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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| J. AND B. | Ireland, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| J. AND R.D. | England, MIM | Rule, folding = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | "Danish Inches." | Sheffield. | RSW. |
| J.A. | USA?, c.1830, | "J.A." with anchor, stamped on ivory scale of Richard Patten's octant at MYS. | D.J. Warner 10. | ||
| J.A.B. AND CO. | England, post-1856, MIM | Scale, ivory = CMY. | Callen Street, West, London. | RSW. | |
| J.A.M. 1 | misreading for "I.A.M." 1, which see. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| J.A.M. 2 | MIM | Garden Sundial, stone = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| J.B. 1 | see I.B. 1. | van Cittert. | |||
| J.B. 2 | England, | see John Brown 1. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | ||
| J.B. 3 | 1761, MIM | Calipers, iron and steel, 1761 = D.(1969) = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| J.B. 4 | see Cargrave. | RSW. | |||
| J.B. 5 | England, MIM | Sector, ivory = P.C. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| J.B. 6 | MIM | Drawing Instruments = Christie 11/22/78. | RSW. | ||
| J.B.A.D.B. | c.1650, MIM | Dividers, iron = NMM-D1/D.23. | NMM 2. | ||
| J.B.A.R.L. | France, 1785, MIM | Garden Sundial, marble, 1785 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | ||
| J.B.H. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = CZJ. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| J.B.W. | 1760, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, honestone, 1760 = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | RSW. | ||
| J.BF. | c.1800, MIM | Table Sundial, silvered brass = Koller 11/17/75. | signed "J.Bf." | RSW. | |
| J.C. 1 | England, | Sir John Cheke, marked on quadrant at BM dated 1551 and signed "T.G." and also marked "W.B." (3). | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| J.C. 2 | England, | see John Chatfield. | RSW. | ||
| J.C. 3 | Germany, c.1725, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| J.C. 4 | England, | see James Chapman 2. | Brewington 1. | ||
| J.C. 5 | England, c.1750, MIM | Compass Sundial = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | RSW. | ||
| J.C. DE W. | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, marble = UTR. | also marked "fec. et exsc." | de Rijk. | |
| J.C.C. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = Kreis Mosbach in Baden Museum, Amtshaus. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.C.L. | Germany, 1716, MIM | Rules, 1716 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| J.C.V. | MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| J.D. | England?, c.1750, MIM | Slide Rule, circular = BM. | may be "T.D." 2; also marked "T.E." | Price 3; Ward 4; Gunther 2. | |
| J.D.C. | marked on universal equatorial sundial, WHI-575; Bryden thought it a monogram, not a maker's name. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| J.D.Z. | Germany, 1765, NIM | Cross-staff, wood, 1765 = Hamburg Seemannsschule. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| J.E. | MIM | Rule, folding, ivory = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| J.E.C. | Germany, MIM | Sundial = MUN. | invented this type of sundial. | Haugis. | RSW. |
| J.E.V. | 1756, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1756 = LIE. | Michel 9. | ||
| J.F. | Italy, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial and Nocturnal = MADEX = NMM-D.110. | MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| J.F.F. | Germany, c.1790, OIM | Nürnberg-type Drum Microscopes, wood = P.C., Prin Coll.(2), NAC(2), Pharmacy Museum, Kracow, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, etc. | J.F. over F., inside a heart; branded into base of the microscopes. | Daumas 1; Polish Inv.; RSW. | |
| J.G. | France, c.1600, MIM | Artillery Level = ADL-M216. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| J.G.H. 1 | Germany, 1650, MIM | Sundial, wood and paper, 1650 = Wolfenbüttel Bibliothek. | Bobinger thought he was (Johann?) Georg Hertel. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| J.G.H. 2 | see "I.G.H." 3. | Zinner 1. | |||
| J.G.S. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, hexagonal, copper = Breslau Schlesisches Museum für Kunst und Altertümer. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.G.S.J. | Germany, 1692, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1692 = REG. | "S.J." may be Society of Jesus. | Zinner 1. | |
| J.G.V. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = BM, DEU, Soth 12/15/58, P. and S. 3/20/1896, 5/19/1896, etc. | Johan Georg Vogler, which see; see also "I.G.V." | Augsburg. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| J.G.V.L. | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = VIT. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.H. 1 | 1575, MIM | Astrolabe, 1575 = NUR (ICA-556). | Joshua Habermel? | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| J.H. 2 | France, 1583, MIM | Moon Globe on clock, 1583 = Altdorf. | Isaac Habrecht 1. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1. |
| J.H. 3 | 1716, MIM | Dividers, wood, 1716 = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| J.H. 4 | 1824, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Alidade, 1824 = NOR. | J. Hofgren, which see. | RSW. | |
| J.H. 5 | 1826, MIM | Protractor, 1826 = D.(1991). | base line divided into 60 parts; one semicircular scale runs from 0-90 and is not a true semicircle; possibly J. Hofgren? | Coffeen 32. | |
| J.H.B. | MIM | Diptych Sundial = OXF. | "H." is formed by a bar between the "J." and the "B." | Evans 1. | |
| J.H.B.P. | Germany?, 1655, MIM | Instrument, 1655 = STU. | RSW. | ||
| J.H.S. 1 | 1810, MIM | Magnetic Compass, wood and brass, 1810 = Milwaukee Public Museum, Wis. | RSW. | ||
| J.H.S. 2 | misreading for "I.H.S." | Körber 1. | |||
| J.J.K.H. | 1739, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1739 = KRM. | also marked "V.T." | Zinner 1. | |
| J.K. | MIM | Ring Sundial, expanded = SLM. | Zinner 1. | ||
| J.K.S. | c.1650, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| J.M. | MIM | Sundial with silver hour scale = FIN-175. | RSW. | ||
| J.M.C. | Belgium, 1775-1836, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1831 = UTR. | also marked "baron van Utenhave van Heemstede, Jutphaas." | Antwerp. | de Rijk. |
| J.M.K. AND Z. | NIM | Octant, wood and ivory, No. 481 = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | RSW, | ||
| J.M.S. | Switzerland?, 1689, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1689 = ZUR. | astronomy student. | Zinner 1. | |
| J.R.C. | Germany, OIM | Microscope, Nürnberg-type = CZJ. | RSW. | ||
| J.R.M. | England, 1688, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1688 = OXF. | "J.R.M. fecit." | Taylor 1(412); Evans 1. | |
| J.S. 1 | Germany, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Ulrichmuseum, Augsburg; Horizontal Sundial, stone = VIE. | Bobinger 2; Michel 3. | ||
| J.S. 2 | Portugal, late 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = RSM, Ethnological Museum, Lisbon (2). | Joao da Silva, which see; marked "autor." | RSW. | |
| J.S.M. | England?, c.1800, MIM | Gunter's Rule, boxwood = D.(1975). | owner? | Moskowitz. | |
| J.U.H.Z.E. | see H.G. 7. | Zinner 1. | |||
| J.V.K. | Holland, MIM NIM | "J.v.K." used by Johannes van Keulen 1 (1700-15), by Johannes van Keulen 3 (1725-56), and by Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen (1756-99); unless signed instruments are dated within one of the above listed working periods, it is difficult to assign a particular maker; see also "I.v.K." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| JAC., D. | 1658, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1658 = NAC. | "anno 58." | RSW. | |
| JACK, RICHARD | Scotland, c.1750, | mathematics teacher; patented a sea quadrant and refracting telescope with George Adams 1, in 1750. | Edinburgh. | J. Brown 1; Bryden 3; Dewhirst. | |
| JACK, ROBERT | MIM | Pelorus = D.(1965). | Pittenweem. | RSW. | |
| JACKS, JAMES | USA, c.1780-97, MIM NIM SIM | sometimes spelt Jack; sold mathematical, nautical and surveying instruments; maker? clockmaker. | Charleston, S. Car. (in 1780's); Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (?-1797). | Bedini 1; USNM. | |
| JACKSON 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| JACKSON 2 | England, 1736, MIM | made Mortimer's thermometer. | Chaldecott 2. | ||
| JACKSON 3 | see Farrow and Jackson. | ||||
| JACKSON 4 | England, 17th Century, MIM | Sector, with steel points = P.C. | London. | RSW. | |
| JACKSON, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1701-14, MIM NIM | invented a new quadrant in 1703. | Taylor 1(532). | ||
| JACKSON, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1590-1616, MIM SIM | specialized in surveyor's chains; refered to by Eric Rathbone. | Sign of the Cock, Crooked Lane, Eastcheap, London. | Taylor 1(83); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Darius 3. | |
| JACKSON, HENRY | England, fl.1707-27, MIM | invented a new quadrant, the "nocturnal quadrant", and a planisphere. | Taylor 2(75). | ||
| JACKSON, I. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Rules, ivory = Phillips 1/30/84. | may be James Jackson. | RSW. | |
| JACKSON, J. 1 | England, MIM | Sector, ivory = P.C. | London. | RSW. | |
| JACKSON, J. 2 | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = LAW and CZJ; Clinometer = KEN. | probably Joseph Jackson 1. | London. | Taylor 2(275); Chaldecott 1; RSW. |
| JACKSON, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1750-85, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 2/19/66; Hydrostatical Coin Balance = P.C. | Assay Master for Birmingham. | Birmingham. | D. Crawforth-Hitchins; RSW. |
| JACKSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1820-22, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = KEN. | 16 Knightsbridge, London. | Taylor 2(1603). | |
| JACKSON, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1730-70, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Elliptical Trammel = OXF; Sextants = OXF, Soth. 3/10/87, P.C.; Universal Ring Sundials = NMM-D.222, LAW-287, OXF (1740), KEN; Surveying Level = KEN; Telescope, Gregorian = KEN; Sundial = KEN; Sector = NMM. | licensed by John Hadley to make his quadrant in 1734; some of the above instruments may have been made by Joseph Jackson 2; Joseph Jackson 1 and 2 could be the same man; the sextant at Soth. was marked "N.82." | London. | Bedini 8; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| JACKSON, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1735-60, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 10, 1723; free of the Company on May 13, 1735; took apprentices; may be same as Joseph Jackson 1. | Opposite Exeter Change, Strand (1735); Angel Court in the Strand (1736); near Surrey Street in the Strand (1739); Angel Court in the Strand (1760); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| JACKSON, JOSEPH 3 | England, fl.1745?-70, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Yorke, c.1738. | Angel Court, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(275); NMM 2; Michel 3; Chaldecott 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| JACOB AND HALSE | England, fl.1809-19, MIM | Globes, miniature, with cases = Soth. 5/2/66 (1809) and 5/7/56 (1819); Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with case, 1809 = Soth. 5/10/76, D.(1994). | London. | ATG 8/13/94; RSW. | |
| JACOB, A. | England, c.1830, OIM | St.Ann's Place, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1898). | ||
| JACOB, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1761-1770, MIM | rule maker; he had Thomas Bridges, Jos. Timmins and William Stringer as apprentices. | Bilstone Street, Wolverhampton (1761); Snowhill (1761); Smallbrook Street (1767); Chapel Row (1770); the last three in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| JACOB, ISAAC | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 33 Castle Street, Swansea. | Goodison 1. | |
| JACOB, WILLIAM | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | 29 Smallbrook Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| JACOBI | France, 1765, OIM | Microscope with case, 1765 = NAC. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| JACOBI AB HEYDEN | MIM | Terrestrial Planisphere = MUN. | is Heyden a place? | RSW. | |
| JACOBS ZN, CHRISTIAAN | Holland, 1564, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Veere; Middelburg (1564). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JACOBS, CONRAD | Holland, c.1610, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = BM. | Leeuwarden. | Baillie 1. | |
| JACOBS, LEWIS | England, c.1823, PHIM | watchmaker and silversmith; barometers. | Totnes. | Bell 2. | |
| JACOBS, WOLFF | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 36 Great Saffron Hill, London. | Taylor 2(1899). | ||
| JACOPI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Salop. | Goodison 1. | |
| JACQUELIN, GABRIEL | France, c.1760, NIM | Compass = X. | Rochefort. | A.J.Turner X. | |
| JACQUELIN, JEAN | France, c.1760, NIM | Compass = X. | Rochefort. | A.J.Turner X. | |
| JACQUERY, D. | England, c.1829, | apprenticed to Robert Bancks 2 on Dec. 1, 1829, in the Joiners' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| JACQUET 1 | France, c.1790, OIM | successor to Jean-Baptiste Noël Chiquet. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| JACQUET 2 | France, c.1810, OIM | made telescopes and microscopes. | rue du Haut-Moulin, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| JACQUINET | France, MIM | Armillary Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/13/71 = P.C. | Rue St. Honoré, Paris. | RSW. | |
| JACQUINOT, DOMINIQUE | France, 1545, | author; designed an astrolabe, Gunther 203; Nachet thought date was 1619. | Champagne. | Gunther 1; Michel 2 & 3; Nachet. | |
| JAMBON, R.F. | France, c.1828, MIM | devised "le machine geocyclique", a type of orrery; author. | a la Portée des gens du monde, Paris. | Baillie 1; H.C. King 2; Coffeen 12. | |
| JAMES | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker; jeweler. | Saffron Waldon. | Bell 2. | |
| JAMES AND SON | England, pre-1784, PHIM | Barometer = USNM. | London. | USNM; Middleton 4. | |
| JAMES, GEORGE | name of owner on a Hadley quadrant by John Gaitskill, 1823, ADL-A53. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| JAMES, GRAY AND KEEN | misreading for Jones, Gray and Keen. | RSW. | |||
| JAMESON, GEORGE | see George Jamieson 1. | H.C. King 2; Bryden 3. | |||
| JAMESON, JAMES | England, c.1761, OIM | apprenticed to John Margas in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free in the Company in 1761. | West Smithfield, London. | Robischon. | |
| JAMIESON | Scotland, c.1840, MIM | Percussion Machine = RSM. | Adam Square, Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low. | |
| JAMIESON, GEORGE 1 | Scotland, fl.1729-55, MIM | Orrery = RSM; Garden Sundials = EMA, X (1735). | orrery signed "George Jameson"; made brass plates for sundials. | Hamilton. | Taylor 2(188); Bryden 3; RSW. |
| JAMIESON, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1786-1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | clock and watch maker; chronometer maker to the Navy; one of the barometers is signed "George Jamison." | 33 Charing Cross, London (1800-05); High Street, Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| JAMIESON, ROBERT | Scotland, c.1820, MIM PHIM | Marine Thermometer, case = Captain Livingstone (pre-1820). | probably the Jamieson in Gardner, Jamieson and Co., which see. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1604); Clarke et al. |
| JAMIESON, ROBERT, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1819-25, MIM | 31 Brunswick Place (1822); 8 Nelson Street (1823-25); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| JAMIN, MAISON | France, 1822-pre-1865, OIM | succeeded by Darlot, pre-1865. | 14 rue Chapon, Paris. | USNM. | |
| JAMISON, GEORGE | see George Jamieson 2. | Goodison 1. | |||
| JAMNITZER, J. | MIM | Mining Compass = DRE (lost). | RSW. | ||
| JAMNITZER, WENZEL | Germany, 1509-86, MIM PHIM | Astrolabe, 1578 = DRE (lost); Sundials with shadow squares, 1578 = POB, DRE; Terrestrial Globe = NUR; Altitude Instrument, 1585 = DRE; Compasses, Rules and Wind Vanes = DRE; Measuring Rod, metal = BASH; Specific Gravity Measure = HAK. | author; painting showing HAK measure is at BASH. | Nürnberg. | Engelmann 3; Perry; Zinner 1; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Drechsler 2; Trois Siècles; Nachet; RSW. |
| JANEN, PIETER JACOBSZE VAN DEN | Holland, NIM | Marine Compass = P. and S. 4/3/1894. | Rotterdam. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| JANETTI | France, c.1795, MIM | cast official measures; worked for Fortin. | Marseilles. | Daumas 1. | |
| JANSE, JAN | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Cross-staff = Noordelijk Scheepvaart Museum. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| JANSEN, ANDRIES | Holland, 1600, MIM NIM | made universal astrolabes, cross-staves and quadrants for the van Neck expedition in 1600. | Amsterdam? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JANSEN, HANS | Holland, fl.1611-19, OIM | may have been the inventor of the microscope with his son, Zacharias, 1611-19; made microscopes. | Zeeland. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| JANSEN, WILLEM JANS | Holland, c.1826, MIM | made a planetarium as planned by Eisinga. | Dongjum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| JANSEN, ZACHARIAS | Holland, 1588-1632, OIM | spectacles, microscope and telescope maker; associated with the development of the refracting telescope in 1608; may have been the inventor of the microscope with his father, Hans Jansen. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Michel 3. | |
| JANSON, JOHANNES | Holland, fl.1620-48, MIM | Quadrant, wood, 1628 = LUN; Pairs of Globes, 1623 = DRE and Weimar Landesbibliothek; Celestial Globe, 1623, Terrestrial Globe, 1636 = Landesbibliothek, Berlin; Pair of Globes, 1645 = Heimatmuseum, Waldenburg; Celestial Globe, 1648 = LUN; Terrestrial Globe, 1620 = NMM. | son-in-law of Hondius. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1 & 6; Grötzsch 1 & 2; NMM 2; RSW. |
| JANSON, WILLEM | Holland, MIM | instrument maker for Adriaan Metius. | Michel 2. | ||
| JANSONIUS, JACOBUS | Holland, 1694, MIM | Universal Sundial, 1694 = ROT. | may be the same as Jacob Janszoon, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| JANSSEN, EGBERT | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Circumferentors = UTR and Geodätisches Institut, Munich; Graphometer = BAU; Square = UTP. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| JANSZOON, CORNELIS | Holland, fl.1568-80+, NIM | marine compass maker. | Harlingen; Emden (1568-80); Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JANSZOON, JACOB | Holland, 1674, NIM | cross-staff maker in 1674; see Jacobus Jansonius. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| JANTROVINO | misreading for Gaspar Introvini. | RSW. | |||
| JANVIER FILS | France, | ? | St. Claude. | Gélis. | |
| JANVIER, ANTIDE | France, 1751-1835, MIM | Armillary Sphere with clockwork,1774 = P.C.; Planetaria on Clocks = TOU (1773), TIM(2), Drouot 10/12/75, UTO 11/2/76, P.C.; Thermometers = CNAM (3). | clockmaker and author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Baillie 1; Tardy 3; Guye and Michel; RSW. |
| JANZOONS, ZACHARIUS | see Zacharius Jansen. | ||||
| JARDIN 1 | England, MIM | Level = D. (1973); Tension gauge = D. (1973). | London. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| JARDIN 2 | France, c.1800, MIM OIM | Drawing Instrument Set = UTO; Folding Square = Christie 6/7/72; Telescopic Rule, with silver mounts = SPI-11 (2770) = SPI-Anderson-26; Protractor = D.(1984); Sector = Saint-Brieuc 8/4/79. | "Opticien." | quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet; Coffeen F; RSW. |
| JARDIN, DU, PIERRE, LE JEUNE | France, c.1640, MIM | Diptych Sundial = LEI. | Paris. | A.J. Turner X. | |
| JARDIN, GEORGE | Scotland, fl.1737-70, MIM | Miner's Dial, 1770 = Kirkcaldy Museum. | blacksmith. | Glasgow. | Bryden 3. |
| JARDIN, JEAN DU | France, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Christie 12/18/74 and 4/9/75. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| JARDIN, PIERRE DU | France, 1594-1645, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = Soth. 12/12/55-113 = P.C. (1614), P.C. (1620), ADL-M257 (1627), MAN-I159 (1645), OXF, D.(1975), Ecouen (CLU). | ivory or ivory and wood; colored paper or tooled leather applied to 1b and 2a sides; the ADL instrument was misread as "du Chardin"; P.C. 1614 is ivory on pearwood with silver. | Paris. | Nachet; Brieux 3; Garcia Franco 1; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| JARDINE | France?, PHIM | Balance = Martin Sale 3/8/178? | RSW. | ||
| JARMAIN, T. | England, c.1759, NIM | made marine compasses. | London. | Bryden 3. | |
| JARMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1735, MIM | apprenticed to George Wright 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1728; turned over to James Swetman 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1729; free of the Company in 1735. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| JARVIS, F.W. | England, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = D.(1985). | may be the owner. | Coffeen 10. | |
| JASOND, IMAMFI | Nocturnal, 1589 = A-P 3/7/77. | misreading for initials of month scale. | RSW. | ||
| JAY, DANIEL | USA, 1764, MIM | Sundial, 1764 = P.C. | made for James Pemberton; latitude 40°. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. |
| JAYNE, JOHN | USA, 1784-1813, MIM NIM | Rule, 1805 = Essex Institute; Rods, 1806 = Essex Institute (2). | apprenticed to Benjamin King 2; T.C. in Hadley quadrant case. | at the Sign of Hadley's Quadrant; Essex Street (1805); Water Street (1807); Derby Street, opposite Union Wharf (1811); all in Salem, Mass.; Marblehead, Mass. | Brewington 1; Bedini 1 and 8; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| JAZEPH, JAMES | England, fl.1807-17, OIM | 24 Well Street, Cripplegate; 15 Nichols Street, Aldersgate; both in London. | Taylor 2(1165); O'Mara. | ||
| JAZEPIE, J. | England, 1807-17, OIM | probably James Jazeph. | 15 Castle Street, Aldersgate, London (1817). | O'Mara. | |
| JAZIOLI | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, wood, 5-foot = Cardoza Auction 8/26/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| JEACOCK, JAMES | England, fl.1836-72, MIM PHIM | 32 Fore Street (1836-42), (1852); 96 Fore Street (1847); both in Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(2155); O'Mara. | ||
| JEARDEIN, DU | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, oval = Soth. 2/1/79. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| JEAURAT | France, 1780, MIM | Star Guide, 1780 = CNAM. | member of Académie Royale des Sciences; invented an iconantidiptic telescope; author. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Courtanvaux; RSW. | |
| JECKER | France, c.1800, NIM PHIM SIM | Sextant, No. 101 = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Theodolite = FRK = Kelton Coll. (1990); etc. | probably François-Antoine-Jacob Jecker. | Paris. | RSW. |
| JECKER FRERES | France, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Jecker frères; François-Antoine Jecker and his brothers, Laurenz J. Jecker and perhaps A. Jecker. | 32, rue de Bondy, Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| JECKER, A. | France, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = A-P 3/15/76. | may be brother of François-Antoine Jecker. | RSW. | |
| JECKER, FRANCOIS-ANTOINE | France; England; France, fl.1790-1820, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made many balances, Borda circles, telescopes, microscopes, theodolites, elevation finders, barometers, etc; examples can be seen in NMM, CNAM, NAC, ROU, VNN, LAW, Schuhmann, etc. | François- Antoine Jecker; worked with Ramsden in London for five years; later had workshop with his brothers; signed "Jecker à Paris"; organized quantity production. | 20 rue des Marmousets; 110 rue des Douze-Portes, au Marais; 32 rue de Bondy (1819); all in Paris. | Daumas 1; NMM 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Wynter and Turner; J.A. Bennett 2; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| JECKER, LAURENZ J. | France, 1769-1834, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | brother of François-Antoine Jecker. | 32, rue de Bondy, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| JEEYES, SAMUEL | England, c.1670, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Philip Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1670. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JEFFERSON, THOMAS | USA, 1743-1826, | statesman; third President of the United States; was very interested in science and its application to people and to the United States; invented many labor- and time- saving devices including a pantograph for signatures; invented the wind directional machine at Monticello. | Virginia; Washinton, D.C.; Monticello, Va. | Bedini 8 and 11; DAB; etc. | |
| JEFFERSON, WATERMAN | USA, 1840, SIM | Surveying Compass/Inclinometer = D.(1996). | signed on pewter compass face; may be owner. | Douglas, Mass. | Coffeen 55. |
| JEFFERY, A. | England, fl.1862-89, MIM | Mining Theodolite, Lean-type = P.C. | watch and clockmaker; succeeded William Wilton 2 in Camborne. | Market Place, Camborne, Cornwall. | Crawforth 4. |
| JEFFREYS | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 4/7/76. | Dudley. | RSW. | |
| JEFFREYS AND SON | England, post-1850, PHIM | watch and clockmakers; made barometers; see John Jeffreys. | Market Place, Biggleswade. | Bell 2. | |
| JEFFREYS, J. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Gorringe's, Lewes 4/28/92. | mahogany and rosewood; could be Jeffreys or John Jeffreys, which see. | London. | RSW. |
| JEFFREYS, JAMES | England, fl. c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 132 St. John Street, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1900). | ||
| JEFFREYS, JOHN | England, fl.1823-50+, PHIM | watch and clockmaker; made barometers; see Jeffreys and Son. | Market Place, Biggleswade. | Bell 2. | |
| JEFFREYS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 26 Wilderness Row, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1901). | ||
| JENIG, PAUL | Germany, 1792, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1792 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 2. | |
| JENIN, PIERRE | France, 1614, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1614 = Saint-Blaise Church, Neuchatel. | Neuchatel. | RSW. | |
| JENKIN | England, 1925, | designed the Oxford Astrolabe in 1925, made by W. Watson and Sons Ltd; wrote short paper on it. | Bryden 16; Gunther 1; RSW. | ||
| JENKIN, EDWARD | England, c.1850, PHIM | Partner with Edward Hall in Dring and Fage and Co.; made hydrometers and saccharimeters. | 19 and 20 Tooley ST., lONDON bRIDGE, lONDON. | mCcONNELL 4. | |
| JENKINS, DAVID | England, fl.1828-29, MIM | 32 Whynot Street, Clerkenwell, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| JENKINS, HENRY | England, fl.1757-78, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | author; clockmaker. | 46 Cheapside (1774); 68 Aldersgate Street (1778); both in London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| JENKINSON, JOHN | England, fl.1644-69, OIM | member of Spectaclemakers' Company by 1644; took an apprentice. | Bishopsgate, London. | Court and von Rohr. | |
| JENNER, ANSELM | England, fl.1685-92, MIM | made the "Encyclogium" with Walter Hayes. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(440). | |
| JENNINGS, HENRY CONSTANTINE | England, 1731-1820, MIM NIM | Instruments = NMM, John Ross (1819). | patented an insulated compass and a mercurial log glass. | Shiplake; Lindrey Row, Chelsea; 39 Carbuton Place, Fitzroy Square, Marylebone; 75 Great Titchfield Street, Portland Place; all in London. | Taylor 2(499). |
| JENNINGS, THOMAS | England, fl.1844-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | T.C. on back of E. Hoppe barometer. | Tacket Street. Ipswich. | Bell 2; RSW. |
| JENSEN, GUSTAVO | Cuba, PHIM | Marine Barometer and Sympiesometer = Christie 4/3/74. | Habana. | RSW. | |
| JENSEN, IVER | Denmark, c.1790, NIM | Crown Compass = NMM. | Copenhagen. | Bedini 8. | |
| JENSEN, OLE | Norway?, 1779, | marked on a "Cole, London" (Benjamin Cole 2) Hadley's quadrant, 1779 at OMM. | RSW. | ||
| JENTILL, EDMUND | England, 1594, | devised a pair of compasses which could draw a number of geometrical and spiral lines, 1594. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| JERAK, FRANZ | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition in London, 1851. | Prague (Austria). | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| JEREMIASZ | see Meyjes Jeremiasz, Johannes or Franz. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |||
| JEROME, JEWEL AND CO. | USA, 1847-49, NIM | Noble Jerome, Lyman Jewel and David Mathews; clock makers; also made marine compasses. | Antiquarian Horology, June, 1983. | ||
| JEROME, NOBLE | USA, c.1847, | see Jerome, Jewel and Co.; was with the firm from 1847-49. | Antiquarian Horology, June 1983. | ||
| JERVIS, E. | 1752, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, silver, etui, 1752 = P.C. | possibly owner. | Antiques, July 1925. | |
| JERVIS, FRANCIS | England, c.1656, MIM | apprenticed for 8 years to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company on June 2, 1656. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JETINSKY | 1725, MIM | Hodometer in cart with organ, 1725 = GEL. | RSW. | ||
| JEVVITT AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = K. and C. 10/8/75. | may be misreading for "Jewitt and Co." | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| JEWEL | England, OIM | see Willett and Jewel; microscope makers. | RSW. | ||
| JEWEL, PIETER | Holland, OIM | Microscope = Crisp Coll. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2. | |
| JEWITT AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | see Jevvitt and Co. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| JEWITT, W. | NIM | T.C.; sextant maker according to label on Bradford sextant in Victory Museum, Portsmouth. | RSW. | ||
| JEWSBURY, J. | England, c.1870, | marked on a sundial signed "Moody Birmingham", which see; a large firm known as Pearson Page, Jewsbury in the 1950's. | Birmingham. | Evans 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| JEZEPH, JAMES | misreading for Jazeph. | Taylor 2(1165); O'Mara. | |||
| JOACHIMICUS, JOHANN PRATORIUS | see Johann Praetorius. | Drechsler 2. | |||
| JOANIDES, JOHN | Holland?, pre-1690, MIM | son of Zachariah Ioanides; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Middelsburg. | Clay and Court. | |
| JOB, C.H., AND CO. | England, c.1790, MIM | Pantograph = D.(1976). | London. | Moskowitz 110. | |
| JOBLOT, LOUIS | France, 1647-1723, OIM | invented several types of microscopes; author. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| JOBSON, BENJAMIN | England, 1680, MIM | Gunner's Sector, wood, 1680 = X. | Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983. | ||
| JOEL, MR. | England, fl.1675-85, MIM | Jole? Choule? | London. | A.J. Turner 1 and 2. | |
| JOHAN | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, plate and scale only = Soth. 12/16/63. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| JOHANNES | Germany, 1462, MIM | Astrolabe, 1462 = Hardcastle Coll. (ICA-640) = NMM (loan) = Christie-SK 9/28/89 = P.C. | early astrolabe, back plate, with inscriptins, may be later; thought to be by Johannes Regiomontanus, which see. | NMM 2; Price 1 & 6; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| JOHANNESEN, H.A. | England, c.1850, NIM | Marine Compass = OMM. | Grimsby. | RSW. | |
| JOHANNSON, A., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in octant box. | 150 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| JOHN OF HARLEBEKE | England, 14th Century, | wrote on a globe, a wooden sphere with brass meridian. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| JOHN OF HOLYWOOD | England, | see Sacrobosco. | RSW. | ||
| JOHN OF LIGNERES | France, c.1310, | wrote a text on the universal astrolabe, 1310. | Lignères. | A.J. Turner 10; Poulle 2 and 3. | |
| JOHN OF MONTPELIER | France, c.1276, | worked out quadrant sundial; Johannes Anglicus de Montpelier; is he the same as Guillelmus Anglicus of Marseilles? author. | Montpelier. | Gunther 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| JOHN, PETER 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lynn. | Goodison 1. | |
| JOHN, PETER 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Wisbech. | Goodison 1. | |
| JOHN, THOMAS | England, c.1838, OIM | 8 Clement's Inn Passage, London. | Taylor 2(2157). | ||
| JOHNHRRIS | England, | mark of John Harris 1. | RSW. | ||
| JOHNSON | see Long and Johnson. | ||||
| JOHNSON AND BLACKBURN | England, fl.1847-48, PHIM | William Johnson 3 and Cuthbert Blackburn; barometer and thermometer makers. | 34 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| JOHNSON AND MATTHEY | England, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition, 1851, London. | 79 Hatton Garden, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| JOHNSON, C. | England, c.1860, OIM | Telescope on stand = P.C. | 2 optics marked "1860." | Aldersgate Street, London. | RSW. |
| JOHNSON, GEORGE | England, | see "G.J." | Evans 1. | ||
| JOHNSON, HENRY | England, c.1802, | invented a device for tracing spiral curves; devised deep sea pressure gauges and deep sea thermometers. | 39 Crutched Friars, London. | USNM. | |
| JOHNSON, ISAAC | England, c.1723, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1713; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1723. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JOHNSON, J.B. | USA, fl.1846-80, MIM NIM PHIM | also made meteorological instruments; see J.B. Johnson and Co. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| JOHNSON, J.B., AND CO. | USA, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| JOHNSON, J.N. | England, c.1827, | designed a new sextant. | Southampton. | Taylor 2(1605). | |
| JOHNSON, J.P. | see J.B. Johnson. | USNM. | |||
| JOHNSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1627-54, MIM | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| JOHNSON, JOHN 2 | England, 1679-1736, NIM OIM PHIM | Nocturnal, 1723 = BM; Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | apprenticed to Thomas Sterrop 1 or 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1693; free of the Company in 1700; took apprentices. | London. | Taylor 2(76); Price 3; Ward 4; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(67); RSW. |
| JOHNSON, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1689-1718, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocers' Company, 1675; free of the Company, 1689; took apprentices. | Little Tower Hill (1704); near the Postern on Tower Hill (1709); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| JOHNSON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1745-72, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = OXF, Soth. 7/22/68, 2/2/76, P.C (1976); Stick Barometer = X; Microscope, 1751 = Clay Coll.; Microscope = Christie 6/7/72. | apprenticed to James Mann 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1738; free of the Company in 1745; succeeded James Mann 2 in 1760; T.C.; advertised barometers and thermometers. | at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near the West end of St.Paul's & 23 Ludgate Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(371); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; Wynter; Clay and Court ; Court and von Rohr 3(143); Robischon; RSW. |
| JOHNSON, T. | USA, 1760, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1760 = P.C. | Bedini 1. | ||
| JOHNSON, W. AND A.K. | misreading for Johnston. | Christie-SK 4/17/86; Nat'l Antiques Review, July 1975. | |||
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1690, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1690. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1715-45, OIM | apprenticed to James Mann 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1715; took an apprentice. | London. | Robischon. | |
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-Pulborough 3/1/83. | in partnership with Cuthbert Blackbourn (1847-48). | 19 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1830); 20 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1831-33); 29 Kirby Street (1834-40); 34 Hatton Garden (1841-60); all in London. | Taylor 2(2159); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| JOHNSON, WILLIAM 4 | England, fl.1830-60, OIM PHIM | Thermometer = NMM-MT/TH.13. | T.C.; "Optician and Spectacle Maker." | 188 Tottenham Court Road, London. | Calvert 2; NMM 2. |
| JOHNSTON | c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe, miniature = Soth. 2/4/74; Celestial Globe, 12-inch = Phillips 1/13/76. | "Johnston's New Celestial Globe", on miniature globe; possibly Ward or Alexander Keith Johnston. | RSW. | |
| JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH | Scotland; England, c.1826, MIM | globe maker; partner of William Johnston, his brother; see W. and A.K. Johnston. | Edinburgh; London (1851). | Lister; Morrison-Low; A.D.C. Simpson; RSW. | |
| JOHNSTON, W. AND A.K. | Scotland; England, fl.1826-1900+, MIM | Celestial Globes = ADL-A173 (1879), ADL-A47, RSM (2); Terrestrial Globes = Christie-SK 4/17/86 (2), Folio Sale, 1975. | William and Alexander Keith Johnston; both ADL celestial globes marked "Ltd."; one of the terrestrial globes dated 1888. | Edinburgh (1826-51); London (1851-). | Lister; DNB; Morrison-Low; A.D.C. Simpson; RSW; Nat'l Antiques Review, July 1975, Portland, Me.; ADL. |
| JOHNSTON, WARD | see W. and A.K. Johnston. | RSW. | |||
| JOHNSTONE, H.J. | NIM | Sextant = D.(1965). | RSW. | ||
| JOHNSTONE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1774-76, MIM | Carruber's Close, Edinburgh (1774-76). | Bryden 3. | ||
| JOLE, ROBERT | England, fl.1664-1702, MIM | Abacus = Soth. 10/27/69; Cotterel-type Napier's Bones, wood = OXF. | apprenticed to Hilkiah Bedford in the Stationers' Company, June 1, 1656; free in the Company, June 6, 1664; admitted as a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1667; took apprentices; also made gauging rods. | Sign of the Crown, over against Durham Yard, the Strand; Sign of the Globe, Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(334); Baillie 1; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Bryden 9; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 9; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| JOLE, THOMAS | England, c.1680, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to his father, Robert Jole, of the Clockmakers' Company on April 5, 1680. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JOLIFFE | see Joloffe. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| JOLIVALD, ABBE | France, c.1850, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = CNAM. | Abbé Jolivald. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| JOLLAIN, GERARD | France, c.1666, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1666 = X. | cartographer; produced map gores and globes. | Karrow 1. | |
| JOLOFFE, WILLIAM | England, c.1806, MIM | apprenticed to Rowland Tidder in the Grocers' Company in 1799; free of the Company in 1806. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| JONAS | France, c.1840, OIM | Monocular = D.(1983). | au Théatre Royal de Feydeau, Paris. | Coffeen D. | |
| JONAS, W. AND S. | misreading for W. and S. Jones. | Gillingham 6. | |||
| JONES 1 | England, c.1780, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | may be David Jones or Thomas Jones 1; many instruments are signed only "Jones Charing Cross London", including telescopes, hygrometers, octants, circumferentors, sundials, etc. | Charing Cross, London. | NMM 2; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Tomlinson 1; RSW. | |
| JONES 2 | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = PEA. | could be Charles, Davis, or Thomas (2) Jones. | Liverpool. | Brewington 1. |
| JONES 3 | England, MIM OIM | Universal Ring Sundial = NMM; Telescope, Gregorian = Brown U., R.I.; Instruments = X. | could be John Jones 2 or William Jones 2. | Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(612); NMM 2; RSW. |
| JONES 4 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | "Optician." | 201 Strand, London. | RSW. |
| JONES 5 | see Daniel and Jones. | RSW. | |||
| JONES 6 | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, single draw = D.(1989). | "Day or Night"; could be John Jones 2, Thomas Jones 1 or 2, or William Jones 2. | London. | Rinaldi 23. |
| JONES AND CO. 1 | England, c.1825, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Octant = NMM-S.157; Telescope = Christie 5/26/76. | London. | Goodison 1; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| JONES AND CO. 2 | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer makers. | Toxteth Park, Liverpool. | Bell 2. | |
| JONES AND RUST | England, fl.1811-13, NIM | Mariner's Compass = PEA. | probably Thomas Jones 2 and Joseph Rust 4. | 29 Pool Lane (1811); 31 Pool Lane (1813); both in Liverpool. | Brewington 1; RSW. |
| JONES AND SON | England, fl.1785-95, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = VCW; Theodolite = P.C.; Telescope = Soth-S 7/23/87. | John Jones 2 and his son William Jones 2. | 135 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| JONES, CHARLES | England, fl.1821-40, MIM OIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory, for Josiah Hewitt = D.(1984). | T.C. | 57 Stanley Street, East Side, Dry Dock; 25 Strand; both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1606); Moskowitz 101; Bell 2; Coffeen H. |
| JONES, DAVID | England, fl.1770-90, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = KEN, Soth. 2/8/83, D.(1972); Stick Barometer = X; Instrument = WHI. | apprenticed to Benjamin Martin in the Goldsmiths' Company, June 3, 1766; T.C.; father of Thomas Jones 1; many of his instruments are signed "D. Jones London." | 35 Charing Cross (1791); 65 Charing Cross; both in London. | Taylor 2(996); Clay and Court; Calvert 2; Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXIII); Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| JONES, DAVIS | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | 110 Richmond Row; 70 Great George's Street; both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1903). | ||
| JONES, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1780-1800, OIM | Microscopes = WHI, DEU. | developed an "improved" microscope. | 14 Somerset Place, New Road, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(857); Clay and Court; Daumas 1. |
| JONES, EDWARD 2 | England, c.1792, PHIM | balance maker. | Wolverhampton. | D. Crawforth-Hichins. | |
| JONES, GRAY AND KEEN | England, fl.1830-50, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN; Sextant = Soth. 1/27/75; Octants = D.(1973), Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Charles Jones?, Gray and Robert Keen. | Strand, Liverpool. | Bell 2; Brewington 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| JONES, HENRY 1 | England, fl.1663-95, PHIM | apprenticed in 1654; made free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1663; Master of the Company in 1691; clockmaker; made barometers. | Inner Temple, London. | Goodison 1; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | |
| JONES, HENRY 2 | England, c. 1796, OIM | 36 Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(997). | ||
| JONES, INIGO | England, | architect; designed a sundial for New Square at Lincoln's Inn, London. | London. | Gatty. | |
| JONES, J. | England, MIM | Compass, Planisphere map on card = P.C. | may be John Jones 2. | London. | RSW. |
| JONES, J., AND SON | England, fl.1784-88, MIM OIM PHIM | John Jones 2 and William Jones 2; also made barometers. | 135 near Furnival's Inn, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| JONES, JAMES 1 | England, c. 1715, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 10, 1715. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JONES, JAMES 2 | England, c.1787, MIM OIM | optician. | 92 Snow Hill, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| JONES, JAMES WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 87 Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(2160). | ||
| JONES, JOHN (2), AND SONS | England, pre-1793, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Rochon Micrometer Telescope = X. | John Jones 2 and his sons, William (2) and Samuel Jones. | 135 Holborn, London. | Brewington 1; Clay and Court. |
| JONES, JOHN 1 | England, c.1725, MIM | apprenticed to James Rowley of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 1, 1725. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| JONES, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1758-84; d.1808, MIM OIM | Orreries, wood and paper = Soth. 6/16/75, Bagshaws, Uttoxeter 3/26/93; Microscope = Pym Sale. | apprenticed in 1751 to Leonard Ballet in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1758; "Wm. Jones new Portable Orrery made by John Jones"; William (2) and Samuel Jones were sons of John Jones 2; see W. & S. Jones; Clifton calls him John Jones 1 and says he was also member of the Fishmongers'Company, (1779). | at the Sign of Archimedes and the Golden Spectacles, the corner of the Bell and Crown Inn, Holborn; 135 near Furnival's Inn, Holborn, both in London. | Taylor 2(612); Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Brewington 1; Court and von Rohr 3(161); RSW; Morrison-Low 6; Clifton 1; ATG 5/8/93. |
| JONES, JOHN 3 | USA, fl.1847-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | No. 18 South Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Antiques, Jan. 1971. | |
| JONES, JOHN SIDNEY | USA, fl.1838-39, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| JONES, MARY | England, fl.1829?-40, OIM | succeeded Owen Jones. | 241 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(2161); O'Mara. | |
| JONES, MR. | England, c.1820, MIM NIM | Dipping Needle = Peter Barlow (1820). | mathematical instrument maker to the Ordnance; probably either John Jones 2 or William Jones 2. | Taylor 2(1166). | |
| JONES, OWEN | England, fl.1820-29, OIM | succeeded by Mary Jones. | 11 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square (1820-22); 241 Oxford Street (1822-29); both in London. | Taylor 2(1607); O'Mara. | |
| JONES, PHILIP | England, c.1757, | member of the Framework Knitters' Company; Robert Bancks 1 (MIM), turned over to him by William Murry, of the Joiners'Company, in 1757. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| JONES, ROBERT | England, 1692, MIM | Sector, wood, 1692 = D. (1992). | Coffeen Comm. | ||
| JONES, SAMUEL | England, c.1794, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of John Jones 2; brother of William Jones 2; got the freedom of the Spectaclemakers' Company but was never formally apprenticed; see W. and S. Jones. | London. | Morrison-Low 6; RSW. | |
| JONES, SAMUELL | England, 1690, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1690 = Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter. | RSW. | ||
| JONES, T. AND S. | England, fl.1805-06, MIM | hard to say who these are, unless the entry is a misreading for T. Jones and Son or W. and S. Jones, but the address does not agree with either nor the date with the former. | 30 Marylebone Street, London. | Taylor 2(1166); RSW. | |
| JONES, T., AND SON | England, c.1835, PHIM | barometer makers; Thomas Jones 1 and son (could be Samuel?). | Charing Cross, London. | Bell 2. | |
| JONES, THOMAS (1), AND SONS | England, fl.1790-1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Plotting Protractor and Sextant = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Microscope = Frank Coll; Altazimuth Instrument = WHI. | 62 Charing Cross, London. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| JONES, THOMAS 1 | England, 1775-1852, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including KEN, OXF, Longleat House, Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, RSM, MAN, STT, NMM, USNM, Kelton Coll., etc. | son of David Jones; apprenticed to Ramsden in 1789; patented a dividing engine in 1811; T.C.; F.R.S. in 1835; instrument maker to H.R.H. the Duke of Clarence. | 120 Mount Street, Berkeley Square (1806); 21 Oxenden Street, Piccadilly (Hay Market) (1811-14); 62 Charing Cross (1816-50); 4 Rupert Street, Coventry Street; Cockspur Street (c.1819); 13 Ponton Street, Haymarket; all in London. | Taylor 2(998); J.A. Bennett 2; Middleton 1 and 4; Wynter 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; USNM; Garcia 1; Coffeen 14; RSW; DNB; Pipping 1; NMM 2; Goodison 1; Multhauf and Good. |
| JONES, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1800-22, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octants, ebony = PEA, D.(1989), Pugsley Sale; Sextants = PEA, Soth. 10/24/60; Ring Sundial = OXF; Hadley's Quadrant = PEA; Marine Barometer = VNN; Telescope = Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Conn. | T.C.; "Maker of Sextants, Quadrants, Compasses and Telescopes"; partner with Joseph Rust 4 in Jones and Rust, fl.1811-13, which see. | 4 Harrington Street; 5 Harrington Street; Castle Street, near the Exchange; all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1608); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; NMM 2; Rinaldi 23; RSW. |
| JONES, W. AND S. | England, fl.1790-1840, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL, OXF, KEN, RSM, Snowshill Manor, Frank, BM, COO, VNN, PEA, SWE, STM, LEY, VCW, NMM, MAR, PMS, USNM, WHI, Hawick Museum, APS, Bolling Hall, Bradford, etc. | William (2) and Samuel Jones, sons of John Jones 2; T.C.; some of their globes were engraved by George Wright 2. | 135 Holborn Hill, near Furnival's Inn (1794-95); at the Archimedes, No. 30 Lower Holborn, nearly opposite Furnival's Inn (1795-1822); both in London. | Taylor 2(858); Goodison 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Wynter 1; Bedini 8; DNB; Multhauf 1; Hamilton; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Chaldecott 1; RSW; USNM; Moskowitz 104; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Hillier; Coffeen 15; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXIV); Collins 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; ADL; Yonge. |
| JONES, W., AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope = VCW. | William Jones 2 and Son. | Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| JONES, W.S. | England, | misreading for W. and S. Jones. | London. | Soth. 2/1/79; USNM; A-P 3/15/76. | |
| JONES, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1760, | proposed a new method for finding the longitude at sea and an instrument to use in the process. | London. | USNM. | |
| JONES, WILLIAM 2 | England, 1763-1831, MIM OIM PHIM | Orreries, wood and paper = ADL-W83, PEA, SWE, DEU, VCW, KEN, USNM, NMM, Pym sale, Koller 11/17/75, Soth. 10/17/60, Ader Picard Tajan 3/15/76, Soth. 3/10/87, P.C. (1794), etc. | apprenticed to his father, John Jones 2, in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1776; free of the Company in 1794; brother of Samuel Jones; pupil of Bejamin Martin; employed by G. Adams 2; partner with his father, John Jones 2, by 1784 as "Jones and Son" and "J. Jones and Son"; wrote on a new portable orrery in 1782 "invented and made by W. Jones"; a partner with his brother by 1794, as "W. and S. Jones." | Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(858); Wynter 1 & 2; Dewhurst; Brewington 1; NMM 2; Coffeen 9; Goodison 1; H. King 2; Court and von Rohr 3(207); J.A. Bennett 2; Yonge; ADL; Clifton 1; RSW. |
| JONES, WILLIAM 3 | USA, c.1846, MIM | exhibited an "Astral Chrometer" at the fair of the American Institute, Albany N.Y. in 1846 winning a silver medal; he also invented a portable sundial. | 275 Spring Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 6; USNM. | |
| JONES, WILLIAM 4 | England, 1775-1852, MIM | Gunter's Rule = NMM; Rule = D.(1988). | made "Soho" slide rules; signed "late Wellington." | Crown Court, Soho, London | Cajori; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2. |
| JONES, WILLIAM 5 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Whitford. | Bell 2. | |
| JONG, J. DE | Holland, fl.1816-17, NIM | son of Jacobus de Jong?; compass maker. | in de Oude Teertuinen bij de o.z. Kapelsteg, Amsterdam? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JONG, J. DE, AND BRUYN | Hollandfl.1800-66, NIM OIM | Microscope = Leeuwarden Museum; Compass = X; Crown Compass = AMST; Azimuth Compass = AMST; Dry Card Compass = Frisian Marine Museum, Leeuwarden. | sometimes spelt "Jongh." | Oude Teertuinen bij de Kapelsteeg 13 (1836-52); Oude Teertuinen bij de Kapelsteeg 166 (1853-66); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1. |
| JONG, JACOB DE | Holland, fl.1740-1808, NIM | Compass Card = AMST; Marine Compass, 1788 = P.C.; Compasses = P.C. (2). | sometimes spelt "Jongh"; compass maker. | teertuinen (1742); Oude Teertuinen (1767); both in Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| JONG, P. DE | Holland, 1742, NIM | compass maker. | Droogbak, Amserdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| JONNARD | c.1630, MIM | Calipers, iron = D. | maker or owner. | RSW. | |
| JOOS FILS | France, NIM | Dry Card Compass = MYS. | Dunkerque. | RSW. | |
| JOOSTING, JOHANNES HENDRICK | Holland, 1817, | member of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam, 1817; may be brother of Pierterz. Dirk Joosting; instrument maker? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| JOOSTING, PIETER | Holland, 1742, NIM | compass maker in 1742; by 1767 the firm was Joosting en Zoon. | Martelaarsgracht, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| JOOSTING, PIETER, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1767, NIM | compass makers. | Texelse Kay (Konigsstraat), Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2.Rooseboom 1. | |
| JOOSTING, PIETERZ. DIRK | Holland, 1816, | member of the Felix Meritis Society in Amsterdam in 1816; may be descendant of Pieter Joosting; may be brother of Johannes Hendrick Joosting; instrument maker? | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| JOPLING | England, c.1840, MIM | Pantograph = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | designed a curve instrument; pantograph signed "Jopling's Double Cranks." | 24 Somerset Street, Portman Square, London. | Gregory Sale 3/17/1842; RSW. |
| JORDAN, T.B. | England, c.1838, | invented the first photographic sun recorder. | Penzance. | Middleton 4. | |
| JORDAN, THOMAS | England, 1840, MIM NIM | Dipping Needle = Ross and Sullivan (1840). | Falmouth. | Taylor 2(1905). | |
| JORDAN, WILLIAM | England, c.1649, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company, 1649. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| JORDISON | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = P-B 3/4/39. | Middlesboro. | RSW. | |
| JOSEPH A VIN | France, MIM | Sundial, ivory = X. | Joseph à Vin. | Michel 3. | |
| JOSEPH, D:, NOTO: | see D. Joseph Noto. | RSW. | |||
| JOSEPH, F. | Italy, MIM | Floating Sundial, ivory = Evans Coll. | Vincenza. | Dewhirst. | |
| JOSLIN, GILMAN | USA, fl.1837-54+, MIM | Pairs of Globes = Sleepy Hollow Restorations, Tarrytown, N.Y. (1839), Phillips 12/12/89 (1840, 1846); Terrestrial Globes = Heritage Foundation, Deerfield, Mass. (1840), Birmingham Public Library, Ala. (1846), P.C. (1846), D.(1968) (1846), D.(1989); Tellurium, 1854 = D.(1975). | made Loring's globes in 1846; made several sizes of globes. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge; USNM; Moskowitz 122; Coffeen C; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 6; Rinaldi 3; RSW. |
| JOSLIN, GILMAN, AND SON | USA, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globes = Wellesley College, Mass., P.C., Soth-PB pre-1980. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| JOUGHIN, FREDERICK | England, c.1864, NIM | Octant = Phillips 10/5/76. | 17 Upper Eastsmithfield, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| JOUGHIN, GEORGE | England, 1856, MIM | 14 Rutland Street, Mile End, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| JOULE AND SCORESBY | England, 1845, PHIM | Magnetic Electric Machine, 1845 = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | James Prescott Joule and William Scoresby. | London. | RSW. |
| JOULE, JAMES PRESCOTT | England, 1818-89, PHIM | scientist; designed experimental apparatus, copper calorimeter, etc.; worked with William Scoresby, 1845, as Joule and Scoresby, which see; showed conservation of energy, 1847. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; RSW. | |
| JOURDAN | France?, MIM | Heliograph = LIE. | Michel 9. | ||
| JOUVENET | France, c.1760, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = OXF; Sector = THO; Protractor = THO; Universal Ring Sundial with alidade = TIM. | TIM instrument is forgery. | Paris. | RSW; Brieux 5. |
| JOY, ALFRED | England, MIM | Hodometer = Phillips 2/22/77. | Chichester. | RSW. | |
| JOYCE, J.B., AND CO. | England, 1697, MIM | see William Joyce. | Baillie 1. | ||
| JOYCE, WILLIAM | England, 1724, MIM | Sundial on church = Cockshutt? | may be founder of J.B. Joyce and Co., 1697. | Cockshutt. | Baillie 1. |
| JOYEUX, BERNARD | France, pre-1787, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Musée Lorrain, Nancy. | Paguy. | Michel 14. | |
| JUAN DE ----- | Spain?, 1622, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, pocket, 1622 = Ineichen 10/20/75. | last name not clear. | RSW. | |
| JUDAEUS, LEO | see Levi ben Gerson. | Michel 3. | |||
| JUDSON, THOMAS | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 26 Waterloo Road, Lambeth; 11 Alfred Street, Newington Causeway; both in London. | Taylor 2(2163). | ||
| JUGAN | France, MIM | Square, silver = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| JULIUS HERZOG | Germany, | see Herzog, Julius. | Zinner 1. | ||
| JULLIEN | France, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Versailles 11/20/83. | "Opticien." | 86, rue des Carmes, Rouen. | RSW. |
| JUMP | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer in regulator clock = X; Chronometer = NMM. | possibly Richard Thomas Jump; clock by Vulliamy. | London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1167). |
| JUMP, JOSEPH | England, fl.1827-54, PHIM | clockmaker; apprenticed to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy in 1827; with him until 1854; son of Richard Thomas Jump; see Jump. | London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| JUMP, RICHARD THOMAS | England, 1812-64, PHIM | Clockmakers' Sector = P.C. (1935). | clockmaker; apprenticed to Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy on Nov 7, 1825; grandson of Thomas Jump; father of Joseph Jump. | 24 Marsham Street, Westminster, London (home). | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; V. Mercer. |
| JUMP, THOMAS | England, fl.1785-1803, MIM | Clockmaker's Sector = X. | may be inventor of this type of sector; clockmaker. | Prescot. | V. Mercer. |
| JUNG | Germany, 1770, MIM PHIM | Thermometer, 1770 = X. | cited by Bernoulli. | Uffenheim. | Daumas 1. |
| JUNGERS, PROF. E. | Denmark, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Rasmussen, Jan, 1968. | Prof. E. Jüngers' Mechaniske Etablissement. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| JUNGHANS, C. | Germany, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood = LUN. | Jena. | Zinner 6. | |
| JURGENSEN'S SONS | Denmark, c.1850, PHIM | Jürgensen's showed in the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | Copenhagen. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| JURGENSEN, LOUIS URBAN | Denmark, c.1800, PHIM | Thermometer, No. 841 = Soth. 7/26/65. | Jürgensen. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| JURGENSEN, URBAN | Denmark, c.1843, MIM PHIM | Thermometers = Den Gamle By, Aarhus, Ineichen 5/10/76; Metallic Thermometer, 1843 = BM. | Urban Jürgensen. | Copenhagen. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| JURIN | England, 1684-1750, | doctor; mathematician; worked on optics. | Nachet. | ||
| JUSTER, JAMES | England, c.1782, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1782. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| JUSTI, JOANNES BAPTISTA | see Giovanni Baptista Giusta. | Michel 3. | |||
| JUSTICE, JOHN | Scotland, 1717, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1717 = Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh. | originally at Woodhall House. | Somerville. | |
| JUTTNER, JOSEPH | Czechoslovakia, c.1828, MIM | Armillary Spheres, Copernican, 1828 = PRA, KRA; Armillary Sphere, Ptolomaic, 1828 = PRA; Celestial Globes = PRA (2), KRA; Terrestrial Globe = PRA. | Joseph Jüttner. | Prague. | Estreicher; Horsky and Skopova; RSW. |
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