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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| P. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial Mould, sandstone = Nat'l Museum of Wales. | Wales. | Peate. | |
| P.A. 1 | Germany, MIM | Table Sundial = LIN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| P.A. 2 | 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = Drouot 4/7/87. | RSW. | ||
| P.A.F. | Germany?, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, star-shaped = D.(1983) = TIM. | the latitude scale goes as high as 60°; Wynter suggested this might be Petrus ab aggere. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| P.B. 1 | c.1580, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon = ADL-M247. | the case is shaped like a watch. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| P.B. 2 | c.1650, NIM | Shipwright's Rule = NMM-Gabb Coll. | Taylor 1(234a); Dewhirst; NMM 2. | ||
| P.B. 3 | pre-1702, MIM | Sundial, hour scale only = "Speaker." | found on the pirate ship, "Speaker", which was wrecked off Mauritius, in 1702. | Lizé. | |
| P.B. 4 | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = UTR, ADL-W194, WHI, Koller May 1972, Christie-G 11/20/79. | the initials are found in the compass boxes. | de Wijk; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | |
| P.B. 5 | Germany, c.1820, | marked on globe by Carl Bauer, which see. | RSW. | ||
| P.B.S.P. | Austria?, 1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial, small, 1663 = SAL. | Zinner 1. | ||
| P.C.P.Z.N. | Italy, 1608, MIM | Cube Sundial in box-form = ADL-M319. | all "N"s are backward. | Florence. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| P.D. 1 | Germany, c.1780, PHIM | Money Balance = DRE. | Paulus Dienert or (Dierert). | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| P.D. 2 | England, OIM | Eyepiece for a 4" Refracting Telescope = D.(1971). | Peter Dollond (?). | Moskowitz 102. | |
| P.D.B. | France, c.1800, | poids des boulets; marked on sectors. | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| P.D.M.F. | Italy?, 17th Century, MIM | Squadra Mobile = WHI-311. | O. Brown 1. | ||
| P.E. | marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "Gois" (1). | RSW. | |||
| P.E.M. | Germany, 1767, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, stone, 1767 = Heimatmuseum, Landback a. Lech. | also marked "1740." | Zinner 1. | |
| P.F. ET CIE. | France, c.1880, MIM | Heliochronometers = OXF, Cooke's Shop in the CMY. | "breveté, S.G.D.G." | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| P.G. 1 | c.1710, MIM | Ring Sundial = Koller 11/17/75. | punchmark is initials in a shield. | RSW. | |
| P.G. 2 | might be Paulo Galluci; see Ferina. | RSW. | |||
| P.G.P.Z.N. | see P.C.P.Z.N. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| P.H. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = Christie-NY 11/3/85. | maker's mark, stamped. | RSW. | |
| P.I.B. | Germany, 1629, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1629 = University Art Museum, Uppsala. | Philipp Jakob Berner. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. |
| P.K. | "P.K." marked on an ivory diptych sundial signed "H.M." (3), 1616. | Zinner 1. | |||
| P.M.L.P.N. | Germany, c.1750, | marked on string-gnomon sundial signed "Neusshart" at ULM. | RSW. | ||
| P.R. | 1769, PHIM | Weights, 1769 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | crown over initials. | RSW. | |
| P.S.M. | England, c.1845, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, box = D.(1990). | place names in English. | RSW. | |
| PAAUW, JAN, JR. | Holland, c.1723-1803, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = UTR; Mathematical Instrument = LEY; Air Pump = van Cleef en Scheurleer, 1799; Microscope = LEY; etc.. | made instruments for P. van Musschenbroek; received the degree of D. Phil. at Franeker in 1762; many of his microscopes, mathematical and geodetical instruments survive. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; USNM. |
| PACKER, CHARLES | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1976). | the "Lambourn Church Dial." | Lambourn. | RSW. |
| PACKEWOOD, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1630, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1630; made a shipwright's rule. | by Alhallowes-Barking Church, London. | J. Brown 1; Bryden 9. | |
| PACQUELLET, ROCH | France, 1567, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1567 = HAR. | Laon. | Janin 1. | |
| PAGANI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1812-25, PHIM | Wheel and Stick Barometers = X (5). | optician; the barometers are signed "A. Pagani Nottingham." | Gainsborough; Goose Gate, Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| PAGANI, J.M. | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-A March, 1975. | Groningen. | Daumas 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PAGANUZZI, ANTO. | Italy, 1755, MIM | Compass for plane table, 1755 = P.C. (1987) = D.(1993). | Coffeen 43; RSW. | ||
| PAGE'S | France, PHIM | Folding Bar Magnet = OXF. | Rue de Chantre, Paris. | RSW. | |
| PAGE, CHARLES GRAFTON | USA, c.1840, | M.D.; devised electro-magnetic apparatus, made by Daniel Davis, Jr. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| PAGE, EDWARD | England, 1673, MIM | London. | Evans 1. | ||
| PAGE, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1656, | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company on June 20, 1649; free in the Company, July 7, 1656. | Crawfirth 7. | ||
| PAGE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1750-84, PHIM | Angle Barometer = WHI. | Norwich. | Taylor 2(1952); Dewhirst; Goodison 1. | |
| PAGE, WILLIAM | England, c.1708, | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company on June 15, 1708. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PAGLAR, SAMUEL | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company, Nov.1, 1808. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PAIGE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Southboro, Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| PAINE, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1590, MIM SIM | instrument maker; plane tables. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(85); Evans 1. | |
| PAINE, JOHN | England, c.1689, | apprenticed to William Howe of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 5, 1689. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PALLANT, JOHN | England, fl.1826-1850+, MIM OIM PHIM | Meridian Telescope = D.(1987); Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | apprenticed to John Huggins 2 of the Grocers' Company, Dec. 7, 1826; partner with W. Muxton as "Muxton and Pallant" before 1843; on his own after that date; the telescope is signed "J. Pallant, 44 Museum Street, London"; the barometer is signed "Pallant 51 Strand, London." | 44 Museum Street (before 1843); 14 Mercer Street, Long Acre (1843); 51 Strand; all in London. | Moskowitz 130; J. Brown 2; RSW. |
| PALLANT, T. | misreading for J. Pallant. | USNM. | |||
| PALMER | England, fl.1841-46, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | also a thermometer maker; could be Edward Palmer 2. | 103 Newgate Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PALMER AND HALL | USA, fl.1849-57, PHIM | successors to Daniel David, Jr.; the firm became "Thomas Hall" in 1857; made electrical apparatus. | Boston, Mass. | Romaine; USNM. | |
| PALMER AND NEWTON | England, fl.1783-97, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with case, 1783 = NMM. | Palmer and John Newton; T.C.; "Successors to the late Mr. Bateman"; the globe was edited from Nathaniel Hill's globe of 1754. | No. 128 at the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(879); Crawforth 1; Evans 1; Krogt 2; NMM 2. |
| PALMER, AARON | USA, fl.1843-47, MIM | Palmer's Card Calculator = Soth. 10/3/88. | registered a form of circular side rule in 1843 which was made by John E. Fuller; was bought out by John E. Fuller who added his rule to the reverse side, as an improvement, in 1847. | Boston, Mass. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 15; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| PALMER, ASHUR C. | USA, c.1840, MIM | partner with Edward Samuel Ritchie, as Palmer and Ritchie, 1839-42. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| PALMER, EDWARD 1 | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 6, 1765. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PALMER, EDWARD 2 | England, fl.1841-46, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | barometer and thermometer maker; made working models of locomotives, 1842; T.C.; succeeded by Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood at this address. | 103 Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(2196a); Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| PALMER, JOHN | England, fl.1631-75, | member of the Spectacle Makers' Company; desgned and wrote about an improvement for Blagrave's "Mathematical Jewell"; designed a planetary instrument which was made by Walter Hayes. | London. | Taylor 1(168); North 2; Evans 1; Crawforth 6. | |
| PALMER, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1829-36, MIM | Sundial, 1829 = Riccarton Castle, Midlothian; Sundial, 1836 = Churchyard, Currie. | Gatty. | ||
| PALMER, ROGER | England, fl.1668-79, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = WHI. | the Earl of Castlemain; invented a new "English Globe" which was published by Moxon. | Bryden 11; Gunther 3; Taylor 1(402) & (406). | |
| PALMER, STEELE, YOUNGHUSBAND | England, 1813, NIM | T.C. "Nautical Instrument Makers"; John Steele. | opposite Duke's Dock, Wapping, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| PALMIERI, LUIGI | Italy, 1807-96, | designed meteorological instruments. | Naples. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| PALRONI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| PALURIE, D.F. | Spain, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe = D.(1972). | Barcelona. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| PANNETRAT | France, pre-1871, MIM | Héliade = CNAM-8278. | RSW. | ||
| PANORMI | 1634, | Horizontal Sundial, 1634 = BM. | probably Panormos on Tenos. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| PAOLETTI | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Mitchells, Cockermouth, 12/12/96. | Goole, Yorkshire. | ATG 12/7/96. | |
| PAPIN | England, fl.1672-92, PHIM | made barometers, hydrostatic balances and hydraulic instruments; worked for Robert Boyle, 1687-91; nephew of Denis Papin. | at Mr. Carpenter's, near Bell Inn, Friday Street; at Mrs. Blakies, the Court over against the Crown and Thistle, Blackfriars; both in London. | Taylor 1(410); Goodison 1; Evans 1. | |
| PAPIN, DENIS | France; England; Germany, 1647-1712, PHIM | made air pumps; worked for Robert Boyle at Oxford; author; developed an air pump while working with Huygens, 1671-75, as a technical assistant; F.R.S. | Paris (1647-75); London (1675-87); Marburg (1687-1712). | Daumas 1; Taylor 1(410); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PAPON, ESTIENNE | France, MIM | Sundial in the cover of a watch = Bloch-Pimentel Coll. = P.C. | Gien. | RSW. | |
| PAPPEN | alternative spelling for Papin. | Evans 1. | |||
| PARACHINI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PARACHINI, G. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 11/13/86. | "Warranted." | RSW. | |
| PARDIE | England, pre-1764, MIM | designed and made a universal sundial. | James Ferguson. | ||
| PARIS | France, c.1763, MIM OIM | son of Claude Paris and succeeded him in the business. | L'Estrapade, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| PARIS, CLAUDE | France, 1703-63, MIM OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = CNAM (1755), Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Telescopes = NAC, P.C.; Microscope, Cuff-type = NAC; Telescopes were offered by dealers in 1967, 1970 and 1976. | associated with Jean-Baptiste-Charles Gonichon, 1733; made "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour" in 1740; the privilege passed to his sister, Marie-Michelle Gonichon, upon his death in 1763; it is hard to tell whether it is Claude Paris or his son who made the telescopes offered by dealers. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2 & 3; Nachet; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Augarde; RSW. |
| PARISH, ROBERT | England, c.1738, MIM | apprenticed to John Foster of the Clockmakers' Company on May 1, 1738. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PARK, ROBERT | Scotland, c.1800, NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = D.(1971), D.(1972); Telescope = FRK = RSM. | T.C. in a Spencer, Browning and Co. sextant case. | Greenock. | Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| PARK, ROSWELL | USA, 1807-69, | revised at least two of Josiah Loring's terrestrial globes in 1846. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| PARKER 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as Parker 4. | Theobalds Street (London?). | Goodison 1. |
| PARKER 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wisbech. | Goodison 1. | |
| PARKER 3 | England, c.1900, | Water Clock, 1649 = K. & C. 12/3/75. | fake, surely the work of Pearson and Page of Birmingham. | Southampton. | RSW. |
| PARKER 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | may be the same as Parker 1. | Princes Street, Soho, London. | RSW. |
| PARKER, BENJAMIN | England, c.1753, MIM | Slide Rules, Saxspeach-type = OXF (1753), KEN (1753), Christie-Australia 6/5/62. | Isaac Newton's Head, next the Great Turnstile, Holborn; Fulwood's Rents, Holborn; Ratcliffe; all in London. | Taylor 2(202) and (534); Evans 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Holland; RSW. | |
| PARKER, EDWARD | see E.P. | RSW. | |||
| PARKER, FRANCIS | England, c.1690, | member of the Bakers' Company; may have had William Roloson turned over to him in 1690. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PARKER, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1761-66, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = EGE. | watchmaker; the ring sundial is 2 1/2" in diameter. | Cork Hill, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| PARKER, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1703-26, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Walpole of the Grocers' Company on March 2, 1696; free of the Company on June 8, 1703; took apprentices. | Foster Lane, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| PARKER, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1806-25, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-P 3/1/83. | one barometer is signed "Parker London" the others are signed "Parker" or "J. Parker" plus the Princes Street address. | 53 Princes Street, Leicester Square, Soho (1817); 22 Little Queen Street, Holborn; both in London. | Taylor 2(1189); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PARKER, JAMES 3 | England, c.1817, OIM | optician. | 333 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(1189). | |
| PARKER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1748, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 14, 1740; free of the Company, Jan. 18, 1748. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PARKER, JOHN 2 | England, c.1830, OIM | Sandpits, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1955). | ||
| PARKER, RICHARD GREEN | USA, 1798-1869, MIM | educator; made hemisphere globes from c.1827 for the use of his students. | Boston, Mass. | Warner 4; DAB. | |
| PARKER, SAMUEL | England, fl.1825-26, OIM | 16 Little Hampton Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1658). | ||
| PARKER, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1705, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on July 9, 1705. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PARKER, THOMAS 2 | Scotland, fl.1801-02, MIM | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1190). | ||
| PARKER, WILLIAM | England, 1784-1817, MIM OIM | Lens = APS. | constructed large burning glasses, one just under 3 feet in diameter, another, 16" dia. for Priestly; said to have been of "advanced age" in 1817; usually referrered to as "Mr. Parker." | Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(754); Multhauf 1; Clay and Court; Spargo 1; Dewhirst. |
| PARKES AND HADLEY | England, MIM | Orrery, planets missing = Lub and Himmel, April 1965; Orrery, sun and moon missing = Grimwades 10/25/90. | "patented." | RSW. | |
| PARKES, I. | England, OIM | Spyglass = P.C.(1967). | London. | USNM. | |
| PARKES, JAMES, AND SON | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = Wellcome Museum, D.(1969), D.(1976), Christie-SK 2/8/79, Phillips 2/14/79; Sextant = D.(1975); Surveying Instrument = D.(1977); Telescopes = American Art Galleries, Chicago, Ill. 3/18/75, Christie-SK 7/10/80. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851, London. | 5 and 6 St. Mary's Row, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 112; USNM; RSW. |
| PARKES, JOHN AND SONS | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Charles 6/10/79. | T.C. in sextant box. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| PARKES, SAMUEL | England, fl.1777-1818, MIM | rule and compass maker. | 8 Sand Street (1777); St. Mary's Row (1787); Legge Street (1797-1801); all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PARKES, SAMUEL, AND SON | England, fl.1808-18, MIM | rule makers, worked in boxwood and ivory. | Bull Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PARKINSON AND FRODSHAM | England, fl.1800-38, MIM OIM | William Parkinson and William James Frodsham; famous for their chronometers. | 4 Change Alley, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1403). | |
| PARKMAN, S.N. | USA, NIM | Boat Compass = MYS. | 174 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| PARKS | see Graham and Parks. | ||||
| PARMINTER, GEORGE | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to his father, John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 3, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PARMINTER, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1739-91, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 6, 1732; free of the Company, Sept. 20, 1739; took apprentices. | near the White Hart alehouse in Mansell Street, Goodman's Fields (1739); next door to the Sun and Bell in the Minories (1742); the corner of the Minories (1758); King Street, Tower Hill (1787); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| PARMINTER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1791-96, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln in the Spectacle- makers'Company; admitted by Patrimony to the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1791; took one apprentice; optician. | Crown Court, Wapping (1791); Dog Row, Bethnal Green (1796); both in London. | J. Brown 1; Robischon. | |
| PARMINTER, SAMUEL | England, c.1787, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on June 7, 1787; son of John Parminter 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PARNALL AND SONS | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Beam Balance = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| PARNELL | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Christie-SK 11/2/95. | probably Thomas Parnell, or William, his son. | London. | RSW. |
| PARNELL AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/27/74. | probably Thomas Parnell. | London. | RSW. |
| PARNELL, THOMAS | England, fl.1776-1811, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/83; Telescopes = SWE, X; Octants = MYS, D.(1990), Marine Museum, Horten, Norway, Stadt Museum, Albenå, Denmark, VNN, Bolling Hall, Bradford; Sextants = MYS, Versailles 4/17/83, P.C.; etc. | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 13, 1768; free of the Company, May 7, 1776; T.C.; most of his instruments are signed "Parnell." | at the Mariner and Quadrant, No. 94 (later No. 2) Hermitage Bridge, Lower East Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1023); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Moskowitz 102; Pipping 1; Goodison 1; M.A.D., May 1990; RSW. |
| PARNELL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1811-14, MIM | took over Thomas Parnell's shop in 1814; might have been his son. | Hermitage (1811); No. 94 (later No. 2) Lower East Smithfield (1813-14); all in London. | Taylor 2(1023); Crawforth 7. | |
| PARRISH, H. | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer maker. | 6 1/2 Wood Street, Bath Row, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PARROTT, W.T. | England, 1790, NIM | Octant, ebony, 1790 = Vogel Nov. 1972; Octant = Soth. 9/20/83. | Hull. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| PARRY, THOMAS WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM | Analemmatic Sundial = Christie 6/7/72. | 14 Princes Street, Barbican; 24 Holywell Street, Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(2199); RSW. | |
| PARSONS | England, MIM | Circular Slide Rule = Soth. 10/21/74. | London. | RSW. | |
| PARSONS AND TUTTEL | England, 1701, MIM | William Parsons 1 and Thomas Tuttel; advertised a pair of 36-inch globes for 25 pounds in 1701. | London. | Taylor 1(411). | |
| PARSONS, CHARLES | England, 1674, MIM | Quadrant Sundial, 1674 = OXF. | for 51° latitude. | Taylor 1(376); Evans 1. | |
| PARSONS, GEORGE | England, c.1822, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Parsons 3, of the Grocers' Company on July 4, 1822. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| PARSONS, JAMES | England, fl.1820-38, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to his father, William Parsons 3, of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 3, 1812. | 22 Bull and Mouth Street, London. | Taylor 2(2200); J. Brown 2. | |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1658-1723, MIM | Protractor, Plotting Scale = OXF. | may be Col. William Parsons; see Parsons and Tuttel. | Old Palace Yard, Westminster, London. | Taylor 1(411) & 2(1660); RSW. |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1759, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1759 = NMM; Protractor = OXF. | 3.6" in diameter. | Taylor 2(1660); O'Mara. | |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1799-1822, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 5, 1789; free of the Company, Jan. 3, 1799; took apprentices, including his own children. | 9 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden; New Sreet, Fetter Lane (1801-07); Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1808-12); Paul's Alley, St. Paul's Churchyard (1812-22); Bull and Mouth Street (1822); all in London. | Taylor 2(1660); J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| PARSONS, WILLIAM 4 | England, c.1809, | apprenticed to his father, William Parsons 3 on Feb. 2, 1809. | London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| PARTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, NIM | compass maker. | 40 Low Street, Sunderland. | Taylor 2(1956). | |
| PASCAL, BLAISE | France, 1623-62, | mathematician; philosopher; worked with Toricelli's idea of vacuum tube for barometer, c.1650; invented an adding machine in 1642. | A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; DSB. | ||
| PASCAL, CLAUDE | France; Holland, fl.1654-74, MIM | clockmaker. | The Hague (1654); Paris (1670). | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PASCAL, DOMINIQUE | France, c.1740, PHIM | Coin Balances = Soth. 11/16/87 and 4/18/88. | Rue de 4 Chapaux, Lyon. | RSW. | |
| PASCHE, LOUIS | Holland, fl.1768-93, MIM | Pasché; clockmaker; worked on Leidse Sphere. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PASSEMANT, CLAUDE-SIMEON | France, 1702-69, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = Usher Art Gallery, Lincoln, Waddesden Manor, Bucks; Wheel Barometers = NYM, Phillips 9/10/86, Christie N.Y. 6/7/79 (Sèvres porcelain); Thermometer = DEU; Telescopes = WHI, ADL-M434, Spitzer-2891, Valley Forge Historical Society, Pa.; Hygrometer = COR; Solar Micrscope = COR; Planetariums = Palais de Versailles (1749), MLL (1766); Sundials = NMM, CNAM; Pair of Globes = POB; Astronomical Clock = Palais de Versailles; Microscopes = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, NYM; etc. | Claude-Siméon Passemant; author; "Ingénieur du Roi"; made three telescopes for Louis XV (1751, 1755, 1759). | rue de la Monnaye à la Pomme d'Or; au Louvre, au dessus de l'Académie Française (1749); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Taylor 2(296a); Ronfort; Brieux 3; Bennett 1; ADL; Michel 3; Stevens & Aked; USNM; Engelmann 1; Augarde; RSW. |
| PASSEMENT | misreading for Passemant. | ||||
| PASSEY, D. | England, c.1790, OIM | Solar Microscope = Soth. 3/25/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| PASTEUR, BERNARD FRANCOIS | Switzerland; Holland, 1742-1801, OIM PHIM | Pneumatic Pump = LEY. | Bernard François Pasteur; clockmaker; also made microscopes, thermometers, etc. | Geneva (1742-67); Amsterdam (1767); Leyden (1794). | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1. |
| PASTORELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bowling Street, Westminster, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI AND CETTI | England, c.1853, PHIM | Pastorelli and Edward Cetti; barometer and thermometer makers; they succeeded John Tagliabue. | 11 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI AND CO. 1 | England, 1815-17, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Fortunato Pastorelli; became F. and J. Pastorelli in 1817. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1856-63, MIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Dumpy Level = D.(1982). | Francis Pastorelli; level is Patent No. 2711, 11/18/1863. | 208 Piccadilly, London. | Goodison 1; Coffeen A. |
| PASTORELLI AND CO. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. Pastorelli. | 180 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PASTORELLI AND RAPKIN | England, 1750-1900, PHIM | Barometer, Fortin-type = Phillips 2/14/79; Hygrometer = Longleat House, Wilts.; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 6/6/85; Thermo-Hydrograph = K. & C. 9/29/76; Aneroid Barometer = Soth.-S 7/17/96. | firm claimed to have been established in 1750; aneroid barometer signed "Pastorelli and Rapkin Ltd." | 46 Hatton Garden, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, A. AND F. | England, fl.1848-49, PHIM | Anthony Pastorelli and his son, Francis. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, A., AND SON | England, c.1848, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Dawcross Street; 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden; both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1829-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3); Barometer and Thermometer = Phillips 11/11/81; Hygrometer = OXF. | philosophical instrument maker; succeeded Fortunato Pastorelli in 1830; took his son Francis as a partner, 1848-49; some barometers signed "A. Pastorelli." | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/16/81. | either Fortunato or Francis Pastorelli. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| PASTORELLI, F. AND J. | England, fl.1817-18, PHIM | Fortunato and J. Pastorelli; barometer makers. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, F., AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Telescope = D.(1975). | Francis Pastorelli. | 208 Piccadilly, London. | Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, FORTUNATO | England, fl.1805-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the barometer is signed "Pastorelli 156 Holborn, London"; see Pastorelli and Co. 1, F. and J. Pastorelli; succeeded by Anthony Pastorelli. | 252 High Holborn (1805); 156 High Holborn (1811); 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1815-30); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PASTORELLI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1848-60, OIM PHIM | son of Anthony Pastorelli and his partner, 1848-49, as A. and F. Pastorelli; succeeded him in 1850; see Pastorelli and Co. 2. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1848-56); 208 Piccadilly (1856-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, J. | England, c.1817, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | worked with Fortunato Pastorelli, 1817-18, see F. and J. Pastorelli and Pastorelli and Co. 3. | 180 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PASTORELLI, JOHN | England, fl.1837-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Christie-SK 5/20/88; Stick Barometer = X. | 28 Cable Street (1837); 55 Cable Street (1841-47); 61 Cable Street (1851); 10 South Castle Street (1857); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2201); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PASTORELLI, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1820-27, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Leopards Court, Leather Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1663); Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1825, PHIM | made barometers. | 67 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PASTORELLI, T. AND F. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | surely Fortunato Pastorelli and a relative. | 4 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. |
| PATERNAL, NICOLAS | Portugal, 1616, MIM | Astrolabe, 1616 = LIM. | ICA-217. | Price 1; Gunther 1; Michel 2; GHP; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| PATERSON | Scotland, c.1803, OIM | Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| PATERSON, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1679-93, MIM | produced an "Arithmatical Spiral" calculating instrument; wrote almanacs; advertised "weather-glasses of all sorts and sizes"; succeeded by his nephew, John Mann 1. | at the Sign of the Sea Cross-staff and Quadrant in the Cowgate (1681-86); Sign of the Sea Cross-staff and Quadrant, Reid House, middle of the Leith Wynd (1689); both in Edinburgh. | Taylor 1(424); Bryden 3, 10 & 15; Clay and Court; Goodison 1. | |
| PATHRICK, JOHN | see John Patrick. | Clay and Court. | |||
| PATIN | France, c.1700, MIM | Crescent-type Sundial = D. | Brieux 3. | ||
| PATON, DAVID | Scotland, c.1824, MIM | made a planetarium and lunarium in 1824. | Dunfermline. | Taylor 2(1664). | |
| PATRICK | England, 19th Century, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = ATG, 7/13/96. | ad said 18th century. | London. | RSW. |
| PATRICK, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1686-1722, MIM | apprenticed to William Thompson in the Joiners' Company on July 8, 1668; free in the Company, July 6, 1686, on the report of Thomas Eliot; took apprentices; may be the father of John Patrick 2 or there may be only one John Patrick. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PATRICK, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1693-1720, MIM PHIM | Angle Barometers = P.C. (2); Stick Barometers = D.(1981), NMM, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Pillar Barometer, ivory, brass and silver = BM. | author; apprenticed to William Tompson of the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1686; free of the Company in 1693; became a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1712; specialized in barometers; T.C.; probably the son of John Patrick 1 unless the two are the same person. | against Bull Head Court, in Jewin Street near Cripplegate Church (pre-1704); Ship Court, Old Bailey (1704-); both in London. | Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Taylor 1(526); Calvert 2; RSW; Bedini 8; Price 3; Crawforth 1; Dewhirst; RSW; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| PATRICK, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 5, 1686. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PATRIDGE, R., AND CO. | USA, c.1830, MIM | Circular Calculator for finding interest = D.(1985). | Boston, Mass. | Coffeen 9. | |
| PATRON | France, MIM SIM | Graphometers = D.(1972), A-P 3/15/76. | possibly Pierre-André Patron, which see. | Paris. | Roux Devilas, 1973; Augarde; RSW. |
| PATRON, PIERRE-ANDRE | France, c.1742, | Pierre-André Patron; master sword maker; may be same as Patron, which see; may have made instruments. | rue de la Petite Sonnerie, Paris. | Augarde. | |
| PATRONE | see Patroni | Crawforth 1. | |||
| PATRONI, PIETRO | Italy, fl.1714-22, OIM | Microscope, 1715 = LEY; Binocular Microscopes = P.C. (1719), NAC (1722); Binocular Telescopes = DEU (1714), NAC (1719); Telescopes = ADL-M426, Soth. 1/25/84. | the binocular telescopes are signed "Sac Coesae et Catae Mais Opticus Mediolani" and "Petrus Patronus"; the Soth. telescope is signed "Pierre Patroni"; the Adler telescope is signed on the objective lens; Patroni is mentioned in an advertisment by James Mann 2. | Mediolani = Milan. | Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; Price 2; Engelmann 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| PATTART, IOAN. | Germany, fl.1715-52, MIM | Garden Sundials, stone = Aschbach Schloss (1752), Cremsdorf bei Höchstadt. | Cremsdorf sundial has arms of Christian Ernst von Guttenberg. | Bamberg. | Zinner 1. |
| PATTEN | see Potten. | Crawforth 7. | |||
| PATTEN, GEORGE | USA, 1820-57, MIM OIM | son of Richard Patten; see Richard Patten and Son. | New York, N.Y. (1820-42); 23 South Street (1849-51); 38 W. Baltimore (1856-57); the last two in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| PATTEN, RICHARD | USA, 1792-1865, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A215, NMM, USNM, D.(1983), P.C., etc; Octant = MYS; Marine Compass = P.C.; Sextant = Fairfield Historical Society, Conn.; Surveying Compass = D.(1993). | worked with his son, George, as Richard Patten and Son, 1842-1857; MYS octant is No. 12; Garcelon compass signed "R. Patten, New York"; had a dividing engine; T.C.,"All instruments in the above line made to order and warranted being divided on an Engine after the Plan of Ramsdens." | Maryland; 350 Water Street (1813); 184 Water Street (1815-19); 180 Water Street (1821-34); 11 Park Place (1834-37); all in New York, N.Y.; Washington, D.C. (1843-46); Baltimore, Md. (1849-60); Washington, D.C. (1862-65). | Smart 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Moskowitz 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; ADL; Garcelon 33 and 34; RSW. |
| PATTEN, RICHARD, AND SON | USA, fl.1842-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Richard and George Patten. | Washington, D.C. (1842-49); Baltimore, Md. (1850-57) the years (1856-57) were at 38 West Baltimore Street, Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| PATTEN, STEPHEN | USA, fl.1834-41, MIM NIM | sold nautical items, rules, dividers, etc. | Exchange Street (1834); No. 31 Exchange Street (1841); both in Portland Me. | Portland, Maine Business Directories. | |
| PATTEN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1838-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | 6th and Arch, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| PATTERSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Hoppé in the Joiners' Company on May 10, 1804. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PATTON | see Richard Patten. | RSW. | |||
| PATTON AND GEORGE | NIM | Sextant = Fall River Marine Museum, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| PATTRICK | England, c.1805, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = ATG, 7/13/96. | surely Thomas Pattrick 1. | London. | RSW. |
| PATTRICK, T., AND CO. | England, fl.1802-08, MIM | Pocket Globe in case = D. | the celestial gores in the case are signed "Pattrick and Co."; the address is that of Thomas Pattrick 1. | 29 King Street, Covent Garden, London. | Wynter and Turner. |
| PATTRICK, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1802-08, MIM OIM PHIM | globe maker; see T. Pattrick and Co.; author. | 29 King Street, Covent Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1192); Wynter and Turner. | |
| PATTRICK, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wisbeach. | Goodison 1. | |
| PAU, JOHANN | Holland, pre-1762, OIM | made a solar microscope. | Leyden. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| PAUL | Switzerland, c.1800, PHIM | son of Jacques Paul; barometer and thermometer maker, also made other philosophical apparatus. | Geneva. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PAUL, JACQUES | Switzerland, 1733-98, MIM PHIM SIM | Hygrometer, hair = P.C.; Graphometer = GEM; Thermometer = GEM; Standard Meter = GEM; Electrical Doubler = GEM; Stick Barometer, 1763 = GEM. | father of Paul; apprenticed to Canivet; pocket compass (P.C.) is signed by both men; difficult to tell the father's work from the son's; GEM instruments are all from the Saussure Coll. | Geneva. | Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10. |
| PAULUS | Holland, c.1653, OIM | made lenses for Christiaan Huygens. | Meester. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PAULUS DE SURLANIS | misreading for Paulus de Furlanis, which see. | O. Brown 3; Woodward 1; RSW. | |||
| PAULUS, JACOBUS | MIM | Microscope = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | USNM. | ||
| PAURUS | see Ioan and Paurus. | RSW. | |||
| PAVOLINI, BERNARDINUS | Italy, c.1750, MIM SIM | Telescopic Graphometer = D.(1987); Graphometer = USNM. | USNM instrument is signed "Bernardinum Pavolini Fecit" and marked "Antonius Manghetti Incidit." | USNM; Coffeen 15; RSW. | |
| PAYNE 1 | see Melling and Payne. | RSW. | |||
| PAYNE AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Pedometer = WHI. | "3448 Patent"; William Payne. | 165 New Bond Street, London. | O. Brown 1. |
| PAYNE, A. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-LA 6/7/76. | 6 Little Warner, Clerkenwell, London. | RSW. | |
| PAYNE, BENJAMIN | England, c.1825, PHIM | Apothocary Scales = WHI; Balance = WHI. | No. 395 Strand, near Southamton Street, London. | O. Brown 2. | |
| PAYNE, CHRISTOPHER | see Christopher Paine. | RSW. | |||
| PAYNE, GEO. P. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = D.(1976). | 39 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| PAYNE, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | Banbury. | RSW. | |
| PAYNE, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1795-1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Payne Hadleigh." | Hadleigh. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1. |
| PAYNE, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1831, MIM | Pedometer = D.(1972). | patented a pocket pedometer in a watch case in 1831; clock and watch maker. | 163 New Bond Street, London.; Navigation Warehouse, South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1957); Moskowitz 104. |
| PAYNSTON | England, c.1815, MIM | invented a current meter. | Taylor 2(1402). | ||
| PAYSON, SAMUEL, JR. | USA, fl.1844-47, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. (1844-46); New York, N.Y. (1846-47). | USNM. | ||
| PEACE, PHILIP | Scotland, fl.1842-57, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 9/1/70. | 61 Broughton Street (1842-45); 71 South Frederick Street (1846); 99 Prices Street (1847-57); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PEACHY, WILLIAM | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to Joseph Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 5, 1786. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PEACOCK, JONATHAN | England, c.1726, MIM | sundial maker. | the Old George, Penrith. | Bryden 9. | |
| PEACOCK, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1778-90, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kimbolton. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1. | |
| PEACOCK, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1789-1832, PHIM | probably a dealer; name is marked on a stick barometer, signed on the back "J. Croce York 1789." | York. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PEAK | see Harvey and Peak. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| PEARCE, THOMAS | England, fl.1856, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | instrument signed "Pearce Cirencester." | Cricklade Street, Cirencester. | Goodison 1. |
| PEARSON, DAVID | USA, c.1760, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = D. | the father of Henry Sleeper Pearson; the compass card was engraved by Joseph Callender. | Newburyport, Mass. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103. |
| PEARSON, HENRY SLEEPER | USA, 1789-1878, MIM NIM SIM | Marine Compass = D.(1984); Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (2). | son of David Pearson; T.C.; watch and scientific instrument maker. | at Jones Row, 6 Exchange Street, Portland, Me. (1823-77). | Smart 1; Coffeen G; RSW. |
| PEARSON, J. | England, c.1797, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76, X. | barometers are signed "Pearson Towcester." | Towcester. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PEARSON, JOSEPH 1 | England, c.1797, OIM | optician; father of Joseph Pearson 2. | Moor Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PEARSON, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1801-18, OIM | optician; son of Joseph Pearson 1. | 129 Moor Street (1801); Moor Street (1808-18); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PEARSON, RICHARD | England, c.1827, MIM NIM OIM | North Side, Old Dock, Hull. | Taylor 2(1666). | ||
| PEARSON, ROBERT | England, c.1776, MIM | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 2, 1760; free of the Company, Oct. 3, 1776. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PEARSON, WILLIAM | England, 1813, MIM | Orrery, showing mean motion, 1813 = KEN. | astronomer; constructed an astronomical clock and planetarium; F.R.S., 1819. | Whitbeck, Cumberland; Temple Grove, East Sheen; South Kilworth, Lincolnshire. | Taylor 2(880); RSW. |
| PEASE, PAUL | USA, fl.1750-58, NIM | Quadrant, 1758 = Brown University, Rhode Island; Backstaff, 1750 = R.I. Historical Society. | Warner said "Probably son-in-law of Nathaniel Folger of Nantucket; it is not known if he was maker or owner of this instrument"; probably maker because of other instruments. | Rhode Island? | USNM; Bedini 1; Evans 1; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. |
| PECCENINI | 1814?, MIM SIM | Graphometer = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| PECHE | France, c.1840, NIM | Marine Compass = PMS. | sold sextants made by E. Lorieux. | Nantes. | USNM; RSW. |
| PEDDELL, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 15, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PEDERSEN AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| PEDIS, T. | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer and clock = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27 | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| PEDLIO | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PEDRAGLIO 1 | France, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976); Telescope = Soth. 3/25/86. | "Opticien". | rue de la Fosse 12, Nantes. | RSW. |
| PEDRAGLIO 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Rochester. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRAGLIO, BAPTISTA | England, c.1800, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Bearne's 9/13/89. | RSW. | ||
| PEDRENE | England, c.1785, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1977). | with thermometer, hygrometer and spirit level. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| PEDRETI, MARIO | Italy, 1589, MIM | Protractor with pivoted arm, 1589 = BMR. | Rome. | Michel 3. | |
| PEDRETTI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRETTI, PETER | England, fl.1834-51, PHIM | barometer maker. | Bath Street, Clerkenwell (1834-44); 13 Dorring Street (1844-51); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRONE BROS. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carlisle. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEDRONE, LOUIS | England, fl.1841-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Inclinable Sundial = WHI; Marine Barometer = PMS; Wheel Barometer = X. | sometimes spelled "Lewis Pedrone." | 57 Lord Street; 27 & 28 Lord Street; both in Liverpool. | Bryden 9 and 16; Taylor 2(2202); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PEDRONE, S. AND G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | RSW. | ||
| PEDUZZI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Anthony or James Peduzzi. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| PEDUZZI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1825-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | 23 Picadilly (1834), London?; 31 Oldham Street (1841), Manchester. | Taylor 2(1670); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PEDUZZI, JAMES | England, fl.1825-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1968), Christie 12/8/74, Christie-SK 11/27/86. | all the barometers are signed "J. Peduzzi Manchester"; one has the Newbury Street address. | 49 Oldham Street (1825-26); Newbury Street; 97 Oldham Street (1834-41); all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1671); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PEDUZZI, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 74 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PEEL, WILLIAM | England, c.1717, | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PEER, JOOST | see Joost de Beer. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| PEFFENHAUSER, PHILIPP HEINRICH | Germany, 1657-1733, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, with cam latitude setting = FRA; Horizontal Sundials with moon scale = Sorfältige Schrift, Budapest, Eichstatt Museum; Crescent Sundials = INN, GRA, BM; Equatorial Sundials = Drecker Coll., D.(1974). | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Wynter 1; Michel 3. | |
| PEIA, A. | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Short Graham and Co., Gloucester. | also made thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| PELEGRINO, FRAN. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 9/1/70; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| PELL, JOHN | England, 1610-85, | author; wrote on quadrants. | Oxford. | Gunther 2. | |
| PELLATT AND CO. | England, fl.1824-32, | Messrs. Green and Pellatt; glass-workers. | Falcon Glass House, Holland Street, Blackfriars Bridge, London. | Taylor 2(1672). | |
| PELLETIER, J.C. | Holland, fl.1776-1809, PHIM | made a magnetic experiment and physical instruments for cabinets. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PELLIER | France, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Lempertz 4/28/61. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| PELLIN, PH. | France, c. 1883, PHIM | became partner of JulesDuboscq in 1883, carried on firm after 1886. | Paris. | Warner 13. | |
| PELT, JAN VAN | Holland, MIM | Dividers = Soth. 4/18/88. | RSW. | ||
| PENCOTTI, I. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | High Street, Dudley. | RSW. | |
| PENDER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| PENDLETON, WILLIAM KIMBOROUGH | USA, 1817-99, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = P.C. | Boston, Mass. | Yonge. | |
| PENEDO, A. | Holland, c.1785, OIM PHIM | made camera obscuras, pumps, etc. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| PENER | see Bener. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| PENNER | see Bener. | Bobinger 2. | |||
| PENNOCK, JOSEPH | England, c.1726, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Scott of the Grocers' Company on June 30, 1719; free of the Company, July 27, 1726. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PENNY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1816-38, MIM | 25 Broad Street, Ratcliff Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1407). | ||
| PENSA, J., AND SON | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 9/11/86, Soth. 12/13/88. | John Pensa and Son. | 5 Greville Stret; 39 Charles Street; both in Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PENSA, JOHN | England, fl.1830-39, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/83. | thermometer maker. | 2 Charles Street; 39 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1830-34); 5 Greville Street (1835-39); all in London. | Taylor 2(2204); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PENSA, MARGARET | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; possibly the widow of John Pensa. | 25 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London (1846). | Taylor 2(2204); Goodison 1. | |
| PENSA, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Colchester. | RSW. | |
| PENSOTTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1817, PHIM | barometer maker. | High Street, Dudley. | Taylor 2(1959); Goodison 1. | |
| PENTHER, FRIEDRICH JOHAN | Germany, 1752, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1752 = DRE. | author; wrote on gnomonics. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| PEOTE, JAMES | see Pioti. | Goodison 1. | |||
| PEPPER, JNO. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | instrument signed "Pepper Biggleswade." | Market Place, Biggleswade. | Goodison 1. |
| PEPYS, SAMUEL | devised rule to figure timber volume. | Latham and Matthews. | |||
| PERBY AND BRO. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Liquid Measure, wood = D.(1976). | 51 Fulton Street, New York N.Y. | RSW. | |
| PERES, JAN | Holland, fl.1765-93, MIM | repaired Isenbroek's planetarium, ADL-M392, in 1793; clockmaker. | Haarlem. | Engelmann 1; Fox 1; Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| PERESTE | misreading by Engelmann of inscription on ADL-M392, should be "Peres te" = Peres in." | ADL; RSW. | |||
| PERIGOT, CHARLES | France, 19th Century, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Melun 4/24/83. | sometimes spelled "Périgeot"; the Melun globe is marked "édité par Delagrave à Paris." | Paris. | RSW. |
| PERIGRINUS, PETRUS | 13th Century, | wrote a treatise on the astrolabe. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| PERKINS | see Spencer and Perkins. | RSW. | |||
| PERKINS, EYSUM | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1670; carried on trade as a non-freeman, c.1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PERNAUD | France, 1745, | forged name and date on #535 G in dial list at OXF. | Nancy. | Evans 1. | |
| PERNER, ADAM | Germany, 1596, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, 1596 = WHI. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| PERNOT, J. | France, 1785, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1785 = P.C. | Dunkerque. | Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| PERRE, J. | France, 18th Century, NIM | Marine Compass = Gazette de l'Hôtel Drouot, 7/27/90 (No. 30). | "J. Perre maître poulier et faseur de compas." | Dunkerque. | RSW. |
| PERREAUX, L.G. | France, fl.1841-62, MIM PHIM | firm founded in 1841; made precision instruments, dynamometers, spherometers, etc. | rue Monsieur-le Prince, 16, Paris. | USNM. | |
| PERRENOUD, SAUVEUR | France, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = PRM; Dividers, brass and steel = Bergbau Mining Museum, Bochum, Westalfia. | RSW. | ||
| PERRETT, GEORGE | England, c.1799, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1799. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PERRINS, H. AND F. | England, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = Versailles 4/17/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| PERRON, R. | England, c.1800, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. (1976). | London. | RSW. | |
| PERRY AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/18/71; Octant = Christie 12/21/71. | probably P.F. Perry. | West Hartlepool. | RSW. |
| PERRY, ANDREW | Ireland, fl.1839-45, MIM | optician. | 5 Fitzwilliam Place, Grangegorman Lane (1839-42); 21 Grangegorman Lane (1843-45); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnettt. | |
| PERRY, EDMUND | England, c.1675, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 15, 1666; free of the Company, June 2, 1675. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PERRY, P.F. | England, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 2/8/79. | see Perry and Co. | Hartlepool. | RSW. |
| PERRY, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1835-37, OIM | optician. | 22 Grangegorman Lane, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| PERSONNE, GILLES | France, 1602-75, OIM PHIM | mathematician; designed an equal-arm balance; worked on developing a vacuum; put telescopes on surveying and navigating instruments, c.1667; "Gilles Personne de Roberval." | Roberval. | Middleton 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PESCHKE | Germany, c.1743, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = HAK. | Dresden. | W. Eckhardt 3. | |
| PESCHKU, ANDREAS | Austria, fl.1602-41, MIM | Calendars, stone = GRA (1602), VIE (1610), Radkersburg Stadtmuseum (1615). | Graz. | Zinner 1. | |
| PETER, C.W. | Holland, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1954). | probably G.W. Peter. | Rotterdam. | RSW. |
| PETER, G.W. | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| PETER, G.W., EN ZOON | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Octants, (2) = AMST; Sextants (2) = Municipal Museum, Vlissingen; Azimuth Compasses = AMST, Nowegian Maritime Museum, Oslo. | the compass at AMST also shows the name D.H. Selter. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| PETERS | see Norris and Peters. | RSW. | |||
| PETERS, JAMES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PETERSEN, C. | Germany, c.1860, MIM | Mathematical Instrument = HAM. | St. Pauli; Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| PETERSEN, HEINRICH | Germany, NIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; made barometers and telescopes. | Grand Elbestrasse 7, Altona. | RSW. | |
| PETIT, P. | France, 1598-1677, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1659 = BM. | produced a form of grid micrometer; Intendant of Fortifications at Rouen; experimented with early barometers. | Rouen. | A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PETLEY | see Marx and Petley. | USNM. | |||
| PETRALI, ANGELO | c.1820, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = Christie 5/10/83. | RSW. | ||
| Petri, Adolf | 1819-1895 | see Dolberg, Adolf | |||
| PETRONI | Patronus? | Dewhirst. | |||
| PETRUS AB AGGERE | Spain; Belgium, fl.1558-62, MIM SIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1558 = RSM (loan) = Soth. 12/4/61 = Zoccali Coll. = Soth. 3/16/67 = ADL-DPW40; Graphometer?, 1560 = FLO-1278; Astronomical Ring, 1562 = OXF. | sundial signed "Absolvit Bruxelle Petrus ab aggere in gratiam D. Francisci de Hispania anno salutis humanae 1558"; the graphometer? is signed "Absolvit Toleti Petrus ab aggere Mathematicus Regius"; astronomical ring is signed "Petrus Aggerius Matriti in gratian D. Petri Fajiandi"; Michel said the name might be a latinization of Van Rampart or Van den Dijk; the lists of towns with latitudes always start with "Hispania", as Spain owned the Low Countries at that time. | Brussels (1558); Toledo (1560); Madrid (1562). | Bonelli 1; Morpurgo 2; Zinner 1 (2nd Ed.); Price 2; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PETRUS AGGERIUS | see Petrus ab aggere. | RSW. | |||
| PETRUS PHILOMENA DE DACIA | Italy; France; Denmark, fl.1286-1303, | known as Peter Nightingale; designed an equatorium; author. | Bologna (1286-92); Paris (1292); Denmark (c.1303). | O. Pedersen. | |
| PETTERS' SON, BORSE | Sweden, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = GMM. | Börse Petters' Son. | Göteborg. | RSW. |
| PETTERSSON, GUSTAF | Sweden, fl.1806-42, OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Gabriel Collin; free in 1806. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| PETTIT, JAMES | England, fl.1837-44, OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/18/71 (1837), Christie-SK 12/1/83 (1844). | F.R.A.S. | RSW. | |
| PETZL, JOH. PHIL. | Germany, 1709, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1709 = REG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| PEUCHOT | France, MIM | Celestial Planispheres, (3) = CNAM. | RSW. | ||
| PEUERBACH, GEORG | Austria; Germany1423-72, | astronomer; author; Zinner thought he made astrolabes and shield-type sundials. | Vienna. | Zinner 1. | |
| PEVERELLE, JOHN B. | England, fl.1849-54, PHIM | barometer maker. | 16 Pershore Street, Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| PEVIN, N. | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = O-F 13. | P. Sevin? | Paris. | Monreal. |
| PEYRONNY, M.M. DE, ET HENRI ROBERT | France, 19th Century, MIM | Universal Sundial = ADL-W140. | "Cadran Solaire universal par M.M. de Peyronny et Henri Robert Horlogers." | ADL; RSW. | |
| PFAB, ANDREAS | Germany, 1760, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1760 = DRE. | Dresden. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| PFAEFFTI | Switzerland, MIM | Protractor = PAM? | Berne. | RSW. | |
| PFALTZ, J. WILLIAM | USA, fl.1807-10, MIM | clock and watch maker. | 39 Fells Street F.P. (1807-08); St. Paul's Lane (1810); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | |
| PFEIFFER, JOHANNES ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1717-47, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = OXF; Combination Drawing Compass No. 4, 1742 = Koller, 1972 = P.C. = Christie 4/3/85; Graphometer, 1747 = Huelsmann Coll. | Coburg. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Syndram; RSW. | |
| PFENNINGER, J.C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = KAS. | Kassel. | Lübke. | |
| PFINZING, PAUL | Germany, b.1554, MIM | made odometers. | Nürnberg. | Beckmann. | |
| PFISTER, HERMAN | Switzerland; USA, 1847-1911, MIM SIM | Theodolites = USNM, Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio. | joined Rasselas Prince Whitcomb in R. Whitcomb and Co., 1877-78; worked alone 1870-76 and 1879-1905; his son, William Henry Pfister, was his foreman in 1905. | Schaffhausen; Missouri; 119 W. 5th, Cincinnatti, Ohio (1870-1911). | Smart 1. |
| PFISTER, MARTIN | Germany; Norway, fl.1537-42, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg (-1542); Spitzenberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PFISTER, WILLIAM HENRY | USA, 1875-1935, MIM SIM | son of Herman Pfister; foreman for his father in 1905. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| PHAIDROS | Greece, c.200 A.D., MIM | Sundial, quiver variant = BM. | there are four sundials in one; Gibbs 2544; Phaidros was the son of Zoilos, a Paenian. | Athens. | Gibbs 1. |
| PHARE, I.E. | MIM | Compass = LIM. | RSW. | ||
| PHELIZOT, C. | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial inside the cover of a watch = Drouot 2/18/60 = P.C. | Dijon. | Pippa; RSW. | |
| PHELPS | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = STM. | Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. | |
| PHELPS AND GURLEY | USA, fl.1845-51, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Meridian Telescope, small = P.C.; Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, USNM; Transits = GUR, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, N.Y.; etc. | Jonas H. Phelps and William Gurley. | 319 River Street, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| PHELPS AND GURLEYS | USA, fl.1851-52, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Jonas H. Phelps and William and Lewis Ephraim Gurley; firm became W. and L.E. Gurley; which see. | 319 River Street, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PHELPS, B.C. | USA, 1861, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1861 = D.(1984). | Coffeen H. | ||
| PHELPS, JONAS H. | USA, 1809-65, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | associated with Oscar Hanks from 1833 to 1837; took Lewis E. Gurley as an apprentice in 1844; became a partner with William Gurley, 1845-52; moved to Connecticut and continued to make surveying instruments; see Phelps and Gurley and Phelps and Gurleys. | 319 River Street, Troy, N.Y. | Smart 1. |
| PHELPS, THOMAS | England, fl.1799-1823, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fetter Lane (1799); 28 Holywell Lane, Shoreditch; 30 Red Lion Street, Holborn (1802-05); 33 Monkwell Street (1817-18); 19 Jewin Street (1822-23); the last 3 in Cripplegate, all in London. | Taylor 2(1194); Goodison 1. | |
| PHENDLER, ISAAC | Germany, c.1590, MIM | Sinecal Quadrant = Spitzer Sale = HAK. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| PHILIP, GEORGE, AND SON | England, MIM | Pair of Globes, 3-inch = Soth. 5/12/75; Terrestrial Globe = USNM. | the globe at the USNM is from the Liverpool address. | 92 Fleet Street, London; 51 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | USNM; RSW. |
| PHILIP, ROBERT | England, c.1830, OIM | 19 North Street, Brighton. | Taylor 2(1960). | ||
| PHILIPS, HENRY | England, fl.1648-77, | invented Philips' Tide Ring. | London Bridge, London. | Taylor 1(229). | |
| PHILLIPS | England, MIM | Globes (3) = K. and C. 4/7/76. | RSW. | ||
| PHILLIPS BROS. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 7/17/96. | 31 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London. | RSW. | |
| PHILLIPS, CAPT. C., R.N. | England, NIM | Marine Compass = RSM. | RSW. | ||
| PHILLIPS, J. | England, c.1840, OIM | Microscope = D.(1986). | London. | Coffeen 12. | |
| PHILLIPS, JAMES | Ireland, 1800, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1800 = Ulstet Folk Museum. | Derriaghy. | Clarke et al. | |
| PHILLIPS, JOHN | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, May 24, 1695. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PHILLIPS, SOLOMON | England, c.1838, OIM | T.C.; spectaclemaker; practical optician. | 43 Rathbone Place; No. 231 Tottenham Court Road, nearly opposite Percy Street; both in London. | Calvert 2; Taylor 2(2206). | |
| PHILLIPS, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to James Clark 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 5, 1808. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PHILOMENA | see Petrus Philomena de Dacia. | O. Pedersen. | |||
| PIANCHII, P. AND H. DE | Italy, 1764, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| PIANTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIAR, SCHOL | Austria, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silvered brass = SPI-2844. | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| PIATTI, PAULUS AMILIUS | Italy, 1728, MIM | Rule, 1728 = ADL-M129. | the rule is marked "A" and "E", one at each end. | Venice. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PICA, JUAN | Spain, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 12/19/66. | Barcelona. | RSW. | |
| PICARD | France, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = La Rochelle 7/6/83. | "opticien." | Dreux. | RSW. |
| PICARD, EUGENE | France, 1865, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1865 = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79. | worked under Andriveau Goujon. | RSW. | |
| PICARD, JEAN | France, 1620-82, | astrononomer; an early advocate for using telescopes on surveying instruments, c.1669; scientist; worked on standardizing weights and measures; invented a new level. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Daumas 1; Dawson 216, 1971; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PICARDI | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| PICART | France, 1733, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1733 = LIE; Gunner's Level = Evans Coll. = OXF; Sector = D.(1997). | gunner's level also spelled "Picard", marked "J. Weiler" at a later time. | Combrey. | Evans 1; Michel 3; Brieux 3; Tesseract X; RSW. |
| PICART, A. | France, c.1840, OIM | Concave Lens on stand = D. | 20 Rue Mayet, Paris. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| PICCARD, CHARLES | France, c.1700, MIM | Variation Compass = PMM. | St. Malo. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| PICK, JAMES | Russia, c.1851, PHIM | showed at the Great Exhibitiom of London in 1851. | Warsaw. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| PICKERING | England, | see Dixon and Pickering, barometer makers. | RSW. | ||
| PICKERING, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1810-34, PHIM | Balance = WHI. | records show him as a "Scale Maker" (1810-16) and a "Beam and Scale Maker" (1817-34). | 73 Pill Lane, Dublin. | O. Brown 2. |
| PICKERING, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1781, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners; Company on Sept. 4, 1781; listed as a MIM in the directories; may be the same as Thomas Pickering 2. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| PICKERING, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1838, MIM OIM | may be the same as Thomas Pickering 1. | 30 Regent Street, Kensington, London. | Taylor 2(2207). | |
| PICKERINGE, THEOPHILUS | England, c.1642, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1642. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PICKETT, GEORGE | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | 265 Oxford Street, London. | RSW. | |
| PICQUET, G. | France, fl.1627-42, MIM | Astrolabes, wood and paper, 1627 = P.C. and D.; Astrolabe, wood and paper, 1642 = CNAM. | the astrolabe at the CNAM is ICA-220A and is also marked "Jehan Lebrun." | (P.C.) Chez Pierre Mariette rue St. Jacques à lesperance; (D.) Chez Melchior Tavernier, graveur & imprimieur du Roi pour les tailles douces, demeurant en l'Isle du Palais sur le Quay qui regard la Megisserie à l'Espic d'Or; both in Paris. | Gunther 1; Price 1; Michel 2 & 3; Dewhirst; Brieux 2; ICA 2; RSW. |
| PIERCE, SAMUEL | England, c.1770, OIM | worked for Ramsden for over 30 years; made telescopes. | London. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; USNM. | |
| PIERCE, WILLIAM | USA, c.1639, | almanac compiler; mariner. | Charles Evans; Bedini 8. | ||
| PIERRE, DANIEL DE | Germany, 1665, OIM | Microscope, 1665 = DRE. | lens maker. | Augsburg. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PIERRE, MAISTRE | France, c.1551, NIM | Master Pierre; "le Compassier"; made Foullon's holometer. | rue de la vieille drapperie à l'Enseigne Sainct Geneviève, Paris. | Michel 3. | |
| PIERRELET, V. | France, 1840, MIM | Planetarium on clock, 1840 = CNAM. | RSW. | ||
| PIERUCCI, MARIANO | Italy, fl.1851-73, PHIM | made many physical instruments that are in the Institute of G. Salvemini in Florence; worked for the gabinetto di Fisica U. di Pisa. | Pisa. | Brenni 1. | |
| PIETER, JOHANNES SINT | Holland, fl.1773-83, PHIM | Scale of a Barometer = Centraal Museum, Utrecht; Stick Barometer = Soth.-A 1977. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PIETER, JOHANNES SINT, BONGIANI & COMP. | Holland, c.1783, PHIM | Barometer = P.C. (1912). | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PIETERSZ, REYNIER | pre-1597, | invented two navigating instruments and a ring sundial. | Michel 3. | ||
| PIETERZE, P. | Holland, NIM | Compass, wood = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden. | Harlingen. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PIETRO, ORATIO GOVERNA | Italy, 1585, MIM | Astrolabe, 1585 = P. & S. 4/3/1894 = HOF. | ICA-182. | Padua. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| PIFFARETTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 48 Judd Street, Euston Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIGANDOLA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PIGEON 1 | France, MIM | Sectors = Christie 12/18/74, D.(1976). | the dealer's sector is labelled "à commune affranchie." | Lyon?; Paris? | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| PIGEON 2 | France, c.1690, MIM | Folding Square = ADL-M49. | modified terrestrial and celestial globes under Coronelli's direction; used a different "g" from Pigeon à Lyon. | Place Dauphine, Paris. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PIGEON 3 | France, 1788, MIM | Sector = ADL-M89c; Alidade = ADL-M134; Equatorial Sundial = MERC; Butterfield-type Sundials = OXF, P.C.(1968), Soth. 3/27/72; Protractor = Versailles 2/28/82; Chest of Architect's Instruments, 1788 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | used a different "g" from Pigeon à Paris. | Lyon. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PIGEON, G. | France, c.1780, MIM | Armillary Sphere, Copernican, cardboard = X. | Paris. | Bryden 9. | |
| PIGEON, JEAN (1), AND G. LE ROY | France, 1714, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1714 = POB. | G. Le Roy was the son-in-law of Jean (1) Pigeon. | Lyon. | Guye et Michel. |
| PIGEON, JEAN 1 | France, fl.1714-17, MIM | made miniature terrestrial globes. | Lyon. | Krogt 2; RSW. | |
| PIGEON, JEAN 2 | France, 1804, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1804 = MUN. | celestial globe on Andreas Steib's astronomical clock, 1804, at MUN; "Ce Globe du Ciel a été desiné selon l'Observatoire presente de l'Astronom de Paris de trois cens étoiles de Jean Pigeon Mathe: dedié à S.A.R. Mgr. le Duc d'Orleans"; see Jean Pigeon 1. | Paris. | Friess. |
| PIGGOTT, PETER WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company; may be the same man as the holder of a patent on optical instruments. | 4 Penton Street, Walworth; | Taylor 2(2208); Dewhirst; Crawforth 7. | |
| PIGOT, FRANCIS | England, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| PIGOT, JOHN | England, 1770-1854, PHIM | barometer maker. | 7 Noble Street, Wilmington Square, London (1823-36). | Goodison 1. | |
| PIGUER, MICHAEL | see Michael Piquer. | RSW. | |||
| PIK, JAN | Poland, c.1850, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Clock Museum, Warsaw. | optician. | Warsaw. | RSW. |
| PIKE'S SON, B. | USA, fl.1867-1916, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Historical Society of Rockland County, N.Y., Onondago Historical Society, Syracuse, N.Y. | Daniel Pike. | 518 Broadway (1867-&6); 960 Broadway (1881); 930 Broadway (1878; 1886); 638 Madison Avenue (1913), and 24 East 59th Street (1916); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| PIKE'S SONS AND CO., B. | USA, c.1867, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Transit = Old Salem, Inc., Winston-Salem, North Carolina. | Daniel and Gardiner Pike. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. |
| PIKE, B., AND SON | USA, 1831-41, 1844-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, Western Reserve Historical Society, VCW, Maine Historical Society, Portland, Chicago Historical Society, Ill., USNM, North Carolina Museum of History and the State Archives, Gunner's Calipers = Harvard U. Observatory; Barometer = USNM; Dip Circle = Soth. 3/10/87; Protractor Set, with case = D.(1993); etc. | Benjamin Pike 1 and 2, 1831-41, and Benjamin Pike 1 and Daniel Pike, 1843-50; protractor set signed "Crozet's Protractor"; did not make all the instruments they sold. | 12 Wall Street (1831-32); 14 Wall Street (1832-33); 166 Broadway (1833-42); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen C and 43; Moskowitz 103; Warner 14; RSW. |
| PIKE, B., AND SON'S | USA, c.1835, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D.(1992). | New York. | Coffeen 39. | |
| PIKE, B., AND SONS | USA, fl.1850-67, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = New Jersey Historical Society, Newark, Sutter's Fort, Sacramento, Cal., USNM, Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, Ohio, D.(1972), GUR, P.C., etc; Transits = WHI, Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society, N.Y., D.(1982); Microscope = D.(1986); Barometers = USNM (2). | Benjamin Pike 1 and either Benjamin (2) and Daniel Pike, 1841-43, or Daniel and Gardiner Pike, 1850-67. | 166 Broadway; 518 Broadway; both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 14; Moskowitz 104; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| PIKE, BENJAMIN 1 | England; USA, 1777-1863, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Rutgers University, New Jersey. | took Benjamin Pike, Jr. ( 2) as partner, 1831-41; took Benjamin (2) and Daniel Pike, his sons, as partners, 1841-43; worked with Daniel alone 1843-50; Gardiner Pike, another son, worked with his father and Daniel, 1850-63; firm continued under the old name until c.1893; some of their instruments surely purchased from other makers. | England (1777-1798); 147 Pearl Street (1807); 12 Wall Street (1810-30); 166 Broadway; 518 Broadway (1841-67); all but the English address are in New York N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Warner 14; RSW. |
| PIKE, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1809-64, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = USNM; Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1971), P.C. (2); Graphometer, 1850 = USNM; Theodolites = Franklin Institute, Pa., D.(1992). | in business with his father and brother, Daniel, 1841-43; then worked alone; known as Benjamin Pike, Jr. | 166 Broadway (1841-43); 294 Broadway (1843-64); both in New York, N.Y. | Taylor 2(1961); Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen 36. |
| PIKE, BENJAMIN, JR. | see Benjamin Pike 2. | RSW. | |||
| PIKE, DANIEL | USA, 1815-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of Benjamin Pike 1; worked with his father, and his brother, Benjamin Pike 2 1841-43; worked with his father 1843-50; worked with his father and his brother, Gardiner, 1850-67. | 166 Broadway; 518 Broadway; both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103. | |
| PIKE, GARDINER | USA, 1824-93, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | youngest son of Benjamin Pike 1; worked with his father and his brother, Daniel, 1850-67, as B. Pike and Sons. | 518 Broadway, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103. | |
| PIKKER, THOM. D. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Thom. D. Pikker; compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| PILGRAM, BENEDICT | Germany, fl.1524, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILGRAM, FRITZ | Germany, d.1543, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; made ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILGRAM, HANS | Germany, 1544, MIM | sundial maker; Master of the compass maker guild in 1544. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILGRAM, SEBALD | Germany, fl.1530-47, MIM | member of the compass maker guild; made ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PILKINGTON AND GIBBS | England, 1860, MIM | Heliochronometers = P.C.(1860), D., Soth. 7/10/67. | Soth. signed "Pilkington and Gibbs Ltd." | Preston. | RSW. |
| PILKINGTON, GEORGE | England, fl.1838-46, MIM OIM PHIM | 48 St. James's Street, Clerkenwell; 14 Clarence Place, Pentonville; both in London. | Taylor 2(2209); Dewhirst. | ||
| PILLISCHER, MORITZ | England, fl.1850-87, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = OXF (1855), Phillips 4/20/83 (1887), D.; Telescopes = Phillips 4/20/83 Soth.-S 5/19/88; Stick Barometers = X (2); Fortin-type Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94; Sunshine Recorder = P.C.; Barograph = KEN. | showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London, where he was listed as "Morrice Pillischer"; Fortin-type barometer (Bond St.) marked "No. 550." | 398 Oxford Street (1851); 88 New Bond Street (1854); both in London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PILLOT | France or Belgium, PHIM | devised a type of ballooning stick barometer called "Barometric Simple de Pillot." | RSW. | ||
| PILON, GERMAIN | France, c.1575, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials = D. | 32 faces; one sits on Atlas, the other on a caryatid; invented by "P. Beautemps de St.-Pourcinen Auvergne." | Brieux 2. | |
| PINAM, JOSEPH | MIM | Quadrant, wood, 4-inch radius = FLO-1306. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| PINARD, HENRI | France, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| PINCHBECK | England, post-1783, MIM | succeeded Christopher Pinchbeck 2. | London. | Taylor 2(297). | |
| PINCHBECK, CHRISTOPHER 1 | England, fl.1670-1723, MIM | father of Christopher Pinchbeck 2. | St. George's Court, St. John's Lane; Sign of the Astronomico-Musical Clock, near the Leg of Mutton, Fleet Street (1721); both in London. | Taylor 2(101). | |
| PINCHBECK, CHRISTOPHER 2 | England, 1710-83, MIM PHIM | made thermometers; son of Christopher Pinchbeck 1. | Cockspur Street, London. | Taylor 2(297). | |
| PINCHETTA, A., AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | London. | RSW. | |
| PINCHETTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | London. | RSW. | |
| PINEAU, F. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Dividers, iron = ADL-M84. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | ||
| PINHEY AND WOODS | England, MIM NIM | patent compass correction with azimuth sundial. | 58 High Street, Southampton. | RSW. | |
| PINI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see T. Pini. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PINI, J. AND L. | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | Joseph and Luigi Pini were partners; barometer makers. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PINI, JOSEPH | England, fl.1835-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Phillips 2/15/89. | thermometer maker; in partnership with Luigi Pini, 1848-60; Phillips signed "I. Pini." | 1 Princes Street, Red Lion Square (1835); 3 Princes Street, Red Lion Square (1836); 23 Brook Street (1838-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PINI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, c.1838, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Pini and Co." with no address. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(2210); Goodison 1. |
| PINI, LUIGI | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | see J. and L. Pini. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PINI, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | this may be a misreading, see J. Pini. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, Leather Lane, London. | RSW. |
| PINI, VALENTINO | Italy, fl.1598-1607, | designed sundials, 1598; author. | Venice. | Lübke; RSW. | |
| PINNEY, FRAN. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | one signed "Pinney Stamford." | Stamford. | Goodison 1. |
| PINNI, FRANCIS, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PIOCHAT | France, 1710, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1710 = Heinz Coll., Carnegie Museum, Pittsburg, Pa.; Butterfield-type Sundials = Soth. 11/17/38 & 3/11/77. | "Elève de Butterfield." | Paris. | Stewart; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PIOTI, JAMES | England, c.1792, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 10/9/86. | stick barometer is signed "Pioty Boston"; the name is sometimes spelled "Peote." | Boston, Lincolnshire. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PIOTTE, JAMES | England, fl.1806-23, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "Piotte Hull." | Queen Street (1806-23); 2 Queen Street (1821-23); both in Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| PIOTTI, P. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 4/25/91. | signed "P. Piotti Fecit." | RSW. | |
| PIOTTY, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIOTY, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| PIPER | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | Exeter. | RSW. | |
| PIPER, GEORGE | England, 1809, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1809 = D.(1988). | patented Aug. 12, 1809. | London. | RSW. |
| PIQUER, F. MICHAEL | Spain; France; Belgium, 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, 1542 = D.; Astrolabe = NMM. | the dealer's astrolabe is signed "Opus F. Mich. Piquer / Hisp. Parisiis MDXLII / Ant. Charreton XII Lugd. 1542"; Charreton may have been the owner in Lyon; the astrolabe at the NMM has Louvain as its source, ICA-433, ex-Barbarini Coll; see M.P. 1. | Catalonia; Paris (1542); Louvain. | Price 1; NMM 2; ICA 2; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Brieux 2; GHP. |
| PIQUIER, D. MICHAEL | see F. Michael Piquer. | RSW. | |||
| PIQUOLET | c.1790, MIM | Sundial on a snuff box = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| PIRELLI, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| PIRENBRUNNER, ERASMUS | Germany, 1574, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1574 = VIG. | Augsburg. | Neumann 1. | |
| PIREON, JEAN | misreading for Jean Pigeon 2. | Friess. | |||
| PIRET, J. | France, PHIM | Barometer = Wallace Coll., London. | Paris. | F.J.B. Watson. | |
| PIRGER, WOLFGANG | Germany, 1485, MIM | sundial maker in 1485. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| PISA, THOMAS OF | see Thomas of Pisa. | Dewhirst; Michel 3. | |||
| PISANI, OCTAVIUS | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Armillary Sphere = Chauveau Coll. | Naples. | Michel 3 (?).; check Octavii ! | |
| PISONE, B. | England, c.1840, MIM | Gauging Rod for spirits = P.C. | "Liquidometer." | RSW. | |
| PISTALLA, CHARLES | England, c.1805, PHIM | barometer maker. | 221 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PISTOR UND HIRSCHMANN | Germany, fl.1813-15, MIM OIM | Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor and Hirschmann, Senior. | Berlin. | Weil and Baden. | |
| PISTOR UND MARTINS | Germany, fl.c.1845-71, MIM NIM OIM | Meridian Transit, 1859 = AUI; Three-circle Navigating Instrument = Christie 12/18/74; Reflecting Circles = WHI, Phillips 11/16/76; Prismatic Circles = AMST (4). | Karl Philip Henrich Pistor; after his death, Martins continued the firm. | Berlin. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 1 & 2; USNM; Middleton 1; Weil and Baden; RSW. |
| PISTOR UND MENDELSSOHN | Germany, pre-1813, MIM | Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor and Karl Theodor Nathan Mendelssohn; instrument makers. | Berlin. | Pipping 1; Weil and Baden. | |
| PISTOR UND SCHIECK | Germany, fl.1824-36, MIM OIM PHIM | listed barometers in their 1829 catalogue. | Berlin. | Middleton 1; Weil and Baden. | |
| PISTOR, KARL PHILIPP HEINRICH | Germany, 1778-1847, MIM | Sundial, pocket, round = Drouot 11/7/75. | started out as an amateur and soon became a professional; received a D. Phil. in 1843; partner with Karl Theodor Nathan Mendelssohn pre-1813; Friedrich Wilhelm Schieck joined his workshop as a journeyman, 1811-19, and in 1824 became a partner and workshop manager in Pistor und Schieck; this partnership continued to 1836; Pistor then had a short partnership with Hirschmann, Senior, and later with Martins as Pistor und Martins until 1871 when Martins died; had visited Tulley in London for five weeks, c.1822. | 34 Mauerstrasse, Berlin. | Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Weil and Baden. |
| PITSALLA, CHARLES | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Retford. | London. | ATG 5/10/97. | |
| PITT, R. | England, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory = D.(1976). | London. | RSW. | |
| PITTUS, MINIATO | Italy, fl.1553-67, MIM | Sundial with Quadrant, wood, 1553 = Evans Coll. | Florence. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst. | |
| PITZOLI, ANTHONY | Ireland, fl.1831-35, PHIM | barometer maker. | 86 Pill Lane (1831); 86 1/2 Pill Lane (1832-35); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| PIXII | France, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | either Nicolas Constant Pixii or his son, Anthoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | RSW. | |
| PIXII ET FILS | France, c.1833, PHIM | Air Pump = P.C. | Nicolas Constant and Antoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | rue de Grenelle, St. Germain 181, Paris. | Brieux 3; RSW. |
| PIXII NEVEU ET SUCCESSEUR | France, c.1825, PHIM | Prism, variable angle = USNM. | "Pixii Neveu et Successeur de Dumotiez." | Rue du Jardinet No. 2 à Paris. | Warner 13. |
| PIXII PERE ET FILS | France, 1808-35, PHIM | Barometer = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Air Pump = D.(1976). | "Tube de Mariotte"; "Pixii Père et fils; Nicolas Constant and Antoine-Hippolyte Pixii. | rue de Grenelle, St. Germain 181, Paris. | Warner 13; RSW. |
| PIXII, ANTOINE-HIPPOLYTE | France, 1803-35, PHIM | Electromagnetic Generator = FLO. | son of Nicolas Constant Pixii; invented a magneto-electric machine in 1832; worked with his father, 1832-35. | 91 Rue de Jardinet, No. 2, Paris. | Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13. |
| PIXII, NICOLAS CONSTANT | France, 1776-1861, MIM PHIM | Thermoscope = P.C.; Torricelli Tube, 1830 = USNM; Hygrometer = LEY; Goniometers, Wollaston-type = APS, USNM; Pyrometer = USNM; Thermometer = LEY. | nephew of Louis-Joseph and Pierre François Dumotiez; one of the best and most productive makers of physical apparatus of his day; succeeded his uncles, c.1815; worked with his son, Antoine-Hippolyte, 1832-35; see Pixii Père et Fils; see Nicolas Constant Pixii-Dumotiez; U. of Georgia, Athens, bought instruments in 1819. | 91 rue de Jardinet, No. 2, Paris. | Daumas 1; Multhauf 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13; RSW. |
| PIXII-DUMOTIEZ, NICOLAS CONSTANT | France, c.1815, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = PEA. | Nicolas Constant Pixii succeeded his uncles, Louis-Joseph and Pierre François Dumotiez, c.1815. | Paris. | Daumas. |
| PIXU | misreading for Pixii. | Drouot 4/26/67. | |||
| PIZZALA | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87. | could be A. or Francis Augustus Pizzala 2. | 20 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. |
| PIZZALA AND GREENE | England, post-1854, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Francis Augustus Pizzala 2 and Greene 1. | 19 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PIZZALA, A. | England, fl.1840-53, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1977), X; Stick Barometers = Soth. 5/12/72 and 10/16/86; Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 5/21/73. | succeeded Francis Augustus Pizzala 1 and was succeeded by Francis Augustus Pizzala 2. | 7 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1840-46); 19 Hatton Garden (1847-53); both in London. | Taylor 2(2211); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PIZZALA, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS 1 | England, fl.1838-40, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = Christie 5/24/39. | succeeded by A. Pizzala; either A. Pizzala kept F.A Pizzala 1 name and showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London or it was F.A. Pizzala 2 who showed. | 7 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(2211); RSW. |
| PIZZALA, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS 2 | England, fl.1854-60, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded A. Pizzala in 1854; later a partner with Greene 1. | 19 Hatton Garden, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZALA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 84 Leather Lane, Holborn, Lomdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZI AND CETTI | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Buckingham. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| PIZZI AND NEGRETTI | England, fl.1841-45, PHIM | Jane Pizzi took Henry Negretti as a partner after the death of her husband, Valentine Pizzi; made barometers. | 19 Leather Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZI, JANE | England, fl.1840-45, PHIM | widow of Valentine Pizzi; partner with Henry Negretti, 1841-45; made barometers. | 27 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1840); 19 Leather Lane (1841-45); both in London. | Taylor 2(2112); Goodison 1. | |
| PIZZI, VALENTINE | England, fl.1838-40, PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded by his widow, Jane, and Henry Negretti. | 27 Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2212). | |
| PL., CAR. | see Carolus Platus. | Michel 3. | |||
| PLACE, WILLIAM | England, 1694, MIM | Proportional Rule, boxwood, 1694 = Soth. 5/21/73 = NMM. | "made for Benjamen Philliaps." | Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| PLAGEMANN, JOHAN JOACHIM FRIEDRICH | Germany; Sweden, 1740-1806, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1792 = SWE. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| PLANCIUS, PETRUS | Holland, 1552-1625, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1625 = ROM, KEN, SKO; Terrestrial Globe = ANM; Astrolabes = LIE, FLO. | Michel thought he was "Platevoet." | Dordrecht?; Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; Bedini 12; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PLANKMAN, RUTGERUS ROELEFS | Holland, 1748, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1748 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | ||
| PLANT, JOHN | England, c.1724, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PLANTART, NICOLAS | France, c.1619, MIM | Sundial inside lid of watch = Drouot 2/18/60. | Blois (1619); Abbéville (post-1619). | RSW. | |
| PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND | Belgium, c.1832, | invented the phenakistoscope in 1832; see S. Stampfer, professor. | Brussels. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| PLATEL | see Platus. | Brieux 2. | |||
| PLATEVOET, PIETER | see Petrus Plancius. | Bedini 12; Michel 3. | |||
| PLATH, C. | Germany, c.1800, MIM NIM OIM | Celestial Globe = LOS; Sextants = D.(1971), LIM, K. and C. 9/20/71, Seamans Institute of New York, N.Y.; Telescopes = PMS, Tower of Gold, Seville. | Hamburg. | USNM; RSW. | |
| PLATT, AUGUSTUS | USA, 1793-1886, MIM SIM | Transits = Ohio State Museum, Columbus, State Historical Society, Madison, Wis. | son of Benjamin Platt; see Augustus Platt and Son; his son was Calvin Platt. | New York, N.Y.; Lanesboro, Mass. (1809); Columbus, Ohio (1843-72). | Smart 1. |
| PLATT, AUGUSTUS, AND SON | USA, fl.1843-62, MIM SIM | Augustus and Calvin Platt. | Columbus, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| PLATT, BENJAMIN | USA, 1757-1833, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio State Historical Society, Columbus. | father of Augustus Platt; the compass cards have sine and cosine tables; clockmaker; gold and silversmith. | Danbury (1757); New Milford (1802); both in Conn.; Columbus, Ohio (1817-33). | Smart 1. |
| PLATT, CALVIN | USA, fl.1840-70, MIM SIM | worked with his father, Augustus, as Augustus Platt and Son, 1843-61; became superintendent of another firm. | Columbus, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| PLATUS, CAROLUS | Italy, fl.1578-98, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundials = D.(1588), BM (1593), Soth. 10/20/75 (1593); Armillary Spheres = FLO (1588), OXF; Celestial Globe, 1598 = NMM-Barberini; Globe = FLO. | sometimes spelled "Platel"; the FLO armillary sphere is signed "Car. Pl." | Rome. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Brieux 2; Evans 1; Dalton; RSW; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| PLATZER, L. | Czechoslovakia, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | Carlsbad. | Michel 3. | |
| PLEDGER, ELIAS | England, c.1731, MIM | wrote a pamphlet on the quadrant in 1731. | Taylor 2(298). | ||
| PLEIS, FOERING AND THUDIUM | 1840, MIM | Garden Sundial, cast-iron, 1840 = Mercer Museum, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| PLIENINGER, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1590-1607, MIM | made many large, stone sundials, most with perpetual calendars; examples can be seen at HAK, REG, KRE, MUN, AUG, STU, KAS, GRA, etc. | there is a stone sundial at BM, signed "A.P." (2) and marked "Marcus Curtius", which probably is by Plieninger. | Regensberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| PLIMPTON, GEORGE | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 5 Tysol Street and Lincoln's Inn Passage, London. | Taylor 2(1962). | ||
| PLONINGER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, 1720, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1720 = Evans Coll. | Munich. | Evans 1; Michel 3. | |
| PLOSSL, SIMON GEORG | Austria, 1794-1868, MIM OIM | Telescopes = USNM, ADL-A258, APS (1833), KRE, Technical Museum, Warsaw, P.C., D., etc; Dialytical Telescope, 1834 = APS; Microscopes = DRE, Pharmacy Museum, Cracow, Soth. 2/25/86; Camera Lucida = DRE.; etc. | Simon Georg Plössl; "Optiker und Mechaniker"; also made solar microscopes. | Vienna. | Multhauf 1; USNM; Repsold 2; Pipping 1; H.C. King 1; Coffeen 16; Giordano 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Chaldecott 3; RGO; ADL; RSW. |
| PLUMER, THOMAS | England, c.1775, NIM | Backstaff = Soth. 5/20/92. | signed "Thos. Plumer in Bristol." | Bristol. | RSW. |
| PLUMMER, FRANCIS | England, c.1646, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company c.1639; free of the Company April 8, 1646. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| POCHAINE, JOHN | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/16/86 | signed "J. Pochaine Warranted"; may be the same as Pochine. | Dean Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POCHINE AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be the same as Pochaine. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. |
| POCHLER, JOH. | Germany, 1657, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1657 = X. | Joh. Pöchler. | Hussum. | Zinner 1. |
| POCOCK, EBENEZER | England, 1801-36, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, on a paper balloon = Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. | marked "W. Day Lithog."; probably related to George Pocock; Taylor thought him English; Day and Haghe were lithographers to the King, see George Pocock; the balloon globe is similar to the one proposed by George Pocock; Bedini mentioned Bristol; might have emigrated or might be two people. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1963); Bedini 8; Yonge; RSW. |
| POCOCK, GEORGE | England, 1791-1830, MIM | Globe = X; Globe, terrestrial, inflatable, paper = D.(1997). | patented an inflatable terrestrial globe; D. signed "G. Pocock, Patentee, Bristol; Author of various other scientific Spheres stationary and revolving; G. Pocock del't; Day and Haghe lith'rs to the King"; Taylor thought he was English and mentioned the globe at an unknown location as well as Bristol as his address; Bedini thought he was an American globe maker who proposed an inflatable globe in 1830; might have emigrated or might be two people. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1963); Bedini 8; Coffeen 56. |
| Poeller, F. | Munich | Telescope, refracting=PC | 2 7/8" mirror, 38" long | Munich, Germany | Erlandson (Urbana, IL) |
| POGGIALI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, fl.1850-67, MIM OIM SIM | collaborated with Amici and was a mechanic in the Observatory of Florence. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | |
| POIRSON, JEAN BAPTISTE | France, 1760-1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1814 = Jefferson County Historical Museum, Watertown, N.Y. | "Géographe, Membre Légion d'Honneur." | Lorraine; Paris. | Yonge. |
| POLANSKI, BERNARD | Germany?, c. 1728, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, mounted over compass = NMM; Armillary Spheres = ROU = NMM. | this particular form of ring sundial was invented by Mathias Hauser. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; MADEX; RSW. | |
| POLEM | fl.1740-60, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| POLENI, GIOVANNI | Italy, 1709, MIM | made calculating machine in 1709; astronomer, mathematician and author; F.R.S.; French Academy. | Padua. | RSW. | |
| POLHAMMAR | Sweden, c.1710, MIM | made quadrant for Anders Spole, astronomer at Uppsala. | Pipping 1. | ||
| POLING, Z. | see Z. Boyling. | Zinner 1. | |||
| POLLARD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1820-38, OIM | 59 (later 62) Milbank Street, Westminster; 42 Princes Street, Leicester Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(1675). | ||
| POLLOCK, AARON | USA, c.1815, PHIM | made meteorological, philosophical and weighing instruments; patented a "balance beam", July 31, 1815. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| POLLYCOTT, THOMAS | England, c.1684, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1684. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| POLTH, JOHANN DE | Holland, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Bernal Sale-3961 = BM. | The Hague. | Ward 4; RSW. | |
| POLTHER | France, | Aneroid Barometer, 1732 = D.(1972). | "opticien"; modern work. | rue St. Opportune, Paris. | RSW. |
| POLTI | Italy; England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | "from Italy." | Goodison 1 and 5. | |
| POLTI, C. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Phillips 4/30/83; Angle Barometer = X. | both X barometers signed "Polti Exon." | Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POLTI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POLTI, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be Joseph Polti, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| POLTI, JOSEPH | England, fl.1822-34, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | made thermometers; barometers signed "J. Polti Leeds." | 7 Kirkgate (1822); Coxon's Yard, 72 Kirkgate (1834); both in Leeds. | Taylor 2(1676); Goodison 1; Dewhirst. |
| POLTI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| POLTY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | "J. Polty fecit"; see Joseph Polti. | RSW. | |
| PONCELOT, J. | France, c.1840, MIM | Globe on clock = Neumarkt 5/5/72. | Morez au Jura. | RSW. | |
| PONCIA, A. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONCIA, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONCIA, A., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see A. Poncia 1. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| PONCIA, J. | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | dealer? | Hereford. | Goodison 1. |
| PONCIONE AND COLUMBA | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 3/30/88. | see Poncione, Columba and Co. | 180 High Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| PONCIONE, COLUMBA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 180 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONCIONE, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/83. | signed "J. Po---one London"; see Jno. Poncione and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| PONCIONE, JNO., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be J. Poncione. | 281 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| POND, JAMES | England, fl.1822-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably a dealer. | High Street (1822); 35 Broad Street (1830); both in Lynn. | Goodison 1. |
| PONGUETA, ALEXANDER | Spain, 1633, MIM | Sundial, 1633 = D.(1986). | Madrid. | Queries, SIS Bull., No. 12., 1986. | |
| PONISI, G. | England, c.1795, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | Docks, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| PONISS, J., AND CO. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/6/78. | probably J. Ponisso. | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| PONISSO, J. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| PONT, JEAN DES | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = Christie 11/11/70. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| PONTHUS ET TERRODE | France, fl.1850-95, MIM | precision instrument makers; took over the workshop of Berthélemy in 1895; succeeded by A. Hurlimann. | Paris. | Calvert 2; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| PONTHUS-LORIEUX | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | Sextants = D.(1971), D.(1976); Full Circle, #221 = D.(1971). | Ponthus claimed to have succeeded E. Lorieux. | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; NMM 2; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| POOL | England, c.1815, MIM | Spirit Level on barometer = Christie 8/2/72. | the barometer was signed "E. Blunt, London." | London. | RSW. |
| POOL AND COMPANY | USA, c.1840, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Maine Historical Society, Portland. | surely John Pool. | Easton, Mass. | USNM; RSW. |
| POOL, CHARLES | USA, fl.1819-36, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | also made barometers and thermometers. | 295 Broadway (1819); 312 Broadway (1821-23); 280 Broadway (1824-26)(1831-34); 9 Wall Street (1827-30); 189 Reade (1835-36); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. |
| POOL, FREDERIC | USA, fl.1841-45, MIM NIM PHIM | alternative spelling was "Frederick." | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| POOL, H.M., AND BROTHERS | USA, c.1845, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = DPW, P.C. | Horace Minot, John, and presumably Harrison Pool. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1; RSW. |
| POOL, HARRISON | USA, 1816-69, MIM NIM SIM | presumably worked with his brothers, John and Horace Minot Pool, as H.M. Pool and Brothers, which see. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| POOL, HORACE MINOT | USA, 1803-78, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, Clark County Museum, Springfield, Ohio, P.C., D.(1987), D.(1994); Transits = GUR (2), P.C.; Level = P.C. | see H.M. Pool and Brothers; see J. and H.M. Pool. | Easton, Mass. | USNM; Smart 1; Coffeen 15; Moskowitz; Price 2; Garcelon 33. |
| POOL, J. AND H.M. | USA, fl.1828-78, MIM NIM SIM | Bearing Indicator = Old Colony Historical Society, Taunton, Mass.; Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1971), PEA; Protractor = USNM; Magnetic Compasses = Clark County Historical Society, Springfield, Ohio, D.(1989). | John and Horace Minot Pool were brothers. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 102; Coffeen 27; RSW. |
| POOL, J., AND CO. | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C., D.(1997). | John Pool; signed J. Pool and Comp'y." | Easton, Mass. | Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| POOL, JOHN | USA, 1796-1865, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1978). | worked with his brother, Horace Minot Pool as J. and H.M. Pool; also presumably worked with Horace Minot and Harrison Pool as H.M. Pool and Brothers. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1; Rinaldi. |
| POOL, JOHN MURRAY | USA, 1824-1904, NIM | son of John Pool and nephew of Horace Minot Pool. | Easton, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| POOL, T. AND F. | USA, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P-B 10/5/44. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| POOL, THOMAS 1 | USA, fl.1828-43, PHIM | made thermometers; called Thomas Pool, Jr. in 1828-30 directories. | 568 Pearl (1828-29); 42 Fulton (1830); 31 Fulton (1835-36); 44 Fulton (1836-37); 174 Broadway )1837-39); 509 Broadway (1841-43); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| POOL, THOMAS 2 | USA, c.1864, MIM | 177 N. Eutau Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM. | ||
| POOLE | England, 1667, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1667 = D.(1975). | London. | RSW. | |
| POOLE, JOHN 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Sympiesometer = RSM. | might be John Poole 2 at an earlier or later address. | Upper East Smithfield, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POOLE, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1830-86, NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = Soth. 6/16/75; Wheel Barometer = K. & C. 3/19/75; Marine Barometer with Sympiesometer = D.(1976); Chronometer = ADL-A132; Telescope = Soth. 3/25/86. | the sextant and the marine barometer are marked "57 Fenchurch Street, London." | 9 York Terrace, Commercial Road; 7 Brunswick Terrace, Commercial Road; 57 Fenchurch Street (after 1855); all in London. | Taylor 2(1964); ADL; RSW. |
| POOLE, THOMAS | England, fl.1817-18, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Upper North Place, Grays Inn Gate, London. | Taylor 2(1408); Goodison 1. | |
| POOLE, WILLIAM C. | USA, c.1840, MIM NIM SIM | patented a mariner's and a surveyor's compass in 1840. | Lancaster, Pa. | USNM. | |
| POOLER | England, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/22/77. | might be Richard Turner Pooler. | London. | J. Brown 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| POOLER, RICHARD TURNER | England, c.1790-1810, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 1, 1780; free of the Company, Feb. 5, 1790. | 6 Great Tower Street, London. | J. Brown 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| POPE, JOSEPH | USA, 1750-1826, MIM | Orrery, 1787 = Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. | clockmaker; it is reported that he took 11 years to finish the orrery; figures reputed to be by Paul Revere. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; USNM. |
| POPE, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1813, | took out a patent in 1813 on a nautical instrument; might be the same as William Pope 2. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1409). | |
| POPE, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1829, | author; patented a magnetic dip needle; might be the same as Willian Pope 1 or 2. | London. | Taylor 2(1677); Dawson's 205. | |
| POPELL, MATTHAEUS FRANCISCUS | Germany, fl.1665-69, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1669 = AMST; Sundial = ROU-109 = NMM; Table Sundial, 1665 = OXFB; Quadrant = Evans Coll. | alternative spelling was "Poppel." | Evans 1; Michel 3; Gatty; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM-2; RSW. | |
| POPKES, D. | Holland, c.1763, PHIM | made physical instruments for the cabinet of the Fundatie van Renswoode. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| POPPE, H.B. | Germany, 1759, MIM | Artillery Level, 1759 = HAM. | RSW. | ||
| POPPEL, H. | 16th Century, MIM | Mathematical Instrument = NMM-Caird. | RSW. | ||
| POPPENBERG, JOH. PET. | Germany, c.1775, PHIM | Coin Balances = WHI, DRE. | Westfalia. | O. Brown 2; RSW. | |
| POPPING, GERTRUD | MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver, case = WHI ( FIT). | Gerdrud Pöpping. | Price 2; Bryden 16. | |
| PORENSON, ALBERT | Germany, 1774, MIM | rebuilt a large astronomical quadrant in 1744; the quadrant is now in the Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany. | Schlee; RSW. | ||
| PORO, ---ITO | Portugal, NIM | Sextant = LIM. | Lourenço, Luiz da Porto. | RSW. | |
| PORRE VECCHIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Porre the Elder and Co. | 17 Great Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PORRI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see Porre Vecchio and Co. | 17 Great Queen Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PORRI, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1834-64, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | his first name may have been "Baldisaro"; his grandson said that Benjamin Porri had been apprenticed to Remundi in Halifax; Benjamin Porri's son-in-law was Innocenti Fattorini; the barometer is signed "B. Porri Skipton." | Caroline Square (1834); New Market Square (1841); both in Skipton. | Goodison 1. |
| PORRI, DOMENICO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PORRI, F. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer and Hygrometer = Soth. 12/15/83; Wheel Barometer = X. | Dublin. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| PORRI, G.B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| PORRO, FRANCISCO | Spain, NIM | T.C. | Gibralter. | Calvert 2. | |
| PORRO, IGNAZIO | Italy; France; Italy, 1795-1875, MIM OIM SIM | Prism Monocular with Telemeter, 1849 = SWE; Cylindrical Slide Rule = SWE. | invented and made the first prism monocular; retired in 1861. | Florence; Paris; Milan. | Pipping 1; Dewhirst; Brenni 1; RSW. |
| PORTA, JOHN BAPTISTA | Italy, OIM | made telescopes and microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| PORTARIS, BOHINI DE | see Bohini de Portaris. | Italian Inventory. | |||
| PORTEMAN, ANN | England, MIM | Sundial, folding style = Soth. 4/20/14 | might be owner. | RSW. | |
| PORTER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/10/90. | Wokingham. | RSW. | |
| PORTER AND CONNER | USA, NIM | Ship's Mechanical Log = APS. | possibly Commodore David Porter and David Conner. | Multhauf 1. | |
| PORTER, DANIEL | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 1, 1803. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| PORTER, G.E. | PHIM | Stick Barometer, walnut = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| PORTER, GEORGE | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | 14 St. James's Buildings, London. | Taylor 2(1965). | ||
| PORTER, HENRY | England, fl.1825-60+, MIM OIM | apprenticed to William Cary; succeeded him in 1825 and kept Cary's name; T.C.; "Cary and Co. (Henry Porter) Opticians and Scientific Instrument Makers to the Admiralty established 1765"; "Late of 181 Strand, W.C." | 181 Strand; 7 Pall Mall (S.W), 2 doors east of Waterloo Place; both in London. | Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| PORTER, R. | USA, MIM SIM | Level = Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| PORTER, RUFUS | USA, 1822, MIM | Almanacs with Volvelles = D.(1989), Old Sturbridge Village. | signed "R. Porter Del." | Billerica, Mass. | M.A.D. Sept 1989; Jean Lipman. |
| PORTER, SAMUEL | England, c.1824, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, Ferguson type = UTR; Floating Sundials = UTR, OXF, NMM, VNN, Maritime Museum of British Columbia, D.(1976), Soth. 12/15/78, ADL-T46 (bone), D.(2), etc.; Table of Time = D.(1997). | Porter patented the floating sundial on Feb. 14, 1824; table of time was for 56 years, 1825-1880 and signed "Sam'l Porter Fecit, Entered at Stationer's Hall May 27, 1825." | London. | Taylor 2(1679); Dewhirst; Michel 3; de Rijk; USNM; Moskowitz; Coffeen 29, 33, 43 and 58; ADL; RSW. |
| PORTER, THOMAS | England, c.1705, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 5, 1705. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| POSIDONIUS | Italy, c.43 B.C., MIM | Astronomical Ring or Planetarium = lost. | Rome. | Cicero; Grimaldi 315. | |
| POST, WILLIAM | England, fl.1723-52, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Wright 1 in the Broderers' Company; free of the Company, May 1, 1723; Master of the Company, 1752; also a clock maker. | on London Bridge. | Crawforth 7. | |
| POTTEN, JOHN | England, fl.1707-37, MIM | apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company, July 29, 1699; free of the Company, Jan. 9,1707; took one apprentice. | under Exeter Change in the Strand, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| POTTER 1 | see Hearn and Potter. | RSW. | |||
| POTTER 2 | Canada, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, pocket = D.(1972); Microscope = P.C. | either Augustus Frederick Potter or Charles Potter 2. | Toronto. | Moskowitz 104. |
| POTTER, A.D. | surely a misreading for J.D. Potter. | ||||
| POTTER, AUGUSTUS FREDERICK | Canada, c.1860, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1986). | brother of Charles Potter 2. | Toronto, C.W. | Coffeen 12. |
| POTTER, CHARLES 1 | England, c.1813, | apprenticed to George Dollond 1 in the Grocers' Company, Dec. 2, 1813. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| POTTER, CHARLES 2 | Canada, c.1860, MIM SIM | Transit = P.C. | brother of Augustus Frederick Potter. | Toronto, C.W. | Coffeen 12; USNM. |
| POTTER, FRANCIS | England, 1594-1678, MIM | Quadrant, silver, 1651 = BM. | sundial maker; mechanician; mathematician; author. | Trinity College (pre-1613-37); Kilmanton Rectory (1637). | Feingold; Taylor 1(132); Gunther 2. |
| POTTER, JOHN | USA, 1746-1818, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1785 = GUR. | clockmaker. | Brookfield, Mass. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1; USNM. |
| POTTER, JOHN DENNETT | England, b. 1810; fl.1830-69, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Box Sextant = Phillips 10/5/76; Hadley's Quadrant = NMM; Sextants = Phillips 10/26/83, Bearnes 1/24/90, Christie 7/5/71; Stick Barometer = K. and C. 12/15/72; Parallel Rules = MYS (1851), Whaler's Village Museum, Maui; Sectors = ADL-A285, KEN, Soth. 2/25/86; Telescope = Christie-SK 10/23/87; Octant = Soth. 3/10/87; Station Pointer = NMM. | T.C.; shopman to R.B. Bate; "Hydrometer and Mathematical Instrument Maker and Chart Agent to the Rt. Hon.ble the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty"; Maui parallel rules marked "Capt. Fields Improved Reg. Jany 1854"; firm active to 1966. | 31 Poultry and Tower Hill; 145 Minories (1866); both in London. | Taylor 2(1966); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24.; McConnell 4; ADL; RSW. |
| POTTING | see Potten. | Crawforth 7. | |||
| POTTS | see Rittenhouse and Potts; also Potts and Rittenhouse. | Multhauf 1; RSW. | |||
| POTTS AND RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1773, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = APS. | W.L. Potts worked with either David or Benjamin Rittenhouse; Bedini favors Benjamin on stylistic grounds; see Rittenhouse and Potts. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Multhauf 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1. |
| POTTS, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. & C. 2/8/78. | London. | RSW. | |
| POTTS, THOMAS | England, fl.1805-14, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | T.C.; barometer signed "Potts London Real Maker." | No. 371 Strand near Southhampton Street (1805); 18 St. Martin's Court (1807-14); both in London. | Taylor 2(1198); Crawforth 1; Goodison 1. |
| POTTS, WILLIAM LUKENS | USA, 1771-1854, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, P.C., D.(1985). | worked with Benjamin Rittenhouse as Rittenhouse and Potts (1796-98); also as Potts and Rittenhouse. | Worcester Township, Pa. (1796-98); Pitts Town, New Jersey (1800); Bucks County, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1817). | Bedini 8; Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 10; B.R. Forman. |
| POUILLY, J. | France, fl.1683-92, MIM OIM SIM | Graphometers = NMM (1686), PAM, D.(1985), P.C.(1987), Christie's 4/3/85, State Library, New South Wales; Sector = X; Microscope = P.C. | made microscopes, Butterfield-type sundials, lodestones; Coffeen thinks that Pouilly and Depouilly are the same maker; see also Depovilly. | Au Compas Marin, rue Dauphine, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Coffeen 11 and 46; RSW. |
| POULAIN | see Lefebvre et Poulain. | ||||
| POULIEUR | France, | a rope-maker. | RSW. | ||
| POULLOT, V.N. | France, fl.1838-62, OIM | lens maker. | rue Saint-Louis-en-Marais 35, Paris. | USNM. | |
| POUND, JAMES | England, 1669-1724, | helped his nephew, James Bradley, to construct a clock-driven telescope; designed a cylinder sundial; F.R.S. | Wanstead, Essex. | Taylor 1(470) & 2(103). | |
| POUTENSZ, SIMON ABBE JAN | Holland, c.1476, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| POUVILLION | variant of Pouvillon. | Nachet; Daumas 1; RSW. | |||
| POUVILLON | France, c.1833, MIM OIM | Orrery on Clock = D.(1983). | successor to Noël Simon Carochez. | Nogent-sur-Oise; 33 Quai de l'Horloge, Paris (1833). | Nachet; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| POWELL | see Butler and Powell. | Bryden 9. | |||
| POWELL AND LEALAND | England, fl.1842-99, OIM | made many fine microscopes; made improvements in microscopes. | Hugh Powell and P. Lealand. | 4 Seymour Place = 4 Euston Square = 170 Euston Road, London. | G.L'E. Turner 1, 4, 23, 24; Young 1; Moskowitz 122; USNM; Coffeen 14; RSW. |
| POWELL, HUGH | England, 1798-1883, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = WHI. | partner of P. Lealand, 1841-83; T.C. | 24 Clarendon Street, Somers Town, St. Pancras (1830); 4 Seymour Place = 4 Euston Square = 170 Euston Road (1841); both in London. | Taylor 2(1028); G.L'E. Turner 1, 4, 23, 24; Young 1; Crawforth 1; Dewhirst. |
| POWELL, J. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Worcester. | RSW. | |
| POWELL, JAMES | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on April 5, 1722. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| POWELL, JOHN | England, 1753, MIM | Calendar, 1753 = Bodleian Library. | Birmingham. | Gunther 2. | |
| POWELL, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POWELL, THOMAS, AND SONS | England, c.1810, MIM SIM | Transit = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| POYNER, IOHANNES | 1719, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1719 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| POYNET, JOHN | England, MIM | Sundial = Henry VIII. | Earle. | ||
| POZO, JUAN DEL | Spain, 1656, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1656 = O-F Coll. | square; similar to Petrus ab aggere sundials. | Seville. | Monreal; RSW. |
| POZOLY, A. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POZZI AND CO. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 11/2/72, Bearne's 2/17/92; Stick Barometers = Phillips 9/10/86, Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Phillips stick barometer marked "Warranted." | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| POZZI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wooton Bassett. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, C. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POZZI, C. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| POZZI, JOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Rochdale. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, O. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| POZZI, PETER | England, fl.1822-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Willow Street, Oswestry. | Taylor 2(1967); Goodison 1. | |
| POZZOLI, FRANCIS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Prittlewell. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRAC FIOR | Italy?, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = ADL-M105. | Fior-enza ? | Florence? | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| PRADA, C. | England, c.1800?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | one wheel barometer signed "Prada High Wycombe and Chesham" the other, "C. Prada High Wycombe." | High Wycombe and Chesham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| PRADA, C., AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Winterton Auction 9/20/90. | Georgian. | Worcester. | RSW. |
| PRADA, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chester. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRAETORIUS, D. | Germany, MIM | Sundial, inclinable = ADL-W229. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| PRAETORIUS, JOHANN | Germany, 1537-1616, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1562 = NUR; Chalice Sundial, 1563 = NUR; Astrolabes = DRE (1568) (ICA-271), NUR (1568) (ICA-554), FLO (1591) (ICA-483); Quadrant, 1571 = NUR; Terrestrial Globe, 1568 = DRE; Nocturnal, 1568 = DRE; Celestial Globe, 1566 = DRE (lost); Astrolabe, date unknown, = DRE (lost); Torquetum, 1568 = NUR; Sundials, 1566 and no date = NUR. | the celestial globe was also marked "J. Richter" (his real name); Drechsler thought that he was Johann Prätorius Joachimicus. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Lunardi; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Drechsler 2; RSW. |
| PRANDI, F. AND CO. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Francis Prandi. | 26 Church Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Dewhirst. |
| PRANDI, FRANCIS | England, c.1822, PHIM | T.C.; barometer maker; see F. Prandi and Co. | No. 32 Church Street, Sheffield. | Crawforth 1; Goodison 1. | |
| PRATT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1616-24, MIM | Arithmetical Jewel, 1617 = BM. | instrument is a a mechanical calculator; author. | London. | Taylor 1(135); Price 3; A.J. Turner 10. |
| PRAUN, JAMES | England, c.1710, OIM | optician; Uffenbach brothers found him "very cheap and good and, if he takes the trouble, makes a fine polish" (on the lenses?), in 1710. | London. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PRAZMOUSKI, A. | France, c.1870, OIM | Microscopes = OXF, Phillips 7/28/82; Heliochronometer = Soth. 3/25/86. | the microscope at Phillips was marked "E. Hartnack et A. Prazmouski, A. Prazmouski Sucr."; Hartnack and Prazmouski were partners c.1865-70. | 1 Rue Bonaparte, Paris. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| PREDARY | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may have been a dealer. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| PREGELL, THOMAS | Germany, fl.1617-29, MIM | Astrolabe, 1629 = VIE (ICA-560); Diptych Sundial, 1617 = Greppin Coll. = Koller 11/17/75; Sundial, ivory, 1619 = AMST; Sundial, 1617 = de Longrée Coll; Diptych Sundial = P.C.; Sundials = Fremersdorf Coll. (1623), BRE (1629). | alternative spelling was "Prögel." | Nürnberg (1617); Zwickau. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Michel 2; Price 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; GHD; RSW. |
| PREIST | England, c.1782, PHIM | Hydrometer = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | RSW. | ||
| PRENLICE, J. | misreading for John Prentice. | ||||
| PRENTICE, CHARLES F. | USA, 1854-1946, MIM OIM SIM | son of James Prentice; worked with his father as James Prentice and Son 1883-97; then incorporated as James Prentice and Son Company until 1924. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PRENTICE, JAMES | England; USA, 1812-88, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Clinometer = D.(1971); Sextant = MYS; Wye Level = D.(1994). | apprenticed to John Beal in London for seven years; came to the U.S.A. in 1842; worked alone 1846-83; formed a partnership with his son, Dr. Charles Prentice as Prentice and Son, c. 1883, in New York, N.Y.; 1994 D. is signed "New York." | London; 315 Broadway (1853-54), New York, N.Y.(1842-88). | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Garcelon 33. |
| PRENTICE, JAMES, AND SON | USA, fl.1883-97, MIM SIM | James Prentice and his son, Dr. Charles F. Prentice. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PRENTICE, JAMES, AND SON COMPANY | USA, fl.1897-1924, MIM OIM SIM | incorporated 1897 and dissolved in 1924; Dr. Charles F. Prentice as president. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| PRES. R.L.S.P. | 1725, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1725 = NMM-Caird. | sundials mounted on base; globe is hand-painted. | NMM 2. | |
| PRESBURY, WILLIAM | England, c.1674, | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, c.1674. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| PRESL, MATHIAS J. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = VIE; Theodolite = KRE; Graphometer = KRE. | Aussee. | Michel 3; Zinner 1. | |
| PRESTINARI AND VANINO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 11/2/72. | RSW. | ||
| PRESTON, E., AND SONS | England, c.1861, MIM | Slide-Rule, Carrett-type = P.C. | Birmingham. | Delehar 2. | |
| PRESTON, GRANT | England, c.1832, NIM | made liquid compasses. | London. | Taylor 2(1968); J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| PRETZFELDER, I.C. | Germany, 1746, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, pewter, 1746 = WHI (FIT). | Nürnberg. | Price 2; Bryden 16. | |
| PRICE 1 | see Hill and Price. | ||||
| PRICE 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | London. | RSW. | |
| PRICE AND SCOTT | England, 1715, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1715 = BM. | Charles Price and Benjamin Scott. | at the Mariner and Globe at Exeter Exchange Street in the Strand; at the Atlas against Exeter Exchange in the Strand (1715); both in London. | Tyacke 1; J. Brown 1; Calvert 2. |
| PRICE, C. | see I. Sellars and C. Price. | ||||
| PRICE, C., AND I. SENEX | England, fl.1707-10, MIM | miniature globes; "Geographers"; "New and Correct Globe with ye Trade Winds, etc." | London. | Krogt 2. | |
| PRICE, C.W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Bearnes 9/17/86. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| PRICE, CHARLES | England, fl.1697-1744, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, on stand, 1715 = Christie 5/26/76; Terrestrial Globe, miniature, with case = D.(1981). | apprenticed to John Seller 1 of the Merchant Taylors' Company in 1694; free of the Company in 1703; partner with Jeremiah Seller, 1697-1705; worked with John Senex, 1710-13; partner of Benjamin Scott, 1714-15; T.C.; see Seller and Price. | see Price, Charles (Cont.) | see Price, Charles (Cont.) |
| PRICE, CHARLES (CONT.) | at the Hermitage in Wapping (1700-05) and at the shop next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill (1703-06); at their house in Whites-Alley, Coleman Street (1707-10); at the Archimedes and Globe in Ludgate Street (1710); at the Lisbon Coffee-House behind the Royal Exchange (1713-15); at the Atlas against Exeter Exchange in ye Strand (1715); at the Sign of the Mariner and Globe, Strand (1718); of Hammersmith, in Westminster Hall (1727-30); at Strand-Bridge in the Strand (1731); in the Fleet Prison (1731); all in London. | Tyacke 1; J. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Taylor 1(420) & 2(104); Krogt 2; Wynter and Turner; Crawforth 6 and 8; RSW. | |||
| PRICE, HENRY | England, c.1846, MIM PHIM | London. | Dewhirst. | ||
| PRICE, RICHARD | England, c.1801, MIM | rule maker. | Mills Court, Slaney Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PRICE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 115 Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1969). | ||
| PRICHARD, ZEBEDIAH | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1661; free of the Company, June 17, 1669. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PRIEST | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newark. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIESTLY, THOMAS | England; Russia, c.1830, MIM | Sundials = P.C., Christie 12/18/74; Terrestrial Globe = MLL. | the sundial in a private collection and the globe are in Russian characters. | Moscow. | Schmidt; Chenakal 1; RSW. |
| PRIEUR, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, c.1725, PHIM | Barometer = MADEX-1197 = PAC. | Hooke-type two-liquid barometer, mounted on a carved wooden panel. | rue Ste. Marguerite Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PRIEUT, G. | France, c.1580, MIM | Sundial in lid of a watch = X. | Moreux. | ||
| PRIMAVESI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/88. | Wareham. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI BROS. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Poole and Wareham. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIMAVESI BROS. 2 | England, c.1875, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 9/20/83. | Bournemouth. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, D. | England, c.1850, | agent for Robert M. Barrett. | Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, F. | England, c.1845, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see F. Primavesi and Son; see F. Primavesi and Sons. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIMAVESI, F., AND SON | England, c.1850, NIM OIM | Sextant, ebony = P-B Sale. | Cardiff and Swansea. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, F., AND SONS | England, c.1850, NIM OIM | Telescope = PMS. | Cardiff and Swansea. | RSW. | |
| PRIMAVESI, FRANS | Holland, fl.1740-60, PHIM | Thermometer = UTR. | according to Crommelin, thermometer is signed "L. Primavesi." | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Middleton 1; Rooseboom 1. |
| PRIMAVESI, JEAN | Italy; Holland, c.1750, PHIM | Barometer = UTR. | signed "L. Primaves." | Amsterdam. | Middleton 1. |
| PRIMAVESI, L.P. | Holland, c.1760, PHIM | associated with his father, Frans Primavesi. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| PRIMAVESI, LODK. | Holland, c.1771, OIM PHIM | Double Barometer = UTR. | see Bianchi and Primavesi; see Bianchi, Primavesi and Co.; made thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| PRIMAVESI, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 7 Greville Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| PRIN, GEORGES | France, fl.1903-1934, MIM OIM SIM | made transit circles and telescope mounts; succeeded Paul Gautier in 1910; for several years the firms of Prin and Secretan were joined as Ets. Secretan, Epry et Jacquelin successeurs. | Paris. | H.C. King 1; Daumas 1; USNM. | |
| PRINCE, A. | Ireland, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie 11/24/76. | Waterford. | RSW. | |
| PRINCE, JOHN | USA, 1751-1836, MIM PHIM | Rev. John Prince; made and improved instruments. | Salem, Mass. | Bedini 1; Burstyn; Genuth 1. | |
| PRINE | misreading for Prins. | RSW. | |||
| PRINS, HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1730-60, OIM PHIM | Thermometers, mercurial = TEY, Leigh and Soth. 3/23/1790, Langford and Son 4/5/1769; Thermometers, LEY(3), UTR (1758); Barometers = LEY, UTR; Telescope = LEY. | apprenticed to Fahrenheit; succeeded him in 1736. | Amsterdam. | Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| PRIO., IO. FRAN. | Italy, 1597, MIM | Pin-gnomon Sundial, oval, 1597 = Ecouen (Cl. 1312). | also marked "S. H.L."; decorated with cherubs. | RSW. | |
| PRIOR, THOMAS | USA, 1760, MIM | Sundial, copper, 1760 = Museum, Pa. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Antiques, June 1925. | |
| PRIOR, W.R., AND CO. | England, OIM | Microscope = K. and C. 5/23/7? | London. | RSW. | |
| PRITCHARD, ANDREW | England, 1804-82, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D.(1971),(1984),(1985),(1986), Soth. 7/10/67, 2/25/86, etc. | apprenticed to Cornelius Varley in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1832; free of the Company on Jan. 9, 1839; made first diamond lens with Varley; made jewel lenses; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; T.C.; author. | 18 Pickett Street (1827-29) and (1831-35); 312 Strand (1833-34); 263 Strand (1836-37); 162 Fleet Street (1837); all in London. | Taylor 2(1199); Court and von Rohr 3(250); Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 14; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| PRITT | England, 19th Century, MIM | Garden Sundial, bronze = D. | "Maker"; 53° 45'. | Moskowitz 121. | |
| PROCIOP, A. | Italy?, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = Galerie am Neumarkt 10/19/72. | RSW. | ||
| PROCKTER, MARMADUKE LYDE | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 24, 1786. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PROCTOR | England, c.1740, MIM | Ring Sundial = WHI. | see L. Proctor; see Charles Proctor. | Bryden 16. | |
| PROCTOR AND BEATTIE | England, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| PROCTOR AND BEILBY | England, fl.1787-1801, MIM OIM SIM | Telescope = PMS; Microscope, Culpeper-type = Soth. 11/27/67; Surveyor's Compass = D.(1980). | Price Street (1787); Newhall Street (1797-18)1); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| PROCTOR BROS. | England, c.1740-80, MIM | Charles and L. Proctor; made ring sundials. | Milk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(394). | |
| PROCTOR, CHARLES | England, fl.1760-95, MIM | Ring Sundials = Evans Coll. = OXF (1760), Soth. 10/17/60. | sundials signed "Proctor Sheffield"; brother of L. Proctor. | Milk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(394); Gunther 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Earle; RSW. |
| PROCTOR, G. AND W. | England, c.1800, OIM | Telescope, 3-draw = D.(1986). | London. | Coffeen 12. | |
| PROCTOR, GEORGE | England, c.1818, OIM | optician; see Proctor and Beilby. | Newhall Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| PROCTOR, L. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = OXF. | for 53° latitude; brother of Charles Proctor; see Proctor. | Milk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(394); Gunther 2; Evans 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| PROCTOR, WILLIAM | England, fl.1808-30, OIM | took out patents for hardware. | Bell Street, Trippel Lane, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1200). | |
| PROFATIUS, JUDAEUS | France, c.1236-c.1304, MIM | Profeit Tibbon (Jacob ben Machir); wrote on the universal astrolabe in 1263 and also on the quadrans novus. | Provence; Montpelier. | Maddison 1; Poulle 2 and 3; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| PROGEL | Prögel see Pregell. | Michel 3. | |||
| PROSCH, ANDREW | USA, fl.1846-97, MIM NIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| PROSCH, GEORGE | USA, fl.1834-43, MIM PHIM | mechanician. | 19 Canal Street (1834-35); 44 Watts Street (1835-36); 27 Jones Street (1838-39); 140 Nassau Street (1841-43); all in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| PRUDENT, L. | France, fl.1836-62, NIM OIM | "Lorgnettes de théatre de marine et de campagne." | rue de Chabrol 20, Paris. | USNM. | |
| PRUJEAN, JOHN | England, fl.1667-1701, MIM | Astrolabe, wood and paper, 1670 = OXF; Quadrants, wood and paper = OXF, NMM; Quadrants = ADL-A203, KEN, D.(1974), Soth. 6/9/77, OXF. | the astrolabe is ICA-314; the ADL quadrant was found on an English beach. | New College Lane, Oxford. | Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 2 & 3; Maddison 1; RSW. Dewhirst; Taylor 1(322); ADL. |
| PRYOR, THOMAS | USA, fl.1778-1801, MIM NIM | loyalist. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| PUCHNER, PAULUS | 1577, | designed an artillery level. | RSW. | ||
| PUGH, FRANCIS ROBERT GEORGE | England, c.1841, | apprenticed to William Green 2 in the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1841. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| PUKE, I. | England, c.1790, MIM | Garden Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| PULHAM, S. | England, c.1750, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | near Harleston, Weybread, Suffolk. | RSW. | |
| PULLEN, D. | England, 1712, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1712 = D.(1967). | ten inches in diameter. | RSW. | |
| PULLEN, JAMES | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Elmes on Oct. 20, 1669. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PULMAN, P. | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Axminster. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| PULMANN, JACOB | see Hans Bulmann; | Zinner 1. | |||
| PULSFORD, GEORGE | England, c.1848, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "G. Pulsford." | 36 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. |
| PURCHON, GEORGE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X (2). | Glass House. | Goodison 1. | |
| PURDEN, J. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Stick Barometer = P.C.(1975). | may be John Purden. | London. | RSW. |
| PURDEN, JOHN | England, c.1764, | apprenticed to Thomas Newman 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 7, 1764; may be the same as J. Purden. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| PURMANN, MARCUS | Germany, fl.1588-1616, MIM | made astronomical compendiums and various types of sundials and clocks dating from 1588 through 1616; examples of his work can be seen at VIE, Prague Alte Sternwarte, NUR, MUN, ex-Coll. Michel, LIE, Geneva Museum, OXF, HAK, DEU, NOR, BM, ZUR, etc. | "Uhr und Compassmacher"; see also "M.P." 3. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Maddison 1; Hamilton 2; Lübke; Michel 1, 2 & 3; Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Skopova 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. |
| PURMANS, M. | Astronomical Compendium = ADL-W58. | forgery; the mis-spelling comes from Rohde. | Michel 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| PURRINI, BART. | Italy, 1780, OIM | Microscope, 1780 = D.(1973). | Siena. | Garisenda Antiquariato. | |
| PUSCHNER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1720-51, MIM | Planetarium in an Armillary Sphere, 1751 = BAM; made many terrestrial and celestial globes dated from 1720 through 1751; examples can be seen in most principal museums. | engraver and noted mechanician; see Dopplemayr and Puschner. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| PUTMAN, JACOB | USA, 18th Century, MIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Vermont Historical Society, Montpelier. | USNM. | ||
| PUTOIS ET ROCHETTE | France, c.1785, OIM PHIM | Goniometer, silver = FLO. | Paris. | Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| PUTOIS, ETIENNE ANTOINE | France, fl.1760-98, OIM | supplied Rochon with a telescope for a prismatic micrometer; made achromatic telescopes; succeeded the Veuve Marie, c.1760; breveted in 1788; worked with Grateloup; licensed optician to the king. | au Griffon, 67 du Quai de l'Horloge, Paris (1786). | Daumas 1; Nachet; Howse 2. | |
| PUYRICHARD | France, c.1680, | invented a level with telescope in 1680. | au Faubourg Saint-Germain, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| PYEFINCH, ELIZABETH | England, c.1786, MIM | listed as an umbrella maker and mathematical instrument maker in the directories of 1786; kept the China Warehouse at 30 Bucklersbury; possibly succeeded Henry Pyefinch. | 30 Bucklersbury; 45 Cornhill (1786); both in London. | Taylor 2(642). | |
| PYEFINCH, HENRY | England, 1739-90, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, Galilean = NMM; Telescope = G. Washington (1780-99); Sector = Christie 12/8/76; Stick Barometer = VAA; Microscopes = Clay Coll., P.C.; Telescope, Gregorian = P.C. | apprenticed to Francis Watkins 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company, June 28, 1753; free of the Company, March 3, 1763; took an apprentice; made globes; T.C.; tok out a patent, with J.H. Magellan, for an improvement to the barometer, 1765. | at the Golden Quadrant, Sun and Spectacles, No. 67 Cornhill, between Bishopsgate Street and the Royal Exchange; 64 Cornhill (1765); 45 Cornhill (1782-91); all in London. | Taylor 2(642); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3(164); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Bedini 8; NMM 2; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Tyler; RSW. |
| PYM, THOMAS | England, c.1721, MIM | apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1714; free of the Company on Jan. 15, 1721. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| PYOTT, J. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 1/27/86. | 74 West India Dock Road, London. | RSW. | |
| PYPENS | Holland, c.1809, MIM | Eindhoven. | Rooseboom 1. |
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