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Your search for signatures starting with M yielded 1069 entries. Displaying entries 1–1069.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| M'CALL, JOHN | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | see A. Chislett and M'Call. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(1932). | suggest correction | |
| M'COLL | Scotland, c.1818, MIM | see Miller and M'Coll. | 116 Stockwell, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| M'COLL, HUGH | England, c.1846, | T.C.; book and instrument seller. | 5 King Street, South Shields. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| M'MILLAN, PETER | Scotland, fl.1824-51, NIM | Sextant = FRK = RSM. | 11 Guestrow (1824); Waterloo Quay (1828); 43 Quay (1829-33); 49 Quay (1834-39); 52 Quay (1840-41); 45 Regent Quay, (1842-51); all in Aberdeen. | Taylor 2(2180); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction | |
| M'MILLAN, WILLIAM, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1847-48, MIM | watch and clockmaker; in partnership with Ogg as Ogg and M'Millan 1844-46. | 28 Marischal Street, Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| M. 1 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, round = VIE. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| M. 2 | NIM | Octant = SFM. | anchor is mastermark. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M., IOHA | Poland, 1637, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1637 = Church in Wodzislaw. | Wodzislaw. | Polish Inventory. | suggest correction | |
| M.A.Z.L. | 1713, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1713 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | suggest correction | ||
| M.B. 1 | Germany, 1626, MIM | Artillery Level, 1626 = NUR-WI1135; Sundial in ivory barrel = MUN-15 Phys; Artillery Level = DEU-49897; Artillery Level = FRA. | possibly Michael Bumel. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| M.B. 2 | see M. Burleigh. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| M.B. 3 | could be Martin Bayer of Annaberg or Moritz Behaim of Vienna; both were clockmakers. | Bobinger 2. | suggest correction | |||
| M.B.I.N. | Germany, fl.1627-30, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1627 = NUR-WI 1758; Graphometer, 1630 = STU- 12870; Quadrant = STU-12867. | possibly Michael Bumel. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| M.C. 1 | Austria (?), MIM | Ring Sundial = SAL. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| M.C. 2 | Germany, 1570, MIM | see Michael Chaspar. | Bobinger 2. | suggest correction | ||
| M.C.K.C.R.P. | 1601, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1601 = OXF. | the initials may be in a different hand than the sundial. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.D.Z. O.H.P. | see O.H.P. | Moran 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| M.E. 1 | 1686, MIM | marked on an artillery level signed "H.R." (2) at OXF; there is a crown over the "M." | Maddison 1; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.E. 2 | Germany, 1802, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial, round, wood, lid, 1802 = D.(1987). | Coffeen 16. | suggest correction | ||
| M.E.A. | Spain?, MIM | Calipers = PRM; Calipers, sliding = D.(1968). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.E.D.F. | 16th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = SWF. | ICA-634. | Price 1; ICA 2. | suggest correction | |
| M.F. | Germany?, 1677, | marked on mining compass signed "Adamas Dornstrauch." | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.F.P. | France, 1770, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1770 = LIM. | Dieppe work. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.G. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = OXF. | star is mastermark. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| M.G.A. | MIM | Pantograph = D.(1975). | also marked "W.V.S." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.G.C.G. | MIM | Diptych Sundial = FIN-82 = Thorban. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.H. 1 | may be H.M. 2, which see. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| M.H. 2 | Germany, 1630, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-copper, 1630 = OXF. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | ||
| M.H. 3 | USA, 1775, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant = PEA. | dated "Jan. 3, 1775." | Danvers, Mass. | Brewington 1. | suggest correction |
| M.H.F. | Czechoslovakia, 1630, MIM | Diptych, gilt-copper, 1630 = OXF. | Martin Habermel? | Prague. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| M.I.C.A. | Germany?, 16th Century, MIM | Armillary Sphere, with compass = NUR-WI 1226. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| M.I.M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = Landsberg a. Lech Heimatmuseum. | also marked "I.H.S." | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| M.I.M.R. | Germany?, fl.1568-91, | this mark appears on finger-ring sundials, one at WHI and the other at NMM; WHI is dated 1568 and marked "H.R." (1) and signed "H.C." (1); NMM is dated 1591 and marked "W.P." (2) and signed "H.C." (1). | Btyden 16; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.J. | MIM | Dividers, iron = VCW. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.K. 1 | Germany, c.1550, MIM | Table Clock with Sundial on bottom = P.C. | probably Melchior Kleinhemmel of Annaberg. | Annaberg. | Pippa. | suggest correction |
| M.K. 2 | Germany, 1577, MIM | misreading by Engelmann and Zinner for "T.K." 3, marked on ADL-M304 which is signed "M.V.S." 1. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.K. 3 | Germany, fl.1680-1700, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory 1680 = NOR, Soth. 12/8/69; Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1700 = MUN. | Melchior Karner; mastermark is a "4." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| M.K. 4 | Germany, 1689, MIM | Artillery Level, 1689 = OXF. | date is "MDCLXXXIX"; may be same as "M.K. 5" but that date is in Arabic numerals. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.K. 5 | France, 1688, MIM | Artillery Level, 1688 = Huelsmann Coll. | signed "16 M.K. 88"; also marked "A.G." 3, the "A." is under the one and "G." is under the last eight; possibly same as "M.K." 4 but that date is in Roman numerals. | Syndram. | suggest correction | |
| M.L. | marked on an instrument signed "M. Lewelin." | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| M.N.J. + C. | 1772, MIM | Dividers, 1772 = Chevau 10/10/75. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.O. | Germany, 1774, MIM | Artillery Level, 1774 = USNM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.P. 1 | 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, 1542 = USNM. | ex-Hoffman Coll; ICA-221; A.J. Turner thinks it was made by F. Michael Piquer. | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Gibbs and Saliba; Michel 2; A.J. Turner 12. | suggest correction | |
| M.P. 2 | fl.1591-96, | see H.K. 3; may be Marcus Purmann; see also "M.P." 3. | Dewhirst; Michel 3; Price 2; Evans 1; Technica, March, 1956. | suggest correction | ||
| M.P. 3 | Germany, fl.1591-1616, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, round = MUN (1591), MUN; Diptych Sundials = LIE (1594), Soth. 5/11/23 (1595); Cruciform Sundials = OXF (1598), MUN (1601); Sundial, 1597 = Evans Coll.; Sundial, string-gnomon, 1615 = NOR; Sundial with Calendar, 1616 = BM; Chalice Sundial = KEN. | probably Marcus Purmann; may be same as M.P. 2; usually signed "*M*P*"; NOR is for 48 °; 1591 MUN has Butterfield-type gnomon; undated MUN is for 48°. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| M.P. ET ROCHETTE | France, c.1780, MIM SIM | Graphometer = D.(1993). | Quai del'horloge à Paris. | Coffeen 41. | suggest correction | |
| M.P.S. | Germany, 18th Century, PHIM | Cup Weight Set = Phillips 5/20/75. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.R. 1 | 1645-46, OIM | Telescope, 1645-46 = NMM. | attributed to Anton Maria Schyrle, Rheita, Bohemia. | NMM 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.R. 2 | misprint for "M.P." 4. | Koller 11/17/75; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| M.S. 1 | Germany, 1553, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, with compass, 1553 = BM-1922-7/5-2. | also marked "Simon Schmidlkofer der Junger 1577"; owner. | Zinner; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.S. 2 | 1597, MIM | Sector, 1597 = Soth. 5/11/23. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.S. 3 | England, MIM | Ring Sundial, small = Weil 2(29). | misreading for "S.W."; summer, winter. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.S. 4 | Germany, 1585, | marked on lid of folding mining sundial, ivory and wood, 1585, probably owner; Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | suggest correction | ||
| M.S. 5 | Germany, 1589, | surveying instrument signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S." at DRE; it is "M.S." (5). | Dresden. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.T.A. | Germany, c.1530, MIM | Astrolabe Orpheus Clocks = ADL-M377, Luton Hoo; Table Clocks = STU, Bobinet = Soth.-NY 2/11/89. | Bavaria. | Coole and Neumann; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.T.K. | 1574, MIM | Altitude Sundial, gilt-brass, round, 1574 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.V. 1 | Germany, c.1740, MIM | see M.Z. | Coffeen 46. | suggest correction | ||
| M.V. 2 | Germany, fl.1751-54, MIM | Vertical Sundials = GRA (1751), Koller 11/17/75 (1754). | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| M.V.S. 1 | Germany, 1577, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1577 = ADL-M304. | "Mechanicus Ulrich Schniep"; also marked "T.K." (3), misread by Engelmann and Zinner as "M.K." 2. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| M.V.S. 2 | possibly "Mechanicus Ulrich Schniep" or "Mechanicus Victor Stark." | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| M.Z. | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory, round = D.(1994). | possibly M.V. 2, which see. | Nürnberg ? | Coffeen 46. | suggest correction |
| MA | Germany, | Morgen Abend, morning and night, found on mining compasses. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MA----, D. | USA, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Old Colony Historical Soc.,Taunton, Mass. | the rest of the name is illegible. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAAS, F.M. | Germany, MIM | Sundials = LIE, PRA. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAASS, HANSS MATTHIAS | Germany, NIM | Compass Rose = OMM. | Hamburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MABIRE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Folding Rule = Soth. 7/8/54; Artificial Horizon = Chayette 6/28/86. | pupil and successor of Lenoir. | Rue Cassette No. 14, près la Croix-Rouge fg. St. Germain, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACALL | England, c.1770, MIM | see Gilkerson and Macall. | Tower Hill, London. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MACARIUS, IOHANNES | Italy, fl.1668-89, MIM | Pantograph, 1668 = ROM; Graphometer, 1678 = P.C.; Sectors = ADL-M89o (1678), ADL-W107 (1671), ADL-W108 (1674), MAD (1686), ROU-4 (1685), HAK; Armillary Sphere, 1689 = Liceo Spallanzi, Regio Emilia; Dividers = CNAM (1686); Circumferentor, 1676 = KEN; Proportional Compass, 1685 = HAK. | ADL-W107 signed "Ioannes Maccarius." | Mirandolanus (Modena). | Evans 1; Price 2; Michel 3; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACAULAY AND SON | USA, c.1850, PHIM | Electro-medical Induction Coil = WHI. | 39 Redeness Street, New York, N.Y. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| MACDONALD, DR. | England, | MacDonald; described an instrument to facilitate finding the longitude at sea. | 4 Coburg Place, Kennington Lane (London?). | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MACDONALD, JNO. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MACDONALD, THOMAS | Scotland, c.1844, | Macdonald; invented an optical enlarging and reducing instrument. | Glasgow. | Practical Mechanics and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, pp. 124-25. | suggest correction | |
| MACEY | see Benjamin Macy. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |||
| MACGREGOR AND CO. | Scotland and England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | MacGregor and Co.; probably misreading for McGregor and Co.; see D. McGregor and Co. | Glasgow and Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACHIR, JACOB BEN | see Profatius. | Gunther 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MACKAY | see Berry and Mackay; may be relative of Andrew Mackay. | Taylor 2(866); RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MACKAY, ALEXANDER SPENCE | Scotland, 1857-1914, NIM | James Berry took Alexander Spence Mackay as a partner in Berry and Mackay, 1879-90, which see. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | suggest correction | |
| MACKAY, ANDREW | Scotland; England, 1760-1819, | mathematician; determined the latitude and longitude of Aberdeen in 1781; may be relative of the Mackay in Berry and Mackay; author. | Aberdeen; George Street, Trinity Square, Great Tower Hill, London. | Taylor 2(866); DNB; J.S. Reid. | suggest correction | |
| MACKENZIE AND CO. | England, c.1817, MIM OIM | T.C. in Mackenzie microscope case; see Alexander Mackenzie. | London. | Taylor 2(1381); O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MACKENZIE AND SUGGART | England, c.1816, MIM OIM | Inclinable Sundial = NOR; Telescope = Soth. 12/2/74. | Alexander Mackenzie. | 15 Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(1381); RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1816-58, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D.(1984) (with case), Soth. 10/3/88; Sextant = WHI; Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88. | worked with Suggart at Cheapside; microscope case has T.C. for Mackenzie and Co; sextant signed "Mackenzie 15 Cheapside, London"; Clay and Court thought he was "Mckenzie"; Soth. microscope signed "A. MacKenzie." | 15 Cheapside, London (1816-30); 38 De Beaur'r Square, Kingsland (1856-58). | Taylor 2(1381); Coffeen F; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; O'Mara; Bennett 1; Clay and Court; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACKENZIE, CALEB | USA, fl.1807-08, MIM | 21 Thomas Street F.P., Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MACKENZIE, COLIN | England, c.1791, OIM | free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 5, 1791; made spectacles. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| MACKENZIE, MURDOCH | England, c.1774, | surveyor for the Admiralty; invented the station-pointer in 1774; author. | Taylor 2(377); G.L'E. Turner 24; Bedini 8; Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | ||
| MACKI AND GOBBI | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Swaffham. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MACKINTOSH, THOMAS | England, fl.1780-82, MIM | Mackintosh. | Archimedes and Globe, opposite Long Acre, four doors from Great Queen Street; 7 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Field; both in London. | Taylor 2(867); Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| MACKNEIL | England, fl.1790-1801, NIM OIM | Telescope, three-draw = D.(1984); Sextant = X; Telescope = OXF. | "apprentice of the late Mr. Ramsden"; OXF telescope and sextant signed "MacKneil." | London. | Dewhirst; Taylor 2(1010); Coffeen G; Clay and Court; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACKROW, J. | England, c.1780, NIM | Octants, ebony = DRE, P.C.; Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | quadrant signed "Mackrow London." | 4 Upper East Smithfield, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACNEAL, THOMAS | England, c.1776, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1776. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MACNEIL | MacNeil; see MacKneil. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MACQUART ET CADOT | France, 1730-1733, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1730 = OXF. Butterfield dial = PC. | sundial signed "son genre" or "Cadot gendre de Macquart a Paris"; Henry Macquart was father-in law to Michel Cadot. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACQUART, H. | France, c.1710, MIM SIM | Graphometer = P.C. | if he is the Macquart listed above, this date may be too early. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACQUART, HENRY | France, fl. 1685-1720, MIM NIM SIM | made wide range of instruments including armillary spheres, sundials of various types, quadrants, graphometers, dip needles, gunner's levels, etc; may be seen in LIE, LOU, NMM, ADL, BM, OXF, KEN, WHI, etc. | pupil of Pierre Sevin; father-in-law of Michel Cadot and partner; sometimes signed "H. Macquart"; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs"; Master in 1688; received title of "Marchand fondeur, Ingénieur d'instruments suivant la Cour et Conseils de sa Majesté." | à l'Astrolabe, Quai des Morfundus, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1720). | Michel 3; Price 2 and 3; Evans 1; Daumas 1; Stevens and Aked; MADEX; Olivia Brown 1; Spitzer 1 and 2; Bryden 16; Augarde; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACQUART, RENE | France, c.1730, MIM | René was a son of Henry Macquart; apprenticed to Nicolas Bion in 1720; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs." | Paris. | Augarde. | suggest correction | |
| MACRAE | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 7/23/87; Wheel Barometers = D.(1979), X (2). | 29 Royal Exchange, London. | Country Life, 6/14/79; Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MACRAE, HENRY | England, fl.1832-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1985); Sympiesometer = Soth. 5/1/86; Stick Barometer = X; Octant = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87; Microscope = Phillips 11/16/88. | instruments signed "Macrae" plus address. | 34 Aldgate Street, London. | O'Mara; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Coffeen 9; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MACY, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1713-31, MIM NIM | Backstaves = PEA (1719), NMM (1720), RSM (1728); Sextant, 1728 = NMM; Compass, dry-card = D.(1994). | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on June 12, 1704; free of the Company, July 6, 1713; took apprentices; also sold nautical books. | Hermitage Bridge, Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(523), 2(88a); Hill and Padget-Tomlinson; NMM 2; Brewington 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; USNM; J. Brown 3; Coffeen 46. | suggest correction |
| MACY, ROBERT F. | USA, b.1822, PHIM | Polyangular Kalaidoscope = Seamen's Bethel Museum, Vineyard Haven, Mass. | he invented and patented this form of the kalaidoscope, signed "R.F. Macy." | Nantucket, Mass.; Westport Point, Mass. before 1868. | J. Haring; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MADAUER, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Germany, fl.1552-79, MIM | Sundial, 1554 = BM. | Abbot of Aldersbach. | Aldersbach. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| MADER, FRAN. JOSE | Germany, 1709, MIM | Pedometer, 1709 = DEU. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAELCOTE, ODON VAN | Belgium; Italy, 1572-1614, | Copper discs (2), stereographic projections for 75° and 66°30' latitude = CNAM C-913. | author; are these printer's plates for Regnartius' book on the astrolabe? Zinner thought that there was an unsigned rete in BMR. | Brussels; Rome. | Zinner 1; Michel 2 and 3; Regnartius; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAELZEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK | Germany, 1772-1838, | invented the metronome in 1816. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1955. | suggest correction | ||
| MAENNER, STURT. GUTHIHR | Germany?, MIM | Plate, copper, for compass rose = HAK. | Stürt. Guthihr Maenner. | Barth. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAESTLIN, MICHAEL | Germany, 1579, MIM | built a fourteen-foot cross-staffin 1579; author. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| MAFFIA | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | could be A. or C. Maffia. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAFFIA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAFFIA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAFFIA, DOMINIC | England, post-1850, PHIM | barometer maker; see Peter and Dominic Maffia. | Monnow Street, Monmouth; Abergavenny. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAFFIA, P., AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Monmouth. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAFFIA, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | signed "P. Maffia." | Monmouth. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MAFFIA, PETER AND DOMINIC | England, post-1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | Monmouth. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAGALHAES, JOAO JACINTO | Portugal, c.1790, MIM | Jo~o Jacinto Magalh~es; also clockmaker. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGAREY, ALEXANDER | misreading for Alexander Megary. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MAGARY, ALEXANDER | misreading for Alexander Megary. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MAGEAREY, ALEXANDER | England, c.1802, | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 2, 1802; possibly same as Alexander Megary and Alexander Megeary which see. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 2; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGELLAN, J.H. DE AND FIERI | England, MIM | London. | COO notes, 1968; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGELLAN, JEAN HYACINTHE DE | Portugal; France; England, 1723-90, NIM | Repeating Circle = NMM. | invented a type of repeating circle; made Gowin Knight's compasses with George Adams 2; took out a patent for an improvement for the barometer with Henry Pyefinch in 1765; agent for some London instrument makers; F.R.S. | Paris; London (by 1765). | Taylor 2(378); DNB; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAGER, G. | NIM | Sextant = MYS. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGGI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be J. Maggi or I. Maggi. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGI AND CO., MICH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGI AND ORTELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGGI, I. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87. | see Maggi. | 15 Union Court, Holborn Hill, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAGGI, J. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Grays Inn Lane, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGI, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGIAIOLI | Italy, 1599, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1599 = Soth. 1972 | made for the Company of Saint Matthew in Paltugnones. | Hillier, the London Times, 7/22/72. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGIO 1 | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Michael Square, Southampton. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGIO 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAGGIRIUS, SILVIUS | Italy, c.1700, | invented a recipiangle, a surveying instrument made by Petrus Blondeus, ADL-M107. | Rome. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL: RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAGINUS, GIOVANNI ANTONIO | Italy, 1546-1618, MIM OIM | Quadrants = Evans Coll., Soth. 2/13/58 = Christie 3/29/60 (1592). | born in Padua; made burning glasses. | Bologna; Mantua. | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Spargol; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAGNELLI, JOHANNES BAPTISTA | Italy, 1692, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1692 = FLO-3189 (99). | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MAGNI | France, pre-1782, OIM | Optical Machine = COR; Microscope = COR. | probably Alexis Magny, which see. | Paris. | Courtanvaux; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAGNI, VALERIO | Italy, 1587-1661, | experimented with vacuum tube for barometer, c.1645. | A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGNIAC, FRANCIS | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to Francis Morgan in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 5, 1765. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGNIE, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, c.1786, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-10975. | Magnié; "dessin d'un quartier de réduction presenté au Roi, 1786." | Dunquerque. | American Neptune, Jan., 1975; Brewington 1; Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| MAGNUS, CHRISTOPH, N.P. | Germany, 1608, MIM | Astrolabes, = BASH (ICA-2071) (1602), HAM (ICA-285) (1608), | Krabbe-type retes. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 2; Gunther 1; Price 1; GHP; ICA 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAGNY, ALEXIS | France, 1712-c.1777, OIM | Microscope, 1754 = SPI-2926; Microscope, Culpeper-type, No.18, 1755 = NOR; Microscopes = P-B-Monte Carlo 6/23/76 (leather case), P.C., Getty Museum (leather case), FLO. | the P-B-Monte Carlo entry said to have been given to Mme. de la Pompadour by Louis XV, probably silver; his microscopes date from 1751-55; see Magni. | Paris. | Michel 3; Antique Dealer Collectors Guide, August, 1976; Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Ronfort 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAGOR AND CO. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAGRINI, LUIGI | Italy, 1802-68, PHIM | professor of mathematics; made electrical apparatus. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAGWALD | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = DES. | Berlin. | Industrial Museum Cat.; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAHIER | see Spinelli, Mahier and Co. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MAHLER, JOSEF | Germany, 1795-1845, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Dillingen Lyzeumssammlung. | managed the Benediktbeuren workshop 1826-38; in partnership with George Metz he managed this workshop fron 1838 to 1845. | Mönch in Ottobeuren. | Zinner 1; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAHLER, P. ILDEPHONSUS | Germany, 1759, | see B.A. 2; manuscript note on paper, "P. Ildephonsus Mahler Monachus Benedictins ursini fecit has Machinas D.P. Domenico beck oxenhusano episde ordinis Religioso, 1759 Ursini Math/esi operadon --- esdem Scib Magistro"; may be replacement as instrument appears to be mid-sixteenth century. | Munich. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAHON, CHARLES | England, 1753-1816, | Viscount Mahon, later Earl Stanhope, designed an arithmetic machine (OXF), a calculator (1777) (KEN, P.C.), microscope lens and a logic demonstrator (OXF); F.R.S., 1807; see James Bullock. | Chevening, Kent. | Taylor 2(744); RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAHR, JACOB ANDREAS | Germany, 1763, MIM | Table Sundial, 1763 = Wiesbaden Museum; Sundial = Darmstadt Landesmuseum. | Wiesbaden. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAIEL | see Lloyd, Payne and Maiel. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MAIGNAN, EMMANUEL | France; Italy, 1601-76, MIM OIM | wrote "Perspectiva Hororia" in 1648; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker; interested himself in barometer experiments. | Toulouse (1601-36); Rome (1636-50); Toulouse (1651-76). | Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAIGNE, P. | France, c.1803, PHIM | Maigné; instrument maker; devised a method to make a portable barometer. | rue Aumaire, Paris. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAILE, WILLIAM | England, c.1704, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 2, 1704. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MAILHAT | France, c.1860, OIM | Telescope, large = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAILLET, ABRAHAM | England, c.1745, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on March 4, 1745. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MAIN, PETER | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAINGAUT | France, c.1763, OIM | worked for the Duc de Chaulnes for 20 years; then worked for Dom Noël. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAIR, JOHN | see John Marr 1. | Taylor 1(129). | suggest correction | |||
| MAISON CHEVALLIER | see Queslin. | RSW | suggest correction | |||
| MAISON VANTIER ET MARC | see Vantier et Marc, Maison; see A. Lefrançois. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MAKEPEACE, G. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 12/15/72 and 5/4/73. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MALACIDA, CHARLES | misreading for Malacrida. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MALACRIDA 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be same as Malacrida 2. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MALACRIDA 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 237 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MALACRIDA 3 | England, fl.1805-20, MIM PHIM | Compass = X; Platina Thermometers = X (2). | made instruments for William Hyde Wollaston. | Chaldecott 3. | suggest correction | |
| MALACRIDA AND CO. | Ireland; England, c.1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | see C. Malacrida and Co. | Dublin and London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALACRIDA, C., AND CO. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dublin. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MALACRIDA, CHARLES | England, c.1845, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Hydrometers, glass = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | barometer signed "Malacrida" with full address; others signed "C. Malacrida Manchester"; see Malacrida and Co. | 4 Withy Grove, Manchester. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALBY | England, 1886, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1886 = Christie 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MALBY AND CO. | England, fl.1842-48, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1842 = Soth. 2/25/86, Phillips 9/10/86 ; Celestial Globes, 1845 = U. of Utah, N.Y. State Historical Assoc., Cooperstown, New York; Terraqueous Globe = U. of Utah; Celestial Globe = Soth. 4/18/88. | Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand, London. | USNM; Yonge; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MALBY AND SONS | England, post 1828-46, MIM | Celestial Globes = VNN (one is 1846); Terrestrial Globe, 1846 = VNN. | London. | Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| MALBY'S | England, c.1850, MIM | Planisphere = Soth. 2/25/86; Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MALBY, CHARLES | England, fl.1840-62, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = La Rochelle 7/16/83 (1842), Melun 4/24/83; Terrestrial Globe, 1848 = D.(1973); Pairs of miniature Globes, 1862 = H.M Queen Elizabeth II, D.(1974); Celestial Globe, 1850 = Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. | all signed "Malby"; worked with his sons. | 37 Parker Street; Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand; East Stanford (1862); all in London. | Yonge; Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALBY, THOMAS | England, 1854-67, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1854 = X; Terrestrial Globe, 1867 = Athenaeum, Philadelphia, Pa. | the pair of globes is marked "for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", 12" diameter; Thomas may be the son of Charles Malby. | London. | Bryden 9; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALBY, THOMAS, AND SON | England, 1877, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1877 = D.(1977). | "Makers to the Admiralty." | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALCOTIUS | see Maelcote. | Michel 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MALE, GEORGE | England, c.1721, | apprenticed to George Wright 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 31, 1721. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MALER, JACOB HOFMAN | Germany, 1616, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1616 = KAS. | for 49°30' latitude. | Schwabisch Hall. | Basserman-Jordan 1. | suggest correction |
| MALICE | France, PHIM | Money Balance = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | marked "Marchand Balancier." | rue de la Ferronière a l'A couronné, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALIZARD | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | Inclinable Sundial = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79. | T.C.; optician. | Quai de l'Horloge 37 ter., Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALLAGANI | see Mallugani. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MALLETT | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Woodbridge. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MALLING | see Melling. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MALLUGANII, MARK | England, fl.1830-40, PHIM | barometer maker?; umbrellas; perhaps just a retailer. | New Street, Dudley. | Bell 2; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1926). | suggest correction | |
| MALORIDA | see J. Gatty and Malorida. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MALORIDA, J. | England, | barometer maker. | High Holborn, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MALT, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | one signed "J. Malt Wisbech." | Wisbech. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MALTBY | see Malby. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MALTWOOD, R. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/6/78 | this is probably a too early guess of an instrument by Richard Austen Maltwood. | 3, Orange Row, Kennington, Surrey. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MALTWOOD, RICHARD AUSTEN | England, fl.1829-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also made thermometers. | 19 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1829-44); 3 Orange Row, Kennington Row (1842-45); 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1845); 129 Great Saffron Hill (1846-48); 5 Cross Street (1854-59); Shoe Lane. all in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2 (2174). | suggest correction |
| MANASSER, DAVID | Germany, 1635, MIM | Dialing Instrument, 1635 = Evans Coll. | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANCARROW | USA, MIM | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |||
| MANCHE | France, 1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, octagonal, 1775 = Schuhmann-133. | style is triangular with plumb-bob; same as Mancher? | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANCHER | France, | Sundial = OXF. | same as Manche? | Paris. | Michel 3. | suggest correction |
| MANCINUS, IOHANNES MAR. | Italy, c.1550, MIM | Radio Latino = Michel Coll. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MANDATO, REGIO | Spain, 1787, OIM | Telescope, 1787 = MAN-I 182. | Madrid. | Garcia Franco 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANDER, GEORGE | England, c.1838-40, MIM PHIM | see Aston. | 21 Great Crown Street, Soho, London. | Taylor 2 (2175); O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| MANDERN, CARL VON | Denmark, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = OXF; Protractor and Rule = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | protractor is marked "Hafnia." | Copenhagen. | Maddison 5; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANDL, GEORG | Germany, 1759, | Georg Mändl; author; wrote on sundials. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MANEGANI, ANTONIO AND PAULO | see Mantegani. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MANERSPERG, ANTON VON | Austria, 1734, MIM | Anton von Mänersperg, Abbot of Admont, the sundial at BM is dated 1734 and signed "A.D.G.A.A." = "Ad Dei Gloriam Admonti Abbas." | Admont. | Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | |
| MANFRED, SEPTALA | mentioned in Bonanni; misreading for Manfred de Settala. | Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |||
| MANGACAVALI, JNO. | England, c.1836, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 5 Greville Street, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MANGAVALI, JOHN | see Jno. Mangacavali. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MANGAVEL | France, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Telescope = Melun 4/24/83. | signed "Mangavel, opticien à Bordeaux"; also see Manguel. | Bordeaux. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANGHETTI, ANTONIUS | Italy, MIM | engraved a graphometer by Bernardinus Pavolini which is now at USNM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MANGIACAVALLI, J. 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/76. | 17 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANGIACAVALLI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leeds. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANGIN, CLEMENT CYRIAQUE DE | France, c.1621, | author; his pseudonym was "Denis Henrion"; wrote on the sector. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MANGUEL | France, NIM | Marine Compass = OMM. | see Mangavel. | Bordeaux. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN AND AYSCOUGH | England, fl.1743 - 49, OIM | Telescopes = KEN, OXF; Solar and Scroll Microscopes, 1743 = Court Coll. | T.C.; James Mann 2 and James Ayscough. | Ludgate Street; Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near the West End of Saint Paul's, (1747); both in London. | Taylor 2(90 & 2266); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Maddison 1; Calvert 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN, I. 1 | England, OIM | Telescope, pasteboard and brass = VCW. | could be James Mann 1, 2, or 3. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN, I. 2 | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see William Mann. | Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1660-1730, OIM | Microscope = KEN; Telescope = WHI; Pillar Sundial on handle of cane, 1679 = P.C. | apprenticed to Thomas King 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Nov. 5, 1674; turned over to John Hicketts of the Company, March 20, 1682; Master of the Company, 1716-17. | St. Martins (1693); Angel Street (1695); Sign of the Archimedes and Pair of Golden Spectacles, Butcher Hall Lane, a little nearer St. Paul's, Fleet Street; all in London. | Court and von Rohr 3(46); Taylor 1(480) and 2(89); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10.. | suggest correction |
| MANN, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1707-51?, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Christie 4/9/75 (wood), WHI (3-refracting); Astroscope = Caleb Smith (1734); Stick Barometer = D.(1989). | son of James Mann 1; apprenticed to Matthew Cooberow of the Spectaclemakers' Company on April 4, 1699; free of the Company, June 28, 1707; Master of the Company 1725 and 1737; took apprentices; in partnership with James Ayscough as Mann and Ayscough, 1743-47; Ayscough had been his apprentice, 1732-40; T.C.; author; made thermometers and barometers. | Archimedes and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles near the Castle Tavern, Fleet Street (1735); Sir Isaac Newton's Head and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, 23 Ludgate Street (1743, 1751); all in London. | Taylor 1(480) & 2(90); Court and von Rohr 3(73)(129); Daumas; Bennett 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Goodison 1; Coffeen 27. | suggest correction |
| MANN, JAMES 3 | England, 1763, OIM | Telescope, 1763 = P.C. (1979). | succeeded his father, James Mann 2; the 1763 telescope might have been made by James Mann 2. | London. | Taylor 2(89 and 90); RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN, JAMES 4 | England, c.1743, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Cole 1 in the Stationers' Company; turned over to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 6, 1743; could he be the same as James Mann 3? | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MANN, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1693-1709, MIM | succeeded his uncle, James Paterson. | at the Sign of the Globe, Cross-staff and Quadrant, Castle Hill, Edinburgh (1694-98); at the Sign of the Globe, Cross-staff and Quadrant, on the Shore, Leith (1699-1704). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | suggest correction | |
| MANN, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1723-60, OIM | son of James Mann 2; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, April 1, 1723; succeeded by Samuel Johnson, c. 1760. | London | Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(96); Dewhirst; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANN, JOHN 3 | Scotland, d.1770, NIM | barber and compass maker. | Leith. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MANN, W. | England?, NIM | Octant = Soth. 2/2/70. | may be same as W.C. Mann. | Gloucester. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN, W.C. | USA, NIM | Octant = MYS. | may be same as W. Mann. | Gloucester, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANN, WILLIAM | England, c.1774, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | 56 Cable Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANNASSE, L., AND CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Transit = D.(1976). | Chicago, Ill. | Rinaldo 2. | suggest correction | |
| MANNHEIM, AMEDEE | France, 1831-1906, | Amedée Mannheim; invented the modern slide rule in 1851. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| MANNING AND MANNING | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | Malvern; Worcester. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANNING, CHARLES | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1720. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MANNING, J. | England, 1861, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Christie 12/21/71; Planetarium, geared, case, 1861 = Soth. 4/18/88. | planetarium marked "published by J. Manning." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANSELL 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fakenham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANSELL 2 | England, PHIM | see Newcomb and Mansell | Wapping and Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANSELL, JOHN | England, 1770, MIM | rule maker; had as apprentice, Samuel Haycock, who ran away May 16, 1770. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| MANSFIELD, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1795-1828, MIM | apprenticed to John Atkinson 2 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 6, 1788; free of the Company, Dec. 3, 1795; took apprentices after 1800. | 103 Pennington Street, Ratcliffe Highway, London. | J. Brown 1 and 2. | suggest correction | |
| MANSVELT, PAULUS | Holland; France1783-1851, MIM | inspector of weights and measures; studied in the Hague; assisted Lenoir in Paris for four years. | The Hague; Paris; The Hague. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MANTAGANI | see Manntegani. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MANTEGANI, ANTONIO | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | watch and clock maker; X signed "A. Mantegani" and "Mantegani." | High Street, Wisbech. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MANTEGANI, ANTONIO AND PAULO | England, c.1850, PHIM | clock, watch and barometer makers. | Wisbech. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MANTENANT | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sectors = Neumarkt, 10/8/71, 5/5/72; Butterfield-type Sundial = P-B 10/3/57 #219. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANTICHA 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76; Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | may be Dominick Manticha or Manticha 2. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANTICHA 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, KEN. | stick barometers signed "Manticha London." | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MANTICHA 3 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Bottle Barometer = KEN. | McConnell 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MANTICHA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth.-S 10/19/89. | possibly Dominick Manticha; Soth.-S signed "Manticha and Co. Fecit." | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANTICHA, A. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MANTICHA, D., AND CO. | England, c.1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1968), P.C. (1968). | see Dominick Manticha. | 11 Ely Court, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1 & 5. | suggest correction |
| MANTICHA, DOMINICK | England, fl.1781-1805, PHIM | Stick Barometers = KEN, D.(1977), Bearnes 9/17/86; Double Barometer, 1781 = KEN. | the double barometer is signed "D. Manticha"; see Manticha and Co. and D. Manticha and Co. | 11 Ely Court, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1 & 5. | suggest correction |
| MANTICHA, J. | Scotland, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1975), D.(1981), Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, Michigan; Set of Philosophical Bubbles = RSM. | D.(1975) telescope is marked "improved day or night." | Greenock. | Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MANTICHA, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = KEN. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | ||
| MANTICHA, PETER | England, PHIM | Double Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | the stick barometer is signed "P. Manticha." | Crown Feathers Court, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MANTON, JOSEPH | England, c.1810, OIM | took out a patent on a telescope improvement. | Davies Street, Berkely Street, London. | Taylor2(1382). | suggest correction | |
| MANTOVA, P. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/74; Wheel Barometers = Christie 12/18/74, X (2). | Luton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MANUEL, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, | designed a Wye-level made and sold by W. and S. Jones. | Taylor 2(858). | suggest correction | ||
| MANZINI | see Ambrosini and Manzini. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MANZOCHI, GIROLAMO | England, c.1838, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | looking glass maker. | 22 Brook Street, Hull. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MAPLE | Francec.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 11/22/72. | stamped "Maple 28." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAPPIN | England, c.1880, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | 61 Newhall Street, Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAR, ANDREAS | Italy, 1589, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1589 = OXF. | Evans thought that "Mar" might be an abbreviation; may be "A.M." 5. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARALEE, W.H. | England, c.1750, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | North Shields. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARBLE | see Sibley and Marble. | USNM. | suggest correction | |||
| MARC | France, c.1840, MIM | see Vantier et Marc; see A. Lefrançois. | Paris. | Soth. 1969; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARCEL, ARNOLD | Holland, 1672-1748, OIM | nephew of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; mathematician and physicist; made lenses. | Dordrecht. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARCELLI, J. | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Dividers, iron = D.(1972). | also marked with a combined "IH." | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | |
| MARCHAL, J. | France, 1975, MIM | Astrolabe, 1975 = D.(1975). | astrolabes made to order. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARCHE, FELIX DE LA | France, 1785-1821, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = CNAM-3851 (1785), Soth. 12/17/62-131; Celestial Globe = CNAM-7432. | Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MARCHOIS | France, c.1809, MIM SIM | Graphometers = D.(1972), X; Table Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55. | X may be in the USNM; made a protractor, in 1809, designed by Desagneaux. | Paris. | Roux Devilas 73; Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARCHONI, ALBERTO | Italy?, MIM | Triangular Instrument = OXFB-127. | may be owner. | Zinner 1; Josten. | suggest correction | |
| MARCKS, C., AND CO. | India, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer with clock = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Bombay and Poona. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARCUS ANTONIUS | see Antonius, Marcus. | Michel 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MARELLI | Italy, 1818, PHIM | Barometer, 1818 = Linceo G. Beccaria, Milan. | signed and dated on float. | Milan. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| MARETZ, J. | France, c.1600, MIM SIM | Graphometer = ADL-M157; Protractor with sights = P.C.; Graphometer on a rectangular plate = LOS. | the LOS graphometer has sine and cosine tables and a list of towns with their latitudes, it is signed "Maretz Aix." | Aix. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Israel; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARGAS, JOHN | England; Ireland, fl.1742-67, MIM OIM | Solar Microscope = KEN; Compass = Christie-SK 3/5/87; Sundial, 1767 = X; Instrument = WHI. | apprenticed to Nathaniel Adams 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1735; turned over to John Cox 2; free of the Company, Dec. 30, 1742; bankrupt in London, 1758; sundial signed "Margas Dublin 1767." | Rose Street, Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London (1758); Capel Street, Dublin (1761-67). | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3; Clay and Court; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(634); Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MARGES, JOHN | see John Margas | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |||
| MARGETTS AND NICHOLSON | England, c.1803, MIM | George Margetts and Nicholson; made a double length sliding Gunter's scale, c.1803. | London. | Taylor 2(868). | suggest correction | |
| MARGETTS, GEORGE | England, fl.1748-1804, MIM | Astronomical Watches = P.C., NMM, OXF. | P.C. is "No 1"; NMM is lost; author of a work on lunar distances; invented a navigational slide rule; watchmaker. | 42 Penton Street, Islington (1789); 21 King Street, Cheapside (1792); 3 Cheapside (1801); all in London. | Taylor 2(868); Moskowitz 130; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARGUERY | France, 1793, MIM | Odometer with clockwork, 1793 = DEU. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARIANI, IACOPO | Italy, 1690, MIM SIM | Squadra Mobile, 1690 = ADL-M109. | "fac in Galli di D.S.A.S. in Florenza l'Anno 1690." | Florence. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARICOURT, PIERRE DE | France, 1269, NIM | made a magnetic compass in 1269? | Michel 19. | suggest correction | ||
| MARIE | France, 1736-60, OIM | Microscopes = CNAM, P.C. | furnished a lens to l'Observatoire in 1736. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| MARIE PUTOIS, ROCHETTE JEUNE | France, c. 1800, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | T.C. in box of graphometer signed "M.P. et Rochette", which see; T.C. signed "Mathémathique, Optique et Phisique" plus address. | Quai de l'Horloge la 3me Boutique en entrant par le Pont Neuf, à Paris. | Coffeen 41. | suggest correction | |
| MARIE VEUVE | France, c.1760, OIM | widow of Marie. | Quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARII, G. | misreading for C. Maru. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MARING, FRANCIS | England, c.1654, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1654. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MARINONE, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bedford. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARINONI, J.J. | Austria, 1676-1755, MIM | Mural Quadrant = D.(1965). | assembled a large collection of instruments, 1746; quadrant may have been ordered by him. | Vienna. | Brieux; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| MARION JEUNE | France, PHIM | Thermometer = P.C. | "breveté." | passage de l'Opera 15, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARIOT, JAMES | Italy; Scotland, c.1742, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | Sign of the Crown, Gallowgate, Glasgow (1742). | Bryden 3; Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARIOTTA, GIG LI | Italy, 1589, MIM | Nocturnals = LOS (1589), van Alfen Coll. (1591). | LI is with a small I half way up the open L; LOS is very similar to the nocturnal ADL-M331 by A. Giamin; probably both are modern work. | Rome. | USNM; Hollands Glorie; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARITZ, J. | Holland, d.1807, MIM | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARIUS, SIMON | Germany, 1609, OIM | Telescope, 1609 = DEU. | Ansbach. | Price 2. | suggest correction | |
| MARK AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Peterborough. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARKDAINEL, JOHN | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 11, 1718. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MARKE, JOHN | England, fl.1664-79, MIM OIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = TIM, Watney Coll; Protractor = OXF; Sundial, 1679 = Drummond Castle, Scotland; Morland Calculating Machine, 1670 = FLO; Scale = BRU; Sutton-type Quadrant = Koller 11/17/75; Gunter Quadrant = D.(1976); Tympan (52°25') for Humphrey Cole's Astrolabe = SAN; Sector = ADL-A244; Plane Table, 1674 = X.; Telescopic Level, 1674 = X; etc. | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 5, 1655; free of the Company, April 4, 1664; admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company in 1667; succeeded Henry Sutton in 1665; took apprentices. | at the Sign of the Golden Ball, near Somerset House, the Strand, London. | Taylor 1(305); Bryden 15; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Somerville; Wynter 1; J. Brown 1 & 3; Crawforth 7; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARKS AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | may be same as Mark and Co. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARKS, A.J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = NMM. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | ||
| MARKS, JOHN MATHEW | confusion!; the name should be John Marke. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MARKS, L. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 5/18/89. | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARKS, SOLOMON | England, fl.1822-60, NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = P.C.; Marine Barometer = X. | watch and clockmaker; see Solomon Marks and Co. | Broad Street, Cardiff. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARKS, SOLOMON, AND CO. | England, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Sextant = D.(1990). | Cardiff. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARKWICK, JACOBUS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably James Markwick 1 or 2. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARKWICK, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1656-98, MIM | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1666; his son was James Markwick 2. | Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Robischon. | suggest correction | |
| MARKWICK, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1692-1730, MIM | son of James Marwick 1; free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1692 by Patrimony; Master of the Company, 1720. | Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Robischon. | suggest correction | |
| MARLAND, MICHAEL | see Michael Marlow 2. | Taylor 1(142); RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MARLO, M. | see Michael Marlow 2. | Taylor 1(142); RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MARLOW, MICHAEL 1 | England, fl.1620-50, MIM | Compass Card, engraved = Gardener Sale. | father of Michael Marlow 2; compass maker. | King Edward's Stairs, Wapping, midway between the two Gravel Lanes, London. | Taylor 1(142); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
| MARLOW, MICHAEL 2 | England, fl.1682-95, MIM | son of Michael Marlow 1; apprenticed to John Seller 1 in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Mar. 28, 1666; free of the Company, Dec. 17, 1673; compass maker. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(142); Crawforth 8. | suggest correction | |
| MARLOYE | France, fl.1840-56, PHIM | specializes in acoustic apparatus. | Paris. | Warner 13. | suggest correction | |
| MARNONI, ANTHONI | Scotland, fl.1844-49, PHIM | spirit hydrometer maker. | 34 Brunswick Place, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARQUART, BALTUS | Germany, 1552, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1552 = P.C. | Gunther No. 326. | Augsburg; Berlin. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Bobinger 2 & 3. | suggest correction |
| MARQUART, JAKOB 1 | Germany, c.1527-75, MIM | Sundial on base of clock, 1567 = VAA. | Augsburg. | Evans 1; Bobinger 2 & 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARQUART, JAKOB 2 | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Sundial on table clock = ADL-M381. | Augsburg. | Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARQUIS, T. | England, c.1790, MIM | Set Square with Rules = D.(1983). | invented a type of plotting system much used by the military; "Teacher of the Military Sciences." | N° 1 Charing Cross, London. | Wynter 1; Coffeen 27. | suggest correction |
| MARR AND ANDERSON | Scotland, 1859, PHIM | made chemical apparatus; could be either John Marr 2 or Robert Marr. | 14 Renfield Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARR, J. AND R., AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1849-58, PHIM | made chemical apparatus; John Marr 2 and Robert Marr. | 27 North Albion Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARR, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1614-47, MIM | made compasses and sundials, possibly the dials in the Hampton Court gardens; father or uncle of William Marr. | Taylor 1(129); Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARR, JOHN 2 | Scotland, fl.1842-45, PHIM | made chemical instruments; see J. and R. Marr and Co. | 35 Montrose Street (1842-44); 17 Canon Street (1845); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARR, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1849-61, PHIM | worked with John Marr 2 as J. and R. Marr and Co. (1849-58); may have been the Marr in Marr and Anderson (1859); worked as Robert Marr and Co. (1860-61). | 27 North Albion Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MARR, ROBERT, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1860-61, PHIM | 27 North Albion Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MARR, WILLIAM | England, fl.1640-84, MIM | Garden Sundials = Royal Garden, Whitehall (c.1660). | court dialist; nephew or son of John Marr 1. | London. | Taylor 1(194); Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| MARRAND | England, 1827, MIM | Window Sundial, 1827 = Evans Coll. | London. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARRATT AND SHORT | England, 1860-69, MIM PHIM | Rule, boxwood = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | barometer makers; see John Marratt. | Goodison 1; O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARRATT, J.S. | England, c.1820-69, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.B. 12/3/48. | showed in the Great London Exhibition, 1851; see John Marratt. | 63 King William Street, London Bridge, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; O'Mara; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARRATT, JOHN | England, fl.1833-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2); Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | became Marratt and Short in 1860; probably J.S. Marratt; microscope signed "Marratt 63 King William Street, London Bridge, London." | 54 Shoe Lane (1833); 15 Great Winchester Street (1841-44); 63 King William Street, London Bridge (1845-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1636); RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARRAUD | France; England, c.1824, MIM | Sundial, vertical, 1824 = OXF. | signed "Marraud Londres Février 1824." | London (1824). | Taylor 2(1824). | suggest correction |
| MARRIOTT | France, c.1850, PHIM | balance maker. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| MARRIOTT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1822-40, MIM OIM | 38 New Montague Street, Brick Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1639); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| MARRIOTT, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1822, OIM | 12 Market Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1639). | suggest correction | ||
| MARSCH, ULRICH | Germany, fl.1528-pre-1543, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = NUR-L85. | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARSDEN, THOMAS | England, 1749, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1749 = Dr. Jobson Horne Coll. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Taylor 2(380). | suggest correction | ||
| MARSH, B. | England, c.1858, PHIM | barometer maker. | 83 Coleshill Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARSH, HOWARD | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company, 1796. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MARSH, HUMPHREY | England, c.1690, MIM | Wheel-cutting Machine = NMM. | Highworth. | Taylor 1(468); Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARSHALL, JNO., AND CO. | England, 1787, MIM | Armillary Spheres, cardboard, case, 1787 = ADL-W245. | "Published April 12th, 1787, and sold by Jno. Marshall and Co. Aldermany Church Yard, Bow Lane, London": "Special Additions to Miss Cowley's Pocket Sphere." | Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London. | Soth. 10/22/76; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARSHALL, JOHN 1 | England, c.1682, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company in 1682. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MARSHALL, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1685-1722, OIM | Telescopes = ADL-M424, KEN (1715), OXF, etc; Microscopes = KAS, Longleat House, Phillips 10/5/76, Soth. 4/28/69, etc. | apprenticed to Jack Dunning, a turner; free of the Turners' Company; worked as a turner in Ivy Lane; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; made microscopes for Boyle; T.C.; "Optician to His Majesty" (1720); "Maker of Optic Glasses to His Majesty"; succeeded by John Smith 2. | The 3 Keys,Ivy Lane; at the Sign of the Gun, Ludgate Street (1688-89); Archimedes and two Golden Spectacles in Ludgate Street near St. Paul's Churchyard, the house being new built (1693); Two Golden Prospects, Ludgate Street; all in London. | Taylor 1(435) & 2(91); Court and von Rohr 3(VIII); USNM; Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1 & 7; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARSHALL, JOHN 3 | England, c.1758, PHIM | Wilson Electrical Machine = Burton Constable. | Beverly. | Elizabeth Hall; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARSHALL, JOHN 4 | USA, 1730-1802, | invented an instrument in 1772 to measure magnetic deviation; Thomas Jefferson called it a "meridian instrument"; surveyor. | Fauquier, Va. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| MARSHALL, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARSHALL, THOMAS | USA, c.1772, | invented a type of dip needle; surveyor. | Virginia. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| MARSHALL, THOMAS HANSON | England or USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MARSON, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/78. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTEL, P.G. | Switzerland, MIM SIM | Alidade = GEM. | Geneva. | Delehar 6. | suggest correction | |
| MARTEL, PIERRE | Switz.; England; Jamaica, fl.1723-61, MIM PHIM | Gunner's Instrument Set = USNM; Sector, 1755 = U. of Glasgow in 1756. | thermometer maker; the USNM set is signed "Martel à Genève"; author. | Lausanne; Genève (1723-43); London (1743-46); Jamaica (1746-61). | Taylor 2(381); Middleton 2; Bryden 6; Evans 1; USNM. | suggest correction |
| MARTIGNONI L'AINE | France, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Martignoni l'aîné. | Mans. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN 1 | see Benjamin Martin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MARTIN 2 | France, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Level = CNAM. | Versailles. | Soth. 6/25/68-57 note; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN 3 | France, c.1750, MIM | Sundial = HOF-236; Sundial, white enamel = PAK-139. | could be two makers; the Parkington Coll. sundial shows the address. | 244 rue St. Martin, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN 4 | France, pre-1782, MIM SIM | Graphometers = P.C., P.C. (1987); Sector, ivory and silver = ADL-M132d; Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 6/25/68-57; Astronomical Ring = COR; Protractor = COR; Logarithmic Rule = COR. | sector signed "Martin à Tempel"; graphometer signed "Martin au Temple." | à Tempel, or au Temple, Paris. | Engelmann 1; Courtanvaux; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN 5 | France, 18th C., MIM | not a member of any Corporation; lived in a privileged enclave; could be Martin 3 or 4, which see. | Paris. | Augarde. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN AND SON | England, fl.1779-82, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope = D.(1977). | Benjamin and Josua Lovell Martin, 1780; invented the "Dromometer" a type of log. | Fleet Street, London. | Wynter 1; Bell 2; Court and von Rohr 3(XXX); Clay and Court; Bedini 8; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN VON HALL | see Hall, Martin von | suggest correction | ||||
| MARTIN, BENJAMIN | England, 1714-82, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | had a large workshop which produced instruments under his name; made improvements to the microscope and wrote extensively in the field of natural philosophy; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764; see Martin and Son; member of the Goldsmiths' Company. | Chichester (to 1740); N°. 171 Fleet Street; shop near Crane Street; at the New Invented Visual Glasses (1716); at the Sign of Hadley's Quadrant and Visual Glasses; Newtons Head, 171 Fleet Street; all in Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(289); Millburn 1, 2 & 3; Goodison 1; Engelmann 1; USNM; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; D. Bachman; Yonge; Maddison 1; Coffeen 9; Moskowitz; J.A. Bennett 1 and 2; ADL; Daumas 1; Olivia Brown 4; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN, C. FRANCOIS | France, c.1807, | C. François Martin; invented a slide rule for conversion of weights and measures to the metric system; author. | Toulon. | Offenbacher 29, 1977. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, FELIX | England, c.1825, MIM NIM | Wind Street, Swansea. | Peate. | suggest correction | ||
| MARTIN, FRANCIS | England, c.1683, MIM | apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 13, 1683 for eight years. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, HENRY | England, c.1850, PHIM | scale maker. | Reading. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, I. | Germany, 1693, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1693 = Musée Historique de Neuchatel. | probably Johann Martin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, JAMES | England, fl.1784-94, MIM | probably the brother of John Martin 1; apprenticed to John Troughton 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1768; free of the Company May 6, 1784; took apprentices. | 25 Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1787); Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1792); 23 Dean Street, Fetter Lane (1794); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, JOHANN | Germany, 1642-1721, MIM SIM | made a great variety of sundials of very high quality; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL, OXF, NMM, WHI, USNM, DEU, FLO, AUG, LEY, HAK, etc.; also made pedometers and an astronomical clock at MUN. | step-brother of Johann Willebrand; step-uncle to Johann Martin Willebrand; invented the crescent sundial; some of his sundials are signed "Masig"; P. Masig was his agent in London; dated instruments are 1693, 1706 and 1710. | Frankfort; Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; NMM 2; USNM; Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; W. Eckhardt 3; Syndram; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN, JOHN 1 | England, c.1766, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 2, 1766; probably brother of James Martin who was also in the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1839-50, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | watchmaker; clockmaker; jeweler; sometimes signed "Jno. Martin." | High Street, Maidstone. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| MARTIN, JOSHUA LOVER | England, fl.1774-82, MIM NIM OIM | Quadrant = KEN; Telescope = KEN. | son of Benjamin Martin; see Martin and Son; patented an improvement on Hadley's quadrant in 1774; took out a patent for drawing brass tubes, 1782; quadrant signed "Martin Invt. et fecit London." | Taylor 2(289); H.C. King 2; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Millburn 8. | suggest correction | |
| MARTIN, PETER | England, c.1800, MIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1792; free of the Company May 1, 1800. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARTIN, THOMAS | England, c.1794, | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1794. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARTIN, W.B. | USA, c.1850, | engraved globes made by Gilman Joslin. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINDALE, ADAM | England, 1623-86, | invented a dialing instrument; author. | Warrington, Lancashire (1663); Rotherton, Cheshire; Leigh, Lancashire. | Taylor 1(211). | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLE, L., AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/28/73. | probably a misreading of L. Martinelli and Sons. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI AND SON | England, post-1838, OIM PHIM | barometer makers; see Lewis Martinelli (3) and Son. | 62 King Street, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(1929). | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, A., AND WM. DAY AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | probably Alfred Martinelli. | 70 Union Street, Borough, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTINELLI, ALFRED | England, fl.1839-51, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | thermometer maker; succeeded by his widow, Mrs. E. Martinelli in 1851. | 43 Union Street, Borough (1839); 96 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth (1843-44); 18 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth (1845-51); all in London. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MARTINELLI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARTINELLI, D. | England, c.1802, PHIM | barometer maker. | Grays Inn Road, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, JR. | England, c.1846, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | London. | Taylor 2(1929). | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, L. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | marked "Warranted"; could be Lewis Martinelli 1 or 3. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS (3), AND SON | England, fl.1838-46, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer, rosewood = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | opticians; looking glass maker; thermometer makers; see Lewis Martinelli 3. | 62 King Street, Borough, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS 1 | England, fl.1830-38, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 102 London Road, Brighton. | Bell 2; Taylor 2(1929); Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS 2 | England, fl.1803-11, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 6/27/88 (No. 82). | carver; gilder; print seller; barometer and thermometer maker. | 82 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTINELLI, LEWIS 3 | England, fl.1834-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X (4). | thermometer maker; Bell thought that Lewis Martinelli 2 and 3 were the same person; the clock in one of the barometers is signed "T. Combe, Camberwell." | 62 King Street, Borough, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MARTINELLI, MRS. E. | England, fl.1851-53, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded her husband, Alfred Martinelli, in 1851. | 18 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth. London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, P. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, P., RONCHETTI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Coventry. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, P.L.D., AND CO. | England, fl.1799, PHIM | barometer makers. | 82 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINELLI, W., AND SONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see William Martinelli. | 54 Snows Fields, Borough, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MARTINELLI, WILLIAM | England, fl.1840-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1970). | some of the barometers are signed "W. Martinelli, Snows Fields, Bermondsey", others just "W. Martinelli." | 21 Wells Street, Oxford Street (1840); 5 Friars Street, Blackfriars (1841); 120 Snows Fields, Bermondsey (1853-59); all in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTINEZ, D. FRANCISCO | Spain, 1781, NIM | Lodestone, 1781 = MAN-I 23. | Garcia Franco 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARTINEZ, JOSE | Spain, 1853, NIM | Binnacle, 1853 = MAN-I 51; Compass, 1853 = MAN- I 60. | Ferrol. | Garcia Franco 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINOIA, G. | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | York. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINOIA, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINOLA, G. | misreading for G. Martinoia. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MARTINOT | France, MIM | Armillary Sphere = X. | Paris? | Pastoreau. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINOT, GILLES | France, MIM | Instrument = D.(1964). | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MARTINOT, LUDOVICUS | France, fl. 1598-1631, MIM | Astrolabe, 1598 = ADL-M31; Astronomical Volvelle, 1631 = Soth. 6/25/68-14. | ICA-212. | Sens. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Price 1; GHP; ICA 2; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARTINS | see Pistor and Martins. | Weil and Baden; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MARTYN, THOMAS | England, late 18th Century, | T.C.; ship's chandler. | No. 208 near King Edward Stairs, Wapping, London. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MARU, G. | Italy, fl.1743-47, MIM | Armillary Sphere with Planetarium, 1747 = LOS; Astronomical Ring, 1743 = LOS. | Louvain-type astronomical ring is c.1580; Maru is certainly owner; armillary sphere signed "G. Maru Caboga"; signed on base of stand "G.M.F.C." and "G. Maru fecit C."; planetarium has two planets, one with a ring. | Caboga. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MARX AND PETLEY | Australia, NIM | Dividers, navigational = P.C. | Sydney. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MARZORATI AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Holborn, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MARZORATI, E. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MARZORATTI AND RIVOTTA | England, PHIM | barometer makers; may be Marzoratti and F. Rivolta 2. | Reading. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MASCAGNE, DANGELO | Italy, PHIM | Measure = Koller 11/7/63. | Certosino. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MASEFIELD, ROBERT | England, 1767, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1767 = X. | Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASIC | see Masig. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MASIG, P. | England, c.1720, | Crescent Sundials = OXFB-106, NMM, Roussel-98, OXF, Soth. 9/20/83; Augsburg-type Sundials = ADL-M301, OXF, NMM. | these instruments were made by Johann Martin and sold in England by his agent, P. Masig. | London. | Maddison 5; Engelmann 1; Taylor 1(525); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MASKELYNE, NEVIL | England, 1732-1811, | Astronomer Royal; claimed to have designed a prism micrometer; author. | Taylor 2(507); Dawsons 205; Phil. Trans. Vol. LXVII, 1777; Howse 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MASON 1 | England, fl.1809-60, MIM NIM SIM | Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/8/76; Sundial, circular = Christie 5/6/69; Mariner's Compass = EGE; Surveying Compass = Soth. 11/13/61-65. | may be Seacombe 2, Jonathan 2 or Thomas 1 Mason; mariner's and surveying compasses show address and signature. | 6 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MASON 2 | see Rabone and Mason. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MASON 3 | see Stanley, Belcher and Mason Ltd. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MASON AND CO. | Ireland, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83, and 12/13/83; Surveying Level = Christie-SK 2/5/87; Microscope = D. | see Mason 1. | 11 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Coffeen; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MASON AND TYLER | USA, c.1820, PHIM | made small tools. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MASON AND WRIGHT | USA, c.1853, MIM OIM PHIM | 13 Quarry, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| MASON, ALVA | USA, fl.1834-57, MIM PHIM | made chemical apparatus; probably related to T.W. Mason. | 24 Greenleaf's Court (1837); 89 South Fifth Street (1844); 91 South Fifth Street (1849); 89 South Fifth Street (1856-57); all in Philadephia, Pa. | Bryden 9 and 18; Reingold; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, G. | Scotland, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87. | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1674, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers'Company; free in the Company, 1674. | London. | Crawforth 6. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1832-58, MIM PHIM | 52 Squirrus Street, Bethnal Green Road, London. | Taylor 2(2176); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| MASON, J. AND E. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, JAMES 1 | England, 1816, OIM | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1809, served for seven years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, JAMES 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | 14 Capel Street, Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, JOHN ABRAHAM | England, c.1836, | designed "Masons' Hygrometer" in 1836; surgeon. | Pentonville, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, JONATHAN 1 | USA, 1757-1808, MIM | son-in-law of Benjamin King 2; continued King's business after King's death in 1804; sea captain. | Lynde Street, Salem, Mass. | Bedini 8; Brewington 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, JONATHAN 2 | Ireland, 1784-1849, OIM | optician; see T. and J. Mason; on his own, 1809-12 and 1818-22. | 8 Arran Quay (1809); 9 Ormond Quay (1811); 14 Capel Street (1819-22); all in Dublin; 6 Patrick Street, Limerick (1846). | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, S. AND T. | Ireland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely Seacombe 2 and Thomas C. Mason. | 3 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MASON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1712-14, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1704,for eight years; free of the Company Sept. 29, 1712; took an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, SEACOMBE (2) AND THOMAS 1 | Ireland, fl.1836-80, MIM OIM PHIM | firm still going in 1880. | 6 Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Taylor 2(2176a). | suggest correction | |
| MASON, SEACOMBE 1 | Ireland, 1748-1804, OIM | established his business in 1780; succeeded by Thomas (1) and Jonathan (2) Mason. | 8 Arran Quay, Dublin (1780-1804). | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, SEACOMBE 2 | Ireland, 1808-92, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = WHI. | optician until 1836, then joined with Thomas Mason 1, making optical and mathematical instruments. | 6 Essex Bridge (1838-44); 11 Essex Bridge (1845-64); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(2176a); RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MASON, STANDISH | Ireland, fl.1839-41, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/15/89. | optician; son of Thomas Mason 1. | 2 Upper Ormund Quay, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MASON, T. AND J. | Ireland, fl.1805-17, OIM | Thomas Mason 1 and Jonathan Mason 2. | 8 Arran Quay (1805-08); 3 Essex Bridge (1813-17); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, T.W. | USA, fl.1850-64, MIM NIM PHIM | probably related to Alva Mason. | 89 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, fl.1780-1840, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1971). | T.C.; succeeded Seacombe Mason 1; established in 1780; listed as an optician until 1836, then as an optical and mathematical instrument maker with Seacombe Mason 2; "Instrument Maker to His Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Court." | 4 Essex Bridge (1809) & (1820); 3 Essex Bridge (1810-19) & (1821-36); 6 Essex Bridge (1827-38); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Taylor 2(2176a); RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MASON, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1852-56, MIM PHIM | succeeded Henry Nelson. | 2 Gloucester Street, Queen Square, London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| MASON, THOMAS H. | Ireland, 1877-1958, MIM PHIM | Polar Planimeter = OXF. | T.C.; "Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Maker to His Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Court"; surely a descendent of Thomas Mason 1; the planimeter is signed "T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin." | 21 Parliament Street; 5 and 6 Dame Street near the Castle; both in Dublin. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MASPOLI | see Soldini and Maspoli | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MASPOLI, A., AND CO. | England, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Augustus Maspoli. | Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MASPOLI, AUGUSTUS | England, fl.1826-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometers = X (5), Soth.-S 4/24/87, Soth. 12/13/88, etc. | also made themometers and telescopes; signed variously "Augustine Maspoli"," Augustino Maspoli" or "A. Maspoli, 79 Lowgate, Hull"; T.C. | 49 Salthouse Lane (1826-31); 79 Lowgate (1835-51); both in Hull. | Taylor 2(2177); Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MASPOLI, AUGUSTUS AND JAMES | England, fl.1831-35, PHIM | barometer makers. | 49 Salthouse Lane (1831); 79 Lowgate (1835); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASPOLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a misreading of James Maspoli. | Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MASPOLI, JAMES | England, fl.1826-59, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | the barometer is signed "J. Maspoli"; also sold looking glasses and jewelry; partner with Pasqual Soldini as P. Soldini and Maspoli; partner with Augustus Maspoli, which see. | 49 Salthouse Lane (1831); 79 Lowgate (1835); 17 Robinson Row (1839-48); 9 Robinson Row (1851-59); all in Hull. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MASPOLI, MONTI AND CO. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmakers; the partner may have been P. Monti. | Sandwich. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MASPOLI, P. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/6/73. | 13 John Street, Westgate, Bradford. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MASPOLI, P. AND V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Canterbury. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASSE, IOANNES | Italy, 1559, MIM SIM | Surveying Square, 1559 = P.C. | signed "Ioannes Masse, Lombardellus Castellanus", the last two names being a region and/or a town. | Lombardy. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MASSET, LOUIS | Switzerland, c.1857, MIM | showed in the Great London Exhibition of 1851. | Yverdon. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| MASSEY, EDWARD | England, fl.1790-1857, NIM | Log = AMST; Sounder = WHI. | called himself "the Younger"; invented a mechanical log in 1802 which was used by the Admiralty from 1807 to 1815; invented a deep sea sounder; author; T.C. | Newcastle-on-Tyne; Stanley; Newcastle, Staff.; Scholes near Prescot; Liverpool; Coventry; Hanley, Staff.; Saracen's Head, Snow Hill (1818); Clerkenwell (1834-38); last two in London. | Taylor 2(1181); Bedini 8; Treherne; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Wynter and Turner; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 1 & 2. | suggest correction |
| MASSI, CHARLES | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 38 Seward Street, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(2178). | suggest correction | ||
| MASSINO, PETER | Scotland, fl.1805-15, PHIM | Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X; Set of Philosophical Bubbles = P.C. | Canongate (1808); West College Street (1809-11); Fountain Close (1812-14); North College Street (1815); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASSUCCI, PAUL | Italy, 1604, MIM | Goniometer, 1604 = FLO-461. | Lucca. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MASSY, HENRY | England, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 8/7/54. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MASTAGLIO AND MOLTENI | England, fl.1841-47, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 24-25 Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MASTAGLIO AND TACCHI | England, fl.1853-62, PHIM | T.C.; barometer and thermometer makers. | 132 High Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MASTAGLIO, FORNELLI AND MOLTENI | England, fl.1837-41, PHIM | barometer makers; Taylor described it as a London firm and spelled Molteni as Moltani; V. Mastaglio, Fornelli and C. Molteni. | Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(2179). | suggest correction | |
| MASTAGLIO, V. | England, fl.1850-60, PHIM | barometer maker; probably a partner in Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni and in Mastaglio and Molteni. | 24 Grainger Street (1851-53); 45 Grainger Street (1855-60); 4 Carliol Square (1857-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MASTERS, J.N. | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer in clock = K. and C. 7/13/73. | Rye. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MATHER | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = MSI. | Liverpool. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MATHER, JOHN | England, c.1824, MIM | see Critchley and Mather. | 3 North Side Old Dock, Liverpool. | Crawforth 6. | suggest correction | |
| MATHER, S.P. | USA, fl.1845-60, | held two patents for submarine telescopes; may be the same as the Mather from Liverpool. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MATHERS, THOMAS | Scotland, c.1848, MIM OIM | 88 Glassford Street, Glasgow (1848). | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MATHESON AND CO. | Scotland, NIM | Octant = MYS. | T.C. in octant box in the Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway. | 68 Tolbooth Wynd, Leith. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MATHEWS, JOHN | England, c.1742, | apprenticed to John Tracy of the Grocers' Company on March 31, 1742. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MATHEWS, SAMUEL | England, c.1694, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Grocers' Company on June 19, 1694. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MATHIESEN AND RITTER | England, c.1840, NIM | Marine Compass in gimbals = DeLuca 8/1/87. | marked "By Royal Letters Patent." | 17 Gracechurch Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MATINELLI, W. | see William Martinelli. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MATLOCK, TIMOTHY | USA, c.1734-1829, MIM | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |||
| MATTEY, JEAN PIERRE | France, 1798, MIM | Rule, 1798 = Accademia delle Scienze, Turin. | signed "In. Pre. Mattey"; also marked "Inspe. re Gene. des Poids et Mesures" and "Piede Liprando di Piemonte"; mechanician. | Sartori. | suggest correction | |
| MATTHEWS, ALFRED | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leighton. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MATTHEWS, T. | Australia, NIM | Artificial Horizon = Cabrillo Marine Museum, Cal. | Sydney. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MATTHEWS, T.B. | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | 9 Athol Place, Pentonville, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MATTHEWS, W. AND J. | England, c.1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably William Matthews a watch and clockmaker of Penrith, c.1834. | Burrowgate, Penrith and Kendal. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MATTHEY | England, c.1851, MIM | see Johnson and Matthey. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| MATTIE, P., BROS. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony = D.(1974). | North Shields and Cardiff. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MATTMULLER, GERVASIUS | Germany; Austria, fl.1645-87, OIM | Gervasius Mattmüller; made telescopes for Rheita; "Imperial Court Optician", c.1687. | Augsburg; Vienna. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |
| MAUGHAN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Beverly. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAULEVANT | France, c.1750, MIM SIM | Pocket Sundial, gilt-brass = Wray; Sectors = BASH, P.C.; Rule = Chevau 10/10/75; Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-DPW43d; Cube Sundial = WHI. | made sundials and topographical instruments. | Paris. | Michel 3; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAULEVAUT | see Maulevant | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MAURITJ, JOANNIS, DE TISSOTIS | c.1800, MIM SIM | Surveying Compendium = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Drouot said "Italie?". | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAURSTOTTER UND STERR | Germany, 1719, OIM | Telescopes, parchment = DEU-56898, DEU (1719). | Mathies Maurstotter and Johann Sterr; what about Mur und Sterr? same date, same instrument, same town. | Freising. | Price 2. | suggest correction |
| MAURSTOTTER, MATHIES | Germany, c.1719, OIM | see Maurstotter und Sterr. | Freising. | Price 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAUTEVAUT | misreading of Maulevant. | suggest correction | ||||
| MAVER, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAVER, JOHN | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 46 Baldwin Gardens, London. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAVER, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 10/8/75. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAVERICK, SAMUEL | USA, d.1770, | apprenticed to Isaac Greenwood 2; killed in the Boston Massacre. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| MAVERLEY, T. | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Balance = Phillips 10/5/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAVERO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAW AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope = D.(1972). | see S. Maw, Son and Thompson. | Aldersgate Street, London. | Moskowitz 104. | suggest correction |
| MAW, S., AND SON | England, c.1890, PHIM | Fitzroy-type Barometer = Meteorological Station, Bracknell. | London. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAW, S., SON AND THOMPSON | England, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/2/84; Balance = Christie 10/6/76. | see Maw and Son; the balance is signed "S. Mawson and Thompson"; probably a misreading! | Aldersgate Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAWE | England, c.1820, PHIM | made sets of solids. | 149 Strand, London. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| MAWSON AND SWAN | England, OIM | Microscope = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAWSON, JOHN | England, c.1860, | T.C.; retailer of optical instruments. | 9 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Calvert 2. | suggest correction | |
| MAWSON, S., AND THOMPSON | misreading of S. Maw, Son and Thompson. | Christie 10/6/76. | suggest correction | |||
| MAXAM, RICHARD | England, c.1655, | apprenticed to Hugh Bolter in the Woodmongers' Company in 1645; free of the Company, 1655. | Crawforth 6. | suggest correction | ||
| MAXWELL, JOHN | England, c.1712, MIM | globe maker; see Senex and Maxwell; also worked with Charles Price; T.C. | at the Globe in Salisbury Court, London. | Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | |
| MAY, JOHANNES | Holland, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, gilt and silver = PAK-126. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Parkington Cat.; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAYCOCK, S.M. | England, MIM | Compass with prism = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAYEN, JOACHIM FREDERIK | Germany, c.1744, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | author; described a type of simple microscope. | Dresden. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| MAYER 1 | France, pre-1782, MIM | made a stage for a Magni (Magny) microscope. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | suggest correction | |
| MAYER 2 | Universal Ring Sundial = TIM = Soth. 12/3/76. | with an alidade instead of a bridge; Williams' work? | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAYER, JACOP | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Pedometer = LOS. | Vienna. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MAYER, JOSEF DANILE | see Josef Danile Mayr. | Lübke; Bobinger 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MAYER, LAURENTIUS | Germany, 1648, MIM | Cannon Sight, 1647 = SKO; Artillery Level, 1648 = SKO; Table Sundial, 1648 = SKO. | marked "Stuckhaubtman." | Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAYER, MATTHEW JAMES | England, c.1811, MIM | held a patent for an "instantaneous light machine." | Pentonville, London. | Taylor 2(1386). | suggest correction | |
| MAYER, TOBIAS | Germany, 1723-62, MIM SIM | Geodetic Instruments = X. | invented a repeating circle to be used in his method of determining longitude from lunar distances; author; F.R.S. | Göttingen. | Taylor 2(636); Forbes; USNM; Bedini 8; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction |
| MAYLIN, JOHN | England, c.1770, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on April 12, 1763; free of the company on July 3, 1770. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAYNARD, WILLIAM | France, pre-1690, MIM | mentioned by Bonanni in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Paris. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| MAYNESTONE, JOHN | England, c.1661, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 25, 1653 (os); free of the Company on July 5, 1661. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MAYNOTT | England, 1826, PHIM | Set of weights, 1826 = Soth. 9/20/83. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MAYO | see Lawrence and Mayo. | suggest correction | ||||
| MAYO, HENRY | USA, c.1850, NIM | T.C. in Spencer, Browning and Co. octant box. | No. 28 atlantic Avenue, east of Lewis Wharf, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAYO, THOMAS | Scotland, fl.1710-d.1719, NIM | ship's chandler; may have made nautical instruments. | on the Shore, Leith. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MAYO, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, | apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company, July 3, 1756. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MAYR, JOSEF DANILE | Germany, 1713-73, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = KAS. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Lübke; Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAYR, WOLFGANG | Germany, 1604, MIM | Multiple Sundial, 1604 = VIE. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MAZILIER | France, MIM | Planetarium on top of clock = Drouot 12/21/66. | Metz. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAZZOLENI, MARC ANTONIO | Italy, fl.pre-1597-1610, MIM | worked in the Arsenal in Venice, pre-1597-99; made Galileo's military sector, 1599 on; worked in Galileo's home in Padua, 1599-1610. | Venice; Padua (1599-1610). | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Bedini. | suggest correction | |
| MAZZOLETTI | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | 81 High Holborn, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MAZZUCHI | England, PHIM | see A. Satorelli and Mazzuchi. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MAZZUCHI AND CO. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | see B. Mazzuchi and Co. | Gloucester. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MAZZUCHI, B., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MCALL | misreading for M'Call. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MCALLISTER 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MCALLISTER 2 | USA, c. 1875, OIM | Telescope = D.(1987). | "optician." | New York, N.Y. | Coffeen 15. | suggest correction |
| MCALLISTER AND BARETTA | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Transit = X. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MCALLISTER AND BROTHER | USA, fl.1854-79, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = D.(1971), P.C. (2). | William Y. and J. McAllister; moved to New York before 1867. | Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MCALLISTER AND CO. | USA, fl.1838-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer, hydrometer and saccharometer makers; wholesale; firm established in 1783 by William Y. McAllister. | 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MCALLISTER, J. | USA, fl.1854-79, OIM | in partnership with older brother, William Y. McAllister; moved to New York before 1867; see McAllister and Brother. | Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MCALLISTER, T.H. | USA, pre-1867, OIM | Microscope = D.(1987). | may be a misreading for, or a son of, W.Y. McAllister. | New York, N.Y. | Purtle; Coffeen 15. | suggest correction |
| MCALLISTER, WILLIAM Y. | USA, fl.1783-1854, MIM OIM | Magnetic Compass = D.(1977). | established his firm in 1783; James Queen joined him in 1852, becoming a partner in 1853; the partnership was dissolved in 1854 when William's younger brother, J. McAllister took over; see McAllister and Brother, and McAllister and Co.; the magnetic compass was signed "McAllister." | 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Giordano. | suggest correction |
| MCARTHUR | OIM | Compact Microscope = Christie 10/6/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MCCANN, JAMES | USA, c.1837, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = USNM. | McCann was granted a patent on a circumferenter in 1837; married in 1824. | Newmarket, Va. | USNM; Smart 1. | suggest correction |
| MCCLUER, H. | USA, c.1834, | McCluer patented a sundial in 1834. | Hamburg, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MCCORMICK, JAMES | USA, c.1854, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| MCCOSKRIE, JAMES | USA, c.1846, MIM | won a diploma for a spirit level at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1846; Davenport, Quincy and Co. acted as his New York agents. | Cambridgeport, Mass. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MCCREARY, B.F. | USA, 1847, PHIM | received a silver medal "for the best electric Machines" in 1847. | 107 Norfolk Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MCCULLOCH, A. | England, c.1840, OIM | Microscope = KEN. | 18 Blucher Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| MCCULLOCH, KENNETH | England, fl.1776-1802, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Azimuth Compass, 1788 = MAN-I 50 | McCulloch; T.C.; "Compass-Maker to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence"; granted a patent in 1788. | 38 Minories, London (1791). | Taylor 2(869); Crawforth 1; Garcia Franco 1; Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
| MCDONALD, JAMES 1 | England, 1797, | Sextant, 1797 = PEA. | probably the owner. | Brewington 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MCDONALD, JAMES 2 | Scotland, fl.1847-52, PHIM | 56 Potteror (1847-48); 36 Lothian Street (1849-50); 4 Hill Place (1852); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MCDONALD, JAMES 3 | Scotland, fl.1854-57, PHIM | 37 Union Street (1854); 192 Argyle Street (1855-57); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MCDONALD, P., AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Sike's Hydrometer = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MCEVOY, GEORGE | Ireland, c.1743, NIM | Backstaves = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, X (1743). | McEvoy; the backstaff in the Pannett Park Museum was supposedly used by James Cook when an apprentice in Whitby. | Temple Bar, Dublin. | RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MCGREAVES AND CO. | Scotland; England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 12/2/74. | Glasgow; Greenock?; Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MCGREGOR AND GARDNER | Scotland, c.1834, MIM PHIM | Robert Gardner moved his business to London in 1885, it was carried on by his grandson, Malcolm Gardner, who dealt in rare books. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1934); USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MCGREGOR, D., AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1848-1900, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM; Octants = D., FRK = RSM (2), etc; Sextants = D.(1972), FRK = RSM (2); Telescopes = Custom House, Barnstable, Mass., D.(1976), FRK = RSM (2); Stick Barometers = Christie 5/26/76; Christie-Chester 3/9/83; Sympiesometer, Adie-type = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway; Compasses = FRK = RSM (2); Azimuth Compass = FRK = RSM; Tell-tale Compass = Soth. 6/1/88, D.(1989); etc. | "Nautical Instument Maker to the Royal Navy." | 38, 39 and 40 Clyde Place, Glasgow; branches in Greenock, Liverpool and London. | Bryden 3; Calvert 2; USNM; Morrison-Low 1; Rinaldi 23; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MCGREGOR, DUNCAN | Scotland, fl.1844-55, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = SFM, FRK = RSM; Marine Barometer = VNN; Pelorus = MSI; Telescopes = D.(1968), FRK = RSM; Marine Compass = Soth. 6/21/83; Octant = FRK = RSM; Sextant = FRK = RSM. | chronometer maker; became D. McGregor and Co. (1848-1900); T.C.; most instruments signed "D. McGregor"; "Nautical Instrument Maker to the Royal Navy"; see Heron and McGregor. | 24 Clyde Place (1844-54); 38 Clyde Place (1855); both in Glasgow; 8 William Street, Greenock (1855). | Calvert 2; Bryden 3; Bell 2; USNM; Morrison-Low 1; Clarke et al; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MCHUGH, M. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | McHugh. | Staleybridge. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MCINTOSH, THOMAS | England, fl.1763-84, MIM OIM | Microscope = D.(1983). | T.C.; microscope signed "McIntosh Real Maker." | at the Archimedes and Golden Spectacles, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; at the Archimedes and Globe, opposite Long Acre, four doors from Great Queen Street; both in London. | Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Coffeen C; USNM; Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
| MCLACHLAN, JOHN | England, 1791, MIM | apprenticed to Colin Mackenzie; free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 5, 1791. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| MCNUTT, WM. | MIM | Bevel Gauge, wood = PMS. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MCPHERSON, R. | Scotland, fl.1825-26, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | McPherson, carver and gilder. | High Street, Dumfries. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MCQUAY, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1815-20, MIM | 29 Great Strand Street (1815-17); Bridgefoot Street (1818-20); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| MCQUIBAN, JAMES | Scotland?, MIM | Orrery, brass = P.C. (1983) = Auction, London. | RSW | suggest correction | ||
| MCQUIBAN, WILLIAM | Scotland, NIM | Octant, large, ebony = Christie 6/7/72. | Forres. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| ME | 1802, MIM | Pocket Sundial, 1802, round, wood = Pugsley Sale. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MEADES, THOMAS | England, fl.1687-98, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1679; free of the Company, April 4, 1687; took an apprentice. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MEARS, JNO. | England, c.1770, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. | Cloth Lane, London. | Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983. | suggest correction | |
| MEARS, JOS. | Water Clock, dated 1697 = ADL-A121. | modern work. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MEARS, R. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = K. & C. 3/19/75; Wheel Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEATING | misreading for Heating. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MEBEL | misreading for Nebel | Mystic Seaport, Conn.; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MEDCALF, S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Steeple Bumstead. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEDICI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEDICI, RUDOLF | Germany, d.1430, MIM | Equatorium = Stams Stift. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEDINA, PEDRO | Spain, c.1540, | author of books on navigation. | Seville. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MEDINGER, EUGENE F. | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM | T.C.; chronometer maker; see Duren and Medinger; Henry Duren. | 115 Broad Street, near Front Street; 130 (or 180) Water Street; both in New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 102; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEDINGER, F. | USA, | T.C. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 101. | suggest correction | |
| MEDLAND, WILLIAM | England, c.1795, | citizen and gunmaker; reported favorably on William Elliot 1 in the hearing to grant Elliot the freedom of the Joiners' Company by Patrimony, on Dec. 1, 1795. | London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| MEDTMAN, ANTONIUS | see T.M. | Olivia Brown 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MEEKE | England, | Garden Sundial, 1665 = Christie 9/11/86. | reproduction. | Dover. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEER, I. VAN DER | Holland, 1767, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1767 = Fundatie van Renswoude. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1; de Rijk. | suggest correction | |
| MEEUWIG, H. | Holland, c.1865, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = D.(1982). | Haarlem. | Coffeen A. | suggest correction | |
| MEGAREY | variant spelling for Megary, which see. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MEGARY, ALEXANDER | Ireland; England; USA, 1790-1850, MIM NIM SIM | Wye Levels = D.(1976), Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Western Reserve Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (1965), P.C. (1958), Pugsley Coll., Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio, etc.; Transit = U. of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Dry Card Compass = MYS; Plain Compass = D.(1993). | apprenticed to William Morris in London before 1820; variant spellings are Megeary and Mageary; some of his instruments were probably bought, not made, by him. | 54 Grand (1825-27); 64 Lispenard (1827-28); 3 Thames (1828-29); 19 Pearl (1829-30); 196 Water (1830-31); 238 Water (1831-35); 190 Water (1835-43); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Warner 14; Crawforth 1; Garcelon 33, 34; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEGEARY, ALEXANDER | see Alexander Magearey; see Alexander Megary; may all three be same person; Crawforth said he may have come to the U.S.A. after serving an apprenticeship in London. | Crawforth 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MEGELE | France, MIM | Compass Sundial, round = Soth. 5/10/54. | Vienne. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEGELE, JOSEPH | Italy, 1775, OIM | mechanician at the Milan Observatory, 1775. | Milan. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEGNIE LE JEUNE | Mégnié le Jeune; see Pierre Bernard Mégnié. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MEGNIE, PIERRE BERNARD | France; Spain, 1751-1807, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = CNAM (3); Equatorial Telescope = POB. | Mégnié; instrument maker for Lavoisier and Cassini IV; made balances, telescopes, etc.; also signed as "Mégnié le Jeune"; Daumas thought it was to distinguish himself from his father and his uncle who were both master locksmiths in Dijon. | Paris; Madrid (1786-93); Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| MEHLHOM UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1845-46, PHIM | Thermometer = DRE. | Dresden. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEHR, GEO. | USA, MIM | patented and made a type of sundial, made of marble and showing the time of day and the distance of 19 cities from Philadelphia. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MEIKLE, HENRY | England, fl.1819-28, MIM PHIM | made a syphon-hydrometer in 1828. | London. | Taylor 2(1387). | suggest correction | |
| MEINUNG, CARL LUDWIG | USA, fl.1743-1817, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Scale = Old Salem, Inc., North Carolina. | surveyor. | Salem, North Carolina. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction |
| MEISSNER, A. | Germany, c.1861, MIM OIM | Telescope = Duke's County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.; Skaphe Sundial, 1861 = Koller 11/17/75 = WHI. | sundial invented by H. Schmeisser. | Berlin. | Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEISTER, EDWARD | Germany; USA, 1853-1928, MIM SIM | successor to F.W. and R. King, 1876; worked in Baltimore from 1876 to 1928. | Kassel; 226 West Baltimore, Baltimore Md. (1876-1928). | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEKKEN, JAN | Holland, MIM | made astronomical clocks. | Wieringen. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MELA AND CO. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | ||
| MELBOURNE, RICHARD | England, 1631, MIM | Astrolabe, 1631, ICA-438 = KEN. | another astrolabe, 1631 at the BM is signed "R.M." 1 which see. | Taylor 1(167); Price 1; ICA 2. | suggest correction | |
| MELIA | France, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1989). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MELLEN | see Melling. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MELLER, JOSEPH | England, fl.1825-26, PHIM | barometer maker. | 28 Princes Street, Birmingham. | Bell 2; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1642). | suggest correction | |
| MELLIN | see Melling. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MELLIN, JOHN | see John Melling. | Court and von Rohr 3(V); Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MELLING | see Dawson and Melling. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MELLING AND CO. | England, fl.1846-51, MIM NIM | T.C.; successors to Bywater and Co.; "Chart agents to the Rt. Honble., the Lords Commissers. of the Admiralty." | 39 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MELLING AND PAYNE | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Sextant, ebony = FRK. | see Edward Melling and Co. | 39 South Castle Street, Navigation Warehouse, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction |
| MELLING, EDWARD, AND CO. | England, fl.1847-51, MIM | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | ||
| MELLING, JOHN | England, fl.1680-1703, OIM PHIM | made very fine lenses, microscopes and barometers; variant spellings are; Mellins, Mellin or Malling. | Abchurch Lane, Lombard Street, London. | Taylor 1(359); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(V). | suggest correction | |
| MELLINGER, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1567-93, MIM | Sundial, round, wood = Braunschweig Stadtische Museum. | Halle; Jena; Celle. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MELLINS | see Melling. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MELLISH, MR. | probably Melling. | Taylor 1(359); Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MELLONI, MACEDONIO | Italy; France1798-1854, | improved the design of the thermopile. | Parma; Paris (1831-39); Italy. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| MELLORIO, JOAO AND M.ALZ | Portugal, c.1800, NIM | Compass = LIM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MELVILLE | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bearne's 2/17/92. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MELVILLE, DUNDAS, AND WHITSON | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = Soth. 1/27/75. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MELVILLE, GEORGE, AND CO. | England, c.1830, OIM | 126 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham; 17 Thavies Inn, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1935). | suggest correction | ||
| MELVILLE, RICHARD | Scotland; England; Ireland, fl.1843-51, MIM | Sundial, nine gnomons = RSM; Garden Sundial, slate , "Glasgow" = X; Garden Sundial, slate, 51°31',"London" = Soth. 2/2/76; Garden Sundial, slate, = Phillips 2/14/79; Garden Sundial, stone = Soth. 7/22/64; Garden Sundial, "Liverpool" = D.(1976); Sundials = RSM (5), FRK = RSM, X. | most of the dials are signed "R. Melville." | Glasgow; London; Liverpool; Dublin. | Moskowitz; Bryden 9; Darius 3; Morrison-Low 1; Somerville; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MELVIN, RICHARD | Ireland; Scotland, fl.1842-71, MIM | Sundials = William Brown Museum, Liverpool, Cathedral of the Isles, Millport (1851); Sundials = X (1864), (1871). | his dials are reminescent of Richard Melville. | Armagh (1842); 9 Little Wellington Street, Dublin; Glasgow (1846). | D. Crawforth; Somerville. | suggest correction |
| MENAN | misreading for Menant? | Wray. | suggest correction | |||
| MENANT, T. | France, fl.1720-43, MIM SIM | made many sundials, mainly Butterfield-type; sundial, large, square, 1743, constructed for Clermont; also made sectors, folding squares and graphometers; his work can be seen in many museums including NOR, PAK, BM, VEN, etc. | au Butterfield, Paris. | Morpurgo; Moskowitz; Coffeen F; Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MENARD | see Le Bas et Ménard. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MENARD, GUILLAUME, L'AINE | France, fl.1663-91, OIM | Guillaume Ménard l'aîné; made microscopes and telescopes; worked with Philippe-Claude Le Bas as Le Bas et Ménard; worked with Chapotot to make the binocular telescope for Chérubin. | Quay de l'Horloge-du-Palais, à l'enseigne du Bon Pasteur, Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENAUT | misreading for Menant. | Drouot 11/7/75. | suggest correction | |||
| MENDE | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Sundial = FIN-177. | Freiburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MENDELSSOHN | England, c.1810, MIM PHIM | made air pumps and mathematical instruments. | Great College Street, Blackfriars Road, London. | Taylor 2(1388); USNM; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| MENDELSSOHN, KARL THEODOR NATHAN | Germany, 1782-1852, NIM PHIM | his workshop flourished, 1808-13; it produced sextants, balances and air pumps; Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor worked for him, and took over the workshop. | Berlin. | Weil and Baden. | suggest correction | |
| MENDENHALL, THOMAS | USA, fl.1770-91, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, No.4 = Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pa. | King and Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. (1770-80); 28 Strawberry Alley, Philadephia, Pa. (1790-91). | USNM; Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENEELY AND CLATHOUT | misreading for Oothout | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MENEELY AND OOTHOUT | USA, fl.1836-38, MIM SIM | Wye Level = Christie 4/3/85; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C.(2), GUR, USNM (1837); Transit = P.C., D.(1838). | Andrew Meneely and Jonas Volkat Oothout, who retired in 1838; instruments signed "Warranted" probably were bought elsewhere. | West Troy, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Giordano 21; Warner 14. | suggest correction |
| MENEELY'S SONS, ANDREW | USA, fl.1852-63, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Edwin Andrew and George Rodney Meneely. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction |
| MENEELY, ANDREW | USA, 1802-51, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Milwaukee, Wis. Public Museum (1833), D.(1983), Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, Ohio (1850), P.C.,State Education Building, Albany, N.Y., GUR; Theodolites = D.(1984) (1833), RSM. | apprenticed to Julius Hanks, c.1817-23; worked with Horatio Hanks; partner of Jonas V. Oothout, 1836-38; T.C.; also made church bells; see Andrew Meneely and Son. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen E & F; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MENEELY, ANDREW, AND SON | USA, fl.1849-51, MIM SIM | Andrew and Edwin Andrew Meneely, his eldest son and partner in firm, 1849-51. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENEELY, EDWIN ANDREW | USA, 1828-87, MIM SIM | elder son of Andrew Meneely; see Andrew Meneely and Son; see Andrew Meneely's Sons. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENEELY, GEORGE RODNEY | USA, 1831-1915, MIM SIM | younger son of Andrew Meneely; see Andrew Meneely's Sons. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENNGER, HANS | Germany, 1567, MIM | member of compass maker guild; Master, 1567. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENNINGER, HANS | Germany, 1542, MIM | member of compass maker guild; Master, 1542. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| MENUSIER, HIERONIMUS | see Jérôme Vize. | Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MENZEL, WILIBALDUS | Germany?, 1566, MIM | Astrolabe, ICA-630, 1566 = St. Paul Stiftsgym. | Price 1; ICA 2; Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MENZIES, A. | England, NIM | Telescope, nautical = D.(1976). | King's Parade, Cambridge. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MERAS, HIERONYMOUS | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundial = VEN-14. | for 45° latitude. | Venice. | Price 2; Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| MERCATOR, GERARD | Belgium, 1512-94, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1541 = NMM, DRE, BASH, NUR, POB, HAR, ROM, etc.; Celestial Globes, 1541 = NMM, DRE, POB, NUR, ROM, etc.; Celestial Globes, 1551 = ADL-A255, NMM, BASH, AMST, NMM, POB, NUR, HAR; etc. | introduced Italianate script into northern Europe; developed the map projection named after him; real name was Gerhard de Cremer, the globes at the NMM are from the Mensing Collection; he was the director of Gemma Frisius' workshop to 1552. | Rupelmondanus; Louvain; Duisberg (1552). | Owsley 1; Michel 3; Maddison 2; Wynter 1; Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10; Rooseboom 1; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERCER, J.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Appleby. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MERCHANT, ROBERT | England, fl.1740, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1740 = CNAM. | might have been a Frenchman. | Ithaca; Daumas 1; Taylor 2(383); RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MERCKLEIN, CHARLES | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Instruments = Libert et Castor 4/28/82, CNAM, P.C.(1987). | made a surveying instrument for triangulation that was invented by Hennon Dubois; instruments signed "Ch. Mercklein." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEREDITH, NICHOLAS | England, fl.1791-1801, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 2/8/83, La Rochelle 7/16/83; Microscope = X; etc. | telescopes signed "Meredith, Bond Street London"; optical and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of York; author. | 91 New Bond Street, London. | Taylor 2(1011); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERIDITH, JOHN | England, fl.1782-1800, OIM | apprenticed to Henry Pyefinch of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 6, 1763; free of the Company, Oct. 10, 1782. | Court and von Rohr 3(187). | suggest correction | ||
| MERIGOT | France; Englandc.1807, MIM PHIM | may be J. Mérigot, a French engraver living in London in 1798; was a partner with Monk, a clockmaker; they made pyrometrical thermometers. | London (1798). | Taylor 2(747), (1182). | suggest correction | |
| MERILL AND DAVIES | see Merrill and Davis | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MERKLEIN UND ZIMMER | Germany, 1742-46, PHIM | Metallic Thermometer, 1746 = DRE; Telescope, Gregorian, 1742 = DRE. | J.S. Merklein and J.G. Zimmer; telescope marked "H.L." (3). | Schloss Reinharz. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERKLEIN, J.S. | Germany; Russia, fl.1742-74, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thermometer DRE; Artificial Lodestone = DRE; Telescope, 1761 = DRE; Circumferentor, 1774 = DRE; Mathematical Instrument Set, silver = Wray. | mathematical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Loeser at Reinharz; the Wray instrument set is marked "St. Petersburg"; the thermometer and lodestone are marked "Schloss Reinharz"; worked with J.G. Zimmer as Merklein und Zimmer, which see. | Dresden; Schloss Reinharz; St. Petersburg. | Zinner 1; Chaldecott 4; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERLIN, JOHN JOSEPH | Belgium; England, b.1735-94, MIM PHIM | Lever Balance = Soth. 1/22/73. | harpsichord maker and inventor; made a mechanical gouty-chair in 1794; invented the first barbecue; made a nail violin in 1785; made fine timepieces. | Liège; Hanover Square, London (post-1760). | Maine Antique Digest, June 1987; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERLINE, PAOLI | England, c.1858, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 72 Hatton Garden, London. | Bell 2; Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MERONE, JOSEPH | England, fl.1816-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Merone"; looking glass maker. | 98 Market Street (1816-22); 28 Market Street (1822-41); both in Manchester. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1643). | suggest correction |
| MERRIAM | USA, 1852, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1852 = D. | Troy, N.Y. | Coffeen II. | suggest correction | |
| MERRIAM AND MOORE | USA, 1852, MIM | Celestial Globe = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass.; Pair of Globes, 1852 = D.(1968). | the Maria Mitchell globe is also marked "The Franklin Improved Globe." | Troy, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERRIAM AND TROY | misreading for Merriam, Troy, N.Y. | Coffeen II. | suggest correction | |||
| MERRIAM, MOORE AND CO. | USA, 1852, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1852 = D.(1883). | it seems odd that Merriam, Merriam and Moore, and Merrian, Moore and Co. all made globes dated 1852? | Troy, N.Y. | Maine Antique Digest, Oct. 1983. | suggest correction |
| MERRICK, JOHN M., AND CO. | USA, post-1857, PHIM | Stick Barometers = MYS, BMM, Fall River Historical Society, Mass. | Timby's Patent, Nov. 3, 1857. | Office No. 7, Central Exchange, Worcester, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERRIFIELD AND CO. | USA, c.1825, MIM | Gunter's Scales, wood = BMM, D.(1996), D.(1982); Rule = MYS. | the "Gunter" at the BMM is marked "Boston"; the rules at MYS and D.(1996) are marked "New York." | Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 55; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERRILL | see Morrell | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MERRILL AND DAVIS | USA, fl.1835-37, MIM NIM SIM | Sandglass, twenty-eight seconds = MYS; Surveyor's Compasses = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, LOS. | label on sandglass reads William C. Davis and Robert Merrill. | 36 Oak (1835-36); 255 Front Street (1836-37); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERRILL AND SONS | see Robert Merrill and Sons. | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | |||
| MERRILL'S SONS CO., INC., R. | USA, fl.1918-23, MIM NIM PHIM | T.C.; firm established in 1835. | 66 South Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MERRILL'S SONS, ROBERT | USA, c.1860?, NIM OIM | T.C.; "Manufacurers and Importers of Nautical and Optical Instruments." | 179 Water Street, Cor. Burdon? Slip, New York. | Coffeen 56. | suggest correction | |
| MERRILL, GEORGE W. | USA, 1838-1905 z, MIM NIM | younger son of Robert Merrill; see Robert Merrill and Sons. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MERRILL, PHINEHAS | USA, 1767-1815, | invented a type of quadrant which was made by Timothy Chandler and also by John Kennard. | Stratham, New Hampshire. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MERRILL, ROBERT | USA, 1804-76, MIM NIM PHIM | Sandglass = D.(1972); Marine Compasses = PMS, PEA(2), P.C. D.(1971), D.(1984), Focke Museum, Germany, MYS, Pacific House, Monterey, Cal.; Barometer = P.C. (1957). | made marine compasses; imported sextants, quadrants, etc.; he firm was Merrill and Davis 1835-38; Merrill worked alone from 1838 until 1865; T.C. | Newburyport, MA; 255 Front Street (1837-38); 138 Water Street (1838-39); 163 Water Street (1841-42); 141 Maiden Lane (1842-64); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; Brewington 1; Coffeen F; Smart 1; Warner 12; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERRILL, ROBERT, AND SONS | USA, 1865-99, MIM NIM | Dry Card Compasses = MYS (2). | Robert Merrill and his sons, William G. and George W. Merrill. | 149 Maiden Lane (1865-77); 179 Water Street (1877); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERRILL, ROBERT, SONS | USA, fl.1900-1923, MIM NIM | the continuation of the firm "Robert Merrill and Sons" after the death of the sons. | 100 Wall Street; 66 South Street; 68 South Street; all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| MERRILL, WILLIAM G. | USA, 1828-1898, MIM NIM | older son of Robert Merrill; see Robert Merrill and Sons. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MERTHEN | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = BUD. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MERUAND | misreading for Meurand. | Roux-Devilas, 1967. | suggest correction | |||
| MERULA, CAROLUS JOSEPH | Italy, 1727, MIM | Micrometer, 1727 = ADL-M113. | Milan. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MERZ UND SOHNE | Germany, fl.1845-58, OIM | Telescope = DRE. | Georg Merz with Ludwig and Sigmund Merz; exhibited in the London Great Exhibition of 1851. | Munich. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERZ, G. & S. | Germany, fl.1850-61, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Georg and Sigmund Merz; "vorm Utzschneider & Fraunhofer". | Munich. | RSW; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | suggest correction |
| MERZ, G., UND MAHLER | Germany, fl.1839-45, OIM | Telescopes, refracting, large = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (1839), Observatories in Pulkova, Kiev, Washington, D.C., Cincinnatti, Ohio; Heliometers = Observatories in Pulkova and Bonn. | George Merz und Josef Mahler. | Munich. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MERZ, G., UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1857-67, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Harvard, Mass. and Capstadt. | Georg and Sigmund Merz; the USNM records show that they worked together from 1845 to 1847; a trade catalogue for the French market in 1857 is under the name "G. Merz et Fils." | Munich. | USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | suggest correction |
| MERZ, GEORG | Germany, 1793-1858, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Berlin, DEU, Kasan, Munich; Heliometer = Königsberg; etc. | worked with Utzschneider and Fraunhofer; director of optical work at the institute after Fraunhofer's death in 1826; Merz and Joseph Mahler bought and ran the Utzschneider optical institute from 1839 until Mahler's death in 1845; work carried on as Merz and Sons (1845-58); succeeded by his son, Sigmund Merz. | Munich. | USNM; Repsold; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2. | suggest correction |
| MERZ, LUDWIG | Germany, 1817-58, OIM | worked with his father, Georg Merz and his brother, Sigmund, from 1845 to 1858. | Munich. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MERZ, SIGMUND | Germany, 1824-xx, OIM | son of Georg Merz and his successor at the optical institute; worked with his father from 1845 to 1867; his brother, Ludwig was in the firm from 1845 to 1858. | Munich. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MERZ, UTZSCHNEIDER UND FRAUENHOFER | Germany, fl.1826-39, OIM | Telescope = Palermo Observatory; Refracting Telescope, with case = D.(1995). | Munich. | Serrio; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Coffeen 51. | suggest correction | |
| MESSER, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1792-1825, MIM PHIM | Sextant, 1792 = Christie 11/22/78; Octants = WHI, Hart Nautical Museum, MIT, Boston, Mass.; Air Pump = WHI. | 76 or 75 Bell Dock, Wapping (1792-96); 155 Minories (1810-25); both in London. | USNM; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; Bennett 1; Taylor 2(1012); RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. | suggest correction | |
| MESSER, J.J. | England, c.1845, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Seamen's Bethel Museum, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Phillips 4/20/83; Octants = D.(1974), D.(1976), Naval Museum, Faro, Portugal. | the telescope at Phillips is signed "Messer, London." | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MESSIER | France, 1800, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1800 = CNAM-769. | Con. Nat'l 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MESSIN, C. | France?, 1613, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, gilt brass and wood, red leather case, 1613 = HAY. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MESSITER, JOHN | MIM | Dividers, steel points, 1698 = VCW. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MESTREL, ANTHOINE | France, 1551, MIM | Astrolabe, 1551 = OXF B-22. | ICA-414. | Paris. | Bonelli 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | suggest correction |
| MESTRII, ANTHONY | see Anthoine Mestrel. | Bonelli 4; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| METCALF | England, 1652, MIM | Sundial, square, copper, 1652 = Soth. 7/7/55 | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| METCALFE | USA, 1710, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1710 = American Heritage Society Auction, 1972. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| METCALFE, JO. | England, fl.1765-66, MIM | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
| METINIER MD. | France, c.1825, MIM | Sector = Christie 9/11/86. | Metinier Md. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| METIUS, ADRIAAN | Holland, 1571-1635, MIM OIM | made a telescope in 1608; microscope maker; desgned mathematical instruments; Michel called him "Adriaan Metius the younger"; author. | Alkmaar, Franeker. | Daumas 1; Michel 2; Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| METIUS, JACOB ADRIAENSZ. | Holland, c.1580-1628, OIM | brother of Adriaan Metius; one of the claimants for the invention of the telescope in 1608; spectaclemaker. | Alkmaar. | Rooseboom 1; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| METIUS, JAMES | Holland, 1608, OIM | claimed to have invented the telescope in 1608. | Michel 3; Dewhirst. | suggest correction | ||
| METTEL, GEORG | Germany, fl.1740-75, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| METTEL, JOHANN | Germany, d.1730, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = H. Gouse Coll., Paris. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; MADEX. | suggest correction | |
| METTEL, JOHANN-GEORG | Germany, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = DRE, Gotha, NUR, MUN, Evans Coll.; Rule and Protractor = Evans Coll. | Evans thought that ADL-M371, though unsigned, was by Mettel. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| METTELIN, M. | see Mettlin, M. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| METTLIN, M. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = FIN-109, Evans Coll.(2). | one of Evans calendars is the cover for an aide-memoire. | Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| METZ | Holland, early 18th Century, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Christie-Amst. 10/22/81, Christie 4/3/85; Compass Sundial, ivory box = P.C.; Circumferentor = P.C.; Sector = D.(1994). | this is a large family of instrument makers, it is hard to ascribe an instrument only signed "Metz." | Amsterdam. | USNM; Coffeen 46; RSW. | suggest correction |
| METZ, C. AND D. | Zinner thought that this entry was a misreading for C.D. Metz; Rooseboom thought it might be Coenraad Metz 2 and his son, Dirk Metz. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| METZ, C.D. | Holland, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Sector = AMST; Quadrant = UTR; Circumferentors = UTR, P.C. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Van Cittert; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | |
| METZ, COENRAAD 1 | Poland; Holland, 1643-1711, MIM OIM | Sextant, large, 1685 = Leiden Observatory. | Danzig (1643-65); Amsterdam (1665-1711). | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| METZ, COENRAAD 2 | Holland, c.1690-1742, MIM SIM | Circumferentors = NMM, ADL-M154, MMG; Chest of Instruments, large = UTR; Chest of Instruments, small = LEY; Quadrant = UTR; Sector = AMST; Universal Equatorial Sundial = MMG; Astrolabe = X; Graphometer = LOS. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Van Cittert; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| METZ, COENRAAD FIBUS 1 | Holland, b.1703, MIM OIM | grandson of Coenraad Metz; continued the workshop; may be Coenraad Metz 2; Daumas and Rooseboom thought there were Coenraad Fibus Metz 1 and 2, son and grandson of Coenraad Metz 1. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| METZ, COENRAAD FIBUS 2 | Holland, b.1732, MIM | married in 1753. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| METZ, D.C. | Holland, 17th Century?, MIM | Ring Sundials = WRAY (2), one of silver; Universal Ring Sundial, silver = Soth. 7/24/45; Sector = MAN-I168. | Amsterdam. | Garcia Franco 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| METZ, DIRK | Holland, fl.1730-67, MIM NIM SIM | Azimuth Compass = AMST; Astronomical Ring = P.C.; Set of Surveying Instruments = X; Circumferentor with sundial = TIM; Sundial, Sutton-type = ADL-W49. | friend of Musschenbroek for whom he made instruments. | Kalverstraat, Amsterdam (1742-67). | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Moskowitz; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| METZBER | misreading for Metzger. | Moreux. | suggest correction | |||
| METZGER, JEREMIAS | Germany, 1564, MIM | Astrolabe Clocks, = UTR-UM394 (1564), VIE. | many elctrotype copies were made of the "Metzger Clock"; it is possible that the UTR clock is one of them as it has modern works. | Augsburg. | Van Cittert; Moreux; Neumann 2. | suggest correction |
| MEULAN | France, c.1790, | dealer in physical and chemical apparatus. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEULEN, A.H. VAN DER | Holland, fl.1850-53, MIM NIM PHIM | T.C.; a binnacle, compass, six magnetic bars, barometer and a thermometer were exhibited in Rotterdam in 1852; he was succeeded by his widow. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | suggest correction | |
| MEULEN, CORNELIS JACOBS VAN DER | Holland, 1805-78, MIM | Tellurium, Lunarium and Planispherium = Eise Eisinga's house, Franeker. | Sneek. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEULEN, WEDUWE A.H. VAN DER | Holland, c.1853, MIM NIM PHIM | continued the firm after her husband's death. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | suggest correction | |
| MEUNIER | France, 18th Century, MIM | Waywiser = Koller 11/7/63; Folding Rule = BM; Drawing Instrument = D.(1970); Rule = P.C.; Protactor = ADL-A269; Sector = ADL-A270; Folding Square = ADL-A271. | "Meunier Md."; protactor probably a forgery; all ADL instruments have "à la flotte française à Paris" as the address. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre; à la flotte française; both in Paris. | Merzbach; Ward 4; Price 3; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEURAND, ANTOINE-JOSEPH | France, fl. 1750-80, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1777 = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, 12/11/91. | father of Charles-Joseph Meurand; Master in the "Corporation des Fondeurs", c.1750; juror, 1770-72; took an apprentice; sun dial made for 48°51'(Paris). | au Compas des Génies; Rue de Cloître St. Jacques (1766); Rue Saint Louis, Ile de la Cité (1769); Quay de l'Horloge du Palais, Paris, (1771). | Augarde; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEURAND, CHARLES-JOSEPH | France, fl.1771-94, MIM OIM SIM | Equatorial Sundials, 1780 =.NMM, GEM, Soth. 3/14/57, etc.; Graphometers = Evans Coll. (1780), Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88, USNM, etc.; Telescopic Graphometer = VNN; Universal Quadrant = COO; Sectors = ADL-M89d, ADL-M89n, P.C., etc.; Mathematical instrument Sets = Soth. 12/12/62 and 7/15/63; Alidade with Bubble Level, 1788 = ADL-M190; Square, folding = Drouot 4/17/87; etc. | never breveted an "ingénieur"; member of Corporation des fondeurs; Master in the Corporation, 1771. | Quay de l'Horloge du Palais; also Quai du Nord (1790); both in Paris. (Quai du Nord is the name of Quai de l'Horloge between the French revolution.) | Daumas 1; USNM; Pipping 1; Price 2; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Augarde; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEUREUS, G. | Italy, fl.1590-1620, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = OXF. | Rome. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MEURIS, GUILLAUME | Belgium, 1683, MIM SIM | Quadrants = CNAM (1683), Oliva Museum, Danzig (1681); Augsburg-type Sundial = X; Protractor = MAA; Sundial = BEK; Circumferentor, military = P.C. | the Augsburg-type sundial and the protractor are signed "G. Meuris"; there is a very similar circumferentor at OXF signed "G.M." (2). | Brussels. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MEURON | France, 1779, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1779 = Christie 12/18/74. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEURS, HENDRIK VAN | Holland, fl.1742-67, NIM | compass maker. | Teertuinen (1742); Hoek van de Lestagie en de Oude Waal (1767); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEURS, RUTGERUS VAN | Holland, c.1775, MIM | made a clockwork planetarium. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEURTHIN, J. | Sweden, c.1830, MIM SIM | Mining Compass = X. | watchmaker. | Gärle. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction |
| MEWES, PHILIPPE DE | France, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = Bernard Coll. = NMM-Caird. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEYEN | see Mayen | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MEYER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Abingdon. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEYER AND FRAUNHOFER | Germany, c.1836, OIM | Telescope, refracting = U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1836. | purchased by Chas. Wilkes for the Expedition. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MEYER, EUGENE | MIM | Sundial = MYS. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MEYER, HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1723-29, PHIM | Pyrometer = UTR. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEYER, J.S. | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Instrument = LEY. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MEYERS, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1819-20, PHIM | barometer maker. | 104 High Street, Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| MEYERS, PHILIP | see Philip Myers. | Taylor 2(1945); Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MEYERSTEIN, M. | Germany, 20th Century, NIM | Borda Circle = BRE. | Göttingen. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEYJES JEREMIASZ, FRANS | Holland, 1782-1823, NIM | Crown Compasses = AMST, KRO, P.C.,etc. | brother of Johannes Meyjes Jeremiasz. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | suggest correction |
| MEYJES JEREMIASZ, JOHANNES | Holland, 1776-1856, NIM | compass maker; founded Johannes Meyjes & Zoon, sail makers; brother of Frans Meyjes Jeremiasz. | Haringpakkerij, Amsterdam (1816-17). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| MEYLAN, FELIX | Switzerland; Holland, fl.1774-1809, PHIM | clock and physical instrument maker; (Charles Louis) Felix Meylan; worked on the Leidse Sphera. | Valée du Lac de Joux, Berne Canton; Leiden (1776). | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MEYLIN, JOHANN | Switzerland., 1671-1712, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Zurich Observatory. | the quadrant is signed "Meylin in Zurich fecit"; also marked "J.H. Vogel delineavit - J. Co. Keller sculpsit." | Zurich. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| MEYNIER 1 | France, 1724, MIM SIM | made an odometer in 1724. | Paris. | Beckmann. | suggest correction | |
| MEYNIER 2 | see Mégnié. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MEYRICK, WILLIAM | England?, 1788, PHIM | Guinea Balance, 1788 = Soth. 10/3/88. | signed "William Meyrick Cesn (or Cefn) Côch Cir. 1788"; adjusted by Charles de Grave. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MEYSEL, JO. GE. | Austria, c.1810, MIM | Drawing Instrument = Koller, May 1972. | Vienna. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MICELI, ANTONIO | c.1850, MIM | Sandglass, 14-second = D.(1983). | Coffeen C. | suggest correction | ||
| MICHAEL, LEWIS | USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D. (1992). | "Made By Lewis Michael . SOMERSET PA."; clockmaker; bubble level at south point. | Somerset, Pa. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MICHALON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Compass, spherical = SPI-2826. | Paris. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MICHAULT | France, c.1730, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = D.(1972), Soth.-NY 6/8/87; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C. (1981); Garden Sundial = OXF-B203. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, rue St. Denis, vis-à-vis celle de la Chanverrerie près St. Magloire, Paris. | Maddison 5; Roux Devilas 73; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MICHEL | France, fl.1764-94, MIM | in 1764 Michel was authorized by the Académie des Sciences to make mechanical devices in metal; first worked for Lennel Veuve; in 1794 he was attached to the Section of Mechanics of the Commission temporaire des Arts. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MICHEL, JOHAN JOST | Holland, fl.1763-72, MIM | made metal instruments. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MICHELL, LEWIS | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, open sights = P.C. | patterned after a Rittenhouse instrument. | Price 2. | suggest correction | |
| MICHL, ANT. JOHANN | MIM | Sundial, octagonal = FIN-214. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MIDDLETON, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1720-41, | R.N.; F.R.S., 1727; devised an azimuth compass. | Taylor 2(290); DNB. | suggest correction | ||
| MIDGLEY, JONATHAN | England, MIM | Rule, eight-inch = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MIELER, LIENHART | Germany, fl.1621-25, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = Nouveau Drouot 5/28/88 (1621), NMM, LAW-296 (1625). Helsinki, Nat'l Museum (1621). | may be same man as Lienhart Miller. | Nürnberg. | Vivielle 2; RSW. Joe Paszczyk. | suggest correction |
| MIELLER, LIENHART | Germany, 1621, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1621 = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | surely Lienhart Mieler. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MIGON | France, c.1678, MIM OIM | Universal Equatorial Sundials = D., Versailles 5/6/79. | made an azimuth instrument for Cassini I at the Paris Observatory in 1678. | Paris. | Brieux 2; Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILBOURNE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1620-43, | Leybourne said Milbourne invented the form of slide rule made by Thomas Brown 1; designed other instruments as well. | Brancepath, Co. Durham. | Taylor 1(143); Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILCHMEYER | Germany, c.1760, OIM | Microscope, simple = X. | Frankfort-am-Main. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILER, JORG | Germany, c.1610, MIM | Sundial, ivory = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird. | may be Jorg Miller. | Zinner 1; NMM 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILER, LIENHART | variant spelling for Lienhart Miller. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MILER, LINHARD | variant spelling for Lienhart Miller. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MILES AND CO. | England, PHIM | Balance, iron and brass = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MILES, LAWRENCE | England, fl.1717-53, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke l in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 9, 1701; free in the Company, Sept. 3, 1717. | Ditchside (1737-42); Fleur-de-Lis Court, Fleet Street (1743-53); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| MILES, SEPTIMUS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Ludgate Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILESIO, D. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILESON, ABEL | England, fl.1838-68, MIM PHIM | 23 Emmett Street, Limehouse Hole, London. | Taylor 2(2182); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| MILESSIO, D. | Ireland, fl.1812-25, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/2/77; Stick Barometer = X. | carver and gilder; may have been a retailer. | Dublin. | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| MILIETUS, CHRISTOPHORUS | 1575, MIM | Astrolabe, 1575 = P.C. | ICA-3038. | ICA 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLAR, RICHARD, JR. | Scotland, fl.1845-68, NIM | also made clocks and watches. | 45 Bridge Street (1845-51); 58 Bridge Street (1852-68); both in Leith. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MILLARD AND SON | England, fl.1836-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Joseph Millard and Son; barometer makers. | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MILLARD AND SONS | England, fl.1838-47, MIM OIM PHIM | Joseph Millard and Sons; barometer makers. | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell and Oxford Street, London. | Bell 2; Taylor 2(1645). | suggest correction | |
| MILLARD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1825-36, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer maker; see Millard and Son, Millard and Sons. | 24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Bell 2; Taylor 2(1645). | suggest correction | |
| MILLARD, THOMAS | England, fl.1851-57, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988). | "Optician." | 334 Oxford Street (London). | Rinaldi 22. | suggest correction |
| MILLER | see the various members of the German and Scottish Miller family; see also Miler and Müller. | Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MILLER AND ADIE | Scotland, fl.1802-23, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope, Cuff-type = RSM; Surveying Compasses = Melun 4/24/83, D.; Compass = Phillips 11/11/81; Theodolites = Soth. 1/27/75, RSM; Sextant = Christie 10/12/65; Stick Barometer = X; Level = FRK = RSM; Telescope, reflecting = FRK = RSM; Telescopes = RSM; Dip Circle = FRK = RSM; Hydrometer = RSM; etc. | John Miller and Alexander Adie, his nephew. | 94 Nicholson Street (1804-07); 96 Nicholson Street (1807-09); 8 Nicholson Street (1810-11); 15 Nicholson Street (1811-22); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1069); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILLER AND M'COLL | Scotland, c.1818, MIM | George Miller and M'Coll. | 116 Stockwell, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, A.P. CARLO | see A.P. Carlo Müller. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MILLER, CASPAR | Germany, 1564, MIM | Diptych Sundial = X. | member of compass maker guild; Master, 1564. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, GEORGE | Scotland, c.1819, MIM | worked with M'Coll as Miller and M'Coll in 1818. | 116 Stockwell, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, HANS 1 | Germany, d.1555, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; may or may not be the same as Hans Müller who compiled an inventory in 1538, which see. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, HANS 2 | Germany, 1564, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; Master in 1564. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1613, MIM | member of compass maker guild; married in 1613. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, HANS 4 | Germany, fl.1614-19, MIM | member of compass maker guild; married in 1614, 1616, 1618, and 1619; probably more than one man. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, HANS 5 | Germany, 1587, MIM | member of compass maker guild; married daughter of Hieronymus Reinmann in 1587; possibly Hans Miller 2 or 6. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, HANS 6 | Germany, | Diptych Sundial = X. | member of compass maker guild; mark is shield with flower and star. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1771-1825, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Soth. 7/15/63; Stick Barometers = X (2), RSM, etc; Mountain Barometer = KEN; Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1793 = X, RSM, etc; Surveyor's Compasses = Weschler 5/22/76, Ineichen 5/10/76; Surveying Quadrant = OXF; Orrery = RSM; Cometarium = RSM; Sundial, Air Pump = RSM; Level = FRK = RSM. | may have been apprenticed to John Yeoman; journeyman under George Adams 1; took his nephew, Alexander Adie, as an apprentice and later as partner (1804-12). | back of Fountain Well (1774); Parliament Close (1775-95); 38 South Bridge (1795-1800); 86 South Bridge (1803-05); George IV Bridge (pre-1803); Nicholson Street, 94 (1804-07), 96 (1807-09), 8 (1810-11), 15 (1811-12); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3, 9 and 17; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Darius 3; USNM; RSW; Krogt 2; Taylor 2(1013); Morrison-Low 1; Taylor 2(675a). | suggest correction |
| MILLER, JORG | Germany, 1564, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = X. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, JOSIAH | USA, fl.1750-75, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, pewter = X (1973), D.(1975), D.(1979). | X and D.(1979) are for 42°; the dealer in 1979 thought Miller worked near Plymouth Mass. | Connecticut. | Moskowitz ; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, JOST | France, fl.1609-16, MIM | Gunnery Level, 1609 = BM; Sector, 1616 = FLO. | Strasburg. | Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILLER, LEONHARD | Germany, fl.1627-64, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; dates ranged from 1637-51; examples can be seen at BM, OXF, INN, HAK, WHI, EMA, BEK, AUG, ROM, SAL, LIE, KEN, ADL, etc. | punchmark is a fleur-de-lys; Zinner and Gouk treated Leonard and Lienhart Miller as one person but we feel the date spread is too wide; Leonhard is some times spelled Leonhart or Leonhardt; sometimes signed "L.M." with insignia in between. | Nürnberg. | Zinner,1; Gouk 1; Price 2; MADEX; Hamilton 2; Bobinger 2; NMM 2; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, LIENHART | Germany, fl.1600-34, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials dated from 1600 to 1634; examples may be seen at PAK, KES, EMA, NOR, GRA, VIT, DEU, BM, WUR, STU, BASH, STO, NMM, WHI, NUR, LAW, etc. | possibly the father of Leonhard Miller; the dials are marked with a fleur-de-lys; the dial in the NMM is signed "Lienhart Mieler", probably a mis-stamping for Miller; LAW is signed "Lienhart Miler 1616." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Stewart; Price 2; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, NIKOLAUS 1 | Germany, 1605, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1605 = X. | Zinner thought that Nikolaus Miller 1 and 2 were the same person. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, NIKOLAUS 2 | Germany, fl.1642-61, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials, dating from 1642-61; examples may be seen at FRA, INN, NOR, VIT, WHI, EMA, MUN, OXF, JENA, etc. | the punchmark is a crown; some of his dials are signed "N.M." with the crown. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Moreau; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILLER, S.R. | USA, c.1835, | designed a surveying compass; submitted it to the Patent Office on Oct. 22, 1835. | Front Royal, Va. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MILLESIO, D. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Kendal. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLIKAN AND LAWLEY | England, 19th Century, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 4/3/85. | 161 Strand, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLINGTON, JOHN | England; USA, c.1832, | M.D.; science educator from England; announced he was going to open a shop of philosophical instruments, some to be made by him. | Philadelphia, Pa. | D.J. Warner 6. | suggest correction | |
| MILLIS, WILLIAM | England, c.1750, | T.C.; wire-drawer. | at the Black Horse, opposite the Church in Crooked Lane, London. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILLS, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1790-99, MIM | apprenticed to Walton Willcox in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 10, 1782; turned over to William Spencer 1 in the Grocers' Company, May 23, 1783; free in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 12, 1790; took an apprentice. | Hermitage Yard, Wapping, London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| MILLS, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1825-38, MIM PHIM | 82 Parsons Street, Ratcliff Highway, London. | Taylor 2(1646). | suggest correction | ||
| MILLS, HARRIET | England, OIM | T.C.; widow of Robert Mills. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLS, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | Bury. | Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MILLS, JOHN | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to Samuel Mason of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MILLS, ROBERT | England, fl.1822-46, OIM | Telescope, case = Phillips 10/5/76. | optician; signed "Mills" plus address. | 35 Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; 49 Southampton Street, Pentonville; both in London. | RSW; Taylor 2(1647). | suggest correction |
| MILLS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1799-1824, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "W. Mills London." | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| MILNE, ALEXANDER | England, 1806-96, PHIM | Barometers = NMM, KEN. | Admiral Sir Alexander Milne. | Bell 2; NMM 2; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| MILNE, JOHN, AND SON | Scotland, c.1767, MIM PHIM | Sundial = Mr. Mackenzie (1767); Balance = RSM (2). | T.C.; founders and iron-mongers. | at the Golden Church Branch, Bishops Land, High Street, Edinburgh. | Calvert 2; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction |
| MILNER, HANS 1 | Germany, c.1625, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = ADL-W29, BASH. | the punchmark is a bat. | Nürnberg. | Ackermann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MILNER, HANS 2 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Flensburg Kunstgewerbe Museum. | the punchmark is a shield with a flower and star. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| MILNER, JASPER | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = KEN (inv. 1938-371). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MILNER, KASPAR | variant reading for Jaspar Milner. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MILNER, LIENHART | misreading for Lienhart Miller. | Soth. 2/26/62. | suggest correction | |||
| MILSDOERFFER, JEAN GEORG | Germany, c.1750, OIM | Berlin. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| MINGUET, PABLO | Spain, c.1763, OIM | T.C.; may be Paulus. | Madrid. | Calvert 2. | suggest correction | |
| MINOLLA, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 39 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MINORETTI, JOHN | England, fl.1845-50, PHIM | barometer maker. | Loseby Lane; Hotel Street; both in Leicester. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MINOSA, S. | England, c.1790, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MINOT | France, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = CNAM (ICA-219); Capuchin Sundial = CNAM | Michel 2; Price 1; Gunther 1; GHP; Cons. Nat'l 1; ICA 2; MADEX. | suggest correction | ||
| MINSHULLS | England, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Soth. 6/25/68, 6/19/72 and 3/21/73, Christie 7/5/71. | some may be duplicates. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MIOTTI, VINCENTIUS | Italy, 1717, MIM SIM | Sundial, 1717 = X; Alidade = LOS. | Rome. | Evans 1; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MIRANDA, JOSEP' DA COSTA | Portugal, 1711, MIM | Marine Compass, 1711 = WHI. | Lisbon. | Maddison 6; Bryden 17; J.A. Bennett 1. | suggest correction | |
| MIRE, LEONHARDT | misreading for Leonhardt Miller. | Phillips 9/16/81. | suggest correction | |||
| MIRVAULT | France, 19th Century, NIM | Repeating Circle = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | 47 rue Grenéta, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MITAINE | France, c.1855, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Versailles 4/17/83. | signed "l'Ingénieur Mitaine Opticien fabricant." | Place Vendome No 2, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MITCHELL AND BALE | England, fl.1814-15, MIM | 65 Lower East Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1389). | suggest correction | ||
| MITSDORFER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1740-60, OIM | Microscope = KEN; Heliostat, 1753 = DEU. | Mitsdörfer. | Berlin. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| MITTELSTENSCHEID, JOHANN CASPAR | Germany, 1803, PHIM | Beam Balance, portable, with case = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Balances = DRE (1803), Markisches Museum, Berlin; Coin Balance = WHI. | the case for the beam balance has the maker's label. | In der Bergischen Hauptstadt, Lennep. | Olivia Brown 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MITZKO, HENRY THOMAS | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 36 St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2183). | suggest correction | ||
| MODD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Donnington. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MODESTIN, JOSEPH | Czechoslovakia, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Mechanical Sundial = KEN. | Chrudin, Bohemia. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MOELLINGER, K.H. | Germany, MIM | Berlin. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MOFFETT AND BLACKBURN | England, PHIM | T.C.; scale makers. | 126 Minories, London. | Calvert 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOGEY, W. AND D. | USA, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 3/10/87. | Bayonne, N.J. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOGG, EDWARD | England, fl.1803-48, MIM | Globe, dissected, cardboard = D.(1992). | "Published March 1st 1812 by Edwd. Mogg" plus address; engraver, publisher and mapseller. | 14 Little Newport Street, Leicester Square. | Coffeen 36. | suggest correction |
| MOGINIE | England, OIM | Microscopes = Melun 4/24/83, Christie-SK 5/10/77. | 14 Ridinghouse, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOGINIE, SAMUEL | England, fl.1820-42, PHIM | barometer maker. | Pimlico, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOISETTE | see Gaggini et Moisette | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MOLARBY, MICHAEL | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Builth. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOLBERG, P. MEN. | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | Stockholm. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLE, WILLIAM | England, c.1740, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1, in the Joiners' Company, March 13, 1721; made a Leadbetter's slide rule. | at ye Axe in Grub Street; at the Mariner and Globe, in Chiswell Street; both in London. | Darius 2; Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| MOLER, JACOB | Germany, MIM | Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | marked "Aquius Civitas." | Aachen. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | suggest correction |
| MOLESWORTH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MOLETTI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1531-88, MIM | a list of instruments made or designed by him is in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan. | Padua. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MOLINARI, A. | England, fl.1836-40, PHIM | barometer maker. | Leather Lane, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOLINARI, ANTONIO 1 | England, fl.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), D.(1976). | also a thermometer maker; the barometers are usualy signed "A. Molinari Halesworth." | Halesworth. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLINARI, ANTONIO 2 | Italy; Denmark, fl.pre-1780- 89, PHIM | Thermometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | the firm was in business in Copenhagen, 1787 -1889. | Italy (pre-1780); Copenhagen (1787-89). | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLINARI, B. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Plymouth. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLINARI, D. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Halesworth. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLINER, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1784-1801, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2); Angle Barometer = X; Barometer = D.(1975). | sometimes spelled "Molliner." | Baillie Grant's Close (1784); Netherbow (1786-90); High Street (1794); Baron Grant's Close (1799-1801); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLL, HERMAN | Holland; England, c.1680-1732, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature = P.C. (1719), P.C., Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y. (1703), Chicago Historical Society. | T.C.; map maker; geographer; "A Correct Globe with Trade Winds"; California is shown as an island. | London (1719-27). | Calvert 2; Yonge; Warner 2; Krogt 2; Stevenson. | suggest correction |
| MOLLER, HEINRICH MATTHIAS | Germany, c.1800, PHIM | Gold Balance = HAK. | Heinrich Matthias Möller. | Hamburg. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLLER, JOHANNES | Germany, fl.1660-87, MIM | Graphometer, 1660 = DAR; Quadrant, 1670 = Colburg Gymnasium; Armillary Sphere, geared, 1687 = DRE. | Johannes Möller. | Gotha. | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLLER, M. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95. | Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLLINGER, JOSEPH | Germany, MIM OIM | Microscopes = LEY, DEU; Sundial = Bernal-3962. | Neustadt. | Clay and Court; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLLISON, ALEXANDER | England, c.1825, MIM PHIM | 17 Chapman Street, Islington, London. | Taylor 2(1651). | suggest correction | ||
| MOLLO, TRANQUILLO | Austria, fl. 1816-34, MIM | Mechanical Universe, 1834 = D.(1993); Terrestrial Globe with compass = Soth. 6/9/39. | mapmaker. | Vienna. | Coffeen 42; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLT, JOH. ALBERT | Germany, 1756, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1758 = ULM. | marked "Gnomonicus Lauracensis." | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTANI 1 | see Molteni | Taylor 2(2179); Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MOLTANI 2 | see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Moltani. | Taylor 2(2179). | suggest correction | |||
| MOLTEN, F., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | might be Francis Molton. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTEN, JOSEPH | Holland, 1779, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1779 = Christie-NY 4/19/89. | "inv. et fecit." | Amsterdam. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLTENI ET SIEGLER | France, c.1851, PHIM | Molteni et Siégler; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | 62 rue neuve St. Nicolas, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, A. 1 | England, fl.1850-58, PHIM | barometer maker. | 185 Pilgrim Street (1851-53); 154 Pilgrim Street (1855); 152 Pilgrim Street (1857-58); 91 Clayton Street (1857-58); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wigan. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, A. 3 | France, fl.1782-1900, MIM NIM | Sextant = LIM; Octant = MYS; Solar Chronometer = D.(1981). | the octant is signed "Molteni Molteni" according to Price; Molteni was advertising photography in 1897. | 44 rue du Chateau d'Eau, Paris. | USNM; Price 2; Moskowitz 122; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLTENI, ALEX | England, fl.1829-36, PHIM | thermometer and barometer maker; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni; see Mastaglio and Molteni. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, C. | England, fl.1850-60, PHIM | barometer maker; may have been a partner in Mastaglio and Molteni. | 25 Grainger Street (1851-53); Collingwood Street (1851-53); 47 Grainger Street (1855-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, J. | France, c.1855, NIM | Sextant, No. 2429 = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, J. AND A. (3) | France, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENI, J., ET CIE. | France, OIM | Telescope = AMST. | Paris. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTENO | France, MIM | Cannon Sundial = CAS. | for latitude 51° 30'; might be a misreading for Molteni. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTEUL, J. | France, c.1851, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | USNM suggested that this might be a misprint for J. Molteni. | rue du Chateau-d'Eau, 62, Paris. | Catalogue Officiel, Section Française, Great Exhibition of 1862; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTHER, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1619, | designed a tricuspid compass and a proportional compass. | Hesse. | Offenbacher 37. | suggest correction | |
| MOLTIN | see Molton. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| MOLTON, FRANCIS | England, fl.1801-42, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X (2); Wheel Barometers = X (5), Christie 12/17/75, D.(1975), D.(1976), Soth.-S 7/23/87, Phillips 11/16/88. | also a thermometer maker. | Dove Lane (1822-30); St. Lawrence Steps; both in Norwich. | Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1936); RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOLTON, FRANCIS, AND CO. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MOLYNEUX | England, fl.1824-36, MIM | Alt-azimuth Instrument = Wesleyan University (1836). | made astronomical clocks and chronometers; provided equipment for Charles Wilkes in 1836 for a U.S. exploring expedition; see Molyneux and Cope. | London. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| MOLYNEUX AND COPE | England, fl.1820-40, MIM | made sidereal clocks; see Molyneux. | London. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MOLYNEUX, EMERY | England, fl.1587-1605, MIM NIM | Terrestrial Globes, 1592 & 1603 = BM; Celestial Globes = BM, KAS; Astrolabe, paper = P.C.(1970). | also a compass and nautical instrument maker; Edward Wright and William Sanderson joined him in making a large terrestrial globe. | Lambeth, London. | Taylor 1(79); Bedini 8; Wynter 1. | suggest correction |
| MOLYNEUX, SAMUEL | England, 1687-1728, OIM | Reflecting Telescope = King John V, Portugal. | made improvements in speculum metal; F.R.S.; he may have had the telescope made to his order. | Kew House, Richmond, Surrey. | Taylor 2(94). | suggest correction |
| MOMPUTO MORI | Sundial = K. and C. 11/24/76. | probably a motto: "Non Puto Mori." | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MONAGHAN, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1760-62, PHIM | weather-glass maker. | Winetavern Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| MONASTERI, L., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | Darlington. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MONCONYS, BALTHAZER DE | France, 1611-65, | designed a microscope with a field lens, c.1660. | Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MONFRINO | England, c.1810, PHIM | see Cermenati and Monfrino. | Boston. | Comstock; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MONGENET, FRANCOIS DE | France; Italy, fl.1552-pre-92, MIM | Terrestrial Gores, 1552 = X; Celestial Globe, silver, 1552 = ADL-G15; Pairs of Gores = ADL-A344 and A345, BM-Map Room, New York Public Library, PBN; Terrestrial Gores = NUR; Celestial Globes (2) = ROM; Terrestrial Globe = ROM; Pair of Globes = Drecker; Terrestrial Globe with Sundial and watch inside, 1552 = UTC. | François De Mongenet; the ADL celestial globe had later additions made to it and is marked "Elaborabat Franciscus De Mongenet 1605" with the original date erased; the globes at ROM were stolen in 1984; unsigned terrestrial globe, ADL-M17, made from de Mongenet gores, c.1560. | Vesoul; Besançon; Venice. | Fox 1 and 2; Bedini 12; Yonge; Stevenson; Ruge; Karrow; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MONILLER | France, MIM | Instrument = BM. | Paris. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| MONK | England, fl.1772-85, MIM PHIM | made pyrometers; clockmaker. | Taylor 2(747). | suggest correction | ||
| MONK AND MERIGOT | England, 1807, MIM PHIM | Pyrometrical Thermometer = Auction, 1807. | Monk and Mérigot. | Taylor 2(747). | suggest correction | |
| MONNS, ELIZABETH | USA, 1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1820 = Yale U., Conn. | Setauket, Long Island, N.Y. | Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| MONTANARI, GEMINIANO | Italy, 1633-87, | invented "stadia", an idea of putting parallel cross hairs in a telescope. | Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | ||
| MONTAUBAN, A. | France, c.1720, MIM | Water Level = P.C. (1987). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MONTAUDON, J. | USA, c.1838, MIM | invented an instrument to measure distance. | Washington, D.C. | Taylor 2(2185). | suggest correction | |
| MONTGOMERY, ROBERT | USA, fl.1683-1713, NIM | Davis Quadrant = P.C. (1978); Davis Quadrant, 1711 = P.C. (stolen). | New Amsterdam (New York), N.Y. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MONTHI | England, | see Barnaschoni and Monthi or Bernaschoni and Monthi. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MONTI | see Maspoli, Monti and Co; see Bernasconi and Monti. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MONTI AND BESERGA | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | ||
| MONTI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1847-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4). | watch and clockmaker; the barometers are signed "A. Monti." | Palace Street, Canterbury. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | suggest correction |
| MONTI, FRANCOIS, ET FILS | Italy, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie 9/11/86. | signed "François Monti et Fils à Turin." | Turin. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MONTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 10/19/87, Soth.-S 1/27/88. | the Soth. barometers are signed "Joseph Monti Canterbury"; the barometer identified by Goodison, (X), was signed "J. Monti Canterbury." | Canterbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MONTI, P. | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Marine Barometer = VNN. | watchmaker?; possibly a partner in Maspoli and Monti. | Sandwich. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MONTI, P., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | Lewes. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MONTIGNY, ARLES DE | France, 1753, | invented a type of perpetual motion machine in 1753; gave permission to make it to Joseph Solvaique, a Swiss, then to Lacroix, later to Sulpice Cuvillier and then again to Solvaique. | Paris. | Augarde. | suggest correction | |
| MONTINI | England, PHIM | see Vanini and Montini; barometer makers. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOODY | England, c.1870, | Sundial = Evans Coll. | also marked "J. Jewsbury Birmingham" a noted manufacturer of reproductions. | Birmingham. | Evans 1; Price 2. | suggest correction |
| MOODY, JAMES E. | USA, 1848-1913, MIM OIM SIM | Transits = GUR (2). | worked for John H. Temple ; he finished the incomplete instruments Temple left in his workshop. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | suggest correction |
| MOOLEN, S. VANDE | Holland, 1701, MIM | Quadrant, Roias projection on reverse, 1701 = Soth. 11/16/87. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MOON SENR. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | "from Dollonds"; probably John Moon. | 215 High Street, Islington. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOON, J. 1 | England, 1786, MIM | Garden Sundial, stone, 1786 = VCW. | marked "Sarum Lat. 51° 6'." | Salisbury. | Price 2. | suggest correction |
| MOON, J. 2 | England, c.1852, NIM | may be the same as John Moon. | 31 1/2 Limekiln Hill, London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| MOON, JOHN | England, fl.1830-52, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1982); Garden Sundial, 1833 = D.(1979); Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | sextant signed "Moon" and "Moon from Dollonds"; the sundial is signed "Moon" and marked "Isaac Scartii"; see J. Moon 2 and Moon Senr. | 3 Lucas Road, Commercial Road; 28 Green Street, Stepney (1838); 76 Minories (1846) and at Limehouse; all in London. | Taylor 2(1937); Coffeen A; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOON, THOMAS | England, c.1669, NIM | "an ingenious smith." | Bristol. | Sturmy; Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| MOON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1791-1811, OIM | apprenticed to John Dollond 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 4, 1782; free of the Company, Oct. 16, 1791. | 35 Northhampton Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(214). | suggest correction | |
| MOOR, ANN | England, c.1762, MIM | Set of Regular Solids, boxwood = Burton Constable. | Elizabeth Hall; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MOOR, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1788-1801, OIM | opposite the Guard (1788-90); 17 Parliament Close (1793); 15 Parliament Close (1794); Robertson's Close (1801); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MOOR, WILLEM | Holland, c.1600, MIM | Astrolabes and Quadrants, 1600 = Jacob van Neck's Expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | ||
| MOORE 1 | see Merriam and Moore. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MOORE 2 | USA, PHIM | "Patented Eagle Balance for 1/2 and 1/4 eagles for sale at the office of Moore's"; "Price Current." | 12 Merchants Exchange, Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOORE AND NIMS | USA, c.1850, SIM | Terrestrial Globe = D.(1976). | see also Merriam and Moore. | Troy, N.Y. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOORE AND WRIGHT | England, MIM | Micrometer = Christie 10/6/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MOORE, CHARLES | England, c.1862, NIM | invented or made an indicator to determine magnetic devation. | Quay Parade, Swansea. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MOORE, F. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. (1975). | Kensington, Conn. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOORE, F.C. | England, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = Phillips 5/20/75 & 2/22/77. | Leeds. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOORE, FRANCIS M. | Ireland, c.1830, NIM | T.C. in octant case. | Belfast and Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOORE, GEORGE W. | USA, c.1870, MIM | Sundial with Compass in watch-form = MYS. | signed "Moore's Sundial watch and compass." | 44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOORE, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worthington. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOORE, JOHN G. | USA, c.1865, MIM | Orrery = D.(1989). | patented an "Improved Orrery" in 1865. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Moskowitz 132. | suggest correction |
| MOORE, JONATHAN | England, c.1701, | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company on May 27, 1701. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MOORE, P., AND CO. | NIM | label in a case for an octant at MYS. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MOORE, SIR JONAS | England, c.1681, | author; "A New System of Mathematics" (1681) has drawings of nocturnals. | Perry. | suggest correction | ||
| MOORE, THOMAS | England, c.1669, MIM | Bristol. | Taylor 1(336). | suggest correction | ||
| MOORE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1751-88, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1751 = X; Backstaff = Soth. 7/7/55. | 55 Paternoster Row, London. | Taylor 2(513); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOOY, ERVEN VAN HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1765-95, NIM | Cross-staff, 1775 = ROT. | widow of Hendrik Mooy; the cross-staff is signed "H. Mooy 1775"; as this was after Hendrik's death it was from his old stock or made by his widow. | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction |
| MOOY, HENDRIK | Holland, 1715-65, NIM | made cross-staves; succeeded his second cousin, Isaac Swigters in 1750; firm continued by his widow, Erven van Hendrik Mooy, (1765-95). | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOQUIN ET AMIEL | Switzerland, c.1790, MIM | Sundial in back of watch = CHF. | Geneva. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORALES, JUAN BAUTISTA | Spain, fl.1605-21, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1605 = X; Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1621 = OXFB. | Basanta; Maddison 5; Michel 3; MADEX. | suggest correction | ||
| MORCAR, FRANCOIS | France, 1620, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1620 = Church in Murs. | François Morcar. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| MORDEN, R., BERRY, W., AND LEA, P. | England, c.1690, MIM | Celestial Globes = NMM (2); Terrestrial Globes = NMM, WHI. | Robert Morden, William Berry and Philip Lea. | London. | NMM 2, Olivia Brown 3. | suggest correction |
| MORDEN, ROBERT | England, fl.1666-1703, MIM | globe maker; member of the Weavers' Company, c.1666; may have been apprenticed to Joseph Moxon; worked with John Rowley. | At the Atlas in New Cheapside (1669); At the Atlas in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange (1671-1702); both in London. | Tyacke 1; Taylor 1(242). | suggest correction | |
| MORDENTE, FABRITIO | Italy, b.1532, MIM | Reduction Compasses = ADL-M69, ADL-DPW36. | Mordente invented this type of instrument; designed a type of quadrant, plate found in atlas by Paulus de Furlanis, which see; author. | Engelmann 1; A.J. Turner 10; Bonelli 10; Woodward 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORE, JAMES | Scotland, c.1850?, MIM SIM | Suveyor's Chain = D.(1985); Level = FRK = RSM. | "Chain Maker." | Glasgow. | Morrison-Low 1; Coffeen 9. | suggest correction |
| MOREAU | France, 19th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = ADL-A48. | Rue de Seine, 16, Paris. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOREAU, JEHAN | France, 1622, MIM | Astrolabes, wood and paper, 1622 = ADL-W98, USNM. | Moreau republished Philippe Danfrie's 1584 paper astrolabe in 1622 using the same plates but adding his (Moreau's) name and address; see Philippe Danfrie. | "à Paris chez Jehan Moreau rue St.-Jacques à la Croix blanche." | Gibbs 2; USNM; Price 1; Gunther 1; Gibbs and Saliba; ICA 2; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORELEY AND SONS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Guildford. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORELLI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORELLI, FELICE | France, MIM | Le Roy-type Inclinable Sundial = WHI (FIT). | invented by Julien Le Roy. | Paris. | Bryden 16. | suggest correction |
| MORETTI | England, fl.1826-46, PHIM | barometer maker; hardware man, etc. | Pierrepont Place; Walcot Street; both in Bath. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MORETTI AND ABATTE | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Bearne, 6/29/92, Soth. 6/6/75. | Soth. signed "Moretti and Batti"; possibly J. Abatte 1 or J. Abatte 2 of Peterborough or Moretti of Bath. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORETTI AND BATTI | England, c.1780, PHIM | probably misreading for Moretti and Abatte, which see. | Soth. 6/6/75; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MORETTI, J.C. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, Thermometer and Hygrometer = Phillips 1/30/84; Stick Barometer = X. | Lynn. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORETTI, R. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant, ebony = MYS. | Cardiff. | USNM; Price 2. | suggest correction | |
| MORGAN 1 | England, pre-1793, NIM | Sextant = Herring Auction, May 1, 1793. Inclinable Sundial = Tesseract, Winter 1983 | probably John Morgan 2. | RSW, Coffeen, D | suggest correction | |
| MORGAN 2 | MIM | Square, iron = VCW. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MORGAN, FRANCIS | England; Russia, fl.1764-1804, MIM OIM | Inclinable Sundial = OXF; Mathematical Instrument Set, silver = Soth. 12/15/78. | apprenticed to his father, John Morgan 2, in the Joiners' Company, 1757; free by Patrimony on testimony by Robert Tangate 1 and Robert Croome in the Company, 1764; took apprentices; emigrated in 1771; scientific instrument maker to the (Russian) Admiralty (1772-1801); T.C. in English and French; the dealer's sundial was made in London, the others were made in St. Petersburg. | Carey Street (1765); New Street Square (1766); At the Sign of Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate Street near St. Paul's, (1767-71); all in London; St. Petersburg (1772-1804). | Maddison 1; Crawforth 1 and 7; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(748); Chenakal; Millburn 11; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORGAN, HENRY | England, c.1682, MIM | clock and watchmaker; member of the Clockmakers' Company, 1682. | Robischon. | suggest correction | ||
| MORGAN, JOHN 1 | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton of the Grocers' Company; might have been turned over to another master; free of Nathaniel Anderton on Dec. 6, 1682. | J. Brown 1; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MORGAN, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1733-58, MIM NIM | Gauging Scale = Soth. 10/17/60; Circles (2), Dividers, Protractors = UTO 11/2/76; Plate and Azimuth Circle = Aubert Sale, 1806. | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 7, 1726; free in the Company, Dec. 4, 1733; took apprentices; father of Francis Morgan; made compasses, octants, Hadley quadrants, etc.; original maker of Gowin Knight's Patent Compass; had James Watt as an apprentice c.1750-56. | Finch Lane, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(385 & 1665); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORGAN, JOHN 3 | misprint for John Margas. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |||
| MORGAN, JOHN THOMAS | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 7 Crown Street, Hucton Square, London. | Taylor 2(2186). | suggest correction | ||
| MORGAN, SYLVANUS | England, 1620-93, MIM | he was an accomplished dialist; author. | at the Sign of the Coat, behind the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(198). | suggest correction | |
| MORGAN, W. DE | England, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MORGANTI, B. | England, c.1825, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Brighton. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORIANI | Italy, PHIM | Thermometer = WHI. | Bryden 11. | suggest correction | ||
| MORICE, DAVID AND SON | England, c.1825, PHIM | barometer makers. | London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MORICE, DAVID AND WILLIAM | England, fl.1804-25, PHIM | barometer makers. | Royal Exchange, London. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MORILLARD | France, 1600, MIM | Astrolabe, 1600, ICA-528 = MADEX-265. | the astrolabe was corrected by Sevin of Paris. | Lyon. | Price 1; ICA 2; GHP; Michel 2; MADEX. | suggest correction |
| MORIN, HENRI | France, c.1880, MIM | Rule, wood = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Staff Transit = D.(1994); Telescope, marine = Versailles 11/19/78; Surveying Instrument = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | telescope is signed "3 Rue Boursault"; surveying instrument is signed "Atelier H. Morin et Gensse à Paris." | 11 Rue Dulong; 3 Rue Boursault; both in Paris. | Garcelon 33; Bennett 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORIN, J.-B. | France, 1583-1656, | proposed, in 1634, to use telescopes on astronomical instruments. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| MORISON | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MORITZ AND IMMISCH | England, PHIM | Thermometer = Christie 5/26/76. | "from the inventor to Capt. W.B. Phillimore---." | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORK, A.F. | Sweden, c.1800, MIM | Pantograph = X. | A.F. Mörk. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction |
| MORLAND | England, 1731, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1731 = DRE. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MORLAND, SAMUEL | England, 1625-95, | Sir Samuel Morland; invented a perpetual calendar in 1650, example at BM; invented a "Poor man's Dial" (sundial), also a variant of Napier's Rods and a calculating machine in 1666; Sutton and Knibb made examples of the calculating machines now at KEN and FLO; "Master of Mechanics to King Charles II." | Bloomsbury; Vauxhall (1677); both in London. | Taylor 1(219); G.L'E. Turner 24; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9; DNB; DSB; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| MORLEY | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Cardoza 8/26/89. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORLEY, GEORGE | England, 1836, MIM OIM | Taylor 2 equated this man with George Motley. | 84 High Street, Whitechapel (1836); 80 High Street Whitechapel; both in London | Taylor 2(2189); O'Mara. | suggest correction | |
| MORLEY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1805-06, MIM | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 7, 1796; Taylor listed a J. Morley with these dates and address. | 1 little Thames Street, Wapping, London. | J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(1184). | suggest correction | |
| MORRELL 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Whitby. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORRELL 2 | see Baker, Carver and Morrell. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MORRELL 3 | England?; USA?, NIM | Compass Card = D.(1978). | Portsmouth. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORRICE, JOSEPH | England, | an ivory turner in the Merchant Taylors' Company; had George Hicks. an OIM, as an apprentice. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MORRIS, G. | England, OIM | T.C.; spectacle maker. | No. 9, Bedford Square, East London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORRIS, ISAAC | England, c.1830, OIM | Kendal. | Taylor 2(1940). | suggest correction | ||
| MORRIS, J. | England, OIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Kendal. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORRIS, JOHN B. | England, fl.1825-43, MIM PHIM | Rule, Coggeshall-type, 1843 = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | the rule is signed "J.B. Morris London." | 14 New Walnut Tree Walk, London. | Taylor 2(1652); RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORRIS, JOSEPH | England, c.1788, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1788. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MORRIS, LEWIS | England, 1701-65, OIM | improved Wilson's pocket microscope. | Holyhead, Anglesea. | Taylor 2(198). | suggest correction | |
| MORRIS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1771-1803, MIM NIM | Octant, 1791 = Museum of Science, Boston, Mass. | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Feb.7, 1764; free of the Company on May 7, 1771; took apprentices. | Strand (1771); Cooper's Row, St.Catherine's (1783); St.Catherine's Square (1794-1801); Upper East Smithfield (1802); 54 East Smithfield (1803); all in London. | J. Brown 1; USNM. | suggest correction |
| MORRIS, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1801-18, MIM | rule maker. | Great Charles Street (1801); Summer Row (1808-18); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| MORRISON, A. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | Manchester. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORS, THOMAS | England, fl.1730-50, MIM NIM | T.C.; bookseller. | at the Sign of the Lute on the Northside of St. Paul's Church Yard, London. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORSE, SAMUEL 1 | England, fl.1838-50, OIM | T.C.; spectaclemaker. | No. 3 Tenter Terrace, Prescot Street, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORSE, SAMUEL 2 | England, c.1840, MIM | 50 Mansell Street, Minories, London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| MORSS, ANTHONY S. | USA, fl.1850-80, MIM NIM | Rope Guage = PMS; Dry Card Marine Compasses = D.(1961), D.(1972). | the rope guage is also marked "Hardware." | 210 and 212 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz 104; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MORTIMER, CROMWELL | England, c.1698-1752, | invented a metallic thermometer. | London. | Chaldecott 2. | suggest correction | |
| MORTIMER, JOHN | England, c.1862, | devised a compass with both azimuth and dip needles. | Pippinford Park, Maresfield, Sussex. | USNM | suggest correction | |
| MORTON AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1847-51, OIM PHIM | Alexander Morton. | 7 South College Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MORTON, A. | misreading for Thomas Morton 2. | A.J. Turner 1; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MORTON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1832-46, PHIM | 'Windmill Experiment' for Air Pump = RSM. | 29 Richmond Place (1832-33); 2 Roxburgh Place (1834-37); 9 Drummond Street (1838); 11 Hill Square (1839); 71 Adam Square (1840-42); 7 South College Street (1845-46); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(2187); Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction | |
| MORTON, DANIEL JAMES | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to Thomas Bourne 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company. Jan. 11, 1803. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MORTON, JAMES | England, MIM | chronometer maker; worked with his brother, Thomas Morton 1. | Sunderland and South Shields. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORTON, JOHN, AND CO. | Scotland, NIM | Marine Compass = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORTON, THOMAS 1 | England, MIM | worked with his brother James. | Sunderland. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MORTON, THOMAS 2 | Scotland, 1783-1862, OIM | Telescope, wood = P.C. (1974); Telescopes = RSM, FRK = RSM (3). | designer and maker of textile machinery. | Kilmarnock. | Bryden 3; A.J. Turner 1; Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction |
| MORZIERES, JOSEPH LOUIS | France, MIM | Table Sundial, octagonal = FIN-217. | Morzières. | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOSCHINO, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1650, OIM | Telescope = Roussel-22 = Prin Coll. = NMM-Caird; Opera Glass, ivory = Soth. 3/25/86. . | Genoa. | Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOSER | Czechoslovakia, 1727, MIM | Instrument, 1727 = PRA. | Prague. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOSHAMMER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1731, PHIM | Pyrometer, 1731 = DEU. | Regensberg. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOSLEY | Ireland, PHIM | Pocket Barometer = K. & C. 7/9/75. | Waterford. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOSS AND WINDRED | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 8 Crescent Street, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(2188). | suggest correction | ||
| MOSS, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1828-36, MIM OIM PHIM | Waterloo Place, Commercial Road (1828-29); 7 Catherine Street, Commercial Road (1830); 55 1/2 Houndsditch (1836); all in London. | Taylor 2(1941); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| MOSS, CONRAD | Germany, 1588, PHIM | Nest of Weights, 1588 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOSS, J. | England, c.1750, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = X. | Taylor 2(2188). | suggest correction | ||
| MOSS, S. | England, | T.C.; experimental chemist. | 150 High Street, adjoining the Arcade, Cheltenham. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOSSY | France, fl.1780-1821, MIM PHIM | Thermometer and Calendar = Ader Picard Tajan 3/15/83; Barometers = CNAM (2, 1780), (1789); Thermometer, 1782 = CNAM; Barometer and Thermometer, 20 Janvier, 1791 = Pescheteau-Badin-Godeau-Leroy -de Ricqlès 7/8/97. | worked with Cappy before 1780; see Cappy and Mossy; breveté ingénieur in 1788; "constructeur des instruments de phisique en verre de la Société Roial del' Medicine"; worked for Lavoisier; barometer and thermometer signed "Mossi à Paris" plus date. | Quay Pelletier à la Croix d'or, Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1; ATG 8/2-9/97; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOTEL, JEAN-FRANCOIS-HENRI | France, 1786-1859, MIM | Chronometer = ADL-N62. | Jean-François-Henri Motel. | Paris. | J.A. Bennett 2; Baillie 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOTLEY, GEORGE | see George Morley. | Taylor 2(2189); O'Mara. | suggest correction | |||
| MOTTER, JOHANN | Belgium, 1602, MIM | Astronomical Rings = BRO (1602), KEN, VIE, NUR. | Flanders. | Michel 3; Maddison 1; Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MOUNT, WILLIAM | England, c.1692, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on July 20, 1682; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1692. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MOUROUX | France, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Bordeaux. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOUY, DE | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = ROU-125. | Michel put him down as French. | Amsterdam. | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MOWER | see Short and Mower. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MOWRE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 1/31/85. | Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MOXON, JAMES | England; Scotland, fl.1646-91, MIM | worked with his brother, Joseph Moxon, in 1646 and 1647 (Bryden thought Joseph was his father); free of the Weavers' Company by Patrimony before 1646; successfully petitioned to become a member of the Stationers' Company in 1646; active in Edinburgh in 1690. | at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf in Houn's ditch at the end of Houn's ditch near Bishopsgate, London; Lawrence Ord's Close, foot of the Canongate, Edinburgh (1690); London (1691). | Tyacke 1; Bryden 3 and 15. | suggest correction | |
| MOXON, JOHN | misreading for Joseph Moxon. | Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | |||
| MOXON, JOSEPH | England, 1627-1700, MIM | Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, including miniatures, which may be seen in many museums including KAS, SKO, ADL, WHI, BEK, Winchester Cathedral Library, etc.; Quadrant, wood and paper, with a Volvelle = Burton Constable. | free of the Weavers' Company by Patrimony before 1646; transferred to the Stationers' Company in 1646; admitted to the Livery of the Weavers' Company in 1664; had been taking apprentices in that Company; worked with his brother, James, 1646-47; worked with John Sugar (1653-65); T.C.; F.R.S. in 1678; "Hydrographer to the King"; made "Particular" and Copernican spheres from Blaeu's design; developed the miniature terrestrial globe in England. | see Moxon, Joseph (Cont.) | see Moxon, Joseph (Cont.) | suggest correction |
| MOXON, JOSEPH (CONT.) | terrestrial globe at Winchester designed by Roger Palmer. | at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf in Houns-ditch, at the upper end of Houns-ditch near Bishopsgate (1647); the Netherlands (-1651); near St. Michael's in Cornhill, at the Sign of the Atlas on Parnassus Hill (1652-65); on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge at the Sign of the Atlas (1666); Covent Garden (1667); at the Atlas in Russell Street (1670-71); at the Sign of Atlas on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge on the west side of Fleet Bridge; Westminster Hall over against Parliament Stairs (1694); Warwick Lane (1699); all in London. | Taylor 1(228); Tyacke 1; Elizabeth Hall; Crawforth 1; USNM; Millburn 5; Wynter 1; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 4; Krogt 2; Edell; Olivia Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MUCKLOW, BENJAMIN | England, c.1830, OIM | Rea Mill, Lawley Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1942). | suggest correction | ||
| MUDGE, JOHN | England, 1721-93, OIM | brother of Thomas Mudge; made several reflecting telescopes. | Plymouth. | Taylor 2(386). | suggest correction | |
| MUDGE, THOMAS | England, 1717-94, MIM | apprenticed to George Graham of the Clockmakers' Company on May 4, 1730; free of the Company, Jan. 15, 1738; took apprentices; clock and chronometer maker; succeeded George Graham; from 1750 Mudge had William Dutton as a partner. | 67 (later 151) Fleet Street, London; Plymouth (1771). | Dewhirst; J. Brown 3; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(294). | suggest correction | |
| MUETER | see Motter. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MUGGENAST, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 1714, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1714 = GEM. | clockmaker. | Strengen? | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| MUIR, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1682-d.1695, NIM | ship's chandler and nautical instrument maker. | Leith. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MULLALLY, LUKE | Ireland, c.1751, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| MULLER | Germany, PHIM | Hygrometer = DEU. | Müller. | Berlin. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| MULLER, F. HENRICH | Germany, fl. 1672-78, MIM | Sundial, round, silver = OXF; Sundial, octagonal = Zeiss, Jena; Perpetual Calendar (1663-1700) = Evans Coll.-OXF; Horizontal Sundial, round, silver = Soth. 4/16/56-134. | F. Henrich Müller; Zinner called him "J. Heinrich Müller." | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MULLER, FRANZ ERNST | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, wood = Wolfenbüttel Bibliothek. | Franz Ernst Müller. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MULLER, H., AND CO. | China, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 12/13/71. | Shanghai. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MULLER, HANS | Germany, 1538, MIM | Hans Müller; member of compass maker guild; compiled aninventory in 1538; Linhart Gresel was one of the guardians of his children. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MULLER, JOHANNES | see Regiomontanus. | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MULLER, LUDOVICUS D. | see Ludwig Theodor Müller. | Hamilton 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MULLER, LUDWIG THEODOR | Germany, fl.1710-70, MIM | Augsburg-type sundials by this maker can be found in most museums and collections. | Ludwig Theodor Müller; or Ludwig Theodatus Müller; the dials are often signed "L.T.M."; an early example of a cottage industry, most examples have assembly marks on the various parts to aid in the final reassembly; they come in leather covered cardboard boxes with instruction sheets in German, French and English with a long list of towns and their latitudes; "Kompassmacher, Mechaniker." | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; USNM; Syndram; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MULLER, MARTIUS | Italy, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Genoa. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| MULLER, P. CAROLUS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = ADL-M316; Pillar Sundial = WRAY-97; Pillar Sundial, wood and paper = St. Gall. | P. Carolus Müller; Zinner called him "Karl Müller." | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MULLER, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Rule = Stuker 11/22/66. | Sebastian Müller. | Ebersbach. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MULLER, THEODAT G. | misreading for L.T. Müller. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| MULLER, WALDEMAR | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Randers. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MULLINER, ABRAHAM | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph South of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1712. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| MUNCK, FRANCIS | England, c.1652, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company on Sept.28, 1652. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MUNDAY, THOMAS | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/28/86. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| MUNGER, ASAHEL | USA, c.1835, | he received a patent on a pendulum level in 1835. | Oberlin, Ohio. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MUNNICH, GEORGE | Holland, 1766-1829, MIM | George Münnich; instruments at LEY. | Utrecht. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| MUNRO | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/4/77, X. | 12 York Place, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(1943); Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MUNRO, JAMES | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 4/5 High Street Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(1943); Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN | Germany, 1489-1552, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = Weil = Zeitlin = USNM. | author; wrote many books on dialing and mathematics which often included instruments to be cut out and mounted by the reader. | Zinner 1; Price 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MUR UND STERR | Germany, 1719, OIM | Telescope, parchment, 1719 = DEU. | Christian Mur and Johann Sterr; what about Maurstotter und Sterr? same date, same instrument, same town. | Freising. | Daumas 1; Price 2. | suggest correction |
| MURDOCK, ALBERT | USA, c.1835, MIM | globemaker; partner with his father, David Clark Murdock; see D.C. and A. Murdock. | West Boylston, Mass. | Yonge; Bedini 8; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| MURDOCK, D.C. AND A. | USA, fl.1800-40, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = P.C., P.C. | David Clark Murdock and his son, Albert; globe makers. | West Boylston, Mass. | Yonge; Bedini 8; USNM. | suggest correction |
| MURDOCK, DAVID CLARK | USA, 1805-86, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = P.C. Yale U., P.C. | made many globes, 1830 on; second son, Albert, became his partner in 1835; see D.C. and A. Murdock. | West Boylston, Mass. | Yonge; Bedini 8. | suggest correction |
| MURER, JOHANN | Germany, 1556-1641, MIM | Sundial, glass = ZUR. | Oberwinther (1581); Rickenbach (1612). | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| MURIS, JEAN DE | France, fl.1318-23, | astronomer; used a kardaya, a kind of sextant. | Paris. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| MURPHY | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Cottenham, Cambs. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MURRAY | see Draper, Murray and Fairman. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. | suggest correction | ||
| MURRAY, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1824-41, NIM | also a clock and watchmaker. | 40 Quay (1824-27); 37 Quay (1828-35); 30 Quay (1836-41); all in Aberdeen. | Taylor 2(2191); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low. | suggest correction | |
| MURRAY, JOHN 2 | Scotland, c.1834, NIM | compass maker. | Dock Street, Dundee (1834). | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |
| MURRAY, MUNGO | England, fl.1754-72, | invented a shipwright's sector; author. | His Majesty's Yard, Deptford, Kent; London. | Lefkowicz Bulletin No.6, 1977; Taylor 2(514). | suggest correction | |
| MURRAY, WALTER | Scotland, fl.1945-75, NIM | see Berry and Mackay. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | suggest correction | |
| MURRELL, JOHN | England, fl.1836-46, OIM | 13 Albion Place, St.John's Lane, London. | Taylor 2(2192); O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
| MURREY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1810-21, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on May 1, 1810. | Haymarket, London (1821). | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| MURRY, WILLIAM | England, c.1755, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; took Robert Bancks 1 as an apprentice in 1755; turned him over to Philip Jones of the Framework Knitters' Company, in 1757. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| MUSSCHENBROEK, JAN VAN | Holland, 1687-1748, OIM PHIM | Microscope, 1702 = X; Air Pumps = LEY (1708) & (1722), KAS, DEU (1708). | made a wide range of philosophical instruments; worked for 's Gravesande; son of Johann Joosten van Musschenbroek and succeeded him in 1707. | Leyden. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; USNM; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction |
| MUSSCHENBROEK, JOHAN JOOSTEN VAN | Holland, 1660-1707, OIM PHIM | Air Pumps = LEY (1698), UTR (1706), DEU; Microscope, aquatic = LEY; Microscopes = KEN, LEY. | succeeded his brother, Samuel van Musschenbroek; father of Jan van Musschenbroek; his master mark was a lamp with crossed keys; KEN and LEY microscopes are signed "Johann van Musschenbroek", but with proper master marks. | Leiden. | Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction |
| MUSSCHENBROEK, JOHANN VAN | may be same as Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |||
| MUSSCHENBROEK, PIETER VAN | Holland, 1692-1761, | physicist; invented a pyrometer; son of Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek; interested in the luminescence of barometers. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| MUSSCHENBROEK, SAMUEL VAN | Holland, 1639-81, OIM PHIM | Air Pump, 1675 = LEY. | older brother of Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek; his master mark was a lamp with crossed keys; the keys represent the city of Leiden. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM. | suggest correction |
| MUSTON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | Bristol. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MUTH | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Sector, with compass = P.C.; Universal Ring Sundial = SWE. | probably H.L. or J.P. Muth; "Opticus Professor fecit." | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Pipping 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MUTH, H.L. AND J.P. | Germany, 1721, MIM | Celestial Globe, silver, 1721 = KAS. | Heinrich Ludwig and J.P. Muth were brothers. | Kassel. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| MUTH, HEINRICH LUDWIG | Germany, 1673-1754, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1720 = KAS. | brother of J.P. Muth. | Kassel. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| MUTH, J.P. | see H.L. and J.P. Muth. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| MUTI | Czechoslovakia, 1716, MIM | Sun and Moon Dial, 1716 = Christie 4/3/85. | Willebrand-type; the first letter of the name is not clear it might be Huti or Vuti. | Prague. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| MUXTON AND PALLANT | England, pre-1843, MIM | Bubble Level = USNM. | W. Muxton and John Pallant. | 44 Museum Street, London. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| MUXTON, W. | England, pre-1843, MIM SIM | worked with John Pallant. | 44 Museum Street, London. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MYBOOM, PAULUS | Holland, MIM | Compass Sundial, in ivory barrel = Eisinga's house, Franeker. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| MYERS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Yarmouth. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| MYERS, H. AND J. | England, PHIM | barometer makers. | Winchester. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
| MYERS, P. | England, MIM | Sector, ivory = Auction, 1960. | may be Philip Myers, having moved from Nottingham to London. | London. | Taylor 2(1945). | suggest correction |
| MYERS, PHILIP | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | 1 Okeham Street, Nottingham. | Taylor 2(1945). | suggest correction | ||
| MYLIUS, A. DE | England, 1791, MIM | finished a planetarium invented and started by Philipp Matthaeus Hahn. | London. | Taylor 2(601). | suggest correction | |
| MYLNE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1630-40, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials = Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Stobhall, Perthshire; Obelisk Sundials = Wemyss Castle, Drummond Castle (1630). | a stone mason. | Perth. | Gatty; Somerville. | suggest correction |
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