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Your search for "mich" yielded 74 entries. Displaying entries 1–74.Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
AGNELO, MICHIEL | Italy, c.1545, MIM | invented an ellipsograph in 1545. | Arrighi. | suggest correction | ||
ANGELI, MICHAELIS | Italy, 1812, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, paper, wood, 1812 = P.C. | "Michaelis Angeli a Nero Capuccini"; a Capuchin. | Nero. | Price 2. | suggest correction |
ASINUS, MICHAEL | France, 1602, MIM | Astrolabe, paper tympans, 1602 = CLU-7024 = Renaissance Museum, Ecouen. | ICA-215; Bonelli shows variant dates. | Caen. | Bonelli 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 2 and 3; Nachet. | suggest correction |
ASNE, MICHAEL L' | see Michael Asinus. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |||
BERGANER, MICHAEL | Austria, | misreading for Michael Bergauer. | MADEX-64. | suggest correction | ||
BERGAUER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Austria, fl.1716-35, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = BM-OA/384, NUR, INN, Beyer Coll., Diözesan Museum, Brixen, etc. | Ward thinks c.1690. | Innsbruck; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1; W. Eckhardt 3. | suggest correction |
BERGAUER, MICHAEL | Austria; Germany, c.1671, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = BMR, NMM, BM, OXF, INN (1671), NUR, HEI, USNM, PRA, etc. | some made in Innsbruck, others in Augsburg; probably invented this type of sundial. | Innsbruck; Augsburg. | Josten; Zinner 1; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Price 3; Ward 4; Bobinger 2; Chandler and Vincent. | suggest correction |
BERTINI, MICHELE | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1780 = WHI. | Bryden 16; Price 2. | suggest correction | ||
BOURBON, MICHAEL | France, fl.1735-53, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1735 = MERC-45 = OXFB-209; Sundial, silver, 1753 = Soth. 5/10/54-134. | 1753 dial may be Butterfield-type. | Paris. | Maddison 5; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; F.J.B. Watson; RSW. | suggest correction |
BROADBELT, MICHAEL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Knaresborough. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
BUMEL, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1613-33, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1613 = STU; Plane Table with Alidade and Sundial, 1625 = FLO-150; Pedometer, 1626 = NUR-WI1320; Graphometer, 1633 = STU-12870; Horary Quadrant = SLM. | see M.B. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Price 2. | suggest correction |
BUTTERFIELD, MICHAEL | England; France, 1635-1724, MIM OIM SIM | Butterfield made a wide range of well made instruments. | an Englishman who spent his working life in Paris, from before 1665 to his death in 1724; master and juror (1702-04) in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi"; best known as the developer of the Butterfield-type sundial; many copies and forgeries of his work exist. | England (1635-pre-1665); Aux Armes d'Angleterre, Faubourg Saint-Germain, rue Neuve-des-Fossés (1678); Quai des Morfundus, Ile de la Cité (1691); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Taylor 1(369) and 2(22); Coffeen A; Mörzer Bruyns 1; USNM; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Price 3; Ward 4; Belgian Inventory; Hamilton 2; Wynter 1; Stewart; Moskowitz 110; Lister; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; Bonelli; A.J. Turner 10; Rinaldi 23; Syndram; Augarde; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
CADOT, MICHEL | France, fl.1730-53, MIM SIM | made many Butterfield-type sundials (including one dated 1742 in the Huelsmann Coll and another, 1740, in Soth. 12/12/55) and mathematical instruments, including sectors, theodolites and rules; examples may be seen in many museums including the ADL, BM, OXF, etc.; Sector, 1733 and Folding Square, 1733 = HAR | apprenticed to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure in the "Corporation des fondeurs, 1718; Master n the Corporation; son-in-law of Henry Macquart, 1720; see Macquart and Cadot. | Quay de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cité (1730); à l'Astrolabe (1734); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Körber 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Syndram; Augarde; Giordano X; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
CAPELLA, MICHAEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "M. Capella" with address. | 53 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
CAUCIGH, R.P. MICHAEL | Austria, 1726, | invented a type of celestial globe, 1726, made by J. Beckher. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Globus Dec., 1956. | suggest correction | |
CHASPAR, MICHAEL | Germany, 1530-82, MIM | Lunar Volvelle and Calendar, 1570 = VIE-762. | also marked "M.C." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1 and 4; Evans 1; Michel 3; Bobinger 2. | suggest correction |
COIGNIET, MICHAEL | Belgium, fl.1572-1618, MIM SIM | Astrolabes = BEK (1572), MAN (1598), LEY (1601), MNN (1618); Armillary Sphere, 1591 = ADL-M5; Circumferentors = Drouot 4/7/87, Ecouen-Cl.12016 (1600), P.C. (1602), ADL-M149 (1606), CNAM (1606), BMR; Graphometer, 1606 = CNAM; Nocturnal = OXF; Table Sundial, 1604 = POTS; Compass = P.C.; Polyhedral Sundial = Christie-SK 1986. | MAN astrolabe is ICA-467, LEY is ICA-533, MNN is ICA-464, BEK is ICA-564; author and instrument designer; improved the cross-staff. | Anvers (Antwerp). | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Garcia Franco 2; Michel 3; Daumas 6; Engelmann 1; Veltman; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
CONNETTE, MICHEL | France, c.1626, | invented a pantometer; author. | Paris. | Wheatland 2. | suggest correction | |
DANCER, MICHAEL | England, fl.1776-1810, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 2, 1766; free in the Company, Sept. 3, 1776; took apprentices. | Bride Lane (1776); Bangor ourt, Shoe Lane, Holborn (1781); New Street Square (1788); Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane (1793); Rosomond Street, Clerkenwell (1796-1800); Red Lion Street, Clerkenwell (1801); 55 Great Sutton Street, Clerkenwell (1810); all in london. | Taylor 2(947); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
DAVY, MICHAEL | England, c.1674, MIM | made gauges. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
DOWLING, MICHAEL | USA, 1790-1853, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | 158 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
DUNN, MICHAEL | 1813, MIM | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
FARADAY, MICHAEL | England, 1791-1867, | invented the electro-magnetic generator. | G.L'E. Turner 24; DSB. | suggest correction | ||
FITZGERALD, MICHAEL | Ireland, c.1820, MIM | Sullivan's Quay, Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
FOLETTI, MICHAEL | England, fl.1844-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 88 Curtain Road (1844-46); 4-5 Bateman's Row (1847-49); 64 Banner Street (1851-52); 89 Old Street (1853-60); all in London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
FUNCK, JOH. MICHAEL | Germany, 1725, MIM | Diptych Sundial, cardboard, 1725 = BAU. | Erfurt. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
GERECHT, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1574-80, MIM | engraved calendars; examples at VIE etc. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
GONICHON, MARIE-MICHELLE PARIS | France, c.1763, MIM | widow of Jean-Baptiste-Charles Gonichon; sister of Claude Paris; received his title, "marchand miroitier privilégié suivant la Cour", in 1763. | Paris. | Augarde. | suggest correction | |
GOODWIN, MICHAEL, AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer makers. | High Street, Sunderland. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
HAGER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1684-1765, MIM | Horizontal Sundial with cam, 1705 = BM; Horizontal Sundials = OXF; Nocturnal = Drouot 2/18/60. | the dial at the BM is signed "I.M. Hager"; the nocturnal is signed "J.M. Hager." | Frankfort and Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; Buchler; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | suggest correction |
HAGER, MICHAEL TOBIAS | Germany, 1639-1694, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = LIE, MUN, LOU, NUR; Pedometer, 1690 = BM; Table Sundials = Koller 11/17/75, OXF, BS-WB; Sundial, 1681 = Arnstadt Rathaus. | "Mechanikus." | Arnstadt; Wolfenbüttel. | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; Hamilton 1; Belgian Inventory; Wynter and Turner; Buchler; RSW. | suggest correction |
HARRIS, MICHAEL | England, c.1800, MIM | mechanician to Edgerton Smith 1. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1148); Bryden 9; Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
KASPAR, MICHAEL | see Michael Chasper. | suggest correction | ||||
KAUFFER, MICHAEL | Germany, c.1655-1730, MIM | Astrolabe, 1681 = STU (ICA-571); Calendar, 1685 = STU; Quadrant, 1685 = STU; Astronomical Table = STU. | Kauffer "sculpsit" and Carolus Graff "delineavit" the instruments. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Himmerlein 1; Price 1; ICA 2; | suggest correction |
KEEGAN, MICHAEL | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | 2 Phoenix Street, Soho, London. | O'Mara. | suggest correction | ||
L'ASNE, MICHEL | see Michael Asinus. | Nachet; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
LASACHER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = PRA. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
LASSERE, MICHEL | Michel Lasséré; see Père Chérubin. | Nachet. | suggest correction | |||
LESEL, MICHAEL | Germany, b.1591 fl.1612-29, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = NMM-D.299 (1612), STU (1613), Breslau Schles. Museum für Kunstgewerbe (1624), OXF (1629), Konstanz Rosgarten Museum (1629), GRA (1629), BM (1629), LOS, Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, ADL-N22, etc. | his mother was first married to Caspar Karner, and then to Albrecht Lösel, which see; mastermark is a crown. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Thielmann; NMM 2; USNM; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 3; Gouk 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction |
LOAM, MICHAEL | England, OIM | Microscope = Christie 3/29/60. | Hampton, Middlesex. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
LYONS, MICHAEL | Ireland, 1844, MIM | Moon Dial, slate, 1844 = Dublin Civic Museum. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
MAESTLIN, MICHAEL | Germany, 1579, MIM | built a fourteen-foot cross-staffin 1579; author. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
MAGGI AND CO., MICH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
MARLAND, MICHAEL | see Michael Marlow 2. | Taylor 1(142); RSW. | suggest correction | |||
MARLOW, MICHAEL 1 | England, fl.1620-50, MIM | Compass Card, engraved = Gardener Sale. | father of Michael Marlow 2; compass maker. | King Edward's Stairs, Wapping, midway between the two Gravel Lanes, London. | Taylor 1(142); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | suggest correction |
MARLOW, MICHAEL 2 | England, fl.1682-95, MIM | son of Michael Marlow 1; apprenticed to John Seller 1 in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Mar. 28, 1666; free of the Company, Dec. 17, 1673; compass maker. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 1(142); Crawforth 8. | suggest correction | |
MICHAEL, LEWIS | USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D. (1992). | "Made By Lewis Michael . SOMERSET PA."; clockmaker; bubble level at south point. | Somerset, Pa. | RSW. | suggest correction |
MICHALON | France, 18th Century, MIM | Compass, spherical = SPI-2826. | Paris. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
MICHAULT | France, c.1730, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = D.(1972), Soth.-NY 6/8/87; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C. (1981); Garden Sundial = OXF-B203. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, rue St. Denis, vis-à-vis celle de la Chanverrerie près St. Magloire, Paris. | Maddison 5; Roux Devilas 73; RSW. | suggest correction | |
MICHEL | France, fl.1764-94, MIM | in 1764 Michel was authorized by the Académie des Sciences to make mechanical devices in metal; first worked for Lennel Veuve; in 1794 he was attached to the Section of Mechanics of the Commission temporaire des Arts. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
MICHEL, JOHAN JOST | Holland, fl.1763-72, MIM | made metal instruments. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
MICHELL, LEWIS | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, open sights = P.C. | patterned after a Rittenhouse instrument. | Price 2. | suggest correction | |
MICHL, ANT. JOHANN | MIM | Sundial, octagonal = FIN-214. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
MOLARBY, MICHAEL | England, PHIM | barometer maker. | Builth. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |
MOSHAMMER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1731, PHIM | Pyrometer, 1731 = DEU. | Regensberg. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
OLIVE, MICHAEL | England, fl.1849-56, MIM NIM | chronometer, watch and clock maker. | Church Street, 26 Arwenack Street, Falmouth. | H.M. Brown. | suggest correction | |
PIGUER, MICHAEL | see Michael Piquer. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
PIQUER, F. MICHAEL | Spain; France; Belgium, 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, 1542 = D.; Astrolabe = NMM. | the dealer's astrolabe is signed "Opus F. Mich. Piquer / Hisp. Parisiis MDXLII / Ant. Charreton XII Lugd. 1542"; Charreton may have been the owner in Lyon; the astrolabe at the NMM has Louvain as its source, ICA-433, ex-Barbarini Coll; see M.P. 1. | Catalonia; Paris (1542); Louvain. | Price 1; NMM 2; ICA 2; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Brieux 2; GHP. | suggest correction |
PIQUIER, D. MICHAEL | see F. Michael Piquer. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
RAYNER, MICHAEL | England, c.1717, MIM | apprenticed to to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 22, 1706; free in the Company Jan. 7, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
RIVA, MICHAEL | Scotland, c.1827, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 2/28/80. | see J. and M. Riva; the barometers are signed "M. Riva Glasgow." | 143 High Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
RUPP, MICHAEL | France; USA, 1818-99, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | partner with William T. Gregg as Gregg and Rupp (1844-53); worked alone 1853-99; T.C. | France (1818-29); came to USA in 1829; New York N.Y. (1844-99). | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. | suggest correction |
RUPP, MICHAEL, AND CO. | USA, 1853-99, MIM | Sextant = D.(1965). | T.C.; chronometer maker. | 39 South Street, Corner Old Slip, New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 122; RSW. | suggest correction |
SAVAGE, MICHAEL | England, fl.1696-98, MIM | apprenticed in the Joiners' Company in 1688; free in the Company, 1696; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
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. | suggest correction |
SCHELTNER, MICHAEL | Germany, fl.1534-38, MIM | made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | suggest correction | |
SHEFFEL, MICHAEL | mis-spelling of Michael Scheffelt. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |||
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. | suggest correction | |
SNEEBERGER, MICHAEL | Czechoslovakia, c.1600, MIM | associated with Jost Bürgi. | Prague. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
STEINER, JEAN MICHEL | Switzerland, c.1760, OIM PHIM | clockmaker; made barometers, thermometers and physical apparatus; optician. | Zurich. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
VERNIER, MICHAEL | France, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = OXF. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet. | suggest correction | |
VOGLER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1719, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = NMM; Astronomical Clock, 1719 = DEU; Sundial, gilt brass = Amsterdam Sale, 1933. | "Uhr- und Kompassmacher." | Ellingen. | Zinner 1 (Nachträge); Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
ZEZEL, MICHAEL | 1628, MIM | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |||
ZINGG, MICHAEL | Switzerland., 1599-1676, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1648 = X. | Glarus. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
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