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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| O.H.P. | see Ottheinrich Herzog von der Pfalz. | RSW. | |||
| O.H.P.C. | Germany, | marked on the back of a horary quadrant by Jacob Rabus at NUR, dedicated to Ottheinrich von der Pfalz, 1556. | Zinner 1. | ||
| O.H.S. | O.h.S.; see S.h.O. | Price 3. | |||
| O.K.S.P. | 1842, NIM | Traverse Board, 1842 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| O.L. | Sweden, 1737, MIM | Gunner's Scale, 1737 = SKO. | Price 2. | ||
| O.R.B. | fl.1567-1612, | mark on sand glasses; Vivielle thought they were made by Hans Ducher of Nürnberg. | Vivielle 1. | ||
| OAKES, JOHN | USA, 1818-1910, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | in the New York City Directories from 1848 to 1896 as a mathematical, nautical, and philosophical instrument maker; sometimes spelled "Oaks." | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| OAKESHOTT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1844-45, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 29 St. John Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| OAKLEY, JOHN | England, c.1757, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on May 3, 1757. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| OAKLEY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1767-77, OIM | Upper Priory (1767); 79 Bull Street opposite the Saracen's Head (1770-77); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| OATES, JOHN | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Pump, near Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| OBERHAUSER, G., ET E. HARTNACK | France, fl.1847-56, MIM OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 9/20/83. D.(1984). | Georges Oberhauser and his nephew, Edmund Hartnack. | Place Dauphine, 21, Paris. | Coffeen F; RSW. |
| OBERHAUSER, GEORGES | Germany; France, 1798-1868, MIM OIM | Microscopes = HAR, Christie 5/26/76. | breveté; made jewel lenses; worked with Henri-Prudence Gambey, 1815; retired in 1856; "opticien." | Germany (1798-1815); 19 Place Dauphine, Paris. | Pipping 1; Ambler; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| OBERHAUSER, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1759-66, MIM SIM | Theodolite, 1759 = MUN; Mathematical Instrument Set, 1766 = DEU. | Schwaz in Tyrol. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | |
| OBERKAN, JOHAN HEINRICH | Switzland, 1690, MIM | Astrolabe, 1690 = Landesmuseum in Grand Hotel, Nancy. | ICA-3202. | Zurich. | Price 1 and 2; ICA 2. |
| OCHS, HANS | MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-bass = LIE. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | ||
| ODELEM, ANTOR | Germany, 1661-1740, MIM SIM | Theodolites = HAK, Braunschweig Stadt Museum; Astronomical Rings = DRE, P. & S. 3/20/96, Evans Coll.; Table Sundial, 1715 = LUN; Sundials = NOR, Triebold Coll. | P. and S. and Evans Coll. astronomical rings may be one instrument. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| ODELL, JOHN | England; USA, fl.1800-22, MIM NIM OIM SIM | worked for Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 for 20 years; came to USA in 1819; "J. Odell, Maker 1805" is found under the mirror of a Spencer, Browning and Rust octant at the Franklin Institute. | London (1800-19); USA (1819-22). | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| ODELSTIERNA, CARL | Sweden, 1753-95, OIM | fl.1780-95; business continued by Peter Helleström. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ODENDAL, WILHELM | Germany, 1651, PHIM | Money Balance, 1651 = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| ODENDOLL, M. BERND | see M. Berndt Odental. | RSW. | |||
| ODENKIRCHEN, P., AND S. BOSCH | Holland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Hawden-Satter House, Nantucket, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| ODENTAL, BERNDT AND JACOB HEUSCHER | Germany, 1699, PHIM | Balance, 1699 = American Numismatic Society, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | ||
| ODENTAL, M. BERNDT | Germany, 1651, PHIM | Money Balance, 1651 = DRE. | also spelled "Odendoll." | Cologne. | RSW. |
| ODIORNE, JOTHAM | USA, c.1800, SIM | Graphometer = D.(1996). | may be owner. | Gorham, Maine or New Hampshire. | Coffeen 55. |
| ODOMALCOT | see Odon van Maecote. | RSW. | |||
| OEHLSCHLAGER, ADAM | Denmark, 1599-1671, | mathematicien; designed the Gottorp globe which was made by Busch; see Busch and Oehlschlager. | Gottorp. | H.C. King 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1. | |
| OERI | Switzerland, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Ohio. | Zurich. | USNM. | |
| OERLE, FRANCOIS VAN | Holland, 1660, MIM | Pocket Sundial, 1660 = AMST. | "François van Oerle Fec A Bolduc ad Poli 52 Grade voor Cosyn Ambrosius Pool an 1660 November 8." | Den Bosch. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| OERTLING | Germany, 1758, NIM | Sextant, 1758 = Soth. 5/19/60. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| OERTLING, JOHANN AUGUST DANIEL | Germany, 1803-66, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Dividing Engine = DEU; Sextant, No. 1859 = D.(1989). | apprenticed to Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor c.1819; started his own business in 1826 or 1827; first to build electric dividing engine; brother of Ludwig Oertling. | Berlin. | Pipping 1; Poggendorff; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Weil and Baden; Coffeen 27. |
| OERTLING, LUDWIG | Germany; England, 1818-93, PHIM | Laboratory Balances = KEN, Christie-SK 7/10/80. | apprenticed to his brother, Johann August Daniel Oertling, in Berlin; by 1847 he was in business in London; the firm is still going; specialized in precision balances; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851; worked for R.B. Bate; he was in partnership with Edward Wilds Ladd as Ladd and Oertling 1860-70. | Berlin; 13 Store Street, Bedford Square, (1847-); 27 Moorgate Street (-1874); Turnmill Street near Farrington Street Station (1874-); all in London except for Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Coffeen 27; McConnell 4; RSW. |
| OGDEN, F.B., AND ERICSSON | England, c.1837, | patented sea sounding apparatus in 1837. | London. | USNM. | |
| OGG | Scotland, fl.1844-46, NIM | see Ogg and M'Millan; also a watch and clockmaker. | 53 Marischall Street (1844); 30 Regent Quay (1845-46); beth in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| OGG AND M'MILLAN | Scotland, fl.1844-46, NIM | also made clocks and watches; Ogg and William M'Millan. | 53 Marischall Street (1844); 30 Regent Quay (1845-46); both in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| OGILVIE, ROBERT A. | England, c.1845, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 19 Upper Wharton Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| OHREN, MAGNUS | England, NIM | Mariner's Compass = NOR. | London. | RSW. | |
| OKESHOTT, ROBERT | England, c.1664, MIM | apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company on June 7, 1664. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| OLDFIELD, HENRY | England, 1821, | apprenticed to William George Cook; free in the Masons' Company, March 29, 1821; listed as a victualler. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| OLEARIUS | see Oehlschläger. | Zinner 1. | |||
| OLING, LUCAS | Holland, 1564, | listed as a maker in a 1824 catalogue of books and instruments. | Leeuwarden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| OLISIPONE | Spain, 1590, MIM | Sundial with compass, 1590 = Soth. 11/17/38. | "Olisipone elaborat A.R.D." | RSW. | |
| OLIVA, BONAVENTURA | Italy, c.1782, | invented philosophical instruments. | Mantua. | Offenbacher 22(1970). | |
| OLIVE, MICHAEL | England, fl.1849-56, MIM NIM | chronometer, watch and clock maker. | Church Street, 26 Arwenack Street, Falmouth. | H.M. Brown. | |
| OLIVER | England, 1892, | patented a meantime sundial in 1892. | RSW. | ||
| OLIVER, JOHN | England, 1616-1701, MIM | Window Sundial, glass, 1664 = ex-Rectory, North-hill, Bedfordshire. | may have made the window sundial for the Weavers' Company London, c.1669. | Eagle and Child, Ludgate Hill; Sign of the Ship, Great Old Bailey; both in London. | Gatty; Taylor 1(186); Daniels. |
| OLLAND, H. | Holland, 1825-1901, NIM PHIM | Pelorus = AMST. | Utrect. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| OLLER | an elaborate script and much wear caused Engelmann to make this misreading of Coenraad Metz, on ADL-M154. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| OLLER, ANTON HENRIK | Sweden, 1816-89, PHIM | made physical apparatus, 1857 on. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| OLLIVIER | France, c.1770, | brother-in-law of Passemant; took over his workshop on Passemant's death; employed one of Passemant's workers, Nicollet. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| OLSCHLAGER | see Oelschlager. | RSW. | |||
| OLSEN, CHRISTIAN D. | Norway?, 1824, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1824 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| OLSEN, G.T. | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Melun 4/24/83. | O.J. Olsen? | Grimsby. | RSW. |
| OLSEN, O.J. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = K. & C. 6/21/75. | G.T. Olsen? | RSW. | |
| OLSEN, T. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony = Christie 12/8/76. | Grimsby. | RSW. | |
| OLSSON | Sweden, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = GMM. | Goteborg. | RSW. | |
| ONDERDEWIJNGAART CANZIUS, JACOB HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1771-1838, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentors = D., Soth. 11/1687; Telescope = Frisian Maritime Museum, Sneek; Microscope, Dellebarre-type, 1806 = KEN; Air Pump = UTR; Bathometer = APS. | designed and manufactured scientific instruments; he had the first factory in Holland for this purpose, 1797; the microscope in the KEN is also marked "A. Dellebarre." | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Brieux 2; Crommelin 1; Multhauf 1; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet; Mörzer Bruyns 2; USNM; RSW. |
| ONION, THOMAS | England, fl.1767-1801, MIM | rule maker; he worked in both boxwood and ivory. | Brickhill Lane (1767); Lancaster Street (1787); Great Hampton Street (1797-1801); all in Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| OOSTERWIJK, SEVERIJN ADAMSON | Holland, fl.1658-85, MIM OIM | clockmaker; made microscopes ? | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| OOTHOUT, JONAS VOLKAT | USA, 1814-60, MIM SIM | in partnership with Andrew Meneely from 1836 to 1838 at which time Oothout retired. | West Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1; RSW. | |
| OPP, C.H. | Germany, MIM | Pedometer = Evans Coll. | Berlin. | Evans 1. | |
| OPPELT, I.B. | Germany, fl.1785-1800, OIM | Microscopes = DEU (2), LEY. | the microscopes are dated 1785 and 1800. | Anspach. | Daumas 1. |
| OPPEN, J.F.B. | Denmark?, 1795, MIM | Compasses, 1795 = ROS-6886. | ROS Cat.; RSW. | ||
| OPPIN, CH | see Choppin. | Nachet. | |||
| ORAM, E. | USA, 1831, | received a patent for a terrestrial globe, Jan. 12, 1831. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ORDYNO, GEORGE | England, c.1830, MIM OIM | Middle Pavement, Nottingham. | Taylor 2(1948). | ||
| OREZ, N. | fl.1633-48, MIM SIM | Horizontal Sundials, 1633 and 1648 = Evans Coll; Surveying Quadrant = Drouot 4/7/87. | the quadrant is marked "Factur", it has a protractor and a shadow square. | Evans 1; RSW.. | |
| ORIGONI, JOHN | England, fl.1830-47, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer maker; see Grassi, Bergna and Origoni; he was working alone by 1837. | 34 Dean Street, Newcastle (1837). | Taylor 2(1869) & (2195); Goodison 1. |
| ORME, CHARLES | England, 1688-1747, MIM PHIM | Angle Barometer, three tubes, 1741 = Goodison Coll.; Angle Barometers, two tubes = Gloucester Museum (1742), Soth. 2/24/85 (1741), Auction 1954 (1740 or 42); Angle Barometers, single tube = P.C. (1738), FIT, D.(1968)(1738); Angle Barometer, 1736 = Soth. 7/19/88; Angle Barometer, 1741 = Soth. 5/14/87 ; Rule = City of Leicester Museum. | author; may have invented the angle barometer. | Ashby-de-la Zouch, Leicestershire. | Goodison 1 & 2; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| ORREGGIO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTALLY | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | Rouen. | RSW. | |
| ORTALLY, JOSH. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Joseph Ortelli and Co. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| ORTALY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ORTELLI 1 | see Maggi and Ortelli. | Goodison 1. | |||
| ORTELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ORTELLI AND CO. 1 | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = K. & C. 9/20/71, X; Stick Barometers = Christie 12/17/75, X. | the barometer sold at Christie is signed "Ortelli and Co. Macclesfield Warranted"; see P. Ortelli and Co. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI AND CO. 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably A. Ortelli 2 | Oxford. | Goodison 1. |
| ORTELLI AND CO. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | surely Ortelli and Co. 1 or 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, A. (2) AND D., AND PRIMAVESI | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | may be connected to Ortelli and Primavesi in London, 1848; made barometers and thermometers. | 114 High Street, Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, A. 1 | England, c. 1800, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972); Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), X(2); Stick Barometer = X. | D.(1973) signed "Ortelli Buckingham." | Buckingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, A. 2 | England, 1790-1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Christie 12/17/75. | succeeded by A. (2) and D. Ortelli and Primavesi. | High Street, Oxford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, A.M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Godalming. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, D. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Pul. 3/1/83. | see A. (2) and D. Ortelli and Primavesi; Defendent Ortelli? | Marlborough. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, DEFENDENT | England, fl.1852-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded Peter Ortelli; see Defendent and John Ortelli. | 49 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, DEFENDENT AND JOHN | England, fl.1854-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | 49 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, JOHN | England, fl.1854-60, PHIM | see Defendent and John Ortelli. | 49 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, fl.1809-18, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | 20 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTELLI, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ORTELLI, N., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie SK 4/17/86. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| ORTELLI, P., AND CO. | England, 1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, 1805 = X; Stick Barometer, 1805 = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | see Ortelli and Co. 1. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ORTELLI, PETER | England, fl.1835-56, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; partner in Ortelli and Primavesi. | 3 Leather Lane (1835-51); 49 Hatton Garden (1848-51); 15 Leather Lane (1852-56); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ORTIZ, IGNACIO | Spain?, 1733, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1733 = D.(1986). | marked on the ring is "en la puebla." | Coffeen 2. | |
| OS, MATHIAS VON | Germanyfl.1561-89, MIM | Astrolabe, 1589 = HEI. | ICA-597; clockmaker. | Lübeck. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. |
| OSBORN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 9 Northampton Square, London. | Taylor 2(2196). | ||
| OSBORN, THOMAS | England, fl.1586-93, MIM SIM | the maker of Thomas Fale's graphometer; Fale called him "a good workman"; invented a dialing instrument. | Taylor 1(75) 2(76); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| OSBORNE 1 | England, c.1830, OIM | see Ashmore and Osborne | 42 Burgess Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1767) & (1949); RSW. | |
| OSBORNE 2 | England, OIM | Telescope = New London County Historical Society, Conn. | London. | USNM. | |
| OSBORNE, GEORGE | England, fl.1625-28, | invented a semicircular instrument. | Hull. | Taylor 1(151). | |
| OSBORNE, MURRAY | Scotland, fl1776-1817, MIM | apprenticed to James Watt. | Gallowgate (1783-1801); 406 Gallowgate (1803-17); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| OSBORNE, THOMAS 1 | see Thomas Osborn. | Fale, "Horologiagraphica"; Clay and Court. | |||
| OSBORNE, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1801, MIM PHIM | astronomical clock maker. | Vauxhall Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| OSLER, FOLLETT | England, 1845, PHIM | Anemometer, 1845 = Royal Exchange, London. | Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, p.139. | ||
| OSTERLAND, C. | Germany, c.1850, PHIM | Mineralogical Kit = KEN; Mining Compass = Soth. 3/10/87. | the kit marked "Mechaniker"; the compass marked "Patent." | Friedberg, Saxony. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| OSTRAVSKY, JOHANNES ANTONIUS | 1719, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1719 = BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| OSWALDUS, FRIDERICUS | 1636, MIM | Measuring Rod, 1636 = DRE. | "inv. et fac." | RSW. | |
| OTERSCHADEN, JOHN | Belgium, fl.1580-1613, MIM | Pair of Globes = NMM-Caird; Terrestrial Gores = H.P. Kraus; Pair of Gores = Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y. | NMM 2; Yonge. | ||
| OTLEY, JONATHAN | England, fl.1818-28, MIM | watchmaker; "ingenious mechanic." | Kesick. | Taylor 2(1399). | |
| OTTER, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1598-1660, MIM | Table Sundial = Königsberg Städt Kundtsammlung. | made linkage nstruments to solve geometrical problems; worked with Van Call, the clockmaker, from 1658-60. | Zinner 1. | |
| OTTHEINRICH HERZOG VON DER PFALZ | Germany, 1502-59, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, gilt-brass, 1547 = ADL-M237, van Alfen Coll., D.(1969). | the van Alfen and D. sundials are signed "O.H.P." (Ott Heinrich Pfalzgraf); the Adler dial is signed "M.D.Z.O.H.P." (Mit Der Zeit Ott Heinrich Pfalzgraf) and "O.H.P. Auctor" on the back; the dealer's dial is mounted on a stone base; the van Alfen dial is mounted on an ebony base; Mit Der Zeit is said to be Ottheinrich's personal motto; he bought an astrolabe, two ivory sundials and an armillary sphere from Georg Hartmann in 1544. | Palatinate. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Moran; Michel 3; Holland's Glorie; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| OTTWAY, JOHN | England, fl.1826-70, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1985); Wheel Barometer = X. | T.C. | 87 St. Johns Road (1826-33); 5 York Street, Covent Garden (1830-39); 10 King Street, Holborn (1840-41); 11 Devonshire Street, Queen Square (1842-48); 33 Upper King Street (1849-51); all in London. | Taylor 2(1950); Goodison 1; Crawforth 1 & 6; RSW. |
| OTTWAY, W. | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | Ealing. | RSW. | |
| OTTWAY, W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopes, single draw = Christie-SK 3/31/83 & 4/17/86, Phillips 6/15/76; Dumpy Level = Phillips 2/22/77. | Ealing, London. | RSW. | |
| OUDRY | France, c.1820, MIM | Rule = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| OUGHTRED, WILLIAM | England, 1575-1660, | invented the double horizontal sundial, now called the Oughtred-type; invented a calculating device which he called his "circles of proportion"and a straight slide rule; author; mathematician; had William Forster as a pupil. | Albury; Cambridge. | Taylor 1(94); Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| OULD, HENRY | England, fl.1791-94, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Nov. 7, 1759; worked for Edward Nairne; had his own business by 1794; T.C.; patented an improvement for a quadrant in 1791. | Dartmouth; No.4 New Court, Great New Street, Fetter Lane, London; 59 Lower East Smithfield, London (1794). | Taylor 2(1021); Crawforth 6, 7 & 8. | |
| OUTHIER, ABBE D.REGINALD | France, 1694-1774, | Abbé Outhier; invented a drive mechanism for celestial globes in 1727; invented a planetarium in 1727; both types were made by Jean-Baptiste Cattin; Outhier made improvements in odometer invented by Meynier 1. | Besançon (1727); rue Genégau, Paris. | Cons. Nat'l; Beckmann; RSW. | |
| OUVIERE | France, MIM | Cosmograph, copper = Drouot 4/26/67. | Ouvière. | Marseilles. | Evans 1; RSW. |
| OVERING, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Balance = Kendal Museum. | T.C.; "Seller of Scales, Weights of all Measures." | London. | RSW. |
| OWEN | see Barrow and Owen. | RSW. | |||
| OWEN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1687, | apprenticed to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1687; turned over to William Newton 1. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| OWEN, JAMES | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to William Evans 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1795; free of the Company Jan. 6, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| OWEN, WILLIAM | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 5/12/72. | the barometers are signed "Owen Oswestry." | Oswestry. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| OWENS, OWEN | England, fl.1794-1825, NIM OIM | Sextants = NMM, PEA (1797); Octants = Saint-Brieuc 8/4/79, Christie-SK 11/2/95; Hadley's Quadrant = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.; Quadrant = Pugsley Sale; Telescope = BMM. | the Pugsley quadrant is marked for the owner "Daniel Russell 1796"; Christie-SK is marked "Made for Bartholomew Downing ct. 21, 1794." | 4 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1400); Bryden 9; Brewington 1; American Neptune, Jan. 1975; RSW. |
| OXENFORD, JOHN | England, fl.1713-48, MIM | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 13, 1704; free in the Company, Dec. 1,1713; took an apprentice. | Savage Garden, London (1724). | Crawforth 7. | |
| OXLY, HENRY | England, c.1780, PHIM | Coin Balance = WHI. | 230 Upper Thames Street, London. | Olivia Brown 2. | |
| OXMANTOWN, LORD | Ireland, fl.1830-40, | made specula for microscopes and telescopes; author; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(2197). | ||
| OZANAM | France, 1688-1736, | author; desgned an instrument and published a book on "L'Usage de l'instrument universelle ou "pantometre"; a rectangular frame with the alidade pivoted at one corner; also published "l'Usage du compass de proportion" in 1736. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
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