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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| ABRAHAM 1 | England, 1818, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Phillips 2/2/84; Stick Barometers = X, Christie 5/5/83; Sundial = NMM-D.215; Wheel Barometer = X; Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case = Chicago Historical Society; Compass Sundials = Cooke's Shop, CMY, WHI-1670; Telescopes = D.(1984), London Nat'l Army Museum; Spyglass = Soth. 12/3/76; Telescope in cane = SNO; Microscopes = D.(1977), London Museum of the Pharmaceutical Soc. | probably Jacob Abraham; optician. | Bath. | Taylor 2(1068); Goodison 1; NMM 2; Bryden 9; RSW; Moskowitz Cat. 114; Coffeen F; Bryden 16. |
| ABRAHAM 2 | England, OIM | Telescope with tripod = D.(1967). | London. | F. Roux-Devillas Cat. 1967; USNM. | |
| ABRAHAM 3 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1978). | "Optician"; may be Abrahams, which see. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAM 4 | England, OIM | T.C.; optician; probably Jacob Abraham. | Corner of an opening into Old Well Lane near Queen's Circus, Cheltenham. | Calvert 2. | |
| ABRAHAM AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | 20 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| ABRAHAM AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Jacob Abraham; see Abraham 1. | Bath. | Goodison 1. |
| ABRAHAM AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1818-51, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Monocular Microscope = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83; Stick Barometers = Soth. 5/21/73, Soth-S 10/19/89; Telescope = Lancaster City Museum. | Abraham Abraham and Co.; had second shop in Glasgow as A. Abraham and Co., which see; opticians; succeeded by G.S. Wood; T.C. | Liverpool. | USNM; RSW; Bryden 3 and 9; Taylor 2(1251); Crawforth 6. |
| ABRAHAM AND DANCER | England, fl.1841-44, MIM OIM PHIM | Map-making Instrument = Soth. 3/19/73; Induction Coil = College of Technology, Manchester; Marking Protractor = D. (1981); Mining Dial = P.C.; Monocular Microscope and Microscope, travelling = Museum of Science and Industry, Manchester. | barometer makers; coil from Joule Coll; Jacob (?) Abraham and John B. Dancer; T.C. | Liverpool; 13 Cross Street, King Street, Manchester (1841). | Goodison 1; RSW; Lowery; Moskowitz Cat. 122; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Holbrook 2. |
| ABRAHAM, A. | England, c.1800, MIM PHIM SIM | Compass = Soth. 7/27/64-200; Surveying Level = NMM-13; Mining Compass = Soth. 6/19/72; Stick Barometers = D.(1975), Soth-S 1/10/90; Surveying Compass = CMY; Theodolite = Phillips 2/14/79. | see Abraham and Co. 2. | Liverpool. | Bryden 9; RSW; NMM 2. |
| ABRAHAM, A., AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | retail branch of Abraham and Co. 2 in Glasgow. | 20 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, A., AND CO. 1 | Scotland, fl.1838-43, MIM OIM PHIM | Inclinable Sundial, portable = FRK = RSM; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | retail branch of Abraham and Co. (2) in Liverpool; managed by S.P. Cohen, a partner, who continued the branch under his own name, 1843-60. | 8 Exchange Square (1838-40); 82 Queen Street (1841-43); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, A., AND CO. 2 | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | surely same as Abraham and Co. 2. | 20 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1818-50, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Rule, ivory = D.(1982); Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = D.(1975), X; Spectroscope = Soth. 1960; Surveying Levels = NMM, Christie 10/31/67-52 and 2/13/68-18; Microscope = X; Pocket Compass = Phillips 4/20/83; Cuff Microscope variant = Soth. 6/23/69; Telescope as part of cane, 1839 = Soth. 2/1/79; Miner's Dials= Nat'l Museum of Wales, Cardiff and CYM; Sector, ivory = Grosvenor Mus., Chester; etc. | the instruments are signed "A. Abraham Liverpool." | 8 Lord Street (1818-20); 10 Lord Street (1821-22); 7 Lord Street (1823-28); 9 Lord Street (1829-34); 76 Lord Street (1835); 84 Lord Street (1837); 20 Lord Street (1839-50); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1251); Wynter and Turner; Crawforth 6; Bryden 9; Goodison 1; NMM 2; Holbrook 2. |
| ABRAHAM, ABRAHAM, AND CO. | England, c.1851, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Pantograph = Phillips 10/26/83. | barometer makers; pantograph signed "A. Abraham and Co. 2"; showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Liverpool; see Abraham, Abraham for street addresses. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1251); RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Crawforth 6 & 11. |
| ABRAHAM, J. 1 | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Liskeard. | Goodison 1. | |
| ABRAHAM, J. 2 | England, fl.1805-51, MIM OIM PHIM | Culpeper Microscope = Soth. 4/22/65-19; Horizontal Sundial = Christie 7/5/71. | probably Jacob Abraham; optician; made globes, telescopes, barometers, etc; mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of Gloucester and to the Duke of Wellington; T.C. | 7 Bartlett Street, near the Upper Rooms, Bath; adjoining Mr.Thompson's Pump Room, Cheltenham; 1 Bartlett Street, Bath (1819). | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| ABRAHAM, J.A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | invented a type of barometer shown at Great Exhibition, 1851. | 87 Bold Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| ABRAHAM, J.H. | England, c.1827, MIM | Holy Green, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1470). | ||
| ABRAHAM, JACOB | England, fl.1805-41, MIM OIM PHIM | Orrery = OXF; Wheel Barometer = Bath Municipal Library; Stick Barometer = X; Microscope = VCW. | T.C.; optician and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of Gloucester and to the Duke of Wellington; see Abraham and Co. 1; see Abraham 1; see J. Abraham 2. | 1 St. Andrews Terrace (1809); 7 Bartlett Street (1819); both in Bath; shop adjoining Mr. Thompson's Pump Room, Cheltenham. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1068); Moskowitz Cat. 114; Chaldecott 1; C.N. Robinson; RSW. |
| ABRAHAMS | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1971). | may be Abraham 3. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAMS, A.E. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/19/88, Bearne's 2/17/92. | "Optician" appears after the Soth. signature. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| ABRAHAMS, JOHN | England, c.1830, MIM | Magnetic Compass = FIT (WHI). | T.C. | Montpelier Rotunda; the Shop adjoining Mr. Thompson's Pump Room; both in Cheltenham. | Taylor 2(1761); Clay and Court. |
| AKEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, c.1760, MIM PHIM | Astrolabe = BOM 3/28/06-564; Fire Engine Model = UTR-Physics Lab.; Planetaria = LEY, GEM. | made planetaria and other astronomical and physical instruments; sometimes spelled van Aaken. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Brieux 3; RSW; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| BARTRAM, ABRAHAM | England, c.1602, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1602. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BATH, ABRAHAM | Abraham, Bath; misreading of name on globe in the Chicago Historical Society; see Abraham 1 and Jacob Abraham. | Yonge; RSW. | |||
| BLOCH, ABRAHAM | Germany, 1583, MIM | Calendar Plate, 1583 = MUN-1294. | Bayreuth. | Zinner 1. | |
| BREGUET, ABRAHAM-LOUIS | France, 1747-1823, PHIM | Thermometers = Christie 7/16/68-173, BM; Pedometer = BM. | watchmaker; invented bi-metallic thermometer, 1820. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; C. Breguet; Ward 4. |
| BROOK, ABRAHAM | England, c.1789, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer - USNM. | devised an electrometer; barometer and thermometer signed "Brook Norwich." | Norwich. | USNM; Schuman Cat. XXIII, 1970. |
| DANCER AND ABRAHAM | England, c.1843, | surely Abraham and Dancer. | Manchester. | Alker. | |
| DANCER, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1838-42, OIM | probably Abraham and Dancer. | 13 Cross Street, King Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(2110); Clay and Court. | |
| EMDEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1794-1860, MIM OIM PHIM | Thunder House = LEY; Air Pump = LEY; Microscopes =LEY; Thermometers = TEY; Compass Rose = AMST; Barometer = AMST; etc. | T.C. | in de Kalverstraat No. 55, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; Belgian Inv.; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; G.L'E. Turner 7; P.R. de Clerq 1. |
| EZEKIEL, ABRAHAM | England, c.1791, PHIM | made or sold barometers. | Fore Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| FELL, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1740-70, MIM | made a new gnomon for the Ulverston church sundial in 1763. | Ulverston | Britten. | |
| FRANKS, ABRAHAM | England, c.1830, OIM | Hick Street, Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Taylor 2(1852). | ||
| GARDE, ABRAHAM DE LA | France, fl.1588-1621, MIM | Sundials in the back covers of watches = Soth. 5/27/54, 12/9/68, and Christie 5/6/69. | son of Jacques de la Garde. | Paris (1591 and 1621); Blois (1600). | Britten; RSW. |
| GESSNER, ABRAHAM | Switzerland, 1521-1636, MIM SIM | Globe Chalices, silver-gilt = BASH(1571), ZUS(1600), VIE, NOR; Drake's Cup, 1571 = City Museum and Art Gallery, Plymouth; Armillary Sphere = VIE. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| GRIBELIN, ABRAHAM | France, 1589-1671, MIM | probably the son of Simon Gribelin; watchmaker; some watches had sundials in lid. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Michel 2; Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| HABRECHT, ABRAHAM | France, 1654-1728, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Kunstgewerbemuseum, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1; Maurice 1. | |
| KEULEN, ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1697, MIM | Globe, 2-inch diameter, leather case = D.(1990). | advertised a pocket globe in 1697; leather case has signed, celestial lining. | Amsterdam. | Edell 1; Krogt 2; RSW. |
| KRUSE, ABRAHAM | Germany, c.1796, PHIM | Coin Balances = HAK, DRE, D.(1982). | the balances in Dresden and with the dealer are marked "Schwelm in der graffshaft Mark 1796." | Schynelium, Westfalia. | USNM; Coffeen III; RSW. |
| LAUN, HARTOG ABRAHAM VAN | Holland, 1733-1815, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = LEY; Planetariums = LEY, Physics Laboratory, Amsterdam; Attwood Machine = Museum of Education, The Hague. | pupil of John Cuthbertson; see H. van Laun en Zon. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; van der Star 1. |
| LODWICK, ABRAHAM | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on April 27, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LORKIN, ABRAHAM | England, c.1736, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 15, 1733; turned over to Thomas Colliber, Feb. 20, 1736. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| LUISCIUS, ABRAHAM VAN STIPRIAAN | Holland, 1764-1829, | Bathometer = APS. | invented a barometer which was made by Onderdewijngaart Canzius in 1805. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Multhauf. |
| LYONS, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1800-01, OIM | 408 Oxford Street, London. | Taylor 2(1176a); Dewhirst. | ||
| MAILLET, ABRAHAM | England, c.1745, | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on March 4, 1745. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| MASON, JOHN ABRAHAM | England, c.1836, | designed "Masons' Hygrometer" in 1836; surgeon. | Pentonville, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| MULLINER, ABRAHAM | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph South of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1712. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ROPER, ABRAHAM | Ireland, fl.1787-93, MIM | listed as Abraham Rosser, 1787-88. | 8 Bedford Row, Dublin (1787-93). | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | |
| ROSSER, ABRAHAM | see Abraham Roper. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.. | |||
| ROYER, ABRAHAM | see A.R. 2. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |||
| RYCK, ABRAHAM DE | Holland, c.1660, MIM | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| 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. | |
| SCHEIRLIN, ABRAHAM | Germany, fl.1637-52, MIM | Table Clock = OXF. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| 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. |
| SMITH, ABRAHAM, AND CO. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | RSW. | ||
| SOLOMONS, ABRAHAM | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | 6 New Road, St. George's East, London. | Taylor 2(2250). | ||
| TABER, ABRAHAM, AND BROTHER | USA, 1869, NIM | successors of Charles Taber and Co.; agents for Spencer, Browning and Co. | 49 Union Street, New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. | |
| WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM | England, c.1650, MIM | may be the maker of several instruments signed "A.W." (1); alternate choices would be Andrew Wakely or Abraham Watlington; the instruments are quadrants dated 1639, 1640 and 1644, also a terrestrial globe dated 1652. | Taylor 1(214a); Weil 2 (17). | ||
| WATLINGTON, ABRAHAM | England, 1644, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1644 = BM. | signed "Abraham Watlington fecit umbra sum"; see A.W. 1. | Ward 4; Price 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| WAUN, ABRAHAM HARTOG | Holland, 1769-1833, MIM PHIM | worked with his father, Hartog Waun (1802-15), and with his brother, Jacob Waun (1816-33). | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| YPELAAR, ABRAHAM | Holland, 1736-1811, OIM | Microscope = P.C. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| ZACUTO, ABRAHAM | Portugal, c.1510, MIM NIM | made mariner's astrolabes for Vasco da Gama's voyage. | Maddison 6. |
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