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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| K. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway, POTS. | the mark is a crown over "K." | Körber 1; RSW. | |
| K.F. | Traverse Board = OMM. | RSW. | |||
| K.K. 1 | 17th Century, MIM | Navicula-type Sundial = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| K.K. 2 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Quadrant and Level, mining-type, ivory = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| K.L.C. 1 | c.1790, MIM SIM | Cartographic Surveying Rule = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | under a crown; also marked "N.G.H." | RSW. | |
| K.L.C. 2 | MIM | Rule, silver, in etui = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| K.M. 1 | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Dividers with Sundial and Compass = FIN = EMA. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| K.M. 2 | see H.A. K.M. | ||||
| K.S. | 1723, MIM | Bow Compass, 1723 = D.(1987). | Coffeen 15. | ||
| KACHLER | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = UTR. | Stuttgart. | de Rijk. | |
| KADAUER | see Kodauer. | Zinner 1. | |||
| KAERIUS, P. | 1614, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1614 = NMM-G.108, 109. | ex-Mensing Coll. | NMM 2. | |
| KAETHOFF, CASPAR | Holland, | see Caspar Kalthoff. | Daumas 1. | ||
| KAI?___, I.L. | 1666, NIM | Cross-staff, 1666 = PEA. | also marked "Edward Holyoke 1718." | Brewington 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| KAKELAAR, HENDRIKUS | Holland, fl.1783-86, NIM | marked on compass card in Joseph van den Eeckout's grand orrery in Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg. | Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KALABERGO, G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | possibly misreading for John Kalabergo, which see. | Banbury. | RSW. |
| KALABERGO, JOHN | England, 1812-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4), Phillips 9/10/86; Soth. 1/27/88. | the barometers at Phillips and Soth. were read as "G. Kalabergo Banbury." | Market Place (1830-32); Bridge Street North (1832-52); both in Banbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| KALLER | France, c.1760, NIM | Octant = POB. | also marked "ETS." | Paris. | Trois Siècles. |
| KALTENBACK, FALLER AND CO. | see Caltenback, Fuller and Co. | Bell 2. | |||
| KALTHOFF, CASPAR | Holland; England, fl.1628-64, MIM | excellent instrument maker; worked with Johannes Digges and William Corderoy. | Dordrecht; London. | Rooseboom 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Daumas 1. | |
| KAMPE, FRANZ LEBRECHT | Germany, 1712-85, MIM | Quadrant on stand = Universtätssternwarte, Göttingen. | made astronomical instruments and clocks. | Göttingen. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1. |
| KAMPF, JOHANN | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KAMPMAN, J. | Holland, c.1770, MIM PHIM | Level, wood = TEY; Philosophical Instruments = TEY. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| KAMPMAN, J., AND ADAM STEITZ | Holland, c.1770, PHIM | Parabolic Trajectories = TEY (2); Rebound Trajectory = TEY; Projectile Trolley = TEY; Cycloidal Tracks = TEY (2); Inclined Planes = TEY; etc. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| KANDEL, JOHAN GEORG | Switzerland, MIM | Sundial = X. | Constanz. | Evans 1. | |
| KANTER, J. DE, PH.Z. | Holland, 1762-1841, MIM SIM | Pocket Solarium, paper and wood, 1788 = AMST. | author. | Wissekerke; Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| KANUMAK, PIOMA | Russia, NIM | Sextant = Central Naval Museum, Leningrad. | RSW. | ||
| KARL | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| KARL, F. LIBERATUS | Germany, 1766, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, case, 1766 = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | Baden. | Evans 1. | |
| KARL, GEORG | Germany, 1598, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1598 = OXF. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Baillie 1. | ||
| KARMEYER | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Astrolabe Table Clock = X. | Marienburg. | Baillie 1. | |
| KARMOCK, JOHN | England, fl.1782-87, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1773; free of the Company in 1782; took apprentices. | 35 Wapping Street (1782-86); 302 Bell Dock, Wapping (1787); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| KARMOCK, STEPHEN | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to his brother, John Karmock, of the Grocers' Company, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KARNER, ALBRECHT | Germany, 1619-87, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = BUD (1655), Fränkel Coll. (1655), D.(1985) (1655), GRA (1658), BAM (1661), BM (1661), St. Gallen Altertums-Sammlung (1661), MEM (1662), WUP (1667), Michel Coll. (1668), ADL-DPW26 (1668), Hübner Coll., Vienna (1688), MUN, GRA, etc. | son of Conrad Karner 2; fl.1655-87; master mark is hunting horn; 1688 instrument probably misreading of date. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Gunther 2; Dewhirst; Price 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1; Gouk 1; Coffeen 10; ADL; RSW. |
| KARNER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1620-82, MIM | compass maker; son of Hans Karner 1 or 2; Gouk's text does not agree with her chart. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, CASPAR | Germany, 1542-pre-90, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = OXF. | Master in 1564. | Nürnberg. | Michel 1 and 3; Baillie 1; Gouk 1. |
| KARNER, CONRAD 1 | Germany, fl.1567-71, MIM | compass maker; father of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, CONRAD 2 | Germany, 1571-1632, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = D.(1619), ADL-W21 (1621), BM (1622), LIE (1622), WHI (1623), Palazzo Madama, Turin (1623), MUN (1628), Huelsmann Coll. (1628), BASH (1629), OXF (1630), GEP (1631), NYS (1632), STU, National Museum, Helsinki, OXF, etc. | master mark is hunting horn. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; USNM; Gunther 2; Josten 1; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; NMM 2; Baillie 1; Bryden 16; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| KARNER, ELISABETH | Germany, fl.1564-90, | married Caspar Karner in 1564, had eight children; married Albrecht Lösel in 1590 and had one son, Michael Lesel, which see. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, ERASMUS | Germany, 1614-51, MIM | compass maker; son of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, GEORG | Germany, b.1648 fl.1679, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = MUN (1679), P.C., OXF, UTR, etc.; Diptych Sundial, ivory, lower leaf = Landshut in Niederbayern Museum. | master mark is jumping horse; the UTR dial has only the master mark; Georg was Melchior Karner's brother and son of Albrecht Karner. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; De Clerque 1; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| KARNER, HANS 1 | Germany, fl.1588-1632, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = D.(1983), ADL-W136. | the ADL sundial has two Maltese crosses in compass box. | Nürnberg. | Coffeen E; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KARNER, HANS 2 | Germany, 1597-1676, MIM | compass maker; son of Hans Karner 1. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1650-1716, MIM | compass maker; son of Albrecht Karner. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, HANS PAULUS | Germany, 1606-27, MIM | son of Hans Karner 1; compass maker; did not make ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW, | |
| KARNER, JACOB | Germany, 1612-48, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = DEU (1599), WHI (1639), WHI (1648), WHI (3), NYC (incomplete). | master mark is "I.3 K.", which see; WHI (1648) is signed "3", other WHI, undated, are signed "I.3 K." and "3"; some of the rest of these sundials are signed thus or with a "3"; son of Conrad Karner 2; DEU (1599) diptych must be a misreading of the date. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Price 2; Gouk 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| KARNER, JACOB FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1640-86, MIM | compass maker; son of Jacob Karner and grandson of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, LEONHARD ANDREAS | Germany, 1682-1733, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Heidelburg Museum (1732). | master mark was glove with cuff; see "L.K." 1 and "L.A.K." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Gouk 1; RSW. |
| KARNER, MARTIN | Germany, 1606-32, MIM | compass maker; son of Conrad Karner 2. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KARNER, MELCHIOR | Germany, 1642-1707, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Geneva Mus. of Horology (1665), LIN and KLA (1685), OXF and PAK (1690), P.C. (1687), etc. | master mark is 4; see "M.K." 3; Melchior was the son of Albrecht Karner; Gouk thought that the small, ivory on wood, diptych sundials stamped with mark of a mitten were his. | Arnstadt. | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; USNM; Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| KARRATT, S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Goodison 1. | |
| KARRENO | 1786, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1786 = SPI-2841; Sundial, 1786 = Bourgeois Sale. | might be the same dial. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| KARSENO | see Karreno. | Evans 1. | |||
| KARTARO, MARIO | see Mario Cartaro. | Tooley. | |||
| KASNER AND MOSS | Australia, MIM | Compass, pocket = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Melbourne. | RSW. | |
| KASPAR, MICHAEL | see Michael Chasper. | ||||
| KASSELMAN, HENDRIK A. | Germany, c.1750, NIM | Octant = HAA. | Michel 1. | ||
| KATER, HENRY | England, 1777-1835, | with the Royal Engineers in India; improved geodetic instruments; invented a reversible pendulum to find the value of gravity; designed a hygrometer; Royal Society medal in 1817; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(999); McConnell (1984); G.L'E. Turner 24; DNB; RSW. | ||
| KAUFFER, MICHAEL | Germany, c.1655-1730, MIM | Astrolabe, 1681 = STU (ICA-571); Calendar, 1685 = STU; Quadrant, 1685 = STU; Astronomical Table = STU. | Kauffer "sculpsit" and Carolus Graff "delineavit" the instruments. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Himmerlein 1; Price 1; ICA 2; |
| KAUFMANN, C. | Germany, MIM | Polymeter = DEU. | Kreuzlingen. | RSW. | |
| KAUKOL, D.K. | Germany, 1708, MIM | Globe Sundial, 1708 = REG. | Altenbuch. | Zinner 1. | |
| KEAPPOCK, JAMES | USA, c.1753, NIM | Octant, 1753 = P.C. | Philadelphia, Pa. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| KEATOR, FRED W. | USA, 20th Century, MIM | Mariner's Astrolabe = MYS. | modern reproduction. | RSW. | |
| KEEGAN, MICHAEL | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 2 Phoenix Street, Soho, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KEEN | England, MIM OIM | see Frodsham and Keen; Gray and Keen; and Jones, Gray and Keen. | Liverpool. | Bell 2; Soth. 6/16/75. | |
| KEEN AND FRODSHAM | England, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = Nat'l Museum of Canada; Marine Barometer = X; Sextant = Soth. 12/10/73; Compass = Drouot 11/7/67. | Robert Keen and Charles Frodsham. | 17 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| KEEN, P.I. | England, NIM | Octant = Soth. 10/15/73. | probably a misreading of R.I. Keen; Robert John Keen. | Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | RSW. |
| KEEN, ROBERT | England, fl.1845-54, MIM | see Frodsham and Keen; Jones, Gray and Keen; Gray and Keen. | Liverpool. | Brewington 1. | |
| KEEN, ROBERT JOHN | England, fl.1838, OIM | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(2164). | ||
| KEENE, ARTHUR B. | Ireland, c.1854, | Pair of Globes, 17" dia. = D.(1971). | agent for Thomas Maltby of London. | 4 Kildare Place, Dublin. | Bryden 9; RSW. |
| KEHEW, JOHN | USA, 1818-1889, MIM NIM OIM | Marine Compass = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; Octant, ebony = D.(1992). | nephew of Samuel Emery; partner of Edward Samuel Ritchie in E.S. Ritchie and Co., Boston, 1862 on; T.C.(1841-56); dealer. | 69 North Water Street (1841-56); 49 North Water Street, corner of William Street (1859); both in New Bedford, Mass.; Boston, Mass. (1862). | Brewington 1; Price 2; Smart 1; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen 36; RSW. |
| KEILL, SIMON | England, 1657, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1657 = FLO-1294. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| KEITH, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1795, | designed a self-registering maximum-minimum thermometer and a surveying level. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(678 & 1000). | |
| KEITH, GEORGE | Scotland?, d.1812, PHIM | made clocks, watches, and barometers. | Strathaven. | Bell 2. | |
| KEIZER, LAWRENCE | England, c.1841, PHIM | made barometers and looking glasses. | Great Charlotte Street, Liverpool. | Bell 2. | |
| KELHAM, ROBERT | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Amersham Auction 3/3/97. | Chelmsford. | ATG 4/12/97. | |
| KELLER | France, c. 1750, MIM NIM | made octants and other instruments. | Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| KELLER, J. CO. | Switzerland, | "J. Co. Keller Sculpsit" marked on horary quadrant by Johann Meylin. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KELLER, JOHANN CHRISTOF | Austria, c.1600, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = P.C., OXF (2), ADL-M293, Burndy Library, Conn., P. and S. 6/18/1894, P-B 1/22/54. | mathematician. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; USNM; Baillie 1; Maddison 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KELLNER, KARL | Germany, c.1849, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | started Optical Institute in Wetzler in 1849. | Wetzler. | van der Star 1; RSW. |
| KELLY, ELIZABETH | England, c.1838, OIM | optician. | 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | O'Mara. | |
| KELSON, JONAS | England, 1648, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, oval, 1648 = OXF. | Simpson; RSW. | ||
| KELVEY | India; England, 19th Century, OIM | see Cooke and Kelvey. | Calcutta and Liverpool. | Soth. 2/28/80. | |
| KELVIN AND JAMES WHITE LTD. | SCOTLAND, PHIM | Marine Barometer and Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| KELVIN AND WHITE | USA, NIM | Nautical Rule = Drouot 11/30/70. | Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| KELVIN, BOTTOMLEY AND BAIRD LTD. | Scotland, c.1870, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| KELVIN, LORD | William Thomson, which see. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Burnett (1984). | |||
| KEMEL, DE | Belgium, NIM | Sextant = DNM. | Antwerp. | RSW. | |
| KEMM, E. | England, post-1776, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with celestial lining in fishskin case. | signed "A new GLOBE of the EARTH from the best Authorities by E. Kemm"; shows Cook's voyages in 1775 and 1776. | RSW. | |
| KEMP AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1835-99, PHIM | Thermometer = RSM; Meteorological Equipment (incomplete) = RSM; Disc Electrical Machine = RSM; Henley's Discharging Table = RSM; Furnace Cylinder = RSM; etc. | made chemical apparatus; founded by Kenneth Treasurer Kemp in 1835; he was joined by his brothers, James and Alexander Kemp, which see; firm was continued after 1864 by unidentified relatives from Glasgow. | 7 South College Street (1835-38); 53 South Bridge (1839-44); 12 and 13 Infirmary Street (1845-87); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(2165); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 2; Dewhirst. |
| KEMP, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1822-54, PHIM | with Kemp and Co. from 1841-54, with his older brothers, James and Kenneth Treasurer Kemp, which see; author; made chemical equipment. | 53 South Bridge (1841-44); 12 and 13 Infirmary Street (1845-54); both in Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 2. | |
| KEMP, JAMES | Scotland, 1802-64, PHIM | elder brother of Kenneth Treasurer Kemp; joined Kemp and Co. between 1841 and 1851; worked with his younger brother, Alexander Kemp; made chemical apparatus. | 12 and 13 Infirmary Street, Edinburgh (1845-64). | Morrison-Low 2. | |
| KEMP, JOHN | England, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79; Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | Wakefield. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| KEMP, KENNETH TREASURER | Scotland, 1805-42, PHIM | Galvanic Battery, 1828 = RSM; Experimental Galvanic Battery, 1830 = RSM; Liquified Gases = RSM (4); Blowpipe, 1829 = RSM. | apprenticed to Drs. John and Thomas Johnstone Aitken, surgeon-apothecaries, in 1832 for five years; chemical apparatus maker from 1829 on; founded Kemp and Co. in 1835, which survived him until 1899; main interest was chemical electricity; author. | Surgeon Square, Edinburgh (1829-36). | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 2. |
| KEMPSON AND KINDEN | England, fl.1803-09, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Discs = BM (1803 and 1809). | Birmingham. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| KEMPSON AND SON | England, 1826, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1826 = D.(1985). | perhaps P. Kempson and Son. | Birmingham. | Coffeen 9; RSW. |
| KEMPSON, P. | England, fl.1797-98, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Discs = BM (1797 and 1798). | Birmingham. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| KENDALL, EDWIN | USA, 1812-63?, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = USNM. | second son of Thomas Kendall, Jr.; made thermometers and mercurial barometers by 1844; by 1858 he was making aneroid barometers. | New Lebanon, N.Y. (1844-58); Great Barrington, MA. (1858-59); New Lebanon Spa, N.Y. (Lebanon Springs, N.Y.) (1859-63). | S.C. Turner. |
| KENDALL, JOHN | USA, 1810-92, PHIM | son of Thomas Kendall, Jr.; trained by his father; continued his father's shop, 1831-92; renaming it John Kendall and Co.; took Edward C. Clark as partner;; thermometer maker. | New Lebanon, N.Y. | Smart 1; S.C. Turner. | |
| KENDALL, JOHN, AND CO. | USA, 1832-92, PHIM | made thermometers; John Kendall and Edward C. Clark. | New Lebanon, N.Y. | S.C. Turner. | |
| KENDALL, THOMAS, JR. | USA, 1786-1831, MIM PHIM | invented a linear dividing engine (Universal Graduator [Gradienter]) to mark thermometer tubes in 1817; made a great many thermometers; T.C.; had three sons, John, Edwin and David, which see. | Millbury, Mass. (pre-1817-20); New Lebanon, N.Y. (1820-31). | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; S.C. Turner. | |
| KENDALL-GREEN, R.B. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Deddington; Oxford. | Bell 2. | |
| KENDRICK, ARCHIBALD | England, fl.1791-1820, PHIM | made weights. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| KENDRICK, ARCHIBALD, AND CO. | England, fl.1820-28, PHIM | made weights. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| KENDRICK, ARCHIBALD, AND SON | England, 1828-30, PHIM | weight makers; the firm became "Archibald Kendrick and Sons" (1830-79) and "Archibald Kendrick and Son Ltd" (1879-1986). | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| KENDRICK, CHARLES | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker. | Evesham Street, Alcester. | Bell 2. | |
| KENEY, VINCENT | England, c.1530, MIM | sundial maker? | London. | Baillie 1. | |
| KENINGHAM | see Cuningham. | P.J. Wallis; Taylor 1(22). | |||
| KENNARD, JOHN | USA, 1782-1861, MIM SIM | Quadrants with sights and compasses, wood = Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, N. H./ Currier Gallery of Arts, Manchester, N.H., D.(1993). | compass card and dial of Dartmouth instrument made by Thomas Salters Bowles; D. signed "Newmarket"; made Phineas Merrill-type quadrant; Newmarket is now Newfields. | Portsmouth; Nashua; Concord; Newmarket; all in New Hampshire. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Price 2; MAD, May, 1993. |
| KENNY, M.J. | USA, OIM | Telescope = USNM. | "inventor and builder." | Buffalo, N.Y. | USNM. |
| KENRICK, W. | Holland, c.1800, MIM | Magnetic Compass = TEY. | Amsterdam. | G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| KENT, CHARLTON | England, NIM | Dip Needles = USNM (2); Kew Magnetometer = USNM. | Dover. | USNM. | |
| KENT, DAVID | NIM | Liquid Compass = D.(1975). | RSW. | ||
| KENTISH, THOMAS | England, fl.1839-47, MIM | Slide Rule, wood = D. | designed a type of slide rule which had gauge points printed on a paper strip for the fourth side; author. | Taylor 2(2166); Delehar 9; RSW. | |
| KENVYN, G. | see James Kynfin. | Michel 2; Taylor 1(73); Price 1. | |||
| KENVYN, JAMES | see James Kynfin. | RSW; Michel 2. | |||
| KENYON, HENRY | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 126 High Street, Wapping, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KEOHAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1816-40, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = PEA; Quadrant, ebony and brass = D.(1976); Telescope = D.(1972); Sextants = Seamans Institute of New York, Fall River Marine Museum, Mass.; Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 17, 1816. | 1 Arbour Terrace (pre-1836); 33 Upper Smithfield; 53 John Street; 2 Arbour Terrace, Commercial Road East; all in London. | Bell 2; USNM; Brewington 1; Taylor 2(2218); Moskowitz 104; O'Mara; Rinaldi 2; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| KEPLER, JOHANN | Germany, 1571-1630, | astronomer; worked for Tycho Brahe and then for Rudolph II; author; developed the Keplerian telescope; determined the elliptical orbits of the planets. | Dreyer; etc. | ||
| KEPPELER, JOHAN NEPOMUK | Germany, 1834, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, honestone, 1834 = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | RSW. | ||
| KERBY, FREDERICK | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Platt Terrace, Kings Cross, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KERLING, H.J. WAT | Germany, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = DEU. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KERN, J. | Switzerland, c.1850, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Koller May, 1972. | Kern had a display in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Aarau. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| KERN, S. | USA, c.1846, | invented a surveying compass made by Jacob Sensensy Danner, which see. | Strasburgh, Va. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| KERNER, MELCHER | Germany, | surely Melchior Karner. | Soth. 12/8/69. | ||
| KERR, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clockmaker. | Annan. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| KESER, HANS | Germany, c.1528, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KESSEL | Germany, 1742, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, marble, 1742 = ADL-M483. | similar sundial at STU. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| KESSLER, FRANZ | Zinner 1; Vey. | ||||
| KETTERER, ALOYSIUS | England; USA, fl.1789-90, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; succeeded John Deregan; succeeded by Martin Fisher. | at the Sign of the Seven Stars, Race and Fourth Streets (1789); in house of Nicholas Hess on Race Street, opposite the German church (1790); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 8; Gillingham 1. | |
| KETTERRER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-Chester 3/9/83. | 99 Queen Street, Portsea. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| KETTLE, NATHANIEL | England, c.1754, | apprenticed to George Adams 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1754. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KETTLEWELL, C.J. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 2/2/84. | also marked "Patent Composite Arc." | RSW. | |
| KEULEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1697, MIM | Globe, 2-inch diameter, leather case = D.(1990). | advertised a pocket globe in 1697; leather case has signed, celestial lining. | Amsterdam. | Edell 1; Krogt 2; RSW. |
| KEULEN, CORNELIS BUYS VAN | Holland, fl.1756-78, NIM | partner in Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen, 1756-78. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KEULEN, GERARD HULST VAN | see Hulst van Keulen, Gerard. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |||
| KEULEN, GERARD VAN | Holland, c.1678-1726, NIM | also signed "G.v.K."; cross-staff signed that way at UTR; took Johannes van Keulen 3 as partner in 1725. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KEULEN, JAN VAN | Holland, 1724, NIM | Cross-staves = UTR (1724), UTR. | RSW. | ||
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN (3), EN ZOONEN | Holland, fl.1756-1801, NIM | made many cross-staves and octants; dates ranged from 1758-80; examples can be seen at ADL, AMST, Groningen Museum, PMM, UTR, Fishery Museum, Vlaardingen, etc; many signed "I.v.K." or "J.v.K." | Gerard Hulst van Keulen, partner in 1756-79; Cornelis Buys van Keulen, partner in 1778-79; Johannes van Keulen 4 was partner in 1778. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 1 | Holland, 1654-1715, MIM NIM | Planetaria = LEY (2); Cross-staves = AMST (1700), HAM (1701), School of Navigation, Altona (1701), P.C. (1702), UTR; Bearing Compass = AMST; Astrolabe, paper (in book) = BAR; Roemer's Jovilabe and Saturnilabe = lost. | planetaria made to Huygens' design; cross-staves signed either "I.v.K." or "J.v.K."; associated with Jacob Robijn in 1679; also made clocks. | Amsterdam (1682); The Hague. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1; H.C. King 2. |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 2 | Holland, fl.1684-99, | published books and sea charts; published planisphere by Nicolas J. Vooghdio, Amsterdam, ADL-A286. | Amsterdam. | Krogt 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 3 | Holland, fl.1725-56, MIM NIM | Cross-staves = HAM (1733), P.C. (1736), P.C. (1740), P.C. (1751), Municipal Museum, Westterschelling (1755); Azimuth Compasses = RIJ (2); Bearing Compass = RIJ; Pleinschaal = RIJ. | two cross-staves signed "I.v.K." and three signed "J.v.K."; compass brass plate signed "Johannes van Keulen * Wed. G. Hulst van Keulen"; Weduwe Gerard van Keulen was partner, 1726-31; Weduwe Johannes van Keulen 1 was partner, 1755-56; pleinschaal is a form of Gunter rule. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Cowan; Engelsman. |
| KEULEN, JOHANNES VAN 4 | Holland, fl.1776-78, NIM | Cross-staff, 1776 = PMM. | cross-staff signed "I.v.K. 1776 Amsterdam"; partner in Johannes van Keulen (3) en Zoonen in 1778. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| KEULEN, WEDUWE GERARD VAN | Holland, fl.1726-31, NIM | partner with Johannes van Keulen 3 in 1726-31. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| KEULEN, WEDUWE JOHANNES VAN | Holland, 1755-56, NIM | she was widow of Johannes van Keulen 1; partner with Johannes van Keulen 3 in 1755-56. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| KEUZEKAMP, F. | Holland, 1799, PHIM | Electrical Machine, 1799 = Frans Pasteur (1799). | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KEWLEY, JOHN | England, 1774, MIM | Sundial = Ballafreer Farm, Braddan, Isle of Man; Instrument, 1774 = Evans Coll. | Gatty; Evans 1. | ||
| KEWLEY, THOMAS | England, c.1816, PHIM | devised an improved thermometer. | Aldersgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(1312). | |
| KEYL, JULIUS | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Mining Compass = DRE. | Zwickau. | RSW. | |
| KEYNON | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-C 6/6/85. | Stockport. | RSW. | |
| KEYS, HENRY | England, c.1716, | apprenticed to Robert Chantrey of the Grocers' Company, 1716. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KEYZOR AND BENDON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Keyzor and Bendon were brothers born Abraham and George Bandan. Their parents were Moses Bandan (later Bendon) and Alice Kyezor (aka Keyzor). Abraham changed his surname to Keyzor when he went to work with his Uncle Michael Keyzor in Norfolk in 1847. They started out as Opticians. When Abraham returned to London in 1855 he took over the business established by William Harris & Son at 50 High Holborn and originally called it Keyzor & Co. His younger brother George, then known as George Bendon joined him prior to 1861. They operated the business under the name Keyzor and Bendon until Abraham's death in 1873. | 50 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; WEBDB. |
| KIBBLE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1976), D.(1988). | Greenwich. | RSW. | |
| KIBBLE, JOHN | England, fl.1824-37, MIM | made drawing instruments. | 81 Highfield Street and 27 Great Crosshall Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1614); Crawforth 6. | |
| KIDD | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = CMY. | Malton. | RSW. | |
| KIENING, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1582, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1582 = MUN. | from the Bassermann-Jordan Coll. | Füssen. | Bassermann-Jordan 1; Michel 3. |
| KIENING, HANS | Germany, fl.1575-78, MIM | Book-form Clocks with Sundials in lids = OXF (1575), X; Astronomical Clock, 1578 = VIE. | Füssen. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Michel 3. | |
| KIENING, ISAAK | Germany, fl.1568-76, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = MUB (1568), AUG (1569), VIE (1569), St.Gallen Altertumssammlung (1576), Bebenhausen Schloss (1576), Christie 3/29/90 (1570). | the sundials in AUG and Christie are made of stone. | Isny. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| KIESTRA, JOH. | Holland, 1821-1906, OIM | Lens for telescope = Eisinga's house, Franeker. | Herbagum. | RSW. | |
| KILBINGTON | England, c.1789, MIM | compass maker; see Edwards and Kilbington. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(831 & 860). | |
| KILLICK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be James Killick. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| KILLICK AND WEBB | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | Opposite the Albert Gate, London. | Bell 2. | |
| KILLICK, JAMES | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | barometer maker; see Killick; silversmith. | St. George's Place, London. | Bell 2. | |
| KILNER, THOMAS | England?, 1649, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1649 = PRZ. | RSW. | ||
| KILPATRICK, ALEXANDER | Scotlandfl.1820-32, PHIM | maker of chemical apparatus; started as a tinsmith before 1820. | 14 Crosscauseway (1826-32); 1 Hope Street (1832); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| KILPATRICK, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1833-36, PHIM | chemical apparatus maker. | 14 Crosscauseway and 1 Hope Street (1833); 1 Hope Street (1834-36); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| KIMBELL, ISAAC | England, fl.1775-1828, OIM | 21 Dean Street, Fetter Lane; London. | Taylor 2(737); Clay and Court; Crawforth 6. | ||
| KIMBELL, JOHN | England, fl.1817-29, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Martin in the Goldsmiths' Company on April 4, 1763. | 21 Dean Street, Fetter Lane; London. | Taylor 2(1372); Dewhirst; Crawforth 6. | |
| KINDLER, E. | USA, 19th Century, MIM | Circular Slide Rule = ADL-G5. | Chicago, Ill. | ADL; RSW. | |
| KINDON | England, | see Kempson and Kindon. | Birmingham. | Price 3. | |
| KINDON, JAMES | England, 1771, MIM | Rule, boxwood, 1771 = Lunar Society Exhibition, 1966. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| KING 1 | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | 45 Baldwin's Green, Leith; Lanark. | Morrison-Low; RSW. | |
| KING 2 | England, c.1822, MIM NIM | Octant, ebony = Soth. 11/9/70; Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/12/72. | John King 2 (?). | Bristol. | Bryden 9. |
| KING 3 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = Christie-NY 10/26/87. | has thermometer and hygrometer. | London. | RSW. |
| KING 4 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | could be G.B. King, John King 2 or Thomas D. King. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| KING AND COOMBS | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Prism, Amici-type = D.(1983). | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Coffeen C. | |
| KING AND HAGGER | USA, fl.1759-62, MIM NIM | Benjamin King 1 and either William Hagger or William Guyse Hagger. | near the Sign of Mr. Pitt, Newport, R.I. | Bedini 1. | |
| KING AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, botanical = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | probably J. King and Son, which see. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| KING, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1840, NIM | 37 High Street, Dundee. | Bryden 3. | ||
| KING, BENJAMIN 1 | USA, 1707-86, MIM NIM | Backstaves = New Bedford Whaling Museum (1758 & 1785), P.C. (1760, 1763, 1764), Duke's Cty. Hist. Soc. (1754), MYS (1758 & 1762), Shelburne Mus. (1762), Phillips House, Wickford (1762), R.I. Historical Society (1762), Newport Historical Society (1771 & 1785), Fall River Marine Museum, Mass. (1758), etc.; Octant, 1767 = Soth. 5/21/73; Caleb Smith-type Hadley Quadrants = J.C. Brown Library, Brown U., X (1769). | brother of Daniel King; father of Samuel King; partner of Hagger; in business for himself before 1760. | Salem, Mass.; at the Sign of the Mathematical Instruments, next to the Golden Eagle on Thames Street, Newport R.I. (1742-64); Charleston, S. Car. (1765). | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Evans 1; USNM; Moskowitz 102; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1740-1804, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1770 = DeLuca 8/1/87 = D.(1989); Backstaff, 1775 = PEA; Marine Compass = PEA; Octant, 1767 = Soth. 1973. | apprenticed to his father, Daniel King; nephew of Benjamin King 1; succeeded by his son-in-law, Capt. Jonathan Mason. | Court Street; Lynde Street; both in Salem, New England. | Bedini 1 & 8; Brewington 1; Bryden 9; Smart 1; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, CHARLES GEDNEY | USA, 1808-72, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Crosses = ESS(2); Transit = GUR; Surveying Compasses = Old Gaol Museum, Maine, DeLuca 8/1/87. | son of Gedney King; see Gedney King and Son.; T.C.; most instruments signed "C.G. King." | No. 7 Broad Street, third store from State Street (1839-58); Washington Street (1858-72); both in Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| KING, DANIEL | USA, 1704-90, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood, 1744 = P.C.; Graphometer, wood, 1767 = PEA; Backstaff, 1766 = R.L. Foster, Jr. Auction, 8/1/86 = Foster, Jr. Auction 8/1/88 = Maine Maritime Museum; Electrostatic Machine = X. | brother of Benjamin King 1; father of Benjamin King 2 and had him as an apprentice; the 1744 compass card is marked with a tide table; backstaff made for Nicholas Gifford, March 24, 1766, "scrimshawed." | Salem, New England. | Bedini 1, 8 and 14; Smart 1; Brewington 1; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, F.W. AND R. | England; USA, fl.1849-75, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, P.C., D.(1983); Level Holder = USNM. | Frederick W. and Richard King; successors to James Green 2 (pre-1851); succeeded by Edward Meister in 1876; T.C. | London; 13 Nassau Street, New York, N.Y. (1849-50); 33 South Street (1851-); 226 Baltimore Street; both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. USNM; RSW. |
| KING, FREDERICK W. | USA, 1821-89, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | see F.W. and R. King. | New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| KING, G.B. | England, fl.1821-50+, PHIM | made barometers. | College Green, Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| KING, GEDNEY | USA, 1777-1839, MIM NIM | Marine Compasses = PEA (2), D.(1974). | father of Charles Gedney King; apprenticed to his uncle, Benjamin King 2; Joseph Callender and Thomas Wightman produced his compass cards; T.C.; see Gedney King and Son. | Fore Street, near foot of Cross Street (1800); No. 8 North Row, Fish Street (1803); 10 North Row, Fish Street (1805); 29 State Street (1820); 113 State Street (1826); 118 State Street (1827); 7 Broad Street (1831); 95 State Street; all in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Bedini 8; USNM; D.J.Warner 10 and 12; RSW. |
| KING, GEDNEY, AND SON | USA, fl.1832-39, MIM NIM | son was Charles Gedney King; T.C. | 7 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Smart 1; Coffeen H. | |
| KING, GEORGE | England, fl.1802-09, MIM | clock and watch maker; repaired and sold mathematical instruments. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| KING, GREGORY | England, fl.1628-82, MIM | a diallist. | Lichfield. | Taylor 1(161). | |
| KING, H.J., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, MIM | Micrometer = BIR. | engineers. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| KING, I. | England, c.1775, OIM | Microscope, improved compound = Soth. 12/10/73. | John King 3? | RSW. | |
| KING, J., AND SON | England, fl.1823-31, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Soth. 6/27/88. | opticians; John King 3 and John King 4. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1615); RSW. |
| KING, JOHN 1 | Scotland, c.1780, PHIM | also made clocks. | Aberdeen. | Bryden 3; J.S. Reid; | |
| KING, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1788-1805, MIM | apprenticed to William Spencer 2 in the Grocers' Company in 1781; free of the Company in 1788; took apprentices. | Greenfield Street, Whitechapel (1788); No. 1 Prince's Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1795); Thomas Street, Whitechapel (1802); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| KING, JOHN 3 | England, c.1822, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope, compound = Soth. 7/23/73; Theodolite = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Surveying Level = Soth. 7/15/63 = P.C.; Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | optician; made barometers; father of John King 4; see J. King and Son; sometimes signed "J. King"; barometer from Soth.-S is signed on paper scale. | 2 Clare Street (1822); J. Stone Summer Hill Academy; both in Bristol. | Bell 2; Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| KING, JOHN 4 | England, c.1839, MIM OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker; son of John King 3; see J. King and Son. | Clare Street, Bristol. | Bell 2. | |
| KING, JOHN 5 | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | 13 Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1908). | ||
| KING, JOHN 6 | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | 6 Cannon Street, St.George's End, London. | Taylor 2(1909). | ||
| KING, JOHN 7 | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(1910). | ||
| KING, JOHN 8 | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| KING, JOHN SUMNER | England, c.1782, | apprenticed to John Karmock of the Grocers' Company in 1782. | London. | J.Brown 1. | |
| KING, MRS. THOMAS | England, c.1677-79, OIM | widow of Thomas King 1. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| KING, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Southwark, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| KING, RICHARD | England; USA, 1823-1905, MIM NIM | see F.W. and R. King. | London; New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | |
| KING, ROBERT | England; USA, c.1789-1868, MIM NIM | T.C.; made or sold nautical compasses. | 82 Duane (1812); 16 Elm Street (1814-15); 108 Orchard (1823-24); 19 Lombardy (1827-30); 19 Monroe (1831-32); 18 Monroe (1832-37); 219 Fourth (1837-38); 212 Front Street (1838-43); all in New York, N.Y.; New Orleans (1822-23). | USNM; Smart 1; Moskowitz 101; D.J. Warner 10 and 12.. | |
| KING, SAMUEL | USA, 1748-1819, MIM NIM | son of Benjamin King 1; succeeded his father in 1786. | at the Sign of the Mathematical Instruments, on Thames and Pelham Streets, Newport, R.I. | Bedini 1 and 8; Brewington 1; Smart 1. | |
| KING, STEPHEN | 1793, NIM | T.C. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| KING, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1669-76, MIM OIM | sometimes spelt "Kinge"; apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan.13, 1657; free in the Clockmakers' Company, April 15, 1669; in the Spectaclemakers' Company by 1669; probably OIM as two of his apprentices were Thomas Sterrop 1 and James Mann 1. | Little Britain?, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(21); Clay and Court; J. Brown 3; Crawforth 6; Robischon. | |
| KING, THOMAS 2 | USA, c.1815, MIM | 21 Elm, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| KING, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1767-84, MIM NIM | Hadley Quadrants = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; P.C.(1784); D.(1771), (1997). | Temple Bar, Dublin (1767-72). | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Coffeen 58; RSW. | |
| KINGE, THOMAS | see Thomas King 1. | Robischon. | |||
| KINNY, BALTASAR | Scotland, | see Balthazar Knie. | Bryden 10. | ||
| KINSNATTER, GEORG | Germany, 16th Century., MIM | Astrolabe Clock = TIM. | RSW. | ||
| KINZELBACH | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed in the London Great Exhibition of 1851. | Stuttgart, Württemburg. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| KIPP EN ZONEN GILTRAY | Holland, fl.1864-1929, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope, binocular = AMST. | A.P.Kipp and J.W. Giltray, 1864-1916; Giltray alone, 1917-29. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| KIPP, A.P. | Holland, 1834-1916, MIM NIM OIM | son of P.J. Kipp; member of the firm 1864-1916. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| KIPP, P.J., EN ZONEN | Holland, fl.1864-1917, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Laboratory Apparatus = TEY; Naval Telescopes = TEY; Binocular Telescope = AMST; Pyrometers, clay = X; Sextants = AMST, Royal Dutch Meteorological Office. | A.J. and W.A. Kipp are the sons. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24; USNM. |
| KIPP, P.J., EN ZOON | Holland, c.1854-64, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | P.J. Kipp and A.P. Kipp, his son. | Delft. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| KIPP, PETRUS JOHANNES | Holland, 1801-64, PHIM | scientist; designed and made scientific apparatus including a carbon dioxide generator; there is an example at Cragside (1982); see P.J. Kipp en Zoon; see P.J. Kipp en Zonen; A.J. and W.A. Kipp were his sons. | Oulde Delft. | Rooseboom 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| KIPP, W.A. | Holland, fl.1864-, MIM NIM OIM | son of P.J. Kipp; partner in P.J. Kipp en Zoon with his brother, A.J. Kipp. | Delft. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| KIRBY, JAS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Baillie has watchmaker by that name in St Neots, c.1795. | St. Neots. | Greppin 1; Baillie 1. |
| KIRBY, JOHN JOSHUA | England, 1716-74, MIM | Protractor with pivoted rule, silver = OXF; Sector, ivory and silver, 1765 = Soth. 3/10/87. | invented this type of protractor; F.R.S.; "Designer in Perspective to His Majesty, George III"; surely same as Joshua Kirby; wrote on archetectonic sector. | Ipswich. | Taylor 2(373); A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| KIRBY, JOSHUA | England, | see John Joshua Kirby. | Taylor 2(373). | ||
| KIRCH, HENRICUS | Germany, 1749-81, PHIM | Coin Balance = D.(1986). | the balance is signed "Meister Henricus Kirch." | Cologne. | Wynter 1. |
| KIRCH, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1750, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 10/3/88. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| KIRCHER, ATHANASIUS | Germany; Italy, 1602-80, MIM | Reckoning Machine = DRE (lost); Wall Sundials = Heiligenstadt (1624), Koblenz (1623). | author; designed a new type of astrolabe (Gunther 187) and a pantometrium. | Geyssen, Germany; Rome. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Michel 2 and 3; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| KIRCHER, R.P. | 1646, MIM | may be Athanasius Kircher. | Moreux. | ||
| KIRCHNER | pre-1814, MIM | Measuring Instrument = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| KIRKE, FRANCIS | England, 1723, NIM | Backstaff, 1723 = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | ||
| KIRKPATRIC, D. | England, fl.1812-26, | devised an artificial horizon. | 16 Cornwallis Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1374). | |
| KIRKWOOD 1 | Scotland, fl.1804-28, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1810 = RSM. | Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 1; A.D.C. Simpson; Grimaldi. | |
| KIRKWOOD 2 | England, c.1850, MIM | Pairs of Globes = K. and C. 3/19/75, Phillips 5/20/75. | RSW. | ||
| KIRKWOOD 3 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Woller. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| KIRTON, JOHN | England, 1696, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1696. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| KITCHEN, JAMES | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 105 Fenchurch Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| KITCHENMUN, T. | England, c.1808, MIM | designed a slide rule; sometimes spelled "Ketchenmun." | Taylor 2(1171a); USNM. | ||
| KITCHINGMAN, JOHN | England, c.1792, MIM | free of the Turners' Company; took apprentices, including Anthony Oldiss Bancks (optician). | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| KITSON, GEORGE | England, c.1700, NIM | Compass = CLU; Crown Compass = PMM. | Wapping Old Stairs, London. | Taylor 1(351); RSW. | |
| KJERSGAARD, S., AND CO. | Denmark, 19th Century, NIM | Marine Compass = USNM. | Copenhagen. | USNM. | |
| KLAU | MIM | Sundial, ivory = Christie 4/18/1899. | RSW. | ||
| KLEIN, JACOBUS | Holland, c.1760, NIM | Davis Quadrant = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| KLEIN, JOSEPH | see P. Johannes Klein. | Czech. Inv. | |||
| KLEIN, P. JOHANNES | Czechoslovakia, 1684-1762, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = Prague Observatory (2), DRE (1738); Quadrant, large = PRA. | Prague. | Horsky and Skopova; Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2. | |
| KLEINGER, F.P. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = LOS. | may be J.P. Kleininger. | RSW. | |
| KLEINHEMMEL, MELCHIOR | Germany, c.1550, MIM | see M.K. 1. | Annaberg. | Pippa. | |
| KLEININGER | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = RJK. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| KLEININGER, F. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Pocket Sundial = Historical Society of the Tarrytowns, N.Y. | probably a misreading of J.P. Kleininger. | USNM. | |
| KLEININGER, F.P. | Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = LOS. | probably a misreading for J.P. Kleininger. | RSW. | ||
| KLEININGER, I.C. | see J.G. Kleininger | ||||
| KLEININGER, I.G. | see J.G. Kleininger. | ||||
| KLEININGER, J. | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = Hayden Planetarium, Boston, Mass., Soth. 2/7/72, P.C. | USNM; Heger; RSW. | ||
| KLEININGER, J.G. | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = EMA, SLM, NOR, ZIT, NYM, TRA, LIE, DRE, OXF, ADL-W71, ADL-W202, etc.; Cube Sundials, wood and paper = NMM, WHI, MUN, LAW, ROM, etc. | these dials were mass-produced with printed paper scales glued to wood; they may be found in most museums. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Michel 3 & 9; Grötzsch 2; NMM 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| KLEININGER, J.P. | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = AMST, KRM, NYM, WRAY, OXF, Schrobenhausen Stadtmuseum, Deventer Museum, etc. | very likely to be the same as J.G. Kleininger. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| KLEIST, EWALD GEORG VON | Germany, fl.1700-48, | made an independent invention of the Leyden Jar at the same time as, or earlier than, Pieter von Musschenbroek. | G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| KLEMAN, A. | Holland, pre-1815, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KLEMAN, H. | Holland, pre-1838, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | son of J.M. Kleman? | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. |
| KLEMAN, J.M., EN ZOON | Holland, fl.1793-1857 = wxy, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of instruments including sextants, octants, quintants, circumferentors, telescopes thermometers, etc.; examples can be seen at AMST, LEY, STK, Frisian Marine Museum, RIJ, Clock Museum, Utrecht, etc. | Jan Marten Kleman; instrument makers to the King; the signature often appears as "J.M. Kleman & Zoon, Kon. Inst- Makers, Amst." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; RSW. |
| KLEMAN, JAN MARTEN | Holland, 1758-1845, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Microscope = Crisp Coll.; Solar Microscope,1798 = LEY; Octants = LEY, AMST; Quadrants = DRE, Osler; Surveyor's Compass = P.C.; Meridian Telescope = LEY; Sextants = STK, Koninklijk College Zeemanshoop, Amsterdam; Quintant = AMST. | fl.1781-1830; "Royal Instrument Maker and Supplier for Sea Service to King Louis Napoleon in 1808; in 1814 he received a similar title from King William 1; retired in 1830. | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Van der Star 1; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 5; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; Pipping 1; USNM; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| KLEMM, J.M., EN ZOON | misreading of J.M. Kleman en Zoon. | Amsterdam. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| KLEY, JACOB | Holland, 1716-91, MIM NIM PHIM | Octants = LEY (1754), ROT, Visserijmuseum, Vlaardinger, Leiden Observatory; Astrolabe = Auction, 1798; Demonstration Models = TEY, UTR; Backstaff = AMST; Pleinschaal = AMST; Inclined Plane = X; Hadley Quadrant = Marine Museum, Horten. | a pleinschaal is a form of Gunter rule. | Rotterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 and 4.; G.L'E. Turner 7; Daumas 1; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| KLEYSER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Goswell Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| KLIBER, U. | see Ulrich Klieber 2. | Bobinger 2; Price 2. | |||
| KLIEBER 1 | Germany, | see Ulrich Klieber 1, 2 and 3. | RSW. | ||
| KLIEBER 2 | Austria, 1606, MIM | Double Horizontal Sundial, 1606 = SPI-2803. | Vienna. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| KLIEBER, TOBIAS | Germany, 1545-1618, MIM | Sundial, round, 1581 = BUD; Astronomical Compendium, 1595 = BM; Sundial = OXF; Celestial Globe, 1576 = lost; Etui for Mathematical Instruments, 1591 = AUG. | sundial is signed "T.K." 1; Evans thought he was from Gastein; son of Ulrich Klieber 2 and brother of Ulrich Klieber 3; see "T.K." 2 also. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 1 and 3; Baillie 1; Nachet. |
| KLIEBER, UDALRICUS | see Ulrich Klieber 3. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| KLIEBER, ULRICH 1 | Germany, c.1487-1530, MIM | sundial maker. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| KLIEBER, ULRICH 2 | Germany, c.1511-62, MIM | Powder Horn with Compass and Moon Dial, 1533 = X; Sundials, 1541 = Pfalzgrafen, Otto Heinrich's schloss at Neuberg. | the instruments are mentioned in the state archives. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| KLIEBER, ULRICH 3 | Germany, 1529-1606, MIM | made wide range of mathematical instruments including astronomical compendia, sundials, artillery levels, etc., ranging in date from 1554-1606; examples can be seen at KES, OXF, MUN, AUG, VIE, ADL, WHI, BEK, BUD, etc. | son of Ulrich Klieber 2; sometimes signed "Udalricus Klieber" or "V.K." 1. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; Maddison 1; Michel 1 and 3; Bryden 16; Nachet; Price 2; ADL; RSW. |
| KLIEBER, V. | Germany, | see Ulrich Klieber 1 and 2. | Bobinger 2; Price 2. | ||
| KLING, E. | Austria, c.1845, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = KRA. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KLINGENSTIERNA, SAMUEL | Switzerland, c.1762, | mathematician; his work led to the discovery of the achromatic lens. | Nachet. | ||
| KLINGER UND BAUER | Germany, 1790, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1790 = DRE. | Johann Georg Klinger and Joh. Bernhard Bauer. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 1 and 2; RSW. |
| KLINGER, C. ABEL | Germany, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = ADL-W59, Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. / Chicago Historical Society (2); Terrestrial Globes = DRE, MAN, Soth. 4/24/72, D.(1976). | D.(1976) globe is printed in Dutch. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 2; Garcia Franco 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KLINGER, J.S. | England, c.1830, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Jewish Museum, New York, N.Y. | made miniature globes; misreading for Johann Georg Klinger? | Yonge. | |
| KLINGER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1764-1806, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Royal Library, Stockholm, Christie-SK 4/17/86, DRE (2) (1792), NMM (2), Grimma, Halle, Köthen, Phillips 2/2/84; Celestial Globes = DEU (1790), LOS (1796), BAU, etc; Terrestrial Globe, 5.5", 1790 = Sotheby's 5/11/94. | "Chalcogr."; see Klinger and Bauer; Grimma, Halle and Köthen are heimatmuseums; made terrestrial globe, 1790, for Andreas Steib's 1804 astronomical clock in MUN. | Nürnberg. | Grötzsch 1 and 2; NMM 2; Freiss; RSW. |
| KLINGERT SOHN | Germany, 1828, MIM SIM | Transit, small, 1828 = KRA. | Breslau. | RSW. | |
| KLOCKSPARGER, JOHANN | Czechoslovakia, c.1770, MIM | Scale for converting measures, circular = PRA. | Prague. | Baillie 1. | |
| KLOCKSPERGER, T. | Czechoslovakia, c.1690, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver and brass = NYM; Sundial = P. & S. 4/3/1894. | Prague. | Zinner 6; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| KLONNE, J., AND MULLER, G. | Holland, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | J. Klönne and G. Müller. | van der Star 1. | |
| KLOOS, F.J. | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Museum Schevingen. | T.C. "Leeuhaven Wz. No.163, Manufacturer of Nautical Instruments, Coppersmith, Lamp maker." | Rotterdam. | RSW. |
| KLOOS, F.J., EN ZOON | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Marine Compasses = Museum, Schevingen (2). | Rotterdam. | RSW. | |
| KLOPPENBURG, GERHARD | Germany, fl.1713-16, MIM | invented and engraved double equatorial sundials made by Gerhard Kremer. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Wynter and Turner; Michel 3; Cousins; RSW. | ||
| KNABE | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = DAR. | Darmstadt. | Zinner 6. | |
| KNABE, C.E. | Germany, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = BM (lost). | Grünsstadt. | Price 3; RSW. | |
| KNACHERGAARD, N.P. | Denmark, post-1827, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | meteorologist and clockmaker. | Aalborg. | RSW. |
| KNAUSTINUS, HEINRICH | Germany, 1578, MIM | Astrolabe, 1578 = MUN (ICA-3027). | maker or owner? | Zinner 1; ICA 2. | |
| KNEBEL, F. | Holland, fl.1816-27, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = LEY (1816), Klokkenmuseum, Zaanse Schans, Utrecht Observatory (2). | made chronometers. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| KNIBB, JOHN | England, c.1673, MIM | Astronmical Clock = X. | brother of Joseph Knibb and cousin of Samuel Knibb; apprenticed to William Sutton in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 4, 1664; free of the Company, 1673, in Oxford; took apprentices in Oxford. | Oxford. | Crawforth 7. |
| KNIBB, JOSEPH | England, fl.1670-89, MIM | brother of John Knibb and cousin of Samuel Knibb; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company by Redemption in 1670; served as assistant in the Company in 1689. | London. | Robischon. | |
| KNIBB, SAMUEL | England, fl.1663-74, MIM | see Sutton and Knibb, who in 1664 cooperated to make Morland's trigonometrical machines, now at KEN and FLO; he finished the FLO machine in 1666 after Sutton's death. | Threadneedle Street, London. | Taylor 1(297); Bonelli 1; Michel 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| KNIE, BALTHAZAR | Germany; Scotland, fl.1743-1817, PHIM | Angle Barometers = X, Soth. 7/19/88 (1787), Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh, City of Gloucester Museum, P.C., RSM, KEN, etc; Stick Barometers = Hopetoun House, Edinburgh, Christie-SK 9/11/86, RSM, D.; Double Barometer, 1800 = RSM; Wheel Barometers = X, P.C.; Barometer, 1778 = Traquair House; | used thermometers by Charles Moliner; signed "Mr. Knie" (1800), "Knie, Edin.", "Balthasar Knie", "Baltasar Kinny." | second door above Mr. Scyth, facing Niddry's Wynd (1776); near Mr. Scyth (1776); opposite the Guard (1782-90); nearly opposite the Guard, High Street (1789); opposite Forrestets Wynd Well (1793-98); Head Seller's Close (1800-03); Lawnmarket (1805-10); 405 Lawnmarket (1811-14); Borthwick's Close (1815); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1, 5; Bryden 3, 10; Morrison-Low 1; RSW; McConnell 1. |
| KNIGHT 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| KNIGHT 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| KNIGHT 3 | England?, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sales Cat.(1975). | possibly Charles Knight. | Dunmow. | RSW. |
| KNIGHT, CHARLES | England, c.1800, PHIM | barometer maker. | Baillie 1. | ||
| KNIGHT, F.C., AND CO. | USA, fl..1894-1923, MIM SIM | Transits = X (2). | Frank Campion Knight. | Philadelphia, PA. | Miller. |
| KNIGHT, FRANK CAMPION | USA, 1856-1923, MIM SIM | claimed to be the successor to Edmund Draper. | 402 Locust, Philadelphia, Pa. (1894-95). | Smart 1; Miller. | |
| KNIGHT, GEORGE | England, pre-1840, PHIM | Chemical Retort = OXF; Balance = Christie 10/31/67. | signed "Knight Foster Lane." | Foster Lane, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| KNIGHT, GEORGE, AND CO. | England, fl.1850-58, MIM PHIM | won a prize in the Great Exhibition of London in 1851. | 2 Foster Lane, Cheapside, London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| KNIGHT, GEORGE, AND SONS | England, fl.1840-62, MIM PHIM | Chemical Balance = OXF. | T.C.; see R. and G. Knight; see George Knight. | 2 Foster Lane, Cheapsides, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| KNIGHT, GOWIN | England, 1713-72, MIM NIM | Instrument = OXF; Compass Cards = Uring Sale 6/16/1773 (3). | Dr. Gowin Knight; developed and improved a compass in 1745; patented it in 1766; F.R.S.; T.C.; author. | Lincoln's Inn Fields, Crane Court, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(278); DNB; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Schück; RSW. |
| KNIGHT, JOHN | England, fl.1812-35, PHIM | made barometers, watches and clocks. | Mill End, Thaxted. | Bell 2. | |
| KNIGHT, R. AND G. | England, fl.1811-20, MIM PHIM SIM | Inclinometer = STT. | Richard and George Knight. | No. 41 Foster Lane (1811); Foster Lane, Cheapsides (1816); both in London. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| KNIGHT, RICHARD | England, | see R. and G. Knight. | RSW. | ||
| KNIGHT, T. | England, PHIM | made barometers. | Stone. | Bell 2. | |
| KNIGHTS, JAMES | England, 1739, MIM | Hodometer, 1739 = KEN. | Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| KNIP, GEREIT | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Planetarium with clockworks = DRE. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1. | |
| KNITTEL, GEORG FRANZ | Czechoslovakia, fl.1683-90, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = PRA (1683), BEK (1685); Level, 1690 = DEU. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| KNITTEL, JOH. WILHELM | Czechoslovakia, 1701, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1701 = ROM. | Prague. | Zinner 1; Bonelli 4; Bedini 12; RSW. | |
| KNITTL, FRANZ ANTON | Austria, 1671-1744, MIM PHIM SIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = BAM (1713), KRM (1713), Linz Stadt Sammlung (1713), NMM, KRM, LIN, KEN (2), etc.; Burning Glass, 1716 = Lambach Stift; Horizontal Sundials = LIN, NOR (2), NMM, CZJ, AMST, KEN, POR; Compasses, 1714 = X (2); Surveying Instruments, 1721 = Lambach Stift. | father of Franz Jacob Knittl; Evans noted a ring sundial, 1685, at Kunst und Gewerbe Museum, Berlin. | Kremsmünster; Linz. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM 2; Portaluppi; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; W. Eckhardt 3; RSW. |
| KNITTL, FRANZ JACOB | Austria, 1729-70, MIM | Table Sundials = NMM (1753), SLM (1754), Linz Museum Depot aus Hohenfurth (1751). | son of Franz Anton Knittl; see also "F.J.K.S.J." | Linz. | Zinner 1; NMM 2. |
| KNITTL, JOH. WILHELM | Czechoslovakia, 1701, MIM | Sundial, 1701 = ROM. | Prague. | Bedini 12; RSW. | |
| KNOTT, ROBERT | England, 1683, MIM | apprenticed to Clement Forster of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 29, 1683. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| KNOWLES, JEFFREY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| KNOX AND SHAIN 1 | USA, fl.1855-76, MIM SIM | Surveying Vernier Compass = P.C.; Transits = U. of North Dakota, D.(1983). | Joseph Knox and Charles J. Shain; also made levels. | 461/2 Walnut Street (1855); 716 Chestnut Street (1856-76); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Coffeen C; RSW. |
| KNOX AND SHAIN 2 | USA, fl.1878-91, MIM | Henry M. Knox and Charles J. Shain. | 716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| KNOX, HENRY M. | USA, fl.1878-91, MIM | see Knox and Shain 2. | 716 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| KNOX, JOSEPH | USA, 1805-77, MIM SIM | see Knox and Shain 1; see Draper and Knox. | 7 Plum Street (1829-37); 72 Dock Street (1851); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| KNYFF, LEONARD | England, c.1730, | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1730; his father may have been the topographer of the same name. | J. Brown 1; Tooley 1. | ||
| KOCH | Germany, OIM | Microscope = NOR. | Berlin. | Fürst. | |
| KOCH, BARTHOLOME | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = OXF; Augsburg-type Sundials = Drecker Coll. = P.C., Christie 4/3/85; Horizontal Sundials = Christie 4/18/1899, P.B. 1/22/54, P. & S. 5/20/1895, Koller 11/17/75. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; RSW. | |
| KOCH, F.L. | Germany, fl.1749-63, MIM SIM | Horizontal Sundial, with case = MUN; Level, 1749 = SWE; Level = STT; Laterna Magica = STT; Graphometer, 1763 = DOR. | graphometer signed "Koch Berlin." | Berlin. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| KOCH, H. | Germany, 1751, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1751 = CZO. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| KOCH, HANS | Germany, fl.1554-1603, MIM | made sundials; see "H.K." 1 and 5. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Boursier; RSW. | ||
| KOCH, HANS HINRICH | ?, c.1776, | owner of Leverton Hadley quadrant. | Apenrade. | RSW. | |
| KOCH, I.(T.) L. | Germany, 1775, MIM | Sector, 1755 = PRZ. | see J.L. Koch. | Berlin. | RSW. |
| KOCH, J.L. | Germany, 1742, MIM OIM | Culpeper-type Microscope = NOR; Sectors = NOR, OXF (1742). | related to Johann Koch 1 and K. Koch. | Berlin. | Pipping 1; Maddison; RSW. |
| KOCH, JOHANN 1 | Austria; Germany; Swedenfl.1650-79, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1650 = P. & S. 3/8/1895; Horizontal Sundials, 1665 & 1672 = NOR; Horizontal Sundials = NOR, KEN; Diptych Sundial = NOR; Artillery Level = MADEX-369; Sundial = SKO. | instrument and clock maker; J.K. Koch and K. Koch are descendants. | Vienna; Berlin; Stockholm (1665-79). | Zinner 1; Pipping 1; Baillie 1; MADEX; Sidenbladh; Maddison; RSW. |
| KOCH, JOHANN 2 | Austria, 1755, MIM | Sundial, 1755 = X; Universal Ring Dial = Kühnelt Coll., Innsbruck; Horizontal Sundial = VAA. | Vienna. | Zinner 6; Basserman-Jordan 2. | |
| KOCH, K. | Germany, 1763, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1763 = DOR; Table Sundials = MUN, WRAY-39. | related to Johann Koch 1 and J.L. Koch. | Berlin. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Maddison; RSW. |
| KOCH, MARTIN | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Analemmatic Table Sundial = GRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KOCH, RASMUS | Denmark, fl.1765-72, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST; Compass Cards = SFM (1765), X (1772). | X also marked "R.K." | Copenhagen. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Schück; RSW. |
| KOCHANSKI, ADAM ADAMANTY | Poland, 1631-1700, MIM | Triple Wall Sundial, 1680 = Palace, Wilanow. | designed by Hevelius. | Warsaw. | Maddison 7. |
| KOCHLER | Germany, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial = Delft Sundial Exhibition (1984). | signed on paper compass rose. | Stuttgart. | RSW. |
| KOCK, BARTHOL. | see Bartholme Koch. | Christie 4/18/1899. | |||
| KOCKS, JOHANNES H. | Holland, 1761-1849, OIM PHIM | made microscopes and philosophical instruments for van Musschenbroek. | The Hague. | Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; USNM. | |
| KODANER | see Kodauer. | Hamilton 1. | |||
| KODAUER, JOSEPH | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 3/8/1895; Equatorial Sundials = P. and S. 3/20/1896 and 5/19/1896, D.(1974), PRA, LAW, MERC, Soth. 4/22/65; Butterfield-type Sundial = OXF. | MERC signed "Josephus Kodaner." | Carlsbad. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Hamilton 1; RSW. |
| KOEDIJK, ENGELB | Holland, c.1817, MIM OIM PHIM | Kalverstraat bij de Bagijnenhofsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| KOENIG, KARL RUDOLPH | Germany; France, 1832-1901, MIM PHIM | Set of Helmholtz Resonators = TEY. | physicist from Königsberg, studied under Helmholtz; moved to Paris in 1851; apprenticed to the violin maker Vuillaume until 1858; made acoustical apparatus thereafter; won gold medal in 1862. | Königsberg; Paris (1851). | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Poggendorff; USNM. |
| KOERNER | Germany, c.1810, OIM | Telescope = CZJ. | Weimar. | RSW. | |
| KOGLER, IGNATIUS | c.1744, MIM | Equatorial Armillary Sphere = Peking Observatory. | Ignatius Kögler. | Michel 3; Needham? | |
| KOGLER, JEREMIAS | Poland, 1634-88, MIM PHIM | Compass, 1634 = KRM; Sectors = ADL-M87 (1688), KRA (1664), Neusing Coll. and Academy of Science, Gdansk (1668). | Kögler; sometimes spelled "Kegeler." | Danzig. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Polish Inv.; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KOHL, MAX | Germany, c.1880, MIM | Electrostatic Machines = D.(1971), A.-P. 3/15/76. | "Mechaniker." | Chemnitz. | Moskowitz 103. |
| KOHLER, A. | Sweden, c.1850, MIM SIM | A. Köhler; made surveyor's planimeters; probably a clockmaker. | Visby. | Pipping 1. | |
| KOHLER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, fl.1663-80, MIM SIM | Graphometers = KEN (1663), DRE; Table Sundial, 1677 = KEN; Diptych Sundials, round = MERC, DRE; Augsburg-type Sundial, 1680 = Merc-30; Artillery Levels = DRE (lost) (1699), MUN; Astronomical Compendium = P.C. (1969); Diptych Sundials = Markisches Museum (1766), Lempertz 6/14/76. | Christoph Köhler; Augsburg-type has perpetual calendar on 1b and is signed "Dresten fecit Fluss Köhler"; DRE graphometer has 3" radius. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Price 2; Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. |
| KOHLER, FLUSS | misreading for Christoph Köhler. | Hamilton 1 & 2. | |||
| KOHN | RussiaMIM | Thermometer = D.(1970). | both Fahrenheit and Réaumur scales. | RSW. | |
| KOLESCH AND CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = GUR. | New York City. | USNM. | |
| KOLL, BERNHART | Germany, 1569, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; Master in 1569. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| KOLNEP, W. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = P.C. | Berlin. | Padgitt. | |
| KOLOMET, MENDEL SCHAFFER | MIM | Watch Dial with Compass = P. & S. 2/28/1896. | Kolomet may be a town. | RSW. | |
| KOLWEIN, M. | Austria, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = KEN-1880/40. | see Mathias Kulwein. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| KONIG, D. | Switzerland, MIM | Meridian Sundial = ROM-7863. | Berne. | Bonelli 4. | |
| KONIG, GOTTFRIED | Germany, MIM | Universal Horizontal Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | König. | Hildburghausen. | RSW. |
| KONST, R. | Holland, c.1775, MIM | Astrolabe = LEY. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| KOOGIES, JAN | see Jan Koogje. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |||
| KOOGJE, JAN | Holland, c.1725, MIM | Planetariums, miniature = LEY, Soth. 12/17/62 = P.C. (1969). | clockmaker | Wormerveer. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. |
| KOOPS, B. | Holland, c.1800, OIM | Solar Microscope = LEY. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| KOPPELLAR | Austria, PHIM | Barometer = KRA. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KOPSEN AND CO. | Australia, NIM | Marine Compass = American Art Galleries, Chicago 3/18/75. | Sydney. | RSW. | |
| KORDENBUSCH, G.F. | Germany, 1773, MIM | Plotting Scale, 1773 = OXF. | "Math. P. Pa." | Nürnberg. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| KORISTKA, F. | Italy, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = DRE. | Milan. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| KORN, HARTMAN | Germany, 1664, MIM | Sundial, circular, with calendar, 1664 = OXF. | associated with John Korne? | Zinner 1; Taylor 1(521); Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| KORNE, JOHN | England, c.1700, OIM | Telescope = NMM. | associated with Hartman Korn? | Taylor 1(521); Evans 1; NMM 2. | |
| KORNER, FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1824, | Körner; invented a barometer, thermometer, air pump, and balance; author; had Carl Zeiss as an apprentice, c.1830. | Jena. | Pipping 1; Middleton 1; Dawsons 205. | |
| KOSBU, F. | Germany, c.1850, NIM | Octant = AMST; Compass = X. | the last letter in Kosbu has a line over it. | Hamburg. | Schück 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| KOSTENBADER, GEORG | Germany, c.1588, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Chateau de Gaesbeek, Belgium. | see G.K.B. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Michel 2. | |
| KOSTER, ANTON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Lienz Heimatmuseum. | Köster; crude work. | Zinner 1. | |
| KOSTKOWEGO | Poland, | invented a type of polyhedral sundial. | RSW. | ||
| KRABBE, JOHANN | Germany, 1553-1616, MIM NIM | Astrolabes, brass = STO (1579) (ICA-529), D.(1972), Fort Caroline Nat'l Memorial, Fla. (1582) (ICA-581) (NMM-3); Astrolabes, paper = OXF (1583) (ICA-276), LUN (1583) (ICA-612); Nocturnal, 1583 = ROM; Diptych Sundial, 1583 = ZUR; Regiomontanus Sundial, 1584 = NMM-D.228; Mathematical Instrument (1586); Globe (1583). | author; he wrote that his planispheric astrolabes were intended for mariners; the Fort Caroline astrolabe is considered a mariner's astrolabe; NMM is the National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes; geometer to Henricus Julius, Bishop of Halberstadt, Duke of Brunswick and Luneburg. | Minden; Wolfenbüttel. | Zinner 1; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Gunther 1 and 2; Price 1; ICA 2; Waters 1; NMM 2; MADEX; Stimson 3; RSW; Debeauvais 1. |
| KRAFFT, FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1500, MIM | made an astrolabe. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| KRAFT, C.E. | Austria, c.1790, MIM NIM | Protractors = DRE, PRZ; Sextant, miniature = WHI-817. | Vienna. | Grötzsch 2; Dewhirst; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| KRAFT, E., UND SOHN | Austria, MIM SIM | Rule = TRE; Compass = P.C. (1969); Mining Compass = P.C.(1987). | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KRANENBORG, LAMBERTUS DERKS | Holland, fl.1773-74, MIM | Sundials = Loppersum (1773), Hoogezand (1774). | Loppersum; Hoogezand. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KRANER, CHRISTOPH | Austria, 1641, MIM SIM | Plane Table Compass, 1641 = VIE. | Innsbruck. | Zinner 1. | |
| KRANEWELTER, JACOB | 1755, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| KRAP | Holland, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = AMST. | see Krap en van den Brink; see Arbon en Krap. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; NAMUR. |
| KRAP EN VAN DEN BRINK | Holland, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = AMST. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| KRAPP, JOHANN | Germany, c.1790, PHIM | Barometers, recording = DEU (2). | Mannheim. | Middleton 1. | |
| KRATZENSTEIN, BRUNO | USA, c.1850 ?, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, with telescope = P.C. | Chicago, Ill. | USNM. | |
| KRATZER, NICHOLAS | Germany; England; Belgium1486-1550, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Corpus Christi College, Oxf.(pre-1624); Garden Sundials = Corpus Christi College, St. Mary's Church, Oxford. | mathematical instrument maker to Henry VIII; there is a portrait of Kratzer by Hans Holbein. | Munich; Oxford; Antwerp; London. | Zinner 1; Taylor 1(1); Maddison 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; DNB; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| KRAUS, JOHANN PAUL | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = BM. | signed "Johann Paul Kraus Fürstle : Max : Liechtenstein: Hoffmeister fecit"and marked "J.G. Gutwein sculpsit." | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| KRAUSLER, MATHIAS KARL | Austria, 1691, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1691 = Vorau Stift. | Pöllau in Steirmark. | Zinner 1. | |
| KRAUSS, JOHANN THOMAS | Germany, 1751, MIM | Protractor, glass, 1751 = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| KRAUWINCKEL, HANS | Germany, 1580-1610, MIM | Nürnberg Counter = USNM. | Nürnberg. | USNM. | |
| KREBS | see Nicholaus de Cusa. | Nachet. | |||
| KREICH, JOACHIM | Germany, 1598-99, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1599 = DEU; Alidade with compass, 1598 = PRA; Triangulation Instrument, 1599 = NUR. | Weimar. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Czech. Inv.; RSW. | |
| KREITTMAYER, GEORG | Germany, 1660, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1660 = X. | Munich. | Zinner 1. | |
| KREMBER | Holland, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | also signed "gentifori"; probably Philip Kremser which see. | RSW. | |
| KREMER, GERHARD | Germany, fl.1713-16, MIM | Double Equatorial Sundials = Bourgeois Sale, Cologne, 1902 = TIM, Christie 4/9/75 (1714), LEI. | made sundials invented and engraved by Gerhard Kloppenburg which see. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Cousins; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| KREMSER, PHILIP | Holland, 1781, MIM | Table Sundial, string-gnomon = MUN; Table Sundial, 1781 = GRA. | for 46°30' latitude. | Cenifori (Genifori?). | Zinner 1 and 6; Price 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| KRES, ALBAN | Germany, MIM | Rule, folding, with hinged bars at ends = ULM. | Ulm. | RSW. | |
| KRIECKEL, G.F. | MIM | Artillery Rule = STU; Rule = THO. | RSW. | ||
| KRIEGSEISEN, MATHIAS | 17th Century, PHIM | made demonstration instruments. | Nachet. | ||
| KRIGNER, SALOMON | Poland; Germany, c.1694, MIM SIM | Augsburg-type Sundials with cams = DRE, SWE, ROS = FIN, P.C., OXF, KRA, PRZ, THO; Equatorial Sundials = NYC, STT, CZJ, EMA, Drecker Coll.; Graphometer, 1694 = DRE. | most Augsburg-types are oval. | Warsaw; Marienbad. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Pipping 1; Michel 3; Pryzpkowski 1; DES; Körber 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| KRITTL, JOHANN WILHELM | Czechoslovakia, | misreading for Knittel. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| KRUGNER, AL. CR. | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, with cam = P. & S. 3/8/1895 = Drecker Coll.? | is this a horrible rendering of Salomon Krigner? | Marienberg. | RSW. |
| KRUINCS | misreading for Kruines. | P. & S. 2/9/1897. | |||
| KRUINES | France, fl.1800-22, MIM OIM | Cannon Sundials = P. & S. 5/19/1896 and 2/9/1897; Telescope = Gersaint, Nantes 10/28/88. | "Opticien"; Gersaint also marked "Quai de l'Horloge." | au Télescope, Enclos Saint-Denis de la Chartre; 41 Quai de l'Horloge; 61 bis, Quai de l'Horloge (1807); all in Paris. | Nachet; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| KRUINES, VEUVE | France, c.1822, MIM OIM | carried on her husband's shop; maker (?). | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| KRUINES-RAMBAUD | France, MIM | Instrument = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | 21 Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | RSW. | |
| KRULT, E., UND SOHN | Austria, MIM | Compass = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| KRUSE, ABRAHAM | Germany, c.1796, PHIM | Coin Balances = HAK, DRE, D.(1982). | the balances in Dresden and with the dealer are marked "Schwelm in der graffshaft Mark 1796." | Schynelium, Westfalia. | USNM; Coffeen III; RSW. |
| KRUSE, J. MELCHIOR | Germany, 18th Century, PHIM | Gold Balance = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Coin Balances = Christie 4/3/85, Koller 11/17/75. | the gold balances are marked "Goldwafenmacher und Eichmeister." | Elberfeld. | RSW. |
| KUBEL, EDWARD | Germany; USA, 1820-96, MIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = USNM, D.(1987); Siderostat = USNM; Gravity Pendulum = USNM; Dividing Engine = Alpha Instrument Co., Washington, D.C. | Kübel; worked primarily for the U.S. Government. | Bayreuth, Bavaria (pre-1849); Washington, D.C. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 15.. |
| KUBISCH | MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| KUBITSCHEK | Austria, c.1800, PHIM | Hygrometer = DRE. | Vienna. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | |
| KUEBLER AND SEELHORST | USA, c.1850?, MIM SIM | Surveying Transit = GUR. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| KUGSBERG, AUGUST | NIM | Crown Compass = STK. | the first letter in Kugsberg may be different. | RSW. | |
| KUHLMANN, G. CH. | Germany, MIM | Alidade = D.(1971). | Kühlmann. | Colmar. | RSW. |
| KUHLMANN, IN. BIN. | MIM | Protractor = D.(1972). | Roux Devilas 73. | ||
| KUHNEL, PAUL | USA, c.1850?, MIM | Pair of Globes = X. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| KUILE, COENRAAD TER | Holland, 1781-1852, MIM | made a tellurium and a lunarium. | Enschede. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KULICK, MATHIAS | England, c.1782, | apprenticed to Thomas Garrard 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1782. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| KULIVIN | Russia, 1772, | invented electrical machine, 1772; Academy of Science. | RSW. | ||
| KULL AND DOWNING | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = OMM. | "London." | London. | RSW. |
| KULLBERG, VICTOR | England, 1824-90, NIM | made self-registering marine compasses, or course indicators; made chronometers and watches. | 105 Liverpool Road; 12 Cloudesley Terrace; both in London. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| KULLSTROM, J.J. | Sweden, fl.1830-60, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | Kullström. | Stora Glasbruksgaten 8, Stockholm. | RSW. |
| KULWEIN, MATHIAS | Germany, MIM | Ring Sundial = MUN. | see M. Kolwein. | Zinner 1. | |
| KUMMER, K.W. | Germany, 1836, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1836 = DRE. | Berlin. | Grötzch 1 & 2; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| KUNIG, ARNOLD | France, fl.1481-1500, MIM | thought to have made an astrolabe, 1481, now in the Musée de Rohan, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1. | |
| KUNINGNANT, M. | France?, c.1660, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = ADL-M155. | marked "Ingénieur." | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| KUNN, ANTON | Austria, c.1810, PHIM | Balance = ADL-M405. | Anton Künn. | Vienna. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| KURFURST VON SACHSEN, AUGUST J. | Germany, | see August J. Kurfürst von Sachsen. | Zinner 1. | ||
| KURZ, CHRISTIAN ADAM, UND SOHN FRANZ | Germany, 1700, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1700 = P. & S. 11/21/1894. | Reutlingen. | RSW. | |
| KUTSCH | France, c.1792, MIM PHIM | Rules = CNAM; Balance = CNAM; Triangular Rule, wood = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | made comparators. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| KUTZ AND ADAMS | USA, fl.1834-36, MIM | rule makers; surely Erasmus A. Kutz 1. | 300 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1834-36). | USNM; RSW. | |
| KUTZ, ERASMUS A. 1 | England; USA, 1778-1856, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR/ Onandaga Hist. Soc., Syracuse, N.Y./ Crestline Hist. Soc.,Ohio, Conn. Hist. Soc., Hartford, Western Reserve Hist. Soc., Cleveland, Ohio; Compass = Cornell University, N.Y.; Sextant = Portsmouth Naval Shipyard Museum, Inc., Va.; Shoe Measure = USNM; Yardstick = USNM; Octants = P.C. (2). | Kutz was primarily a rule maker; T.C.; George Bracher in England made telescopes for Kutz. | 343 Water Street (1818-19); 248 Water Street (1821); 151 Water Street (1822); 172 Water Street (1824-27); 164 Water Sreet (1828-35); 180 Water Street (1835-36 & 1842-43); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; O'Mara; Brewington 1; Taylor 2(1496); D.J. Warner 10; USNM; RSW. |
| KUTZ, ERASMUS A. 2 | USA, 1822-68, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1973). | signed "E.A. Kutz (son)"; rule maker. | 2 Stanton (1839-40); 117 Madison (1850-51); 91 Monroe Street (1856); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 106. |
| KUTZ, FREDERICK | USA, fl.1827-30, MIM | rule maker. | 55 Orange (1827-28); 395 Broome (1829); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| KUTZ, THOMAS | USA, fl.1829-30, MIM | rule maker. | 107 Mott (1829); Mott at N. Walker (1830); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| KUTZ, THOMAS E. | USA, fl.1823-27, MIM | 86 Reed (1823); Nassau, corner of John (1824); 51 Roosevelt (1825); 61 Vesey (1826-27); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| KUYPER, GERHARD | Holland, c.1775, PHIM | made a new type of electrical machine with Van Marum. | Groningen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| KWIDZYNIA, MIKOLAJ WODKA | Poland, 1442-94, MIM | Sundial = Cathedral, Wloclawek. | professor of astronomy at the University of Bologna. | Polish Inventory. | |
| KYFFIN, EDWARD | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover on Nov. 30, 1682 to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| KYN, JAMES | England, fl.1593-1727, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1593 = X Coll.; Sundial = RSM. | the dial in the X Coll. is for 52° and marked "Made for T.B." (1); the dial in the RSM is signed "Kynius." | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| KYNAST, J.F. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Drecker Coll. = P.C.(1969). | also marked "I.F.F." | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| KYNFIN, JAMES | England, fl.1569-1610, MIM | Astrolabe, 1597 = FLO; Astronomical Compendium, 1593 = BM; Geometrical Compass, 1595 = FLO-2516; Graduated Circle, 1595 = FLO-435; Theodolite base, 1597 = FLO-3174. | also signed as "James Kenvyn", "Jacobus Kynvin"; made instruments for Sir Robert Dudley; made Blagrave's "Mathematical Jewel" and "Familiar Staff." | near Powles (St. Paul's Cathedral), London. | Taylor 1(73); G.L'E. Turner 26; Gatty; Gunther 4; Dewhirst; Bonelli 2; Price 1 & 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| KYNIUS | see James Kyn. | Dewhirst. | |||
| KYNVIN | see Kynfin. | ||||
| KYNVYN | see Kynfin. | ||||
| KYNWIN | see Kynfin. | ||||
| KYRRHESTES, ANDRONIKOS | Macedonia, c.75 B.C., MIM | Sundial = Tenos; Tower of the Winds = Athens. | Gibbs 1; Price 13. |
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