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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| R. 1 | Holland, 1602, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1602 (NMM-56) = AMST. | NMM is the Census of Mariner's Astrolabes. | Mörzer Bruyns 3; A. Stimson 3; RSW. | |
| R. 2 | MIM | Barrel Measure, wood and ivory, 64 inches = Salem Maritime Nat'l Site. | rule now in two pieces | RSW. | |
| R.C. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers, iron = Bovet Coll. = NMM. | RSW. | ||
| R.D. | Germany, 1838, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| R.D.H.A.E. | Germany?, 1765, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1765 = NUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| R.E. 1 | Germany, MIM | Astrolabe = DEU. | mastermark in shield. | D. Bachman 1. | |
| R.E. 2 | England, fl.1770-1805, MIM | Sundials, vertical = the Church and a house on Thomas Street North in Monkwearmouth. | schoolmaster; parish clerk. | Boldon. | Gatty. |
| R.F. 1 | Germany, 1590, | marked on a stone perpetual calendar by M. Joh. Helsbeccius in the HAK museum. | RSW. | ||
| R.F. 2 | France, c.1620, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Evans Coll. = OXF; Diptych Sundial, octagonal, ivory = Soth. 7/7/78 = Soth. 12/15/55-160. | initials and punchmark on base of diptych, punchmark is an inverted V with a little circle above it; both instruments have paper or leather lining on 1b and 2a; Soth. has a blue lining on 1b with a list of latitudes in gold, and with a slide to set string at proper latitude. | Dieppe ? | Evans 1; RSW. |
| R.F. 3 | England, 1630, | initials marked on a quadrant by John Chatfield, 1630. | RSW. | ||
| R.F. 4 | France, 1633, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1633 = Vivielle Coll. | has a nocturnal on the cover; possibly R.F. 2. | Dieppe ? | Madex; RSW. |
| R.G. 1 | marked on the compass cards in Elias Allen's sundials, surely Ralph Greatorix; marked on paper compass card of horizontal sundial, WHI-1191, probably Ralph Greatorex; other marks on WHI sundial are "H." (4) and "C.P." (2). | Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| R.G. 2 | MIM | Sundial in ivory sphere = Soth. 3/11/63. | RSW. | ||
| R.H. | 1612, | instrument maker ? | Evans 1. | ||
| R.K. | Denmark, | marked on 1772 compass card signed "Rasmus Koch." | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| R.L. | see Richard LeKeux. | Brewington 1. | |||
| R.L.S.P., PRES. | see Pres. R.L.S.P. | RSW. | |||
| R.M. 1 | England, 1631, MIM | Astrolabe, 1631 = BM. | ICA-312. | another astrolabe at KEN, 1631, signed "Richard Melbourne", which see. | Price 1 & 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Taylor 1(167); Clay and Court; Evans 1. |
| R.M. 2 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Garden Sundial = Nat'l Museum of Wales. | initials added later. | Wales. | Peate. |
| R.P. | 1708, MIM | Horary Quadrant, crude, 1708 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| R.S. 1 | England, fl.1631-34, MIM | Astrolabe Quadrant, 1631 = Koller 11/17/75; Quadrants = BM (1632), OXF (1634). | Evans 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Taylor 1(174); Clay and Court; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| R.S. 2 | England, 1654, MIM | Table Sundial, lead, 1654 = London Museum. | RSW. | ||
| R.S. 3 | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = NOR (2), UTR | marked "Autor"; the dials in the NOR shows a frock coated figure and a hand; the UTR dial was exhibited in the Delft sundial exhibition of 1984. | de Rijk; RSW. | |
| R.S. 4 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Miner's Compass = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| R.S. 5 | Robert Smith ?; Richard Saunders ? or the father of Henry Sutton ? | Taylor 1(174); RSW. | |||
| R.T. | England?, 1531, MIM | Pair of Dividers, 1531 = Soth. 4/18/88. | RSW. | ||
| R.V.K. | owner!; the initials are on a circumferentor by D. Metz at the TIM, 1987. | RSW. | |||
| R.W. 1 | England, 1617, MIM | Sundial, sandstone, 1617 = The Washington House, Little Brington, Northhampton. | might be Robert Washington. | Earle. | |
| R.W. 2 | MIM | Garden Sundial = ADL-W150. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| R.W. 3 | England, c.1840, MIM | punched in middle of ivory scale on unsigned octant at PMS. | RSW. | ||
| R.Z. | Germany, c.1581, | marked on 1b of ADL-M258, c.1581. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| RAALINI, C. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass., X (2), Soth.-PB pre 1980 and Soth. 12/14/89. | Preston. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RABALIO, PETER | Italy; England, fl.1760-89 d.1791, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer, multiple tube = X; Stick Barometer = X; Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | the wheel barometer is signed "P. Rabalio Birmingham"; most are signed simply "Rabalio"; also a thermometer maker. | at the Sign of the Barometer, 18 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham; at the Sign of the Dolphin, Coventry; at the Sign of the Golden Lion, in Hamston Gate, Leicester; at Mrs. Dowee's in High Street, near the College-Gate, Worcester; all before 1789. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| RABELON, ISAAC | England, 1719, PHIM | Barometer, 1719 = KEN. | Daumas 1. | ||
| RABONE | England, c.1900, MIM | Folding Rule = P.C. | marked "Warranted Boxwood"; "made in England." | RSW. | |
| RABONE AND MASON | England, fl.1834-37, PHIM | barometer makers; firm later became known as "John Rabone." | 61 St. Pauls Square, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1972); Goodison 1. | |
| RABONE, ELIZABETH | England, c.1808, MIM | rule maker. | Water Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RABONE, EPHRAIM | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker. | Water Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RABONE, JOHN | England, fl.1829-60, PHIM | Double Folding Rule, wood = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | barometer maker; probably a partner in Rabone and Mason; worked alone in 1829 and 1839-58; took his son into the firm, 1858-60. | Ludgate Hill (1829); 61 St. Pauls Square (1839-60); both in Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1972); RSW. |
| RABONE, JOHN, AND SON | England, fl.1858-60, MIM | the Rabone firm was established in 1784; makers of boxwood and ivory rules; trade catalogue at OXF. | Hockley Abbey Works, Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| RABONE, JOHN, AND SONS | England, c.1860, MIM | Bubble Level = P.C.; Folding Rule, wood = DRE; Rope Gauge, boxwood and brass = Soth.-WS 12/13/83; | some of the instruments are signed "J. Rabone and Sons." | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1942); G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| RABONE, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/10/90. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RABONE, THOMAS | England, fl.1829-60, MIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 8 Court Water Street (1824); 12 Court, Broad Street (1835); Hockley Hill (1847); 172 Hockley Hill (1849-54); Frederick Street; 63 Great Hampton Street (1858); 61 Great Hampton Street (1860); all in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1972); Goodison 1. | |
| RABUS, JACOB | Germany, c.1556, MIM | Horary Quadrants = NUR (1556), STU. | the quadrant in the NUR is dedicated to Ottheinrich von de Pfalz, it is marked on the back "OHPC"; the quadrant in the STU is dedicated to Herzog Wolfgang von Bayern. | Memmingen. | Zinner 1. |
| RABY, EDWARD | England, c.1834, OIM | Great Brook Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1976). | ||
| RAD, CHRISTOPHER | Germany, c.1683, MIM | Orrery, 1683, was owned by Chr. Treffler in 1683, now lost. Celestial Globe = HAK. | goldsmith; the globe at HAK, 54 cm. in diameter, is signed "RAD" at the south pole. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 3; Stevenson. |
| RADEMACHER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Eccles. | Goodison 1. | |
| RADFORD | England, OIM | T.C. | over against the East End of the New Church in the Strand, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| RADFORD, JOHN | England, fl.1668-95, OIM | optician. | at the Golden Spectacles without Temple Bar (1668); St. Clement Danes (1695); both in London. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |
| RADSMA, TJEERD JACOBS | Holland, c.1686-1790, MIM | he made eight clocks with planetariums. | Harlingen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| RADULF | Belgium, c.1025, MIM | made a different form of astrolabe c.1025; Magister of Liège. | Liège. | Zinner 1. | |
| RAETOR, JOHN | England, c.1801, MIM OIM PHIM | 49 Cheapside, Deritend, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| RAFFLE | France, MIM | Protractor = P.C.(1968). | Rafflé. | Paris. | RSW. |
| RAGGETT, JAMES | England, c.1830, OIM | 21 London Street, Reading. | Taylor 2(1977). | ||
| RAHNE, PETER | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Sectors = STU, THO. | "Peter Rahne Fecit: zu Berlin." | Berlin. | Hambly 2; RSW. |
| RAHTJEN, G. | Germany, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = P.C.(1979). | Bremen. | RSW. | |
| RAIDEL, HANS FRIEDRICH | Germany, c.1627, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, incomplete, 1627 = AUG; Horary Quadrant, 1627 = AUG. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| RAILLE, H. | see Evin and H. Raille. | USNM. | |||
| RAIMONDUS, PETRUS | Italy, 1375, MIM | Astrolabe, 1375 = A.C. Baldwin Coll. = BOS. | Cumae. | Exhibition of 1876, London; Thorndike; RSW. | |
| RAINER FRISIUS | see Gemma Frisius. | Zinner 1. | |||
| RAINGO FRERES | France, c.1820, MIM | Orrery Clock = D.(1976). | Raingo Frères; clock makers. | Paris. | RSW. |
| RAINGO, Z. | Belgium; France, c.1824, MIM | Orrery Clocks = TIM (1987)(2); Royal Collction, Madrid, Windsor Castle (1824), P.C., Sloan Museum, BMR, Soth. 1/16/62 and 7/12/63, P-B 10/12/64; Planetarium = CNAM. | Tournai; Paris. | Pippa; Horological Journal, 1960; RSW; etc. | |
| RAITTENAU, AEGIDIUS EBERHARD VON | Germany, 1605-75, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1546 = Harburg Sammlung Hohenlohe; Sundial, triangular, 1666 = KRE; Azimuth Sundial, 1668 = KRE; Logarithmic Machine, 1670 = KRE. | made other instruments, dated between 1645 and 1669, whose location is not known; author; Benedictine monk; "Mechaniker, Mathematiker und Architekt"; the globe is signed "Rabus 1546." | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. |
| RAMAGE | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = D.(1968). | probably John Ramage 1 or 2. | Aberdeen. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RAMAGE AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1837-38, OIM PHIM | might have made barometers; see Smith and Ramage; see John Ramage 1 & 2. | 41 St. Nicholas Street (1837); 6 St. Nicholas Lane (1838); both in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMAGE, CHARLES | Scotland, fl.1845-60, NIM OIM PHIM | partner in Smith and Ramage; see John Ramage 1 and 2; see Ramage and Co. | 45 Regents Quay, Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMAGE, JOHN 1 | Scotland, fl.1806-35, OIM PHIM | Telescope, single draw = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | made large teescopes; probably was also a barometer maker. | 85 Broad Street (1824-29); 39 Union Street (1831-35); both in Aberdeen. | Taylor 2(1202); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RAMAGE, JOHN 2 | Scotland, fl.1835-36, OIM PHIM | might have made barometers; possibly the son of John Ramage 1; see Ramage and Co.; see Smith and Ramage. | 39 Union Street (1835); 104 Union Street (1836); both in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMAS, P. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably P. Ramos, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMIRES, FRANCISCO | Spain?, 1853, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1853 = Soth. 5/29/61. | RSW. | ||
| RAMME, EDWARD | England, c.1634, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 in the Grocers' Company, June 24, 1626; free in the Company Aug. 5, 1634. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RAMMINGER, JAKOB | Germany, 1594, MIM | Miner's Compass, 1594 = BM; Pedometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | the compass is marked "alias Scriba"; the pedometer is signed "Jac. Ram. D. Scriba"; Ramminger invented this type of pedometer. | Stuttgart. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| RAMOS, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see P. Ramas. | 281 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RAMPAART, VAN | see Petrus ab Aggere. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |||
| RAMPOLDI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 4/28/88. | Huntingdon. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RAMPOLDI, J. | England, fl.1851-53, PHIM | barometer maker. | 22 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | |
| RAMSBECK | Austria, c.1772, MIM OIM | see Schreibelmayer und Ramsbeck. | Vienna. | Daumas 1. | |
| RAMSDEN, JESSE | England, 1735-1800, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | one of the most famous mechanics of his time; developed one of the first dividing engines ever built; made many of the most important astronomical and surveying instruments used in England and on the continent; by 1789 he had made over 1000 sextants; his instruments are to be found in many of the principal museums. | apprenticed to J. Burton, MIM, in 1758; started business in 1762; married Sarah Dollond; invented the opthalmometer; made improvements in electrostatic machines & precision balances; some of the optics for his instruments were made by his brothers-in-law Peter and John Dollond 2; made F.R.S. in 1768. | 199 Piccadilly, opposite Sackville Street, London. | Taylor 2(526); DNB; DSB; Maddison 1; Bryden 11; E. Hall; RSW; Goodison 1; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Coffeen 27. |
| RAMSEY, HENRY T. | England, NIM | Octant, case = HAM. | Lowgate, Hull. | RSW. | |
| RAND, J. | England, c.1799, OIM | patented a micrometrical stadimeter as a 'military and naval telescope'; author. | London. | Moskowitz 104; Taylor 2(1029); Dewhirst. | |
| RANDALL, JOHN | England, fl.1689-1707, MIM | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocer' Company on Sept. 1671; free of the Company on Dec. 2, 1689; took apprentices. | Great Minories, London (1693). | J. Brown 1. | |
| RANDALL, RICHARD | England, c.1799, | apprenticed to George Mills in the Joiners' Company, Feb. 5, 1799. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| RANDALL, WILLIAM | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to his father, John Randall, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 10, 1700. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RANDOLL | see Randall. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| RANDOLPH, T.F. | USA, c.1860, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, case = Chillicothe Museum, Ohio. | 67 West 6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| RANDOLPH, T.F., AND BRO. | USA, c.1867, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Transylvania College. | 67 West 6th Street, Cincinnati, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| RANNOY, P. GELASIUS VISCHER | Germany, 1712, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1712 = DEU. | Price 2. | ||
| RANSLEY, W. | England, MIM NIM | Set of nine Rules, ivory = Phillips 4/20/83; Parallel Rules, wood = NMM. | 4 Westminster Bridge Road; Stansgate; both in London. | NMM 2; Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| RAPKIN | England, | see Pastorelli and Rapkin. | RSW. | ||
| RAPOSA | see A. Goys; see Joa~o de Goes. | Stimson 3; Guedes. | |||
| RASPAIL | France, c.1770, OIM | made micrscopes. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| RASPON, RAPHAEL | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Compass, large, shadow square = POB. | MADEX. | ||
| RASTRELLI, AUGUSTINO | Italy, 1719, MIM | Reduction Compass, 1719 = FLO-1257. | Florence. | Michel 3. | |
| RATCLIFF, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1743-59, MIM | Sundial, 1743 = St. Mary's Church, Welshpool. | father of Owen Ratcliff; clockmaker. | Welshpool. | Peate. |
| RATCLIFF, OWEN | England, fl.1776-80, MIM | Sundial = Castle Caereinion, Montgomeryshire. | son of Benjamin Ratcliff; clockmaker. | Welshpool. | Peate. |
| RATH, H. | Germany, c.1867, MIM | Mining Gradient Level, 1867 = Christie 12/18/74. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| RATH, PETER | Germany, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Compass, in case = DEU; Thermometer = DEU; Barometer = DEU. | Munich. | Middleton 1; RSW. | |
| RATHBONE, AARON | England, 1572-1618, | designed a reducing ruler; author. | Yorkshire. | Taylor 1(91). | |
| RATTENBURY, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, c.1816, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | apprenticed to James Ripley in the Grocers' Company, Oct. 3, 1816. | Stratton. | j. Brown 2; RSW. |
| RATTKNECHT, CHRISTOPH | Austria, c.1739, MIM | Graphometer, 1739 = SAL. | Salzburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| RATTKNECHT, JOHANN-CHRISTOPH | Austria, c.1670, MIM | Sundial = X. | Salzburg. | Michel 3. | |
| RATUS, CARL AUG., BAADEN FR. LIBE | Germany, 1766, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1766 = Soth. 5/12/75. | RSW. | ||
| RAVILIUS, ALEX | Italy, 1542, MIM | Skaphe, ivory and brass, 1537 = OXFB; Armillary Sphere, 1542 = ADL-M2. | the armillary is also marked "Io. Thomae Manfredo", probably the owner. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | |
| RAVIZZA, AMICINO | Italy, 1799, MIM | corrected a sundial made by Cocart. | Cremona. | Evans 1. | |
| RAWBENGEL, HANS | Germany, 1487, MIM | made sundials, 1487. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| RAXTOR, JOHN | England, c.1818, MIM SIM | John Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| RAY | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly Daniel Ray, c.1790 or William Ray, c.1820, both came from Battle and were watchmakers. | Battle. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| RAY AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 2/14/79. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| RAY, J., AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant with case = D.(1976). | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| RAY, J.W., AND CO. | England, | Sextants = Christie-SK 2/9/84, D.(1968). | may be same as J. Ray and Co., and possibly Ray and Co. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| RAYNER, MICHAEL | England, c.1717, MIM | apprenticed to to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 22, 1706; free in the Company Jan. 7, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| RAYNOLD | Germany, MIM | Alidade = Drouot 4/26/67. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| RAYSON, WILLIAM | England, 1683, MIM | Quadrant, 1683 = Soth. 7/7/55; Horary Quadrant, Sutton-type, 1683 = WHI. | may be only one instrument. | Leicester. | Bryden 16; RSW. |
| READ, J. | England, PHIM | Set of Money Balances = Soth. 11/13/64. | St. Ann's Lane, Nr. Aldersgate, London. | RSW. | |
| READ, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1582-1610, MIM | worked in wood; made Blagrave's staff in 1590 and Arthur Hopton's staff in 1610; made alidades, squares, compasses, etc; partner of John Thompson 1, and succeeded by him. | Hosier Lane, London. | Taylor 1(68); Daumas 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| READ, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1650, MIM | presumably son or nephew of John Read 1; Taylor thought he was partner and successor of Anthony Thompson 1 of Hosier Lane, but Edward Fage could have been the successor. | Hosier Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 1(243). | |
| READ, JOHN 3 | England, 1688, MIM | Sundial, bronze, 1688 = Soth. 12/13/71 = WHI. | Bishop Stortford. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| READ, SAMUEL | England, fl.1742-78, PHIM | balance maker; chosen to make étalons of weights in 1742 for comparison by the Royal Society and the French Academy; partner of Charles De Grave and succeeded by him in 1780. | London. | Taylor 2(398); Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| READE | variant spelling for Read. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| READE, GEORGE | England, c.1762, | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on June 1, 1762. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| READING, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1752-68, MIM | surveyer; apprenticed to Gabriel Stokes. | Georges Lane, near Stephens Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| REALINI, C. | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass., X (2), Soth.-PB pre-1980, Soth. 12/14/89 and 12/14/95. | Preston. | RSW. | |
| REALINI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| REARDON, JOHN | England, c.1838, OIM | 42 Gaston Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2217). | ||
| REAUMUR, RENE ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE | France, 1683-1757, | Réné Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur; designed a thermometer scale, with 0° as freezing and 80° as boiling; physicist. | La Bermondiere. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Daumas 1. | |
| REBALLIO EN ZOON | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Hydrometer and Thermometer = USNM. | Rotterdam. | USNM. | |
| REBALLIO, A. | Holland, c.1790, OIM PHIM | Instrument = LEY; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | Rotterdam. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| REBEIRO, IOZE GABRIEL | Spain, c.1790, | marked on an English octant; probably the owner. | Versailles 4/17/83. | ||
| RECH, WOLFF | Germany, c.1649, MIM | sandglass maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| RECHBERGER, WILHELM | Germany, c.1611, | wrote about the astrolabe. | Augsburg? | Zinner 1. | |
| RECHTER, JAN 1 | Holland, fl.1730-1801, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Planetarium = LEY; Solar Microscope = KEN; Artillery Inclinometers = ADL-M143, Soth. 10/28/63, LEY. | Delft. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| RECHTER, JAN 2 | Holland, 1777-1801, MIM | son of Jan Rechter 1. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| RECORDE, ROBERT | England, c.1556, | published drawings of portable and standing quadrants. | Gunther 2. | ||
| REDDING, ROSIER | England, c.1769, | apprenticed to Robert Taylor 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 4, 1769. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| REDMOND | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1976). | English forgery, probably by Williams; marked "Dublin." | Brieux. | ||
| REED, JAMES | USA, 1792-1878, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Alliance Historical Society, Ohio, U.S. Geological Survey, Washington, D.C., Michigan Historical Society, Lansing. | the Alliance, Ohio instrument is marked "Washington, Pa.", the others "Pittsburgh Pa."; by 1850 the firm was "James Reed and Co."; the later instruments may be by "James Reed and Co." | Washington, Pa. (1792-1847); Pittsburgh, Pa. (1847-78). | Smart 1; RSW. |
| REED, JAMES, AND CO. | USA, fl.1847-78, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Michigan Historical Society, Lansing, Michigan. | see James Reed. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Smart 1; Multhauf 1; RSW. |
| REED, THOMAS, AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. | Sunderland. | Crawforth 1. | |
| REEDER, R. | USA, c.1847, | took out a patent on a mariner's compass, 1847. | Cincinnati, Ohio. | UANM. | |
| REENS, H.A. | Holland, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie, April 1978; Telescope = Auction, Dordrecht, June 1975. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| REES, JOHN | England, c.1823, | apprenticed to James Hamer in the Joiners' Company, Oct. 8, 1823. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| REEVES AND SONS | England, 19th Century, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = Christie-SK 7/24/86; Sector, ivory = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96. | see William Reeves and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| REEVES, JOHN | England, fl.1679-1710, OIM | member of the Turners' Company; son of Richard Reeves 1; the objective lens at KEN may be by John rather than Richard Reeves 1, which see; John is probably the Reeves, Jr. mentioned by Pepys. | London. | Taylor 1(412); Daumas 1; Evans 1; Court and von Rohr; Latham and Matthews; Robischon 1; Clay and Court. | |
| REEVES, RICHARD 1 | England, fl.1641-89, OIM | Telescope = KEN. | member of the Turners' Company; made microscopes and lenses for telescopes; worked for Hooke; made a spyglass, a microscope and a scotoscope for Samuel Pepys, 1661-64; made very long telescopes; perspective glass maker to the King; made James Gregory's prototype reflecting telescope. | against the Foot and Leg, Long Acre, London. | Taylor 1(199); Latham and Williams; Dewhirst; Henry King 1; L. Bell; Court and von Rohr 3(I); Robischon 1; Daumas 1; A.D.C. Simson. |
| REEVES, RICHARD 1 AND JOHN COX | England, c.1664, OIM | telescope makers. | London. | Henry King 1. | |
| REEVES, RICHARD 2 | England, c.1666, OIM | telescope maker; son of Richard Reeves 1? or is he the same man? | London. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| REEVES, W. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Syke's Hydrometer = P.C. (1989). | adjusted by H.R. Loftus in 1943; see William Reeves and Co. | London, possibly 69 EASTCHEAP. | RSW. WEBDB. |
| REEVES, WILLIAM | USA, 1785, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1785 = VNN. | "Reeves, Thomaston, Me." is written in the case. | Thomaston, Me. | RSW. |
| REEVES, WILLIAM, AND CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Double Slide Rule = D.(1989). | see Reeves and Sons. | London. | Moskowitz 132. |
| REGHTER, DAVID | Holland, fl.1780-97, PHIM | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| REGIOMONTANUS, JOHANNES | Germany, 1436-76, MIM | Johannes Müller; astronomer, author, published a calendar and ephemerides; designed various astronomical instruments; Zinner attributed a ring sundial, ADL-M307, to Regiomontanus; see Johannes. | Königsberg. | Zinner 1; Maddison 1 & 2; Michel 3; J.A. Bennett 2; DSB; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| REGNARD FRERES | France, MIM | Clepsydra = CNAM. | Regnard frères. | Sens. | Con. Nat'l 1; RSW. |
| REGNAULT, HENRI VICTOR | France, 1810-78, | devised a hygrometer similar to Daniell's. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| REGNIER | France, c.1800, MIM | Meridian Sundial = CNAM. | Régnier. | Senaur. | RSW. |
| REGNIER, EDWARD | France, c.1800, PHIM | Dynamometers = USNM, Soth. 10/17/60. | à Beau Grenelle, Banlieu de Paris. | USNM; RSW. | |
| REHE, SAMUEL | England, fl.1770-92, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Sir John Soane Museum, London. | the barometer is signed "S. Rehe London"; the scale has both French and English inches; worked for John Troughton 2 in 1778; made a copy of Ramsden's dividing engine. | Shoe Lane, London. | Taylor 2(757); Goodison 1; Bedini 8; Daumas 1; USNM. |
| REICHENBACH UND FRAUENHOFER | Germany, c.1810, MIM OIM | Telescope = DRE. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| REICHENBACH UND UTZSCHNEIDER | Germany, fl.1804-15, MIM OIM | Meridian Transit = NOR; Meridian, 1815 = Capodimonte Obs., Naples. | Georg von Reichenbach and Joseph von Utzschneider. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| REICHENBACH, GEORG VON | Germany, 1772-1826, MIM OIM | Altazimuth Instrument, 1814 = Naples Observatory; Dividing Engines, = DEU (1804), SWE (1832); Altazimuth Telescope = PRA; Sextant = DEU; Repeating Theodolite, 1810 = DEU. | worked with Joseph Liebherr, 1802-14; joined by Utzschneider in 1804; went with Ertel in 1814. | Mannheim. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| REICHENBACH, UTZSCHNEIDER UND LIEBHERR | Germany, c.1804, MIM OIM SIM | Georg von Reichenbach, Joseph von Utzschneider and Joseph Liebherr. | Munich. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REICHER, GEORG | Germany, c.1674, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REICHERT, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1761-68, PHIM | Nest of Weights = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | RSW. | ||
| REICHLE, MELCHIOR | Germany, fl.1568-69, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1568 = BM; Cruciform Sundial, 1569 = BM | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| REICHMANN, JOSEPH: FRAN: ANT: DE | Germany, c. 1773, | the name is marked on an armillary sphere made by Eiler Christian Hogh, ADL-M9; surely the owner. | Engelmann 1; Yonge; Habacher; ADL; RSW. | ||
| REID | Scotland, c.1815, MIM | patented a trigonometer. | Aberdeen. | RSW. | |
| REID, ADAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Woolwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| REID, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | barometer signed "Alex Reid." | 66 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| REID, JOHN | England, c.1590, MIM | John Blagrave referred to him as an able maker. | Darius 3. | ||
| REIFF, GOTTFRIED | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Pillar Sundials, wood = MERC = WHI, Soth. 4/18/88. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 2; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| REIFFEL, C., AND N. THORN | USA, c.1848, MIM | patented a new form of dividers in 1848. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| REIGER, P.J. | Germany, MIM | Sector = Evans Coll. | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | |
| REIGNE | France, 18th Century, NIM | Octant, wood with silver trim = ROU-79. | Marseille. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| REIMANN, I. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Berlin, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| REINE, R. | England, fl.1673-80, OIM | made optical glass. | Lime Street, between Leadenhall and Fenchurch Streets, London. | Taylor 1(367); Evans 1. | |
| REINELT, PAUL | Germany, MIM | Pair of Globes = Stiftsbibliothek, Braunau in Böhmen. | Zinner 1. | ||
| REINERUS GEMMA | same as Gemma Frisius, which see. | Baillie 1. | |||
| REINHOLD, ERASMUS 1 | Germany, 1511-55, | astronomer; author. | Wittenberg. | Michel 3. | |
| REINHOLD, ERASMUS 2 | Germany, c.1576, MIM | Tycho Brahe used a large wooden quadrant made by Erasmus Reinhold (2), in 1576. | Saalfeld and Wittenberg. | Michel 2 & 3. | |
| REINHOLD, JOHANNES | Germany, fl.1588-92, MIM | Celestial Globe, with sundials on base, 1588 = CNAM; Terrestrial Globe, 1588 = NMM; Astrolabe, 1591 = HAY. | clockmaker; worked with Georg Roll; see Roll und Reinhold. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Aked; Cons. Nat'l 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| REINMANN | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = BASH. | punchmark is a moon. | Price 2. | |
| REINMANN, BENEDIKTUS | Germany, fl.1564-75, MIM | Master in 1564; made ivory diptych sundials; sometimes spelled "Reymann." | Nürnberg. | Michel 3; Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, GEORG 1 | Germany, fl.1527-42, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1531 = X; Diptych Sundials, ivory = WHI (1536). | not in Bryden 16. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1; Lunardi; Gouk 1. |
| REINMANN, GEORG 2 | Germany, fl.1551-71, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1551 = Wien Mobiliendepot; Diptych Sundial, wood, 1555 = NUR. | Master in 1555; Gouk dated him "1555-71." | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1; RSW. |
| REINMANN, GEORG 3 | Germany, fl.1575-85, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HANS 1 | Germany, 1547-71, MIM | Master in 1565; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Michel 3; Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HANS 2 | Germany, d.1627, MIM | father of Hans Reinmann 3; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HANS 3 | Germany, d.1628, MIM | son of Hans Reinmann 2; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| REINMANN, HIERONYMUS | Germany, fl.1554-69, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = MUN (1554), OXF (1558), NMM (1562), Beauvais Museum (1563), Koller 11/17/75 (1563), (1573), (1561 partial), Sammlung W. Lüdge, Einbeck (1565), NMM (1566), ADL-DPW28 (1569), Huelsmann Coll. (1558). | became Master of the Compassmakers' Guild in 1556. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; NMM 2; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| REINMANN, JORG | see Georg Reinmann. | Zinner 1. | |||
| REINMANN, PAULUS | Germany, 1557-1609, MIM | made many ivory diptych sundials from 1575 to 1609; examples may be seen at ADL, NYM, NMM, UANM, OXF, DEU, KES, HAM, NOR, WHI, HAK, etc.; Horizontal Sundial, 1591 = Drouot 4/7/87; Artillery Levels = DRE (lost), Soth. 3/10/87 (1600). | Reinmann's master mark was a crown; M. Lesel used a crown as his master mark from 1609 to 1629. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Morpurgo 2; Lunardi; Brieux 1; Chandler and Vincent; USNM; Hamilton 2; Spitzer Cat.; Bryden 16; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| REINTHALER, CHRIST. FRIED. ERNST | Germany, 1783, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1783 = DRE. | Leipzig. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| REIS, JOSE MARIA DOS | Brazil, fl.1837-73, MIM | made the azimuth instrument invented by Emmanuel Liais; won medals at Exhibitions between 1861 and 1871 including first prize in the Great Exhibition of 1862 in London. | Rua do Hospico, 67,69 & 71, Rio de Janeiro. | RSW. | |
| REISCH, LEONHARD | Germany, c.1701, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1701 = Wien Schottenstift. | clockmaker; author; the globe is signed "Leonhardus Reisch Algojus." | Oberdorf. | Zinner 1. |
| REISSIG | Germany, c.1803, MIM OIM | instrument maker to the court at Kassel. | Kassel. | Ashbrook. | |
| REITA, ANTHONY MARIA VON SCHYRLE DE | Germany, 1597-1660, | invented a new telescope eyepiece; author. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| REITER, M. | see Prof. Bohme and M. Reiter. | RSW. | |||
| REITZEL, C.A. | England?, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe = Soth. 4/18/88. | ten-inch N. Anderson globe constructed by Reitzel. | RSW. | |
| RELTING, A. | c.1760, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| RENARD 1 | see Renaud. | Pipping 1. | |||
| RENARD 2 | France, c.1750, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Koller, May, 1972. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| RENARD, N. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver = MERC; Universal Ring Sundial, gilt-brass = P-B 1/22/54. | Montauban. | Michel 3; Hamilton 1; RSW. | |
| RENAUD | France; Germany, 1790, PHIM | Thermometer, 1790 = GEM. | Strasbourg; Berlin. | Pipping 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| RENAUD, J. | France, c.1700, MIM | Surveying Instrument = PMM. | Daumas thought it was a mariner's astrolabe, but it had been incorrectly restored. | Marseilles. | Daumas 1; A. Stimson 3; RSW. |
| RENCH, E. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Grey Inn Terrace, London. | RSW. | |
| RENNISON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Quadrant = SUN. | Station Road, Barry Docks, Sunderland. | RSW. | |
| RENNISON AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Octant = D.(1973). | North Shields. | RSW. | |
| RENNOLDSON | England, c.1800, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, incomplete = Sotheby's 5/11/94. | either J.A. or Isaac Rennoldson; T.C. | RSW. | |
| RENNOLDSON, ISAAC | England, fl.1822-46, MIM OIM | succeeded J. Rennoldson, who could have been his father or uncle, in 1822. | 5 Cambridge Place, Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(1682). | |
| RENNOLDSON, J. | England, fl.1817-22, MIM | Sector, ivory = Cooke's Shop, CMY; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 3/9/64. | succeeded by Isaac Rennoldson, which see. | 23 Camden Row, Bethnal Green Road, London. | Taylor 2(1413); RSW. |
| RENSBERG, NICOLAUS | Germany, 1568, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1568 = WUP. | the base of the compendium was curved to fit a cannon; a compass was in a Bavarian collection in 1599; mathematician; clockmaker; alternative spelling was "Rensberger." | Coburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; RSW. |
| RENWICK, JAMES | England, fl.1844-47, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 2 Booths Place, Turnmill Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| REOHAN, THOMAS | misreading for Keohan. | Taylor 2(2218). | |||
| REPETTO, M.E., Y CA. | Argentina, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. Pulborough 3/1/83. | dealers for Negretti and Zambra; barometer marked "Introductones." | Buenos Aires. | RSW. |
| REPSOLD, A., UND SOHNE | Germany, 1867, MIM OIM | Adolf Repsold and two of his sons. | Hamburg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REPSOLD, ADOLF | Germany, 1806-71, MIM OIM | worked with his brother, Georg; they succeeded their father, Johann Georg Repsold in 1830; the name was changed to A. & G. Repsold; the firm became A. Repsold und Söhne in 1867. | Hamburg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REPSOLD, ADOLF UND GEORG | Germany, fl.1830-67, MIM OIM | Heliometer, 1849 = KEN; Telescopes, 1853 = Madrid Observatory. | succeeded their father, Johann Georg Repsold in 1830; makers of very fine, large instruments. | Hamburg. | Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| REPSOLD, GEORG | Germany, 1804-85, MIM OIM | worked with his brother, Adolf; they succeeded their father, Johann Georg Repsold, in 1830; the firm was then known as A. & G. Repsold; Georg retired in 1867. | Hamburg. | J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| REPSOLD, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1771-1830, MIM OIM | established his firm in 1802; made precision astronomical instruments; succeeded by his sons, Adolf and Georg Repsold in 1830. | Hamburg. | Daumas 1; Pipping 1; Pannekoek; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| RESCOW, JOHN | England, c.1710, MIM | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(108); Bryden 9. | ||
| RESEL, FRANZ | Austria, 1759, MIM | Table Sundial, 1759 = Linz Museum Depot Hohenfurth; Graphometer = D.(1931); Compass Sundial = MERC-100 = Soth. 12/12/55; Pocket Sundial = BM. | compass sundial signed "Fr. Resel Fecit Vienne." | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| RESI, HANS | name marked on mining compass signed "H.G." (6) at GRA. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |||
| RESLER, ANTON VON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = MERC, OXF (2), NOR, Soth. 12/16/63, Munich Auction, 1965. | the dial at NOR is signed "Antony Resler." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; Evans 1; Bobinger 2; RSW. |
| RESTELL | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | Croyden. | RSW. | |
| RETTING, E. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = OXF. | Zinner 1. | ||
| REVERE, PAUL | USA, 1735-1818, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = Bostonian Society, Mass., Paul Revere Memorial Association, Boston, Mass.; Compass Card, 1786 = Yale U. Art Gallery; Balance, weights and case = Paul Revere Memorial Association. | silversmith; Revere did the engraving for the paper compass roses for Benjamin Warren's surveying compasses. | Boston, Mass. | Bedini 8; Price 2; The World of Franklin and Jefferson Exhibition Cat.; Revere Cat. |
| REW, ROBERT | England, fl.1755-65, OIM | described as one of the workmen of John Dollond 1. | London. | Taylor 2(528); Daumas 1. | |
| REYBORNE, J., AND SONS | England, MIM | Rule, folding, ivory = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79. | RSW. | ||
| REYMANN | see Reinman. | Michel 3. | |||
| REYNERUS, GEMMA | see Gemma Frisius. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| REYNOLDS | England, c.1850, MIM SIM | Level and Inclinometer = D.(1994). | probably J.A. Reynolds of J.A. Reynolds and Co. | Birmingham. | Garcelon 33. |
| REYNOLDS AND CO. 1 | England, c.1840, NIM | Pelorus = Marine Museum, Horten, Norway; Nautical Instrument = AMST. | Tower Hill, London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| REYNOLDS AND CO. 2 | England, MIM | Surveyor's Level = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | see J.A. Reynolds and Co. | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| REYNOLDS AND WIGGINS | England, c.1840, NIM PHIM | Sympiesometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | William Reynolds and Frederick Wiggins. | 82 Minories, London. | Taylor 2(2273); RSW. |
| REYNOLDS, G. | USA, c.1950, MIM | Astrolabe, c.1950 = Pugsley Sale. | chief engineer of Winchester Arms Co.; he made many reproductions of instruments for Mr. Edwin Pugsley, the C.E.O. of Winchester Arms Co. | New Haven, Conn. | Pugsley Sale; RSW. |
| REYNOLDS, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | St. Austell. | Goodison 1. | |
| REYNOLDS, J.A., AND CO. | England, MIM | Rolling Rule = Christie-SK 7/24/86; Surveying Level = Christie-SK 2/8/79. | see Reynolds and Co. 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| REYNOLDS, JOHN | England, fl.1582-1636, MIM SIM | made wooden plane tables, etc; probably a master gunner. | Barking Churchyard (All Hallows Church), Tower Street; near Tower Hill; The Tower; all in London. | Taylor 1(69); Michel 3; Gunther 4. | |
| REYNOLDS, JOSEPH | England, c.1691, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Whitehead of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 20, 1683; free of the Company, April 6, 1691. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| REYNOLDS, THOMAS | England, c.1719, MIM | apprenticed to James Swetman 1 in the Grocers' Company on Mar. 5, 1712; free of the Company, June 23, 1719. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| REYNOLDS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1827-80, MIM | merged with John Lilley and Son(s) in 1880, as Lilley and Reynolds Ltd. | London. | Brewington 1. | |
| REYNOLDSON | England, c.1800, MIM OIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = X.; Pantograph = Christie 4/3/85. | St. John's Lane, West Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1203); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| REYNOLDSON, THOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 7 Queen Street, Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| RHODES, MANOAH | England, c.1841, | Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "M. Rhodes Bradford"; he was listed as a jeweler; probably a dealer in barometers. | 138 Westgate, Bradford. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| RIBALDI, A. | Ireland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1955). | Limerick. | RSW. | |
| RIBALDI, J. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Limerick. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIBOLDI, JOSEPH | Ireland, 1824, PHIM | carver and gilder; may be the same as J. Ribaldi, which see. | 122 George's Street, Limerick. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RIBOLDI, L. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 5/8/85. | Limerick. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RIBON | France, PHIM | Balance, small = Chateau de Barbie, Albi. | "Balancier." | à l'Rue Couronné Cour St. Martin N. 8, Paris? | RSW. |
| RIBOUT | France, MIM | Architect's Scales = WHI. | RSW. | ||
| RIBRIGHT AND SON | England, fl.1778-82, OIM | George Ribright and his son, Thomas Ribright 2. | London. | Taylor 2(529)(758); Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RIBRIGHT, GEORGE | England, 1730-90, MIM OIM | Sets of Drawing Instruments = Christie-SK 4/17/86, DeLuca 8/1/87 (silver). | son of Thomas Ribright 1; apprenticed in 1744; admitted as a foreign Brother to the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1751; took apprentices; took his son Thomas Ribright 2 as partner to become Ribright and Son, in 1788. | 40 the Poultry, London (1764 1790). | Taylor 2(529); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(150); RSW. |
| RIBRIGHT, THOMAS 1 | England, 1712-72, MIM OIM | Case of Instruments with Persective Glass = KBV; Microscope, Culpeper-type = Soth. 3/25/86. | apprenticed to Thomas Sterrop 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1726; free in the Company, 1734; Master in the Company, 1758-60; took apprentices; "Optician to his Royal Highness, George, Prince of Wales"; T.C.; patented an etui with a telescope in the middle. | at the Golden Spectacles, the Poultry, London. | Taylor 2(299); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Evans 1; Delehar 6. |
| RIBRIGHT, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1768-1810, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | the barometer is signed "T. Ribright"; apprenticed to his father, George Ribright of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1768; free of the Company in 1775; partner with his father as Ribright and Son, 1778-82; on his own, 1783-95. | 40 Poultry, London. | Taylor 2(758); Goodison 1; Court and von Rohr 3. |
| RICCIOLI | Ireland, c.1661, MIM | Rule = BRP. | Price 2. | ||
| RICE, THOMAS | England, fl.1640-60, MIM | gunner at the Tower; made many sundials. | The Tower, London. | Taylor 1(1960; Evans 1; Gatty. | |
| RICH, JAMES | England, 1771, NIM | Backstaff, wood, 1771 = D.(1973). | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| RICH, MOSES | England, NIM | Octant = Woodman Institute, New Hampshire. | London. | USNM. | |
| RICHARD OF WALLINGFORD | England, born c.1292-1335, MIM | Abbott of St. Albans; member of the "Merton School"; instrument maker and astronomer; among his inventions are the rectangulus and the albion (1326); made an astronomical clock, c. 1320. | Oxford; Wallingford. | Gunther 2; North 4; Michel 3 & 5; Needham 1. | |
| RICHARD, C.A. | USA, fl.1845-60, PHIM | barometer maker. | High Street, next door south of Mrs. Robinson's City House, Columbus, Ohio. | E.D. Beckman. | |
| RICHARDS, DAVID | England, c.1834, OIM | also made chronometers. | 27 Church Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1978). | |
| RICHARDS, ESTHER | England, fl.1801-08, MIM | rule maker. | 94 Lichfield Street (1801); 95 Lichfield Street (1808); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RICHARDS, JOHN 1 | England, c.1802, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 2, 1800; turned over to Charles Fairbone 2 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 8, 1802; may be the same as John Richards 2. | J. Brown 1; RSW. | ||
| RICHARDS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker; may be the same as John Richards 1. | Lichfield Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| RICHARDS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1787-97, MIM | rule maker; worked in boxwood and ivory. | 14 Lichfield Street (1787); Lichfield Street (1797); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RICHARDSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1807-30, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = AMST; Telescope = Christie-SK 7/10/80; Sextant = Cohasset Historical Society, Mass. | apprenticed in 1784; T.C., "late foreman to Mr. Chas. Lincoln", "Real Manufacturer." | 18 Leadenhall Street (1807); 7 St. Catherines Street, near the Tower (1808-17); 12 Upper East Smithfield (1821); 38 Windham Street, New Road, Marylebone (1826); all in London. | Taylor 2(1205); Mörzer Bruyns 1; Crawforth 1; USNM; RSW. |
| RICHARDSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1797-1819, OIM | held a patent on a machine to polish glasses in 1797; became Richardson and Sons by 1819. | 26 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields (1808); 1 Drury Lane (1810); 22 Little Queen Street, Holborne (1814); all in London. | Taylor 2(1031). | |
| RICHARDSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1801-27, OIM | apprenticed to his father Winstanley Richardson in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1794; free in the Company, Jan. 15, 1801. | 16 Somerset Street, Aldgate, London (1801-27). | Taylor 2(1206); Court and von Rohr 3(230). | |
| RICHARDSON, JOSEPH | USA, PHIM | Gold balances (3) in case = Soth. 1/22/25. | Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| RICHARDSON, MATTHEW | England, fl.1737-52, OIM | probably father of Winstanley Richardson; apprenticed to Edward Scarlett 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on June 10, 1730, free of the Company Dec. 27, 1737; T.C.; "Optician to his Majesty." | at Sir Isaac Newton's Head and Golden Spectacles against York Buildings, in ye Strand, London. | Taylor 2(400); Court and von Rohr 3(131); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. | |
| RICHARDSON, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1784-86, OIM | optician. | 4 East Cole Alley, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RICHARDSON, WINSTANLEY | England, fl.1771-1807, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 4, 1753; free of the Company, Sept. 30, 1773; took his son, John Richardson 2 as an apprentice. | Irongate, London (1807). | Court and von Rohr 3(165). | |
| RICHBOURG | France, MIM | Universal Sundial = Soth. 5/29/61. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| RICHER | France, | son of Jean-François Richer. | Daumas 1. | ||
| RICHER, JEAN-FRANCOIS | France, 1743-1820, MIM NIM SIM | Tellurium = BMR; Graphometers = P.C. (1987) (1807) (2), A-P 3/15/76 (1807), D.(1985), Versailles 11/20/83, Soth. 4/29/77; Magnetic Compass, 1807 = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, 12/11/91; Transit Circles = P.C., Ineichen 10/20/75; Sextant = Historical Society of Delaware; Y-Level = Franklin Institute Philadelphia, Pa.; Marine Compass = VNN; Terrestrial Globe = P.C.; Slide Rules = P.C.(1987), D.(1993). | Jean-François Richer; all his instruments are signed simply "Richer à Paris"; scale on Mossy barometer of 1789 is marked "Divisé par Richer"; the tellurium was marked "invented by Abbé Grenet." | L' Hermite, Paris. | Daumas 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 10 and 43; Darius 4; RSW. |
| RICHER, MAISON | France, OIM | Telescopic Level = Versailles 4/17/83. | the level is signed "Maison Richer L'Hermite Le Jars successeurs à Paris." | L'Hermite, Paris. | RSW. |
| RICHLOT | Germany, MIM | Mining Set = HAK. | RSW. | ||
| RICHTER, E.O., AND CO. | England, MIM | Draftsman's Kit = Weschler 5/22/76. | RSW; WEBDB. | ||
| RICHTER, JOHANNES | see Praetorius. | Michel 3. | |||
| RICKARDS, JOSEPH | England, | apprenticed to William Elliot 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 30, 1816. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| RICKETT, W. | England, c.1786, OIM | Horary Quadrant = KEN. | Taylor 2(885); Daumas 1. | ||
| RIDEL | France, NIM | Marine Compass = Historical Society of Old Newbury, Mass. | Nantes. | USNM. | |
| RIDER, JOB | Ireland, fl.1805-09, | partner of Henry Gardner, 1805-09; watch and clock maker. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| RIDER, WILLIAM | England, fl.1832-34, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | advertised sextants. | 22 Ashton Street, Poplar, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(1684); O'Mara. | |
| RIDLEY, MARK | England, 1560-1624, MIM | author; sundial maker. | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(56). | |
| RIEBENHAUSEN | Germany, 17th Century, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Munich Geodätisches Institut. | Zinner 1. | ||
| RIEDIG, M.C.G. | Germany, 1820-22, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1822 = DRE; Terrestrial Globe, 1820 = DRE. | Leipzig. | RSW. | |
| RIEDIGER, ADAM | Switzerland, c.1735, MIM | Table Sundial, 1735 = STU; Celestial Globe = Bern Stadtbibliothek. | Berne. | Zinner 1. | |
| RIEFLER, CLEMENS | Germany, fl.1841-76, MIM | Ellipsograph = Christie 12/8/76. | made precision clocks and drawing insruments. | Nesselwang; Munich, Bavaria. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; WEBDB. |
| RIEGE, GEORG | Germany, c.1699, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = Drecker = ADL-DPW23 (1699), D.(1972). | the master mark is a three-leaf clover. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. |
| RIENKS, SYDS JOHANNES Z. | Holland, 1770-1845, OIM | Telescopes = AMST (1824), LEY (1825), BRO (1825), Eisinga's House, Franekar (1830); Microscopes = TEY (1825), KEN (1826), etc. | worked with Argen Roelofs; worked alone by 1826. | Ferwerderadeel; Leiden. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Daumas 1; Insley 1; Dewhirst 1; Clay and Court; Rooseboom 1; RSW. |
| RIEPENHAUSEN, J.C. | MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| RIESEN, A.B. | marked on a surveying instrument signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S." at DRE; it is "M.S." (5). | RSW. | |||
| RIESS, PROF. | Germany, 1840, MIM | Chronoscope, 1840 = WUP. | Stuttgart. | RSW. | |
| RIGAUD, DE SAINT | France, c.1610, | designed the capuchin sundial. | Cousins. | ||
| RIGG, CUTHBERT | 1708, | Instrument, 1708 = University of Miss. | owner? | Price 2. | |
| RIGGS AND BROTHER | USA, c.1845, NIM | Marine Compasses = MYS, D.(1970); Sextants = MYS, D.(1970). | company founded in 1818 by William H.C. Riggs; the firm was also a retailer of navigating instruments; the Philadelphia Maritime Museum has a sextant made by Heather but bearing their name. | 310 Market Street, Philadelphia Pa. | USNM; Moskowitz 101; RSW. |
| RIGGS AND BROTHERS | USA, c.1840, NIM | Pelorus, 1840 = Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Il.; Sextant = D.(1972). | see William H.C. Riggs. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| RIGGS AND CO. | USA, c.1825, NIM | Marine Compass = D.(1972). | Philadelphia, Pa. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| RIGGS, WILLIAM H.C. | USA, fl.1818-36, NIM | Box Compass, 1836 = Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Pa. | maker and retailer of nautical instruments; established an observatory in 1820. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| RIJSMA, A. | Holland, MIM | Orrery = Phillips 5/20/75. | Steijnmoller. | RSW. | |
| RIKER, J.L. AND D.J. | USA, c.1847, MIM PHIM | made an orrery and other astronomical instruments; prize winning magnetic apparatus shown at the American Institute Fair, Oct. 1847. | 78 Suffolk Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| RILEY AND STEVENS | USA, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | New Orleans, La. | RSW. | |
| RIMMINGTON 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | Lubenham. | RSW. | |
| RIMMINGTON 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Bradford. | RSW. | |
| RIMONDI, CHARLES | England, fl.1841-66, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | watch and clockmaker; jeweler; made? and sold barometers; the wheel barometers are signed "C. Rimondi." | 1 Union Street (1837); 8 Waterhouse Street (1850-66); both in Halifax. | Goodison 1; Loomes. |
| RINALDINI | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = Geographical Institute, Florence. | RSW. | ||
| RING | Germany, c.1800, MIM OIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | microscope maker. | Berlin. | Bryden 16; Clay and Court; Dewhirst. |
| RINGELBERGH, JOACHIM STERCK VAN | Antwerp, fl.1499-1536, MIM | he was reported to have made a ring sundial. | Ringelberg. | Zinner 1. WEBDB. | |
| RINSEN, ANTHONY | Hollandfl.1748-65, MIM PHIM | Daumas listed him as English. | Leiden. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | |
| RINSEN, J. VAN | Holland, c.1750, PHIM | made air pumps. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| RIPARMENTI | France, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1983). | Bordeaux. | Wynter; RSW. | |
| RIPLEY AND SON | England, fl.1800-07, MIM NIM | Quintant = X.; Octants = X, VNN, Christie 4/3/85, Christie-SK 2/8/79, Fall River Historical Society, Mass.; Hadley Quadrant = P.C. | Thomas Ripley 1 and his son James Ripley; the octant offered by Christie-SK was misread as "Ripley and Sons." | 364 Hermitage Bridge Road, Wapping (1797); 335 High Street, Wapping (1805); both in London. | Taylor 2(760 & 1208); J. Brown 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| RIPLEY, JAMES | England, fl.1796-1828, MIM NIM | apprenticed to his father, Thomas Ripley 1, in the Grocers' Company, June 6, 1782; free in the Company April 7, 1796; partner with his father 1800-07; worked alone 1807-22; took apprentices after 1800. | 15 Warkworth Terrace, Commercial Road, Limehouse; 364 Hermitage Bridge Road, Wapping (1800-05); 352 High Street, Wapping (1805-22); 335 Hermitage Bridge Road, Wapping (1828); all in London. | Taylor 2(760 & 1208); J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| RIPLEY, THOMAS (1), AND CO. | England, c.1790, MIM NIM | may be Thomas (1) and his son, James Ripley. | 364, near Hemitige Bridge, below the Tower, London. | Clay and Court. | |
| RIPLEY, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1763-1807, MIM NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrants = PEA (1773), OMM (1775 & 1779), STK (1782), FRK (1770), Soth, 3/25/86; Octants = USNM, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa.; Telescope, four-draw = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 5, 1755; free in the Company, April 12, 1763; took apprentices, including his son James Ripley; James was his partner from 1800 to 1807. | Baker's Building, New Broad Street (1763 & 1770); at the Globe Quadrant and Sectacles, near Hermitage Bridge below the Tower, Wapping (1765); 364 Hermitage Bridge, below the Tower (1773; all in london. | Taylor 2(760); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Multhauf 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| RIPLEY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1, his father, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 10, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RIPLEY, THOMAS 3 | England, pre-1813, MIM | Hakney. | RSW. | ||
| RIPLEY, THOMAS BRAND | England, c.1805, | apprenticed to James Ripley of the Grocers' Company in 1805; grandson of Thomas Ripley 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RIQUET | France, MIM | Wall Sundial = Cie. du Canal du Midi, Toulouse. | see Maison Riguet. | Boursier. | |
| RIQUET, MAISON | France, MIM | Wall Sundial = house at Echirolles (Haute Garonne). | see Riquet. | Boursier. | |
| RISE, WILLIAM | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Symons of the Grocer's Company, July 3, 1806; turned over to John Lee, April 15, 1810. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| RISSO, JOHN 1 | Scotland, c.1783, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | Saltmarket, Glasgow. | Bryden 3 & 10; Goodison 1. | |
| RISSO, JOHN 2 | England, c.1805, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Lotherton Hall; Stick Barometer = Temple Newsham; both in Leeds. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RITCHIE, ANDREW ELIOT | USA, 1878-1935, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | succeeded his father, Andrew Montgomery Ritchie, as head of the firm "Edward S. Ritchie and Sons", 1916-35. | Brookline, Mass. (1878-1935). | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, ANDREW MONTGOMERY | USA, 1849-1916, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | joined his father, Edward S. Ritchie and his brothers, Thomas Pope and John Ritchie in Edward S. Ritchie and Sons, 1872-1916; his son Andrew Eliot Ritchie succeeded him. | New Bedford (1849); Boston (1850-86); Brookline (1886-1916); all in Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, E.S., AND SONS | USA, fl.1886-1953, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Edward S. Ritchie and Sons changed its name to E.S. Ritchie and Sons in 1886. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, EDWARD S., AND SON | USA, fl.1866-67, MIM NIM PHIM | Edward Samuel Ritchie and his son, Thomas Pope Ritchie. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, EDWARD S., AND SONS | USA, fl.1867-1937, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Electrical machine = Searsport Historical Society, Me.; Liquid Compass = D.(19720. | Edward S. Ritchie and his sons, Thomas Pope and John Ritchie, 1867-72; after 1872 the youngest son, Andrew Montgomery Ritchie joined the firm; in 1886 the firm became E.S. Ritchie and Sons; Andrew's son, Andrew Eliot Ritchie ran the firm from 1916-35; T.S. and J.D. Negus bought the company in 1937 and sold it to the Sherman Brothers in 1953, they moved to Pembroke, Mass. at that time. | Boston (1867-86); Brookline (1886-1953); Pembroke (1953); all in Mass. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| RITCHIE, EDWARD SAMUEL | USA, 1814-95, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Liquid Compasses = LOS, D.(1972), Maine Historical Society, Augusta, USNM. | worked with Ashur C. Palmer as Palmer and Ritchie, hardware, 1839-42; in business for himself, 1842-50, as a ship's chandler; from 1850-54 he worked with Nathan B. Chamberlain as Chamberlain and Ritchie, PHIMs; worked alone, 1854-62; then took John Kehew as partner as E.S. Ritchie and Co. until 1864; by 1866 the firm was E.S. Ritchie and Son, which see; E.S. Ritchie developed a liquid compass, adopted by the U.S. Navy. | Boston (1839-42), (1850-86); New Bedford (1842-49), Brookline 1886-95; all in Mass. | Smart 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bedini 8; USNM; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| RITCHIE, JOHN | USA, 1844-1902, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | middle son of Edward S. Ritchie; joined his father and brother, Thomas Pope Ritchie, as Edward S. Ritchie and Sons in 1867. | New Bedford (1844-49); Boston (1849-86); Brookline (1886-1902); all in Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHIE, THOMAS POPE | USA, 1842-1914, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | worked with his father as Edward S. Ritchie and Son, 1866-67; his brother, John, joined them in 1867; in 1872 another brother, Andrew Montgomery Ritchie, entered the firm of E.S. Ritchie and Sons. | New Bedford (1842-50); Boston (1850-86); Brookline (1886-1914); all in Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| RITCHINGHAM | England, c.1790, NIM OIM | Sextant = NMM-S.35. | London. | Taylor 2(1033); NMM 2; RSW. | |
| RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1780, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM | could be David or Benjamin Rittenhouse. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. |
| RITTENHOUSE AND COMPY. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = New Salem Park Museum, Il. | Smart thought this instrument was made by David Rittenhouse, c.1782, basing his opinion on the simplicity of the compass face; Forman felt it was made by Benjamin Rittenhouse and his son, David Rittenhouse 2. | Worcester Township, Pa. | Smart 1; B.R. Forman. |
| RITTENHOUSE AND EVANS | USA, fl.1798-1801, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, USNM. | Benjamin Rittenhouse and Benjamin Evans, his newphew and former apprentice. | Worcester Township, Pa. | Bedini 8; Smart 1; Coffeen A; USNM; B.R. Forman; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE AND POTTS | USA, fl.1796-98, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = D.(1982), D.(1996), APS, P.C., Winterthur Museum, Del. | Benjamin Rittenhouse and William Lukens Potts. | Worcester Township, Pa. | Multhhauf 1; Bedini 8; Smart 1; Coffeen A and 55; USNM; B.R. Forman; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN | USA, 1740-1825, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Atwater Kent Museum and the Franklin Institute (1786) of Philadelphia Pa., Buffalo Historical Society, N.Y., USNM, P.C. (1790), ADL-A26 (1790), Valley Forge Historical Society Pa. (1790), GUR, Ohio State Museum, Columbus (1787), Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Mich, D., Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing, etc. | brother of David Rittenhouse 1; clock and instrument maker; his dated works range from 1786 to 1792; bankrupt in 1801; see Rittenhouse and Evans. | Norriton, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1807-25) | Multhauf 1; Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Coffeen 14, 21 and 26; USNM; B.R. Forman; Leiserowitz; ADL; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE, BENJAMIN AND J. THOMAS | USA, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1978). | Antiques, June, 1978. | ||
| RITTENHOUSE, DAVID 1 | USA, 1732-96, MIM OIM SIM | Orreries = University of Pennsylvania, Princeton University, N.J.; Astronomical Clocks = USNM, APS; Zenith Telescope = USNM; Surveyor's Compasses = USNM, New York State Library, Albany, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and the Germantown Historical Society both in Philadelphia, Pa., Historical Society of Montgomery County, Norristown, Pa., GUR; etc. | astronomer, clockmaker; F.R.S.; A.P.S.; built the first American observatory; brother of Benjamin Rittenhouse; the first two surveyor's compasses listed were made for George Washington. | Norriton Township, Pa. (1732-70); Philadelphia Pa. (1770-96). | Multhauf 1; Smart 1; Bedini 1 & 8; USNM; Rice; B.R. Forman; RSW. |
| RITTENHOUSE, DAVID 2 | USA, c.1800, MIM SIM | probably the son of Benjamin Rittenhouse; see Rittenhouse and Compy. | Worcester Township, Pa. | B.R. Forman. | |
| RITTER, FRANZ | Germany, fl.1609-40, MIM | Astrolabe, wood, 1613 (ICA-611) = Lüneburg Museum; Astrolabes = MAA (ICA-465), DEU (ICA-619). | author; wrote on the astrolabe; ICA-288 is a plate from Ritter's book on the astrolabe reproduced by Gunther in "Astrolabes of the World." | Nürnburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA-2; RSW. |
| RITTLER, EUSTACH | Germany, 1826, MIM | Beam Compass, 1826 = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| RITTSON, J. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometers = K. & C. 12/3//75, D.(1977). | the barometer offered by the dealer is of padouk wood and was signed "Rittson." | RSW. | |
| RIVA | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | could be A. (1), C., J., or M. Riva, which see. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. |
| RIVA AND BEARELLI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | may be F. Riva, which see. | Reading. | RSW. |
| RIVA, A. 1 | Scotland, c.1823, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Riva; carver, gilder. | 70 East High Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1. |
| RIVA, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Marlborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVA, C. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVA, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Riva and Bearelli. | Reading. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVA, FERDINANDO | England, fl.1830-34, OIM PHIM | barometer maker. | 7 Watson Walk, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1979). | |
| RIVA, G. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RIVA, GIOVANNI | Italyc.1750, MIM SIM | Magnetic Compasses for plane tables = P.C., P.C. (1987); Compass box, 1750 = BM. | Venice. | Price 3; RSW. | |
| RIVA, J. | Scotland, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK, P.C. | RSW. | ||
| RIVA, J. AND M. | Scotland, fl.1825-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976). | J. and Michael Riva; probably dealers in barometers. | 70 High Street (1825); 143 High Street (1826-50); 147 High Street (1850-57); 63 John Street (1857-60); all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVA, MICHAEL | Scotland, c.1827, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 2/28/80. | see J. and M. Riva; the barometers are signed "M. Riva Glasgow." | 143 High Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVA, P. | Scotland, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 12/12/89. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RIVA, P., AND CO. | Scotland, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVA, S. | MIM | Compass = ROM | RSW. | ||
| RIVARD | France, c.1750, | author; wrote on sundials. | RSW. | ||
| RIVERS, JOHN | England, fl.1822-35, MIM | barometer maker. | Wind Street (1822); Goat Street (1830); High Street (1835); all in Swansea. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1980). | |
| RIVIERO, DIEGO | Spain, c.1523, MIM | made astrolabes, etc. | Seville. | Michel 3. | |
| RIVINGTON, JAMES | USA, c.1778, | advertised Peter Dollond's telescopes for sale, May, 1778. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| RIVOLTA 1 | Scotland, c.1844, PHIM | see Lilly and Rivolta 1; probably Stephen Lilly. | Bell 2. | ||
| RIVOLTA 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| RIVOLTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RIVOLTA, A. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | might be A. (2), Alex or Anthony Rivolta as no town is given. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3), Soth. 7/21/83; Wheel Barometer, Thermometer and Hydrometer = Soth.-C 5/16/85. | may be A. Rivolta 1. | Chester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, ALEX | England, fl.1817-19, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | signed "A. Rivolta 32 Brook Street." | 11 Brook Street (1817-18); 32 Brook Street (1819); both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, ANTHONY | England, fl.1822-61, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | also made thermometers and looking glasses; see A. Rivolta 1; the barometer is signed "A. Rivolta" 1 plus address. | 32 Brook Street, Holborn (1822-45); 21 Lower Calthorpe Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW.. |
| RIVOLTA, D. 1 | PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as D. Rivolta 2, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, D. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = RSM. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, F. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, F. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| RIVOLTA, F., AND CO. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = 1975 Auction Cat. | F. Rivolta (1) and Co. | Macclesfield. | RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be F. Rivolta and Co. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RIVOTTA | England, | see Marzoratti and Rivotta; F. Rivolta 2 ? | Bell 2. | ||
| RIX, J. | England, fl.1750-60, MIM | Cometarium = USNM; Slide Rules = P.C., D.(1982); Slide Rule, 1758 = X. | watch and clockmaker; slide rule signed "Rix maker 1758" and marked "For the excise." | in Shrewsbury Court, in White Cross Street, near Cripplegate, London. | Taylor 2(530); A.J. Turner 10; Clay and Court; Coffeen F; RSW. |
| RIX, WILLIAM | England, c.1740, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1; made slide rules. | at the Mariner and Globe, facing the lower End of the Old Jewry, London. | Darius 2. | |
| RIZAUD | France, | instrument maker. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| RIZZI, A. | England, PHIM | T.C. on the back of a wheel barometer. | RSW. | ||
| RIZZO, DOMENICO | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Boxed Magnetic Compass = ADL-M224. | the name is on the lid of the box, together with the figure of a man; might well be the name of the owner. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| ROACH AND WARNER | USA, fl.1837-42, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A118, P.C. | John Roach and Henry Warner; they were partners from 1837 to 1842. | 293 Broadway, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| ROACH, JOHN | Ireland; USA, 1813-91, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Mackay School of Mines, Reno, Nev., Michigan State University Museum, East Lansing, P.C.; Y-Level = USNM. | worked alone in New York from 1833 to 1837 and again from 1843 to 1861; worked with Warner as Roach and Warner from 1837 to 1842; worked with Joseph Charles Sala from 1861 to 1891 when Sala succeeded him. | Cork (1813-33); 116 White (1833-35); 3 Wall Street (1836-37); 293 Broadway (1837-42); 72 Nassau (1842-43); the last five all in New York, N.Y; 720 California Stret (1855-90); 429 Montgomery Street (1891); last two in San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| ROACH, L. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Nat'l Air and Space Museum, Washington, D.C. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ROBB, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1776-1816, PHIM | Angle Barometers = X (2), D.(1963) (2). | one of the X barometers is also marked "David Milne, Carnbegg" and was possibly made by B. Knie; Robb is listed as a clockmaker. | Montrose. | Goodison 1 & 5; RSW. |
| ROBBINS, J. AND C. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 10/26/83. | 9 Bartholomew Close, London. | RSW. | |
| ROBELOU, ISAAC | England, c.1719, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1719 = KEN. | London. | Goodison 1; McConnell 1. | |
| ROBEQUI, JOSEPH MARIE | France, c.1775, | invented a plotting protractor which was made by Jules Borromei in 1775, ADL-M98. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| ROBERT | France, c.1840, PHIM | Barometer = Versailles 11/20/83. | signed "Robert opticien" with address. | passage Saint-Pierre, N. 4, Versailles. | RSW. |
| ROBERT DE VAUGONDY | France, fl.1645-50, MIM | Planetarium, 1650 = ROU-61. | author of book published in 1645; surely related to Gilles and Didier Robert de Vaugondy, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, DIDIER | France, 1723-86, MIM | son of Gilles Robert de Vaugondy and worked with him; made armillary spheres and globes. | Paris. | Yonge; Michel 3. | |
| ROBERT DE VAUGONDY, GILLES | France, 1688-1766, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1750 = CNAM; Pair of Globes = VNN. | father of Didier Robert de Vaugondy who worked with him in producing maps, globes and atlases; grandson of Nicolas Sanson; the VNN terrestrial globe was corrected by Delamarche in 1787. | Paris. | Yonge; Michel 3; RSW. |
| ROBERT OF CHESTER | England, c.1140, MIM | Chester. | Gunther 3. | ||
| ROBERT, HENRI 1 | France, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = ROU-103. | Marseilles. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| ROBERT, HENRI 2 | see MM. de Peyronny et Henri Robert. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| ROBERT, HENRY | France, 1833, MIM | Astronomical Demonstration Device = D.(1985); Horizontal Sundial = Wray-102; Pillar Sundials in cardboard tubes with the equation of time scales = ADL-N27, TIM, WHI(FIT), CHF, BM, NMM, CNAM, WUP, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich., D.(1997), Soth. 12/12/55, Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96; etc. | "Horloger de la Marine, Breveté S.G.D.G"; D. pillar dial signed "Horloger de la Reine"; pupil of Breguet; advertisement in La Gazette de France (1833) (Price Coll.); Gersaint is for 46°; pillar dials sold for 5 francs | au Palais Royal, No. 164 au p/er (anci/ne maison Laresche); Rue du Coq St. Honoré, No. 8; both in Paris. | Bryden 16; Michel 3; USNM; MADEX; Dewhirst; NMM 2; Coffeen 56; ADL; RSW. |
| ROBERT, JONA FRANCIS | Holland, fl.1783-86, | made the ecliptic circle for the orrery by Eeckhout. | Middleburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ROBERT, MASTER | France, 1377, MIM | sundial maker; made an almanac for the Duke of Burgundy in 1377. | Dijon. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ROBERT, THEODORE | England, NIM | Sextant = D.(1976). | 34 Strand Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ROBERTS 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stonehouse. | Goodison 1. | |
| ROBERTS 2 | England, NIM | see Simpson and Roberts. | 34 Strand Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ROBERTS, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1742-85, MIM | Slide Rules = P.C. (1754), (1755), Christie 12/14/89 (pre-1758). | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 3, 1733; free in the Company, April 6, 1742; took apprentices; Christie slide rule carries owner's name and date, "Edward Dawson. Mansfield. 1758." | Old Jewry (1749-57); Dove Court, Old Jewry (1778-82); both in London. | Crawforth 7; Delehar 2; RSW. |
| ROBERTS, EDWARD 2 | England, fl.1785-96, MIM | Slide Rule, Everard-type, wood, 1791 = X; Slide Rule, three slides, wood = ADL-N37, Christie-SK 6/2/83; Gauging Slide Rule, Verie-type, wood = X; Slide Rule, four slides, wood = D.(1991). | apprenticed to his father, Edward Roberts 1, in the Joiners' Company on July 19, 1763; free of the Company, May 3, 1785. | (at his father's) 3 Dove Court, Old Jewry (1785); Grocer's Alley; both in London. | Taylor 2(1034); Crawforth 7; Bryden 9; Clay and Court; Darius 2; Delehar 9; Gemmary III; ADL; RSW. |
| ROBERTS, GEORGE | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to his father, Edward Roberts 1, in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 29, 1765. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROBERTS, HENRY | England, c.1834, OIM | 48 Inge Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1981). | ||
| ROBERTS, JONATHAN | England, fl.1681-1727, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Howe in the Broderers' Company; free of the Company, Feb. 3, 1681; took apprentices. | at a Cookes against ye Red Cross in East Smithfield (1681); Fleet Street (1700); both in London. | Crawforth 7; J. Brown 1. | |
| ROBERTS, RICHARD | England, 18th Century, PHIM | balance maker. | Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(1036). | |
| ROBERTS, SAMUEL | England, fl.1755-1800, MIM | Sundials = Churchyards at Llonbrynmair, Llanfair Caereimion, and Manafan, Mont. | Llanfair Caereinion. | Peate. | |
| ROBERTS, THOMAS | England, pre-1864, OIM | Telescope = D.(1989). | 3 Strand Street, Liverpool. | Rinaldi 23. | |
| ROBERTS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1700-21, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Ccompany on July 2, 1688; free in the Company, Feb. 3, 1700; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ROBERTS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 (his grandfather?) in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 7, 1773. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROBERTS, WILLIAM 3 | England, fl.1822-41, MIM | made rules of boxwood and ivory. | 21 West Bar, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1686); Crawforth 6. | |
| ROBERTSON, DR. | England, pre-1830, | patented an improvement for the marine barometer; an example is in the VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| ROBERTSON, JOHN | England, 1712-76, MIM | Table Sundial = Versailles 4/17/83. | invented an improved slide rule; F.R.S.; author of book on mathematical instruments, London, 1775. | Christ's Hospial, London (1748); Portsmouth Naval Academy (1755-66). | Taylor 2(300). |
| ROBERTSON, R. | NIM | Octant = Brown University, Providence, R.I. | USNM. | ||
| ROBERTSON, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1730-60, OIM | Compound Microscopes = Clerk of Penicuik family (2), RMS, WHI, Earl of Bute (1783). | the Earl of Bute's microscope was signed "Gul. R. fecit." | Edinburgh. | Bryden 4. |
| ROBERVAL | see Gilles Personne. | RSW. | |||
| ROBIJN, JACOB | Holland, 1679, NIM | partner with Johannes van Keulen 1 in 1679; is he the same person as Jacobus Robijn? | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ROBIJN, JACOBUS | Holland, c.1649-1701, NIM | made cross-staves, 1688; succeeded by Joachim Hasebroek | Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ROBILOU, ISAAC | England, 1719, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1719 = X. | London. | Tyler. | |
| ROBIN, ROBERT | France, 1742-1809, MIM PHIM | Meridian Sundial, 1789 = CNAM; Wheel Barometer, with clock = Chelsea Fair. | "Horloger du Roy." | au Galleries du Louvre, Paris. | Ithaca; RSW. |
| ROBINS, JOH. | England, c.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial = D.(1989) = ADL-A289. | "I.R." (2) (which see) is punched into the hour scale. | Coffeen 25; ADL; RSW. | |
| ROBINSON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | see Robinson Bros. | 53 Bishopsgate Street, London. | RSW. |
| ROBINSON AND BARROW | England, fl.1842-45, PHIM | Thomas Charles Robinson and Henry Barrow; Barrow bought Robinson's business in 1842, after Robinson's death. | 38 Devonshire Street, Portland Place (1842); 26 Oxendon Street, Haymarket (1843); both in London. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| ROBINSON BROS. | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79. | see Robinson. | 53 Bishopsgate Street, London and Market Square, Shrewbury. | RSW. |
| ROBINSON, B.C. | England, c.1854, MIM | T.C.; made chronometers. | Middlesborough. | Crawforth 1. | |
| ROBINSON, BURNHAM AND CO. | USA, c.1831, MIM | watchmakers. | Danvers, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| ROBINSON, DANIEL | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Money Balance = Versailles 4/17/83; Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | Bradford. | RSW. | |
| ROBINSON, H. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | South Shields. | RSW. | |
| ROBINSON, HENRY | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Hutchinson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1724; free in the Company, June 4, 1733. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ROBINSON, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1845-84, OIM | optician; philosophical artist; firm was called James Robinson and Sons from 1885 to 1910. | Museum of Curiosities, 41 Grafton Street (1845); Polytechnic Museum and Gallery of Curiosities, 65 Grafton Street (1846-55); Poltechnic Museum and Photographic Gallery (1856-84); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| ROBINSON, JAMES, AND SONS | Ireland, fl.1885-1910, OIM | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| ROBINSON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1743, MIM | see (Thomas) Crosby and (John) Robinson (1); they split up in 1743; T.C. | Dock Hed, Redriff (1743); London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| ROBINSON, JOHN 2 | England, c.1761, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Craford in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 4, 1753; free in the Company, Mar. 3, 1761. | at Mr. Craford's, Ratcliff Highway, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ROBINSON, JOHN 3 | Ireland, fl.1791-95, MIM | 4 Drogheda Street (1791-92); 21 Hawkin's Street (1794-95); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| ROBINSON, L. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Naval Training Center Historical Museum, Cal. | Liverpool. | USNM. | |
| ROBINSON, THOMAS CHARLES | England, 1792-1841, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Mountain Barometer = X; Dip Circle = RGO; Balances = WHI, RSM, Cambridge University Mining Dept.; Theodolite, miniature = Yorkshire Museum, York; Universal Instrument, 1857 = BRO. | developed a type of beam balance; made rock crystal prisms; Henry Barrow bought the business in 1842 and continued it as Robinson and Barrow. | 38 Devonshire Street, Portland Place, London. | Taylor 2(1687); Goodison 1; USNM; Bryden 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; Stock 1; Dewhirst; Darius 4. |
| ROBINSON, THOMAS ROMNEY | England, 1792-1882, | Rev. Dr. Robinson; invented the windmill-type anemometer in 1846. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| ROBOTHAN, WALTER | England, | T.C.; sold instruments. | at the Red M and Dagger in Pope's Head Alley against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| ROCCHETTI, PAOLO | Italy; England, fl.1840-77; d.1897, MIM PHIM SIM | Compass, 1857 = Padua University. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Padua (Austria) (1851); London (1851); Florence (1861). | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brenni 1. |
| ROCHEL, HANS T. | misreading for Troschel. | Pugsley Sale. | |||
| ROCHET | see Rochette, Gaspard. | RSW. | |||
| ROCHETTE | France, c.1820, PHIM | Barometer = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | Rochette Jeune ? | Quais de l'Horloge, No. 81, Paris. | RSW. |
| ROCHETTE JEUNE | France, c.1820, MIM SIM | Graphometers = P.C. (1979), P.C. (1987), Libert and Castor 4/28/82; Clinometer = D.(1973); Surveying Instrument = P.C. (1987); Miner's Compass = P.C. (1987). | probably the son of Gaspard Rochette. | au Griffon, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Wynter and Turner; Wynter; RSW. |
| ROCHETTE, GASPARD | France, 1754-1805, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Circle = D.(1973); Telescopes = P.C., D.(1967; Sectors = P.C., Drouot 11/7/75; Rule = P.C.; Square, folding (metric scale) = Christie 4/3/85; Graphometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | probably the father of Rochette jeune; graphometer is signed "Rochet"; see Rochette père. | Quay du Nord (1794); Quay de l'Horloge du Palais N.60; 49 Quay de l'Horloge (1805); all in Paris. | Daumas 1; USNM; Wynter; Maddison 1; RSW. |
| ROCHETTE, PERE | France, OIM | Telescope = Versailles 11/19/78. | Rochette père; may be Gaspard Rochette. | Paris. | RSW. |
| ROCHON | France, c.1790, MIM OIM | developed a micrometer for telescopes. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| RODELLA, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1749-1834, MIM PHIM SIM | Telescopic Level = ADL-M191; Alidade = NMM; Compass, 1814 = Padua University. | clockmaker; appointed mechanician to the Specola di Padova, 1794-1802; the ADL instrument is marked "Regio Machinista Padua." | Venice; Padua (1794). | Michel 3; NMM 1; Engelmann 1; Brenni 1; ADL; RSW. |
| RODELLA, GIUSEPPE | Italy, fl.1595-1620, | instrument maker. | Padua. | Evans 1. | |
| RODGERSON, W. | England, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | T.C.; manufacturer of nautical instruments; printer. | 10 St. James Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RODGERSON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1835-90, MIM OIM | Chathan Buildings, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2222); Crawforth 6. | ||
| RODRIGAS | Spain, OIM | Telescope = Observatory, Madrid. | Madrid. | RSW. | |
| RODRIGUEZ, FULGENCIO | Spain, fl.1805-06, NIM | Sextant, 1805 = MAN-I 121; Sextant = MAN-I 25; Sextant, 1806 = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | Ferrol. | Garcia Franco 1; RSW. | |
| ROE 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, with watch = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | the watch movement is signed "Wm. Sharpe, London." | Midhurst. | RSW. |
| ROE 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 6/27/88. | Godalming. | RSW. | |
| ROE, JOSEPH ADOLPHUS | England, fl.1855-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Roe Ipswich"; watch and clockmaker. | Tacket Street, Ipswich. | Goodison 1 |
| ROELOFS AND RIENKS | Holland, c.1825, MIM OIM | microscope and telescope makers; Arjen Roelofs and Syds Johannes Z. Rienks. | Friesland. | Dewhirst. | |
| ROELOFS, ALBERT | Holland, 1745-1809, OIM | brother of Pieter and Arjen Roelofs. | Hijum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROELOFS, ARJEN | Holland, 1754-1828, MIM OIM PHIM | brother of Albert and Pieter Roelofs; worked with Syd Johannes Z. Rienks as Roelofs and Rienks, 1825; made microscopes and barometers, also made a cometarium and a jovilabium. | Hijum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROELOFS, PIETER | Holland, 1742-1801, MIM OIM | brother of Albert and Arjen Roelofs. | Hijum. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROEMER, OLAUS | Denmark; France, 1644-1710, MIM OIM PHIM | astronomer; built one of the first transit telescopes; constructed planispheres, a saturnilabium, a jovilabium (1673), while in Paris; produced standard thermometers (1702); | Copenhagen; Paris (c.1679); Copenhagen. | Cohen 2; North 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; Drekker; RSW. | |
| ROGER, MARK | England, c.1814, | developed a new slide rule for compounding interest. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| ROGERS, J. | England, fl.1755-1828, OIM | wrote on telescopes. | Taylor 2(532). | ||
| ROGERS, MARK | England, fl.1716-37, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 7, 1706; free in the Company Aug.7, 1716; took apprentices. | Long Walk, London.(1737). | Crawforth 7. | |
| ROGERSON AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant = OMM. | 11 South Lombard Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ROGET, PETER MARK | England, 1779-1869, | physician and scholar; invented the log-log scale for the slide rule in 1815; F.R.S. in 1815; published the Thesaurus in 1852. | Manchester (1798-1810); London. | DNB; Delehar 9; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ROHDE, F., ET FILS | Russia, c.1850, MIM OIM | Gunner's Square = P.C. | "opticiens et mecaniciens." | St. Petersburg. | RSW. |
| ROHLEIN, CHRISTOFF | Germany, 1680, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1680 = P.C. | Christoff Röhlein. | Dresden. | Pippa. |
| ROHR, NIELS | see Niels Rohr Bangs. | RSW. | |||
| ROIAS, JUAN DE | Belgium; France, c.1550, | pupil of Gemma Frisius; invented a new projection for the astrolabe; author of "Commentarium in Astrolabium", Lutetia, 1550. | Louvain; Paris (1550). | Michel 2 & 3; Maddison 1 & 7; Gunther 1; Perry. | |
| ROLANDS, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROLAS VAN VRIES, J. | Holland, 1642, MIM | Astrolabe, 1642 = X. | Amsterdam. | Michel 2. | |
| ROLFE, SAMUEL | England, c.1700?, MIM | Compass Sundials = OXF, ADL-W237, Christie 12/18/74 = Christie 4/9/75. | the compass sundial ADL-W237 is marked "S.R." (1) at the east point of the compass rose; "1742" scratched on bottom of hour scale; see Samuel Rolt. | London. | Taylor 1(448); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ROLL, GEORG | Germany, fl.1560-92, MIM | Celestial Globe with clockwork, 1588 = VIE. | made clockwork globes with Johannes Reinhold; worked for Rudolph II; see the entry for Georg Roll und Johannes Reinhold. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| ROLL, GEORG, UND JOHANNES REINHOLD | Germany, fl.1584-86, MIM | Celestial Globes with clockwork = VAA (1584), DRE (1586), Naples Observatory (1586), GEL; Astronomical Clocks = VAA (1576), VIE (1584). | worked for Rudolph II. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Grimaldi; RSW. |
| ROLOSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1698, | as an apprentice, turned over to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company from William Dixon in 1690; turned over to Michael Savage in 1696 or later; both members of the Joiners' Company; free of the Company, 1698. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROLT, SAMUEL | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 of the Grocers' Company on June 19, 1714; probably Samuel Rolfe, which see. | J. Brown 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| ROM:KAY:MAY: | Austria, 1709, MIM | Inclinometer, 1709 = VIT. | Salzburg. | Kirnbauer 1. | |
| ROMANS, BERNARD | USA, fl.1720-84, | made improvements to the marine compass, 1733; geographer and cartographer. | Bedini 8. | ||
| ROMLEY, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1750, | founder; T.C. | at the Sign of the Three Bells in Horse-Shoe Alley, Middle Moorfields, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| RON, ANDREAS | Germany, 1572, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1572 = X. | Augsburg. | Neumann 1. | |
| RONCHATE, BAPTIS | England, PHIM | Double Barometer = OXF. | probably Giovanni Battista Ronchetti, which see. | Goodison 1 and 5. | |
| RONCHETI | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | signed "Roncheti fecit." | RSW. | |
| RONCHETI AND GATTY | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1965), D.(1990). | might have been Bapt. Roncheti or J.M. Ronketti and James Gatty; the dealer's barometer was signed "Ronchetti and Gatty." | London. | Goodison 1. |
| RONCHETI, BAPT. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (4), Soth. 1/19/73, Daggett House, Edgartown, Mass.; Double Barometer = D.(1971); Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78, Soth. 10/22/87. | probably Giovanni Battista Ronchetti, which see; one barometer signed "B. Roncheti Manchester"; another "Bap. Roncheti, 15 High Street, Manchester"; two are signed "Bapt. Ronchetti"; Soth. 10/22/87 is signed "Bapt. Roncheti Fecit." | 15 High Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETI, BAPT., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Gloucester Museum; Stick Barometers = X (2). | probably Giovanni Battista Ronchetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETI, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be either Edmund or Thomas Ronchetti. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| RONCHETTI 2 | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 4/22/88; Stick Barometer = D.(1965). | could be by J. (1 or 2), John B., or Joshua Ronchetti 1; Goodison favored the latter for the X wheel barometer. | 43 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI 3 | see P. Martinelli, Ronchetti and Co. | Goodison 1. | |||
| RONCHETTI AND SON | England, fl.1836-39, PHIM | may be John Ronchetti and Son; succeeded by Joseph Somalvico 2 in J. Somalvico and Co. | 2 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, BAPST., LOMAS AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/4/92. | surely Baptiste Roncheti, which see. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, CHARLES JOSHUA | see Joshua Ronchetti 1. | Goodison 1. | |||
| RONCHETTI, EDMUND | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Waterbeer Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = RSM. | optician; probably Joshua Ronchetti 1 or 2. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| RONCHETTI, J. 2 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 12/17/89. | J. Ronchetti 1 and 2 may be the same man. | Victoria Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, JOHN | Italy; England, fl.1836-38, PHIM | barometer maker. | 25 Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(2223); Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, JOHN B. AND JOSHUA (2) | England, fl.1841-51, OIM PHIM | John Baptist Ronchetti and his brother, Joshua Ronchetti 2; sons of Joshua Ronchetti 1; they were succeeded by their brother-in-law, Joseph L. Casartelli in 1851. | 43 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETTI, JOHN BAPTIST | England, 1812-80, OIM PHIM | son of Joshua Ronchetti 1; he worked with his brother, Joshua Ronchetti 2 from 1841 to 1851; hydrometer and thermometer makers; they were succeeded by Joseph L. Casartelli who married their sister. | 9 Cambridge Street, Golden Square; 43 Market Street; both in Manchester. | Goodison 1; USNM. | |
| RONCHETTI, JOSHUA 1 | Italy; England, fl.1817-41, MIM OIM PHIM | Mathematical Instrument Set = Soth. 10/28/63; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = VCW; Azimuth Compass = P.C. (1982). | full name was Charles Joshua Ronchetti; son of Giovanni Battista Ronchetti; father of John Baptist and Joshua (2) Ronchetti. | 29 Balloon Street (1817); St. Anns Passage (1829); Cateaton Street (1830); 43 Market Street (1832-41); all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1689); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, JOSHUA 2 | England, fl.1841-51, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | son of (Charles) Joshua Ronchetti 1; worked with his brother John Baptist Ronchetti, 1841 to 1851. | 43 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONCHETTI, THOMAS | England, fl.1822-56, PHIM | optician; barometer maker. | New Bridge Street (1822); 4 Mount Pleasant, Black Boy Road (1830); Black Boy Road (1850-56); all in Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCHETY, I. AND M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably John Merry Ronketti | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONCORONE, FRA. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONDELET | France, 1789, | instrument maker at PBN. | Evans 1?; RSW. | ||
| RONDINI, JEAN | England, c.1815, OIM | held a patent on dioptric telescopes. | London. | Dewhirst. | |
| RONKETTI | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1977). | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| RONKETTI AND CO. | England, PHIM | see John Merry Ronketti. | Goodison 1. | ||
| RONKETTI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Bapt. Roncheti. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| RONKETTI, J. AND M. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X.; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | misreading for John Merry Ronketti. | 6 Peter Street, Bloomsbury, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONKETTI, J.G.H. | England, fl.1845-46, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | the stick barometer is signed "I.G.H. Ronketti, 15 Museum Street, Bloomsbury"; see John Ronketti 1 at that address. | 102 St. Martins Lane (1845); 116 Great Russell Street (1845); 19 Leather Lane (1846); 15 Museum Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RONKETTI, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1823-44, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; see J.G.H. Ronketti; became a partner with Henry Negretti, c.1840. | 15 Museum Street, Bloomsbury, London. | Taylor 2(2224); Goodison 1; Middleton 1. | |
| RONKETTI, JOHN 2 | USA, c.1850, PHIM | may be related to Joshua Ronchetti 1 or 2 of Manchester; see John George Ronketti. | New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | |
| RONKETTI, JOHN GEORGE | England; USA, fl.1820-53, MIM NIM PHIM | may be John Ronketti 2, which see; New York business directory for 1852-53 showed him as an instrument maker. | 8 Back Hill, Hatton Garden (1822); Leather Lane; both in London; New York, N.Y. (1852-53). | Taylor 2(1690a); Goodison 1; USNM; Middleton 1. | |
| RONKETTI, JOHN MERRY | Italy; England, fl.1790-1819, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Longleat House, X, Soth. 11/20/70 and 6/6/75; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/6/73. | 180 Holborn (1790-97); 6 Peter Street, Bloomsbury (1800-19); both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| RONKETTI, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1820-22, PHIM | barometer maker. | 8 Back Hill, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1690). | |
| RONKETTI, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1854-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 31 Northampton Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| RONKITTE, J.M. | see John Merry Ronketti. | Goodison 1. | |||
| RONLEY, JOHN | England, MIM OIM | Micrometer = WHI. | moving-wire eyepiece micrometer. | J,A. Bennett 2. | |
| RONN, W. VON, UND F.A. HUHN | Germany, c.1827, NIM | W. von Rönn und F.A. Hühn. | Schück. | ||
| RONQUETTI | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer on clock = Soth. 10/26/73; Barometers = Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 6/22/23 and 7/20/23. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ROOKE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROOKER, JAMES EDWARD | England, fl. approx. 1850s | small pocket telescope=PC | 54 Newington Causeway | WEBDB | |
| ROOKER, JOHN A. | England, fl.1810-46, MIM | Slide Rule, 1810 = Evans Coll.; Pocket Calendar = Evans Coll.; Pantograph = Soth. 2/7/72. | the instruments are signed "John Rooker"; apprenticed to James Martin in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 4, 1794; free in the Company, 1810; divided the log-log slide rules, invented by Peter Mark Roget and sold by Francis West. | 27 Bridgewater Street, Somers Town; 49 Guildford Place, Kennington Cross; 1 Little Queen Street; 26 East Street, Lamb's Conduit Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1418); J. Brown 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 9. |
| ROORISTER, C.V. | Germany, c.1843, | invented a computing scale made by Ertel und Sohn. | Munich. | Brieux 2. | |
| ROOSE, THOMAS | England, c.1828, MIM | 16 north Side, Old Dock, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1691). | ||
| ROOSEBOOM, JAN | Holland, c.1809, MIM OIM SIM | made telescopes and surveying instruments. | Buiksloot. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ROOSENBOOM, JN. | Holland, c.1825, NIM | Zak Sextant = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| ROOTS, EDWARD | England, c.1728, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Macy of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 20, 1728. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ROPER, ABRAHAM | Ireland, fl.1787-93, MIM | listed as Abraham Rosser, 1787-88. | 8 Bedford Row, Dublin (1787-93). | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| RORDORF | Italy, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | "Toledo N.286 à Naples." | Naples. | RSW. |
| ROSA, FELIX | France, | Félix Rosa; worked for Vaucanson, which see. | Daumas 1. | ||
| ROSAI, F. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROSAPINI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ticehurst. | Goodison 1. | |
| ROSATTE, J. | England, PHIM | this name appears on a printed paper barometer scale. | Leeds. | Goodison 1. | |
| ROSCOE, ROBERT | England, fl.1696-1730, MIM | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ROSE, DANIEL | England, MIM | Sundials = Shutts near Ashopton Hall and Derwent Churchyard, Derwent. | Derbyshire. | Gatty. | |
| ROSE, JOHN | England, c.1688, | apprenticed to John Toogood in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 11, 1688. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROSELL, JOSE | Spain, c.1850, MIM NIM | Octant = MAN-I128; Alidade with compass and case = Gersaint 7/20/96. | "Gran establecimiento de instrumentos de Jose Sosee." | Plaza de Palacionumero 13, Barcelona. | Garcia Franco 1. |
| ROSEN, CARL | Norway, NIM | Magnetic Compass = NOR. | Fahlun. | RSW. | |
| ROSENBERG, JOHAN PETTER | Sweden, fl.1764-77, MIM | instrument maker; apprenticed to Daniel Ekström, took over his shop; maker to the Academy, 1764-77. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ROSENBERG, PETTER | Sweden, c.1730, | instrument maker to the Corps of Engineers. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ROSENFALDT, HANS | Sweden, 1567, MIM | Hans Rosenfäldt made a silver astrolabe for Erik XIV, King of Sweden, for 1,200 marks. | RSW. | ||
| ROSENTALL, I. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. Pulborough 3/1/83. | Burton-on-Trent. | RSW. | |
| ROSENTHAL, GOTTFRIED ERICH | Germany, c.1782, PHIM | made an improvement for a portable barometer. | Stuttgart. | Middleton 1. | |
| ROSENTHAL, J.C. | Germany, 1717, MIM | Table Sundial, 1717 = EMA; Sundial, 1717 = Soth. 5/11/23. | may be the same sundial. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| ROSLIN, EUSTACHIUS | Germany, c.1537, | Röslin wrote an explanation of the astrolabe in 1537. | Frankfort. | Zinner 1. | |
| ROSS | England, c.1820, | see Lewis and Ross. | London. | Taylor 2(1624). | |
| ROSS AND CO. | England, c.1859, OIM | Thomas Ross who succeeded his father, Andrew Ross, c.1859. | London. | RSW. | |
| ROSS, ANDREW | England, 1798-1859, OIM PHIM | Microscope, presentation set = D.(1989). | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on July 20, 1813; optician; produced over four thousand microscopes; also made telescopes, stick and wheel barometers, and Wilson-type rain gauges; see Andrew Ross and Co. (1837-41). | 15 St. John's Square (1830); 33 Regent Street, Piccadilly (1837); 21 Featherstone Buildings (1840-47); 2 Featherstone buildings (1848-56); all (exept for Regent Street) in Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1983); Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low 1; Moskowitz 132; Tesseract; Coffeen; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| ROSS, ANDREW, AND CO. | England, fl.1837-41, OIM | Microscope (1839) = Soth. 7/7/78; Binoculars = D.(1984). | Andrew Ross and J.S. Lister; they developed a objective lens. | 33 Regent Street, Piccadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1983); G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen H; RSW. |
| ROSS, THOMAS | England, c.1859, OIM | succeeded his father, Andrew Ross, as Ross and Co. | London. | RSW. | |
| ROSS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1731-65, MIM | Rossisphere = P. & S. 2/28/1896 = OXF. | author; invented a type of ring sundial in 1733 called a "Rossisphere"; used a pseudonym "N.A." (New Astronomer), which see. | sondon. | Taylor 2(222 & 301); Evans 1. |
| ROSSELL, JOSE | Spain, MIM NIM | Sextant = BAR (2); Artificial Horizon = BAR; Octant = BAR. | José Rossell; T.C. | Plaza de Palacia N. 15, Barcelona. | RSW. |
| ROSSER, ABRAHAM | see Abraham Roper. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.. | |||
| ROSSI, DE | Italy, 1695, MIM | Set of Gores for a Celestial Globe, 1695 = NMM-Caird. | could be Dominico or Jacobus de Rossi. | NMM 1; Yonge; RSW. | |
| ROSSI, DOMINICO DE | Germany; Italy, 1647-1719, MIM | Pairs of Globes, 1695 = Hispanic Society of America, N.Y., UCLA. | he altered Matthäus Greutter's 1638 globes and re-issued them. | Mailand; Rome. | Yonge. |
| ROSSI, G. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (5), D.(1978), Soth. 5/14/87, Ilbert Coll., Christie-SK 11/17/86. | four of the barometers are signed "G. Rossi Norwich"; the barometer offered by Soth. also has a thermometer. | Exchange Street, Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ROSSI, GIUSEPPE DE | Italy, c.1615, | printed pair of globe gores by Joducus Hondius in 1615. | Rome. | Yonge. | |
| ROSSI, JACOBUS DE | Italy, 1695, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1695 = NYM. | "----ex chalcographia Dominico Rubeis preo Jacobus de Rubeis an. 1695"; Yonge thought he was the same person as Dominico de Rossi | Rome. | Yonge. |
| ROSSI, JOSEF DE | Italy, 1615, | issued globe gores, 1615; "Josef de Rubeis Mediolanensis." | Mediolanus. | Yonge. | |
| ROSSI, JOSEPH F. | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR; Wheel Barometer = NOR. | the stick barometer is signed "I. Rossi." | Stockholm. | RSW. |
| ROSSI, P. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ROSSITER | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | signed on the bubble level. | Bridgwater. | RSW. |
| ROSSITER, GEORGE | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 5, 1773. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROSTAND, ED. | France, MIM | Wall Sundial = Villa Ar-Naga, Cambo, B. Pyr. | Cambo, Basse Pyrennées. | Boursier. | |
| ROSTRIGA | Spain, c.1780, MIM PHIM | Sector, wood = MAA; Vacuum Pump, double acting = ISI. | the pump may be signed "Rostriaga." | Madrid. | RSW. |
| ROTH | France, c.1825, MIM | Adding Machine = X. | "Roth Bte." (breveté); see Dr. Roth and M. Wertheimber. | RSW. | |
| ROTH, DR., AND M. WERTHEIMBER | France, c.1845, | invented an automaton calculator. | Daumas 1; Practical Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol.14, pp.129-31. | ||
| ROTHKNECHT, JOH. CHRISTOPH | Austria, c.1720, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = OXF. | Salzburg. | Gunther 2; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| ROTHWELL | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope, Culpeper-type = Soth.2/25/86; Stick Barometer = X; Barometer = P.C.; Goniometer, stellar = Phillips 11/16/88. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ROTZ, JEAN | France; England, fl.1540-80, MIM | made an elaborate compass of variation for Henry VII; developed an armillary ring sundial with sights, mounted over a compass and called by him a "differential quadrant"; his father might have been a Scot. | Dieppe; London; Dieppe. | Taylor 1(15); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ROUCKLEIFFE, JOHN | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to Charles Crick 2 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 29, 1722. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ROUGETTE | France, MIM | Miner's Compass with Level = USNM. | see Rouquette. | Nimes. | USNM. |
| ROUQUETTE | France, c.1820, MIM SIM | Graphometer = P.C. | see Rougette. | Nimes. | USNM; RSW. |
| ROUSSE, JACQUES | France, 1691, MIM | Vertical Sundial, slate, 1691 = Church, Coutures. | Coutures. | Gatty. | |
| ROUSSEAU | France, c.1777, MIM | Cannon Sundials = P.C., Christie 6/7/72, Ineichen 10/25/75; Sundials in Watch Cases = WRAY, MERC, HAY, Lempertz 6/14/76, McVitty Coll.; Magnetic Sundial = TIM. | applied for a patent for a cannon sundial in 1777; most of his work is marked "inv. fec."; collection of material is at Chenonceaux. | Price 2; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| ROUSSELLE | France, 1741, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1741 = NYM. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ROUSSELLE, L. | France, c.1850, NIM | Sextant, small = D.(1975); Marine Compass = MYS. | "Opticien"; the sextant case has the trade card of Negus Co. | Le Havre. | RSW. |
| ROUSSELOT, F. | France, 1771, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1771 = P.B. 10/9/43; Protractor with arms = P.C.; Drawing Instrument Set = ADL-N36. | Paris. | Culver 2; Brophy; ADL; RSW. | |
| ROUSSEVILLE | France, pre-1701, MIM | made a dialling instrument. | Portaluppi. | ||
| ROUTLEDGE, ADAM | England, fl.1828-34, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "Routledge Carlisle." | 32 English Street, Carlisle | Goodison 1. |
| ROUTLEDGE, J. | England, fl.1805-32, | engineer; invented a type of slide rule for engineers in 1810. | Leeds. | Taylor 2(1211); Moskowitz. | |
| ROUX | France, c.1703, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver, 1703 = D.(1976). | Tourraine. | RSW. | |
| ROUX, JACQUES | France, c.1690, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = Chadenet Sale. | Toulon. | RSW | |
| ROUX, JOSEPH | France, 1725-93, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = VNN; Mariner's Compass = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | sur le port à Marseilles. | R. Malley; RSW. | |
| ROUX, JOSEPH, FILS, AINE ET COMP. | France, c.1760, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA. | Joseph Roux, Fils, Aîné et Comp. | Le Port vers St. Jean, Marseilles. | RSW. |
| ROUY, CH. | France, 1817, | invented an orrery in 1817, made by Bour. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ROVERELLI, ALOYS | Italy, c.1770, MIM | see Antoine Quinquernal and Roverelli. | Florence. | Michel 3. | |
| ROVERENUS, SEXTUS | Italy, MIM | Sector = VEN. | Occulta. | Price 2. | |
| ROWE, ROBERT | England, fl.1703-25, | invented a fluid quadrant. | Taylor 2(110). | ||
| ROWELL, JOHN | England, fl.1733-34, MIM | Sundials, stained glass = Arbury Hall, Warwick (1733), Purley Hall, Berks (1734). | Daniels 1. | ||
| ROWLAND, DAVID | England, fl.1814-33, MIM NIM | made sextants; patented improvements for sextant and quadrant circles; "an ingenious mechanic." | 4 Cats Street, John Street, Edgeware Road; 68 Crawford Street (1833); both in London. | Taylor 2(1420). | |
| ROWLAND, JOHN | England, 1724, | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ROWLAND, RICHARD | England, fl.1792-1819, MIM NIM | Magnetic Compass, in wood box, with Sundial in cover = PAM; Marine Compass = Old Gaol Museum, York, Me; Horizontal Sundial = Christie 4/3/85. | patented improvements in compasses, wheels and binnacles in 1812; made an improved sand glass in 1819; succeeded by Thomas and Edward Rowland. | Quay (1793-94); 50 Broad Quay (1807-19); both in Bristol. | Taylor 2(1421); Crawforth 6; Bryden 9; USNM; RSW. |
| ROWLAND, THOMAS AND EDWARD | England, fl.1825-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | succeeded Richard Rowland at this address. | 50 Broad Quay, Bristol. | Taylor 2(1693); Goodison 1; Bryden 9. |
| ROWLEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | optician. | Brighton. | RSW. |
| ROWLEY, JAMES | England, fl.1721-88, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Woods of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 6, 1714; turned over to James Drury of the same Company; free in the Company Feb. 5, 1721; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| ROWLEY, JOHN | England, fl.1691-1728, MIM NIM SIM | made many, beautiful instruments, including mechanical equatorial sundials, orreries, sectors, heliochronometers, etc., dating from 1690 to 1716; examples are to be found at DEU, NMM, WHI, ADL, OXF, TIM, KEN, MAA, etc. | apprenticed to Joseph Howe in the Broderers' Company on Oct. 20, 1682; free in the Company on Feb. 26, 1691; took apprentices; Master of Mechanics to George I; succeeded John Worgan; succeeded by Thomas Wright 1. | Threadneedle Street, behind the Exchange (1691); Johnson's Court, Fleet Street (1710); under the Dial at St. Dunstans Church (1714-15); all in London. | Taylor 1(507) & 2(111); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Taylor and Wilson; Maddison 1; Gunther 2; ADL; RSW; Michel 3; Bryden 11 and 16; J.A. Bennett 2; Gingerich 2; A.J. Turner 10; Wynter. |
| ROWLEY, T. AND SON | England, OIM | Telescopes, four-draw = Christie-SK 3/31/83, Versailles 11/20/83. | probably Thomas Rowley and Son. | Brighton. | RSW. |
| ROWLEY, T., AND SONS | England, OIM PHIM | Telescope = K. and C. 9/20/71; Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 7/13/73. | probably Thomas Rowley. | Brighton. | RSW. |
| ROWLEY, THOMAS | England, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 7/13/73; Microscope, No. 198 = Soth. 12/15/78. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| ROYER, ABRAHAM | see A.R. 2. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |||
| RUBEIS | see de Rossi. | Yonge. | |||
| RUBERGALL, THOMAS | England, fl.1802-54, MIM OIM PHIM | made many instruments including stick and wheel barometers, telescopes, sundials, etc; examples are at WHI, NOR, USNM, etc. | optician to George III; optician to H.R.H. Duke of Clarence (1789-1830); optician to the Queen. | 27 Piccadilly; Princes Street, Soho (1802); 27 Coventry Street 1805-23; 24 Coventry Street (1826-54); all in London. | Taylor 2(1423); Goodison 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| RUBEUS, THEODOSIUS | Italy, 1587, MIM | Sundial, 1587 = POB. | Rome. | Michel 3. | |
| RUCKERT, THOMAS | Germany; Czechoslovakia, fl. 1575-90, MIM | Pedometers = DRE (1575), PRA (1581), BM (1590). | may have invented the pedometer. | Dresden (1575-81); Prague (1581-90). | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| RUDOLPH | Germany, c.1747, MIM OIM | mechanical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Löser. | Reinharz. | Chaldecott 4. | |
| RUDOLPH, J.G. | Germany, 17th Century, OIM | Telescope = ADL-M446 | signed on objective lens. | Dresden. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| RUELLE | France, 1771, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1771 = ADL-M269. | "gravé par Ruelle." | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| RUFFO, ANDRE | Spain, 1648, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe, 1648 = P.C. (NMM-64) | also marked "Mel Aluresonovo", probably the owner; NMM is the National Maritime Museum Registry of Maritime Astrolabes. | Stimson 3. | |
| RUFVEN, I. | misreading for John Ruthven, which see. | RSW. | |||
| RUGENDAS | Germany, MIM | this is a family of sundial and clockmakers; see Nikolaus Rugendas 1, 2 and 3; their work was of the highest quality and it is difficult to differentiate between them except for the few dated instruments; examples may be seen at ADL, NMM, OXF, SAL, PAR, STU, BM, NYM, THO, LOS, AUG, DEU, UTR, HAM, WHI, etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; USNM, deRijk; Gunther 2; Price 3; Ward 4; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | |
| RUGENDAS, NIKOLAUS 1 | Germany, 1585-1658, MIM | made sundials and clocks; Michel thought that Nikolaus Rugendas 1 developed the Augsburg-type sundial and its variant which has a cam to automatically set the latitude. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3. | |
| RUGENDAS, NIKOLAUS 2 | Germany, 1619-94, MIM | Calendar Clock, 1661 = Residenz, Munich. | apprenticed to his father, Nikolaus Rugendas 1; father of Nikolaus Rugendas 3; sundial and clock maker. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3. |
| RUGENDAS, NIKOLAUS 3 | Germany, 1665-1745, MIM | Sundial = LAW-307; Augsburg-type Sundials = ADL-W47, ADL-A96; Universal Ring Sundial = ADL-DPW44. | son of Nikolaus Rugendas 2; sundial and clock maker; his work dates from 1690 to 1745. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| RUGGLES, STEVEN P. | USA?, 1837, MIM | Terrestrial Globe (for the blind), 1837 = Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass. | Yonge. | ||
| RUGHI, GAETANO | Italy, fl.1820-30, PHIM | made equipment for Leonardo Nobili's electro-magnetic experiments. | Regio Emilia. | Brenni 1. | |
| RUHER, HANS CAROL | Germany, post-1674, MIM | Rüher; made sundials after 1674. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| RUHMKORFF, HEINRICH DANIEL | Germany; France, 1803-77, PHIM | Electro-Medical Induction Apparatus = TEY; Eddy Current Machine = Pavia University. | "Mechanicien"; succeeded by J. Carpentier. | 15 Rue des Maçons Sorbonne, Paris (1840). | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| RUMBALL, SAMUEL | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 5 Crane Court, St. Peter's Hill, London. | Taylor 2(2226). | ||
| RUMPF, PHILLIPP | Germany, fl.1822-27, PHIM | Balance = DRE; Heliotropes, 1822, 1827 = X; Barometer, Fortin-type, 1823 = DEU. | Göttingen. | Middleton 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| RUPERT, PRINCE | England, 1663, MIM | invented a mechanical tracing device. | Latham and Matthews, Vol.7 | ||
| RUPP AND GREGG | USA, 1844-53, MIM | Michael Rupp and William Theodore Gregg 1. | New York N.Y. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| RUPP, MICHAEL | France; USA, 1818-99, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | partner with William T. Gregg as Gregg and Rupp (1844-53); worked alone 1853-99; T.C. | France (1818-29); came to USA in 1829; New York N.Y. (1844-99). | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| RUPP, MICHAEL, AND CO. | USA, 1853-99, MIM | Sextant = D.(1965). | T.C.; chronometer maker. | 39 South Street, Corner Old Slip, New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| RUSHMER | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-S 9/18/86, 7/23/87. | Yarmouth. | RSW. | |
| RUSHTON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1801-38, MIM OIM | 8 Whittal Street (1801-08); 10 Whittal Street (1818); both in Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1695); Bryden 9. | ||
| RUSPINUS, CAREL | Holland, c.1760, PHIM | Barometers = LEY, OMM; Thermometer, mercury, 1760 = Exposition, Leiden, 1927. | op de Gr. unmonise shigs Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| RUSSELL, ALEXANDER, AND CO. | Scotland, 1834, MIM | Sundial, 1834 = Kirkaldy Museum. | "Kirkaldy Foundry." | 43 High Street, Kirkaldy. | Stevens and Aked. |
| RUSSELL, DANIEL | England, | owner of a quadrant by Owens, Liverpool. | RSW. | ||
| RUSSELL, HENRY | England, c.1827, PHIM | made Taylor-type rain gauges | Kings Square, Goswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1696). | |
| RUSSELL, JAMES | England, c.1840, MIM | advertised a planetarium. | RSW. | ||
| RUSSELL, JOHN 1 | England, 1745-1806, MIM | Selenographias = Burghley House, Soth. (1791), Phillips 2/22/77, KEN (1797), KEN. | artist; amateur astronomer and mathematician; R.A.; patented the Selenographia, or moon globe, in 1796. | Newman Street, London. | Taylor 2(763); Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10; Country Life, 3/16/78; Millburn 8; RSW. |
| RUSSELL, JOHN 2 | Scotland, c.1745-1817, PHIM | Stick Barometers = P.C., X (3); Wheel Barometers = VAA, SPI-Anderson 3/25/27, Buckingham Palace (2), National Galleries of Scotland; Wheel Barometers, Royal = Christie 12/6/78, RSM, etc. | "Watchmaker to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales" pre-1811; "Watchmaker to H.R.H. the Prince Regent", 1811-17; invented the 'Royal Wheel' type of barometer; made at least 23 barometers; the RSM barometer is marked "inv. et fecit." | oppposite the top of Kirk Wynd, Falkirk. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RUSSELL, WILLIAM | USA, c.1809, | patented an improved marine compass in 1809. | New Bedford, Mass. | Bedini 8; USNM. | |
| RUST | see Spencer Browning and Rust. | RSW. | |||
| RUST AND EYRE | England, c.1770, MIM OIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM. | Richard Rust and R. Eyre were partners, as R. Eyre and R. Rust, until 1785; Rust issued a Trade Card to say that he was on his own as of that date. | The Minories, London. | J.A. Bennett 2; NMM 2. |
| RUST, EBENEZER 1 | England; Holland; England, fl.1771-1800, MIM | apprenticed to his uncle, Richard Rust, in the Grocers' Company; free in the Company on Sept 4, 1777; took apprentices; partner with William Spencer 2 and Samuel Browning 2 in Spencer, Browning and Rust 1, 1784-1800. | at Mr. Spencer's, 26 Wapping Street (1777), London; Amsterdam (1779-82); at Mr. Spencer's 327 Wapping Street (1782); Green Churchyard, St. Catherine's (1782); both in London; Eaton Ford, Beds. (1784); Eaton Socon, Beds.(1792); Wapping (1795); St. George's in the East (1798); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RUST, EBENEZER 2 | Holland; Englandfl.1809-38, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Ebenezer Rust 1, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 3, 1795; free in the Company, June 1, 1809; a partner in Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 with William and Richard Browning, from 1819-38; optician. | Amsterdam (1782); 66 Wapping; Bun Street; both in London. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | |
| RUST, JOSEPH 1 | England, fl.1785-1801, | member of the Grocers' Company; took over his nephew, Joseph Rust 2, as an apprentice from his brother, Richard Rust, in 1785. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RUST, JOSEPH 2 | England, fl.1786-93, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Richard Rust, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 4, 1777; turned over to Joseph Rust 1, his uncle, in the Company, 1785; free in the Company on Mar. 2, 1786; took apprentices; bankrupt in 1789. | St. Catherine's (1788); 15 Free School Street, Southwark (1793); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| RUST, JOSEPH 3 | England, fl.1809, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Ebenezer Rust 1, in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1798; free in the Company, Dec. 7, 1809. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| RUST, JOSEPH 4 | England, fl.1811-16, NIM | T.C.; worked with Thomas Jones 2 in Jones and Rust (1811-13), which see. | 28 Pool Lane, Liverpool (1816). | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| RUST, MRS. MARTHA | England, 1801, MIM | widow of Ebenezer Rust 1; took Joseph Fox as an apprentice in the Grocers' Company Feb. 5, 1801. | King Street, Sampson's Gardens, London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| RUST, RICHARD | England, fl.1752-85, MIM NIM SIM | Sextant = TRE; Quadrant, 1758 = Soth. 7/8/54; Octants = ADL-A52 (1770), D.(1974), etc; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79; Circumferentor = P.C. (1987); Mining Theodolite = HAK; Backstaff = Christie-SK 4/17/86; etc. | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 in the Grocers' Company, 1744; free of the Company, 1752; took apprentices; T.C.; partner with John Adams 3, c.1760; invented and made an artificial horizon. | at Mr. Thos. Rust's at the Anchor and Bells in the Minories (1752); the Minories (1753); at the corner of St. Catherine Stair, near the Tower of London; St. Catherine's High Street (1781); all in London. | Taylor 2(403); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Michel 3; C.N. Robinson; Wynter 1; Clay and Court; ADL; RSW. |
| RUTHVEN, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1819-40, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = Soth. 6/23/87 = 10/3/88. | T.C.; Soth. 6/23/87 was misread as "I. Rufven", the other listed as "I. Rufve." | Edinburgh. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| RUTSCHMANN, JOSEPH | Austria, c.1792, MIM | made an astronomical clock with Pater David Cajetano, Capuc., who was Sebastian Rutschmann. | Michel 3; Zinner 1. | ||
| RUTSCHMANN, SEBASTIAN | Austria, c.1790, | known as Pater David Cajetano, Capuc, which see. | Michel 3; Zinner 1. | ||
| RUTT, RICHARD | England; USA, 1799-1859, MIM NIM OIM | made or sold nautical compasses; worked with his son, as R. Rutt and Son, 1842; worked alone, 1845-59. | England (1799-1830+); 10 Thames Street, Feld's Point, Baltimore, Md. (1842-59). | Smart 1; Warner 12. | |
| RUTT, RICHARD, AND SON | USA, 1842, MIM NIM OIM | T.C. | 10 Thames Street, Feld's Point, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 101. | |
| RUTTY, THOMAS | England, c.1838, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company, 1838. | 39 Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(2227); Crawforth 7. | |
| RUTZIUS, JOHANN PETRUS | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = OXF. | Friedberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1. | |
| RUVOLO, FRANC. | Italy?, 1687, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, ivory, 1687 = Chicago Historical Society. | signed "Franc. Ruvolo Fecit. Joseph Baranca Sculpsit Octob. 1687." | Yonge. | |
| RUXTON, THOMAS | Ireland, c.1817, MIM | 64 Aungier Street, Dublin. | Taylor 2(1424a). | ||
| RYBURN, ARTHUR | USA?, 1772, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1772 = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | on loan to a historic house in Salem. | RSW. | |
| RYCK, ABRAHAM DE | Holland, c.1660, MIM | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| RYDBECK, ANDREAS | 1729, MIM | Perpetual Calendar with Lunar Volvelle, 1729 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| RYDER, J. | USA, 1854, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, 1854 = D.(1965). | Newark, Ohio. | RSW. | |
| RYHINER, CHARLES | USA, fl.1838-39, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis. | 26 Chestnut Street, St. Louis, Mo. | Smart 1. | |
| RYLAND, THOMAS | England, fl.1801-08, OIM | optician. | Great Charles Street (1801); Mary Ann Street (1808); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| RYLEY, GEORGE | England, c.1680, | a Lorimer; took Jeoffrey Stagnes as an apprentice, then turned him over to Simon Chapman of the Clockmakers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| RYTER, A. | misreading of Augustine Ryther. | Zinner 1. | |||
| RYTHER, AUGUSTINE | England, fl.1582-95, MIM SIM | Theodolite, 1590 = FLO; Equatorial Sundial = FLO; Universal Sundial, 1588 = Soth, 10/22/85 = KEN. | member of the Grocers' Company by 1582; took Charles Whitwell as an apprentice in the Grocers' Company in 1582; engraved maps; the instruments at FLO were brought to Florence in 1608 by Sir Robert Dudley. | a little from Leadenhall next to the Signe of the Tower, London (1590). | Taylor 1(47a); J. Brown 1 & 3; Michel 3; Zinner 1; RSW. |
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