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Your search for signatures starting with L yielded 768 entries. Displaying entries 1–768.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| L'ADMIRAL, JACOB | see Admiral, Jacob L'. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| L'ALLEMAN, DIDIER | France, fl.1677-78, MIM | made a celestial globe in 1677-78; mentioned in the Royal Society's Philosophical Transactions XII, p. 895; watchmaker. | Paris. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| L'AMAND, R. | France, c.1720, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Evans Coll. | Dieppe. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| L'ASNE, MICHEL | see Michael Asinus. | Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| L'ETANG | see Etang. | suggest correction | ||||
| L'HOSTE, JEAN | France, fl.1616-31, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1616 = Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France et de la Musée Lorrain, Nancy; Celestial Globes = Bibliothèque de l'Institut de France (1617) et de la Musée Lorrain (1618). | mathematician and author; sometimes signed "Johannes L'Hoste." | Nancy. | Bonacker; RSW. | suggest correction |
| L'ISLE, DE | see Isle, de l'. | suggest correction | ||||
| L. 1 | Germany, 1741, OIM | Solar Microscopes, 1741 = DRE (2). | Hans Löser, Reichsgraf. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | suggest correction | |
| L. 2 | Germany, | see L.A.E. | Maurice 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.A.E. | Germany, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone = DEU. | might also be marked "L." (2). | Maurice 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.A.K. | Germany, 1733, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1733 = NMM-D.141 | Leonhard Andreas Karner; for latitude 48°; see "L.K." 1. | Augsburg. | NMM 2; Gouk. | suggest correction |
| L.B. | England, NIM | Nocturnals, wood = CMY, etc. | when found on English nocturnals, L.B. stands for "Little Bear." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.D.B. | USA?, 1785, NIM | Backstaff, 1785 = Maine Historical Society, Portland Me. | Bedini thought it was 1776. | Bedini 14; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.G. | Germany, 18th.Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Christie 6/23/64. | L. Grassl or L. Gräf. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | suggest correction |
| L.G.M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = P. & S. 5/19/1896. | probably a misreading of "L.T.M." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.H. | France, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial in medallion = Libert et Castor 4/28/82. | might be the owner's initials. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.I.S. | 1646, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1646 = NOR. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.J.M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = P. & S. 3/20/1896 and 5/19/1896. | probably a misreading of "L.T.M." | RSW | suggest correction | |
| L.K. 1 | Germany, fl.1728-30, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = Galerie am Neumarkt 10/19/72 = Kugel (1730), Drout 4/7/87 (1728). | the mastermark is a glove with cuff; see L.A.K.; see Leonard Andreas Karner. | Nürnberg. | Gouk; RSW. | suggest correction |
| L.K. 2 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = PRA. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| L.K.G. | Germany, 1631, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1631 = BM. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| L.L. | France, c.1700, | owner's initials with crest on an astronomical compendium, Versailles 11/19/78. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.M. 1 | Germany, MIM | either Lienhart Miller, Leonhart Miller, or Leinhart Milner. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.M. 2 | Germany, 1625, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1625 = ADL-T12. | Lienhart Miller. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| L.M. 3 | Germany, 1626, | marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Lienhart Milner, 1626." | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.M. 4 | Germany, fl.1636-45, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, 1636 and 1645 = Huelsmann Coll. | also marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Leonhart Miller" in the Findlay Sale. | Nürnberg. | Syndram; RSW. | suggest correction |
| L.M. 5 | France, c.1750, MIM | marked on a garden sundial signed "Lheureux", in Koller, May 1972. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.M. ST. | fl.1644-48, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundial, 1648 = SKO; Artillery Scale, 1644 = SKO. | Price 2. | suggest correction | ||
| L.M.N. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Torquetum = BAM. | calendar runs from 1600 to 1639. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| L.R.F. | Germany, 1631, MIM | Triptych Sundial, 1631 = BM. | signed "L.R.f. 1631." | Price 3; Ward 4; Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.S. 1 | Germany?, 1518, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1518 = FIN. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| L.S. 2 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = REG. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| L.S. 3 | England, 17th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial, expanded = Christie 6/7/72. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.S. 4 | 1715, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1715 = ZUS. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.S. 5 | England, c.1800, MIM | Bow Dividers = D.(1972). | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | ||
| L.T. | initials on a telecopic graphometer by Lenoir; probably the owner. | Wynter 1. | suggest correction | |||
| L.T.M. | Germany, c.1710-70, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials found in many museums and collections. | Ludovicus Theodatus Müller. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| L.T.V. | surely a misreading of L.T.M | Christie 4/3/74. | suggest correction | |||
| L.X.A. | 1593, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1593 = LIE. | Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| L.Z. 1 | Germany, 1741, MIM | Hodometer, 1741 = DRE. | Löser und Zimmer or Lehmann und Zimmer? | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | suggest correction | |
| L.Z. 2 | MIM | Compass Sundial = NOR. | initials on cover, owner? | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| L.Z.K. | misreading of I.3 K.; see Jacob Karner. | Koller 11/7/63. | suggest correction | |||
| LA HIRE, GABRIEL-PHILIPPE DE | France, 1677-1719, OIM | Telescope = POB. | son of Philippe de la Hire? experimented with barometers. | Paris. | Nachet; Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| LA HIRE, PHILIPPE DE | France, 1640-1718, | de la Hire; wrote on astrolabes and gnomonics; invented a new type of astrolabe projection. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LA MOTTA | Italy, 1767, NIM | Compass in gimbals, 1767 = ROM. | Price thought the date was 1707. | Rome. | Bonelli 4; Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LA MOTTE | France, c.1690, MIM | Sector = P.C.; Square = P.C. | Versailles. | Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LA REINE | France, OIM | Field Glass, pocket = USNM. | Paris. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LABBE, J.N. | 1826, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1826 = LIE. | J.N. Labbé. | Michel 9. | suggest correction | |
| LACAM, B. | owner's name on mathematical etui signed "H. Cole maker" for Humphrey Cole, which see | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| LACKEN, JOHN | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/30/89. | Maidstone. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LACOMBE | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Drouot 4/26/67-38. | Toulouse. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LACOUR, CLAUDIUS | France, | Toricelli Barometer, 1769 = D.(1972). | modern work; "opticien." | rue du Bac, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LACROIX | France, post-1753, | "maître serrurier"; received permission to make a perpetual motion machine from the inventor, Arles de Montigny, after Solvaique; see Berin de la Croix. | Paris. | Augarde. | suggest correction | |
| LACY, W. | England, 1779, MIM | Orrery, 1779 = NMM-P.25. | "Invenit et Delineavit." | NMM 2. | suggest correction | |
| LACY, WILLIAM | England, c.1803, PHIM | apprenticed to Francis Vandermeulen on July 21, 1803, for seven years. | West Street, West Smithfield, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LADD AND OERTLING | England, fl.1860-74, PHIM | Edward Wilds Ladd and Ludwig Oertling; made balances; the RGO records have a letter announcing the partnership, dated Dec. 1860. | 192 Bishopsgate Street Without, London. | USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | suggest correction | |
| LADD AND STREATFIELD | England, fl. 1847-59, PHIM | the partnership of Edward Wilds Ladd and John Streatfield fl. c.1847-Oct. 1859; listed themselves as "successors to R.B. Bate, hydrometer and gauging instrument makers to the Hon. Board of Inland Revenue"; made standard weights and measures. | 1 Old Jewry, London. | Chaldecott 4; McConnell 4. | suggest correction | |
| LADD, EDWARD WILDS | England, pre-1847-60, PHIM | worked for R.B. Bate; maker of hydrometers and saccharometers to the Honourable Board of Inland Revenue; had John Streatfield as a partner in Ladd and Streatfield c.1847-1859; worked alone, as E.W. Ladd and Co. from Oct. 1859 to Dec. 1960 when he took Ludwig Oertling as a partner, this lasted until c.Aug. 1874. | 1 Old Jewry (1859); 192 Bishopsgate Street (1860); both in London. | Chaldecott 3 and 4; RGO. | suggest correction | |
| LADD, W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Thermometer = Royal Institution; Microscope, compound = Minnesota Historical Society. | William Ladd. | 12 Beak Street, London. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LADD, WILLIAM | England, fl.1847-69, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D., Phillips 2/22/77, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. | made barometers and thermometers; optician; devised a method for coarse focusing on a microscope; had a display in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | 7 Cleaver Street, Kennington (1847); 31 Chancery Lane (1858); 11 and 12 Beak Street, Regent Street W. (1869); 29 Penton Street, Walworth Road; all in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; Fürst; Moskowitz; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LADERRIERE | France, c.1900, NIM | Inclinometer, No. 2 = Versailles 4/17/83; Sextant = WHI. | "Service Hydrographique de la Marine Boussole d'inclinason de Laderrière No. 2" is marked on the inclinometer. | Bennett 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAENEN, F.A. | Belgium?, 1789, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1789 = LIE. | Michel 9; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAFFRANCHO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4). | sometimes spelled J. LaFrancho. | Ludlow. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LAFONTAINE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Cannon Sundial, miniature = D.(1988). | 18 Galerie Monpensier, Palais Royal, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAFRANCHO, J. | England, | J. LaFrancho; see J. Laffrancho. | Ludlow. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LAGARDE, A. | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = ADL-A32. | name stamped inside of lower half of box. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAGNY | France, fl.1665-90, MIM | "arquebusier"; made instruments for the Paris Observatory and the Academy. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Augarde. | suggest correction | |
| LAGSTINUS, FRANCS. | France?, 1602, MIM | Armillary Sphere with Ptolemaic Planetarium in center, 1602 = Watney Coll. = Christie 7/12/67. | Gunther 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LAIDIER, FRA J. | see Fra J. Lardier. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LAIDMAN | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1997). | possibly R.T. Laidman, which see. | ATG 5/24/97. | suggest correction | |
| LAIDMAN, R.T. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass, case = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAINTON, SAMUEL | England, c.1860, PHIM | Angle Barometers = WHI, X; Thermometer = X. | thermometer is on a Howorth barometer; may be cabinet maker at 9 King Cross Street (1860). | Halifax. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| LAIRD, DAVID WHITE | Scotland, fl.1834-51, NIM OIM | Octants, ebony = Soth. 6/20/74, FRK = RSM, Dundee Art Galleries; Telescope = Phillips-E 7/31/87. | also made clocks and watches; T.C. in Whitby Museum. | 4 Bridge Street (1834-42); 58 Bridge Street (1843-51); both in Leith. | Taylor 2(2167); Bryden 3; Clarke et al; Baillie 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAK | Germany, 1773, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1773 = Debreuil Coll. = NMM-Caird. | L.A.K.? | Nürnberg. | NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAKE AND SON | England, fl.1775-1800, MIM PHIM | Pantograph = D.(1972); Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 11/13/86. | Taunton. | Moskowitz 105. | suggest correction | |
| LAKE, THOMAS | England, 1770, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1770 = NMM-S.103. | instrument made for Martin Walding. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(738); NMM 2. | suggest correction |
| LALANDE, JEROME LE FRANCOIS DE | France, fl.1771-1803, | Jérôme Le François de Lalande; astronomer; author; had the analemmatic sundial on the church in Bourg-en-Bresse restored; drew a celestial globe, 1792. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Howse 2; Cousins. | suggest correction | |
| LALAYE, M. | France, MIM | Planispheres = PBN (2). | Destombes 5. | suggest correction | ||
| LALIGANT | France, pre-1843, MIM | Balance = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | suggest correction | ||
| LALLAERIUS, JACOBUS | Italy, 1636, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1636 = P.C. (1971). | "astronomus fecit An. 1636"; for latitude 47 1/2°. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LALONDE | France, PHIM | Barometers = Lesoufaché Coll.(2). | Maurice 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LALOY, M. | France, 1607, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, lead, 1607 = house in Tourcil. | Limoges. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| LAMARDELLE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Baradelle? | à la sphère, Paris. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| LAMB, ANTHONY | England; USA, 1703-84, MIM NIM | Gauging Rod, 1759 = Streeter Coll., Yale U.; Backstaves = PEA (2-one dated 1747), Newport R.I. Historical Society Museum; Surveyor's Compass = USNM; Rule, wood inlaid with brass and ivory, 1759 = P.C.; Magnetic Compasses = D.(1986), Glebe House, Seabury Society; Haviland Instrument, ivory = P.C. | apprenticed to Henry Carter, MIM, of London pre-1724; transported to Maryland from Newgate Prison, London, 1724; made Thomas Godfrey 1's octant in 1731. | London (1703-24); at the Sign of the Compass and Quadrant, near the New Dock (1730); at the Sign of the Quadrant and Surveying Compass (1745); at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton's Head (1749); all in New York, N.Y.; Hunter's Key, N.Y. (1753). | Taylor 2(191); Smart 1; Bedini 1, 7 and 8; Brewington 1; USNM; Coffeen 13; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAMB, ANTHONY, AND SON | USA, fl.1755-60, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Passaic County Historical Society, Paterson, N.J. | Anthony and John Lamb. | Hunter's Key, N.Y. | Smart 1; Bedini 1 and 7. | suggest correction |
| LAMB, JOHN | USA, 1735-1800, MIM SIM | apprenticed to his father, Anthony Lamb, and was his partner, 1755-60, as Anthony Lamb and Son; very active in the Revolution; became a wine-merchant. | Hunter's Key, N.Y. | Smart 1; Bedini 1, 7 and 8; Brewington 1. | suggest correction | |
| LAMB, JOSEPH | England, c.1827, MIM | Instrument = OXF; Slide Rule, circular, ivory and silver, 1827 = P.C. | author; watchmaker. | Taylor 2(1616); Delehar 9. | suggest correction | |
| LAMBE | Holland, c.1704, PHIM | made barometers and gave them names of English makers. | Amsterdam. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| LAMBE, LUKE | England, c.1684, MIM | apprenticed to Johnson Weekes of the Clockmakers' Company on March 25, 1684. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LAMBERT | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAMBERT LE FILS | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55. | Lambert le fils. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAMBERT PERE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Folding Square = ADL-W134; Sector = X; Mathematical Instrument Set = P-B 10/28/63; Protractor = Melun 6/10/79. | the protractor is signed "Lambert le Père." | Paris. | Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAMBERT, H. | NIM | Octant = Pugsley Sale = P.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAMBERT, J.S. | c.1770, | designed a combination horizontal and analemmatic sundial. | Ericson. | suggest correction | ||
| LAMBERT, THOMAS | England, c.1727, MIM | apprenticed to John Hutton 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1727. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LAMBRIT, THOMAS | see Thomas Gemini. | suggest correction | ||||
| LAMINIT, JAKOB EMANUEL | Germany, 1719-60, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG, HAM, GEL, SPI-2810, Koller 11/17/75. | brother-in-law of Johann Martin Willebrand. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAMONBY, GEORGE BURNTHWAITE | England, | Lamonby may be town; see George Burnthwaite. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAMONT | Ireland, NIM | Octant = D.(1969). | Belfast. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAMPLEY, CHARLES | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 7, 1683; free of the Company, Sept. 4, 1693. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LAMPLOUGH | England, 1792, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass, 1792 = Phillips 5/20/75. | Burlington. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAMY, SIMON | France?, MIM | Cannon Sundial = D.(c.1968). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LANA, FRA FRANCESCO DE TERZI | Italy, 1631-87, | developed a microscope; author; physician. | Brescia. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| LANCAEUS, BALTHASSAR | Italy, fl.1557-71, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1557 = FLO; Artillery Instrument with Calipers, 1557 = FLO. | Lanci. | Urbino. | Bonelli 2 and 5; Evans 1; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANCASTER | England, OIM | Telescope, brass, on steel stand = D.(1987). | possibly "Lancaster and Son" or "Jas. Lancaster and Son." | Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANCASTER AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, binocular = Wellcombe Museum (KEN) | probably James Lancaster and Son; opticians. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction |
| LANCASTER AND SONS | England, c. 1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976). | may be Jas. Lancaster and Sons. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANCASTER, CYRUS | USA, 1802-62, MIM | made many celestial and terrestrial globes, dating from 1825 to 1845; examples may be seen at USNM, Albany Institute of History and Art, N.Y. / Seward House, Auburn, N.Y. / Suffolk County Historical Society, Riverhead, N.Y. / P.C., D.(1975). | apprenticed to James Wilson 3; became his son-in-law; taken into firm of James Wilson and Sons in 1826, as manager of Wilson's factory. | 110 Washington Street, Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8; Yonge; USNM; Moskowitz; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANCASTER, GILBERT | England, c.1692, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1683; free of the Company, June 6, 1692. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LANCASTER, JAS., AND SON | England, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANDECK, ANDREAS | Germany, 1589-1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial, copper, 1647 = NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Maurice 1. | suggest correction | |
| LANDECK, JOHANN MELCHIOR | Germany, 18th.Century, MIM | Pedometer with Sundial = BM. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | |
| LANDRINI | Italy, c.1750, MIM | Air Thermometer = DRE. | Drebbel-type. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANDTECK, ENDRES | see Andreas Landeck. | Lunardi. | suggest correction | |||
| LANDTSCHOT, HENDRICK VAN | Holland, fl.1682-83, | held a 1683 patent on a nautical instrument. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| LANE, H. | England, 1776, | Terrestrial Globe, with case = Phillips 2/14/79. | probably a misreading of N. Lane. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANE, JOHN | England, c.1799, MIM NIM SIM | T.C., 1799. | at the Blue Coat Boy and Quadrant, in the Great-Minories, London. | C.N. Robinson. | suggest correction | |
| LANE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1776-1829, MIM | made miniature terrestrial globes, many in shagreen cases lined with celestial gores; dates range from 1776 to 1829; examples can be seen at the Chicago Ill. Historical Society, PAM, NMM, and many other museums. | they are signed "Lane's Pocket Globe" or "Lane's Improved Globe"; the celestial gores lining the cases of the miniature globes show a geocentric projection. | London. | Taylor 2(740); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; Yonge; Krogt 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANE, NICHOLAS | England, c.1783, MIM | father of Thomas Lane; globe maker. | London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| LANE, R.E. | England, NIM | Octant, mahagony = X. | RSWx. | suggest correction | ||
| LANE, SAMUEL | USA, 1718-1806, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1760 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H. | surveyor; the globe was made to help him in his work. | Stratham, New Hampshire. | Bedini 8; Yonge. | suggest correction |
| LANE, THOMAS | England, c.1801, | son of Nicholas Lane, a globe maker; apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 4, 1783; free in the Company, Mar. 3, 1801. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| LANEN, PIETER JACOBSE VAN DER | Holland, c.1740?, NIM | Compass = Königl. Institut für Meereskunde, Berlin. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| LANG | France, 18th Century, MIM | Rule = ADL-M133; Artillery Level = D.(1987). | "Mechanicien du Roy pour l'artillerie"; might be the same as Joh. Phil. Lang. | Strasbourg. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANG, JOH. PHIL. | France, 1748-62, MIM | Quadrant, 3' radius, on stand, 1762 = Musée Lorrain, Nancy; Quadrant, 1748 = STR. | both quadrants are made of iron and brass. | Strasbourg; Paris. | Michel 3 & 14; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANG, JOHANN CHRISTOFF | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = ADL-M383. | Price dated it at c.1580. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Price 2; Michel 2; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANG, JOSEPH | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | 43 Eastcheap, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANGE DE BOURBON | France, 1753, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1753 = Oudheidkundige Museum, Ghent; Butterfield-type Sundials = Christie-SK 4/17/86, UTO 9/29/75, MERC (rectangular) = Spaulding = Lempertz 6/14/76 = D.(1976); Instrument = Wallace Coll. | Paris. | Hamilton 2; Brieux 3; F.J.B. Watson; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANGE DE BOURBON, M. | France, c.1710, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = NYM; Stick Barometer = X. | "faiseur de barometres du Roi." | Paris. | Vincent 2; Hamilton 2; Tyler. | suggest correction |
| LANGENBUCHER, JACOB | Germany, 1649-1712, MIM OIM | Compass = ADL-M470; Universal Ring Dial = D. | also made terrestrial and celestial globes, telescopes, etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1 & 6; Brieux 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANGFORD, EDWIN | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Sector = D.(1935); Octant = D. | Bristol. | M. Gardner 2 (1935); Bryden 9; O'Mara 2; Moskowitz 106. | suggest correction | |
| LANGFORD, J. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LANGHANS, HANNS WOLFF | Germany, c.1687, MIM | sandglass maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | suggest correction | |
| LANGLANDS, JOHN | England, c.1820, MIM | Pocket Compass = Soth. 12/3/76. | Newcastle. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANGLEY, LEMUEL | USA, 1828, | patented a method of adjusting the marine compass in 1828. | Gosport or Norfolk, Virginia. | Bedini 8; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LANGLEY, W. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Grain Balance = Soth. 1/27/75. | 46 Tooley Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANGLOIS ET LAPIE | France, 1815, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1815 = Gonse Coll. = MADEX-26 = NMM-G.114. | H. Langlois and Lapie. | Paris. | NMM 2. | suggest correction |
| LANGLOIS, CHARLES FRANCIS | France, c.1700, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = DRE; Pantograph = DRE; Graphometer = DRE. | Paris. | Grötzsch 2. | suggest correction | |
| LANGLOIS, CLAUDE | France, c.1730-50, MIM SIM | made various types of sundials and surveying, mathematical and astronomical instruments which can be seen at ADL, POB, CNAM, OXF, HAK, NMM, DRE, NYM, LOU, HAY, WHI, Huelsmann Coll., etc. | installed the meridian in St. Suplice Eglise in 1744; perfected the pantograph in 1743; "Ingénieur"; most instruments are signed "Langlois" or "C. Langlois"; worked for the Academy of Sciences; succeeded by his nephew, Canivet. | Au Niveau; aux Galeries du Louvre; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Grötzsch 2; Körber 1; Michel 3; NMM 2; Engelmann 1; Josten; Bryden 16; Trois Siècles; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Syndram; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANGLOIS, H. | France, 1815, MIM | globe maker; see Langlois et Lapie. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LANGLOIS, JEAN | France, fl.1720-27, MIM | Circumferentor, telescopic, 1720 = de la Mosson Coll. = Buffon Coll.(1744) = D.(1976); Alidade, 1726 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Universal Ring Dial = CNAM; Microscope = RMS; Butterfield-type Sundials = FIT (WHI), Soth. 7/10/67; Circumferentor, 1727 = X; Plane Table with Telescope and Sundial, 1727 = de la Mosson Coll. = D. = LOU; Rule, case, 1726 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | "élève du Sieur Butterfield." | aux Armes d'Angleterre, Paris. | Daumas 1; CNAM 2; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Michel 3; Gersaint; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANGLOIS, L. | France, 1745-47, MIM | Graphometer = MADEX. | probably Claude Langlois; instrument marked "L'Ecole Nat. des Ponts et Chaussées." | au Niveau, Paris. | MADEX; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANGLOIS, TIMOTHEE | France, 1693, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. | Thimothée Langlois; the Butterfield dial is signed "T. Langlois, siezième"; Baillie listed him as a water clock maker. | Paris. | Baillie 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LANGREN, ARNOLD FLORENT VAN | Holland, fl.1586-1625, MIM | Celestial Globes = Lindköping Stiftsbibliothek (1586), NMM (1589 and 1624); Pair of Globes = Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp; Terrestrial Globes = NMM (1589), U. Library of Gand; Armillary Sphere = stolen. | Jacob Florent van Langren, his father, engraved the gores; Gand globe signed "Arnold Florent Filius." | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; NMM 1 and 2; ART; Belgian Inv. | suggest correction |
| LANGREN, JACOB FLORENT VAN | Denmark; Holland, fl.1586-1625, | engraved terrestrial and celestial gores; many were made up by his son, Arnold Florent van Langren. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Belgian Inv.; Globus Dec., 1957. | suggest correction | |
| LANGSTON, D. | England, c.1825, OIM | 116 Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(1617). | suggest correction | ||
| LANGTHORNE, JOSEPH | England, c.1709, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 5, 1709. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LANGWER, P. | Germany, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = BRE. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LANIER | France, c.1750, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-T59. | Paris. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LANSUERG, ANGELUS | Italy, | misreading for Lusuerg. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LANZ, NIKOLAUS | Austria, c.1550, MIM | Astronomical Clock = VIE. | Innsbruck. | Neumann 1. | suggest correction | |
| LAPIE | France, c.1815, MIM | Armillary Sphere, wood and paper = Melun 6/10/79. | see Langlois et Lapie. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAPP, MARIA CATHARINA | 1731, MIM | Measure, 1731 = MADEX-564. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAPPI AND SOLCHA | England, fl.1838-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Salvattore Lappi and Lewis Solcha; what about Luppie and Solcha, which see. | 17 Robinson Row, Hull. | Goodison 1; Loomes 1. | suggest correction |
| LAPREY | see Lippershey. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |||
| LARAUX, P. DE | England, c.1711, MIM | designed a garden sundial which was made in 1711 by J. van der Cloese; see Jacob van der Cloese. | Stamford. | Evans 1?; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LARBRE, CECILE | France, 1867, MIM SIM | Alidade with Level, ivory on tortoise shell = TIM. | S.G.D.G.; breveté. | Reims. | Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LARDIER, FRA J. | France, 1567, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1567 = Troyes. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LARESCHE, ANCIENNE MAISON | France, pre-1833, MIM | succeeded by Henry Robert, which see. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LARGE | England, c.1820, PHIM | barometer maker. | Melton Mowbray. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LARGE, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1852-63, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Maine Historical Society, Portland. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LARKIN, THOMAS | England, c.1800, NIM | T.C. | Soth. 11/16/87. | suggest correction | ||
| LARMOUR AND CO. | USA, NIM | Octant = Seamans Institute, N.Y. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LAROCHE | France, c.1800, OIM | made achromatic telescopes. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LAROSE FILS | France, MIM SIM | Theodolite = P.C. | chez son père à Clermont. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAROUE | France, 18th Century, PHIM | invented and made the first spherometer. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LARTIGUE | France, c.1777, MIM | globe maker; engineer. | Nachet. | suggest correction | ||
| LASACHER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = PRA. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LASHBROOK, THOMAS | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on April 3, 1693; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1701; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| LASHBROOKE, HENRY | England, c.1727, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 3, 1727. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| LASNIER | France, fl.1693-1740, MIM SIM | made a wide range of mathematical instruments including sundials and graphometers that may be seen at ADL, NMM, THO, LIE, HAY, WHI, KEN, VEN, NAC, AMST, etc. | aux Deux Globes, Paris. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet; KEN; Mörzer Bruyns 1; USNM; Michel 1, 3 and 9; Price 2; Engelmann 1; Brieux 3; NMM 2; Dewhirst; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LASSERE, MICHEL | Michel Lasséré; see Père Chérubin. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |||
| LASSETER | England, c.1810, OIM | 8 Green Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(1375). | suggest correction | ||
| LATTREE | France, c.1771, MIM | Celestial Globe = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | "Chez Lattrée graveur ordinaire du Roi, de M. le Duc d'Orléans et de la Ville"; "Autre privilège et approbat de MM. de l'Academie Rle. des Sciences"; the globe was probably prepared by Lalande and published by Lattrée. | Chez Lattrée rue St. Jacques à la Ville de Bord, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAUN, A. EN J. VAN | Holland, fl.1816-30, MIM PHIM | Orreries = P.C., LEY, DEU (1825); Thermometer = P.C. | Abrahan Hartog and Jacob van Laun; sons of Hartog van Laun. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; van der Star 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAUN, H. VAN, EN ZONEN | Holland, fl.1802-15, MIM PHIM | Horizon Rings and Stands = LRY, RIJ, NMM, Ellburg Museum; Tellurium (partial) = FRA. | Hartog van Laun and his sons, Abraham and Jacob. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| LAUN, H. VAN, EN ZOON | Holland, fl.1802-15, MIM PHIM | Planetariums = Leiden Sternewacht, Zutphen Museum, LEY; Horizon Ring and Stand = TEY; Electrometer = UTR. | probably Hartog van Laun and his son Abraham van Laun. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| LAUN, HARTOG ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1733-1815, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = LEY; Planetariums = LEY, Physics Laboratory, Amsterdam; Attwood Machine = Museum of Education, The Hague. | pupil of John Cuthbertson; see H. van Laun en Zon. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; van der Star 1. | suggest correction |
| LAUN, JACOB VAN | Holland; France, c.1778-1832, MIM PHIM | Rule = P.C. | worked with his father, Hartog van Laun, 1802-15, and with his brother, Abraham, 1816-32. | Amsterdam; Launay, France (c.1800). | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAUR, JEAN ANTOINE | France, c.1850, MIM | exhibited in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | 4, Rue St. Claude au Marais, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| LAURENS, W.J. | Holland, OIM | Telescope = P.C. | Hoorn. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| LAURETUS, CHRISTOPHER | France, 1598, | marked "Ex. Mente Christophori Laureti Agendicensis 1598" on an astrolabe, ADL-M31, which is signed "Martinot Fecit", which see. | Sens. | Engelmann 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAURIE, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1792-98, MIM OIM PHIM | see Gardner and Laurie (1792-98); partner with John Gardner 1. | Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | suggest correction | |
| LAURIER, FRAN | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string gnomon = OXF; Sundial, silver = P. & S. 3/20/1896; Diptych Sundial, silver = P.C. | Blois. | Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAUTERBACH, A.B. | Germany, 1716, MIM | Münster-type Universal Sundial = X. | Jena. | Zinner 6. | suggest correction | |
| LAUTERBACH, HIERONYMUS | Austria, fl.1556-77, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1576 = GRA. | Graz. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| LAUTERBACH, JOH. BALT. | Germany, 1683, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1683 = LND. | Zinner 6. | suggest correction | ||
| LAVAL | France, 1786, MIM | Steelyard, 1786 = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | suggest correction | ||
| LAVERACK, HENRY | England, c.1830, MIM | 35 Bridgewater Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1913). | suggest correction | ||
| LAVIGNE | Belgium?, 1794, MIM | Garden Sundial, granite, 1794 = LIE. | Michel 9. | suggest correction | ||
| LAVINGANUS, BRENTEL | 1627-29, MIM | Cube Sundial, wood and paper, 1627 = NOR. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAWLEY | England, 19th.Century, | see Millikan and Lawley. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAWLEY, W. | England, post-1850, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 7/12/71. | 78 Fardingdon Street, London, E.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LAWRENCE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LAWRENCE AND MAYO | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Sextants = Soth.2/22/71, Melun 4/24/83; Cannon Sundial = D.(1977). | the sextant sold at Sotheby has the Nat'l Physical Lab. Certificate; the Melun sextant is signed "Lawrence et Maye." | London. | RSW. WEBDB. | suggest correction |
| LAWRENCE ET MAYE | see Lawrence and Mayo. | suggest correction | ||||
| LAWRENCE, A.B.D. | England, MIM | Nest of Weights = Soth. 4/22/65. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LAWRENCE, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, MIM | apprenticed to James Rowley of the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LAWSON | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = D.(1984). | clock is by J.N. Edwards, London. | Bishopsgate Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LAWSON, HENRY | England, fl.1796-1839, OIM | brother of Johnson Lawson; apprenticed to Edward Nairne (his step-father), of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Dec. 6, 1788; free of the Company by servitude, April 12, 1796; Master of the Company, 1803-05. | 45 Gower Street (1817); 12 Chancery Lane (1839); both in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(224); Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| LAWSON, JOHNSON | England, fl.1796-1813, OIM | brother of Henry Lawson; apprenticed to Edward Nairne of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1789; free of the Company on April 12, 1796; Master of the Company in 1813. | 11 Bedford Street, Bedford Lane, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(225). | suggest correction | |
| LAYBOURN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Royston. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LAZARS, J. | Scotland, c.1838, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87. | may be Lizars ? | Edinburgh. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE BAS | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = NMM. | probably Philippe-Claude Le Bas. | Paris. | NMM 2. | suggest correction |
| LE BAS ET MENARD | France, post-1650, OIM | Le Bas et Ménard. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LE BAS FILS | France, fl.1688-1721, OIM | Telescope, Gregorian = Prin Coll. | son of Philippe-Claude Le Bas; succeeded his mother, Veuve Le Bas. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| LE BAS, PHILIPPE-CLAUDE | France, fl.1669-76, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Quadrant = ADL-M186; Telescope = ADL-W179; Telescope, large = Bonnier de la Mosson Coll.; Microscope = Père Lami (1703); Proportional Compass, 1669 = X. | optician to the King; made very fine lenses; shop carried on by his widow and, later by his son; ADL quadrant is signed "divisé par Le Bas", and has a micrometer attachment by Pierre Le Maire in 1741. | aux Galleries du Louvre, Paris. | Daumas 1; Ronfort 1; Engelmann 1; Nachet; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE BAS, VEUVE | France, fl.1676-80, OIM | succeeded her husband, Philippe-Claude Le Bas; made instruments for the Paris Observatory. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LE COEUR | see Lecour | Taylor 2(375). | suggest correction | |||
| LE FEBURE, ADRIEN | France, 1640, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1640 = USNM. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LE GENDRE | France, MIM | Table Sundial (incomplete), with case = P.C. | au Pantographe, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LE GROS, PETER JOSEPH | Ireland, fl.1835-39, MIM | 22 Joy Street (1835); 46 Joy Street (1839); both in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| LE JARS | France, c.1850, OIM | successor to Maison Richer. | L'Hermite, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LE LACHEUR AND LENFESTEY | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(Oct. 1975). | Guernsey. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LE MAIRE | France, fl.1846-c. 90, OIM | Telescope, binocular = OXF; Opera Glasses = P.C., K. and C. 11/24/76. | K. and C. signed "Le Maire Fabi", for "`fabrique"? | rue de Ménilmontant, 22, Paris. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE ET FILS | France, c.1740, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Oudheidkunige Museum, Ghent; Rule, folding = Christie 12/18/74. | Jacques Le Maire and his son, Pierre Le Maire 2. | à la Pierre d'Aimant; au Quartier Anglais; both in Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE FILS | France, | Gunnery Level = D.(1994). | see Pierre Le Maire 2; sometimes signed "Le Maire le Fils." | Paris. | Coffeen 46; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE LE FILS | Pierre Le Maire 2 was the son of Jacques Le Maire. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LE MAIRE, FRANCOIS | France, c.1700, MIM | Equatorium = Jaipur Observatory. | François Le Maire. | Paris. | Poulle 8; Brieux 2. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE, HENRI | France, c.1675, MIM | father of Pierre Le Maire 1. | Paris. | Gaines. | suggest correction | |
| LE MAIRE, JACQUES | France, fl.1720-40, MIM OIM | made many sundials of various types including one invented by Julien Le Roy; examples can be seen in many museums including CNAM, TIM, BM, OXF, NMM, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa., WHI, etc. | father of Pierre Le Maire 2; some sundials are signed "fait par Jacques Le Maire et inventé par Julien Le Roy de la Société des Arts au Génie, Paris"; developed a variant of the Newtonian telescope in 1728; made a variant of the Hadley quadrant. | au Génie, Paris. | Daumas 1; Bryden 16; Evans 1; Brieux 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; NMM 2; Price 3; Ward 4; USNM; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE, JEAN | France, MIM | member of the "Corporation des Fondeurs". | Paris. | Augarde. | suggest correction | |
| LE MAIRE, NICOLAS | France, c.1683, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = HAY, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, Lempertz-464; Graphometer = Versailles 11/19/78; Instrument = CNAM; Universal Ring Sundial = A-P 3/15/76. | the sundial at Drouot is for 47°33'. | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE, PIERRE 1 | France, c.1675, MIM | Pantometer (sighting instrument) = CNAM. | son of Henri Le Maire. | sur le quai des Morfundus au Cercle divisé, Paris. | Daumas 1; Gaines. | suggest correction |
| LE MAIRE, PIERRE 2 | France, 1717-85, MIM NIM PHIM | made sundials, mathematical instruments and lodestones which can be seen in many museums including ADL, GEP, BASH, MUN, PAK, MLL, USNM, CNAM, NMM, PMM, BM, HAY, Louvre, Cambridge Archaeological Museum, Snowshill, STT, DRE, WHI, etc. | added a micrometer in 1741 to the Le Bas quadrant, ADL-M186; the ADL-DPW31 lodestone is dated 1754 and another, from a 1975 sale is dated 1738; a marine compass, 1744 (PMM) is signed "Le Maire le fils quai de l'Horloge, Paris", from And.-SPI. sale; see Le Maire Fils and Le Maire le Fils. | au nouveau quartier anglais, quai de l'Horloge du Palais, au coin de la rue du Harloy; à la Pierre d'Aimant; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Pipping 1; Drechsler 2; USNM; Dewhirst; Courtanvaux; Wynter 1; Coffeen A and 46; Engelmann 1; RSW; Bryden 16; Bedini 8; Syndram; ADL. | suggest correction |
| LE MANCHOT, JEHAN | France, c.1562, MIM | mentioned as maker of sundials. | Blois. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| LE MARIEE | France, c.1790, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | Le Mariée. | Strasbourg. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| LE NOUR | misreading for Lenoir (Etienne). | USNM. | suggest correction | |||
| LE REBOURG | France, | misreading for Lerebours. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LE REBOURS | misreading for Lerebours. | suggest correction | ||||
| LE ROY 1 | France, c.1700, MIM | Universal Sundial, silver and brass = Spaulding Coll; Universal Sundial, silver = Hamilton = McVitty = P-B 1/22/54. | may be single instrument. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | suggest correction |
| LE ROY 2 | France, c.1714, MIM | son-in-law of Jean Pigeon; constructed an armillary sphere with him in 1714. | Lyon. | Guye et Michel. | suggest correction | |
| LE ROY 3 | France, c.1800, MIM | Armillary Sphere = MADEX; Sundial, oval, silver = P-B 1/22/54. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LE ROY, J.B. | England, c.1820, NIM | Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco; Quadrant, ebony, ivory and brass = D.(1981). | Jersey. | USNM; Moskowitz. | suggest correction | |
| LE ROY, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, fl.pre-1751-1800, OIM PHIM | son of Julien Le Roy; made electrical machines, microscopes and telescopes; member of French Academy of Sciences, 1751. | Moskowitz 122. | suggest correction | ||
| LE ROY, JULIEN | France, 1686-1759, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, silver = NMM-D.90; Inclinable Sundials = D.(1986), Drouot 4/7/87. | clockmaker; "ancien directeur de la Société des Arts" ; invented an inclinable sundial, "Cadran Universel et à Meridienne. Fait et inventé par Julien Le Roi", also made by Jacques Le Maire, example at WHI,; invented a vertical sundial made by Gérard. | la Société des Arts, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Price 3; Ward 4; USNM; NMM 2; Wynter 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE SAGE, F. | France, c.1856, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 5/19/72. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LE SENEY, SEBASTIAN | France; England, fl.1538-47, MIM | Astrolabe = BM (ICA-305). | instrument maker to Henry VIII. | Normandy; St. Margeret's, Westminster, London (1541). | Taylor 1(11a); Gunther 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE TELLIER, JACQUES | France, c.1780, MIM | Pillar Sundials, ivory = VEN, Evans Coll., P. and S. 4/3/1894. | may be c.1660; VEN is marked "A.B." (5) on bottom. | Dieppe. | Evans 1; Earle; Dewhirst; Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LE TELLIER, NICOLLAS | France, 1632, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1632 = CAU. | ICA-322; NMM-17; National Maritime Museum Registery of Mariner's Astrolabe; lost in World War II. | Honnefleur. | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Waters 1; Anthiaume et Sottas; A. Stimson 3; Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| LE-SECQ | France, c.1815, PHIM | Barometer = USNM. | de la Gorgue, Dept. du Nord. | Middleton 4. | suggest correction | |
| LEA, ANNE | England, fl.1701-30, MIM | widow of Philip Lea; globe maker; in partnership with her son-in-law, Richard Glynne, 1712-25; also produced maps. | at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside (1701-12); at the Atlas and Hercules in Fleet Street (1720-25); both in London. | Tyacke 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEA, JOHN | England, c.1626, | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1626. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LEA, PHILIP | England, fl.1689-1700, MIM | Planispheres = Burton Constable (2). | apprenticed to Robert Morden of the Weavers' Company in 1675; free of the Company in 1683; father-in-law of Richard Glynne; Lea published maps and globes; succeeded by his widow, Anne Lea in 1701; see Morden, Berry and Lea. | at the Atlas and Hercules in the Poultry over against the old Jury (1683-86); at the Atlas and Hercules in Cheapside next to the corner of Friday Street (1687-1700) and also in Westminster Hall near the Court of Common Pleas (1689-95); all in London. | Tyacke 1; Elizabeth Hall; NMM 2; Evans 1; Taylor 1(309); Daumas 1; Dawson 216; Crawforth 6; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEA, R. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Ringwood. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEACH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably George Leach. | Salisbury. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LEACH, CALEB | USA, c.1800, MIM | Orrery = Pere Fobes (c.1800). | clockmaker; Asa Hall assisted in the construction. | Plymouth, Mass. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction |
| LEACH, GEORGE | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | watch and clockmaker; see Leach. | Exeter Street, Salisbury (1830). | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEADBETTER, CHARLES | England, fl.1715-69, | designed a new slide rule with a third slide in 1739; author. | Hand and Pen, Cock Lane, Shore-ditch, London. | Taylor 2(84); Delehar 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEAKE, FAITH | England, 1678, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1678. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LEAKE, JOHN | England, fl.1650-86, MIM | made a globe sundial for Leadenhall Corner (1655); invented a rule for solving spherical triangles. | London. | Taylor 1(239). | suggest correction | |
| LEALAND | see Powell and Lealand. | G.L'E. Turner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LEALAND, P. | England, fl.1826-40, MIM OIM SIM | Theodolite, 1826 = J. Nixon (1826); Rule, three-foot = ADL-A267. | may be connected with Powell and Lealand. | 24 Great Clarendon Street, Summerstown, London (1836-40). | Taylor 2(1618); G.L'E. Turner 24; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEAN, JOEL | England, c.1790, | mine manager; developed an improved miner's dial. | Cornwall. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| LEANIE AND CO. | England, OIM | Microscope = D.(1972). | Church Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEAR, ANTHONY JAMES | England, fl.1828-36, MIM PHIM | 4 Arlington Street (1828-29); 36 St. John's Lane (1832-36); both in Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1914); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| LEAVIT, JACOB | USA, 1760, MIM | Window Sundial, 1760 = USNM. | Massachusetts. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEAVITT, WILLIAM | USA, 1801-83, | may have invented a string course protractor. | Salem, Mass. | Brewington 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEBEGUE, J., ET CIE. | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globes on iron stands = Christie-SK 8/20/87 (2), Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | "éditeurs fabricants." | 30 Rue de Lille, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEBLI, S. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Thermometer = D. | Portsea Town. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEBOURS | France, MIM | Sector = D.(1968). | Lerebours? | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEBRUN, ALEXANDRE | France, c.1850, MIM | displayed at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; Salomon was his agent at 22 Red Lion Square, London. | 3 rue Chapon, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| LEBRUN, JEHAN | France, c.1642, MIM | "Chez Jehan Lebrun faiseur de sphères, astrolabes et autres instruments géometriques......"; inscription on a paper astrolabe (ICA-220) by G. Picquet at CNAM. | Rue St. Jacques, au Globe celéste, Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Price 1; Gunther 1; ICA 2; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| LEBUS, LE MAITRE | France, 1747, MIM | Variation Compass, 1747 = PMM | Paris. | Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LECLAIR | France, c.1680, MIM | Calipers, large, gilt-brass = MAD, ROU-166 = Doucet-249 = P.C. | hidden signature under the cover of the pivot; Doucet thought the date was c.1780; probably J.-B. Leclair. | Rue Dauphine à l'image Nôtre Dame, Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1; Michel 3 & 5; Evans 1; Doucet Cat.; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LECLAIR, J.-B. | France, c.1780?, MIM | probably the same as "Leclair." | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | ||
| LECLERC | France, 1527, MIM | Nocturnal, 1527 = ROU-74. | Paris. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| LECLERC, ALEXIS | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | |
| LECLERC, FRANCOIS | France, 1604, MIM | François Leclerc; brother of Jacques Leclerc. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | ||
| LECLERC, JACQUES 1 | France, 1604, MIM | brother of François Leclerc. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | ||
| LECLERC, JACQUES 2 | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | |
| LECLERC, LOUIS | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | |
| LECLERC, PIERRE 1 | France, 1715, | instument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | |
| LECLERC, PIERRE 2 | France, 1741, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | suggest correction | |
| LECOMTE, FRANCOIS | France, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer with movable scale = CNAM. | François Lecomte. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LECOUR, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1743-61, OIM | apprenticed to Matthew Loft of the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 29, 1736; free of the Company, Oct. 6, 1743; sold anamorphic images. | Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London (1761). | Taylor 2(375); Court and von Rohr 3(139). | suggest correction | |
| LECOUR, JAMES 2 | England, c.1770, OIM | apprenticed to Peter Dollond of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct 3, 1770. | London. | Taylor 2(375); Court and von Rohr 3(198). | suggest correction | |
| LEDERMULLER, MARTIN FROBIN | Germany, 1719-69, | Ledermüller; developed a simple microscope; author. | Nürnberg. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEE, GEORGE | England, c.1830, NIM | T.C. | 33 The Hard, Portsea. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEE, GEORGE, AND SON | England, fl.1847-80, MIM NIM OIM | Artificial Horizon = Soth. 11/9/59. | T.C.; "Mathematical, Optical and Nautical Instrument Makers to the Hon. Corporation of Trinity House and the Admiralty"; "established 1847." | Ordnance Row, The Hard, Portsea and 3 Palmerston Road, Southsea. | Calvert 2; O'Mara; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; Crawforth 1. | suggest correction |
| LEE, JOHN | England, c.1810, | citizen and clothworker; William Rise, an apprentice, was turned over to him by John Symons of the Grocers' Company. | J. Brown 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LEE, MRS. PHILIP | England, | misreading for Anne Lea. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LEE, NEWMARCH | England, 1824, NIM | Compass Card, 1824 = in Thomas Smith azimuth compass. | T.C. in box of Fairey octant. | Hull. | NMM 2; Moskowitz 102. | suggest correction |
| LEE, PHILLIP | misreading for Philip Lea. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LEE, S. AND S. | England, c.1830, OIM | 15 Clement Street, Leamington. | Taylor 2(1915). | suggest correction | ||
| LEECH, ABSOLOM | England, MIM | Sundial in a walking stick = OXF. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LEEK, JOHN | see John Leake. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |||
| LEENHARDT | Holland, 1779, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1779 = SPI. | Nachet thought he was German. | Michel 3; Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| LEEUWARDEN, WEDUWE SIMON VAN | Holland, c.1744, MIM NIM OIM | the widow of Simon van Leeuwarden; sold compasses, sandglasses, telescopes, sounding leads, etc. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 5. | suggest correction | |
| LEEUWENHOEK, ANTONI VAN | Holland, 1632-1723, OIM | Microscopes = LEY, NAC, DEU, UTR, Zeiss-Jena, van Heurck Coll., etc. | Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; made the first simple microscope for his own research, of which nine are known to still exist, including one in the van Heurck Coll. housed at the Antwerp Zoo. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1 & 2; van der Star 1; Dewhirst; Bradbury; Nachet; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 10, 14 and 23; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; J. van Zuylen; Darius 4. | suggest correction |
| LEFEBIERE | France, 1745, MIM NIM SIM | Telescope on Graphometer, 1745 = NMM-Si/G.14. | Etienne-Jean Lefebvre? | au Grand Turc, Paris. | NMM 2. | suggest correction |
| LEFEBRISE | France, c.1814, MIM | misreading for Lefèvre on planisphere at CNAM. | Grimaldi(987). | suggest correction | ||
| LEFEBURE | alternate spelling for Lefebvre and Lefèvre. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LEFEBURE, J. | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Level = Christie 12/18/74. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LEFEBVRE ET POULAIN | France, NIM | Protractors, marine = Versailles 11/20/83 (2). | Or LEFEBVRE ET POULIN, as suggested. | RSW; WEBDB. | suggest correction | |
| LEFEBVRE, ETIENNE-JEAN | France, d.1753, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Equatorial Sundials = NMM-D.78 and 89, WRAY, CNAM; Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = PEA, PRIN, Soth. 10/19/64; Marine Compass with alidade and level = VNN; Levels = CNAM, P.C.; Magnifier for graphometer, 1745 = NMM; etc. | perhaps son of Jean Lefèvre; sometimes signed "Lefèvre" or "Lefebure." | au Grand Turc (1745); rue de la Grande-Truanderie (1753); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Michel 1 and 3; Hamilton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEFEBVRE, J. | France, MIM | Level = Melun 6/10/79. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LEFEVER, CHARLES | England, fl.1829-58, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company. | 14 Duncan Place, Hackney, London. | Taylor 2(1620); Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| LEFEVER, GEORGE | England, c.1823, PHIM | made barometers and watches; silversmith; jeweler. | Market Place, Wisbech. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEFEVER, THOMAS | England, c.1824, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company; took apprentices. | 1 College Place, Highbury Vale, London. | Taylor 2(1621); O'Mara; Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| LEFEVRE, J. | France, 1798, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1798 = LIE. | J. Lefèvre. | Michel 9. | suggest correction | |
| LEFEVRE, JEAN | France, 1650-1706, MIM OIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Planispheres, wood and paper = CNAM; Quadrant, 1702 = Marseilles Observatory; Level with two Telescopes = CNAM; Level= Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Inkstand, travelling = Soth. 1/27/48. | Lefèvre; invented a micrometer, 1705; made instruments for the Académie des Sciences including 2 micrometers, a microscope, etc.; inkstand is probably part of an etui, it has the address on it. | au deux Globes, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEFFLER, M. | Sweden, NIM | Compass Rose, paper = GMM. | Göteborg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEFRANC, ANDRE | France, 1652, PHIM | Set of Weights, 1652 = CNAM. | André Lefranc. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | suggest correction | |
| LEFRANCOIS, A. | France, c.1850, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Soth. 1969 = ADL-N35. | "Maison Vantier et Marc Ingénieurs-Opticiens, A. Lefrançois successeur." | 174 Galerie de Valois, Palais Royal, Paris. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEGA, GERARD PETRUS RUDOLPHUS | Holland, 1773-1845, NIM | worked with his father, Ignatius Lega. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEGA, IGNATIUS | Holland, 1737-97, NIM | Compass, 1787 = AMST; Crown Compasses = AMST (1778), Christie 6/7/72. | father of Gerard Petrus Rudolphus Lega; the 1787 compass is also marked "A.K." (4). | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEGA, IGNATIUS AND GERARD PETRUS R. | Holland, c.1799, NIM | Crown Compass, 1799 = AMST | Ignatius Lega and his son, Gerard Petrus Rudolphus Lega; the compass is also marked "A.K." (4). | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | suggest correction |
| LEGEY | France, pre-1833, MIM NIM | Mathematical Instruments = CNAM; Marine Compass = CNAM; Rules = CNAM; Folding Square = ADL-W135. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEGGET, DAVID | England, fl.1832-34, MIM PHIM | 35 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1622); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| LEGRAND | France, c.1725, MIM | Graphometer = ADL-A141; Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C. | Paris. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEGRAND, C. | France, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = X. | Douai. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| LEGRIS | France, c.1840, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = La Rochelle 7/16/83; Marine Compass = OMM. | "opticien." | Le Havre. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEGROS | France, pre-1814, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | suggest correction | ||
| LEGRY | France, MIM | Hygrometer = Drouot 3/9/70. | Le Havre. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEGUIN, STEPHEN | England, c.1790, | designed a longitude-finding instrument and a new log. | Taylor 2(1004). | suggest correction | ||
| LEHEUX, R. | misreading for Lekeux. | Christie 7/28/70. | suggest correction | |||
| LEHMANN | Germany, c.1742, MIM | Hodometer = DRE. | worked for Reichsgraf Hans Löser. | Reinharz. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2; Chaldecott 4. | suggest correction |
| LEHMANN, BURKART | Germany, 1615, MIM | Instrument, 1615 = DEU-5140. | Price 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LEHNBERG, CARL | Sweden, fl.1725-68, OIM | Achromatic Telescope, 1760 = SWE. | optical instrument maker to the Royal Swedish Academy of Science from 1756 to 1768; made the first achromatic telescope in Sweden, 1760; made a member of the Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1756. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEHNER, ANDREAS | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = BEK. | Munich. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEHNER, THOMAS | Germany, 1747, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood, 1747 = DEU; Diptych Sundial, wood = Drecker Collection = P.C. | the diptych dial is for 48°. | Geiselhöring. | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEHR, FERDINAND | USA, fl.1852-54, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| LEIBNITZ, GOTTFRIED | Germany, 1646-1716, | greatly improved the calculating machine by a new method of multiplying, 1671-94; invented a small lens; author; had the idea of the aneroid barometer. | Frankfort. | Nachet; Von Mackensen 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEIGH, SAMUEL | England, c.1830, | Urania's Mirror = ADL, Soth. 10/3/88, etc. | sets of constellation cards pierced to show star locations. | 18 Strand, London. | Sperling; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEITNER, JACOB SIGMUND | Germany, c.1775, MIM SIM | Graphometer = NUR. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEITZ, E. | Germany, c.1893, OIM PHIM | Microscopes, etc. | Wetzlar. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEJARD ET CIE. | France, c.1850, MIM | Slide Rule = D.(1972). | La Maison Richer, L'Hermite, Paris. | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | |
| LEKEUX, RICHARD | England, fl.1777-1838, MIM NIM OIM | Octants = MAN (1784), GEP (1787), X, DNM, PEA, PMS, OMM, Glasgow Museums and Art Gallery/ Larvik Marine Museum, Norway/ Museo Navale, Madrid, D.(1997), etc.; Sextant = AVI; Telescope = Christie 7/28/70; Hadley's Quadrant = P.C. (1987). | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company, 1770; turned over to Walton Willcox, member of the Joiners' Company, 1775; free of the Grocers' 1777 and Fishmongers' Companies; took apprentices; octant at X is signed "R.L." | No.137 near Execution Dock, Wapping (1787-88); 137 Hermitage Bridge, Wapping; 138 Wapping High Street; 103 Wapping near Execution Dock; No. 168 near King Edward Stairs, Wapping; 13 High Street (1826); all in London. | Taylor 2(862); Garcia 1; Bryden 9; Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz 107; Crawforth 7; Coffeen 58; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LELLI, J. | England, PHIM | Thermometer = Pym Sale. | Portsea Town. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LELLI, S. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chichester. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LELLI, S. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 8/12/87. | Newport, Isle of Wight. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LELUBOIS, J. | France, c.1850, MIM | invented an accountant's slide rule; example at OXF. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| LEMAINDRE, N. | France, MIM | Equatorial Sundials, silver = MERC, P.C., P-B 1/22/54. | Blois. | Hamilton 1; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEMAIRE | see Le Maire. | suggest correction | ||||
| LEMAIRE, NICHOLAS | France, c.1730, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 4/18/88. | probably N. Le Maire, which see. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEMARDELEY | France, 1846-, OIM | microscope maker. | 127 rue de la Glacière, Paris. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LEMBKE | see Gall and Lembke. | suggest correction | ||||
| LEMIERE | France, 19th Century, OIM | Lorgnette Glass = Soth. 5/27/25; Telescope = Christie-SK 9/11/86; Monocular = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Palais Royal No. 6, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENAERTS, T.B. | France, 1770, MIM | Sundial, 1770 = Evans Coll. | Malines. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| LENEL | misreading for Lennel. | suggest correction | ||||
| LENELIN, M. | 1729, MIM | Quadrant, 1729 = Soth. 1973. | five-inch radius. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENELL | misreading for Lennel. | Cons. Nat'l 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LENFESTEY | England, c.1800, | see Le Lacheur and Lenfestey. | Guernsey. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENNEL | France, fl.1774-84, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Graphometers = D.(1988) (1775), PNM (1781), CNAM, D.(1774), OMM (1774), CZO (1778), VCW (1776), P.C. (1987) (1775), RSM (1774), Chayette 6/28/86 (1778); Meridian Telescope, 1774 = POB; Marine Compass = PNM; Water Levels = D.(1974) (1774), P.C. (1987) (1775, 1776); Mathematical Instrument Set = CNAM; Sector = USNM; Rule, folding, 1774 = CNAM; Surveyor's Compass = WHI; Telescopic Quadrant = CNAM. | "Elève et successeur de Me. Canivet à la Sphère"; "Ingénieur du Roi et de la Marine"; succeeded by his widow. | A la Sphère, Quai de l'Ecole entre le café de Parnasse et la Miroitier, Paris. | Daumas 1; Destombes 4; Cons. Nat'l 1; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; Courtanvaux; USNM; Evans 1; Wynter 1; MADEX; O. Brown 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Coffeen 20; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LENNEL, VEUVE | France, c.1784, MIM SIM | Surveying Level = Phillips 2/2/84; Alidade, box = D.(1976); Set of Drawing Instruments = Koller May, 1972. | succeeded her husband; level also marked "Département de Figeac." | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LENNEP | Germany?, fl.1780-90, PHIM | Balances = DRE (1780), (1790), (undated). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LENNEP, ELIAS A | Germany, fl.1663-94, MIM | Astrolabe = Linz Staatsgymnasium (ICA-608). | signed "Elias a Lennep Math. Cultor me fe."; mathematician. | Lennep. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | suggest correction |
| LENNEP, HEINRICH VAN | Germany, fl.1667-1710, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass, 1667 = X; Celestial Globe, 1693 = KAS. | decorated Diepel's celestial globe in 1683; finished celestial globe that was started by Burgi in 1585; see H.L. 2. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Bryden 16. | suggest correction |
| LENNEP, JOHANN HARTMANN | Germany, 1685-1753, MIM | "mechaniker." | Kassel. | Baillie 1. | suggest correction | |
| LENNIE | Scotland, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Cross-staff = FRK = RSM; Microscopes = FRK = RSM, D.(1872); Telescopes = FRK = RSM (6). | Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 1; Moskowitz 105; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENNIE AND CO. | England, OIM | Microscope, case = D.(1975). | 62 Church Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENNIE, E. | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometers = RSM, Soth.-West Sussex 6/21/83. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENNIE, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1830-80, OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 12/8/69, 5/21/73, 12/10/73. | optician. | 46 Princes Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LENOIR 1 | France, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made cicumferentors, graphometers, Borda circles, meter rods of steel, magnetic compasses, levels, rules, inclinometers, sectors, etc. which can be seen at many museums including ADL, CNAM, VCW, DRE, POB, COO, RSM, SWE, NOR, WHI, etc. | can be either Etienne or Paul Etienne Lenoir; T.C. | au dépot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, Rue ci-devant Louis Le Grand, Paris. | Daumas 1; Portuguese Inv.; Trois Siècles; Grötzsch 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; O. Brown 1; Coffeen 15; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LENOIR 2 | France, | see "Schwartz dit Lenoir." | Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LENOIR 3 | France, | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1972). | modern work; "opticien." | rue des Tournelles, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LENOIR FILS | see Paul Etienne Lenoir. | suggest correction | ||||
| LENOIR, ETIENNE | France, 1744-1832, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Measure = CNAM; Borda Circles = ADL-DPW33, CNAM, PNM, LEY, KEN, STT, USNM; Graphometers = MADEX, etc.; Sextants = KRA, WHI; Protractor with arm = P.C.; Surveying Cross = P.C.; Transit = D.(1986); Slide Rules = D.(1990), P.C., WHI. | made a dividing engine, c.1783; claimed to have invented the repeating circle; "Ingénieur du Roi pour les instruments à l'usage des sciences"; T.C.; optician. | rue de la Pelleterie (1785); No. 1, rue Basse-des-Ursins (1792); rue Cassette, 14 (post-1792); 301 rue Saint-Honoré (1810); Rue de la Place Vendôme, Hôtel du Dépot, Galerie de la Marine; au Petit Bénéfice, Quai de l'Horloge-du-Palais, No. 59 (1830); all in Paris; some his son's? | Daumas 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; Pipping 1; Michel 3; Nachet; USNM; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Delehar 9; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LENOIR, PAUL ETIENNE | France, 1776-1827, MIM OIM | son of Etienne Lenoir; made astronomical instruments; fl. 1810-27. | Paris; some listed in his father's entry may have been his. | Daumas 1; Nachet; J.A. Bennett. | suggest correction | |
| LENOIT | misreading for Lenoir. | suggest correction | ||||
| LENONE | misreading of Zenone or Zenon. | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LENT, D.E. | USA, c.1815, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D. | Rochester, N.Y. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LENTON, JOHN | England, c.1830, OIM | 14 Waingate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1916). | suggest correction | ||
| LENVIE | France, c.1810, PHIM | Barometer = Società Torricelliana, Faenza. | Paris. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LENVIRE | France, c.1789, MIM | "Ingénieur." | Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris. | suggest correction | ||
| LEO DE BALNEOLIS | see Levi ben Gerson. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |||
| LEONAE, AMERIGO | Italy, 1589, MIM | Nocturnal with Rojas Astrolabe, 1589 = NMM-N.17. | Rome. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEONE, JOHN | England, c.1830?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Soth 12/15/83. | see J. Lione 2. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEONI | sometimes a variant spelling of Leone. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| LEONI, F. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 1/19/73. | Andover. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEONI, G. | USA, fl.1837-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1971). | "Manufacturer and importer of mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments. glass-blowing in all its branches, barometers and thermometers." | New York, N.Y. | USNM; Moskowitz 102. | suggest correction |
| LEORA, P., AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Church Street, Sheffield. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEPAUTE | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 12/13/74. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LEPAUTE, HENRI | France, c.1849, OIM | Fresnel Lenses = Sankaty Light, Nantucket, Mass., Cape Hatteras | Sankaty Light now in the Nantucket Whaling Museum. | Paris. | Warner 13; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEPAUTE, JACQUES JOSEPH | France, 1779-c.1830, MIM | Planetarium Clock = Christie 3/28/73. | Jacques Joseph Lepaute de Belle Fontaine. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEPELTIER | France, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D.(1973). | St. Malo. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEPERE, GEORGE | France, 1744, OIM | Telescope, 1744 = ADL-M442. | George Lepère. | Quai de l'horloge du Palais, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEPETIT | France, NIM | Sextant = Melun 4/24/83. | signed "Lorieux, Le Petit Suc." | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEPETIT, A. | France, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie 12/18/74. | successor of A. Berthélémy. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEPETIT, ETS. | France, NIM | Circle and Sextant = Drouot 6/8/70. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LEPETTI | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, oval, silver = NOR. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEPINE | France, c.1725, MIM | Multiplying Machine = USNM. | Lépine; devised this type in 1725. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| LEPINE, JEAN | France, c.1710, MIM | Calculating Machines = CNAM, Conti Coll. = COR; Astronomical Clock = Buckingham Palace. | Jean Lépine. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Grimaldi. | suggest correction |
| LEPRIEUR | France, | see Derrien et LePrieur. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LERBONI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEREBOURS ET SECRETAN | France, 1845-55, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Holland Circle = DNM; Telescope = GEL; Microscopes = LEY, Ineichen 6/5/75, D.(1972), Cranbrook Institute of Science Michigan, Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Level = CNAM; Pantograph = COO; Resonance apparatus = TEY. | Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours and Marc Secretan. | 13 Place du Pont-Neuf, Paris. | Daumas 1; Destombes 4; Cons. Nat'l 1; van der Star 1; USNM; Wynter and Turner; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Moskowitz; Portuguese Inventory; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEREBOURS ET SECRETAN, MAISON | France, post-1855, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Auguste and Georges Secretan, cousins; TC.; "Maison Lerebours et Secretan / Secretan Successeur." | Paris. | Moskowitz 122; Warner 13. | suggest correction | |
| LEREBOURS, M.M. | France, c.1847, OIM | opticians to the Royal Observatory of Paris; sale of their work in London by Bullocks, 8/13/1847. | Paris. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | suggest correction | |
| LEREBOURS, NOEL-JEAN | France, 1761-1840, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sectors = CNAM, P.C. (1987); Telescopes = POB, CZJ (1810), Wesleyan U. (1835), USMA (1840), CNAM, La Rochelle 7/16/83, Soth. 12/13/65, ; Piezometer = USNM; Graphometers = USNM, Christie-NY 10/24/83, D.(1968); Horizontal Sundial = Versailles 11/20/83; Alidade = KRA; Rule = P.C. (1987); Standard Meter = D.(1991); etc. | appointed engineer to the king, 1789; "Opticien de l'Observatoire Royale et de la Marine et du Bureau des Longitudes"; succeeded by his son, Noël-Marie-Paymal Lerebours; worked under Louvel until 1789. | au Cloître Saint-Benoît; 69 Quai de l'Horloge (1789-93); Place de Pont-Neuf; all in Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Moskowitz 122; Michel 3; Coffeen 35; Warner 13; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEREBOURS, NOEL-MARIE-PAYMAL | France, 1794-1855, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = D; Thermometer = Soth. 10/16/86. | son of Noël-Jean Lerebours; succeeded his father in 1840; took Marc Secretan as a partner in 1845. | 13 Place du Pont-Neuf, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Poggendorff; Moskowitz 103; Warner 13; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LERGET, C. | misreading for Clerget. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| LERIEUX | misreading for Lorieux. | suggest correction | ||||
| LEROUX | France, c.1850, NIM | Octants = Randier, P.C. (1971). | St. Malo. | Randier; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEROY | see Le Roy. | suggest correction | ||||
| LERRA, CARL ANDREAS | Denmark, 1786-1871, MIM | son of Johannes F.A. Lerra. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LERRA, JOHANNES FRANCESCO ANTONIO | Denmark, b.1735, PHIM | Stick Barometers = OMM, Den Gamle By, Aarhus; Wheel Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus; Thermometer, 1789 = OMM. | instrument maker to King Fredrick V, 1761; father of Carl Andreas Lerra; see Ruspinus. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LERRA, P. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Leeds. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LERRA, P., AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = Christie 1/15/70. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LERUDE | France, | Barometer, 1743 = D.(1972). | "Opticien"; modern work. | rue St. Louis en l'ile, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LESEL, ALBRECHT | see Lösel. | Michel 3; Gouk 1; Zinner 1; Körber 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LESEL, MICHAEL | Germany, b.1591 fl.1612-29, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = NMM-D.299 (1612), STU (1613), Breslau Schles. Museum für Kunstgewerbe (1624), OXF (1629), Konstanz Rosgarten Museum (1629), GRA (1629), BM (1629), LOS, Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, ADL-N22, etc. | his mother was first married to Caspar Karner, and then to Albrecht Lösel, which see; mastermark is a crown. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Thielmann; NMM 2; USNM; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LESIEUR | France, 1818, MIM | Calendar Clock, 1818 = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LESLIE, JOHN | Scotland, 1766-1832, PHIM | Hygrometer and Differential Thermometer, Photometer = Royal Observatory of Scotland Sale, 6/19/1848. | Sir John Leslie; invented barometric scale to compute heights of mountains; invented the differential thermometer; F.R.S.; author; Professor of Mathematics, Edinburgh U., 1805-; instruments have platina scales. | Edinburgh. | Middleton 4; Taylor 2(863); USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Gunther 2; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LESLIE, ROBERT | USA, 1793, NIM | Navigating Instrument, 1793 = X. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LESNE | France, c.1810, OIM | optician and lens maker; see Boucher et Lesné. | Paris. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| LESPINASSE, DE | France, c.1780, MIM PHIM | Meridian Sundial on clock = Wallace Coll.; Barometer = Wallace Coll. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Britten. | suggest correction | |
| LESTANG | see Etang. | suggest correction | ||||
| LESUEUR | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, oval, silver = LIE, KEN. | Gisors. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| LETELLIER | France, fl.1769-77+, OIM | Microscope = CNAM. | engineer and optician; associated with Dellebarre, 1777. | rue Saint-Jacques, près Saint-Yves (1777); au Microscope, quay des Augustins, vis-à-vis le Pont-Neuf (later); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | suggest correction |
| LETH, H. DE | Holland, pre-1760, MIM | Planetarium = Clifford Coll.(1760). | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LETTER, J.B. | Switzerland, c.1730, MIM | Table Clock = ADL-M388. | Zug. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LETTI AND CO. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 10/2/70. | Leeds. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LETZEN, B. DE | Germany, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial, circular = TIM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LEUNEUX | France, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Christie-NY 4/3/85. | Versailles. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEUPOLD, JACOB | Germany, 1674-1727, MIM PHIM SIM | Air Pump, 1709 = DRE; Water Levels = KAS. | author; most work dated 1699-1709; mechanic; Saxon Commissioner of Works and Mining, 1701-25; made a walking-stick barometer. | Leipzig. | Grötzsch 2; Michel 3; Dawson 21 (1971); Middleton 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEUTMANN, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1725-1757, MIM OIM PHIM | clergyman; improved the pivot for weather vanes; designed a simple microscope; developed several variant barometers. | Dabrun. | Nachet; Middleton 1 and 4; Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEUTPOLD, JACOB | see Leupold. | Crommelin 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LEVASSEUR | France, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | rue Grand Pont, No. 5, ci-devant la Rue Beau Voisine, Rouen. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEVASSEUR, E. | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LEVER, STEPHEN | England, fl.1675-77, MIM | master craftsman; made instruments. | Duck Lane, London. | Taylor 1(384). | suggest correction | |
| LEVERTON | England, post-1776, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = HAM, Stadt Museum Abenrå, Denmark. | one of them marked "Hans Hinrich Koch", surely owner; O'Mara thought he was probably John L. Leverton of Liverpool. | O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEVERTON, JOHN L. | England, fl.1766-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrants = NMM (1777), FIN (1783); Stick Barometer = X.; Cuff-type Microscope = Phillips 5/14/74. | see Leverton; the NMM quadrant was made for Peter Richards, the one at FIN for William Tyler; most of the instruments are signed "Leverton." | Water Street (1766-69); Pool Lane (1772); 30 Pool Street (1774); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(742); Goodison 1; O'Mara; Bryden 9; NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEVEY, J. | Ireland, fl.1833-35, OIM | optician and jeweler. | 39 Mary Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| LEVI BEN GERSON | Spain; France, 1288-1344, | astronomer and mathematician; invented the Jacob or cross-staff, the transvesal scale for subdividing angles and the camera obscura; author. | Catalonia; Bagnols; Perpignan. | B. Goldstein 1, 2, 3 and 4; DSB; Daumas 1; Michel 2; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| LEVI, ISAIAH | England, fl.1822-41, PHIM | watch and clockmaker; see J. Levy. | Lord Street (1822-35); Silver Street (1841); both in Gainesborough. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEVI, JACOB | England, c.1775, OIM | spectacle maker. | 14 Temple Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| LEVI, MOSES | England, fl.1839-46?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Christie-SK 10/20/89. | may be Moses Levy. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEVI, SAMUEL | England?, pre-1782, | invented a calculating machine. | Courtanvaux. | suggest correction | ||
| LEVIL, P. | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | George Yard, Lombard Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEVIN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/3/70, Christie 6/30/89; Marine Barometers = X, Christie 6/30/89, etc. | wheel barometer from Christie is signed "Leven Penzance." | Penzance. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEVIN, M. AND E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEVIN, P. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = Bernard Coll. = NMM-Caird. | probably P. Sevin. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEVITT | England, fl.1816-42, PHIM | partner with Morris Tobias as Tobias and Levitt, which see. | 31 Minories, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEVY, H. AND L. | England, fl.1793-94, OIM | opticians. | Temple Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| LEVY, J. | PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | variant spelling for Isaiah Levi? | Gainesborough. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LEVY, MOSES | variant spelling for Moses Levi? | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| LEWELIN, M. | England?, 1729, MIM | Quadrant, 1729 = Soth. 12/10/73. | also marked "M.L." and "T.J." 1. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEWENBERG, LEON | USA, pre-1839, OIM | Telescope = X. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LEWER, JAMES | England, | T.C.; may have only sold instruments. | at ye Elephant and Rising Sun, five doors from Friday Street in Cheapside, London. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| LEWIS | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Poole. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LEWIS AND BRIGGS | England, c.1766, MIM | Slide Rule = USNM. | made gauging instruments. | 52 Bow Line, Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(623); USNM. | suggest correction |
| LEWIS AND ROSS | England, c.1820, MIM PHIM | 96 Brick Lane, Spitalfields, London. | Taylor 2(1624). | suggest correction | ||
| LEWIS, ELLIS | USA, c.1858, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1982). | "clock and mathematical instrument maker." | Rockingham County, Va. | Coffeen B. | suggest correction |
| LEWIS, JOHANNES | Ireland, MIM | Compass Sundial = P.C. (1988). | John Lewis 2. | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEWIS, JOHN 1 | England, d.1621, NIM | compass maker. | St. Katherine's, the Tower, London. | Taylor 1(102); RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEWIS, JOHN 2 | Ireland, fl.1679-88, MIM SIM | Sundial, 1684 = Christie 10/12/65; Circumferentor, 1688 = Maynooth College; Garden Sundial = D.(1966); Compass Sundial = P.C. (1988). | the Christie sundial is signed "Johans Lewis Dublin fecit 1684"; the sundial in the private collection is signed "Johannes Lewis Dublin." | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LEWIS, W. | England, c.1727, | made metal tubes for telescopes. | 2 Rose Street, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(192). | suggest correction | |
| LEY, JOHN | England, c.1707, MIM | apprenticed to John Randall of the Grocers' Company on Dec.9,1707. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LEYBOURN, WILLIAM | England, 1626-1716, MIM | wrote many books on dialing and surveying; made garden sundials "both fixed and movable." | Monkswell Street, Cripplegate, London (c.1645); on the road between Acton and Uxbridge, Southhall, 3 miles from Brainford. | Taylor 1(222); G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LEYDEKKENS, C. | Holland, fl.1845-47, NIM PHIM | Magnet, horseshoe = LEY. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LHEUREUX | France, c.1750, MIM | Garden Sundial = Koller, May, 1972. | L'Heureux?; the dial is also marked "L.M." (5). | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIAIS, EMMANUEL | France, c.1850, PHIM | invented an azimuth instrument made by Jose Maria dos Reis, which see; author; made barometers. | Middleton 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LIBAERTS, ELISEUS | Belgium, fl.1562-64, MIM | Celestial Globe = Historisches Museum, Dresden. | on Christian II horse armor. | Antwerp. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LIBERATUS, FR. KARL | Germany, 1766, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1766 = OXF(?). | Augsburg; Baden. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| LIBHER | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Christie 12/18/74. | Munich. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIBRERIA ESCOLAR CARBONELL Y ESTERA | Spain, c.1850, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Neumarkt 6/1/72. | the Carbonell and Estera School Library? | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIDDELL, DUNCAN | Scotland, fl.1634-37, | may have designed a staff for gauging and surveying. | Aberdeen. | Taylor 1(179). | suggest correction | |
| LIDDELL, J.J. | Scotland, fl.1840-58, MIM OIM PHIM | made levels; exhibited in the Great Exhbition, London, 1851. | 3 Hanover Street (1843-57); 91 South Bridge (1858); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| LIDDLE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1819-33, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | successor to Finney and Liddle, Joseph Finney 2; clockmaker; the barometer is signed "William Liddell Edinburgh." | 3 North Bank Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| LIEBERKUHN, JOHANN NATHANIEL | Germany England, 1719-69, OIM | Telescope, 1755 = DRE. | Lieberkühn; doctor; developed a type of simple microscope also a solar microscope with Fahrenheit which was introduced into England in 1740. | London (1740). | Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet; Evans 1; Dewhirst; RSW; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| LIEBFRIED, CHRISTOPHER | Germany, 1596, | designed an astronomical compendium in 1596; Lynden made it in 1598. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIEBHERR, JOSEPH | Germany, 1767-1840, MIM OIM | see Utzschneider und Liebherr; Reichenbach, Utzschneider und Liebherr. | Immenstadt; Munich. | Baillie 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIEBHERR, VET | Germany, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = DEU. | Landshut. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LIEBISCH, F.A. | Germany, 1820, MIM OIM SIM | Theodolite, 1820 = DRE; Telescope = DRE. | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2; Drechsler 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIEBLICH | Germany, OIM | Telescope on stand = KRA. | Dresden. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIEFRING, B. | 1795, NIM | Octant, 1795 = WHI. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LIERA, FABIO | Italy, c.1625, MIM | made precision instruments; pupil of Simone Barocci. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1. | suggest correction | |
| LIFORD, JOHN | England, post-1740, MIM OIM | T.C. in telescope box. | at Euclid's Head opposite the New Church in the Strand, London. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | |
| LIGEON | France, 18th Century, | possibly a misreading of Pigeon. | Paris. | Michel 1 & 3; | suggest correction | |
| LIGEON, ARON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = LOU, P-B 1/31/53. | misreading for Pigeon? | Michel 1 & 3; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIGHTFOOT, PETER | England, c.1335, MIM | sundial maker. | Glastonbury. | Baillie 1. | suggest correction | |
| LIGNAMINE, CHRISTOPHORUS | Italy, 1799, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, wood, 1799 = OXF. | the initial "L" is part of a complicated logo. | Rome. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LILBERRAD | misreading for Silberrad. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| LILIENFELD, NIKOLAUS | Sweden?, 1499, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1499 = Nicholas Church, Stralsund. | Stralsund. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| LILJEMARK, CARL PETTER | Sweden, c.1760, MIM | apprenticed to J.Z. Steinholtz, 1760. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | |
| LILLE, MARTIN | England, c.1669, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on May 6, 1669. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LILLEY AND REYNOLDS LTD | England, 1880-, MIM NIM | firm of John Lilley and Son(s) merged with William Reynolds in 1880. | London. | Brewington 1. | suggest correction | |
| LILLEY AND SON | England, fl.1835-75+, MIM NIM PHIM | Patent Course Indicator = LIM; Octant = D.(1974); Sextants = WHI, Soth. 4/26/71, D.(1982); Navigating Instrument = Soth. 4/27/72; Anemometer = WHI; Marine Barometer = X; Folding Square = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | John Lilley and son; T.C. of John Lilley in one box where the insrument is signed Lilley and Son; the folding square is signed "Lilley et Fils." | 7 Jamaica Terrace, Limehouse, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; Coffeen B; Bennett 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LILLEY AND SONS | England, NIM | Sextants = Phillips 5/20/75, D.(1969). | see John Lilley and Sons Ltd. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LILLEY, JAMES ARCHER | England, c.1801, MIM | a carpenter in the Merchant Taylors' Company; took John Lilley (MIM) as an apprentice on Oct. 7, 1801. | London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| LILLEY, JOHN | England, fl.1811-45, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 25, 1801; re-apprenticed to James Archer Lilley, a carpenter in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Oct. 7, 1801; probably trained by Michael Dancer; free of the Merchant Taylors' Company, Feb. 6, 1811; T.C.; took apprentices; see John Lilley and Son, Lilley and Son, and Lilley and Sons. | Jamaica Terrace, Commercial Road, near the West India Docks, London. | Brewington 1; Crawforth 1, 7 and 8. | suggest correction | |
| LILLEY, JOHN, AND SON | England, fl.1826-75, MIM NIM | Instruments = KEN, WHI, X; Clinometer = D.(1976). | T.C.; see Lilley and Son, Lilley and Sons, John Lilley and Sons Ltd. | 7 Jamaica Terrace (1826-63); Commercial Road, Limehouse and 9 London Street, Fenchurch Street (1868-75); all in London. | Taylor 2(1625); Brewington 1; NMM 2; Calvert 2; USNM; Roux Devilas 66; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LILLEY, JOHN, AND SONS LTD. | England, c.1880, MIM NIM | Marine Compass = X. | London and North Shields. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LILLY AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1834-44, PHIM | see S. Lilly 2, Stephen Lilly; made barometers; carvers and gilders. | Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LILLY AND RIVOLTA | Scotland, fl.1844-45, PHIM | barometer makers; carvers, etc.; probably Stephen Lilly; Rivolta 1. | Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LILLY, S. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LILLY, S. 2 | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Christie-SK 4/17/86. | probably Stephen Lilly. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LILLY, STEPHEN | Scotland, fl.1812-32, PHIM | looking glass and barometer maker; probably S. Lilly 2. | Candlemaker Row, Edinburgh. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LILY AND SON | England, post-1837, MIM | "Ecliptic"? instrument with compass = Christie 12/18/74. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIMBACH, F. | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sextant, ebony, ivory and brass = Soth. 10/3/88. | Hull. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LINCOLN, CHARLES | England, c.1744-1807, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Armillary Sphere = NMM; Stick Barometers = X, Halloway's Auction, Banbury 5/1/90; Microscopes = CZO, P.C. (1869), D.(1975); Telescopes = VCW, Court Coll., Drouot Richelieu 11/28/88; Christie 5/15/73. Soth. 7/29/69, P.C. (1969); Pantograph = D.(1973); Horizontal Sundial = Phillips 7/28/82; Level = Soth. 12/13/65; Cicumferentor = D.(1994). | son of Thomas Lincoln; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1758; free by Patrimony on April 1, 1762; Master of the Company, 1787-90; took apprentices. | Cornhill near the Poultry (1763); Head of Sir Isaac Newton, 62 Leadenhall Street (1791-1801); both in London. | Taylor 2(624); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(171); Dewhirst; Bryden 9; Daumas 1; NMM 2; USNM; Moskowitz 107; Garcelon 33; Gemmary III; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LINCOLN, F.W., JR. AND CO. | USA, fl.1858-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Mariner's Compass = X; Transits = HAR, D.(1976); Tell-tale Compass = Eldred 7/26/73; Octant = PMS. | Frederic Walker Lincoln, Jr.; took his apprentice, Charles C. Hutchinson, as a partner; T.C. | at the Sign of Mercury and the Quadrant, 126 Commercial Street, corner of Richmond Street, Boston, Mass. | Bryden 9; Smart 1; Moskowitz; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LINCOLN, FREDERIC WALKER, JR. | USA, 1817-98, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Transit = GUR; Marine Compass = OMM; Octants and Dry Card Compass = MYS. | grandson of Paul Revere; apprenticed to Gedney King, 1830; flourished 1839-58 alone; took Charles C. Hutchinson, his apprentice, as a partner in 1858; T.C.; most instruments signed "F.W. Lincoln, Jr."; Mayor of Boston; T.C. | 62 Commercial Street (1839-53); at the Sign of Mercury and Quadrant, 136 Commercial Street (1853-58); 126 Commercial Street (1856-58); all in Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Price 2; USNM; Moskowitz; D.J. Warner 10; Garcelon 33; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LINCOLN, FREDERICK | USA, MIM | Magnetic Compass = D.(1965). | probably F.W. Lincoln, Jr. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LINCOLN, JOSHUA R. | USA, NIM | compassmaker; Thomas Wightman engraved the compass cards. | Warner 12. | suggest correction | ||
| LINCOLN, T. | 1803, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1803 = P.C. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| LINCOLN, THOMAS | England, fl.1716-50, OIM | apprenticed to Matthew Cooberow of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1709; free of the Company on Oct. 3, 1716; took apprentices; Master of the Company 1746-47. | at St. Bartholomew's the Less (1749); Leadenhall; both in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(87); Robischon. | suggest correction | |
| LIND, DR. | England, pre-1781, PHIM | Barometer = Martin's Sale, 3/8/1781? | probably James Lind. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIND, JAMES | Scotland; England, 1736-1812, PHIM | Anemometer = William Wales (1772); Clinometers = RSM, OXF, UTR. | scientist; F.R.S., 1777; designed a pocket clinometer and an anemometer in 1775. | Edinburgh; Windsor. | Taylor 2(504); Bryden 3; Middleton 4; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. | suggest correction |
| LIND, NILS | Sweden, c.1770, MIM | Sundial = STT. | made unusual sundials. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1, pp. 199-200. | suggest correction |
| LINDEN | see Lynden. | Zinner 1; Ward 4; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |||
| LINDERMAN, HENDRIK | Holland, c.1780, PHIM | Balance, steel = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | Deze Gewigte werden gemaakt on verkogt te Amsterdam. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LINDERMAN, JAN | Holland, 1740-1809, PHIM | Coin Balances = D.(1980), Soth. 10/3/88. | Amsterdam. | Wynter 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LINDERMAN, JOANNES | Holland, c.1775, PHIM | Jeweler's Balance = WHI. | op de Beurs en in de Kalverstraat naast de Kerk de Papegay in de Goud Balans, Amsterdam. | O. Brown 2. | suggest correction | |
| LINDERMAN, WILLEM | Holland, c.1811, PHIM | balance maker. | Nieuwendijk by Dam no. 10, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| LINDERSTRUB, GOTTLIEB NIKLAUS | Switzerland, 1803-73, MIM | Instrument, 1840 = BASH. | "mechaniker." | Basel. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LINDHOLM, C.L. | Sweden, fl.1851-64, MIM | apprenticed in 1836; in business, 1851. | Snickarbacken 5, Stockholm (1864). | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | |
| LINDIG, M. | Germany, c.1800, MIM OIM SIM | Levelling Instrument = DRE; Telescopic Alidade = DRE. | Dresden. | Grötzsch 2. | suggest correction | |
| LINDQUIST, C.A. | Sweden, 1828-1905, MIM PHIM | specialized in laboratory balances. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | |
| LINDQUIST, J.W. | Sweden, fl.1830-45, MIM | Malm skillnadsgaten 60, Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LINDSAY, GEORGE | England, fl.1728-76, OIM | Microscopes = PYM, WHI (1742), Royal Microscopical Society, P.C., Soth. 7/29/69 and 6/9/80; Telescope = OXF; Microscope, pocket, silver = KEN. | T.C.; invented a type of simple microscope; held the first patent on a portable microscope in 1743; "Watchmaker to His Majesty and the Princess Dowager"; clockmaker to George II; some of the microscopes are marked "Geo: Lindsay Inv. & Fec." | at the Dial, facing the Fountain Tavern, near St. Catherine's Street, in the Strand, London. | Taylor 2(193); Evans 1; Maddison 1; Nachet; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Bryden 11; A.J. Turner 10; Millburn 8; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LINDSON, J. BERGER | Norway?, fl.1797-1809, MIM | Vertical Sundials = NOR (1797, 1809, undated). | many more unsigned. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LINE, FRANCIS | see Francis Hall. | Taylor 1(133). | suggest correction | |||
| LINERIIS, JEAN DE | see John of Lignères. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |||
| LINGE, IOHAN | Germany?, 1684, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, copper, 1684 = MUN. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LINGER, HANS RUDOLPH DEN | Germany, 1613, MIM | Dividers, 1613 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LINGFORD, JOHN | England, fl.1793-1835 ?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably jeweller and ironmonger (fl.1793-1835). | Market Hill (1793-1814); Parliament Street (1835); 5 Milton Street (1835); all in Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LINGKE | Germany, c.1850, MIM PHIM SIM | Assay Kit = P.C. (1970); Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | Freiberg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LINGKE AND CO. | Germany, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Illinois State Museum. | Berlin. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LINNELL, GEORGE | England, fl.1769-1804, OIM | probably son of Joseph Linnell 1; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, Sept. 12, 1769; took apprentices; optician. | Goldsmith Street, St. Gough Square; 14 Cowlane (1804); both in London. | Taylor 2(625); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(184); Robischon. | suggest correction | |
| LINNELL, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1763-75, MIM OIM PHIM | Angle Barometers = X, Christie 5/26/76; Universal Ring Sundial = NMM-D.259. | apprenticed to Robert Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1754; turned over to Avis Sterrop, June 28, 1756; turned over to Mary Sterrop, Oct. 1, 1760; free of the Company on June 30, 1763 (Taylor said apprenticed to James Ayscough in 1754); succeeded James Ayscough in 1763; T.C.; "The Original Shop for Crown Glass Spectacles"; "optician." | St, Giles, Cripplegate; the Great Golden Spectacles and Quadrant, 33 Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's (1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(505); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(167); NMM 2; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Robischon; RSW; Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| LINNELL, JOSEPH 2 | England, c.1774, OIM | apprenticed to Robert Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1774; Robischon thought he was apprenticed to Joseph Linnell 1. | Court and von Rohr 3(204); Robischon. | suggest correction | ||
| LINNELL, ROBERT | England, fl.1754-74, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1747; free of the Company, Oct. 3, 1754; took apprentices. | London. | Court and von Rohr 3(166). | suggest correction | |
| LINNICH, NICLAES | Germany, 1766, NIM | Crown Compass, 1766 = D.(1986) = Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum. | Altoona. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LINSENBARTH, O. | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Rod for liquid measure = DRE. | Eisenach. | Grötzsch 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LIOBAR | France, 1789, MIM | Sundial, 1789 = Veynins, Isère. | Gatty 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LIONE AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | see James Lione. | 81 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LIONE AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1820-36, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Dominick Lione. | 14 Brook Street (1820); 16 Brook Street (1821-36); both in London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LIONE AND FARONI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LIONE AND SOMALVICO | England, fl.1805-20, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 6/6/75 and 7/21/83, Christie-SK 9/11/86 and 1/22/87; Barometers = Soth. 7/3/70 and 7/31/70, Christie 7/6/72; Barometer in clock = D.(1971). | Dominick Lione and Joseph Somalvico 1. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street, Holborn (1811-20; 16 Brook Street, Holborn; all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LIONE AND TARONE | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LIONE, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LIONE, D., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 10/20/89. | probably Dominick Lione with Joseph Somalvico 1 or another maker. | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LIONE, DOMINICK | England, fl.1805-36, PHIM | made barometers; partner with Joseph Somalvico 1, 1805-19, as Lione and Somalvico and as Lione, Somalvico and Co.; see Lione and Co. 2; on his own, 1820-36. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street (1811-20); 16 Brook Street; all in London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LIONE, J. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C., Soth. 2/19/87. | probably James Lione. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LIONE, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see John Leone. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LIONE, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4). | two are signed "Jas. Lione." | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LIONE, SOMALVICO AND CO. | England, fl.1805-19, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C., X, Christie 10/5/72, Soth. 3/7/75, 7/16/76 & 12/15/83, Soth.-Pulborough 3/31/83; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/2/83, D.(1976); etc. | opticians; many examples survive from both addresses; Dominick Lione and Joseph Somalvico 1; see Lione and Somalvico, D., Lione and Co., Somalvico, Lione and Co. | 125 Holborn Hill (1805-07); 14 Brook Street (1811-19); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1378); RSW. | suggest correction |
| LIONI | see Leone, Lione. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| LIPPERSHEY, HANS | Holland, fl.1594-1619, OIM | Telescope = LUN. | spectacle maker; claimed to have made the first telescope; applied, unsuccessfully for a patent for it in 1608; developed a microscope. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Wynter and Turner; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| LIPPERSHEY, JEAN | see Hans Lippershey. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |||
| LISCOMB, JOHN | USA, c. 1800, | probably owner; marked on a garden sundial signed "I.W." (4) which see. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LISIEUX, PERE ET FILS | France, OIM | Solar Microscope = D.(1969). | Lisieux père et fils. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LISTER, JOSEPH JACKSON | England, 1786-1869, OIM | invented a new achromatic microscope; F.R.S., 1832. | Taylor 2(1174); G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| LISTER, THOMAS | England, 1745-1814, MIM | Orrery = University Museum, Glasgow. | made orreries designed by Joseph Priestley; clockmaker. | Halifax; Yorkshire. | Taylor 2(282); Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| LISTER, WILLIAM | England, MIM | T.C.; sold second-hand chronometers. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| LISTER, WILLIAM, AND SONS | England, c.1846, NIM | T.C.; made chronometers. | Newcastle. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| LISTON, D. | England?, 1772, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1772 = BRU. | Morpurgo 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LITTLEWORT | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | could be George or William Littlewort. | Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LITTLEWORT, GEORGE | England, fl.1826-48, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 11 Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London (1836-40). | Taylor 2(2169); O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LITTLEWORT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1824-48, MIM OIM PHIM | 7 Ball Alley, Lombard Street, London. | Taylor 2(1626); Dewhirst; O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LITTLEWORTH, W. | England, fl.1822-23, OIM | optician. | 7 Upper East Smithfield, London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| LITTMAN, E. | Sweden, c.1850, MIM | had a display at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Stockholm. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| LITTMANN, CHRISTIAN EDWARD | Germany; Sweden, 1804-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = STT (1836), SWE; Dip Needle = SWE; Rule = SWE; Balance = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | instrument maker to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 1833-56; made many fine instruments. | Halle; Munich (1827-32); Stockholm. | Pipping 1 and 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LIVEING AND DEWAR | England, pre-1880, | George D. Liveing and Sir James Dewar; designed a direct vision spectroscope. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| LIVEING, GEORGE D. | England, 1827-1924, | see Liveing and Dewar. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| LIVINGS, JOHN | England, fl.1840-47, MIM OIM | optician. | 136 Goswell Street (1840); 103 Rahere Street, Goswell Street (1847); both in London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| LIVINGSTON, PETER R. | USA, c.1781, MIM | filed a payment claim for a plane table he had provided to the U.S. Surveying Department; maker or dealer? | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| LIZARS, J. | Scotland; Englandfl.1858-1900+, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = FRK = RSM (4), P.C., Christie-SK 4/17/86; Barograph with Thermometer = Christie 11/22/78; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Magic Lantern = FRK = RSM; Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | optician; dealer. | 16 Glassford Street, Glasgow; Glasgow and London; Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 1; Moskowitz 132; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LLOYD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hereford. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LLOYD, JOHN 1 | England, 1740, NIM | Backstaff, 1740 = Christie-SK 11/2/95. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LLOYD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1769, | apprenticed to John Cuff of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 14, 1765; turned over to Henry Raines Shuttleworth of the Company on July 7, 1769. | Court and von Rohr 3(191); RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LOAM, MICHAEL | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie 3/29/60. | Hampton, Middlesex. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOCK | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Oxford. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOCKE, JOHN | USA, 1792-1856, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = USNM. | a medical doctor; invented an orrery made by Aaron Willard Jr.; patented a type of surveying compass; invented an electro-chronograph and a collimating level; did research on magnetism; Professor of Chemistry, Ohio Medical College; it may be that there are two John Lockes. | Boston, Mass.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Newark, Ohio. | Smart 1; D.J. Warner 6; USNM. | suggest correction |
| LOCKERSON, JAMES | England, c.1582, MIM | worked in wood. | near the Conduit at Dow Gate, London. | Gunther 4; Taylor 1(64); Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| LOCKWOOD, ANTHONY | England, c.1818, | designed a new universal compass. | Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London. | Taylor 2(1379). | suggest correction | |
| LOCKWOOD, J.J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 9/23/88. | the Christie barometer is signed "J. Lockwood Preston" and marked "Warranted Correct." | Preston. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LODWICK, ABRAHAM | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on April 27, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LOEBER, CHARLES | Germany; USA, 1826-1906, MIM OIM SIM | partner with James M. Shanahan as Shanahan and Loeber, 1853-56; may have also worked for Stackpole and Bro. | 181 William (1854-55); 50 1/2 Fulton (1855-56); Fulton Street, New York and 18 Rush, Brooklyn (1873); both in N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOEBL, MATTHIAS | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 5/20/1895. | Weissenburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOESER | see Löser. | Chaldecott 4. | suggest correction | |||
| LOEWENSTAMM | Germany, c.1768, OIM | made telescopes and other observatory instruments. | Dresden; Frankfort (1768-). | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOFT, MATTHEW | England, 1697-1748, OIM | Microscopes = KEN, OXF, NOR, LEY, WHI, LOS, Uppsala U., etc.; Telescopes = U. of Nottingham, D.(1975), etc. | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Aug. 15, 1711; free of the Company on Jan. 12, 1720; Master of the Company 1744-45; took apprentices; T.C. | at the Golden Spectacles in Threadneedle Street, fronting on the North Gate of the Royal Exchange (backside of the Exchange); Reflecting Telescope and Hadley's Quadrant in Cornhill; both in London. | Taylor 1(562) and 2(86); Court and von Rohr 3(90); Maddison 1; Chaldecott 1; Fürst; Wynter 2; Daumas 1; van der Star 1; RSW; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Robischon. | suggest correction |
| LOFTUS | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Hydrometers = D.(1974), K. & C. 4/7/76, D.(1976), etc. Double Slide Rule = D.(1976); Gauger Set = D.; Stick Barometer = Christie 4/26/90. | many of the hygrometers are marked "maker to the Revenue." | 146 Oxford Street, London. | Moskowitz ; Coffeen II; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOFTUS, W.R., LTD. | England, c.1875, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometer = Phillips 7/28/82. | also made thermometers; Turner indicated 821 Oxford Street. | 321 Oxford Street, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOFTUS, WILLIAM R. | England, c.1869, MIM PHIM SIM | later became W.R. Loftus Ltd. | 321 Oxford Street; 146 Oxford Street (W); both in London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| LOGEMAN EN FUNCKLER | Holland, fl.1859-60, PHIM | Hydraulic Press, 1858 = TEY. | Logeman en Fünckler. | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24. | suggest correction | |
| LOGEMAN, WILLEM MARTINUS | Holland, 1835-60, NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = LEY, KAS; Foucalt Pendulum, 1856 = TEY; Resonator, 1848 = TEY; Galvanometer = TEY; Compass, 1852 = P.C. | had display in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; worked with F.W. Fünckler, 1858-60. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crommelin 1; Middleton 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOISEAU | France, 1841, MIM | succeeded Huette in 1841. | Paris. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |
| LOKEUX | misreading for Lekeux. | Garcia 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LOMAS, H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X and Adlington Hall(2), D.(1996). | the barometers at Adlington Hall are signed "Lomas." | Adlington. | Goodison 1; ATG 3/15/97. | suggest correction |
| LOMAS, RICHARD | England, c.1794, MIM | member of the Wheelwrights' Company; took over Richard Burnell as an apprentice from Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 12, 1794. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOMBARDELLUS | 1559, | see Ioannes Lombardellus Castellanus Masse | Lombardy? | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOMBARDINI | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a dealer. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LOMBARDINI AND CASTELETTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Salop = Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOMBARDINI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LOMBARDINI BROS. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Manchester. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LOMBARDINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 11/27/86, Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Bristol. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOMBARDINI, FRANCIS | England, c.1844, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "F. Lombardini Totnes." | Fore Street, Totnes. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| LOMBARDINI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LOMBARDINI, S. | England, post-1850, PHIM | barometers; looking-glass maker. | Lower Castle Street, Bristol. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LOMBARDINI, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1997). | Huddersfield. | ATG 3/1/97. | suggest correction | |
| LOMMEL, JOHANN LEONHARDT | Germany, c.1620, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = OXF. | Gunther No. 345. | Nürnberg. | Michel 2; Gunther 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| LOMMERS, JACOBUS | Holland, fl.1751-65, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = UTR (1751), DEU (1760), LEY; Telescope, 1765 = AMST; Optical Instruments = LEY. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Daumas 1; Crommelin 1; van der Star 1; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| LOND, B. | misreading for Bloud. | Marouf 10/3/70. | suggest correction | |||
| LONDON STEREOSCOPIC CO. | England, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = P.C. | "new patent jewel Kaleidoscope." | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LONE, J.C.P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | may be Love. | 113 High Holborn, Lomdon. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LONG | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant, ebony and ivory = Bearnes 1/27/88. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LONG AND JOHNSON | England, fl.1785-1810, MIM OIM PHIM | Spyglasses = WHI-977, P.C. | James Long and Johnson. | at the North Gate of the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(626); Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(197); Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
| LONG, A.J. | England, late 19th Century, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometer = Soth.-B 12/21/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LONG, ENOCH | USA, 1763, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass with Sundial, 1763 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord. | surveyor. | Hopkinton, New Hamp. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction |
| LONG, ENOCH, JR. | USA, c.1763, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood, 1763 = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord. | surveyor. | Hopkinton, New Hampshire. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction |
| LONG, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Tiverton. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LONG, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | probably James or Joseph Long. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LONG, JAMES | England, fl.1781-1817, MIM OIM PHIM | Drawing Instrument Set = Soth. 1/22/73; Telescopes = X, CZJ, etc.; Sundials = Soth. 9/20/83, etc.; Stick Barometers = X(4); Wheel Barometers = X (3); Air Pump = CNAM; Microscope = Soth. 10/28/86. | apprenticed to Edward Nairne of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Aug. 14, 1769; free of the Company on Oct. 30, 1781; Master of the Company, 1805-07; partner with Johnson, as Long and Johnson, 1785-1810; optician; patented a sympiesometer; T.C.; succeeded by James Smith 1. | at the North Gate of the Royal Exchange ; 4 Back of the Royal Exchange (1817-); both in London. | Taylor 2(626); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(197); Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LONG, JOSEPH | England, fl.1820-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Sector = P.C.; Stick Barometer = X; Microscope = Christie 11/22/78; Hydrometers = OXF, KEN, WHI, USNM, P.C., D., Norwich Castle Museum; Thermometers = P.C., D.; Slide Rules, ivory = D., Soth. 10/17/60; Slide Rule, double = D.(1973; Rule = D.(1988). | Taylor thought there might be two people; "Maker to the Indian and Colonial Governments." | 136 Goswell Street, Clerkenwell; 20 Little Tower Street (1820-29); South Tower Street; 43 Eastcheap; all in London. | Taylor 2(1631 and 1632); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz 106; Calvert 2; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; McConnell 4; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LONG, JOSH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Joseph Long. | 20 Little Tower Street, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LONG, SOLOMON | England, fl.1686-91, MIM | erected sundials. | near the Pump in Little Britain, London. | Taylor 1(444). | suggest correction | |
| LONGLAND, WILLIAM | England, fl.1674-1722, OIM | Telescopes = NMM-O.115/9102c, Stuart Art Exhibition, 1686. | apprenticed to Joseph Howe of the Broderers' Company through the Spectaclemakers' Company on Jan. 27, 1668; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 2, 1674; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company 1686-87 and 1694-95. | The Ship, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 1(321) & 2(87); NMM 2; Court and von Rohr 3(35); Clay and Court; Evans 1; Dewhirst; J. Brown 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LONGMAN, JAMES | England, c.1786, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company before 1786; took an apprentice. | 26 Cheapside, London. | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(208). | suggest correction | |
| LONGONI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LOOF JUNR, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86 and 4/24/82, Bearnes 1/24/90. | "Watch and Clockmaker." | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOOIJ, ARENT | Holland, c.1744, NIM | made compasses. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 & 5. | suggest correction | |
| LOON, HAN A | Holland, c.1680, NIM | Quadrant = UTR. | "Han à Loon fecit T'Amsterdam by Joannes van Keulen." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction |
| LOOS 1 | Germany, c.1810, PHIM | tried to improve Fortin-type barometer; may be same man as Loos 2. | Büdingen. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOOS 2 | Germany, c.1825, PHIM | tried to improve De Luc-type barometer; may be same man as Loos 1. | Darmstadt. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOOS, DANIEL FREDERICK | Germany, 1735-1819, MIM | Pocket Almanac, silver, 1805 = Soth. 12/3/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LOOS, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1738, PHIM | made nested weights; master mark was three crowns, later used by Carl Gottlieb Lorenz, c.1795. | Nürnberg. | Koller 11/17/75. | suggest correction | |
| LOOT, JOH. | Holland, 18th Century, PHIM | thermometer maker; probably Johannis Loots. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOOTS, JOHANNIS | Holland, c.1665-1726, MIM NIM PHIM | Cross-staves, = BRO (1716), Museum für Meereskunde, Berlin (1729) (lost); Astrolabe = BOM 3/28/06 or 10; Astronomical Instrument = BOM 3/28/06 or 10; Quadrant, wood = UTR. | "Boekverkooper en Graadbooghmaaker." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Belgian Inventory; Darius 4. | suggest correction |
| LOOTSMAN, JACOB THEUNIS | Holland, d.1679, NIM | cross-staff maker and bookseller. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | ||
| LORAIN | France, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LORDELLE | France, fl.1742-46, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, WRAY, NOR (1743); Graphometer, 1742 = NAC; Mathematical Instrument Set = WRAY; Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C.(1969). | Nachet stated that Lordelle was the successor to Bion. | à la Sphère, Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1; NMM 2; MADEX; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORDETTE | France, | misreading for Lordelle. | WRAY. | suggest correction | ||
| LORENZ, CARL GOTTLIEB | Germany, c.1795, PHIM | made nested weights; master mark was three crowns, which was used earlier by Joh. Georg Loos. | Nürnberg. | Koller 11/17/75. | suggest correction | |
| LORENZ, JOHN | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Level, surveying = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | Leeds. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LORER, JOH. | Switzerland, 1617, | author; wrote on a new "Geometrical Instrument." | Zurich. | Zinner 6. | suggest correction | |
| LORICHON | France, 1805, PHIM | marked on the scale of a Hassenfratz barometer "Divisé et Gravé par Lorichon, floreal an 13", (April, 1805). | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| LORIE, DAVID W. | Scotland, 18th Century, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | Leith. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LORIEUX LEPETIT | France, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = PMM; Full Circle = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | surely E. Lorieux; full circle signed "Lorieux Lepetit Succ. à Montrouge N. 666." | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORIEUX, E. | France, fl.1825-50?, NIM OIM | Sextants = NMM, PMM(2), Gersaint 7/20/96 (891); Borda Circles = VNN, PEA; Telescope = CNAM; Theodolite, telescopic = Christie 3/21/91. | succeeded Schwartz; succeeded by A. Hurlimann; Ponthus, Lepetit and Schiavetti-Bellini also claimed to have been the successor; see their entries; address for theodolite was "No. 3, Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine." | Pour du Dépôt des Cartes et Plans de la Marine Imperiale, 30 Rue et Passage Dauphine et Rue Mazarine 27, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Brewington 1; NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORIEUX, E., PERE | France, c.1850, NIM | Reflecting Circle = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | signed "E. Lorieux Père." | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORIEUX, LEPETIT POULIN | France, post-1850, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | No. 9047. | Bagneux, Seine. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORIMER, JOHN | England, c.1795, | designed a dipping and variation needle. | Taylor 2(1007). | suggest correction | ||
| LORING | USA, fl.1832-46, MIM | made many globes, celestial and terrestrial; "From Smith's new English Globe"; see Josiah Loring. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LORING AND CHURCHILL | USA, fl.1859-60, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Henry Wiliam Loring and Gardner Asaph Churchill; successors to C.G. King. | 72 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORING, BENJAMIN | USA, b.1775, | twin brother of Josiah Loring; stationer. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| LORING, HENRY WILLIAM | USA, 1807-85, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1976); Compass = P.C. | worked alone, 1831-58; Loring and Churchill (1859-60); alone, 1863-65. | 7 Broad Street (1850-57), Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Moskowitz. | suggest correction |
| LORING, JOSEPH | misreading for Josiah Loring? | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |||
| LORING, JOSHUA | misreading for Josiah Loring. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| LORING, JOSIAH | USA, 1775-1840, MIM | Pairs of Globes = D.(1983)((1833), P-B 10/22/38, P.C.(1833), Rutgers U. Library, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, Conn. (1838), D.(1987); Celestial Globes = D.(1968)(1832), PEA (1832), PEA (1833), D.(1976)(1833); Babson Institute, Mass., Yale U.; Terrestrial Globes = P.C.(1839), U.S. Naval Academy, Md. (1839), D.(1976). | according to Bedini, Loring was a bookseller who sold globes engraved by Annin, under his own name. | 136 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; Yonge; Moskowitz; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORING, JOSIAH AND BENJAMIN | USA, c.1833, MIM | Pair of Globes on stands, 1833 = D.(1988). | 136 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LORKIN, ABRAHAM | England, c.1736, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 15, 1733; turned over to Thomas Colliber, Feb. 20, 1736. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LORKIN, JAMES | England, fl.1805-22, MIM NIM | Sextant = X(USA). | 89 New Gravel Lane, Wapping; near New Crane Stairs, Wapping; both in London. | Taylor 2(1175). | suggest correction | |
| LORKIN, THOMAS | England, c.1825, MIM NIM | Magnetic Compass, jewelled pivot = RSM; Sextants = Soth. 7/29/69, D.(1971). | T.C.; member of the Wheelwrights' Company; took over Thomas Dench as apprentice from Joseph Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 16, 1789. | Wapping, New Crane Stairs; 89 near New Crane Stairs; both in London. | J. Brown 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LORT, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1767-82, MIM | may be Lort in Wood and Lort in Birmingham, who were succeeded by Frost and Withnoll in 1767. | Walker's Alley (1767); 8 Upper Blind Quay (1776); 8 Exchange Street (1777-78); Plunket Street (1779-82); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Taylor 2(553). | suggest correction | |
| LOSEL, ALBRECHT | Germany, 1610, MIM | Diptych Sundials, 1610, = LIE, POTS (Hellmann Coll.). | Albrecht Lösel; married Caspar Karner's widow, Elisabeth, in 1590; they had a son, Michael Lesel, which see. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Körber 1; Gouk 1. | suggest correction |
| LOSER, HANS | Germany, 1704-63, MIM OIM PHIM | Pedometer = DRE. | Reichsgraf Hans Löser, Marshall of Saxony; designed a metallic thermometer; see "H.L." 3, "L. 1" and "L.Z." 1. | Reinharz. | Zinner 1; Grötzsch 2; Chaldecott 4; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOTHAN | England, c.1100, MIM | Wall Sundial = Church, Great Edstone. | Great Edstone. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| LOTHIAN | England, 1829, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1829 = Soth. 5/2/75. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LOTTER, TOBIAS CONRAD | Germany, fl.1774-99, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1774 = BAR; Planetarium = BAR; Pair of Globes, 1798 & 1799 = BAR. | geographer. | Augsburg. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOUAGHI | see Taroni and Louaghi. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LOUCHET | France, 1838, PHIM | Barometer, portable, 1838 = Weil. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOUIS | France?, 1716, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1716 = NYC. | DES. | suggest correction | ||
| LOUIS, CHRISTIAN KARL | Denmark, 1773, MIM | compass maker. | Copenhagen. | Schück. | suggest correction | |
| LOUIS, JEAN | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Christie 6/7/72. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOURDEL | France, c.1760, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = X. | Lordelle ? | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOUTEAU, PIERRE | France, c.1595, MIM | Sundial in back of watch = Exposition Maison Wolters Frères, Bruxelles, 1938; Sundial on the base of a clock, mounted on Atlas = SPI-2719. | Lyon. | Catalogue of the Exposition, 14 May-4 June, 1938; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOUVEL | France, fl.1765-71, OIM | Noël-Jean Lerebours worked under him, pre-1787. | au Cloître Saint-Benoît, Paris (1771). | Nachet; Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOUVILLE, CHEVALIER DE | see Jacques-Eugène d'Allonville, Chevalier de Louville. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |||
| LOVE, J.C.P. | see J.C.P. Lone. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| LOVEGROVE, F.N. | England, | invented a quadrant dial. | London. | L.K. Hirschberg. | suggest correction | |
| LOVELACE, W. | England, c.1756, NIM PHIM | see W. Barrow and W. Lovelace; T.C. | at the Golden Lion in St. Martins-Le-Grand, London. | Calvert 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOVELACE, WILLIAM | England, c.1796, NIM | Escapement Timer for Log = PEA. | clockmaker. | 14 Charles Street, Hoxton. | Taylor 2(1007a); Brewington 1; Price 2. | suggest correction |
| LOVI 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LOVI 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Angelo Lovi. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| LOVI, ANGELO | Scotland, c.1804, PHIM | Stick Barometer = RSM; Double Barometer = WHI. | glass-blower; may be Lovi 2; RSM is signed "A. Lovi." | 82 South Bridge (1804); 16 South Bridge; both in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOVI, MRS. ISOBEL | Scotland, fl.1805-27, PHIM | Philosophical Bubble Sets = RSM, KEN, CYM. | held patent on aerometrical beads (philosophical bubbles) in 1805; probably widow of Angelo Lovi. | 82 South Bridge (1806); Geddes Close (1807-11); 79 High Street (1812-13); Strichen's Close (1814-21); 113 High Street (1822); 114 High Street (1823-25); Strichen's Close (1826-27); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction |
| LOW, A. | Scotland, PHIM | Double Barometer = WHI. | 16 South Bridge, Edinburgh. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOW, EDWARD | England, 1763, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1763 = MYS. | also marked "A.B.T.C.D." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOWDEN, GEORGE | Scotland, fl.1850-1900, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/15/73 = FRK = RSM, Christie 11/22/78; Microscope = FRK = RSM; Telescope, refracting = FRK = RSM. | 25 Union Street (1850-61); 1 Union Street (1864-74); 23 Nethergate (1876-80); 65 Reform Street (1882-1900); all in Dundee. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LOWE | England, 19th Century, OIM | Spyglass, gilt-brass = WHI. | Gavin or Joshua Reeve Lowe? | London. | Dewhirst. | suggest correction |
| LOWE, EDWARD | England, 1644, | took John Seller 1 as an apprentice in the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1644; Crawforth could find no record of Lowe being an instrument maker. | London. | Crawforth 8. | suggest correction | |
| LOWE, GAVIN | England, fl.1803-18, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | Paradise Row, Islington, London. | Taylor 2(1176). | suggest correction | |
| LOWE, JOSHUA REEVE | England, c.1836, MIM | Cherry Tree Court, Aldersgate, London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| LOWELL AND SENTER | USA, fl.1846-73, NIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1864 = D.(1997). | Abner Lowell and William Senter 1; also made watches. | Portland, Me. | Smart 1; MAD Nov. 1997. | suggest correction |
| LOWELL, ABNER | USA, 1812-83, MIM SIM | apprenticed to Oliver Gerrish; in business for himself, 1834-36 and 1870-77; was associated with William Senter 1, 1836-70, as Lowell and Senter, then with his two sons until 1877; clockmaker. | Exchange Street (1836-66); Pearl Street (1866); Exchange Street (1867-77); all in Portland, Me. | Smart 1; Katra. | suggest correction | |
| LOWEN, JOHN | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company, June 17, 1718. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| LOWENGARD, JULES | France, MIM | made astrolabes and nocturnals. | Furniss. | suggest correction | ||
| LOWITZ, G.M. | Germany, 1712-74, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1747 = KRM, DEU, TRA, Nördlingen Museum, Wasserburg Stadtmuseum. | Göttingen. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| LOWTHER, G. | England, NIM | Octant = Kolding Museum; Sextant = Christie 5/26/76. | T.C. | 31 Quay Side; Docks; both in Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LOYSEL, ECCLESIASTIQUE | France, 1671, MIM | Peripole, brass, 1671 = OXF. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LUBACH, FRANZ 1 | Austria, d.1726, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, stone = KRM, SEI; Horizontal Sundials = VIE, HAK, KRM (2). | some may have been made by Franz Lubach 2, his son. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUBACH, FRANZ 2 | Austria, fl.1710-36, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = X. | son of Franz Lubach 1; may have made some of the sundials listed under his father's name. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Nachet. | suggest correction |
| LUBACH, JOHAN SIMON | Austria, c.1700, MIM | Table Sundials = ADL-M270, WHI, KRM; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = NOR; Universal Ring Sundial = PRA. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Bryden 16; Michel 3; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUCAR, S. | instrument at TIM; is he same as S. Lucas, which see? | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| LUCAS, JACQUES | France, fl.1675-1704, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NYM-01.21.60. | Hugenot; watchmaker in Amsterdam by 1681. | La Rochelle; The Rokin, Amsterdam (1704). | Furniss; Vincent 2; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| LUCAS, S. | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1969); String-gnomon Sundial = HAY. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUCAS, WEDUWE | Holland, c.1742, NIM | the Widow Lucas; compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| LUCCA | Italy, 1767, MIM | Bow Compass, 1767 = ADL-M68. | town? | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUCIN, FRANCIS | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; see Francis Lucini. | 142 Great Saffron Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LUCINI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1836-38, PHIM | barometer maker. | Baldwins Gardens, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LUCIONI, GIUSEPPE A. | England, fl.1851-54, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 36 Ray Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LUDEWIG | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Table Sundials = DRE (lost), ADL-M265, MUN, NYM, OXF. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2; Engelmann 1; Chandler & Vincent 1; Maurice 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUDFORD, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 5, 1750. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| LUDOVICI, DOMENICO, S.J. | Italy, pre-1746, MIM | Sundial = X. | author of "Horologium Triplex." | Boursier. | suggest correction | |
| LUDTRING, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1680-88, MIM | made an armillary sphere, a large planetarium and astronomical instruments for Eimmart. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| LUDWIG, J.C. | Germany, c.1742, MIM | Table Sundial = KRA; Circumferentor = KRA. | Dresden. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUDY, E.F. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 11/22/78. | Grimsby. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUFKIN | USA, fl.1869-to date, MIM | made a wide range of rules and tapes. | Philip E. Stanley. | suggest correction | ||
| LUHME, J.F., UND CO. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | balance makers; had a display in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Berlin, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| LUISCIUS, ABRAHAM VAN STIPRIAAN | Holland, 1764-1829, | Bathometer = APS. | invented a barometer which was made by Onderdewijngaart Canzius in 1805. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Multhauf. | suggest correction |
| LUISETTI, I. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| LUKENS, ISAIAH | USA, 1779-1846, NIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1978) = P.C. | made meteorological, philosophical and chemical instruments; clockmaker. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUMLEY AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometers = Christie-SK 7/10/80, Soth. 3/13/67 (2). | see L. Lumley. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUMLEY, L. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Hydrometers = CMY, Christie-SK 5/10/77; Vacuum Pump = CMY. | 121 Minories, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUMLEY, L., AND CO. | England, fl.1840-, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometers = P.C., Phillips 2/22/77; Thermometer = D.(1974). | Phillips and D. are "Ltd." | 121 Minories, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUMMEN?, A.K. | Holland, 1827, NIM | Bearing Compass, 1827 = AMST. | marked "A.H." (2) on the gimbals. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction |
| LUNAN, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1824-d.1827, PHIM | Electrical Machine, globe = RSM. | watch and clockmaker too. | 8 Castle Street, Aberdeen (1824-25). | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction |
| LUND, PETER A.J. Also Lundh. | Norway, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. Drawing Instruments | WEBDB | Christiania. Oslo. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUNDBY, F. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant = OMM. | may be Lundy. | Grimsby. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUNDY, J.F. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 11/9/70. | may be Lundby? | Grimsby. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUPICINI, ANTONIO | Italy, fl.1581-91, MIM | Armillary Sphere = FLO. | invented a surveying instrument; wrote on astronomical instruments and calendars. | Florence. | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUPPIE AND SOLCHA | England, c.1840, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; Salvatore Luppie and Lewis Solcha; see Lappi and Solcha. | Hull. | Loomes. | suggest correction | |
| LUPPIE, SALVATORE | see Lappi and Solcha. | Loomes 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LURASCO, C. | see Gebroeders Lurasco. | Crommelin 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LURASCO, GEBROEDERS | Holland, 1793-1850, MIM PHIM | Thermometer = LEY; Barometer = Soth.-A March, 1976. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| LUSNERG, DOMENICUS | misreading for Lusuerg. | Egger 2. | suggest correction | |||
| LUSUERG, ANGELO | Italy, fl.1744-47, MIM | Dividers, 1744 = BRU; Armillary Sphere, 1745 = X; Sundial, 1747 = NYM. | Rome. | Morpurgo 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUSUERG, DOMINICUS | Italy, fl.1691-1744, MIM SIM | made sundials, mathematical and surveying instruments which can be found in many museums including ADL (1699, 1701, 1716), BM (1694), STU, DRE, KEN, DEU, NYM, FLO, ROM, OXF, PRN (1692), Museum in Bologna (1744), Michel Coll. (1744), NMM, PRA, WHI (1717), P.C. (1723), RSM (1691), etc. | Modena; Rome. | Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1; Italian Inv.; Michel 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Grötzsch 2; Brieux 3; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; NMM 2; Coffeen B; USNM; Evans 1; Wynter and Turner; O. Brown 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUSUERG, JACOBUS | Italy, fl.1668-1719, MIM SIM | made sundials, mathematical and surveying instruments which can be found in many museums, including ADL (1672), OXF (1668), BM, FLO, NMM, Liceo Ginnasio, Alatri (1669), MAD, BRU, COO, WHI (1688), USNM, NYM, KEN, ROU, P.C. (1685), etc. | some signatures include "Mutinensis" = Modena. | Modena; Rome. | Bonelli 4; Morpurgo 1; Portuguese Inv.; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Bryden 16; Daumas 1; Baillie 1; NMM 2; Michel 1 and 3; Brieux 3; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUTHER, M. | France, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, with case = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | Neuchatel. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUTRY, EDMOND | France, OIM | Telescope = La Rochelle 7/22/78. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUTTIG, C. | Germany, fl.1844-90, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Protractor with scale = DRE; Half Reflecting Circle = NMM; Surveying Compass with Telescope = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Lüttig; won prize in 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Berlin. | NMM 2; Moskowitz 110; O'Mara; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUTZ Y SCHULTZ | Argentina, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = X. | Buenos Aires. | Price 2. | suggest correction | |
| LUTZ, C. | Switzerland, c.1850, MIM | won a prize in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; watchmaker. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| LUTZ, ED. | France, fl.1867-74, MIM OIM SIM | Graphometer = USNM; Surveying Cross = USNM; Gregorian Telescope = P.C. | Rue des Noyers, 49 (Bd. St. Germain), Paris. | Calvert 2; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUTZ, JOHAN VALLENTIN | Germany, 1680, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1680 = UTO 9/29/75. | Augsburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LUVATE, DOMINIC | England, fl.1828-34, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4); Aneroid Barometer = Eldred 7/26/73. | all are signed "D. Luvate Preston"; looking glass maker. | 43 Friargate (1828); 27 Friargate (1834); both in Preston. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LUVATTE, D. | see Dominic Luvate. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| LUZZANO | France, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = STR. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LYALL | see Hay and Lyall. | suggest correction | ||||
| LYDELL, JAMES | England, c.1686, MIM | compass maker. | London. | Taylor 1(448). | suggest correction | |
| LYETH, A.B. | Sweden, MIM NIM | Compass in binnacle = K. and C. 3/19/75. | Stockholm. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LYFORD, G. | England; Russia, c.1730, MIM OIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN; Telescope = X. | the sundial is also marked "B. Scott" and "St. Petersburg." | Euclid's Head, near the new Church, Strand, London; St.Petersburg. | Taylor 2(285); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
| LYLE, D. | England, 1760, MIM | Volute Compass, 1760 = KEN. | Taylor 2(627a); Chaldecott 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LYMAN, CHESTER SMITH | USA, c.1869, | professor at Yale University; invented wave apparatus made by E.S. Ritchie and Sons. | D.J. Warner 6. | suggest correction | ||
| LYNCH | Ireland, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = RSM; Inclinable Sundial = Christie 11/21/61. | see James Lynch 1 & 2. | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| LYNCH AND SON | Ireland, fl.1813-25, MIM | Armillary Sphere = EGE; Garden Sundials = D.(1971), Soth. 10/23/85 (1824); Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1813 = Soth. 5/27/82. | see James Lynch and Son. | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LYNCH, GEORGE | Ireland, fl., MIM OIM PHIM | see James Lynch (2) and George Lynch. | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| LYNCH, JAMES (1), AND SON | Ireland, fl.1808-25, MIM OIM PHIM | Cuff-type Microscope = EGE. | T.C.; "Mathematical, Optical, Philosophical Instrument Makers to Trinity College and His Majesty's Ordnance"; see James Lynch 1. | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LYNCH, JAMES (2) AND GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1840-44, MIM OIM PHIM | opticians, mathematical and philosophical instrument makers to the University and to the Royal Dublin Society. | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| LYNCH, JAMES 1 | Ireland, fl.1760-1807, MIM OIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 11/13/61; Microscope = Wellcome Institute. | partner with Edward Spicer, 1760-72, as Spicer and Lynch, which see; also a dealer. | 26 Capel Street (1784-1807); at the Sign of the Royal Spectacles, Capel Street; both in Dublin. | Taylor 2(743); Calvert 2; Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LYNCH, JAMES 2 | Ireland, fl.1826-39, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; "optician, mathematical and philosophical instrument maker to the Ordnance and Trinity College" (1832). | 26 Capel Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| LYNDEN, JOHANN ANTON | Germany, fl.1580-1604, MIM | Astrolabes = OXF(ICA-274), BRU; Astronomical Plate, 1604 = ZUS; Astronomical Compendium, 1596 = BM; Chalice Sundial, 1594 = LND. | the "Astronomical Plate" may be the astrolabe (ICA-572); the compendium was designed by Christopher Liebfried of Würzburg. | Heilbronn. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1 & 3; Ward 4; Michel 2, 3 & 7; Evans 1; ICA 2; Dewhirst; Cousins; RSW. | suggest correction |
| LYNE, FRANCIS | see Francis Hall. | suggest correction | ||||
| LYON 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | South Molton. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LYON 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1772). | Edinburgh. | John Bell. | suggest correction | |
| LYON, BENEVOLO | MIM | Protractor = P.C.(1965). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| LYON, C. | England, c.1823, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bridlington. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LYON, DANIEL M. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Spirit Levels = Craft Auction 5/1/82. | tool maker. | Newark, N.J. | Maine Digest, July, 1982. | suggest correction |
| LYON, HUNTER | Scotland, fl.1793-1803, OIM | optician. | Cross Causeway (1793-95); 118 Nicholson Street (1796 1801); 4 Bristo Street (1801-03); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction | |
| LYON, JAS. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 9/23/88 and 10/20/89. | No. 6 Dove Court, Swithin's Lane, Lombard Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LYON, JAS. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| LYON, JON. | England, c.1660, MIM | Sector = NMM-CI/S.11. | London. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | |
| LYON, JOSEPH | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to George Griffith of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 12, 1708. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LYON, PETER 1 | Scotland, fl.1784-88, MIM NIM OIM | on the Shore, Leith. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | ||
| LYON, PETER 2 | Scotland, fl.1780-99, OIM | optician. | at the Cross Well (1782); near the Guard (1784); Head old Assembly Close (1786); High Street (1788-90); Bull Turnpike (1794); Castle Hill (1795); Calton Hill (1796-97); Parliament Close (1799); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| LYONET | France, | designed a microscope. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| LYONET, PIERRE | Holland, 1707-89, OIM | made a simple microscope; naturalist. | Nachet. | suggest correction | ||
| LYONS, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1800-01, OIM | 408 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(1176a); Dewhirst. | suggest correction | ||
| LYONS, GEORGE | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | Bristol. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LYONS, MICHAEL | Ireland, 1844, MIM | Moon Dial, slate, 1844 = Dublin Civic Museum. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| LYTH, A.B. | Sweden, NIM | Marine Compass in binnacle = K. and C. 3/19/75. | Stockholm. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| LYTH, GEORG WILHELM | Sweden, 1834-1918, MIM NIM | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction |
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