine Historical Soc., Portland, P.C.(1969), AMST, NMM-S.144 (1769). | all except NMM octant are signed I. or J. Goater; one instument has the mark of an anchor and also signed "late Clerty." | 141 Wapping; near Union Stairs in Wapping; Execution Dock, Wapping; all in London. | Taylor 2(599); Wynter and Turner; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| GOATER, ROBERT | England, fl.1769-97, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass = NMM-C.214. | signed "R.Goater." | 146 Wapping, London | Taylor 2(599); NMM 2. |
| GOBBI 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Giobbio? | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| GOBBI 2 | England, PHIM | see Macki and Gobbi; barometer makers. | Swaffham. | Bell 2. | |
| GOBBI AND CETTEA | England, fl.1848-50, PHIM | barometer makers. | Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham. | Bell 2. | |
| GOBBI, LAWRENCE | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 12/15/72. | signed "L. Gobbi"; also known as Lorenzo Gobbi; carver, gilder. | Stanley Street, Liverpool. | Bell 2. |
| GOBBI, P. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/13/88. | Soth. barometer signed "Gobbi Stroud", spirit level signed "P. Gobbi Stroud." | Stroud. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GOBBI, P., AND SON | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stroud. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GOBBY | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Chelsea Fair (1973). | Hull. | RSW. | |
| GOBBY, D. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/17/74. | Leather Lane, London. | RSW. | |
| GOBE, HANS | Austria ; Germanyfl.1558-74, MIM | Gun Sight, 1568 = DRE. | see H.G. 4. | Innsbruck; Dreden. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Michel 2 and 3; Drechsler 2; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| GODALLES | France, 1686, MIM | Sector, ivory, 1686 = Christie 10/7/82 = D.(1983) = ADL-W162. | "Par le D.M.N. Godalles, Sainct Malo." | Saint-Malo. | ADL; RSW. |
| GODDARD | England, fl.1838-40, OIM | invented a polariscope. | Gallery of Practical Science, Adelaide Street, London. | Taylor 2(2136). | |
| GODDARD, JAMES T. | England, fl.1850-57, OIM | Achromatic Astronomical Telescope = X. | 35 Goswell Street (1851); Jesse Cottage, Whitton, near Hounslow (1857); both in London. | USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GODDART | see Steel and Goddart. | RSW. | |||
| GODELAR | France, c.1780, MIM OIM | Protractors = D.(1971), P.C.(1968); Sector = DPW; Folding Rule = P.C. | Paris. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| GODELARD FILS | France, MIM | Sector, silver = P.C.(1973). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GODFREY, JOHN | England, fl.1818-37, OIM | Cross Street (1818); 93 Coleshill, Horton (1837); both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1863). | ||
| GODFREY, THOMAS 1 | USA, 1704-49, NIM | Sextant = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; "Improved" Backstaff, 1730 = Joshua Fisher (c.1731). | glazier; invented a reflecting quadrant in 1730; in 1734 the Royal Society recognized both Thomas Godfrey (1) and James Hadley as independent inventors of the instrument. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; Gillingham 1; DSB; Price 2; Taylor 2(262); Cecil King; A.J. Turner 10; D.J. Warner 10. |
| GODFREY, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Stony Stratford. | Bell 2. | |
| GODIN, LOUIS | France, 1704-60, MIM | Rule, 1735 = POB. | Trois Siècle. | ||
| GODINEAU | France, 1730-1800, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C.(1969). | La Rochelle. | RSW. | |
| GODINEZ, MIGUEL | Spain, 18th Century, MIM | Counting Machine = X. | Valencia. | Nachet. | |
| GODWIN, S. | England, 1802, MIM | Astrolabe, 1802 = OXF (ICA-316). | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | ||
| GODWYN, JOHN | England, fl.1597-1600, MIM | said by Hopton to be the inventor of the circumferentor; designed an alidade; see John Goodwin. | London. | Taylor 1(98). | |
| GOERNER, JACOBUS | Czechoslovakia, 1794, PHIM | Static Electrical Machine, 1794 = PRA. | "Mechanicus." | Prague. | Czech. Inventory. |
| GOERNER, JOSEPH | Czechoslovakia, 1775, OIM | Microscope, 1775 = U. of Charles, Prague. | Prague. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| GOERTNER | Germany, c.1680, PHIM | made burning mirrors. | Dresden. | Nachet. | |
| GOES 1 | Franciscus de Goes; see Gois 2. | A. Stimson 3; Destombes 5. | |||
| GOES 2 | see A. Goys. | A. Stimson 3; Destombes 5. | |||
| GOES, FRANCISCO DE | Portugal, c.1587, MIM NIM | made sundials, sandglasses, astrolabes and compass needles; also spelled Goys. | Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3. | |
| GOES, JOAO DE | Portugalc.1648, MIM NIM | son of A. Goys (Agostinho de Goes Raposa); excused from military service in 1648, because he was a NIM. | Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3; Guedes. | |
| GOESTER, GYSBERT | Holland, 1739-, MIM | Square = UTP. | ivory-turner and instrument maker. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| GOETZ, STEPHAN VON | Austria, | see Götz. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| GOEZ, JOH. WILH. | Germany18th Century, MIM | Ludwigsburg. | Evans 1. | ||
| GOFF, WILLIAM | USA, 1782, NIM | Octant, 1782 = D.(1957). | Georgetown, South Carolina. | RSW. | |
| GOGERTY, ROBERT | England, fl.1847-56, MIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Microscope = CZO. | microscope is signed "Gogerty 244 Fleet Street." | 32 King Street (1847); 72 Fleet Street; 244 Fleet Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GOGILLA | France, MIM | Folding Rule = P.C.; Mathematical Instrument Set = D.(1966). | Paris. | Brieux 2; RSW. | |
| GOHIN | France, c.1800, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/3/88. | signed "L'Ing. Gohin opticien Breveté." | 19, rue Neuve-Saint-Eustache; Rue Her. St. Eustache 24; both in Paris. | Nachet; RSW. |
| GOIS 1 | Portugal, 1595, MIM NIM SIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, 1595 = P.C., D.(1976). | first dial also signed "Lusitanus"; second has a polychrome compass, with an extra mark "P.E."; there may be only one instrument. | Lisbon. | RSW. |
| GOIS 2 | Portugal, fl.1608-32, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabes = FLO (1608)(NMM-9), Museu Naval e Oceanographico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1624) (NMM-49), Museo da las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (1632) (NMM-42). | Francisco de Goes; received his license as an instrument maker in 1587; he made sundials, sand glasses, compass needles, etc; NMM is National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabe. | Lisbon. | Waters 1; Stimson 3; Destombes 5; Guedes. |
| GOLDBACKER, MAX | Germany; USA1813-71;, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | optician. | Oettinger, Bavaria (1813-49); New York, N.Y. (1849-71). | Smart 1. |
| GOLIUNIN | Russia, MIM | Terrestrial Globe and Sundial = GEL. | RSW. | ||
| GONDOLA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 12 Little Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GONDOLFI | France, c.1800, PHIM | Balances = CNAM. | also made weights. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| GONICHON, JEAN-BAPTISTE-CHARLES | France, fl.1733-63, OIM | Reflecting Telescope = P.C.(1962). | associated with the optician, Claude Paris, his brother-in-law, in 1733; later worked alone; in 1763 his widow, Marie-Michelle Paris Gonichon, took up the brevet of her brother, Claude Paris, of "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour." | rue des Postes, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2; Nachet; Augarde; RSW. |
| GONICHON, MARIE-MICHELLE PARIS | France, c.1763, MIM | widow of Jean-Baptiste-Charles Gonichon; sister of Claude Paris; received his title, "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour", in 1763. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| GONNELLA, TITO | Italy, 1794-1851+, MIM | Calculating Machine = FLO. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Florence. | Brenni 1. |
| GOOBBI, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Giobbi? | Goodison 1. | |
| GOOD, JOHN | England, fl.1731-36, MIM NIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1731 = Wray Coll. (not in Wray Sale, Soth. 11/30/59); Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | mathematician; author; book was published in London; two men? | Hull. | Gillingham 6; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| GOODALL, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1790-1807, MIM | Sundial inside watch cover = OXF (Minn Coll.). | Tadcaster. | Bell 2; Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| GOODALL, GEORGE 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GOODALL, LODELL | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 4/18/85. | London. | RSW. | |
| GOODDAY, B. | England, fl.1723-25, NIM | designed a new navigating instrument; author. | Knight's Coffee-house, Essex Street, near St. Clement's Church, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(179). | |
| GOODMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Pontypridd. | Goodison 1. | |
| GOODMAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1669-78, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices; Master of the Company, 1677-78). | St. Bartholomews, West Smithfield, London (1671-78). | Court and von Rohr 3(17); Crawforth 6. | |
| GOODWIN, JOHN | England, fl.1580-1616, MIM | Sectors = R.T. Gunther Coll., NMM-CI/S.9, D.(1986). | the instrument, "D.(1986)", is signed "John Goodwin SW"; see also John Godwyn as there may be confusion. | Taylor 1(98); Evans 1; Dewhirst; NMM 2; Coffeen 14. | |
| GOODWIN, MICHAEL, AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | High Street, Sunderland. | Bell 2. | |
| GOORHAM, ISAAC | Sweden?, 1763, NIM | Backstaff, 1763 = P.C.(1972). | in a Swedish collection. | RSW. | |
| GOOTS, A. | Holland, NIM | Cross-staff = HAK. | vanes lost. | RSW. | |
| GORDON, ANDREAS | Scotland, c.1745, PHIM | monk; might have introduced the cylinder in the electrical machine. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| GORDON, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1719-26, MIM | author. | at Mr. Graeme's House, The Green House, opposite the Three Pigeons, Butcherhall Lane, Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(47). | |
| GORDON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1754, MIM | apprenticed to Tycho Wing, a mathematical instrument maker of the Grocers' Company, Oct. 24, 1754. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GORDON, GILBERT | England, 1687, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1687 = NAC = D.(1976) = P.C. | first name is illegible in dealer's catalogue; owner? | Nachet; Brieux 3, 1976; RSW. | |
| GORDON, ROBERT | Scotland, 1580-1661, | cartographer; surveyer; owned the Fusoris astrolabe now in the RSM; two of the tympans were re-engraved for use in Edinburgh and Straloch in 1597. | Straloch, Aberdeenshire. | Darius 3; Poulle 1. | |
| GORHAM, JOTHAM ODIORNE | 17th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Eldred 7/26/73. | RSW. | ||
| GORI | Italy, 1779, MIM | divided a quadrant; may be Felice Gori. | Florence. | Daumas 1. | |
| GORI, FELICE | Italy, c.1809, MIM | Sundial = FLO. | brother of Galgano Gori; both worked for Giuseppe Pigri; sundial signed "Felice Gori inv. e fece in Firenze"; also marked "A.L." (3); mechanician; see Gori. | Florence. | Bonelli 9. |
| GORI, GALGANO | Italy, 1846, MIM PHIM | Barometer, siphon-type, 1846 = FLO. | brother of Felice Gori, which see; both worked for Giuseppe Pigri; also made micrometers and thermometers; mechanician. | Florence. | Middleton 1; Bonelli 9. |
| GORING, DR. EDWIN | England, fl.1819-41, | developed idea of using precious stones for microscope lenses. | Nachet. | ||
| GORLAND | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London Wall, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GORNER, J. | Bohemia, 1776, OIM | Microscope = PRA. | Narodni Museum Exhibit at KEN, Aug. 1968. | RSW. | |
| GORSE, NATHANIEL | see Nathaniel Gosse. | ||||
| GOSS, JOHN | England, c.1812, MIM | designed a calculating machine. | Bryden 5. | ||
| GOSSE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1620-31, MIM | made Gunter's rules and other wooden instruments; spelled variously as Gos, Goss, and Gorse. | Ratcliffe, London. | Bryden 9; Taylor 1(141); Evans 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| GOSSELIN | France, c.1665-80, MIM | Octant = Roussel Sale = MADEX-280 (Coll. Jules Strauss); Mural Quadrant = X. | an "arquebusier"; instruments are also signed "divisé par Sevin à Paris"; Gosselin made instruments for the Paris Observatory and the Academy of Sciences; Daumas says that some instruments are at the NMM but there is no entry in the Inventory. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Wolf; NMM 2; Augarde. |
| GOSSET | France, c.1800, OIM | optician and lens maker. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| GOTANDE | Italy, 1778, MIM | Hodometer, 1778 = MMT. | Rome. | RSW. | |
| GOTZ, JOH. WILH. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Instrument = DAR. | signed "Götz"; Evans says "Goez." | Ludwigsburg. | Maddison 7; Evans 1; RSW. |
| GOTZ, STEFAN VON, UND SOHNE | Austria, c.1850, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundials = D.(1982) = ADL-W50, PRZ, D.(1987), Pugsley Sale; Horizontal Sundial = MERC-28. | the first sundial signed "St. v. Götz und Sohne", the second, "Götz und Sohne", the third, "Stefan von Götz und Sohne. | Vienna. | Coffeen A and 16; Maddison 7; Hamilton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GOTZ, STEPHAN VON | Austria, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial = PRZ. | signed "Götz." | Vienna. | Maddison 7. |
| GOUCHON, CHARLES | France, c.1700, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NMM-D.201. | Beurelle. | NMM 2. | |
| GOUFFE | France, c.1788, MIM | Gouffé was "breveté ingénieur du Roi, 1788". | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| GOUGH | see Walter Gough. | ||||
| GOUGH AND GEE | England, c.1815, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Christie 4/5/95. | 21 Saddle Row, London. | RSW. | |
| GOUGH, T.J. | Water Clock, falsely dated 1673 = Museum of Science, Buffalo, N.Y. | modern work; probably made by Pearson Page Ltd. of Birmingham; marked "Exeter." | RSW. | ||
| GOUGH, WALTER | England, fl.1799-1810, MIM OIM PHIM | Garden Sundials = The Hall, Weston, Buckland House (1793); Air Pump = AUI; Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79. | T.C.; last two instruments signed "Gough" and "Real Electrical Machine and Air Pump Maker"; 1793 sundial belonged to William Cowper. | 21 Middle Row; 23 Middle Row; both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Gatty; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| GOUGH, WILLIAM | England, fl.1808-10, OIM | 23 Middle Row, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1134). | ||
| GOUICHON | France, c.1790, OIM | Telescopes = P.C., Versailles 11/19/78. | Rue des Postes, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GOULD AND PORTER | England, fl.1800-25, MIM OIM | Charles Gould and Porter; succeeded Cary. | London. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| GOULD, CHARLES | England, fl.1800-39, MIM OIM | Microscope = Soth. 12/17/62. | T.C.; microscope is signed "Gould's Improved Pocket Compound Microscope"; author; succeeded William Cary in 1825, perhaps as Gould and Porter. | 272 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1135); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Nachet; RSW. |
| GOULD, CHESTER | England; USA; England, fl.1794-1803, NIM | patented a log in 1800, an improvment in 1801, and a nautical time piece in 1803, all in London; Bedini thinks Gould was still in Rome, N.Y. in 1813. | 47 Walnut Street (1794); Sign of the Quadrant, 70 South Front Street (1796-98); both in Philadelphia Pa.; Rome, N.Y.(1800); "late of Rome N.Y., now of Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell, London merchant"(1801). | Brewington 1; Bedini 8. | |
| GOULD, HENRY | England, 1859-?, MIM NIM | succeeded John and George Cary in 1859. | 181 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1290). | |
| GOULD, HORACE | USA, 1801, NIM | offered a recording log for approval to the Boston Marine Soc. | Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1. | |
| GOULD, JOHN | England; USA, fl.1794-97, MIM NIM OIM | succeeded by Thomas Whitney; Smart says 47 Walnut Street (1794). | 47 Water Street(1794); at the Sign of the Quadrant, 70 South Front Street (1796); 46 South Fifth Street (1797); all in Philadelphia Pa. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Gillingham 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| GOULD, WILLIAM 1 | USA, d.1797, MIM | Smart felt that this might be an erronious entry due to a mistake in a newspaper story in 1797. | Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| GOULD, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1808, MIM | apprenticed to William Parson of the Grocers' Company, Jan 1, 1801, for 7 years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| GOULIER, COLONEL | France, 1818-91, MIM | hydrographic surveyor; designed several instruments. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GOUMERT | France, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 2/10/72. | Chalon. | RSW. | |
| GOURDIN, E. | "E. Gourdin Paris 1671" marked on a modern mariner's astrolabe sold at Christie 5/5/83. | A. Stimson 3. | |||
| GOURDIN, PIERRE | France, fl.1775-1800, MIM SIM | Graphometers = USNM (1775), KRA (1779), CNAM (1785), P.C. (1790), Libert et Castor Auction 4/28/82 (1786), etc; Surveying Instruments = FIN = D(1778), Paris 1900 Exhib.(1792), P.C. and Christie's 4/3/85; Surveyor's Cross, 1786 = P.C.; Alidade, 1787 = CNAM; Sectors = D.(1785)(2), OXF and Drouot 3/9/70 (both 1792) ; Ellipsograph, 1780 = CNAM; Protractor, 1778 = P.C.; Pantograph, 1784 = P.C.(1987); Rule = ADL-A268; Level, 1785 = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | twice rejected as "Ingénieur du Roi"; in 1794 he was chosen to value mathematical instruments seized during the Revolution; member of "Corporation des fondeurs." | au Quart de Cercle, Quai de l'horloge, Ile de la Cité, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; USNM; Daumas 1 and 6; Augarde; Wynter and Turner; Estreicher 1; Coffeen 12 and 55; ADL; RSW. |
| GOURDON, L. | Switzerland, c.1790, MIM OIM SIM | Thermometer, horizontal = GEM; Theodolite = Christie-SK 9/29/88. | the thermometer is from the de Saussure Coll. | Geneva. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| GOUT, RALPH | England, fl.1770-1815, MIM | Pedometers = Aubert (1806), BM (1781), Marryat College, Guildhall Museum, KEN, FIT, WHI, Fränkel Coll., OXF., TIM = Christie 4/14/88, and various sales. | patented a pedometer, 1799. | 6 Norman Street; Old Street; Binlin Court; all in London. | Taylor 2(719); De |
| GOUTERY | France, MIM | Sector = P. and S. 4/3/1894. | Paris. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| GOVAERDT, H. | 1607, MIM | Artillery Level, 1607 = LOS. | RSW. | ||
| GOVERNA | see Oratio Governa Pietro. | ||||
| GOWAN, G. | England, 1753, MIM | Gunner's Sector, wood, 1753 = Kenney Coll. = Soth. 4/22/65. | Taylor 2(482); Exibition-Maps; RSW. | ||
| GOWER, CAPTAIN | England, NIM | invented and patented a log. | Taylor 2(1137). | ||
| GOWLAND | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | Enfield. | RSW. | |
| GOWLAND, C. | England, fl.1811-16, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | probably Clement Gowland, clockmaker on High Street. | Sunderland. | Goodison 1. |
| GOWLAND, GEORGE | England, pre-1871, NIM OIM | Octants = RJK and Phillips 5/14/74; Sextants = Exhib. "1000 Years of Navigation", Brussels 1979, Dr. Livingstone; Artificial Horizon = STK. | also signed "Gowland" or "G. Gowland." | 76 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Brewington 1; USNM; RSW. |
| GOWLAND, JAMES | England, c.1830, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| GOY AND CO. | England, pre-1840, NIM OIM | Hadley's Quadrant with vernier = NMM-S.17. | T.C. | 36 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2138); NMM 2. |
| GOYON FILS | France, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Chevau-Légers, 2/28/82. | 16 Rue Pila, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GOYS, A. | Portugal, fl.1630-58, MIM NIM | Mariner's Astrolabes = P.C. (1648) (NMM-25), Museu Naval e Oceanographico, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 16??) (NMM-38), Museu de Marinha, Lisbon (NMM-39). | Agostinho de Goes Raposo; known to have died before 1676; received his license as an instrument maker in 1630; could make sundials, sand glasses, etc; NMM is National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes. | Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3; Destombes 5; Guedes. |
| GOZZI | Italy, 1722, OIM | Microscope, 1772 = Russborough House, Blessington, Ireland. | Parma. | Silverman. | |
| GRAECIUS | Italy, 1591, | see F. Hieronomi Brassi. | Florence? Rome? | Destombes; RSW. | |
| GRAEVIUS, BARTHOLOMEW | Belgium, c.1531, | printer and bookseller; sold globes. | Louvain. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| GRAF, HANS | Germany, fl.1563-76, MIM | Miner's Compass, wood and ivory, 1564 = ADL-M169; Miner's Compass, 1576 = Michel Coll.; Sundial, wood and ivory, 1563 = BM. | Gundhalbing. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3 & 24; Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. | |
| GRAF, L. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Sundials = GRA, Christie 2/16/71 = 12/21/71. | spelled Gräf. | Frankfort-am-Main. | Zinner 1. |
| GRAF, STEPHANUS | Germany, 1628, MIM | Graphometer, 1628 = Kaiserslautren Landesgewerbeanstalt. | Heidelburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| GRAFF, CAROLUS | Germany, | Graff engraved some instruments for Michael Kauffer, which see. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| GRAFSI AND FONTANA | misreading for Grassi and Fontana. | Soth.-Torquay 11/26/81. | |||
| GRAFTON, HENRY | England, fl.1842-60, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers, and other philosophical instruments. | 80 Chancery Lane (1842-47); 36 Holborn Hill (1849-53); 7-8 Rolls Buildings (1856-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; Bell 2. | |
| GRAHAM 1 | c.1737, MIM | Rule = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| GRAHAM 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and clock = Soth. 6/27/88. | No. 4181. | London. | RSW. |
| GRAHAM AND FORSTER | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 10/31/67. | Liverool. | RSW. | |
| GRAHAM AND PARKS | England, NIM | T.C. in Möller sextant box at American Museum, Bath. | Southside Custom House, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| GRAHAM, CHARLES | England, c.1850, MIM | assisted John Gaskin. | Penrith. | Bryden 9. | |
| GRAHAM, GEORGE | England, 1673-1751, MIM PHIM | Mural Quadrant = NMM; Equatorial Sector = NMM; Tellurium = ADL-A156; Wheel Barometers = KEN, VCW, Christie 7/4/1843, Macclesfield Library Sale, 1765; Standard Yard = KEN; etc. | clockmaker; apprenticed to Henry Aske of the Clockmakers' Company on July 2, 1688; free of the Company in Sept.1695; Master of the Company in 1722; partner of Thomas Tompion c. 1696-1713; married Tompion's niece in 1704; credited with the invention of the orrery; see Tompion and Graham; F.R.S. | Dial and Three Crowns, Water Lane, Fleet Street; Dial and one Crown, Fleet Street, opposite the Bolt and Tun (after 1720); both in London. | Taylor 1(483); DNB; DSB; Bryden 2; Baillie 1; Goodison 1; NMM 2; Hellman; Symonds; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Britten; USNM; Bedini 8; J. Brown 3; F. S. Taylor; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL; RSW. |
| GRAHAM, GEORGE, AND JONATHAN SISSON | England, 1752, MIM | Mural Quadrant, iron, 1752 = NMM. | eight-foot radius. | London | NMM 2. |
| GRAHAM, HARRIET | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 25 Baldwins Gardens, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GRAHAM, MALCOLM | USA, 1832-89, MIM SIM | worked first for Young, Smith and Co.; one of the partners in Schuyler, Hartley and Graham, 1854-80; firm became Hartley and Graham, 1880-1900. | 4 Maiden Lane (-1854); 13 Maiden Lane (1854); 19 Maiden Lane 1863; all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| GRANDJEAN DE FOUCHY, MR. | see Fouchy | Engelmann 1; Fox 1; Daumas 1; RSW. | |||
| GRANGER, THOMAS | England, 1710, NIM | Nocturnal, 1710 = NMM. | not in NMM 2 Inventory. | Taylor 1(558). | |
| GRANT | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| GRANT AND CROSSMAN | USA, 1858-61, MIM | Burt's Solar Campasses = P.C., Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing. | Michigan Museum signed "W.A. Burt Inventor / Detroit, Mich. / No. 6 / University of Michigan / Grant and Crossman / Makers." | Detroit, Mich. | USNM; Leiserowitz. |
| GRANT, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1807-22, MIM | made a spiral fitting for Gower's patent log; Gower called him a "mechanist." | 2 Winckworth Buildings, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1137); Dewhirst. | |
| GRANT, HENRY | England, fl.1844-60, PHIM | Sympiesometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | barometer maker. | Castle Street, Cardiff. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GRANT, JAMES | England, c.1837, MIM NIM OIM | sold maps and charts besides instruments. | 40 Queen Street, Hull. | Taylor 2(2139). | |
| GRANT, JOHN | England, fl.1781-1810, PHIM | clockmaker; barometer and thermometer maker. | 75 Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GRANT, WILLIAM CICERO | USA, 1815-83, MIM | worked for Burt and Bailey, 1853-56; partner with Charles Crosman as Grant and Crosman, 1858-61; | Jefferson Avenue between Bates and Randolph, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| GRAS, L. | Germany, | Sundials = Drouot 6/16/65. | see Lorenz Grässl. | RSW. | |
| GRASI | see Grassi; and Bulla, Grassi and Fontana. | ||||
| GRASSELLI, JOSE | Spain, MIM | Cannon Sundial = MAN. | signed "José Grasselli"; for latitude 40°24'57". | Madrid. | RSW. |
| GRASSI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | see Grassi and Fontana. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| GRASSI AND FONTANA | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 11/26/81; Barometer = Vermont Hist. Soc., Montpelier. | see also "Bulla, Grassi and Fontani." | Bartholomew Street West; 134 Fore Street; both in Exeter. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; USNM. |
| GRASSI, J.B. BERGNA AND JOHN ORIGONY | England, c.1835, PHIM | barometer makers. | 34 Dean Street, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(1869); Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GRASSL, LORENZ | Germany, c.1740-1805, MIM | Grässl made a great many Augsburg-type sundials varying greatly in quality; all parts of the dials bear a serial number indicating an assembly line operation; instruction sheets were printed in German, French and Spanish; examples of his work may be found in most museums and collections. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1 and 6; Bobinger 2; Baillie; Michel 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Moskowitz 104; Price 3; Ward 4; Bryden 16; ADL; Coffeen 27; RSW. | |
| GRATAS, E. | France, MIM | Sundial = Coll. G. | Champagne. | Tardy 3. | |
| GRATELLIE | France, c.1695, MIM OIM | Binocular Microscope, 1695 = Bonnier de la Mosson Coll.; Pair of large Globes with stands, 1695 = PBN; Universal Equatorial Sundial = MERC. | the globes he constructed were engraved by Coronelli; his signature also appears as "Gatellier" or "Gatellié." | Paris. | Daumas 1; Gersaint; Michel 3; Nachet; Hamilton 1; RSW. |
| GRATELOUP, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, 1735-1817, OIM | devised a new method of joining achromatic lenses. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| GRATTE, HENRICUS | England, c.1690, MIM | Astrolabe Clock with Calendar = X. | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| GRAVATT, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, MIM SIM | developed the "Dumpy" level. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| GRAVE, DE | see DE GRAVE | ||||
| GRAVES, GEORGE B. | USA, 1792-1873, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Vernier Compass = GUR. | succeeded to Goldsmith Chandlee's business. | Winchester, Va. | Smart 1; Bedini 8. |
| GRAVET | France, c.1851, MIM SIM | Mirror Level = CNAM. | successor to Lenoir; made Mannheim-type slide rules; succeeded by Tavenier. | 14 rue Cassette, Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Delehar 2. |
| GRAVET-LENOIR | France, c.1830, MIM | Slide Rule = DPW. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| GRAVET-TAVENIER | France, MIM | Sector = P.B. 10/28/63. | Tavenier succeeded Gravet. | Paris. | RSW. |
| GRAY 1 | England, c.1820, PHIM | barometer maker. | St. Neots. | Bell 2. | |
| GRAY 2 | England, NIM | Octant, wood and ivory = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | possibly John Gray 2. | London. | RSW. |
| GRAY 3 | see the following, Jones, Gray and Keen, Gray and Lessell, De Mory, Gray and W.D. Alder. | Brewington 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |||
| GRAY 4 | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| GRAY AND KEEN | England, fl.1847-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = MYS; Sympiesometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | barometer makers; John Gray (probably 3 or 4) and Robert Keen. | 25-26 Strand Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1138); Bryden 9; Bell 2; Brewington 1; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| GRAY AND LESSELL | England, NIM | Card on Tell-Tale Compass = PEA. | Brewington says "Lissett." | Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Brewington 1. |
| GRAY AND LISSETT | misreading by Brewington for Gray and Lessell. | Bryden 9. | |||
| GRAY AND MACKAY | England, c.1822, | invented a new type of saccharometer, c.1822. | 25 Old Burlington Street, London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GRAY, BENJAMIN AND WILLIAM | England, fl.1835-40, PHIM | barometer makers. | Cheapside, Leicester. | Bell 2. | |
| GRAY, DEMORY | USA, NIM | Gray, De Mory; T.C. in sextant case in Antiquarian House, Plymouth, Mass. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| GRAY, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1757, MIM SIM | land surveyor; designed surveying instruments. | Greenock. | Taylor 2(264); Bryden 3. | |
| GRAY, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1828-38, MIM OIM PHIM | proposed a small light for a sextant scale. | 41 Nightingale Lane (1828); 4 Upper East Smithfield (1836); both in London. | Taylor 2(1871); O'Mara. | |
| GRAY, JOHN 3 | England, c.1709, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 11, 1709. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GRAY, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1805-54, MIM PHIM | barometer maker; victualler; see Gray and Lessels or Gray and Keen. | 10 East Side, Dry Dock (1807-10 and 1813-20); 11 East Side, Dry Dock (1821); 25 and 26 Strand Street; all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1138); Bryden 9; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Bell 2. | |
| GRAY, ROBERT | England, 1709, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1709 = BM. | Ilbert Coll; Bryden thinks he might be from Edinburgh. | Price 3; Ward 4; Bryden 3; RSW. | |
| GRAY, STEPHEN | England, fl.1694-1701 d.1736, MIM OIM PHIM | Garden Sundial, 1695 = X; Microscope = KEN. | also signed "Grey"; designed and made sundials and microscopes; made electrical machines; FRS. | Canterbury; Charter House, London. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Bell 2; Nachet; Taylor 1(484); Bradbury. |
| GRAY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1840-50, PHIM | barometer maker; see Benjamin and William Gray. | Cheapside, Leicester. | Bell 2. | |
| GRAYDON, LT. COL. GEORGE | England, fl.1820-39, NIM | Celestial Compasses = NMM, KEN. | patented various navigating instruments; author. | Sloane Street,Chelsea, London; Bath; Austin Friars, London. | Taylor 2(1570). |
| GRAYDON, THOMAS | England, 1768, NIM | Compass, 1768 = NMM. | not in inventory | RSW. | |
| GRAYSON, JOHN | USA, c. 1797, | dealer in telescopes and mathematical instruments. | at the Sign of the Spectacles, New York City. | Bedini 8. | |
| GRAZZINI, FERDINANDO | Italy, fl.1744-47, MIM | Protractor, 1747 = ADL-M108; Surveying Transit, 1744 = Soth. 10/23/61; Surveyor's Compass, 1747 = Pym Sale. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| GREATOREX, RALPH | England, 1625-1712, MIM PHIM | Ring Sundial = Wisbech; Weather Glass, 1663 = Samuel Pepys; Air Pump, 1658 = Robert Boyle; Universal Ring Sundial = OXF. | apprenticed to Thomas Dawson of the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Elias Allen of the Clockmakers' Company on March 9, 1639, free of the Company on Nov. 25, 1653; probably the "R.G." 1 on compass cards; T.C. | at the sign of Adam and Eve, south side of the Strand; Temple Bar; both in London. | Taylor 1(218); Holbrook; DNB; Clay and Court; Bell 2; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1; Latham and Matthews; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10. |
| GREAVE, DAVID | England, c.1804, MIM | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1804. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| GREAVES, JOHN, AND SON | England, PHIM | Balance, steel = Pym Sale. | RSW. | ||
| GREAVES, THOMAS | England, fl.1777-1818, OIM | optician. | 40 Old Hinckleys (1777); Hill Street (1818); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| GREBAUVAL, PIERRE | France, c.1650, MIM | Sundials in watches = FIN-140, Soth. 12/1/78, Clutton and Daniels. | "Grébauval" or "Grébauvel"; the watches listed may be one and the same item. | Rouen. | Clutton and Daniels; RSW. |
| GREBNER, HANNS | Austria, 1576, MIM SIM | Shadow-square with Alidade, 1576 = Figdor Coll. | Zinner equates this man with Hans Grebner; see also H.G. 6. | Sterczing. | Zinner 1. |
| GREBNER, HANS | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Artillery Quadrant = WHI. | see Greber. | Pope; Daumas 1. | |
| GREBOULT | see Gueroult. | RSW. | |||
| GRECCIUS | France, 1591, MIM | Bonelli. | |||
| GRECHI, C.A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Shaftsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| GREEN | England, c.1820?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Grantham. | Goodison 1. | |
| GREEN, GEORGE | England, c.1787, MIM | apprenticed, to James Martin, a mathematical instrument maker in the Grocer's Company, on May 3, 1787. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GREEN, J. AND W. | USA, c.1833, OIM PHIM | opticians; James Green 2. | 41 South Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | |
| GREEN, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1722-c.42, MIM | apprenticed to John Stiles of the Clockmakers' Company on April 12, 1722; shown as "finisher" in Quarterage list c. 1742. | Horse Shoe Alley, Moorfields, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| GREEN, JAMES 2 | England; USA., 1808-96, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Infantry and Cavalry School, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas (1891); Barometer = USNM; Aneroid Barometer = USNM. | emigrated from London in 1833; succeeded in Baltimore by F.W. and R. King in 1851; dealt in European instruments. | London (1817-23); 72 Baltimore Street (1835-36); 15 Liberty Street (1840-41); 53 South Street (1842); all in Baltimore Md.; New York, N.Y. (1849-96); 175 Grand Street, New York, N.Y. (1868). | Smart 1; USNM; Middleton 1 and 4; D.J. Warner 6 and 10; RSW. |
| GREEN, JOHN | England?, 1751, PHIM | Barometer, 1751 = X. | Dewhirst. | ||
| GREEN, SAMUEL, AND SON | England, MIM | made pocket compasses and sundials. | 7 Helmet Street, London. | USNM. | |
| GREEN, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1778-90, OIM | designed an improved telescope; F.R.S. | South Moulton Street, Hanover Square; 93 High Street, Marylebone; both in London.. | Taylor 2(722). | |
| GREEN, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1818-56, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on June 21, 1808; first noted in 1818; took apprentices. | Bartholomew Terrace, City Road (1828); 54 Rahere Street; 14 Fountain Place, City Road (1832-41); City Road (1842-56); all in London. | Taylor 2(1872); O'Mara; Crawforth 7. | |
| GREEN, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1836, | apprenticed to his father, William Green 2, in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 2, 1836. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GREEN, WILLIAM 4 | Scotland, 1844-48, MIM OIM PHIM | 5 Franklin Street (1844-45); 87 London Street (1846-48); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | ||
| GREENALL, WILLIAM WEBB | England, c.1822, PHIM | 31 Old Compton Street, London. | Taylor 2(1571); Dewhirst. | ||
| GREENE 1 | see Pizzala and Greene. | ||||
| GREENE 2 | England, PHIM | see Kendall-Greene. | Bell 2. | ||
| GREENER AND CHIESA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-K. and C. 7/21/81. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| GREENLEAF, STEPHEN | USA, 1704-95, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C., New Hamshire Hist. Soc., Concord. | P.C. signed "Greenleaf", the other "S. Greenleaf"; made nautical compasses. | Queen Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1; Smart; USNM; Warner 12; RSW. |
| GREENOUGH AND CO. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = D.(1975). | London. | RSW. | |
| GREENOUGH, NORMAN CUMMINGS | USA, 1820-66, NIM | made nautical instruments, chronometers, and watches. | Newburyport, Mass. | USNM. | |
| GREENOUGH, THOMAS 1 | USA, 1710-85, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaffs = X (1760), P.C. (1749), PEA (1740) (1765, incomplete), Connecticut Hist. Soc. (1745, 1755), Harvard College Observatory (1740), ADL-W207 (1753), VNN (1763); Surveyor's Compasses, wood = P.C., Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Bucks County Historical Society, Ohio State U., Old Sturbridge Village, Western Reserve Hist. Soc., South Natick Hist. Soc., Wakefield Plantation, Va., D.(1974 and 1984), ADL-W154 & W156, Ohio Historical Society, D.(1996). | may have been trained by Joseph Halsey; D.(1984) has two compass cards, earlier one shows a lighthouse, later one shows a man with a Davis quadrant. | near the Draw-Bridge, Boston, N. England. | Brewington 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 108; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; Coffeen 55; DATM; ADL; RSW. |
| GREENOUGH, THOMAS 2 | USA, 1738-75, MIM NIM | son of Thomas Greenough 1. | Boston. | Smart 1. | |
| GREENOUGH, WILLIAM | USA, c.1785, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = X. | succeeded his father, Thomas Greenough 1, in 1785. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1. |
| GREENWOOD, CLARKE | USA, 1764-1810, MIM NIM | Dry Card Compass = MYS. | born in Boston, Mass.; son of Isaac Greenwood 2; succeeded his brother, John, in 1788; succeeded by his brother, Isaac Greenwood 3 in 1810; Rollinson engraved the compass cards. | 199 Water Street (1789); 126 Front Street (1797-98); 127 Front Street (1800-01 and 1805); 126 Front Street (1807-09); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 12; RSW. |
| GREENWOOD, ISAAC 1 | USA, 1702-45, | father of Isaac Greenwood 2; teacher of natural philosophy at Harvard College; lectured on the orrery in 1734. | Boston, Mass. | C. Evans (3776); Bedini 1 and 14. | |
| GREENWOOD, ISAAC 2 | USA, 1730-1803, MIM | Gunner's Quadrant = P.C. | oldest son of Isaac Greenwood 1; he was also an ivory turner and dentist; the quadrant might have been made by his son Isaac Greenwood 3. | next door to Dr. John Clark's at the North End, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1, 6, 8 & 14; Smart 1; USNM. |
| GREENWOOD, ISAAC 3 | USA, 1758-1829, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrants = MYS (1793), X; Gauging Rod, wood, 1819 = D.(1982); Gunner's Quadrant = Winterthur Museum, Wilmington, Del; Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1985), P.C.; Octants = MYS (1793), P.C. | son of Isaac Greenwood 2; took over his brother Clarke's business at his death in 1810; see Isaac Greenwood 2 for other possible instruments; T.C., akes and imports all kinds of Mathematical Instruments"; dentist. | Boston, Mass. (1781-83); New York, N.Y. (1783); Charleston, S. Carolina; Boston, Mass.; Providence, R.I. (1787-90); Newport, R.I.; Providence, R.I.; Norfolk. Conn.; Providence, R.I.; 126 Front Street (1810-1819); 130 Front Street (1819-29); last two in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Coffeen 27; Bedini 8, 14; D.J Warner 8 and 10; RSW. |
| GREENWOOD, JOHN | USA, 1760-1819, MIM | son of Isaac Greenwood 2; born in Boston; succeeded J. Quincy in 1786; succeeded by his brother, Clarke Greenwood, in 1788; ivory turner; later became a dentist; made George Washington's false teeth. | 199 Water Street, New York, N.Y. (1786-88). | Smart 1; Bedini 1 and 14. | |
| GREENWOOD, THOMAS | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | optician. | 10 Fetter Lane, London. | O'Mara. | |
| GREENWOOD, TIMOTHY | England, fl.1836-38, OIM | 20 Little Saffron Hill, London. | Taylor 2(2140); O'Mara. | ||
| GREGG AND RUPP | USA, fl.1844-53, MIM | William Theodore Gregg 1 and Michael Rupp. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| GREGG, WILLIAM THEODORE 1 | Ireland; USA, 1818-1897, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (2). | born in Ireland; worked with Michael Rupp from 1844 to 1853, as Gregg and Rupp; worked with his son, W.T. Gregg 2, as Gregg and Son (1873-87); son continued under the same name until 1891. | Ireland (1818-41); 13 Doyers Street (1841); 318 Broadway, corner of Pearl Street (1843); 110 Wall Street (1844-87); all in New York, N.Y.; Norwich, N.Y.(pre-1857-62); Brooklyn and New York, N.Y. (1866-87). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| GREGG, WILLIAM THEODORE 2 | USA, 1850-1916, MIM | worked with his father, William Theodore Gregg 1 from 1873 until 1887. | 110 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| GREGO, A. | England, c.1817, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.- K. and C. 4/20/82; Telescope = Soth. 10/16/72. | 27 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GREGOIRE, J. | France, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = LEY; Geometric Quadrant = LEY. | quadrant is signed "I. Gregoire." | Blois. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| GREGORY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| GREGORY AND LAWRENCE | England, c.1836, MIM | 19 Great Sutton Street, Goswell Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| GREGORY AND SON | England, fl.1776-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Hadley's Quadrants = Maritime Museum, Hull, Soth. 3/10/87; Stick Barometer = X. | Henry Gregory and son; became Gregory and Wright in 1783; T.C. | 148 (Leadenhall Street), near the India House (London). | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 112; Crawforth 1. |
| GREGORY AND WRIGHT | England, fl.1783-89, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Drawing Instrument = Christie 4/3/74; Hadley's Quadrant = NMM-S.179; Universal Microscope = X; Spyglasses = Soth. 7/24/72, NMM-O.131/44; Telescope, one-draw = Phillips 7/28/82. | Henry Gregory and George Wright 2; Millburn thinks he was Gabriel Wright; see Gregory, Gilbert and Wright; successors to Benjamin Martin; T.C.; telescope signed "Gregory and Wright's Improved Telescope." | 148 Leadenhall Street, Navigation Warehouse, near the East India House, London. | Taylor 2(842a); Daumas; Clay and Court; Calvert 2; NMM 2; Nachet; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz 112; Millburn 11; RSW. |
| GREGORY WRIGHT | misreading for Gregory and Wright. | RSW. | |||
| GREGORY, DAVID | Scotland ; England, 1661-1708, | author; astronomer; gave the first suggestion of the achromatic telescope, 1695. | Edinburgh (1683-91); Oxford (1691-1708). | USNM; DNB; DSB; Dawsons 174. | |
| GREGORY, GILBERT AND WRIGHT | England, 1789-92, MIM OIM | Henry Gregory, John Gilbert 2 and George Wright 2. | 148 Leadenhall Street, near the East India House, Navigation Warehouse, London. | Taylor 2(839 and 909); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 112. | |
| GREGORY, HENRY | England, fl.1750-92, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = RSM, P.C.; Sextant = STT; Divider-Sextant = ADL-DPW37; Compass Card = NMM; Backstaves = HAM, HAA, FRK, PYM; Hadley's Quadrants = COR, Soth. 6/1/88; Stick Barometers = Hist. Soc. of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Soth. 7/19/88; Gunner's Calipers = KEN; Reduction Compass = AMST; Mathematical Instrument Set = NOR; Pelorus = USNM; etc. | T.C.; later became Gregory and Son; the backstaff in the FRK was made for Jean Gremon; the ADL divider-sextant was made by G. F. Brander and sold by Gregory. | The Azimuth Compass, near ye East India House, Leadenhall Street (1761); Francis Court, Clerkenwell; both in London. | Calvert 2; Taylor 2(484); Macintyre; Brachner 1; O'Mara; BEK Exhibit, Nov.1979; Jürgen Meyer; Moskowitz 112; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Brachner; Crawforth 1; USNM; Courtenvaux; ADL; RSW. |
| GREGORY, J. | England, PHIM | Macclesfield. | Bell 2. | ||
| GREGORY, JAMES | Scotland; Italy, 1638-75, | invented the "Gregorian" reflecting telescope in 1661. | Aberdeen; Padua; St. Andrews; Edinburgh. | Taylor 1(282); DNB; DSB; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; USNM; Morrison-Low 1. | |
| GREGORY, R. | England, MIM | T.C. in the case of a Troughton and Simms pantograph. | Christie-SK 7/10/80. | ||
| GREGORY, SAMUEL | Ireland, fl.1761-62, PHIM | barometer maker. | Sycamore Alley, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| GREGORY, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1830, OIM | 3 Quay Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1873). | ||
| GREGORY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Bull Street; Suffolk Street; both in Birmingham. | Bell 2. | ||
| GREGORY, W. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Phillips 10/5/76. | Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| GREGORY, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1817, MIM | 30 New Street Square, Shoe Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1343); Dewhirst. | ||
| GREGORY, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1830, MIM | made mathematical rules. | 8 Berry Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1874). | |
| GREIFF, G. | Germany, 1689, MIM | Gunner's Level, 1689 = Michel Coll. | Michel ; RSW. | ||
| GREINER, JOHANN GEORG, JUN. | Germany, 1788-1860, PHIM | Alcoholmeter, 1849 = D.(1971); Barometers, siphon-type = DEU (2), UTR (1834). | business taken over by Fuess. | Berlin. | Van Cittert; Middleton 1; Moskowitz 102. |
| GREISL, L. | see Grassl. | ||||
| GRENET, ABBE | France, c.1790, | l'Abbé Grenet; invented a tellurium and a terrestrial globe, both made by Richer. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; MADEX. | ||
| GREPPIN ET BILLIAUX | France, 1782, PHIM | Electrical Machine, 1782 = P.C. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| GRESEL, HANS | Germany, c.1543, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GRESEL, LINHART | Germany, fl.1531-47, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1531 = KEN. | one of the guardians of Hans Müller's children. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| GREUTER, MATTHIAS | France; Italy1556-1638, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1636 = IPA (2), D.(1982), D.(1989); Terrestrial Globe, 1632 = IPA. | made fine terrestrial and celestial globes, dated from 1632 to 1638; examples may be seen at VAA, CCT, VAT, NMM, KEN, FLO, ROM, GEP, Biblioteca Comunale, Ancona, Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Ky., IPA, etc.; the IPA and D.(1989) globes are the original 1636 issue; the D.(1982) globe is a much later reissue of the 1636 state by Dominico de Rossi. | Strasbourg; Lyon; Avignon; Rome (1632-36). | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 3; Grimaldi (730); Bonelli 4; NMM 2; USNM; Stevenson; Yonge; Coffeen A; Arkway; Schmidt 1. |
| GREVENBERG, CASPAR | Germany, fl.174?-60, PHIM | Money Balances = Lempertz, 6/14/76, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88 (174?). | father of Johann and Jacob Grevenberg | Cologne. | Kisch; Coffeen III; RSW. |
| GREVENBERG, JACOB | Germany, fl.1762, PHIM | son of Caspar Grevenberg; brother of Johan Grevenberg. | Cologne. | Coffeen III; Kisch. | |
| GREVENBERG, JOHANN | Germany, c.1762, PHIM | Coin Balance = D. | T.C.; son of Caspar Grevenberg. | Cologne. | Coffeen III; Kisch. |
| GREY, STEPHEN | see Stephen Gray. | ||||
| GREY, T. | England, 1691, MIM | Gunner's Calipers, 1691 = X. | "Arch. Aeliana", 4th. ser., vol. 8, 1931; USNM. | ||
| GRIBELIN | France, 1589-1671, MIM | Sundials in lid of pocket watches = KEN, OXF, SPI-2733. | Simon (1) or Abraham Gribelin. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Maddison and Turner; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| GRIBELIN, ABRAHAM | France, 1589-1671, MIM | probably the son of Simon Gribelin; watchmaker; some watches had sundials in lid. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Michel 2; Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| GRIBELIN, SIMON 1 | France, fl.1588-1633+, MIM | probably the father of Abraham Gribelin; made sundials and astronomical watches. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Michel 2; Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. | |
| GRIBELIN, SIMON 2 | England, fl.1686-1733, MIM | from Huguenot family; member of the Clockmakers' Company 1686-1733; wrote book on ornaments for jewelers and clockmakers; may have made perpetual calendars. | London. | RSW. | |
| GRIBNER, LUDWIG | Germany, c.1484, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| GRICE, THOMAS | 1705, MIM | Sundial, 1705 = Christie 7/12/67. | RSW. | ||
| GRICE, WILLIAM HAWKS | England, fl.1815-25, MIM OIM | spyglass, brass and ivory = WHI; Hodometer = X. | succeeded William Fraser; appointed the mechanician and optician to their Majesties and the Royal Family. | 3 New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(1344); Dewhirst. |
| GRIENDEL, JOHAN FRANZ | Germany, c.1687, OIM | made telescopes and microscopes; author. | Aachen; may have also lived in Nürnberg. | Offenbacher Cat.29, 1977; Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| GRIER, W. HAWKES | misreading for William Hawks Grice. | Soth. 3/25/86. | |||
| GRIEUX, D. | France, c.1775, MIM | Graphometer = Spitzer Sale-2900 = Anderson-Spitzer Sale-14. | Paris. | Michel 3; Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. | |
| GRIFFIN 1 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Air Pump = D.(1976). | London. | Brieux 3. | |
| GRIFFIN 2 | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = D.(1973). | possibly John Joseph Griffin. | London. | Moskowitz 106; O'Mara. |
| GRIFFIN AND HYAMS | England, fl.1835-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | barometer makers; silversmiths. | Cornhill, London. | Bell 2. |
| GRIFFIN, BRYAN | USA, fl.1793-1803, MIM | 81 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | ||
| GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH | Scotland; England, fl.pre-1848-50+, PHIM | son of Richard Griffin; chemical instrument maker; author. | Glasgow; London (1848). | Bryden 3. | |
| GRIFFIN, JOHN JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | chemical apparatus may be see in the Chemical Museum, London. | London. | RSW. | |
| GRIFFIN, RICHARD, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1820-61, PHIM | philosophical and chemical instrument makers; Richard was the father of John Joseph Griffin. | 75 Hutchinson Street (1820-32); 64 Hutchinson Street (1833-37); 115 Buchanan Street (1838); 24 Canon Street (1839-43); 40 Buchanan Street (1844-55); 39 and 41 West Nile Street (1855-61); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. | |
| GRIFFITH AND BOWLES | USA, c.1770, MIM | Nathaniel Griffith was an instrument maker; Samuel (or Thomas) Bowles was a watchmaker. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, A. | England, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | Taylor 2(1139). | ||
| GRIFFITH, EDWARD | England, c.1809, OIM | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1139). | ||
| GRIFFITH, GEORGE | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed first to William Howe, of the Grocers' Company on August 13, 1700; turned over to Mary Griffith, Broderer on April 13, 1703; free of the Grocers' Company Oct. 12, 1708; his father was a member of the Broderers' Company. | East Smithfield, London (1708). | J. Brown 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, JAMES | England, c.1667, MIM | member of the Broderers' Company; admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1667; may have been the father of George Griffith. | London. | Taylor 1(310); Clay and Court; Baillie 1; J. Brown 1 & 3. | |
| GRIFFITH, MARY | England, c. 1703, MIM | Broderer; George Griffith turned over to her as apprentice from William Howe of the Grocers' Company on April 13, 1703; her husband was probably James Griffith of the Broderers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, NATHANIEL | USA, c.1770, MIM | worked with Samuel or Thomas Bowles as Griffith and Bowles. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1. | |
| GRIFFITH, WILLIAM | England, MIM | T.C. | No. 4 Dolphin-court, Ludgate Hill, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| GRIFFITHS, J.J., AND SONS | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wimshurst Machine = Soth.-B. 4/7/82. | RSW. | ||
| GRIFFON | England, c.1800, PHIM | Air Pump = D.(1976). | London. | Brieux 3. | |
| GRIFFON, AU | France, 18th Century, | Folding Rule, ivory and silver = ADL-M132a. | this is an address only. | au Griffon, 19 de l'Horloge, Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GRIGBY, GEORGE | England, 1807, MIM SIM | designed a combined sighting and computing surveying instument; author. | London. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| GRIGGI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| GRIGNION, HENRY | England, c.1806, MIM | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1806. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| GRILL, JOHANN | Germany, 1798, MIM | Rule, 1798 = THO. | RSW. | ||
| GRILLET, RENE | France; Holland, c.1673-81, MIM PHIM SIM | Calculating Machine, 1678 = CNAM; Hygrometer, 1681 = X; Graphometers = SPI-2768 (9), P.C., Drouot 4/26/67; Drawing Instrument Set = NMM-DI/ST.18; Sector = P.C.(1969); Protractor, Sector and Square = D.(1971); Set Square, with plumb-bob = Soth. 2/25/86. | "Sieur Grillet Maistre Horlogeur"; mechanician; author; spelled also René Grilliet. | au Cloistre S. Jean de Latran. (1673),Quai de l'Horloge, No. 49, both in Paris; Amsterdam (1681). | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Weil 19; Baillie 1; NMM 2; Nachet; Coffeen II; Spitzer 1 and 2; RSW. |
| GRILLIET, RENE | see René Grillet. | Daumas 1. | |||
| GRIMALDI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1814-16, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/25/86, Christie 12/6/78. | usualy signed "D. Grimaldi" or "Grimaldi"; the Soth. instrument was signed "D. Grimoldi, London." | 82 Leather Lane,London. | Taylor 2(1345); Dewhirst; Bell 2; RSW. |
| GRIMALDI, HENRY | England, fl.1839-60, OIM PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 16 Brook Street (1839-42); 4 Charles Street (1844); 24 Greville Street (1843-47); 31 Brook Street (1850-60); Hatton Garden; all in London. | Taylor 2(1345); Goodison 1. | |
| GRIMES, EDWARD | England, fl. 1640-51, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Elias Allen of the Clockmakers' Company on March 15, 1640; had a dispute with him in 1651. | London? | J. Brown 3. | |
| GRIMOLDI 1 | Italy; Holland, c.1840, MIM PHIM | instrument and barometer maker. | Amsterdam. | Bell 2. | |
| GRIMOLDI 2 | variant spelling for Grimaldi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| GRIMOLDI, H., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87; Marine Barometer = D.(1997). | surely Henry Grimaldi; D. signed "Grimoldi and Co." | Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Bell 2; ATG 5/24/97. |
| GRIMSHAW, JAMES | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie Feb. 1991. | London. | RSW. | |
| GRIMSHAW, JOHN | England, fl.1810-29?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "Grimshaw." | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| GRIMSTEAD, VALENTINE | England, | T.C.; sold mathematical instruments. Delete this part of the comment, please. | at the Black Swan in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| GRINDEL, CARLO | Italy, 1800 -1855, MIM PHIM | Dipping Needle = Institute of Geophysics, Academy of Sciences, Prague; Transit, 1827 = U. of Pavia Museum. | he had the title "Macchinista" at the Brera Observatory. | Milan. | Brenni 1; Czech. Inventory. |
| GRINDEL, FRANCESCO | Italy, 1816-59, MIM PHIM | son of Carlo Grindel; succeeded him as "Macchinista" at the Brera Observatory; made precision insruments. | Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| GRINDL, JOH. FRANSISCA | c.1687, OIM | Clay and Court. | |||
| GRINGALLETUS, JANUS | Germany, fl.1617-20, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1617 = STU. | Strassburg. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| GRINKEN, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1675-85, MIM | A.J. Turner 1 and 2. | |||
| GRINKEN, ROBERT | England, c.1625, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Soth. 11/27/72. | RSW. | ||
| GRINOD, JOHN | England, fl.1766-67, MIM | Wolstenholme's Square, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | ||
| GRITTO, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1600, MIM SIM | Measuring Instrument = SPI; Plane Table Compass = HAK. | Padua. | Baillie 1; Morpurgo 1; Rohde; Nachet; Brenni 1; RSW. | |
| GRIVOLAT, L. | France, MIM | Solar Clock = X. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| GROCE | misreading or variant of Croce. | RSW. | |||
| GROCE, A. | England, c.1817, PHIM | barometer maker; possibly a variant of A. Croce. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | |
| GROENENDAAL, H. VAN | Holland, c.1809, PHIM | made an electrical machine in Amsterdam in 1809. | Utrecht and Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| GROENENDAAL, H.K. | Holland; France, 1730, PHIM | Air Pump, 1730 = UTR. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| GROENENDAAL, HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1781-90, MIM | had schooling in Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| GROENENDAAL, JOHANNES VAN | Holland, fl.1672-1702, NIM | also a sail-maker; the underside of a compass card in a crown compass by Pieter de Velder, is marked "Johannes van Groenendaal tot Rotterdam." | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| GROGER AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C.; also signed "late Thompson." | 36 Wapping High Street, London. | Soth. 3/23/70. | |
| GROGER, J. | England, NIM | Miniature Sextant, wood = Soth. 3/11/77. | Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| GRONER | Czechoslovakia, 1734, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1734 = Huelsmann Coll. | same as A. Groner? | Prague. | Syndram. |
| GRONER, A. | Czechoslovakia, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Ring = ROU-134 = MADEX-210. | MADEX has it spelled "Gronner." | Prague. | Zinner 1; Nachet. |
| GRONNING, BERENDT | Holland, 1777, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1777 = LAW. | RSW. | ||
| GROOM, JAMES | England, c.1711, | apprenticed to William Roberts 1 on May 1, 1711 in the Broderers' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| GROOTE, A.W. | Holland, c.1850, PHIM | Lactometer = Auction, 1906. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| GROSSE | see Croce. | Bell 2. | |||
| GROSSLIN | France, c.1671, MIM | made some of the first large instruments for the Paris Observatory. | Paris. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| GROSSO | Italy, PHIM | barometer maker; glass blower; Holland? | Daumas 1. | ||
| GROU, PETER FENS | Scandanavia?, 1665, MIM | Gunner's Quadrant and Calipers, 1675 = Christie 12/8/76. | Frederichs Ohrl. | RSW. | |
| GROVE AND BARKER | England, post-1848, MIM | Francis Barker and Son's T.C. said they were "Late Grove and Barker." | London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GROVER, GEORGE | USA?, 1783, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1783 = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| GRUBB, THOMAS | Ireland, 1800-1878, MIM OIM | Equatorial Refracting Telescopes = Makree, Dunsink, Vienna; Reflecting Telescope = Melbourne, Australia; Telescope Mounting = NMM; etc. | optician; mechanic; constructed the Armagh 15-inch reflector in 1835; assisted by his son, Howard; F.R.S. | 1 Upper Charlemont Street (1838-54), Dublin; 14 Leinster Terrace (1855-58); 15 Leinster Square (1856-63); 14 Leinster Road (1864-78); last three in Rathmines. | DNB; DSB; NMM 2; Taylor 2(1143); USNM; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| GRUBER, HANS | Germany, fl.1552-97, MIM | Sundials on the side or bottom panels of table clocks = STU (1665), Soth. 6/19/72 (1568) = TIM, Drouot 2/16/49; Diptych Sundial = OXF; Equatorium, 1579 = Kenney Sale; Artillery Level = DRE (1569). | clockmaker; mastermark is crossed shovels; also signed "Hanns" or "Johannes." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2; Michel 3; Josten; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| GRUBER, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 1581, MIM | Instrument, 1581 = Lord Ilchester. | Nürnberg. | Evans. | |
| GRUBER, T. | Czechoslovakia, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = PRA. | Czeck. Inv. | ||
| GRUMMERT | c.1725, OIM | made mirrors for optical instruments. | Nachet. | ||
| GRUNDY | England, fl.1828-45, PHIM | see Fox and Grundy; barometer makers. | St. Anne's Square, Manchester. | Bell 2. | |
| GRUNDY, JOHN C. | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | barometer maker; also sold looking-glasses. | 4 Exchange Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1875); Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GRUNOW, JULIUS | Germany; USA, fl.1849-92, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | came from Germany in 1849; joined by his brother, William Grunow, 1852-74; worked alone, 1874-92. | Berlin (-1849); New Haven, Conn. (1849-60); New York, N.Y. (1860-92). | Padgitt; Purtle; Moskowitz 132; D.J. Warner 9. |
| GRUNOW, WILLIAM | Germany; USA, fl.1852-74, OIM | came from Germany in 1852; worked with his brother, Julius Grunow, 1852-74, when he retired; they produced microscopes. | Berlin (-1852); New Haven, Conn. (1852-64); New York, N.Y. (1864-74). | Padgitt; Purtle; Moskowitz 132; D.J. Warner 9; Poggendorff. | |
| GRUNSKLEE, P. JAN | Czechoslovakia, fl.1695-97, MIM | Celestial and Terrestrial Globes = Olomouc Museum. | Czech. Inv. | ||
| GRUSELL, ERIK | MIM | Rule = GMM. | Furudals Bruk. | RSW. | |
| GRUSL, L. | for Grüsl or Grüsle see Lorenz Grassl | ||||
| GRUWER, HANS | Germany, 1569, MIM | misreading for Hans Gruber? | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | ||
| GUADAGNI, P.C. | Italy, fl.1753-57, MIM | Table Sundials = NMM (1753), NMM (1757), Soth. 3/17/38 (1753); Vertical Dials, 1753 = Portaluppi Coll. = MPP, WHI (861). | WHI modern work and signed "P.C. Guadagni fece", also arked "Meridiana fatta nella Specola J.R. Universta Pisana"; some of the the other sundials are dubious also. | Pisa. | NMM 2; Portaluppi; Bryden 16. |
| GUADALAX, DON DIEGO DE | "por Don Diego de Guadalax en Mexico" marked on a silver pocket sundial, 1632; sold at the Pugsley sale. | RSW. | |||
| GUALTHER, PIBO | see Pybe Wouters. | Zinner 1; Price 1; Michel 3; Baillie 1; ICA 2; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| GUANELLA, A. | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 6/3/83, Soth-Bill. 4/21/93. | the Soth. instrument (1983) is signed "Guanella Bristol." | Bristol. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GUANERIO | variant of Guarnerio | Bell 2. | |||
| GUANZIROLI, GIUSEPPE | England, fl.1834-60, PHIM | barometer maker; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; worked alone after 1852. | 106 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GUANZIROLI, GIUSEPPE AND LUIGI | England, fl.1845-52, PHIM | barometer makers. | 106 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUARNERIO, ANGELO | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | jeweler and silversmith. | Sheep Market, St. Ives. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. |
| GUARNERIO, PETER | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | High Street, Huntington. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GUASTAFERRI, FABRITIO | Italy, c.1663, MIM OIM PHIM | "Fabritio" is probably "Maker"; made armillary spheres, telescopes, levels, water pumps, etc. | Rome. | Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| GUDER | Germany, 1532, MIM | Astrolabe "Orpheus" Clock, 1532 = Georgi Coll. | Bavaria. | Coole and Neumann. | |
| GUDGEON, JNR. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Abbey Gate, Street, Bury St. Edmunds. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUDGEONE | variant of Gudgeon. | Bell 2. | |||
| GUEBOULT | see Gueroult. | Josten. | |||
| GUELDRE, A. DE | 1626, MIM | Vertical Dial, slate, 1626 = Coll. Vivielle (1936). | arms of Edward the Great. | Michel 1 and 3; MADEX. | |
| GUENAL | France, c.1850, MIM | Uranograph = CNAM. | a Uranograph was a type of orrery introduced into England in 1859. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| GUENTER | Poland, 1658, MIM | Astronomical Sextant, large, = Hevelius' observatory (missing). | Danzig. | Ashbrook. | |
| GUERARD, JACQUES | France, c.1660, MIM | Bloud-type Sundial, ivory = Soth. 12/16/63, WHI; Bloud-type Sundials = P.C. and HAY. | Dieppe. | Vivielle 2; Michel 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| GUERICKE, OTTO VON | Germany, 1602-86, PHIM | Magdeburg Hemispheres, 1657 = X; Friction Electrical Machine, 1660 = X. | Bürgermeister of Magdeburg; physicist, and amateur instrument maker; invented the air pump; made a water barometer, c.1654. | Magdeburg. | Daumas 1; DSB; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. |
| GUERIN, LOUIS | France, c.1850, MIM | Cannon Sundial, miniature = Phillips 11/16/88. | "Opticien." | Alger. | RSW. |
| GUERNE | France, fl.1665-80, MIM OIM | "arquebusier"; involved in making instruments for the Paris Observatory and the Academy. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Augarde. | |
| GUEROULT | France, 17th Century, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory = Michel Coll. = OXF-B39. | Dieppe. | Michel 1 and 3; Josten. | |
| GUEVAVE, DON JOANNES DE | 1752, OIM | Microscope, 1752 = X. | Don Joannès de Guevave. | Nachet. | |
| GUGERI 1 | England, PHIM | barometer maker; see Zanfrini and Gugeri; see Belotti and Gugeri. | Blandford. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | possibly Andrew or Dominic Gugeri. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI AND BELOTTI | England, fl.1829-43, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), PAK, D.(1981). | also made thermometers; Andrew Gugeri and Belotti; also spelled Bellotti; see also Belotti and Gugeri. | 15 Union Court, Holborn Hill; 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Taylor 2(2142 and 2142a); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| GUGERI AND CARUGHI | England, fl.1844-45, PHIM | Andrew Gugeri and Paul Carughi; barometer and thermometer makers. | 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly Gugeri and Belotti. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI, ANDREW | England, fl.1829-59, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; see Belotti and Andrew Gugeri. | 15 Upper Union Court, Holborn (1829); Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1830-59); both in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| GUGERI, D., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | the barometer is signed "D. Gugieri and Co.", a mis-spelling. | RSW. | |
| GUGERI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1835-42, PHIM | Barometer = P-B 4/20/68; Wheel Barometers = X(5), Soth.-S 7/23/87. | watch and clock maker. | South End (1830s); Market Place (1842); both in Boston. | Goodison 1; Baillie; Bell 2; Antique Researchers, 1985; RSW. |
| GUGERI, FELIX | England, fl. 1854-59, PHIM | barometer maker. | 93 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERI, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGERT, D. | misreading for D. Gugeri. | Soth.-S 7/23/87. | |||
| GUGGIARI, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1828, PHIM | supplied a barometer case to A. Alberti. | Church Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| GUGGIARI, CHARLES 2 | England, c.1848, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | 25 Digbeth, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| GUGGIARI, D., AND ANZIANI | England, fl.1832-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | carvers, gilders and looking-glass makers. | Pelham Street, Nottingham. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2142); Bell 2; RSW. |
| GUGGIARI, DOMINIC | England, fl.1835-41, PHIM | barometer maker; see D. Guggiari and Anziani. | Pelham Street, Nottingham. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | |
| GUGIRE, D., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a mis-spelling for "D. Gugeri." | Goodison 1. | |
| GUIBOUT | France, fl.1745-65, MIM SIM | Measure, 1746 = CNAM; Graphometer with telescopic sights, 1753 = P.C.; Globe,Celestial, 1753 = Musée Lorain, Nancy; Sundials = MADEX (1765), Auction, Paris 3/21/79; Sector = Soth. 10/28/86; Butterfield-type Sundials = P.C. (1969). | Paris. | Daumas 1; Bedos de Celles; MADEX; Michel 1 & 3; Nachet; RSW. | |
| GUIDI, P. LETO | Italy, 1711-77, OIM | Telescope = FLO. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| GUIDOBALDI | Italy, 1570, | designed a form of proportional compass, made by Simone Baroccio. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| GUIDOTTI, S., FIRMO | Italy, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Lamberti Coll. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| GUILLEMIN ET DELLEMONT | France, pre-1840, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, in relief = Versailles 4/17/83. | after an invention by Thury. | RSW. | |
| GUILLEMUS DE SANCTO CLODOALDO | France, fl.1292-96, MIM | invented the "Directorium." | Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| GUILLERMIN | France, MIM | made an astronomical clock. | Nachet. | ||
| GUINAND | France, 1827, OIM | succeeded by his grandson, Charles Feil. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| GUIOT, C. | France, MIM | Capuchin Sundial, printed paper, paper case = Drouot 4/7/87. | Chez Baradelle, Quay de l'horloge du Palais à l;enseigne de l'Observatoire, Paris. | RSW. | |
| GUISANI, P., AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | surely Peter Guisani, which see. | Wolverhampton and Bilston. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GUISANI, PETER | England, fl.1847-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | barometer maker; carver and gilder; sometimes "Guizani." | Market Place, High Green; 42 Cork Street; both in Wolverhampton. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| GUITTIENNE, J. | France, c.1700, MIM | Sector with Protractor = D.(1987). | signed "J. Guittienne Sculpsit"; also marked "A.D.A. Stein." | RSW. | |
| GUIZONNIER | France, c.1813, MIM | made sundials. | Bordeaux. | Tardy 3. | |
| GULDBRANDSEN, JOH | Norway, c.1850, NIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM; Marine Compass = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Christiania. | RSW. | |
| GULLANDER, NILS | Sweden, fl.1775-95, MIM | inventor and instrument maker at the University of Lund. | Stockholm; Lund (1775-93). | Pipping 1. | |
| GULWEIN, J.G. | misreading for "J. G. Gutwein." | Zinner 1. | |||
| GUM: NOR:, MIC: | Germany, 1617, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, silver, = ADL-M324; Polyhedral Sundial, wood, 1617 = Prin Coll. = P.C. (1958) = TIM. | an identical sundial in silver was in the Roussel Sale, No. 228, but apparently not signed; the design is after Oronce Fine. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Brieux 3; Hamilton 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| GUNDLACH, ERNST | Germany, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = D.(1976); Objective = D.(1976). | microscope signed "Ernst Gundlach, Berlin / C.Baker agent London." | Berlin. | Moskowitz 112. |
| GUNNOR, MIC. | see Mic. Gumnor | ||||
| GUNTER, EDMUND | England, 1581-1626, | Professor of Astronomy at Gresham College, London; invented a new form of cross-staff, a horary quadrant, surveying chain. the logarithmic rule (1607); author. | London. | Taylor 1(106); DNB; DSB; Gunther 1 and 2; Evans 1; Maddison ?; Wynter and Turner: G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| GUNTER, WOLFGANG | Germany, c.1658, MIM OIM | Hevilius wrote that Günter made his instruments. | Michel 3. | ||
| GUNTHER, C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sector with sights = PRA. | possibly G.A. Günther. | RSW. | |
| GUNTHER, G.A. | Germany, 1741, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1741 = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Detroit. | may be C. Günther. | USNM. | |
| GURDON | NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = Pugsley Sale. | might be Gurdon Waterman. | RSW. | |
| GURLEY, EPHRAIM | USA, fl.1811-29, MIM SIM | worked for Julius Hanks (1811-13); see Hanks and Gurley; see Starbucks and Gurley; father of William and L.E. Gurley. | Madison, Conn.(pre-1811); Gibbonsville, N.Y. (1811-18); southeast corner of Fifth and Grand Streets, Troy, N.Y. (1818-29). | Smart 1. | |
| GURLEY, LEWIS EPHRAIM | USA, 1826-97, MIM SIM | brother of William Gurley; apprenticed to Jonas H. Phelps, 1844-45; see Phelps and Gurleys; see W. and L.E. Gurley. | Troy N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 110. | |
| GURLEY, W. AND L.E. | USA, 1852-present, MIM SIM | wide range of surveying instruments that may be seen in many museums; the major collection is in the Gurley Museum, Troy, New York. | William and Lewis Ephraim Gurley, brothers. | Fifth and Fulton Streets, Troy, New York. | Smart 1; USNM; Zervas; Moskowitz 116; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| GURLEY, WILLIAM | USA, 1821-87, MIM SIM | Dip Needle = D.(1969). | worked for Oscar Hanks, 1839-45; see Phelps and Gurley; see W. and L.E. Gurley; son of Ephraim Gurley. | Fifth and Fulton, Troy, New York. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 110; RSW. |
| GURNEY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Russell Baldwin and Bright 5/5/93. | Bristol. | ATG 4/24/93. | |
| GURNEY, GOLDSWORTHY | England, c.1823, PHIM | invented an oxygen-hydrogen blowpipe for which he recieved a gold medal from the Society of Arts in 1823. | G. L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| GUSANI, P., AND SONS | misreading for P. Guisani and Sons. | RSW. | |||
| GUSSEFELD, FRANZ LUDWIG | Germany, 1744-1808, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = New York Public Library. | "Güssefeld." | Nürnberg. | Yonge. |
| GUSTINGER, RUDOLPH | Austria, 1757, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, 1757 = Koller 11/17/75 = D.(1976). | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| GUTIERREZ, SANCHO | Spain, 1516-80, NIM | the mariner's astrolabe, dated 1563 at CNAM (NMM-24), was suggested by Destombes to be by Gutierrez. | Destombes 3; A. Stimson 3; ICA 2. | ||
| GUTKAES, JOH. CHRIST. FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1830, MIM | Astronomical Clock = DRE. | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| GUTLE, KONRAD | Germany, c.1797, MIM | Table Sundial = Drecker Coll. = P.C. | signed "Gütle, mechan:." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Lunardi; RSW. |
| GUTSCHOVIUS, GERARD | Belgium, OIM | Gérard Gutschovius helped to develop the hyperbolic lens. | Nachet. | ||
| GUTTELIE | France, fl.1692-1704, MIM | Coronelli Globes = PBN. | Guttelié. | Paris. | Pognon. |
| GUTTERIDGE, DOWNING AND SON | England, c.1827, MIM | Slide Rules with four slides, boxwood, = Soth. 12/21/76, D.(1977). | one is also signed "James Galbraith, Dumbarton, 6 March, 1827." | Moskowitz 114; RSW. | |
| GUTWEIN, J.G. | Germany, 17th Century, | engraved sundial at BM, made by Johann Paul Kraus, which see. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Cousins. | ||
| GUTZ, STEFAN, UND SOHN | see Götz | ||||
| GUY, WILLIAM | England, c.1661, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1, a mathematical instrument maker in the Grocers' Company, on Dec. 5, 1661. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| GUYET | France, pre-1793, OIM | Optical Machine = Earl of Bute Sale 2/5/1793. | RSW. | ||
| GUYMARD, P.I. | France?, 1740, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1740 = NMM-D.108. | NMM 2; MADEX; Nachet. | ||
| GUYTON DE MORREAU | France, fl.1784-1814, PHIM | developed a platinum pyrometer, a money scale and other physical instruments. | Daumas 1; Chaldecott 2. | ||
| GYLDENSTOLKE | Sweden, c.1800, | see Sauter and Gyldenstolke. | Stockholm. | Fox 1 and 2; RSW. | |
| GYLES, HENRY | England, fl.1670-1702, MIM | Stained-glass Sundials = Oxford University College, Nun Appleton Hall (1670), Tong Hall. | Daniels 1. |
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