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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| S. | England?, 17th Century, MIM | Calipers, steel = Christie 12/12/72. | found at Hampton Court Palace. | RSW. | |
| S. H.L. | marked on a 1597 sundial at Ecouen signed "Io. Fran. Prio." | RSW | |||
| S.A.C. | 1689, MIM | Slide Rule, wood, 1689 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| S.B. 1 | 1578, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1578 = VAA. | Gunther 330. | Gunther 1. | |
| S.B. 2 | Germany, 1681, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1681 = SLM. | Zinner 1. | ||
| S.B. AND C. | Spencer, Browning and Co. | Moskowitz. | |||
| S.B.L. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | Moskowitz 132. | ||
| S.B.R. | England, fl.1791-1882, MIM NIM | Spencer, Browning and Rust; ivory scales on sextants and quadrants marked this way were divided by the firm for a number of different makers. | London. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| S.F. | England?; France?, 1620, MIM | Navicular Sundial, 1620 = WHI. | Samuel Foster? | Bryden 11 and 16. | |
| S.G.D.G. | sans garantie de gouvernment = patent without a government guarantee of quality. | Price 2. | |||
| S.H.O. | Germany, c.1600, MIM SIM | Miner's Surveying Set = BM. | Price said that the S.h.O. might be read as O.h.S; Ward made no reference to the initials which are on one of the sides. | Bavaria. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| S.H.W. | MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 3/10/87 = Kelton Coll. (1990). | the initials are marked on three scales inside the ring; summer, winter and ?; S.H.W. also marked on the outside to the left of the bail; M. over M. marked on right side of bail with smaller punch. | RSW. | |
| S.I. | 1613, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon, compass, 1613 = Christie 9/11/86. | ivory case with a coat-of arms on the cover. | RSW. | |
| S.L. | 19th Century, MIM SIM | Surveying Cross, spherical = D.(1985). | candelabra punchmark; slits every 45°. | Coffeen 10. | |
| S.L.G.V.D. | the initials are marked on a cube sundial dated 1647 in the BM and signed "von Dietrichstein." | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |||
| S.P.F. | England?, fl.1716-36, MIM | Ring Sundials, 1736 = KEN, BM, Huelsmann Coll. (1716). | F. may be fecit; the KEN sundial also has the mark "** ++ cc" the same mark appears on a ring sundial dated 1714 at the DEU. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Syndram. | |
| S.R. 1 | England, c.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial = D.(1987). | may be Samuel Rolfe. | Coffeen 17. | |
| S.R. 2 | Italy?, c.1750, MIM | Protractor = ADL-M94. | may be "sinistro" and "retto". | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| S.S. | England, 1649, MIM | Sundial, vertical, stained-glass, 1649 = Bucklebury Church, Berks. | Daniels 1. | ||
| S.W. 1 | see M.S. 3. | RSW. | |||
| S.W. 2 | Summer and Winter on English and German ring sundials | RSW. | |||
| SABEUS | see Zabeus. | RSW. | |||
| SACHSE, ANDREAS | Germany, d.1680, MIM PHIM | made surveying instruments; see A.S. 3. | Clausthal. | RSW. | |
| SACK, JOHN C. | Germany; USA, 1823-95, MIM | worked for Thomas Tennett, 1858-88; alone 1889-95. | Nürnberg (1823-58); Battery Street (1858-88); # 4 California Street, Room 7 (1889-95); the last two in San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1. | |
| SACRE | Belgium, 18th Century, MIM | Level = BRO. | Sacré. | Brussels. | Insley. |
| SACROBOSCO, JOHANNES DE | England; Francec.1220-56, | author; astronomer; mathematician; educated at Oxford; went to Paris in 1220; best known for his book "De Sphaera", an astronomical text based on Ptolemy and his Arabic commentators; also known as John of Holywood. | Yorkshire; Monastery of Holywood, Nithsdale; Paris. | Gunther 2; DSB. | |
| SACROW, STAMMER | 18th Century, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon = Soth. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| SADTLER | Austria, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN. | possibly Satler. | Vienna. | Michel 3. |
| SADTLER, G.T., AND SONS | USA, c.1824, OIM | George T. Sadtler; son of Philip B. and brother of John P. Sadtler. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| SADTLER, JOHN P. | USA, c.1824, OIM | son of Philip B. Sadtler; brother of George T. Sadtler. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| SADTLER, PHILIP B. | Germany; USA, fl.1800-45, MIM OIM PHIM | his two sons, John P. and George T. Sadtler were in the firm by 1824. | Baltimore Md. | USNM. | |
| SADTLER, PHILIP B., AND SON | USA, fl.1842-45, MIM OIM PHIM | late T. Fenton Hamilton and Co. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. | |
| SAEGELKEN, JOHN HINRH. | Germany, MIM NIM | Compasses = BRE, D.(1983); Compass Card = BRE. | Bremen. | Coffeen C; RSW. | |
| SAETTA, L'ABBE | Italy, 18th Century, NIM | Marine Compass = ROM. | L'Abbé Saetta. | Venice. | Price 2. |
| SAFFORD AND WILLIAMS | USA, fl.1849-52, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| SAGER, JOHANN MELCHIOR | misreading for Johann Melchior Hager, which see. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| SAHLEENSTEIN, G.V. | Germany?, c.1760, OIM | Microscope = WHI. | may not be German. | Daumas 1. | |
| SAINT-MARTIN, VIVIEN DE | France, c.1850, MIM | revised and corrected a terrestrial globe by Schotte. | RSW. | ||
| SAINT-REMY, DE 1 | France, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1989). | "opticien"; see de Saint-Remy 2. | Chateau Thierry. | RSW. |
| SAINT-REMY, DE 2 | France, late 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1990). | "opticien"; see de Saint-Remy 1; may be same person. | Paris. | RSW. |
| SALA, D.A. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-Amsterdam 3/26/97. | Leiden. | RSW. | |
| SALA, DE | Italy; Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometer = LEY. | see D. Salla. | Leiden. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SALA, DOMINICO | England, PHIM | Double Barometers = Gloucester Museum, P.C. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALA, JOSEPH CHARLES | Italy; USA, 1841-1916, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | worked with John Roach, 1861-91; agent for W. and L.E. Gurley 1913-16; listed as Jos. G. Sala in 1915 (Julia); | Italy (1841-61); 720 California Street (1861-91); 429 Montgomery Street (1891-1913); 48 Second Street (1913-16); the last three in San Francisco, Ca. | Smart 1. | |
| SALA, M. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | RSW. | ||
| SALA, S. | England, c.1807, PHIM | barometer maker. | Taylor 2(1212). | ||
| SALAMONI, M. | England, | variant spelling of Salmoni, which see. | Goodison 1. | ||
| SALDARINI, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Taylor lists him as Salderini. | Long Causeway, Peterborough. | Taylor 2(1996); Goodison 1. |
| SALE, THOMAS | England, 1629, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1629 = Technical Museum, Oslo. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| SALERI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALIBOS, BALTHASAR | Holland, 1597, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1597 = SWE. | Pipping 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | ||
| SALKIND, S. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | North Walsham. | RSW. | |
| SALLA, ANTHONY | England, fl.1832-39, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 65 Paradise Row (1832-33); 66 Paradise Row (1836-39); both in Chelsea, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALLA, ANTONIO | England, c.1780, PHIM | Double Tube Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | RSW. | ||
| SALLA, D. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-Amsterdam 3/26/97. | Signed "D. Salla Fec. Leijde.see De Sala. | Leiden. | RSW. |
| SALLA, J. BAPT. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = Phillips 4/20/83, Soth.-S 4/24/87; Barometer = D.(1971). | the barometers are signed variously "J.B. Salla", "J. Bapt. Salla London" and "Bapt. Salla London." | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SALLA, MARK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Preston. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALLA, P.B. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/20/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| SALLERON, JULES | France, 1829-97, PHIM | barometer maker; may be related to, or the same as, T. Salleron; had partner, Jules Dujardin who succeeded him in 1888. | 1 rue du Pont-de-Lodi; 24 rue Pavée du Marais (1860-88); both in Paris. | Middleton 1. | |
| SALLERON, T. | France, pre-1888, PHIM | Barometers = Istituto di fisica, U. of Bologna, Meteorological Office, Bracknell. | may be related to, or the same as, Jules Salleron. | 24 rue Pavée (du Marais), Paris. | Middleton 1. |
| SALMON, ROBERT | England, c.1803, MIM NIM | received a silver medal from the Royal Society for his combination navigating instrument. | Woburn, Bedfordshire. | Taylor 2(1213). | |
| SALMON, W.J. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscopes = P.C., D.(1976). | the micrscope in the private collection is signed "Salmon-Warington's Universal" plus address; see William John Salmon, may be the same man at a different address. | 100 Fenchurch Street, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| SALMON, WILLIAM JOHN | England, c.1850, | showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851, London; may be the same as W.J. Salmon at a different address. | 254 Whitechapel Road, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SALMONI, MARK | England, c.1838, PHIM | called himself a "dealer" in barometers; maker? | Oxford. | Taylor 2(2228). | |
| SALMONI, PETER PAUL | England, fl.1829-41, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | stationer; probably a dealer; the barometers are signed "P. Salmoni Bath." | 4 Milson Street (1829-30); 24 Union Street (1833-41); both in Bath. | Goodison 1. |
| SALOM AND CO. | Scotland & England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescopes = Phillips 11/16/88, Christie-SK 11/27/86; Student Microscope No. 8491 = Soth. 12/1/75. | Edinburgh and 137 Regent Street, London. | RSW. | |
| SALT, ABRAHAM | England, c.1808, MIM | rule maker and cutler; see Joseph and Abraham Salt also Abraham Salt and Son. | Worcester Street, Birminghan. | Bryden 9. | |
| SALT, ABRAHAM, AND SON | England, c.1815, MIM | rule makers. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| SALT, JOSEPH AND ABRAHAM | England, fl.1797-1801, MIM | rule makers. | Smallbrook Street (1797); Windmill Street, Bristol Street (1801); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| SALTER, GEORGE | England, PHIM | made spring balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| SALTERI, ANTONIO | England, fl.1805-28, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | looking glass maker; the barometer is signed "A. Salteri" plus address. | No. 17 Great Queen Street, London | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SALTERY, F., VECHIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see Frans Saltery and Co. | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1. |
| SALTERY, FRANS, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | see F. Saltery, Vechio and Co. | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1. |
| SALTIERI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| SALVADE, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), BM. | the barometers are signed "P. Salvade" or "P. Salvade Liverpool"; the barometer in the BM is from the Ilbert Coll. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SALVIS, FRANCISCUS DE | Italy; Spain, fl.1682-99, MIM SIM | Proportional Compass, 1682 = ADL-M75; Universal Ring Sundial, 1695 = OXF; Sector, 1691 = ROM; Circumferentor, 1699 = ROM; Rule, 1691 = MAA. | the proportional compass is marked "Neap"; the rule and the sundial are marked "Madrid." | Naples (1682); Madrid (1691-95). | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Price 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SALZIGER | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 4" diameter, with case = VNN. | Nürnberg. | Yonge; RSW. | |
| SAMALVICO | see Somalvico. | Taylor 2(2252a). | |||
| SAMALVICO, J. AND SON | misreading for Somalvico. | Taylor 2(2229). | |||
| SAMBROOK, JOHN | England, c.1680, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on July 30, 1668; free of the Company, Sept. 6, 1680. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SAMOILOVY, ZAVOLACHY | Russia, c.1790, MIM | Protractor, rectangular, silver, and pair of Compasses, German silver, with case = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | protractor signed in Cyrillic, "pri sor Zavolachy Samoilovy." | RSW. | |
| SAMPSON, GEORGE BENTLEY | England, c.1803, | apprenticed to Robert Bancks 2 in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 15, 1803. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SAMSON | Norway, c.1800, PHIM | see Hirsch og Samson. | RSW. | ||
| SAMUELS AND CO. | Ireland, fl.1867-68, OIM | 29 Nassau Street, Dublin. | Morrison-low and Burnett. | ||
| SAMUELS, E.J., AND CO. | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 73 Great Prescott Street, Goodman Fields, London. | Taylor 2(2230). | ||
| SAMUELSON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = Soth. 3/10/87. | Breslau has been in Poland since 1945. | Breslau. | RSW. |
| SANBROOKE | see Sambrook. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| SANCTINI, DOMINICUS SANTES | c.1680, MIM | Armillary Sphere = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| SANDBURG, SAMUEL | Germany, MIM | Instrument = Museum, Lubeck. | Lubeck. | Evans 1. | |
| SANDER, H.C.D. | Germany, MIM | Brunswick. | Evans 1. | ||
| SANDERLIN, JOHN | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Peter Collins of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 19, 1699. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SANDERS, RICHARD | England, c.1656, | member of the Joiners' Company; had James Wells as an apprentice who was turned over to him by Thomas Worrall in 1656. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SANDERS, SAMUEL | misreading for Samuel Saunders 2 or 3. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SANDERS, THOMAS | Ireland, c.1802, | member of the Excise Board committee to evaluate hydrometers in 1802; surely same as Thomas Saunders, which see. | Dublin. | McConnell 4. | |
| SANDERSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1600, MIM | London? | Bedini 8. | ||
| SANDOZ, ABRAM-LOUIS | France, c.1743, | wrote a how-to book on the making of sundials. | La Chaux de Fonds. | RSW. | |
| SANDRINI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| SANDS | see Hunter and Sands. | RSW. | |||
| SANDWELL, JOHN | England, c.1783, NIM | Octant, 1783 = NMM. | Broadstairs, Kent. | Taylor 2(887). | |
| SANDY, JAMES | Scotland, 1770-1819, OIM | made reflecting telescopes and other optical intruments. | Alyth. | Taylor 2(1037a). | |
| SANEHAGEN, O.L. | Germany, 1719, MIM | Sundial, string-gnomon, with sights, 1719 = Drouot 4/27/79 = Huelsmann Coll. | for latitude 52°. | Syndram. | |
| SANG, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1844-52, MIM SIM | Platometer = D.(1983). | invented the platometer (level for a theodolite) in 1851; showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; land surveyor. | Kirkaldy. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| SANGSTER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| SANGSTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1820, MIM PHIM | Beam Balances = Cavendish Lab, Cambridge. | King's Arms, Butcher Row, Temple Bar, London. | Taylor 2(2240); Dewhirst. | |
| SANGSTRUP, S. | Denmark, 18th Century, MIM | Protractor = D.(1997). | Kiöbenhaun has a tilde over the "u" ("v"). | Kiöbenhaun | Coffeen 56. |
| SANKEY, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Coalbrookdale, Salop. | Goodison 1. | |
| SANKEY, JEREMIAH | England, c.1693, | apprenticed to John Randall of the Grocers' Company on June 12, 1693. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SANSEDONIUS, FRANCISCUS | Italy, c.1730, OIM | telescope maker. | Naples. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | |
| SANSUM, CHARLES | England, c.1748, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 6, 1748. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SANTBECH, DAVID NOVIAMAGUS | Switzerland?, c.1561, | author; instrument designer (?). | Basle? | M. Gardner?; RSW. | |
| SANTEN, A. VAN | Holland, fl. c.1826-60, NIM OIM | Octant = Veenkoloniaal Museum, Veendam. | T.C. | Leuvehaven, openhoek van de Zwanesteeg, c. Wijk 36, Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| SANTI, A. | France, fl.1831-62, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope = Drouot 12/-/69; Barometer = MAN; Goniometer = Koller 11/7/63; Surveying Level = P.C. | rue Saint-Ferréol 6, Marseilles (Bouches du Rhône). | Garcia Franco 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| SANTOUT | misreading of Sautout. | RSW. | |||
| SANTUCCI, ANTONIO | Italy, fl.1577-1611, MIM | Armillary Spheres, wood = Escorial, Madrid (1582), FLO (1588-93). | the armillary in the FLO is the larger, measuring 7 feet + in diameter; there is an unsigned one in the Huntington Library. | Pomerance; Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Yonge; RSW. |
| SARBON | France, 1750, MIM | Sun Compass, 1750 = Hof Coll. | RSW. | ||
| SARCHOIS | France, c.1790, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = MERC. | Paris. | Hamilton 1. | |
| SARGENT, THOMAS CORNELIUS | England, fl.1854-79, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = KEN. | the barometer is signed "T.C. Sargent." | 29 Cannon Street (1854); 4 Thomas Street (1856-79); both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| SARGENT, THOMAS S., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in the case of a Hadley quadrant at the OMM. | London. | RSW. | |
| SARJANT, THOMAS | England, fl.1710-12, MIM | Slide Rule = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 21, 1703; free in the Company, Jan. 9, 1710; took one apprentice. | London. | Taylor 2(112); Crawforth 7. |
| SARON, J.B. GASPARD BACHARD DE | France, 1730-94, MIM | see Bachard de Saron, J.B. Gaspard. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| SARRAZIN | France, NIM | Octant = Soth. 3/21/73. | this is a variation of the standard octant and was invented by Sarrazin. | Marseilles. | RSW. |
| SARTON, H. | Belgium, MIM | Sundial, portable = FIN-213; Horizontal Sundial, watch-form = PRIN = NMM-Caird. | Liège. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| SARTORIUS, J.P. | 1797, MIM | Table Sundial, lead, 1797 = MLL. | RSW. | ||
| SASSE, J.P. | Holland, MIM | Measuring Rod = LOS. | a complicated arranangement of hinged and sliding parts; 200 mm. | RSW. | |
| SASSI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 3/9/83. | Weighton. | RSW. | |
| SATLER | Austria, c.1820, NIM | Sextant = DRE. | see also Sadtler. | Vienna. | RSW. |
| SATORELLI, A., AND MAZZUCHI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| SATORELLI, A., AND MUZZUCHI | variant spelling for Mazzuchi? | Goodison 1. | |||
| SAUMAREZ, HENRY DE | England, 1695-1729, | patented the "Marine Surveyor" (a type of mechanical log) in 1715. | Guernsey. | Taylor 1(447) & 2(114); Bedini 8; Wynter and Turner; Evans 1. | |
| SAUNDERS | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 5/12/75. | might be Samuel Saunders 2 or 3. | London. | RSW. |
| SAUNDERS, CHARLES | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on March 25, 1672. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SAUNDERS, M.A. | Ireland, fl.1821-31, OIM | "Optician"; "Bristol Packet Office." | Eden Quay (1821-22); 27 Eden Quay (1823-29); 6 Aston's Quay (1830-31); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| SAUNDERS, RICHARD 1 | England, fl.1681-1715, MIM PHIM | made sundials and barometers; published almanacs. | Ouston, Leicestershire (1683-95); Leesthorp, near Melton Mowbray (1696-1711). | Taylor 1(425); Goodison 1. | |
| SAUNDERS, RICHARD 2 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Air Pump, Cuthbertson-type = Queen's College, Cambridge. | Salisbury Court, London. | Taylor 2(1038); Dewhirst. | |
| SAUNDERS, SAMUEL 1 | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company on Feb. 5, 1699; turned over to John England in the Stationers' Company on Oct. 4, 1703; freed by Patrimony in the Masons' Company, June 14, 1708; took apprentices in that Company; captain in the Militia, 1743. | London. | Crawforth 7; Millburn 11. | |
| SAUNDERS, SAMUEL 2 | England, fl.1730-50, MIM SIM | Sundial with Compass = Soth. 3/17/83; Universal Ring Sundial = NOR; Circumferentor = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79; Sundial, octagonal = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | apprenticed to Joseph South in the Clockmakers' Company, Sept. 2, 1723; free in the Company, Oct. 5, 1730; most of the instruments are signed "S. Saunders London"; the circumferentor is also marked with the address. | West Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| SAUNDERS, SAMUEL 3 | England, fl.1743-83, MIM NIM | Mariners' Compass = Auction, London, 1960; Sector = D.(1987). | sector signed "S. Saunders"; made and sold quadrants and "sliding canes" telescope tubes; appointed master compass-maker to the Admiralty at Deptford Dockyard; he was succeeded in 1783 by R. Wager; T.C. | the Ancient Mathematical Shop under St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(406); Crawforth 1; Coffeen 17; RSW. |
| SAUNDERS, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1793-1819, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Universal Ring Sundial = EGE; Sundial, 1794 = Soth. 11/1/65. | the universal ring sundial has a diameter of 185 mm.; see Thomas Sanders. | 8 George Street (1793); 7 George Street (1794); 35 College Green (1796); 23 Capel Street (1797); Church Lane (1800-03); Eden Quay (1819); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| SAUNDERSON AND SPEAR | Ireland, fl.1831-35, OIM | also wax and spermaceti candle manufacturers. | 3 Westmorland Street (1831); 48 Grafton Street (1832-33); 25 Suffolk Street (1835); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| SAUR, I.M.L. | Germany, 1754, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1754 = Eichstätt Willibaldsburg. | the dial is also marked "Clo. Marienstein."s | Kloster Marienstein, Eichstätt. | Zinner 1. |
| SAURET-ANDRIVEAU | France, post-1850, MIM | Planetarium = P.C. | successor to Charles Dien 2. | 8 Rue de Savoie, Paris. | RSW. |
| SAUSE, RICHARD | USA, c.1797, OIM | advertised telescopes. | New York, N.Y. (?). | Bedini 8. | |
| SAUSSURE, HORACE-BENEDICT DE | Switzerland, 1740-99, PHIM | Horace-Bénédict de Saussure; naturalist; professor of philosophy at the University of Geneva (1762-86); improved several instruments; left a large collection of sundials and other nautical and philosophical instruments which are now in the History of Science Museum in Geneva; invented and made a "cyanometer." | Geneva. | A.J. Turner 10; Archinard; DSB. | |
| SAUTER AND GYLDENSTOLKE | Sweden, c.1780, MIM | Tellurian = ADL-L34. | J.J. Sauter and Count Nils Gyldenstolke; this according to correspondence but the signatures are not yet found; the terrestrial globe is by R.B. Bate, London, 1809. | Stockholm. | Fox 1 & 2; ADL; RSW. |
| SAUTER, FR. JOHANNES | Germany; Sweden, 1723-86, PHIM | Balance = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | also a clockmaker; Zinner said he was from Ostmettingen; Pipping said he was born in Strasbourg and moved to Stockholm; may have been father of Johann Jacob Sauter, which see. | Stockholm. | Zinner 1; Pipping 1; RSW. |
| SAUTER, JOHANN JACOB | Germany; Sweden; Russia, b.1770, MIM | Heliochronometers = ADL-M302, DRE, KEN, NOR, P.C. (2). | may have been son of Fr. Johannes Sauter, which see; married in 1791; court mechanician in Stockholm; made calculating machines; the ADL, NOR and one of the P.C. instruments are signed "JN. JB. Sauter Stockholm; the others have "St. Petersburg" as an address. | Ostmettingen; Kornwestheim (1791); Stockholm (1792); St. Petersburg. | Zinner 1; Fox 1 and 2; Engelmann 1; Calvert 3; Wynter 2; Delehar 5; M. Sauter; ADL; RSW. |
| SAUTERLEITI | Germany, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = STU, Konstanz Rosgarten Museum. | an alternate spelling is "Sufferleiti." | Konstanz. | Zinner 1. |
| SAUTOUT | France, c.1700, MIM SIM | Graphometer with telescope = VNN. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| SAUTOUT L'AINE | France, c.1720, MIM | Sundials, Butterfield-type = Soth. 2/1/79 (silver), Soth. 12/12/55; Sundials = Evans Coll., Soth. 10/22/56, FIN-58; Sector = X. | Sautout l'aîné. | Paris. | Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. |
| SAUTOUT-CHOIZY | France, c.1740, MIM SIM | Rule, folding = NYM; Graphometer = HAK; Sectors = AMST, HAR; Rule = D. | see Choizy; alternate spelling is Choisy. | Paris. | Evans 1; Nachet; Rohde; Brieux 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Giordano X; RSW. |
| SAUVAGE, L.J., FILS AINE | Belgium, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM; Compass = van Alfen Coll. | the compass in the USNM is signed "L.J. Sauvage fils" and "Aîné à Liège." | Liège. | USNM; Hollands Glorie; RSW. |
| SAVAGE | England, c.1845, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/21/72. | Shrewsbury. | RSW. | |
| SAVAGE, GEORGE | England, c.1801, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Hemsley of the Grocers' Company, June 4, 1801. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SAVAGE, JAMES | England, fl.1803, MIM | member of the Coachmakers' Company; took over Charles Gilbert as an apprentice on June 2, 1803 from William Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SAVAGE, MICHAEL | England, fl.1696-98, MIM | apprenticed in the Joiners' Company in 1688; free in the Company, 1696; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| SAVARIN | France, c.1850, MIM | Pillar Sundials = ADL-W72, Bernard Coll. | "Horologer"; the ADL dial is for 45° lat. | Rue Ste. Catherine, No. 57, Bordeaux. | Madex; ADL; RSW. |
| SAVERY, SERVINGTON | England, fl.1730-85, | invented a micrometer for a heliometer in 1743, an example was made by Dollond, c.1749. | Magdalen College, Oxford. | Taylor 2(302); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| SAVIN, P. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = NMM-Caird. | probably a misreading for P. Sevin. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| SAVOI, GIOVANNI | Italy, fl.1766-68, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, 1768 = Christie 4/3/85 = Kelton Coll. (1990); Augsburg-type Sundial = Christie 4/3/85; Equatorial Sundial = FLO; Horizontal Sundial with Compass in gimbals, 1766 = FLO. | born in Siena; the horizontal sundial in Florence is signed "Johannes Savoi senensis F. Florentiniae"; one of the Augsburg sundials is signed "Gio. Savoi Fe: in Firenze"; the other "Gio. Savoi F. in Firenze 1768." | Siena; Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| SAVORY, THOMAS | England, | invented a mechanical log. | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| SAVVAGE, L.J., FILS | see L.J. Sauvage, fils Ainé. | ||||
| SAWTELL, E. | Australia, NIM | Pocket Sextant = Soth. 12/15/78. | Rundle Street, Adelaide. | RSW. | |
| SAWYER AND HOBBY | USA, fl.1840-54, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = GUR (1849), GUR, P.C.; Transit = P.C.; Telescopic Level = D.(1969); Dry Card Compass = X. | Horace Sawyer and Jonathan Hobby. | 156 Water Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| SAWYER, HORACE | USA, 1811-89, MIM SIM | worked alone, 1835-40; partner with Jonathan T. Hobby as Sawyer and Hobby, 1840-54; again worked alone 1854-89; made transits, levels, surveying compasses, etc. | 214 Biceker Street (1835-40); 156 Water Street (1840-54); both in New York N.Y.; Union Place (1855-88); 185 Woodworth Avenue (1888-89); both in Yonkers, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SAWYER, WILLIAM | England, c.1726, | apprenticed to John Oxenford in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 3, 1717; free in the Company April 5, 1726. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SAXPEACH, JOSEPH | England, c.1753, | invented the "Catholic Organon or Universal Sliding Foot-Rule" (a slide rule with a telescope) in 1753; wrote a booklet about it; Benjamin Parker made them; Suxspeach is a variant spelling. | Ratcliff, London. | Taylor 2(202) & 2(534); RSW; Holland. | |
| SAXTON, JOSEPH | USA; England, 1799-1873, MIM PHIM | Balance = U.S. Mint, Philadelphia, Pa.; Astronomical Clock, 1825 = X; Clock = Independence Hall Philadelphia, Pa. Electrical Machine = KEN. | invented a magneto-electric machine in 1833; self-registering tide gauge devised by Saxton c.1845; automated Mr Troughton's dividing engine for use by the U.S. Coast Survey; etc. | Huntington, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1837-73); 94 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.; 24 Sussex Street, London (1831-37). | Taylor 2(1997); Bedini 8; Frazier; USNM; Coffeen B. |
| SAXTON, NATHANIEL S. | USA, c.1855, | patented the "Summator", a circular adding machine, in 1855. | Riverhead, N.Y. | Coffeen 13. | |
| SAY, DE | France, c.1774, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Versailles 11/20/88. | "De Say, opticien du roi". | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| SAYER, ROBERT | England, c.1770, | Tide Calculator, paper = P.C. | volvelles; probably a designer. | 53 Fleet Street, London. | Wynter and Turner. |
| SCALVINO | Italy, c.1758, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Cross = P.C. | Milan. | RSW. | |
| SCANAGETY | France, c.1770, | dealer; sold Hadley's quadrants made by Gregory and Son. | "Se vend à L'Orient chez Scanagety." | RSW. | |
| SCANEGATTY | 1753, PHIM | Thermometer, 1753 = Wallace Coll. | F.J.B. Watson | ||
| SCANTLEBURY, JOHN | England, c.1817, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J.B. Scantlebury Sheffield". | Campo Lane, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| SCARLETT, EDWARD 1 | England, fl.1705-43, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes, reflecting, miniature = Soth. 6/25/68 and 4/18/88; Microscope, ivory = Soth. 3/27/72; Microscope, screw barrel = P.C.; Wilson-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88; Stick Barometer = Dunham Massey, Altringham. | apprenticed to Christopher Cock of the Spectaclemakers' Company on June 25, 1691; free of the Company, June 28, 1705; Master of the Company 1720-22; "Optician to his Majesty King George the Second"; T.C. in English, French, and Dutch; visited Paris in 1738; father of Edward Scarlett 2. | at the Archimedes and Globe in Dean Street, near St. Anne's Church, Soho, London. | Taylor 1(473), 2(115); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Court and von Rohr 3(63); Crawforth 1; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SCARLETT, EDWARD 2 | England, 1702-79, OIM PHIM | Barometer, 1753 = Evans Coll.; Angle Barometer = D.(1968). | apprenticed to his father, Edward Scarlett 1, in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Jan. 10, 1717; free of the Company on June 25, 1724; Master of the Company, 1745-46; made microscopes and telescopes; succeeded his father in 1743; angle barometer might be by Edward Scarlett 1. | Maxwell Street (1749); the Spectacles, second house from Essex Street, near Temple Bar; both in London; may have been in reverse order. | Taylor 2(209); Court and von Rohr 3(97); Goodison 1; Evans 1; Daumas 1. |
| SCARLETT, F. | England, 1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | may be mis-reading for Edward Scarlett 1 or 2. | RSW. | |
| SCARTII, ISAAC | England, 1833, | marked on a garden sundial by John Moon, 1833 at a dealer's in 1979. | Coffeen A; RSW. | ||
| SCATLIFF, DANIEL | England, fl.1759?-1830, MIM NIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1759 = Soth. 2/7/72; a Hadley's Quadrant by Scatliff was owned by a Mr. Hearne in 1796. | the date shown for the quadrant in the Soth. sale may have been misread. | 6 Wapping Wall, Shadwell, London. | Taylor 2(1998); RSW. |
| SCATLIFF, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1728-34, MIM | uncle of Samuel Scatliff who succeeded him. | Friar Bacon's Head, corner of St. Matthew's Alley, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(210). | |
| SCATLIFF, JAMES 2 | England, c.1749, | apprenticed to Samuel Scatliff in 1749. | Robischon. | ||
| SCATLIFF, JOHN | England, c.1765, OIM | son of Samuel Scatliff; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1765 by Patrimony; succeeded his father. | Clay and Court; USNM; Robischon. | ||
| SCATLIFF, SAMUEL | England, fl.1734-64, MIM OIM | Telescope = OXF. | may be the son of Simon Scatliff 1; Samuel was apprenticed to James Mann 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company, April 29, 1725; free of the Company on Oct. 2, 1734; Master of the Company, 1751-52; took apprentices; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764; succeeded James Scatliff 1, his uncle, after 1734; he was succeeded by his son, John Scatliff; T.C. | Friar Bacon's Head, corner of St. Matthew's Alley, Cornhill; St. Paul's Churchyard (1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(303); Court and von Rohr 3(195); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 and 7; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Robischon. |
| SCATLIFF, SIMON 1 | England, c.1683, NIM | may have been the father of Samuel Scatliff; apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 3, 1683; listed as a compass maker and ship's chandler c.1690; he is listed in J. Brown 3 as Simon Scatliss. | London. | Taylor 2(1214); J. Brown 3. | |
| SCATLIFF, SIMON 2 | England, fl.1806-25, NIM | compass maker. | 23 Wapping; 21 Rotherhithe Street, Southwark; both in London. | Taylor 2(1214). | |
| SCATLIFF, WILLIAM | England, 1759, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1759 = D.(1973). | the quadrant is also marked "William Christopher", owner? | RSW. | |
| SCATTOGLIA | Italy, 1784, MIM | see I. Alessandri and Scattoglia. | Venice. | RSW. | |
| SCHAAP, TJERK | Holland, 1794-1877, NIM | compass maker; ironmonger; son of Willem Schaap. | Droogbak, Amsterdam; No.5, 1, 2 (1826-51); N0.7 (1852-60); No.UU 45, 43, 46 (1861-62); No.TT 45, 46 (1863-75); No.7, 8 (1876-77); all of the above addresses are at the same location. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SCHAAP, WILLEM | Holland, 1754-1822, NIM | Compasses = AMST (1798), P.C. (1799), Rijpermuseum, De Rijp (3); P.C. | father of Tjerk Schaap; the undated compass in a private collection is marked "in Amsterdam." | Droogbak 5, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| SCHABLASS, JOS., UND SOHN | Austria, MIM SIM | Triangular Scale = D.(1990). | "Mechanika; in Austrian inches; box has paper medallion, "Ferdinand Kaiser für Osterreich." | Josefstadt Piaristengasse 22, Vienna. | RSW. |
| SCHAFFER, MENDEL | see Mendel Schaffer Kolomet. | ||||
| SCHALANI, C. | England, c.1770, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Guilford 8/24/93. | Taunton. | ATG 8/20/93. | |
| SCHALFINO, JOHN | England, fl.1840-43, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), D.(1976), Auction, 1975. | the barometer in the 1975 auction was signed "I. Schelfino", plus address. | East Street, Taunton. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| SCHALL, JOHANN ADAM, VON BELL | Germany; China, 1591-1666, MIM | Sundial, ivory = Stonyhurst College, Lancaster, England. | Jesuit; chief astronomer and President of the Mathematical Tribunal, Beijing. | Cologne; Beijing (1618-66). | H.J. Jones; D. Rowe 1. |
| SCHALLER, CHRISTOPHE | Germany, fl.1630-42, MIM | Wall Sundials = Sungau and Ferrette. | the sundials in Ferrette have disappeared. | Sentheim. | Rohr 2. |
| SCHARASNELLA, P.J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | Kingswood. | RSW. | |
| SCHAUFEL, VEIT | Germany, 1554, MIM | Astronomical Clocks, 1554 = MUN, Feill Coll., Soth.-Amst. May 1981. | the example at Soth. has a sundial and compass inside; some of the listings may be the same clock. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Neumann 1; RSW. |
| SCHAURHAMMER, HANS JACOB | Belgium; Holland; Austriac.1660, OIM | optics specialist; cousin and brother-in-law of Mattmüller. | Enghien; south east Holland; Vienna. | Habacher. | |
| SCHEEFFER, W.D. | Austria, 18th Century, | marked on a graphometer by Joseph Czech. | Vienna. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHEFFELT, MICHAEL | Germany, 1652-1739, MIM | Sector with full bow, 1694 = ULM; Sectors = HAK (1700), EMA (1705), ULM (1710 & 1716)), KRE (1717), ROU (1730), NAC (1730), SAL (1739); Circumferentor, 1705 = HAK; Graphometers = NUR (1708), ULM (1719); Pantometrum = ULM. | the pantometrum is marked "a P. Schott"; author; Zinner's dates for Scheffelt do not agree with the dated instruments. | Ulm. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SCHEFFER, IVO | Sweden, 1709, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1709 = SWE. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| SCHEFFLER, J.C.H. | Germany, 1813, NIM | Magnetic Compass, 1813 = HAM. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHEGA, JOHANN ANTONIUS | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = Greppin Coll., PRA, OXF, Koller 11/17/73, P.C.; Equatorial Sundials = München Stadtmuseum, SPI; Table Sundials = MUN, WUR. | the instruments are signed "Antonius Schega"; the sundial in the PRA was made in Munich the one listed by Koller was made in Augsburg. | Augsburg; Munich. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; W. Eckhardt 3; Horsky and Skopova; Dewhirst; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| SCHEIF, DAVID | Germany, c.1610, MIM | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | ||
| SCHEIFFELHUET | Germany, fl.1700-17, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Kunstgewerbe Museum, Charlottenberg, Berlin. | Augsburg. | Berlin Cat., 1963; RSW. | |
| SCHEINER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1573-1650, MIM | author; astronomer; invented the pantograph, c.1604; made the first Keplerian telescope in 1615. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Daumas 1. | ||
| SCHEIRLIN, ABRAHAM | Germany, fl.1637-52, MIM | Table Clock = OXF. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHELFINO, JOHN | see John Schalfino. | RSW. | |||
| SCHELNSTAINER, FRITZ | Germany, c.1487, MIM | made sundials, 1487. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, HEINRICH | Germany, 1566, MIM | made sundials; Master in 1566. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, HEINTZ | Germany, d.pre-1530, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1534-38, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHELTNER, SEBALD | Germany, d.pre-1534, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| SCHEMIT | France, c.1810, OIM | Telescope = P.C. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| SCHENA | England, PHIM | see J. Gestra and Schena. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHENER | misreading for Schöner. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |||
| SCHENER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | see Johann Christoph Schöner. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |||
| SCHERPENSELENSIS, ARNOLD | Italy, 1595, MIM | Horary and Sinecal Quadrant, 1595 = SWE. | the quadrant has a radius of 380 mm.; it was made for Joh. Antonius Magnis and was signed "Arnoldum Scherpenselensem." | Bologna. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| SCHIAVETTI, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. & C. 9/20/71. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| SCHIAVETTI-BELLINI | France, c.1840, MIM OIM | Parallel Rule = VNN. | "opticien de la Marine"; breveté; successor to Colombi; sole successor to Schwartz as the furnisher of maps and plans to the Office de la Marine; the only dispensor of the instruments of E. Lorieux and may have succeeded him. | rue d'Aiguillon, no. 19, Paris. | Calvert 2; RSW. |
| SCHIAVI, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chesham. | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHICKARD, WILHELM 1 | Germany, 1592-1635, MIM | mathematician; uncle of Wilhelm Schickard 2, which see; invented and made a tellurium which he called an "Astroscopium"; a modern copy is at the Adler Planetarium, ADL-W147; devised a calculating machine in 1623. | Tübingen. | Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| SCHICKARD, WILHELM 2 | Germany, 1692, MIM | Astroscopium, 1692 = Lindau Stadtmuseum. | nephew of Wilhelm Schickard 1; the instrument is signed "Wilhelm Schickard Junior"; the "Astroscopium" is a form of tellurium which shows either the Ptolemaic or the Copernican system. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| SCHICKERT, HUGO | Germany, PHIM | Money Balances = Stadtmuseum, Meissen. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| SCHIECK, FRIEDRICH WILHELM | France, 1790-1870, OIM | Drum Microscope = UTR; Microscope, compound = OXF; etc. | apprenticed to Ludwig Wisskemann, 1808-11; journeymann for Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor in Berlin, 1813-19; worked on his own, 1819-24; became shop manager and partner to Pistor as Pistor and Schieck, 1824-36; cocentrated on microscopes; made a dividing engine in 1819; had his son, Friedrich Wilhelm Hermann Schiek as an apprentice, 1860-64. | Philippsthal (1808-11); 34 Mauerstrasse (1813); 31-g Dorotheenstrasse (1837); 1a Marienstrasse (1838); all in Berlin. | Weil and Baden; USNM; Dewhirst. |
| SCHIECK, FRIEDRICH WILHELM HERMANN | Germany, 1843-1916, OIM | son of Friedrich Wilhelm Schieck; apprenticed to his father, 1860-64; went to London and Paris; worked there for Hartnack as journeyman; entered his father's firm; specialized in developing high-performance biological and travelling micrscopes; entered international various exhibitions from 1873-96. | Berlin. | Weil and Baden; USNM. | |
| SCHIELIUS, GEORGIUS | MIM | Squadra Mobile = SKO. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| SCHIERBECK, JULIUS F. | Denmark, 19th Century, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Kelton Coll. (1990). | Kiobnhavn. | RSW. | |
| SCHILMLSZKIJ, JOSEPH | 1792, MIM | Sundial, 1792 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| SCHINDEL, JOHANN | Austria; Czech.; Germany, c.1370-1450, MIM | Sundials = X. | wrote on the astrolabe, the pillar sundial, etc., made sundials. | Vienna; Prague; Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi. |
| SCHINDLER | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Christie 12/18/74; Table Sundial = P.C.; Horizontal Sundial, string-gnomon = ULM. | the calendar at Christie and the table sundial are marked "Schmelnitz"; the other instrument may have been made by Christian Karl or C.H. Schindler. | Schmelnitz. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; RSW. |
| SCHINDLER, C.H. | Czechoslovakia?, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = MUN; Table Sundial = ROU; Sundial = ULM. | possibly the son of Christian Carl Schindler, which see; the MUN sundial is signed "C.H. Schindler jun." | Prague? | Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| SCHINDLER, CHRISTIAN CARL | Germany, fl.1680-1716, MIM SIM | Table Sundials = ADL-M289 (1680), Fürstenstein Schloss, WHI, ROU, BMR, DRE (lost); Nocturnals = DEU (1705), Fürstenstein Schloss; Altitude Sundial = OXF (1716); Universal Ring Sundials = BUD, D.(1993); Calendar = Fürstenstein Schloss; Surveying Instrument = G. Bernard Coll.; Vertical Sundials = Koller 11/17/75, P. and S. 2/28/1896, ADL-M369 (with perpetual calendar). Armillary Sphere Schmidt collection Vienna signed "Schindler M. & M. fecit à Vien", ARMILLARY SPHERE, signed "Schindler M. & M. / fecit"=DOROTHEUM auction October 18th , 2007, Circular Calendar with vertical Sundial=Auction DOROTHEUM April 2002, signed "Schindler Mathematicus et Mechanicus à Wiena", circular Calendar with vertical Sundial=Auction DOROTHEUM APril 2003 signed "Schindler fecit à Schmelnitz", | he called himself "Mathematicus et Mechanicus"; ADL is signed "Schindler fecit." | Halle. Schmelnitz (Schmöllnitz, Smolnik Slowakia), Dresden (see Schindler, Christian Karl. Metallische Probier-Kunst "MECHANICO in Dreßden" 1697), Vienna? (see à Vien and à Wiena) | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Schmidt und Egger; Coffeen 43; ADL; RSW.; DOROTHEUM, SCHINDLER, C.C. 1697 |
| SCHIONNING, CHRISTIAN | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, AArhus | Aarhus. | RSW. | |
| SCHISSLER, CHRISTOPHER 1 | Germany, fl.1546-1609, MIM | made a wide range of beautiful astronomical compendia, sundials and mathematical instruments dating from 1546 to 1605; examples may be found at ADL, USNM, OXF, BM, KEN, NMM, BASH, INN, AUG, FLO, MUN, DRE, EMA, RSM, DEU, VIE, WHI, etc. | from 1580 on he signed "Christopher Schissler Senior" or "Christopher Schissler d. Alt." to distinguish himself from his son; he also used the title "Geometricus ac Astronomicus Artifex"; one of Germany's best and most prolific makers; he also produced instruments for the French and English markets. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 1 & 2; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bassermann-Jordan 1; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHISSLER, CHRISTOPHER 2 | Germany; Czechoslovakia, fl.1580-1646, MIM | Sundials = NMM (1582), P.C. (1583), FLO; Bow Dividers with Compass and Scales, 1586 = DEU; Dividers with Sundial, 1599 = FLO; Proportional Compass, 1586 = DEU; Sundial Calculater, 1591 = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Quadrant, 1595 = FLO; Artillery Levels = HAK (1633), AUG (1646); Celestial Globe = ex-Michel Collection; etc. | son of Christopher Schissler 1; Zinner thought his full name was Hans Christopher Schissler; see H.C. Schissler; he usually signed "Christopher Schissler Junior". | Augsburg; Prague. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 1 & 2; RSW. |
| SCHISSLER, H.C. | Germany, fl.1580-1646, MIM | Astrolabe Clock with Sundial = FLO. | Zinner thought that the full name of Christopher Schissler 2 was Hans Christopher Schissler. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHKOHR, C. | MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = D.(1973). | RSW. | ||
| SCHLAGER, JOS. | Germany, 1770, MIM | Artillery Level, 1770 = ADL-M209. | Walthussen. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| SCHLAPFY, JOHANN HINRICH | Germany, fl.1722-49, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1748 = HAM. | RSW. | ||
| SCHLEENSTEIN, C.V. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Köln Rheinsches Museum. | Cologne. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHLEICHER, CARL, UND SCHULL | Germany, MIM | Architect's Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 7/5/71. | Duren, Rhl. | RSW. | |
| SCHLICK, BENJAMIN | France, c.1850, MIM | Vertical Pantograph = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| SCHMALCALDER, CHARLES AUGUSTUS | England, fl.1806-38, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometers =X(2), Soth.-P 3/1/83; Wheel Barometer = OXF; Pantograph = D.; Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 7/27/64; Prismatic Compasses = WHI, OXF, D.(1993); Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1815, with case = Christie-SK 11/19/87; Reflecting Circle = WHI; Plotting Protractor = Sotheby's 5/11/94; Pantograph = D.(1992). | made and patented a prismatic compass in 1812; made microscopes, etc; his instruments are marked "London" or "82 Strand, London"; T.C. | 82 Strand (later 399), London. | Taylor 2(1215); Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen 36 and 43; RSW. |
| SCHMALCALDER, GEORGE | England, c.1829, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gilbert of the Grocers' Company, Nov. 5, 1829. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SCHMALCALDER, JOHN | England, c.1829, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gilbert of the Grocers' Company, Nov. 5, 1829. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SCHMEID, CONRAD | Germany, 1750, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1750 = D.(c.1900) = BM. | Schmeid was a canon at the College of Wetterhausen. | Wetterhausen. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| SCHMEISSER, A. | Germany, 1861, MIM | Universal Skaphe Sundial, 1861. | patented by H. Schmeisser, pre-1861. | Berlin. | Bryden 16. |
| SCHMEISSER, H. | Germany, pre-1861, | patented a string gnomon skaphe sundial an example of which was made by A. Meissner, and is at WHI. | Berlin. | Bryden 16; Koller 11/17/75. | |
| SCHMICKHEL, JOHAN M. | Austria, c.1740, MIM | Inclinometer, mining = UIT. | probably the same as Martin Schmickhel. | Grecy (Graz?). | Kirnbauer 1. |
| SCHMICKHEL, MARTIN | Austria, 1741, MIM | Inclinometer, 1741 = ADL-M172; Mining Compass = Mining School, Leoban. | see also Johan M. Schmickhel. | Graz. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Kirnbauer 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHMID | France, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| SCHMID, J.C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 2/5/53. | surely Josef Christoph Schmidt, which see. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| SCHMIDLKOFER, SIMON | Germany, | "Simon Schmidlkofer der Junger 1577" marked on polyhedral sundial at BM, signed "M.S. (1) 1553", owner. | Price 3; Ward 4; Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHMIDT, GEORG | Germany, c.1581-1630, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = BEK. | "compassmacher"; also made automaton clocks; might be Johann Georg Schmidt and or Johannes Schmidt. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 1 & 2. |
| SCHMIDT, J.B. | Austria, c.1780, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | Vienna. | Bryden 16. | |
| SCHMIDT, JOHANN | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Compass with silvered wind-vane = Soth. 7/24/45. | Neuviedt. | RSW. | |
| SCHMIDT, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, MIM | Instrument = Bourgeois Auction, Cologne, 1902. | RSW. | ||
| SCHMIDT, JOHANNES | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Pair of Globes on Atlases, silver-gilt = Albertinium, Dresden. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHMIDT, JOSEF CHRISTOPH | Austria?, 1728, MIM | Spherical Sundial, 1728 = SAL; Perpetual Calendar on a snuff box = Evans Coll.; Perpetual Calendar = AUG. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Esdaille; RSW. | |
| SCHMIDT, NICOLAUS | Germany, 1593, MIM | Astrolabe, 1593 = P.C. (ICA-404). | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Maddison 1; Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| SCHMIDTBAUR, JOHANN | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = WUP; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, silver and gilt-brass = P.C. (1974) = USNM. | the sundial in the USNM is signed "Schmidtbaur", it looks very much like the work of the best Augsburg makers. | Augsburg? | Baillie 1; RSW. |
| SCHMITZ, P. | Holland, c.1837, PHIM | Hygrometer = UTR. | sensitive material is wood; Schmitz was assistant to Prof. J.G. Crahay, Athenaeum at Massricht; later an engineer at Delft; made barometers and thermometers. | Maasricht; Delft. | Crommelin; Rooseboom 1. |
| SCHMOLZ, WILLIAM A. | USA, c.1861, MIM SIM | made Burt's solar compass. | San Francisco, CA. | Elgin. | |
| SCHNAITMAN, ISAAC | USA, fl.1837-59, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | dealer in all sorts of scientific instruments. | Philadelphia. | USNM. | |
| SCHNEEWEISS, URBAN | Germany, 1536-1600, MIM | the celestial globe cup at NYM bearing his name is thought to be a late 19th century work; Schneeweiss was a goldsmith in Dresden. | Dresden. | Yonge; RSW. | |
| SCHNEID, CONRAD | Germany, 1750, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1750 = BM. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| SCHNEIDER, JOSUA | Germany, c.1680, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = MUN. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHNIEP, ALEXIUS | Germany; Austria, fl.1571-1613, MIM | Diptych Sundials = SPI (1571), OXF (1578), Ecouen, Soth. 5/11/23; Sundials = Triebold Coll., Hannover (1583), Upsala Bibliothek (1586), VIE, POB, EMA. | clockmaker; son of Ulrich Schniep; the dials in the VIE and the POB were made in Vienna. | Munich (1571-82); Vienna (1583-1613). | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Michel 2 & 3; Madex; Dewhirst. |
| SCHNIEP, UDALRICUS | see Ulrich Schniep. | Zinner 1. | |||
| SCHNIEP, ULRICH | Germany, fl.1553-88, MIM | made many string-gnomon sundials and some artillery levels; his work is dated from 1553 to 1588; examples may be found at ADL, OXF, WHI, VIE, Munich Stadtmuseum, BM, MUN, BEK, HAK, Linz Museum, KEN, WUR, DRE, KAS, ex-Michel Collection, etc. | many of his instruments are signed "V.S." 1, others are signed "Ulricus Schniep" or "Udalricus Schniep"; pupil or associate of Christoph Trechsler. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Michel 2 & 3; Berlin Cat. 1963; Bryden 16; Neumann 3; Abeler; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHNIEP, ULRICUS | see Ulrich Schniep. | Zinner 1. | |||
| SCHOBER, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1714, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1714 = Fürstenstein in Schlesien Schloss; Geometry Set = KAS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHOENERER, T.A. | Germany, 1748, MIM | Sundial, 1748 = Evans Coll. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHOENMANN, JOHAN | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Astronomical Clock, wood and paper = VIE. | Constance. | Michel 3. | |
| SCHOKKING, A.J. | Holland, c.1840, MIM | Azimuth Compass = AMST. | compass made between 1808 and 1814; Kleman label in box. | Langestraat (1860-61); Langestraat SS 135 (1862); Martelaarsgracht L.554 (1863-68); all in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| SCHOLES, ROBERT | England, c.1748, | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 29, 1748. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SCHOLTE, HARMANUS | Holland, c.1792, MIM | Rule, wood, 1792 = BOM Auction 1906. | also marked "Anno MDCCXCII Den VIII September." | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SCHOLTS, J., JR. | Holland, c.1742, MIM | instrument maker, 1742. | Bantammerstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| SCHONBERGER, GEORG | Austria; Germany; Czech., 1595-1645, | Schönberger wrote "Demonstratio et construtio Horologiorum novorum" in 1622; he was a Jesuit professor of mathematics in Freiburg. | Innsbruck; Ingolstadt; Freiburg; Prague; Olmütz. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHONER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1562, | son of Johann Schöner; published an astrolabe (Gunther-270) in his book "Gnomonice", Nürnberg, 1562. | Nürnberg. | Gunther 1; Michel 3. | |
| SCHONER, JOHANN | Germany, 1477-1547, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = NUR (1520), DRE. | Johann Schöner; author. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; RSW. |
| SCHONER, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | Germany, c.1660-1709, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = Thorban Coll.; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = BUD; Crescent Sundial = ROU-96; Astrolabe Clock = MUN; Astronomical Clock = Munich Residenz. | Johann Christoph Schöner was also a clockmaker, he was the father of Joseph Anton Schöner, which see. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| SCHONER, JOSEF ANTON | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = Brünn Stadtmuseum. | Josef Anton Schöner. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. |
| SCHOOLING, JAMES | England, 1787, PHIM | Guinea Balance, 1787 = Phillips 4/20/83. | "Scale-Maker." | No. 44, Bishopsgate Street, within London. | RSW. |
| SCHORT, J.J. | France, 1638, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1638 = ADL-M294. | signed "J.J. Schört"; also marked "Jacobus de Staney Paris", the owner. | Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHOTSMAN, SAMUEL | Holland, c.1690, MIM | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SCHOTT, CHARLES | Germany; USA, 1821-1903, MIM | made instruments while still in Germany; came to the USA c. 1844; was in charge of the Garland Coll. of scientific instruments at Vanderbilt University. | Heidelberg (1821-44?); Nashville, Tenn. (1854-1903). | Smart 1. | |
| SCHOTT, GASPAR | Germany, c.1680, OIM | microscope maker. | Daumas 1. | ||
| SCHOTTE, ERNST | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Versailles 4/17/83; Celestial Globe = AUI | terrestrial globe revised and corrected by Vivien de Saint-Martin; see Ernst Schotte and Co. | Berlin. | RSW. |
| SCHOTTE, ERNST, AND CO. | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Tellurium = Christie 4/3/85. | see Ernst Schotte. | Berlin. | RSW. |
| SCHOTTE, J.H. | Germany, 1754, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1754 = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| SCHRADER | Germany; Russia, 1762-1869 ?, OIM | Reflecting Telescope, 1794 = X. | went to Lilienthal in 1792 to work for Schrötter; the telescope was 26 feet long. | Kiel; Lilienthal (1792); St. Petersburg (post-1794). | Daumas 1. |
| SCHRADER, BRYGGER R.F. | Denmark, MIM | Rule, wood = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| SCHREIBELMAYER UND RAMSBECK | Austria, c.1772, MIM | Quadrant, 1772 = VIE. | Vienna. | Daumas 1. | |
| SCHRETTEGGER, JOHANN NEPOMUK | Germany, fl.1797-1843, MIM | made a great many Augsburg-type sundials for the mass market; examples may be seen at ADL, NOR, STU, BM, BUD, KRE, DEU, AUG, EMA, WHI, etc. | son-in-law of Andreas Vogler; the instruction sheets which are found with the dials are often printed in French as well as in German. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; Evans 1; Stewart; Bryden 16; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| SCHRODER | Germany, 1721, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1721 = KAS. | Hannover. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHRODTER, EMIL | Germany, c.1850, MIM | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Dusseldorf, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SCHROPP, SIMON | Germany, 1826, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1826 = DRE. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| SCHROTTER, J.H. | Germany, c.1790, OIM | Lilienthal. | Daumas 1. | ||
| SCHUBART, CARL | Germany, 1681, MIM | made sand glasses. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| SCHUBLER, JOHANN JACOB | Germany, c.1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = HAK. | RSW. | ||
| SCHULEN AND BOBY | 19th Century, NIM | T.C. in a sextant box. | RSW. | ||
| SCHULER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 16 City Road (London?). | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHULL | see Carl Schleicher und Schull. | RSW. | |||
| SCHULTES, HANS | Germany, 1550-74, MIM | Nürnberg Counters = USNM. | USNM. | ||
| SCHULTHESS, AUG. | Switzerland, c.1820, PHIM | Balance = Koller, May, 1972. | "Ingénieur-Mecanicien." | Zurich. | RSW. |
| SCHULTZ | England, pre-1799, MIM | described as a mathematical instrument maker at the William Wales' sale of 1799. | Taylor 2(1039). | ||
| SCHULTZE, G.A. | Germany, c.1849, | designed a recording barometer, c.1849. | Middleton 1. | ||
| SCHULZ, ANDREAS | Austria, 18th Century, OIM | Telescopes, Gregorian = Breslau Universitätssternwarte, Magdalenen-Gymnasium, Breslau. | Vienna. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHULZE, JOHANN WILHELM | Germany, 1689, MIM | Table Sundial, 1689 = KAS. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| SCHUSSLER, H.C. | misreading for H.C. Schissler. | Michel 3. | |||
| SCHUSTER, HANNS | Germany, d.1619, MIM | sand-glass maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. | |
| SCHUSTER, JOHANN CHRISTOFER | Germany, 1760-1820, MIM | Calculating Machines = DEU, Christie 5/19/93 = D.(1993). | fl.1785-1820; made an astronomical clock with Philipp Matthäus Hahn in 1785, to whom he was related; Daumas thought Schuster lived in Uffenheim and later in Anspach; Zinner placed him in Westheim where the clock was made; D. machine marked "Ansbach", and made 1820-22. | see note. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SCHUSTER, PAULUS | Germany, fl.1585-1634, MIM | Astrolabe Clocks = DRE (1585), DHM (1591). | the clock in the Dresden Historical Museum = Gunther-332. | Nürnberg. | Gunther 1; Lunardi; Britten 1; RSW. |
| SCHUTZE JUN., JOHANN LEONHARD | Germany, 1793, MIM | Dividing Circle, 1793 = DRE. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| SCHUYLER, HARTLEY AND GRAHAM | USA, fl.1854-80, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | Jacob Rutsen Schuyler, Marcellus Hartley and Malcolm Graham; all had worked for Young, Smith and Co. before 1854; firm became Hartley and Graham in 1880; by 1900 it was M. Hartley Company. | 13 Maiden Lane (1854); 17 Maiden Lane; 19 Maiden Lane (1863-64); all in New York, N.Y.; and 6 Mary's Row, Birmingham, England (1863-64); and 15 Rue Enghein, Paris, France (1863-64); and in San Francisco, Cal. | Smart 1. |
| SCHUYLER, JACOB RUTSEN | USA, 1816-87, MIM SIM | worked for Young, Smith and Co., 1833-46; was a partner in the firm, 1847-52; partner in Smith, Young and Co. 1852-54; senior partner in Schuyler, Hartley and Graham from 1854 on; this last firm probably dealt in various instruments. | 4 Maiden Lane (1833-54); 13 Maiden Lane (1854 on); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SCHWAB, JOS. | Germany, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood and paper = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHWAIGER, ANDREAS | Germany, c.1840, MIM | Rule = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| SCHWALB, HERMANOS | Peru, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 2/25/86; Analemmatic Sundial, round case = X. | Soth. is an English sundial drawn for southern latitudes; Schwalb was probably a dealer. | Lima. | RSW; RSWx. |
| SCHWARTZ | see D. and S.; see also Darling and Schwartz. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| SCHWARTZ DIT LENOIR | Germany?; France, c.1830, MIM NIM | Quintant, No. 412 = D.(1989); Reflecting Circles = Versailles 4/17/83 (#39), P.C. (1971)(#99), Bourne 2/27/90; Octants, ebony = Hôtel des Ventes du Minage, La Rochelle 6/5/76, VNN (#8, "La Sibus"); Sextants = P.C. (#501), D.(1977). | Paris. | Coffeen 27; RSW. | |
| SCHWARTZ, ANDREAS | Germany, 1617, MIM | Sundial, gilt-brass, 1617 = Dresden Kunstgewerbemuseum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| SCHWARTZ, FRANCISCUS | Belgium, c.1760, MIM | Protractor = FLO-201. | Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| SCHWARTZ, J.G., AND SON | Denmark, c.1860, MIM | Rule, wood = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| SCHWARTZ, JACOB, AND CO. | USA, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1973). | the scale is in both German and English. | Alma, Wisconsin. | RSW. |
| SCHWEDER, P.A. | Sweden, c.1840, MIM | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | ||
| SCHWEINFURTER, PETER | Germany, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Zurich Sternwarte. | signed "M. Jak. Meyer Bas. G. Peter Schweinfurter fabricavit." | Zinner 1. | |
| SCHWENTER, DANIEL | Germany, 1549-1612, | mathematician; associated with Hans Troschel. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| SCHWERER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Truro. | Goodison 1. | |
| SCHYRLE, ANTON MARIA | Czechoslovakia, c.1650, MIM OIM | telescope maker; made an elaborate planetary machine which he called the "Planetologium"; see "M.R." 1. | Rheita, Bohemia. | North 2; RSW. | |
| SCOLA, I.S. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. and Co. 2/27/25. | Alresford. | RSW. | |
| SCORESBY, WILLIAM | England, 1789-1859, PHIM | Artificial Magnets = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | apprenticed into the whale-fishing industry; experimented with and made magnets; F.R.S., 1824; author; see Joule and Scoresby. | Whitby; Great Surrey Street, Blackfriars, London. | Taylor 2(1217); RSW. |
| SCOTT 1 | England, c.1817, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = Christie-NY 10/24/83, D.(1986). | either George or James Scott. | Newgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(1427) & (1428); Coffeen 13; RSW. |
| SCOTT 2 | England, 1820, PHIM | Balance, 1820 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| SCOTT 3 | England, 1840, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1840 = Oxford Botanical Gardens. | Dewhirst. | ||
| SCOTT 4 | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Soth.-S 5/31/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT AND TIRYUTIN | Russia, fl.1748-51, MIM | Copy of Gottorp Globe = LOM. | Benjamin Scott and Fillip Nikitich Tiryutin; globe has diameter of 3.1 meters. | St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences. | J. Brown 1; Chenakal 3. |
| SCOTT, B., AND C. PRICE | England, 1718, MIM NIM | Globe, 1718 = X. | Benjamin Scott and Charles Price 1; T.C. | at the Mariner and Globe, Exeter Exchange, Strand, London. | Clay and Court; J. Brown 1; Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Tyacke 1. |
| SCOTT, BENJAMIN | England; Russia, fl.1712-51, MIM NIM OIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to James Anderton of the Grocers' Company on April 14, 1702; turned over to John Rowley of the Broderers' Company on April 2, 1706; free of the Grocers' Sept. 16, 1712; took apprentices; compass maker to the Russian Navy Ministry, 1733-47; scientific instrument maker to the St. Petersburg Academy of Sciences; see B. Scott and C. Price; see G. Lyford. | Exeter Change (1712); the Mariner and Globe, Exeter Exchange Street, Strand (1715); near Exeter hange in the Srand (1731); all in London; St. Petersburg (1733-51). | Taylor 1(577) & 2(116); Tyacke 1; J. Brown 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; USNM; Wynter 1; Crawforth 7; Chenekal; RSW. |
| SCOTT, DAVID | Ireland, fl.1825-38, MIM | 14 Stafford Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| SCOTT, GEORGE | England, fl.1804-27, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Oct. 5, 1796; made free of the Company on March 7, 1804; succeeded James Scott in 1817; may have made miniature terrestrial globes; took apprentices; see Scott 1. | 4 Butchershall Lane, Newgate Street (1818); 98 Newgate Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(1427); Crawforth 7 & 8; Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| SCOTT, GIDEON | Scotland, 1765-1833, MIM OIM PHIM | Reflecting Telescope, four-inch = Hawick Museum and Art Gallery. | astronomer; inventor; made orreries and various astronomical instruments; invented a calculating rule to determine the number of teeth, the pitch and the diameters of gear wheels. | Hawick. | McKie; Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society, 1870; RSW. |
| SCOTT, J. | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87; Marine Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | 17 Bermondsey Wall, London. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT, JAMES | England, c.1817, MIM | may have made miniature globes; see Scott 1; succeeded by George Scott in 1817. | 4 Butchershall Lane (Newgate Street), London. | Taylor 2(1428); Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| SCOTT, JAMES GEORGE | England, c.1846, MIM PHIM | Dewhirst. | |||
| SCOTT, JOHN | USA, 1752-1801, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Stark County Historical Society, Canton, Ohio (1772), P.C. | clockmaker; the compass in a private collection was made before 1784. | Chambersburg, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| SCOTT, R. | Scotland, c.1850, MIM OIM | Dumpy Level = Phillips 10/26/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1739, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Scott of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 12, 1731 (os); turned over to Joseph Jackson of the Grocers' Company on May 22, 1735; free of the Company on June 1, 1739; took one apprentice. | at Mr. Jackson's near Surry Street in the Strand, London (1739). | J. Brown 1. | |
| SCOTT, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1816, MIM | Globe, miniature, with case = D.(1983). | Oxford. | Coffeen D. | |
| SCOTT, ROBERT 3 | USA, fl.1853-54, | see Hunt and Scott. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| SCOTT, WENTWORTH E. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Thermometer, self-registering maximum = X. | Weatbourne Park, London. | USNM. | |
| SCOTT, WILLIAM SAMUEL | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1806. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SCRIBA | alias for Jacob Ramminger, which see. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |||
| SCRIVENER, HAYTER | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 2 of the Grocers' Company, on Jan. 3, 1811, for seven years. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| SCULTETUS, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Germany, 1532-1614, | brother of Zacharias Scultetus; wrote about sundials. | Görlitz. | Zinner 1. | |
| SCULTETUS, ZACHARIAS | Germany, 1550, MIM | Instrument, 1550 = DRE. | brother of Bartholomaeus Scultetus. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| SEABORNE, JOHN | England, c.1660, | apprenticed to Thomas Aldus of the Joiners' Company on Feb. 16, 1660. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SEAGROVE, E.K. | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976). | Rinaldi 2. | ||
| SEAN, A. | Italy; France, fl.1612-17, MIM | Surveying Instrument, 1612 = X. | Bologna (1612); Paris 1617; Venice. | Evans 1 | |
| SEARCH, JAMES | England, fl.1780-90, MIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X.; Magnetic Compass = OXF; Parallel Rules = Soth. 10/17/60; Circumferentor = OXF; Pair of Proportional Compasses = X. | succeeded John Bennett 2. | Crown Court, Soho and Pultney Street Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(888); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| SEBELIN L'AINE | France, MIM | Sebelin l'aîné; first name might be Josue; sundial maker; is he the same as or related to Jean Sibelin? | RSW. | ||
| SECHTING, JOHANN GOTTFRIED EWALD | Germany, 1749-1814, MIM | Astronomical Clocks = Breslau Sternwarte, Breslau Schlesisches Museum. | Breslau. | Zinner 1. | |
| SECOES, JACOB | Holland, 1622, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1622 = USNM. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| SECRETAN | see Lerebours et Secretan. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SECRETAN SUCCESSEUR | France, fl.1855-67, OIM | Marc Secretan succeeded Lerebours et Secretan in 1855. | Paris. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| SECRETAN, AUGUSTE | France, 1833-74, MIM SIM | son of Marc Secretain; worked with his cousin, Georges Secretain, as Maison Lerebours et Secretan, 1867; succeeded by Georges Secretan in 1871. | Paris. | Poggendorff; Warner 13. | |
| SECRETAN, GEORGES | France, b.1837, MIM SIM | nephew of Marc Secretan; worked with his cousin, Auguste Secretan, as Maison Lerebours et Secretan;; succeeded Auguste in 1871. | Paris. | Poggendorff; Warner 13. | |
| SECRETAN, MARC-FRANCOIS-LOUIS | Switzerland; France, 1804-67, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, noted for his telescopes, Borda circles, theodolites, surveyor's compasses, etc. | professor of astronomy at Lausanne; worked with Noël-Marie- Paymel Lerebours in Paris from 1845 to 1855; on his own after that; "Opticien de S.A.M. l'Empereur"; did work for the Paris observatory; probably joined by his son and nephew, Auguste and Georges Secretan who later worked under the name Maison Lerebours et Secretan. | Lausanne; Paris. | Poggendorff; Moskowitz 122; Daumas 1; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Warner 13; RSW. |
| SEELHORST | USA, | see Kuebler and Seelhorst. | USNM. | ||
| SEELIGER, JOHANN | Austria?, c.1700, MIM | produced mathematical instruments for Antonius Braun. | Habacher. | ||
| SEELING | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | see Whitbread and Seeling. | Taylor 2(2039); Crawforth 8; RSW. | ||
| SEELING, JOSEPH | England, c.1817, MIM OIM | apprenticed to William John Weeden in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Feb. 5, 1817; optician; probably a partner in Whitbread and Seeling. | London. | Crawforth 8. | |
| SEFTON, HENRY | England, c.1632, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 16, 1620; free of the Company Jan. 11, 1632. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SEGARD | France, c.1754, OIM | optician. | A la Couronne d'or, Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| SEIDEL, GEORG | Holland, c.1750, PHIM | Set of Coin Balances = Soth. 10/3/88. | carries mastermark of Georg Seidel. | RSW. | |
| SELDEN, JOSEPH | England, c.1694, MIM | scale and rule maker; invented a jointed sliding rule; author. | Tunbridge Wells. | Taylor 1(431). | |
| SELLARS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1691-1725, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Clowes of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 5, 1683; free of the Company, Nov. 2, 1691; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3; Robischon. | |
| SELLER AND PRICE | England, fl.1697-1705, MIM NIM | Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price; "Hydrographers to ye Queen"; "Compass makers to the Navy Royall"; made compass cards for Richard Glynne; globe makers. | at the Hermitage in Wapping (1700-05); also at their shop next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill; both in London. | Taylor 1(420 & 509); Tyacke; Bryden 9; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |
| SELLER, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1697-1720 d.c.1720, MIM NIM | Equatorial Sundial = Evans Coll. | apprenticed to John Seller 1, his father, in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Mar. 3, 1686; freed by patrimony, Sept. 1, 1703; T.C.; partner of Charles Price, 1697-1705; John Senex was also a partner, 1703-1705; author. | at the Hermitage in Wapping (1699-1705); and at the shop next the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill (1703-05); both in London. | Taylor 1(509); Tyacke; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 8; RSW. |
| SELLER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1630-97, MIM NIM SIM | Marine Compass (fragment) = OXF. | apprenticed to Edward Lowe in the Merchant Taylors' Company, 1644; free of the Company, 1654; entered the Livery in 1676; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; Junior Warden of the Company in 1672; father of John Seller 2 and Jeremiah Seller; "Hydrographer to the King." | Covent Garden (1654); at the sign of the Mariners' Compass and Hour Glass at the Hermitage Stayers in Wapping (1660-69); at the Mariners' Compass at the Hermitage Stairs in Wapping (1669-75); also in Exchange Alley in Cornhill (1671-75); Pope's Head Alley in Cornhill (1678-81); west side Royal Exchange (1682-86); Westminster Hall (1690); all in London. | Taylor 1(273); J. Brown 1 & 3; Daumas 1; Tyacke; Stevenson; Robischon; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7 & 8. |
| SELLER, JOHN 2 | England, c.1667-98, MIM | apprenticed to John Seller 1, his father, in the Merchant Taylors' Company, Aug. 21, 1681; probably the John Sellers who was admited by Patrimony to the Stationers' Company on Mar. 26, 1686; made compasses and maps; took an apprentice. | the Star next the Mercers Chapel in Cheapside (1686); the West End of St. Paul's Churchyard (1687); at the Map of the World at the West End of St. Paul's (1687-89); all in London. | Taylor 1(405); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 8. | |
| SELLERS, JOHN | USA, fl.1760-73, MIM SIM | surveyor; made and used a sighting instrument c.1765. | Pennsylvania. | Bedini 8. | |
| SELLIGUE | France, c.1824, OIM | made achromatic microscopes. | Dewhirst. | ||
| SELTER, D.H. | azimuth compass at AMST signed "G.W. Peter en Zoon" is also marked "D.H. Selter 183/673"; this may be a misreading or a misstamping of D.B. Selter. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |||
| SELTER, DIRK BAREND | Holland, 1820-99, NIM | Dry Card Compass = Frisian Maritime Museum, Sneek; Compass = KRO. | T.C. at AMST; see C. Brinkman & D.B. Selter. | Binnen-Bantammerstraat N.383 (1860-75); Binnen-Bantammerstraat N.36 (1876-96); 'S Gravenhekje 6 (1899); all in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| SELTMAN, JOHAN CAR. | Germany, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | Braunschweig. | RSW. | |
| SELTOTTE | Germany, MIM | Armillary Sphere = MAN-I 165. | Ptolemaic. | Berlin. | Garcia Franco 1. |
| SELVA | see also Selvea. | Goodison 1. | |||
| SELVA, DOMENICO | Italy, fl.1710-58, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopes, reflecting = NMM, D.(1975); Telescopes = NAC, P.C., Rou-37, KRE (1720); Circumferentor with telescope, 1758 = ROU-39. | official optician to the Republic of Venice; father of Lorenzo Selva; made several improvements to optical instruments; the telescope in the private collection is marked "No. XXXVI"; KRE signed "Domenico Celvi." | Venice. | NMM 2; Moskowitz; Daumas 1; J. Hill 38; Michel 3; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| SELVA, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| SELVA, LEONARDO | Italy, c.1778, OIM | telescope maker; Daumas lists him as the son of Domenico Selva. | Venice. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | |
| SELVA, LORENZO | Italy, c.1716-1800, OIM | son of Domenico Selva; made improvements in optical instruments; official optician to the Republic of Venice. | Venice. | J. Hill. | |
| SELVEA, GEORGE | England, c.1826, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X(2). | barometers signed "G. Selva Hull"; succeeded by John Selvea. | 25 Grimsby Lane, Hull. | Goodison 1. |
| SELVEA, JOHN | England, c.1831, PHIM | barometer maker; succeeded George Selvea. | 25 Grimsby Lane, Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| SELWIN, RICHARD | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to John Seller 1 in the Merchant Taylors' Company on July 5, 1693. | Crawforth 8. | ||
| SEM, LUDOVICUS | Italy, c.1612, MIM SIM | Armillary Sphere, 1612 = FLO; Surveying Instrument, 1612 = OXF. | Bologna. | Michel 3. | |
| SEMAH | see Aboab. | RSW. | |||
| SEMINCOLO, LEONARDO | misreading for Loenardo Semitecolo. | Christie-SK 9/11/86. | |||
| SEMITECOLLO | Telescope, three-draw, pastboard and horn = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | surely Semitecolo or a copy. | RSW. | ||
| SEMITECOLO, LEONARDO | Italy, 18th Century, OIM | made a large number of telescopes of cardboard covered with vellum or leather, the lens mounts and rings are of horn, bone or wood; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL (3), FLO, WHI, USNM, OXF, DEU, DRE, etc. | Venice? | Maddison 1; Daumas 1; Coffeen E; Price 2; USNM; ADL; RSW. | |
| SEMMONDS, H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as Semmons in Truro. | Goodison 1. | |
| SEMMONS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Might be the same as H. Semmonds. | Truro. | Goodison 1. |
| SENEBIER, JACOB | Switzerland?, c.1595, MIM | Solar Calendar = SPI-2889. | might be related to A. Senebier, a watchmaker in Geneva. | Geneva? | Michel 3. |
| SENECAL | France, c.1690, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory = Drouot 4/7/87, Madex, Musée du Chateau, Dieppe, Exhibition of 1000 Years of Navigation, Brussels, 1979. | could be Ephraim or Jacques Senécal. | Dieppe. | MADEX; RSW. |
| SENECAL, EPHRAIM | France, fl.1686-99, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory = FIN-90, Evans Coll., NMM, MADEX, WHI. | Ephraim Senécal. | Dieppe. | Bryden 16; Michel 3; Moreau; NMM 2; RSW. |
| SENECAL, JACQUES | France, pre-1660, MIM | made a large number of Bloud-type ivory sundials; examples may be seen at OXF, BM, NMM, NOR, HAM, UTR, ADL, etc. | the Jacques Senécal sundials held at the Adler are ADL-T55, ADL-T56, and ADL-DPW18; ADL-T56 is incomplete; ADL-DPW18 has an addition of a string-gnomon sundial engraved on a silver chapter ring and fitted over the magnetic compass; the addition is signed "Felix Gervaise 1660", which see. | Dieppe. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Tomlinson 1; Madison 1; Evans 1; Stevens and Aked; NMM 2; Madex; RSW. |
| SENEX AND MAXWELL | England, fl.1710-c.1724, MIM | John Senex and John Maxwell were partners from 1710 to shortly before 1724. | London. | Tyacke 1. | |
| SENEX AND PRICE | England, 1706-10, MIM | Miniature Globe = X. | John Senex and Charles Price. | London. | Wynter and Turner. |
| SENEX, JOHN | England, 1680-1740, MIM | made many globes, of various sizes, which may be seen at NMM, ADL (A277), Chicago Historical Society, Yale U., LOS, etc. | apprenticed to Robert Clavell in the Stationers' Company in 1695; free, 1706; published with Jeremiah Seller and Charles Price, 1703-05; in partnership with Charles Price, 1706-10; with John Maxwell, 1710-c.1724; F.R.S. 1728; map and book publisher; made Whiston's "Copernicus" instrument; succeeded by his widow in 1740. | against St. Clements Church in the Strand (1702); next to the Fleece Tavern in Cornhill (1703-06); at their House in White's Alley, Coleman Street (1707-10); at the Globe in Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1710-21); against St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street (1721-40); all in London. | Taylor 1(547); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 1; Kroght 2; ADL; Yonge. |
| SENEX, MRS. JOHN | England, fl.1740-49, MIM | globe maker; continued her husband's shop. | London. | Wynter and Turner; Bedini 8. | |
| SENIN, P. | misreading for P. Sevin. | Thielmann; Drouot 4/26/67. | |||
| SENTER, WILLIAM 1 | USA, 1813-88, MIM NIM SIM | apprenticed to Oliver Gerrish; became associated with Abner Lowell as Lowell and Senter (1836-70); joined by his nephew William Senter 2 in 1875 as William Senter and Co. | Portsmouth, N.H. (1813-28); Portland Me. (1828-88). | Smart 1. | |
| SENTER, WILLIAM 2 | USA, fl.1875-88, MIM SIM | joined his uncle, William Senter 1 as William Senter and Co. (1875-88). | Portland, Me. | Smart 1. | |
| SENTER, WILLIAM, AND CO. | USA, fl.1875-88, MIM NIM SIM | William Senter 1 and his nephew, William Senter 2. | Portland, Me. | Smart 1. | |
| SEPP, CHRISTIAAN | Germany; Holland, 1700-75, PHIM | Hamburg; Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SEPTALIUS, MANFRED | variant of Manfredo Settala. | RSW. | |||
| SERLE, GEORGE | England, fl.1656-80, | author; devised a quadrant and a dialing scale which was made and sold by Anthony Thompson and by Walter Hayes. | London. | Taylor 1(268); RSW. | |
| SERSON, JOHN | England, fl.1735-60, | invented Serson's Whirling Speculum, an artificial horizon, in 1752. | Taylor 2(305); Bedini 8. | ||
| SERVILL, J. | misreading of J. Sewill. | Christie 12/17/75. | |||
| SESINO, S. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/13/88. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| SETTALA, MANFREDO | Italy, 1600-80, MIM OIM | Armillary Sphere, 1646 = Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan. | made lenses and burning glasses; formed the Museo Settala which became part of the Ambrosiana in 1751. | Milan. | Tavernari; Spargo 1; Michel 3; Clay and Court. |
| SETTY | Holland, c.1770, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| SEUTTER, GEORG MATTHAEUS | Germany, 1678-1757, MIM | Pair of Globes = ROM; Celestial Globes, 1710 = AUG, MUN, ROM; Celestial Globes = DRE, LOS, NMM, Seitenstetten Stift, etc. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bedini 12; USNM; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| SEVERN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 1 Walbrook Place, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(2243). | ||
| SEVERUS, ALPHENUS | c.1500, | name marked on an astrolabe signed "Piervincenzo Danti del Rinaldi" in the HAK. | RSW. | ||
| SEVIN, PIERRE | France, fl.1662-85, MIM SIM | wide range of instruments of very high quality, such as astrolabes, sundials, graphometers, levels, etc., that may be seen in many museums including ADL, NMM, OXF, LIE, PRIN, CNAM, BM, LOS, etc. | made instruments for the Paris observatory, 1665-80; several instruments made by Grosselin are marked "Divisé par Sevin à Paris". | Paris. | Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; NMM 2; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL; RSW. |
| SEWARD | Ireland, MIM SIM | Compass Sundial = Soth. 5/11/23; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/13/61; Proportional Dividers = Christie 11/22/78; Surveyor's Compass = D. | Dublin. | Coffeen I; RSW. | |
| SEWARD, C. | England, MIM PHIM | Compass, wood = Lancaster City Museum; Wheel Barometer = Phillips 8/12/87. | Lancaster. | RSW. | |
| SEWILL AND YOUNG | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Balance, steel = Phillips 4/20/83. | RSW. | ||
| SEWILL, J. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = OMM. | also marked "J. Smith London", surely owner; may be either John or Joseph Sewill. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| SEWILL, JOHN | England, MIM NIM | Double Sextant = Soth. 12/15/78; Sextant with Case = Phillips 5/20/75. | a T.C. for "J. Sewill Liverpool" was found in a SBR sextant case; the sextant at Phillips was signed "Sewill Liverpool." | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| SEWILL, JOSEPH | England, fl.1835-62, MIM OIM | Stick Barometer = LEY; Barometer, 1862 = PMS; Aneroid Barometers = OMM, BMM; Octant = PMS; Sextant = Christie 5/26/76. | T.C. "Maker to the Admiralty"; the sextant marked "Liverpool." | 15 Canning Place (c.1835), Liverpool; 61 South Castle Street, Liverpool and 30 Cornhill, London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| SEXTON, PLINY | USA, 1796-1881, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = GUR. | the compass is marked "Palmyra, N.Y." | Springfield, Mass. (1796-1819); Palmyra, New York (1819-81). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| SEYFRIED, GEORG PAULUS | Germany, c. 1773, MIM | Cube Sundials, wood = WUR, Leipzig U. Sternwarte, etc; Cube Sundial, brass on wood, 1773 = Drouot 4/7/87. | worked with David Beringer as Beringer und Seyfried. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Chandler and Vincent 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. |
| SHADD, CHARLES | England, c.1703, MIM | apprenticed to John Randall of the Grocers' Company on July 13, 1703. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SHADWELL | England, NIM | Sextant = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | the name of the owner, "W. Ford", is shown. | 102 High Street, London. | RSW. |
| SHAIN | see Knox and Shain 1 and 2. | Smart 1. | |||
| SHAIN, CHARLES J. | USA, 1822-91, MIM | worked alone 1851-55; as partner with Joseph Knox as Knox and Shain 1, 1855-76; worked alone, 1877; as partner with Henry M. Knox as Knox and Shain 2, 1878-91. | 72 Dock Street (1851); 46 1/2 Walnut Street (1855-76); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Miller. | |
| SHALFINO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | Taunton. | RSW. | |
| SHALLAND | see Challand. | Clifton 1. | |||
| SHALLER, FERDINAND | MIM | Magnetic Compass = Buffalo Museum of Science. | RSW. | ||
| SHANAHAN AND LOEBER | USA, fl.1852-53, MIM SIM | Transit = P.C. | James M. Shanahan and Charles Loeber; made theodolites, transits, surveying compasses and drawing instruments. | 181 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| SHANAHAN, JAMES M. | Ireland; USA, 1824-85, MIM SIM | partner with Charles Loeber as Shanahan and Loeber, 1853-56; listed as maker of surveying instruments, 1853-56. | 181 William Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| SHARMAN, JOHN | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2 of the Grocers' Company, Jan. 6, 1786. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SHARP, ABRAHAM | England, 1653-1742, MIM OIM | Declining Sundial = Thoresby Coll. (1714); Garden Sundial, 1722 = Bolling Hall, Bradford; Mural Arc Quadrant, 1689 = X; Astronomical Quadrant = KEN; Telescope = NMM; Refracting Telescope, wood = Yorkshire Museum, York. | assistant to Flamsteed (1684-90); the refracting telescope has an unusual mount, it is on loan to the NMM (1973); there are 10 instruments at Bolling Hall pertaining to Sharp, given by his heirs, they include the rete from a "Mathematical Jewell" and several unusual quadrants; see A.S. 4; his observatory at Horton Hall was dismantled and the stones numbered and buried in the garden at Bolling Hall. | Horton Hall, Little Horton, near Bradford; Greenwich (1684-90). | Taylor 1(361) & 2(118); Daumas 1; RSW. |
| SHARP, HENRY | England, OIM | made achromatic microscope objectives. | 38 Bowden Street, Sheffield. | USNM. | |
| SHARP, SAMUEL | England, c.1825, MIM OIM PHIM | 29 Brownlow Street, Drury Lane; 16 Church Row, Pancras Road, Somerstown; both in London. | Taylor 2(1699). | ||
| SHARP, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1714, OIM | Telescope = Thoresby Coll. (1714). | Taylor 1(361). | ||
| SHARP, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1724-1799, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1785 = Falcon Hotel, Stratford-on-Avon. | scientific instrument maker, wood worker, clock and watch repairer. | Stratford-on Avon. | RSW. |
| SHARPE, WILLIAM | England, 1798, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, cardboard, 1798 = Evans Coll. | Norwich. | Evans 1; Esdaille. | |
| SHARPE, WM. | England, | member of the Clockmakers' Company?; made watch movement in wheel barometer by Roe 1, Soth.-S 9/18/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHARPLIN, WILLIAM | England, c.1770, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust in the Grocers' Company on May 4, 1762; free of the Company on Dec. 4, 1770. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SHAW 1 | England, d.1666, MIM | associated with Thompson to make Prince Rupert's perspective instrument; might be Anthony Thompson 2 or William Thompson. | London. | Daumas 1; Gunther 2. | |
| SHAW 2 | USA, | see Frye and Shaw. | Coffeen D; RSW. | ||
| SHAW, EDWARD | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Clement Forster of the Clockmakers' Company on June 24, 1689. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SHAW, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1682-1715, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D. | apprenticed in 1672 in the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company in 1682; Master of the Company, 1712-15. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Robischon. |
| SHAW, JOHN 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | magnet manufacturer. | Sheffield. | Taylor 2(2001). | |
| SHAW, PETER | England, fl.1710-61, | designed a portable set of chemical instruments and apparatus with Francis Hauksbee 1, F.R.S. | Taylor 2(211). | ||
| SHAW, ROBERT LUDLOW | USA, 1813-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = P.C. (1988); Octant = MYS; Telescopes = MYS, Decatur House, Washington, D.C.; Marine Compasses = MYS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, D.(1971); Sextant = MYS. | may have been apprenticed to John H. Wheeler; Shaw and Addington D. Frye succeeded Wheeler in 1836 as Frye and Shaw, which see; the partnership lasted until 1845; the firm had a Ramsden-type dividing engine. | 222 Water Street (1836-76); also at 119 Beekman 1858-67); 110 Wall Street (1876); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Preuss and Treworgy 2; Moskowitz 102; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| SHEA, ROLAND H. | Ireland; USA, 1829-55, MIM SIM | Wye Level = New Bern, N.C. | born in Ireland. | Ireland (1829); 29 Front Street (ward 2), Brooklyn, N.Y. (1849-53); 167 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1853-55); 82 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. |
| SHEAHAN, D.B. | USA, fl.1900-22, MIM | sundial maker; his monumental and wall sundials are found in towns and institutions in the New England states; he also made many pocket sundials which were influenced by Lewis Evans' chapter on portable sundials found in the 4th edition of Mrs. Gatty's book on sundials, 1904; the Tomlinson collection at the ADL contains many examples of his work. | New York, N.Y. | Tomlinson 1; Wray Cat.; USNM; Fox 2; ADL; RSW. | |
| SHEARER, JAMES | England, fl.1825-42, MIM | Astronomical Clock with two Globes = P.-B. 11/19/42. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHEARS, JOHN | c.1920, | Water Clock, signed "John Shears Newcastle, 1629" = Clock Museum, Newport, N.H. | this looks like the work of Pearson Page Ltd. of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| SHEFFEL, MICHAEL | mis-spelling of Michael Scheffelt. | Daumas 1. | |||
| SHELDON, JOHN | England, PHIM | made spring balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| SHELTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1702, | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1702. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SHELTON, JOHN 2 | England, c.1721, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Stanbury of the Clockmakers' Company on May 20, 1712; free of the Company, Jan. 16, 1721. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| SHELTON, JOHN 3 | England, c.1745, | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1745. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SHENSTON, J.T. | England, fl.1836-46, PHIM | Weight, earthenware = OXF. | "Manufacturer." | 395 Strand, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| SHEPARD, ANN | England, 1676, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1676 = NMM. | see A.S. 4. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(395); NMM 2; RSW. |
| SHEPARD, JOHN | England, c.1674, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 22, 1674. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SHEPEARD, J.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Congleton. | Goodison 1. | |
| SHEPHERD | England, c.1820, NIM | Octant = Soth. 2/3/76; Sextant, double frame = X. | the sextant was shown on the QE 2 menu in 1983; see C. Shepherd. | Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| SHEPHERD, C. | England, c.1820, NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = VNN; Telescope, two-draw = Melun 4/24/83. | 53 Leadenhall Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| SHEPPARD, EDEN | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company on Sept. 12, 1701. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SHEPPARD, JOHN | England, 1737, NIM | Davis Quadrant, 1737 = Ader Picard Tajan 3/7/77. | RSW. | ||
| SHEPPERE, LOUIS DE | France; Russia, fl.1690-1700, OIM | Frenchman working in St. Petersburg; Chenakal thought he did not take any pupils. | St. Petersburg. | Chenakal 3. | |
| SHERMAN, C.R., AND CO. | USA, fl.1865-73, NIM | Marine Compasses = MYS (2), Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass. | the Whaling Museum compass is signed "Charles R. Sherman and Co."; the "and Co." was his partner James Handley; T.C. reads, in part, "Successor to J. Kehew." | 49 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| SHERMAN, CHARLES R. | USA, fl.1849-73, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Daggett House, Edgartown, Mass. | he worked for John Kehew, 1849-59; succeeded him in 1865; instruments signed "C.R. Sherman"; see C.R. Sherman and Co. | 49 North Water Street, New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. |
| SHERWOOD | England, c.1838, NIM | compass maker?; designed a "Magnetic Geometer" for finding position at sea; this was patented by R.M. Hoe, which see. | Taylor 2(2245). | ||
| SHETRINO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| SHEW, H. | England, c.1800, MIM | Pantograph = D.(1972). | London. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| SHEWSWELL, THOMAS | England, c.1623, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen in the Grocers' Company between 1612 and 1617; free of the Company on July 29, 1623. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| SHIELD, NICOLAS | England, fl.1668, | Shield had John Yarwell as an apprentice in 1668; Yarwell became a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | Clay and Court. | ||
| SHIPLEY, GEORGE | USA, fl.1797-1801, | sold telescopes. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| SHIPPY, JOHN | England, c.1706, MIM | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on May 6, 1706. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| SHIRK, JOSEPH | USA, 1814-1902, MIM SIM | Tansit = P.C.(1965). | surveyor; Mennonite inventor. | Churchtown; Union Grove (1841-1902); both in Pa. | Smart 1. |
| SHIRTCLIFFE | England, c.1700, | designed a type of slide rule,made by William Wyeth. | Cajori. | ||
| SHORT | see De Grave, Short and Fanner. | RSW. | |||
| SHORT AND MOWER | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = K. and C. 5/23/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHORT, JAMES | Scotland; England, 1710-68, OIM | reflecting telescopes in large numbers; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL, OXF, HAR, LEY, AMST, RSM, Zeiss of Jena, Palermo Observatory, Tashkent Observatory, etc. | one of the most successful makers of his era; the earliest dated telescope is 1735; Short marked his telescopes with a serial number which appears as a formula, the production number of that particular focal length, over the total prduction to date, = the focal length of the telescope; he was succeeded by his brother, Thomas Short. | Edinburgh (1710-38); Surrey Street, Strand, London (1739-68). | Taylor 2(307); Bryden 1, 3, 7, & 19; G.L'E. Turner 3, 6, & 8; A.J. Turner 10; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| SHORT, THOMAS | Scotland; England, c.1712-88, OIM | Reflecting Telescopes = ADL-W18, KEN, etc. | succeeded his older brother, James Short in 1768; took out a patent in 1774 for a reflecting telescope with more than two specula. | Foot of the Broad Wynd, Leith (1748); Surrey Street, Strand, London (1768-76); Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh (1776-88). | Taylor 2(308); Bryden 3; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(XIV); ADL; RSW. |
| SHORTGRAVE, RICHARD | England, fl.1658-76, PHIM | made wheel and stick barometers, thermometers etc.; worked for Robert Hooke; became "Operator to the Royal Society", succeeded in that job by Harry Hunt; devised a new water level. | Gresham College, London. | Taylor 1(274); Goodison 1; Daumas 1; Evans 2. | |
| SHORTGRAVE, THOMAS | England, fl.1674-80, PHIM | son of Richard Shortgrave; assistant to Robert Hooke. | London. | Taylor 1(274). | |
| SHOTTE, J.N. | see J.H. Schotte. | Evans 1; Zinner 1. | |||
| SHREW | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| SHUTTLEWORTH | England, 18th Century, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Franklin Institute, Soth. 3/11/77; Surveyor's Compass = Bruce Museum, Greenwich Conn.; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 12/15/72; Pantograph = Christie 7/23/80; Microscope Barrel = Soth. 5/21/73; Telescope = P.C. | instruments signed this way could have been made by either Henry Raines Shuttleworth or Henry Shuttleworth. | Goodison 1; USNM; Daumas 1; USNM; RSW. | |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, HENRY | England, fl.1787-1812, OIM | Microscopes = Clay Coll.(2); Soth.-S 4/24/87. | apprenticed to his father, Henry Raines Shuttleworth, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free in the Company in 1787 according to Crawforth; others think it was 1797. | at the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pair of Golden Spectacles (No. 23 Ludgate Street) near the West End of St. Paul's, London. | Crawforth 1; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(226); Clay and Court; RSW. |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, HENRY RAINES | England, c.1732-97, MIM OIM | Microscopes = Stevens' Auction Rooms 6/14/1782, Soth.3/25/86; Garden Sundial = P.C.(1987); Spyglass = D.(1985). | father of Henry Shuttleworth; apprenticed to John Cuff in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1747; free of the Company in 1754; Master of the Company, 1782-87; took apprentices; see Shuttleworth. | at Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles; The Old Mathematical Shop near the West End of St. Paul's (1791) (otherwise 23 Ludgate Street); both in London. | Taylor 2(537); Court and von Rohr 3(153); A.J. Turner 10; Robischon; Coffeen 9; Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| SHUTTLEWORTH, JOSEPH | England, fl.1830-37, MIM | Sectors, ivory = X, Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79, Soth. 7/15/63; Drawing Instrument Set = P.C. (1980). | Evans noted that he made a microscope c.1786 but this surely is the work of H. Shuttleworth. | 73 Lichfield Street, Birmingham; 133 Broad Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2002); Evans 1; RSW. |
| SIBE, JOHANN | Denmark, | see Brenner and Sibe. | Baillie 1. | ||
| SIBELIN, JEAN | France, fl.1706-35, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = Musée Historique de Neuchätel. | "horologer"; is he the same as or related to Sebelin l'aîné, which see. | Neuchätel. | RSW. |
| SIBENMANN AND QUARTIER | USA, fl.1852-55, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| SIBLEY AND MARBLE | USA, fl.1801-07, MIM | advertised in 1801 that they repaired (and sold?) swords, clocks, mathematical and surgical instruments, etc. | New Haven, Conn. | USNM. | |
| SICKLER, C. | Germany, c.1850, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 3/10/87; Surveying Level = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | Karlsruhe. | RSW. | |
| SIEBER, MICHAEL | Germany, 1744, MIM | Equatorial Table Sundials, 1744 = PRA, PAM; Horizontal Sundial = PRA. | signed "Pater Michael Sieber OSP fecit." | Zinner 1; Astron. Inst.; RSW. | |
| SIEFER, KONRAD | Germany, 1403, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1403 = Strassburg Cathedral. | Lübke. | ||
| SIEGLER | see Molteni et Siégler. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| SIEMENS AND HALSKE | Germany, c.1850, | showed in 1851 at the Great Exhibition in London. | Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SIEMENS, CHARLES WILLIAMS | Germany, 1823-83, MIM PHIM | patented a double cylinder air pump, exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London with his partner, Halske. | Berlin. | Chaldecott 3; RGO; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| SIENER, G. | Germany, c.1860, MIM OIM | Telescopic Level = DRE. | Darmstadt. | RSW. | |
| SIETE, LUDOLF DE | Germany, 15th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = Cracow University Observatory. | master of the treasury of the abbey of Einbeck. | Einbeck. | Zinner 1. |
| SIKES, BARTHOLOMEW | England, 1731-1803, PHIM | devised a type of hydrometer; collector of Excise. | Stourbridge; 5, Wilderness Row, Clerkenwell, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; McConnell 4. | |
| SILBERADE | Telescope = Phillips 6/15/76. | this is probably a misreading for Charles Silberrad. | RSW. | ||
| SILBERMANN JEUNE | France, fl.1855-62, MIM PHIM | Silbermann jeune; might have been the son of Jean Thiebaut Silbermann; "preparateur de physique au College de France"; found a way to print celestial and terrestrial globes with but one strike ? | Paris. | USNM. | |
| SILBERMANN, JEAN THIEBAUT | France, 1806-65, MIM PHIM | on his arrival in Paris Silberman apprenticed himself to Jecker, a maker of physical apparatus; Silbermann later became Superintendent of the Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers; he developed a form of heliostat in 1843 which was widely adopted; Silbermann jeune may have been his son. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| SILBERRAD, CHARLES | England, fl.1801-33, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = WHI, CNY; Double Barometer = OXF; Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Universal Ring Sundial = Auction, 1961; Instrument = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88. | the wheel barometer is signed "C. Silberrad", the other barometers are signed "Silberrad." | 34 Aldgate within, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1218); Michel 3; Daumas 1; O'Mara; RSW. |
| SILIPRANDI, IL | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Water Level = D.(1973); Level, large, iron = D.(1971). | RSW. | ||
| SILK, WILLIAM | England, c.1762, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 29, 1762. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| SILKER | Sweden, c.1710, MIM | instrument maker; probably a half-brother of Christopher Polhem. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| SILLO AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | York? | Goodison 1. | |
| SILLO, S. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1986). | York. | Antique Collector, Nov. 1986. | |
| SILVA, JOAO DA | Portugal, late 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = Evans Coll., D.(1967), Lisbon Ethnological Museum. | also signed as "J.S." 2, which see; "autor." | RSW. | |
| SILVA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| SILVANI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Thermometer = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| SILVANI, G. AND B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Brighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| SILVANI, V. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = Christie 12/8/76. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| SILVANI, V., AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| SILVE, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | 9 East Street, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| SILVER AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant with telescope = Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| SILVER, C.W., AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant = KEN-1872-77. | RSW. | ||
| SILVER, G., AND CO. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 11/13/86. | RSW. | ||
| SILVER, P.W., AND CO. | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie 6/7/72. | Cornhill, London. | RSW. | |
| SILVER, S.W., AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Electrical Machine, with ebonite fittings = X. | 3 Bishopsgate Street, London. | USNM. | |
| SILVESTER, JOSHUA | England, c.1594, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1594. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SIMENCOURT, DE | France, c.1850, MIM | Vertical, south-facing Sundial = D. | No. 341; "Cadran Vertical Indiquant l'avance et le retard sur la Méridienne du Midi vrai." | Faubourg St. Denis No. 42 (erased), Paris. | Coffeen 55. |
| SIMES, CHARLES | England, c.1784, MIM | apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on June 3, 1784. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| SIMKIN, J. | England, fl.1781-91, MIM | card in Lewis Evans Coll. | Burton Wood. | Evans 1. | |
| SIMMES, ISAAC 1 | England, fl. 1609-10, MIM | Garden Sundials = KEN (1609), X (1610); Sundial, bronze, square, 1610 = Phillips 2/15/89. | goldsmith. | Parish of St. Botolf, London. | Delehar 1; RSW. |
| SIMMES, ISAAC 2 | England, 1735, MIM | Horizontal Sundial Plate, 1735 = X. | clockmaker. | Evans 1. | |