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Your search for signatures starting with Q yielded 24 entries. Displaying entries 1–24.See an error? Suggest a correction!
| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| QANTAR, ANTHONY | England, c.1671, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1664; free in the Company in 1671. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| QUARE, DANIEL 1 | England, 1649-1724, MIM PHIM | Altitude Sundial = FIN-225; Analemmatic Sundial, 1707 = Soth. 3/11/63; Pillar Barometers = VCW, KEN, OXF, FLO (2), Hampton Court, Wakefield Plantation, Va., Philadelphia Museum of Art; Gloucester Museum, Meteorological Office, Bracknell, D.(1974) (No.28), Christie 12/7/75 (No.64), Soth. 6/27/74 (No.114), VAA, P.C., etc. Watch movement = ADL-A182; Angle Barometer = Hampton Court. | admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company, April 3, 1671; Master of the Company, 1708; received first English patent for a barometer in 1695; watch and clockmaker. | Kings Arms, Change Alley, London. | Taylor 1(350) & 2(106); Goodison 1 and 6; Symonds; Clay and Court; J. Brown 3; G. Bell; Michel 3; Stevens and Aked; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; USNM; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| QUARE, DANIEL 2 | England, 1708, | apprenticed to his father, Daniel Quare 1, in the Clockmakers' Company, 1708. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| QUARTIER | see Sibenmann and Quartier. | USNM. | |||
| QUEEN AND CO., INC. | USA, fl.1893-1912, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wye Levels = GUR, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Transit = GUR. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| QUEEN, JAMES W. | USA, 1815-90, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Level = Warren County Historical Society, Pa.; Surveyor's Compass = Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln. | he took Samuel L. Fox as a partner in 1860, the firm was James W. Queen and Co. until 1870 when Queen retired. | 48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1839-60). | Smart 1; Moskowitz 102; USNM. |
| QUEEN, JAMES W., AND CO. | USA, fl.1860-70, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR, D.(1967), Pugsley Sale; Dip Needle = D.(1971); Telescope = Chicago Historical Society, Ill.; etc. | James W. Queen and Samuel L. Fox; Queen retired in 1870 ; most of the instruments were probably made by W. and L.E. Gurley at this late date. | 924 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. and New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW. |
| QUEEN-GRAY CO. | USA, fl.1912-25, MIM NIM OIM SIM | John G. Gray; successors to Queen and Co.; firm stopped at Gray's death in 1925. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| QUESLIN, MAISON CHEVALLIER | France, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/3/88; Telescope = Gersaint 7/20/96. | "Maison Chevallier, l'In. Queslin Opt." | 1 rue de la Bourse, Paris. | RSW. |
| QUEUE, DANIEL | misreading for Daniel Quare. | Daumas 1. | |||
| QUEYRAT | France, c.1720, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 12/1/75. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| QUICK, PAUL | England, 1737, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1737 = Zennor Church. | Zennor, Cornwall. | R. Wallington, Country Life, 7/24/75. | |
| QUILLET | France, fl.1750-89, MIM SIM | Graphometer = D.(1976); Field Compass = NUR; Sector = Soth.-S 10/19/87; Etui of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 4/18/88. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; RSW. | |
| QUIN 1 | England, pre-1802, PHIM | hygrometer maker; partner with Robert Atkins. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| QUIN 2 | England, c.1814, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | probably either James or George Quin. | London. | RSW. |
| QUIN AND ATKINS | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer = Auction Sale, London, 1960; Mathematical Instrument = WHI. | London. | Taylor 2(2215a). | |
| QUIN, JAMES AND GEORGE | England, 1814, PHIM | Hydrometers = Chelsea Fair, 1973 (1814), STM. | London. | RSW. | |
| QUINCEY, J. | USA, fl.1783-86, MIM | Octant = USNM. | ship owner or master, pre-1786; established as mathematical instrument maker in New York; succeeded by John Greenwood in 1786; presumed to have returned to Mass.; octant (perhaps an import) was later sold or repaired by William Hooker, New York, N.Y. | Mass.; 199 Water Street, New York, N.Y. (1786); Mass.? | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 14; D.J. Warner 10. |
| QUINCY | see Davenport, Quincy and Co. | USNM; RSW. | |||
| QUINGNET | variant spelling for Coignet. | RSW. | |||
| QUINIET, AEGIDIUS | see Aegidius Coignet. | ||||
| QUINNIET, AEGIDIUS | Belgium, fl.1554-80, MIM | Theodolite, 1557 = BMR; Astronomical Compendium = D.(1986); Astrolabes = Ecouen (CLU) (1557) (ICA 2-222), OXF (1560) (ICA 2-224), BM (ICA 2-225), ROM (1556). | signed "Aegidius Quinniet Antwerpianus faciabat ao 1557"; varied spellings include Coignet, Quingnet, Cuniet, etc. | Antwerp. | Zinner 1; Wynter 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Gunther 1 and 6; Michel 1, 3 and 7; Cluny Cat.; Belgian Inventory; Namur; Evans 1; Société Belge; Guye and Michel; Brieux 2; RSW. |
| QUINQUERNAL, ANTOINE, AND ROVERELLI | Italy, c.1770, MIM | Hodometer = FLO-502. | Antoine Quinquernal and Aloys Roverelli. | Florence. | Michel 3. |
| QUINSEY, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bolling Hall Museum, Bradford (stolen Sept. 1990). | Keighley. | Goodison 1; M.A.D. Sept. 1990. |
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