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Your search for signatures starting with N yielded 245 entries. Displaying entries 1–245.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| N. 1 | MIM | Cruciform Sundial, silver = Koller 11/17/75. | signed "N. 46" on the cover. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| N. 2 | c.1809-19, MIM | Compass, silver, with case = Drouot 4/26/67. | the "N" has a crown over it. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| N.A. | England, fl.1731-65, | stands for New Astronomer, a pseudonym for William Ross which see ; he invented a type of ring sundial called a Rossisphere in 1733; there is an example at OXF; author. | Taylor 2(222 & 301). | suggest correction | ||
| N.C. | France, 1797, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, cast pewter, 1792 = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| N.D. | Habermel-type Astrolabe = Michel Coll. | Price 2. | suggest correction | |||
| N.G.H. | c.1790, MIM | marked on a cartographic surveying rule signed "K.L.C." (1) under a crown. | Christie-SK 11/27/86. | suggest correction | ||
| N.H. | 1764, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1764 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| N.M. 1 | Germany, 1649, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1649 = Huelsman Coll. | Nikolaus Miller 2. | Nürnberg. | Syndram; RSW. | suggest correction |
| N.M. 2 | USA, 1760?, MIM | Window Sundial, small = D.(1989). | perhaps related to Josiah Miller. | Moskowitz 132. | suggest correction | |
| N.N. | England, 1611, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1611 = Hartshead, Yorkshire. | Hartshead, Yorkshire. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| N.V. | Italy, 1853, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1853 = ADL-W137. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NACHET ET FILS | France, pre-1851-1881 and 1892 on, OIM | Microscopes = K. & C. 6/21/75, Phillips 5/20/75; etc. | Camille Sébastien Nachet and son; the firm of A. Nachet changed its name back to Nachet et Fils in 1892. | rue Saint-Séverin 17, Paris. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NACHET, A. | France, fl.1881-92, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | successor to Nachet et Fils; the firm changed its name back to Nachet et Fils in 1892. | Paris. | Moskowitz 132. | suggest correction |
| NACHET, CAMILLE SEBASTIEN | France, 1799-1881, OIM | Microscopes = D.(1972), D.(1984); etc. | Camille Sébastien Nachet started business with Vincent Chevalier; established his own firm c.1840; made microscopes. | rue Voltaire (1819); rue Serpente 16; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen F; Moskowitz 104; Brieux; Warner 13. | suggest correction |
| NAFTEL, PAUL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | Guernsey. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NAGLER, JOHN | USA, fl.1810-30, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Wachovia Museum, Old Salem, North Carolina. | Winston-Salem, North Carolina. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NAHMENS, NAHMEN | Germany, 1704-68, NIM | Octant with Compass = X. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NAIME | misreading for Nairne. | Phillips 9/10/86. | suggest correction | |||
| NAIRN | variant spelling for Nairne. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NAIRNE AND BLUNT | England, fl.1774-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including FLO, WHI, MLL, COO, BAR, UTR, LEY, SUN, KEN, OXF, CNAM, PMM, Burton Constable, etc. | Edward Nairne and Thomas Blunt 1; Blunt had been apprenticed to Nairne from 1760 to 1771. | 20 Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(750); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Moskowitz; Wynter; RSW; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; J.A.Bennett 1 and 2; Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| NAIRNE, EDWARD | England, 1726-1806, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of well engraved instruments including; barometers, electrical machines, telescopes, sundials, rules, a mariner's astrolabe (NMM-52), etc.; examples may be seen at ADL, UTR, MLL, MAN, USNM, FLO, NMM, OMM, SWE, HAR, OXF, WHI. | apprenticed to Matthew Loft of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 2, 1741; free of the Company by Redemption, Jan. 26, 1748; Master of the Company 1759, 1774, 1796-97; took apprentices; partner with Thomas Blunt 1, 1774-93; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty"; T.C. | at the Golden Spectacles, Reflecting Telescopes and Hadley's Quadrant, in Cornhill, opposite the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(388); O. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Engelmann 1; DNB; DSB; Crawforth 1 & 7; Maddison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; J.A. Bennett 1 and 2; A. Stimson 3; Garcia Franco; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NAPIER, D., AND SON | England, c.1848, NIM | Mariner's Compass = AMST. | patented "Captain's Registering Compass" in 1848. | 8 and 9 Vine Street, York Road, Lambeth. London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | suggest correction |
| NAPIER, JOHN | Scotland, 1550-1617, | Baron Merchiston; published a work on logarithms in 1614 and invented two calculating devices called "Napier's Bones" and a more complicated version called the "Promptuary", in 1617. | Merchiston. | DNB; DSB; G.L'E. Turner 24; Tomash; etc. | suggest correction | |
| NARCAL, FEITA | Brazil, c.1720, NIM | Compass, 1720 = LIM. | Rio de Janeiro. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NARCISS, THEODOR AUGUST | see Theodor August Narzis. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NARCY | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 1/22/73 = D.(1997). | modern work; this looks like the work of the forger Williams. | "Paris." | Brieux 4; Coffin 58; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NARRIEN, JOHN | England, fl.1805-25, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sectors, ivory and brass = Soth. 12/15/78, Armand 10/11/90; Stick Barometer = D.(1986); Theodolite = D.(1973). | Soth. sector is part of a set of drawing instruments. | 70 St. James's Street, London. | Taylor 2(1186); Wynter and Turner; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NARRIEU, JOHN | misprint for John Narrien. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NARZIS, THEODOR AUGUST | Germany, 1721-73, MIM | Sundial, octagonal, 1766 = ULM. | compass in lid; marked "Stuckjunker." | Ulm. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NASH, F.M. | USA, fl.1866-71, MIM SIM | a partner in Blunt and Nichols with Edmund Blunt 2 and John H. Nichols who was Blunt's uncle; later was a partner in Blunt and Co. (1868-71), with William Sinclair Blunt; then on his own, made surveying instruments. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| NASH, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1664-90, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company in 1664; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company, Feb. 24, 1668; took apprentices; also sold maps and globes; had some faulty rules seized in 1672. | at the Sign of the Globe, within Aldgate, London. | J. Brown 1 & 3; Taylor 1(310); Clay and Court. | suggest correction | |
| NASH, JOHN 2 | England, c.1717, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1709; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1717; J. Brown 1 reported that Nash took over Thomas Clark 1 as an apprentice from Charles Crick 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 16, 1697 though these dates do not agree; it may be that this is John Nash 1, though the dates are off also. | London. | J. Brown 1 & 3. | suggest correction | |
| NASH, REUBEN | USA, 1786, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1786 = Vermont Historical Society. | Benson, Vermont. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NASH, THOMAS | England, fl.1717-69, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 10, 1708; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1717. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| NATHAN, ADOLPH | c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | "opticus." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NATHAN, ELIAS | England, c.1830, OIM | 1 Old Millgate, London. | Taylor 2(1946). | suggest correction | ||
| NAVARRE, FRANCOIS | France, fl.1760-78, OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = Auction, Versailles 5/6/79, CNAM, P.C. | in 1760 brevetted "ingénieur Ordinaire en instruments de Physique et de Mathématiqus Privilégié de Monseigneur le Duc de Bourgogne" elder grandson of Louis XV; worked with Dom Noël. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Augarde; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NAYLOR 1 | England, c.1722, PHIM | made weather-glasses. | Black Lion, Longacre, London. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| NAYLOR 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Halifax. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NAYLOR, T. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Hutchinson-Scott Auctioneers, 6/14/94. | barometer maker. | Lowestoft; Halifax. | Bell 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NAZE, JEAN | France, 1553, MIM | Astrolabe, 1553 = Musée, Lyon; Astronomical Table Clock = CLU. | ICA-2000 | Lyon. | Destombes et Brieux; Brieux 3; ICA 2. | suggest correction |
| NEAL, MISTER | England, MIM | globe maker; probably John Neale. | London. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| NEALE, HENRY | England, fl.1686-95, MIM PHIM | Set of Weights D.(1971); Money Balance = Gabb Coll. = NMM. | T.C.; Moskowitz thought c.1775. | at ye end of St. Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Calvert 2; Taylor 1(446); Moskowitz 102. | suggest correction |
| NEALE, JOHN | England, fl.1743-58, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Waywiser = X. | author; watchmaker; made miniature orreries, globes, electrical machines, etc.; often signed "J. Neal"; he attempted to publish John Bevis' Star Atlas in 1750 but went bankrupt. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(389); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Lattin; Clay and Court; Gingerich 1. | suggest correction |
| NEBEL | France, c.1795, MIM SIM | Graphometers = WHI, MYS, Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79; Sector = P.C.; Folding Square = P.C. | au Butterfield, Paris. | Price 12; Brieux 2; Olivia Brown 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEEVES, RICHARD | England, fl.1857-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 3 Regent Place, Grays Inn Road, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEEVES, WILLIAM | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 17 Great St. Andrew Street, London. | Taylor 2(2193). | suggest correction | ||
| NEFF, W.C. AND J. | USA, fl.1848-69, MIM NIM PHIM | manufactured electro-magnetic machines. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NEGELEIN, N.G. | Germany, c.1830, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = UTR, ADL-N15, OXF, D.(1977), P.C., Delft Sundial Exhibition; Magnetic Compass, small, boxwood = D.(1971). | the magnetic compass has a multi-colored compass rose printed in English. | Nürnberg a Bavaria. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; de Rijk; Giordano 2; Moskowitz 102; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEGRATTI, H. | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; possibly Henry Negretti but he is not known at this address. | 2 Dorrington Street, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 36 Redcliff Street, Bristol. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | Henry Negretti; the barometer at Christie-SK was signed "Negretti & Co., fecit, London." | 19 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEGRETTI AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 35 Pike Street, Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI AND ZAMBRA | England, 1850-present, MIM OIM PHIM | sundials; telescopes; microscopes; barometers; thermometers; hygrometers; etc. | Henry Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra became partners in 1850, this continued until the death of Negretti in 1879; the firm was carried on by the sons of Negretti and of Zambra and still exists under the same name; T.C.; "Opticians and Meteorological Instrument Makers to Her Majesty"; patented an improvement for barometers in 1861. | 11 Hatton Garden; 1 Hatton Garden; branch at 122 Regent Street (1862-present); 38 Holborn Viaduct (1870-1941). | G.L'E. Turner 24; W.J. Read; Daumas 1; Moskowitz; Middleton1; Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEGRETTI AND ZAMORA | England, c.1773, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | the perpetual calendar on the barometer runs from 1773-1872; this must be a misreading for Negretti and Zambra and the early date taken from the perpetual calendar. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI, ENRICO ANGELO LUDOVICO | see Henry Negretti. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2194); Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| NEGRETTI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI, GAETONO | England; USA, fl.1841-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "G. Negretti, Manchester." | 4 Thomas Street, Manchester (1841); New York, N.Y. (1850-52). | Goodison 1; Warner 5. | suggest correction |
| NEGRETTI, H., AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-Sk 10/20/89. | 19 Leather Lane, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI, HENRY | Italy; England, 1818-79, MIM OIM PHIM | Magnetic Sundial, brass case = Soth. 11/13/61; Wheel Barometer = KEN; etc. | Enrico Angelo Ludovico Negretti; came to England in 1830; he was apprenticed to Francis Augustus Pizzala 1 in 1838; Read thought he was apprenticed to C. Tagliabue; glassblower, in 1840; Middleton thought he was working with John Ronketti in 1840; worked for M. Pizzi from 1843, and later for his widow; philosophical instrument maker by 1849; formed a partnership with Joseph Warren Zambra in 1850 which continued until Negretti's death in 1879; the firm was carried on by sons of Negretti and of Zambra and still exists under that name. | see NEGRETTI, HENRY (cont.) | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI, HENRY (CONT.) | 20 Greville Street (1840); 17 Leather Lane, Holborn (1841-45); 9 Hatton Garden (1849); all in London. | Taylor 2(2194); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Daumas 1; W.J. Read; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NEGRETTI, L., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRETTI, L., AND SON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 4/20/83. | Portsmouth. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEGRINI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Tenterden. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEHR, F.C. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Armillary Sundial = Magdalen College, Oxford. | Greenwich. | Gunther 2. | suggest correction | |
| NEIL, SIR PAUL | England, c.1650, OIM | telescope maker "of high repute." | USNM; Dewhirst. | suggest correction | ||
| NEILL BROS. | Ireland, fl.1850-63, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | probably the sons of Robert Neill. | 23 High Street, Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEILL, JR. AND J. | Ireland, c.1860, NIM | Sextant = Bearne's 1/25/89. | may be Neill Bros., which see. | Belfast. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEILL, ROBERT, AND SONS | Ireland, fl.1842-46, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Neill and Sons." | 25 High Street, Belfast. | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction |
| NEIRNE | misreading for Nairne. | Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |||
| NELLE MESURE | "nouvelle mesure", the new metric measure of the French Revolution. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NELLSON, R. | England, 1738, MIM | Sundial, 1738 = X. | Gatty. | suggest correction | ||
| NELME, LEMUEL DOLE | England, c.1750, | T.C.; dealer in ships' merchandise; etc. | at his office in Exchange Alley, London. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| NELSON, JOSEPH | England, fl.1703-08, MIM | supplied all sorts of sundials; a surveyor. | Colchester, Essex. | Taylor 1(541). | suggest correction | |
| NELSON, OLIVER | Ireland, 1771, MIM | Sundial, 1771 = Soth. 3/10/87. | he was "printer to the Honourable City of Dublin." | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NELSON, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1830-62, OIM PHIM | Telescope built into a cane = ADL-A56; Marine Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Nelson Dublin"; optician, spectacle maker and jeweler. | 21 Essex Quay (1830-31); 20 Essex Quay (1832); 24 Essex Quay (1833); 37 Lower Ormond Quay (1834-39); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NELSON, WILLIAM H. | England, fl.1840-62, MIM OIM | may be the same as William Nelson or maybe his son. | 37 Lower Ormond Quay (1840-44); 42 Lower Ormond Quay (1845-51); 66 Dame Street (1852-62); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| NEMES, JOHN | England, fl.1724-53, MIM | Sundials = OXF, AMST; Horizontal Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83; Compass Sundials = Soth. 10/18/74, 10/20/75 and 3/10/87-99, WHI-1192. | apprenticed to his father, Robert, in the Clockmakers' Company in June, 1710; freed as a Brother in the Company, June 18, 1724; the horizontal and compass sundials are signed on the paper compass roses inside the lids of the cases; some of the signatures show as "I. Nemes." | London. | Taylor 2(199); Mörzer Bruyns 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; Weil 25; Crawforth 8; Baillie 1; Britten; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEMES, ROBERT | see John Nemes. | Britten. | suggest correction | |||
| NEMES, T. | England, MIM | Compass Sundials = ADL-W231, D.; Diptych Sundial = Einsiedeln Stift. | Taylor 2(199); Crawforth 8; Weil 25; Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NENZELIUS, OLOF | Sweden, 1728-1804, MIM | clock and instrument maker, amateur. | Lund. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEPHEW, CHARLES | India, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 2/25/86. | Calcutta. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEPHEW, CHARLES, AND CO. | India, 19th Century, MIM | Pocket Compass = Soth. 4/27/72; Inclinable Sundial = ADL-N24; Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 12/16/63; Horizontal Sundial = Soth. 12/16/63. | Calcutta. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEPOS GEMMA FRISIUS | Gualterus Arsenius, which see. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NERICE, BERNARDO | Italy, 1762, MIM | Sundial, brass, on a marble base, 1762 = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird. | Lucca. | NMM 2. | suggest correction | |
| NESBIT, ALEXANDER | England, MIM | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
| NESBITT, JOHN | England, PHIM | Balance, large = D.(1976). | 42 Market Street, Manchester. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NESSY | France?, MIM | Sundial = Hayden Planetarium, Boston. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| NESTFELL, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1694-1762, MIM | Planetaria = Natural History Museum, Vienna (1753), BAM, WUR; Quadrant, (1762) = DEU; Table Sundial = Pommersfelden Schloss. | King said Vienna mechanism was very similar to that in the George Graham tellurian at ADL. | Bamberg; Würzberg (1753). | Maurice 1; H.C. King 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NETHERWOOD, JOB | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Clement Foster of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec.16, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| NETINI, PAULUS CONSTANTINI | Italy, fl.1820-40, MIM | Sundials on papier-maché snuff boxes, 1820 & 1840 = Drecker Coll. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NEUHAUS | Austria, c.1800, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Vienna. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEUHOFER UND SOHN | Austria, MIM | Alidade = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | Vienna. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEUMAN, JOHANN-BAPTIST | Austria, 17th Century, MIM | Sundial, gilt-brass = Michel Coll. | Vienna. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| NEUMANN, BALTHASAR | Germany, 1712, MIM | Sundial, 1712 = DEU-2829; Sectors = WUR (1713), P.C. | artillery officer; P.C. sector is architectural. | Price 2; Daumas 1; Zinner 1; RJW; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEUSSHART | Germany, 1750, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial, 1750 = ULM. | also marked "P.M.L.P.N." | Ulm. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEVE, GUILLIAM DE | Holland, c.1623, PHIM | balance maker; T.C. dated 1623. | Amsterdam. | Soth. 11/16/87. | suggest correction | |
| NEVE, P. | France, c.1820, MIM | Planetarium = Soth. 12/16/63; Planetarium, wood and paper = Soth. 12/17/62. | rue de l'Hirondelle, 22, Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWALL, R.S. | England, c.1946, MIM | Capuchin-type Sundials = WHI (4). | modern. | Bryden 16. | suggest correction | |
| NEWBERY, WILLIAM | England, c.1610, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 20, 1610. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWBOND AND BULFORT | England, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWCOMB AND MANSELL | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; sextant = PC. | Mansell 2. | 35, Wapping Liverpool. | Goodison 1; WEBDB. | suggest correction |
| NEWCOMBE, F. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWDIGATE, FRANCIS | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Weschler 5/22/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWELL AND BROWNING | USA, c.1803, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | probably Joseph Newell and Samuel Browning 1. | Merchants Row, Boston, Mass. (1803). | Smart 1. | suggest correction |
| NEWELL AND SON | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Andover Historical Society, Mass., Bostonian Society, Old State House, Boston, Mass., P.C. | Andrew and Joseph Newell; the compass card in the private collection is also marked "Callender Scp."; some compass cards signed "N. Hurd Sct." | East end of Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass. | USNM; Smart 1; Rudd; Warner 12. | suggest correction |
| NEWELL, ANDREW | USA, 1749-98, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = PMS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn., P.C., D.; Backstaff = P.C. | "served his time with the late Mr. Dupee"; worked under "the best Masters in London"; Nathaniel Hurd and Joseph Callender engraved the compass cards. | King Street 1 (1773); 61 State Street (1789-96); at the East End of the Market (Faneuil Hall) (1798); all in Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Price 2; Rudd; Giordano 3; D.J. Warner 8 and 12; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWELL, CHARLES | USA, 1783-1809, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compassses = PEA, South Natick Historical Society, Mass. | T.C; son of Andrew Newell. | 11 Merchants Row, East side of the Market, Boston, Mass.(1805). | Bedini 8; Smart 1. | suggest correction |
| NEWELL, JOSEPH | USA, fl.1798-1813, MIM SIM | partner with his father, Andrew Newell, 1798; also a ship chandler; partner with Samuel Browning 1 as Newell and Browning. | East end of Market (1798); Merchants Row (1800); 11 Merchants Row (1805-1813); all in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEWELL, THEODORE | USA, c.1821, MIM | made several orreries; farmer; amateur astronomer; held a patent on his orrery. | Poultney, Vermont. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| NEWMAN AND SON | England, c.1851-62, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | John Frederick Newman and his son; taken over by Negretti and Zambra in 1862. | London. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEWMAN, A.J. | England, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWMAN, ELIZABETH | England, 1694, | apprenticed to Daniel Thomas in the Clockmakers' Company in 1694. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWMAN, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1769, | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 5, 1769. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWMAN, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1808, MIM | watch and clockmaker who made the movement in Dec., 1808 for an orrery by Thomas Blunt 1; the movement was later repaired by Henry Voight of Philadephia, Pa.; there is a chance that the two George Newmans are the same man. | Wynter 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWMAN, JAMES | England, fl.1793-1827, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Newman 1 of the Grocers' Company, who was possibly his father, in 1793; succeeded him c.1800; made barometers and thermometers. | Exeter Exchange, Strand, London. | Goodison 1; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(1015); Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEWMAN, JOHN FREDERICK | England, fl.1816-60, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | made many philosophical instruments including barometers, pyrometers electrical machines, also sundials, surveying instruments, rules, etc; examples may be seen at KEN, VEN, USNM, SWE, Royal Institution, etc. | most instruments signed "I. Newman" or "J. Newman"; showed an air pump at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851; he was philosophical instrument maker to the Royal Institution; made instruments for the East India Company; developed a portable barometer in 1833; probably succeeded James Newman; bought out by Negretti and Zambra, 1862; T.C.; see Newman and Son. | No. 7 and 8 Lisle Street, Leicester Square (1816-25); 109 Regent Street; 122 Regent Street (1827-60); all in London. | Taylor 2(1396); Goodison 1; USNM; Price 2; Moskowitz 103; RSW; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Middleton 1. | suggest correction |
| NEWMAN, S. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | 122 Regent Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWMAN, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1759-1800, MIM PHIM | Pantograph = CMY (Cooke Shop). | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1751; free of the Company on Jan. 2, 1759; took apprentices; successor to Heath and Wing; T.C.; took James Newman, possibly his son, as apprentice, 1793; James Newman succeeded him c. 1800. | Essex Street in the Strand (1759); Shoe Lane (1764); Exeter Change, Strand (1788); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Taylor 2(516); RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWMAN, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1788, | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Newman 1, of the Grocers' Company, on Nov. 6, 1788. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWMAN, W., AND CO. | India, c.1880, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 1/27/75; Augsburg-type Sundial, round = WHI. | Calcutta. | Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWMARCH, LEE | England, 1824, | signature on the back of the compass card of an azimuth compass by Thomas Smith 2. | Hull. | Moskowitz 102. | suggest correction | |
| NEWSUM, BARTHOLOMEW | England, fl.1565-93, MIM | Table Sundial = FIN-223 = P.C. = Christie 6/7/72; Case of Drawing Instruments = BM; Compass in Clock = BM; etc. | sundial maker to Queen Elizabeth I; a variant spelling is "Newsam." | London. | Taylor 1(39); Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Clay and Court; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON | England, fl.1825-50, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Pair of Globes, 1850 = Soth.-B 2/9/72; Orreries = D.(1973), D.(1986)(2); Terrestrial Globes, miniature = ADL-W53, Focke Museum; Celestial Globe = Grimaldi Coll.; Globe = NMM; Orrery, miniature, case = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich.; etc. | probably William Newton 2; the ADL globe is signed "Newton's new improved Pocket Globe." | 66 Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Calvert 2; Grimaldi; Coffeen F; Wynter 1; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON AND BERRY | England, 1831, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1830 = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1831 = Soth. 9/20/83 and 4/18/88; Terrestrial Globe, in box, 1831 = Soth. 1/27/75; etc. | successors to J. and W. Newton; succeeded by Newton Son and Berry. | 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON AND CO. | England, fl.1861- 85, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/14/79; Barometers = Christie 10/26/72, and 12/6/78 (No-433); Inclinometer = WHI; Telescopes, refracting = D.(1972), Soth.-WS 10/18/83; Microscopes = D.(1975), Christie 4/3/85; Sextant, pocket = Soth. 9/20/83; Dumpy Level = Christie 12/18/74; Gyroscopes = Christie 4/9/75, Soth. 3/10/87; Vacuum Pump = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Inclinable Sundial = Phillips 2/14/79; Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Soth. 7/7/78; etc. | succeeded Newton and Son; T.C.; "Opticians and Globe Makers to the Queen." | 66 Chancery Lane; 3 Fleet Street near Temple Bar; both in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Moskowitz 122; Taylor 2(1397); Olivia Brown 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON AND SON | England, fl.1840-61, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = H. Ford Museum, Mich (1840), Rutgers U. Library, N.J. (1844); P.C. (2), Phillips 7/20/83 (1845), Maria Mitchell House, Nantucket, Mass. (1849), USNM (1852); Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Soth. 7/7/78, Phillips 4/20/83; Celestial Globes = D.(1974)(1845), Maria Mitchell House (1847), Cambridge Geological School (1861); Pair of Globes on stands with compasses = Christie 4/3/85; Orreries = Soth. 1/27/75, Bonhams 12/4/81; etc. | John and William (2) Newton; one terrestrial globe is marked "Newtons New and Improved Terrestrial Globe. Published by Newton and Son"; T.C. | 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Olivia Brown 1; Yonge; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON AND SONS | England, c.1845, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Chancery Lane, London. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON BROS. | England, NIM OIM | Sextant = D.(1976); Telescope = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | telescope marked "Impd. Day or Night." | Hull. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON SON AND BERRY | England, fl.1830-61, MIM | Celestial Globe, miniature = Phillips 10/20/82; Pocket Globe = Soth. 5/6/69; Terrestrial Globes = D.(1987) (1836), Chicago Historical Society, State College, Framingham, Mass.; Celestial Globes = D.(1989) (1839), P.C. (1838). | the pocket globe was misread as Newton Sons and Berry; the celestial globe has constellations shown as mathematical instruments, etc.; succeeded Newton and Berry; became Newton and Co. | 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); Wynter and Turner; Maine Antique Digest, June, 1987; Moskowitz 132; Yonge; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, B., SON AND BERRY | England, 1830, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1830 = Bracketts 4/27/90. | probably misreading for "Newton, Son and Berry." | ATD 4/21/90. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON, E.T. | England, c.1830, MIM SIM | Telescopic Mining Transits = P.C. (1982), P.C. (1984); Surveying Instrument = Soth. 10/8/71; Altitude Theodolite = Phillips 4/20/83; Sundial = D.(1974); Surveying Compass = X. | the altitude theodolite and the sundial are marked "Camborne"; the rest are marked "St. Day, Cornwall"; T.C.; "Successor to the Maker" (William Wilton). | Cambourne; St. Day; both in Cornwall. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 4; Rienitz; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, E.T., AND SON | England, c.1860, MIM SIM | Theodolite = P.C. (1987). | Camborne, Cornwall. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON, F.M. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | optician; probably a retailer of barometers. | Leicester. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, ISAAC | England, 1643-1727, MIM OIM | Wall Sundial = Wolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Reflecting Telescope = Royal Society. | scientist; astromomer; author; F.R.S.; designed and made prototype instruments; constructed a seven mirror burning glass. | Wolsthorpe, Lincolnshire; Trinity College, Cambridge. | Taylor 1(299) and 2(97); DNB; DSB; Gatty; Price 2; USNM; Spargo 1; I. Bernard Cohen 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Genuth 2. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, J. AND W. | England, fl.1815-20, MIM | Celestial Globe = Bowes Museum (1804); Pair of Globes, 1820 = P-B 3/4/39; Terrestrial Globes = Bearnes 9/16/87 (15", 1815), H. Ford Museum, Mich. (1820). | John and his son William Newton; Ford Museum marked "Newton's New Improved Terrestrial Globe manufactured by J. and W. Newton." | No. 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1397); Wynter and Turner; Yonge; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, JAMES | England, 1810-68, | surely John Newton, which see; some miniature terrestrial globes with cases, marked "Newton's New and Improved Terrestrial Pocket Globe", were thought, incorrectly, by Syndram and Yonge, to be by James Newton; dated 1817-18 at Huelsmann Coll., H. Ford Museum, Mich. VNN and P.C.; celestial globes are at State College, Framingham, Mass., Shelburne Museum, Vt. | No. 66 Chancery Lane, London. | Syndram; Yonge. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON, JOHN | England, fl.1783-1818, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1817 = Phillips 7/20/83, Soth. 10/19/82, D.(1981); Celestial Globe, 1818 = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Pocket Globes, 1817 = Soth. 10/21/74; Orreries = Soth. 10/21/74 and 12/3/76; Sector, ivory = D.(1972); etc. | brother-in-law of Edward Baker; globes dated 1783 were redrawn from Hill's 1754 plates, signed "Palmer and Newton 1783", a later edition was signed "J. Newton 1783"; T.C.; Palmer and Newton, c.1783; Newton and Son (William 2); J. and W. Newton; Newton, Son and Berry, 1838; see James Newton. | No. 128 at the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street; No. 56 and No. 66 Chancery Lane, Temple Bar; 3 Fleet Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1397); Wynter 1; Moskowitz 122; Crawforth 1; Krogt 2; Wynter and Turner; Millburn 11; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, THOMAS | England?, fl.1769-96, MIM | Sextant, 1769 and Quadrant, 1796 = Wadsworth Atheneum, Conn. | there may be more than one sextant. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON, W. AND F. | England, c.1830, MIM | Compass, wood = D.(1981); Sundial = P.C. | 3 Fleet Street, London. | Coffeen I; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON, W. LEIGH | England, c.1830, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = Soth. 3/10/87. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWTON, W.E. AND F. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 9/10/86. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWTON, W.E. AND K. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Temple Bar, Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NEWTON, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1690, | Benjamin Owen, an apprentice, was turned over to Newton, c.1687 from Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| NEWTON, WILLIAM 2 | England, 1840, MIM | Celestial Globe = D.(1974). | marked "Newtons new and Improved Celestial Globe, calculated for 1840"; son of John Newton; see J. and W. Newton; Newton and Son; Newton Son and Berry. | London. | Wynter 1. | suggest correction |
| NEWTON, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, c.1851, | exhibited in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 66 Chancery Lane and 3 Fleet Street, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| NHOLDER, T. | misreading for T.N. Holderich, which see. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; Findlay Sale. | suggest correction | |||
| NICCOLLSON, JOHN | England, c.1629, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on June 30, 1629. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| NICHO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NICHOL | England, 1717, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1717 = TIM. | the name might be "Nicholas"; the index is at April 27. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NICHOLAS | see Nichol; might be first name on boxwood nocturnal, 1717, at TIM; correction table on the reverse. | sSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NICHOLL, ISAAC | England, c.1681, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on March 8, 1675; free of the Company, March 22, 1681. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| NICHOLLS, SUTTON | England, fl.1692-1731, MIM | made 9-inch terrestrial and celestial globes. | near Weaver's Arms, by the Postern in London Wall, London. | Taylor 1(477). | suggest correction | |
| NICHOLSON | England, fl.1787-1802, MIM PHIM | made four-foot sliding Gunter's scales, sectional log-scales and hydrometers; see Margetts and Nichlson. | London. | Taylor 2(876). | suggest correction | |
| NICHOLSON, BARTHOLOMEW | England, c.1711, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 17, 1711. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| NICHOLSON, PETER | England, 1765-1846, | invented a cyclograph and other drawing instruments; teacher; author. | London. | Taylor 2(877). | suggest correction | |
| NICHOLSON, WILLIAM | England, 1753-1815, | invented a hydrostatic balance in 1784; scientist; author. | Soho, London. | Taylor 2(753); Multhauf 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| NICKELSEN, JENS | Denmark?, 1763, | marked on the mirror box of a 1763 octant signed "Beneeden het Lohat", in the Roussel Sale, item No.81; see Beneeden. | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NICKERSON AND BAXTER | USA, NIM | Compass = MYS. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NICOLA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NICOLAI, GUILIELMUS | France, fl.1603-26, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1603 and Celestial Globe, 1626 = Chicago Historical Society. | manuscript. | Lyons; Avignon. | Yonge. | suggest correction |
| NICOLAUS DE CUSA | Germany, 1401-64, MIM | Celestial Globe = CUS. | Nicolaus Krebs; author; cardinal. | Cues. | Zinner 1; Weil 2(6); Hartmann. | suggest correction |
| NICOLE | France, 1742, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, pewter, 1742 = R. Wiener Coll., Nancy. | Nancy. | Boursier. | suggest correction | |
| NICOLLET | France, c.1738, OIM | workman for Passemant; continued the shop with Ollivier, Passemant's brother-in-law. | au Louvre. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| NICOLOSIO, IOA. BAPTISTA | Italy, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Vatican. | Price 2. | suggest correction | ||
| NIDERMAYER, JOHAN-FRANZ | Austria, c.1710, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = Basserman-Jordan Coll., Soth.-PB pre-1980. | Salzburg. | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NIEUWELANT, JAN. | Belgium, 1572, MIM | Astrolabe, 4 tympans, 1572 = Plantin (1572). | Plantin's account also mentioned "cross dials." | Louvain. | Michel 2 and 3. | suggest correction |
| NIEUWENHUIS, LAMBERTUS | Holland, 1741-1810, | friend of and collaborator with Eise Eisinga. | Enschede. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| NIGHTINGALE, PETER | see Petrus Philomena de Dacia. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NIKHEL, JOSEPH | France?, 1702, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1702 = Ottingue. | Ottingue. | Rohr 2. | suggest correction | |
| NIKOMEDES | Greece, 1st Century A.D., MIM | Spherical Sundial = Archaeological Museum, Kavalla, Greece. | Gibbs 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NIMBLETT | USA?, c.1790, MIM | Dividers = Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| NIMS | USA, c.1850, MIM | see Moore and Nims; globe makers. | Troy, N.Y. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NIMS, H.B., AND CO. | USA, c.1858, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = USNM. | "Improved Globe Boston." | Troy, N.Y. | Yonge. | suggest correction |
| NISSEN, JULIUS | Denmark, c.1851, PHIM | Stick Barometers = NOR, Den Gamle By, Aarhus | exhibited an air pump at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | Copenhagen. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NIXON, J. | England, c.1820, NIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1973); Octant = USNM; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | barometer signed "Nixon 75 Crombies Street, Commercial Road East." | Commercial Road, London. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NO, D. IO. | France, 1710, MIM | see Dom Joseph Noto. | Brophy. | suggest correction | ||
| NOAKES, J. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signature is "Noakes Burwash." | Burwash. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| NOBERT, FRIEDRICH ADOLPH | Germany, 1806-81, OIM | microscope maker; designed a dividing engine; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851. | Barth, Pomerania, Prussia. | Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| NOBLE, JOHN | England, fl.1810-20, OIM | Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NOBLE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1627, MIM | above St. Clement's Church, towards the May Pole in the Strand, London. | Taylor 1(156); Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NOBLE, PHILANDER | USA, 1772-1845, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1839 = P.C. | silversmith; clockmaker. | Westfield, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM. | suggest correction |
| NOBLET, J.F. | England, 1830, MIM | Compass, 1830 = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NODEN, JNO. | England, fl.1826-28, PHIM | barometer maker. | 10 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NODOS | France, c.1760, OIM | Microscope = Bernard Coll. | "fournisseur du roi." | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| NOEL, DOM NICOLAS | France, 1712-83, OIM | Dom Nicolas Noël; Benedictine; made telescopes with Navarre. | St. Germain des Prés; la Muette, Passy. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| NOLF, PIETER | Holland, c.1597, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | Rooseboom 1; MADEX. | suggest correction | ||
| NOLLET, JEAN-ANTOINE | France, 1700-70, PHIM | Abbé Nollet; a professor who made a large number of philosophical instruments; he had an early interest in electricity; mounted a terrestrial globe in 1728, now at the NMM; technical assistant to Réaumur, 1734; visited London, 1734; F.R.S. | Paris. | Daumas 1; MADEX; DSB; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | |
| NOLLI, J.B., AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Perth. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NOLLI, S., COMOLI AND CO. | Scotland, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NOLSON, JOHN | England, 1689, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company in 1689. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| NOONE, THOMAS | England, 1669, MIM | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
| NOOR, F.W. | Denmark, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer, No.353 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | "Mechanius et Opticus." | Kongens Nytorr. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NOORDBERGH, PIETER, JR. | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Crown Compass = RIJ; Compass = Schiffer-Gesellschaft, Lübeck. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| NOORDIJK, H. | Holland, 1753-1828, MIM NIM | Cross-staves = AMST (1805), P.C. (1804); Slide Rule, 1810 = Historic Museum, Amsterdam. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | suggest correction | |
| NOOTH, DR. JOHN MERVIN | England, 1737-1828, PHIM | Nooth Apparatus = KEN, Cragside, Burton Constable, Petworth. | desgned chemical apparatus. | E. Hall; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORBERT | misreading for Friedrich Adolph Nobert. | USNM. | suggest correction | |||
| NORDBORG, OL. | Sweden, 1723, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1723 = Ost India Hus, Goteborg. | Upsteld. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORDEN, ROBERT | misreading for Morden. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
| NOREDON, JOHN | see John Noseda. | Fennell. | suggest correction | |||
| NOREEN, D. | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | Stockholm. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORETTI AND ABATTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NORIE AND CO. | England, fl. 1816-39, MIM NIM | Sextants = MYS, LIM; Octant = Marine Museum, Horten, Norway; Quadrants = PEA, SUN; Gunter Sliding Rule = D.(1996). | John William Norie. | Navigation Warehouse, Leadenhall St., London. | American Neptune, Jan., 1975; Coffeen 55; Clifton 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NORIE AND WILSON | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = Nat'l Museum of Canada; Sextant = Hart Nautical Museum, MIT; Compass = LIM. | John William Norie and C. Wilson. | 156 Minories, London. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NORIE COMPANY | England, c.1830, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 7/10/67. | surely Norie and Co. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| NORIE, J.W., AND CO. | England, c.1819, NIM | Octants = AMST, MYS, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Soth. 7/10/67 & 3/19/73, Auction Melun 11/5/78, P.C.(1977); Sextants = New London County Historical Society, Conn., Hart Maritime Museum, MIT. | John Wiliam Norie; Norie bought out the firm of David Steel, nautical publishers, in 1819; by 1937 the firm had become Imray, Norie and Wilson, Ltd. | London. | USNM; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Taylor 2(1019); Witt; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NORIE, JOHN WILLIAM | England, 1772-1843, NIM | T.C.; author; used the figure of a little midshipman as his shop sign; may have been only a retailer. | Naval Academy, Navigational Warehouse, 157 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(1019); Pipping 1; Lefkowicz 6, 1977; C.N. Robinson. | suggest correction | |
| NORIEGA, F. | Spain, 19th Century, PHIM | Balance = Soth. 6/21/76. | Madrid. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORMAN, C. | Sweden, 1787, MIM | Almanac on snuff box, 1787 = D.(1995). | Runic calendar. | Coffeen 51. | suggest correction | |
| NORMAN, JOHN | England, c.1846, | microscopic objects and supplies. | 178 City Road, London. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NORMAN, ROBERT | England, c.1550-1604, MIM | Variation Compass = X. | invented a dip needle, c.1576, to measure the vertical component of magnetic force; the compass is illustrated in William Borough's book; author, compass maker. | Ratcliffe, London. | Taylor 1(29); Michel 3; Evans 1; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. | suggest correction |
| NORRIEN | misreading for Narrien. | Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | |||
| NORRIS AND PETERS | NIM | Sextant, vernier = MYS. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NORRIS, J. | England, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Brighton. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORRY, N. | France, 1620, MIM | Britten. | suggest correction | |||
| NORRY, PIERRE | France, fl.1644-79, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon, oval = Phillips 9/16/81; Sundial, string-gnomon, octagonal, 1644 = Ecouen (CLU-18537); Sundials, octagonal, silver = Barnett Coll. (1649), Soth. 3/17/38; Butterfield-type Sundial, 1679 = OXFB-70; Horizontal Sundials = MERC, Lempertz 6/14/76, Libert et Castor 4/28/82, Soth. 2/25/86. | the dials are usually signed "Norry" but sometimes spelled "Nory"; Michel thought that Norry moved to Paris about 1679. | Gisors; Paris (c.1679). | Hamilton 1; Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NORTH, FRANCIS, BARON GUILFORD | England, c.1670, | invited to become a F.R.S, but declined; taught Henry Wynne and Henry Jones how to make barometers. | Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| NORTH, LUKE | England, 1710, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1710 = LEY; Nocturnal, pearwood = FIN. | is this the same instrument? | Taylor 2(98); RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORTHEN, EDWARD | England, fl.1830-42, OIM PHIM | partner with his father, Richard Northen, before 1834; succeeded his father in 1842; made barometers. | 46 Lowgate (pre-1834); 50 Lowgate (1835-42); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NORTHEN, RICHARD | England, fl.1790-1841, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Drawing Instrument Set = WHI. | also a barometer maker; took his son Edward as a partner before 1834. | Lowgate (1790-91); 46 Lowgate (1803-34); 50 Lowgate (1835-41); all in Hull. | Taylor 2(878); Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NORTHEN, RICHARD, AND SON | England, 1830-45, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D. | watch, clock and barometer makers; the son was probably Edward Northen; the barometer was marked "46 Lowgate, Hull"; the firm was succeeded by W. White 2, c.1845. | 46 Lowgate (pre-1834); 50 Lowgate (1835-41); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| NORTON AND TAGLIABUE | USA, 1847, PHIM | received a diploma of excellence for barometers and thermometers at the Fair of the American Institute, 1847. | 240 Water Street, New York N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| NORTON, ELIJAH | USA, fl.1817-37, MIM OIM | Surveyor's Compass = Division of Archives and History, University of the State of New York, Albany. | 64 Whitesboro' Street (1817); 128 Genesee Road (1833); both in Whitesborough; Utica, N.Y. (1837). | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| NORTON, JOHN | England, fl.1803-07, MIM | described himself as a MIM; patented a new mill and a pump. | Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1188). | suggest correction | |
| NORTON, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1590-1635, | designed a "cosmodelite", a complicated, all-purpose instrument. | The Tower, London. | Taylor 1(84). | suggest correction | |
| NORTON, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1845, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | Stamford. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NORY, PIERRE | see Pierre Norry. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| NOSEDA, J. AND P. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87. | Walsall. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NOSEDA, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1774-79, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Fennell; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| NOSEDON | see Noseda. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |||
| NOT., JOSEPH | Germany, | see Dom Joseph Noto. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NOTO, DOM JOSEPH | Germany, 1710, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, wood, 1710 = P.C.; Altitude Sundial = OXF (1785); Sundial, small = LAW-304. | the compendium is signed "D. Io. No."; the LAW sundial is signed "Joseph Not."; the Oxford dial is signed "Ame D: Joseph Not:° Pennica." | Penig, Saxony. | Brophy 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NOURRY, JEAN | France, c.1671, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = OXF; Equatorial Sundial, silver, 1671 = MADEX-108 = Caird Coll. = NMM; Equatorial Sundial = MADEX-92; Horizontal Sundial = History of Science Museum, Geneva; Sundials, octagonal = MADEX-128 and D. | the dealer's sundial was marked "Paris", the others, "Lyon." | Lyon; Paris. | Maddison 5; Brieux 2; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| NOVATI, BORDESSA AND EATON | England, fl.1853-54, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; became Bordessa and Eaton in 1855. | 54 Exmouth Street, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| NOY, JOHN | see John Noyes. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |||
| NOY, WILLIAM | England, c.1762, MIM | see William Noyes. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NOYES, JOHN | England, c.1789, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1782; free of the Company Nov. 5, 1789; son of William Noyes. | Grocers Hall, Poultry, London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction |
| NOYES, WILLIAM | England, c.1762, MIM | father of John Noyes; apprenticed to James Crick in the Grocers' Company on Aug. 7, 1754; free of the Company, April 6, 1762. | London. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | |
| NOZZI | see Comoli and Nozzi. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| NUGENT, PATRICK ROONEY | England; Nova Scotia, fl.1786-98, MIM NIM | Nugent was awarded patents for a steering azimuth compass and for modifications to the octant and sextant; appointed Deputy Surveyor General of Cape Breton, 1786-87, and acting Surveying General in 1796. | St. Pancras, Middlesex; Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia (1786-87); Grey's Inn, Middlesex (1794); Cape Breton Island (1796); London (1798). | R.C. Brooks. | suggest correction | |
| NUNEZ, PEDRO | Portugal, 1542, | wrote many books on navigation; invented the "nonius" scale for dividing the quadrant; this was a series of concentric arcs, the outer divided into 90 parts, the second into 89 parts, the third into 88 parts and so on to the innermost arc which was divided into 46 parts; the alidade could thus read to within 30" of arc; Tycho Brahe was the only one to make use of the idea, but not very successfully. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NUTZ, L.N. | c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, with vernier = P.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| NYE, EDMUND | England, c.1830, MIM | Floating Sundial, Porter-type = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| NYSTROM | Sweden, c.1760, MIM | Lund? | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | ||
| NYSTROM, J.W. | USA, c.1851, MIM | Calculating Machine = USNM. | patented in 1851. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction |
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