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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| A* | Spain?, c.1600, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabe = OXF. | the star is above the "A"; ICA-319, Waters No. 6, NMM No. 6; known as the Vera Cruz Astrolabe. | Price 1, 2, 4; Waters 1; ICA 2; Stimson 3. | |
| A. 1 | 1597, NIM | Nocturnal, 1597 = POB. | RSW. | ||
| A. 2 | Belgium?, | this mark, which could stand for `anno', appears on an astronomical ring signed "Succa", which see; the ring is also marked "C.A.B." and "I.A.D." | RSW. | ||
| A. 3 | England, c.1830, NIM | "A" with foul anchor on ivory scale of Hadley's quadrant at PEA. | Brewington 1. | ||
| A. 4 | Germany?MIM | Three-legged Dividers = ADL-M72. | stamped inside one leg. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| A. 5 | this mark appears on a quadrant signed "H." (2), which see. | RSW. | |||
| A. AND N. / C.S.L. | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Christie 10/31/67-55; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | RSW. | ||
| A.A.S. | Germany?, MIM | Diptych Sundial = NOR. | also marked "I.H.S." and "$". | RSW. | |
| A.B. 1 | Italy, c.1564, MIM SIM | Surveying Sector = FLO-2514. | Antonio Bianchini. | Bonelli 1. | |
| A.B. 2 | Germany, 1567-73, MIM | wood-cut of a full pillar dial, 1567, and sketch of an instrument showing planetary hours, 1573; both in the Munich Staatsbibliothek; see Jacques Le Tellier. | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.B. 3 | Germany, MIM | Andreas Becker? Abraham Bloch? | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.B. 4 | Sweden, MIM | Sundial = NOR. | time and year's age. | RSW. | |
| A.B. 5 | marked on bottom of ivory pillar sundial signed "Jacques Le Tellier"; | see A.B. 2. | RSW. | ||
| A.B.S.C. | 1599, MIM | Artillery Level, 1599 = Roussel-216 = Rosenheim-393 = Findlay-128. | grotesque mask as decoration; Roussel mentioned leather case; Rosenheim's signed "AB.SC."; Findlay's signed "AB.SC." and marked "IMS." | Michel 3; Price 2; RSW. | |
| A.B.T.C.D. | on horizontal sundial signed "Edward Low 1763" at MYS. | RSW. | |||
| A.B.V.A. | 17th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = UTR. | RSW. | ||
| A.D. 1 | Italy, 1553, MIM | Sundial, 1553 = FLO-178. | Naples. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| A.D. 2 | 1604, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1604 = MERC-6 = McVitty Coll. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | ||
| A.D. 3 | England?, 1616, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1616 = Soth. 4/18/88. | RSW. | ||
| A.D. 4 | MIM | Astrolabe = WHI-1462. | probably a ghost; Bryden did not list it in his catalogue and it does not appear in ICA 2 or Gunther 1. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| A.D. 5 | c.1900, | Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T14. | modern work, made by D.B. Sheahan to look like the work of Albrecht Durer. | Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| A.D. 6 | Anno Domini. | ||||
| A.D.C. | Belgium, 1639, MIM | Full Circle, 1639 = ANM. | Antwerp. | Belgian Inventory. | |
| A.D.G. | Holland, 17th Century, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Gold, Silver and Clock Museum, Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| A.D.G. A.A. | Austria, 1734, MIM | Horizontal Pin-Gnomon Sundial, 1734 = BM. | probably `Ad Dei Gloriam. Admonti Abbas'; Anton von Mänersperg was Abbot of Admont, 1727-51. | Admont, Styria. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| A.E. 1 | Germany, c.1650, MIM | String-gnomon Sundial = Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | ||
| A.E. 2 | USA?, 1790, MIM SIM | Graphometer, wood and brass, 1790 = Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison. | may have been made and used by Andrew Ellicott. | Bedini 8. | |
| A.E.G.G. | 1681, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1681 = SLM. | RSW. | ||
| A.E.I.O.U. | Austria, 1438-58, MIM | Horary Quadrant, ivory, 1438 = VIE-166; Sundial, string gnomon, glass, 1458 = INN. | cipher of Hapsburg Emperor Fredrick III; INN dial is glass window from Weiner Neustadt. | Vienna. | Zinner 1 (p. 608); Maurice 1. |
| A.F. 1 | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Architect's Rule = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| A.F. 2 | Germany, 1758, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1758 = POTS. | Körber 1. | ||
| A.G. 1 | France, c.1650, OIM | Telescope, terrestrial, vellum = ADL-M422. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| A.G. 2 | France, 1843, MIM | Wall Dial, 1843 = house at Pré-St.-Didier. | Pré-St.-Didier. | Berton. | |
| A.G. 3 | marked on artillery level, 1688, signed "M.K." 5. | Syndram; RSW. | |||
| A.G.B.S. | 1713, MIM | Sandglass, quadruple, in wooden frame, 1713 = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| A.G.K. | 1730, MIM | Measure, wood, 1730 = Rosenheim-333. | inlaid woods. | Price 2; RSW. | |
| A.H. 1 | see Ao. H. | RSW. | |||
| A.H. 2 | Holland, c.1825, MIM | "A.H." is marked on the gimbals of a bearing compass signed "A.K. Lummen?" | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| A.H.Z.S. | Germany, 1569, MIM | Magnetic Compass, 1569 = DRE. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| A.I. 1 | Germany, 1696, MIM | Astrolabe with Roias projection, 1696 = DEU. | Price 2. | ||
| A.I. 2 | Holland, 17th Century, | these initials are marked on an Arsenius-type astrolabe at the HAK; the label reads Albert VII [?]. | RSW. | ||
| A.K. 1 | Denmark, NIM | Compass = KRO. | Zeeland. | RSW. | |
| A.K. 2 | MIM | Horary Quadrant = Soth. 12/19/66-14. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| A.K. 3 | Germany?, MIM | Bow Compass, brass on wood = ADL-M92. | signed "A" on one leg and "K" on the other; points missing. | ADL; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |
| A.K. 4 | Holland, c.1787, NIM | Compass, wood = RIJ. | also marked in 1787 crown compass signed "Ignatius Lega" and in 1799 crown compass signed "Ignatius and Gerard Petrus R. Lega." | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| A.L. 1 | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = NAC. | Augsburg. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| A.L. 2 | Anthony Lamb ?; the initials are marked on the sight vane of a backstaff by William Guyse Hagger. | D.J. Warner 8. | |||
| A.L. 3 | Italy?, c.1800, | marked on sundial by Felice Gori at FLO. | Bonelli 9; RSW. | ||
| A.M. 1 | 1550, MIM | Astrolabe, 1550 = BAM. | ICA-3201. | Zinner 1; Michel 2; ICA 2. | |
| A.M. 2 | 1576, MIM | Diptych Dial, hour scale only, 1576 = UTR. | for latitudes 45°, 48°, and 51°; has Italian hours. | Zinner 1; de Rijk. | |
| A.M. 3 | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = KEN. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| A.M. 4 | on miners' compasses; Abend and Morgen = afternoon and morning = west and east. | Michel 3. | |||
| A.M. 5 | Germany, | Andreas Mar? | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.M. 6 | ring sundial signed "C.I.K." over "A.M." | RSW. | |||
| A.M.D.G. | "Ad majorem Dei gloriam" = "To the greater glory of God." | ||||
| A.M.H. | 1749, MIM | Table Sundial, 1749 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| A.M.S. | 1834, MIM | Sandglass, 1834 = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| A.O. | England, 1556, MIM | Garden Sundial, round, 1556 = National Museum of Wales, Cardiff. | Penbryn, Cardigan. | Peate. | |
| A.O.S. | 1682, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1682 = NMM-Q.1. | Sutton (?)-Caird Cat. | Hill; NMM 2. | |
| A.P. 1 | England, c.1560, | owner's initials on ring sundial signed "E.E." at OXF, c. 1560. | Earle; RSW. | ||
| A.P. 2 | Germany, fl.1590-1607, MIM | Table Sundials, stone, 1601 = HAK and BM; Calendar Plate, stone, 1607 = GRA. | possibly Andreas Plieninger, which see; BM dial also marked "Marcus Curtius." | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| A.P. 3 | MIM | possibly Andreas Plieninger. | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.P.S. | 1784, MIM | Quadrant, wood, 1784 = NOR. | sliding scale. | RSW. | |
| A.R. 1 | c.1590, MIM | Wire Gauge, iron and brass = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| A.R. 2 | France, c.1670, MIM | Celestial Globe = Strozzi Sale-380. | Abraham Royer? | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |
| A.R. 3 | fl.1754-81, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundials = Greppin Coll. (1754), GRA (1768), PRZ (1781). | Przypkowski 3; RSW. | ||
| A.R.D. | see Olisipone. | RSW. | |||
| A.R.K.L.O. | MIM | Rule = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | the A.R.K.L.O. is surmounted by a crown. | RSW. | |
| A.R.N. | France, c.1580, MIM | Astrolabe, geographical = OXF. | ICA-209. | Gunther 1; Michel 2; Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| A.S. 1 | Germany, 1573, MIM | Capuchin Sundial, 1573 = GEM. | the sundial is for 49° lat.; Alexis Schniep ? | Archinard 1. | |
| A.S. 2 | Germany, c.1590, MIM | Table Sundial, powder-horn mark = Halle Stadt Museum; Standing Clock = KAS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| A.S. 3 | Germany, 1677, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Level, 1677 = OXF. | has a sighting tube; Andreas Sachse of Clausthal ? | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| A.S. 4 | England, | Abraham Sharp (1651-1742)? or Ann Shepard (fl.1676)? | Taylor 1(361, 395); Evans 1. | ||
| A.S.B. | 18th Century, MIM | Pedometer = X. | Pipping 1. | ||
| A.S.M. 1 | Germany?, 1670, MIM | Mining Instrument, 1670 = FRE. | also marked "Elias Eichler, B.M.", (burgomeister). | Price 2. | |
| A.S.M. 2 | Germany, 1694, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, compass, 1694 = NOR. | probably for use with a surveying instrument. | Zinner 1. | |
| A.S.O.M. | MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = CLU. | in spectacle case. | RSW. | |
| A.S.S. | 1566, MIM | Runic Calendar, wood, 1566 = Bibliothèque St. Geneviève, Paris. | Journal of Suomen Museo, Helsinki, LIX, 1952. | ||
| A.V. | MIM | Rule = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| A.V.C. | 1765, MIM | Garden Sundial, lead, 1765 = LIE. | Price 2. | ||
| A.V.P. | Holland, 1805, MIM | Declinatory, 1805 = WHI. | an instrument to lay out mural sundials. | Bryden 16. | |
| A.W. 1 | England, c.1640-50, MIM | Horary Quadrants = WHI(FIT) (1639), NMM-Q.4 (1640); Terrestrial Globe, silver, 1652 = Weil. | the WHI and NMM quadrants have de Roias projections on the reverse; they could be by Andrew Wakely, Abraham Washington or Abraham Watlington; Bryden attributes them to Watlington as they are so similar to a signed instrument in the BM. | London. | Michel 3; Hill; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; Zinner 1; Weil 2(17); Taylor 1(169) & 1(214a); Bryden 16; RSW. |
| A.W. 2 | c.1700, MIM | Proportional Dividers = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| A.Y. | England, c.1750, PHIM | Balance, steel = Soth. 4/18/88. | the initials are stamped on the circular pan under a heart. | RSW. | |
| A.Z. | Germany, 1583, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory, 1583 = Soth. 11/27/72 = D.(1973) = TIM = Christie-SK 4/14/88. | miner's compass marked "M.A." (morgen, abend); has two sets of rings; sundial set at slight angle to line up with compass needle when it points to red dot east of south. | Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| AAGER, M. | Germany, MIM | Universal Compass Sundial, small, silver case = KEN. | probably M. Hager. | Chaldecott 1. | |
| AAKEN, VAN | see van Aken. | ||||
| AB.SC. | Germany?, 1599, MIM | see A.B.S.C. | RSW. | ||
| ABATTE, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | possibly J. Abatte 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| ABATTE, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see J. Abatte 1. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. |
| ABATTI | England, | see Noretti and Abatti. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ABBAS, GOTTFRIDUS | Germany, 1516, MIM | Garden Sundial, stone, 1516 = Fränkel Coll. = P.C. | also marked "G.A.Z.N." | Baillie 1; N.N. Fränkel Sale, Dusseldorf, 1913; RSW. | |
| ABBATI, B. | Italy, 1659, MIM | Astrolabe, 1659 = FLO-243. | ICA-488; may be owner; Bernardo Abbati. | Bonelli 2; Price 1; ICA 2. | |
| ABBOT | England, c.1676, MIM | made proportional compasses (?) for Robert Hooke and others. | London. | Taylor 1(389); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| ABBOT, C. | see Charles Abbott. | Taylor 2(791); Dewhirst. | |||
| ABBOT, RICHARD | England, b. c.1654, MIM | turned over as an appentice to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1668; served as an apprentice until 1675, but not freed; he may be the instrument maker consulted by Robert Hooke. | J. Brown 3; Taylor 1(389); A.J. Turner 9; Loomes 2. | ||
| ABBOTT, AMOS | USA, c.1850, MIM | Horometer = X. | a type of planisphere invented by Abbott and shown at Fair of American Institute, New York. | Manchester, New Hampshire. | Scientific American, 6:34, 1850; USNM. |
| ABBOTT, CHARLES | England, fl.1801-27, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1794; free of the Company on Nov. 17, 1801; Taylor thought he fl.1780-1827. | 6 Noble Street, Forster Lane; Angel Court at Skinners Street, Snowhill; both in London. | Taylor 2(791); Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(231); Crawforth 11. | |
| ABBOTT, W. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Money Scale = Melun 4/24/83. | RSW. | ||
| ABBOTT, WILLIAM | USA, c.1874, MIM | made scientific instruments. | Henniker, NH. | DATM | |
| ABEL, THOMAS | England, fl.1838-41, PHIM | made or sold barometers and thermometers. | 55 Ray Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2058). | |
| ABEND, HANS LONHART | Germany, c.1707, PHIM | Nest of Weights = D.(1981). | mark is stork within shield and initials L.A.; Hans Lönhart Abend. | Nürnberg. | Moskowitz Cat. 122. |
| ABLE, PETER | Germany?, 16th to 17th Centuries, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, ivory = INN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| ABOAB, MORDECHAI SEMAH | Holland, c.1750, | there are two sundials with this name but it is probable that he was the owner. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Schuhmann; MADEX; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| 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. |
| ACCUM, FREDERICK CHRISTIAN | Germany; England, 1769-1828, PHIM | Hygrometers = WHI, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire. | sold chemical apparatus; author; had a commercial partnership with Alexander Garden for a few years. | Hanover (1769-93); Old Compton Street, Soho, London. | Whipple 1; A.L. King; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| ACKERMAN, ANDERS | Sweden, fl.1759-1804, MIM | Celestial Globes = SKO (1759), Royal Library, Stockholm (1759, 1766 (2)); Terrestrial Globes = SKO (1759), Royal Library, Stockholm (1759, 1762, 1766 (2), 1779, 1804), Soth. 3/27/72 (1762). | Åckerman; sometimes written Åkerman. | Uppsala. | Pipping 1; Price 2; Edell 1; RSW. |
| ACKERMANN AND CO. | England, fl.1847-52, MIM NIM | Parallel Rules = DeLuca 8/1/87. | 96 Strand, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| ACKLAND | England, MIM | Time Assimilator - Sidereal/Meantime = Dept of Physics, U. of Liverpool. | Hatton Garden, London. | Holbrook 2. | |
| ADAIR, WILLIAM | Ireland, 1794, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1794 = Ulster Folk Museum. | Clarke et al. | ||
| ADAKYMOE, TODA M. | MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = KEN; Instrument = VAA. | Evans 1. | ||
| ADAM 1 | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Soth. 4/26/65-53. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADAM 2 | England, MIM NIM | Sector, ivory = COR; Sextant = COR. | may be one of the Adams. | London. | Courtanvaux. |
| ADAM, ELIAS 1 | England, 1627, MIM | recorded as a sundial maker in 1627; may be misreading for Elias Allen. | Loomes 2. | ||
| ADAM, ELIAS 2 | England, 1750, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1750 = Crisp Coll. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | ||
| ADAM, EUGENE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Trimming Tool = Soth. 10/20/75. | "mecanicien." | Colmar. | RSW. |
| ADAM, J. | Scotland, c.1870, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Dundee. | RSW. | |
| ADAM, MATHEW | Scotland, fl.1822-23, NIM | improved quadrants and sextants by adding artificial horizons. | Inverness Academy, Inverness. | Taylor 2(1471). | |
| ADAM, ROBERT | England, post-1760, MIM | sundial maker to King George III; designed sundial on wall of Turner Art Gallery, Eastbourne. | Stevens and Aked. | ||
| ADAM, U. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Wall Sundials on churches in Hartmannsweiler, Kayserberg, Kienzheim, Lautenbach, etc. | Colmar. | Zinner 1. | |
| ADAMI, CARL CHRISTIAN LUDWIG | Germany, 1802-74, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1847 = New York Public Library. | teacher in Berlin, 1838-52; joined firm of Dietrich Reimer 1852-74. | Daberkov, Pommerania; Berlin. | Yonge. |
| ADAMS 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = NMM. | "Adams' New Patent Portable Telescope"; may be John Adams 2. | No. 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(478) and 2(1); NMM 2; RSW. |
| ADAMS 2 | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Inclinable Sundial = MLL; Solar Microscope = HER; Armillary Sphere = COO; Sextants = Wellesley College Observatory, Mass., Mystic Seaport, Conn.; Octant = D.(1987); Theodolite = P.C.; Telescope = Bennington Museum, Vermont; Telescope, 1810 = Christie-SK 2/8/79; Gunter's Scale = D.(1984); etc. | there are many undated instruments signed "Adams"; it is impossible to tell whether George 1, George 2, or Dudley Adams is the maker in question; the ivory scale on the octant is marked "I.D.". | London. | USNM; RSW; Moskowitz Cat. 110; Coffeen 15; Price 3; Ward 4; |
| ADAMS 3 | USA, c.1835, MIM SIM | see Frost and Adams. | Moskowitz Cat. 115. | ||
| ADAMS AND TAGLIABUE | USA, c.1850, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers, glass hydrometers. | Cat. of the New York Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations, 1853. | ||
| ADAMS, C. | England, c.1790, MIM | Crescent Sundial = Spitzer-Anderson sale 3/25/27. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADAMS, D. | England, MIM OIM | Celestial Globe = Soth. 6/27/57-133; Telescope = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Wheel Barometer and Metallic Thermometer = Woburn Abbey; Compass Rose, paper = D.(1974). | surely Dudley Adams; telescope is Charing Cross; Woburn Abbey instruments are Fleet Street. | Charing Cross; Fleet Street; both in London. | Wynter Cat. Vol. 2, No. 2; RSW. |
| ADAMS, DUDLEY | England, 1762-1826, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to George Adams 2, his brother, in the Grocers' Company, 1777; free of the Company, 1788; succeeded to the family business in 1796; globe maker to the King, 1794, and mathematical instrument maker to the King, 1796; optician to the Prince of Wales by 1804; several patents; T.C. | Spring Gardens, Charing Cross (1788); 53 Charing Cross (1793-1821); 6 Jewry Street, Aldgate (-1822); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(792); Chaldecott 1; USNM; Moskowitz 114; G.L'E. Turner 24; J. Brown 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Calvert 2; RSW; Crawforth 1; Court and Rohr 3(XXXII); Millburn 9; Bryden 16; Yonge. |
| ADAMS, F. | England, OIM | Microscope = FLO. | probably G. Adams. | London. | Italian Inventory. |
| ADAMS, G. | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments signed this way; impossible to tell whether George 1 or George 2 Adams is involved except for the relevant dated instruments. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | USNM; Brewington 1; Bedini 1; Belgian Inv.; Price 3; Ward 4; NMM 2; RSW; Moskowitz Cat. 114; Brieux Cat. | |
| ADAMS, GEORGE 1 | England, 1704-72, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to James Parker in the Grocers' Company, 1724; turned over to Thomas Heath 1, 1726; free of the Company, 1733; father of George 2 and Dudley Adams; instrument maker to the King and to the East India Company; author; difficult to tell, except by date, whether George Adams 1 or 2; T.C. | Southampton; Shore Lane (1733); at Tycho Brahe's Head, corner of Racquet Court, in Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(145); Chaldecott 1; Maddison 1; Bonelli 1; USNM; Brewington 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Bedini 8; J. Brown 1; RSW; Court and von Rohr 3(XVIII); Millburn 9; C.N. Robinson; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge; ADL; Tyler. |
| ADAMS, GEORGE 2 | England, 1750-95, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to his father, George Adams 1, in the Grocers' Company, 1765; free of the Company, 1772, by his mother, Ann Adams, the executrix; author; instrument maker to the King; optician to the Prince of Wales; associated with Thomas Hatton in making and selling four portable instruments for checking weight of gold; stock and books bought by Jones Brothers in 1795; see George Adams, Jr. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(676); Chaldecott 1; Maddison 2; Bonelli 1; Brewington 1; RSW; Moskowitz Cats; Wynter 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; J. Brown 1; Bedini 8; Court and von Rohr 3(XXV); Millburn 9; J.A. Bennett 2; Goodison 1; Yonge; Hillier; Syndram; Whipple 1; ADL. |
| ADAMS, GEORGE 3 | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams, his father, in the Grocers' Company, on June 16, 1811. | J. Brown 1; Millburn 9. | ||
| ADAMS, GEORGE, JR. | England, 1750-95, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope, pocket, 1774 = D.(1978); Orrery = X. | telescope signed" G. Adams London" on tube; "Adams, Jr." on inside of draw tube; George Adams 2. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Moskowitz 116; RSW. |
| ADAMS, HANNAH | England, fl.1795-96 d.1810, MIM | "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the King" and supplier of instruments to the Royal Mathematical School at Christ's Hospital, after the death of her husband, George Adams 2; succeeded by William Cary in the latter post. | London. | Millburn 9 and 11. | |
| ADAMS, JAMES | USA, c.1850, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = FRK = Soth. 3/25/86. | Portsmouth, Ohio. | RSW. | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1670-96, MIM | instrument designer; lawyer; surveyor. | Shropshire; Tanfield Court, Inner Temple, London. | Taylor 1(344). | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1714-38, OIM | apprenticed to William Saunders 2 in 1707, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company on July 1, 1714; perhaps maker of "Adams' New Patent Portable Telescope" at NMM; see John Adams 4; Taylor's dates are different. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(478) and 2(1); Court and von Rohr 3(83). | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1759-96, MIM NIM | teacher of mathematics; partner with Richard Rust; their names appear on engraved compass cards; Adams was the designer and Richard Rust the maker. | Farnhill Academy, near Waltham Abbey, Essex (1773); Mathematical Academy, Brook Street, Ratcliff Cross, London (1780). | Taylor 2(432); Crawforth 11. | |
| ADAMS, JOHN 4 | England, | may be John Adams 2. | 60 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(478). | |
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL 1 | England, 1708-43, OIM | Mirror on Culpeper Microscope = X. | apprenticed to Edward Scarlett in 1722, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1730; optician to Frederick, Prince of Wales, son of George II; Francis Watkins was apprenticed to him in 1737, and John Margas, pre-1742. | The Golden Spectacles, Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(146); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Court and von Rohr 3(111); Robischon; WEBDB. |
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL 2 | USA, 1793, MIM SIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Shipman and Son of Norwich, Conn. in 1793. | Smart 2. | ||
| ADAMS, NATHANIEL, AND WHIPPLE | USA, c.1809, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | in jewelry business. | Troy, N.Y. | Smart 2; RSW. |
| ADAMS, W.G. | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, alidade = P-B 9/24/38. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADAMS, WILLIAM | USA, b.1801 fl.1829-62, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, silver, 1841 = U.S. House of Repre- sentatives, Washington, D.C. | part of a mace. | 185 Church Street, New York, N.Y. (1841). | J. S. Brown. |
| ADAMSON | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer in clock = P-B 6/7/68-46; Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Fleet Street, London. | USNM; RSW; Goodison 1. | |
| ADAMSON AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ADAMSON, HUMPHREY | England, fl.1668-82, MIM PHIM | Calculating Machine = KEN; Clock, pendulum = KEN. | made Morland's calculating machine; made wheel and stick barometers; member of the Clockmakers' Company; Loomes said he was not a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | near the Turnstile in Holborn; at the House of Jonas Moor, Esq. in the Tower; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(326); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Loomes 2. |
| ADAMSON, JOHN | England, c.1686, MIM | made free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1686; may have made only clocks; Loomes only mentions clocks. | Clay and Court; Crawforth 11; Loomes 2. | ||
| ADCOCK, RICHARD | England, c.1659, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1652; free in the Company, 1659. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ADDISON, G., AND CO. | England, c.1830, MIM | Celestial Globe = GMM. | London. | RSW. | |
| ADDISON, JOHN | England, c.1800, MIM | Orrery = NMM; Globes, pair = MLL; Terraqueous Globe = U. of Utah, Salt Lake City. | maker of globes manufactured and published by Malby and Co.; orrery signed "J. Addison"; globes say "manufactured and sold by G. and J. Cary"; made terrestrial globe on Thomas Heath orrery, ADL-DPW1; see John Addison and Co. | 37 Parker Street, Little Queen Street; Regent Street; both in London. | Maddison 1; RSW; NMM 2; Yonge; ADL. |
| ADDISON, JOHN, AND CO. | England, fl.1820-37, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, twelve-inch, stand = Phillips 2/2/84; Terrestrial Globe = D.(1975); Pair of Globes = D.(1975); Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Chicago Historical Society. | Phillips globe signed "J. Addison and Co., Globe Makers and by appointment to his Majesty King George IV"; others signed "J. Addison and Co. Globe makers by appointment to His Most Gracious Majesty, George IV." | 9 Skinner Street (1820); 117 Regent Street, Piccadilly (1823); 7 Hampstead Road, Tottenham Court Road (1827); all in London. | Taylor 2(1472); RSW; Moskowitz 118; Yonge. |
| ADDISON, L. | England, MIM | Celestial Globe, miniature, papier-maché = Christie 7/16/68. | probably John Addison. | USNM; Crawforth 11.RSW. | |
| ADERMAN, CLAS OTTO | Sweden, 1826-96, PHIM | meteorological instrument maker. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ADHEMAR | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM-7255. | Adhémar. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | |
| ADIE 1 | Scotland, MIM PHIM | Garden Sundial = Phillips 10/26/83; Sextant, pocket = Christie 12/21/71 = FRK = RSM; Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76; Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 3/25/86; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Sympiesometer No.1181 = FRK = RSM; Box Sextant = RSM. | probably either Alexander or John Adie. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; RSW; Clarke et al. |
| ADIE 2 | England, c.1845, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Level = Christie 10/31/67-53; Sextant, pocket = D.(1967); Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Dumpy Level = WHI. | surely Patrick Adie. | 395 Strand, 5 Arthur Street West, London Bridge, London. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ADIE AND SON | Scotland, fl.1835-80, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer, travelling = Soth. 7/21/83; Thermometer, ivory = Soth. 2/8/83; Stick Barometers = X; Surveying Compass = Kenney Sale-171; Theodolite = Soth. 11/27/67-5; Sympiesometer, No. 1708 = Phillips 7/20/83; Robinson-type Balance = RSM; Telescope = Christie 5/6/69; Surveyor's Level = D.(1972); Marine Barometer = D.(1976); Mining Compass D.(1986); etc. | Alexander and his second son, John; Taylor thought that the son was Richard; marine barometer is No. 89; "Instrument Makers to the Queen." | 58 Princes Street (1835-43); 50 Princes Street (1844-76); 37 Hanover Street (1837-80) all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 and 8; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2059)(2060); RSW; Moskowitz 104; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 13; Nuttall; Clarke et al. |
| ADIE AND WEDDERBURN | Scotland, 1881-99, MIM OIM PHIM | Folding Gauge Rod = Kenney Sale-124 = P.C; Telescopes = Soth. 3/19/73, RSM; Barometer, portable = Soth. 5/1/86; Barograph = FRK = RSM. | Thomas Wedderburn was foreman with Adie and Son. | 37 Hanover Street (1881-82); 17 Hanover Street (1883-99); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(2061); Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ADIE, A. | Scotland, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1975); Sundial = FRK = RSM; Miner's Dial = RSM; Polarizing Microscope = RSM; Surveying Compass = RSM. | surely Alexander Adie. | Edinburgh. | Wynter Cat; Clarke et al. |
| ADIE, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1774-1858, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X; Sympiesometers = RSM, D.(1967), Atwater Kent Museum, Philadelphia, Pa.; Polarizing Microscope = RSM; Telescope and stand = D.(1989). | apprenticed to his uncle, John Miller, 1787; was his partner, 1804-22; his second son, John, joined him in 1835 (Taylor says son Richard); invented and patented sympiesometer in 1818; other sons Richard and Patrick, which see; also see Miller and Adie; first polarizing microscope made 1823-29. | 94 Nicholson Street (1804-7); 96 Nicholson Street (1807-10); 8 Nicholson Street (1811-18); 35 Princes Street (1818-34); 15 Nicholson Street (1825-26); 58 Princes Street (1830-34: all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1069); Middleton 1; USNM; RSW; Clarke et al; Rinaldi 23. |
| ADIE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1835-81, MIM OIM PHIM | second son of Alexander Adie; in partnership with him in 1835; see Adie and Son and Adie and Wedderburn. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Clarke et al. | |
| ADIE, PATRICK | Scotland; England, fl.1846-68, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Artificial Horizon = FRK = RSM; Current Meter = FRK = RSM; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Magnetic Variometer = RSM. | youngest son of Alexander Adie; made marine barometers; business continued until 1868 at Strand address and went on to 1942; held patents on semicircle, diastameter, level, eidograph, etc.; see Adie 2. | 1A Conduit Street (1846-47); 395 Strand (1848-68); both in London. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1; RSW; USNM; O'Mara; Clarke et al; Middleton 1. |
| ADIE, RICHARD | Scotland; England, fl.1835-75, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Cometarium, 1835 = OXF; Sympiesometer = GHS. | also made a steam and vacuum gauge and a double telescope; barometer signed "R. Adie Bold Street Liverpool"; was third son of Alexander Adie; Taylor thought that he was partner in Adie and Co. | 26 Bold Street (1835); 28 Bold Street (1837);.55 Bold Street (1839); 4 Exchange Building (1868) and 5 Edmund Street (1870); 5 Harington Street (1872-75); all in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2059 and 2061); Bryden 3; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. |
| ADMIRAL, JACOB L' | Holland, 17th Century, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 6/23/87. | mastermark of L'Admiral is stamped on the pans and the weights. | RSW. | |
| ADRIAENSEN, JAN | Holland, 1575-1654, MIM | Sundial = Fry Coll. | DeRijp. | Michel 3; Price 2; RSW. | |
| ADRIAENSZOON, JACOB | see Jacob Metius. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| ADRIANO, P. FE. | Italy, 1700, MIM | Astrolabe, 1700 = BM. | ICA-188; "P. Adriano Fe." | Turin. | Gunther 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Evans 1; Holbrook 2. |
| ADZERSEN, KARL | Sweden?, 1732, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1732 = USNM. | Lydersholm. | USNM. | |
| AECHERSPERG, JOHANN PETER | Germany, fl.1765-86, PHIM | Money Balances, 1765, 1775, undated = DRE; Balances = Köller May, 1972, 11/17/75 (1786); Gold Balances = Den Gamle By, Aarhus (1762), HAK (1773); etc. | also Aeckersberg; many signed "J.P. Aeckersberg." | Wichtlinghausen im Ober-Barmen. | RSW. |
| AEHNELT, C.G. | Germany, 1782, MIM OIM | Rule, 1782 = DRE; Telescope = DRE. | Dresden. | RSW. | |
| AERTRYCKE, PHILIPS VAN | Holland, c.1520, NIM | compass maker. | Bruges; Middelburg. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| AERTS, PETRUS | Belgium, 17th Century, MIM | Quadrant = X. | resembled Lusuerg quadrant in Michel collection. | Brussels. | Michel 3; Price 2. |
| AFFLECK, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1800-02, MIM | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1071). | ||
| AGGERE, PETRUS AB | see Petrus ab aggere. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| AGGERIUS, PETRUS | see Petrus ab aggere. | Gunther 2. | |||
| AGGIO, PAUL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 2/14/79, Soth. 7/21/87. | Colchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| AGNELO, MICHIEL | Italy, c.1545, MIM | invented an ellipsograph in 1545. | Arrighi. | ||
| AGNESE | Italy, 1554, MIM | Compass set inside book cover, 1554 = NMM. | RSW. | ||
| AGNEW 1 | England, | see Zanetti and Agnew. | RSW. | ||
| AGNEW 2 | England, c.1840, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P.C. | Manchester. | Delehar 4. | |
| AGNEW AND ZANETTI | England, fl.1825-34, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometers = X(2). | one wheel barometer signed "Agnew and Zanetti, Exchange Street, Manchester"; others signed "Agnew and Zanetti, 18 Exchange Street, Manchester"; Thomas Agnew and Vittore Zanetti; succeeded Zanetti and Agnew, which see. | 94 Market Street (1825-26); 10 Exchange Street (1826-32); 18 Exchange Street (1834); all in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1473); Goodison 1. |
| AGNEW, THOMAS | England, 1794-1871, MIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Circumferentor = P.C. | apprenticed to Vittore Zanetti, 1810; partner with him, 1817; partner with his son, 1825-34; working alone by 1835; circumferentor is signed "Agnew Manchester"; also made thermometers. | 94 Market Street (1810-26); 10 Exchange Street (1826-32); 18 Exchange Street (1834); 14 Exchange Street (1841); all in Manchester. | Goodison 1; Delehar 4. |
| AGOSTI, G. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 5-7-96. | with hydrometer, thermometer and level; may be same as I. Agosti, which see. | Falmouth. | RSW. |
| AGOSTI, I. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | may be John Augustus. | Falmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| AHL, JOHAN | Sweden; Denmark, fl.pre-1755-95, OIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 3-foot radius = CRT. | apprenticed to Eckström; partner with Steinholtz, 1755-62. | Stockholm (pre-1755-62); Copenhagen (1762-95). | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| AHRENS, C.D. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 12/12/89. | London. | RSW. | |
| AIANO | England, fl.1790-1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2), Christie 5/5/83, Soth. 2/28/80, (1800); Wheel Barometers = Phillips 10/26/83 (4). | probably Charles Aiano; Phillips and one other wheel signed "Aiano Canterbury." | Canterbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| AIANO, CARLS. | England, PHIM | variant spelling for Charles Aiano, which see. | RSW. | ||
| AIANO, CHARLES | England, fl.1826-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3), Chrisrie-SK 6/30/89 = D.(1989), Soth.-S 7/17/96; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/4/77; Double Barometer = X. | some signed "C. Aiano" or "Chas. Aiano"; Soth. 1977 signed "Carls. Aiano." | At the Sign of the Providence; 9 Northgate (1826-28); Northgate (1841); 90-1 Northgate; all in Canterbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| AICHINGER | c.1850, MIM | Equatorial Sundial with alidade = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | ||
| AINAO, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/12/72. | misreading for Charles Aiano. | Northgate, Canterbury. | RSW. |
| AINSLEY, THOMAS L. | England, fl.1858-86, MIM NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-M3535; Instrument = OXF; Octant = Christie-SK 3/31/83; Sextants = Christie 12/21/7, Soth. 3/19/73 and MYS; Pelorus = MYS; Octant = Science and Engineering Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; etc. | Christie sextant signed "Thos. L. Ainsley" and MYS one signed "Ainsley"; second octant signed Thomas L. Ainsley; rest signed "T.L. Ainsley"; quadrant also signed "London"; first octant also signed; "Cardiff and Barry Docks"; see Bain and Ainsley. | South Shields, Durham; South Shields, Tyne and Wear; Cardiff and Barry Docks; London. | Brewington 1; Taylor 2(1072); Crawford 11; RSW. |
| AIRES, BENJAMIN | see Benjamin Ayres. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| 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. |
| AKENHEAD, ROBERT | England, c.1718, | T.C.; stationer and seller of instruments and spectacles. | at the Bible and Crown up on the Bridge, Newcastle. | Calvert 2. | |
| AKERBOOM, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1775, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Auction, 1981, Holland. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| AKERMAN, ANDREA | Åkerman; variant of Anders Åckerman. | Price 2; Edell 1. | |||
| AKRELL, CARL FREDRIK | Sweden, 1779-1868, MIM | made and repaired globes; probably son of Fredrik Akrell. | RSW. | ||
| AKRELL, FREDRIK | Sweden, 1740-1804, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1790 = NOR. | renewed several Åckerman globes; worked at the Academy of Sciences; also made celestial globes. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| AL. RI. | Italy, | initials on pin-gnomon sundial by Carolus Platus, 1593, at BM. | Dalton. | ||
| ALAMANNI, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1641, PHIM | Barometers and Thermometers = FLO. | Florence. | Bonelli 1. | |
| ALAND, JONATHAN | Ireland, c.1685, | designed instruments to determine longitude. | Waterford. | Taylor 1(438). | |
| ALBERTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | probably Angelo Alberti; stick also signed "Sheffield" and its case was made by Charles Guggiari. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| ALBERTI, ANGELO | England, fl.1822-25, PHIM | made barometers. | Fargate, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALBERTI, GIANBATTISTA | Italy, 1688, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1688 = Brescia; Compass Instruments = Brescia-7 and -32. | Michel 3; Price 2. | ||
| ALBERTI, LEON BATTISTA | Italy, 1404-72, MIM | made hodometers. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| ALBINO, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-N.Y. 4/19/89. | the barometer listed by Goodison is signed "Albino, Cheltenham." | Cheltenham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ALBINO, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Cheltenham. | RSW. | |
| ALBINO, JOHN | England, fl.1839-60, PHIM | made barometers. | 47 St. John Street, West Smithfield (1839-49); 63 Hatton Garden (1850-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALBRECHT, ANDREAS | Germany, d.1628, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1625 = NUR-WI 1262. | compass maker; designed the theodolite and plane table made by Michael Bumel. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Weil 1; Bonelli 1; Price 2; Gouk 1. |
| ALBRECHT, H. | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Planetarium = Ineichen 6/5/75. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| ALCOCK, JOHN | England, 1743, NIM | Nocturnal, boxwood, 1743 = HAK. | Rohde; RSW. | ||
| ALDER 1 | USA, NIM | T.C.; see Duren and Alder, Alder and Co., Alder and Duren, Alder and Mackay, and W.D. Alder. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| ALDER 2 | USA, | see Choate and Alder. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| ALDER AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 7/5/71. | Blyth. | RSW. | |
| ALDER AND DUREN | USA, c.1850, NIM | sold nautical instruments; makers? | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| ALDER AND MACKAY | Scotland, c.1825, PHIM | Barograph in clock = D.(1972). | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| ALDER, WILLIAM D. | USA, c.1859, MIM NIM | see De Mory, Gray and W.D. Alder, T.C.; successor to Duren and Alder; see Choate, Alder and Topham. | New Bedford, Mass. (1859); 20 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 10; RSW. | |
| ALDERSON, WALTON | England, fl.1823-31, MIM | clockmaker; made sundials. | Leyburn. | Loomes. | |
| ALDINUS, FRANCISCUS | Italy, 1660, MIM | Armillary Sphere, iron, 1660 = ADL-M8. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Price 2; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | ||
| ALDRIDGE, JOHN | England, c.1669, MIM OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1669. | Minories, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(24). | |
| ALDRIDGE, T. | USA, NIM | Navigational Rule = X. | Bergen, New Jersey. | RSW. | |
| ALDUS, THOMAS | England, fl.1659-62, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, June 12, 1652; free in the Company, Mar. 5, 1659; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ALEA, YARWAY | England, c.1661, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1654; free in the Company, 1661. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ALESSANDRI, I, AND SCATTOGLIA | Italy, 1784, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1784 = ROM. | Venice. | Bonelli 4; Bedini 12. | |
| ALETT, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Oxford. | RSW. | |
| ALEXANDER | England, c.1790, NIM | Quadrant = NMM-S.160. | Yarmouth. | Taylor 2(910); NMM 2. | |
| ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER 1 | Scotland, fl.1812-20, OIM | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1254); Morrison-Low. | ||
| ALEXANDER, ALEXANDER 2 | England, fl.1812-41, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = X; Pantograph = Christie 12/12/72; Camera Lucida = OXF. | optician to the King, the Duchess of Kent and to Princess Victoria; may be same person as Alexander Alexander 1; invented Graphic Mirror (1841); T.C.; pantograph signed "A. Alexander." | 6 High Street opposite Castle Street, Exeter. | Taylor 2(1254); Bryden 9; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1. |
| ALEXANDER, ANDREAS | 1666, MIM | Sector, 1666 = NUR. | Nürnberg? | Evans 1. | |
| ALEXANDER, GEORGE | Scotland, fl.1813-25, NIM | watch and compass maker; held a patent for compass card suspension. | 27 Timber Street; 62 Shore (1822-25); both in Leith. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1255); Clarke et al. | |
| ALEXANDER, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| ALEXANDER, JOHN | Scotland, c.1671, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Smith of the Clockmakers' Company in Dec. 1667; freed in the Company, Aug. 1671; his test pieces were one clock and one sundial. | Edinburgh. | Loomes 2. | |
| ALEXANDRE, B. | France; India, MIM PHIM | Thermometer = P.C.; Planetarium Clock = UTO 11/2/76; Aneroid Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | "Opticien"; the barometer is marked "Cannes." | Cannes and Luckow; Paris. | RSW; Brieux. |
| ALFIERI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALFIERI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALIEZER AND SON | England? U.S.A.?, 1790, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1790 = P.C. | USNM. | ||
| ALIMENIUS, MATTEO CAMPANI | see Matteo Campani. | Daumas 1. | |||
| ALINGHAM, WILLIAM | England, fl.1694-1710, MIM | advertised as making dials. | Rummer Tavern, Chanel (or Cannon) Row, Westminster, London. | Taylor 1(482). | |
| ALIOVSY, IOECHI MICUS | 1591, MIM | Astronomical Plate, 1591 = UTO 11/2/76. | also marked "Iohannes Praetorius." | RSW. | |
| ALLAM | England, fl.1821-46, MIM | see Worthington and Allam. | Taylor 2(1749). | ||
| ALLAN 1 | England, NIM | Sextant, pocket, with Telescope = D.(1975). | could be James Allan. | London. | RSW. |
| ALLAN 2 | England, | probably misreading for Worthington and Allam; see Worthington and Allam. | Christie 5/26/76. | ||
| ALLAN 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | designed and made saccharometers; in competition with Gray and Mackay. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | ||
| ALLAN, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1806-35, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Saccarometer = RSM. | instrument signed "Alexr Allan"; made Thomas Thomson's direct reading saccharometers, used by the Scottish Excise Office; succeeded by Peter Stevenson, his apprentice. | Baron Grant's Close (1806-10); 9 Lothian Street (1811-35); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1073); Goodison 1; Clarke et al; McConnell 4. |
| ALLAN, JAMES | England, fl.1790-1825, MIM SIM | Sextants = WHI, Phillips 11/16/88; Repeating Circle, 1811 = Soth. 7/26/65 = Soth. 2/21/66. | apprenticed to Fairbone (probably Charles Fairbone 2 of the Grocers' Company); instrument maker and designer; made an improved dividing engine and theodolite; author; sometimes spelled "Allen"; awarded a prize in 1820 by the Commissioners of the Board of Longitude; his son, John Allan, succeeded him in 1825. | 13, Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane, London. | Society of Arts Transactions, 1810, 1815-16; USNM; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Taylor 2(912); Daumas 1; Moskowitz 105; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen 39. |
| ALLAN, JOHN | England; USAb.1786 fl.1810-25+, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant = USNM; Sextant, miniature, with case = D.(1992). | son of James Allan of London, who died in 1825; T.C. states he is son and successor to the late J(ames) Allan, sextant maker and divider; D.J. Warner lists him as "Allen" even though the USNM sextant is signed "J. Allan." | Fell Street (1810); 86 Bond Street (1814-15); 1 Fell Street (1819); all in Baltimore, Md; No. 12 Blewitt's Buildings, Fetter Lane, London (after 1825). | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10; Coffeen 39. |
| ALLARD, ABRAHAN | Holland, c.1713, MIM | advertised pocket globes with cases in 1713. | Amsterdam. | Krogt 2. | |
| ALLARD, KAREL | Holland, c.1706, MIM | advertised a pair of pocket globes in 1706. | Amsterdam. | Krogt 2. | |
| ALLEAUME, JACQUES | France, c.1610-15, MIM | made sectors with points; "Ingénieur du Roi"; set up by Henri IV with a workshop in the Louvre. | Louvre, Paris. | Daumas 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ALLEN 1 | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | made sets of solids. | near the College, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| ALLEN 2 | USA, | misreading for Allam, which see; see Worthington and Allam. | Taylor 2(1749). | ||
| ALLEN, ELIAS | England, fl.1606-d.1654, MIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including a mariner's astrolabe (ICA-321) (NMM-11) and a very distinctive type of astronomical compendium. | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company in 1602; free of the Company July 7, 1612; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company Oct. 3, 1633; Master, 1636-38; took apprentices in both Companies. | Blackhorse Alley, running off the north side of Fleet Street and close to the bridge across Fleet Ditch (1601-11); in the Strand (1613); Sign of the Horse Shoe, near Essex Gate, over against St. Clement's Church, Strand and outside Temple Bar (1616-53); all in London. | Taylor 1(112); Coffeen 51; Ward 4; Bryden 16; A. Stimson 3; Maddison 5; J. Brown 1 and 3; Waters 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| ALLEN, HORATIO | USA, MIM | made earth and sun instruments; made astronomical instruments. | Homewood, South Orange, New Jersey. | USNM. | |
| ALLEN, JAMES | alternate selling for James Allan, which see. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |||
| ALLEN, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1632-53, MIM | Astrolabe-Quadrant, 1633 = BMR; Double Horizontal Sundial = BMR; Universal Ring Sundial on compass stand = ROM-674; Equinoctial Meridian Sundial = ROM-7768; Sector = OXF. | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on June 25, 1617, may have been the son of Elias Allen; free of the Company Jan. 11, 1632; took Walter Hayes as an apprentice, Feb. 22, 1632; may be John Allen 2 who was a member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1653. | near the Savoy, in the Strand, London. | Taylor 1(171); Bonelli 1; Price 2; Michel 2; Belgian Inventaire; USNM; J. Brown 1 & 3; RSW. |
| ALLEN, JOHN 2 | England, MIM | member of the Clockmakers' Company in 1653; may be John Allen 1. | J. Brown 1, 2 and 3. | ||
| ALLEN, JOHN 3 | alternate spelling for John Allan. | Smart 1; USNM. | |||
| ALLEN, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1842-52, MIM | 35 St. Swithin's Lane (1842); 5 Three King Court, Lombard Street (1847-52); both in London. | O'Mara. | ||
| ALLEN, JOHN 5 | USA, 1810-19, MIM OIM | T.C. in Dollond sextant box, the sextant having Maskelyne's flap. | At the Sign of the Mariner, Thames Street 15, Fells Point, Baltimore. | Coffeen 43. | |
| ALLEN, JOSIAH BENNETT | USA, 1813-70 fl.1849-70, MIM OIM | made reflecting telescopes and microscopes, astronomical and musical instruments; some signed "J.B. Allen." | Springfield, Mass.; Thompsonville, Conn. | USNM. | |
| ALLEN, M.H. AND T.W. | Ireland, c.1838, MIM | retailers of a beam-compass invented by W. and A. Smith of London. | Dame Street, Dublin. | Taylor 2(2063); USNM. | |
| ALLEN, NATHANIEL | England, 18th Century, NIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Eade in the Merchant Taylors' Company; partner in Eade, Wilton and Allen. | London. | Crawforth 8; RSW. | |
| ALLEN, T. | USA, NIM | Sextant = USNM. | is he same person as John Allen 2? | Baltimore, Md. | USNM. |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1770-1843, MIM PHIM | F.R.S., 1807; may be too long a working period for one man. | Plough Court, Lombard Street (1770- ); 29 Seward Street, Goswell Street; both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2064). | |
| ALLEN, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1787, MIM PHIM | No. 37 High Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ALLESTREE, RICHARD | England, fl.1643-51, MIM | paper quadrant in almanac. | Taylor 1(203). | ||
| ALLFORD, JAMES | England?, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Soth. 12/16/63-126. | RSW. | ||
| ALLIS, J.H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALLISTER, MR. | USA, | misreading of McAllister, Willam Y., Versailles 11/19/78. | RSW. | ||
| ALLIZEAU | France, PHIM | Mineralogical Compendium = Soth. 10/28/63-20. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ALMENT, JOHN | Ireland, 1740-87, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1990); Garden Sundial = D.(1989). | optician; Evans also reported him as Almont; worked for John Margas before 1767. | Mary's Abbey (1767-74); 34 Mary's Abbey (1775-87); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Evans 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Moskowitz 132; Coffeen 30. |
| ALMONT | Ireland, c.1750, MIM | probably John Alment, which see. | Dublin. | Evans 1. | |
| ALOTTI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cirencester. | Goodison 1. | |
| ALSTON AND CO. | England, fl.1789-95, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Volvelle = BM-1901/11/15-29. | Willmore. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| ALT, ISAAC | England, c.1675, | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| ALTENDER, T., AND SONS. | USA, MIM | made rules. | Philadelphia, PA. | DATM. | |
| ALTENEDER, T. | USA, fl.1850-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | patented a drawing instrument joint, 1850, and a telescopic range finder, 1862; made drawing instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| ALTORFII, JOACHIMUS | 1591, MIM | Instrument = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| ALURESONOVO, MEL | Spain, c.1648, | this name is marked on the back of a mariner's astrolabe made by Andre Ruffo (NMM-64). | A. Stimson 3. | ||
| ALVERGNIAT | France, 18th Century, PHIM | Air Pumps = FLO (2). | may be predecessor to Alvergniat frères, fl. 1858-90, at 10 rue de la Sorbonne, Paris. | Paris? | Bonelli 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| ALWORTH, THOMAS | England, 1695, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1695 = Phillips 2/2/84. | Oxon (Oxford). | RSW. | |
| ALZ, M. | see Joao Mellorio and M. Alz. | ||||
| AMADIO | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 2/17/92. | London. | RSW. | |
| AMADIO AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd. | Francis Amadio 1 and 2. | 118 St. John Street Road, London. | Goodison 1. |
| AMADIO, A. | England, 1736, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1736 = X. | in style of Charles Orme; probably repaired and re-signed by Amadio. | Ashby de-la-Zouch. | Goodison 1. |
| AMADIO, F., AND SON | England, 1840-44, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 12/6/78, Phillips 12/2/87; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Francis Amadio 1 and son, probably Francis Amadio 2. | 118 St. John Street Road, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| AMADIO, FRANCIS 1 | England, fl.1820-44, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(6), Soth. 6/6/75, Soth.-S 9/18/86, Christie-SK 3/3/89. | made other philosophical instruments; in partnership with son, 1840-44, probably Francis Amadio 2, which see; often signed "F. Amadio"; the Christie barometer is signed "E. Amadio 118 St. John Street Road, London" but the "E" might be a misreading. | 10 St. John Street Road (1820-28); 118 St. John Street Road (1829-44); 2 St. John Street Road; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1763); RSW; USNM. |
| AMADIO, FRANCIS 2 | England, fl.1840-60, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = X. | optician; probably son of Francis Amadio 1, which see; clock is signed "Cummins." | 63 Moorgate (1840-41); 35 Moorgate (1842-51); 5 Cowpers Court and 5 Birchin Lane (1852-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1763). |
| AMADIO, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | possibly the J. Amadio, optician, who was at a different address. | 17a Telegraph Street, Moorgate Street, London. | Goodison 1. |
| AMADIO, J. 2 | England, OIM | Microscope = D.(1983). | 7 Throgmorton Street, London. | Coffeen C. | |
| AMADIO, J. 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 10/19/87, Phillips 12/2/87. | some instruments are signed "Amadio." | 6 Shorters Court, City (London?). | RSW. |
| AMALDI, PAOLO | Italy, 1844, MIM | Radio Latino, 1844 = D.(1970). | later catalogue calls it a goniometer. | Mantua. | RSW. |
| AMARDIO, F., AND SON | misreading for Amadio. | RSW. | |||
| AMATIUS, F., CAPUC. | Italy, c.1750, MIM | Regiomontanus-type Sundial, wood = Linton Coll. = Libert et Castor 10/10/80. | Belluno. | Moreau. | |
| AMBROSINI AND MANZINI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Portsea. | Goodison 1. | |
| AMBROSONE | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| AMELLI | Italy, c.1590, MIM | Skaphe Dial in gilt-brass box = Evans Coll. | Palermo. | Gunther 2; Price 2. | |
| AMERICAN SCHOOL APPARATUS CO. | USA, fl.1860-65, MIM | Hemisphere Globe, 5-inch = MIT. | company founded by Franklin C. Brownell. | 19 Murray Street, New York, N.Y. | Warner 4. |
| AMERLINUS, ALBERTUS | c.1560-70, MIM | Drawing Instrument = BM Print Room. | Price 2. | ||
| AMERLINUS, PAULUS | c.1567-69, MIM | Quadrant, painted = BM Print Room. | Price 2. | ||
| AMERY, LEONARD D' | see Leonard D'Amery. | ||||
| AMICI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1786-1863 fl.1811-63, MIM OIM PHIM | he made a great many telescopes and microscopes; a sundial, micrometer and a spectroscope are known; dated instruments range from 1812-35. | a renowned astronomer and fine instrument maker; designed a prism. | Modena; Florence. | Bonelli 1, 2 and 4; Pipping 1; Bryden 9; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| AMIEL | England, c.1890, PHIM | see Lloyd, Payne and Amiel. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| AMMON, ERHARD | Germany, 1579, MIM | Artillery Level, 1579 = DRE. | also marked "Macht Mych." | RSW. | |
| AMONTONS, GUILLAUME | France, fl.1663-d.1705, MIM PHIM SIM | made surveying and architect's instruments, and barometers; invented an air thermometer; described a form of marine barometer in 1695. | Paris. | Nachet; Hamilton 2; Daumas 1; USNM; Goldschmidt 70; Bedini 8; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | |
| AMSLER, C.T. | Switzerland; USA, fl.1848-61, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = X, D.(1982). | importer and manufacturer of mathematical and optical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1848-). | Smart 2; USNM; Coffeen. |
| AMSLER, CHARLES F. | MIM | probably C.T. Amsler, which see. | USNM. | ||
| AMUEL, F. | Germany, MIM | Cannon Sundials = OXF, Miss Wilmott Coll., P. and S. 11/21/1894. | Berlin. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| AMUEL, J. | see F. Amuel. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Evans 1. | |||
| ANAAND, THOMAS | England, 1683, MIM | Gunter Scale, 1683 = P.C. | earliest Gunter scale known to date. | Delehar 9. | |
| ANDERSEN, NIELS | Sweden, 1737, MIM | Table Dial, small, 1737 = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| ANDERSON | Scotland, c.1859, PHIM | see Marr and Anderson; probably Robert Marr. | 14 Renfield Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| ANDERSON, DAVID, JR. | Scotland, 1597, MIM | made a town sundial in 1597. | Aberdeen. | Loomes 2. | |
| ANDERSON, F. | England, 1848, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one signed "Anderson, Registered 1586 Sept. 14, 1848 No. 183." | Gravesend. | Goodison 1. |
| ANDERSON, J.B. | Sweden, MIM | Sundial = Evans Coll. | owner or maker of dial. | Evans 1. | |
| ANDERSON, JOHN | England, c.1818, NIM | claimed to have made an instrument for locating position at sea by observing the Pole Star. | 235 High Street, Poplar, London; Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1258). | |
| ANDERSON, N. | England?, c.1850, | name on a ten-inch celestial globe constructed by C.A. Reitzel. | RSW. | ||
| ANDERSON, WALTER | misreading for Walter Alderson. | Loomes. | |||
| ANDERSONE, DAVID | Scotland, 1597, MIM | Sundial, 1597 = Tolbooth, Aberdeen. | Aberdeen. | Baillie 1. | |
| ANDERTON | England, fl.1783-1810, PHIM | Apothecary Balances = OXF, X (1810). | probably by Anderton and Calley or Anderton, Son and Calley, as Anderton is not known to have worked alone. | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1259); Gunther 2; USNM; D. Crawforth-Hitchins. |
| ANDERTON, JAMES | England, fl.1699-1706, MIM | son of Nathaniel Anderton; admitted by Patrimony to the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1699; took apprentices. | The Minories, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ANDERTON, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1669-92, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1661; free of the Company, May 13, 1669; took apprentices; engraved a plate of a type of quadrant in 1672 for Leybourn's book, "Panorganon." | London? | Leybourn; Evans 1; J. Brown 1; Clay and Court. | |
| ANDRE, A. | France, 1642, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory and silver, 1642 = Schuhmann Sale-111 = MADEX-87 = Chadenat Sale-32 = P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundials = Schuhman Sale-123, Drout-Richelieu 4/28/88. | A. André. | Paris. | Michel 1; RSW; Price 2. |
| ANDREAE, JOHAN LUDOVIC | variant spelling for Johann Ludwig Andreae. | Tooley. | |||
| ANDREAE, JOHANN LUDWIG | Germany, fl.1688-1726, MIM | Celestial Globes = DEU (1715, 1717), NUR 1715), REG (1716), KRM (1716), GOT (1716, 1717), FRA (1717), MUN. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Tooley. | |
| ANDREAE, JOHANN PHILIPP | Germany, fl.1721-26, MIM | Pillar Dials = SLM (1721), DEU (1724); Celestial Globe, 1726 = DEU-45876. | Zinner thought he was Johann Phil. Andrecein, which see. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi. |
| ANDRECEIN, JOHANN PHIL. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial, small, with case = MERC-19 = Hamilton Coll. = Soth. 12/12/55-124. | Zinner thought that he might be Johann Philipp Andreae. | Nürnberg. | Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| ANDRES, JUAN | Bolivia, 1699, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, silver, 1699 = ADL-A263. | designed for southern latitudes; Cocart-type. | La Paz. | ADL; RSW. |
| ANDRESEN, L.I. | Denmark, 19th Century, NIM | Compass Card = P.C. (1972). | in a dry compass. | Randers. | Price 2. |
| ANDREWES, NATHAN | England, d.1782, MIM | Sundial, copper = Church, Ecclesfield. | watchmaker. | Sheffield. | Gatty. |
| ANDREWS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be W.H. Andrews, c.1790, clockmaker, listed by Baillie; see also H. Andrews. | Royston. | Baillie 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ANDREWS AND SONS | USA, fl.1848-93, MIM OIM | Robert Fisher Andrews and his sons, Robert E. and Charles Andrews; issued a trade catalogue. | Buffalo, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; RSW. | |
| ANDREWS, CHARLES | England; USA, 1824-68, MIM OIM | worked with his father, Robert Fisher Andrews and his brother Robert E. Andrews as Andrews and Sons, 1848-68. | Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, Ill. | Smart 1. | |
| ANDREWS, H. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 7/17/96. | see Andrews and W.H. Andrews. | Royston. | RSW. |
| ANDREWS, HENRY 1 | England, 1744-1815, MIM | astronomer; globe maker. | Crawforth 11; Price 2. | ||
| ANDREWS, JAMES | England, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company 16 years after he was bound. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ANDREWS, JOEL W. | USA, 1853, PHIM | Stick Barometers = VNN, Sale; Mountain Barometer, 1853 = D.(1988). | the mountain barometer is signed "J. Andrews Albany, N.Y. 1855." | No. 42 High Street, Albany, N.Y. | Coffeen Z; MAD March, 1997; RSW. |
| ANDREWS, john HENRY 2 | England, c.1771, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 10, 1771. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ANDREWS, RICHARD | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to Fisher Combs of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ANDREWS, ROBERT E. | England; USA1829-1922, MIM OIM | worked with his father, Robert Fisher Andrews and his brother Charles as Andrews and Sons, 1848-93. | Buffalo, N.Y. and Chicago, Ill. | Smart 1. | |
| ANDREWS, ROBERT FISHER | England; USA, 1800-68, MIM OIM | the father in Andrews and Sons, which see. | 14 Webster (1849-52); 171 Main (1852-67); both in Buffalo, N.Y.; also in the Chicago Ill. directories from 1857 to 93. | Smart 1. | |
| ANDREWS, W.H. | England, c.1790, | clockmaker; may be Andrews and/or H. Andrews, which see. | Royston. | Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| ANDRIESSON, CLAES | Holland, pre-1596, NIM | Cross-staff (partial), 1596 = RIJ. | may be the owner. | Goutum. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| ANDRIVEAU, SAUVET | France, c.1850, MIM | Orrery = D.(1962). | successor to Ch. Dien. | 9 rue de Savoie, Paris. | Brieux. |
| ANDRONIKOS | Macedonia; Greece, c.50 B.C., MIM | Multiple Sundial = Archeological Museum, Tenos. | designed the Tower of the Winds with its dials and waterclock in Athens. | Kyrrhos, Macedonia; Athens, Greece. | Price 2 and 13; Noble and Price; Gibbs. |
| ANGELI, MICHAELIS | Italy, 1812, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, paper, wood, 1812 = P.C. | "Michaelis Angeli a Nero Capuccini"; a Capuchin. | Nero. | Price 2. |
| ANGELO, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Dangelo and Cadenazzi. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. |
| ANGELO, ALBERTI | England, fl.1822, PHIM | made barometers. | Fargate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1475a). | |
| ANGENIEUX, P. | France, OIM | made objectives. | Usines à Saint-Heand (Loire). | USNM. | |
| ANGLICUS, GUILLELMUS | France, c.1231, | William the Englishman; wrote a text on the universal astrolabe. | Marseilles. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| ANGLOIS, L' | misreading for Langlois. | ||||
| ANICH, PETER | Austria, 1723-66, MIM | Floating Dials = INN(2), SLM, OBE; Polyhedral Dial = OBE; Cube Dials = INN(2), OBE; Celestial Globes, 1758 = NMM-G.133, INN, INN-Wilton(4), INN-BIB, OBE, etc.; Terrestrial Globes, 1758 = INN, INN-Wilton, INN-BIB, OBE, etc. | also made wall dials and astronomical clocks. | Innsbruck. | Zinner 1; Britten; Baillie 1; Anich Cat.; Tooley. |
| ANIL, JAMES HOLCROFT | France, 1824, MIM | Triangle, ivory = Phillips 10/5/76. | "Engineer." | Paris. | RSW. |
| ANNABOLDI, LEWIS | England, c.1830, PHIM | misreading for Arnoboldi, which see. | Taylor 2(1764). | ||
| ANNIN, WILLIAM B. | USA, 1791-1839, MIM | fl.1813-39; globe maker; patent for artificial globe, 1826; engraved maps for Loring globes; worked with George Girdler Smith, an engraver. | Boston. | Vietor; Bedini 8; Yonge. | |
| ANONE, FRANCIS | England, fl.1802-08, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | also made telescopes and thermometers; see Frans Anone. | 242 High Holborn; 82 High Holborn; 26 High Holborn (1802-08); all in London. | Goodison 1. |
| ANONE, FRANS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Francis Anone, which see. | 51 Fetter Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| ANONE, FRS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Francis Anone. | Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| ANSCHEUTZ AND CO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Index Balance = Christie 6/7/72; Coin Balance = Christie 4/9/75. | RSW. | ||
| ANSONIA CLOCK CO. | USA, c.1922, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, aluminium case = WHI, ADL. | the instruction book is labled "Sunwatch"; it was made for the Boy Scouts. | Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. | |
| ANTHEAUME | France, fl.1765-70, OIM | made achromatic lenses. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| ANTHONY, E. AND H.T. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | made apparatus for ambrotype, Daguerrean and photographic business. | New York. | Romaine; USNM. | |
| ANTHONY, JACOB | USA, c.1788, MIM | also a turner. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| ANTHONY, JOHN | England, c.1773, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 2, 1765; free of the Company on June 3, 1773. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ANTONI, GEORGE | Austria, late 18th Century, | Astronomical Clock, long case = VIU. | Vienna. | Baillie. | |
| ANTONINO, P. | 1744, MIM | Pillar Dial, wood, 1744 = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| ANTONIUS, MARCUS | France, 1602, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1602 = MADEX-3. | signed "Marcus Antonius Marrolensis Patumum", the last two names being towns. | Beauce. | Michel 1. |
| ANTRAM, JOSEPH | England, c.1718, MIM | member of Clockmakers' Company; took over an apprentice from John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company, 1718; presumed to be a MIM. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ANZANI | see Guggiari and Anzani; may be Anziani, which see. | Pelham Street, Nottingham. | Taylor 2(2142). | ||
| ANZIANI | see D. Guggiari and Anziani. | Goodison 1. | |||
| AO. H. | 1748, MIM SIM | Compass with sights for plane table, 1748 = P.C. | signed "Ao. H." | RSW. | |
| APELQUIST, CARL | Sweden; England; Sweden, c.1794-1824, MIM | studied instrument-making with Ramsden and William Fraser; ran several foundries. | Norrköping; Marieberg; Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| APFELBACHER, PHILIP, B.D. | Germany, 1693, MIM | Bow Dividers, wood, 1693 = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| APIAN, PETER | Germany, c.1495-1552, MIM | Wall Dial, 1524 = castle, Trausnitz; Celestial Globes, 1541 = Charles V; Pillar Dial = Duke William IV. | family name was Bennowitz; instrument designer; author; University of Ingolstadt, 1533; described the nocturnal in 1533 and the torquetum c. 1540. | Ingolstadt. | Michel 1; Van Ortroy 1; Wattenberg; Zinner 1; Maddison 1. Stevenson. |
| APIAN, PHILIP | Germany, 1531-89, MIM | Astrolabe and Cosmolabe = lost; Pair of Globes, 1576 = K.B. Library, Munich. | son of Peter Apian; family name was Bennowitz. | Ingolstadt; Tubingen. | Zinner 1; Wattenberg; Stevenson; Tooley 1. |
| APPEL, ALOYSI VON | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Drecker Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| APPLEBY, JOSHUA | England, 1705, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1705. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| APPOLD | England, c.1850, PHIM | invented and/or made a "Register Hygrometer." | USNM. | ||
| APPS, ALFRED | England, post-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | Mathematical Drawing Instrument Set = D.(1972). | optician; T.C. | 433 Strand, London, W.C. | Calvert 2; RSW. |
| APRILE, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| APRILE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Stick Barometer = X. | possibly Josh Aprile, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| APRILE, JOSH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Sudbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| AR/CENNI | Germany, 1581, MIM | Navicula Sundial, 1581 = BM-1893/6/16-8. | destroyed. | Cologne. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| ARBON AND KRAP | Holland, c.1835, NIM | Octants = ANM, AMST; Sextant = ROT; Pocket Sextant = P.C. | H.G. Arbon and the Widow A.H. Krap had a shop in Rotterdam, c.1835. | Rotterdam. | Namur Exhib. Cat; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| ARCHBUTT, J. AND W.E. | England, 1867-92, MIM | Sector, ivory = D.(1984); Barometer, pocket = PC. | John and William Edward (son) Archbutt. | 201 Westminster Bridge Road, London. | RSW; WEBDB. |
| ARCHBUTT, JOHN, AND SONS | England, fl.1864-66, MIM | Sector, ivory = D.(1984). | T.C. states that the firm started in 1795; J. Archbutt and Sons fl.1864-66; John and William Edward (son) fl.1867-92. | 201 Westminster Bridge Road, London. | Crawforth 11; Taylor 2(916); O'Mara; RSW. |
| ARCHIPOV | Russia, | see Babkov and Archipov. | GEL Notes, 1973. | ||
| ARCKEN, VAN | Holland, c.1850, MIM | Astronomical Instrument = BOM 1906. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ARCUTT, GEORGE | England, c.1698, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1698. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ARDUINO, GIOVANNI | Italy, 1754, MIM SIM | Bussola Agrimensoria, 1754 = P.C. | universal surveying instrument; designer and maker. | Vicenza. | Brophy. |
| AREIAENSEN, IAN | Holland, MIM | Sundial, portable = Fry Coll. | could be Jan Areiaensen. | Gunther 2. | |
| ARESSE, F. HIERONYMUS DE | Spain, 1598, MIM | Sundial, portable, 1598 = Evans Coll. | an alternative spelling was Arresse. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Earle; Price 2. | |
| ARGAND, JEAN | France, c.1800, PHIM | Thermometer, silver, case = Ineichen 5/10/76. | signed "Argand." | Paris. | RSW. |
| ARGILL, THOMAS | England, c.1800, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 7, 1793; free of the Company on Mar. 6, 1800. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ARIANO, CHARLES | England, c.1830, PHIM | barometer maker; may be misreading for Charles Aiano, which see. | 91 Northgate, Canterbury. | Taylor 2(1765). | |
| ARIGONI | misreading for Origoni in 1841. | Goodison 1. | |||
| ARLERI, FRA A. | Italy, c.1780, PHIM | Vacuum Pump = Municipal Museum, Modena. | invented by Abbé L. Bacelli. | Italian Inventory. | |
| ARLES DEMONTIGNY | see Montigny, Arles de. | Augarde. | |||
| ARMAND, JACQUES-ETIENNE | France, 1732-80, MIM | Compass Dial, 1780 = NMM-D.139. | apprenticed to Jacques Canivet, Nov. 26, 1747, in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; free in the "Corporation", 1755. | Paris. | NMM 2; Augarde 1. |
| ARMSTRONG, JOHN 1 | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Bulkeley of the Clockmakers' Company on June 13, 1720. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ARMSTRONG, JOHN 2 | England, c.1725, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on April 10, 1725. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ARMSTRONG, THOMAS, AND BROTHER | England, NIM PHIM | Sextant = Soth. 4/24/72; Barograph = Phillips 12/12/89; Binocular Microscope = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | Manchester and Liverpool. | Crawforth 11; RSW. | |
| ARMSTRONG, W., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89. | Chichester. | RSW. | |
| ARMSTRONG, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, 1810-1900, PHIM | Electrostatic Machines = FLO, TEY. | Sir William George Armstrong; electrical engineer; first to put in a domestic hydro-electric plant in Cragside in 1840. | Cragside, Northumberland. | Bonelli 1; G.L'E. Turner 7 and 24; RSW. |
| ARNABOLDI, JARVIS | USA, c.1859, PHIM | New York N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | ||
| ARNABOLDI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76. | Shoreditch. | RSW. | |
| ARNABOLDI, LEWIS | England, c.1835, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Arnaboldi"; also made thermometers. | Steep Hill, Lincoln. | Goodison 1. |
| ARNAULD, HEINRICH | see Henri Arnault. | Zinner 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| ARNAULT, HENRI | Holland; France, fl. 1427-60, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1455 = Charles VII; Astrolabe = NUR (ICA-548); Orrery, 1427 = Duke of Burgundy; Sundials, 1431 = Duke of Burgundy (2). | pupil of Johanne Fusoris; sometimes called Heinrich Arnold or Heinrich Arnauld; probably Henricus de Hollandia; astrolabe is signed "Henricus de Hollandia." | Zwolle; Paris; Dijon. | Poulle 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| ARNDT, J.G. | Germany, fl.1718-25, MIM | Sector = DRE; Triquetrum, 1718 = BRS; Pillar Dial, 1725 = DEU-63427. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| ARNOLD AND CO. | USA, fl.1850-63, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, case = D.(1971). | Chicago, Ill. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| ARNOLD AND DENT | England, fl.1830-40, | John Roger Arnold and Edward John Dent; see latter's entry; clock and chronometer makers. | 84 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1310); Brewington 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| ARNOLD, C. | Germany, 1731, MIM | Instrument = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| ARNOLD, CHARLES WILSON | England, b.1795 d.1829, NIM | Octant = NMM. | NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| ARNOLD, JAMES | England, fl.1829-36, MIM OIM PHIM | 5 Union Crescent, Whitechapel, London. | Taylor 2(1766); O'Mara. | ||
| ARNOLD, JOHN ROGER | England, 1769-1843, NIM | Tide Gauge = AMST. | clock and chronometer maker; see Arnold and Dent. | London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ARNOLD, THOMAS | USA, c.1830, MIM NIM | made quadrants and sextants. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| ARNOLDI AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see Donato Arnoldi. | Gloucester. | RSW. |
| ARNOLDI, ARNOLDO DI | Italy; Holland, c.1600, NIM | Quadrant = HAK-1911/462. | compass maker; the quadrant is also marked "fiamingo"; made for the Cardinal of Montalto; | Amsterdam. | Morpurgo 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| ARNOLDI, C.E. AND F. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Elgersburg, Gotha, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| ARNOLDI, DONATO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one signed "D. Arnoldi"; see Arnoldi and Co. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ARNOLDI, MATTHIAS | Germany, 1691, MIM | Diptych Dial, 1691 = MUN-33/179. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | |
| ARNOTT, ISAAC | England, c.1784, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 5, 1784. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ARNOULT | France, c.1786, OIM | worked at the Observatory. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| ARNOUT | 1772, MIM | Vertical Pin Gnomon Dial, 1772 = DEU-62546. | Price 2. | ||
| ARONSBERG, M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| AROSSI | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | owner? stormy? | RSW. | |
| ARRESSE | see Aresse. | ||||
| ARRIGHI, PAULUS-SEBASTIANUS | Italy, 1747, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1747 = X. | dedicated to Egnatio Danti. | Florence. | Michel 3. |
| ARROWSMITH, AARON | England, c.1840, MIM | Terrestial Globe = Wotton Auction 12/30/96. | had George Frederick Cruchley as an apprentice. | London. | Yonge; ATG 2/1/97. |
| ARSANDEAUX | France, c.1800, MIM PHIM | Planetarium = CNAM-1446; Pyrometer = CNAM-1492. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Grimaldi(986). | |
| ARSENIO, A.F., CAPUCINORUM | France, c.1853, MIM | made sundials at Aix-les-Bains, Annecy, etc. | Gatty. | ||
| ARSENIUS, FERDINAND | Belgium; Holland, fl.1573-1628, MIM | Astrolabe, 1573 = Christie 5/18/53 = NMM; Astrolabes = MAA (1618), KEN; Tympans(2) = CNAM (913, 914). | ICA 437, 464, 233; 437 owned by Thomas Whitestones, signed on back "F.A. nepos Gemma Frisi"; worked for Plantin, 1589-1628. | Louvain; Antwerp (1607-1618). | Gunther 1; Price 1 & 2; ICA 2; Van Ortroy 2; Zinner 1; Tooley; Michel 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; CNAM Horloges Cat. |
| ARSENIUS, GUALTERUS | Belgium, fl.1554-1579, MIM | his work is characterized by exceptionally handsome astrolabes, armillary spheres, astronomical rings, radii astronomici, etc; examples may be seen at ADL, KES, CLU, NMM, LEL, MAA, MAS, MUN, NOR, OXF, AUG, BM, BRC, LEY, KEN, FLO, CNAM, National Museum of History, Mexico City, etc. | Arsenius was the nephew of Gemma Frisius, his work is often signed "G.A. Nepos G.F."; made a rete and a tympan for an astrolabe by Muh. bin Fattuh al Khama'iri in Seville, 1223 A.D.; Loyola U., Chicago has a throne from an 86cm. astrolabe. | Antwerp; Louvain. | Michel 1, 2, and 4; Van Ortroy 2; Zinner 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1; Rooseboom 1; Garcia Franco 1; D. Rowe; Brieux 2; NMM 2; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Syndram; ADL; Islamic Cat. 1989; RSW. |
| ARSENIUS, REGNERUS | Belgium, fl.1565-74, MIM | Astrolabes = OXF (1565), SGS (1565), CNAM-3.907 (1569). | Roussel-197 is dated 1565; ICA 229, 230, X; Oxf also marked "Nepos G.F."; nephew of Gemma Frisius; Evans thought him uncle of Gualterus Arsenius; Maddison feels he was Gualterus Arsenius and became director of the workshop in 1552 when Mercator went to Duisberg; sometimes seen as Rennerus. | Antwerp; Louvain. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Van Ortroy 2; Michel 1 and 2; Price 1; ICA 2; USNM; Maddison; RSW. |
| ARSENIUS, REMI | see Remigius Arsenius. | Michel 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| ARSENIUS, REMIGIUS | Belgium, c.1569, MIM | Nautical Quadrant, 1570 = KEN; Astronomical Ring, Oct., 1569 = X; Astrolabe, Sept., 1569 = X. | the astrnomical ring and the astrolabe were both bought by Plantin; this may be Regnerus Arsenius, which see. | Louvain. | Michel 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| ARSENIUS, RENIER | see Regnerus Arsenius. | ||||
| ARSENIUS, RENNERUS | BelgiumMIM | see Regnerus Arsenius. | USNM. | ||
| ARSTALL, GEORGE | England, fl.1807-16, PHIM | made beam scales and Dicas hydrometers until 1816; see Mary Dicas and Arstall. | Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| ARTALLI, D. | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.; Stick Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ARTOLET, BERTRAND | France, fl.1755-80, MIM | apprenticed to Jacques Le Maire in the "Corporation des fondeurs", on July 22, 1731(?); Augarde said he was born 1732, but dates don't agree. | Paris. | Augarde 1. | |
| ARTONQUELLI | Italy, 1764, OIM | mentioned in 1764 by Lalande as an instrument maker, probably of telescopes. | Daumas 1; Dewhirst. | ||
| ARZONI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Soth.-S 9/18/86. | Canterbury. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 11; RSW. | |
| ARZONI, I.H. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Barometer = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden. | Leeuwarden. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ARZONI, J. | misreading for G. Arzoni. | Crawforth 11; RSW. | |||
| ARZT, MARCUS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Astronomical Clock = MUN. | Munich. | RSW. | |
| ASABONE | Scotland, c.1850, OIM | Telescope = Maritime Museum of British Columbia. | USNM card questions the name. | Glasgow. | USNM. |
| ASH, JOHN | see John Nash. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| ASH, M. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer, walnut = Soth.=S 10/19/89. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| ASHLEY, THOMAS | England, c.1749, MIM | T.C.; optician. | at ye Ggolden Spectacles in Sidney's Alley near Leicester Fields; Cranbourne Alley, Westminster (1749); both in London. | Taylor 2(327); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Holbrook; Crawforth 1. | |
| ASHMORE AND OSBORNE | England, c.1830, OIM | Spyglass = MYS. | Osborne 1. | 42 Burgess Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1767); RSW. |
| ASHMORE, WILLIAM | England, c.1825, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | see Ashmore and Osborn. | Sheffield. | RSW; Taylor 2(1767). |
| ASHTON, JOHN | England, c.1817, | see Thomas Gill. | Taylor 2(1341). | ||
| ASINI, JOHAN BAPTISTA | Italy, 1520-22, MIM NIM | Sundial, 1522 = FLO-122; Compass Rose, = FLO-1293. | Michel thinks he is 200 years later. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. |
| 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. |
| ASKE, HENRY | England, c.1688, | member of the Clockmakers' Company; George Graham was apprenticed to him on July 2, 1688. | London. | J. Brown 3; Robischon; Loomes 2. | |
| ASKEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1808-18, OIM | optician. | 77 Litchfield Street (1808); Litchfield Street (1818); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ASLIN | England, | T.C.; shagreen and morocco case maker. | 15 Lower Smith Street, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| ASNE, MICHAEL L' | see Michael Asinus. | Michel 3. | |||
| ASPHER, PETER | Italy, 1586, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1586 = NMM-G.41. | Padua. | Tooley; NMM 2. | |
| ASSELINNE, DAVID | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial, portable = Capt. Creagh-Osborne Coll. (1923); Diptych sundials, ivory = Findlay Sale-209 = NMM, ADL-DPW17. | the ivory sundial at the ADL has been treated with acid to give it the appearance of tortoiseshell. | Dieppe. | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Price 2; NMM 2; ADL; RSW. |
| ASSHETON, RICHARD | England, 1659, MIM | Folding Rule, pear wood, 1659 = NMM. | Taylor 1(279); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court. | ||
| ASSIER-PERRICAT | France, c.1800, PHIM | succeeded his father, Antoine Assier-Perricat; associated himself with the widow of Betalli; made barometers and thermometers; "démonstrateur au Lycée des Arts pour la contruction des baromètres." | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | |
| ASSIER-PERRICAT, ANTOINE | France, fl.1771-1805, PHIM | Thermometer = GEM. | barometer and thermometer maker; "Ingénieur et mbre. de la Société des Arts et Sciences; succeeded by his son; see Bourbon and Assier-Perricat. | Rue St. Germain l'Auxerrois Place de l'Ecole, No. 14, Paris. | Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. |
| ASTON AND MANDER | England, c.1840-1915, MIM | made slide rules; George Mander. | London. | O'Mara; Moskowitz 111. | |
| ASTON, ISAAC | England, fl.1814-27, MIM | Slide Rules, boxwood = Kenny Sale-124 = P.C. = ADL-DPW38, Soth. 5/10/76; Rules, folding = Christie 12/18/74, 4/9/75, and 12/8/76. | the Kenny rule is four-sided, all are signed "I. Aston." | 25 Old Compton, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1262); ADL; RSW. |
| ASTON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1787-1818, MIM | rule maker. | Cheapside (1787); 5 Water Street (1801); Birchole Street (1818); all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ASTON, T. 1 | England, c.1840, MIM | Slide Rule, ivory and electrum = P.C. | marked "The Original Maker." | London. | Delehar 4. |
| ASTON, T. 2 | England, fl.1856-65, MIM | Slide Rules, Routledge-Bolton-type = DEU (2). | rule maker; his work is marked "Original Maker." | 216 Heneage Street, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5; RSW. |
| ASTON, T. 3 | England, c.1856, MIM | rule maker. | Brueton's Walk, Prospect Row, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1818, MIM | made rules. | Coleshill Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1828, MIM | rule maker. | 20 Bartholomew Row, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 3 | England, fl.1841-56, MIM | rule maker; | 25 1/2 Willis Street, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, THOMAS 4 | England, fl.1841-56, MIM | rule maker; worked in boxwood and ivory. | 17 Jenner's Row, Birmingham. | Crawforth 5. | |
| ASTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1770, MIM | made wooden rules. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| ATELIER H. MORIN ET GENSE | the workshop of Henri Morin and Gense. | RSW. | |||
| ATKIN 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Alford, Lincoln. | Goodison 1. | |
| ATKIN 2 | England, pre-1871, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| ATKINS | England, fl.1818-19, NIM | patented, in 1819, a "Meridian Declination Dial for Compass Deviation." | Hornsey Road, Islington. | Taylor 2(1263). | |
| ATKINS AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 7/21/87. | Fenchurch Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ATKINS, GEORGE, AND CO. | England, fl.1817-22, OIM | Tooley Street, Southwark (1817); Churchyard Alley, Boro' (1822); both in London. | Taylor 2(1263). | ||
| ATKINS, ROBERT | England, c. 1802, PHIM | made hydrometers; Society of Artsgave him an award for hydrometers; had Quin as a partner, pre-1802. | Craven Street, Strand, London. | McConnell 4. | |
| ATKINSON, H. | England, c.1790, MIM | Levelling Staff = P.C.(1987). | to "T. Fenwick"; owner? | RSW. | |
| ATKINSON, JAMES 1 | England, pre-1665-1711, MIM | Taylor said he was apprenticed to Andrew Wakely (of the Joiners' Company?) and succeeded him at his shop; Crawforth found no record; free of the Joiners' Company; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company as Brother in 1668; took apprentices; took his son or nephew, James Atkinson 2, as a partner. | St. Savior's Dock near the Griffin (pre-1665); Redriff Wall (Rotherhithe Wall) by Cherry Garden Stairs (south bank of Thames) (1665-1711); both in London. | Taylor 1(312); Evans 1; Hamilton 1; J. Brown 1 and 3; Crawforth 7; Robischon; Loomes 2. | |
| ATKINSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1700-28, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1728 = X. | son or nephew of James Atkinson 1; partner with him and successor; advertised Coggeshall's slide rule in 1724. | St. Savior's Dock; 21 Cherry Garden Stairs, Rotherhithe Wall; both in London. | Taylor (515), 2(3); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Evans 1. |
| ATKINSON, JOHN 1 | England, d.1673, NIM | compass maker. | Harwich, Essex. | Taylor 1(255). | |
| ATKINSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1764-95, MIM | apprenticed to George Wright 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 11, 1736; turned over to John Farmer 2, a Joiner, on Sept. 25, 1739; free of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1764; took apprentices. | Whitechapel, London (1764-88). | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| ATWELL, GEORGE | England, 1588?-1659, MIM SIM | designed and improved instruments for dialling and surveying; author. | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(116); DNB. | |
| ATWOOD, AMOS G. | USA, 1841-72, MIM | made spirit levels. | Nashua, NH. | DATM. | |
| ATWOOD, GEORGE | England, 1740-1807, | invented the Atwood Machine in 1780 to find the gravity constant; F.R.S., 1776. | Cambridge. | Taylor 2(565); G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| ATWOOD, WILLIAM | England, c.1840, OIM | Telescope = D.(1986). | signed "Wm. Atwood Portable." | RSW. | |
| AUBRIUS, I. | Germany, 1605, MIM | Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1605 = Spaulding Coll. | Trecensis. | Hamilton 2. | |
| AUBRY, GILLES-CLAUDE | France, c.1746, | apprenticed to Gilbert François in the "Corporation des fondeurs" on Dec. 13, 1717; master in the "Corporation", June 30, 1746; not known to have mane instruments. | Paris. | Augarde 1. | |
| AUCH, JACOB | Germany, 1765-1842, MIM | Calculating machines = DRE (1790) and STU. | these were a type of calculating instrument which he had invented; watch and clockmaker; pupil of Philipp Matthaus Hahn. | Echterdingen (1765-87); Vaihingen an der enz and Karlsruhe (1787-98); Weimar (1798-1842). | Evans 1; Friess. |
| AUDEBERT, DENYS | Holland, fl.1709-63, MIM | made armillary spheres; granted patent for terrestrial and celestial globes in 1735. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| AUFLEGER, JOSEPH | Germany, 1838, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, stone, 1838 = MUN; Cannon Sundial = DEU. | see Joseph Ausfleger, surely the same. | Price 2; Evans 1. | |
| AUGUST, ERNST FERDINAND | Germany, 1795-1870, PHIM | coined the word, `Psychrometer' in 1818; inventor. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| AUGUST, J., KURFURST VON SACHSEN | Germany, fl.1553-86, MIM | Sundials, wood, 1560 = DRE-A420 and A422; Sundial, 1569 = DRE-A424. | J. August, Kürfurst von Sachsen; designed four mining compasses. | Saxony. | Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10. |
| AUGUSTIN | MIM | Universal Equinoctial Sundial = Evans Coll. | Earle. | ||
| AUGUSTUS, JOHN ANTHONY | England, c.1830, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Augustus Falmouth"; see I. Agosti. | Church Street, Falmouth. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1768a). |
| AUREL, P. | France, MIM | Universal Sundial with watch face = OXF. | perhaps P. Aurelius. | Vienne. | Evans 1; Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| AURELIUS, PATER 1 | Czechoslovakia, 1765, MIM | Table Sundials, 1765 = Brünn Stadtmuseum, DEU-1697. | also signed "a S. Augustino"; see Pater Aurelius (2) a San Daniele. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Czech. Inventory. |
| AURELIUS, PATER 2 | Austria, fl.1762-70, MIM | Heliochronometer, 1762 = Brünn Stadtmuseum; Astronomical Clock, 1770 = MUN. | also signed "a San Daniele"; see Pater Aurelius (1) a S. Augustino. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Czech. Inventory. |
| AURIFABER, PETRUS | see Johann Crolius. | Price 2. | |||
| AURIFEX | see Bernardinus; "goldsmith." | ||||
| AURRAY, CLAUDE | France, 1613, MIM | Sundial, 1613 = Museum, Clermont-Ferrand. | Gatty. | ||
| AUSFELD, H. | Germany, c.1850, MIM | exhibited in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Gotha, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| AUSFLEGER, JOSEPH | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Dial, stone = DEU. | see Joseph Aufleger, surely the same. | RSW. | |
| AUSTEN, HENRY | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on April 18, 1700; free of the Company, Sept. 1, 1712; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| AUSTIN | Ireland, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976). | 39 Westmoreland Street, Dublin. | Rinaldi 2. | |
| AUSTIN, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1818-20, MIM | 2 Essex Quay, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| AUSTIN, SAMUEL | England, c.1700, | free of the Stationers' Company between 1664 and 1747. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| AUTHENRIETH | Germany, MIM NIM | Quadrant = HEI. | Heilbron. | RSW. | |
| AUTOR | see R.S. and J. da Silva (J.S. 2); probably author or maker. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| AUZOUT, ADRIEN | France, fl.1667-1729, OIM | made telescopes; improved the micrometer; pioneered in metrology; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; Hamilton; Stebbins; Goldschmidt 70; G.L'E. Turner 24; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1. | |
| AVERNIK, A.G. | see Avernik Gebroeders. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| AVERNIK, GEBRS. | Holland, c.1750, NIM | Compass, wood, pivoted card = Soth. 3/25/86. | entry says "A.G. Avernik" but card is signed "Gebrs. Avernik." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| AVERY, JOHN | USA, 1732-94, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Western Reserve Historical Socity, Cleveland, Ohio; P.C. (1787). | used by George Washington when surveying for Lord Faifax. | New Preston, Conn.; Bridgewater, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 1 and 8; Guthman 1. |
| AVERY, THOMAS 1 | England, d.1843, PHIM | balance maker; see W. and T. Avery 1. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVERY, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1843, PHIM | balance maker; see W. and T. Avery 2; son of Thomas Avery 1. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVERY, THOMAS C. | USA, fl.1846-55, MIM NIM PHIM | won a diploma in 1846 for a magnetic bath. | 77 Charlton Street, New York City. | USNM. | |
| AVERY, W. AND T. 1 | England, fl.1817-43, PHIM | Balances = PRM, Christie 11/22/78, D.(1977); Double Balance = K. and C. 10/8/75; Set of Coin Scales, steel = Phillips 2/14/79; Butcher's Steelyard = OXF; etc. | "Late T. Beach, Patent" on D. balance; some signed "Avery"; some balances may be by W. and T. Avery 2. | Digbeth, Birmingham. | Giordano 1; Moskowitz 111; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| AVERY, W. AND T. 2 | England, fl.1843-95+, PHIM | Pocket Balance = Christie-SK 7/100/80. | balance makers; William Avery 2 and Thomas Avery 2 were sons of Thomas Avery 1 of W. and T. Avery 1; they took over firm when their father died in 1843; balance is signed W. and T. Avery Ltd. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| AVERY, WILLIAM 1 | England, PHIM | balance maker; see W. and T. Avery 1. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVERY, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1843-, PHIM | balance maker; son of Thomas Avery 1; see W. and T. Avery 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| AVINC, F. JOSEPH | MIM | Diptych Dial, ivory, large = OXF. | Evans thought him "Avin." | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| AVIZARD FRERES | France, c.1900, OIM PHIM | Barograph, No. 237 = GEM. | "Maison de l'Ingr. Chevallier Optn. Avizard Fres. Sucrs.". | 21 rue Royale, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| AVRANCHES | France, | Pillar Sundial, wood = Soth. 2/5/53. | surely made for the town of Avranches. | RSW. | |
| AXELSON, A.J. | Sweden, c.1850, PHIM | Balance = STM. | Målargränd 6, Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| AYBER, EGIDIUS | 1566, MIM | Celestial Globe, copper-gilt, 1566 = NUR. | Price 2. | ||
| AYERSCHOTTELS, GEORG | Germany, 1614, MIM | Astrolabe, 1614 = GEL. | ICA-3102. | Nürnberg. | Chenekal 2; ICA 2. |
| AYRES, BENJAMIN | Holland, 18th Century, MIM NIM SIM | Octants, wood = DOR, RIJ, AMST (partial); Sextant = TEY; Theodolite = LEY; Sun Compasses = LEY, UTR-Physics Lab., TEY; Azimuth Compass with an octant mounted on top = TEY; Vernier Calipers = UTR; Circumferentor = UTR; Set of Drawing Instruments = Burndy Library, Norwalk, Conn; Equatorial Sundial = UTR. | invented the vernier calipers; also signed "Aires." | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Zinner 1; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 7; USNM; Evans 1; de Rijk; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| AYSCOUGH, JAMES | England, fl.1732-62, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = KEN, FLO; Telescopes = KEN, Court Coll., Phillips 12/2/87; Stick Barometers = VAA, D.(1975). | apprenticed to James Mann 2, in 1732, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1740; partner with Mann 2, 1740-48; James Linnell was apprenticed to him in 1754 and succeeded him; see Mann and Ayscough; T.C.; succeeded by his wife who kept his name on T.C.; Phillips marked "Inv et Fe." | Archimedes and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near Castle Tavern, Fleet Street (1740-48); Great Golden Spectacles and Quadrant, Ludgate Street (1740-52 or longer); 33 Ludgate Street (Taylor thinks he was alone in 1749); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(226); RSW; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Bonelli 1; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr 3(135); Tyler. |
| AYSCOUGH, MANUEL | England, OIM | Microscope = WHI. | Taylor 2(226). | ||
| AYSCOUGH, MRS. JAMES | England, fl.1759-66+, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded her husband, James Ayscough; kept his name on the T.C. | at the Golden Spectacles and Quadrant, no. 33 in Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| AYTOWN, WILLIAM | Scotland, c.1631, MIM | Vertical Sundials = Heriot's Hospital, Edinburgh (11). | Gatty. | ||
| B. 1 | 1673, MIM | Folding Rule, wood, 1673 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| B. 2 | 1770, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1770 = Evans Coll.? | Evans 1. | ||
| B. 3 | MIM | Diptych Sundials = D.(1965), ADL-W195. | they have fleur-de-lys marks. | ADL; RSW. | |
| B. 4 | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Compass Sundials = D.(1980), OXF, ADL-W182, Christie-G. 5/13/86, Peron et Corsy in Melun, 6/10/79, etc. | the "B" is punched on the hour-scale; we agree with Moskowitz who suggests that these sundials were made by David Beringer on the basis of the sundial in WHI, which is identical except that it is signed "David Beringer"; see also "D.B." | Nürnberg. | Evans 1; Moskowitz 132; ADL; RSW. |
| B. 5 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood and ivory = D.(1978). | decorated with three-leaf clovers; "B" stamped in compass box. | Moskowitz 116. | |
| B. 6 | c.1740, MIM | Sandglass = AMST. | signed on top. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| B.A. 1 | Germany, 1561, MIM | Astrolabe, 1561 = BASH (lost). | ICA-3013. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| B.A. 2 | Germany, c.1550, MIM SIM | Surveying Quadrant = BM-97/1/12-1. | see Bartholomew, Abbot; see P. Ildephonsus Mahrer. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| B.A.D. | see D.H.S. | RSW. | |||
| B.A.M. | Germany, 1719, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1719 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| B.B. 1 | France, 1655, MIM | made portable sundials. | Blois. | Gunther 2; Hamilton 1. | |
| B.B. 2 | Germany, c.1750, MIM | made sundials. | Pipping 1. | ||
| B.B.C. | Holland, c.1700, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 12/12/55. | RSW. | ||
| B.B.G. | Holland, c.1590, MIM | Sundial with Quadrant = Hamilton Coll. | Hamilton 2. | ||
| B.C. | MIM | Sandglass, double = NMM-H.12. | NMM 2. | ||
| B.D.G. | France, 1595, MIM SIM | Radio Latino, 1595 = Roussel-9 = NMM; Rule, gilt-brass = MADEX-457. | rule is ex-Strauss Coll. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| B.E. | Germany, | Zinner said to see "C. Fredensburg", but there is no such entry. | Zinner 1. | ||
| B.F. | Germany, 1600, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1600 = DRE. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| B.H. 1 | Austria, fl.1583-84, MIM | Astrolabe, 1583 = POB; Nocturnal with Vertical Sundial, 1584 = POB. | nocturnal is MADEX-222; astrolabe is ICA-3019. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 1; MADEX; Price 2; M.J. Hagen; ICA 2. |
| B.H. 2 | England, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/27/72 = D.(1974). | owner?; initials in flowing script. | Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1. | |
| B.H. 3 | punchmark on Barent Hendricke compass dial at NOR. | RSW. | |||
| B.K. | Germany, 1569, MIM | Artillery Level, 1569 = ADL-M203. | the initials are punched in a shield with crossed swords between, one of the sword points ends in a cross. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| B.M. | 1772?, OIM | Martin-type Barrel Microscope = Soth. 4/28/69. | RSW. | ||
| B.P. 1 | 1601, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1601 = X. | Brieux 2. | ||
| B.P. 2 | Germany, late 18th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood and paper = EMA, PTA, REG, STS, WAI, and ZIT. | Zinner 1. | ||
| B.R.H. | "B." over "R.H."; marked on a silver quadrant by Richard Blaxam at the BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |||
| B.S. | Germany, 1562, MIM | Sundial inside bottom plate of round table clock, 1562 = PIC. | also marked "C.S." (2) inside lid. | Pippa. | |
| B.T. | MIM | Astrological Instrument = NAC. | Nachet; RSW. | ||
| B.V. | Italy, MIM | Dividers, in the shape of a stiletto = FLO-2515. | also marked "Volentieri"; Benvenuto della Vulparia? | Bonelli 1; Maccagni 1. | |
| BA. H.F. C. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = WUR. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| BAADEN, FR. LIBE RATUS CARL. AUG. | misreading for Fr. Karl Liberatus of Augsburg and Baden. | Soth. 5/12/75. | |||
| BAAK, TOBIAS | Scotland, 1695, MIM | Wall Dial, 1695 = Kirkgate, Alloa. | also Bachup; master mason; architect. | Gatty. | |
| BAARDA, JOHANNES VAN | Holland, b.1742-c.1810, MIM | also made clocks. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BAARDA, PETRUS JOHANNES VAN | Holland, 1744-1800?, | ivory turner; pupil at "Fundatie van de Vrijvrouwe van Renswoude." | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BABBAGE, CHARLES | England, 1792-1871, MIM | Calculating Machine = Dudley Observatory, Albany, N.Y. | invented a calculator; F.R.S. in 1816. | 5 Devonshire Place, Portland Place (1815-27); 1 Dorset Street, Manchester Square (1828-71); both in London. | Taylor 2(1265); DNB; DSB; RSW; etc. |
| BABBITT, H.M. | USA, 1846, MIM | Micrometer, 1846 = Fair of American Institute. | Providence, R.I. | USNM. | |
| BABINEN, GEBHART | see Baeinen. | Price 2. | |||
| BABKOV AND ARCHIPOV | Russia, fl.1770-80, OIM | Telescope, large = GEL. | worked in instrument shop attached to the Academy of Arts. | RSW. | |
| BACCI, GIACOMO | Italy, 17th Century, OIM | made lorgnettes. | Venice. | Nachet. | |
| BACELLI, ABBE L. | Italy, c.1780, | invented a vacuum pump made by Arleri; Abbé L. Bacelli. | Italian Inventory. | ||
| BACH, L. | Germany, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, three-inch = Wellesley College Observatory, Mass. | "Optiker." | Munich. | USNM. |
| BACHARD DE SARON, J.B. GASPARD | France, 1730-94, MIM | copied Ramsden's dividing engine, 1775. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BACHELER | France, c.1625, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = Soth. 3/18/74. | RSW. | ||
| BACHELIER, DANIEL | Germany, 1700, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1700 = DRE-C80. | Berlin. | Zinner 1. | |
| BACHMAYER, JOAN GEORG | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone = ING. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BACHMAYR, GEORG JOSEF | Germany, 1750, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1750 = WUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BACHUP | see Tobias Baak. | ||||
| BACKER, JAN | Johan Bacher van Call? | ||||
| BACKER, MORTIMER DE | Holland, 1657, PHIM | Money Scales and Weights, 1657 = FIT-135. | Amsterdam. | Price 2. | |
| BACKWELL | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 7/9/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| BACKWELL, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1780-1818, MIM | compass and drawing instrument maker. | 6 Tash Street, Grays Inn Lane, London. | Taylor 2(794); Dewhirst; Crawforth 11. | |
| BACKWELL, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1818-20, OIM | son of William Backwell 1. | 6 Long Lane, Smithfield, London. | Taylor 2(1266). | |
| BADDELY, J. | England, c.1800, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Level = OXF; Telescope, stand = D.; Stick Barometer = Soth.-Chester 9/8/81. | possibly Bradderley, which see. | Albrighton. | Taylor 2(1075a); Daumas 1; Coffeen II; RSW. |
| BADDELY, JOHN | England, c.1800, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Soth. 2/28/80; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 9/8/81. | Albrighton. | RSW. | |
| BADGER, JOSEPH | USA, 1784, MIM | Orrery, 1784 = X. | New Haven, Conn. | USNM. | |
| BADOLLET, J.J. | Switzerland?, c.1815, MIM | Sundial in pocket watch = MERC-9 = WHI. | Hamilton thought he was G.G. Badollet and French. | Geneva? | Bryden 16; Hamilton 1. |
| BADSEY, JOHN | England, c.1738, | apprenticed to John Urings 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1738. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BAEINEN, GEBHART VON | Germany, 1558, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1558 = VIE-F1346. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | ||
| BAGATELLE | France, c.1750, | inventor or maker. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | |
| BAHARIE, A. | England, c.1840, NIM | Sextants = NMM, Soth. 11/9/59-176. | may be one instrument. | Sunderland. | Taylor 2(2067); NMM 2; RSW. |
| BAIJENS | see Bayens. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BAIJER, JOSEPHUS | see Josephus Bayer. | ||||
| BAILEY 1 | England, c.1791, MIM | NMM 1. | |||
| BAILEY 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Melun 4/24/83. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BAILEY, CHARLES | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln, an OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, on June 11, 1778. | Court and von Rohr 3(211). | ||
| BAILEY, J.W. | England, fl.1850-62, MIM NIM SIM | Sextant, case = P.C. | sextant signed "Bailey Fenchurch Street, London"; exhibited at the 1862 Exhibition. | 162 Fenchurch Street, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| BAILEY, JOHN 1 | England?; USA, fl.1775-78+, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments; Crawforth questioned his English origin. | New York, N.Y.; Fishkill, N. Y. (1778). | Bedini 1 and 8; Crawforth 11. | |
| BAILEY, JOHN 2 | USA, 1731-1823, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1804 = NYS. | signed "J. Bailey, Hanover, Mass."; mechanic; clockmaker. | Hanover (1804); Lynn; both in Mass. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| BAILEY, JOHN ALYESWORTH | USA?, f.1850-84, MIM | Burt's Solar Compass and Level = N.Y. Exhib. of the Industry of All Nations, 1853. | advertised as manufacturer of Burt's Solar Compass, etc.; partner with William Burt as Burt and Bailey, 1853-56; brass founder. | Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1; USNM; Elgin. |
| BAILEY, R. | England, OIM | Reflecting Telescope = Soth. 3/21/73. | Bristol. | RSW. | |
| BAILEY, S. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAILEY, T. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Stanion. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAILI 1 | France, 1663, OIM | made telescopes. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| BAILI 2 | see Bayley 1. | Dewhirst; Michel 3. | |||
| BAILLE | see Bayley 2. | Michel 3. | |||
| BAILLE AINE ET NEVEU | France, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bretaudiere et Raynaud, Chalon-sur-Saône 6/23/79. | Baille Aîné et Neveu. | RSW. | |
| BAILLIE, WILLIAM | Scotland, 1833, PHIM | spirit hyrometer maker. | 19 Saltmarket, Glasgow (1833). | Bryden 3. | |
| BAILLON, FRANCISCUS | see Francus Baillou. | Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| BAILLON, PIERRE | Italy, | see Pierre Baillou. | NMM 2. | ||
| BAILLOU, FRANCUS DE | Italy, fl.1738-64, OIM | Telescope, 1738 = ADL-M431; Objective Lens, 1764 = FLO-3340; Microscope, 1755 = NAC. | "Francus de Baillou S.C.R. Majestatis Opticus fecit Mediolani anno 1755" on microscope. | Milan. | Evans 1; Bonelli 1; Nachet; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| BAILLOU, PIERRE | Italy, c.1721, MIM NIM SIM | Plane Table Compass = X; Octant = NMM; Mining Compass, 1721 = P.C. | Milan. | Bryden 9; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| BAILLY, ROBERTUS DE | France, fl.1525-30, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, = X (1530), Pierpont Morgan Library, New York. | Bailly was an engraver and metal worker; the two globes listed may be the same one. | Tooley; Yonge. | |
| BAILY, JOEL | USA, 1732-97, MIM SIM | Levels = Mason and Dixon (1767); Surveyor's Compass, 1765 = X. | worked as a surveyor and instrument maker for Mason and Dixon, 1764-68. | West Bradford, Chester County, Pa. | Bedini 8. |
| BAIN AND AINSLEY | England, NIM | Course Correcter = ADL-A120. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| BAIN, ALEXANDER | Scotland; England, 1810-77, MIM | apprenticed to a clockmaker in Wick; in 1827 he went to London where he was a journeyman. | Wick; London (1827). | Taylor 2(1769). | |
| BAINBRIDGE, WILLIAM | OIM | Telescope = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| BAINS, ROBERT RAINS | England, fl.1816-19, NIM | invented a perpetual log. | Myton, Kingston-on-Hull. | Taylor 2(1269). | |
| BAIRD AND TATLOCK | England, PHIM | Balances = Christie 2/13/68, K. and C. 10/8/75, 7/14/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| BAIRD AND TAYLOR | misreading for Baird and Tatlock. | ||||
| BAKER 1 | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Folding Rule = DRE; Dumpy Level = AUI; Theodolite = Soth. 10/22/76; Sextant, pocket = Melun 4/24/83; Set of Drawing Instruments, rosewood case = Bearnes 12/6/71; Microscope = FLO-2651. | other microscopes appear at auction; surely Charles Baker, which see. | 244 High Holborn, London. | Moskowitz 108; Bonelli 1; RSW. |
| BAKER 2 | England, c.1835?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAKER 3 | England, fl.1809-11, PHIM | partner with John Frodsham. | London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BAKER 4 | England, c.1880, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, mahogany case = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| BAKER AND HOOPER | USA, fl.1822-40, MIM NIM | Tell-Tale Compass, 1840 = D.(1976); Plotting Graphometer = D.(1993). | David Baker and Hooper; Thomas Wightman engraved the compass cards. | No. 54 Ann-Street, (on the Draw-Bridgw), Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10 and 12; Moskowitz; Coffeen 41. |
| BAKER, CARVER AND MORRELL | USA, c.1900, NIM | Marine Compass = PMS. | Portland, Maine. | RSW. | |
| BAKER, CHARLES | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = Christie 12/18/74, Christie-SK 12/1/83, Phillips 5/20/75, 2/14/79, 4/20/83; Stick Barometer = D.(1975); Odometers = Phillips 2/2/84, Christie-SK 12/1/83; Meridian Transit = Keighley Art Gallery and Museum. | most instruments signed "C. Baker." | 244 High Holborn, London. | Stevens and Aked; USNM; Moskowitz 108; RSW; Coffeen A. |
| BAKER, D. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Billingshurst. | RSW. | |
| BAKER, DAVID | USA, b.c.1792-1856, NIM | the Whaleman's List showed he was a dealer in nautical instruments; see Baker and Hooper. | New Bedford, Mass. | Moskowitz, 1976; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| BAKER, EDWARD | England, c.1779, MIM | grand-nephew of Benjamin Cole 2 and brother-in-law of John Newton; drawing instrument maker; ensign in the Militia, 1779. | London. | Millburn 11. | |
| BAKER, HENRY | England, fl.1848-58, OIM PHIM | optician; made barometers and thermometers; had a display in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 90 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Bonelli 1; Moskowitz 109. | |
| BAKER, RICHARD | England, c.1806, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1806. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| BAKER, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1685-1712, MIM | diallist; author; probably the designer of the "Celestial Hemisphere." | The Windmill, without Temple Bar (pre-1706); the Union Coffee House, over against the Royal Exchange; both in London. | Taylor 1(439); Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| BAKER, ROBERT 2 | England, OIM | Nachet thought that he might have been the first maker of a reflecting microscope; doctor. | Nachet. | ||
| BAKER, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1680, MIM | Burford or Oxford. | Dewhirst; Taylor 1(416); Evans 1; Gunther 2. | ||
| BAKER, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1748, MIM | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on July 4, 1738; turned over to Thomas Cole, leatherseller, March 6,1738; turned over to Richard Hut in the Clothworkers' Company on Oct. 20, 1740; free in the Joiners' Company, Aug. 2, 1748. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BAKER, WILLIAM 3 | USA, fl.1850-54, MIM NIM OIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| BAKEWELL, R. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sectors = UTR (wood), DEU (ivory). | London. | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| BAKEWELL, RICHARD | England, fl.1797-1826, MIM SIM | made mining compasses, rules of ivory and boxwood, surveying tapes; succeeded by Isaac Trow. | Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1477); RSW. | |
| BAKKER, CLAES | Holland, c.1650, MIM | Astrolabe and Sundial on watch case = Michel Coll. | Groningen. | Michel 1. | |
| BALBRECK | France, MIM SIM | Wye Level = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BALBRECK FILS AINE | France, MIM PHIM | Orographe Schrader = CNAM. | Balbreck fils aîné; surveying instrument to draw elevation and location of mountains. | Paris. | Delehar 8. |
| BALCH, JOHN | USA, c.1800, MIM | Almanac, rotating, 1800-1900 = D.(1995). | Mass. | Coffeen 51. | |
| BALCH, THOMAS H. | USA, fl.1771-1817, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.; Surveying Compasses, wood = PEA, P.C., D.(1978). | Essex Institute and PEA instruments may be only one. | at the Sign of the Mariner's Compass, State Street, Newburyport, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Warner 12; RSW. |
| BALDANTONI, A. | Italy, c.1700, MIM NIM SIM | Cross-staff = KEN; Alidade = X. | Ancona. | Daumas 1; Holbrook; Price 2; Evans 1; Hamilton 2; USNM. | |
| BALDANTONI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1784-1873, MIM | Ancona; Firenze (1861). | Brenni 1. | ||
| BALDANTONI, GIUSEPPE, E FIGLIO | Italy, c.1861, MIM | Magnetic Compass = X. | Ancona. | Brenni 1. | |
| BALDEN, JOSEPH | England, -1817, PHIM | see Beach and Balden. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BALDOCK, RICHARD | England, c.1721, MIM | apprenticed to William Roberts 1 in the Broderers' Company on Nov. 8, 1705; free in the Company, Dec. 6, 1721. | Next the Three Tuns in Shoe Lane, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BALDWEIN AND BUCHER | Germany, fl.1561-68, MIM | Orrery Clocks = DRE, KAS. | Eberhard Baldwein and Hans Bucher. | Marburg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| BALDWEIN AND DIEPEL | Germany, fl.1561-63, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1561-63 = KAS. | Eberhard Baldwein and Hermann Diepel. | Marburg; Giessen. | Lübke. |
| BALDWEIN, EBERHARD | Germany, fl.1558-81, MIM | Quadrant, wood = lost; Armillary Sphere = KAS; Azimuth Quadrants = KAS, lost (1569); Celestial Globe = P.C. | "mechanicus." | Kassel; Marburg. | Zinner 1. |
| BALDWIN, JEDEDIAH | USA, fl.1790-1811, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood = P.C. (1960). | Hanover, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; A.L. King; Price 2; DATM. | |
| BALDWIN, THOMAS | England, post-1713, MIM | George Dennis was turned over to Thomas Baldwin as an apprentice, after 1713; Baldwin may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BALDWIN, WILLIAM | England, c.1655, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1655. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BALE 1 | England, fl.1814-15, MIM | see Mitchell and Bale. | Taylor 2(1389). | ||
| BALE 2 | England, c.1845, MIM | Celestial Globes = X (1845), Phillips 12/2/87 (1845), Soth. 5/21/73 (1846); Terrestrial Globe, miniature = D.(1971). | Soth. globe is five-inch diameter; see Bale and Woodward. | Tooley; Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| BALE AND WOODWARD | England, c.1845, MIM | Celestial Globe = Melun 4/24/83. | see Bale 2. | RSW. | |
| BALE, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on Oct. 2, 1704. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BALE, THOMAS 2 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Bristol. | Goodison 1. | |
| BALEATO | Spain, NIM | Azimuth Compasses = MAN-I78 and -I90; Sextant = MAN-I123. | Ferrol. | Garcia 1. | |
| BALERNA | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | probably Domenico Balerno. | Dundee. | RSW. |
| BALERNA, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Goodison 1. | ||
| BALERNA, L. | England, fl.1841-53?, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 11/26/83, Soth.-Chester 6/20/85. | Halifax. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BALERNO, DOMENICO | Scotland, fl.1846-53, PHIM | barometer maker. | 14 Yeaman Shore, Dundee. | Bryden 3; Goodison 1. | |
| BALES | see Bale | ||||
| BALIE | see Bayley 2. | Dewhirst. | |||
| BALL, JONATHAN | USA, 1835, NIM | patent for mariner's compass, 1835; example at D. with glass bowl and compass card signed "Hooker New York", surely William Hooker. | Buffalo, N.Y.; Newry, Me. | USNM; Bedini 8; Coffeen Comm.; Warner 12; RSW. | |
| BALL, THOMAS | England, c.1724, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 31, 1711; free of the Company, July 6, 1724. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BALLARA | misreading for Ballard 1. | RSW. | |||
| BALLARD 1 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Cranbrook. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| BALLARD 2 | England, fl.1826-28?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lamberhurst. | Goodison 1. | |
| BALLARD, SAMUEL | USA, 1718-93, MIM | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | ||
| BALLARD, T. | England, c.1805?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London? | Goodison 1. | |
| BALLARINI, PETER | England, 1801-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | in partnership with Austin Cattaneo and others, pre-1838; barometer signed "P. Ballarini York." | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. |
| BALLESTEROS, MANUEL DE | Spain, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = KEN-1938-369. | RSW. | ||
| BALLESTEROS, PEDRO | Spain, 1829, | Sundial, 1829 = Man-I149. | invented by the Marques de Feria. | Madrid. | Garcia 1; RSW. |
| BALLESTRE | Spain, PHIM | Balance, steel = Soth. 4/22/65-41. | Madrid. | RSW. | |
| BALLOCK, PHIL. | England, MIM | Sundial, portable = Col. Baldwin (1890). | Gatty. | ||
| BALSARY, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-C 10/9/86, New House 9/10/93. | New House barometer signed "Balsary and Co.". | London. | ATG 8/28/93; RSW. |
| BALTHASER, JOHANN | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = WHI. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BALTUS, MARQUART | see Marquart, Baltus. | Michel 3. | |||
| BALTZER | see Baltzer Cambon. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BALY | see Bayley 2. | Dewhirst. | |||
| BAMASCONI, FRANCIS | misreading for Francis Barnasconi, which see. | Taylor 2(1771). | |||
| BAMBER | NIM | Rolling Rule = Versailles 4/17/83. | RSW. | ||
| BAMBER, JAMES | Ireland, c.1820, NIM OIM | invented an improved ship's log; may be Bamber, which see. | Ballymoney. | Taylor 2(1479). | |
| BAMBLER, P. MAURUS | Germany, MIM | Reichenbach. | Evans 1. | ||
| BAMMAN, JOHANNES | Germany, fl.1484-91, MIM | Astrolabes = Schweinfurt Museum (1484), KRE (1487). | KRE is ICA-604, other is ICA-633; also see "H.B. 1." | Smalkaldens. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2. |
| BANCE | England, c.1797?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer in bookcase = J. McGarva Coll. = Soth. 11/15/63. | Hungerford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BANCE AINE | France, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Soth. 10/21/74. | Bance Aîné. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BANCKS 1 | see Robert Bancks 2. | ||||
| BANCKS 2 | England, fl.1820-27, MIM OIM PHIM | son of Robert Bancks 2; referred to as Banks, Jr.; made instruments for Dr. Brewster; see Bancks and Son. | 119 New Bond Street (1820-27), London. | Taylor 2(921). | |
| BANCKS AND SON | England, fl.1810-34, MIM OIM PHIM | Rule, ivory = BM-1918/7/12-19; Wheel Barometers = X(2); Spyglass = Soth. 12/15/78. | Robert Bancks 2 and a son; "Instrument makers and Opticians to His Majesty." | 119 New Bond Street, London (1820-27). | Taylor 2(921); Goodison 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| BANCKS, ANTHONY OLDISS | England, fl.1792-96, MIM OIM | older brother of Robert Bancks 2; apprenticed to John Kitchingman in the Turners' Company, Aug. 3, 1780; free by patrimony in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 7, 1792; took apprentices; optician. | 25 Piccadilly, Strand (1794); 440 Strand (1796); both in London. | Crawforth 7; Clifton 1. | |
| BANCKS, ROBERT 1 | England, fl.1765-pre-1792, | apprenticed to William Murry in the Joiners' Company, 1755; turned over to Philip Jones, member of Framework Knitters' Company in 1757; free in the Joiners' Company, 1765; may have been the father of Anthony Oldiss Bancks and Robert Bancks 2. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BANCKS, ROBERT 2 | England, fl.1803-38, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL; barometers, microscopes, telescopes, sextants, pantographs, sundials, etc. | freed by Patrimony in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 5, 1803; instruments are signed "Bancks" or "Banks", all with same address; some may be by his son; T.C.; "Optical and Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales"; "Instrument Maker to His Majesty"; Royal appointment to George IV (1820) and to William IV later. | 440 Strand ; 441 Strand; 440-1 Strand; New Bond Street (1820); all in London. | Taylor 2(921); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 110; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; ADL; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Bonelli 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Coffeen 12; RSW. |
| BANDERMAN, W. | Germany, MIM | Inclinometer = Soth. 11/9/59-179. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| BANFIELD | England, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 12/3/75. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| BANG, T.A. | Denmark, c.1812, NIM | Marine Compass = Bruce Museum, Greenwich, Conn. | Kiopenhavn; enlarged copy of compass card used as table top. | Copenhagen. | RSW. |
| BANGS, NIELS ROHR | Denmark, c.1830, NIM | Azimuth Compass = OMM. | Copenhagen. | RSW. | |
| BANIDE | France, c.1775, OIM | made optical instruments for Rochon. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BANKEL | Germany, c.1780, PHIM | Money Balance = DRE. | may be misreading for James Bankes, which see. | RSW. | |
| BANKES 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Phillips 2/2/84. | surely misreading for Robert Bancks 2, which see. | 441 Strand, London. | RSW. |
| BANKES 2 | see Banks. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BANKES, JAMES | England, PHIM | made folding balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BANKS | see Bancks. | Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| BANKS AND HATCH | USA, fl.1841-44, MIM NIM | mathematical instrument makers, 1841; dealers in mathematical and nautical instruments, 1844; see Edward Prince Banks. | Sign of the Quadrant and Watch, No. 6 Exchange Street (1841); 72 Exchange Street (1844)' both in Portland, Me.. | Portland, Me. Business Directories; RSW. | |
| BANKS, EDWARD PRINCE | USA, 1811-92 fl.1834-37, MIM NIM | T.C.; see Banks and Hatch. | two doors below Merchants Bank, Exchange Street (1834); No. 6 Exchange Street (1837); both in Portland, Me. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 102; Portland, Me, Business Directories; RSW. | |
| BANKS, JOHN | c.1900, | Water Clock, 1682 = X, | made by Pearson-Page Co. of Birmingham in the 20th Century. | Britten 1; Darius 1. | |
| BANKS, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway. | Sir Joseph Banks, President of the Royal Society. | Fleet Street, London. | RSW. |
| BANKS, JR. | England, | son of Robert Bancks; mentioned as maker by Brewster; see Bancks 2 and Bancks and Son. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BANKS, ROBERT | England, | see Robert Bancks. | Taylor 2(921); Clay and Court; Moskowitz 110. | ||
| BANKS, WILLIAM | England, c.1734, MIM | apprenticed to Fisher Combs of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 7, 1734. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BANNISTER, H. | England, c.1790, PHIM | Angle Barometer = P.C. | stolen. | Lichfield. | ATG 5/8/93. |
| BANNISTER, JAMES | England, c.1751, | apprenticed to John Sudlow of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 1, 1751. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BANYARD, THOMAS | England, c.1683, | apprenticed to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 6, 1683. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARABAN | France, c.1850, MIM SIM | succeeded by C. Dupressoir, which see; also succeeded by L. Thomas | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BARADELLE 1 | France, 1702, MIM | Sundial, octagonal, gilt-brass, 1702 = Soth. 5/10/54. | may be misreading of date. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE 2 | France, fl.1752-1814, MIM NIM SIM | made sundials including Butterfield-type, inclining and other horizontal types; made circumferentors, globes, sectors and other drawing instruments, etc.; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL; ADL-N6, ADL-W41, ADL-W67; and octant, 1752 at PMM. | could be either Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle or his son, Nicolas-Eloi Baradelle; see entries for them; Daumas thought that most of the undated sundials were by Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; Weil (2)29; NMM 2; USNM; ADL; Price 3; Ward 4; Wynter 1; Nachet; RSW. |
| BARADELLE FILS | France, 1749-1808, | Sundial = Prince de Conti Coll. (18th Century). | catalogue of instruments, 1778; see Nicolas-Eloi Baradelle. | Quai de l'Horloge du Palais, au Quartier Anglais, Paris. | Brieux 2; Nachet; Augarde; RSW. |
| BARADELLE JUNIOR | France, MIM SIM | Rule, ebony and ivory = MADEX-504; Graphometer = X; Set of Drawing Instruments = P.C. | Baradelle Fils. | Paris. | MADEX; RSW; Bryden 9. |
| BARADELLE L'AINE | France, 1752-94, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Graphometer, 1782 = Versailles 5/6/79; Cam-type Sundial in gold watch case = D.(1985); Spherical Level = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Equatorial Sundial, gold = NMM; Pair of Globes, wood = Schuhmann Sale-96; Surveying Cross = ADL-W193; Mining Instrument Set = P.C.; Instument Set (1788) = P.C. | Baradelle L'aîné; Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle, fl.1774-94; Augarde thought him Nicolas-Alexandre Baradelle, c.1761; made nine nautical and mathematical instruments for Courtanvaux. | Rue Dauphine, Paris. | Courtanvaux; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Philips; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; Augarde; RSW. |
| BARADELLE LAINE | France, MIM | Astronomical Ring = Drouot 4/7/87; Sundial = TIM (1987). | misinscribed; should read "Baradelle L'aîné." | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE S. OZ. | France, MIM | Pedometer in watch case = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BARADELLE, CHEZ | France, MIM | Capuchin-type Sundial = ADL-A---. | probably by Jacques or Nicholas Baradelle. | Quay del'horloge du Palais à l'Enseigne de l'Observatoire, Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE, J.L.J. | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. | Jean Louis Jacques Baradelle, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARADELLE, JEAN-LOUIS-JACQUES | France, 1752-94, MIM PHIM SIM | he made many instruments including sundials, sectors, globes, lodestones, artillery levels, graphometers, etc. | member of Guild of "fondeurs ciseleurs"; invented a type of crescent sundial and an artillery level; most instruments signed "Jacques Baradelle"; father of Nicholas-Eloi Baradelle; see Baradelle L'aîné. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; NMM 2; Augarde; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| BARADELLE, NICOLAS-ELOI | France, fl.pre-1774-1814, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Cardinal de Luynes (pre-1774), NMM (1774; Analemmatic Sundial = NMM; Meridian for a globe, 1774 = CNAM-1449; Ellipse Compass = CNAM-2774; Set of Geometric Figures, wood = CNAM-3824; Sundial = NAC; etc. | worked for Abbé Rochon in 1805; see Baradelle Fils; son of Jean-Louis-Jacques Baradelle. | Quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Maddison 1; Michel 3; Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Wynter 1; Nachet; NMM 2; Augarde; RSW. |
| BARADELLEN, JACQUES | see Jean Louis Jacques Baradelle. | ||||
| BARANCA, JOSEPH | Italy, 1687, MIM | worked with Franc. Ruvolo in producing globes; a terrestrial globe is signed "Franc. Ruvolo fecit. Joseph Baranca Sculpsit Octob. 1687" is at the Chicago Historical Society. | Yonge. | ||
| BARANDELLE FILS | misreading for Baradelle Fils. | Lempertz 6/14/76. | |||
| BARBA, GIOVANNI DELLA | Germany, c.1525, MIM | made excellent instruments, spheres, globes, astrolabes, etc. | Michel 3. | ||
| BARBA, JOSEPH FRANCOIS | France, 1760, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1760 = Museum, Nancy. | Joseph François Barba. | Michel 14. | |
| BARBANTI, CARLO | Italy, fl.1829-37, MIM PHIM SIM | Drawing Instrument = ROM; Polariscope = FLO; Barometer, De Luc-type = FLM. | machinist to the Royal Observatory in 1829 and to the Royal Academy of Sciences in 1837, both in Turin. | Turin. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| BARBARET, JACQUES | France, MIM | Sundial and Compass inside lower lid of watch = LOU. | ex-Garnier Coll. | Paris. | Garnier Cat. |
| BARBER, EDWARD | England, c.1674-97, MIM | apprenticed in the Joiners' Company in 1667; free of the Company in 1674; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARBER, ISAAC | England, c.1676, | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1676. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| BARBER, J. | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescopes = PMS, Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the Christie-SK telescope is signed "Barber London." | London. | RSW. |
| BARBERIOS, FELICE | Italy, 1680, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1680 = Santa Maria delle Grazie Church, Milan. | Milan. | Baillie 1. | |
| BARBIER, JEAN | France, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Jean Lefebvre 2 in the "Corporation des fondeurs" on June 27, 1720. | Augarde 1. | ||
| BARBON 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 21 Panton Street, Haymarket, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARBON 2 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 5/14/87 & 10/22/87; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | see Barbon and Co. | Fullwood Rents, Holborn, London; 281 Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| BARBON AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Fullwood Rents, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARBON, PETER | Scotland, fl.1808-12, OIM | Microscope, 1810 = RSM. | microscope has 77 Princes Street, Edinburgh as the address. | 4 Lothian Street; 18 Nicholson Street (1809); 77 Princes Street (1810); all in Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1076); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1. |
| BARBON, S., AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1076). | |
| BARCLAY, ADAM | Scotland, d.1753, MIM OIM | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BARCLAY, ANDREW | Scotland, c.1870, OIM | Telescope = D.(1976); Telescope, Gregorian = Auction, Atlanta, Ga., May, 1987 = D.(1988); Telescope with micrometer eyepiece = FRK = RSM. | "engineer." | Kilmarnock. | Brieux 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BARCLAY, HUGH | Scotland, fl.1727-d.1749, OIM | also made watches. | Edinburg. | Bryden 3. | |
| BARCLAY, W. | Scotland, fl.1825-26, MIM | invented instrument to measure elevations. | Auldeare, near Nairn. | Taylor 2(1480). | |
| BARCLAY, WILL. | PHIM | Stick Barometer, Num. 132 = Christie 12/8/76. | RSW. | ||
| BARCLAY, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1731-d.1758, OIM | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 and 4. | ||
| BARDE | France, c.1850, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = NYM. | Bardé. | Paris. | Lübke. |
| BARDIN 1 | England, MIM | Orrery = Auction, 1915. | see H. Bardin. | Dewhirst. | |
| BARDIN 2 | England, MIM | globe maker; either Thomas Marriot or William Bardin, which see. | USNM; Yonge.. | ||
| BARDIN 3 | England?, NIM | Sextant = D.(1968). | RSW. | ||
| BARDIN, G.A. | England, MIM | Celestial Globe = NMM-G.166. | London. | NMM 2. | |
| BARDIN, H. | England, c.1780-85, MIM | Tellurium = NMM. | see Bardin 1. | London. | NMM 2. |
| BARDIN, THOMAS MARRIOT | England, fl.1806-27, MIM | Terrestrial Globes on sta = P-B 1946 (on stand), Boston Athenaeum, Mass., Wilson Museum, Castine, Me.; Celestial Globes = Wilson Museum (1800), P.C. | worked with William Bardin, his father or uncle; member of Girdlers' Company. | 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1077); Crawforth 11; Yonge. |
| BARDIN, W. AND T.M. | England, c.1780-1819, MIM | Pairs of Globes = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 3/23/23, P-B 10/28/44-936, USNM, APS, Adams Nat'l Historic Site, Mass, (1800, 1807); Terrestrial Globes = Hispanic Society, New York, Essex Institute, Mass. (1798), Schuyler Mansion, (1798), Dartmouth College, New Hamp. (1814), Boston Athenaem, Mass. (1817), P.C. (1819); Celestial Globes = Christie 12/8/76, Essex Institute, USNM, Boston Athenaeum. | William and Thomas Marriot Bardin. | 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(796a, 1077); Multhauf 1; Bedini 1; RSW; USNM; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 11; Yonge. |
| BARDIN, W., AND SON | England, MIM | Pair of Globes = University Observatory, Coimbra. | RSW. | ||
| BARDIN, WILLIAM | England, fl.pre-1780-1803, MIM | Pairs of Globes = NMM-168 and -169, VCW, Longleat House; Terrestrial Globes = Archaeological Museum, Nivelles, Belgium, VCW (1782-2), Phillips 12/12/89 (1783); Celestial Globes = PEA (1782), VCW (1785). | in Leathersellers' Company; in Girdlers' Company, 1776; most work signed "W. Bardin"; worked with Thomas Marriot Bardin, which see; collaborated with James Ferguson; Longleat globes are ten-inch, celestial dated "April, 1785", the other dated "1783"; PEA signed "Wright's New Improved Celestial Globe----Made and Sold by William Bardin---Jany. 1, 1782." | 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(796a); Belgian Inventory; Moskowitz 102; NMM 2; Crawforth 11; Yonge; RSW. |
| BARDON | misreading for Bardou. | ||||
| BARDOU | France, fl.1819-50, OIM | Telescope, enameled = Soth. 122/13/65-106; Telescope = PEA. | probably P.G. Bardou; he and A. Bardou shared the same address; firm established in 1819. | 55, rue de Chabrol, Paris. | USNM; Moskowitz 118; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| BARDOU AND SON | France, post-1850, OIM | Telescope, 3-inch = P.C.; Telescopes = P.C.(1987), D.(1976). | first P.C. (3-inch) is 38" long; second P.C. is also marked "G B" with a type of ampersand in between. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARDOU AND SONS | France, post-1850, OIM | Telescope = D.(1977). | may be misreading for Bardou and Son. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARDOU ET FILS | France, post-1850, OIM | Telescopes = MYS. | one marked "Charles Hutchinson and Son, Boston." | Paris. | RSW. |
| BARDOU, A. | France, c.1850, OIM | Telescopes = Christie-SK 11/19/87 (2), 8/20/87. | 55, rue de Chabrol, Paris. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| BARDOU, P.G. | France, c.1850, OIM | made telescopes. | 55 rue de Chabrol, Paris. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| BAREKHAN, J.R. | Germany, NIM | Sextant = OMM. | Bremerhaven. | RSW. | |
| BARELLA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARELLA, A. | Holland, PHIM | Barometer, double = Christie 12/8/76. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BARELLA, D. | Holland, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-Mak van Waay April, 1978. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BARELLI | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Pulborough 3/1/83. | see Josh Barelli and Co. | Reading. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARELLI, JNO., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARELLI, JOHN | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1975); Barometer = D.(1971). | may be Barelli in Della Torre and Barelli, which see; X is signed "J. Barelli"; 1971 D. signed "Jon" with little bar under the "n". | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARELLI, JOSH, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see Barelli. | Reading. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARELLI, JUNO | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Abridge Antique and Auction 2/21/90. | may be misreading for Jno. Barelli. | Bath. | RSW. |
| BARETTA | USA, c.1850?, | see McAllister and Baretta. | Smart 1. | ||
| BARINE, P. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARKER 1 | England, c.1736, OIM | microscope maker. | Nachet. | ||
| BARKER 2 | England, c.1780, MIM SIM | Theodolite = D. | Wynter and Turner. | ||
| BARKER 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer in door of clock = Connoisseur, July, 1911. | attributed to William Barker, clockmaker, fl.1747-86. | Wigan. | Goodison 1; A.J. Hawkes. |
| BARKER 4 | England, NIM | Magnetic Compass = Christie 3/9/65-3. | signed "Barker's Patents 181/15"; probably Francis Barker, which see. | RSW. | |
| BARKER AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Compass = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | probably Francis Barker and Son. | London. | RSW. |
| BARKER, FRANCIS | England, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM | Sundials, round, slate = Christie 12/18/74 = 4/9/75, P.C. | compass designer; see Barker 4. | 12 Clerkenwell Road, London. | NMM 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| BARKER, FRANCIS, AND SON | England, 1848-to present, MIM NIM PHIM | Sextant, box = Christie-SK 10/6/83; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C.; Equatorial Sundials = Soth. 3/14/57-140, 11/9/59-174. | also made aneroid barometers; firm continues to produce instruments to this day; most are signed "F. Barker and Son"; T.C. marked "Late Grove and Barker"; "17 years with and successors to J. and G. Simms." | "Sundial House", 12 Clerkenwell Road; 23 Great Sutton Street, E.C. (post-1858); both in London. | Moskowitz 107; RSW; USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO. |
| BARKER, WILLIAM | England, c.1711, MIM | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 8, 1700; was turned over to William Haddon, Stationer, on Mar. 12, 1700 (os). | London. | Taylor 1(560); Evans 1; J. Brown 1. | |
| BARLACE | England, c.1780, MIM | Sectors = Soth. 6/23/87, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | both sectors have twelve-inch radii. | London. | RSW. |
| BARLING | England, post-1740, MIM | Soho Rule, boxwood and ivory = P.C. | a type of slide rule designed by James Watt, c.1739. | Limehouse Hole, London. | Delehar 2 and 9. |
| BARLOW, PETER | England, 1776-1862, | devised Barlow's Wheel, a machine which demonstrated Faraday's discovery of electro-mechanical rotation. | Greenslade, Jr. 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BARLOW, THOMAS H. | USA, 1789-1865, MIM | Planetaria = Washington and Lee University, Lexington Va., Sayre School, Lexington Ky., University of Mississippi, University, Miss. | the planetaria were very large, 13 feet in diameter; at least 11 more were made, now all lost; inventor; machinist; published a brochure for the instrument. | Lexington Ky.; Cincinnati, Ohio. | Langemann. |
| BARLOW, WILLIAM | England, 1544-1625 fl.1580-1618, MIM NIM | designed instruments, including a compass with an alidade to determine variation. | Winchester (1581); Salisbury (1615). | Taylor 1(37); Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BARNABITI | Italy, c.1847, OIM | made reflecting microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BARNARD, I. | England, 1784, MIM | Gauge, folding, for wine = X; Slide Rule, 1784 = P.C. | Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983; Delehar 9. | ||
| BARNARDA, P. | England, fl.1803-11, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | in directories as maker. | 22 West Street, West Smithfield, London. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNARDA, P. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see P. Barnarda. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHINA 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1973). | variant spelling of Barnasconi? | London. | RSW; Wynter 1. |
| BARNASCHINA 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably Francis Barnasconi. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNASCHINA, ANTHONY | England, fl.1826-28, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 7/6/73. | one X is signed "A. Barnaschina." | New Road, Gravesend. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARNASCHINA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gravesend. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Devizes. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHONE, CHAS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCHONI AND MONTHI | see Bernaschoni and Monthi. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |||
| BARNASCHONI, B. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P-B 10/24/42. | RSW. | ||
| BARNASCONE 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago. | possibly M. Barnascone. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW; USNM. |
| BARNASCONE 2 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1997). | Merthyr. | ATG 6/14/97. | |
| BARNASCONE, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be Andrew Barnascone of Boston or A. Bernasconi of Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BARNASCONE, ANDREW | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | signed "A. Barnascone". | High Street, Boston. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARNASCONE, G.B. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, P.C. (1972). | 13 St. Michaels Square; 14 St. Michaels Square; both in Southampton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BARNASCONE, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARNASCONE, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4). | also spelled Bernasconi. | Leeds. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNASCONI, A. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 2/2/84. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| BARNASCONI, F., AND SON | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | Francis Barnasconi renamed the firm to be "F. Barnasconi and Son" by 1860. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BARNASCONI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1827-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | signed "F. Barnasconi, Newcastle"; also spelled Barnesconi. | 34 The Side (1827-34); 16 Groat Market (1838); 28 Groat Market (1841); 29 Groat Market (1844); 20 High Bridge (1847-53); 35 High Bridge (1855-58); all in Newcastle. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1771); RSW. |
| BARNASCONI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 12/15/83. | signed "L. Barnasconi Trowbridge Warranted." | Trowbridge. | RSW. |
| BARNASCONI, LEWIS | England, fl.1833-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | may have made barometers. | 42 Burgess Street (1833-37); 233 Waingate (1834-41); 19 Waingate (1841); all in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. |
| BARNASCONI, M. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth.-Chester 5/16/85, 7/25/85. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| BARNES AND ASPINALL | England, PHIM | scale makers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BARNES, WILLIAM | England, c.1706, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 24, 1706. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BARNESCONI | see Barnascone, Barnasconi and Bernasconi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BARNETT, ASHER | England, fl.1770-77, OIM | spectacle grinder and optician. | 25 Coleman Street (1770); 25 Froggery (1777); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BARNETT, MORRIS | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = MYS. | Ramsgate. | RSW. | |
| BARNETT, THOMAS | England, 1768-1816 fl.1789-1816, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | signed "T. Barnett"; T.C.; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1782; free of the Company on Dec. 17, 1789; patented a method of aerating fluids, 1802; instrument maker to H.M. Board of Customs and Excise; advertised all kinds of barometers; made telescopes and other instruments. | 21 East Street, Lambeth (1789); 61 Great Tower Street; No. 4 Mores Yard, Old Fish Street near Dockers Commons; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(797); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Calvert 2; Court and von Rohr 3(216); Crawforth 1. |
| BARNI | France, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, diamond-shaped = Doyle 1/24/90. | Amiens. | RSW. | |
| BARNS, DANIEL | England, c.1753, | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 16, 1753. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BARNUKA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bury. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAROCCIO, AMBROGIO | Italy, c.1600, MIM | Morpurgo 1. | |||
| BAROCCIO, GIAMBATTISTA | Italy, | may be Giovanni Battista Baroccio. | Urbino. | Price 2. | |
| BAROCCIO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1570, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1570 = ROB. | see Giovanni Maria Baroccio; Price thought he was Giambattista Baroccio. | Venice; Urbino. | Morpurgo 1; Michel 2; Price 2. |
| BAROCCIO, GIOVANNI MARIA | Italy, 1570, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1570 = ROB; Planetary Clock = Bernard Coll., Paris. | must be same as Giovanni Battista Baroccio, which see; clock was for the Pope; globe maker. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1; Michel 2; Baillie 1. |
| BAROCCIO, SIMONE | Italy, fl.1568-70, MIM | son of Giovanni Maria Baroccio; clockmaker; made Commandino- and Guidobaldi-type proportional compasses. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BARON, EDMOND | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 7, 1693. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BARON, PATRICK | Ireland, 1794, OIM | optician. | 83 Dame Street, Dublin (1794). | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BARR | Scotland | see White and Barr. | Glasgow. | USNM. | |
| BARRAND, ROGER | France, | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1972). | "horloger"; reproduction. | rue Despiches, Orléans. | RSW. |
| BARRAUD | England, fl.1823-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D. | also made chronometers. | 41 Cornhill, London. | Wynter and Turner; USNM. |
| BARRELL, JOHN | England?, c.1828, NIM | Sextant = Old Gaol Museum, Me. | USNM. | ||
| BARRERE | France, | see Girard et Barrère. | Christie-SK 4/17/86. | ||
| BARRETA, D. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1996). | may be Dom Barret. | 67 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; ATG 7/6/96. |
| BARRETT | England, NIM | see Spencer, Barrett and Co. | |||
| BARRETT, DOM | England, 1783?, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | dated in pencil; may be D. Barreta. | Goodison 1. | |
| BARRETT, ROBERT M. | England, c.1850, MIM | in Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; D. Primavesi was his agent in Cardiff. | 4 Jamaica Terrace, Limehouse, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| BARRETT, SIMON | England, c.1678, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Claxton in the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Joseph Wells of the Joiners' Company on July 3, 1668, until 1675; free of the Clockmakers' Company, April 8, 1678; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2. | |
| BARRINGTON, THOMAS | England, c.1828, MIM | 32 Wytch Street, Strand, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BARROLL, JOHN | England, c.1701, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood 1 of the Clockmakers' Company for eight years on June 1, 1701. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BARROW AND OWEN | England, MIM NIM OIM | T.C. in marine compass box; Henry Barrow. | 26 Oxenden Street, London. | RSW. | |
| BARROW, HENRY | England, 1790-1870, MIM NIM PHIM | Theodolite = KEN; Telescope = KEN; Mariner's Compass = NMM; Gunner's Level = NMM; Dip Needles = USNM, Royal Greenwich Observatory, Hurstmonceaux Castle; Actinometer = KEN; Barometer, Thermometers (2) = P. & S. 2/4/1876. | might have been apprenticed to either George Dollond 1 or Edward Troughton 2 as he did work for both of them before 1829; appointed MIM under the Surveyor General of India (1830-39); succeeded to the business of Thomas Charles Robinson in 1842; became "Robinson and Barrow" (1842-50); also made balances; invented a new dip needle. | London (pre 1830); Calcutta (1830-39); 38 Devonshire Street, London (1842-43); 26 Oxenden Street, London (1845-64). | Pipping 1; RSW; Bryden 8; Taylor 2(2069); McConnell; USNM; NMM 2; Stock 1 & 2. |
| BARROW, HENRY, AND CO. | England, fl.1850-69, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thermometer = Soth. 3/11/77; Telescope, three-draw = Phillips 1/30/84; Sextant, box = Phillips 10/26/83; Protractor, full, with sights = Drouot 4/7/87. | some signed "H. Barrow and Co.; one carries the East India Co. trademark; also made theodolites, magnetic compasses, etc.; see Henry Barrow. | 26 Oxenden Street, London. | O'Mara; RSW; USNM; Stock 1 & 2. |
| BARROW, JOHN | England, 1792, MIM | author. | London. | Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| BARROW, W., AND W. LOVELACE | England, pre-1756, PHIM | T.C.; made artificial magnets; partnership broke up in 1756. | at the Golden Lion in St. Martins Le-Grand, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| BARROW, WILLIAM | England, c.1756, NIM PHIM | Compass, 1756 = NMM. | T.C.; see W. Barrow and W. Lovelace; made artificial magnets; left London in 1756. | London; Woolton near Prescott, Lancs. (1756). | NMM 2; Calvert 2. |
| BARRY | England, c.1800, MIM NIM | Telescope, pocket = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79; Octant = Seamans Institute, New York; Sextants = MYS, LIM, Soth. 10/17/60-157; Circular Protractor = D.(1976). | probably Richard Barry, which see. | London. | Moskowitz, 1976; RSW; USNM. |
| BARRY, JOSEPH | Ireland, fl.1780-1824, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = X. | also a watchmaker. | Cork. | Mollan 1 and 2; SIS Bulletin #1, 1983; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| BARRY, M. | England, fl.1815-25, MIM | continued Richard Barry's business. | Navigation Warehouse, Minories, London. | Moskowitz 112; USNM; Brewington 1. | |
| BARRY, RICHARD | England, fl.1799-1820, MIM NIM OIM | Telescopes = PEA, P.C.(1969); Protractor, full, with arm = D. (1976); Sextant, ebony = D.(1993). | sextant scale is signed "I.R." (8); T.C. | 290 Wapping Street (1799-); 106 Minories; Navigation Warehouse, Minories (1810-15); all in London. | Moskowitz 112; Taylor 2(925); Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Coffeen 43. |
| BARSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1738-40, | patented a quadrant, 1738; Joseph Turner worked with him on the quadrant. | Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(228); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Millburn 8. | |
| BART, JOHANN | Germany, c.1525, MIM | see Giovanni della Barba. | Michel 3. | ||
| BARTENSCHLAGER, J.C. | Germany, 1713-99, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundial = SCH-5269; Table Sundials = SCH-5268, ZUS-LM2639, and ZUR(2); Graphometer = ZUR; Surveying Instruments = SCH and ZUS; Sector = Soth. 10/17/60-132. | Schaffhausen. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| BARTHELEMY | France, c.1790, PHIM | Hydrometer, silver, case = Drouot 11/7/75. | "Md Orfèvre et Joailler de Lunel"; Barthélémy. | dans la Grand'rue, vis-à-vis le Bureau de la Colerie, No. 346, Paris. | RSW. |
| BARTHELMES | Germany, c.1830, PHIM | Barometer = DRE. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| BARTHOLOMAEUS, S. | Germany, 1736, MIM | Sundial, stone and brass, 1736 = FRA. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BARTHOLOMEW, ABBOT | Germany, 1550, MIM | Chalice Dial, 1550 = BM-1896/12/14-1. | see B.A. 2. | Aldersbach. | Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Gatty. |
| BARTLETT, JOHN 1 | England, c.1754, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 18, 1746; turned over to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company by Barbara Gilbert, administrator, on March 18, 1752; free in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 5, 1754. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARTLETT, JOHN 2 | England, c.1900, | Roman Sundials, copies = Wray Sale-78 = OXF (falsely dated 1640), ADL-T46 (falsely dated 1642). | by D.B. Sheahan of New York City; address marked on sundials is "Chester." | Michel 1; Dyer; Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; RSW. | |
| BARTLETT, MOSES | England, d.1709, MIM | sundial recorded. | Exeter. | Loomes 2. | |
| BARTLETT, WILLIAM | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Elizabeth Toogood in the Joiners' Company, July 16, 1700. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BARTOLLA, G. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Barford. | RSW. | |
| BARTON 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Ramsden worked under him. | Nachet . | ||
| BARTON 2 | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| BARTON, JOHN | England, fl.1791-1815, NIM | invented a type of floating compass. | 36 Old Bond Street; upper Belgrave Square, Pimlico; both in London. | Taylor 2(926). | |
| BARTON, PETER | misreading for Peter Barbon. | Morrison-Low; RSW. | |||
| BARTRAM, ABRAHAM | England, c.1602, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1602. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BARTS | England, MIM | Sundial, portable, case = Central Museum and Art Gallery, Northampton. | London. | Stevens and Aked. | |
| BARTSCH, JACOB | Holland, 1600-33, MIM | Instrument, 1624 = LEY. | also marked "Jac. ab Leiden." | Leiden. | Price 2; RSW. |
| BARTSCHERER, HANS | Sweden, fl.1563-82, MIM | Cube Dial, 1580 = STH-12580. | Stockholm. | Zinner 1. | |
| BARUCKER | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | made Cuff-type microscopes; optician; possibly W. Burucker, which see. | Nürnberg. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| BASERGA | France, c.1805, MIM | succeeded by his son, A. Baserga. | 54 Quai des Orfevres et 15 Place Dauphines, Paris. | USNM. | |
| BASERGA, A. | France, c.1830, MIM | succeeded his father, Baserga. | Paris. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BASERGA, F., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | |
| BASNETT | early spelling for Bassnett. | Moskowitz 101. | |||
| BASS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Northampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BASS, GEORGE | England, fl.1706-69, OIM | apprenticed in 1706 to Ralph Sterrop of the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company on March 28, 1716; Master of the Company in 1747; took apprentices; made early achromatic lenses in 1733 which had been invented by Chester Moor Hall. | Bridewell Precinct (1733); Fleet Ditch (1764); both in London. | Taylor 2(6); Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(82); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BASSANO, CHRISTOPHER | Italy, fl.1700-50, MIM | Sundial = E.C. Middleton Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| BASSETT | USA, MIM | Bassett Adder = D.(1984). | Chicago, Ill. | Moskowitz 127. | |
| BASSETT, N. | USA, 1836, | patented a surveying compass, 1836. | Wilmington, Del. | USNM. | |
| BASSETT, THOMAS | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Webb of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1669. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BASSNET, JAMES | see James Bassnett. | ||||
| BASSNETT | England, c.1840, NIM | Quadrant = PMS; Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-M3274; Octants = PMS (2), BMM, NMM, Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass. | one PMS marked "G.W." on ivory scale, the other "SBR"; surely James Bassnett. | Liverpool. | NMM 2; Brewington 1; RSW; Moskowitz 101; USNM. |
| BASSNETT, J., AND H. DUREN | England; USA, c.1850, NIM | Octant = PMS. | James Bassnett and his New York dealer, Henry Duren. | Liverpool and New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| BASSNETT, JAMES | England, fl.1829-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = PEA-751; Stick Barometers = PMS, VNN, MYS; Telescope = Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, Ill.; Marine Barometer = MYS; Sextant = SFM; Quadrant = D.(1972). | changed name from Basnet to Bassnett in 1841; spelling variants are Bassnet and Basnett; optician; watch and clockmaker; T.C.; in partnership with son, Thomas?, 1857-60. | 4 Barnes Court, Shaws Brow (1829); 13 Roberts Street North (1834-37); 1 Roberts Street (1841-51); 58 Roberts Street (1857); 8 Roberts Street (1857-60); all in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2070); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 101; Bryden 9; USNM; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| BASSNETT, JAMES, AND SON | England, fl.1855-65, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76; Marine Compass = Soth.-PB pre-1980; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | opticians; probably the son was Thomas Bassnett; both barometers and telescope signed "Bassnett and Son"; compass signed "J. Bassnet and Son, Liverpool". | 8 Roberts Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz 104; Brewington 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BASSO, FRANCESCO | Italy, fl.1560-70, MIM | also a cartographer. | Milan. | Tooley. | |
| BASTARD, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BASTICK AND DRIVER | England, PHIM | T.C.; scale makers; "late forman and apprentice to Mr. Vandome." | No.2 Holywell Row, Worship Street, near Finsbury Square, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| BASTIEN L'AINE | France, 1842, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1842 = BOM 3/28/06-556. | Bastien L'aîné. | Rue St André des Arts, 60, Paris. | RSW. |
| BAT. LUGD. | 1640, MIM | Diagonal Scale, 1640 = SKO. | may be Lugdini for London. | Price 2; Bedini 5; RSW. | |
| BATCH, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Chichester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BATE | England, fl.1807-49, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including a terrestrial globe on tellurian, ADL-L34, garden sundial at Washington Old Hall, Washington Village, County Durham; a wooden protractor, 1846, at BM; mountain barometer in a cane; Bate's Ready Reckoner; Thomson's Lunar Corrector (No. 209), etc. | could be Robert Brettell Bate or his son; ADL tellurian is reputed to be by Sauter and Gyldenstolke. | 17 Poultry, Cheapside; 20/21 Poultry, Cheapside; both in London. | Taylor 2(1079); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Brewington 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Moskowitz 107; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Delehar 9; ADL; Yonge; Coffeen 35; RSW. |
| BATE AND POULTRY | misreading for Bate in Poultry. | RSW. | |||
| BATE AND SON | England, pre-1840-49, | Robert Bretsell Bate and son. | London. | Taylor 2(1079); Moskowitz 105. | |
| BATE, BARTHOLOMEW | England, 1806-95, OIM | apprenticed to Robert Brettell Bate, his father, of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Jan. 24, 1822, free of the Company on Jan. 27, 1829; see Bartlett Bate. | Clay and Court; Taylor 2(1079); Court and von Rohr 3(249). | ||
| BATE, BARTLETT | England, c.1822, OIM PHIM | optician; took out a patent for improvements in hydrometers and saccharometers; called Junior; may be Brettell or Bretsell Bate or may be confused with Bartholomew Bate; may be the son of Robert Bretsell Bate or may be a ghost except for the "Jr." | of the Poultry, London. | Taylor 2(1079); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(249). | |
| BATE, HENRY | France, c.1274, | wrote a treatise on the astrolabe. | Malines. | Gunther 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BATE, JOHN | England, 1809-40, PHIM | worked with his father, Robert Brettell Bate. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| BATE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1626, MIM | made gunner's scales; may be John Bates. | London. | Taylor 1(52); Evans. | |
| BATE, JOHN 2 | Ireland, 1750, MIM | Sundials = X (1750), Soth.-PB pre-1980. | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. | |
| BATE, JOHN 3 | England, c.1832, OIM | London. | Taylor 2(1773). | ||
| BATE, P. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | RSW. | ||
| BATE, PHILIP | Ireland, fl.1761-62, MIM | Nicholas Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| BATE, ROBERT BRETTELL | England, 1782-1847, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums; they include orreries, microscopes, dials, telescopes, globes, octants, barometers, etc.; Meridian Transit = ADL-A138. | T.C.;made free of the Spectaclemakers' Companyby redemption in 1814; Master of the Company, 1828-30; took his son, Bartholomew, as apprentice in 1822 and as partner before 1840; Brettell also appears as Brettel and Bretsell; some instruments are signed "R.B. Bate"; "Optician in Ordinary" to George IV in 1818, to William IV in 1830 and to Queen Victoria in 1837; also acted as dealer; T.C. | 17 Poultry; 20/21 Poultry (1830); both in Cheapside, London. | Taylor 2(1079); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105; Brewington 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Price 3; Ward 4; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 7; Court and von Rohr 3(238); McConnell 4; ADL; RSW. |
| BATECIN, S. LAUR. | Italy, NIM | Compass in gimbals = FLO-3176. | Venice. | Bonelli 1. | |
| BATEMAN, JOSEPH | England, fl.1823-40, MIM | made an eight-foot slide rule. | Middlesex. | Taylor 2(2071). | |
| BATEMAN, T. | England, MIM | globe maker; succeeded by John Newton. | at the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| BATENBURG AND CO. | Holland, c.1790, NIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = ADL-A192, Christie 12/18/74. | Rotterdam. | ADL; RSW. | |
| BATENBURGH, JAN VAN | see Jan van Call. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BATERNA | 1780, PHIM | made barometer, c.1780; Baserga? | Halifax. | USNM. | |
| BATES | England, c.1760, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Phillips 4/20/83. | Kettering. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BATES, JOHN | see John Bate 1. | Taylor 1(52); Evans 1. | |||
| BATES, RICHARD | England, MIM | T.C. | at the Quadrant without Newgate facing the Old Bailey, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| BATES, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on June 3, 1686. | 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. | |||
| BATHER | England, PHIM | Chondrometer = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | Haymarket. | RSW. | |
| BATIS, IOANNES | Italy, c.1575, MIM | Horary Quadrant = FLO-2525. | for latitude 42°. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| BATKA, WENZD | Czechoslovakia, c.1850, MIM | in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Prague (Austria). | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BATTELL, AFFABELL | England, fl.1737-48, MIM | apprenticed to John Potten in the Broderers' Company, Jan. 15, 1707; free in the Company, June 8, 1737; assistant compass maker at Deptford Yard, 1741-48. | Beaufort Buildings in the Strand, London (1737). | Crawforth 7. | |
| BATTEN, EDWARD | England, c.1671, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Marke of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 16, 1671. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BATTENBURG AND CO. | misreading for Batenburg and Co. | RSW. | |||
| BATTENBURGH | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Michel 3. | |||
| BATTI | see Moretti and Batti. | ||||
| BATTINI, B. | Italy, 1721, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver and ivory, 1721 = Michel Sale-7. | the bottom has an engraved cruciform motif. | RSW. | |
| BATTISTA, B.D. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | Downham. | RSW. | |
| BATTISTESSA | see Zerbonie, Battistessa and Co. | RSW. | |||
| BATTISTESSA AND CO. 1 | Scotland, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C. (1974); Soth.-S 1/27/88. | 8 and 9 Calton Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| BATTISTESSA AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1830-43, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli. | 13 Baldwins Gardens (1830-33); 106 Hatton Garden (1840-43); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BATTISTESSA, MOLTENI AND GUANZIROLI | England, c.1834, PHIM | made barometers. | 13 Baldwins Gardens, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BAUDEN | Belgium, c.1800, MIM | Alidade = DOR. | Mons. | RSW. | |
| BAUDOU | France, c.1788, PHIM | made a balance barometer in 1788. | Grenoble. | Middleton 1. | |
| BAUER, CARL | Germany, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, box = Soth. 6/23/87. | globe marked "P.B. 5"; published a pocket globe with the celestial gores on the outside of the case. | Nürnberg. | Edell 1; RSW. |
| BAUER, JOH. BERNARD | Germany, fl.1790-1801, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1792 = BAM; Terrestrial Globes = Markisches Museum, Berlin (1801), Soth. 6/9/25; Globe, 1800 = X; Planetarium, 1791 = BAM. | "mechanicus"; see Klinger and Bauer. | Nürnberg. | RSW; Tooley. |
| BAUER, JOHANN | Germany, 1639, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1639 = Berlin-Babelsberg University Observatory. | see Jan van Call; may be same man. | Callens. | Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| BAUER, KILIAN | Germany, fl.1725-26, MIM | Pillar Sundials, 1725, 1726 = WUR. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| BAUER, P. | Germany, 1683, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1683 = OXF. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BAUGH, JOHN | England, c.1672, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1672. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BAUM, J., AND CO. | England, c.1875, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, folding = WHI. | marked "Birmingham Patent", but no patent found. | Birmingham. | Bryden 16. |
| BAUMANN | Germany, fl.1760-1830, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = STL; Repeating Circle = AMST. | Stuttgart. | Daumas 1; Evans 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BAUMGARTINGER, JEAN ERASME | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial, octagonal = Rosenheim Sale-374; Equatorial Sundial, copper-gilt and silvered = MADEX-152 = P.C.. | Mergentheim. | Michel 3; MADEX. | |
| BAUMGARTNER, FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1759-1843, | Baumgärtner; wrote on new mechanical instruments. | Leipzig. | Michel 3. | |
| BAUSCH, J.J. | Germany?, PHIM | Microscope, pocket, wood = HAR. | "Excelsior Microscope." | RSW. | |
| BAUSSARD | France?, 1790, MIM | Water Clock, 1790 = CNAM. | Cons. Nat'l 2. | ||
| BAUSSE, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1750-84, MIM | made Copernican and Tychonic planetaria, now lost. | Gotha. | Zinner 1; USNM. | |
| BAXTER | USA, NIM | see Nickerson and Baxter. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| BAXTER, JOHN | England, fl.1825-26, MIM | 32 John Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1481). | ||
| BAXTER, ROBERT | England, c.1830, OIM | Livery Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1774). | ||
| BAXTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1752, | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on Mar. 19, 1752. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BAYENS GEBROEDERS | Holland, fl.1798-1850, MIM OIM SIM | Microscopes = LEY (1798), LEY; Circumferentor = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | Pieter and Adrianus Bayens; see Dellebarre and Bayens Gebroeders. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BAYENS, ADRIANUS | Holland, fl.1790-post-1842, MIM OIM | see Bayens Brothers; see Dellebarre and Bayens Brothers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| BAYENS, PIETER | Holland, 1744-1846, MIM OIM | Plane Table Alidade = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see Bayens Brothers; see Dellebarre and Bayens Brothers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BAYER, JOSEPH | Germany, c.1771, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth. May, 1903 = Evans Coll. = OXF-G.434. | marked "Soc. Jesu fecit." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Maddison 1; RSW; Gatty. |
| BAYER, MARTIN | Germany, c.1559, MIM | clockmaker; see M.B. 3. | Annaberg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| BAYLEY 1 | England, fl.1663-70, OIM | Monconys called him Baili (1666); member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1663; optician. | in St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 1(295); Daumas 1; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(III). | |
| BAYLEY 2 | sometimes Baili, Bailie, Baly, Baylie, Baille. | Michel 3. | |||
| BAYNHAM, CHARLES | England, c.1744, | apprenticed to George Adams 1 of the Grocers' Company on Mar. 8, 1742; turned over to William Collier, Goldsmith, on Oct. 27, 1744. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BAYSER | Germany, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, case = MADEX-133 = P.C. | may be Beyser. | MADEX. | |
| BAYSER, BOE | Denmark, 1735, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1735 = Drecker Coll. | Price 2. | ||
| BAZERGA, GEBROEDEN | Holland, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 4/20/83. | "Gebroeden Bazerga tot Rotterdam." | Rotterdam. | RSW. |
| BAZZANTI, ISIDORUS GASPAR | Italy, 1760, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1760 = FLO-3229. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| BEACH AND BALDEN | England, -1817, PHIM | Thomas Beach and Joseph Balden; balance makers; succeeded by W. and T. Avery 1 in 1817. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BEACH, LEWIS | USA, fl.1830-46, MIM | made rules and squares. | Mass.(1830-46); Bennington, Vermont (1859). | DATM. | |
| BEACH, THOMAS | England, c.1800, PHIM | made balances; T.C.; was partner with Joseph Balden; succeeded by W. and T. Avery. | No. 11 in Digbeth, Birmingham. | Giordano 1; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BEAL, JOHN | England, c.1826, MIM | had James Prentice as an apprentice, c.1826; was he possibly John Beale 1 or 2? | London. | Smart 1; RSW. | |
| BEALE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1812, MIM | Middlesex. | Taylor 2(1273). | ||
| BEALE, JOHN 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | No. 76 Maid Lane near the Borough, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| BEAN, FOWLER | England, fl.1781-91, | apprenticed to George Adams 2 of the Grocers' Company on June 18, 1773; free of the Company on March 1, 1781; described himself as "surgeon" and took his two sons as apprentices. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BEARD, CORNELIUS | England, c.1670, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Thorogood of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 7, 1670; turned over to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BEARELLI | see Riva and Bearelli. | RSW. | |||
| BEARETTI, PETER | England, c.1833, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 26 Great Bath Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BEASARDO, P. | Germany, 1553, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1553 = Drecker Coll. | Price 2. | ||
| BEATTIE | see Proctor and Beattie. | London. | RSW. | ||
| BEAUJEU, FRANQUE A. | France, MIM | Garden Sundials = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | Rhône. | RSW. | |
| BEAUJEU, LIENARD DE | Canada, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = X. | "Nouvelle France." | "Antiques", 1965, 87:336-7. | |
| BEAULIEU, A. | Belgium, c.1790, OIM | made optical squares; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Brussels. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| BEAUME | France, pre-1782, PHIM | Beaumé; invented an areometer. | Courtanvaux. | ||
| BEAUMONT, PHILIP | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 15, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BEAUTEMPS DE ST.-POURCIN, P. | France, c.1575, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, mounted on an atlas figure = D.(1976). | signed also "Inventeur." | Avergne. | Brieux 3; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BEAUTIN | France, c.1820, MIM | Window Dial, glass, with noon cannon = Satterlee Coll. | "Opticien de la Reine." | Rue de Castiglione No. 8, Paris. | Hamilton 2. |
| BEAUVAL, FIRMIN DE | France, c.1485, | designed an astronomical clock. | Amiens. | Weil 2(23). | |
| BEAVER, SAMUEL | England, c.1828, | apprenticed to William Green 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 4, 1828. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BEAVES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Trowbridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| BEAVISS, EDWARD | England, 1760, MIM | Orrery, 1760 = Soth. 12/16/63-112. | RSW. | ||
| BECHADERGUE, P. | France?, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers, wood = D.(1982). | Coffeen A. | ||
| BECHER, A.B. | England, fl. 1836-44, | invented an artificial horizon c.1843. | London. | McConnell 4. | |
| BECHLIN | pre-1798, PHIM | made magnets. | Pipping 1. | ||
| BECHTLER | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Level, hand-held = North Carolina State Archives. | Rutherford County, North Carolina. | USNM. | |
| BECK | see R.and J. Beck; see Smith and Beck. | ||||
| BECK, G. | England, fl.1780-1840, NIM | Quadrant = Auction, August, 1807. | invented a quadrant, theodolite and protractor patented in 1780. | Taylor 2(1080); KEN. | |
| BECK, GEORGE W. | USA, c.1834, PHIM | manufactured and sold electrical machinery of various kinds. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| BECK, JOSEPH | England, c.1847, OIM | microscope maker; worked with his brother, Richard Beck 2, as R. and J. Beck. | London. | Moskowitz 132. | |
| BECK, R. AND J. | England, fl.1847-94, OIM | Microscope = D.(1989). | Richard and Joseph Beck. | 31 Cornhill, London. | Moskowitz 132. |
| BECK, RICHARD 1 | England, 1637, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 of the Clockmakers' Company in 1673. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BECK, RICHARD 2 | England, fl.1847-, OIM | worked first with James Smith 3 as Smith and Beck; later with his brother, Joseph Beck and James Smith 3; after 1866 worked alone with Joseph Beck. | London. | Moskowitz 111. | |
| BECKEL BROTHERS | USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| BECKER | England, PHIM | Balance, case = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | probably Jecker. | London. | RSW. |
| BECKER AND SONS | USA, post-1836, MIM NIM SIM | founded by Christopher Becker 2, which see. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| BECKER'S SONS | Holland?; USA, c.1860, PHIM | Specific Gravity Balance = D.(1972). | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| BECKER, A. | Germany, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = DRE. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| BECKER, ANDREAS | Germany, 1607, MIM | Astrolabe, 1607 = Elblag Museum, Poland. | ICA-594; offered to the Boerhave Museum, June, 1988. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | |
| BECKER, C. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Galvanometer = Royal Institution, London; Heliochronometer = D.(1987). | London. | Coffeen 16; RSW. | |
| BECKER, CHRISTOPHER 1 | Holland, 1806-90, PHIM | Physical Instruments = LEY, GRO. | Groningen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BECKER, CHRISTOPHER 2 | Holland; USA, 1806-90, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = P.C., Christie-Amst 10/22/81-623. | made astronomical and nautical instruments; made first analytical balance in the U.S; see Becker's Sons; founded Becker and Sons in Brooklyn, N.Y. post-1836; Christie theodolite is signed "Becker Arnhem"; had display in Great Exhibition of 1851 in London as from Arnhem. | Arnhem (1851); New York, N.Y. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| BECKET, JOHN | England, c.1698, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 15, 1698. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BECKETT, BENJAMIN | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on March 3, 1767. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BECKHER, JOHANN | Austria, 1726, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1726 = NUR-WI1212. | invented by R.P. Michael Caucigh. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Globus Dec., 1956. |
| BECKIT, ROBERTUS | England, 1597, MIM | Sector with bow, 1597 = P.C. = OXF. | steel points. | Calvert 3; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | |
| BECKMAN, L. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Gurley Museum, Troy, N.Y. | Toledo, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| BEDFORD, HILKIAH | England, 1634-89, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, OXF, FLO, LAW, PAK, Foster's Sales Rooms, May, 1916, London Museum, Soth. 6/23/69; Quadrant = Soth. 10/22/76; Gunter Quadrant and Nocturnal = TIM; Dialing Rule = KEN. | apprenticed to John Thompson 1 of the Stationers' Company in 1646; free of the Company in 1654; admitted to Clockmakers' Company in 1667; took apprentices. | Hosier Lane (-1666); at the Sign of the Globe, near Holborn Conduit; in Fleet Street, near end of Fetter Lane (1666-89); all in London. | Taylor 1(284); Maddison 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Michel 3; J. Brown 1 and 3; A.J. Turner 8, 9 & 10; RSW. |
| BEDINGTON, JOHN | England, fl.1845-52, | T.C. | No. 40 Digbeth, Birmingham. | Crawforth 1. | |
| BEDOS DE CELLES | France, | author; designed sundials. | |||
| BEDWELL, THOMAS 1 | England, 1546-95, | designed a carpenter's rule. | London. | Taylor 1(41). | |
| BEDWELL, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1825-49, MIM PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Leman Street, Goodmans Field (1825); 53 Great Alie Street (1834-45); 3-4 Little Alie Street (1846-49; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1483). | |
| BEEFE, NICOLAS DE | Holland, fl.1761-67, MIM | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BEELDSNIJDER, FRANCOIS | Holland, 1755-1808, OIM | Microscope objective, achromatic, 1791 = UTR-Physics Lab. | François Beeldsnijder. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. |
| BEELING, Z. | see Boyling 2. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BEER, JOOST DE | Holland, fl.1620-30, MIM | Sundial, 1625 = ROM; Astronomical Compendium = LEY-A74; Dutch Box Sundial, silver and ivory = Wray Sale-38. | delivered instruments for Jacob van Neck's expedition; surely the maker of a pocket sundial signed "I.B." (10) at AMST, which see; perhaps the same as Joost Peer. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 2; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| BEERS, JAMES M. | USA, c.1810?, MIM | Wheelbarrow Hodometer = USNM. | New Haven, Conn. | USNM. | |
| BEERS, SMITH | USA, 1839, MIM | held a patent on a hodometer, 1839. | Waterbury, Conn. | USNM. | |
| BEETS, CORNELLIS | Germany, c.1787, NIM | Compass Roses = HAM, Focke. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| BEHAIM, CASPAR | see Chasparus Bohémus. | Vincent 2. | |||
| BEHAIM, HANS | 1740, PHIM | Weather Forecaster, 1740, #37 = MUN. | RSW. | ||
| BEHAIM, MARTIN | Germany, 1459-1507, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1492 = NUR. | the globe is of cardboard covered with vellum. | Nürnberg. | Behaim Cat., 1957; Crone; Winter; Culver; Candee; Stevenson; DSB; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge. |
| BEHAIM, MORITZ | Austria, 1559, MIM | Quadrant with Sundial = FRA; Astronomical Clock, 1559 = Spitzer = Paul Garnier Coll. | Vienna. | Neumann 1 & 3. | |
| BEHAMB, MAURICUS | Germany, 1558, MIM | Evans thought that Behaim and Behamb were the same person; he said the town was Frankfort. | Frankfort. | Evans 1. | |
| BEHRINGER | see Beringer. | ||||
| BEIGHTON, HENRY | England, 1687-1743, | designed and made an improved plane table; constructed an hodometer; F.R.S., 1720; engineer and land-surveyor; author. | Griff, Warwickshire; Chilversloton, near Nuneaton. | Taylor 1(550) and 2(9); DNB; Middleton 1. | |
| BEILBY 1 | England, c.1810, MIM PHIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 1/22/73; Universal Ring Sundial = WHI-1661; Sundial, circular, with lid = Soth. 4/29/77; Stick Barometer = D.(1973), Soth. 5/18/89 = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see Richard Beilby; see Charles Beilby. | Bristol. | Bryden 9 and 16; Wynter 2; RSW. |
| BEILBY 2 | England, | see Proctor and Beilby. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| BEILBY, CHARLES | England, fl.1809-19, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, three-draw = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | T.C. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol (1814-19). | Bryden 9; RSW; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. |
| BEILBY, R. AND C. | England, fl.1809-13, MIM OIM PHIM | Richard and Charles Beilby. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| BEILBY, RICHARD | England, fl.1809-20, MIM OIM PHIM | see R. and C. Beilby. | 2 Clare Street, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| BEILLY | misreading for Beilby. | ||||
| BEIPOLTH, JOHANN | see Johann Deilpolth. | ||||
| BEITELROCK, JOHANN | Germany, 1736, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1736 = Museum of Decorative Arts, Prague. | Augsburg. | Bruton. | |
| BEITENMAN, JOHN | USA, c.1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1986). | Coffeen 12. | ||
| BEKA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/28/73. | Norwich. | RSW. | |
| BELCHER AND BROTHERS | USA, c.1830, MIM | Gunter's Scales = MYS (2). | misreading for Belcher Brothers. | New York, N.Y. | DATM; RSW. |
| BELCHER BROS. | USA, fl.1829-37, MIM | Gunter's Scales, wood = USNM, X. | New York, N.Y. | Bryden 9; USNM; Philip E. Stanley. | |
| BELCHER BROS. AND CO. | USA, c.1835, MIM | Gunter's Scale, wood = D.(1972). | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 104; DATM. | |
| BELCHER BROTHERS | USA, fl.1822-77, MIM | Gunter's Scales = PEA, D.(1979); Slide Rule, folding = D. (1972); Square, wood = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | Thomas, William and Charles Belcher. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Brewington 1; Philip E. Stanley; RSW; Bedini 8. |
| BELCHER, CHARLES, THOMAS AND WILLIAM | USA, fl.1837-43, MIM | rule makers; T. and W. Belcher and Co. may really be Thomas and William and Charles Belcher. | 17 Platt, New York, N.Y. (1837-43). | USNM. | |
| BELCHER, T. AND J. | USA, | misreading, see T. and W. Belcher. | DATM. | ||
| BELCHER, T. AND W. AND C. | USA, fl.1824-26, MIM | Gunter Scale, wood = Maine Historical Society, Portland. | Thomas and William and Charles (or is the "C" for Co.?) Belcher. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| BELCHER, T. AND W., AND CO. | USA, fl.1825-26, MIM | rule makers; see T. and W. and C. Belcher. | 146 Division (1824); 141 Mulberry (1825-26); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Bedini 8. | |
| BELCHER, THOMAS | USA, fl.1823-29+, MIM | rule maker. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| BELCHER, ZACHARIAH | England, c.1822, MIM | made wood and ivory rules. | 4 Knight Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1485). | |
| BELKMEER, PETRUS | Holland, 1732, OIM | Microscope, 1732 = Optical Convention Cat., Leyden? | Enkhuisen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BELL, EDMOND | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1704. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELL, H., AND CO. | England, PHIM | balance makers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BELL, HENRY | Scotland, fl.1856-81, NIM OIM | worked with Isaac Bell, 1860-62. | 48 Maxwell Street (1856-57); 50 Maxwell Street (1858-59); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| BELL, I. AND H. | Scotland, fl.1860-62, NIM | Isaac and Henry Bell. | 54 St. Enoch Square (1860-61); 70 1/2 Great Clyde Street (1862); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| BELL, ISAAC | Scotland, fl.1838-59, NIM | compass maker; see I. and H. Bell. | Delftfield Lane (1839-44); 16 York Street (1847-48); 50 Maxwell Street (1849-57); 52 Maxwell Street (1858-59); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3.à | |
| BELL, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1836-61, OIM PHIM | after 1839 he is listed as a clock and machine maker. | 54 South Bridge Street, Edinburgh (1836-38). | Taylor 2(2073); Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| BELL, JOHN 1 | England, c.1667, MIM | admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1667. | London. | Taylor 1(310); Clay and Court; J. Brown 3. | |
| BELL, JOHN 2 | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on March 20, 1699. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELL, JOHN 3 | England, 1710, MIM | may be John Bell 1. | London. | Evans 1. | |
| BELLA, DELLA | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | Preston. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLANGER, P. | France, 1658, MIM | Instrument, 1658 = X. | Blois. | Evans 1. | |
| BELLANI, ANGELO | Italy, c.1835, PHIM | Thermographs = FLO-1794 (1835), FLO-2025. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| BELLANI, ANGIOLO MARIA | Italy, 1786-52, PHIM | made barometers, thermometers and meteorological instruments. | Monza; Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| BELLARMATUS, HIERONYMUS | France, 1541, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1541 = Prince de Conti Coll, 1771. | 7° east magnetic deviation. | Blois. | Evans 1; Hellman; Hamilton 2; Le Monnier; Vivielle 2. |
| BELLATTI AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newark. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLATTI, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Burton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLATTI, L. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Louis S. Bellatti, which see. | Lincoln. | Goodison 1. |
| BELLATTI, L. 2 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2); Angle Barometers = D.(1982), D.(1973). | probably Lewis Bellatti; D.(1973) is signed "Bellatti of Grantham." | Grantham. | Goodison 1; Antiquarian Horology, Vol. 13, No. 3, March 1982; RSW. |
| BELLATTI, LEWIS | England, c.1822, OIM | optician; jeweler; may have sold or made barometers; see L. Bellatti 2. | High Street, Grantham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLATTI, LOUIS S. | England, c.1856, PHIM | may be barometer maker; may be L. Bellatti 1. | 34 Steep Hill, Lincoln (1856). | Goodison 1. | |
| BELLEJEAN | France, MIM | Neuveville. | Evans 1. | ||
| BELLET | France, fl.1790-1825, NIM | Repeating Circle, 1805 = CNAM; Borda Circle = FGM; Surveying Compass = Melun 4/24/83. | principal worker for Etienne Lenoir. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Italian Inventory; RSW. |
| BELLETTI, PAOLO | Italy, fl.1680-89, OIM | Telescope, 1680 = D.(1973); Telescopes, refracting = Waddesden Manor (1682), P.C. (1689). | Bologna. | Rizzo/Garisenda Antiquariato; G.L'E. Turner 30; RSW. | |
| BELLHOUSE, E.T., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Force Pump = College of Technology, Manchester. | Eagle Foundry. | Manchester. | Lowery. |
| BELLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, PHIM | invented and made hygrometers, electric machines, electric magnetic models; invented an improvement in the pneumatic pump. | Pavia. | Brenni. | |
| BELLIENI | France, c.1812, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie 6/7/72; Inclinometer, pocket = D.(1986); Telescopic Compass = P.C. | Nancy. | Coffeen 13; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | |
| BELLIENI, SCHIOVETTI | France, NIM OIM | Rhumb Line Finder = P.C. | optician; Belliéni. | Brest. | RSW. |
| BELLING, J. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 2/28/80. | Fore Street, Bodmin. | RSW. | |
| BELLINGAM, JOHN R. | England, c.1675, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took apprentices. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| BELLINGER, CHARLES | England, c.1687, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company from date of indenture, Sept. 29, 1686, taken with a non-member of the Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLINGER, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1686-1720, MIM NIM | Rule, 1699 = P.C; Nocturnal, boxwood = Bonhams 3/11/77; Davis Quadrants = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Christie-SK 11/27/86. | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 14, 1677; free of the Company, July 5, 1686; took apprentices; rule made for Thomas Scalinger; nocturnal and quadrant signed "J. Bellinger". | Taylor 1(510); J. Brown 3; RSW. | |
| BELLINGER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1726-32, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Bellinger 1, of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1706; free of the Company, Jan. 17, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLINGER, JOHN 3 | England, c.1730, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Bellinger 2, of the Clockmakers' Company on April 6, 1730. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLINGER, WILLIAM | England, c.1732, MIM | apprenticed to his father, John Bellinger 2, of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 9, 1732. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BELLISA, FRANCESCO | Italy, MIM | Calendar in clock case = TIM. | Aquila. | RSW. | |
| BELLONI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BELLOTTI | variant spelling for Belotti. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BELLOTTI AND GUGERI | see Belotti and Gugeri. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BELLWORTH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 11/16/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| BELNET | France, c.1861, MIM | see Thuret et Belnet | Dijon. | RSW. | |
| BELOTTI | England, | see Gugeri and Belotti. | Taylor 2(2142); Goodison 1. | ||
| BELOTTI AND GUGERI | England, fl.1829-36, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 12/14/89; Wheel Barometer = X. | Andrew Gugeri; changed to Gugeri and Belotti after 1838; the stick barometer has only London as an address; the wheel barometer shows the Holborn, London address; made thermometers and looking glasses | 15 Upper Union Court, Holborn (1829); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1830-36); both in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BELOTTI, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80. | St. Ives. | RSW. | |
| BELTRAMI, LUIGI | Italy, c.1800, MIM | made instruments devised by Carlo Castelli. | Milan. | Emil Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| BELTRAMI, MARTINI | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | Barometers = LEY; Thermometers = LEY. | Leeuwarden. | Daumas 1. | |
| BELTRAMI, MARTINI, EN COMP. | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | made a mercury barometer, c.1800. | Leeuwarden. | USNM. | |
| BEMBO, PIETRO | Italy?, 1547, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1547 = X. | Tooley. | ||
| BEMBRIDGE, THOMAS | England, c.1683, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 16, 1669; free of the Company on May 23, 1683. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BEMELMANS, NICOLAS | Austria?, c.1738, MIM | maker or dealer; supplied a large collection of instruments to Charles, Duke of Lorraine, Regent-Prince of Belgium. | Vienna? | Michel 14. | |
| BEMIS AND CALL CO. | England, c.1850, MIM | Bow Dividers, = D.(1971). | "Cast Steel." | Moskowitz 103. | |
| BEMIS, SAMUEL AMERICANUS | USA, 1790-1881, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1810 and 1860 = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn Mich. | Professor of History, Yale University; made clocks and watches; dentist. | Keene, New Hampshire (1806); Boston, Mass. (1817). | Smart 1; Price 2. |
| BENARD, F. | France, c.1600, | see Chauvin. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| BENARD, JEHAN | France, 1611, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = BM. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| BENBRICKE, JAMES | England, c.1671, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1671. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENBRIDGE | see Bembridge. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BENCI, CARLO | Italy, 1616-76, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1671 = X. | Tooley. | ||
| BENDON | England, PHIM | see Keyzor and Bendon. | Bell 2; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 114. | ||
| BENEDETTI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, c.1574, MIM | invented an instrument, presumably to construct sundials; author. | Turin. | Schatzki, 1970. | |
| BENEEDEN | Denmark?, 1763, NIM | Octant, 1763 = Roussel Sale-81. | signed on front "Beneeden het Lohat" below cupid; marked "Jens Nickelsen" on mirror support; also marked "Capt. Cornelis Strop 1763." | Lohat. | RSW. |
| BENELLI, F. | Italy, 1813, PHIM | Measure, 1813 = FLO-1429. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| BENER | see Benner. | RSW. | |||
| BENER, PHILIPP JAKOB | Germany, fl.1582-1633, MIM | goldsmith; father of Johannes Benner; made pillar sundial signed "P.I.B.", 1629, at University Art Museum, Uppsala, Sweden. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| BENETJINK AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Stick Barometer = K. and C. 9/29/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| BENEVOLO | France, PHIM | Machine à Vapeur = D.(1966). | Bénévolo. | Passage de l'Hôtel Dieu 22, Lyon; Paris. | RSW; Brieux 3. |
| BENHAM, JOHN | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Collumpton. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BENNECKE | Germany, 1792, MIM OIM SIM | Graphometer, 1792 = P.C. | optician; variant spelling is Benecke. | Berlin. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3. |
| BENNER | see Bener. | RSW. | |||
| BENNER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1620-59+, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Christie 6/20/74. | son of Philipp Jakob Bener, which see. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; RSW. |
| BENNET 1 | England, fl.1785-1814, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Auction, 1803. | London. | Taylor 2(799). | |
| BENNET 2 | variant spelling for Bennett. | ||||
| BENNET, JOHN | England, c.1710, MIM SIM | Protractor = KEN; Compass = OXF; Circumferentor = NMM-T.22; Rule, ivory = Soth. 10/17/60-130. | sometimes spelt "Bennett"; T.C. at BM; member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Taylor 1(556); Maddison 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| BENNET, NEHEMIAH | USA, 1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Quadrant, 1775 = D.(1992); Alidade for plane-table, 1777 = USNM - 319076. | both instruments signed "N. Bennet"; see Noah Bennet. | Middleboro, Mass. | USNM; Bedini 1 and 8; Coffeen 36. |
| BENNET, NOAH | USA, 1777, MIM SIM | possibly Nehemiah Bennet. | Middleboro, Mass. | USNM; Bedini 1 and 8; RSW. | |
| BENNET, THOMAS | England, fl.1775-94, MIM | made sandglasses. | 49 Wade Street (1775); Bridewell Lane (1793-94); both in Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| BENNETT 1 | Ireland, fl.1780-1800, MIM | Compass Sundial = OXF. | Cork. | Taylor 2(1082); Michel 3; Britten; Gunther 2; Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| BENNETT 2 | Ireland, PHIM | Marine Barometer = GMM. | see F. Bennett; see J. Bennett 2. | Cork. | RSW. |
| BENNETT, ANTHONY | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "Bennett" plus address. | High Street, Kettering. | Goodison 1. |
| BENNETT, F. | Ireland, c.1815, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83. | see Bennett 2. | Cork. | RSW. |
| BENNETT, J. 1 | England, 1775, MIM | Sundial, round, 1775 = Soth. 2/28/80. | London. | RSW. | |
| BENNETT, J. 2 | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1987). | see Bennett 2. | Cork. | RSW. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1712-50?, MIM SIM | Theodolite = KEN. | apprenticed to his father, William Bennett, of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on Sept. 29, 1712; took apprentices. | High Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(10); J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1743-68, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentors = ADL-M156, NMM-T.22, KEN, Christie-SK 3/31/83; Pantograph, 1767 = Burton Constable; Pair of Globes = Temple Newsham, Leeds; Telescope, double prism eyepiece = VCW; Theodolite = Soth. 12/19/66-67; Stick Barometer = WHI. | most instruments signed "J. Bennett"; made "Fowler's Sliding Rule and Halfpenny's Tangent Rule"; "Instrument maker to their Royal Highnesses William, Duke of Gloucester, Prince Henry and Prince Frederick"; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1754; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | The Globe, Crown Court, between St. Ann's, Soho and Golden Square, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(332); Crawforth 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; E. Hall; Calvert 2; Maddison 1; C.N. Robinson; ADL; RSW. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 3 | England, c.1715, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 10, 1715. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENNETT, JOHN 4 | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to Richard Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on April 2, 1733. | Hatton Wall, St. Andrews Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| BENNETT, JOHN 5 | England, c.1850, MIM | Stick Barometers = WHI, D.(1976), Soth. 10/19/87. | in the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | 65 Cheapside, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BENNETT, JOHN 6 | England, fl.1731-59, MIM | John Cobham turned over to him, in the Clockmakers' Company on May 6, 1732; took eleven apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENNETT, JOSEPH | England, c.1828, MIM | 133 Goswell Street and 10 E. Harding Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BENNETT, L. | England, fl.1799-1826, MIM | 26 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 2(1277); Dewhirst; Crawforth 6. | ||
| BENNETT, RICHARD 1 | England, c.1663, | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 or 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 2, 1663. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BENNETT, RICHARD 2 | England, fl.1715-29, MIM | apprenticed to his father, William Bennett, of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1707; free of the Company, July 4, 1715; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENNETT, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, fl.1809-67, MIM NIM OIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1996). | T.C.; taken over by Reynolds and Wiggins, 1867. | Patrick Street (1809-12); 2 Patrick Street (1820); 65 Patrick (1824); 124 Patrick Street (1844-67); all in Cork. | Soth. 9/20/83-98; RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett; AH Summer, 1996. |
| BENNETT, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1832-40, MIM PHIM | T.C. | 162 Goswell Street, London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1777). | |
| BENNETT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1687-1733, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Brown 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on April 2, 1677; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1687; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENOIT FILS, JEAN | France, c.1800, MIM | constructor, technician, clockmaker; firm founded in 1791. | Besançon. | USNM. | |
| BENSON, FREDERICK | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to Anthony Oldiss Bancks in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 16, 1796. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BENSON, J.W. | England, PHIM | Barometer, pocket = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Ludgate Hill, London. | RSW. | |
| BENSON, JOHN | USA, fl.1793-98, OIM | made lenses; imported telescopes. | Birmingham, N.Y.; 12 Princess Street; 106 Pearl Street; 147 Pearl Street, at the Sign of the Green Spectacles; all in New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1 and 8. | |
| BENTLEY, G. | England, c.1850, MIM | Engineer's Set Square = D.(1975). | RSW. | ||
| BENTLEY, THOMAS | England, c.1766, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Darlington. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BENTWICKE, JAMES | England, c.1671, | Bentwicke's apprentice was turned over to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on June 2, 1671. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BENZONI, A. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Sheraton style. | RSW. | |
| BERANGER, ANE. MAISON | France, c.1850, PHIM | Countertop Balance = Phillips 2/15/89. | (Ancienne Maison Beranger); "Usines de la Mulatière"; see Joseph Beranger et Cie. | Lyon. | RSW. |
| BERANGER, DAVID | Germany, 1806, MIM | Astronomical Sundial, 1806 = MERC-115; Cube Sundial = MERC-163. | surely misreading for David Beringer. | Hamilton 1; RSW. | |
| BERANGER, JOSEPH | France, 1847, PHIM | Béranger; invented a sensitive balance in 1847. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BERANGER, JOSEPH, ET CIE. | France, c.1850, PHIM | in 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | 97 Rue Centrale, Lyons. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BERCINI | England, PHIM | see Wheelhouse and Bercini. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BERENDT | Holland, c.1777, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = X. | Groningen. | Michel 3. | |
| BERENGER | Germany, MIM | Cube Sundial = Drouot 4/26/67-42. | surely David Beringer. | RSW. | |
| BERG, F.L. | Germany, MIM | Augsburg. | Evans 1. | ||
| BERG, FRANS JOHAN | Sweden, 1825-98, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Level, 1850 = NOR; Alidade = STM; Dumpy Level = P.C. (1987). | business founded in 1850; made surveying, mining, and drawing instruments; T.C. | Kammakaregaten 19 (hörnet af Drottinggaten), Stockholm. | Pipping 1; Calvert 2; RSW. |
| BERG, JOHANN DANIEL VOM | Germany?; Belgium?, c.1795, PHIM | Money Balances = Koller 11/17/75, Soth. 10/3/88; Balance = DRE. | is Daniel the surname? | in der Bergischen Haupstadt, Lennep, 179. | RSW. |
| BERGANER, MICHAEL | Austria, | misreading for Michael Bergauer. | MADEX-64. | ||
| BERGAUER | Germany, MIM | Quadrant = P.C.(1976). | modern English forgery. | signed Bergauer of Augsburg but was made in London. | Brieux 4. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| BERGE | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Sextant = D.(1986). | many instruments are signed "Berge"; some are marked "Berge London late Ramsden" it is difficult to determine whether John or Matthew Berge made them. | London. | Goodison 1; Bedini 5; Wynter 1; Serrio; Moskowitz 105; Coffeen 14; RSW. |
| BERGE, JOHN | England, 1742-1808, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = D.(c.1976); Telescope = P.C.; Mirometer = WHI-399; Sextant, box = X; etc. | apprenticed to Peter Dollond of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1756; free of the Company in 1773; worked for Dollond until 1790; Taylor and Wynter think John Berge was responsible for the instruments signed "late Ramsden"; Crawforth and Goodison think that Matthew Berge was the maker. | 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1756); Johnson Court, Fleet Street (1791); 3 Crane Court, Fleet Street (1797-1803); 26 Lower Eaton Street, Pimlico (1805-07); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(571); Dewhirst; USNM; Court and von Rohr 3(193); Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| BERGE, MATTHEW | England, fl.1802-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including sextants, surveying compasses, gunner's calipers, stick barometers, Gunter's scales, telescopes, etc. | above instruments all signed "M. Berge late Ramsden"; son or nephew to John Berge, which see; also see Berge; worked for Ramsden and succeeded him; may have been apprenticed to him; T.C. | 119 Piccadilly, London (c.1819). | Taylor 2(1083); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Moskowitz 105; USNM; Crawforth 1 & 6; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BERGEN | USA, | see Doty and Bergen. | RSW. | ||
| BERGER | England, c.1800, | "late Ramsden"; misreading for Berge. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BERGER, C.L., AND SONS | USA, MIM SIM | Plane Table = Mystic Seaport, Conn.; Theodolite = P.C. | No. 37 Williams Street, Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BERGER, L., AND SON | USA, MIM SIM | Field Theodolite = Christie 12/21/71. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | |
| BERGER, MATTHIAS | Germany, MIM | Astronomical Instrument = NOR. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| BERGERE, VAN DER | Holland, fl.1800-21, OIM | microscopes in 1800 and 1821 catalogues. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BERGERON | France, 1796, MIM | Ornamental Lathe, 1796 = P.C. (1988); Set of Turning Tools = Christie-SK 5/24/90. | à la Flotte d'Angleterre, Paris. | RSW. | |
| BERGNA, J. BAPTIST | England, fl.1830-40, PHIM | barometer maker; some barometers signed "J.B. Bergna", others "Baptist Bergna"; see Grassi, Bergna and Origoni. | St. Nicholas Churchyard, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(2074); Goodison 1. | |
| BERHAIM, MARTIN | see Martin Behaim. | Candee. | |||
| BERI AND PATERA | England?, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Leek. | USNM. | |
| BERI, G. | England, c.1770?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BERIDGE | England, c.1748, PHIM | made a certain type of thermometer; watchmaker. | Boston. | Chaldecott 2. | |
| BERIGER | see Beringer. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| BERINGER, A. | France, MIM | Sundial (dated 1708) = P.C. | Bedini thinks it is by D.B. Sheahan. | Dieppe. | Price 2; Bedini 6. |
| BERINGER, D. | Germany, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = OXF. | "D. Beringer fecit"; possibly David Beringer, which see. | RSW. | |
| BERINGER, D., AND G.P. SEYFRIED | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Cube Sundials , wood and paper = BRS, FLO, MUN, WUR, LIE, KAS, UTR, Soth. 2/28/75; etc; Cube Sundial, silver = ADL-M327; etc. | David Beringer; the ADL sundial is mounted on a later base. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 1; Chandler and Vincent 2; Price 2; de Rijk; ADL; RSW. |
| BERINGER, DAVID | Germany, 1756-1821, MIM | many wood and paper cube and diptych sundials exist; some of the latter have two volvelles on the lid and sometimes are in French; compass sundials are at OXF, WHI and ADL, etc.; brass horizontal sundial is at OXF; a pair of globes, signed "David Beringer", are in a P.C.; we agree with Moskowitz that compass sundials signed "B." or "D.B." were made by Beringer; an artillery level is at NYC. | some of the sundials are signed "D. Beringer"; wooden diptychs often signed "Verfertigt von David Beringer." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Michel 1; Bonelli 1; Moskowitz 109; Monreal; Garcia 1; Engelmann 1; Hamilton; Wynter 1 and 2; USNM; Nachet; Chandler and Vincent 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Syndram; RSW. |
| BERINGERUS, P. | Germany, 1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1750 = NMM-D.1. | signed "P. Beringerus Herzog Can:Soreth"; may be owner. | NMM 2. | |
| BERKETTS | see Becket. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BERLE, JEAN DE | France, c.1400, MIM | pupil of Johannes Fusoris. | Paris. | Poulle 1; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BERLINGER | Austria, post-1769, MIM | Astronomical Clock = P.C. | Vienna. | Tardy. | |
| BERNARD DE VERDUN | France, c.1250, | may have devised the torquetum. | Verdun. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BERNARD, DESIRE F. | France, c.1850, MIM | Desiré F. Bernard; in the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | 30 rue des Maroursets, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BERNARDA | see Cermanati and Bernarda. | ||||
| BERNARDI, DANIEL | Italy, 1629, MIM | Cruciform Dial, 1629 = MADEX-80 = Prin Coll. = NMM-D.44. | Michel 1; Dewhirst; MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| BERNARDI, N. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERNARDINUS | Italy, 1565, MIM | Astrolabe, 1565 = Museo Civico Malatestiano, Fano. | "Aurifex." | Italian Inventory. | |
| BERNARDUS | France, c.1680, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = OXF-B, Evans Coll. = D.(1988). | first name. | Maddison 1; D. Brieux 1. | |
| BERNASCHONI AND MONTHI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/28/80. | one of the wheel barometers is signed "Barnaschoni and Monthi"; one of the stick barometers is signed "Bernaschoni and Monti." | Leicester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERNASCHONI AND MONTI | Barometer=P.C. | see Bernaschoni and Monthi. | RSW; WEBDB. | ||
| BERNASCONE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Merthyr. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERNASCONE, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/19/78. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| BERNASCONI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see M. Bernasconi. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| BERNASCONI, A. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERNASCONI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | "Warranted." | Boston. | RSW. |
| BERNASCONI, M. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/27/88, Soth.-S 7/17/96. | variant of M. Barnasconi? | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERNHARDUS | France, c.1600, MIM | Sundial = Evans Coll. = OXF? | Dewhirst; Price 2. | ||
| BERNIE | France, MIM | Sundial, octagonal, small = Wray Sale-62. | probably Bernier. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BERNIER | France, fl.1783-1820, MIM OIM SIM | Pantograph = Spitzer Sale-2870; Rules = MADEX-499, WHI, Roussel Sale; Sector = Soth. 10/17/60-134; Butterfield-type Sundials = P.C., D., Drouot 4/26/67-45, Libert et Castor 4/28/82, Drouot 4/7/87; Telescopic Quadrant = NAC; Folding Square = BIR; Protractor = VCW; Graphometers = Chayette 6/28/86, P.C. | probably successor to Langlois; WHI has 30 inches on one side, 80 cm. on the other. | au Niveau à la Sphère; en la Cité; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Nachet; RSW. |
| BERNIERES, M. | France, c.1774, OIM | constructed a burning glass for M. Trulaine de Montigny of the Académie des Sciences, Paris. | Paris. | Spargo 1. | |
| BEROSSUS | c.300 B.C., MIM | invented an early sundial, the hemicycle. | Cousins. | ||
| BERQUEZ | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and clock = Soth.-Chester 3/9/83. | Vere Street, Cavendish Square, London. | RSW. | |
| BERQUIN, JEAN | France, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundials = WHI-733, McVitty Coll. | WHI is silver, 1650?, and with leather case. | Bordeaux. | Bryden 16; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| BERRICK, RALPH | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | Queen Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| BERRINGER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRINGTON, JOHN | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "J. Berrington, Leicester." | High Street, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| BERRY 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Great Windmill Street, Hay Market, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY 2 | see Newton and Berry; see Newton Son and Berry. | London. | RSW. | ||
| BERRY 3 | England, c.1777, OIM PHIM | optician; succeeded by Matthew Wisker, a barometer maker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY AND BERRY | England, post-1700, MIM | globe makers; William and E. Berry. | Holborn Court, London. | Taylor 1(331). | |
| BERRY AND MACKAY | Scotland, fl.1879-1975, NIM | Octants = Christie 3/31/83, FRK = RSM. | made clocks and watches; started out as James Berry and Alexander Spence Mackay, 1879-90; Mackay worked alone until his death in 1914; firm taken over in the 1940's by Walter Murray, who may have already been working for the firm; the firm closed in 1975 when Murray died. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BERRY, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Bearne's 3/11/97. | Hertford. | RSW. | |
| BERRY, D. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Huntingdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY, D. 2 | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/13/76. | Nottingham. | RSW. | |
| BERRY, E. | see William Berry. | ||||
| BERRY, G., AND SON | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 12/15/78. | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| BERRY, GEORGE ALLAN | Scotland, fl.1857-86, NIM | son of James Berry; see James Berry and Son, 1857-64; was made a member of the Hammermen Incorporation in 1866. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| BERRY, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 5/18/89. | Soth. signed "J. Berry Berwick St. John"; maybe J. Berry 2, 3 or 4 at different addresses. | 16 Berwick Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERRY, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be J. Berry 1, 3 or 4 at different addresses. | 12 Little Chapple Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERRY, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be same as J. Berry 1, 2 or 4 at different addresses. | 78 Wardover Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BERRY, J. 4 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90. | may be J. Berry 1, 2 or 3 at different addresses. | 17 Noel Street, Soho, London. | RSW. |
| BERRY, JAMES | Scotland, 1808-90, NIM OIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 5/17/78. | apprenticed to William Spark; admitted to the Hammermen, 1837; made clocks, watches and chronometers; took his son, George Allan Berry, as a partner in James Berry and Son, 1856-64; took Alexander Spence Mackay as partner in Berry and Mackay, 1879-1890; firm lasted until 1975. | 52 Castle Street (1835-52); 53 Marischal Street (1852); 88 Union Street (1853-56); all in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BERRY, JAMES, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1857-65, NIM OIM | Sextant = Soth. 10/28/86. | James Berry and George Allan Berry, 1857-64; son worked alone, 1866-78. | 88 Union Street (1857-60); 29 Union Street (1861); 29 St. Nicholas Street (1862-64); 59 1/2 Marischal Street (1865); all in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BERRY, JOH. | England, c.1836, MIM | 14 Jamaica Terrace, Limehouse, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BERRY, JOHN | England, fl.1738-65, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | The Dial near the Cross, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BERRY, T. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-Glasgow 5/19/82 lot #36. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| BERRY, WILLIAM | England, 1639-1718, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Moxon of the Weavers' Company in 1656; free of the Company, 1664; globe maker; publisher; his grandson was William Watkins 1; some of the addresses probably the same place; partner with Robert Morden as Morden and Berry, (1669-70). | The Blue Anchor, Middle Row, Holborn, just outside Holborn Bars (1669); The Globe near the New Exchange on the north side of the Strand (1674); at the Globe between Charing Cross and Whitehall (1680); The Globe, Craggs Court near Charing Cross (1681-1700); Holborn Court, between Holborn and Gray's Inn; Sign of the Globe, between Charing Cross and Whitehall; all in London. | Taylor 1(331); Evans 1; Tooley; Tyacke 1. | |
| BERSELIUS, HADRIAN AMEROCCIO | Italy, 1522, MIM | Astrolabe, 1522 = Fry Coll. | Price thought the astrolabe was c.1380; ICA-202; owner? | Michel 2; Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1. | |
| BERT, PAUL | France, 1767, MIM | Globe Sundials, stone, 1767 = MADEX-173 & -174 = NMM-Caird; Globe Sundials, ivory, 1767 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Michel 1; Dewhirst; NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| BERTHAUD, L'ABBE | France, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = P.C.(1965). | l'Abbé Berthaud. | RSW. | |
| BERTHAUX | France, MIM | Celestial Globe = CNAM-7432; Armillary Sphere = CNAM-7444. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| BERTHELEMY, A. | France, 19th Century, MIM OIM | Telescopic Level = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | Berthélémy; succeeded by A. Lepetit. | Paris. | Christie 12/18/74; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BERTHERAN, M. | France, c.1560, MIM | Sundial in base of clock = Soth.-NY 6/22/88. | needle in compass box probably is a replacement. | RSW. | |
| BERTHET | France, c.1750, NIM | mounted a micrometer on a quadrant. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BERTHET, ANDRE | France; Portugal, 1774, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, 1774 = Ineichen 10/18/74; Heliochronometer, case = LIM. | "Horloger"; see Berthet; André Berthet. | Lisbon. | RSW. |
| BERTHOUD, FERDINAND | Switzerland; France, 1729-1807, MIM NIM | Tide Timer, 1788 = AMST; Celestial Globe on clock = Hertford House, London. | Paris. | USNM; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Grimaldi (975); Cajori; J.A, Bennett 2. | |
| BERTHOUD, PIERRE-FREDERIC | France, c.1750, MIM | Sundial = Musée de la Chaux-des-Fonds. | Pierre-Frédéric Berthoud. | Couvet. | RSW. |
| BERTHROUD | France, | misreading for Berthoud. | Grimaldi (975). | ||
| BERTIE, GEORGE | USA, fl.1807-08, MIM | Georges Street, Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| BERTIN, JEAN | France, c.1830, PHIM | Steam Apparatus = ADL-M412. | "Bertin inv. No. 175." | Engelmann 1; Michel 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| BERTINI, D. | Italy, 1796, PHIM | Electric Machine, 1796 = Lycée, Lucca. | Italian Inventory. | ||
| BERTINI, MICHELE | Italy, c.1780, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1780 = WHI. | Bryden 16; Price 2. | ||
| BERTOLA, ANTONIO BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1763, MIM OIM | made astronomical instruments. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| BERTONI, ANGIOLO | Italy, fl.1850-61, OIM | Florence. | Brenni 1. | ||
| BERUCKER | Germany, c.1768, OIM | made solar microscopes. | Nürnberg. | Clay and Court. | |
| BERVILLE, MATTHIEU | France, c.1690, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials = Wray Sale-138, D.(1964). | Dieppe. | Michel 1; Dewhirst; RSW. | |
| BERZELIUS, JONS JACOB | Sweden, 1779-1848, MIM | Baron Jöns Jacob Berzelius; chemist; secretary to the Academy of Sciences; invented a slide rule for atomic weights, c.1830. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. | |
| BESANCENOT | France, 1759, MIM | Sundial, oval, 1759 = NAC. | Besançenot. | Is-sur-Tille. | Michel 3; Nachet. |
| BESERGA | England, | see Monti and Beserga. | Bell 2. | ||
| BESNOS | England, c.1849, MIM | Armillary Sphere = CNAM. | misreading for Desnos. | Paris. | Grimaldi(991). |
| BESOZZI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 10/20/89. | the barometer at Christie was marked "Shaftsbury." | Weymouth; Shaftsbury. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BESSARD, TOUSSAINCTS DE | France, c.1574, MIM | invented a canometer to find the meridian and a micrometer for directional measurements; author. | Rouen. | RSW. | |
| BESSLER, JOHANN ERNEST ELIAS | Germany, 1680-1745, PHIM | made a "perpetuum mobile"; called himself "Orffyrius." | Kassel? | USNM. | |
| BESSON, JACQUES | France, c.1567, | author; designed instruments for astronomy, surveying and navigation including the "cosmolabe." | Paris. | O'Neal; Poggendorf; Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| BEST, ROBERT | USA, fl.1811-31, MIM PHIM | repaired philosophical and mathematical instruments; watchmaker. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | "Antiques", July, 1974. | |
| BESTER, OWEN HIBBARD | USA, 1809-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Washington, D.C. | Smart 1; USNM. | ||
| BETALLI | France, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = CNAM. | same as Christophe Bettally. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| BETTALLY, CHRISTOPHE | France; England, fl.1770?-88, PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = Bute Coll. (1787) = D. (1967); Stick Barometer = X; Vacuum Pump = FLO-1537. | surely same as Betalli; stick barometer is signed "Bettally London"; other signed "C. Bettally fecit London 1787"; T.C.; made physical instruments in glass. | Paris; 1 Charlotte Street, Pimlico (1787); 292 Oxford Street, opposite Stratford Place (1788); both in London. | Goodison 1 and 5; Bonelli 1. |
| BETTALLY, JOSEPHE | France, fl.1768-71, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, 1771 with a Thermometer, 1768 = Christie 6/22/89. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BETTESWORTH, J. | England, c.1800, MIM | succeeded by William Garrard. | The Naval Academy, Ormond House, Paridise Row, Chelsea, London. | Taylor 2(838); NMM 2. | |
| BETTINI, MARIO | Italy, 1582-1657, MIM | invented instrument for tracing the meridian. | Bologna. | Boffito; Michel 3. | |
| BETTS, JOHN | England, fl.1839-63, MIM | Globe, portable, 1850 = X. | publisher. | 115 Strand; 7 Compton Street Brunswick Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(2075); Tooley. |
| BETTS, THOMAS | England, c.1818, MIM | rule maker. | Inge Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BEUCKEL | 1763, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1763 = P.C. | date could be 1768. | RSW. | |
| BEUERLEIN, JOACHIM | misreading for Joachim Deuerlin. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BEVAN, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1804-38, MIM | engineer; modified the Dunn-type accounting slide rule in 1822; invented a self-registering rain-gauge. | Leighton Buzzard, Bushey Heath. | Taylor 2(1084); Delehar 2 and 9. | |
| BEVAN, E. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BEVAN, SYLVANUS | England, c.1817, | invented an improved slide rule. | Taylor 2(1279); G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BEWTON, ARNOLD | England?, 1865, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1865, on stand = Lesieur et Le Bars, Le Havre 7/9/90. | RSW. | ||
| BEYER, JOHANN | Germany, 1673-1751, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1718 = KAS. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Tooley. | |
| BEYERINCK | Holland, fl.1829-45, OIM | Telescope = LEY. | Leiden. | RSW. | |
| BEYSER, JEAN-DAVID | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = OXF, MEM; Augsburg-type Sundials = Spaulding Coll., P.B. 1/22/54-55, OXF; Sundials, horizontal = OXF, CLU, USNM, MERC-49 (silver), Schuhmann Sale-134, Lempertz 6/14/76; Perpetual Calendars = D.(1972), Soth. 3/27/72. | D. calendar is in lid of case of L.T.M. sundial. | Mannheim. | Maddison 5; Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| BEZARD | France, c.1769, OIM | optician; lens maker. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris (1769). | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BIANCHETTI, I. | France, c.1850, NIM | Hadley Quadrant = NMM-S.189; Octant = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | T.C. | 1 rue Beauvais, Marseilles. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| BIANCHI 1 | Holland, fl.1740-78, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| BIANCHI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | probably George Bianchi. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. |
| BIANCHI 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI 4 | France, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = D.(1980). | rue de Coq, St. Honoré 11, Paris. | Coffeen I; Moskowitz 120. | |
| BIANCHI AND CO. | Holland, pre-1793, MIM OIM PHIM | made solar microscopes, pumps, etc.; by 1793 owners of a fancy-goods shop. | Kalverstraat over de Gapensteeg, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| BIANCHI AND PRIMAVESI | Holland, PHIM | Barometer = LEY. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHI AND SONS | France, 1831, MIM | worked in 1831. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BIANCHI, A., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | RSW. | ||
| BIANCHI, B. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, B. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, B. 3 | France; Italy?, c.1820, PHIM | see Fioruzzi e Bianchi. | Paris; Piacenza? | Brenni 1. | |
| BIANCHI, BARTHELEMY | NIM | Sextant = CNAM-6692. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| BIANCHI, CAMPORINO | Belgium, NIM | Spyglass, ivory = Soth. 12/13/65-95. | Brussels. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHI, F., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, G. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | could be either G. Bianchi 2 or 3 or George Bianchi. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, G. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIANCHI, G. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/16/76. | Windsor. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHI, GEORGE | England, fl.1805-16, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/8/86; Stick Barometer = X. | all signed "G. Bianchi Ipswich." | St. Clements Street (1805-08); Westgate Street (1809-16); both in Ipswich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BIANCHI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77. | wheel marked "Lane End"; other marked "Blandford." | Lane End, Blandford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BIANCHI, PRIMAVESI AND CO. | Holland, c.1771, OIM | made optical instruments. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BIANCHI, V. | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976), Christie-SK 10/20/89. | the barometer at Christie's is marked "Belfast." | Dublin; Belfast. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BIANCHII, FILIPPO E XAVIER DI | Italy, fl.1764-66, MIM PHIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = DEU, KEN-1923/404; Equatorial Sundials = VEN (1764), Soth. 5/19/96-46 (1754); Universal Equatorial Sundial, No. 3, 1764 = P. and S. 3/20/96; Air Pump, No. 93, 1766 = PRA. | "Filippo and Xavier Fratelli di Bianchii"; also spelled "Bianchy." | Venice. | Evans 1; Michel 3; Czech. Inventory; D. Bachman (1983); Earle; RSW. |
| BIANCHINI, ANTONIO | Italy, 1564, MIM SIM | Surveying Sector, with dials, 1564 = FLO-2511. | see A.B. 1; clockmaker. | Venice. | Bonelli 1; Michel 2; Price 2. |
| BIANCHINI, FRANCESCO | Italy, 1662-1729, MIM | inventor or maker. | Verona. | Hamilton 2. | |
| BIANCHINI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1972). | RSW. | ||
| BIANCHY 1 | Austria, 1767, PHIM | Thermometer, 1767 = X. | Vienna. | Daumas 1. | |
| BIANCHY 2 | France, 1785, PHIM | made physical apparatus. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BIANCHY 3 | Holland, c.1790, PHIM | made barometers. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BIANCHY 4 | see Bianchi. | ||||
| BIANCHY, DI | MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = P.C. | probably Filippo e Xavier Fratelli di Bianchii, which see. | RSW. | |
| BIANCHY, R. | France, c.1785, PHIM | Barometer = CNAM. | Rue St. Honoré No. 252, Paris. | Middleton 1. | |
| BIANELI | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| BICKERTON, JOHN | England, c.1735, MIM | Samuel How turned over to him as an apprentice; may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIDAULT, C. | France, 1650, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, case, 1650 = Evans Coll. = OXF; Table of Latitudes = Evans Coll. | au Palais des Galleries, quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Evans 1; Dewhirst; Nachet; Price 2; Britten; RSW. | |
| BIDAULT, JACQUES | France, post-1762, MIM | Garden Sundial = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, Dec. 11, 1991. | perhaps related to C. Bidault, which see; apprenticed to Clerget. | Quay de l'Horloge, Paris. | RSW. |
| BIDDELL, JONAS | England, c.1756, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Grocers' Company on Nov. 2, 1756. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BIDDLE | USA, pre-1776, OIM | repaired telescope now at Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa. | Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| BIDDLE, OWEN | USA, 1737-1799, MIM | clockmaker; made a planetarium. | North Ward, Philadelphia; Chester County; both in Pa. | Bedini 1 and 8;; USNM. | |
| BIDER, FRANCIS | England, 1716, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1716 = OXF-Evans. | Evans 1. | ||
| BIDLAKE, JAMES 1 | England, 1767-1805, MIM | also made clocks and watches. | 31 Minories, (until 1782); 16 Sun Street, Bishopsgate Without (1799-1805); both in London. | Taylor 2(572). | |
| BIDLAKE, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1820-27, MIM | watch and clockmaker; son of James Bidlake 1. | 48 (or 8) Chiswell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1489). | |
| BIDSTRUP, JESPER | Denmark; England; Denmark, fl.1762-1802, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = ROS, Soth. 4/27/64-140, D., AUI, Videnskabs- historisk Museum, Aarhus; Mechanical Powers Apparatus = Sor° Akademi, Sor°. | worked first with Nairne and Blunt, 1788; by 1793 was working by himself; had a catalogue; appointed "Royal City Mechanicus" upon his return to Copenhagen. | Copenhagen; 36 St. Martin's Street, Leicester Square, London (1793); Copenhagen. | Brieux 3; Chaldecott 3; Taylor 2(438); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| BIE, C. DE | Holland, c.1689, NIM | Magnetic Compass = D.(1986). | compass maker. | The Hague. | Schück; Coffeen Z. |
| BIEHELER, LANDELINUS | Germany, fl.1781-84, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1781 = FRE; Terrestrial Globe, 1784 = FRE. | Freiburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| BIENNAIS, MARTIN GUILLAUME | France, 1764-1843, MIM | Instrument Set in travel case = Musée Carnavalet; Rule, folding, mother-of-pearl = D. | "orfèvre de Leurs Majestés Imperiales et Royales"; "Me. Tabletier ébeniste"; travel case belonged to Napoleon; rule from travel case of the Duchess d'Otrante; made magnificent traveling cases. | au Singe violet, rue St.-Honoré, No. 283, Paris (1809-19). | "Connaissance des Arts", Oct., 1980; Versailles 11/19/78; RSW. |
| BIENVENU | France, c.1775, PHIM | made physical apparatus. | 18, rue de Rohan, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BIETTE | France, c.1820, OIM PHIM | Telescope = P.C. (1973); Marine Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | Lyon. | Troadec; RSW. | |
| BIFEZZI, G. | Italy, 1835, MIM | Telemeter, 1835 = FGM. | Naples. | Italian Inventory. | |
| BIGAS | England, PHIM | Hydrometer = A-P 3/15/76. | "Patented". | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| BIGG, BENJAMIN | England, c.1679, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Cooke of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 3, 1679. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIGGS, B. | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = P.C.; Sextant = ADL-A249. | Swansea; Cardiff. | Taylor 2(1085); ADL; RSW. | |
| BIGGS, EDMUND | England, c.1695, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 12, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIGGS, SAMUEL | England, c.1752, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Grocers' Company on March 9, 1752. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BIGGS, THOMAS | England; USA, fl.1785-1822, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Hadley Quadrant, 1785 = Virgina Historical Society, Richmond, Va.; Octant, 1792 = P.C. | T.C. in Adams' quadrant; apprenticed to Benjamin Condy, up to 1776; soldier, 1776-1781; worked in New York for eight years; returned to Philadelphia; succeeded Benjamin Condy in 1792; made and dealt in instruments. | 32 Well-Fleet Street, London; Philadelphia, Pa.; No. 8 Water Street; 60, facing Beekman's Slip (1786); 32 Wall Street, near the Coffee House; both in New York, N.Y.; 81 South Front Street (1792); 85 South Front Street (1801-06): at the Sign of the Sextant (1815), 66 South Front Street (1807-21); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 and 8; Smart 1; Gillingham; USNM; D.J. Warner 8; DATM; RSW. |
| BIGNELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIGOT, E. | French Guiana, MIM | Cruciform Sundials = MERC-14 (176)= WHI, ADL-DPW47. | may be one sundial, Bryden 16 does not show it, although Hamilton stated that it was sold to Whipple. | Cayenne. | Hamilton 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. |
| BIHLER, JOHANN PHILIP | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Huelsmann Coll. | hour-plate is star-shaped; fitted case. | Augsburg. | Syndram. |
| BILD, VEIT | Germany, 1484-1529, MIM | astronomer; sundial maker. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2. | |
| BILDT, BAUKE EISMA VAN DER | Holland, 1753-1831, OIM | Telescopes = LEY, LOS, UTR, Eisinga's House, Franeker, Bom Auctions 1906 & 1910. | succeeded his great-uncle, Jan van der Bildt 1, c.1791. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Daumas 1. USNM; RSW. |
| BILDT, JOHANNES VAN DER 1 | Holland, 1709-91, OIM | Telescopes = ZUR, UTR; LEY, Eisinga's House, Franeker, Dr. Coopman's House, Franeker (No. 368), LOS, TEY, P.C., Frisian Maritime Museum, etc. | worked with his two sons; his great-nephew, Bauke Eisma van der Bildt succeeded to the business c.1791; full name was Jan Pytters van der Bildt; taught in high school in Franeker. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Zinner 1; G.L'E. Turner 28; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. |
| BILDT, JOHANNES VAN DER 2 | Holland, 1736-1779, OIM | Telescopes = LEY, AMST, Eisinga's House, Franeker. | son of Jan van der Bildt 1. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; RSW. |
| BILDT, LUBBERTUS VAN DER | Holland, 1738-80, OIM PHIM | Instruments = LEY, UTR (Physics Dept), Eisinga"s House, Franeker. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| BILLAUX L'AINE | France, c.1787, PHIM | made physical apparatus; also spelled Billeau and Billiaux; Billaux l'Aîné. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BILLIAUX | France, c.1782, PHIM | see Greppin et Billiaux. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BILLING, JOSEPH | England, c.1830, OIM | 14 Maryland Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1778). | ||
| BILLING, R. | England, c.1703, MIM | bookseller with G. Briant, may have been instrument makers. | at the King's Head, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 1(536). | |
| BILLINGHURST, ANTHONY | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Hilkiah Bedford of the Clockmakers' Company on July 1, 1672. | J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 9. | ||
| BILLON | France, 1787, MIM | made instrument to draw ellipses. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BINDA 1 | France, MIM | Cannon Sundials = NOR (2). | Marseilles. | RSW. | |
| BINDA 2 | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Versailles 4/17/83. | "Opticien". | RSW. | |
| BINDA, GIOVANNI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1973). | York. | RSW. | |
| BINGHAM | England, c.1825, | Captain, R.N.; invented a perpetual log. | 22 Arundel Street, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1779). | |
| BINGHAM, CHARLES | England, fl.1808-18, MIM | Table of Equation of Time, silver = BM-1897/3/15-2. | signed "C. Bingham"; Price thought London and 18th Century; made sundials. | Ann Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1779a); Bryden 9; Price 3; Ward 4. |
| BINGLEY, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, 1808-18, PHIM | made plates for batteries and piles. | Bishopgate Street, Islington, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BIOLA, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cambridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| BIOLO, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| BION FILS | France, | son of Nicholas Bion. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BION, L. | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, case = Soth. 5/19/86-64. | possibly Nicholas Bion. | RSW. | |
| BION, NICHOLAS | France, 1652-1733, MIM | his wide range of very well made instruments is illustrated in his book of 1709 on the construction and use of mathematical instruments; his production was very large and examples can be seen in numerous museums. | his book was translated into English in 1723 by Stone, and into German in 1717 by Doppelmayer; "Ingénieur du Roi pour les Instruments de Mathématique"; T.C.; Lordelle was successor. | quay de l'Horloge du Palais à l'enseigne du Soleil d'or (1699-1702 and 1708); au Quart de Cercle Géométrique sur le quay de l'orloge du Palais (1704); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 1 and 2; Maddison 1 and 5; Josten; Bonelli 1; Price 3; Ward 4; NMM 2; USNM; Wynter 1; Hamilton 2; Tooley; Dewhirst; Moskowitz 109; Calvert 2; Engelmann 1; DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Syndram; Nachet; RSW. |
| BIRCH, WYRLEY | England, MIM | Vertical Plate Dial = Evans Coll.= OXF. | Evans 1; Dewhirst. | ||
| BIRD, JOHN | England, 1709-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including miniature sextant, ADL-A288, mural quadrants at Technical Museum, Milan and NMM (1750), theodolite at Palermo Observatory, meridian telescope at MLL, stick barometer and thermometer at Herschel Home Museum, Bath; etc. | apprenticed to Jonathan Sisson 2 in 1740; worked for him and George Graham; author; last great instrument maker to divide his scales by hand; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond`s patent. | Durham (1709-40); Sea Quadrant, Court Gardens; Sea Quadrant near the New Exchange Buildings (1748-63); both in Strand, London. | Taylor 2(232); Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Maddison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Stimson 2; Moskowitz 4 & 7; USNM; King 1; ADL; RSW; Daniel; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Garcia 1; DNB; DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; Crawforth 1; de Rijk; Coffeen 11; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BIRD, THOMAS | England, c.1822, OIM | High Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1490); Dewhirst. | ||
| BIRDSTRUP, J. | misreading for Jesper Bidstrup. | Taylor 2(438); Dewhirst; Chaldecott 3; RSW. | |||
| BIRKHEAD, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Smith 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 2, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BIRNIE, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1775-85, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Bigger Coll. | clockmaker. | Templepatrick, Co. Antrim. | Bigger; Baillie 1. |
| BISCHOFF, J.P. | Germany, fl.1780-90, MIM | Heliochronometer = Huelsmann Coll.; Instrument = DEU. | Ansbach. | Syndram; RSW. | |
| BISHOP 1 | England?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = APS. | London? | Multhauf 1. | |
| BISHOP 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see John Bishop. | Sherborne. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| BISHOP, JAMES | Scotland, c.1794?, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Christie-SK 5/15/96. | clockmaker; X instrument signed "Jas. Bishop Edinburgh"; Christies signed "Jas. Bishop Musselburgh." | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| BISHOP, JOAQUIM | USA, fl.1845-57, MIM NIM PHIM | made philosophical and chemical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| BISS, JOHN | England, c.1746, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Grocers' Company on Oct. 14, 1746. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BISSAKER, ROBERT | England, fl.1642-54, MIM | Slide Rule, wood, 1654 = KEN. | made shipbuilder's rule. | Ratcliff over against the Red Lyon Tavern, London. | Bryden 9; Taylor 1(200); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BISSEKER | see Bissaker. | ||||
| BITHRAY, STEPHEN | England, fl.1827-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/88; Stick Barometers = X, Heathcote Ball 12/14/90, Phillips 10/5/76; Telescopes = D.(1982), Soth.-West Sussex 6/21/83; Compass Sundial = KEN-1947-280; Sextant with Telescope = Soth. 11/13/61-70; Universal Equatorial Sundial, case = Soth. 3/25/86. | also made microscopes; "Bithray successor to J. Smith, Royal Exchange, London." | North Piazza (or North Gate), 29 Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 2(1491); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Lake Forest, Ill. Antique Show, June 1982; RSW. |
| BITTERLIN | Germany, MIM | Compass = Strasbourg. | Colmar. | Evans 1. | |
| BIZOT, J.L. | France, 1702-81, MIM | Vertical Dial = House, Faubourg Tarragnoz, Besançon, 1757; Floor Dial = Madeleine Church, Besançon. | Bizot was counselor to the Presidial of Besançon; vertical dial was destroyed in 1880. | Besançon. | Gatty; COMP Vol. 1, No. 2. |
| BLACHFORD AND CO. | England, NIM | probably Robert and William Blachford. | Minories, London. | Taylor 2(1086). | |
| BLACHFORD AND IMRAY | England, fl.1836-42, NIM OIM PHIM | Gunter Rule, sliding = D.(1980); Wheel Barometer= Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Robert Blachford and James Imray were partners, 1836-42. | 116 Minories; Navigation Warehouse; both in London. | Taylor 2(1086); Brewington 1; O'Mara; Moskowitz 120; RSW. |
| BLACHFORD, ROBERT | England, fl.1804-42, NIM OIM | Telescope = PEA; Sextant = D.(1989). | signed "Blachford"; worked with William Blachford at the Warehouse in the Minories; it was Blachford and Co. at Leadenhall Street; James Imray joined him in 1836. | Navigation Warehouse, Little Tower Hill (1804-20); 137 Minories 1805; 114 Minories (1810-17); 79 Leadenhall Street (1821-25); 116 Minories (1836-40); all in London. | Taylor 2(1086); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 120; O'Mara; RSW. |
| BLACHFORD, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, OIM | worked with Robert Blachford in the Minories; perhaps Blachford and Co. | Minories, London. | Taylor 2(1086). | |
| BLACKBURN | England, | see Moffett and Blackburn; T.C. | Calvert 2. | ||
| BLACKBURN, CUTHBERT | England, fl.1847-48, PHIM | see Johnson and Blackburn; barometer and thermometer maker. | 34 Hatton Garden (1847-48); 7 Alfred Street, City Road (1848); both in London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| BLACKBURNE, R. | England, c.1850, NIM | Mariner's Journalets = P.C.(1986), D.(1986). | plotting device; D. also marked "aBn.", letters being in reverse. | London. | Multhauf 3; Coffeen 12. |
| BLACKIE | England, c.1825, OIM | microscope maker. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BLACKIE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1834-38, OIM | made jewel lenses for microscopes. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| BLACKWELL, J. | England, c.1820, OIM | Telescope = Frau Dr. Gustav Bloch Coll., Vienna. | watchmaker. | 43 Plumben Street, City Road, London. | Britten; RSW. |
| BLACKWOOD, W. AND J.T. | England, NIM | Octant = Christie 3/29/60-9. | North Shields. | Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | |
| BLADEL, JOSEPH | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Crescent Sundial = ZAG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BLADO- | England, c.1800, NIM | name appears on a Hadley's quadrant shown on Thomas Swann's T.C.; may be owner or maker. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| BLADON | see Bleyghton. | Taylor 1. | |||
| BLAEU, WILLEM JANSZOON | Holland; Italy, 1571-1638, MIM | he made many celestial and terrestrial globes of different sizes including a 67.7 cm. celestial globe, 1640 = ADL-M440, a printed astrolabe, telluriums to be found at LEY, BAU, WOL, KAS and AMST, etc.; a mural quadrant at LEY. | pupil of Tyche Brahe on Hven; designed a Copernican armillary sphere; dated globes range from 1602-40. | Alkmaar; Amsterdam; Venice. | Koman; Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Stevenson; Gunther 1; Bonelli 1; Michel 2; Daumas 1; Belgian and Italian Inventories; Millburn 5; Wynter 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; NMM 2; DSB; ADL; T. Campbell; Yonge; RSW. |
| BLAGRAVE, JOHN | England, b.1558? d.1612, | designed many fine astronomical and surveying instruments, including his Mathematical Jewel, Uranical Astrolabe, three-legged compass, running staff, armillary sphere, etc; author. | Reading. | Taylor 1(52); Dewhirst; Gunther 1 and 4; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Engelmann 1; D. King; DNB; ADL; John Collins; Blundeville; John Palmer; RSW. | |
| BLAIR | USA, | see Booth, Garrett and Blair. | USNM. | ||
| BLAIR, ARCHIBALD | Scotland, c.1827, OIM | 16 Broughton Place, Edinburgh (1827). | Bryden 3. | ||
| BLAIR, H.G., AND CO. | England, fl.1829-60, NIM | T.C. in OOM Hadley octant case; compass adjusters; made chronometers; opticians. | Bristol (1829); 95 Bute Street, Cardiff (1860). | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. | |
| BLAIR, ROBERT | Scotland, fl.1783-1828, | invented the aplanatic telescope. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(802). | |
| BLAKE, JOHN | England, fl.1766-1820, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company, July 23,1752; free in the Company, May 6, 1766; took apprentices. | near Hermitage Bridge, near Broad Street, Ratcliff (1766-73); New Ratcliff (1774-76); near Ratcliff Cross (1801); near Brewers Meeting, Stepney (1820); all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BLAKELEY, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1832-36, MIM PHIM | 11 High Street, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(1780); O'Mara. | ||
| BLAKELY | England, c.1780, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = NMM. | London. | NMM 2. | |
| BLAKENE | England, 1342, MIM | Astrolabe, 1342 = BM-1853/11/4-1. | ICA-292. | Gunther 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Michel 3; Dewhirst. | |
| BLAKENEY | see Cameron and Blakeney. | RSW. | |||
| BLAKENEY AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant, brass with ivory scale = Christie-SK 10/6/83. | Sunderland and Howe. | Morrison-Low 1; RSW. | |
| BLAKENEY, J.B., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | see J.W. Blakeney and Co. | South Shields. | RSW. |
| BLAKENEY, J.W., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | see J.B. Blakeney and Co. | Hull and Sutherland. | RSW. |
| BLAKEY, G.H. | England, | Master, R.N.; invented a stadiometer, c.1850; instrument made by W. Heath, Devonport. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BLAKSLEE, ZIBA | USA, 1768-1834, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments, clocks and bells. | Newtown, Conn. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | |
| BLANC, JACQUES | Switzerland, PHIM | Money Balances = Stadtmuseum, Meissen. | Geneva. | RSW. | |
| BLANCHINI, ANTONIUS | see Antonio Bianchini. | Bonelli 1. | |||
| BLANCKE BZ., HENDRIK | Holland, fl.1816-26, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BLAND, EDWARD | England, c.1668, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 19, 1668. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLAND, JOSEPH | England, c.1700?, MIM | diallist. | Beeston, Nottinghamshire. | Taylor 1(516). | |
| BLASER, JACOB | Switzerland, MIM | Hohenmesscheibe = Stuker 11/22/66. | Berne. | RSW. | |
| BLASET | France, fl.1769-72, OIM | optician. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BLATCHFORD AND IMRAY | see Blachford and Imray. | O'Mara. | |||
| BLATON | see Bleyghton. | Taylor 1(163). | |||
| BLATT, I. | England, 20th Century?, PHIM | Stick Barometers = D.(1975), K. & C. 12/12/73. | Brighton. | RSW. | |
| BLATTNER, JACOB | Switzerland; USA, 1812-88, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C.; Clark County Historical Museum, Vancouver, B.C., Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, D.(1990), D.(1987). | Berne; St. Louis, Mo. | USNM; Smart 1; Coffeen 16; RSW. | |
| BLAUWE, P.D. | Belgium, 1777, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, disc, 1777 = BM-1901/11/15-16. | Gend. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| BLAVET | France, 1769, OIM | made lenses and mirrors. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BLAXAM, RICHARD | England, 1651, MIM | Quadrant, silver, 1651 = BM-1855/5/9-1 (destroyed). | also has monogram of "B." over "RH."; usually listed erroneously as "Bloxham." | Price 3; Ward 4; Taylor 1(250); Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| BLAYTON, EDWARD | England, c.1612, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1612. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLENAERTS, I. | France, 1770, MIM | Sundial, 1770 = OXF. | Malines. | Michel 3. | |
| BLENKINSOP, JOHN | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to Dudley Adams of the Grocers' Company on July 4, 1793. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLENLER | misreading for Bleuler. | K. and C. 3/28/73. | |||
| BLEUBER | misreading for Bleuler. | Christie 2/8/79. | |||
| BLEULER, JOCK | Globe, miniature = D.(1997). | misreadimg for John Bleuler. | ATG 10/14/97. | ||
| BLEULER, JOHN | England, c.1757-1829, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums , including a microscope, 1788, sextants, an orrery, sundials, an ivory thermometer, a barometer, Miniature Terrestrial Globe, etc. | apprenticed to Henry Raines Shuttleworth of the Spectacle- makers' Company in 1771; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1779; Master of the Company 1792, 1795, 1811; worked with Shuttleworth until 1791; succeeded to Thomas Whitford's business, 1791; T.C., optician. | Mr. Shuttleworth's, 23 Ludgate Street; 27 Ludgate Street, (1791); both in London. | Taylor 2(687); Daumas 1; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1; Moskowitz 105; Calvert 2; Court and von Rohr 3(200); USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Sotheby's 5/11/94; RSW. |
| BLEWLER | misreading for Bleuler. | Brewington 1. | |||
| BLEYGHTON, JOHN | England, fl.1630-34, MIM | may be the same as John Blighton 1. | near Bull Head Tavern in Tower Street, London. | Taylor 1(163); Dewhirst; Evans 1; J. Brown 1. | |
| BLIGHTON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1620-54?, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company on Aug. 16, 1620; may be John Bleyghton. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLIGHTON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1654-, MIM | free of the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Aug. 9, 1654; might mean that his father, John Blighton 1, had died and thus the last three apprentices in his father's list would have been his. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLIGNY, AUGUST | 18th Century, MIM SIM | Carpenter's Square with pivoted index = LOS. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| BLISS AND CO. | USA, c.1845, NIM | Bearing Sight Instrument = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| BLISS AND CREIGHTON | USA, c.1845, MIM NIM SIM | John Bliss 1 and Creighton. | New York City. | USNM. | |
| BLISS, JOHN (1), AND CO. | USA, fl.1845-78, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Compasses = PMS, Nat'l Museum of Canada, D.(1978); Surveying Compass = USNM; Bliss Taffrail Log = D.(1971). | log patented 1864 and 1878.; started as Bliss and Creighton; T.C. | 2 Burling Slip; 128 Front Street, between Wall and Pine; all in New York, N.Y. | USNM; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 132; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BLISS, JOHN 1 | USA, 1795-1857, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = D.(1960); Marine Compass = Glenbow Museum, Canada; Alidade = D.(1997). | became John Bliss and Co. in 1845. | 42 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM; Moskowitz 103; Brewington 1; Bedini 6; J.A. Bennett 2; MAD June 1997. |
| BLISS, JOHN 2 | USA, fl.1840-78, NIM | New York, N.Y. | J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| BLISS, MOSES BRIDGMAN | USA, 1798-1885, MIM | Garden Sundial with compass and analemma = D.(1980). | sundial registered in Maine. | Mass.; Maine; Wis. | Moskowitz 120. |
| BLOCH, ABRAHAM | Germany, 1583, MIM | Calendar Plate, 1583 = MUN-1294. | Bayreuth. | Zinner 1. | |
| BLOCK, FRANCIS | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 18, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BLOCKER, SYMEN DIRCKXSEN | Holland, c.1626, MIM | marked on mariner's astrolabe at SKO, (NMM-13); thought to be owner; copy of it is at STK. | Waters 1; A. Stimson 3; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| BLOK, TJEPKE | see Keimpe Zeilmaker en Tjepke Blok. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BLOMBERG, MARTINUS | Sweden, c.1575, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, silver = NOR-81.147. | Stockholm. | Swedish Exhib. Cat., 1952; RSW. | |
| BLOND, C. | misreading for C. Bloud. | Pugsley Sale. | |||
| BLOND, C.H. | misreading for C. Bloud. | Stewart, et al. | |||
| BLONDEAU | France, 18th Century, MIM | Square = Spitzer-2869; Level = Spitzer-2824 = And.-Spitzer Sale-5; Universal Ring Sundial = MADEX-218 = CNAM; Sector = ADL-M89. | universal ring sundial had five sundials added at a later time and is signed "Blondeaux"; could be B., or Nicholas or Roch Blondeau. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Cons. Nat'1 1; Destombes 4; Hamilton 2; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDEAU, B. | France, 18th Century, MIM | sundial maker. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BLONDEAU, NICOLAUS | France; Italy, fl.1694-1706, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundials = CNAM, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88, D.(1986), OXF-B112, TIM, Drecker Coll.= P.C., etc.; Military Protractor = ADL-M125; Sector, 1694 = OXF; Pair of Dividers, = NMM (1694); Compass = P.C.(1965); Surveying Quadrant, 1695 = P.C.; Ellipsometer Track = HAK; Gunnery Calipers = MAA. | calipers signed "N. Blondo"; OXF sector signed "Nicolaus Blondo fecit" (the final "o" has an acute accent over it); the Nouveau Drouot and D.(1986) universal ring sundials all have an inner rotating ring divided into 15-minute intervals, to give Italian or Babylonian hours as well as local suntime. | Paris (1694-95); Naples (1706). | Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Josten; NMM 2; Coffeen 12; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDEAU, PETRUS | see Petrus Blondeus. | Daumas 1; Michel 3. | |||
| BLONDEAU, ROCH | France, fl.1664-90, MIM SIM | Sector, 1670 = Soth. 12/19/66-53; Rule, 1668 = CNAM; Butterfield-type Sundials = OXF-B71 and B72, WHI (silver) (1673), MADEX-91 = NMM (1670), Christie 2/13/68-38, LEY, ADL-M89; Rule, folding, silver, 1670 = A-P 3/15/76; Horizontal String-gnomon Sundial, 1667 = WHI; Pocket Sundial, 1664 = D.(1994); etc. | "ingénieur du roi en instruments des mathématiques." | à l'enseigne de la Boussole, Quai du Grandcours-d'Eau, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1665). | Daumas 1; Michel 1; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; Josten; Bryden 11 and 16; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDEAUX | see Blondeau. | MADEX. | |||
| BLONDEL ET MELLY | Switzerland, 1840, MIM | Zakhorloge, 1840 = AMST. | Geneva. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BLONDEL, HENRY | 1707, MIM | Sundial, copper, 1707 = P.C. | for 48°. | RSW. | |
| BLONDEUS, PETRUS | France; Italy, c.1700, MIM | Recipiangle = ADL-M107. | the instrument is signed "Petrus Blondeus Gall. fecit Romae"; he was a Frenchman working in Rome; the invention of the recipiangle is credited to Silvius Maggirius. | Rome. | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| BLONDO, NICOLAUS | see Nicolaus Blondeau. | RSW. | |||
| BLONO, NICOLO | Italy, MIM | Instrument = NMM. | probably Nicolaus Blondeau. | Naples. | NMM 2; RSW. |
| BLOUD | many Bloud-type sundials are signed "Bloud"; could be by Charles, Charles le Jeune, Gabriel, Jacques or Jean Bloud. | ||||
| BLOUD, CHARLES | France, fl.1653-80, MIM | Bloud-type Sundial, large, 1653 = HAR; a great number of his portable sundials are found in numerous collections, including ADL, WHI, OXF, etc. | Huguenot; he invented a magnetic azimuth sundial now known as the Bloud-type; they were usually of ivory but a few tortoise- shell ones exist; a sliding hour scale within the compass box is adjusted to the time of year by turning the volvelle on the back; when the sundial is aligned with the sun, the compass needle points to the proper hour; usually signed "Fait et Invent par Charles Bloud à Dieppe" on back plate. | Dieppe. | Michel 1 and 3; ADL; Syndram; Bryden 16; Daumas 1; Maddison 1 and 5; Josten; Vivielle 1; Monreal; Price 2 and 3; Ward 4; USNM; NMM 2; Tardy; Nachet; Hamilton 1; T. Murdock; RSW. |
| BLOUD, CHARLES, LE JEUNE | France, c.1700, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = WUP, Lempertz 4/28/61, Christie 11/24/83; Bloud-type Sundial, ivory = Soth. 11/13/61-81. | Dieppe. | RSW. | |
| BLOUD, GABRIEL | France, c.1666, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory = ADL-N20, MADEX-168 = Musée, Dieppe, MERC-88, PMM, etc.; Diptych Sundial, ivory = P.C. | probably son or brother of Charles Bloud. | Dieppe. | Michel 3; Hamilton 1 and 2; ADL; RSW. |
| BLOUD, I. | France, c.1670, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = BM, Soth. 12/12/55/ (ivory). | BM gnomon is for 50° latitude; maybe Jacques or, less likely, Jean Bloud. | Ward 4; RSW. | |
| BLOUD, JACQUES | France, c.1666, MIM | Bloud-type Sundial, ivory = MERC-60. | possibly son or brother of Charles Bloud. | Dieppe. | Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| BLOUD, JEAN | France, c.1690, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, ivory and silver = OXFB-201. | Dieppe. | Maddison 5. | |
| BLOUD, KAREL | France, MIM | Montfoort. | Evans 1. | ||
| BLOW, EDMUND | England, fl.1704-38, MIM NIM | Napier's Bones, 1715 = OXF; Backstaff, 1736 = WHI. | apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company, Aug. 6, 1695; free in the Company, June 13, 1704; took apprentices; the bones were made for Mr. Julius Deeds; the backstaff was made for James M'Culloch. | Golden Quadrant, Plow Alley, Union Stairs, Wapping; Virginia Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(570) and 2(14); Dewhirst; Crawforth 7; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| BLOW, F. | see Edmund Blow. | ||||
| BLOXAM, JAMES MACKENZIE | England, 1843, | invented depleidoscope in 1843, made and sold by E.J. Dent who named the instrument. | Coffeen; G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BLOXHAM, RICHARD | misreading for Richard Blaxam. | Taylor 1(250); Price 3; Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |||
| BLOYD, C. | misreading for C. Bloud. | Bernal Sale. | |||
| BLUNDY, CHARLES | England; USA, fl.1753-60, PHIM | made or sold thermometers. | London; Church Street, Charleston, S.C. | Bedini 1. | |
| BLUNT 1 | see Nairne and Blunt. | ||||
| BLUNT 2 | England, OIM | Spyglass = USNM. | could be Edward or Thomas Blunt. | London. | USNM. |
| BLUNT AND CO. | USA, fl.1868-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | George William Blunt; succeeded Blunt and Nichols. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Brewington 1. | |
| BLUNT AND NICHOLS | USA, fl.1866-68, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Edmund Blunt 2, F.M. Nash and John H Nichols were partners in Blunt and Nichols; succeeded by Blunt and Co., in 1868; Nichols was the Blunts' uncle. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| BLUNT AND SON 1 | England, 1802 and 1814, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thomas Blunt 1 and possibly William Blunt or Thomas Blunt 2. | London. | Wess 1. | |
| BLUNT AND SON 2 | England, fl.1822-24, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Thomas Blunt 1 and Edward Blunt. | London. | Wess 1. | |
| BLUNT, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1811-18, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Soth. 4/22/65-53; Instrument = NMM; Alt-azimuth Quadrant = WHI; Telescope, single draw = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | T.C.; made sextants, alt-azimuth circles and pocket theodolites; compass is signed "C. Blunt." | Cornhill; 38 Tavistock Street (1817); both in London. | Taylor 2(1281); Wess 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BLUNT, CHARLES 2 | Sir Charles Blunt; marked on a sundial, ADL-T22, which is signed "H.C. 1591"; it is the work of D.B. Sheahan of New York, N.Y. c.1900. | ADL; RSW. | |||
| BLUNT, E. | England or USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | could be Edmund or Edward Blunt. | RSW. | |
| BLUNT, E. AND G.W. | USA, fl.1826-66, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | Edmund (1) and George William Blunt, sons of Edmund March Blunt; manufactory at Elizabeth, N.J., listed as being formerly Hermann Wendt (1859). | 149 Fly Market Street (1826); Maiden Lane; 179 Water Street, corner of Burling Slip and West Hooker Street; all in New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 103; Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Bedini 8; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; D.J. Warner 10; DATM. |
| BLUNT, EDMUND 1 | USA, 1799-1866, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of Edmund March Blunt; older brother and partner of George William Blunt; see E. and G.W. Blunt. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103; J.A. Bennett 2; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| BLUNT, EDMUND 2 | USA, 1842-94, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | son of Edmund Blunt 1; partner in Blunt and Nichols with F.M. Nash and John H. Nichols, 1866-68; this firm became Blunt and Co. in 1868, and Edmund was succeeded by his brother, William Sinclair Blunt at that time; he established the New York Optical Works that same year. | 16 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. (1868-94). | Smart 1 | |
| BLUNT, EDMUND MARCH | USA, 1770-1862, MIM NIM | Nautical Compass = USNM. | publisher; set up chart and quadrant shop, 1812; his sons, Edmund (1) and George William Blunt, carried on the firm; Warner 12 says that son-in-law, William Hooker, took over 202 Water Street in 1819. | Newburyport, Mass. (1793-1811); at the Sign of the Quadrant, 202 Water Street, corner of Beekman Slip, New York, N.Y. (1811-62). | USNM; Brewington 1; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10 and 12. |
| BLUNT, EDWARD | England, c.1828, MIM PHIM | Barometer = Christie 8/2/72. | son of Thomas Blunt 1; could be Blunt and Son, 1822-24; free by Patrimony in 1825; took over the business; barometer is signed "E. Blunt"; spirit level signed "Pool-London." | 22 Cornhill, London. | O'Mara; Wess 1; RSW. |
| BLUNT, GEORGE WILLIAM | USA, 1802-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | younger son of Edmund March Blunt and younger brother of Edmund Blunt 1; see E. and G.W. Blunt. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| BLUNT, JOHN | England, c.1767, NIM | Sextants = Soth. 3/21/73, Christie 12/17/75. | compass maker; catalogues think he is 1800 or later; may be two men. | Wapping Dock, London. | Taylor 2(576); RSW. |
| BLUNT, ROBERT | England, c.1789, MIM | apprenticed to George Adams 2 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1782; free of the Company on Dec. 3, 1789. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BLUNT, T. AND T. | England, c. 1822, MIM OIM PHIM | Sets of Drawing Instruments = P.C., Decatur House, Washington, D.C.; Microscope = Phillips 11/16/76; Rule, ivory = P.C.; Hydrometers = X (de Luc-type), Phillips 5/20/75; Garden Sundial = D.(1975); Telescope, Gregorian = Moose Factory Museum, Ontario; Barometer = P.C. | perhaps Thomas Blunt 1 and 2. | 22 Cornhill, London. | USNM; Delehar 3; Wess 1; RSW. |
| BLUNT, T., AND SON | England, c.1822, OIM | Microscope = P.C.; Telescope = Christie 4/9/75. | Thomas Blunt and Son; telescope signed "Blunt and Son." | 22 Cornhill, London. | O'Mara; RSW. |
| BLUNT, T.T. | misreading for T. and T. Blunt? | Soth. 2/8/83. | |||
| BLUNT, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1760-1822, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, microscopes, telescopes, sundials, levels, dipping needles, orreries, etc. | apprenticed to Edward Nairne of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1760; free of the Company in 1771; Master of the Company 1782-94; partner of Nairne, 1774-93; worked alone, 1793-1805; had son in business in 1805; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to His Majesty"; T.C.; see Nairne and Blunt; see T. and T. Blunt; see T. Blunt and Son; succeeded by Thomas Harris.. | 22 Cornhill; 136 Minories (1814-20); both in London. | Taylor 2(577); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Symonds; Moskowitz 112; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; Multhauf 1; USNM; Pipping 1; Court and von Rohr 3(180); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1 & 6; Wynter 1; Wess 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| BLUNT, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1811., MIM OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company on March 2, 1811; may have been son in Blunt and Son 1. | 18 Ivy Lane, London. | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(241); Wess 1. | |
| BLUNT, WILLIAM | England, c.1825, MIM | Rev. William Blunt, son of and apprenticed to Thomas Blunt 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company, June 1, 1816; free of the Company on Oct. 11, 1825. | Court and von Rohr 3(244); Wess 1. | ||
| BLUNT, WILLIAM SINCLAIR | USA, 1837-1903, MIM SIM | in 1868 he replaced his brother, Edmund Blunt 2 in Blunt and Co. with F.M. Nash as a partner. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| BLYDENBURGH AND GILES | USA, fl.1838-42, MIM SIM | Transit = D.(1983). | Samuel Blydenburgh and Edward Giles; also sold nautical, optical and philosophical instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen E. |
| BLYDENBURGH AND HYDE | USA, c.1847, MIM | Samuel Blydenburgh and Joseph Hyde; machinists. | 1 Fetter Lane, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| BLYDENBURGH, SAMUEL | USA, 1802-52, MIM | see Blydenburgh and Giles; see Blydenburgh and Hyde. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| BLYTON | see Blighton. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| BOARDMAN | England, 1709, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1709 = D.(1975). | Wynter 1. | ||
| BOBY | see Schulen and Boby. | ||||
| BOCHSEN, JOHANN CARL | France, 1616, | Bochsen designed an artillery level in 1616; author; in a mms. in Ulm he takes the title "Meisterey." | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| BOCKELTS, JAN | Holland; Germany, fl.1607-40, MIM | Sundials in watch lids = Mallett Coll., NYM (Morgan Coll.) | the sundial in the NYM is signed "Jan Bockelts Aachen." | Aachen. | Vincent 2; Baillie 1. |
| BOCKSTAEL, VAN | France, d.1740, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = Musée, Nancy (2). | "Machiniste du Roy." | Nancy. | Michel 3 and 14. |
| BODDINGTON, JOHN | England, c.1734, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = BM-1930/1/6-1 | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on April 5, 1725; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1734. | Threadneedle Street, London. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| BODEUR | France, 1819, PHIM | Barometer, 1819 = CNAM. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | USNM; Middleton 1. | |
| BODIN, FRIEDRICH | Germany?, 1788, MIM | Lippspring. | Evans 1. | ||
| BODSON | France, c.1800, OIM | optician; made lenses and mirrors. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BODUMONT, J.B.F. | Belgium, 1796, MIM | Sundial, slate, large = X; Tellurium = X. | rue de l'Intendant, Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| BOEHM, ANDREAS | Germany, 1720-90, OIM PHIM | Geissen. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BOEKENES, P. | Holland, 1707, NIM | Cross-staff, three vanes, 1707 = HAK. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | ||
| BOEKMER, TOBIAS | misreading for Tobias Volkmer. | "Engineering", post-1944. | |||
| BOELAU, G. | Ireland?, c.1850, MIM | Clinometer = D.(1972). | Moskowitz 104. | ||
| BOERNAVE, JEHAN | France, 1354, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Strasbourg Cathedral. | destroyed c.1550. | Strasbourg. | Gunther 1. |
| BOETHIUS, A.M.S. | fl.480-525, MIM | was commissioned by Theodoric to construct a water clock and sundial for Gundibald, King of the Burgundians. | Cousins. | ||
| BOFFAT | see Buffat. | ||||
| BOFFI, A. AND P. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | see P. and A. Boffi. | Hastings. | RSW. |
| BOFFI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hastings. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOFFI, P. AND A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/21/87, D.(1990). | D.(1990) is signed "P.A. Boffi." | RSW. | |
| BOFFY, L. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/25/91. | Hastings. | RSW. | |
| BOGGAIA, D. | England, c.1839, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 29 1/2 Great Warner Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOHAIM | see Behaim. | ||||
| BOHEIM, MORITZ | see Moritz Behaim. | Neumann 1. | |||
| BOHEMUS, CHASPARUS | Austria, 1568, MIM | Astrolabe Clocks = Spitzer Sale = Chauteau d'Anet (1568), Morgan Coll. = NYM (1568). | Chasparus Bohémus; alternative spelling is "Caspar Böheim." | Vienna. | Tardy 1; Vincent 2; Van Cittert; Neumann 1. |
| BOHINI DE PORTARIS | Italy, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = Castello Sforzesco, Milan. | might be ICA-2059 or -2061. | Italian Inventory; ICA 2. | |
| BOHLING, CHRISTIAN | see Christian Boyling. | Michel 3. | |||
| BOHM, MARCUS | Germany, c.1660, MIM | Astrolabe Table Clock = UTR. | Gunther 333; Van Cittert thought c.1600. | Augsburg. | Gunther 1; Michel 3; Britten; Van Cittert; de Rijk. |
| BOHME, PROF., AND M. REITER | Austria, MIM | Starfinder, celestial globe with two telescopes = AUI. | "Pat. des Prof. Bohme, etc." | Innsbruck. | RSW. |
| BOIG, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1649-d.1663, MIM | Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BOIJLING | see Boyling. | ||||
| BOISSIER | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = HEI. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| BOITTE | France, MIM | see Girard and Boitte. | RSW. | ||
| BOJSI, PAUL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Rayleigh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOKMA, ALLE JANS | Holland, 1801-80, MIM | Planetarium, 1841 = Eisinga's House, Franeker; Tellurium = FRI. | mill maker. | Workum. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. |
| BOLING, Z. | Z. Böling; see Z. Boyling. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BOLLAND, WILLIAM | PHIM | Beam Balance, pocket = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | RSW. | ||
| BOLLEN, E.R. | Germany, 1697, MIM | Instrument, 1697 = X. | Hertogenbosch. | Evans 1. | |
| BOLLES, WILLIAM | USA, 1800-67, | designed a trigonometer, 1824. | New London, Conn. | Brewington 1; Bedini 8. | |
| BOLLETTI, L. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BOLLING | Germany, 1709, | Bölling; possibly Z. Boyling. | Kassel. | Evans 1. | |
| BOLLON | see Thomas Bolton. | Bryden 9. | |||
| BOLLORE, LOUIS | France, NIM | Marine Compass, small = Versailles 4/17/83. | Concarneau. | RSW. | |
| BOLONGARO AND SON | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; "Printers and Publishers to the Queen"; Dominic and Peter Bolongaro. | 32 Market Street (1845-54); 30-32 Market Street (1855-60); both in Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOLONGARO, DOMINIC | Italy; England, 1817?-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | making barometers by 1843; his son, Peter, was partner, 1848-60; worked with Vittore Zanetti up to 1817. | 2 Old Millgate (1817-30); 14 Market Street (1832-33); 32 Market Street (1834-54); 30-32 Market Street (1855-60); all in Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| BOLONGARO, PETER | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | son of Dominic Bolongaro; see Bolongaro and Son. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOLTER, HUGH | England, fl.pre-1638-72, OIM | apprenticed into the Woodmongers' Company; free of the Company in 1666; transferred to the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1666; worked for Robert Hooke. | Little Minories, London (1670-72). | Taylor 1(275); Court and von Rohr 3(18); Crawforth 6. | |
| BOLTON 1 | England, fl. c.1837-50, MIM | Rule, ivory = Soth.-Chester 9/22/83; Sectors, ivory = Phillips 2/2/84, D.(1984); Routledge-type Slide Rule, ivory = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | the rule from the Soth. Cat. is from a set of drawing instruments. | RSW. | |
| BOLTON 2 | MIM | Bolton's Cypher Wheel = D.(1973). | Wynter 1. | ||
| BOLTON, D. | England, c.1815, MIM | Garden Sundial = BM-1926/10/16-10. | made for Queen Caroline. | London. | Price 3; Ward 4. |
| BOLTON, FREDERICK AND HENRY | England, c.1837, MIM | successors of Thomas Bolton. | 62 Loveday Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(2018). | |
| BOLTON, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Durham. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| BOLTON, THOMAS | England, fl.1808-45, MIM | Set of Mathematical Instruments, case = X; Garden Dial = X. | Bryden says (Bollon?), 1808-18 and rule maker; Clay and Court thought instrument set c.1780; may be two makers. | 6 Colmore Row (1808; Colmore Row (1818); 61 and 62 Loveday Street; all in Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(1782); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Crawforth 6. |
| BOMBARDA | see Augustinus Cucco, bombarda. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| BOMBELLI, BALDASSARO | England, c.1830, PHIM | made barometers. | 6 King Street, Whitehaven. | Taylor 2(1783). | |
| BOMBERG, CARL | Germany, OIM | Refracting Telescope = P.C. | four-inch. | Fredinau Strasse, Berlin. | RSW. |
| BON, JEAN | France, c.1820, | Jambon? | Coffeen Note. | ||
| BON, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1840-46, NIM | Octant = D.(1976); Marine Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | also made chronometers and watches; succeeded by Mrs. John Bon by 1850; signature on back of compass card in azimuth cmpass by Thomas Smith. | 17 Dock Street (1840); 25 Dock Street (1845); 26 Dock Street (1846); all in Dundee. | Taylor 2(2082); Bryden 3; Moskowitz; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BON, MRS. JOHN | Scotland, fl.1850-53, NIM | succeeded her husband after 1846; by 1853 she was no longer listed as a NIM. | 24 Dock Street East, Dundee (1850). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| BONALDO, MARCO | Italy, 1677-99, MIM | Pair of Globes = Widener Library, Harvard U., Cambridge, Mass. | the celestial globe is dated 1677, the terrestrial, 1699. | Venice. | Yonge. |
| BONANNI, P. PHILIPPE | Italy, c.1689, OIM | made microscopes; author. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Price 2. | ||
| BONAR, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1623-34, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, Dec. 11, 1623, slate = Dumfries Burgh Museum; Sundials, slate = Kirkcudbright (1623), Loudoun Castle (1634), Soth. 10/15/73 (1634) = Soth. 6/24/74 = D, RSM, Bangor Heritage Center. | Johanne? | Aerae = Ayr. | Gatty; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Rohr and Somerville; RSW; Clarke et al; Somerville. |
| BOND, A. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscope, double pillar = D.(1981). | London. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| BOND, HENRY | England, c.1600-78, | developed a ship-builder's scale; may be the Henry Bond who observed variations in the compass in 1662. | London. | Bryden 9; Bedini 8. | |
| BOND, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | one barometer is signed "Bond Okehampton", the other "John Bond." | Okehampton. | Goodison 1. |
| BOND, THOMAS | England, c.1685, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on April 30, 1685. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BOND, W. | England, 1795, MIM | Garden Dial, 1795 = D.(1975). | RSW. | ||
| BOND, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1781-1823, MIM NIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1781 = X; Octant, ebony, 1823 = UTR. | apprenticed in 1769; naturalized in 1785; father of William Cranch Bond. | 152 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Price 2; Evans 1; Carlaw. |
| BOND, WILLIAM CRANCH | USA, 1789-1859, MIM PHIM | astronomical and meteorological instruments, 1819; son of William Bond; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; Director of Harvard College Observatory, Cambridge (1839-). | Dorchester, Mass. | USNM; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Carlaw. | |
| BOND, WILLIAM, AND SON | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM | in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Boston, Mass. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BONET | see Bonetus de Latis. | ||||
| BONETUS DE LATIS | France, c.1490, MIM | Astrolabe on a finger ring = X. | made for Pope Alexander; Gunther 172. | Gunther 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 1. | |
| BONFA, R.P., S.J. | France, fl.1672-73, MIM | Wall Dial, 1672-73 = facade of the Jesuit College (now a girls' high school, Grenoble. | Grenoble. | Boursier. | |
| BONIUS, JOANNES | Germany, fl.1573-91, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = ADL-M366, KEN, FRA, VAA; Diptych Sun- dial, gilt-brass = LIE; Perpetual Calendar, 1591 = Rein Stift. | Boone? | Bamberg? | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 2; Engelmann 1; Evans 1; Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. |
| BONNE | France, 1727-94, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1783 = CNAM-768; Celestial Globe = Dépôt de la Marine, Paris. | "Ingénieur-hydrographie de la Marine." | Paris. | Cons. Nat'l 1; Destombes 4; Michel 3; Brieux 2; Howse 2. |
| BONNEAU, VINCENT | France, 1574, MIM | Nocturnal with Quadrant, 1574 = WHI. | "Faict à Sens par Vincent Bonneau." | Sens. | Bryden 16; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| BONNEMAIN | 1626, MIM SIM | Surveying Cross, 1626 = BMR. | Michel 7; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BONNES | France, 18th Century, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = OXFB-237. | Maddison 5. | ||
| BONNET | France, c.1850, MIM | in Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | 5, Chemin de Ronde de la Barriere, Ménilmontant. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BONNEVIE, CLAUDE | France, fl. 1654-87, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, silver, oval = NMM-D.125 (Caird), D.(1997); Watch, enameled = Musée Paul Dupuy. | NMM is ex-Bernard Coll.; watch is signed "Claude Bonnevye." | Paris. | Hamilton 2; Nachet; Tardy 1. |
| BONONIE, PEREGRINA SPANIOLUS | 1637, MIM | Square, 1637 = ROM-4080. | Price 2. | ||
| BONSIGNORI, DOM STEFANO | Italy, fl.1570-87, | made polyhedral sundials of wood and leather; for instruments see D.S.B.F.F., D.S.F.F., D. Steph. B.F.F.; possibly D. Stephanus; sometimes spelled "Buonsignori." | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| BOOK | see Boig. | Bryden 3. | |||
| BOOKER, FRANCIS AND JOHN | Ireland, fl.1761-73, OIM | T.C. shows microscope and telescope. | Essex Bridge, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BOOKER, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1774-89, | sold looking glasses; see Francis and John Booker. | 6 Essex Bridge; 4 Jervis Street; both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BOONE | see Joannes Bonius. | Engelmann 1; Michel 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; RSW.. | |||
| BOONEN, J. STAATS | Holland, fl.1823-40, NIM | succeeded Johannes Gerard Hulst van Keulen van de Velde in 1823; succeeded by Jacob Swart although the firm continued under the name of "Gerard Hulst van Keulen." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BOONIUS | see Bonius. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BOOSMAN, W. | Holland, 19th Century, NIM | Compass Rose = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BOOSMAN, WILLEM, EN CO. | Holland, 1836-1926, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Horseshoe Magnet = LEY; Compass = KRO; Instruments = ROT; Compasses = AMST (19); Sextant = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| BOOTH, GARRETT AND BLAIR | USA, 1836-99, PHIM | made chemical and physical instruments. | 404 and 406 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| BOOZ | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Protractor and Compass = BAM. | made geodetic instruments. | Aschaffenburg. | Michel 3. |
| BORBIGE, CHARLES | England, c.1830, MIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 1 King Street, Whitehaven. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1784). | |
| BORCH, HANS | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, lead = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| BORDA, JEAN CHARLES, CHEVALIER DE | France, 1733-99, NIM | Reflecting Circles = PMM, PEA-M4082. | improved the reflecting circle in 1787; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Brewington 1; Italian Inventory; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| BORDER, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Sleaford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDES, LOUIS | France, fl.1700-47, MIM | inventor or maker. | Lyon. | Hamilton 2. | |
| BORDESSA AND EATON | England, c.1855, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; see Novati, Bordessa and Eaton. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDESSA, PIETRO | England, fl.1834-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "P. Bordessa Chester"; sometimes found as Peter Bordesa. | 33 Bridge Street Row, Chester. | Goodison 1. |
| BORDOGNA | Italy, 1780, MIM | Instrument, 1780 = X. | Milan. | Evans 1. | |
| BORDOGNA, ANTONIO | Italy, c.1810, MIM | made meteorological and magnetic instruments; compasses and astronomical instruments. | Milan. | Brenni 1. | |
| BORDOLI AND CASSAROTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stamford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDOLI, BERNARD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Marlborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| BORDOLI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOREL, PIERRE | France, 1620-89, OIM | made a telescope for l'observatoire de Paris in 1673; member of l'Académie Royal des Sciences, 1674. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| BORELLI 1 | Italy, 1608-79, OIM | pupil of Galileo; made 40' and 60' telescopes. | Dewhirst. | ||
| BORELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | RSW. | ||
| BORELLI, D. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95; Thermometers = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | thermometers signed "Borelli Farnham." | Farnham. | RSW. |
| BORELLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BORG, ERIC | fl.1737-67, MIM | globe maker. | RSW. | ||
| BORGER | France, 1753, NIM | compass maker. | Paris. | Schück. | |
| BORGER, IVER JENSEN | Denmark, fl.1755-99, MIM NIM | Compasses = P.C., PEA, ADL-N50; Hanging Compasses = CRT, Soth. 11/16/87; Compass Sundial = Ineichen 10/20/75; Compass Rose, paper = GMM. | compass card is one of four in a crown compass at PEA, see also Benjamin Brown. | Copenhagen. | Brewington 1; RSW. |
| BORINI | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1965). | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BORINI, P. 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/16/76, X(3); Stick Barometer = X. | the stick and two wheels signed "P.Borini." | Bull Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BORINI, P. 2 | England, c.1818, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see Peter Borini and Co. | Snowhill, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9. | |
| BORINI, PETER, AND CO. | England, c.1808, OIM PHIM | opticians. | 14 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9. | |
| BORIUS | Holland?, pre-1794, OIM | telescope mentioned in catalogue of 1794. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BORLACE, J. | 1724, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, silver, 1724 = P.C.(1983). | RSW. | ||
| BORNER, JOHAN HENRICH | Germany, 1693, MIM | Vertical Disc Sundial, 1693 = KEN-1938/337. | Johan Henrich Börner; has perpetual calendar. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| BORNIER | misreading for Bernier. | RSW. | |||
| BORRELLI, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/16/86. | Basingstoke. | RSW. | |
| BORRIUS | see Borius. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BORROMEI, JULES | 1775, MIM | Plotting Protractor, 1775 = ADL-M98. | instrument invented by Robequi. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| BORSARI, BONIFACIO | Italy, 1760, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1760 = Modena Museum? | Modena. | Michel 3. | |
| BOS, JOHANNES | Belgium, fl.1591-1623, MIM | Astrolabe, 1597 = ADL-M33A; Calculating Device, 1623 = Soth. 3/11/52. | son of Jacob Bos, cartographer; he made several astrolabes dated between 1591-97; some are dated "Marti 24 1597"; these last seem to be copies, in a smaller size, of ADL-M33A, including HAR, WHI, etc. | Antwerp; Rome. | Engelmann 1; Maddison; Price 1 and 5; Zinner 1; Michel 3; Rooseboom 1; Gunther 1; Hollands Glorie; ADL; RSW. |
| BOS, SALOMON EN JAN | Holland, c.1799, NIM | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BOSCH, ANDREAS | see Andreas Busch. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1. | |||
| BOSCH, D. VAN DER | Holland, fl.1821-50, MIM | Rule = AMST; Parallel Rules, 1821 = RIJ. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| BOSCH, S. | see P. Odenkirchen. | ||||
| BOSE, GEORG MATTHIAS | Germany, c.1743, | improved the electrical machine. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BOSIUS, IOANNES | see Johannes Bos. | Michel 3. | |||
| BOSSAGE, NICOLAS | France?, c.1790, PHIM | Thermometers, mercury = GEM (2). | de Saussure Coll. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BOSSI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hastings. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOSSI, P. | England, PHIM | WQheel Barometer = X. | Rayleigh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOSTOCK, J. | England, c.1765, OIM | Microscope = D.(1983); Microscope, Watkins-type = D.(1986). | London. | Coffeen. | |
| BOSWELL, SAMUEL | England, fl.1709-57, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1 of the Joiners' Company Sept. 9, 1701; free in the Company on May 5, 1709. | Spittalfields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOTJES, WILDRIK | Holland, 1814-74, MIM | Planetariums = X(2), Eisiga's House, Franeker, (1857-58). | Nieuwe Pekela. | Baillie 1; RSW. | |
| BOTTA, LOUIS | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 6/6/75, 1975 Sales Cat., X. | sometimes Luigi Botta. | Evesham and Worcester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BOTTI, GIOVANBATTISTA AND MATTEO | Italy, pre-1776, MIM SIM | Sundial = FLO-2506; Graphometer = FLO-187. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | ||
| BOTTOMLEY | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Christie 12/12/72. | 11 Billiter Street, London. | RSW. | |
| BOTTOMLY, J. | USA, MIM | Protractor = X. | DATM. | ||
| BOUCART | France, MIM PHIM | Cameras Lucida = Soth. 12/2/74, Christie 11/22 78; Horizontal Sundial = Chez Boucart; Cannon Sundial = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan. | sundial maker; "Constructeur." | Quai de l'horloge 35, Paris. | Boursier; USNM; RSW. |
| BOUCART, MAISON | France, MIM | Sundial = Maison Boucart. | 35 Quai de l'horloge, Paris. | Boursier. | |
| BOUCHER ET LESNE | France, c.1810, OIM | Boucher et Lesné; opticians and lens makers. | au Soleil et à la Gerbe d'or, 3 Quai de l'horloge, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BOUDHUINE | France?, 19th Century, NIM | Reflecting Circle = PMM. | RSW. | ||
| BOUDRY | see François Ducommun-dit-Boudry. | RSW. | |||
| BOUFFLER, R. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 17 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOUFFLER, ROBERT | England, c.1839, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 7 Bell Court, Grays Inn Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOUGLOUX | France, c.1830, PHIM | Thermometer = Nouveau Drout 5/20/88. | "élève et succ. de Mr. Vincent." | Quai Pelletier No. 30, Paris. | RSW. |
| BOUGUER, PIERRE | France, 1698-1758, PHIM | barometer maker; constructed the first effective photometer. | Poggendorff; DSB; Wolf; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| BOUILLY | France, MIM SIM | Graphometer, copper = And.-Spitzer-32. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| BOUJUS | see Bovius. | ||||
| BOULANGER, LOUIS | France, fl.1500-50, MIM | Globe, 1514 = X. | sometimes spelt Boulenger; astronomer and geographer. | Albi. | Tooley; Hamilton 2; Price 2; Gunther 2. |
| BOULBY, GEORGE | England?, 1813, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1813 = X. | RSW. | ||
| BOULTER, BENJAMIN | England, c.1776, | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 1, 1776. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOULTER, JAMES | USA?, c.1850, MIM | made mathematical drawing instruments. | USNM. | ||
| BOULTON, THOMAS | England, c.1645, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1645. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOUQUET ET GEORGES OBERHAUSER | France, c.1830, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | Trécourt was also involved with this microscope. | Paris. | Nachet. |
| BOUR | France, post-1817, MIM | Orrery = VNN. | invented by Ch. Rouy, 1817, Paris. | Paris. | RSW. |
| BOURBON ET ASSIER-PERRICAT | France, c.1771, PHIM | Thermometer = CNAM; Barometer = CNAM. | André Bourbon and Antoine Assier-Perricat. | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| BOURBON, ANDRE | France, fl.1751-71, PHIM | Barometers = Lehmann Sale-31, Academy of Sciences, Paris, 1751; Thermometers = COR, Academy of Sciences, Paris, 1752. | André Bourbon; took Antoine Assier-Perricat as partner, c. 1771. | Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BOURBON, M. LANGE DE | see Lange de Bourbon, M. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| 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. |
| BOURDIN | see Bourdon. | Weschler 5/22/76. | |||
| BOURDON, EUGENE | France, 1808-84, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer in clock base = Weschler 5/22/76. | Eugène Bourdon; invented the aneroid barometer, 1849. | 74 Faubourg du Temple, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1; DSB; RSW. |
| BOURET, VDA DE CH. | France, c.1850, MIM | label on Spanish terrestrial globe. | Paris. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| BOURETTE, E.H. | France, fl.1841-62, PHIM | made thermometers. | rue Saint-Maur, 131, Paris. | USNM. | |
| BOURGAUD | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = USNM (1964). | Nantes. | USNM. | |
| BOURGEOIS, JACQUES | France, c.1645, OIM | made mirrors and lenses. | rue Saint-Denis, près Saint-Jacques, Paris. | Nachet. | |
| BOURGOIS | France, PHIM | Altimeter Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | 27 Rue des Pyramides, Paris. | RSW. | |
| BOURIOT, L'ABBE, DE L'ETANG | France, fl.1765-70, OIM | L'Abbé Bouriot de l'Etang; amateur; made achromatic lens. | Daumas 1. | ||
| BOURN | England, c.1839, PHIM | made barometers. | 40 Bull Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BOURNE AND SON | England, fl.1799-1802, MIM | Thomas Bourne 1 and 2. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOURNE, JOSHUA | England, fl.1744-67, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company on April 4, 1731; free in the Company, Oct. 2, 1744; took apprentices. | Goodmans' Fields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOURNE, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1767-1821, MIM | apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company on June 3, 1755; free in the Company, May 5, 1767; listed as Bourne and Son, 1799-1802; may have taken apprentices. | Bethnal Green Road (1803-09); Hog Row, Bethnal Green Road (1821-38); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BOURNE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1801-03, MIM | younger son of Thomas Bourne 1; free in the Joiners' Company by Patrimony on March 3, 1801, on the report of William Williams 3 and Michael Dancer; the apprentices listed to him might have been his father's. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOURNE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1565-88, | designed nautical instruments; wrote in 1574 a description of the log line. | Gravesend. | Taylor 1(38); Bedini 8; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BOUTORDO | France, 18th Century, PHIM | Coin Balance = Soth. 10/3/88. | also marked "D.O.R." with anchor. | RSW. | |
| BOUTY, EDOUARD | France, NIM | Borda Circles = D.(1967), Soth. 2/25/86. | Paris. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BOUVERI | England, | also spelled Bouverie; see Francis Boveri. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BOVERI, FRANCIS | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also made thermometers. | 9 Eyre Street Hill, London. | Goodison 1. |
| BOVIUS, FRANC. XAVER JOSEF | Germanyfl.1711-19, MIM SIM | Sundials, stone = AUG (1711), KEN-1880-33 (1712), GRA-7655 (1715), EIS (1716), SOL (1716), MUN (1718), FRA (1718), ADL-M286 (1719); Surveying Instrument = MOS. | "Franc. Xaveri Josephus Bovius SS can. exam. et approb. Presbyter Eystettensis invent fecit"; see F.B.P. | Eichstatt. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| BOVOLENTA, ANTO FABRIS | Italy, MIM SIM | Quadrant = Christie 2/8/66-6; Alidade for plane table = ADL-M134; Rule = P.C. | Fabris probably means maker; ADL is signed "Fabris Bovolenta." | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| BOWDITCH, NATHANIEL | USA, 1773-1838, MIM | Horary Quadrant, Aug. 20, 1792 = PEA-M9819. | author of "American Navigator." | Boston, Mass. | Bowditch; Brewington 1; Loring; Taylor 2(689); Burstyn; Bedini 8; DSB. |
| BOWE, JOHN | England, c.1699, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 of the Joiners' Company in 1699. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOWEN, EMANUEL | England, fl.1720-67, MIM | Planisphere = Soth. 10/17/60-148. | geographer to George II, 1748-60. | Taylor 2(153). | |
| BOWEN, RICHARD | England, c.1678, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Wells of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on Dec. 2, 1678. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BOWEN, THOMAS | England, c.1830, OIM | 27 Market Place, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1785). | ||
| BOWER | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1976). | "Model Barometer". | St. Neats. | RSW. |
| BOWERMAN, R. | England?, c.1770, MIM | Gunter's Rule. | signature stamped, may be owner, though another name is carved on the rule. | Coffeen 55. | |
| BOWERS, JOHN | England, c.1761, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 30, 1761. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BOWLES, DANIEL | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to John Atkinson 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1764; turned over to Richard Rust of the Company on March 26, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BOWLES, J.S. | England, c.1830, MIM | Quadrant Sundial, slate. 1830 = South Wilts. and Blackmore Museum, Salisbury. | Stevens and Aked. | ||
| BOWLES, THOMAS SALTER | USA, b.c.1765-1821, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Bedini Coll., D.(pre-1967), P.C., Streeter Coll., Yale University / Bennington Museum, Vermont; Compass Card from surveying compass = Dartmouth College Museum, Hanover, New Hamp. | some compass cards engraved by Joseph Callender. | Portsmouth, New Hampshire. | Bedini 1 and 8; Smart 1; Price 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; DATM; RSW. |
| BOWLEY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1809-16, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | barometers signed "Bowley Salop"; also made thermometers; T.C. in FIT (WHI). | Wyle Cop, Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. |
| BOWMAN, EDMUND | USA?, 1785, MIM | Sundial, 1785 = Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. | USNM. | ||
| BOWMAN, ROBERT | Scotland, c.1802, OIM | Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BOWSKILL | England, NIM | Marine Compass = Versailles 11/20/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| BOWYER, WILLIAM | England, 1630, MIM | Garden Sundial, copper, 1630 = Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. | clockmaker. | London. | RSW. |
| BOXER, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | "warranted." | Folkestone. | RSW. |
| BOY DE MORNAS, CLAUDE | France, fl.1761-68 d.1783, MIM | Celestial Globe = HAY. | Paris; Lyon. | Yonge. | |
| BOYER | France, c.1800, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Appay, Cannes 5/14/88. | Amiens. | RSW. | |
| BOYER, J.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BOYLE, ROBERT | England, 1627-91, | scientist; invented the hydrometer and named it; developed an air pump at Oxford with Robert Hooke. | Oxford; London. | G.L'E. Turner 20; Middleton 1; USNM; DNB; DSB. | |
| BOYLING, CHRISTIAN | Germany, fl.1669-77, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1669 = GRA-7678; Artillery Levels = ROU-217 = Rosenheim-319 = ADL-M206 (1675), OXF (1677), Auction Sale, 1903 (1671); Augsburg-type Sundial, 1676 = NOR; Perpetual Calendars = Marouf III 3/27/71 (on base of sand-box), TIM = Christie 4/14/88 (on top of silver pill box, 1677). | the "y" in Boyling has an umlaut over it; "Mechanicus"; silver pill box has hall-mark for 1677. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BOYNTON, G.W. | England?, OIM | Telescope = D.(1978). | RSW. | ||
| BR---- | England, NIM | Octant = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | ivory scale signed "SBR", for Spencer, Browning and Rust. | Bristol. | RSW. |
| BRABY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRACEGIRDLE | England, PHIM | Barometer with feet = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRACHER, GEORGE | England, fl.1826-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = PEA, D.(1976), Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., Whalers' Village Museum, Lahine, Maui. | made telescopes for E.A. Kutz (1), New York, City; Taylor dated him a century earlier; telescopes signed "G. Bracher." | 19 King Street, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(1496); O'Mara; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| BRACHER, H. | England, c.1820, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 10/19/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRACHET | Germany, MIM | Universal Sundial, folding gnomon = P.B. 1/22/54-28. | Hannover. | RSW. | |
| BRADBURN | England, c.1840, MIM | Gunter Rule, boxwood = D.(1975). | Birmingham. | Moskowitz 110. | |
| BRADBURY, A. | England, c.1822, MIM | 28 Hollis Street, Cavendish Square, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BRADDERLEY | England, 1760, MIM SIM | Theodolite, 1760 = X. | Taylor thinks may be same as J. Baddely. | Daumas 1; Taylor 2(578). | |
| BRADEL, JOSEPH | Germany, | see Joseph Bradl. | RSW. | ||
| BRADFIELD, WILLIAM HENRY | England, fl.1838-46, OIM | 30 Royal Street, Lambeth, London. | Taylor 2(2085). | ||
| BRADFORD | England, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Octant = Bowes Museum; Hadley Quadrant = OMM; Inclinable Sundials = Soth. 3/10/87, Gilbert 8/27/76, NOR; Telescopes = Soth. 3/12/62, D.(1982); Sextants = PEA, D.(1972), Historical Society of Delaware; Circumferentor = D.(1975); Marine Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | could be George, Isaac or John Bradford 2; all worked at same address; octant was given as a prize in 1863. | 99 Minories; 136 Minories; both in London. | Taylor 2(929 and 929a); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Coffeen B; USNM; RSW. |
| BRADFORD AND SON | England, c.1825, NIM | Octant = D.(1987). | 136 Minories, London. | Coffeen 15. | |
| BRADFORD, GEORGE | England, fl.1817-46, MIM NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrants, ebony = NMM, PEA; Sextants = PEA, Victory Museum, Portsmouth; Telescopes = PEA, P.C., HAM, Honfleur 6/17/79; Compass = AMST; Circumferentor = WHI. | uncle of John Omer; T.C. | 99 Minories (1817-36); near Tower Hill (1843); both in London. | Taylor 2(1284); Brewington 1; Soth. 7/7/78; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Moskowitz 108; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BRADFORD, I., AND SON | England, OIM | Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRADFORD, ISAAC | England, fl.1795-1822, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass = Christie-SK 10 23/87. | T.C.; worked with his brother, John Bradford 2; see Isaac Bradford and Co.; see Isaac and John Bradford (2). | Wapping Old Stairs; 136 Minories; both in London. | Taylor 2(929); Collins 1; RSW. |
| BRADFORD, ISAAC AND JOHN | England, fl.1795-1822, MIM NIM | Isaac Bradford and his brother, John Bradford 2. | 87 Bell Dock, Wapping (1795-1800); 69 Bell Dock, Wapping (1805-15); 136 Minories; all in London. | Taylor 2(929, 929a). | |
| BRADFORD, ISAAC, AND CO. | England, NIM | Octant, ebony = TIM (1987). | 136 Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| BRADFORD, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1654-56, MIM | Taylor 1(261); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | |||
| BRADFORD, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1795-1822, MIM NIM | worked with his brother, Isaac Bradford, 1817-22. | London. | Taylor 2(929a); Coffeen B. | |
| BRADL, JOSEPH | Germany, fl.1756-70, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = AUG. | Oberhausen. | RSW . | |
| BRADLEE, J. | see John Bradley. | RSW. | |||
| BRADLEY, JAMES 1 | England, 1693-1762, | Astronomer Royal, 1742-62; F.R.S.in 1719; made a clock-driven telescope with his uncle, James Pound in 1719; discovered the aberration of light, 1728, etc. | London. | Taylor 1(470)and 2(16); DNB; DSB; Dewhirst; Bedini 8. | |
| BRADLEY, JAMES 2 | England, c.1786, MIM | member of the Feltmakers' Company; took over Rowland Tiddler as an apprentice from William Morris of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 12, 1786; Tiddler became a MIM in the Grocers' Company. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BRADLEY, JOHN | England; Russia, fl.1710-16, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = MLL; Universal Ring Sundial = GEL. | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company in 1697; turned over to Jonathan Roberts, Embroiderer; free of the Grocers' Company in 1704. | Navigation School, Moscow; Naval Academy, St. Petersburg (1715). | Taylor 2(17); Chenekal; J. Brown 1. |
| BRADSHAW, J. | England, | Water Clock, 1690 = Neumarkt 10/8/71. | surely a modern object. | RSW. | |
| BRAGAZZI, A. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Bregazzi. | Ashburn. | Goodison 1. |
| BRAGONZI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BRAHAM BROS. | England, MIM | Protractor and Parallel Rule = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| BRAHAM, JAMES | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Compass and Thermometer on column = Soth.-Chester 6/9/83; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = D.(1973). | thermometer gives full name and address; wheel barometer signed "Braham Torquay"; "Clockmaker to the Duchess of Clarence." | 8 The Strand, Torquay. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BRAHAM, JOHN | England, 1797-1856, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscope = Wellcome Institute; Plotting Rule = OXF; Instrument = KEN; Telescope with stand = P.C.; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 10/20/89; Theodolite = D.(1979); Telescope, refracting = Soth. 3/10/87. | P.C. telescope, rule and one wheel barometer signed "Braham Bristol"; other telescope signed "Braham Bath"; one stick barometer signed "Braham Bath and Bristol." | 42 College Green, Bristol (1830); 8 Pulteney Bridge, Bath (1833); 10 St. Augustines Parade, Bristol (1833-42); 5 York Buildings, Bath (1837); 17 St. Augustines Parade, Bristol (1851-56). | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1788); O'Mara; Bryden 9; RSW; Moskowitz 119; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| BRAHE, TYCHO | Denmark; Czechoslovakia, 1546-1601, | Pin Gnomon Sundial, 1578 = DEU. | astronomer; author; teacher; designer of many important large instruments that he used in his observatories on Hven and in Prague. | Hven; Prague. | Brahe; Dreyer; Michel 3; Repsold; Raeder and Strömgren; Maddison; Grimaldi; Tooley; Price 2; DSB; A.J. Turner 10. |
| BRAMAN, J. | England, pre-1867, MIM | Instrument = Royal Institution. | invented and made by J. Braman; belonged to Faraday. | London. | RSW. |
| BRAMBANA AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 3/7/75. | see P. Brambano. | RSW. | |
| BRAMBANO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Brambana and Co. | Evesham. | Goodison 1. |
| BRAMEN, THOMAS | Holland, c.1675, MIM | planetarium mentioned in 1765 collection catalogue. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BRAMER, BENJAMIN | Holland; Germany; Czech., 1588-1652, | brother-in-law and student of Jost Bürgi; author; architect to the Prince Elector in Marburg; may have been the father of Willem Bramer, according to Rooseboom; made improvements to some surveying instruments. | Kassel (1591-1604); Prague (1604-09); Kassel (1609-12); Marburg (1612-30); Kassel (1630-34); Ziegenhain (1635-52). | Zinner 1; Michel 3; DSB; Rooseboom 1. | |
| BRAMER, PAULUS | Holland, 18th Century, MIM | Cube Sundials = Spitzer-2852, Ken-93. | may be one sundial. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Michel 3. |
| BRAMER, WILLEM | Holland, fl.1686-1734, MIM | clockmaker; Rooseboom thought that he might be son of Benjamin Bramer. | Zwolle. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BRANCHLE, T. | Germany, | I. Brauchle?. | Munich. | Evans 1. | |
| BRAND FRERES | Belgium, c.1800, MIM SIM | Augsburg-type Sundial, case = D.(1972); Graphometer = Soth. 3/10/87. | Brand Frères; "Opticiens du Roi." | Brussels. | Moskowitz 104; RSW. |
| BRAND, G. 1 | see Gerardus Brand. | ||||
| BRAND, G. 2 | see Georg Brand. | ||||
| BRAND, GEORG | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = OXFB-34; Equatorial Sundial = OXFB-101. | Zinner thought he might be Gerardus Brand. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Josten. |
| BRAND, GERARDUS | Holland, 1594-1659, MIM | Diptych Sundials = NOR, LIN, MOS (1653); Sundial, pocket = Maritime Museum, Groningen; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Hour Scale from Compass Sundial = NOR; Sundial, oval, in ivory box = MERC = McVitty Coll. = P.B. 1/22/54-53. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| BRAND, J. | Holland, | see Gerardus Brand. | Hamilton 1 and 2. | ||
| BRANDEGGER | Germany, c.1800, MIM NIM | Measuring Instrument = Stuker 11/22/66; Sextants = BAM, Soth. 6/23/87. | Ellwangen. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| BRANDER AND CO. | England, c.1760, NIM | Compass in gimbals = D.(1971). | signed on compass card. | 82 Minories, London. | Moskowitz 102. |
| BRANDER UND HOSCHEL | Germany, 1774-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Alidade, large = AUG; Reflecting Quadrant = ADL-M184; Sextants = OXF, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Theodolite = Soth. 4/22/65-49; Microscope = KEN; Meridian Compasses = D., P.C.; Instrument Set, silver = OXF; Artillery Level = BAM; Meridian Sundial = AMST; Equatorial Sundials = ADL-W228, Harburg Museum, DEU, ZUR; Protractors, full = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Huelsmann Coll. (with vernier); Compass = P.C. (1987). | Georg Friedrich Brander and his son-in-law, Christof Kaspar Höschel. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Brachner; Wissner; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Engelmann 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| BRANDER, C.G., AND SON | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/1/88. | includes an "Improved Sympiesometer." | London. | RSW. |
| BRANDER, GEORG FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1713-83, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | noted prolific instrument maker; his instruments are found in many museums,the principal collection being at DEU; the quality ranges from magnificent to mediocre. | pupil of J.G. Doppelmayer in Nürnberg; invented quite a few new types of instruments, star-finder and mirror dividers, etc.; took his son-in-law, Christof Kasper Höschel, as a partner, 1744-83; one of the microsopes at the DEU is signed "G. F. Brander Ratisb." (Regensburg); most of the instruments however have Augsburg as an address. | Regensburg; Augsburg (1734). | Zinner 1; Brachner; Wissner; Daumas 1; Maddison 5; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1; Pipping 1; USNM; Nachet; Clay and Court; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BRANDER, J.F. | Germany, | misreading for G.F. Brander. | NAC. | ||
| BRANDIS AND SONS | USA, fl.1916-20, NIM | Sextants = USNM, ADL-L46b, D.(1990). | ADL is on loan from Navy; D. marked "No. 3227", its frame marked "Navy 845." | Brooklyn, N.Y. | ADL; USNM; RSW. |
| BRANDIS, F.E., SONS AND CO. | USA, fl.1890-1916, NIM | Mechanical Navigator = USNM; Wye Level = Gurley Museum, Troy, N.Y. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1. | |
| BRANDRETH AND WILLDEY | England, fl.1711-13, MIM OIM | Timothy Brandreth and George Willdey; "late servants to Mr. Yarwell and Mr. Sterrop"; produced maps; T.C. | Sign of Archimedes and Globe, Ludgate Street (1711); in Exchange Alley running out of Cornhill (1712); both in London. | Taylor 1(498 and 517); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Tyacke 1. | |
| BRANDRETH, TIMOTHY | England, 1677-1714, MIM OIM | apprenticed to John Yarwell and Ralph Sterrop of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1693; free of the Company, 1701; took apprentices; made instruments, as journeyman, for John Marshall; partner to George Willdey, 1707-13; made maps. | Sign of the Archimedes and Globe, near Ludgate (1711); in Exchange Alley running out of Cornhill (1712); both in London. | Taylor 1(517); Clay and Court; Evans 1; Tyacke 1; Court and von Rohr 3(69). | |
| BRANDT, G. | see Gerardus or Georg Brand. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BRANHAM, JAMES | England, | misreading for James Braham. | RSW. | ||
| BRASELMANN, JOHANN PET. | Germany, fl.1776-79, PHIM | Money Scales = HAK (1779), DRE, Phillips 4/20/83; Balances = Pharmacy Museum, Cracow, Phillips 2/2/84. | Wichlinghausen in Oberbarman. | RSW. | |
| BRASHER, G. | England, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRASSI, F. HIERONOMI | Italy1591, MIM | Azimuth Quadrant, 1591 = POB. | also signed "Graecius." | Destombes 1. | |
| BRAUCHLE, I. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = SLM, OXF. | OXF is on stand with compass. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1. |
| BRAUCHLER, I. | surely I. Brauchle. | Evans 1. | |||
| BRAUER | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Transit = KEN. | J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| BRAUN, ANTONIUS | Czechoslovakia; Austria, 1685-1728, MIM NIM OIM | Sundial, silver and brass, 1716 = OXF; Astrolabe with compass, 1716 = Lanna Coll-1220; Universal Ring Sundial on stand, 1719 = ADL-M313; Ring Sundial, 1720 = Miller Coll.; Parallel Rule, 1722 = Warren Coll. = P.B. 10/9/43-120; Telescope, parchment = DEU-34362; Astronomical Instrument = Auction Sale, 1943; Linear Rule, 1722 = D.(1987). | linear rule signed "Invenit et Fecit"; Price and Daumas say the telescope was marked "de Löwenfeld"; developed a multiplying machine. | Prague (1720); Vienna (1724). | Zinner 1; Culver 1; Habacher; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; cOFFEEN 17; RSW. |
| BRAUND, J. | England, c.1690, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 2/9/23. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRAUNHOFFER, MATHIAS | Germany, 1759, MIM | Circle Measuring Instrument, 1759 = Pressburg Museum. | Augsburg. | Fischer. | |
| BRAUNMULLER, JOSEF ANTON | Germany, 1763-1800, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG, ZUR. | signed "Anton Braunmüller." | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; RSW. |
| BRAUNSHARDT | Germany, OIM | Telescope, ivory and brass = DRE (lost). | RSW. | ||
| BRAY, JOHN | England?, c.1820, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1978). | Moskowitz 116; RSW. | ||
| BREAKS, THOMAS | England, 1771, | improved the theodolite; author. | Moskowitz 104. | ||
| BRECAZZI | England, | misreading for Bregazzi. | RSW. | ||
| BRECHTE, ROGER | France?, 1537, MIM | Vertical Sundial with Quadrant and Calendar, 1537 = OXF. | Gunther 2; Michel 3. | ||
| BRECKNEEL | England, c.1850, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 7/13/73. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BREE, CORNELIS JANSZ. DE | Holland, c.1672, NIM | marine compass maker; head of the compass makers guild in 1672. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BREE, WEDUWE CORN. DE | Holland, c.1744, NIM | compass maker; widow of Corn. de Bree. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 & 5. | |
| BREED, AARON | USA, 1791-1861; fl.1810-60, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood = Old Sturbridge Village Museum, Mass.; Surveying Compass, brass = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Marine Compass, dry = DeLuca Auction 3/21/81. | T.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, No. 2 Rowe's Wharf, opposite Purchase Street; No. 166 Broad, corner of Purchase Street; No. 143 Broad Street, head of India Wharf; all in Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 and 8; Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner; Chaldecott; DATM. |
| BREEM BURGH, JAN | Holland, c.1740?, NIM | Compass Card = AMST. | marked on the back "Iacob de Iong in Amsterdam"; Jong may be the maker. | Edam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| BREESE, JAS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Wisbech. | RSW. | |
| BREGAZZI 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Samuel Bregazzi, which see. | Derby. | Goodison 1. |
| BREGAZZI 2 | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1970), X(2), Phillips, Son and Neall Jan. 1971. | probably Innocent or Peter Bregazzi; D. and Phillips barometers signed "Breggazzi". | Nottingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BREGAZZI, INNOCENT | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dursley. | Goodison 1. | |
| BREGAZZI, IT. AND PR. | England, fl.1825-34, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; Innocent and Peter Bregazzi, brothers; T.C. | High Pavement, Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BREGAZZI, J.P. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | Nottingham. | RSW. | |
| BREGAZZI, J.P. AND T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | probably Innocent and Peter Bregazzi. | High Pavement, Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| BREGAZZI, PETER | England, fl.1825-42, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | barometers signed "P. Bregazzi"; worked with his brother, Innocent, 1825-34. | Bridlesmith Gate, Nottingham (1840-42). | Goodison 1. |
| BREGAZZI, S., AND CO. | England, c.1809, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 12/17/87. | Willow Row, Derby. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| BREGAZZI, SAMUEL | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Barometer, Thermometer and timepiece in Gothic tower = John Harrison, 1830 = Bagshaws of Ashbourne Auction House, July, 1946; Angle Barometer = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. | wheel barometers signed "S. Bregazzi"; one says "Darby." | Queen Street, Derby. | Goodison 1. |
| BREGENS, BENEDICT | Germany, 1690, OIM | Burning Glass, 1690 = FLO-2545. | Dresden. | Bonelli 1. | |
| BREGNA | see Grassi, Bregna and Origoni. | Taylor 2(1869). | |||
| 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. |
| BREGUET, ANTOINE LOUIS | France, c.1770, MIM | Paris. | C. Breguet. | ||
| BREGUET, LOUIS-FRANCOIS-CLEMENT | France, 1804-83, PHIM | Thermometer = FLO-367; Resistor = FLO-494. | Louis-François-Clement Breguet; grandson of Abraham-Louis Breguet. | Paris. | Bonelli 1; C. Breguet; DSB. |
| BREHMER, E.F. | Sweden, c.1855, MIM | Kammakargatan 62; Normalmsgaten 20; both in Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | ||
| BREITHAUPT, CARL WILHELM | Germany, c.1790, MIM | son of Johann Christian Breithaupt; brother of Friedrich Wilhelm Breithaupt; made astronomical instruments. | Kassel. | J.A. Bennett 2; von Mackenson 3. | |
| BREITHAUPT, F.W., UND SOHNE | Germany, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Theodolites = DRE, Clock Museum, Warsaw, Christie 12/12/72; Meter = P.C.(1973); Compass = DRE. | also made balances; they were in the 1851 Great Exhibition in London. | Kassel, Hesse, Prussia. | G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW; von Mackenson 3. |
| BREITHAUPT, FREDRICK WILLIAM | Germany, 1780-1855, MIM | Artillery Level = Christie 4/9/75; Mining Compass = P.C.; Sundial, watch-type = USNM. | succeeded his father, J.C. Breithaupt. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW; von Mackenson. |
| BREITHAUPT, JOHAN CHRISTIAN | Germany, 1736-99, MIM OIM | Ruling Engine = KAS; Mural Quadrant = KAS; Semi-Circles = KAS (2). | succeeded by his son, Fredrick William Breithaupt. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Kirchvogel; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; von Mackenson 3. |
| BREITINGER | Switzerland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = DEU. | Zurich. | Middleton 1. | |
| BREMER, GABRIEL | Sweden, fl.1770-90, OIM | apprenticed to Henrik Holmbom. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| BRENNER | see Bener. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BRENNER AND SIBE | Denmark, fl.1556-1600, MIM | Astronomical Clock = ROS. | Copenhagen. | Baillie 1. | |
| BRENNER, STEFFEN | Denmark, fl.1556-1602, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1588 = Tihloror Museum, Lubeck. | see Brenner and Sibe. | Copenhagen. | Baillie 1; Maurice 1. |
| BRENTA, DOMINICUS | Italy; Holland, fl.1760-85, PHIM | Barometer = P.C. | also made mirrors. | Varenna (-1760); Holland. | USNM. |
| BRENTA, JOSEPH | Holland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/82. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BRENTEL, GEORG | Germany, fl.1573-1619, MIM | Chalice Sundial, paper, 1608 = CRT. | also designed various types of sundials; Price thought Brentel was from Nürnberg. | Lauingen. | Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| BRESTBARTA, C. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | Northampton. | RSW. | |
| BRETON | France, c.1850, PHIM | Thermometer = Versailles 11/20/83. | RSW. | ||
| BRETON FRERES | France, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM | Model of Rack and Pinion = Soth. 11/21/74; Solar Microscope = A-P 3/15/76; Model Jack = OXF; Equatorial Sundial = Gersaint 7/20/96. | Breton Frères. | Rue Dauphine 23 (25), Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; RSW. |
| BREWING | misreading for Browning. | Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | |||
| BREWSTER, DAVID | Scotland1781-1868, | scientist; invented the kaleidoscope; held various patents including a micrometer telescope with William Harris 1, c.1809; F.R.S. in 1815; author. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(1088); Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; DNB; DSB; Wynter 1; Morrison-Low 4; RSW. | |
| BREZI | see Brzezi. | ||||
| BRIANT, G. | England, c.1703, | bookseller with R. Billing; may have been instrument makers. | King's Head, Cornhill, London. | Taylor 1(536). | |
| BRICKHEAD | see Birkhead. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| BRICKHILL, JAMES | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed, by turnover, to Robert Jole of the Clockmakers' Company, for eight years, on Oct. 5, 1668. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BRIDGER, RICHARD | England, fl.1707-17, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Francis Hauksbee 1; carried on the business for Hauksbee's widow; see Vream and Bridger. | Upper end of Hind Court, Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(551) and 2(18); Evans 1. | |
| BRIDGES, HENRY | England, fl.1730-41, MIM | Astronomical Clock, monumental = X. | Waltham Abbey. | Baillie 1. | |
| BRIDGES, THOMAS | Englandc.1761, MIM | apprenticed to Christopher Jacobs; ran away before 7/20/1761. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| BRIEF, FRANCIS | England?, 1575?, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = ADL-M318. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| BRIERE | France, 1789, MIM | Sectors = Wray Sale, VCW, NYC-156-27-349; Square = D.(1964); Set of Drafting Instruments, silver, 1789 = P.C.; Graphometer = KEN. | Brière; the drafting set is signed on the protractor. | Paris. | Industrial Museum of New York Cat.; Bedini 8; RSW. |
| BRIGGS | see Lewis and Briggs. | Taylor 2(623). | |||
| BRIGGS, FRANCIS | England, c.1718, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1718. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BRIGGS, JAMES | England, c.1804, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Hoppé in the Joiners' Company on Jan. 10, 1804. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BRIGGS, MATTHEW | England, c.1785, MIM | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on June 7, 1785; made excise insruments. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BRIGGS, WILLIAM | England, c.1819, MIM | globe maker; worked for Thomas Marriott Bardin in 1819. | London. | Millburn 11. | |
| BRIGHTLY, CHARLES H. | USA, 1816-97, MIM SIM | Wye Level = Gurley Museum, Troy, N.Y. | partner with Charles S. Heller in Heller and Brightly, 1870-89; initial is H. or S. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; Smart 1. |
| BRIGUET | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Quadrant with equation of time, silver = Evans Coll. | Paris. | Evans 1. | |
| BRIN, N. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = O-P-6. | Nürnberg. | Monreal. | |
| BRIND, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | T.C.; "from Mr, Reed's." | at the Hand and Scales in Carey Lane in Foster Lane, Cheapside, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| BRINK, VAN DEN | Holland, c.1830, | see Krap and van den Brink. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BRINKMAN, C., AND D.B. SELTER | Holland, c.1860, MIM NIM | makers and repairers of instruments; T.C. in octant box at BRE. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| BRINKMAN, J.G. | Germany, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = UTR. | Bremen. | Daumas 1. | |
| BRIOT, I.F. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Floating Sundial, paper = ADL-N10. | manuscript. | ADL; RSW. | |
| BRIOYS, JEAN | 1644, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1644 = DOR. | RSW. | ||
| BRISCALL | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Birmingham. | John Bell. | |
| BRISSYEUS, STEPHEN | France, pre-1690, MIM OIM | mentioned by Bonanni in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Grenoble. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| BRISTOW, JOHN | England, fl.1775-95, MIM | engine-maker (instruments). | 47 Ratcliff Highway; 12 Mansion House Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(691). | |
| BRISTOW, MARGARET AND JAMES | England, c.1820, MIM | probably daughter and son of John Bristow; T.C. | Taylor 2(691). | ||
| BRISTOW, MARY | England, fl.1796-1805, MIM | widow of John Bristow; presumably mother of Margaret and James Bristow. | London.. | Taylor 2(691). | |
| BRISTOW, MARY, AND SONS | England, c.1805, MIM | widow and sons of John Bristow. | London. | Taylor 2(691). | |
| BRIT, WALTER | England, 1395, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1395 = OXF? | Gunther 2. | ||
| BRITTON, W. | England, c.1840, OIM | Goring Aplanatic Engiscope = Crisp Coll. | Taylor 2(2087); Clay and Court. | ||
| BROADBELT, MICHAEL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Knaresborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| BROADHURST, CLARKSON AND CO. | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 6/23/87. | 63 Farringdon Road, London. | RSW. | |
| BROCI | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | RSW. | ||
| BROCK, B. | England, c.1753, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | see G. Brock. | London. | Taylor 2(443). |
| BROCK, G. | England, c.1775, OIM | Solar Microscope = X. | may be same as B. Brock. | London. | Clay and Court. |
| BROCOT | Germany?, PHIM | Barometer on clock = Keglemann Auctionhaus 6/8/74. | RSW. | ||
| BRODARD | France, c.1800, PHIM | made barometers. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| BRODERICK, WILLIAM | Ireland, c.1824, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer on clock = Armagh County Museum, The Mall. | Dublin. | Stevens and Aked; G. Fennel; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| BRODSORG, S. | see S.B. 1. | Gunther 1. | |||
| BROEDE, H. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BROEN, JOANNES DE | c.1650, MIM | Celestial and Terrestrial Globes = Lehmann Sale-307. | only one is signed. | RSW. | |
| BROGGI, GILLANDO | England, fl.1826-28, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.B. 5/31/39, X(6), Soth. 5/14/87 = 10/22/87; Stick Barometer = X. | stick barometer signed "Broggi Chelmsford"; some wheel barometers are signed "G. Broggi", two are signed "G. Broggi Chelmsford", one is "G. Brogi", others, "G. Broggio." | Maulsham, Chelmsford. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1789); RSW. |
| BROGGIO, G. | see Gillando Broggi. | RSW. | |||
| BROGI, G. | see Gillando Broggi. | RSW. | |||
| BROKAW, ISAAC | USA, c.1771, MIM | may have been instrument maker; son-in-law of Aaron Miller. | Philadelphia Pa.; New Jersey? | Bedini 1; USNM. | |
| BROMAN, ANDERS | Sweden, c.1816, PHIM | Electrical Machine = SWE. | Pipping 1. | ||
| BROME | see Broom. | Taylor 1(368). | |||
| BRONLUND, R.J. | Sweden?, c.1850, NIM | Marine Compass = OMM. | Porsgrunn. | RSW. | |
| BRONNE, JOHN | T.C.; misreading for John Browne (3). | Pearsall. | |||
| 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. |
| BROOKE | England, MIM | Dividers, iron = Soth. 10/15/73. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| BROOKE, CHRISTOPHER | see Christopher Brookes. | Taylor 1(230); J. Brown 1. | |||
| BROOKE, JACOBUS | England, 1698, MIM | Sundial, rectangular, 1698 = Soth. 2/5/53 = P.C. (1990). | RSW. | ||
| BROOKES AND HAWKES | England, NIM | Binnacle Compass = Christie-SK 2/9/79. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| BROOKES, CHRISTOPHER | England, fl.1649-51, MIM | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company in 1629; free of the Company, 1639; married to the daughter of William Oughtred; worked in metal; designed and made quadrants and planispheres; the name sometimes appears as Brooks. | Oxford. | Taylor 1(230); J. Brown 1. | |
| BROOKES, THOMAS | England, 1695, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D.(1994). | might be owner? | Coffeen X (1994). | |
| BROOKS | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Christie 5/26/76; Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth. 3/10/87; Drum Sextant = Kelton Coll. (1990). | Ludgate Street, London. | RSW. | |
| BROOKSBY, THOMAS | England, PHIM | free of the Blacksmiths' Company 24 years after he was apprenticed; scalemaker. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROOM | England, c.1674, OIM | glass grinder for Robert Hooke. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Taylor 1(368). | |
| BROSONI, M. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Brighton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BROSSET FRERES | France, c.1855, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Telescopic Level = D.(1975). | "Brosset Frères." | 22 Puedes Fianes-Bourgeois, Paris. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BROUGHTON, WILLIAM | England, 1679, MIM | Nocturnal, fruitwood, 1679 = Soth. 2/2/76. | "for both Bears." | RSW. | |
| BROURBER, ALEXANDER | see Alexander Brourbrer. | Michel 3. | |||
| BROURBRER, ALEXANDER | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, small = Roussel Sale-234. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| BROUSSON, MARC HENR | Germany, MIM | Pedometer = Evans Coll. = OXF? | accent mark over `n' in Henr. | Neirwied. | Evans 1. |
| BROUWER, REINIER | Holland, c.1708, NIM | Marine Compass = WMH. | Hoorn. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BROWGI, GILLANDO | see Gillando Broggi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| BROWN 1 | England, 1792-96, NIM OIM | Octant, 1792 = RSM; Hadley Quadrant, 1796 = MYS. | Bristol. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| BROWN 2 | England, c.1799, OIM | made telescopes. | Taylor 2(930); Daumas 1. | ||
| BROWN 3 | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = D.(1980). | signed "Brown London", but might be of French origin. | London. | Moskowitz 121. |
| BROWN 4 | see Browne. | ||||
| BROWN AND CHALMERS | Scotland, fl.1838-42, NIM | George B. Brown or H. Brown and James S. Chalmers. | 37 Bridge Street (1838-40); 48 Bridge Street (1841-42); both in Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| BROWN AND HEARTTE | USA, fl.1830-31, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = GUR. | John G. Brown and Isaac T. Heartte; T.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, Baltimore, Md. (1830). | Smart 1; USNM. |
| BROWN AND HUNT | USA, fl.1834-37, MIM NIM OIM | Sextants = Peabody Museum, Yale University. | Edmund Brown and Harvey W. Hunt; T.C. | Sign of the Compass Card, 190 Water Street (1834-35); Sign of the Compass, 27 Fulton, one door from Water Street, near Holt's Hotel (1835-37); both in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| BROWN, ANDREW | Scotland, fl.1817-21, MIM | 100 High Street, Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| BROWN, B. | Scotland, PHIM | Double Barometer = P.C. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| BROWN, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1797-1831, MIM NIM OIM | Octant = MYS; Telescope = WHI; Crown Compass = PEA. | may be Brown 1 or 2; sometimes spelled Browne; T.C.; foul anchor on scale of octant; telescope signed "Browne Bristol"; the crown compass at PEA is signed "B. Browne Bristol" but has three other cards on top; see I.I. Borger, James Gale, and Gray and Lisset. | the Quay (1813); Quay and 14 Wilson Street (1814-24); 2 Old Park Hill and opposite Crane No. 7 (1829-31); all in Bristol. | Taylor 2(930a and 1497); Bryden 9; Brewington 1. |
| BROWN, BUSH G. | USA, 1820-63, MIM | see E. Brown and Son. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| BROWN, D., AND SON | USA, c.1833, MIM NIM | owned their own dividing engine. | Providence, R.I. | Bedini 8. | |
| BROWN, DAVID STEPHENS | England, PHIM | made self-acting sympiesometer and barometer. | Eton Lodge, Ashby Road, Islington, London. | USNM. | |
| BROWN, E., AND SON | USA, fl.1841-63, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.; Transit = WHI; Octant = USNM; Theodolite = D.(1981). | T.C. at PEA; T.C. in box of Gennert and Holzke Wye Level; Edmund Brown and Son; octant signed "E.W. Brown and Son." | New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; USNM; Smart 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen H; Moskowitz 122; Garcelon 33. |
| BROWN, E.W., AND SON | see E. Brown and Son. | ||||
| BROWN, GEORGE | Scotland, 1650-1730, MIM | Rotulas Arithmetica = RSM (1699,incomplete), (1699), (1700), (1701). | Rev. George Brown; patented his Rotula Arithmetica, a simple calculator, in 1698. | Edinburgh. | Bryden 15; Morrison-Low 1; RSW. |
| BROWN, GEORGE B. | Scotland, fl.1836-37, NIM | H. Brown probably was his brother. | 38 Shore, Leith. | Taylor 2(2088); Bryden 3. | |
| BROWN, GEORGE G. | England, c.1850, NIM | Binnacle = MAN-I65. | compass rose signed "Imray, Son and Co. London." | London. | Garcia 1. |
| BROWN, H. | Scotland, c.1837, NIM | George B. Brown was probably his brother. | 38 Shore, Leith. | Taylor 2(2088a); Bryden 3. | |
| BROWN, H.L., AND SON | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = D.(1976). | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| BROWN, J., AND C.S. FRANCIS | USA, c.1836, MIM OIM | astronomical instrument makers. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| BROWN, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1773-89, PHIM | Hydrostatic Glass Bubbles = RSM (4). | T.C.; made hydrostatical bubbles invented by Alexander Wilson; the business was continued by William Twadell from 1789 to 1792. | Irongate, Glasgow. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BROWN, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1654-97, MIM OIM PHIM | Nocturnal, boxwood = Gabb Coll. = NMM-N.20; Triangular Quadrant, fragment = OXF; Quadrant, ivory = BM-1923/2/6-2; White's Rule, 1663 = Pepys; Timber Rule, small, 1663 = Pepys; Spiral Calculator, 1664 = Pepys; Telescope, 1666 = Pepys; Perspective Instrument (Wren's design), 1669 = Pepys; Vertical Sundial, boxwood = NMM-D.341. | son of Thomas Brown 1; father of Thomas Brown 2; apprenticed in the Joiners' Company; free in the Company sometime between 1627 and 1654; see J.B. 2; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1667 as a Brother; took apprentices; Master of the Company in 1681; T.C.; invented a triangular quadrant; see Crawforth 7 for further information. | see Brown, John 1 (cont.). | see Brown, John 1 (cont.). |
| BROWN, JOHN 1 (CONT.) | Dukes Place (1661); Sign of the Sun Dyal (later Sphere and Sun Dial or Sphere and Dial), Minories; both near Aldgate, London. | Taylor 1(224); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Latham and Matthews, vols. 4,5,7,9; Price 3; Ward 4; Wynter and Turner; Daumas 1; Calvert 2; J. Brown 1 and 3; NMM 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7; Robischon; Rabone 1; RSW. | |||
| BROWN, JOHN 10 | Scotland, 1708, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1708 = Bowland, Galashiels. | Edinburgh. | Somerville. | |
| BROWN, JOHN 2 | England, c.1654, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 1 in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 8, 1627; free of the Company on Aug. 7, 1654; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 3 | Englandc.1627, MIM | apprenticed to William Hammond of the Joiners' Company in 1627; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 4 | England, c.1629, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wylan in the Joiners" Company, 1629; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 5 | England, c.1635, MIM | apprenticed to Christopher Turner in the Joiners' Company, 1635; may be John Brown 1. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 6 | England, fl.1642-99, MIM | had fourteen apprentices in the Joiners' Company; could have been John Brown 1-5 or another man. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BROWN, JOHN 7 | England, c.1703, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 13, 1703. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 8 | England, c.1808, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on May 3, 1808. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWN, JOHN 9 | England, c.1830, OIM | 51 Dean Street, Newcastle. | Taylor 2(1790). | ||
| BROWN, JOHN G. | USA, 1805-post-48, MIM | worked for Richard Patten for many years in New York, N.Y.; partner with Isaac T. Heartte as Brown and Heartte, 1830. | New York, N.Y.; Baltimore, Md. (1830-39); Washington, D.C. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| BROWN, JOHN ROGERS | USA, 1810-76, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = X. | invented first automatic machine for graduating rules, 1850. | Providence, R.I. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| BROWN, JOSEPH R. | USA, c.1852, MIM | made rules, standards. | Providence, R.I. | DATM. | |
| BROWN, M. | England, c.1802, OIM | made a special type of telescope. | London. | USNM. | |
| BROWN, R., AND SONS | England, c.1850, PHIM | balance makers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| BROWN, S.G. | USA, NIM | Marine Compass in binnacle = K. and C. 3/19/75. | may be S.B. Brown. | Watfford. | RSW. |
| BROWN, T. | England, | Water Clock, variant, 1631 = D.(1973). | modern work. | York. | RSW. |
| BROWN, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1627-53, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, circular, ivory = P.C.(1987). | sometimes spelled `Browne'; father of John Brown 1; apprenticed to Launcelot Smith in the Joiners' Company; free of the Company in 1623; took apprentices; made a circular, wooden slide rule in 1631; made Napier's bones, etc. | The Globe, Fenchurch Street, near Northumberland Alley, Aldgate, Minories, London. | Taylor 1(154); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BROWN, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1676-79, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to his father, John Brown 1, of the Clockmakers' Company, on April 5, 1669; free of the Company, July 3, 1676; took an apprentice; "Thomas Browne" was an alternative spelling. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BROWN, W.H., AND CO. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Slide Rule, boxwood, with index = D.(1986). | Birmingham. | Coffeen 13. | |
| BROWN, WILLIAM | England, c.1797, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 5, 1797. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BROWNE, B. | England, fl.1797-1831, MIM | T.C. at PEA; see Benjamin Brown. | The Quay, Bristol. | Taylor 2(930a); Brewington 1. | |
| BROWNE, DANIEL | England, fl.1614-34, MIM | made brass instruments. | Cricklade, London. | Taylor 1(127); Evans 1. | |
| BROWNE, JOHN 1 | England, | see John Brown 1. | Calvert 2; Robischon; Rabone 1; RSW. | ||
| BROWNE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1650, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1650. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BROWNE, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1750-75, NIM | Backstaff = Soth. 1960. | also made compasses; T.C. | near Wapping Old Stairs; Southwark; both in London. | Taylor 2(450); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. |
| BROWNE, JOHN 4 | England, c.1750, NIM | compass maker. | No. 5 Stoney Lane near Pickle Herring Stairs, Southwark, London. | Delehar 1. | |
| BROWNE, ROBERT | England, fl.1705-30, | devised sextants and quadrants. | near St Katherine's Dock, London. | Taylor 1(548). | |
| BROWNE, WILLIAM | England, c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = Soth. 3/10/87. | might possibly be William Brown, which see. | Wapping, London. | RSW. |
| BROWNELL, FRANKLIN C. | USA, fl.1855-60+, | educator; hired by Dwight Holbrook in 1855 as a promoter, wrote manuals; he founded the American School Apparatus Co. of New York, N.Y. in the 1860s. | Hartford, Conn.; New York, N.Y. | D,J. Warner 4. | |
| BROWNING 1 | England, c.1780-1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Spectroscopes = OXF. | probably John Browning 1; see Spencer, Browning and Rust; see Spencer, Browning and Co; see Browning and Rust. | London. | Taylor 2(805); Brewington 1. |
| BROWNING 2 | USA, c.1825, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compasses, wood = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich., P.C.; Octant = De Young Museum, San Francisco. | P.C. and octant signed "Baltimore"; other instrument signed "Boston"; probably Samuel Browning 1. | Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; DATM. |
| BROWNING 3 | USA, c.1803, MIM OIM | see Newell and Browning. | Merchants' Row, Boston, Mass.(1803). | Smart 1. | |
| BROWNING AND RUST | England, c.1835, NIM | Octant = OMM; Sextant = PMS. | London. | USNM; RSW. | |
| BROWNING AND SON | USA, fl.1816-41, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | Samuel (1) and Samuel S. Browning, father and son. | 67 Broad Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; DATM; RSW. |
| BROWNING, GEORGE | England?, 1782, NIM | Octant, mahogany, 1782 = Soth. 12/19/66-16. | RSW. | ||
| BROWNING, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1782-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = D.(1972); | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on March 1, 1768; free of the Company, July 4, 1782; brother of Samuel Browning 1; according to the addresses John Browning appears not to have been involved in any firm; Taylor's addresses were different. | 49 Virginia Street (1782); Pennington Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1793); Prince's Square, Ratcliffe Highway (1797); 25 Prince's Square (1800); 17 Wellclose Place, New Road, St. George in the East (1803); all in London. | Taylor 2(805); Moskowitz 104; Coffeen B; USNM; J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| BROWNING, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1803-, MIM | apprenticed to his father, Samuel Browning 1, of the Grocers' Company on Sept.3, 1795; free of the Company, May 5, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BROWNING, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1860-72, OIM PHIM | Spectroscope, hand = D.(1991). | T.C.; "Optical and Physical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty's Goverment, The Royal Observatory, Kew Observatory, etc."; probably was the successor to Spencer, Browning and Co., c.1860. | 111 Minories E. (1860-72) and 63 Strand (1872); 6 Vine Street, E.C.(factory); all in London. | Calvert 2; Moskowitz 4; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Gemmary III. |
| BROWNING, RICHARD | England, c.1818, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Dec. 3, 1818; son of Samuel Browning 1; partner in the firm of Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 with his brother, William and with Ebenezer Rust 2 from 1819 until 1840 when the name of the firm changed to Spencer, Browning and Co. | 66 Wapping (1818-39); 111 Minories (1839); also at 6 Vine Street (1848); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 1 | USA, 1778-1864, MIM NIM | see Browning 2; clockmaker; partner with Joseph Newell, as Newell and Browning, 1803; T.C. engraved by Thomas Wightman. | 4 Dock Square (1805); 35 Broad Street (1809); 77 Broad Street (1816-25); 282 Washington (1829-41); all are in Boston, Mass.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 12. | |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 2 | England, fl.1782-1819, MIM NIM | Octant = VNN. | brother of John Browning 1; apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1767; free of the Company, July 4, 1782; partner in Spencer, Browning and Rust 1 with Ebenezer Rust 1 and William Spencer 2. | 327 Wapping Street, London (1782-83); Eaton Socon, Beds. (1786-92); Wapping, London (1795-1819). | J. Brown 1; RSW. |
| BROWNING, SAMUEL 3 | England, c.1792, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2, his father, in the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BROWNING, SAMUEL S. | USA, c.1803-35, MIM OIM | son of Samuel Browning 1. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| BROWNING, WILLIAM | England, fl.1819-40, MIM | brother of Richard Browning; Spencer, Browning and Rust 2 was run by Ebenezer Rust 2 and William and Richard Browning, 1819-40, a continuation of the original firm. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| BRUCE | England, | see Wilson and Gillie, Bruce and Son. | Cardiff. | ||
| BRUCE, J., AND SONS | England, NIM PHIM | Marine Compass = NOR; Marine Barometer = D.(1972). | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| BRUCE, JOHN | England, fl.1865-96, NIM PHIM | Sextant = Melun 4/24/83; Octant, ebony and brass = Soth. 12/8/69; Marine Barometer = DeLuca 10/21/95. | octant signed "J. Bruce Liverpool"; T.C. in sextant case; also made chronometers. | Wopping?, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 1. RSW; Nautical Brass Jan/Feb, 1996. |
| BRUCE, JOHN, AND SON | England, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 2/8/79; Position Indicator = Soth. 7/15/63-152. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| BRUCE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1806-27, | brass and optical turner; worked with Charles Robert West on a portable telescope, 1806. | 16 King's Head Court, Shoe, Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1092). | |
| BRUCKNER, G. | 1842, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1842 = X. | Tooley. | ||
| BRUFF, CHARLES OLIVER | USA; Canada, 1735-1817, MIM | loyalist. | New York, N.Y.; Tarrytown, N.Y. (1777); New York, N.Y.; Shelburne, Nova Scotia (1783). | Bedini 8. | |
| BRUGGER AND HOFFMEYER | England, c.1822, PHIM | made barometers and clocks. | Norfolk Street, Lynn Regis. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRUGGER AND STRAUB | England, fl.1845-60, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers? German clock and watchmakers, 1856. | 79 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRUGGER, LORENZ AND A. | England, fl.1843-44, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see Brugger and Straub. | 79 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BRULAT ET CHOARET | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial = D.(1970). | Lyon. | Merzbach. | |
| BRUMELL, G.T. | England, post-1839, MIM | Slide Rule, Hawthorn-type = P.C. | Delehar 2 and 9. | ||
| BRUN, J. | England, 1772, OIM | Microscope, 1772 = KEN. | Clay and Court. | ||
| BRUNDELL, PHILIP GEORGE | England, c.1795, | apprenticed to John King 2 of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 5, 1795. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BRUNDL, J. | Sweden?, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NOR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| BRUNELL, J. | MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = NOR. | scales for 59° and 63°20'. | RSW. | |
| BRUNER | France, NIM | Meridian Circle = PMM. | RSW. | ||
| BRUNER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BRUNER, ERASMUS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Instrument = DRE. | there is a tower clock case at OXF signed Asmus Birin Bruner, 1577 = Mallett Coll.-120. | Augsburg. | Evans 1; Maddison 7. |
| BRUNI | Italy, 1787, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1787 = Koller 11/17/75. | Bologna. | RSW. | |
| BRUNI, POMPILIO | Italy, d.1668, MIM NIM | also made compasses. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| BRUNI, THEOPHILI | Italy, 1640, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1640 = Naval Museum, Venice. | Venice. | Italian Inventory. | |
| BRUNN, LUKAS | Germany, fl.1598-1620, MIM | Protractor = DRE; Rules = DRE(2). | invented a measuring instrument with screw micrometer, made by Christoph Trechsler. | Annaberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| BRUNNER, CASPAR | Germany, c.1555, MIM | Rule, folding, 1555 = HAK; Artillery Level, 1556 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| BRUNNER, IGNATIUS | England, fl.1849-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | wheel signed "I. Brunner Birmingham"; stick signed "Brunner" with full address. | 66 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BRUNNER, JOHANN | Germany; France, 1804-62, MIM OIM SIM | succeeded by his sons, Emil and Otto; perhaps worked with them, 1855 on. | rue de Vaugirard, 183, Paris. | Pipping 1; Poggendorff; USNM. | |
| BRUNTON | England, NIM | Sextant = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| BRUSH, THOMAS | England, fl.1643-56, MIM | made garden sundials. | Taylor 1(225). | ||
| BRUYN, WEDUWE W. | Holland, fl.1826-35, MIM NIM | the widow of W. Bruyn; instrument and compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BRUYNEEL, CORNELIS | Holland, c.1684, NIM | compass maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BRYAM, E.M. | USA, c.1846, | see Ephraim N. Byram. | USNM. | ||
| BRYAN, EDWARD | England, MIM | Level = Melun 2/24/83. | 24 Cross Street, Manchester. | RSW. | |
| BRYAN, THOMAS | England, 1656, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1656 = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| BRYANT, J. | England, c.1825, MIM | Garden Sundial, bronze = D.(1982). | (check Pearson Page Pictures)? | Coffeen A. | |
| BRYN | see Jong and Bryn. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| BRYSON | Scotland, c.1830, NIM | Sextant, pocket = Soth. 2/28/80. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| BRYSON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1816-66, MIM NIM PHIM | eldest son of Robert Bryson 1; made meteorological instruments including thermometers and barometers; member of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in Scotland; trained in Musselburgh and London. | Edinburgh (1844-66). | Clarke et al. | |
| BRYSON, JAMES MACKAY | Scotland, 1824-94, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Surveying Compass = Soth. 2/8/83; Microscopes = Christie-SK 7/10/80, FRK = RSM (3); Spectroscope = FRK = RSM; Scale, boxwood = RSM; Rain Gauge = RSM; Thermometer, maximum, mercury = RSM; etc. | son of Robert Bryson 1; brother of Alexander and Robert (2) Bryson; worked under Repsold in Hamburg,1843, and later under Merz in Munich; set up as an optician in 1850; worked independently; member of the Edinburgh Merchant Company; instruments signed "Bryson Edinburgh." | 65 Princes Street (1850-52); 24 Princes Street (1853); 60 Princes Street (1855-66); 60A Princes Street (1867-93); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| BRYSON, ROBERT 1 | Scotland, 1778-1852, MIM PHIM | a Hammerman, 1815; noted clockmaker; interested in instruments involving time pieces; made self-registering barometers and thermometers; father of Robert Bryson 2 and Alexander Bryson; founding member of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts in Scotland; influential member of the scientific community in Edinburgh; see Robert Bryson and Son(s). | The Mint, High Street (1810-15); 5 South Bridge opposite to Hunter's Square (1815-40); 66 Princes Street (1840-52). | Clarke et al. | |
| BRYSON, ROBERT 2 | Scotland, 1819-86, MIM PHIM | son of Robert Bryson 1; worked with his father and brother Alexander as Robert Bryson and Son(s). | Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| BRYSON, ROBERT, AND SON(S) | Scotland, 1844-86, PHIM | clockmakers; also made meteorological instruments; Robert Bryson 1 and his sons Robert Bryson 2 and Alexander Bryson. | 66 Princes Street, Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| BRZEZI, STEPH A. | Czechoslovakia, 1573, MIM | Sandglass, four-part, 1573 = Museum Kradec Kralové, Bohemia. | Brezi? | Czech. Inventory. | |
| BUC, N. DU | France, c.1666, NIM | compass maker. | Dieppe. | Schück. | |
| BUCH, D. ZACCARIAS | Germany, fl.1593-1633, MIM | Armillary Spheres = Hamilton Coll. (1593), AMST (1633). | the AMST instrument is signed "D. Zaccarias Buch. Aquensis"; the Hamilton sphere is signed "Zacharias Bucha." | Aquensis. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Hamilton 2; Michel 3. |
| BUCHAN, L. | Scotland, c.1835, MIM PHIM | Barometer, portable = RSM. | Taylor thoght that he was a Scot. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2089); Morrison-Low 1. |
| BUCHANAN, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| BUCHANAN, JOHN | England, fl.1710-11, MIM | made sundials. | Steeple Bumpstead, Essex. | Taylor 1(557). | |
| BUCHART | see Bucher. | Baillie 1. | |||
| BUCHART, JOHAN HEINRICH | Germany, 1686, MIM | Sundial, composite, 1686 = KAS; Mathematical Instrument Set, 1686 = KAS. | Hamburg. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| BUCHER, HANS 1 | Germany, fl.1561-79, MIM | Orrery Clock = DRE; Celestial Globes, 1575, 1577 = lost. | see Baldwein and Bucher. | Marburg. | Zinner 1; Baillie 1. |
| BUCHER, HANS 2 | Germany, 1570, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1570 = Soth. 1/27/48-148 = 16/17/75. | probably misreading for Hans Ducher. | RSW. | |
| BUCHER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1750, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1750 = Koller 11/17/75. | Marburg. | RSW. | |
| BUCK, J. | England, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Drawing Compass = Versailles 11/20/83; Balance, folding = DRE. | "maker". | New Gate Street (London?). | RSW. |
| BUCK, J.W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 5/31/89. | "Improved Marine." | 36 High Street, Wapping (London). | RSW. |
| BUCKHAM, A. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Smart 1. | ||
| BUCKLEY, AND. | England, fl.1716-18, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = Wray Coll. (1716), BM-1901/11/15-4, Bodleian Library, Oxford. | Price 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Wray; Gunther 2. | ||
| BUCKLEY, JOSEPH | Ireland, fl.1832-59, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80; Protractor with Rule = D.(1995). | optician; the barometer is signed "J. Buckley Dublin." | 14 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; offeen 51; RSW. |
| BUCKLEY, WILLIAM | England, 1519-71, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1546 = Princess Elizabeth (1546). | may be W.B. 1. | Lillieshal, Shropshire; London. | Taylor 1(14); RSW. |
| BUCKNALL, WILLIAM | England, 1731, | received a patent in 1731 for an astronomical instrument. | Millburn 8. | ||
| BUDD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Banbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| BUEHLER, JAMES A. | England, fl.1740-1800, MIM | globe maker. | Tooley. | ||
| BUEL, ABEL | USA, 1742-1822, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Conn. Historical Society, Hartford, Conn. | sometimes spelled as "Buell." | New Haven, Conn. | Smart 1. |
| BUFFAT | France, 1682, | invented the sidérostat. | Toulouse. | Nachet. | |
| BUFFHAM | USA, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, tin and brass = D.(1988). | has three- and six-inch lenses. | Milburn, Lake County, Illinois. | RSW. |
| BUFFHAM, WILLIAM | England, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 6/15/76. | Rochdale. | RSW. | |
| BUFFON | France, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Jardin des Plantes (Jardin Royal), Paris. | Paris. | Boursier. | |
| BUHLE, GEB. | Germany, 1853, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1853 = BOM 3/28/16-557. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| BUHLER, J.A. | Germany, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Soth. 2/9/61. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| BUIRD, EDWARD | Scotland, fl.1674-80, | a sea captain; imported nautical instruments. | Leith. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| BULBRECK | France, c.1850, MIM | made Burnier's combined compass and clinometer. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BULFORT | see Newbord and Bulfort. | RSW. | |||
| BULKELEY, THOMAS | England, c.1715, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on June 11, 1707; free of the Company, Dec.17, 1715; took an apprentice. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BULL 1 | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = Soth. 6/9/77. | 113 Upper East Smithfield, London. | RSW. | |
| BULL 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bedford. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULL, JOHN | England, c.1582, MIM | made rules, compasses and geometrical instruments in metal; may have held office at the Mint. | Exchange Gate, London. | Taylor 1(59); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Michel 3; Gunther 4; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| BULL, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Stratford, Essex. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULLA, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Bulla, Grasi and Fontana. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| BULLA, GRASI AND FONTANA | England, c.1830, PHIM | barometer makers; variant is Bulla, Grassi and Fontana; probably A. Bulla and B. Fontana. | 134 Fore Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULLANT, JEAN | France, fl.1561-72, MIM | Armillary Sphere = X. | tradition says that he made the sphere for Catherine de Medici, c.1572; wrote book on sundials, 1561. | NYM Bulletin, Summer, 1966; Weil 2(19); Nachet; Price 2. | |
| BULLET, PIERRE | France, 1639-1716, | invented the "pantomètre" about which he wrote. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Price 2. | |
| BULLOCK | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, K. and C. 3/19/75. | K. and C. has thermometer on it; X could be F. Bullock. | Melkesham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BULLOCK, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Corsham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BULLOCK, JAMES | England, fl.1776-94, MIM | Mathematical Machine = OXF; Calculating Machines = KEN, (see Sotheby 1994 note), Aubert Sale, 1806. | the calculating machine was invented by Viscount Mahon (later Lord Stanhope) in 1777; Sotheby's offered, by private treaty, a calculating machine in 1994; clockmaker; his son, Edward, was apprenticed to David Cateay in 1776. | Leather Lane; Furnival's Inn; both in London. | Taylor 2(807); A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BULMAIN AND DENNIES | USA, c.1799, NIM | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1. | ||
| BULMAN, HANS | see Jakob Pühlmann. | Zinner 1. | |||
| BULTE, DANIEL | England, c.1663, MIM | apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company on April 6, 1663. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUMA SIBOUT | 1747, MIM | Ring Sundial, silver, 1747, with case = Soth. 12/12/55. | probably not the maker's name. | RSW. | |
| 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. |
| BUNDERS, JAN | Holland, 1797, MIM | grandson and pupil of Jan van Deijl; see Jan van Deijl en Zoon. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| BUNDERS, JAN VAN DEIJL | Holland, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X. | probably great grandson of Jan van Deijl 2. made telescopes; see Jan Van Deijl Bunders en Zoon. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. |
| BUNDERS, JAN VAN DEIJL, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| BUNDOCK, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, with clock = Soth. 5/14/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| BUNTEN | France, fl.pre-1828-43, NIM PHIM | Barometers, Siphon-type = OXF (1840), CNAM (1841); Mountain Barometer = Nisbit 4/4/1860; Marine Compass, small = PMM. | made standard thermometers. | Quai Pelletier 30, Paris. | Dewhirst; USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| BUNTING, THOMAS | England, c.1724, | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company on May 12, 1724. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUONSIGNORI, DOM STEPHANO | see Dom Stephano Bonsignori. | Bonelli 1 and 2; Michel 3. | |||
| BURACKER | MIM | Floating Sundial = UTC. | probably Burucker. | ||
| BURATTINI, TITO LIVIO | Italy; Poland, fl.1659=80, MIM OIM | Lens = FLO (1690 inventory); Calculating Machine = FLO-3179 (?). | made microscopes and telescopes; made telescopes for Hevilius; he gave a calculating machine to one of the Medici and may have been the maker. | Warsaw (post-1670). | Bonelli 1; Daumas 1. |
| BURBIDGE | England, c.1820, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case = Soth. 5/21/73. | London. | RSW. | |
| BURBRIDGES | see Burgoyne, Burbridges, and Squire. | RSW. | |||
| BURCKARDT, JOANN: AD: | Germany, 1692, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1692 = Habsburg, Feldman S.A. Auction, Geneva 1987. | solid center plate with alidade. | Munich. | Delehar 5. |
| BURDEN, PETER | England, c.1682, | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 7, 1682. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURDETT, HENRY | England, c.1734, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 2, 1723; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1734; took an apprentice, Willand Challand (Shalland), 1737/38. | Crooked Lane, London. | J. Brown 1; Clifton 1. | |
| BURDETT, WILLIAM | Holland, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, round, case = DRE. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BURDON, E., ET RICHARDS | misreading for E. Bourdon et Richards. | Brewington 1. | |||
| BURDY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1806-23, MIM | Camden Town, Middlesex; Fulham, London. | Taylor 2(1094). | ||
| BUREAU, THOMAS | England, fl.1756-60, OIM | Microscope = OXF; Microscope, pocket, 1756 = Crisp Coll. | ownership of the OXF microscope is attributed to George III, of England. | Taylor 2(452); Nachet; Gunther 2. | |
| BUREL, COL. | c.1829, | invented a plummet level, 1829. | USNM. | ||
| BURFORD, EDMUND GOODWIN | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 9, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURGE | misreading for Berge. | Christie 12/18/74. | |||
| BURGE, CALEB | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Barrett of the Clockmakers' Company on April 13, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BURGE, JUSTE | see Jost Burgi. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| BURGE, M. | England, 1851, NIM | Sextant, 1851 = NMM. | possibly M. Berge. | Taylor 2(1083); NMM 2. | |
| BURGER, GEORG MATHAUS | Germany, 1750-1825, MIM | Heliochronometers = O-F 5, Drecker Coll., Schmitt-Friderich Coll., DEU-1679, Traunstein Heimatmuseum-1344. | "Mechaniker"; all signed "Mathäus Burger." | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Monreal; Lunardi. |
| BURGER, M. GEORG ARNOLD | Germany, 1649-1712?, MIM | Evans 1; Doppelmayer. | |||
| BURGERS UND CO. | Germany, MIM | Sector = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| BURGES, BARTHOLOMEW | USA, 1740-1807, MIM | made an orrery; lecturer. | Boston, Mass. | Hindle 1; Bedini 1 and 8. | |
| BURGESS, GEORGE JAMES | England, c.1789, | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 2, 1789. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURGESS, ROGER | England, c.1737, MIM | apprenticed to William Dean in the Broderers' Company on March 5, 1728; free in the Company, Oct. 5, 1737. | Vere Street, Clare Market, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BURGH, IAN BREEM | Holland, c.1730, NIM | Compass Rose = AMST. | Edam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| BURGH, JAN VAN DER | Holland, 1690, NIM | Parallel Rules, 1690 = AMST. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | ||
| BURGH, JUST | see Jost Bürgi. | ||||
| BURGI, JOST | Switzerland; Germany, 1552-1632, MIM SIM | a notable maker of fine instruments, his work covered a wide range including an astrolabe (KAS), astronomical sextant (PRA), globe clocks (BASH), (GOT), (CNAM), proportional dividers (KAS), etc. | Jost Bürgi; thought to have invented the proportional dividers; worked for Wilhelm IV at Kassel; see"I.B." (12). | Lichtensteig; Kassel (1584-1623). | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Josten; Horsky; Horsky and Skopova; Maddison 5; Daumas 1; Aked; Von Mackensen (1983); DSB; J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| BURGOYNE, BURBIDGES, AND SQUIRE | England, MIM | 16 Coleman Street, London. | USNM. | ||
| BURI | see Burry. | Britten. | |||
| BURKETT, EDWARD | England, c.1700, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on April 16, 1700. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BURLEIGH, M. | England, MIM | Calculating Scale = ADL-N41. | also marked "M.B." | ADL; RSW. | |
| BURLESTER, E. | South Africa, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | see Burmester, probably the same man. | Cape Town. | RSW. |
| BURLINI, BIAGIO | see Biasio Burlini. | Brieux 2. | |||
| BURLINI, BIASIO | Italy; England, 1720-60, OIM | Telescope = KEN; Microscopes = LEY, NAC, Natural History Museum, Antwerp, Crisp Coll. | "Prof. in Venig"; author; Crisp signed "Elaboratum a Blasis Burlini Venitiis Optico", according to Clay and Court. | Venice; at Archimedes, London. | Brieux 2; Daumas 1; Belgian Inventory; Nachet; Crisp Coll.; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| BURMEISTER, JOCHAM | Germany, 1777, NIM | Hanging Compass = NMM-C152. | Lubeck. | NMM 2. | |
| BURMESTER | South Africa, OIM | Telescope, single draw = Phillips 2/14/79. | see E. Burlester, probably the same man. | Cape Town. | RSW. |
| BURNABY, THOMAS | England, c.1697, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Tuttell of the Clockmakers' Company on June 7, 1697. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BURNAP, DANIEL | USA, 1759-1838, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1791 = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | clockmaker; also made wooden and brass surveying compasses. | East Windsor; Coventry; both in Conn. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Price 2; Smart 1. |
| BURNCKER | see W. Burucker. | Daumas 1. | |||
| BURNELL, RICHARD | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Feb.6, 1794; turned over to Richard Lomas of the Wheelwrights' Company on Feb.12, 1794; free of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1801. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BURNETT 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Durham. | Goodison 1. | |
| BURNETT 2 | Ireland, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| BURNHAM | USA, c.1831-42, MIM | a partner in the firm of Robinson, Burnham and Co., 1831-42; probably from Essex, Mass. | Danvers, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| BURNIER, CAPT. | France, c.1850, MIM | invented a type of compass and clinometer, 1850. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| BURNS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Epsom. | Goodison 1. | |
| BURNTHWAITE, GEORGE | England, MIM | Protractor, full = P.C. | Lamonby. | RSW. | |
| BURON | France, fl.1830-51, NIM | Octant, case = D.(1976). | 8, rue des Trois Pavillons, Paris. | Brieux 3; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BURROUGHS, ROBERT S. | USA, c.1840, NIM | made or sold nautical compasses. | Warner 12. | ||
| BURROW | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | Malvern. | RSW. | |
| BURROW AND THOMS | England, c.1847, PHIM | 289 Strand, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| BURROW, W. AND J. | England, c.1810, MIM | Slide Rule = D.(1983). | 62 and 63 Great Tower Street, London. | Moskowitz 125. | |
| BURRY, JACOB | France, 1667-1722, MIM | Cruciform Sundial = Feill Coll. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| BURSILL AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| BURT AND BAILEY | USA, fl.1835-56, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Sacramento County Historical Society, Cal. | William Burt and John Aylesworth Bailey. | Jefferson Avenue between Bates and Randolph (1853-54); 213 Jefferson Avenue (1855-56); both in Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1; Elgin. |
| BURT AND WATSON 1 | USA, fl. 1857-58, MIM SIM | Burt's Solar Compasses = Henry Ford Museum; Burt's Equatorial Sextant = Michigan Museum of Surveying, Lansing. | William Burt and Thomas Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | Elgin; Leiserowitz. |
| BURT AND WATSON 2 | USA, 1860, MIM SIM | Burt Solar Compass = Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, Mich. | William Austin and John (2) Burt and Thomas Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | Elgin; RSW. |
| BURT, J. AND W. | USA, fl.1856-57, MIM | John Burt 2 and his brother, William Burt; W.H. Fawcett, a MIM, worked for them. | 214 Jefferson Avenue, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| BURT, JOHN 1 | England, c.1824, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on March 31, 1824. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BURT, JOHN 2 | USA, 1814-86, MIM | surveyor with his father, William Austin Burt, 1840-50; partner with his brother, William Burt in J. and W. Burt, 1856-57; also a partner in Burt and Watson, 1857-58; invented a type of lock for canals. | Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| BURT, PETER | England, fl.1813-27, | devised a new binnacle, log and steering compass. | 4 Providence Place, Commercial Road, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1286); Bedini 8. | |
| BURT, WILLIAM | USA, 1825=98, MIM SIM | son of William Austin Burt; partner with John A. Bailey, 1853-56; partner with his brother, John Burt 2 as J. and W. Burt, 1856-57; partner with John Burt 2 and Thomas Watson in Burt and Watson, 1857-58. | Detroit, Mich. (1814-66); Marquette, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| BURT, WILLIAM AUSTIN | USA, 1792-1858, MIM | Equatorial Sextants = D.(1993, U.S Naval Obs., USNA. | invented the solar compass in 1836, a typewriter in 1829, and the equatorial sextant c.1855; see William Burt and Watson. | Petersham, Mass.; Wales Township, Erie County, N.Y. (pre-1824); Mount Vernon, Mich. (1824); Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; Coffeen 43; RSW. |
| BURTON | England, c.1750, MIM NIM | Sextant = Leigh and Soth. 4/10/1794. | Ramsden started as an engraver to a Burton in 1751, perhaps Mark Burton, which see. | London. | Goodison 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BURTON, EDWARD | England, MIM OIM | 47 Church Street, Minories, London. | USNM. | ||
| BURTON, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1772-1815, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometers = Gloucester Museum, Christie-SK 9/11/86, X. | "X" is signed "G. Burton"; the others signed "Burton London"; he was probably the Burton whose instruments were carried on Cook's second voyage by William Wales and another set was given to Mr. W. Gooch when he went to join Vancouver in the Pacific in 1791; it is unlikely that John Burton was the maker involved. | 136 High Street Borough, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(694); Goodison 1; RSW. |
| BURTON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1830, MIM NIM PHIM | 3 Devonshire Buildings, Great Dover Street, London. | Taylor 2(1791). | ||
| BURTON, JAMES | England, fl.1828-46, OIM PHIM | 10 Great Bell Alley (1828-29); 10 Western Street, Pentonville; 25 Pleasant Row, Pentonville; all in London. | Taylor 2(1792); O'Mara. | ||
| BURTON, JOHN | England, fl.1758-75, OIM | might have been the Burton who furnished instruments for Cook's second voyage but more likely it was George Burton 1; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764. | Johnson Court, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(453); Court and von Rohr 3(XXVI). | |
| BURTON, JON. | Ireland, c.1780, MIM | Garden Sundial, "made for Henry Percy" = D.(1973). | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| BURTON, JOSEPH | England, c.1822, OIM | 15 Blackfriars Bridge, near the Magdalen, London. | Taylor 2(1499); Dewhirst. | ||
| BURTON, MARK | England, fl.1730-69, d,1786, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; divided scales; T.C.; possibly successor to G. Lyford; took apprentices, including Jesse Ramsden; Clay and Court thought him 20 years later. | Euclid's Head, near New Church, Strand; Denmark Court, Strand (1755); Strand (1763-69); all in London. | Taylor 2(454); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Clifton 1. | |
| BURTON, W. | England, c.1750, MIM | Sector = Soth. 2/20/85 = D.(1991). | Coffeen 35; Clifton 1; RSW. | ||
| BURUCKER, W. | Germany, 1728-80, MIM | Pillar Sundials, wood = CNAM-13.591, Luipold Museum, Würzburg, LID-M43, Drecker Coll., STS, NUR-WI1300, BASH-1917/856, D.(1984); Sundials = AMST, Koller 11/17/75; Magnetic Compass = P.C.; Calendar, pendant = OXF; Equatorial Sundial = OXF; Horizontal Sundials = Drecker Coll.(3); Artillery Level = P. and S. 3/20/1896 = OXF. | Koller sundial is polychrome paper dial in brass sphere; the OXF instrument is also marked "W.B." (1), which see. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Esdaille; Lunardi; Coffeen F; Cons. Nat'l 2; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| BURY | see Burry. | Britten. | |||
| BUSBY, SAMUEL | England, c.1811, | invented a compass to show the time of longitude. | Taylor 2(1287). | ||
| BUSCH AND OEHLSCHLAGER | Germany, fl.1654-64, MIM | Copernican Planetaria = MLL, Frederiksborg Castle, Denmark, | Andreas Busch and Adam Oehlschläger. | Limburg; Gottorp. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; H.C. King 2. |
| BUSCH, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1654-64, MIM | worked for Duke Ferdinand IV; see Busch and Oehlschläger. | Limburg; Gottorp. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; King 2. | |
| BUSCH, C.C., AND CO. | USA?, PHIM | Kalaidoscope = Maria Mitchell House, Nantucket, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| BUSCH, E. | Germany, c.1850, OIM | in the 1851 Great Exhibition, London. | Rathenow, Prussia. | USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| BUSCH, ELIAS | Germany, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Soth. 7/23/62-10. | RSW. | ||
| BUSCHMAN, JNO. | Germany, c.1692, MIM | Sundial with Compass on table clock = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27. | RSW. | ||
| BUSCHMANN, CASPAR 1 | Germany, c.1536-1613, MIM | Calendar Clock = ADL-M378. | clockmaker; signed "Cas: Bu." | Augsburg. | Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; ADL; RSW. |
| BUSCHMANN, CASPAR 2 | Germany, c.1563-1629, MIM | Astronomical Compendium with Regiomontanus-type Sundial and a Nocturnal, 1611 = BEK; Compass and Calendar, 1628 = CLU; Astronomical Compendium = DEU; Sundial, 1628 = Middelburg Zeeuwsch Genootschap der Wetenschappen. | signature on the 1611 sundial is "Caspar Buschman automatarius in Augusta Anno 1611." | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2 & 3; Zinner 1. |
| BUSCHMANN, DAVID | Germany, 1626-1701, MIM | Vertical Sundial on a table clock = MUN; Equatorial Sundials on clocks = VIE, Feill Coll., P.C.(1918-Frankfort). | VIE has a sundial and an armillary sphere on a clock. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; Michel 3. |
| BUSCHMANN, HANNS | see Johann Buschmann 1. | Bobinger 2 and 3. | |||
| BUSCHMANN, JOHANN 1 | Germany, c.1600-62, MIM | Diptych Sundial, round = MUN-33/234; Sundial in pocket watch = SPI-2731; Planispheric Sundial = Prin Coll. = NMM; Proportional Compasses, = NUR (1635), THO. | member of the Clockmakers' Guild; SPI signed "Hanns Buschmann." | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2 and 3; Zinner 1; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| BUSCHMANN, JOHANN 2 | Germany, c.1632-76, MIM | Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = MADEX-105 = NMM-D.60; Ring Sundial = Stuker 2/7/58-3442 = Weil = P.C.; Pin-gnomon Horizontal Sundials = MUN-33/234, Prin. | clockmaker. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2 and 3; Zinner 1; NMM 2. |
| BUSH, JOSEPH | England, c.1700, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company after 1664 and before 1747. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUSH, MARGARET | England, c.1763, MIM | member of the Stationers' Company for at least 15 years after William Bush's death; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUSH, R., AND CO. | England, c.1816, PHIM | made a brass and copper still, in use for many years; seized by the I.R.S. in 1951. | Bristol. | USNM. | |
| BUSH, WILLIAM | England, pre-1763, MIM | free of the Stationers' Company; succeeded by his widow, Margaret Bush. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| BUSHELL, EDWARD | England, c.1687, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct.3, 1687. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUSHELL, SAMUEL | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on July 12, 1690. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUSNELL, WALTER | India, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Phillips 10/26/83. | Calcutta. | RSW. | |
| BUSS | England, MIM | Slide Rule, Proof, ivory = D.(1981). | 48 Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | |
| BUSS, THOMAS O'DEMPSEY | England, 1847- 83, PHIM | Saccharometer = D.(1972); Sikes' Hydrometer = Christie 5/15/73; Hydrometer Sets = Longleat House, Wilts.(2); etc. | successor to R.B. Bate. | 33 Hatton Garden; 3 Upper East Smithfield, Tower Hill; both in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Coffeen A; USNM. |
| BUSS, THOMAS ODEMCY | see Thomas O'Dempsey. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| BUSSY, WILLIAM | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to William Bennett of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct.26, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| BUSUCKER | see W. Burucker. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| BUTCHER, CHAR. | England, MIM | Garden Sundial = Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell. | for 52°10' latitude. | Bedford. | RSW. |
| BUTCHER, JOHN | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec.3, 1778; free of the Company on Feb.2, 1786. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| BUTERFIEL | Butterfield-type Sundial = Christie-N.Y. 4/3/85 = D. | naive copy of a Butterfield-type sundial. | Moskowitz ; RSW. | ||
| BUTERFIELD | instruments signed this way are sometimes contemporary copies of the very popular sundials made by Michael Butterfield. | Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |||
| BUTLER | England, 1630, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1630 = Christie-SK 11/15/79. | London. | RSW. | |
| BUTLER AND POWELL | England, c.1818, MIM | rule makers. | Lionel Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| BUTLER, JAMES | England, c.1765, MIM | apprenticed to Francis Morgan in the Joiners' Company on November 19, 1765; listed as a MIM in the directories. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| BUTT, MR. | England, c.1815, OIM | made a short Cassegrain telescope. | The Paragon, Kent Road, London. | USNM. | |
| BUTTERFIELD, HORACE S. | USA, c.1815, MIM | made an astronomical calculator with Olof Ohlson. | Portland, Oregon. | A.H. Brown. | |
| 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. |
| BUTTERWORTH, JOHN | England, c.1759, MIM | clockmaker; engraver; may have made sundials. | Bull and Bear Yard, Leeds. | Loomes. | |
| BUTTI 1 | Holland, PHIM | Barometer = LEY. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| BUTTI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Taunton. | Goodison 1. | |
| BUTTI GEBROEDERS EN STOPANNI | Holland, fl.1794-1817, PHIM | Barometer = WMH. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| BUTTI, BARNASCHINA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Francis Barnaschina? | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| BUTTI, DONATI | Italy; Holland, c.1794, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; see the Gebroeders Butti en Stopanni as well as D. Butti and Sons; partner with Solaro in 1817. | Milan; Amsterdam (1794-1817). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Crommelin; Daumas 1. | |
| BUTTI, DTO, EN ZONEN | Holland, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie April, 1978. | made thermometers. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| BUTTI, L. | Scotland, fl.1825-67, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | carver and gilder. | 232 Cargate (1825-26); 1 and 2 Ronaldson's Buildings (1836); 2 Springfield Buildings (1848-52); all in Leith; 14 Hanover Street, Edinburgh (1853-67). | Goodison 1; Morrison-Low. |
| BUTTI, LOUIS JOSEPH | Italy; Scotland, fl.1823-24, OIM PHIM | worked with John Zenone as Zenone and Butti; dealt in telescopes and, probably, barometers. | 5 Calton Street, Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| BUTTIERI, CARLO ANTONIO | Italy, OIM | Telescope, cardboard = D.(1986). | signed on the objective lens. | Rome. | Wynter 1. |
| BUZZOFO, HIERONIMO DE ANTONIO | Italy, 1562, MIM NIM SIM | Cross-staff, wood and brass, 1562 = BM-1901/7/20-1. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| BYGRAVE, RICHARD | England, c.1742, OIM | apprenticed to George Bass, an OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, March 27, 1733; free in the Company on Feb. 28, 1742 | Court and von Rohr 3(136). | ||
| BYNTER, JORG | Germany, 1485, MIM | "compastmacher" in 1485. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| BYRAM, EPHRAIM N. | USA, fl.1836-46, MIM NIM | made a "Universal Planetarium", c.1836; received an award for an improvement in the suspension of the marine compass, c.1846. | Sag Harbor, Long Island, N.Y. | USNM; Warner 12. | |
| BYRD, JOHN | England, c.1760, MIM | Garden Sundial = Palacio Réal, Madrid. | misreading for John Bird, which see. | London. | RSW. |
| BYWATER AND CO. | England, c.1840, NIM | Quadrant = D.(1976). | Liverpool. | Rinaldi. | |
| BYWATER, DAWSON AND CO. | England, c.1835, MIM NIM | Octant = D.(1975); Compass, portable = Soth. 5/25/68; Marine Compass = Soth. 3/25 86. | see John Bywater, Dawson and Co. | No. 18 Pool Lane , Liverpool. | Bryden 9; RSW. |
| BYWATER, JOHN | England, fl.1816-35, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | invented a corrected compass for deviation; see John Bywater, Dawson and Co.; see Bywater, Dawson and Co; optician. | 49 Gloucester Street (1816); 44 Seymour Street (1832-35); 18 Pool Lane; all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1288); Goodison 1; Crawforth 6. | |
| BYWATER, JOHN, AND CO. | England, MIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = P.C.(1976). | opticians; agent for Dollond telescopes. | 18 Pool Lane, Liverpool. | Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| BYWATER, JOHN, DAWSON AND CO. | England, fl.1819-32, MIM NIM OIM | agents for Adie, Dicas and Willis; T.C.; see John Bywater; see Bywater, Dawson and Co. | 20 Pool Lane, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1288); Moskowitz 101. | |
| C. 1 | France, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Koller 11/17/75. | punchmark is "C." | RSW. | |
| C. 2 | c.1550, MIM | Dividers = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| C. DES P. | France?, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | RSW. | ||
| C. KO. | see C.K.F. | RSW. | |||
| C.A.B. | Germany, 1600, | marked on an astronomical ring, dated 1600, at OXF signed "Succa"; also marked "I.A.D." and "A." (2). | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | ||
| C.A.D. | 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial, circular = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| C.B. | England, c.1650, MIM | probably Christopher Brookes; author. | Wadham College, Oxford. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| C.B.A. 1 | see C.A.B. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| C.B.A. 2 | Germany, MIM | Rule with Level = TIM. | may be scale markings. | RSW. | |
| C.C. 1 | MIM | Compass Sundials, brass in round ivory boxes = NOR, OXF. | punchmark on hour scale. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| C.C. 2 | c.1850, PHIM | Electrical Apparatus = D. | Brieux 2. | ||
| C.C., SIR | England, 1667, | see Sir Charles Cotterel. | RSW. | ||
| C.D. 1 | 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = LOS. | RSW. | ||
| C.D. 2 | MIM | Compass, three legs = ADL-M72. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| C.D. 3 | c.1830, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Versailles 2/28/82. | RSW. | ||
| C.D.P. | France, c.1800, | not an instrument maker; abbreviation for "Calibre Des Pieces." | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| C.F.Z.K. | Germany, 1570, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1570 = Rosenheim Sale. | may be owner; sundial also marked "V.S." | RSW. | |
| C.G. 1 | Germany, fl.1572-76, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, wood, 1572 = VIE; Horary Quadrant, 1574 = BASH. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 2 | ||
| C.G. 2 | Holland?, 17th Century, MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory box = OXFB. | Maddison 5; Evans 1. | ||
| C.G. 3 | England, c.1700, MIM | Vertical Sundial, east declining = OXF. | Cornwall. | RSW. | |
| C.H. | 1677, MIM | Compass Sundial in bone sphere, 1677 = WRAY-85; Capuchin Sundial, wood = SLM. | Zinner 1; RSW; Haupolter. | ||
| C.H.B. | Germany, MIM | Vertical Sundials = P.C., Soth. 12/17/62-112. | the Soth. instrument is like Roman "Ham" sundial. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| C.H.M.A.D. | Germany, 1601, MIM | Horizontal - Vertical Sundial, 1601 = Drecker Coll. | misreading for C.T.M.F.D.? | RSW. | |
| C.H.R.S.S. | Germany?, 1596, MIM | Sundial, 1596 = FLO-2511. | Bonelli 1 called it a sundial but Bonelli 5 picture is of artillery level. | Bonelli 1 and 5. | |
| C.I. | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Instrument = VIE-AR3102. | Zinner 4. | ||
| C.I.K./A.M. | MIM | Ring Sundial, cast pewter = NOR. | "C.I.K." over "A.M." (6). | RSW. | |
| C.I.R.S.T. | 1701, | see C.T.P.M.A. | Czech. Inventory. | ||
| C.K. | see C.K.F. | RSW. | |||
| C.K.F. | Germany, fl.1631-48, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1631 = MERC-105 = Soth. 12/12/55 = 3/27/72; Artillery Level, 1648 = KES; Instrument = Koller, Nov. 1967; Astronomical Compendium = Drouot 6/16/65. | Koller signed "C. Ko."; Drouot signed "C.K."; probably Christoph Köhler. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| C.L. 1 | 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = VIE-742. | Zinner 4. | ||
| C.L. 2 | 17th Century, MIM | Dividers = Soth.-P-B 6/14/76. | fleur-de-lys under monogram. | RSW. | |
| C.M. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | Portsmouth. | RSW. | |
| C.M. DE W. | Holland, 1797, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, marble, 1797 = UTR. | "C.M. de W. fec. et exc." | Amsterdam. | de Rijk; RSW. |
| C.N.A.L. | owner? on astrolabe at CLU, also signed "Nepos Gemmae Frisii fecit Lovani 1661"; re-engraved from 1561; ICA-234. | Price 1; ICA 2; Nachet; Cluny Cat. | |||
| C.P. 1 | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, box = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | probably the owner. | RSW. | |
| C.P. 2 | England, c.1800, | "C.P." is marked on the dial plate of a horizontal sundial, WHI-1191; the wind rose is marked "H." (4) and the compass card is marked "R.G." (1), perhaps Ralph Greatorex? | Bryden 16. | ||
| C.R. 1 | c.1663, MIM | Sundial, silver = Soth. 11/5/28-424. | epact tables for 1663-1700; tide table. | RSW. | |
| C.R. 2 | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P.C. | signed "C. deposé R." | RSW. | |
| C.R. 3 | Germany, c.1750, OIM | Microscope = BIL. | Nürnberg. | Purtle. | |
| C.R.W. | c.1575, MIM | Astrolabe = BRN. | Louvain-type. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| C.S. 1 | Germany, fl.1546-1602, MIM | probably Christopher Schissler; many instruments signed this way; Zinner thought initials might also stand for Christopher Senft. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Bobinger 1; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| C.S. 2 | Germany, | this mark is inside the lid of a table clock signed "B.S." there is a sundial on the bottom plate of the clock. | Pippa. | ||
| C.S. 3 | Germany, 1646, MIM | Artillery Level, 1646 = AUG-3547. | dolphin on front; Christopher Schissler der Junger? | Price 2; RSW. | |
| C.S. 4 | Germany, | Astronomical Compendium, wood and silver, 1565 = Physics Institute, Padua. | modern work; see Georg Hartmann for similar sundial by same maker. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| C.S. CO. | USA, | distributor or dealer for Stanley and Co. | Pine Meadow, Conn. | DATM. | |
| C.S.A.P. | 1633, MIM | Artillery Level, 1633 = HAK. | also marked "Elias Innsel." | RSW. | |
| C.S.L. | MIM | Full Protractor = D.1968). | RSW. | ||
| C.S.S. | Germany, fl.1578-87, MIM | Dividers with altimeter scale, 1578 = ZUS; Dividers with Sundials = VIG (1584), VIE (1587). | may be Christopher Schissler Senior. | Zinner 1; Egger; RSW. | |
| C.T. 1 | Germany, 1534, MIM | Rule, 1534 = DRE. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| C.T. 2 | the initials are marked on a nocturnal with sundial; the months have Italian initials; the owner was Caesar Sambara, Bishop of Tortona; WHI-734, 1548. | Hamilton 1; Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |||
| C.T. 3 | England, 1581, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone, 1581 = Corpus Christi College, Oxford. | Charles Turnbull, which see; author. | Lincolnshire. | Gatty. |
| C.T.C.F. | Germany, 1609, MIM | Micrometer, 1609 = DRE. | Christoph Trechsler or his son? | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.D. | Germany, 1598, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1598 = BEK. | "Christoph Trechsler, Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| C.T.D.E.M. | Germany, fl.1611-24, MIM NIM SIM | many instruments signed this way within this period; "Christoph Trechsler Der Elder Mechanicus." | Zinner 1; Michel 15; Maddison 5; Josten; Drechsler 2; Société Belge; Czech. and Polish Inventories; Trois Siècles; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; ADL; Syndram; RSW. | ||
| C.T.D.E.M.F. | Germany, 1614, MIM | Artillery Level, 1614 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Der Elder Mechanicus Fecit." | Zinner 1. | |
| C.T.F. | Germany, 1589, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1589 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Fecit"; signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S."; it is "M.S." (5); also marked "A.B. Riesen." | Zinner 1 and 4; Josten; Gunther 2; Kirnbauer 2; Dreschler 2; Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| C.T.M. | Germany, fl.1604-20, MIM | Rule, 1604 = DRE; Pairs of Dividers, 1604 = OXFB, Soth, 2/15/53; Artillery Levels = HAK (1605), DRE (1609); Range Finder, wood, 1605 = DRE; Circles = P.C. (1605), DAR (1620); Level, 1608 = Soth. 12/8/69; Dividers, 1623 = HAK. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus." | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| C.T.M.D. | Germany, fl.1607-09, MIM | Quadrant, 1607 = DRE; Artillery Level, 1609 = ADL-M200; Sundial = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Körber 1; Drechsler 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| C.T.M.F. | Germany, fl.1603-15, MIM SIM | Circle, 1603 = DEU; Nocturnal, 1603 = P.C.; Surveying Instrument, 1608 = OXF; Sector, 1615 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Fecit." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Dewhirst; Gunther 2 and 6; Drechsler 2. |
| C.T.M.F.D. | Germany, 1609, MIM | Micrometer, 1609 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Fecit Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.P.M.A. | 1701, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1701 = Museum of Arts and Sciences, Brno. | also marked "C.I.R.S.T." and "Bene Sociantur." | Czech. Inventory. | |
| C.T.S.M. | Germany, 1624, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1624 = Goteborg Museum. | "Christoph Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus." | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.S.M.F. | Germany, 1623, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1623 = DRE-521. | "Christoph Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus Fecit." | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | |
| C.V. | MIM | Horizontal Sundial = USNM. | may be "G.V." | USNM. | |
| C.W. 1 | England?, 1610, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Christie 7/16/68 = P.C.; Case of Drawing Instruments = KEN. | both may be by Charles Whitwell. | Taylor 1(88); Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| C.W. 2 | Germany, 1694, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1694 = Koller 11/17/75. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| C.W. 3 | c.1900, | Horary Quadrant = ADL-T27. | the work of D.B. Sheahan but in the style of Christopher Wren. | Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| CABASSON | Germany, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Levels = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Versailles 11/20/83; Mining Dial = P.C.(1987). | the telescopic levels may be one instrument. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CABEO, NICOLO | Italy, 1585-1650, | S.J.; developed a compass with a dipping needle; author; recognized and described electrical repulsion; professor of mathematics at Padua when Galileo was there. | Ferrara; Padua. | Zeitlin and Ver Brugge Cat.; DSB. | |
| CABER, CHARLES, AND CO. | USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | "Wanderer Telescope." | New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. |
| CABINET DU ROY | France, c.1650, | Armillary Sphere = ADL-M7. | an address, not a name. | Versailles. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| CABOGA, C. MARII | see G. Maru. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. | |||
| CABRIER | Holland, c.1704, PHIM | made barometers and gave them English makers' names. | Amsterdam. | J. Brown 3. | |
| CABRIER, CHARLES | England, fl.1697-1724, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Feill Coll. | Lombard Street, London. | Baillie 1. | |
| CADDEI, GIOVANI | Italy, MIM | Garden Sundial, round = Delft Sundial Exhib. (1984). | RSW. | ||
| CADE, SIMON | England, fl.1688-1730, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1976), K. and C. 4/7/76. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 12, 1680; free of the Company, April 12, 1688; took apprentices; D. barometer is in olivewood. | Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(456); J. Brown 3; Baillie 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CADENAZZI | England, | see Dangelo and Cadenazzi. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CADGELL, THOMAS | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on June 3, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CADOL | France, 18th Century, MIM | Artillery Instrument = Stuker (1961). | Cadot? | RSW. | |
| CADOT | France, fl.1747-53, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1751 = Versailles 4/17/83; Sector, 1747 = OXF; Sundial, 1748 = McVitty Coll. = P-B 1/22/54; Graphometer, 1753 = KEN. | does not appear to be Michel Cadot. | Lyon. | Gunther 2; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| 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. |
| CAELLINS, MARCUS ANTONIUS | Italy, 1684, MIM | Astronomical Instrument, 1684 = MIM-312. | Caellius? | Rome. | Chenakal 4. |
| CAESIUS | see Blaeu. | Zinner 1. | |||
| CAETANI | see Joseph-Maria Cavaliero, Baron of San Caetani. | Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |||
| CAFFIERI | Italy; France, c.1750, OIM | made the decorated brass tubes for Magny's microscopes; either Giacomo or Filipo. | Daumas 1; Morpurgo 1. | ||
| CAFFIERI, J. | France, c.1710, MIM | J. Caffiéri; signed on base of astronomical clock by Fardoil; also marked "A. Coypel." | Trois Siècles. | ||
| CAFSERA | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1979). | Cassera? | Stourbridge. | Antique Collector, Oct. 1979. |
| CAGNI, I. | Italy, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Middleton 1. | ||
| CAGNOLI | Italy, MIM | Quadrant = Bologna University Observatory. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CAHUET | France, fl.1770-72, OIM | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | ||
| CAIETANUS, P., CAPUC. | see P. David a San Cajetanus, Capuc. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| CAIL | England, MIM NIM SIM | Protractor = Phillips 10/5/76; Surveying Level = Phillips 10/26/83; Level = Soth. 10/28/86; Sextants, pocket = Christie 7/29/76, Soth.-C. 6/26/85; Mining Dial = Soth. 6/23/87; Parallel Rules = ADL-W163; Rule = ADL-W160; etc. | either John or Septimus Anthony Cail. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | ADL; RSW. |
| CAIL AND SONS | England, MIM NIM | Sextant, incomplete = Christie-SK 1/31/85. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| CAIL, JOHN | England, fl.1825-65, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-S 1/25/89; Theodolite = RSM; Quintant, 1825 = NMM; Octants, ebony = Rye Museum, Soth. 4/28/69; Telescope = Soth. 1/22/73; Circular Slide Rule = Cooke's Shop, CMY; Sextant, copper and wood = NMM; Circumferentor = Dean and Chapter, Durham Cathedral; Sector, ivory = ADL-W117; Protractor = ADL-W115; Parallel Rule = ADL-W163; etc. | worked for Troughton in London; partner with his brother, Septimus Anthony Cail, 1851-53; T.C.; Rye octant is marked "improved." | 2 New Bridge Street (1823-37); 44 Northumberland Street (1838-39); 61 Pilgrim Street (1841-53) and 45 Quay Street (1841-53); 8 Grey Street(1853-55) ; 21 Grey Street (1855-58); all in Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1500); Calvert 2; KEN; Moskowitz 115; Crawforth 1; Delehar 2; Coffeen 11; ADL; RSW. |
| CAIL, JOHN AND SEPTIMUS ANTHONY | England, fl.1851-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | brothers. | 45 Quay Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1095 and 1500); Moskowitz 115. | |
| CAIL, SEPTIMUS ANTHONY | England, fl.1857-84, MIM NIM PHIM | Hadley Quadrants = NMM, OMM; Sextant, ebony and ivory = ADL-W217; Octant = Glasgow Art Museum; | T.C.; usually signed "S.A. Cail." | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1095); Price 2; Moskowitz 115; Crawforth 6; ADL; RSW. |
| CAIRNS | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = AMST; Telescope = D.(1974). | probably Alexander Cairns. which see. | 12 Waterloo Road, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| CAIRNS, ALEXANDER | England, pre-1842-c.1869, NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Sextant = San Francisco Maritime Museum; Octant = D.(1974); Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | T.C.; optician; chronometer and watchmaker; sold nautical instruments. | 12 Waterloo Road; 13 Waterloo Road (1869); both in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 108; RSW. |
| CAJETANUS, P. DAVID A SAN, CAPUC. | Austria, 1726-82, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, stone = Koller 11/17/75, BEK; Sundial, 1750 = Soth. 12/12/55 = Ader Picard 3/16/81; Horizontal Sundial, brass and marble, 1742 = ADL-M282. | the ADL instrument is signed "P. Caietanus Capuc." and probably was not made by David as he would have been only 16. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Moreau; Price 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| CAL, DIRCK VAN | Holland, 1650, MIM | made a celestial globe in 1650. | Steenwijk. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CALANI AND CO. | PHIM | Thermometer = Soth. 10/17/60. | RSW. | ||
| CALDERA, SERAPHANO | see Serafino Antonio Maria Calderara. | Taylor 2(2091); Dewhirst. | |||
| CALDERARA, S. AND A. | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83. | probably Serafino Calderara. | London, | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CALDERARA, SERAFINO ANTONIO MARIA | England, fl.1831-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95. | X is signed "S. Calderara London"; Soth. signed with address "Leather Lane, Holb., London." | 16 Kirby Street (1831-33); 78 Leather Lane, Hatton Garden (1834-51); 42 Baldwins Gardens (1852-60); 2 Kings Terrace, Bagnippe Wells Road (1854-55); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2091); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| CALDERON ES TARSA | Hungary, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie 5/5/70; Compass = P.C.(1987). | Budapest. | RSW. | |
| CALDINI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1780, PHIM | Electrostatic Machine = FLO. | "Mecanico." | Florence. | Bonelli 1; RSW. |
| CALE, WILLIAM | England, | Water Clock, 1700 = CAS. | modern work from Birmingham. | London. | RSW. |
| CALEHOF | see Kalthoff. | Dewhirst. | |||
| CALL 1 | England, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Phillips 10/5/76. | surely misreading for "Cail." | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. |
| CALL 2 | see Bemis and Call Co. | ||||
| CALL, JAN BACHER VAN | Holland, fl.1644-67, MIM PHIM | Nocturnal, 1647 = OXF. | made sundials, clocks, pumps, etc; Zinner listed him as "Johan Bacher Van Call." | Batenburg; Nijmegen. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. |
| CALL, JAN BECKER | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CALL, JAN VAN | Holland, MIM PHIM | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Batenburg; Nijmegen. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2; Zinner 1. | |
| CALLAGHAN 1 | England, c.1840, NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrant = PEA; Telescope, refracting = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | 45 Great Russell Street, London. | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| CALLAGHAN 2 | England, c.1860, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X; Barograph = Christie-SK 2/9/79; Telescopes = FRK-T42, Phillips 2/14/79; Spyglass = Christie 2/12/72. | barometer signed "Callaghan." | 23a New Bond Street, corner of Conduit Street, London. | Goodison 1; Frank; RSW. |
| CALLAGHAN AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | RSW. | ||
| CALLAGHAN, W. | England, c.1850, MIM | may be the same as Callaghan 1. | 45 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| CALLCOTT, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cotton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CALLENDER, J. | England, c.1820, OIM | made a sea-telescope and stand. | 19 Plough Court, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1501). | |
| CALLENDER, JOSEPH | USA, 1751-1821, | Compass Cards = D, Eldred 10/11/75. | apprentice of Paul Revere; engraved compass cards for T.S. Bowles, Gedney King, Samuel Emery, D. Pearson, Newell and Son, etc. | Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; Bedini 8; Rudd; Warner 12; RSW. |
| CALLICUM, W. | England, 1598, NIM | Quadrant, 1598 = D.(1965?) = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| CALLOW, JOHN | England, fl.1797-1808, MIM NIM | also made compasses and dog collars. | Ashted Row (1797); 31 Ashted Row (1801-08); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CALLOW, MARY ANN | England, c.1818, MIM NIM | also made compasses and dog collars; probably the widow of John Callow. | Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CALLOW, R. | England, c.1750, MIM | Ring Sundial = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| CALOMBO, LEONIDE | USA, c.1867, PHIM | New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | ||
| CALONNE | France, c.1750, MIM | Architect's Etui with Instruments = Versailles 5/6/79. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CALTENBACK, FULLER AND CO. | England, c.1850?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87. | 77 Blackman Street, Borough, London. | Bell 2; RSW. | |
| CALTHOFF | see Kalthoff. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CALTIN, B. | 1728, MIM | Astronomical Clock and Sundial, 1728 = MADEX-16A = Strauss Coll. = NMM. | MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| CALVI, DR. CARMELUS | Italy, 1755, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1755 = Stucker, 1958. | maker. | RSW. | |
| CAM | France, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | Rue de la Paix, 24, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAM, J. | England, OIM | Telescope = FRK-T133. | London. | Frank. | |
| CAMBON, BALTZER | 1642, MIM | Astrolabe, cardboard, 1642 = LUN. | ICA-613. | Price 1; Zinner 1; ICA 2. | |
| CAMDEN, WILLIAM | England, c.1710, MIM | Sundial inside lid of watch = OXF. | Weldon Coll. | London. | RSW. |
| CAMENADE, CAREL ANTHONIJ | Italy; Holland, 1761-1809, MIM PHIM | made barometers and calipers. | Milan; Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| CAMERON AND BLAKENEY | Scotland, fl.1853-60, MIM NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87; Sympiesometer = Soth 12/5/72; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/12/83; Octant = NMM; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Azimuth Dial = FRK = RSM. | Paul Cameron and John Blakeney. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CAMERON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1818-48, NIM | Octant, with case = Christie 2/8/66-2 = FRK = RSM. | watch and clockmaker; probably only a dealer. | High Street (1818-24); Overgate (1829-48); both in Dundee. | Frank; Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| CAMERON, J.R. | England, fl.1840-52, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass.; Tell-Tale Compass = PEA; Sextants = PEA, Koller June, 1967, Soth. 12/19/66-10. | T.C. in case for Chrichton octant (1852) in Kelton Coll. (1990); octant was made for A. Dobbie. | 54 South Castle Street; 14 South Castle Street near the Customs House (1852); both in Liverpool. | Brewington 1; Calvert 2; USNM; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CAMERON, PAUL | Scotland, 1814-70, MIM OIM PHIM | Compass Card = NMM. | author, 1848; took John Blakeney as his partner, 1853-60; firm became Paul Cameron and Co., 1861-64, 1866-69; firm was Houston and Cameron in 1865; exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1851. | 87 London Street, Glasgow (1851-54). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| CAMERON, PAUL, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1861-69, MIM NIM PHIM | interrupted in 1865 when firm's name was Houston and Cameron. | 11 and 19 Howard Street (1861-64); 25 Howard Street (1866-67); 2 York Place (1868); 178 Broomielaw (1869); all in Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| CAMILLUS | Italy, 1554, MIM | Armillary Sphere = VAA. | could be Camillus Vulparia? | Florence. | Grimaldi (706). |
| CAMINADA | Italy; Holland, c.1790, PHIM | made barometers; glass blower. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CAMINADA GEBR. | Holland, c.1850, MIM | Linear Dividing Machine = P.C. (1973); Dividing Circle = P.C. (1973). | Rotterdam. | RSW. | |
| CAMINADA, J. | Holland, fl.1820-61, MIM PHIM | made barometers and calipers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CAMINADA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMINADA, P. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), Soth.-S 1/10/90; Barometer = Soth. 7/3/70. | Taunton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CAMMACK | see Foster and Cammack. | RSW. | |||
| CAMMENADE, CAEL ANTHONY | see Carel Anthonij Camenade. | ||||
| CAMOTTA, MRS. ANN | England, c.1860, PHIM | made barometers; probably widow of Richard Camotta. | 14 Bull Green, Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMOTTA, RICHARD | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Camotta Halifax." | 14 Bull Close (1830); 12 Bull Green (1841); both in Halifax. | Goodison 1. |
| CAMOZZI, CHARLES | England, fl.1830-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | all signed "C. Camozzi Bicester"; succeeded by his widow, Eleanor Camozzi, in 1852. | Market End (1830); Market Place (1832-50); both in Bicester. | Goodison 1. |
| CAMOZZI, ELEANOR | England, 1852, PHIM | succeeded her husband, Charles Camozzi, in 1852; barometer maker or dealer. | Bicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMP, ALB. U.D. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Alb. u.d. Camp; compass maker. | Buitenkant, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| CAMPANI, GIOVANNI | Italy, | see Giuseppe Campani. | Baillie 1. | ||
| CAMPANI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1620-96, OIM | a renowned maker of telescopes and microscopes; his work is found in many museums, including KEN, KAS, NAC, POB (2)(1673), FLO, Zeiss Jena (1696) etc.; dated examples range from 1669-1696; brother of Matteo Campani; author; clockmaker. | Spoleto; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 4; Morpurgo 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Paris 1900; Gunther 2; Italian Inventory; Purtle; Trois Siècles; Bryden 11; Drechsler 2; Bedini 11; DSB; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| CAMPANI, MATTEO | Italy, fl.1660-80, MIM | brother of Giuseppe Campani; made clocks and watches; author; devised instruments for his brother. | Rome. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1; Britten; Zeitlin No. 214; Michel 3; Bedini 11 and 14. | |
| CAMPBELL 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1989), Cardoza Auction 8/26/89. | see John Campbell 2. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| CAMPBELL 2 | Germany, NIM | Compass Rose = HAM. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| CAMPBELL, CHARLES | USA?, 1798, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1798 = X. | USNM. | ||
| CAMPBELL, J. 1 | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = LIM. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| CAMPBELL, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gatehouse (York?). | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPBELL, JOHN 1 | England, 1720-90, | improved Hadley' quadrant; devised a sextant; Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. | Taylor 2(335); Brewington 1. | ||
| CAMPBELL, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Campbell 1 and J. Campbell 1. | 6 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CAMPBELL, W., AND CO. | Germany, NIM | Sextant = X. | see Campbell 2. | Hamburg. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| CAMPI, GIO. BATTA | Italy, c.1750, OIM | T.C.; optician. | Genoa. | Calvert 2; KEN. | |
| CAMPI, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wolverhampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPINI, JEAN-JUSTIN | Italy, 1639-98, OIM | lens maker; designed microscopes; author; nom de plume was Carlo di Napoli. | Naples. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| CAMPIONE 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPIONE 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 12/17/75. | Christie signed "Campioni Edinburgh." | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CAMPIONI | Scotland, | see Campione 2. | RSW. | ||
| CAMPIONI AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPONOVO, ANGELO | England, c.1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 6/24/88. | one X signed "Camponovo Summers Town, Oxon."; the other X and Christie-SK signed "Camponovo Oxford." | St. Thomas's Parish, Oxford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANBY, J., AND SON | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | South Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| CANISIUS, DANIEL | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Reflecting Circle = AMST. | Daniél Canisius; owner? | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; RSW. |
| CANIVET, JACQUES | France, fl.1743-74, MIM OIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL; dated ones range from 1750-72. | nephew, pupil of, and successor to Claude Langlois; "Ingénieur du Roi" and "Ingénieur en Instruments de Mathématique de Messieurs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences" (1756-74); Master of the "Corporation des fondeurs, 1743; took over Jean-Baptiste Lordelle's shop sign; took apprentices; made many instruments for Courtanvaux; succeeded by Lennel. | Place de la Marché Neuf (1743); à la Sphère, Quai de l'Horloge (1747); both on the Ile de la Cité, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3; Courtanvaux; Trois Siècles; Wynter and Turner; Coffeen 14; Michel 3; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Augarde; RSW. |
| CANNON, F.W. | England, | see W.F. Cannon. | RSW. | ||
| CANNON, W. | England, c.1820-40, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1980). | surely W.F. Cannon. | Shadwell. | RSW. |
| CANNON, W.F. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Soth. 10/28/86, MYS, Seamans Institute, New York; Marine Compass = OMM; Octants, ebony = Pugsley Sale, Christie-SK 2/9/84. | compass and octant signed "W.F. Canon"; Institute sextant signed "W.K. Cannon"; surely the same man. | 177 Shadwell; 175 High Street, Shadwell; both in London. | USNM; RSW. |
| CANOVA, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Halesworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| CANTERO, FRAN. DE LA FUENTE | Spain, MIM | Dividers = MAA. | RSW. | ||
| CANTI, C.A. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 10/26/83, Soth. 4/28/88. | X has first address; Phillips has the other and may be for C.A. Canti 2. | Malling, Kent; 16 Brooke Street, Holborn (London). | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANTI, C.A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 2/4/77. | X signed "C.A. Canti, Jr." | 59 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANTI, C.A., AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 16 Brooke Street, Holborn (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| CANTI, E. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 2/19/70. | Town Malling, Kent. | RSW. | |
| CANTLEY | England, c.1726, MIM | sundial maker; taught James Ferguson the art. | Earle. | ||
| CANTON, J. | England, 1753, PHIM | Electroscope, 1753 = DEU. | London. | Wheatland 2. | |
| CANTONI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | "Warranted." | Horsham. | RSW. |
| CANTY, C.A. | see C.A. Canti 2. | London. | RSW. | ||
| CANTZLER | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Kantzler? | Daumas 1. | ||
| CANVA, FRANCISCO ANTON | Spain, NIM | Marine Compass = ROM. | Barcelona. | Price 2. | |
| CANZ, GIOVANNI | Italy, MIM | Sandglass = TRE; Marine Compass = TRE. | Trieste. | RSW. | |
| CANZIUS, JACOB HENDRIK ONDERDEWYNGAART | see Onderdewyngaart Canzius. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Brieux 2; Crommelin 1; Multhauf 1; KEN; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet. | |||
| CAPADORA, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 6/6/75. | may be variant spelling for "Capoduro." | Cirencester. | RSW. |
| CAPADURO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Deal. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPADURO, DOMENICO | England, c.1830, OIM | Lombard Street, Margate. | Taylor 2(1793). | ||
| CAPELLA, J. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | Coventry. | RSW. | |
| CAPELLA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be L. Casella. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CAPELLA, MICHAEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "M. Capella" with address. | 53 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. |
| CAPELLI | England, PHIM | made barometers; see Stringa and Capelli. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPI | France, pre-1782, PHIM | Barometer = COR. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | |
| CAPILUPI, GIULIO | Italy, 1609, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1609 = P.C. | designed a universal sundial; author. | Mantua. | Morpurgo 1; RSW. |
| CAPO, ANTHONY | Ireland, fl.1819-54, OIM PHIM | Barometer, 1819 = X. | spelled "Cappo" from 1839 on; optician. | 154 Millfield (1819-20); 164 Millfield 1839-40); 168 Millfield (1843-46); 160 Millfield (1850-54); all in Belfast. | G. Fennell; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| CAPPI, WILLIAM | England, fl.1844-50, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 11 Bakers Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Dewhirst. | |
| CAPPO, JOSEPH 1 | Ireland, fl.1835-80, PHIM | weather-glass maker; philosophical and chemical instrument maker; may be related to and successor to Anthony Cappo. | 168 Millfield (1835); 202 North Street (1839); 164 Millfield (1840); 147 Millfield (1856); 24 Portland Street (1858); 14 Portland Street (1860-61); 5 Portland Place (1863-80); all in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CAPPO, JOSEPH 2 | Scotland, fl.1847-53, PHIM | made hydrometers. | Buchanan Court, 75 Argyll Street (1847-52); 404 Parliamentary Road (1853); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| CAPPO, JOSHUA | Ireland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CAPPY | France, 1767-80, PHIM | Thermometers = CNAM; Barometers = CNAM. | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPPY ET MOSSY | France, fl.1768-80, PHIM | Aerometer = CNAM; Thermometer = CNAM; Barometer = D.(1970); Weather Instrument = D.(1970). | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPPY ET NEVEU | France, 1776, PHIM | Thermometer, 1776 = CNAM. | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPRA, ALLESSANDRO | Italy, c.1678, | invented a hodometer. | Bologna. | Morpurgo 1; Weil 2. | |
| CAPRA, BALDASSAR | Italy, c.1580-1626, | claimed to have been making sectors for six years in 1607. | Milan. | Daumas 1; DSB; Gunther 2. | |
| CAPRANI, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPRANI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPUCCINI, NETO | Italy, 1812, MIM | Sundial, 1812 = P.C. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| CAR. PL. | see Carolus Platus. | Michel 3. | |||
| CARACIA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edenbridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARACIA, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 1/26/90. | Edenbridge, Kent. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CARAFA, GIOVANNI | Italy, c.1550, MIM | globe maker. | Rome? | Globus, Dec., 1956. | |
| CARCANI | variant spelling for "Carcany", which see. | RSW. | |||
| CARCANO | France, | Carcanô; see Carcany. | |||
| CARCANY | France, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), BEK; Barometers = P-B 3/18/39, Koller Nov. 1968; Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/4/92. | P-B signed "Carcanô"; Koller signed "Carcani"; Soth signed "Carcano." | Place Dauphine No. 2, Paris. | RSW. |
| CARD, CHARLES | England, fl.1785-1820, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1776; free in the Company, Nov. 1, 1785; took apprentices. | Martlett Court, Bow Street, Covent Gardens (1786); 10 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane (1788-20); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CARDAN | England, c.1600, MIM | Gunther 2. | |||
| CARE | Italy, 1778, MIM | Quadrant, 1778 = X. | Venice. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Hamilton 2. | |
| CAREY | misreading for Cary. | ||||
| CAREY, J. AND W. | England, | misreadimg for J. and W. Cary. | Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 11/28/24. | ||
| CARGRAVE | England, 1778, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1778 = Leyburn, Yorks. | also signed "J.B."; full name may be "J.B. Cargrave." | RSW. | |
| CARINALLI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARIOLI, A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 4/17/86, 10/20/89. | Whitby. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CARITAT, H. | USA, c.1799, MIM | astronomical instrument maker? | 153 Broadway, New York. | Bedini 1. | |
| CARK, PAUL | MIM SIM | Graphometer = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| CARLAW, DAVID | Scotland, 1832-1907, MIM | Drafting Protractor = Soth. 12/19/66-38 = FRK = RSM. | apprenticed to Thomas Rankine Gardner in 1846; made instruments for Lord Kelvin. | South Portland Street (1860); Sydney Court, 62 Argyle Street (1865-71); Havelock Buildings, 75 East Howard Street (1872-74); Ropewalk Lane (1875-97); Finnieston Street (1897-1907); all in Glasgow. | Frank; House; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CARLILL, JOHN | England, c.1837, MIM NIM OIM | Northside, Old Dock, Hull. | Taylor 2(2093). | ||
| CARLL, JOHANN | Germany, 1587-1665, MIM | Bow Compass = NUR WI-1532. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| CARLO DI NAPOLI | see Jean-Justin Ciampini. | Nachet. | |||
| CARLO, CRINDEL | misreading for Carlo Grindel. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CARMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARNIVET | see Canivet. | Evans 1; RSW. | |||
| CARNOVA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Charlesworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAROANI | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Koller Oct. 1969. | Rue et Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAROCHE, C. | France, c.1792, OIM | made a twenty-two-foot telescope; may be "Carochez." | USNM. | ||
| CAROCHET | France, | see Carochez. | Nachet. | ||
| CAROCHEZ, NOEL-SIMON | France, fl.1767-1813, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Folding Square = P.C.; Graphometer = Chayette 6/28/86; Telescope = Prin Coll; Angle Barometer = D.(1988). | Noël-Simon Carochez; apprenticed to P. Vallée, 1759; turned over to Berin de la Croix, 1761; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi"; "Opticien de Monsieur"; inventoried Passsement's estate, 1769; made achromatic lenses and physical instruments, etc. | Le Pont Nôtre Dame, côte de Saint-Denys-de-la-Chartre (1769); Rue de la Pelleterie (1774); Quai de l'Horloge (1789);last two on the Ile de la Cité; Place de Cambrai (1792); Place de Grève, près l'Hôtel de Ville (no date); all in Paris. | Augarde; Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CAROCHEZ, VEUVE | France, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CARON, VEUVE | France, c.1770-72, OIM | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | ||
| CARONCHEZ | France, 18th Century, MIM | Square = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | probably Carochez. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CARONNI | France, PHIM | made wheel barometers. | Rue de Faubourg St. Antoine, à côte de la fontaine de la rue Charone, Paris. | ? | |
| CAROUCHER | France, MIM | Square = Evans Coll. | probably Carochez. | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| CARPANTIER, J. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Level = A-P 3/15/76. | possibly a misreading of J. Carpentier. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CARPENTER | England, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Soth.-S 7/23/87. | made an improved compound folding microscope; surely Philip Carpenter. | 24 Regent [Street], London. | RSW. |
| CARPENTER AND WESTLEY | England, fl.1835-1900+, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = X, KEN, OXF, D.(1972); Octant with telescopic sights = P.C.; Opera Glasses = WHI; Microscopes = BIL, Soth. 12/8/69, 2/8/83 and 10/3/88; Telescope = Soth. 12/13/65; Level = P. and S. 4/21/1898; Sector, Rule with Protractor, Parallel Rule, ivory = D.(1984). | Philip Carpenter; dealt also in globes; T.C. | 111 New Street, Birmingham (1835); 24 Regent Street (1838); 21 Regent Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1795); Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Purtle; Moskowitz 108; Coffeen B; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1 & 6; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| CARPENTER, PHILIP | England, fl.1817-38, MIM OIM | Compass = WHI; Spy Glass = Susquehanna County Historical Society, Pa.; Microscopes = KEN, P.C.(3), WHI, Christie 12/17/75, Soth. 3/25/86, D.(1995); Telescope, 7-draw = D. (1997). | optician; made Brewster's kaleidoscope; T.C.; see Carpenter and Westley; the London shop was called "Microcosm"; D. signed "Carpenter's Improved Microscope for Opake and transparent Objects, 24 Regent Street, London." | Bath Row (1817); 111 New Street (1824); 33 Navigation Street (1829); all in Birmingham; 24 Regent Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1794); KEN; Calvert 2; USNM; Gunther 2; Whipple 1; Moskowitz 108; Bryden 9; Crawforth 1; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| CARPENTER, THOMAS | England, c.1830, NIM | compass maker. | New Canal Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1794). | |
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, OIM | optician. | Inge Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CARPENTIER, J. | France, c.1877, PHIM | Galvanometer = D. | succeeded Ruhmkorff at his death. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brieux 1. |
| CARPENTIERE, ANDRIES | France, c.1750, MIM | garden sundial at Dunham Massey attributed to him. | RSW. | ||
| CARR, GRIFFITH | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1718. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CARR, H. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood = Newcastle Science and Engineering Museum. | RSW. | ||
| CARR, JOHN | England, c.1823, | devised way to increase field of view of telescopes. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1503). | |
| CARRARESI, GIOVANNI | Italy, fl.1851-54, PHIM | made electrical apparatus. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | |
| CARRE, E. | Germany, c.1840, PHIM | Electrostatic Apparatus = D. | E. Carré. | Brieux 3. | |
| CARRE, PAUL | France, 1652, NIM | Holland Circle, 1652 = OXF. | Paul Carré; punchmark is a heart pierced by an arrow. | Paris. | Maison Française. |
| CARREW, JOHN WILLIAM | England, fl.1836-58, MIM PHIM | Taylor thought he was John Carrew. | 18 Wapping Lane (1836-40); 13 Wapping Lane (1842-58); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2094). | |
| CARRIEU | France, c.1840, MIM SIM | Surveying Circle = D.(1986). | "Ecole de chalons." | Coffeen 13. | |
| CARROCHEZ | see Carochez. | Daumas 1. | |||
| CARROLL, NICHOLAS | England, 1842, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1842 = P.C. | Rattoo. | RSW. | |
| CARRON, JEAN FRANCOIS | France, 1787, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set, 1787 = MADEX-473. | Jean François Carron. | MADEX. | |
| CARRY | see Cary. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3. | |||
| CARSARTELLY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably variant of "Casartelli." | Goodison 1. | |
| CARSATELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably a variant of "Casartelli." | Goodison 1. | |
| CARTA, GEORGE | England, fl.1839=52, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker. | 252 High Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARTAILIER | France, MIM SIM | Graphometers = PSH, Soth. 11/13/61 = D.(1965), Ineichen 6/7/75, 10/20/75. | some may be same instrument. | Avignon. | Paris 1900; RSW. |
| CARTARIUS | see Mario Cartaro. | ||||
| CARTARO, MARIO | Italy, fl.1560-91, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1577 = ROM(2), FLO; Terrestrial Globe, 1577 = ROM. | also signed as "Cartarius." | Viterbo; Rome; Naples. | Bonelli 4; Michel 3; Italian Inventory; Globus, Dec. 1956; Tooley 1; Bedini 12. |
| CARTE, JOHN | England, fl.1695-1703, MIM | Altitude Sundials with perpetual calendars = OXF; KEN. | member of the Clockmakers' Company; author; advertised a "Great Geographical Clock." | Coventry; Dial and Crown near Essex Street, Strand; Lombard Street (1696); Garden Court, Middle Temple; all in London. | Taylor 1(495); Dewhirst; Britten; Gunther 2 and 6; Michel 3. |
| CARTER | Englandc.1740, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1968). | Ripon. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, FREDK. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, G. | England, c.1830, OIM | Refracting Telescope = Bearne's 2/17/92. | with stand and case. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| CARTER, HENRY | England, fl.pre-1717 to post-1724, MIM | took Anthony Lamb, his nephew?, as an apprentice, 1717-24. | near St. Clement's Church, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(154a); Baber; Smart 1; Bedini 7. | |
| CARTER, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | 61 Cornhill (London). | RSW. | |
| CARTER, N. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/7/86. | Salisbury. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, THOMAS | England, fl.1784-1811, | made instrument cases. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| CARTILLA, CARMELO | Italy, 1720, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1720 = ROM. | Turin. | Michel 3; Tooley; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |
| CARTLAND, GEORGE | Ireland, 1824, OIM | optician. | 8 Rosemary Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CARTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1721, | free in the Joiners' Company in 1721; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CARTWRIGHT AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | see C. Cartwright and Son. | Preston. | RSW. |
| CARTWRIGHT, C., AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM PHIM | Student's Microscope = Soth. 6/8/70. | Preston. | RSW. | |
| CARUGHI | England, | see Gugeri and Carughi. | |||
| CARUGHI, PAUL | England, fl.1839-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1976), Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | also made thermometers; see Gugeri and Carughi; see Paul Carughi and Co.; Phillips-Leeds signed "P. Carughi, High Holborn." | 15 Brook Street (1839); 128 Holborn (1841-43); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1844-45); 38 Brook Street (1846-47); 139 High Holborn (1852-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CARUGHI, PAUL, AND CO. | England, pre-1846, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | London. | Dewhirst. | |
| CARVALHO DA COSTA, ANTONIO | Portugal, 1650-1714, | designed a mariner's astrolabe. | Lisbon. | Weil 2(25). | |
| CARVER | see Baker, Carver and Morrell. | RSW. | |||
| CARVER, ISAAC | England, fl.1667-1728, MIM | Sectors, ivory = KEN (1683), P.C. (1704); Everard-type Slide Rules = P.C. (1686), OXF (1688), KEN (1689); Level, 1696 = GEL; Goniometer, 1696 = GEL; Slide Rules = KEN (1700, 1713), OXF, Soth. 7/15/63; Triangular Sector, 1704 = D.(1975); Globe Sundial, 1708 = X; Log Slide Rule, wood, 1710 = P.C.; Drawing Instrument = GEL. | author, 1687; T.C.; watchmaker; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; took apprentices. | Sign of the Globe Dial, Horseley Down, Southwark, London, (1696-1728). | Taylor 1(313); Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Maistrov 3; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; KEN; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1 & 3; A.J. Turner 10; Delehar 9; RSW |
| CARVER, JACOB | England, c.1715, MIM | son of Isaac Carver; T.C.; made slide rules and gauges. | Globe Dial, Horseleydown, Southwark; Atlas and Quadrant, near Cherry-Garden Stairs on Rotherhith Wall; both in London. | Taylor 2(33); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; KEN; Daumas 1. | |
| CARVER, SAMUEL | misprint for Jacob Carver in Index. | Daumas 1. | |||
| CARWARDINE, PHILIP | England, c.1674, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| CARY 1 | England, 1783-1859, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, globes, sextants, microscopes, theodolites, etc. | family of instrument makers; it is difficult to distinguish between the work of John (1), John (2), William, George (1), or George (2) Cary. | 181 Strand; 272 Strand (1786-91); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(810, 935, 1290); Wynter 1; Coffeen C; Gunther 2 and 6; Moskowitz 103; Whipple 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Pipping 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| CARY 2 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | Andrew Cary. | London. | RSW. |
| CARY AND CO. | England, fl.1856-1900+, MIM OIM | T.C.; established in 1765; last owned by Henry Porter; "late of 181 Strand, London, W.C." | 7 Pall Mall, two doors east from Waterloo Place, London, S.W. | Calvert 2; Moskowitz 132. | |
| CARY'S | England, 1811, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1811 = ADL-W56. | made by one of the Carys. | RSW. | |
| CARY, ANDREW | see Cary 2. | RSW. | |||
| CARY, FRANCIS | England, 1756-1836, MIM | brother of John (1), George (1), and William Cary; globemaker. | London. | Yonge. | |
| CARY, G. AND L. | England, | misreading for George (20) and John (2) Cary. | Chenekal 3. | ||
| CARY, GEORGE (2) AND JOHN (2) | England, fl.1821-53, MIM SIM | Pairs of Globes = MLL, Soth. 2/25/86; Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 9/20/83 (1821), USNM(2) (1828), USNM(2) (1838). | brothers; George Cary 2 and John Cary 2; succeeded their uncle William Cary, in 1825 and their father, John Cary 1, in 1831; usually signed "G. and J. Cary." | 86 St. James's ; 181 Strand (1825-56); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(695, 810, 1290); Chenekal 3; KEN; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Yonge; RSW. |
| CARY, GEORGE 1 | England, d.1830, MIM | brother of John (1), Francis and William Cary; globemaker. | London. | Yonge. | |
| CARY, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1821-59, MIM NIM OIM | son of John Cary 1; brother of John Cary 2; see George (2) and John (2) Cary; globe maker; succeeded by George Frederick Cruchley. | 86 St. James's; 181 Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(1290); KEN; Yonge. | |
| CARY, J. AND C. | misreading for J. and W. Cary. | USNM. | |||
| CARY, J. AND W. | England, fl.1780-1828, MIM NIM | makers of globes and nautical instruments, their work is found in many museums. | John (1) and William Cary; brothers, and father and uncle, respectively, to John (2) and George (2) Cary. | 181 Strand (1780); 272 Strand (to 1820); both in London. | Taylor 2(695 and 810); USNM; Chenekal 1; KEN; Catalogus der Bibliotheek; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CARY, JOHN 1 | England, 1754-1835 fl.1783-1831, MIM NIM | globe and map maker; worked with his brothers, William Cary and George Cary 1; retired in 1831; father of George (2) and John (2) Cary; see J. and W. Cary. | 181 Arundel Street, Strand (1783); 181 Strand (1792); 85/6 St. James's Street (1821); all in London. | Taylor 2(695); KEN; Price 3; Ward 4; Yonge. | |
| CARY, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1791-1853, MIM | globe maker; worked with his brother, George (2), as G. and J. Cary; son of John Cary 1. | 86 St. James's; 181 Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(1290); Moskowitz 103; KEN; Yonge. | |
| CARY, W. AND J. | England, c.1822, MIM | Terrestrial (1815) and Celestial (1822) Globes on clock = Town Museum, Oslo. | William and John (1) Cary; clock by James Shearer. | 272 The Strand, London (1786). | RSW. |
| CARY, WILLIAM | England, 1759-1825, MIM NIM OIM | Terrestrial Globe = Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington, Va.; Slide Rule for currency conversion, wood and paper, 1815 = OXF; Stand for Astronomical Sextant = CMY; Microscope = CMY; Meridian Telescope = DRE; Slide Rule, chemical = P.C. | apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden; worked with older brother, John Cary 1, 1786; T.C.; worked alone from 1789; the name of the shop continued as William Cary until 1891; also brother of George (1) and Francis Cary. | 272 Strand (1786); No.182 Strand near Norfolk Street (1794); 181 Strand (1794-1825); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(810); Maddison 1; Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Wheatland 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1 & 6; J.A. Bennett 2; Delehar 9; RSW; Yonge. |
| CARZATELLI | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Longleat House, Wilts. | à la Tour d'Argent, rue et Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAS. BU. | see Caspar Buschmann 1. | Michel 2; Bobinger 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| CASA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CASARETELLI | England, | probaly the same as Casartelli. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CASARTELLI 1 | England, MIM PHIM | Anemometer = P.C.; Level = Phillips 10/5/76. | mining instrument maker; could be Joseph or Lewis (2) Casartelli. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| CASARTELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | similar to one by Charles Molliner. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI 3 | England, c.1847, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be Anthony or Joseph Casartelli. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| CASARTELLI 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 5/1/86. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CASARTELLI, A. 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Anthony Casartelli 1 or 2. | Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, A. 2 | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 2 Fade Street, Dublin. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY (1) AND JOSEPH | England, fl.1845-49, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-West Sussex 12/13/83; Marine Barometers = X(2), Soth. 6/6/75; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | instruments signed "A. and J. Casartelli"; opticians. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY 1 | England, 1802-59, PHIM | optician; made barometers and thermometers; Antonio Giovanni Casartelli; worked from 1845-59. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105. | |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY 2 | England, 1830-81, PHIM | Giovanni Antonio Santino Casartelli; worked with Anthony (1) and Joseph Casartelli; made barometers. | 11 Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI, J., AND SON 1 | England, MIM SIM | Miner's Surveying Compasses = D.(1970), Christie-SK 4/17/86. | surely Joseph L. Casartelli and Son. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, J., AND SON 2 | England, OIM | Microscope, simple = FRK-M331. | Salford. | Frank. | |
| CASARTELLI, JOSEPH L. | England, 1822-1900, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972); Bubble Level = D.(1973); Surveying Instruments = Soth.-NY 2/23/79, RSM; Dickinson's Anemometer = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Miner's Surveying Compass = Phillips 2/2/84; Theodolite = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Mining Dial = P.C. (1987); Soho-type Slide Rule = P.C. | barometer signed "J.L. Casartelli"; the rest signed "J. Casartelli"; Giuseppe Luigi Casartelli, great-nephew of Lewis Casartelli 1; worked with Anthony Casartelli 1, 1845-49, in Liverpool; succeeded to the business of his brothers-in-law, John B. and Joshua Ronchetti (2), in Manchester in 1851; T.C. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool (1845-49); 42 Market Street, Manchester (1851-on). | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 105; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, LEWIS 1 | England; Italy, 1784-1860 fl.1810-45, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Octant = GEP; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 10/31/90. | Luigi Antonio Casartelli; succeeded by his nephew and great-nephew, Anthony Casartelli 1 and Joseph L. Casartelli; retired to Italy in 1845; also made thermometers. | 37 King Street (1820-32); 39 King Street (1821, 1824, 1826); 37/8 King Street (1823); 36 King Street (1827, 1829); 30 King Street (1832); 132 King Street (1834-43); 134 Duke Street (1834); 133 King Street (1834-37); 20 Duke Street (1835-43); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1505); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, LEWIS 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASATI | Italy, c.1800, PHIM | made thermometers. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CASATI, FRERES | France, NIM | Octant = LAS. | Casati Frères. | Marseilles. | RSW. |
| CASATI, PIERRE | France, c.1750, PHIM | Thermometer of Lyons = KEN. | Lyon. | KEN. | |
| CASBOIS, DOM | France, c.1793, PHIM | designed a new type of barometer tube. | Metz. | Middleton 1. | |
| CASE | Holland, c.1685, OIM | made telescopes; optician. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; Huygens. | |
| CASE, WILLIAM | England, c.1827, MIM | 22 Crown Street, Finsbury Square, London. | Taylor 2(1506). | ||
| CASELLA | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | a firm that still exists today; originated with Louis Paschel Casella. | London. | Price 12; Whipple 1; Gunther 2; Moskowitz 105; RSW. |
| CASELLA AND CO. 1 | England, post-1840, PHIM | Lewis Casella; specialized in thermometers. | Taylor 2(1796). | ||
| CASELLA AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Louis Casella and Co. | London. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105. |
| CASELLA AND TAGLIABUE | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | Louis Casella and Caesar Tagliabue; barometer makers; succeeded Tagliabue and Casella; succeeded by Louis Casella and Co. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASELLA, C.F., AND CO. LTD. | England, c.1875, MIM | Alidade = ADL-W165. | London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| CASELLA, LEWIS | Scotland; England, fl.1833-38, MIM PHIM | Diptych Sundial, boxwood = WHI. | marked "Sundial and Compass"; specialized in thermometers; later became Casella and Co. 1. | London. | Taylor 2(1796); Bryden 16; Morrison-Low. |
| CASELLA, LOUIS PASCHEL | England, fl.1844-97, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, sextants, sundials, microscopes, etc. | "Maker to the Admiralty"; "Maker to the Admiralty and Ordnance"; most instruments signed "Casella London" or "L. Casella London"; worked with Tagliabue from 1846-48. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1796); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Middleton 4; Coffeen D; Pipping 1; Price 12; Whipple 1; Gunther 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CASELLA, LOUIS, AND CO. | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1983). | barometer makers; succeeded Casella and Tagliabue; "Instruments Makers to the Admiralty and Government of America", 1856; "Instrument makers to the East India Co.and Board of Trade", 1860. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASELLI, ANTONIUS | Italy, c.1692, MIM | Sectors = D.(1965), Musée Lombard, Geneva. | the dealer's sector is signed "Antonius Caselli faciabat Luiz." | Luiz. | Brophy; RSW. |
| CASERTELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely one of the Casartellis. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| CASHEE, R. | misreading for Richard Cushee. | Christie 10/31/67; Yonge. | |||
| CASS, DANIEL | England, c.1798, MIM | apprenticed to William Moris of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 2, 1794; turned over to John Fentiman, member of the Tiler and Bricklayers' Company on June 23, 1798. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CASSARD, ANDRE | France, 1423, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1423 = Saint-Etienne Church, Bourges. | André Cassard; worked under the direction of Johanne Fusoris. | Bourges. | Gunther 1. |
| CASSAROTI | England, PHIM | see Bordoli and Cassaroti. | Stampford. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASSEGRAIN, GUILLAUME | France, c.1672, | Sieur Guillaume Cassegrain; developed the type of reflecting telescope which carries his name. | Chartres; Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; H.C. King 1; L. Bell; DSB. | |
| CASSELI | Italy, MIM | Military Compass = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| CASSELLIS | MIM | Universal Ring Sun Dial = SWE. | mathematics and optics professor. | RSW. | |
| CASSEVA, GENERA | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | Stourbridge. | Taylor 2(1797); RSW. | |
| CASSINI, GIAN DOMENICO | Italy; France, 1625-1712, OIM | Cassini I; first Director of the Paris Observatory, 1669-c.1710; repaired the meridian of Bologna in 1655; designed telescopes; author; made a 136-foot telescope; made an improvement to the barometer in 1673. | Bologna; Paris. | Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; DSB. | |
| CASSINI, JACQUES | France, 1677-1756, OIM | Cassini II; directed the Paris Observatory from c.1710 to 1740; helped his father, Gian Domenico Cassini, in the restoration of the meridian of the Church of San Petronio in Bologna, in 1695. | Paris. | DSB. | |
| CASSINI, JACQUES DOMINIQUE | France1748-1845, OIM | Cassini IV; director of the Paris Observatory from 1784 to 1793; attempted to have a seven-foot quadrant cast in one piece; The DSB says that his name was Jean Dominique Cassini. | Daumas 1; DSB. | ||
| CASSINI, P. GIOVANNI MARIA, C.R.S. | Italy, fl.1790-92, MIM | Set of Celestial Gores, 1792 = ADL-A302; Pair of Globes = D.(1976); Celestial Globes, 1792 = ROM, etc.; Terrestrial Globes, 1790 = ROM, NMM, P.C., Bib. Mun., Ancona. | ADL gores are for an 8.5 cm. globe. | Rome. | Bonelli 4; Daumas 1; Italian Inventory; NMM 2; Globus, Nov. 1954; ADL; RSW. |
| CASSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1814-22, OIM | George Terrace, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(1291). | ||
| CASSON, RUSSELL | England, 1727, MIM | Sundial, 1727 = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| CASTEL, JACQUES THOMAS | France, 1710-72, MIM | Orrery Clock, 1763 = Christie 6/22/89; Analemmatic Sundial, 1769 = PMM; Sundial, 1769 = Lab. de Physique du Collège de France; Meridian Sundials = MADEX-176, 178 = PSH. | secretary to the King, 1758-74; designed window sundial at Oxford, made by Baradelle; invented and made sundials giving true time. | Rue Neuve Saint Roch (1758-71); Rue Neuve des Bons Enfants; both in Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Paris 1900; MADEX; Gunther 6; RSW. |
| CASTELLA, L. | England, MIM | Compass, ivory = Christie 11/8/66-11. | probably misreading for L. Casella. | London. | RSW. |
| CASTELLETTI, JOHN | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "John Casteleti." | High Street, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| CASTELLI, CARLO | Italy, c.1800, | devised philosophical instruments. | Milan. | Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| CASTIGONE | France, c.1831, OIM | Opera Glass = WHI. | Paris. | Whipple 1. | |
| CASTLEMAINE, EARL OF | England, | see Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine. | Bryden 11; Gunther 3; Taylor 1(402, 406). | ||
| CASWELL | England, c.1690, | devised a nocturnal, made by Prujean. | Gunther 2. | ||
| CATAILIER | France, | see Cartailier. | Ineichen, 1975. | ||
| CATALINI, SIMONE | Italy, 1720, NIM | Marine Compass, 1720 = GEP. | Livorno. | RSW. | |
| CATELLI AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be C. Catelli and Co. or Catelli and Co. 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATELLI AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATELLI, C., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976). | D. is signed "Catelli and Co. Hereford." | Hereford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CATELLI, G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | see C. Catelli and Co. | Hereford. | RSW. |
| CATMUR, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1838-40, MIM OIM PHIM | 28 Chamber Street, Goodman's Field, London. | Taylor 2(2096). | ||
| CATON, W. | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscope = Clay Coll. | Taylor 2(1507); Clay and Court. | ||
| CATTANEO | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | family of barometer makers including Austin, Henry, John, Joseph and Philip in various partnerships. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reigate. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. 2 | England, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers, watches and clocks; partnership of Henry and Philip Cattaneo and Joseph Fattorini. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, AUSTIN | England, pre-1838, OIM PHIM | optician; made barometers; in partnership with Henry and John Cattaneo, Peter Ballarini and Joseph Fattorini. | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, H., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Henry Cattaneo and Co. | York. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTANEO, HENRY | England, 1806-60, PHIM | in partnership with Joseph Cattaneo, 1838-48; see Austin Cattaneo; see Cattaneo and Co. 2. | Kings Staith (pre-1838); 12 Castlegate (1838-48); 2 St. Martins Lane (1851); all in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOHN | England, pre-1838, PHIM | see Austin Cattaneo. | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOSEPH | England, fl.1838-51, PHIM | see Joseph and Henry Cattaneo; bankrupt, 1849; in business on his own, 1851. | 12 Castlegate (1838); Minster Gates (1849); 1 South Entrance (1851); all in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOSEPH AND HENRY | England, fl.1838-48, OIM PHIM | opticians; made barometers. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, PHILIP | England, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers, clocks and watches; see Cattaneo and Co. 2. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Worcester. | RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, A. AND L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Austin Cattaneo; `L' may be `H'. | York. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTANIO, ANTHONY 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X(2). | also made thermometers. | Blackhall Street, Kidderminster. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1801). |
| CATTANIO, ANTHONY 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87, Phillips 8/12/87, Christie 4/28/89. | Market Place, Malton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, C., AND DOTTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, P. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Croyden. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, P. 2 | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 10/6/86. | Chester. | RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANO, ANTHONY | England, c.1830, | see Anthony Cattanio 1. | Taylor 2(1801). | ||
| CATTELY AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | stick has address. | 81 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTELY, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CATTENCO, A. | misreading for A. Cattanio 2. | Phillips 12/16/87. | |||
| CATTIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, 1726, MIM | Planetarium, 1727 = P.C.; Celestial Globes with clockwork = NMM-G.136 (1727), NMM-G.137 (1728), CNAM (1727), Nouveau Drouot 6/3/83 (1727), D.(1995) (1726). | "Mécanicien Horloger"; the clockwork globes were invented by Abbé D.Reginald Outhier of Besançon; the D.(1995) globe was presented to the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1727. | Fort de Plasne en Franche-Comté, Jura; Paris. | MADEX; NMM 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. |
| CAUCHOIS | France, c.1830, MIM | Garden Sundial, marble = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAUCHOIX, ROBERT AGLAE | France, 1776-1845, OIM | Lunette Murals, 1818 = USNM; Prism = USNM; Telescopes = NAC, D.; Achromatic Lens = NAC; Microscope = P.C.; Prospect Glass, with double eyepiece = D.(1976). | Robert Aglaé Cauchoix; instruments signed "Cauchoix à Paris"; made telescopes for Cambridge Observatory in 1835. | rue de la Loi (1803); rue des Amandiers-Sainte-Geneviève; 27 Quai Voltaire (1819); Quai Voltaire No. 17; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Gunther 3; Moskowitz 113; RSW. |
| CAUCIGH, R.P. MICHAEL | Austria, 1726, | invented a type of celestial globe, 1726, made by J. Beckher. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Globus Dec., 1956. | |
| CAUMONT, M. | France, c.1820, MIM | Sundial, large = Dijon. | laid out on the ground. | Gatty; Earle. | |
| CAUS, SALOMAN DE | France, 1644, MIM | author; made sundials. | Moreux. | ||
| CAVAGNOLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1665, MIM SIM | Alidade with altimeter scale, 1665 = BRP; Cicumferentor, 1665 = BRP. | Piace. | RSW. | |
| CAVALIERI | Italy, c.1660, | developed a type of telescope. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CAVALIERO, JOSEPH-MARIA | Italy, 1770, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials in shape of casket = OXF (1770), U. of Naples (1769). | Baron of San Caetano; owner; U. of Naples is silver. | Naples. | Michel 3; Gunther 2; Regozzino and Schettino; RSW. |
| CAVALLERI | Italy, c.1845, OIM | made reflecting microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| CAVALLI, ATANAGIO | Italy, PHIM | made meteorological instruments. | Asti; Rome. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| CAVALLO, TIBERIUS | Italy; England, 1749-1809, | invented an electrometer in 1777; modified the air pump; lived most of his life in England; F.R.S.; author. | Naples; London. | Wolf; G.L'E. Turner 24; DSB; DND; Middleton 1. | |
| CAVE, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1750-80, MIM SIM | Compasses = X, P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundial, 1780 = WHI; Horizontal Sundial, oval = WHI; Mathematical Instrument = WHI; Circumferentors = Soth. 3/11/63-115, Soth.-PB pre-1980; Surveying Compass = D.(1982). | WHI horizontal sundial probably instrument mentioned by Clay and Court. | Dublin. | Taylor 2(811); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Price 12; Egestorff; Moskowitz 123; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CAVELLATI | Italy, MIM | Table Sundial = POR. | RSW. | ||
| CAVENDISH, SIR CHARLES | England, 1591-1652, | physicist; designed lenses. | London. | Taylor 1(124). | |
| CAVENS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carlisle. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAVERHILL AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Berwick-on-Tweed. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAVINET | France, c.1771, MIM | Micrometer = X. | probably Canivet; instrument maker of the Royal Academy of Sciences. | Paris. | Dewhirst; USNM. |
| CAVOT | France, 1747, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1747 = Soth. 5/10/54. | surely "Cadot." | Paris. | RSW. |
| CAWDLE, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.S 1/27/88. | Torquay. | RSW. | |
| CAWOOD, FRANCIS | England, fl.1709-12, MIM | made mathematical instruments; author. | Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(555); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| CAYGILL, CHRISTOPHER | England, 1747-1803, MIM | made sundials; clockmaker. | Askrigg. | Loomes. | |
| CAYTHORP | England, 17th Century, PHIM | Bell Weight = Soth. 10/3/88. | weighs twenty-eight pounds. | RSW. | |
| CECH | see Czech. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CEDEBORG, ANDREW | England, c.1798, MIM | St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(936). | ||
| CEDERSTEN, NILS GABRIEL | Sweden, c.1770, OIM | optician; apprenticed to Carl Lehnberg. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| CELEBRINI, P. | Italy, c.1680, OIM | Microscope = D. | also made telescopes. | Weil 2(19, 23). | |
| CELI, MARCUS ANTONIUS | see Marcantonio Cellio. | Clay and Court. | |||
| CELLA, AUGUSTINUS | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| CELLA, PHILIPP | Germany, 1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1831 = VNL. | Munich. | Globus, Dec. 1956, June 1962. | |
| CELLIO, MARCANTONIO | Italy, 1685, OIM | Objective Lens, 1685 = Bologna University Observatory; Microscope = D. | Bologna. | Bonelli 4; Nachet; Weil 2(19); Price 2; Clay and Court. | |
| CELLIS, M.A. | see Marcantonio Cellio. | Weil 2(23). | |||
| CELSIUS, ANDERS | Sweden, 1701-44, | designed the centigrade scale for thermometers. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 4; DSB. | ||
| CELVI, DOMENICO | misreading for Domenico Selva. | KRE; RSW. | |||
| CERF, H. | Belgium, MIM PHIM | Compass and Barometer, each in shape of watch = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | 59 Rue de la Madeleine, Brussels. | RSW. | |
| CERI AND PINI | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Ciceri and Pini. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. |
| CERMANATI AND BERNARDA | USA, c.1807, OIM PHIM | T.C.; made and sold telescopes and thermometers. | Essex Street, Salem; No. 2 State Street Boston (1807); both in Mass. | RSW. | |
| CERMENATI AND MONFRINO | USA, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Bernard Cermenati and Monfrino; made telescopes, barometers and thermometers. | No. 2 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Comstock; USNM. | |
| CERUELLATI, LUIGI | misreading for Luigi Cervellati. | RSW. | |||
| CERUTTY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = Longleat House, Wilts. | At the Tuns Lodging House, Bath. | RSW. | |
| CERVALATI, LUIGI | Italy, 1572, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1572 = Stuker (1958). | Jesuit. | RSW. | |
| CERVELLARI, GUIDO | Italy, 1805, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1805 = ROM. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CERVELLATI, LUIGI | Italy, c.1824, MIM | Magnetic Compass, gilt, 1824 = Soth. 2/1/79; Armillary Sphere = D.(1975); Sundial, pin-gnomon, in wooden box = OXF; Table Sundial = POR. | table sundial is for 44°30'; armillary sphere is marked "forma" and is of wood and paper, manuscript, Copernican. | Bologna. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| CESARINO, CESARE | Italy, 1483-1543, | claimed to have invented a hodometer. | Milan; Ferrara. | Weil 2(15). | |
| CESPEDES, DR. ANDRES GARCIA DE | 1560-1611, MIM | made reflection sundials; author. | Michel 14; Zeitlin 224. | ||
| CETTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. and J. Cetta. | Stroud. | Goodison 1. |
| CETTA, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dursley. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Stroudwater. | RSW. | |
| CETTA, J. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stroud. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTA, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CETTA, JOHN | England, fl.1838-60, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; took over Paul Carughi's shop at 15 Brook Street in 1839; was succeeded by Wheelhouse and Bercini at 40 Hatton Garden. | 7 Union Court, Black Hill, Holborn (1838); 15 Brook Street (1839-44); 14-15 Brook Street (1845-46); 40 Hatton Garden (1847-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2097). | |
| CETTEA | England, | see Gobbi and Cettea. | Nottingham. | Bell 2. | |
| CETTI 1 | Italy; England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Henley. | Goodison 1; Morpurgo 1; NAWCC Bull. | |
| CETTI 2 | England, c.1853, PHIM | see Pastorelli and Cetti. | 11 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI AND CO. 1 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94. | may be same as Cetti and Co. 2, before they moved to London. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| CETTI AND CO. 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Phillips 4/10/83; Soth-S 7/23/87; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/83. | probably John or Joseph Cetti. | 54 Red Lion Street; 25 Red Lion Street; both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; NAWCC, April 1969; RSW. |
| CETTI, A. 1 | Denmark, c.1770-80, OIM PHIM | Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | T.C. in Danish and French. | corner of Gothersgade and Storekongensgade No. 29, Copenhagen. | Price 2; RSW. |
| CETTI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, DUDLEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 6/6/75. | RSW. | ||
| CETTI, E. | England, c.1740, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | London. | USNM; Goodison 1; "Antiques" Nov. 1942. | |
| CETTI, FRA | Italy; Sweden, 1803-79, PHIM | Stick Barometer, No. 353, 1818 = NOR; Stick Barometer = NOR; Thermometers = STM(2). | Francesco Cetti; meteorological instrument maker to the Swedish Royal Academy, 1830; partner with C.E. Collin. | Stockholm (1821 on). | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| CETTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | physical instrument maker. | Buckingham. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| CETTI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | either Joseph or John Cetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1816-39, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | probably Joseph Cetti. | 25 Red Lion Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 3 | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | John Cetti and Co.; succeeded Joseph Cetti and Co. | 25 Red Lion Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1977). | 24 Bullion Street, Holborn, London. | Wynter 1. | |
| CETTI, JOHN | England, PHIM | see J. Cetti and Co. 1 and 3. | RSW. | ||
| CETTI, JOHN, AND CO. | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | barometer makers; succeeded Joseph Cetti. | 25 Red Lion Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely Joseph Cetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, fl.1802-39, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded by John Cetti and Co. | 3 Long Lane, Smithfield (1802); 54 Red Lion Street (1803-15); 25 Red Lion Street (1816-39); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CEULEN, JAN VAN, THE ELDER | Holland, fl.1682-1715, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1682 = Soth. 3/5/59; Planetarium = LEY; Clock = LEY. | The Hague. | Michel 3. | |
| CEULEN, JEAN VAN, LE JEUNE | Holland, MIM | Astronomical Table Clock = ADL-M390; Repetition Watch = Pierpont Morgan Coll. | The Hague. | Engelmann 1; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| CEULEN, JOHANNES VAN | see Johannes van Keulen. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |||
| CEULL, JOHANN | c.1630, MIM | Proportional Compass = NUR. | Price 2. | ||
| CEVIN | misreading for Sevin. | Soth. 7/31/58. | |||
| CEVIN, P. | misreading for "P. Sevin." | Soth. 6/23/87; Christie-G 5/13/86. | |||
| CHACOT | France, c.1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CHADBURN 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | probably A. Chadburn, which see; see Chadburn and Co.; see Chadburn and Wright; see Chadburn Brothers. | Sheffield. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| CHADBURN 2 | England, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1971); Microscope = Soth. 3/22/76; Telescope = Phillips 10/5/76; Proportional Dividers and Sector, ivory = Soth. 10/27/69; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/20/88; Wheel Barometer = New House 9/10/93. | optician; "Instrument Maker to H.R.H. Prince Albert"; branch of the Sheffield business. | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; ATG 8/28/93; RSW. |
| CHADBURN AND CO. | England, fl.1830-33, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded William Chadburn. | 40 Ladys Bridge, Nursery Street (1830); 23 Nursery Street (1833); both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHADBURN AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Level = Phillips 4/20/83; Stick Barometer = Bearnes 11/12/86; Telescope = Soth. 2/8/83. | "Opticians." | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| CHADBURN AND WRIGHT | England, c.1830, OIM | Achromatic Telescope = D. | 40 Nursery Street; The Wicker; both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1509); RSW. | |
| CHADBURN BROTHERS | England, fl.1837-84, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(3), Soth.-C 10/9/86; Martin-type Microscope = Soth. 6/23/69; Telescopes = MIM, MLL; etc. | "opticians to H.R.H., the Late Prince Consort"; T.C.; see Chadburn 1. | 26 Nursery Street (1842); Albion Works, Nursery Street; both in Sheffield; 71 Lord Street; 7 Lord Street; both in Liverpool. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Chenekal 4; KEN; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHADBURN, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Model of a Beam Engine = Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| CHADBURN, CHARLES HENRY | England, fl.1845-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | optician and instrument maker to Prince Albert; factory at Sheffield is now Chadburns Ltd; T.C.; barometer is signed "C.H. Chadburn Liverpool." | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool; Albion Works, Nursery Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Calvert 2; RSW. |
| CHADBURN, JOHN | England, fl.1830, OIM | 3 Mulberry Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1802). | ||
| CHADBURN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1816-30, PHIM | made barometers; succeeded by Chadburn and Co. | 81 The Wicker (1816-17); Albion Works, 27 Nursery Street, Ladys Bridge (1830); both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHADBURN, WILLIAM, AND CO. | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | sold telescopes,barometers,sextants, compasses, etc.; wholesalers. | Albion Works, 27 Nursery Street, Ladys Bridge, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1803). | |
| CHAFFAT, ANT. DU | France, Germany, fl.1720-52, MIM | Graphometer, 1720 = ULM; Instrument, 1721 = P.C.; Protractors, with arms, 1732 = ULM(2); Drawing Set in etui = AUG; Sector, 1723 = Soth. 7/15/82-11; Sector and Level = HAK. | various signatures, "Lieutenant", "Ingénieur Lieutenant de la Ville d'Ulm", "Capitaine", "Capitaine et ingénieur de la ville d'Ulm." | Ulm; Nürnberg. | Maurice 1; Zinner 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| CHAIZY | misreading for Choizy. | Holbrook 1. | |||
| CHALAMONT | Francec.1646, OIM | made telescopes. | Aix. | Nachet. | |
| CHALKHILL, JOHN | England, c.1729, MIM | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company, Feb. 7, 1720; insolvent in 1729. | St. Giles in the Fields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CHALLAND, WILLIAM | England, 1749, MIM | (Shalland); apprenticed to Henry Burdett in the Clockmakers's Company, 1737/38-1749. | Green Arbour Court, London, 1749. | Clifton 1. | |
| CHALLEN, WM. | England?, 1777, NIM | Hadley Quadrant, 1777 = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | RSW. | ||
| CHALLICUM, W. | England, 1598, MIM | Quadrant, 1598 = D.(1965?) = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| CHALLONERE, WYLLYAM | England, c.1700, MIM | Horary Quadrant, ivory, for 52° = P.C. | London? | RSW. | |
| CHALMEL | France, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| CHALMERS, JAMES S. | Scotland, fl.1843-44, NIM | also made clocks and atches; successor to Brown and Chalmers. | 48 Bridge Street, Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| CHALONS, JEAN DE | France, d.1414, MIM | there is a circumflex over the "a" in Chalons; an associate of Johanne Fusoris. | Paris. | Poulle 1. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN AND RITCHIE | USA, fl.1850-54, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = HAR. | Nathan B. Chamberlain and Edward Samuel Ritchie. | 313 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz, 1976. |
| CHAMBERLAIN AND SON | England, fl.1852-60, PHIM | James Bradley Chamberlain and Son. | 203 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, D.H. | USA, c.1850, | patented a type of dividers. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES BRADLEY | England, fl.1830-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometer, with clock = Soth. 5/14/87. | one of the stick barometers is signed "Chamberlain"; T.C. | 37 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, opposite the London and Manchester Hat Warehouse; 203 High Holborn; both in London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N. AND N.B. | USA, fl.1841-58, MIM NIM PHIM | Hygrometer, 1855 = PEA. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N.B. AND D. | USA, fl.1844-45, MIM | Mechanical Orrery = USNM. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N.B., AND SONS | USA, fl.1860-84, MIM | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz, 1976. | ||
| CHAMBERLAIN, NATHAN B. | USA, 1810-78, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Vacuum Pump = D.(1976). | listed as a machinist in 1832; partner of Edward Samuel Ritchie, 1850-54. | 9 School Street,(1832-50); 313 Washington Street (1850-54); both in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz, 1976. |
| CHAMBERLAND, CH. | France, | invented a universal equatorial sundial. | Guyot. | ||
| CHAMBERLIN, HENRY W. | USA, 1849, SIM | Chamberlin's Improved Draughting Table = D.(1996). | patent model. | Pittsfield, Mass. | Coffeen 55. |
| CHAMBERY | France, 1750, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1750 = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | Chambéry. | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| CHAMPAGNE | France, c.1725, MIM | Amplitude Compass = NMM. | NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| CHAMPIO, ANDA | variant spelling for Andrea Championi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| CHAMPION AND CO. | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bearnes 9/17/86. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| CHAMPIONI, ANDREA | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth. 7/16/76. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| CHAMPLIN, JOHN R. | USA, 1878-93, OIM | made telescopes. | Lanconia, NH. | DATM. | |
| CHAMPNESS, JAMES | England, | misreading for James Champneys. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | ||
| CHAMPNEYS | see Cuthbertson and Champneys. | RSW. | |||
| CHAMPNEYS, JAMES | England; Holland, fl.1764-70, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.; Telescope, reflecting = Soth. 6/23/87. | T.C.; member of the Stationers' Company; took John Cuthbertson as his apprentice in 1761; became his father-in-law in 1768 and his partner by 1770; opposed Dollond patent in 1764; was successfully sued for infringing it in 1766 and went bankrupt. | near the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London; Amsterdam (1770). | Taylor 2(583); Rooseboom 1; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Hackmann 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHAMPNEYS, JOSEPH | misreading for James Champneys. | Court and von Rohr 2. | |||
| CHANCELLOR, RICHARD | England, fl.1520-56, MIM | Quadrant, 5-foot = Dr. John Dee. | also designed instruments. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(13); USNM; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. |
| CHANDLEE AND BROTHERS | USA, fl.1790-91, MIM SIM | sons of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE AND HOLLOWAY | USA, fl.1819-22, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.(1993). | Benjamin Chandlee 3 and Robert Holloway. | Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 1. |
| CHANDLEE AND SONS | USA, fl.1788-90, MIM SIM | Benjamin Chandlee 2 and his sons. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 1 | USA, c.1680, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | apprenticed to Abel Cottie, 1680; clockmaker. | RSW. | |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1723-91, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., Chester County Historical Society, Pa., Kentucky Historical Society; Circumferentor = P.C. | father of Goldsmith, Isaac, and John Chandlee; clockmaker. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 3 | USA, 1780-1822 fl.1814-22, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Witte Memorial Museum. | son of Goldsmith Chandlee; partner in Chandlee and Holloway, 1819-22; clockmaker. | Winchester, Va.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 17. |
| CHANDLEE, E. AND I. | USA, fl.1797-1804, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | Ellis and Isaac Chandlee. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| CHANDLEE, ELLIS | USA, 1755-1816, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2; made Churchman's perpetual motion machine. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1. |
| CHANDLEE, ELLIS, AND BROTHERS | USA, 1791-97, MIM SIM | sons of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE, GOLDSMITH | USA, 1751-1821, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C. (3), Mount Vernon, Ohio State Museum (2), GUR, Logan County Archaeological and Historical Society, USNM, ADL-W279. | apprenticed to his father, Benjamin Chandlee 2; developed an improved type of surveying compass; ADL appears to be an early model, with needle lift, and without the later scales. | Nottinghan, Md; Winchester, Va. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, ISAAC | USA, 1760-1813, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Ohio State Museum, P.C.(1978), P.C.(1982), George Wilson and Son, Auctioners, Chester Heights, Pa. (1984), Adena, Chillicothe, Ohio. | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Chester County, Md. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, JOHN | USA, fl.1790-97, MIM SIM | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLER, ABIEL | USA, 1807-81, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = D.(1984), New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Transit = Old Sturbridge Village. | instruments signed "A. Chandler"; son of Timothy Chandler, clockmaker; DATM says he flourished 1844-50. | Main Street; South Street; both in Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen H; DATM; RSW. |
| CHANDLER, TIMOTHY | USA, 1762-1848, MIM SIM | father of Abiel Chandler; clockmaker; silversmith; made Merrill's quadrant, surveying compasses and mathematical instruments. | Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; DATM. | |
| CHANGEUX, P.N. | France, 1740-1800, | designed a barometer and a barometrograph; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | |
| CHANIERE, LT. | France, 1767, | Lt. Chanière; invented a magnetometer, 1767. | Paris. | NMM 1. | |
| CHANTREY, ROBERT | England, c.1716, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3, of the Grocers' Company on April 11, 1704; free of the Company Nov. 10, 1716; took one apprentice. | Tower Hill, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHAPETOT | misreading for Chapotot. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | |||
| CHAPIN'S SON AND CO., H. | USA, 1897-1901, MIM | partners were Hermon M. Chapin 2 and Frank Chapin, sons of Edward M. Chapin; Rufus E Holmes was also a partner; merged with L.C. Stephens and Co., 1901. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, EDWARD M. | USA, fl.1853-1897, MIM | joined his father Hermon M. Chapin, a rule maker, c.1853; the firm changed its line of rules and its numbering system at that time; the company merged with Stephens and Co. in 1901 to become Chapin-Stephens; see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, FRANK | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, H., AND SONS | USA, fl.1860-65, MIM | made rulers, planes, etc.; sons of Hermon M. Chapin 1 were Edward M., George W., and Philip E. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, HERMON M. 1 | USA, 1799-1866; fl.1835-53, MIM | Folding Rule, ivory and brass, 1839 = The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; Folding Rule, wood = D.(1976). | the 1839 rule has an inscription about Andrew Jackson; Hermon M. Chapin's son, Edward M., joined the firm c.1853; the line of rules and the numbering system were changed at that time; see H. Chapin and Sons. | Union Factory, New Hartford, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM; RSW. |
| CHAPIN, HERMON M. 2 | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, HERMON. M., 2 | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN-STEPHENS | USA, fl.1901-29, MIM | a merger of H. Chapin's Son and Co. with Stephens and Co.; makers of wood and ivory rules. | Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM. | |
| CHAPITOL | misreading for Chapotot; Vienna Museum Sale-839. | Christie 3/12/1860. | |||
| CHAPITOT | misreading for Chapotot. | Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 11/28/23. | |||
| CHAPLAIN | England, c.1736, OIM | made reflecting telescopes. | Dewhirst; Court and Von Rohr 3(xvi). | ||
| CHAPMAN 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | possibly W. Chapman 2, which see. | Alresford. | RSW. |
| CHAPMAN 2 | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1986). | James Chapman 1 or 2? | London. | Coffeen 13. |
| CHAPMAN, EDWARD | England, c.1805, MIM | also iron-monger. | Bridge Street, Westminster, London. | Taylor 2(1097). | |
| CHAPMAN, G. | England?, OIM | Telescope = ROM. | may be James Chapman 2. | Bonelli 4. | |
| CHAPMAN, GEORGE A. | USA, 1768, OIM | Lens, 1768 = Charleston Museum, South Carolina. | New York, N.Y.. | USNM. | |
| CHAPMAN, JACQUES | England, c.1750, NIM | Octant = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | may be James Chapman 1; made for French market? | London. | USNM. |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES 1 | England, c.1760, NIM | T.C.; father of James Chapman 2? | Sign of the Hadley's Quadrant, opposite the King's Storehouse, St. Catherine's Street, London. | Taylor 2(812). | |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1775-1804, MIM NIM OIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = PEA (1775), RSM (1788); Sextant, 1788 = X; Telescope, one draw = X; Telescopes = La Rochelle 7/16/83, CMY, ROM, D.(1988); Telescope, decahedral, wood = D.(1988). | son of James Chapman 1? they may be one person; T.C. in English, French and Dutch; member of the Stationers' Company? D. telescope has a decahedral wooden tube. | The Hadley Quadrant, opposite the King's Storehouse in St. Catherine's (1776); 5 St. Catherine's Street; 41 St. Catherine's Street; St. Catherines Street near the Tower; all in London. | Taylor 2(812); Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; RSW; Nautical Brass, Vol. VIII, No. 3. |
| CHAPMAN, JOHN | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to John Dobson of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 25, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CHAPMAN, SIMON | England, fl.1675-87, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Nash of the Clockmakers' Company on March 5, 1668; free of the Company, March 29, 1675; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CHAPMAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1659-89, MIM | Sector, wood, 1689 = P.C. | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on June 6, 1659. | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2; Waterman 1; RSW. | |
| CHAPMAN, W. 1 | England, c.1869, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/27/69. | 21 Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| CHAPMAN, W. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Chapman 1. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CHAPOTEAU | misreading for Chapotot. | Gersaint. | |||
| CHAPOTOT FILS | France, fl.1690-1721, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = LOS; Microscope = NAC. | son of Louis Chapotot; may be Jean Chapotot; continued his father's practice of making astronomical quadrants etc. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Thielmann; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, I. | France, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundial, variant = GEL; Plane Table = GEL; Sundial = Christie 5/8/79; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = ADL-W45. | surely Jean Chapotot. | Paris. | ADL; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, JEAN | France, fl. 1690-1721, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = NOR, WHI; Table Sundial, oval, silver = Rosenheim Sale; Telescopic Quadrant = Chevalier de Louville. | may be Chapotot fils, son of Louis Chapotot; see I. Chapotot; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; juryman, 1701-03; the quadrant was invented by de Louville and the lenses were made by Jean Lebas. | à la Sphère, Quai de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1690). | Augarde; Daumas 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, LOUIS | France, fl.1670-1700, MIM OIM | instruments mainly signed "Chapotot"; both he and his son were prolific makers and it is difficult to tell the difference; he worked for Chérubin in 1670 and there is a signed instrument dated 1688; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; author. | Sur le quay de l'Horloge, Ile e la Cité, à la Sphère, Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1; Bonelli 1 and 4; Maistrov 2 and 3; Horsky and Skopova; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Michel 1, 3 and 4; Engelmann 1; Coffen 15; J.A. Bennett 2; Con. Nat'l 1.; Bryden 16; Augarde; ADL; RSW. | |
| CHAPUZET, JEAN-CHARLES | Germany, 1694-1767, MIM | parents were French émigrés. | Nachet. | ||
| CHARBONNIER, PH. | France, c.1630, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, with case = P.C.(1987). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CHARDIN | misreading by Engelmann of the ivory compendium, ADL-M257; it should have been read as "du Jardin." | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |||
| CHARINETTI, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHARITE | France, fl.1770-90, MIM OIM | Charité; made astronomical instruments. | à l'Observatoire, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| CHARLA, JEH | France, c.1450, MIM | Astrolabe = OXF (ICA-162). | owner? may be fake. | Gunther 1; Price 1; Poulle 6; ICA 2. | |
| CHARLAMONIOUS | France, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Aix-la-Chapelle. | Clay and Court. | |
| CHARLES, ANTHONY D. | Italy, pre-1690, MIM | Tortona. | Bonani; Dewhirst; Price 2. | ||
| CHARLES, JACQUES-ALEXANDRE-CESAR | France, 1746-1823, OIM | Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles; made achromatic lenses; physician. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| CHARLES, MR. | France, OIM | Microscope = NAC. | No. 15; owner? | Nachet. | |
| CHARLES, NEPHEW AND CO. | misreading for Charles Nephew and Co. | RSW. | |||
| CHARLET | France, c.1840, NIM | T.C. | Le Havre. | Moskowitz 126. | |
| CHARLET AINE | France, c.1850, NIM | Octant = MYS. | Charlet aîné; "Opticien." | Le Havre. | Preuss and Treworgy. |
| CHARLTON, JOHN | England, c.1771, MIM | apprenticed to John Troughton 1 of the Grocers` Company on July 2, 1771. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHARNIERES, M. DE | France, pre-1782, | invented a megameter. | Courtanvaux. | ||
| CHAROST | France, 18th C., MIM | not a member of any corporation; lived in a privileged enclave. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| CHAROT | France, c.1775, MIM SIM | Magnetic Compass, wood = Soth. 3/21/73; Rules = P.C., Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Circumferentor = Christie-NY 10/24/83; Alidade = Observatory of Marseilles; Trough Compass = D.(1993). | en la Cité à Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2; Coffeen 41; RSW. | |
| CHARPENTIER | France, fl.1770-92, MIM | Paris. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CHARPENTIER, G. | France, c.1850, MIM | Calculator = WHI; Slide Rule = Stuker (1958); Circular Slide Rule = D.(1971). | circular slide rule is called a "Calculimeter"; "Breveté S.G.D.G." | Whipple 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| CHARPENTIER, PERE, FILS ET CIE. | France, 1750, NIM | Marine Compasses = GEP (1750), D.(1968). | Charpentier, Père, Fils et Cie. | Rareursa, Nantes | RSW. |
| CHARRETONII, ANT. | France, | owner of astrolabe by Michel Piquer, 1542. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| CHASE, JAMES | USA, 1737-1812, MIM | made rules, etc. | Gilmanton (later Gilford), N.H. | DATM. | |
| 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. |
| CHASSIGNET, DANIEL | Italy, 1617, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1617 = Vatican. | Rome. | Price 2; Globus, Dec., 1956. | |
| CHASSIGNET, DAVID | France, 1617, | misreading for Daniel Chassignet? | Tooley. | ||
| CHASSIGNET, FRANCISCUS | Italy, 1622, MIM | Astrolabe, 1622 = PBN. | ICA-521. | Rome. | Price 1; ICA 2. |
| CHATEAUNEUF | France, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = La Rochelle 7/25/87. | probably an address rather than a maker. | Gazette 9/11/87. | |
| CHATFIELD, JOHN | England, 1630, MIM | Quadrant with Volvelle, 1630 = Soth. 7/4/66. | wrote on the "Trigonal Sector" which was made by Anthony Thompson. | London. | Taylor 1(236); RSW. |
| CHATTERTON, T. | England, PHIM | made barometers. | 14 King's Terrace, Bagnigge Wells Road, London. | USNM. | |
| CHAUCER, GEOFFREY | England, c. 1343-1400, | none | author not known to have made instruments; wrote on the astrolabe and the equatorium. | London. | Skeat; DSB. |
| CHAULNES, DUC DE | France, 1714-69, | Michel Ferdinand d'Albert d'Ailly, Duc de Chaulnes; designed a Cuff-type microscope; invented a dividing engine; author. | Paris. | American Philosophical Society Library; Clay and Court; Poggendorff. | |
| CHAUVET, JACQUES | France, 1585, | designed a "Cosmomètre", a surveying quadrant, published, 1585. | Paris. | Daumas 1 and 6; Dawson 207. | |
| CHAUVIN | France, c.1600, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = NYM (Morgan Coll.). | watch works by F. Benard; see Ch. Chavyn. | Paris. | Britten. |
| CHAVE, S. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | High Street, Taunton. | RSW. | |
| CHAVES, ALONZO DE | Spain, c.1528, MIM | successor to Diego Riveiro as instrument maker to the Casa de la Contratacion in Seville. | Seville. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| CHAVOT | mis-reading for Charot. | Coffeen 41. | |||
| CHAVYN, CH. | France, 1600, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1600 = LOS. | Chauvin? | Fountainbleau. | USNM; Thielmann. |
| CHEARSLEE, JOHN | England, 1679, MIM | Computing Rule = P.C. | owner? | RSW. | |
| CHEBICHOF | Russia, MIM | Leningrad. | Maistrov 5. | ||
| CHEKE, SIR JOHN | England, 1514-57, | designed an astronomical quadrant at the BM (1858 8/21 1). | Cambridge. | Taylor 1(9); Ward 4. | |
| CHEMIN | France, c.1825, PHIM | Balance = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | made pans for Fortin's balances. | Paris. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| CHENEVIE | France?, MIM | Rule, fruitwood = A-P 3/15/76. | RSW. | ||
| CHENEY, WITHERS | England, fl.1657-95, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Elias Allen of the Clockmakers' Company on April 13, 1646; free of the Company, April 20, 1657; took apprentices; also was a wax-chandler. | Fleet Street, London (1662). | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2; Robischon. | |
| CHERUB, F. | Italy, c.1597, | see Franciscus Cherubini-Sandolini. | RSW. | ||
| CHERUBIN, PERE | France, 1613-97, OIM | Telescopes, 1681 = CNAM(2); Binocular Telescope = FLO. | Père Chérubin; Michel Lasséré; author; also made microscopes and lens-grinding machines; designed a universal telescope. | Orléans; Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Paris 1900; Weil 2(23). |
| CHERUBINI-SANDOLINI, FRANCISCO | Italy, 1597, MIM | Skaphe, oval box, 1597 = CLU. | designed sundials; author. | Venice. | Morpurgo 1; RSW. |
| CHESIO, CHARLOS | Spain, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = MAN-1178. | Cadiz. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| CHESNEAU, J. DE | France, c.1610, MIM | Sundial inside cover of verge alarm clock = O'Byrne Coll. = Christie 11/21/61; Horizontal Sundial in watch lid = D.(1964). | Orléans. | RSW. | |
| CHESNON, PIERRE | France, c.1672, MIM | son of Salomon Chesnon 2; became a Master in 1672; left France. | Blois. | Michel 3. | |
| CHESNON, SALOMON 1 | France, 1572-1630, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = Blot-Garnier Coll.; Sundial, octagonal = Norwich; Sundial, small, silver = NMM. | Norwich is either Castle or Bridewell Museum. | Blois. | Stevens and Akens; Michel 3; Nachet; Britten; MADEX; Baillie 1; NMM 2; RSW. |
| CHESNON, SALOMON 2 | France, 1639-84, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Drecker Coll. = P.C.; Horizontal Sundial = WHI. | son of Salomon Chesnon 1; made especially small sundials; the sundial at the WHI is signed "S. Chesnon." | Blois. | Michel 3; Bryden 16; Price 12; RSW. |
| CHESSE, J. CHARLES | France, 1778, NIM | Marine Compass, 1788 = PMM-439. | La Rochelle. | RSW. | |
| CHESTER, EDWARD | England, post-1751, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company. | London. | Crawforth 7 and 8. | |
| CHESTERMAN, J. | England, c.1800, SIM | Chains = D.(1994); Tape = D.(1994). | Sheffield. | Taylor 2 (1510); Garcelon 33. | |
| CHEVALIER 1 | France, c.1750, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = Maritime Museum of British Columbia, Vancouver; Microscopes = WHI (2); Augsburg Sundial = MAR; Hygrometer = D. | Paris. | USNM; Price 12; Brieux 3; RSW. | |
| CHEVALIER 2 | England, fl.1770-91, NIM OIM | Hadley's Quadrant = NMM-S174. | Guernsey, Channel Islands. | Taylor 2(598); NMM 2. | |
| CHEVALIER 3 | France, MIM | Sundial, round, ivory = POR. | adjustable gnomon. | Portaluppi; RSW. | |
| CHEVALIER 4 | France, 1838, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1838 = D.(1982); Colorimeter = STM. | "Opticien du Roi"; possibly Charles-Louis Chevalier. | Paris. | Moskowitz 110; Antique Collector, April, 1982; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER 5 | England, c.1700, MIM | Universal Horizontal Sundial = D.(1986). | 3 latitudes, 40°, 45°, 51°30'; 11 English towns for latitude 51°, and Shrewsbury for 52°; surely the work of one of the French Chevaliers, for the English market; date is too early. | Coffeen 12; RSW. | |
| CHEVALIER AINE | France, c.1830, PHIM | Dark Mirror = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | Chevalier aîné; "Ingénieur Opticien"; Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier, which see; see also "Vt. Chevalier l'aîné." | No. 69 Quai de l'Horloge au miscroscope achromatique, Paris. | RSW. |
| CHEVALIER L'AINE PERE ET FILS, VINCENT | France, c.1830, MIM | Drawing Set = D.(1997). | Vincent Chevalier l'aîné père et fils; son was Charles-Louis Chevalier; T.C. | Au Microscope Achromatique, No. 69 Quai de l'Horloge à Paris. | Coffeen 56. |
| CHEVALIER L'AINE, VINCENT | France, 1770-1841, | Beam Compass Set = D.(1997). | Vincent Chevalier l'aîné; see Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier; sometimes signed "Vt. Chevalier l'aîné" or "Vinc't Chevalier l'aîné." | Paris. | Moskowitz 119; Coffeen 58. |
| CHEVALIER MAISON | France, 19th Century, OIM PHIM | Thermometer = Versailles 4/17/83; Telescope = D.(1982). | "Ingénieur Opticien." | 4 Place de la Bourse, Paris. | Moskowitz 105; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, ARTHUR | France, fl.1859, OIM | Telescope, with stand = D.(1978); Microscopes = AMH, D.(1989). | Dr. Arthur Chevalier; son of Charles-Louis Chevalier; author; T.C.; "Ancienne Maison Chevalier Ingénieur de pere et fils depuit plus d'un siècle, seul successeur"; "opticien"; "Officier de l'Académie"; see A. Chevallier. | Palais Royal 158, Paris. | Belgian Inventory; Richardson Cat.; Calvert 2; Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, CHARLES | France, c.1750, | father of Louis-Vincent Chevalier. | Paris. | Daumas. | |
| CHEVALIER, CHARLES-LOUIS | France, 1804-59, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = NAC, UTR(2), AMH, KEN(6), BIL, Yale U., Cranbrook Institute of Sciences, Mich., etc.; Surveying Level = D.(1975); Solar Microscope = X; Objective Lens = KEN; Cannon Sundial = O-F; Opera Glass = WHI; Camera Lucida = P.C.; etc. | son of Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier; succeeded him in 1841; T.C.; "Ingénieur"; Transylvania College has several philosophical instruments. | Palais Royal 163 (1845); factory at Cour des Fontaines No.1 bis; Palais Royal 158; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; USNM; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Calvert 2; KEN; Monreal; Nachet; Brieux 3; Moskowitz 110; Purtle; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, L'INGR. | France, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Soth.-LA 6/7/76. | "Opticien du Roi"; possibly Vincent-Jacques-Louis Chevalier, who patented this type, which see. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CHEVALIER, LOUIS | France, c.1780, OIM | oldest son of Louis-Vincent Chevalier; brother of Vincent- Jacques-Louis Chevalier; optician. | Quai de l'Horloge 31, Paris. | Nachet; Moskowitz 119. | |
| CHEVALIER, LOUIS-VINCENT | France, 1734-1804, OIM | father of Louis, Vincent-Jacques-Louis and Nicolas-Marie Chevalier; T.C.; mirror maker; son of Charles Chevalier, which see. | Quai de l'Horloge 31, Paris (1765). | Nachet; Moskowitz 119; Daumas 1; Warner 13. | |
| CHEVALIER, NICOLAS-MARIE | France, d.1807, OIM | youngest son of Louis-Vincent Chevalier. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| CHEVALIER, VICTOR | England, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Maidstone Museum; Time Clock Sundial = NMM-D.375. | cannon sundial signed "Ingr. Brevt. Quai de l'Horloge 77 à Paris"; probably misreading for Vincent Chevalier. | Quai de l'Horloge 77, Paris. | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. |
| CHEVALIER, VINCENT ET CHARLES | France, c.1828, OIM | Microscopes = CRI, UTR, KEN; Camera Lucida = USMA. | Louis-Vincent and Charles-Louis Chevalier. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Gunther 2; Van Cittert 3; KEN; Warner 13. |
| CHEVALIER, VINCENT-JACQUES-LOUIS | France, 1770-1841, MIM OIM SIM | Compass = D.(1979); Microscopes = Faculté des Sciences, Paris (1820, 1823), KEN(2), NAC, BIL, etc.; Graphometer = P.C.; Surveyor's Compass with telescope = P.C.(1987). | middle son of Louis-Vincent Chevalier; brother of Louis Chevalier; father of Charles-Louis Chevalier; did research on the achromatic microscope; called himself Chevalier l'aîné after death of Louis Chevalier; compass is signed that way; title was "Ingénieur Opticien Breveté"; patented cannon sundial. | 21, 67 and 69 (1830) Quai de l'Horloge, at the Sign of the Achromatic Microscope, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Purtle; KEN; Moskowitz 119; Paris 1900; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| CHEVALLIER 1 | France, c.1800, MIM | Sector = D.(1985). | "Ingr. Opticien de S.M le Roi de Westphalie"; probably Jean-Gabriel-Augustin Chevallier. | Paris. | Coffeen 11. |
| CHEVALLIER 2 | France, c.1830, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-A97; Opera Glass= Soth. 3/25/86; Graphometer with two telescopes = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | "L'Ingr. Chevallier Breveté du Roi"; "Opticien du Roi"; probably J.-G.-A. Chevallier but the address is unique to these instruments. | vis-a-vis le Marché aux Fleurs No. 1 à Paris. | Rinaldi 23; ADL; RSW. |
| CHEVALLIER, A. | France, c.1830, MIM | Sundial = CLO. | probably misreading for Arthur Chevalier, which see. | Paris. | Baillie 1; RSW. |
| CHEVALLIER, JEAN-GABRIEL-AUGUSTIN | France, 1778-1848 fl.1796-1840, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Versailles 4/17/83; Barometer = D.(1969); Sundials = CLO, Soth. 5/10/54; Microscopes = OXF, BIL, MIM; Surveying Compass = Drouot 4/26/67; Hygrometer = Drouot 3/9/70; Cannon Sundials = ADL-W104, VNN; Sandglass = NAWCC Museum, Pa.; Sundial = Capt. Hallett House, Mass.; etc. | theodolite is signed "l'Ingénieur Chevallier Place de Pont Neuf 15, Paris"; its telescope is signed "Réparée par l'ingénieur Chevallier opticien du Roi à Paris"; author; last four instruments signed "L'Ing. Chevallier Place de Pont Neuf 15, Paris." | coin de Quai de l'Horloge (1796); Place de Pont Neuf 15; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Purtle; Nachet; Brieux 3(1967); Moskowitz 105; RSW; Kosobutsky; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 11; ADL. |
| CHEVALLIER, MAISON DE | France, 1900, OIM | Telescope, with stand = D.(1989). | "Maison de l'Ingr. Chevallier Optn"; succeeded by Avizard Frères. | Place de Pont Neuf 15; 21 Rue Royal; both in Paris. | Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| CHEVILLE | France, c.1796, PHIM | Money Balance = Versailles 11/19/78, 4/17/83. | 1978 instrument signed "Cheville Père marchand balancier ajusteur poids des espèces d'or et d'argent"; 1983 signed "Cheville Marchand balancier, ajusteur" plus address. | à l'I courronné, rue St. Denis, vis à vis la rue des Lombards No. 341, Paris. | RSW. |
| CHEZY, ANTOINE DE | France, 1718-98, MIM | Instruments, 1751 = Trudaine (1751); Level = CNAM. | perfected levels by smoothing the inside of the tube. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CHIARANDA, J.P. | Italy, c.1701, | Father J.P. Chiaranda; designed sundials; author. | Morpurgo 1. | ||
| CHICKERING, NATHANIEL | USA, 1750-1837, MIM | records at the South Natick, Mass. Historical Society Museum show that he made "a compass" in 1780. | Dover, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| CHICKIE, FRANCIS | Scotlandfl.1827-29, PHIM | barometer maker. | 127 Broad Street (1827); 127 Gallowgate (1828); 48 Broad Street (1829); all in Aberdeen. | Bryden 3. | |
| CHIDGOR | Russia, MIM | Sundial = GEL. | instrument maker to the Chamber of Instruments. | RSW. | |
| CHIESA | see Greener and Chiesa. | ||||
| CHIESA, JOS. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Macclesfield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHIESA, JOSH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one signed "J. Chiesa Manchester"; the other "Josh Chiesa Manchester." | Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| CHILD, HENRY | England, fl.1832-68, MIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to James Gardner of the Grocers' Company, March 5, 1807 for 7 years. | 3 Barnet Street, Lambeth; 66 Vauxhall Walk; both in London. | J. Brown 2; Taylor 2(1804); Crawforth 6. | |
| CHILD, JOHN | USA, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Library Company, Philadelphia, Pa. | Philadelphia, Pa. | RSW. | |
| CHILDREY, JOSHUA | England, 1623-70, | claimed to have designed three telescopes; | Faversham, Kent. | Taylor 1(209); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| CHILMEAD, JOHN | England, c.1695, MIM | globe maker. | London. | Globus, June, 1963. | |
| CHILTON, GEORGE | England USA, fl.1800-36, MIM PHIM | invented a rain-gauge, barometer, hygrometer, etc.; made astronomical instruments. | New York, N.Y. (1800). | USNM; D.J. Warner 6. | |
| CHIPLEY, S.E. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CHIQUET, JEAN-BAPTISTE NOEL | France, 1722-c.1794, OIM | Microscope, rosewood, 1788 = D.(1968). | Jean-Baptist Noël Chiquet; "Breveté Ingénieur du Roi" in 1791; succeeded by Jacquet 1. | rue du Haut Moulin près le Pont Nôtre-Dame, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 2; Nachet. |
| CHIRIGI, RAFAELLO | Italy, 1812, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1812 = ROM. | Naples. | RSW. | |
| CHISHOLM, W.F. | USA, NIM | T.C. | 101 Main Street, Gloucester, Mass. | Moskowitz; RSW. | |
| CHISLETT, A. | England, fl.1850-56, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Dumpy Level = D.(1984); Marine Compass, 1854 = NMM. | T.C. see A. Chislett and M'Call. | 27 Greenfield Street, Commercial Road (East), London. | Moskowitz 127; NMM 2; RSW. |
| CHISLETT, A., AND M'CALL | England, c.1850, NIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | "late Gilkerson"; John M'Call shared Gilkerson address. | 8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London. | RSW. |
| CHIZHER, D. NICHOLAS | Russia, c.1750, MIM | Sundials = MLL(2), GEL. | also designed sundials. | Chenekal 1. | |
| CHLASNER, O. | Austria, 1567, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1567 = Capodimonte Observatory, Naples. | Innsbruck. | RSW. | |
| CHOARET | France, 18th Century, | see Brulat et Choaret. | Merzbach. | ||
| CHOATE AND ALDER | USA, c.1857, NIM | Tell-Tale Compass = MYS; Marine Compass = MYS. | see Choate, Alder and Topham. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| CHOATE, ALDER AND TOPHAM | USA, c.1859, NIM | George Choate and William D. Alder. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10. | |
| CHOATE, GEORGE W. | USA, fl.1845-56, NIM | T.C.; in instrument case at Mystic Seaport, Conn.; repaired instruments for Charles Taber and Co., 1856; see Choate, Alder and Topham. | New Bedford, Mass. | D.J. Warner 10; RSW. | |
| CHOISY | see Choizy. | ||||
| CHOIX, SAUTOUT | France, | see Sautout-Choizy. | Evans 1. | ||
| CHOIXEGUE | France, c.1830, | engraved an astronomical and perpetual calendar made by Mlle. Ginot Desrois. | RSW. | ||
| CHOIZI | France, c.1740, MIM | Sundial, oval, silver = D. | Choizy? | Paris. | Weil 2(25). |
| CHOIZY 1 | France, 1667, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1667 = Landau = NMM; Sundials, silver = Bernard = NMM, AND-SPI; Sundials = OXF, P.C., D.(1976); Butterfield-type Sundials = OXF, P.C.; Circumferentor = Huelsmann Coll. | may appear to be signed "Choisy." | Paris. | Daumas 1; MADEX; Nachet; USNM; Gunther 2; Brieux 3; Syndram; RSW. |
| CHOIZY 2 | France, | see Sautout-Choizy. | |||
| CHOIZY, F.V. | France, c.1750, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = FIN-156, OXF; Sundial = AND-SPI-19; Compass and Quadrant = Soth. 6/9/39. | Paris. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| CHOIZY, J. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, oval, case = Phillips 10/26/83. | Evans and Nachet list him as "J. Choisy." | Paris. | Nachet; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CHOPPIN | France, 18th Century, OIM | Microscope = X. | may be Ch. Oppin. | Nachet. | |
| CHOQUART | France, c.1770, OIM | microscope maker. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| CHOREZ, DANIEL | France, fl.1616-25, MIM OIM | Henrion-type Sectors = X (1616), Royal Institute of British Architects. | also designed a binocular telescope; made telescopes and microscopes; "Opticien." | rue de Périgueux de Marais; l'isle Nôtre Dame at the Sign "Au Compas"; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Boffito; Nachet; A.J. Turner 10. |
| CHORLEY, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CHOULE, ROBERT | see Robert Jole. | Taylor 1(334); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |||
| CHOUR, FERRER ARVERNA | France, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Paris. | Clay and Court. | |
| CHOVIN | MIM | Rule, meter, walnut = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | emblem of clasped hands. | RSW. | |
| CHRICHTON 1 | England, c.1795, NIM | Quadrant, ebony = MYS. | London. | RSW. | |
| CHRICHTON 2 | England, c.1820, MIM NIM OIM | Microscopes = Soth. 9/20/83, Christie-SK 11/15/79; Protractor = East India Company; Protractor and Rule = Soth. 11/1/65; Sextant = McKee Museum, Florida; Artillery Calipers = Snowshill Manor; Octants = SPI-2776, RJK, D.(1985); Gunter Rule = D.(1985). | calipers also signed "E.I.C.; could be John Crichton 2 or Joseph Crichton. | London. | Dewhirst; Coffeen 11; RSW. |
| CHRICHTON 3 | see Crichton. | ||||
| CHRICHTON, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1785-1835, PHIM | Grammer School Wynd (1785); 129 allowgate (1789); Charlotte Street (1790-1811); 5 Charlotte Street (1812) (1826-35); 2 Charlotte Street (1813-18) (1820-25); 9 Charlotte Street (1819); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | ||
| CHRICHTON, JOHN | see John Crichton 2. | Coffeen 10; RSW. | |||
| CHRISTENSEN, H.P. | Denmark, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus; Marine Barometer = Heathcote, Ball and Co. 2/1/90. | Randers. | RSW. | |
| CHRISTIAENSEN, CHRISTIAEN | MIM | Compass, ivory box = BMR; Compass Sundial, ivory box = P.C. | BMR compass card is pivoted. | Price 2. | |
| CHRISTIAENSON, GERRIT | MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory box = TIM. | round. | RSW. | |
| CHRISTIAN, GEORGE | England, NIM | Sextant = MYS; Octant = FRK-OC2. | Liverpool. | Frank; RSW. | |
| CHRISTIAN, JOHN | England, c.1772, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 7, 1772. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHRISTIAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1790-1820, MIM NIM | Octant = NMM. | 102 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(939); NMM 2. | |
| CHRISTIE, ELIZABETH | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | 32 Warner Street, New Kent Road, London. | Taylor 2(2099). | ||
| CHRISTIE, GEORGE | England, fl.1794-1837, MIM OIM | Leigh on Mendip, near Frome; 11 Strand, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(940). | ||
| CHRISTMANN, JAKOB | Germany, 1554-1613, NIM OIM | made telescopes, Jacob's staves, sextant; said to be first to apply telescopes to instruments. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1; Goldschmidt 66. | |
| CHRISTON | France, 1743, | proposed inverted Celsius scale for thermometer. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| CHRISTOPH, ANTHON | 1772, MIM | Instrument, 1772 = GIM. | Maistrov 4. | ||
| CHRISTOPHER, WILLIAM | England, | owner; marked on a Hadley's quadrant signed "William Scatcliff 1759." | RSW. | ||
| CHRYSOLGUE, NOEL ANDRE | France, 1778, MIM | Pair of Celestial Planispheres, 1778 = D.(1978). | "par le R.R. (Noël André) Chrysolgue deGry en Franche-Comté, Capuchin 1778." | Franche-Comté. | Moskowitz 116. |
| CHURCHILL, GARDNER ASAPH | USA, 1839-96, MIM SIM | see Loring and Churchill. | Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| CHURCHMAN, JOHN | USA, 1753-1805, MIM | the third John Churchman in his family; surveyor; produced a perpetual motion machine operated by magnetic power; made for him by Ellis Chandlee c.1785. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 8. | |
| CIATTI, PIETRO | Italy, 1798, MIM | Rule, wood, 1798 = FLO-529. | invented and made it. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| CICERI AND PINI | Scotland, fl.1850?-58, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), RSM, D.(1997). | all the recorded barometers except the D. one, show the Calton Street address; the firm was succeeded by P.D. Torre and Co. | 8-9 Calton Street; 81 Leith Street (1852-58); both in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; ATG 3/29/97. |
| CICERI, C., ET CIE. | France, c.1800, PHIM | Pyrometer = CNAM. | sold instruments by English makers. | rue Saint-Honoré; rue du Faubourg-Saint-Martin; both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CICERI, J. AND J., MANTICA AND TORRE | Scotland, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | succeeded by P.D. Torre and Co. which also succeeded Ciceri and Pini. | Edinburgh. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CICERI, P. AND A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CICERINI AMD PINI | misreading for Ciceri and Pini. | ATG 3/20/97. | |||
| CIMBERLINUS | see Cimerlinus. | ||||
| CIMERLINUS, ALBERTUS | Austria?, fl.1560-70, | instrument drawings in BM Print Room. | Vienna? | Evans 1. | |
| CIMERLINUS, JOANNES PAULUS | Italy, fl.1560-66, MIM | Nocturnals, paper, 1565 = P.C., Munich State Library; Quadrants, printed = BM Print Room; Astrolabe, printed = NUR. | engraved world map, 1566; J.P. Zimmerlin? | Verona. | Michel 14; Evans 1; Weil 2(25). |
| CIMOLIN, P. GASPAR | Italy, c.1700, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood = VEN. | for 45°. | Venice. | Price 2; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CINDEN, G. | see P. Gaspar Cimolin. | Evans 1. | |||
| CINGELING, HK. VAN | Holland, c.1805, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| CINGELING, WEDUWE HK. VAN | Holland, c.1809, MIM | succeeded her husband, HK. van Cingeling. | Achterburgwal, vis-à-vis le Bloemmarktsteeg, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CINISELLI, LUIGI | Italy, 1803-78, PHIM | made electrical apparatus. | Pavia (1803); Cremona. | Brenni 1. | |
| CIOVINO, ANT. | Holland, c.1750, PHIM | made very large mercury thermometers. | Amsterdam. | USNM. | |
| CIQUINO, ANTHONIO | Holland; England, c.1750, OIM PHIM | T.C.; made barometers and thermometers; sold lenses. | Le Nes, allée Lombaert, Drie Veerglazen, Amsterdam; London. | Daumas 1; USNM; Taylor 2(457); Van Cittert 3. | |
| CIRILLO, JOSEPH | Italy, 1789, MIM | Alidade with Rule, 1789 = D.(1997). | "Joseph Cirillo fecit"; rule signed "Due palmi Napolitani." | Naples? | Coffeen 56. |
| CITTELI, PASQUALE | Italy, fl.1832-42, MIM PHIM SIM | Cannon Sundial, 1832 = PRA; Plane Table Alidade = P.C.; Rule = Soth. 10/17/60-132. | instruments signed "Citteli Milan." | lungo il Naviglio, alla sinistra del Ponte di Porta Tosa, Terza Porta, No. 300, Milan. | Horsky and Skopova; Brenni 1; RSW. |
| CIZL, MARTIN | see Martin Gizl. | Zinner 1. | |||
| CLAGGETT, WILLIAM | USA, 1684-1749, NIM | made marine compasses; devised electrical machines. | Boston, Mass. | Champlin. | |
| CLAP, THOMAS | USA, 1703-67, | president of Yale University; constructed an orrery in 1743. | New Haven, Conn. | Bedini 8. | |
| CLARCKSON | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite, case = Drouot 6/15/65. | London. | RSW. | |
| CLARE, PETER 1 | England, fl.1764-1811, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be by Peter Clare 2, his son; Taylor thought that they were the same person. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(699); Baillie 1. |
| CLARE, PETER 2 | England, 1781-1851, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be by Peter Clare 1, his father; Taylor thought that 1 and 2 were the same person. | Manchester. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1; Taylor 2(699). |
| CLARK 1 | Ireland, c.1820, PHIM | made sets of solids; probably Edward Clark. | Sackville Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| CLARK 2 | USA, pre-1870, | see Wolfe and Clark's. | |||
| CLARK 3 | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | 20 Old Bond Street, London. | RSW. | |
| CLARK AND SON | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | Greenock. | RSW. | |
| CLARK, ALVAN | USA, 1804-87, OIM | the most notable American telescope maker of the nineteenth century; many of his lenses are still in use in modern mountings; tube and mounting 18.5" (1863) = ADL-G33 & L35. | Prospect Street (pre-1860); Henry Street (1860); both in Cambridge , Mass. | D.J. Warner 1; DSB; ADL; RSW. | |
| CLARK, ALVAN GRAHAM | USA, 1832-97, OIM | son of Alvan Clark; worked with his father and brother, George Bassett Clark; did the optical work. | Cambridge, Mass. | D.J. Warner 1: DSB. | |
| CLARK, ALVAN, AND SONS | USA, c.1850-97, OIM | Telescope, 1896 = ADL-A206. | Alvan Clark and his sons, George Bassett and Alvan Graham Clark. | Cambridge, Mass. | D.J. Warner 1; DSB; ADL; RSW. |
| CLARK, E.M. | England, c.1835, | see E.M. Clarke. | London. | KEN. | |
| CLARK, FREDERICK HARVEY | USA, 1811-66, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | New York, N.Y.(1829-34); Memphis, Tenn. (1849-66). | Smart 1. | |
| CLARK, GEORGE BASSETT | USA, 1827-91, OIM | son of Alvan Clark; worked with his father and brother, Alvan Graham Clark; did the mechanical work; see Alvan Clark and Sons. | Cambridge, Mass. | D.J. Warner 1; DSB. | |
| CLARK, HORATIO | USA, 1772-1833, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | clockmaker. | Bennington, Vermont. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 17. |
| CLARK, J. | Scotland, fl.1751-76, OIM | Magnifying Instrument Set = LAW; Microscopes,= WHI (1751), KEN (1776). | James 1 or John 3 Clark. | Edinburgh. | Whipple 1; Clay and Court; Morrison-Low. |
| CLARK, JACOB 1 | Scotland, 18th Century, MIM | Double Horizontal Sundials = Phillips 12/2/87, RSM. | Phillips also marked "TH MD" and a Scottish thistle; see Jacob Clark 2. | Edinburgh. | Somerville; RSW. |
| CLARK, JACOB 2 | Scotland, c.1800, MIM OIM | Microscope = CRI. | Dundee. | Gunther 2; Bryden 3. | |
| CLARK, JAMES 1 | Scotland, fl. 1756-74, OIM | Microscope, 1774 = WHI. | may have been apprenticed to John Yeoman. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(458) & 2(675a); Daumas 1; Whipple 1; Clarke et al. |
| CLARK, JAMES 2 | England, c.1822, OIM | 13 Smith Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1511). | ||
| CLARK, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1667-72, OIM | free of the Spectaclemakers' Company, c.1667; took apprentices. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3(19). | |
| CLARK, JOHN 2 | England, 1742, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1742 = ex-Salford Priory; Perpetual Calendar = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | Petworth. | Gatty; Evans 1; USNM. | |
| CLARK, JOHN 3 | Scotland, fl.1749-96, OIM | Microscopes = P.C., KEN(3), EMA, CRI, WHI, OXF, KEN (1776), OXF (1773, 1774, 1776), RSM (1749, 1751, 1775, 1776), P.C. (1774), etc. | goldsmith; designed a simple microscope in 1754. | at James Gilliland's, Jeweller, upper-end of the Luckenbooths (1749); Parliament Close (1751-55); Sir Isaac Newton's Head, a little above the Guard, north side of the High Street (1773-82); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3 & 4; Taylor 2(700); Nachet; Clay and Court; KEN; Morrison-Low 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| CLARK, JOHN 4 | USA, c.1839, MIM | son of William Clark. | 122 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| CLARK, JOHN 5 | England; USA, 1815-90, MIM | Washington, D.C. | Smart 1. | ||
| CLARK, JOHN 6 | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = X. | Chester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CLARK, LATIMER | England, c.1845, PHIM | Galvanometer = P.C. | also marked "Muirhead and Co. Ltd." | Westminster, London. | RSW. |
| CLARK, MATHEW | England, c.1752, OIM | apprenticed to George Bass, OIM, in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Sept. 30, 1742; free of the Company on Oct. 5, 1752. | Court and von Rohr 3(148). | ||
| CLARK, PETER | England, c.1693, MIM | apprenticed to John Worgan of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 4, 1693. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CLARK, ROBERT 1 | England; USA, c.1785, MIM OIM PHIM | also made clocks. | London; 5 1/2 Church Street, Tradd and Church Street, Charleston, South Carolina (1785). | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Britten; USNM; Baillie 1. | |
| CLARK, ROBERT 2 | England, fl.1836-45, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 2 Whartons Place, High Holborn (1836); 27 Brook Street, Holborn Bars (1838-45); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2100). | |
| CLARK, THOMAS 1 | England, c.1697, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Crick 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 1, 1692; turned over to John Nash 2, a member of the Clockmakers' Company, on July 16, 1697. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CLARK, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1846-57, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 20 Kirby Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CLARK, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1837-60, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | see William Clark and Son. | 122 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| CLARK, WILLIAM, AND SON | USA, fl.1837-46, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C.(2). | son was John Clark 4, which see; may have dealt in those instruments labeled "Warranted." | 122 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Warner 14; RSW. |
| CLARKE 1 | England, c.1830, OIM | Microscope = ESS; Electrical Apparatuses = D., Dr. Pearson sale, c.1848. | London. | USNM; Brieux 3; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| CLARKE 2 | England, | see Husbands and Clarke. | Bristol. | ||
| CLARKE 3 | England, pre-1825, | designed "Clarkes Improved Hydrometer" before 1825, they were made by Dring and Fage. | London. | Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 27. | |
| CLARKE AND SON | England, fl.1822-34, NIM | William Clarke 2 and Son. | 13 Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(942). | |
| CLARKE, C.F. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | St. Ives. | RSW. | |
| CLARKE, E., AND CO. | Ireland, fl.1823-33, MIM PHIM | see Edward Clarke. | 83 Dame Street, Dublin. | Bryden 9. | |
| CLARKE, EDWARD 1 | Ireland, fl.1810-32, MIM OIM PHIM | Compass Sundial = P.C.(1982); Sundial, portable = EGE; Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 7/26/65 = D.(1965); Microscopes = EGE, Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland; Theodolite = P.C. | see Spear and Clarke; see E. Clarke and Co. | 18 Lower Sackville Street (1810-12); 10 Lower Sackville Street (1819-21); 84 Dame Street (1830); 83 Dame Street (1832); all in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Moskowitz 106; Egestorff; Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW. |
| CLARKE, EDWARD 2 | England, c.1833, PHIM | Magnetic Induction Machines = D.(1971), KEN. | worked for Watkins and Hill, 1833. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| CLARKE, EDWARD MARMADUKE | England, fl.1804-50, OIM PHIM | Hydrometers = U.S. Military Academy, West Point, N.Y., Auction (1804), Soth.(1960); Electro-magnetic Apparatus = KEN; Air Pump = Soth.-B 4/7/82. | most writers refer to him as "Edward Montague Clarke"; made polariscopes, microscopes; T.C.; "Optician and Magnetician"; "Philosophical Instrument Maker by appointment to the Royal University of Christiana, Sweden and to the Zoological Society of London." | 11 Lowther Arcade, Strand; 9 Agar Street, West Strand; 428 Strand and Rodney Iron Works, Battersea, Surrey (1847); all, except Surrey are in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(1099); Calvert 2; USNM; Crawforth 1; Chaldecott 3; Ragozzino and Schetino; RSW. |
| CLARKE, EDWARD MONTAGUE | see Edward Marmaduke Clarke. | Chaldecott 3. | |||
| CLARKE, J. | England, | Water Clock = D.(1969). | modern copy. | Devonport. | RSW. |
| CLARKE, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1792-1808, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1779; free of the Company, Dec. 6, 1792; took apprentices; sometimes spelled "Clerk." | No. 28 Ratcliffe Highway (1792); No. 7 Jealous Row, New Road (1802); Goodman's Fields (1808); all in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CLARKE, JAMES 2 | England, c.1836, MIM | 103 York Street, Commercial Road, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CLARKE, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1776, OIM | Microscope, 1776 = RSM. | Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| CLARKE, JOHN 2 | see the John Clarks. | Dewhirst. | |||
| CLARKE, MARK | England, c.1720, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on March 7, 1720. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CLARKE, ROBERT | England, c.1662, | apprenticed to William Howe in the Grocers' Company in 1662. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CLARKE, STEPHEN | England, c.1653, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company in 1646; free in the Company in 1653. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CLARKE, THOMAS | USA, | engraved compass cards for William Davenport. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| CLARKE, W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant, ivory scale and vernier = D.(1972). | Lowestoft. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| CLARKE, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1743, NIM | Backstaves = P.C. (1743), U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Annapolis, Md. | Union Stairs in Wapping, London. | RSW. | |
| CLARKE, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1797-1822, NIM | made quadrants and compasses. | 13 Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(942). | |
| CLARKSON | England, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1969), D.(1970), Christie 7/28/70. | made refracting telescopes; see Broadhurst, Clarkson and Co. | 63 Farringdon Road, London. | RSW. |
| CLARKSON, A. | England, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/22/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| CLATHOUT | USA, | see Meneely and Clathout. | West Troy, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| CLAUDET, ANTOINE FRANCOIS JEAN | England, 1797-1867, OIM | Reflecting Stereoscope = KEN. | Antoine François Jean Claudet. | 18 King William Street; 107 Regent Street (1851); both in London. | KEN. |
| CLAUDIUS, RICHARD | c.1646, MIM | Astrolabe, wood = MAS; Celestial and Terrestrial Planispheres = MAS. | ICA-571; brass rule on astrolabe. | Price 1; ICA 2; Garcia Franco 2; RSW. | |
| CLAVIUS, CHRISTOPHER | Germany, 1537-1612, | worked on dividing an arc; designed sundials and astrolabes; author. | Bamberg. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Boursier; DSB. | |
| CLAXTON AND MORTON | England, c.1842, MIM | 27 Harrington Street, Hatton Garden, London (1842). | O'Mara. | ||
| CLAXTON AND PROTHERO | England, c.1847, MIM | 27 Harrington Street, Hatton Garden, London (1847). | O'Mara. | ||
| CLAXTON AND WIGHTMAN | USA, c.1835, PHIM | Timothy Claxton and Joseph M. Wightman; made philosophical apparatus for schools. | Boston, Mass. (1835). | USNM; D.J. Warner 6. | |
| CLAXTON, TIMOTHY | England; USAfl.c.1825-50, PHIM | founded the Mechanical Institution in London; invented an air pump and produced many of them; took Joseph Milner Wightman as a partner in Claxton and Wightman; made philosophical apparatus for schools. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| CLAY | England, c.1675, MIM | Sundial once owned by Robert Hooke. | Taylor 1(382); Evans 1. | ||
| CLAY, C. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Pickford, Hertford 4/10/97. | Messingham. | ATG 4/5/97. | |
| CLAY, JAMES | England, c.1772, | apprenticed to Joseph Hill of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 4, 1772. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CLEARS, J. | England, c.1753, OIM | apprenticed to John Cuff in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1753. | Fleet Street, London. | Robischon. | |
| CLEAVER, SAMUEL | England, fl.1845-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Cleaver London"; also made thermometers. | 30 Theobalds Road, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CLEAVES, NATHANIEL | USA, c.1839, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer, silver = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site, Mass.; Slide Rule = MYS. | invented a silver hydrometer; successor to J.W. Harris, Boston, Mass. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. |
| CLEEVE, JOH. | England, d.1813, MIM | Globe, Celestial, wood = VAA; Globe, Celestial and Planisphere = WHI. | wooden globe signed "Cleeve." | Price 12; Grimaldi. | |
| CLEMENS, FR. | Italy, fl.1638-40, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1638 = VEN; Nocturnal, with shadow square, 1640 = VNM. | pillar sundial is for 45°. | Venice. | RSW. |
| CLEMENT, JOSEPH | England, pre-1819, | invented an ellipsograph. | Gunther 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | ||
| CLEMENT, WILLIAM | England, fl.1677-99, MIM | admitted as Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in 1677; Master of the Company, 1693. | Evans 1; Robischon. | ||
| CLEMENTS | see Joseph Clement. | ||||
| CLENCH, J. | England, c.1810, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 9/28/95. | London. | RSW. | |
| CLEPHIN, JOHN | England, c.1790, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company, Sept. 24, 1776; free in the Company on Jan. 12, 1790. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CLERET | France, c.1720, PHIM | Barometer and Thermometer = Bonnier de la Mosson Coll. | Sometimes C. Leret a Rouen | Nachet; Gersaint. WEBDB. | |
| CLERGET | France, c.1750, MIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including a graphometer at Musée Loraine, Nancy marked "L'Appartien à Jean de St. Loire Architect du Feu, Roy de Pologne." | some appear to be signed "C. Lerget" [?]. | au Butterfield, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Michel 3; Price 12; Gunther 3; Bryden 9; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen B; Trois Siècles; Paris 1900; RSW. |
| CLERGUET | misreading for "Clerget." | Nachet; Coffeen B. | |||
| CLERK, JAMES | see James Clarke 1. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CLERKE, GILBERT | England, 1626-97?, MIM | made sundials to order; author. | Cambridge; Luffenham. | Taylor 1(220). | |
| CLERTY | England, c.1760, | succeeded by John Goater, c.1760. | RSW. | ||
| CLIFFORD, ED. | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | 42 Old Bond Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CLIFFORD, WHYNOT WILLIAM | England, c.1741, | apprenticed to Henry Craford in the Grocers' Company in 1741. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CLIFT, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 3 New Inn Yard, Shoreditch. | Goodison 1. | |
| CLINNICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | 34 York Street, City Road, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CLOCHE, A LA | France, 17th Century, | Sundial with Italian hours = MADEX-97. | this is surely an address, "à la Cloche." | MADEX. | |
| CLOESE, BERNARD VAN DER | Holland, fl.1688-1712, MIM | Sphere = LEY. | clockmaker; father of Jacob van der Cloese; member of the Clockmakers' Guild. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Price 2. |
| CLOESE, JACOB VAN DER | Holland, 1690-1766, MIM PHIM | Pedometer = LEY; Heliostats = LEY, The Hague. | also made clocks and pyrometers; son of Bernard van der Cloese; made a garden sundial, designed by P. de Laraux, in 1711. | The Hague; Leiden (1718-66). | Rooseboom 1; Crommelin; USNM; Daumas 1. |
| CLOESEN | see Cloese. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CLOOTE | Holland, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, June, 1963. | ||
| CLOUGH, JERE | USA, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood = Streeter Coll., Yale University. | Boston, Mass.? | RSW. | |
| CLUSKEY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Boston. | Goodison 1. | |
| COAD | England?, c.1850, | patented a graduated galvanic battery. | Antique Show, Boston, 1969. | ||
| COAKE | England, c.1671, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| COALLY AND CO. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = K. and C. 10/8/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| COATSFIELD, JOHN | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Starr of the Clockmakers' Company on May 18, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COBHAM, JOHN | England, c.1737, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 29, 1729; turned over to John Bennett 6 of the Clockmakers'Company on May 16, 1732; free of the Company, Oct. 10, 1737; took apprentices. | Scroop's Court, Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| COBHAM, STOCKLEY | England, fl.1737-87, MIM | apprenticed to James Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1723; free of the Company, Oct 10, 1737; took apprentices. | Scroop's Court, Holborn, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| COBURN, J. | England, 1756, MIM | Sundial, 1756 = Christie-SK 2/2/77. | London. | RSW. | |
| COCART, JUANIN | Spain; Belgiumfl.1596-1600, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundials = KEN (1596), OXF (1596), VIE (1598), MAN (1599), Christie 4/3/85 (1599), POB (1600), P.C. (1600); Diptych Sundial, 1600 = D.(1986). | clockmaker to Charles V; Christie and D.(1986) sundials made in Madrid. | Madrid (1599); Brussels. | Guye et Michel; Michel 3 and 14; Garcia Franco 1; Garcia Diego; Trois Siècles; Ward 3; Baillie 1; Zinner 4; KEN; Queries, SIS Bull. No. 12; RSW. |
| COCER | Austria, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | Vienna. | Evans 1. | |
| COCHRAN, JOHN | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company on Jan. 7, 1773. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COCK | England, c.1800, MIM | Gauger's Slide Rule and Rod = KEN; Measuring Rod, boxwood and brass = Soth.-Chester 6/26/85. | "Cock, maker London." | London. | KEN; RSW. |
| COCK AND HUGHES | England, c.1790, MIM | Dipping Measure, wood = D. | "Makers to the Excise." | London. | RSW. |
| COCK AND REEVES | England, post-1650, OIM | Daumas 1. | |||
| COCK, CHRISTOPHER | angland, fl.1660-97, OIM | Objective Glass, 1668 = WHI; Telescope, 1673 = KEN; Microscope = WHI. | apprenticed to Richard Reeves 1 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; admitted as Brother to the Company in 1680; free of the Turners' Company in 1697; had worked with Reeves 1; employed by Hooke, Newton, Flamsteed and Gregory. | Long Acre, London (1673). | Taylor 1(285); Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 17; KEN; Evans 1; USNM; Dewhirst; Price 12; Clay and Court; Court and Von Rohr 3 & 4; Robischon; RSW. |
| COCK, JOHN | England, fl.1710-11, OIM | glass grinder; son of Chistopher Cock?; free of the Turners' Company before 1710; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; made perspective glasses.. | Coach and Garter, Long Acre, London. | Taylor 1(452); Dewhirst; Evans 1; Court and Von Rohr 3(VII); Robischon. | |
| COCK, THOMAS | England, c.1750, MIM | Instrument = WHI. | mathematical teacher. | Cirencester. | Taylor 2(459). |
| COCKE | see Cock. | ||||
| COCKER | England, c.1664, MIM | arithmetician; writing master; engraved a silvered small rule, made by John Brown 1, for Samuel Pepys. | London. | Rabone 1. | |
| COCKEY, EDWARD | England, c.1790, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Longleat House, Wilts. | Warminster. | Britten; RSW. | |
| COCKNEY, EDWARD | Edward Cockey? | Britten. | |||
| COCKS | see Cox; see Cock. | Taylor 1(285). | |||
| COCQUART, JENNIN | see Juan Cocart. | Michel 14. | |||
| COCQUER, JUAN | see Juan Cocart. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| CODART | France, c.1580, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, Dec., 1958. | ||
| CODDINGTON, H. | England, c.1830, | Rev. H. Coddington; designed a thick single lens microscope which was made by William Cary. | Nachet; Chaldecott 3; RGO. | ||
| COE, GEORGE | England, c.1786, | apprenticed to John Karmock in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1786. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COECIUS | Italy?, 1622, MIM | Globe, Celestial, 1622 = Doge's Palace, Venice. | Caecius = Blaeu. | Grimaldi(727); Price 2. | |
| COENRAEDT, JAN | Holland, c.1742, MIM | Amstelstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| COFFEY, J., AND J. SMITH | England, c.1850, MIM | 4 Providence Row, Finsbury, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COFFIN | England, fl.1672-74, OIM | made telescope and microscope tubes; carpenter or joiner; worked for Robert Hooke. | Taylor 1(355). | ||
| COFFIN, JAMES H. | USA, c.1837, PHIM | Wind Vane = USNM. | made meteorological instruments. | Ogdensburg, N.Y. | USNM; Middleton 4. |
| COFFIN, R. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Vertical Declining Sundial = D.(1980) = ADL-W95. | for 50°31'. | Oxon. | Moskowitz 121; ADL; RSW. |
| COFFIN, T. | USA, c.1825, MIM SIM | Wine Gauging Rod, wood = D.(1981); Surveying Compass, wood = D.(1980). | Newburyport, Mass. | Moskowitz 117. | |
| COFSA | probably misreading for Cossa. | RSW. | |||
| COGGER | England, 18th Century, MIM | Garden Sundial = D.(1969). | Maidstone. | RSW. | |
| COGGESHALL, HENRY | England, 1623-90, MIM | Coggeshall Rule = KEN. | invented a slide rule with a Gunter-type logarithmic scale, 1677; author; developed a hinged slide rule with girt line for calculating timber in 1682. | Suffolk. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 1(210); KEN; Delehar 2 and 9.; A.J. Turner 10. |
| COGGS, I. | England, MIM NIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundials = Snowshill Manor, D.(1969); Compass Sundials = VCW, P.C.; Holland Circle = Libert et Castor 4/28/82; Compass = D.(1985); Circumferentor = P.C.. | may be John Coggs 1 or 2. | Fleet Street, London. | Coffeen 9; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| COGGS, I., AND N. HILL | England, post-1730, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, stand = Christie 5/5/83. | may be later label? John Coggs 1 or 2 with Nathaniel Hill. | The Globe and Sun near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(25 and 242); RSW. |
| COGGS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1715-40, MIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundials = FIN, Kenny, Soth. 7/15/63, and 11/16/87; Sundial, circular = Soth. 6/9/77; Compass Sundials = OXF(2); Table Sundial = FIN;; Ellipsograph = Soth. 10/17/60; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Soth. 3/27/72. | freeman of the Pewterers' Company 1712; barometer maker; had worked with John Rowley; T.C.; some of these instruments may have been made by John Coggs 2; took William Wyeth, a former apprentice as a partner. | Globe and Sun, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street; 136 Fleet Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(463), 2(25); Michel 3; USNM; Gunther 2 and 6; Dewhirst; Coffeen 9; Crawforth 1, 6 & 7; RSW. |
| COGGS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1757, MIM PHIM | apprenticed in 1757 to Benjamin Cole 2 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; may have been free by patrimony in another Company; it is hard to distinguish the instruments made by John Coggs 1 from those of John Coggs 2. | Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, Fleet Street; 136 Fleet Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(242); Clay and Court; Coffeen 9; RSW; Crawforth 6, 7 and 8. | |
| COGGS, JOHN 3 | England, c.1759, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 2, 1759; may be son of John Coggs 2. | opposite Water Lane, London. | Taylor 2(463). | |
| COGGS, JOHN, AND WILLIAM WYETH | England, c.1740, MIM | made rules based on Shirtcliffe's design. | St Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street, London. | Gunther 2. | |
| COGWELL, H.S. | Canada, OIM | Telescope = D.(1989). | Halifax, N.S. | RSW. | |
| COHEN | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant, ebony = Melun 4/24/83. | probably David Cohen. | Newcastle. | RSW. |
| COHEN, DAVID | England, fl.1821-58, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | see Cohen; optician; T.C. | 5 Collingwood Street (1821-37); 1 Grey Street (1838-44); 76 Grey Street (1847-51); 30 Mosley Street (1853); 9 Mosley Street (1855-58); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1807); Crawforth 1. |
| COHEN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/87. | Louth. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| COHEN, S.B. | misreading of Simon Phineas Cohen. | Bryden 3; RSW. | |||
| COHEN, S.C. | misreading of Simon Phineas Cohen. | Bryden 3; RSW. | |||
| COHEN, SIMON PHINEAS | Scotland, fl.1838-53, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, refracting = Phillips 10/26/83; Hydrometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Protractor = Christie 10/31/67; Protractor, Simson-type = FRK. | managed the Glasgow branch of A. Abraham and Co. of Liverpool, 1838-43; took over the firm in 1844 and changed the name to his own; some of his instruments seem to be signed "S.B. Cohen" or "S.C. Cohen." | 8 Exchange Square (1838-40); 82 Queen Street (1841-44); 105 Buchanan Street (1845-49); 121 Buchanan Street (1850-51); 51 St. Vincent Street (1852); 136 Buchanan Street (1853); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| COIFFIER, A. | France, c.1830, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 7/26/65-105; Telescopes, refracting = Soth-PB pre-1980-Phillips 12/12/89. | "Ingénieur Opticien." | Paris. | RSW. |
| COIGNIET, GILLES | Belgium, 1557, MIM | Astrolabe, 1557 = Ecouen (Cl.9149). | made spheres; was he Aegidius Coigniet? | Anvers (Antwerp). | Rooseboom 1; Michel 12; RSW. |
| 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. |
| COL. R.I. | MIM | Sundial = NMM-Caird. | RSW. | ||
| COLBY, HALL | USA, fl.1847-70, MIM NIM SIM | Altimeter = P.C. | Rochester, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| COLE 1 | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | it is very difficult to distinguish between the work of Benjamin Cole 1 and 2 except for the few dated pieces; usually signed "B. Cole London" or "Cole Maker London." | London. | Taylor 1(492) and 2(336); etc. | |
| COLE 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Borough Museum, Newbury, Bucks. | Newbury. | RSW. | |
| COLE AND SON | England, | T.C.; Benjamin Cole 1 and his son, Benjamin Cole 2. | Calvert 2. | ||
| COLE, B., AND SON | England, fl.1751-66, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope, reflecting = D.(1979); Grand Orrery, 1763 = Queen's College, Oxford; Camera Obscura, book-form, 1757 = Burton Constable. | Benjamin Cole 1 and his son, Benjamin Cole 2; T.C.; succeeded by Edward Troughton. | at the Orrery next the Globe Tavern, in Fleet Street, London. | Oxford 1; Gunther 2; Taylor and Wilson; Moskowitz 119; Crawforth 1; E. Hall. |
| COLE, BENJAMIN 1 | England, 1695-1766, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Sundial, 1721 = Wadham College, Oxford; Davis Quadrant, 1746 = ADL-A137; Compass Sundial = ADL-W62; Octant = D.(1995); also a wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | apprenticed to Thomas Wright 1; free in the Merchant Taylors' Company; succeeded Wright about 1748; see Wright and Cole; see B. Cole and Son. author; T.C.; invented a "Seamans' Quadrant". | Royal Exchange; Poppins Court, Fleet Street (c. 1735); Ball Alley going out of George-Yard into Lombard Street (-1748); at the Sign of the Orrery, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street 1748-66), this became 136 Fleet Street c.1760; 200 Fleet Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(492); Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW; Taylor and Wilson; KEN; Moskowitz 106; E. Hall; Coffeen 11 and 51; Calvert 2; H.C. King 2; Crawforth 1, 6 & 7; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| COLE, BENJAMIN 2 | England, 1725-1813, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Hadley Quadrants,= NMM (1760), OMM (1779); Telescope = USNM; Lodestone = D.; Drawing Instrument Set = Phillips 12/12/89. | apprenticed to his father, Benjamin Cole 1 in 1739 in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free in the Company; took apprentices; became a partner in 1751; see B. Cole and Son; the difference in the two men's work is very hard to distinguish ; they made many examples of a wide range of instruments; the OMM quadrant is also marked "Ole Jensen"; T.C.; John Troughton 2 took over the firm in 1782. | Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(492) and 2(336); Bedini 1; Calvert 2; Moskowitz 106; Brieux 3; Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson; Eden; Crawforth 6 & 7; J.A. Bennett 2; E. Hall; RSW. |
| COLE, BENJAMIN 3 | England, pre-1813, MIM | son of Benjamin Cole 2; trained as a MIM in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company. | Crawforth 6 & 7. | ||
| COLE, BENJAMIN 4 | England, 17th Century, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = D. | engraved on this sundial was a notice to return it to the owner who was also the maker; this Cole does not seem to be connected with the London family. | Oxford. | Moskowitz 6. |
| COLE, HUMPHREY | England, b.1530?-d.1591MIM NIM SIM | one of England's earliest and most skillful instrument makers; he is noted for his beautiful astrolabes, astronomical compendia, sundials, armillary sphere, etc. | sometimes spelled "Humfray Coolle" or "Coole"; member of the Goldsmiths' Company; made a map of the Holy Land in 1572; two instruments that had been attributed to Humphrey Cole, have been found to be by an earlier maker, "V.C.", who has not as yet been identified, which see. | Great North Door of St. Paul's, London. | Taylor 1(21); Belgian Inventory; Gunther 1, 2, 4, and 8; Italian Inventory; Michel 1 and 3; Jane Turner; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Perry; Société Belge; Maddison 1; Price 3 & 11; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; J.A. Bennett 2; J. Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| COLE, ISAAC | England, c.1753, | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 3, 1753. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| COLE, JOHN, JUNIOR | England, 1691, MIM | Triangular Quadrant, 1691, boxwood, 36" = D.(1994). | John Brown's (1) triangular quadrant made for the latitude of London; signed "John Cole Junior of Kingston, June ye 26, 1691." | Kingston. | Coffeen 46. |
| COLE, M., CO. | MIM NIM | Protractor = MYS; Course Plotter = MYS. | RSW. | ||
| COLE, NIC., ESQ. | England, 1705, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1705 = OMM. | probably the owner. | RSW. | |
| COLE, RICHARD | England, c.1815, MIM | Sundial in watch back cover = OXF. | Cornhill, Ipswich. | RSW. | |
| COLE, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1737, MIM | free in the Stationers' Company c.1737; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| COLE, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1835, | apprenticed to William Elliott 1 in the Joiners' Company on July 7, 1835. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| COLE, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1725-40, MIM | Perpetual Calendars = BM (1725),(1735), WRAY (1735). | leatherseller; took apprentices including William Baker from Edmund Blow c.1738. | London. | Price 3; Ward 4; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| COLE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1840-69, MIM NIM | Compass Corrector = Soth. 6/23/87; Plotting Compass = Soth. 2/25/86. | 21 Hannibal Road, Mile End, Stepney, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| COLE, UMFREDUS | England, MIM | father of Humphrey Cole? Latinization of Humphrey Cole? | Gunther 2. | ||
| COLE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1780-1805, MIM OIM | Reflecting Telescope = Ineichen 10/20/75; Pedometer = BM; Ring Sundial = X. | last two instruments signed "W. Cole"; clockmaker. | Gutter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(815); Clay and Court; Britten; RSW. |
| COLEMAN | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.; Marine Barometer = D.(1972). | Newbury. | RSW. | |
| COLEMAN, ANN | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; succeeded Charles Coleman. | 11 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLEMAN, CHARLES | England, fl.1823-29, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 7 Dorrington Street, Clerkenwell; 11 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell; both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLEMAN, EBEN | USA, c.1855, MIM | made compasses. | Wolfeboro, N.H. | DATM. | |
| COLEMAN, JOHN | England, c.1803, MIM | apprenticed to William Morris of the Grocers' Company, May 3, 1796; free of the Company May 5, 1803. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COLEMAN, STEPHEN | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to John Bellinger 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1704. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLEMARE, J. | England, 1737, | student; "J. Colemare, 1737 Soph. at St. John's Cambridge" is marked on a universal ring sundial, WHI-1091. | Price 12; Gunther 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| COLES, CHRISTOPHER | England, c.1664, MIM | Slide Rule = KEN. | Taylor 1(302); Evans 1. | ||
| COLESON, JOHN | England, c.1699, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Tuttell of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 28, 1699. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLL | England, c.1730, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 5/19/88. | "Coll Fecit." | RSW. | |
| COLLADO, LUDOVICUS | Spain, 1584, MIM | Bow Compass, gilt-brass, 1584 = VIE. | Michel 3; Price 2. | ||
| COLLE, HUMFRAY | see Humphrey Cole. | Gunther 4; NMM 2. | |||
| COLLEIE, THOMAS | Belgium, fl.1721-22, MIM | Horizontal Sundial in snuff box, 1722 = OXFB; Horizontal Sundials = X (1721), (1722). | may be Colley. | Liège. | Michel 3; Taylor 2(156). |
| COLLES, CHRISTOPHER | USA, fl.1774-89, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer = Winterthur Museum, Delaware; Sundial, octagonal = NYS. | invented an hodometer for carriages; author. | 42 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y. | N.Y. Historical Society, 1945; USNM; Hindle. |
| COLLET | France, 1760, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1760 = OXF. | Paris. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | |
| COLLET, TIMOTHEE | France, 1652-59+, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = NMM, D.(1994); Sundials, 1659 = Michel Coll., LIE and P.C. (1663). | Timothée Collet; D. signed "Orlogeur à Paris" and has a lunar volvelle on the back; watchmaker. | Nantes; Rouen (1652-59); Paris. | Michel 1, 3, and 9; Nachet; MADEX; Tardy; Coffeen 46. |
| COLLEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1765-80, MIM | George Graham's successor. | Fleet Street, London. | Josten; Britten. | |
| COLLIBER, THOMAS | England, c.1736, MIM | Abraham Lorkin turned over to him as an apprentice on Feb. 20, 1736 by James Wilson 2; may have been a member of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLLIER | England, c.1720, MIM | Protractors = PYM, D., D.(1987). | Coffeen 17; RSW. | ||
| COLLIER, BENJAMIN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| COLLIER, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1712-45, MIM SIM | Sector, 1730 = OXF, Sector,ivory = D.(1986); Compass = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = NYM; Circumferentors = PYM, Soth. 10/22/76; Sundial = P.B. 9/24/38. | apprenticed to Thomas Tuttell of the Clockmakers' Company on April 3, 1699; may be same as William Collier 2; some instruments signed "W. Collier"; T.C.(1731). | the end of Wood Street, facing Cripple Gate,(1731); at ye Atlas next the Fountain Tavern without New Gate; both in London. | Bryden 9; Taylor 1(564); Chandler and Vincent; Lubke; Dewhirst; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Gunther 2 and 6; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 3; Coffeen 12; RSW. |
| COLLIER, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1744, MIM | member of the Goldsmiths' Company; had apprentice turned over to him from the Grocers' Company; may be same man as William Collier 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COLLIN | France, 1809, NIM | Compass Rose, 1809 = PMM. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| COLLIN, AXEL H. | Sweden, c.1830, OIM | younger son of Gabriel Collin. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| COLLIN, CARL ERIC | Sweden, 1791-1852, OIM | older son of Gabriel Collin; took over the shop in 1825. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| COLLIN, CARL GUSTAF | Sweden, 1830-1900, OIM | Telescope = Hammer Sale. | son of Carl Eric Collin; worked in his father's shop until 1852, when he succeeded him; the telescope is signed "Collin Stockholm." | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| COLLIN, GABRIEL | Sweden, 1761-1825, OIM PHIM | Balance = Berzelius Museum (SWE). | head of optical shop at Swedish Royal Academy from 1793. | Uppsala; Stockholm. | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| COLLINGS, C.W. | England, fl.1845-58, PHIM | made barometers and philosophical instruments. | 16 Mortimer Street, Cavendish Square (1845-46); Royal Polytechnic Institute (1847); both in London. | Goodison 1; O'Mara. | |
| COLLINGS, JAMES | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = WHI. | Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1808). | |
| COLLINS 1 | England, c.1710, MIM | globe maker. | London. | Globus, June, 1963. | |
| COLLINS 2 | England, OIM | probably Charles Collins, which see. | London. | RSW. | |
| COLLINS, CHARLES | England, fl.1850-80, OIM | Webster Condenser = WHI; Binocular Microscopes = Soth. 6/23/87 (2); Microscopes = BIL, P.C., Christie-SK 4/17/86, various auctions; Binocular Microscope = Versailles = 11/19/78; etc. | optician; some instruments are signed "Collins" or "C. Collins"; retailer of R. & J. Beck microscopes. | 157 Great Portland Place; 77 Great Titchfield Street, Portland Place; Polytechnic Institute; all in London. | Price 12; Moskowitz 104; O'Mara; RSW. |
| COLLINS, J. | England, c.1750, MIM | designed or made quadrants. | London. | Weil 2(2). | |
| COLLINS, JAMES | England, c.1827, PHIM | balance maker. | Birmingham. | Christie-SK 4/17/86. | |
| COLLINS, JOHN 1 | England, 1625-83, MIM | maker of the Royal sundials; designed a quadrant made by Prujean; author; possibly J. Collins with a wrong date; F.R.S., 1667. | Oxford; near the Three Crowns, Bloomsbury; next the Adam and Eve in Petty France; Garlick Hill; the last three in London. | Taylor 1(215); Gunther 2. | |
| COLLINS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1726, MIM | apprenticed to his father on Jan. 14, 1716; turned over to John Wilson of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 1, 1718; free of the Company, April 4, 1726. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLLINS, PETER | England, fl.1687-99, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 19, 1680; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1687; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COLLINS, ROBERT | Scotland, PHIM | Barometers = D.(1972), Christie-G 4/30/1986-40. | Paisley. | J. Bell; Morrison-Low. | |
| COLLIS, W.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bury St. Edmunds. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLLISON, JOHN | England, c.1793, | apprenticed to Rowland Tidder in the Grocers' Company on July 6, 1793. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COLLOT FRERES | France, c.1851, MIM PHIM | Standard Meter, folding = D.(1997). | Collot Frères; T.C.; successors to M. Hirbict; scale makers; surely E. et A. Collot, one of whom was listed as a glassmaker and thermometer maker in Paris in the 1820's. | 41 Rue de l'Ecole de Médicine; (formerly the rue des mauvais Garçons), Paris. | Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 58. |
| COLLOT, A. | France, 1827-1900, PHIM | Paris 1900. | |||
| COLLOT, E. ET A. | France, c.1848, PHIM | made precision balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COLLYER, W. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = ADL-A167. | used by Comdre. Robert E. Peary in 1893, on an Arctic expedition; carries Lloyd's Indent 0005 over 39. | Commercial Docks, London. | ADL; RSW. |
| COLMAR | see Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |||
| COLOM, JACOB ARNOLD | Holland, fl.1628-42, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = NMM-G.170,- G.171. | also signed "Colum"; possibly Columb, which see; Price reported them as a "Pair of Globes." | NMM 2; Globus, Dec., 1957; Price 2. | |
| COLOMBA AND HARE | England, fl.1844-46, PHIM | Andrew Colomba and Hare; made barometers and thermometers. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1844-46); 89 Chancery Lane (1846); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLOMBA, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Salisbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| COLOMBA, ANDREW | England, fl.1842-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88. | made barometers and thermometers; worked with Hare, 1844-46. | 37 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1842-59); 89 Chancery Lane (1846); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1860); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COLOMBI | France, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | succeeded by Schiavetti-Bellini; breveté; see Colombi Fils; may be son or firm of Cles. Colombi; T.C.; "Opticien de la Marine de S.A. Mgr. le Prince de Joinville." | Brest, St.Malo and Paris. | Calvert 2; RSW. | |
| COLOMBI FILS | France, c.1848, MIM SIM | Colombi (C.) Fils; probably son of Cles. Colombi. | Quai Conti, Paris. | USNM. | |
| COLOMBI, CLES. | France, fl.pre-1844-50, MIM NIM OIM | Telescope = P.C.(1958); Marine Compass in wooden box = Drouot 4/26/67-56; Spyglass = D.(1985). | T.C.; "Breveté Opticien de la Marine." | Brest et St. Malo. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Calvert 2; Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| COLTI, DI GIO. BARTOL. | Italy, 1788, MIM | Bow Compass Sector, 1788 = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| COLTON, LEVI | USA, 1803-85, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Connecticut Historical Society, P.C.(2), D.(1984), Soth. N.Y. 3/16/83, D.(1977), USNM (2). | worked for Richard Patten; fl.1846-54; three compasses repaired by Gurley Co., 1885-1921; probably imported some of the instruments he sold. | New York, N.Y.; New Haven, Conn.; Boston, MA.; Utica, N.Y.; Hartford, Conn. (1854). | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz 127; Coffeen D; Rudd; Giordano (1977); Warner 14. |
| COLUM | see Colom. | ||||
| COLUMB | Holland, MIM | Floating Sundial = Snowshill Manor. | possibly Coulomb. | RSW. | |
| COMBES, FISHER | England, fl.1728-37, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = Snowshill Manor. | apprenticed to Simon Cade of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1721; free of the Company Oct. 7, 1728; T.C.; the name sometimes is spelled Coombs or Combs. | at ye Mariner and Globe in Broad Street, near ye Angel and Crown Tavern, behind ye Royal Exchange, London. | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| COMBRET, PIERRE | France, fl.1592-1622, MIM | Sundial inside bottom lid of watch = Soltykoff Coll. = Garnier Coll. = LOU; Astronomical Watch = NYM. | Lyon. | Baillie 1. | |
| COMBS, OLIVER | England, fl.1693-1747, OIM | T.C.; optician; journeyman to Mr. Scarlett; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company as a foreign brother on Jan.11, 1728. | Leadenhall Street (1693); at the Spectacles, ye second house from Essex Street; at the Spectacles, St. Martin's Court, Lincoln Fields (1740); at the Spectacles, the Strand, near Temple Bar (1747); all in London. | Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Evans 1; KEN; Crawforth 1; Court and Von Rohr 3(66). | |
| COMETTI | England, 1722, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1722 = Soth.-Chester 9/8/83. | RSW. | ||
| COMILLI | England, | Wheel Barometers = D.(1975); Soth.-Chester 5/16/85. | modern reproductions. | London. | RSW. |
| COMITTI | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89. | Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| COMITTI, JOS. | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Banff. | Goodison 1. | |
| COMMANDINO, FEDERICO | Italy, c.1600, MIM | also made clocks. | Urbino. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| COMMESSARI, EGIDIO | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Astrolabe = FLG. | ICA-495; owner? | Bonelli 4; Price 1; ICA 2; Italian Inventory; Righini 1; RSW. | |
| COMOLI AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| COMOLI AND NOZZI | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. Comoli 2. | 82 St. Mary's Wynd, Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. |
| COMOLI, ANDREW | England, c.1830, | see Peter Comoli. | Dudley. | Taylor 2(1809). | |
| COMOLI, J. 1 | Scotland, fl.1825-26, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 82 St. Mary's Wynd, Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1513). | |
| COMOLI, J. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Aberdeen. | Goodison 1. | |
| COMOLI, J. AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| COMOLI, J., NOLLI AND CO. | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96. | see S. Nolli, Comoli and Co. | 82 St. Mary Wynd, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| COMOLI, JOHN | England, c.1830, PHIM | see Peter Comoli. | Dudley. | Taylor 2(1809). | |
| COMOLI, PETER | England, c.1830, PHIM | made and/or sold barometers; Andrew and John Comoli in shop too. | High Street, Dudley. | Taylor 2(1809). | |
| COMOLI, PETER, AND CO. | England, fl.1817-30, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "P. Comoli and Co"; spelled "Curmoli" in Directory. | High Street, Dudley. | Goodison 1. |
| COMOZZI, C. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X. | Aylesbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| COMOZZI, C. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably C. Comozzi 1. | Buckingham. | Goodison 1. |
| COMPANIE DES INDIES | China., c.1800, | Horizontal Sundials = CNAM, P.C. | surely the firm that commisioned the sundials. | Canton. | Cons. Nat'l 2; Société Belge. |
| COMYNS, HENRY | England, fl.1830-45, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 9/18/86. | 15 Asylum Terrace (1836); 14 Asylum Terrace (1838); 7 King's Road; 5 Hereford Terrace, King's Road (1845); all in Chelsea, London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1810); RSW. | |
| CONDOLE, VULLY DE | France, 1831, MIM | Planetarium, 1831 = POB. | RSW. | ||
| CONDY, BENJAMIN | USA, fl.1756-98, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1761 = P.C.; Octants = Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia (1763), Franklin Institute, Philadelphia (1765) = X. | 81 South Front Street (1791); Fromberger's Court (1798); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Gillingham 1; Price 2; D.J. Warner 8 and 10. | |
| CONDY, BENJAMIN, AND SONS | USA, c.1785, MIM NIM | Front Street between Chestnut and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | ||
| CONEY, AMBROSE | England, c.1676, OIM | free in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1676. | London. | rawforth 6. | |
| CONGERS | England, c.1674, | probably John Conyers. | Evans 1. | ||
| CONICHON | France, c.1750, OIM | Gregorian Telescope = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | rue des Postes, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CONNELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cheapside, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CONNER | see Potter and Conner. | American Philosophical Society. | |||
| CONNETTE, MICHEL | France, c.1626, | invented a pantometer; author. | Paris. | Wheatland 2. | |
| CONNOLLY, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1835-45, OIM | optician. | 45 Grangegorman Lane, Dublin (1835-45). | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CONRAD, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1734-39, MIM SIM | Graphometers = DEU (1734), BRE, DEU; Sectors = ANM, BM (1739) Huelsmann Coll. (1739); Table Sundial = LAW = Soth. 5/10/54; Universal Ring Sundial, 1738 = WHI; Square = STU; Equatorial Sundials = GRE, Koller 11/17/75; Armillary Sphere = D.(1965); Rule = ULM. | Ulm. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Whipple 1; Belgian Inventory; Wheatland 2; Bryden 16; RSW; Syndram. | |
| CONRADI | c.1710, OIM | microscope maker. | Clay and Court. | ||
| CONRADIAT, ANDREAS | misreading for Andreas Conrad. | ||||
| CONSTANTIN AND HUYGENS | Italy, c.1685, OIM | Objective Lenses = BMR(3). | surely Constantine Huygens. | The Hague. | Belgian Inventory. |
| CONTARINI, SAC. PAOLO | Italy, fl.1820-44, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, cardboard, 1820 = P.C.; Pillar Sundial, 1844 = FLO; Horizontal Pin Gnomon Sundial = NYM. | Netini. | Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| CONTI, THOMAS | Germany, 1711, MIM | Cannon Sundial, 1711 = P.C. | Mulhausen. | Rohr 2. | |
| CONTINHO, D. MARTINHO DA FRANCA | Portugal, MIM PHIM | Lisbon. | USNM. | ||
| CONTURIES | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1978). | rue de Bercy No. 6, Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CONYERS, JOHN | England, fl.1673-79, MIM | amateur instrument maker; author. | Holborn Bridge, London. | Taylor 1(371). | |
| CONYERS, RICHARD | England, fl.1689-1708, MIM | apprenticed to John Cooke 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 30, 1672; free of the Company, Nov. 4, 1689; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOBEROW, MATTHEW | England, fl.1690-1716, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1683; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1690; took James Mann 2 and Thomas Lincoln as apprentices. | Angel Street, London. | Robischon; Court and von Rohr 3(58). | |
| COOCKE | mis-spelling for Cooke. | ||||
| COOK 1 | England, 18th Century, NIM | Octants = BAR, POR, New Hampshire Historical Society, TRE, GEP, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass.; Sextants = WHI, GEP; Hadley Quadrant = OMM. | London. | USNM; Price 12; Italian Inventory; RSW. | |
| COOK 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| COOK 3 | England, | see Laban Cooke. | RSW. | ||
| COOK 4 | see Cooke. | ||||
| COOK AND SON | England, c.1820, NIM | Octant = D.(1972). | surely William and George Cook. | 178 Shadwell High Street, London. | Taylor 2(1104); RSW. |
| COOK, ALBERT, AND CO. | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| COOK, BENJAMIN E. | USA, fl. 1827-34+, MIM SIM | partner with Nathan Storrs as Storrs and Cook, 1827-34; he succeeded Storrs in 1834. | Shop Row, Northampton, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| COOK, FRANCIS | see Francis Cooke. | Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |||
| COOK, GEORGE | England, c.1822, NIM | Octants = FRK, D.(1982), D.(1984). | D.(1984) has anchor on scale; all signed "G. Cook"; also made compasses; probably son of William Cook. | 178 Shadwell High Street, London. | Taylor 2(1104); Frank; Coffeen; RSW. |
| COOK, J. | England, PHIM | made spring balances. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COOK, THOMAS | England, fl.1693-1709, MIM | Slide Rules = D.(1693), Ashmolean Museum, Oxford (1709). | took apprentices; "Gauging Instrument Maker to the Excise Office for more than 40 years"; 1709 instrument signed "Thomas Cooke"; T.C. | by the Excise Office in the Old Jury, London. | Calvert 2; KEN; Evans 1; Britten; Darius 2.. |
| COOK, W.C. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Sector = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | Devonport. | RSW. | |
| COOK, WILLIAM | England, fl.1806-20, NIM | quadrant and compass maker; probably father of George Cook. | 178 Shadwell High Street, London. | Taylor 2(1104). | |
| COOK, WILLIAM GEORGE | England, c.1814, MIM | may have been a member of the Masons' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| COOKE 1 | England, 19th Century, MIM OIM | Magnetic Compass = Versailles 11/20/83; Telescopic Level = Versailles 4/17/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| COOKE 2 | England, OIM | Equatorial Telescope = Teramo Observatory. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| COOKE AND KELVEY | India and England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope, case = Soth. 2/28/80. | Calcutta and Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| COOKE AND SON | England, c.1910, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Soth. 6/23/87. | RSW. | ||
| COOKE AND SONS | England, pre-1837-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Telescope, refracting, stand = Soth. 6/23/87. | probably Thomas Cooke 3. | Micklegate; 50 Stonegate (1837-38); 12 Coney Street (1843-51); 26 Coney Street (1860); all in York. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COOKE, B., AND SON | England, NIM | Binnacle = Tower of Gold, Seville. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| COOKE, FRANCIS | England, fl.1590-96, NIM | made backstaves; author. | Mark Lane, London (1596). | Taylor 1(81); Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| COOKE, FREDERICK | England, 1835-98, MIM | son of Thomas Cooke 3; brother of Thomas Cooke 4; firm of T. Cooke and Sons. | York. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| COOKE, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1635, | apprenticed to Elias Allen in the Grocers' Company in Aug. 1635. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COOKE, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1694, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1694. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOKE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1649, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Lowe of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 18, 1640; free of the Company on April 2, 1649. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOKE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1662, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Dobb of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 16, 1655; free of the Company, Dec. 1, 1662; took an apprentice. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| COOKE, LABAN | England, fl.1825-33, MIM | Slide Rules = OXF, D.(1976). | also made gauges; "Maker to the Honble Board of Excise"; "late Wellington", D. signed "Cook, ----." | 21 Crown Court, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1514); O'Mara; Moskowitz 118. |
| COOKE, ROBERT | England, fl.1668-79, MIM | citizen; free of the Weavers' Company; admitted as a Brother in the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; took apprentices in the Clockmakers' Company, including Johnson Weekes. | London. | Taylor 1(493); Clay and Court; Baillie 1; J. Brown 1 & 3. | |
| COOKE, T., AND SON | England, MIM | T.C.; surely misreading for T. Cooke (3) and Sons. | York? | Soth. 10/27/69-31. | |
| COOKE, T., AND SONS | England, fl.1856-1922, MIM OIM SIM | Thomas Cooke 3 and his sons, Frederick and Thomas Cooke 4 became partners, c.1856; from 1868-94, Frederick and Thomas Cooke 4 carried on the firm; in 1894 Frederick Cooke retired in favor of Alfred Taylor and his brother Dennis Taylor who continued the firm; Dennis Taylor had headed the optical shop; the name was changed to T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. in 1897; Vickers Ltd. acquired the firm in 1916 and merged it with Troughton and Simms Ltd, to form Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd. in 1922. | York. | Taylor and Wilson; Goodison 1. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1690-1742, MIM | apprenticed to John Toogood in the Joiners' Company on April 4, 1682; free in the Company on June 3, 1690; took apprentices. | Old Jewry; Threadneedle Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(493); Crawforth 7. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 2 | England, fl.1690-1718, | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 3 | England, 1807-68 fl.1837-68, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope = Soth. 10/27/69; Striding Level = KFR 12/3/64. | mechanical engineer and builder of steam engines; also an instrument maker; worked alone from 1837 to c.1856; took his sons Frederick and Thomas Cooke 4 as partners to form T. Cooke and Sons; the sons continued the firm after his death. | Allerthrope (1807-29); Micklegate (1832); 50 Stonegate (1837); Coney Street (c.1838); all in York. | Taylor 2(1515); Taylor and Wilson. |
| COOKE, THOMAS 4 | England, 1839-1919, MIM OIM | brother of Frederick Cooke; son of Thomas Cooke 3; about 1856 he and his brother joined their father to found the firm of T. Cooke and Sons. | York. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| COOKE, THOMAS 5 | England, | see Thomas Cook. | |||
| COOKE, TROUGHTON AND SIMMS LTD. | England, 1922-, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | in 1922 the firms of Troughton and Simms Ltd. and T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. merged into Cooke, Troughton and Simms Ltd.; Vickers Ltd. acquired control of T. Cooke and Sons Ltd. in 1916 and that of Troughton and Simms Ltd. a few years later; the company is now known as Vickers Instruments Ltd. | York and London. | Taylor and Wilson. |
| COOKE, WILLIAM D. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, for the blind = New York Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations, 1853. | USNM. | ||
| COOLE, HUMFRAY | England, 1568, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1568 = OXF. | Humphrey Cole. | Gunther 4. | |
| COOLLE, HUMFRAY | England, c.1580, MIM | Gunner's Combination Dividers, 1580 = BM-1878/11-1 114. | see Humphrey Cole. | Price 3; Ward 4; Gunther 2 and 4. | |
| COOMBE, OLIVER | see Oliver Combs. | Dewhirst. | |||
| COOMBES 1 | see Cox and Coombes. | RSW. | |||
| COOMBES 2 | England, MIM NIM OIM | see J. Coombes. | Devonport. | RSW. | |
| COOMBES, D. | England, 19th Century, NIM | Borda Circle = Saint-Brieuc 8/4/79. | Devonport. | RSW. | |
| COOMBES, J. | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM | Sextants = FRK (2), Soth. 10/31/66-83, 10/27/69, Soth. N.Y. 2/23/79, D.(1976), etc.; Telescope = D.(1971); Rolling Rule = Phillips 2/14/79; Rule, ivory = X. | "Optician and Admiralty Agent, Devonport"; some may be too late for this Index; some instruments signed "Coombes Devonport." | 87 Fore Street, Devonport. | Frank; Bryden 9; DATM; RSW. |
| COOMBS 1 | see King and Coombs. | Moskowitz; Coffeen C. | |||
| COOMBS 2 | see Combs. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| COOMBS 3 | see Combs. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| COOMBS, FISHER | England, c.1728, | see Fisher Combs. | Clay and Court. | ||
| COOPER 1 | USA, c.1839, PHIM | made a baroscope in 1839. | USNM. | ||
| COOPER 2 | 1830, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1830 = Cromarty. | may have made dial. | Somerville. | |
| COOPER, C.T. | England, c.1850, MIM | Ham's Ullaging and Proof Rules = NMM, KEN. | London. | NMM; KEN. | |
| COOPER, C.T., AND SONS | England, MIM | Gunnery Scales, boxwood = Soth. 7/27/64-200. | London. | RSW. | |
| COOPER, JAMES C. | England, 18th Century, MIM | Manchester. | Moskowitz 102. | ||
| COOPER, S. | England, 1836, MIM | Engineer's Rule, 1836 = D.(1971) = P.C. | Miller Street, Shidehill, Manchester. | Moskowitz 102; RSW. | |
| COOPER, THOMAS | England, 1701, NIM | Nocturnal, wood, 1701 = X. | J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| COOPER, W. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with clock = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the combined clock and barometer dial is signed "W. Cooper Hamilton"; the thermometer is signed "Wm. Ticadell? Glasgow", which see. | Hamilton. | RSW. |
| COOPER, W.C. | England, 1842, PHIM | Electrometer = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | RSW. | ||
| COOPER, W.G. | England, c.1830, MIM | Berzelius-type Slide Rule = Berzelius Museum (Swedish Academy of Sciences). | 44 Union Street, Plymouth. | RSW. | |
| COPE | see Molyneux and Cope. | RSW. | |||
| COPERNICUS, NICHOLAS | Poland; Italy; Poland, 1473-1543, MIM | Wall Sundial, pre-1512 = Olsztyn Castle. | author; noted astronomer who proposed a heliocentric theory; he also made an armillary sphere and a quadrant. | Torun. | Zinner 1; Polish Inventory; DSB; etc. |
| COPINI, GATINI | England, fl.1832-49, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | barometer and thermometer maker; barometer signed "Copini London." | 217 High Street, Shoreditch (1832-41); 280 High Holborn (1839-41); Norton Folgate (1842-49); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COPLAND, PATRICK | Scotland, fl.1775-1822, MIM | Rule, 12-inch, silvered brass = Natural Philosophical Museum, Dept. of Physics, U. of Aberdeen. | professor of natural philosophy; the rule used Troughton's five-foot standard-rule as a model. | Aberdeen. | J.S. Reid; Clarke et al. |
| COPLEY, CHARLES | USA, c.1852, MIM | Globe, 1852 = D.(1966). | made terrestrial and celestial globes. | New York, N.Y. | USNM; Vietor. |
| COPODURO, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | address spelled "Cerincester." | Cirencester. | Goodison 1. |
| COPP, JOHANN | Poland, fl.1524-84, | Dr. Johann Copp; designed an astrolabe; author. | Breslau. | Price 2; Zinner 1; Weil 2(25). | |
| COPP, PHILIP | 1703, MIM | Astronomical Instrument, 1703 = GEL-TX898. | Chenekal 4. | ||
| COPPIN, EDOUARD | France, post-1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made surveying instruments, sextants and microscopes; succeeded his father, M. Coppin in the firm Maison Hue-Coppin. | 56, rue de Turbigo, Paris, 3e. | RSW. | |
| COPPIN, M. | France, post-1827, MIM NIM OIM SIM | made surveying instruments, sextants and microscopes; succeeded Hue to form the firm Hue-Coppin; he was succeeded by his son Edouard Coppin; the "M" in M. Coppin is probably Monsieur Coppin. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| COPPLE, RICHARD | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Sankey. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORBETTA, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 11 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORBINO, VINCENZO | Italy, 18th Century, NIM | Plate for Compass Rose = P.C. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CORBY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORDERO, T. | Italy, OIM | Telescope = Technical Museum, Milan. | RSW. | ||
| CORDEROY, WILLIAM | England, c.1650, MIM | worked with Caspas Kalthoff and Johannes Digges. | London. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CORDETT, RICHARD | England, c.1765, | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln, an OIM in the Spectaclemakers' Company, Oct. 3, 1765. | Court and von Rohr 3(193). | ||
| CORELAND, J. | USA, MIM | made compasses. | DATM. | ||
| CORLESS, JOHN | England, fl.1806-38, MIM PHIM | Balance = Chemical Laboratory Inventory, 1823, Oxford. | apprenticed to Robert Tangate in the Joiners' Company, May 4, 1773; listed as a MIM in the directories; took apprentices; the balance was signed "Corless." | 19 Newcastle Street, Strand, London (1828). | Baillie 1; O'Mara; Gunther 2; Crawforth 7. |
| CORNEL, ANTONIO F. | MIM | Rule, ivory = LOS. | "Antonio F. Cornel" over "H." | RSW. | |
| CORNELISZ, JAN | Germany, fl.1760-84, NIM | Octants = HAA (1777), DRE, BRE, FLE, AMST; Sextant = LUB. | sometimes spelled Corneliss. | Föhr Island, Schleswig-Holstein. | Zinner 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. |
| CORNELIUS, VON | Germany, 19th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = BRE. | Bremerhaven. | RSW. | |
| CORNELL | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | c.1820? | Royston. | Goodison 1. |
| CORNELL, SILAS | USA, c.1845, MIM | made an "improved terrestrial globe." | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| CORNELLI, GEMMAE | Spain, 1630, MIM | see Cornelius Gemma 2. | Garcia Franco 2; Price 1; ICA 2; RSW. | ||
| CORNIQUET, PHILIPPE JACQUES | France, fl.1785-1813, MIM | Astronomical Clock = X. | Paris. | Baillie 1. | |
| CORNISH, W.H. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Okehampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORNITTI, O., AND SON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 9/10/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| CORONELLI, P. MARCO VINCENZO MARIA | Italy, 1650-1718, MIM | Celestial Globe Gores, 1693 = ADL-A159 & -W258; Celestial Globe Gores = New York Public Library (2); Pair of Globe Gores, 1697 = ADL-A303; Terrestrial Globe Gores = Library of Congress (1688), New York Public Library (1697). | the Louvre owns the plates for the 1693 gores and occasionally restrikes them; ADL-W258 is one of those restrikes; the 1693 gores make a globe of 108 cm. in diameter; ADL-A303 would have a diameter of 8.5 cm. | Ravenna; Venice. | Bonelli 1, 4 and 8; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Italian and Belgian Inventories; Société Belge; Stevenson; Globus Nov. 1954; Grimaldi (732); DSB; Yonge; ADL; RSW. |
| CORONTE, A. | France, 1787, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1787 = D.(1958). | Metz. | RSW. | |
| CORPA | Holland, c.1795, OIM | made a microscope with W. Eisland. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CORRALL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Church Street, Lutterworth (1835-41). | Goodison 1. | |
| CORRAZINI, F. | Italy, 1747, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1747 = P. and S. 4/3/1894. | Evans 1; Gunther 2. | ||
| CORSAN, ROBERT | see Robert Corson. | Bryden 9. | |||
| CORSAN, THOMAS | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | Queen Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| CORSON, L.H., M.A. | USA, c.1840, | invented a type of perpetual calendar, engraved by Doty and Bergen. | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| CORSON, ROBERT | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | Rule, wood = P.C. | rule maker; sometimes spelled "Corsan." | Berry Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 10. |
| CORSS, JAMES | Scotlandc.1650, MIM | maker and seller of scientific instruments; publisher of the "Edinburgh Almanack." | Edinburgh. | Bryden 15. | |
| CORT AND CO. | England, pre-1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORT, L.E. VAN | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1989). | RSW. | ||
| CORTE, JAS. | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer, yew = Soth. 2/4/77; Hydrostatic Bubbles = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| CORTI AND SON | England, c.1790, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, satinwood = D.(1989). | London. | RSW. | |
| CORTI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | 7 Greville Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, ANTONI | Scotland, fl.1833-45, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = Soth. 2/28/80, Christie-SK 1/22/87. | the wheel barometer is signed "A. Corti, Glasgow"; the stick barometer from Christie is signed "A. Cortie" plus the address. | 97 Nelson Street, Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CORTI, B. | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1972). | Glasgow. | J. Bell. | |
| CORTI, ENRICO | Italy, 19th Century, PHIM | Balance = A-P 3/15/76. | "successore a Orlandi." | RSW. | |
| CORTI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Newcastle. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, G.A. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | Inverness. | RSW. | |
| CORTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Colchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CORTI, J. NO. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Chelsea Fair Cat., 1973. | probably Jno. Corti. | RSW. | |
| CORTI, J.B. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, JNO. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(2), Soth. 12/14/95; Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one wheel barometer signed "J. Corti" but shows the same address; Soth. signed "Jno. Corti Fecit." | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CORTI, JOHN | England, fl.1815-34, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Phillips 2/15/89; Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | supplied the trade; instruments signed "J. Corti, London" except Phillips which is signed "John Corti Fecit"; may be by Jno. Corti. | 27 Leather Lane (1815-25); 35 Eyre Street, Hatton Garden (1826-34); Union Court, Hatton; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1516); RSW. |
| CORTI, JOS. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ipswich. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTI, PAUL | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(5). | may be father of Paul Courti. | 5 Market Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. |
| CORTI, PETER | England, fl.1845-50, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 30 Eyre Street Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CORTILO, CARMELO AND FRANCALANCIO | Italy, 1720, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1720 = ROM-7780. | Turin. | Bonelli 4. | |
| CORTS, J. | PHIM | Spring Balance = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| CORTY, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see John Corti. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| COSENS, NICHOLAS | England, fl.1638-54, MIM | hour glass maker; also spelled "Cussans." | York. | Loomes; Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| COSIMO, BERNARDINUS | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = Stuker (1958). | "di casa Bernardini Cosimo." | RSW. | |
| COSLE | France, | invented a horizontal sundial made by Menant. | Wheatland 2. | ||
| COSSA | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1971). | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| COSSA, P. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| COSSINET, FRANCIS | England, c.1659, | sold navigational instruments and globes; maker? | at the Sign of the Anchor and Mariner, Tower Street, Mincing Lane, London. | Taylor 1(281). | |
| COSTA, ANTONIO CARVALHO DA | see Carvalho. | Weil 2(25). | |||
| COSTA, ANTONIUS | Italy, fl. 1670-76, MIM | Sectors = ROM (1675), FLO; Armillary Spheres = NMM-Sp.11 (1676), D. (1670). | Italian Inventory says the sectors are 1679; the NMM armillary sphere is signed "Antonius Costa Mirandulanus fecit in Fere 1676"; armillary sphere, 1670, is 15 inches high. | Mirandolana; Fera. | Price 2; Italian Inventory; NMM 2; RSW. |
| COSTA, CESAR | Italy, fl.1690-1715, MIM | Squadra Mobile, 1712 = D.; Sliding Gauge, 1690 = ADL-M114; Graphometers = BM (1692) (1715), P.C.(1965); Sectors, 1699 = VEN, NYC. | ADL was stolen, 1964, while on loan; the BM graphometer of 1692 is lost. | Mirandolana. | Bonelli 4; Price 2 and 3; Michel 3; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Brieux 2; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. |
| COSTA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO | Italy, d.1773, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1754 = ROM. | Venice. | Bonelli 4; Italian Inventory; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |
| COSTA, JOSEPH DE MIRANDA | Portugal, 1711, NIM | Mariner's Compass, 1711 = WHI. | RSW. | ||
| COSTENBADR, GEORG | Germany, c.1583, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = Soth. 5/21/53-103. | see Kostenbader. | RSW. | |
| COSTER, D. | Italy, 1715, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1715 = LIE. | The Hague. | Michel 3 and 9. | |
| COSTER, SALOMON | Holland, d.1659, MIM | with Steven Thrasi built a "magnificent planetarium known as the `Leidse sphera'"; clockmaker. | Rotterdam. | Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 2. | |
| COSTERE, JACOBUS DE | Holland, 1618, MIM | Astrolabe, 1618 = MAA. | ICA 464; designed by Michael Coignet and engraved by Ferdinand Arsenius. | Rooseboom 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 3 & 16; RSW. | |
| COSTIGAN | USA, post-1836, NIM | T.C. | 74 South Street, New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 102. | |
| COTES, ROGER | USA, c.1716, | invented a meridian telescope which was made by Voight. | Boston Mass. | Bedini 1. | |
| COTTA | Germany, PHIM | Electrical Instrument = X. | Leipzig. | Hackmann. | |
| COTTAM AND HALLEN | England, c.1820, MIM | Level = D.; Hodometer = Soth. 7/15/63-148. | Winsley Street, London. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| COTTE, LOUIS | France, 1740-1815, | invented or perfected meteorological instruments; author. | Paris. | Goldschmidt and Co. Cat. | |
| COTTEL, TIMOTHEE | France, c.1620, MIM | Timothée Cottel or possibly Timothée Collet, which see. | Paris. | Hamilton 2. | |
| COTTEREL, CHARLES | England, c.1667, | Sir Charles Cotterel invented a form of Napier's Rods. | Taylor 1(314); Dewhirst; Evans 1; RSW. | ||
| COTTIE, ABEL | USA, 1680, MIM | had Benjamin Chandlee 1 as an apprentice, 1680; clockmaker? | RSW. | ||
| COTTON, EDWARD | England, fl.1818-23, MIM | made dividers, protractors, etc. | Boston. | USNM. | |
| COTTON, L. | USA, c.1850, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., D.(1969), USNM. | New York, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. | |
| COTY | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = Christie 7/5/71. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| COUCHMAN, PETER | England, c.1682, | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1682. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| COUDRAY, JULIEN | France, fl.1504-30, MIM | Astrolabe, 1507 = Blois Chateau; Astronomical Clock = Tours. | also made armillary spheres; he may have repaired the astrolabe. | Blois. | Michel 3; Baillie 1; Price 2. |
| COULDRY, JOSEPH | England, fl.1819-51, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also made thermometers and saccharometers. | Church Passage, Tooley Street (1819-29); 4 Churchyard Passage (1828); 26 St. Thomas Street, East Borough (1838-51); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1297); O'Mara. |
| COULOMB | France, 17th Century, MIM | Floating Sundial, round, ivory = MERC-87. | Columb? | Hamilton 1 and 2. | |
| COULOMB, CHARLES AUGUSTIN | France, 1736-1806, PHIM | devised a torsion balance electrometer in 1785. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| COULSELL, ELIZABETH | England, c.1838, MIM OIM PHIM | probably widow of Thomas Coulsell. | 153 Union Street, Borough, London. | Taylor 2(2104). | |
| COULSELL, ELIZABETH AND MATHILDA | England, c.1836, MIM OIM PHIM | widow and daughter? | 153 Union Street, Borough, London. | O'Mara. | |
| COULSELL, JOHN | England, c.1830, MIM | 7 Wooten Street, Cornwall Road, London. | Taylor 2(1813). | ||
| COULSELL, THOMAS | England, fl.1810-29, MIM | made ivory and box rules; Elizabeth Coulsell his widow? | 29 Union Street; 41 Union Street (1822); 153 Union Street (1828-29); all in Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(1299); O'Mara. | |
| COULSELL, WILLIAM | England, 1815-58, MIM | 9 Castle Street, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(1300); O'Mara. | ||
| COULSELL, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, MIM | 4 Salmon Lane, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1300). | ||
| COULSON, DANIEL | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 58 Charles Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(2105). | ||
| COULSON, S. | England, c.1825, | engineer; devised a type of slide rule. | Redcar. | Delehar 2. | |
| COUNSEL | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | Farringdon. | RSW. | |
| COUPPEY, JEAN ANDRE | France; Austria, fl.1764-73, MIM | Jean André Couppey; made several astronomical clocks. | Paris; Vienna. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| COUR, DE LA | see Delacour. | ||||
| COURT, WILLIAM, AND MARMADUKE HODGESON | England, c.1690, | T.C.; sellers of books and mathematical instruments. | at the Mariner and Anchor on little Tower Hill, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| COURTANVAUX, MARQUIS DE | France, pre-1782, | invented the gnomograph to calculate sundials; one of the great eighteenth century collectors. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | |
| COURTI, PAUL | England, 1856-57, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Soth. 10/19/87, Bearne's 2/12/92. | probably son of Paul Corti; Soth. barometer signed "Courti Exeter"; Bearne's signed P. Courti, Exeter." | 38 1/2 South Street (1856); 7 High Street (1856-57); both in Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| COURTI, PH. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Drouot 4/26/67-36. | Mulhouse. | RSW. | |
| COURVOISIER ET HOURIET | France, fl.1775-1804, MIM | David Courvoisier et Jacques Frédéric Houriet; made astronomical clocks. | Le Locle. | Britten. | |
| COUSENS AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. | 20 Wind Street, Swansea. | RSW. | |
| COUT | surely Gout. | Koller, May 1966. | |||
| COUTTS, I.P. | misreading for "I.P. Cutts." | RSW. | |||
| COVAGNOLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1665, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1665 = Brescia Museum-56. | Price 2. | ||
| COVELL, THOMAS | England, c.1787, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1787. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| COVENS, CORNELIS | Holland, fl.1792-1803, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = AMST(2), BOM 3/28/06 (1803); Celestial Globe, 1803 = AMST; Armillary Sphere = AMST. | succeeded the Valk Brothers. | Amsterdam. | Cat. der Bibliotheek, AMST; Krogt 2; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| COVENTRY, JOHN | England, fl.1790-1816, MIM | made glass micrometer scales and designed a hygrometer. | Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(1107); Chaldecott. | |
| COVERI, STEFANO | Italy, fl.1660-80, OIM | made telescopes. | Livorno. | Daumas 1. | |
| COWAN, HENRY | England?, c.1850, PHIM | Gold Balance = D.(1970). | Boston. | Moskowitz 101. | |
| COWIE, A. | England, NIM | Sextant, case = Eldred 10/11/75. | Grangemouth. | RSW. | |
| COWLAND, W. | England, MIM | Gunter Quadrant = Libert et Castor 4/28/82-89. | RSW. | ||
| COWLEY, J. | England, fl.1739-46, MIM | Celestial Globe, glass, 1739 = KEN. | engraved the glass globe of the "Powderham sphere", c.1740; appointed Geographer in ordinary to his Majesty (George II) in 1741. | KEN; Millburn 9. | |
| COWLEY, MISS | Englandc.1787, | invented a cardboard pocket armillary sphere, c.1787, "Miss Cowley's Pocket Sphere"; published by Jno. Marshall and Co., which see; example is ADL-W246. | London? | ADL; RSW. | |
| COWLEY, W.H. | England, NIM | Sextant with platina scale = Soth. 5/21/71. | Milford Haven. | RSW. | |
| COX 1 | see Cock. | Taylor 1(285); Daumas 1. | |||
| COX 2 | England, c.1750, OIM | Telescope = PEA. | London. | Taylor 2(701); Brewington 1. | |
| COX 3 | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | Sextant = D.(1972); Protractor = WHI; Pantograph = OXF; Sundials = NMM(2); Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | may be more than one person; barometer signed "Cox" on the level. | London. | Taylor 2(816); Whipple 1; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| COX 4 | England, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Marine Barometers = NMM-B.12, Soth.-S 7/23/87; Stick Barometer =X; Protractor = Phillips 4/20/83; Theodolite = Soth. 2/2/70; Garden Sundial = D.(1973). | either William Charles Cox or William Cox 3; "Optician." | Devonport and Plymouth. | Goodison 1; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| COX 5 | England, 1838, MIM | Pocket Globe, 1838 = Soth. 12/19/66-19; Compass Sundial = NMM-Caird. | globe signed "Cox's Second Edition of 1838." | RSW. | |
| COX 6 | England, NIM | Nautical Sextant = Exhibition-Maps. | probably William Charles Cox; see entry for instruments. | Exhibition-Maps. | |
| COX AND COOMBES | England, NIM | Sextants, ebony and ivory, cases = Chicheley Hall, Newport-Pagnell, Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the name is in an ivory circle on the Chicheley Hall sextant. | Devonport and Plymouth. | RSW. |
| COX AND FARQUAHSON | England, fl.1775-91, | glass workers. | Glasshouse, near Falcon Stairs, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(701). | |
| COX AND SON | England, MIM | Protractor = NYM. | probably William Cox 2 and Son. | London. | RSW. |
| COX, ANNE AND ROGER | England, c.1808, MIM | rule makers. | Suffolk Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| COX, ARTHUR | England, c.1754, | apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1754. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| COX, BENJAMIN | England, c.1733, MIM | apprenticed to John Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 5, 1726; free of the Company, March 4, 1733. | Green Arbour Court, Little Old Bailey, London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| COX, DANIEL | England, post-1780, OIM | Glasshouse, Falcon Stairs, Southwark, London. | Taylor 2(701). | ||
| COX, E. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Rule, folding, fruitwood = A-P 3/15/76. | 15 Great Queens, London. | RSW. | |
| COX, F. | England, MIM OIM | Tablet Sundial, wood = Soth. 12/16/63; Microscope = Phillips 9/10/86. | 100 Newgate Street, London. | RSW. | |
| COX, FRANCIS B. | England, c.1860, MIM | Slide Rule, carpenter, boxwood = OXF. | "late Thomas Cox and Co"; also worked in ivory. | 50 Camden Street, Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM; Evans 1; RSW. |
| COX, G. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 5/5/83. | George Cox 2? see James Cook 2. | 5 Barbican, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1815); RSW. |
| COX, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1818, MIM | maker of boxwood and ivory rules. | Navigation Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| COX, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1830-36, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Beam Level = D.(1972); Instrument = WHI; Sector, ivory = P.C. | P.C. has a small rosette at beginning of Numbers line; D. marked "Webster's Improved Beam Level, G. Cox." | 128 Holborn Hill, London (1830-36). | Moskowitz 104; Taylor 2(1815); Clay and Court; RSW. |
| COX, I.S. | England, 1833, MIM | Pair of Globes, miniature = Phillips 11/16/88. | terrestrial globe is dated 1833; 2nd edition; see James Cox 2. | RSW. | |
| COX, J. | England, c.1840, NIM | Octant, ebony, brass and ivory = D. | London. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| COX, JAMES 1 | England, c.1780, OIM | Telescope with watch on hinged lens cover = Wilsdorf Coll. (1976) = UTO 11/2/76 = TIM. | photogragh caption says "William Cox"; see William Cox 2. | London. | Country Life, June 3, 1976, pp. 1486, 1488. |
| COX, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1811-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = H.M. Queen Elizabeth II Coll. (1835), Phillips 12/2/87 (1835), Soth. 12/19/66-19 (1838); Wheel Barometer = X. | the globe from Phillips is signed "Cox Barbican, London, 1835" on a label pasted over the original signature which was "Lane's Improved Globe, London"?; Soth. globe is signed "Cox's Second Edition of 1838"; succeeded Joseph Cox; T.C; "Working Optician"; see I.S. Cox. | 51 Banner Street, St. Luke's; 5 Barbican, Aldersgate Street (1830-51); 85 Lombard Street (1839); all in London. | Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; Goodison 1; Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| COX, JOHN 1 | England, c.1664, | see Reeves and Cox. | |||
| COX, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1732-64, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lincoln of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Sept. 30, 1724; free of the Company on June 29, 1732; John Margas turned over to him, after 1735; T.C. | at the Cock and Garter in Long Acre, London. | Court and von Rohr 3(112); Crawforth 1; Robischon. | |
| COX, JOHN 3 | England, c.1759, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Hill of the Grocers' Company on July 19, 1759. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| COX, JOSEPH | England, fl.1790-1835, NIM OIM | Borda Circle = KEN. | succeeded William Cox 2. | 3 Barbican (1798-1817); 5 Barbican (1820-35); both in London. | Taylor 2(816); Brewington 1; KEN. |
| COX, ROGER | England, | see Anne and Roger Cox. | Bryden 9. | ||
| COX, S.W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Market Harborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| COX, SAMUEL | England, c.1820, MIM | Hour Circle, pewter = Soth. 10/21/74. | RSW. | ||
| COX, THOMAS | England, c.1797, MIM | rule maker; continued as Thomas Cox and Co? | Hill Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| COX, THOMAS, AND CO. | England, pre-1860, MIM | rule makers; succeeded by Francis B. Cox. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner; RSW. | |
| COX, W. | England, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Christie 12/17/75; Stick Barometer and Sympiesometer = X. | William Cox 3 or William Charles Cox? | Devonport. | RSW. |
| COX, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1727-44, OIM | apprenticed to William Johnson in the Spectaclemakers' Company; turned over to Jane Sterrop, widow of Thomas Sterrop 1, of the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1727; took his son as an apprentice in 1744. | London. | Robischon; Crawforth 7. | |
| COX, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1774, OIM | Telescope, two-draw = Bearnes 3/30/88. | apprenticed to Charles Lincoln in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1774; see James Cox 1 re: telescope with watch. | 3 Barbican, London. | Taylor 2(816); Brewington 1; Robischon; RSW. |
| COX, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1806, MIM NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X. | supplied nautical instruments to the Naval College. | Plymouth Dock, Devon. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1108); Moskowitz 102. |
| COX, WILLIAM CHARLES | England, fl.1822-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = NMM; Stick Barometer = X; Marine Barometer = X; Protractors = WRAY, USNM, Soth. 3/21/73 (silver); Sextants = Soth. 11/9/59 and 7/15/63; Electrometer = KEN; Theodolite = Soth. 2/2/70; Beam Compass = NMM; Surveying Compass = D.(1975); Watch Counter = D.(1982); Telescope = D.(1992). | T.C.; some instruments signed "Wm. Cox" and could be by William Cox 3. | 86 Fore Street, Plymouth Dock (1822-39); 89 Fore Street (1852-56); 24 Southside Street (1856); 83 Fore Street (1857); all in Devonport; in Plymouth also. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1517); USNM; Moskowitz 107; Bryden 9; Coffeen B and 39; RSW. |
| COX, WILLIAM, AND SON | England, fl.1786-1838, OIM | William Cox 2 and Son. | 3 (later 5) Barbican, London. | Taylor 2(816). | |
| COYPEL, A. | France, c.1710, | signature on case of astronomical clock by Fardoil; also signed "J. Caffieri." | Trois Siècles. | ||
| COYSGARNE | England, | see Wilcox and Coysgarne. | RSW. | ||
| CR. R.B.F. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = STU. | Zinner 1. | ||
| CRABBE, GEORGE | England, c. 1850, | Rev. George Crabbe; made a cheap meridian instrument that showed time at noon to within one second. | Merton Rectory, Thetford. | USNM; London Internat'l Exhibition of 1862. | |
| CRAFORD, HENRY | England, fl.1737-61, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1, Grocers' Company, Dec. 15, 1724; free of the Company Jan. 19, 1737 (OS); took apprentices; sometimes spelled "Crawford." | Denmark Street, Ratcliffe Highway (1737); Ratcliffe Highway (1741); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CRAIG, JAMES | Scotland, c.1760, MIM | made an astronomical clock. | Glasgow. | Baillie 1. | |
| CRAMER, GERNARD | Holland?, 1714, MIM | Polar Sundial, 1714 = P-B 10/28/63. | "sculpsit"; Gerrit Cramer? | RSW. | |
| CRAMER, GERRIT | Holland, fl.1729-55, MIM OIM | Equatorial Sundial = LIE; Microscopes = CRI, UTR, BM, GRO; Telescope = LEY; Sundial = P.C.; Parallactic Machine = LEY. | Groningen. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Nachet; Daumas 1; Gunther 2. | |
| CRANE, AARON D. | USA?, c.1850, MIM | made astronomical clock. | USNM; N.Y. Exhib. of the Industry of all Nations, 1853. | ||
| CRANENDONCK, I. DE, M.F.A. | 1607, MIM | Radio Latino, 1607 = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | RSW. | ||
| CRANEVELT, JOHN | England?, c.1730, NIM | Backstaff = Soth. 6/25/68-19 = D.(1982). | could be Middelburg, Holland; Moskowitz thinks he is owner, and that instrument was made in England. | Middelbur-; Middelburg? | Moskowitz 123; RSW. |
| CRASSIER, G. DE | Germany, MIM | Quadrant, folding, wood and paper = ADL-W129. | probably owner. | ADL; RSW. | |
| CRAWFORD, HENRY | see Henry Craford. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CRAWHAL, T.W. | England, c.1850, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set, case = Ineichen 5/10/76. | RSW. | ||
| CRAWLEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1676-1702, OIM | instrument maker for Robert Hooke. | Gresham House, London. | Taylor 1(391); Evans 1. | |
| CRAWLEY, WILLIAM | England, fl.1828-46, OIM | may have been partner with or successor to Thomas Jones. | 6 Castle Street, Leicester Square (1828-29); 21 Oxenden Street, Piccadilly (1836-38); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2107). | |
| CRAYLE, WILLIAM | England, c.1595, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| CREED, ROBERT | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Tompion in the Clockmakers' Company. | Robischon. | ||
| CREEK | see Crick. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CREMENSIS, FRANCISCUS | see Franciscus of Cremona. | ||||
| CREMER, GERHARD 1 | see Gerardus Mercator. | Osley; Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CREMER, GERHARD 2 | Germany, 1714, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1714 = D. | "Gerhard Kloppenburgh Invenit et Delineavit Gerhard Cremer Sculpsit 1714." | Wynter and Turner. | |
| CREMER, J.D. | Holland, c.1750, MIM | Sundial = P.C.(1798). | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| CREMON, JOSEPH, AND CO. | c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1969). | RSW. | ||
| CREMONINI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bilston. | Goodison 1. | |
| CREMONINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CREMONINI, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CREMSDORFF | France, c.1720, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = OXFB, NMM, FIN-172, MERC-41 (oval), Soth. 7/31/58 and 6/25/68 (ex-Chester Beatty Coll.), MADEX, P-B 2/22/54, LIE. | Paris. | Michel 1, 3, 9 and 15; Nachet; Zinner 1; Josten 1; MADEX; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | |
| CREMSTORFF | see Cremsdorff. | Soth. 6/25/68. | |||
| CRENTZIN, CHRISTIAN | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Table Sundials = DEU, NUR; Graphometers = DEU-10499, DEU; Equatorial Sundial = SPI-166; Instrument = MUN-33/283. | some instruments listed as `C. Creutzin', and of the 17th century. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Ernst. |
| CRENY, ANTHOINE DE | France, c.1660, MIM | Sundial, silver and ivory = Soth.-N.Y. 2/23/79. | may be Bloud-type. | Dieppe. | RSW. |
| CRESCENZIO, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1607, MIM | made magnetic compasses; designed a mariner's astrolabe; author; Price said that he was not an instrument maker. | Rome. | Boffito; Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| CREUTZIN, C. | Germany, | see Christian Crentzin. | RSW. | ||
| CRICHTON | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octants = PMS, RSM, GEP, Kelton Coll. (1990), Soth. 4/29/77; Sextants = ADL-A178, Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Soth. 5/12/75, K. and C. 7/14/76; Gunter Rule = Christie 11/22/78; Artificial Horizon = D.(1981); Parallel Rules, ivory = NMM; Thermometers = CNAM (Lavoisier Coll.); Quadrant = SUN; Microscope = Christie-SK 8/20/87; etc. | PMS octant made for Alder and Duren, New York; surely John 2 or Joseph Crichton; Kelton octant made for A. Dobbie, surely James Crichton 2. | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(1518), (2108); Michel 3; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Frank; Moskowitz 122; ADL; RSW. |
| CRICHTON BROS. | England, fl.1820?-1872, MIM NIM PHIM | Rule, ivory = Soth. 10/17/60; Octant = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sextant = Phillips 11/16/76; Sympiesometer = Christie 12/8/76; Rule with Protractor = D.; Stick Barometer, 1872 = D.(1976). | most instruments may be very late. | 11 Billiter Street, London. | Taylor 2(2108); Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| CRICHTON, J. | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscopes = P.C., Soth. 11/9/59, 6/8/70; Monocular Microscope = Soth.-B 9/15/76. | either John 2 or Joseph Crichton. | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| CRICHTON, JAMES 1 | Scotlandc.1817, MIM PHIM | Barometer = RSM; Magnetometer, Air Pump, Compass Variation Needle = University of Strathclyde. | also a balance maker. | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1301); Fiona Wilson. |
| CRICHTON, JAMES 2 | England, c.1845, NIM | Octants, ebony = Soth. 4/29/71 and 10/28/86. | made instruments for A. Dobbie. | London. | Clarke et al. |
| CRICHTON, JOHN 1 | England, c.1826-32, MIM | 32 Fore Street, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(1518). | ||
| CRICHTON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1846-51, MIM NIM | Octant, ebony = Soth. 3/10/87. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; T.C. reads "Manufacturer of Mathematical, Optical and Nautical Instruments to the Honorable East India Company and to the Honorable Corporation of the Trinity House." | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2108); Nachet; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 10; RSW. |
| CRICHTON, JOSEPH | England, f.1838-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | 112 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2108); Goodison 1. | |
| CRICK, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1689-97, MIM | apprenticed to William How, of the Grocers' Company, on Nov. 7, 1679; free of the Company Dec. 2, 1689; took apprentices; also spelled "Creek." | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CRICK, CHARLES 2 | England, fl.1722-38, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Aug. 29, 1722; "Rulemaker"; son of Charles Crick 1; took an apprentice; also spelled "Creek." | East Smithfield, London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| CRICK, JAMES | England, fl.1733-54, MIM | son of Charles Crick 1; admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Oct. 10, 1733; took an apprentice; also may be spelled "Creek." | near the Maypole, in East Smithfield, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CRICK, THOMAS | England, c.1737, MIM | son of Charles Crick 1; admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony on Jan. 19, 1737 (OS). | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CRICKMORE, T. | England, c.1825, OIM | Compound Microscope = Wellcome Institute, London. | Ipswich. | Bryden 9. | |
| CRIGHTON, J. | see J. Crichton. | ||||
| CRINDEL | see Carlo Grindel. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CRISTEL, CONRAD | Germany, 1484, MIM | "compastmacher" in 1484. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| CRISTIN, JEAN PIERRE | France, 1683-1755 tuv, | redesigned the Celsius scale to the modern centigrade scale for thermometers. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| CRITCHLEY AND MATHER | England, fl.1822-24, MIM | Critchley and John Mather; opticians. | 3 North Side, Old Dock, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1520); Crawforth 6. | |
| CROCE | USA, PHIM | Barometer = VCW. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| CROCE, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lewis. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, J. | England, 1789, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (3); Wheel Barometers = X. | probably Joshua Croce 1 or Joseph Croce; see William Peacock 2, who was probably his dealer; one of the stick barometers is dated "1789." | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CROCE, JOSEPH | England, c.1847, PHIM | barometer maker; son of Joshua Croce 1? | York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, JOSHUA 1 | England, fl.1823-41, PHIM | barometer maker; father of Joseph Croce? | 15 Grape Lane, York (1823-30). | Goodison 1. | |
| CROCE, JOSHUA 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie-SK 2/26/88, Soth.-S 1/25/89. | the barometers are signed "Josh. Croce 212 Holborn." | 212 Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| CROFLER, CRISTOFO | Germany, MIM | may be a ghost. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| CROGER, J. | England, fl.1830-50, NIM | Sextant, ebony, miniature = Soth. 11/9/70. | London. | RSW. | |
| CROIX, BERIN DE LA | England, 1761, MIM | Noël-Simon Carochez turned over to him by P Vallée in 1761; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs"; possibly Lacroix, which see. | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| CROLIUS, JOHANN | Denmark, fl.1575-91, MIM | collaborator of Tycho Brahe; goldsmith; instrument maker. | Hven. | Michel 3; Price 2. | |
| CROLL, L. | c.1650, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = BUR. | L. Cröll. | USNM. | |
| CROMER, GERRIT | see Gerrit Cramer. | ||||
| CRONMIRE, J.M. AND H. | England, c.1850, MIM | Drawing Instruments = Soth. 11/9/70. | Soth. says 18th century. | 10 Bromehead Street, Commercial Road East, London. | London Intern'l Exhib., 1862; USNM; RSW. |
| CROOKE, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1693-1758, MIM | apprenticed to John Toogood in the Joiners' Company; freed in the Company by Elizabeth Toogood, July 4, 1693; took apprentices. | Without Newgate, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CROOKE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to his father, John Crooke 1, in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 1, 1713; free in the Company, April 3, 1722. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CROOKE, RICHARD | England, c.1715, | son of John Crooke 1; apprenticed to his father in the Joiners' Company, April 12, 1715. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CROOKES, JOHN | England, MIM | Quadrant, surveying = Musée Lombard, Geneva; Surveying Instrument= D.(1994). | D. signed "Jno. Crookes Fecit Leeds". | Leeds. | Coffeen X (1994); RSW. |
| CROOKES, WILLIAM | England, 1832-1919, PHIM | invented and made a wide range of philosophical instruments, including Crooke's radiometer; F.R.S. | London. | DSB; DNB; Zeitlin Cat. | |
| CROOME, ROBERT | England, c.1764, | free in the Joiners' Company; testified for Francis Morgan, July 3, 1764. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CROSA, ANTONIUS | Italy, 1573, MIM | Astrolabe, 1573 = D. | "Antonius Crosa De Castronovo Genve Elaborabat Anno Salatis Domini MDLXXIII." | Genoa. | Brieux 2. |
| CROSBY AND ROBINSON | England, pre-1743, | T.C.; Thomas Crosby and John Robinson 1; sold all sorts of instruments; split up in 1743. | at the lower end of Fair-street, "upon Horse-ly-down", in Southwark, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| CROSBY, DANIEL | Ireland, fl.1783-1804, PHIM | Balances = D., WHI. | 36 Pill Lane, Dublin. | Coffeen III; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CROSBY, JOHN | England, c.1675, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company, c.1675. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| CROSMAN, CHARLES | USA, 1830-1907, MIM | worked for Burt and Bailey, 1853-56; worked with Burt and Watson, 1857-58; partner with William Cicero Grant as Grant and Crosman, 1858-61. | Jefferson Avenue, between Bates and Randolph, Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| CROSSE, JAMES | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed to John Brown 1 with effect from March 25, 1688. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CROSTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROSTHWAITE, JOHN | Ireland, fl.1787-95, MIM | also made watches. | Dublin. | Taylor 2(818). | |
| CROTCHIE, CHAS. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Inverness. | Goodison 1. | |
| CROUCH, HENRY | England, c.1850+, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89; Microscope, binocular = D.(1997). | London. | Coffeen 56; RSW. | |
| CROUCHER, JOSEPH | England, c.1800, MIM | also made a marine time-keeper. | 27 Cornhill, London. | Taylor 2(1111). | |
| CROUCHLEY, G.F. | misreading for George Frederick Cruchley. | ||||
| CROW, FRANCIS | England, 1780-1832 fl.1813-32, NIM PHIM | Octant, 1832 = NMM; Compass, liquid filled = RSM; Wheel Barometer = X; Box of Magnetic Recreations = Museum, Wallington, Northumberland. | patented liquid compass and Crow's seaman's octant in 1813. | Faversham, Kent (1780-95); Gravesend; 37 Windsor Terrace, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1302); Goodison 1; NMM 2; USNM; J.A. Bennett 2; Hill and Padget-Tomlinson; McConnell (1984); Bedini 8. |
| CROW, GEORGE | USA, fl.1725-71, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, 1754 = P.C. | several other instruments survive; clockmaker. | Wilmington, Del. | Bedini 1 and 17; Smart 1. |
| CROW, T. | England, 1801, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1801 = NMM. | Wateringbury. | RSW. | |
| CROWDER, JOHN | England, c.1836, MIM | Providence Place, Tash Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| CROWDER, JOHN PETER | England, c.1795, | apprenticed to William Spencer 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 5, 1795; he may be the same as John Crowder. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CRUCHLEY, GEORGE FREDERICK | England, fl.1822-75, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Stuker (1958), P.C., Larvik Marine Museum, Norway (1853).; Pair of Globes = P-B 4/28/39, etc. | apprenticed to Aaron Arrowsmith, c.1840; "Map-Seller, Globe Maker and Publisher"; took over Cary firm and plates in 1850 and added his own name. | 64 and 81 Fleet Street, London. | Lister; Moskowitz 123; Yonge; RSW. |
| CRUCIFIX, NICOLAS | France, MIM | Bloud-type Sundials, ivory and silver = D.(1976) & D.(1986). | probably the same sundial. | Dieppe. | Coffeen Z; RSW. |
| CRUISE, JOHN | Ireland, 1843, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate, 1843 = D.(1989). | gnomon stamped "Yeates/Dublin." | Castletown, Kilpatrick. | Moskowitz 132. |
| CRUNDWELL | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | High Street, Tunbridge Wells. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| CRUNKLES, JAN AND FERDINAND NABOTH | Czechoslovakia?, fl.1695-97, MIM | Pair of Globes = Museum, Olomuc, Czech. | Naboth was painter; Crünkles was the constructer. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| CRUQUIUS, NICOLAUS SAMUEL | Holland, 1678-1754, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant = LEY. | surveyor;, expert on water-works. | Delft; Spaarndam. | Michel 3; Rooseboom 1. |
| CRUS, JOZE DA | Portugal, c.1808, MIM NIM | Compass = LIM. | compass signed "Joze da Crus, a Fez." | Lisbon. | RSW. |
| CRYER, THOMAS | England, fl.1754-1801, MIM | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 7, 1748; listed as a Householder from 1754 to 1801. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CUBITT, WILLIAM | England, 1817, | devised an "Ellipsifex" in 1817. | Ipswich. | Delehar 7. | |
| CUCCO, AUGUSTINUS | Italy, 1596, MIM | Artillery Instrument, 1696 = ADL-M100. | "Bombarda er aris cent°." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| CUFF, JOHN | England, 1708-72, OIM PHIM | Microscopes = CRI (No. 1), EGE, OXF, FLO, BIL, KEN (6), UTR, WHI, MAS, AMH, RSM, etc.; Telescopes = NMM, OXF, MLL, etc.; Stick Barometer = D.(1977); Angle Barometer = X; etc. | apprenticed to James Mann 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on April 13, 1722; free of the Company on Jan. 8, 1730; Master of the Company, 1748-49; took apprentices; T.C.; author. | at the Sign of the Reflecting Microscope and Spectacles, opposite Serjeant's Inn Gate, Fleet Street (1742-54); Salisbury Court, Fleet Street (1758); from opposite Shoe Lane (1759); of the Parish of St. Dunstan's in the West (1760); all in London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Taylor 2(158); Goodison 1; Whipple 1; Bonelli 1; Chaldecott 1; Belgian Inv.; Egestorff; Gunther 2 & 6; Chenakal 4; KEN; Daumas 1; Nachet; Purtle; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| CUFF, WILLIAM | England, c.1720, MIM | Sundial = Bishop's Palace, Wells. | Shepton Mallet. | Britten. | |
| CUINET, AEGIDIUS | variant spelling of Coignet, which see. | RSW. | |||
| CUINIET, GILLES | variant spelling for Coignet, which see. | Michel 12; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |||
| CULLOCK, M. | England, c.1787, | invented a new azimuth compass. | 38 Minories, London. | NMM. | |
| CULLS, J.P., TOMS AND SUTTON | misreading for J.P. Cutts, Sons and Sutton. | Soth.-B 9/15/76. | |||
| CULMER, C. | England, 18th Century, NIM | Hadley Quadrant = D.(1993). | mispelling of J. Culmer? | London. | MAD, Aug. 1993. |
| CULMER, J. | England, c.1700?, NIM | Octant = Marine Historical Assoc., Conn.; Hadley's Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | Josiah Culmer? | Wapping New Stairs, London. | USNM; RSW. |
| CULMER, JOSIAH | England, fl.1770-1810, NIM | Sextant, 1786 = Robert Watt (1786); Octants = Liverpool Museum (1786), Marine Historical Association, Conn.; Hadley's Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 2, 1770; listed as a MIM in the directories. | 130 (later 126) Wapping Stairs, London. | Taylor 2(820); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; NMM 1; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
| CULPEPER AND SCARLETT | England, OIM | Microscope = CRI. | London. | Gunther 2. | |
| CULPEPER, EDMUND 1 | England, 1660-1738 fl.1713-38, MIM NIM OIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including microscopes, various types of sundials, grapho- meters, circumferentors, sectors, etc; (see Coffeen 46.) | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company, Sept. 6, 1684; free of the Company on Mar. 4, 1713; took over Hayes' shop before 1700; took one apprentice; sometimes spelled `Culpepper"; gave his name to a type of microscope but it is not certain that he was the inventor; T.C. also lists telescopes; some instruments signed "E.C" which see. | Cross Daggers, Moorfields (the Old Mathematical Shop); Black and White Horse, Middle Moorfields; under the Piazza at the Royal Exchange; all in London. | Taylor 1(422), 2(31); Bryden 11 & 16; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Moskowitz; Coffeen 46; Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. |
| CULPEPER, EDMUND 2 | England, fl.1758-59, MIM | admitted to the Grocers' Company by Patrimony, Oct. 3, 1758; son of Edmund Culpeper 1; took his son as as apprentice. | Mile End in Stepney Parish; Mare Street, Hackney (1759); both in London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CULPEPER, EDWARD | clergyman; not an instrument maker; father of Edmund Culpeper 1. | Court and von Rohr 3(IV); Taylor 1(307 and 422); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 6. | |||
| CULPEPER, JOHN CHANDLER | England, c.1759, | apprenticed to his father, Edmund Culpeper 2, in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 6, 1759. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CULPEPPER | see Culpeper. | J. Brown 1. | |||
| CULPER, E. | England, MIM | Ring Sundial, large = MERC-23. | probably E. Culpeper. | Hamilton 1. | |
| CUMBERLAND, RICHARD | England, 1631-1718, MIM | Dr. Richard Cumberland; constructed an orrery, pre-1700. | Stamford; Peterborough. | Milburn 5; Gunther; Taylor and Wlson; USNM. | |
| CUMMING, ALEXANDER | Scotland; England, fl.1773-1814, MIM PHIM | Clock Barographs = Buckingham Palace (1765), Cumming (1766); Luke Howard (1814) = KEN, Lowther Castle = P.C. = VAA (loan); Microtome = KEN. | clockmaker; author; F.R.S.; Philosophical Society of Edinburgh; sometimes spelled ~Cummings"; in 1781 he was made an Honorary Freeman of the Clockmakers' Company. | Edinburgh; 12 Clifford Street, Bond Street (1785); 75 Fleet Street; Pentonville; all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(462); Britten; Boffito; Baillie 1; Chaldecott 1; Cosh 2; Middleton 1. |
| CUMMINS, ALEXANDER | England, c.1840, | clock and chronometer maker; held patents for improvements in barometers and sympiesometers. | Leadenhall Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CUNAEUS, ANDREAS | Holland, c.1755, | devised, independently, the Leyden jar. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| CUNIGHAM, JACOB | England, 1661, OIM | Telescope, 1661 = NMM. | maker or owner? Cuningham? earliest dated telescope known. | NMM 2; Daumas 1; Taylor 1(289); London Illustrated News, 4/10/37. | |
| CUNINGHAM, WILLIAM | England, 1531-86, | designed mathematical instruments including a new quadrant and an astronomer's ring. | Norwich; Cambridge; Colman Street, London. | Taylor 1(22); Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| CUNLY, ETHAN | USA?, 1804, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, slate, 1804 = Mercer Museum, Pa. | RSW. | ||
| CUNN, SAMUEL | England, fl.1714-22, | designed a new sector. | Litchfield Street, London. | Taylor 1(572). | |
| CUNO, COSMUS CONRADUS | Germany, 1652-1745, OIM | Microscope, simple, wood and ivory, case, 1692 / Christie-SK June/1996. | optician; made fine microscopes. | Augsburg. | Nachet; Daumas 1; Price 2; Zahn; Clay and Court; ATG June, 1966. |
| CUNO, JAKOB | Germany, fl.1561-79, MIM | made astronomical clock for Strasbourg Cathedral. | Frankfort. | Zinner 1. | |
| CUPER | France, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = Ineichen 5/3/74. | Blois. | RSW. | |
| CURMOLI | England, | mis-spelling in directory for Comoli. | Dudley. | Goodison 1. | |
| CURSOR, PAPIRIUS | Italy, MIM | Sundial = Rome. | Rome. | Randall 1. | |
| CURTAIN, WILL. | Ireland, 1748, | watchmaker; perhaps the same as Curtin in Tipperary. | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CURTIN | Ireland, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate = P.C. | Tipperary. | RSW. | |
| CURTIS, JOHN | England, c.1715, MIM | apprenticed to William Sellars of the Clockmakers' Company on May 24, 1715. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CURTIS, SAMUEL | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1695. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CURTIS, WILLIAM | 1795, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1795 = DeLuca Auction 3-21-81; Sextant, ebony, ivory and brass, 1795 = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | RSW. | ||
| CURTIUS, JACOB | Germany, c.1580-90, | invented a geographical-astronomical disc. | Senstenar. | Zinner 4. | |
| CURTIUS, MARCUS | Germany, 1601, MIM | Sundial, honestone, 1601 = BM; Astrolabe Clock = Ilbert. | sundial also marked "A.P. 1601"; Britten thought clock was c. 1665 and from Bohemia. | Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Daumas 1; Britten. | |
| CUSA, NICOLAUS DE | see Nicolaus de Cusa | Zinner 1; Weil 2(6); Hartmann; DSB. | |||
| CUSHEE | England, MIM | made orreries according to J. Harris.; probably E. Cushee. | RSW. | ||
| CUSHEE, E. | England, fl.1729-68, MIM | globe maker; probably Elizabeth, wife/widow of and successor to Richard Cushee; associated with Thomas Wright; associated with Benjamin Cole from 1757 on. | Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, Fleet Street (after 1741); The Orrery, Water Lane, Fleet Street (pre-1768); both in London. | Goodison 1; Wynter and Turner; Taylor 2(247); Globus, Dec. 1957; Wynter 1; Yonge. WEBDB. | |
| CUSHEE, LEONARD | England, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = Soth. 2/28/80, 6/25/68; Pannett Park Museum, Whitby; Globe, 12-inch = X. | brother of E. Cushee; son of Richard Cushee. | Wynter 1; Krogt 2; Yonge; RSW. | |
| CUSHEE, RICHARD | England, fl.1708-34, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, miniature, with cases = Soth. 11/6/87 (1731), OXF, P.C., KEN, D.(1983), Soth. 3/9/64, 10/31/67, 7/29/69, etc.; Celestial Globe = Soth. 3/13/67; Pairs of Globes = Physics Academy, Sor°, Denmark (1720), D.(1977) (1730); Terrestrial Globes = Burton Constable, OXF (on Wright"s orrery). | worked with Thomas Wright (1731-34); father of Leonard and E. Cushee, the latter succeded him; T.C; surveyor; the celestial gores in the cases use a geocentric projection. | Globe and Sun, between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(33); Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Globus, Dec. 1957 and 1968; KEN; Wynter and Turner; Wynter 1; E. Hall; Crawforth 1; Krogt 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| CUSHIN, JEDIDIA | England, c.1672, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on April 26, 1672. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CUSHING, ABBY C. | USA, 1822-1907, | succeeded her husband, Samuel Thaxter Cushing, in 1892, as head of S. Thaxter and Son; sold company to Herbert Risteen Starret in 1905; he had been with the company since 1884. | 125 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1. | |
| CUSHING, SAMUEL THAXTER | USA, fl.1843-99, NIM | owner of Samuel Thaxter and Son, 1843-99; "Grandson of Samuel Thaxter"; on T.C. of Samuel Thaxter and Son; succeeded by Abby C. Cushing, his widow, in 1882. | 125 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1; Brewington 1; Smart 1. | |
| CUSIN, NOEL | France, c.1675, MIM | Sundial in lid of watch = LOU. | Noël Cusin. | Autun. | RSW. |
| CUSSANS | see Cosens. | Loomes. | |||
| CUTBUSH, ROBERT | England, 1656, MIM | Quadrant on lid of tobacco box, 1656 = OXF. | Clay Coll. | RSW. | |
| CUTHBERT 1 | England, c.1800, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Chayette 6/28/86. | either John Cuthbert 2 or T. Cuthbert. | St. Martin's Lane, London. | RSW. |
| CUTHBERT 2 | England, OIM | made catoptric microscopes; could be any of the Cuthberts. | London. | Nachet. | |
| CUTHBERT, CHARLES | England, fl.1830-47, MIM OIM PHIM | 88 1/2 Gernault Place, Spitalfields, Clerkenwell (1836-40); 9 Clerkenwell Green (1842-47); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(1820). | ||
| CUTHBERT, J. | England, fl.1829-35, OIM | Gregorian Telescope = Wellesley College Observatory, Mass.; Microscope, 1829 = CRI. | probably James Cuthbert or John 2. | London. | USNM; Gunther 2. |
| CUTHBERT, JAMES | England, fl.1820-35, OIM | Reflecting Microscope = KEN. | also made Gregorian telescopes. | 445 Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1523); Dewhirst; Clay and Court. |
| CUTHBERT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1783-1810, OIM | Microscope = WHI; Instrument = KEN; Telescope, reflecting = WHI. | T.C. | Taylor 2(822); Whipple 1; Price 12; Gunther 3; Purtle; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| CUTHBERT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1817-52, OIM PHIM | Microscope, reflecting, 1829 = KEN; Telescopes. Gregorian = Soth. 3/10/87, BIR (1840), KEN (1852); Microscope, 1828 = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | T.C. (c.1839). | 113 St. Martin's Lane (1817); Westminster Road (1821); 16 Paradise Street, Lambeth (1822); 58 (inked out and 84 inserted) Brook Street, West Square, Lambeth; all in London. | O'Mara; KEN; RSW. |
| CUTHBERT, JOHN 3 | England, OIM | Magic Mirror = Soth. 10/31/66-78. | could be John Cuthbert 1 or 2. | London. | RSW. |
| CUTHBERT, T. | England, fl.1815-22, MIM OIM | 113 St. Martin's Lane, Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1303); USNM; RSW. | ||
| CUTHBERTSON AND CHAMPNEYS | England; Holland, c.1770, MIM OIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Drecker Coll. = P.C.; Air Pumps = UTR, LEY; Telescopes, reflecting = FRK, Christie-SK 11/19.87. | John Cuthbertson and his father-in-law, James Champneys. | London; Amsterdam. | Hackmann 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Frank; RSW. |
| CUTHBERTSON, I., AND CO. | Holland, post-1768, PHIM | Air Pump, double-barrelled = LEY. | see John Cuthbertson and Co. | Amsterdam. | Hackmann 1. |
| CUTHBERTSON, JOHN | England; Holland; England, 1743-1821, MIM OIM PHIM | Air Pumps = LEY (1789, 1790), GRO, KEN, TEY; Electrical Machines = TEY (1784), LEY (1788), UTP, KEN; Microscope = UTP; Twin-Plate Electrical Machines, 1799 = RIL, Inverness Museum; etc. | apprenticed to James Champneys of the Stationers' Company in 1761; later married his daughter; invented new form of air pump; did a lot of work in Amsterdam for Van Marum; see Cuthbertson and Champneys; see I. Cuthbertson and Co. | Amsterdam (1768- post-1793); Poland Street West (1796); 53 Poland Street (1798-99); 54 Poland Street (1800-); all three in London. | Hackmann 1; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24; Taylor 2(340); Crommelin; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; USNM; Clay and Court; KEN; A.J. Turner 10. |
| CUTHBERTSON, JOHN, AND CO. | England, MIM OIM PHIM | later than Cuthbertson and Champneys; see I. Cuthbertson and Co. | London. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Hackmann 1. | |
| CUTHBERTSON, JONATHAN | England; Holland, 1744-1806, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Auction, 1906; Thunder House = LEY. | brother of John Cuthbertson; made an instrument, a `distance measurer', similar to Hadley's quadrant; designed and made air pumps and solar microscopes; made instruments for Teyler Museum. | Rotterdam (1773-1806). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Hackmann 1; G.L'E. Turner 7; Rooseboom 1; Taylor 2(340a); Daumas 1. |
| CUTHBERTSON, MR. | England, c.1777, | see Walter Field. | Price 3. | ||
| CUTLER, EDWARD | England, c.1821, | apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 in the Grocers' Company, Sept. 6, 1821; no further record available to date. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| CUTLER, J. | USA, 1777, MIM | Sundial, pewter, 1777 = D.(1982). | Salem, Mass. | Coffeen A. | |
| CUTLER, JAMES | England, c.1796, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 7, 1796. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| CUTLER, NATHANIEL | England, c.1631, | T.C; teacher of mathematics; seller of mathematical and nautical instruments. | near Wapping Dock, London. | KEN; Calvert 2. | |
| CUTS, J.P. | England, OIM | Microscope = K. and C. 4/7/76. | misreading for Cutts. | Sheffield. | |
| CUTTS | England, OIM | Telescope = DRE. | surely J.P. Cutts. | London. | RSW. |
| CUTTS, E.A. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1969). | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| CUTTS, I.P. | England, 1825-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = VNN; Spyglass = D.(1980); Microscopes = Christie 4/3/85, Soth. 3/23/70 and 7/21/75. | see J.P. Cutts. | Sheffield. | Moskowitz 121; RSW. |
| CUTTS, I.P., SUTTON AND SON | see J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Son. | ||||
| CUTTS, I.P., SUTTON AND SONS | see J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Sons. | ||||
| CUTTS, J.P. | see John Priston Cutts. | ||||
| CUTTS, J.P., AND SONS | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Christie 7/28/70; Microscope = D.(1975). | "Opticians to Her Majesty"; microscope signed "J.P. Cutts and Son." | Sheffield. | RSW. |
| CUTTS, J.P., SONS AND SUTTON | England, fl.1845-60, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = PEA, D.1978). | "Opticians to Her Majesty." | 43 Division Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Brewington; RSW. |
| CUTTS, J.P., SUTTON AND SON | England, fl.1835-60, NIM OIM | Telescopes = D.(1972), Soth. NY 2/23/79, Soth. 1/22/73; Octant = Detroit Historical Society; Microscope = D.(1989). | "Opticians to Her Majesty" (which Queen?); trademark is an anchor and "Try Me"; Soth. telescope and the octant are signed "I.P. Cutts, Sutton and Son." | Sheffield and London. | Coffeen 27; RSW. |
| CUTTS, J.P., SUTTON AND SONS | England, fl.1845-82, NIM OIM | Ship's Log = D.; Harpoon Logs = D.(1975), D.(1976). | harpoon logs also signed "J.P. Cutts' Patent Dolphin Log No. 2"; one of the harpoon logs is called a taffrail log in catalogue and is signed "I.P.Cutts, Sutton and Sons." | London. | Moskowitz 111; Rinaldi; RSW. |
| CUTTS, JOHN P., SUTTON AND SON | England, 1845-, OIM PHIM | sometimes seen as J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Sons. | 43 Division Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1821); USNM. | |
| CUTTS, JOHN PRISTON | England, fl.1825-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = USNM; Microscopes = Soth. 12/8/69 and 3/23/70; Marine Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; etc. | instruments signed "J.P. Cutts" or "John P. Cutts"; see T.P. Cutts; see I.P. Cutts; see J.P. Cutts Sons and Sutton; see J.P. Cutts, Sutton and Son; T.C.; "Optician to Her Majesty." | 58 Norfolk Street (1825); 43 Division Street, near the National School (1826-60); both in Sheffield; London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1821); Calvert 2; USNM; Nachet; KEN; Moskowitz 111; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CUTTS, T.P. | England, c.1822, OIM | Telescope = K. and C. 12/15/72. | misreading for J.P. Cutts. | 58 Norfolk Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1524); RSW. |
| CUVIERE | France, c.1850, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Drecker. | Cuvière. | RSW. | |
| CUZZETTI, FABIANI | Italy, 1699, MIM | Table Sundial, soapstone, 1699 = WHI. | from the bell tower of Waltham Abbey Church; signed "Ex Operib, Presbyt: Fabiani Cuzzetti." | Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |
| CZADECKY, FERDINAND | Czechoslovakia, fl.1690-1710, OIM | Telescope = Museum, Komarov. | Zabrdovice. | Czech. Inv. | |
| CZECH, JOSEF | Czech; Italy; Austria, fl.1710-30+, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Table Sundial = P.C.; Universal Ring Sundials = P. and S. 11/21/1894 and Phillips 2/2/70; Clock = X; Graphometers = P.C. (1965), Gottingen Heimatmuseum-119; Compass in gimbals = P.C. | one graphometer also marked "W.D. Scheefer"; came into power as co-assistant to Antonius Braun, court optician; succeeded him at the court of Bohemia. | Prague; Milan; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 1 and 3; Brieux 3; Habacher; RSW. |
| CZERNY, JOSEF | Austria, fl.1825-38, MIM | Celestial Globes = Mechitharistenkloster, Vienna. | Globus, Nov. 1954, Dec. 1956. | ||
| D'AMERY, LAMBERT | Belgium, fl.1600-14, MIM | Astrolabe, 1614 = BMR (ICA-451); Astrolabe = LIE (ICA-459). | father of Leonard D'Amery. | Liège. | Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 1, 3, 9, 10, 13, 16; Belgian Inventory; Zinner 1; Société Belge; Art. |
| D'AMERY, LEONARD | Belgium, 1607-40, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentors = ADL-M150 (missing, never shipped by Mensing who thought this was a double entry), ADL-M151, BMR, Michel Coll., Rosenheim; Holland Circle = ROU. | signed himself as a `mathematician'; son of Lambert D'Amery. | Brussels. | Michel 3, 9, 10; Price 2; Engelmann 1; Zinner 1; Belgian Inventory; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. |
| D'ANNONE, NIKLAUS | Switzerland, fl.1678-1703, MIM | Astronomical Clock = BASH. | Basle. | Baillie 1; Britten. | |
| D. AND F. | England, c.1810, NIM PHIM | Hydrometer = D. | Dring and Fage. | RSW. | |
| D. AND S. | USA, -1866, MIM | Triangular Plotting Scale = P.C. | Darling and Schwartz. | Bangor, Maine. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| D. JAC. | Italy?, 1658, MIM | Plate for Equatorial Sundial, 1658 = NAC. | "D. Jac. in ordine cart. fecit anno 58." | Michel 3. | |
| D.A.V.M. | MIM | Universal Ring Dial = P.C. | bridge replaced by wire; similar instrument in Landau Coll. | RSW. | |
| D.B. 1 | David Beringer; see also D.B.F. | RSW. | |||
| D.B. 2 | Bobinger thought this was David Buschmann. | Evans 1; Bobinger 4. | |||
| D.B. PAT. | Germany; Austria, PHIM | Barometer, diagonal, No. 46 = GMM. | Munich; Innsbruck. | RSW. | |
| D.B.F. | MIM | Sundial, oval, portable = VNN; Compass Sundials = ADL-M263, Drouot 4/7/87, etc. | "D.B.f."; D.B. fecit; surely David Beringer, although Bobinger lists this as David Buschmann. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| D.D. | Germany?, 1674, MIM | Sandglass, four-part, geared, 1674 = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| D.F. | England, c.1825, NIM | scale on an octant is marked "D.F." with a fouled anchor, Dring and Fage. | London. | Brewington 1. | |
| D.G. | 1573, MIM | Pillar Sundial, ivory, 1573 = STS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| D.G.B.F. | Italy, 1641, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1641 = Drecker Coll. = DPW. | the dial has a cardboard lunar volvelle. | RSW. | |
| D.H.S./B.A.D. | 1693, MIM | Garden Sundial, stone, 1693 = NOR. | "D.H.S." over "B.A.D." | RSW. | |
| D.I.V. | 1692, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1692 = Soth. 3/17/38 = Kenney Sale = DPW. | Kenney gives "I.D.V." but Exhibition-Maps gives "D.I.V." | Exhibition-Maps; RSW. | |
| D.K. 1 | Germany, fl.1707-13, MIM | Table Sundial, stone 1707 = MUN; Vertical Sundial, stone, 1713 = Landshut Isar Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| D.K. 2 | France, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, paper dial plate, in boxwood case = Lausanne Palais Rumine. | Strasbourg. | Zinner 1. | |
| D.K. 3 | see the entry "I." (2). | RSW. | |||
| D.N. | France, 17th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | "D.N." is punchmark on back. | RSW. | |
| D.N.J. | 1693, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1693 = DEU-26897. | RSW. | ||
| D.N.S. | see "DNS." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| D.P. | Germany?, 1664, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, 1664 = White Coll. = WHI (FIT). | Bryden 16; Evans 1. | ||
| D.Q. | 1754, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1754 = USNM. | Capuchin sundial on reverse. | USNM. | |
| D.R.P. | Italy?, PHIM | Barometer = FLM. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| D.S. | see Dom Stefano Bonsignori. | Michel 3. | |||
| D.S.B.F.F. | Italy?, MIM | Sun and Moon Dial = FLO-2499. | for 40°30'; Don Stephano Buonsignori? | Florence? | Bonelli 1. |
| D.S.F.F. | Italy?, 1587, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1587 = FLO-2456. | Don Stephano Buonsignori? | Florence? | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Italian Inventory; A.J. Turner 10.. |
| DABNEY, JOHN, JR. | England; USA, fl.1739-43, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Sisson; came to Boston, Mass. in 1739; met Rowland Houghton; repaired instruments for Harvard College. | Mr. Rowland Houghton's Shop, the north side of the Town House (1739-43); Milk Street (1743); both in Boston, Mass. (1743). | Bedini 1, 8 & 13; USNM. | |
| DAFFNAY, JOANNES | 1743, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1743 = BMR. | RSW. | ||
| DAGGER, D.D. FRANCISCUS LEONARDUS | Austria, 1729, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1729 = SLM. | Zinner 1; Haupolter. | ||
| DAGLISH, R. | England, c.1780, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Orell near Wigan. | RSW. | |
| DAGUET, THEODORE | Switzerland, b.1795, OIM | made optical lenses. | Solothurn. | USNM; Exhibition of the Industries of the World, N.Y., 1853. | |
| DAKIN, JONATHAN | USA, c.1745, PHIM | balance maker. | Sign of the Hand and Beam, Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1. | |
| DALE, E.R. | England, c.1770, NIM | Backstaff = Phillips-NE 7/19/93. | may be owner. | ATG 7/10/93. | |
| DALE, JOHN | England, 1661, MIM | set up two sundials in the quadrangle of St. John's College, Oxford in 1661; he was a fellow there. | Oxford. | Beeson. | |
| DALE, THOMAS | England, MIM | Sundial = Museum of Science and Industry, Oslo. | Bath. | Dr. Johan Knap, Antiquarian Horology, Sept. 1970. | |
| DALES, CHARLES | England, MIM | Heliochronometer = Soth. 7/10/67. | signed "optician"; perhaps only a dealer. | Bournemouth. | RSW. |
| DALLAND | England, OIM | Telescope = OMM. | misreading for Dollond. | London. | RSW. |
| DALLAWAY 1 | England, MIM | Compass Sundial = Soth. 2/9/56; Map Measurer = Phillips 4/20/83. | see Joseph James Dallaway. | London. | RSW. |
| DALLAWAY 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | could be Dallaway 3 or 4. | Goodison 1; RSW.. | |
| DALLAWAY 3 | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 1/19/73. | optician. | Cheltenham. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DALLAWAY 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 5/26/76. | Bath. | RSW. | |
| DALLAWAY, I. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. Wilkinson and Hodge 12/18/24. | Stroud. | RSW. | |
| DALLAWAY, JOSEPH JAMES | England, fl.1799-1809, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Edward Troughton in the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1789; free of the Company on May 2, 1799; optician; T.C.; invented a map pedometer. | 4 George Lane, Botolph Lane (1802); 147 Tottenham Court Road (1805-09); both in London. | Goodison 1; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1. | |
| DALLMEYER, JOHN HENRY | England, c.1850, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-T92; Telescopes = Christie 12/17/75, Phillips 2/14/79. | issued a catalogue as late as 1865. | London. | Frank; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DALTON, JOHN | England, c.1850, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = PEA. | Hartlepool. | Brewington 1. | |
| DAM, JAN VAN DEN | Holland, fl.1738-73, MIM | Orrery, 1756 = AMST. | Michel thought this orrery was at the University of Amsterdam. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Michel 3. |
| DAME, RICHARD | USA, c.1840, MIM | made rulers. | Hanover, N.H. | DATM. | |
| DAMERIN, MAISON | Belgium, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Auction, Chartres 6/10/79. | House of Damérin. | Brussels. | RSW. |
| DAMMESTARRE | Holland?, MIM | Planetarium Clock = LEY. | RSW. | ||
| DANBY, JOHN | England, c.1737, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 14, 1737. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DANCE, J.B. | misreading for John Benjamin Dancer. | RSW. | |||
| DANCER 1 | England, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer, with Thermometer = K. and C. 12/3/75; Optical Square = OXF. | Abraham or John Benjamin Dancer. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| DANCER 2 | see Abraham and Dancer. | ||||
| DANCER AND ABRAHAM | England, c.1843, | surely Abraham and Dancer. | Manchester. | Alker. | |
| DANCER AND SONS | England, fl.1800-10, MIM OIM | Michael Dancer and his sons. | 55 Great Sutton Street; 53 Red Lion Street; both in Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1112). | |
| DANCER, ABRAHAM | England, fl.1838-42, OIM | probably Abraham and Dancer. | 13 Cross Street, King Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(2110); Clay and Court. | |
| DANCER, E.E., AND CO. | England, fl.1878-1900, OIM | daughter of J.B. Dancer; succeeded him in 1878 when he retired; firm was taken over in 1900 by Richard Suter. | Manchester. | Soth. 3/25/86. | |
| DANCER, J.B., AND CO. | England, fl.1883-1884, MIM OIM PHIM | John Benjamin Dancer and Co. | Manchester. | Alker and Osborne. | |
| DANCER, JOHN BENJAMIN | England, b.1812 d.1887 fl.1835-81, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including a microscope, balance and rule, all in silver, at College of Technology, Manchester, thermometers at Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, and 2 microscopes at KEN, etc. | his father, Josiah, and his grandfather were instrument makers; partner of Abrahah Abraham in Manchester (1841-44); made instruments for Joule; T.C.; also signed " J.B. Dancer"; "Optician"; "By appointment to Her Majesty's Commissioners." | Liverpool; 13 Cross Street, King Street (1835-45); 43 Cross Street, King Street (1848-81); both in Manchester. | Taylor 2(1525); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Lowery; Ashworth; Alker and Osborne; Goodison 1; KEN; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW; Coffeen B; Bryden 9; Collins 1; Clarke et al. |
| DANCER, JOSIAH | England, fl.1810-35, OIM | father of John Benjamin Dancer who succeeded him in 1835. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1304); Clay and Court. | |
| 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. | |
| DANCKERTS, JUSTUS | Holland, 1635-1701, MIM | Globe, glass = VIE. | globemaker, engraver, map seller; also see Justinius Dankerts. | Calverstraat, Amsterdam. | Michel 3; Alker; Tooley; Globus, Dec. 1956; RSW. |
| DANESI, PIETRO PAOLO | Italy; Paraguay, 1719-69, MIM | made sundials in Paraguay. | Babuco, Italy. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| DANFRIE, PHILIPPE | France, 1525-1608, MIM SIM | Astrolabe = BM; Astrolabes, wood and paper = PSH (1578); Astrolabes, 1584 = OXF, P. and S. 11/21/1894, Soth. 10/31/66, Soth. 6/2/87; Graphometers = P.C., Soth. 6/23/87, D.(1970), Prin Coll. = NMM; Theodolite (incomplete) = ADL-M187; Trigonometers = BMR, MAD, NMM; Armillary Spheres = MADEX (1602), OXFB; Sundial, silver-gilt = Evans Coll.; Circumferentors = HAK (1608), WHI; etc. | invented the graphometer; author; Jehan Moreau reprinted the paper astrolabe of 1584 in 1622, which see. | à l'Enseigne du Mirouer, rue des Carmes, Paris; Rouen (1608). | Daumas 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Gunther 1 and 6; Michel 1 and 3; Engelmann 1; Josten; Belgian Inv.; Nachet; USNM; Hamilton 2; Whipple 1; MADEX; Paris 1900; Société Belge; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Gibbs 2; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| DANGELO AND CADENAZZI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| DANGELO, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Basingstoke. | Goodison 1. | |
| DANIEL, HENRY | England, c.1687, | apprenticed to Thomas Walpole in the Grocers' Company on April 4, 1687. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DANIEL, JOHANN | Germany, 178?, PHIM | Balance = Christie-SK 12/1/83; Coin Balances = D. and D.(1986). | in der Bergischen Hauptstadt, Lennep. | Coffeen II; Wynter 1; RSW. | |
| DANIELL, EDWARD | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to James Atkinson of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 6, 1686. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DANIELL, JOHN FREDERICK | England, 1790-1845, PHIM | Hygrometer = WHI. | inventor of the Daniell cell, the register pyrometer and the Daniell hygrometer; first professor of chemistry at King's College, London.. | London. | USNM; Whipple 1; Middleton 1; Coffeen 56. |
| DANIELL, WILLIAM | England, fl.1632-70, MIM | Quadrant Sundial, 1665 = OXF; Horary Quadrant, 1663 = X. | member of the Clockmakers' Company, 1632; also made watch cases. | Sign of the Golden Ball, Ivy Bridge, Strand, London. | Taylor 1(172); Michel 3; Evans 1; USNM; Gunther 6. |
| DANIELS, AUGUSTUS | Austria, c.1765, MIM | Sundial = P.C. | Vienna. | USNM. | |
| DANKBAAR | Holland, 1789, NIM | Cross-staff, 1789 = BMR. | see L. Dankbaar. | Belgian Inventory; Société Belge; Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| DANKBAAR, L. | Holland, fl.1783-98, MIM NIM | Instrument = Schloss near Feidestock; Cross-staves = Haeberlin-Friesen Museum (1783), Heimatmuseum, Bremen-Schönebeck (1790), OMM (1798). | see Dankbaar. | Fiedestock. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| DANKERTS, JUSTINUS | Holland, 1616, NIM | Compass Rose, 1616 = Hamburg State Archives. | may be related to Justus Danckerts, which see. | Amsterdam. | Schück 2; RSW. |
| DANNELLI | England, c.1850, PHIM | see Vittory and Dannelli. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| DANNER, JACOB | USA, 1765-1850, MIM | probably father of Jacob Sensensy Danner, which see; also clock maker and silversmith. | Middletown, Va. | Smart 1. | |
| DANNER, JACOB SENSENSY | USA, 1807-77, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = USNM, Winchester-Frederick Historical Society, Va. | probably son of Jacob Danner; type invented by S. Kern. | Middletown, Va. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| DANTI DEL RINALDI, PIERVINCENZO | see Pier Vincenzo Danti. | ||||
| DANTI, EGNATI | Italy, 1747, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1747 = VNN. | probably a fake. | RSW. | |
| DANTI, F. EGNAZIO | Italy, 1537-86, MIM | Astrolabe, 1568 = GEP; Astrolabes = DRE (ICA-181), NMM (ICA-427), Roussel = OXF (ICA-180); Armillary Sphere and Horary Quadrant = Santa Maria Novella, Florence; Terrestrial Globe = Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. | see "F.E.D.P.F." | Perugia; Florence (1562); Bologna (1573); Alatri (1583). | Bonelli 1, 6 and 7; Gunther 1 and 6; Price 1; ICA 2; Italian Inventory; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Globus, June 1963; Settle 1; DSB; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| DANTI, GIROLAMO | Italy, c.1550, MIM | brother of Egnazio Danti, helped him with the maps in the Vatican. | Perugia. | Michel 3. | |
| DANTI, GIULIO | Italy, 1500-73, MIM | son of Pier Vicenzo Danti and father of Egnazio Danti; goldsmith and architect. | Perugia. | Michel 3. | |
| DANTI, PIER VINCENZO | Italy, fl.1488-1522, MIM | Astrolabe = HAK (ICA-171). | grandfather of Egnazio Danti; the astrolabe in the Adler planetarium, ADL-DPW51, is a copy of the instrument in HAK. | Perugia. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| DANTIS, EGNAZIO | Cube Sundial, 1665 = BAR. | fake. | Pisa. | Catalogo Generale; RSW. | |
| DANTIS, G.B. | Italy, MIM | Compass with handle = BAR. | fake? | Pisa. | RSW. |
| DANVER, I.L. | USA, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Winchester-Frederick Historical Society, Va. | Middletown, Va. | USNM. | |
| DANVERS | USA?, 1775, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood, 1775 = PEA. | RSW. | ||
| DARDENNE | France, c.1750, NIM | Octant = PMM. | Nantes. | Daumas 1; MADEX; Paris 1900; RSW. | |
| DARKER, C. | England, PHIM | Light Defractor = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | Lambeth (London). | RSW. | |
| DARKER, C. AND F. | England, PHIM | Kaleidoscope = WHI. | Whipple 1. | ||
| DARKER, W.H. | England, c.1850, | Pyrometer = D. | Paradise Street, Lambeth (London). | Weil 2(23). | |
| DARLET, THOMAS | England, 1769, NIM | Octant, 1769 = MYS. | Price 2. | ||
| DARLEY, JOHN | USA, 1721, NIM | Backstaff, 1721 = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79 = D.(1983) = D.(1988). | M.A.D., Nov. 1983; Rinaldi 22; RSW. | ||
| DARLEY, THOMAS | 1769, NIM | Backstaff, 1769 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DARLING AND SCHWARTZ | USA, -1866, MIM | made rules; see D. and S. | Bangor, Maine. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DARLING, BROWN AND SHARPE | USA, MIM | made rules, squares, etc. | Providence, R.I. | USNM. | |
| DARLING, SAMUEL | USA, c.1833, MIM | rule maker; see Darling, Brown and Sharpe. | Portland, Me. | Bedini 8. | |
| DARLOT | France, c.1865, OIM | succeeded Maison Jamin, pre-1865. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| DASYPODIUS, KONRAD | France, 1531-c.1583, MIM | Celestial Globe = STR; Wall Sundial = Giebelfeld. | made a planetarium and an astronomical clock in 1574; nom de plume of Konrad Hasenfratz. | Strasburg. | Zinner 1; Boffito; Baillie 1; Globus, Dec. 1956; Dawson 217, (1971); Tooley; DSB. |
| DATHEE, ALEXANDRE ET JEAN | France, fl.1769-72, OIM | Alexandre et Jean Dathée. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| DAUTHIAU | France, fl.1735-67, MIM | Astronomical Clock with Armillary Sphere, 1749 = X. | designed by Passement. | Paris. | Baillie 1; Bertele 2. |
| DAVANS | see Dawans. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| DAVENPORT, ANTHONY | USA, fl.1823-38, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | T.C. | Sign of the Quadrant and Compass, 10 Jones Row, Exchange Street, Portland, Maine. | Bowditch; USNM; Wind Rose Vol. 18, No.2, April, 1987; D.J. Warner 7 & 10. |
| DAVENPORT, J. | USA, fl.1856-57, MIM NIM PHIM | may be James M. Davenport; may be J. Davenport in S. and J. M. Davenport, which see. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| DAVENPORT, JAMES M. | USA, fl.1835-37, MIM | 144 Race Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | ||
| DAVENPORT, QUINCY AND CO. | USA, c.1846, | were agents for James McCoskrie. | 81 John Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| DAVENPORT, ROBERT | England; Scotland, fl.1635-c.1650, MIM | Oughtred Double Horizontal Sundial with Circles of Proportion on reverse = Christie 12/12/72 = RSM. | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on March 25, 1623; free of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 25, 1635; he received permission to settle in Edinburgh in 1647. | London (1635); Edinburgh (1647). | J. Brown 1; Bryden 15; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| DAVENPORT, S. AND J. | see S. and J.M. Davenport. | ||||
| DAVENPORT, S. AND J.M. | USA, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM SIM | Plane Table Azimuth Compass, case = P.-B. 9/24/38. | shop called "William Davenport, sign of the Quadrant; S. and James M. Davenport; probably sons of William Davenport. | Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| DAVENPORT, STEPHEN 1 | England, fl.1720-37, MIM PHIM | made air pumps, barometers, etc.; T.C.; author; may be same man as Stephen Davenport 2. | against the Distillery, High Holborn, near Drury Lane; Smarts Building, Cole Yard in High Holborn near Drury Lane; both in London. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(160); Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Crawforth 1 and 7. | |
| DAVENPORT, STEPHEN 2 | England, fl.1725-57, MIM | apprenticed to John Hodgkin in the Joiners' Company, Sept. 6, 1715; free in the Company, Sept. 7, 1725; may be same as Stephen Davenport 1. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| DAVENPORT, WILLIAM | USA, 1778-1829, MIM NIM SIM | Artillery Instrument = D.; Magnetic Compass = Old Gaol Museum, York, Maine; Surveying Compasses = PEA, GUR, Michigan State U. Museum, Lansing, Old Gaol Museum, York, Maine, Mercer Museum, Pa. | apprenticed to William Dean; made nautical compasses. | 43 South Front Street (1802-03); 45 South Front Street (1805-14); 25 South Front Street (1816-29); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; DATM; RSW. |
| DAVEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/19/87. | Lewes. | RSW. | |
| DAVID, I. | Poland, 1638, MIM | Sectors = Museum, Torun (1638), SWE (1640); Protractor = Museum, Torun. | Gdansk. | Polish Inventory. | |
| DAVID, J. | England, MIM | see John Davis 3. | Windsor. | Taylor 2(1823); Daumas 1. | |
| DAVID, JACOB | Holland, b.1607 fl.1637, MIM | son of Jan David. | Leyden. | Rooseboom 1; Pipping 1. | |
| DAVID, JAN | Holland, fl.1640-50, MIM SIM | Astrolabes = Auction, 1799; Circumferentors = SWE (1640), SKO (1640, 1641), P.C., West Friese Museum, Hoorn; Marine Compass = Auction, 1981; Sector = SWE. | father of Jacob David; made sectors, including one for Hevelius. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Pipping 1; Hollands Glorie; Price 2; Daumas 1; RSW. |
| DAVID, PATER CAJETANO CAPUC. | Austria, 1726-96, MIM | Table Sundials, stone = SLM (1735), MUN (1737), ADL-M282 (1742), SLM (1750), DEU, Soth. 12/12/55 (1750), SLM(3), Berchtesgarden, ROU; Astronomical Clock = Schwartzenberg Coll. | alias for Sebastian Rutschmann; worked with Joseph Rutschmann. | Lembach; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Britten; Haupolter; ADL; RSW. |
| DAVIDSON, D. | England?, 1781, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone, 1781 = EMA. | RSW. | ||
| DAVIDSON, F., AND CO. | England, OIM PHIM | Telescope, refracting = FRK-T181; Telescope, sighting = Christie-SK 11/15/79; Barometer, Liègeois = P.C. | 29 Great Portland Street, London. | Frank; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | |
| DAVIDSON, GEORGE | USA, 1825-1911, NIM | Octant = USNM. | moved to Washington, D.C. in late 1840's; sextant mentioned in Journal of Franklin Institute, 1866. | Philadelphia, Pa; Washington, D.C. | USNM. |
| DAVIDSON, H. | USA, c.1864, MIM | made rules; "H. Davidson Maker/N.Y." | N.Y. | DATM. | |
| DAVIDSON, THOMAS | Scotland, fl.1836-45, MIM OIM | see Thomas Davidson and Co; worked for John Davis 5, 1836-38 and for Robert Bryson 1, c.1838. | 12 Royal Exchange (1840-43); 63 Prnces Street (1844); 67 Canongate (1845); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. | |
| DAVIDSON, THOMAS, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1848-53, OIM | see Thomas Davidson. | 29 Haddington Place (1848-49); 187 High Street (1850-51); 4 Infirmary Street (1852-53); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DAVIES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edward or James Davies? | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| DAVIES AND CO. | England, MIM | Universal Ring Dial, on tripod = Christie 7/28/70. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| DAVIES AND MERRILL | see Merrill and Davis. | Moskowitz 103. | |||
| DAVIES, ALFRED, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN. | London. | RSW. | |
| DAVIES, D. | Scotland, fl.1823-32, MIM OIM | 110 Nelson Street (1823-25); 98 Trongate (1826-32); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | ||
| DAVIES, EDWARD | England, c.1835, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker? | 65 Bold Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIES, GABRIEL | England, fl. pre-1822-53, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | also made hydrographical instruments. | Sadley Street, Durham City; 20 Boar Lane (1822); 34 Boar Lane (1826-53); last two both in Leeds. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1527). |
| DAVIES, J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1996). | London. | ATG 6/22/96. | |
| DAVIES, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1787-99, MIM | Perpetual Calendar Discs, 1789, 1792-95, 1799 = BM (11); Perpetual Calendar Disc, 1787 = P.C. | Birmingham. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| DAVIES, JAMES 2 | England, c.1835, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker? | 51 Paradise Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIES, JOHN 1 | England, c.1773, | apprenticed to Tycho Wing in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 4, 1773; may be same as John Davies 2. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DAVIES, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1818-27, OIM | may be same as John Davies 1. | 10 High Street, Marylebone, London. | Taylor 2(1307); J. Brown 1. | |
| DAVIES, JOHN 3 | England, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = Nat'l Museum of Wales. | also made long case clocks. | St. Harmons, Radnor. | Peate. |
| DAVIES, JOHN 4 | Scotland, | "optician"; see John Davis 5. | Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. | |
| DAVIES, M. | England, c.1820, OIM | 101 High Street, Marylebone, London. | Taylor 2(1307). | ||
| DAVIES, OWEN | England, c.1835, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Long Bridge?, Llanidloes. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIES, WILLIAM | England, 1670, MIM | Sundial, 1670 = X. | see Davys. | Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 1(392). |
| DAVIES, WILLIAM C. | misreading for William C. Davis. | RSW. | |||
| DAVIS 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | H. Davis? David Davis? | London. | Goodison 1. |
| DAVIS 2 | England, OIM | Telescopes, refracting = FRK-T169,T170. | probably John Davis 2. | Derby. | Frank. |
| DAVIS 3 | England, c.1830, OIM PHIM | Telescope = Cheltenham Museum; Telescope, miniature = DeLuca 8/1/87; Cary-type Microscope = Wellcome Institute; Wheel Barometer = X; Microscope, Carpenter-type = D.(1987). | optician; T.C.; may be Edward Davis; see Messrs. Davis. | Cheltenham; 6 Bold Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Bryden 9; Coffeen 15; RSW. |
| DAVIS 4 | USA, c.1836, | see Merrill and Davis. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS 5 | see Syeds and Davis. | ||||
| DAVIS AND SON | England, fl.1840-1850+, MIM PHIM SIM | Protractors, full = D.(1975), Christie-SK 6/2/83; Hedley Mining Compass = D.(1983); Surveying Instrument = Soth.? 12/8/69; Mining Anemometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | see John Davis 2. | London and Derby. | Coffeen D; Moskowitz; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DAVIS AND SONS | England, PHIM | Barometer = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | see John Davis 2. | Derby. | RSW. |
| DAVIS BROS. | England, fl.1820-60, MIM OIM | Walking Stick Telescope = Soth. 7/22/68. | T.C.; John 4 and ? Davis; sometimes written Davis' Brothers. | 33 New Bond Street (1820); manufactory, 209 High Holborn (1820); both in London; 1 Lower Terrace, Islington (1838). | Taylor 2(2113); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. |
| DAVIS, A. | England, OIM | T.C.; spectacle maker. | 29 Warner Street, Portland Place, New Kent Road, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| DAVIS, ALBERT | England, | Clepsydra, 1671 = P.C. | modern work? | Norwich. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, ARI | USA, 1811-85, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | also a watchmaker and inventor; took Elias Howe as an apprentice from 1837-44 in Boston. | Princeton, Mass.; 87 Washington (1834); 11 Cornhill; 19 Court Square 75 Court (1839-45); all in Boston, Mass.; Lowell, Mass., (1845-85). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| DAVIS, CLARA | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 12 South Finsbury, London.. | Taylor 2(1824). | ||
| DAVIS, D. 1 | England, c.1765, OIM | Cuff-type Microscope = FRK-M42. | London. | Frank. | |
| DAVIS, D. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Glasgow. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIS, DANIEL, JR. | USA, 1813-87 fl.1834-49, MIM NIM PHIM | brother of Ari Davis; worked with him from 1834-49; succeeded by Palmer and Thomas Hall, 1849; made electrical apparatus. | Princeton, Mass. (1813); 11 Cornhill, Boston, Mass. (1834-52). | USNM; Romaine; D.J. Warner 6. | |
| DAVIS, DAVID | England, fl.1822-28, OIM | Microscope = Melun 4/24/83. | successor to H. Davis; signed "D. Davis"; see D. Davis 1. | 9 Macclesfield, Soho (1822-23); 28 Bury Street, St. Mary Axe (1828); both in London. | O'Mara; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1529); RSW. |
| DAVIS, E. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | optician. | Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. |
| DAVIS, EDWARD | England, fl.1833-42, MIM OIM PHIM | optician; see Davis 4; see Messrs. Davis. | 171 High Street (1833); 101 High Street (1842); both in Cheltenham; 65 Bold Street, Liverpool (1842). | Bryden 9. | |
| DAVIS, ELIZABETH | England, c.1830, MIM | perhaps widow of David Davis, which see. | 9 Macclesfield Street, London. | Taylor 2(1529). | |
| DAVIS, G. 1 | England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescopic Level = Phillips 2/2/84; Hadley Quadrant = NMM; Pantograph = American Art Galleries 3/18/75; Wheel Barometers = Bolling Hall, Bradford, Soth. 1/10/90; Etui of Drawing Instruments = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Garden Sundial = NYM; Drafting Instrument = Burndy Library; Surveying Instrument = Soth. 10/27/69; Stick Barometer = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87. | some sources thought he might be Gabriel Davies but this is improbable. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1527); USNM; RSW. |
| DAVIS, G. 2 | England, c.1800, MIM | London. | Evans 1. | ||
| DAVIS, G. AND E. | England, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Drawing Instrument Set, case = Soth.-B 9/15/76; Protractor, full, geared = Christie 4/3/85; Protractor, full = P.C.; Surveying Cross = Phillips 2/2/84. | see G. Davis 1. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, G.D. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Protractor with pivoted arm = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS, GABRIEL | see Gabriel Davies. | Goodison 1. | |||
| DAVIS, H. | England, fl.1799-1822, OIM | succeeded by David Davis. | 8 Macclesfield Street, Soho, London (1799-1817). | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1309). | |
| DAVIS, I. 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Soth. 7/15/66. | optician. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, I. 2 | see John Davis 3. | Chaldecott 1; KEN. | |||
| DAVIS, J. 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolites = Soth. 7/7/78 and 6/23/87; Prismatic Compasses = Soth. 4/22/65, Exhibition-Maps; 3-draw telescope=PC. | Cheltenham. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| DAVIS, J. 2 | see John Davis 3. | Taylor 2(1823); Chaldecott 1; RSW; Daumas 1. | |||
| DAVIS, J. 3 | England, c.1830, MIM | Microscope = Soth. 3/10/87. | "Improved Compound Microscope"; see Davis 4, Messrs. Davis and Edward Davis. | 65 Bold Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| DAVIS, J., AND SONS | England, c.1850, MIM NIM | Marking Protractor = D.(1991). | probably John Davis 2. | Derby. | Gemmary III. |
| DAVIS, JAMES | England, 1783, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1783 = RSM. | Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS, JOHN 1 | England, 1552-1605, | invented the Davis quadrant, or backstaff, in 1590; arctic explorer. | Sandridge, Devon. | Taylor 1(46); USNM; Daumas 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; King; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DAVIS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1830-51, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 7/12/71; Anemometer = WHI; Microscope = Soth. 3/13/67; Telescopic Levels = D.(1969), Versailles 11/20/83; Miner's Surveying Compass = Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | optician; in 1851 Exhibition; signed "Davis, Derby" or "J. Davis, Derby." | 14 Iron Gate, Derby. | Bryden 9; Price 12; Taylor 2(1825); RSW. |
| DAVIS, JOHN 3 | England, c.1690, MIM | Odometer = Guildhall Exhibition, Windsor; Plummet Inclinometer = KEN; Horizontal Sundial = Soth. 12/8/69. | see I. Davis 2 and J. Davis 3; inclinometer is from George III Collection. | Windsor. | Chaldecott 1; Taylor 2(1823); Daumas 1; RSW. |
| DAVIS, JOHN 4 | England, fl.1820-42, MIM OIM | 33 New Bond Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| DAVIS, JOHN 5 | Scotland, fl. 1836-42, MIM OIM PHIM | Inclinable Sundials = FRK = RSM, Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Ga.; Telescope = EGE; Stick Barometer = Phillips-E 7/25/86; Sympiesometer = X; Thermometer = Phillips-E 2/24/89. | usually signed "J. Davis Edinburgh"; barometer signed "J. Davis, Optician Edinburgh"; was he only a dealer? | 64 Princes Street (1836-40); 78 Princes Street (1841-42); both in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Egestorff; Bryden 3; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DAVIS, JOHN 6 | England, c.1752, OIM | apprenticed to Edward Scarlett 2 in the Spectaclemakers' Company; admitted as a brother to the Company, 1752. | at Mr Scarlett's, the Archimedes and Globe, near Soho Square, London. | Robischon. | |
| DAVIS, JOHN 7 | England, 1685, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company, 1685; is he the same as John Davis 3. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DAVIS, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1850+, MIM PHIM SIM | Barometer = D.(1972); Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88; Psychrometer = USNM; Compass = Phillips 4/20/83; Theodolite = Phillips 4/20/83. | T.C.; see John Davis 2. | London and Derby. | Middleton 4; RSW; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| DAVIS, MESSRS. | England, c.1842, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, six-draw = KEN. | T.C.; see J. Davis 2, Davis 4 and Edward Davis. | 65 Bold Street, Liverpool and 101 High Street, Cheltenham. | Calvert 2; KEN. |
| DAVIS, SAMUEL | England, c.1770, MIM | rule maker. | Burry Street, Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM 1 | Ireland, c.1790, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Soth. 3/10/87. | No. 7, Portland Row, Dublin. | RSW. | |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Shiffnall. | Goodison 1. | |
| DAVIS, WILLIAM C. | USA, 1813-79 fl.1835-79, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = GUR, P.C., New York State Museum, Historical Society of Plainfield, N.J., D.(1972), D.(1994). | all instruments signed "W.C. Davis"; partner of Merrill; see Merrill and Davis. | 36 Oak Street (1835-36); 157 South Street (1836-37); 255 Front Street (1837-38); 196 Water Street (1841-42); 302 Pearl Street (1878-79); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM; Brewington 1; Moskowitz 104; Garcelon 33; RSW. |
| DAVISON, THOMAS | England, c.1832, OIM | made a new form of reflecting telescope. | Taylor 2(1826). | ||
| DAVY, MICHAEL | England, c.1674, MIM | made gauges. | Evans 1. | ||
| DAVYS | England, fl.1676-77, MIM OIM | made instruments for Robert Hooke including a pole-telescope (partly made by Christopher Cock), a compass, rulers and telescope tubes; he may be same as William Davies, which see. | London. | Taylor 1(392). | |
| DAWANS, HENRIJ | Holland, fl.1758-69, MIM | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| DAWES | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DAWKINS, HENRY | USA, c.1740, | worked for Anthony Lamb as an engraver. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| DAWSON 1 | Scotland, c.1790, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 10/20/89. | Perth. | RSW. | |
| DAWSON 2 | see Bywater, Dawson and Co.; see Dawson and Melling. | RSW. | |||
| DAWSON AND CO. | see Bywater, Dawson and Co. | Taylor 2(1288). | |||
| DAWSON AND MELLING | England, fl.1837, MIM OIM | agents for R.B. Bate. | 20 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(2114); Crawforth 1. | |
| DAWSON, ALEXE | Ireland, OIM | in telescope case; owner? | Dublin. | NMM 2. | |
| DAWSON, GEORGE | England, c.1722, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company on June 19, 1722. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DAWSON, M. | England, post-1780, MIM | Quadrant = KEN. | invented by G. Beck, patented in 1780. | KEN. | |
| DAWSON, NATHAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DAWSON, THOMAS | England, c.1650, NIM | turned over his apprentice, Ralph Greatorex, to Elias Allen. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DAWSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1818, MIM | rule and bed screw maker. | Hill Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| DAY | England, c.1840, PHIM | Thermometer = PEA. | Brewington 1. | ||
| DAY, FRANCIS | England, c.1810, MIM OIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case = Soth. 7/31/67-2; Microscopes = FRK (2), Soth. 10/27/69, 3/23/70 and 10/28/86; Parallel Rule = D.(1970). | also signed as "F. Day." | 37 Poultry, London. | Frank; Moskowitz 101; USNM; RSW. |
| DAY, I. | England, OIM | Telescope, 4-draw = FRK-T156. | Frank. | ||
| DAY, ISAAC | England, c.1690, MIM | NMM 1. | |||
| DAY, JACOB | England, c.1694, MIM | son of Isaac Day. | NMM 1. | ||
| DAY, JOHN | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to John Blake in the Joiners' Company on May 20, 1783. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DAY, W. | USA, 1850, OIM | patented a submarine telescope, 1850. | Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| DAY, WILLIAM | England, | see A. Martinelli and William Day and Co. | RSW. | ||
| DAYE | England?, 1678, MIM | Sector, boxwood, 1679 = HAR. | name is stamped; there is a perpetual calendar; might be owner. | Giordano X. | |
| DCC DVVV DIXVV | 1736, | Chalice Sundial, glass, 1736 = SLM. | chronogram. | RSW. | |
| DE BIE, C. | see Bie, C. de. | ||||
| DE DIN, PHILIS | France, 1595, MIM | Astrolabe, 1595 = P. and S. 6/18/1894 = OXF. | ICA 211; "Ich Toebehorre Philis de Din." | Lille. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1, 2 and 6; Evans 4. |
| DE GRAGE AND CO. | misreading for De Grave and Co. | Christie-SK 10/6/83. | |||
| DE GRAVE | England, PHIM | Balances = K. and C. 10/8/75, Versailles 11/20/83. | could be either Charles De Grave 1 or 2. | London. | RSW. |
| DE GRAVE AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Coin Balance, Avery-type = Soth. 6/23/87; Set of Balances, case = Phillips 2/14/79. | London. | RSW. | |
| DE GRAVE AND SAWGOOD | England, post-1821, PHIM | balance makers. | London. | Taylor 2(841). | |
| DE GRAVE AND SON | England, c.1799, PHIM | Diamond Balance = D.(1985). | probably Mary De Grave and her stepson, Charles De Grave 2; "Scale Makers." | corner of St. Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 9. |
| DE GRAVE, CHARLES 1 | England, fl.1767-99, PHIM | Balances = D.(1981); Diamond Balance = Pym Sale. | partner with and successor to Samuel Read in 1780; T.C. "Scale maker to His Majesty"; "20 August 1789"; see De Grave; succeeded by his wife, Mary. | 59 (later 16) St Martin-Le-Grand, the corner of St Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(841); Moskowitz 126; RSW. |
| DE GRAVE, CHARLES 2 | England, c.1844, PHIM | maker of weights and balances; son of Mary and Charles De Grave 1; succeeded his mother in 1844; firm finally became De Grave, Short and Fanner; in 1920 the firm was taken over by W. and T. Avery. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DE GRAVE, CHARLES, AND SON | England, fl.1793-1821, PHIM | Diamond Balance = D.(1985); Balances = OXF, KEN, WHI, etc. | one of the balances is dated 1821. | 59 (later 16) St Martin le Grand, corner of St. Ann's Lane, Aldersgate, London. | Coffeen 9; Taylor 2(841); Crawforth 6. |
| DE GRAVE, MARY | England, fl.1800-16, PHIM | Balance = X; Gold Balance = HAK. | succeeded her husband, Charles De Grave 1 in 1799; signed her balances "Widow of Charles De Grave"; see De Grave and Son. | No. 59 St. Martin Le Grand, corner of St. Anns Lane, Aldersgate, London. | Taylor 2(841); G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| DE GRAVE, SHORT AND CO. | England, c.1900, PHIM | Apothecary's Balance = Soth. 6/23/87. | continuation of the De Grave family business into the twentieth century. | RSW. | |
| DE GRAVE, SHORT AND FANNER | England, pre-1859-1962, MIM PHIM | Standard Yard = Christie 2/13/68. | Charles De Grave 2; firm taken over in 1920 by W. and T. Avery though old name lasted until 1962; made beam balances. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DE JONG EN BRUYN | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Azimuth Compass = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. | |
| DE L'ISLE, GUILLAUME | France, | see "Isle, Guillaume de l'." | RSW. | ||
| DE LA COUR | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | 327 and 59 High Street, Chatham. | RSW. | |
| DE LUC, JEAN ANDRE | Switzerland; England, 1727-1817, | Jean André De Luc; invented the first portable barometer, c.1750, and a type of hygrometer; author. | Geneva; Windsor. | Middleton 1 & 4; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| DE MORY, D. | USA, NIM | Octant = VNN. | 62 South Street, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DE MORY, GRAY AND W.D. ALDER | USA, NIM | Sextant = D.(1981). | T.C.; successors to George C. Baker; also made chronometers. | No. 62 South Street, near Wall, New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DE NEGANI | origin of Denegan, Donegan? | Bedini 1. | |||
| DE PALMA, FILIPPO | Italy; France; Austria1813-73, MIM PHIM | made a dividing engine and electrical apparatus. | Naples (1813); Florence (1861); Paris (1867); Vienna (1873). | Brenni 1. | |
| DE SAUSSURE, HORACE BENEDICK | Switzerland, 1740-99, | Horace Bénédick De Saussure; invented a type of hygrometer; suggested many improvements for meteorilogical instruments; professor of philosophy at Geneva; author; his collection of instruments is in the Museum of the History of Science, Geneva. | Geneva. | G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10; USNM. | |
| DE STEUR, JACOBUS | Holland, c.1675, MIM NIM SIM | Holland Circle = X; Circumferentor = D.(1960). | Leiden. | Bryden 9; Price 2. | |
| DE. D.S. ERG. C.H. | 1571, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1571 = VIE-AR2655. | Zinner 4. | ||
| DEACON 1 | England, c.1834-35, MIM | made model of part of Babbage's computing machine. | Beaufort House, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(1828). | |
| DEACON 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Leicester Museum, X; Wheel Barometer = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27. | could be Frederick or J. Deacon. | Leicester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DEACON, FREDERICK | England, c.1822, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | barometer signed "F. Deacon, Leicester"; watch and clockmaker. | Market Place, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| DEACON, J. | England, fl.1795-1835, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Leicester Museum; Sundial = Phillips 7/17/85. | see Deacon 2. | Leicester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DEACON, SAMUEL | England, 1746-1816, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Heathcote Ball and Co. 2/13/97. | brass plate to print barometer paper plates signed "S. Deacon Barton" in Leicester Museum; made barometers, clocks and watches. | Barton-in-the-Beans (1771+). | Goodison 1; Daniell; ATG 2/6/97. |
| DEAMER, JAMES | USA, fl.1823-28, MIM OIM PHIM | made, sold and repaired cases of mathematical instruments, barometers, thermometers, telescopes, microscopes, etc.; successor to J. Anderson, whipmaker. | 38 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| DEAN, JAMES | USA, c.1830, | professor at the University of Vermont; invented a cometarium which was made by Aaron Willard, Jr. | D.J. Warner 6. | ||
| DEAN, JOHN | England, c.1828, MIM | 6 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| DEAN, PETER | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Bear Yard, Lincoln's Inn, London. | Taylor 2(1531). | ||
| DEAN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1778-97, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Clark County Historical Society, Ohio. | succeeded in business by William Davenport. | 43 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; D.J. Warner 10. |
| DEANE | England, c.1730, NIM | Compass Rose = Soth. 6/1/88. | "Deane fecit"; possibly Ino. Deane. | RSW. | |
| DEANE, DAVID | England, fl.1735-77, OIM | apprenticed or turned over to Matthew Loft in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1728; free of the Company in 1735; Master of the Company, 1760-61; signed the petition against Peter Dollond. | Smithfields, London (1764). | Taylor 2(161); Court and von Rohr 3(113); Robischon. | |
| DEANE, INO. | England, 1742, NIM | Backstaff, 1742 = D.(1974). | "Ino. Deane May 20 1742 IP." | Wynter 1. | |
| DEANE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1718-48, MIM SIM | Hodometer = WHI; Horizontal Sundials = KEN (1718),(stone), OXF, NMM, P.C., WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = VCW, NUR, KENNEY-140, BM, DEU, ROU-73; Sectors = ADL-M90, OXF; Gunners' Calipers = P.C. (1982), EGE, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Gunner's Scale = NMM; Gunter Quadrant with Sundial = WHI; etc. | apprenticed to John Rowley of the Broderers' Company, July 28, 1710; free in the Company Feb. 4, 1718; Master of the Company, 1747; took an apprentice; MIM to the Office of Ordnance. | Garden House, Crane Court, Fleet Street (1712); Golden Sphere in three Crane Court, Fleet Street; both in London. | Taylor 1(464) and 2(34); Bryden 16; Price 3 and 12; Ward 3 and 4; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Engelmann 1; Gunther 2 and 6; Nachet; Egestorff; KEN; Crawforth 6 & 7; ADL; RSW. |
| DEANS, JOHN | England, PHIM | Thermometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | on barometer by Lennie. | RSW. | |
| DEARBORN, WARREN | USA, 1802-63, MIM | made rulers, etc.; Dearborn and Skinner, cabinetmakers and planemakers. | Sandwich, N.H. | DATM. | |
| DEBOMBOURG, I. | France, c.1725, MIM | Protractor = D.(1993). | see Pierre Debombourg. | Lyon. | Coffeen 43. |
| DEBOMBOURG, PIERRE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = LOU; Butterfield-type Sundial = LOU; Compass Sundial, square = Ernst Coll.(HAR); Horizontal Sundial = P.C. | see I. Debombourg. | Lyon. | Wheatland 2; Coffeen 43; RSW. |
| DEBONNAIRE, MR. | 1647, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1647 = ADL-M271. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| DECHALES, CLAUDE FRANCOIS MILLIET | France; Italy, 1621-78, MIM | Claude François Milliet Dechales; compass maker; author. | Paris; Turin. | Schück; DSB. | |
| DECK | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | see I. Deck. | Leamington. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DECK, I. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | may be same as Deck of Leamington. | Cambridge. | RSW. |
| DECOOL, J.F. | Belgium, c.1805, MIM | Astronomical Clock = P.C. = BMR. | Namur. | Société Belge; ART. | |
| DEE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Skipton. | Goodison 1. | |
| DEEMS | misreading for Deens. | Daumas 1. | |||
| DEENS, INDOCUS | misreading for Jodocus Deens. | P. and S. 4/3/1894. | |||
| DEENS, JODOCUS | Belgium; Austria, c.1682, MIM SIM | Graphometers = KEN (1682), VIT; Universal Ring Dials = VIU, P. and S. 4/3/1894, Soth. 10/17/60. | graphometers made in Vienna; Daumas thought it was "Deems". | Louvain; Vienna. | Daumas 1; Evans 1; Michel 3; Gunther 2; Kirnbauer 2. |
| DEFORGES L'AINE | France, 1744, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, marble, 1744 = ADL-M328. | "Deforges l'aîné fecit." | tools, stars, comet, etc, carved in relief and colored, on the sides; owned by Heilbronner. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| DEGENAUR, PIETER DIRCKZ | Germany?, NIM | Compass Rose, paper = GMM. | RSW. | ||
| DEGERMAN, O.N. | Holland, 1756, OIM | Solar Microscope, 1756 = CRI-345 = KEN. | Rooseboom 1; Nachet; KEN. | ||
| DEGREZ | Sundial = Drouot 11/14/68. | probably misreading for "degrees." | RSW. | ||
| DEICHMANN, L. | Germany, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = Geographische Institut, Hamburg; Tellurian = DEU. | sundial is for 51°19'. | Kassel. | RSW. |
| DEIJL, HARMANUS VAN 1 | Holland, 1705, OIM | Telescope, 1705 = LEY. | son of Jan van Deijl 1 and father of Jan van Diejl 2; Mörzer Bruyns thought he lived c.1775. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| DEIJL, HARMANUS VAN 2 | Holland, 1738-1809, OIM | Achromatic Microscopes = LEY, UTP, UTR, BIL, TEY. | son of Jan van Deijl 2. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1 and 2; van Cittert 3; Daumas 1; Purtle; G.L'E. Turner 24; Evans 1. |
| DEIJL, JAN VAN (2), EN ZOON | Holland, fl.1769-75, OIM | Telescopes = STROZZI, KEN, AMST (1769 and 1775), DEU, PMM, Auctions, 1906 (1769) and 1910 (1769). | son was Harmanus van Deijl 2; see Jan Bunders and Jan van Deijl Bunders. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Hamilton 2; KEN; Price 2; RSW. |
| DEIJL, JAN VAN 1 | Holland, 1704, OIM | Telescope, 1704 = UTP. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| DEIJL, JAN VAN 2 | Holland, 1715-1801, OIM | Telescopes and Microscopes = TEY, LEY, Museum of Education, The Hague; Achromatic Telescope, pasteboard = DEU. | father of Harmanus van Deijl 2; DEU telescope signed "Jan van Deylen Zoon" (c. 1765). | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Council of Europe 1; Wheatland 2; Price 2. |
| DEIMAN | PHIM | made potentiometers. | McConnell (1984). | ||
| DEINERT, PAULUS | see Deivert; see P.D. | ||||
| DEIPHOLTH, JOHANN | Germany; Holland, c.1750, MIM | Table Sundial = MADEX-107; Crescent Sundial = Bernal Coll. = BM. | Baillie thought him 17th century; Price thought him `Beipolth'; table sundial is signed "Augsburg", the other "Haag." | Augsburg; The Hague. | Whipple 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Baillie 1. |
| DEIVERT, PAULUS | Germany, 1758, PHIM | Money Balance, 1758 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| DEKANG, JANA | Poland, 1643, MIM | Artillery Instrument, 1643 = Military Museum, Warsaw. | Lesznic. | RSW. | |
| DEKKER, R. | Holland, c.1791, MIM NIM | Nautical Rule = RIJ; Azimuth Compass = RIJ; Log = RIJ. | requested a patent in 1791. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| DEL VECCHIO, J. | see Vecchio, J. del | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |||
| DEL VECCHIO, JAMES | Ireland, fl.1833-38, | looking-glass and frame maker. | 15 Lower Abbey Street (1833-35); 68 Dame Street (1836-38); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| DELACOUR, L. | France, c.1730, MIM SIM | Cicumferentor = SPI-2763 = AND-SPI-30. | Dunkerque. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| DELAGRAVE | France, 19th Century, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Versailles 4/17/83. | RSW. | ||
| DELAGRAVE, CH. | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = CNAM-12852. | CNAM 1; Destombes 4. | ||
| DELAHAYE | France, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| DELALANDE | France, fl.1775-79, MIM | Celestial Globes = Roussel (1779), Auction, Paris 6/15/79 (1779), GEL (1775), BMR (1777), Palermo Observatory. | Paris. | Serrio (1983); Chenekal 3; Belgian Inv.; RSW. | |
| DELAMAIN, RICHARD | England, fl.1610-45, MIM | designed and made instruments for Charles I; author; designed a circular slide rule in 1632-33. | Drury Lane, upper part of Chancery Lane, London. | Bryden 15; Taylor 1(122); Gunther 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| DELAMARCHE 1 | see Charles François Delamarche. | ||||
| DELAMARCHE 2 | France, fl.1821-57, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = A-P 3/15/76 (2), FLO (1821); Planetarium, mechanical, 1839 = Soth. 12/15/78. | son of Charles François Delamarche. | 12, rue du Jardinet; rue du Battoir (1839-57); both in Paris. | Moskowitz 122; RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, C.F., ET MESSIER, C. | France, c.1780, MIM | Terrestrial and Celestial Globes = NMM-Caird. | Paris. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| DELAMARCHE, CHARLES FRANCOIS | France, 1740-1809, MIM | made many terrestrial and celestial globes, planetariums and armillary spheres (wood and paper); dated ones range from 1780-1808. | Charles François Delamarche; "Geographer"; successor to Sanson and Robert de Vaugondy. | chez Delamarche, 12 rue du Jardinet (1780); Géog., Rue de Foin St. Jacques au Collège de Mtre. Gervais (1783-91); both in Paris. | Moskowitz 122; Nachet; Price 2; USNM; Brewington 1; Bonelli 1; Brieux 2; Syndram; Yonge; RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, FX. | France, 1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, wood and paper, 1831 = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88. | "Succ. de Robert de Vaugondy, 1831"; "Ingen-Mécan. pour les globes et sphères." | Paris. | RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, FX., ET CHLES. DIEN | France, 1816, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1816 = Melun 4/24/83. | "dressée ordre du Roi par le S. Robert de Vaugondy"; surely a misreading of the date. | rue du Jardinet N°13, Paris. | RSW. |
| DELAMARCHE, MAISON | France, c.1860, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | the house of Delamarche. | Paris. | RSW. |
| DELAMARRE, CHOLLET | France, NIM | Repeating Circle = USNM. | Rue de Fourcy St. Antoine 6, Paris. | USNM. | |
| DELANDER, DANIEL | England, 1674-1733, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1962); Stick Barometer = Clumber Park = P.C. | apprenticed to Charles Halsted of the Clockmakers' Company in 1692; free of the Company, 1699; journeyman assistant to Tompion; also made clocks; bill for another barometer is known. | Devereux Court; Temple, Fleet Street, London (1712 on). | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DELANDER, R. | England, c.1620, MIM | Sundial inside back cover of watch = Soth. 12/1/78. | RSW. | ||
| DELCANO, JUAN SEBASTIAN | Spain, fl.1520-26, MIM | Delcaño; globe maker. | Globus, Dec. 1956. | ||
| DELCOMINETE | France, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Auction Sale, Paris 11/24/79. | Moreau; RSW. | ||
| DELEUIL, JEAN-ADRIEN | France, 1820-94, MIM OIM PHIM | Cannon Sundial = CNAM; Meter Rod = FLM; Barometer = FLO-1144; Wind Instrument = PMM; Electrical Apparatus = D.; Photographic Barograph = USNM; Meridian Instrument = D.; Microscope = D.(1976). | Rue des Fourneaux 42, Paris. | CNAM 2; USNM; Paris 1900; Belgian Inv.; Brieux 1; Middleton 4; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DELEUIL, L.J. | France; England, c.1850, PHIM | made air pumps, etc.; son of Jean Adrien Deleuil. | 8 rue du Pont-le-Lodi, Paris and 7 Althorpe Street, Grey's Inn Lane, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DELHEUX, JEAN | Belgium?, 1814, MIM | Vertical Sundial, pewter, 1814 = LIE. | RSW. | ||
| DELL'ACQUA, CARLO | Italy, 1806-75, PHIM | Barlow's Globe = Pavia University; Magnetic Sparkler = Pavia University. | Milan. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brenni 1. | |
| DELLA TORRE, J. | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Carter's Grove, Va., Soth. 2/4/77, Christie-SK 1/22/87. | Perth. | RSW. | |
| DELLA TORRE, T. | Scotland, PHIM | Barometer = Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich. | may be J. Della Torre. | Perth. | RSW. |
| DELLEBARRE | Holland, OIM | microscope maker; may be A. or Louis François Dellebarre. | Nachet. | ||
| DELLEBARRE EN BAYENS GEBROEDERS | Holland, c.1800, OIM | Microscope = LEY. | Delft. | Daumas 1. | |
| DELLEBARRE EN CANZIUS | Holland, fl.1798-1806, OIM | Microscopes = LEY(1798), CRI(1806), UTP, LEY, DEU. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Gunther 2. | |
| DELLEBARRE, A. | Holland, c.1797, OIM | Microscope = BIL; Dellebarre-type Microscope, 1788 = Soth. 4/18/88 = Soth. 10/3/88. | Soth. signed on microscope tube; marked on microscope at KEN, made by Onderdewijnwgaart. | Leiden. | Purtle; RSW. |
| DELLEBARRE, LOUIS FRANCOIS | Holland; France, 1726-1805, OIM | Microscopes = CNAM(1771), WHI(1785), NAC(1789, 1793), KEN(1793), DEU, OXF, UTR, BIL, LEY, UTP; Compound Microscopes = X, GEM (1788). | Louis François Dellebarre; see Dellebarre and Canzius, Dellebarre and Bayens. | Leyden (pre-1776); rue Saint-Jacques (after 1776); rue Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois (1793); both in Paris. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Whipple 1; Purtle; KEN; Bryden 9; A.J. Turner 10. |
| DELLEMONT | France, pre-1840, | see Guillemin and Dellemont. | RSW. | ||
| DELLER, COMP. P. AEMILIANUS | Germany, 1786, MIM | Quadrant, 1786 = DEU. | also marked "Ben. Prist." | RSW. | |
| DELLING, P. AEMILIANUS | Austria, 1699-1746, MIM | may be "P.AE.D.P.K." signed on horizontal sundial at KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| DELMOTTE, J. | Belgium, c.1800, PHIM | Money Balance = Koller 11/17/75. | Brussels. | RSW. | |
| DELURE, CLAUDE | France, c.1723, MIM | son (?) of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure; apprenticed to him in 1723 in the "Corporation des fondeurs." | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| DELURE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-NICOLAS | France, fl. 1695-1736, MIM SIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = ADL-DPW3, USNM, P.C., MAD, MAN, ANM, MERC, OPM, LIE, WHI (silver) (2), WRAY, etc.; Universal Ring Dials = MADEX, PEA, NMM, WRAY, MERC; Sectors = VEN, NAC; Graphometers = USNM, D.; Artillery Level = ROU; Analematic Sundial = ADL-DPW3; Drawing Instrument = WHI; Rapporteur = Drouot 11/14/68; Compass = NMM; Sundial = ADL-L3; etc. | father-in-law of Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Bion; master and juror in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi";took apprentices; worked for Abbé Nollet. | à l'Image Nostre-Dame, Place de Marché Neuf (1700); Quaide l'Horloge (1707); both on Il de la Cité, Paris. | Daumas 1; Bryden 16; Michel 1, 3, and 9; Hamilton 2; Nachet; Brieux 1; USNM; Price 12; Chenekal 1; MADEX; Augarde; ADL; RSW. |
| DELUREX | France, | misreading for Delure. | Gilbert 8/27/76. | ||
| DELVEDEZ | France, c.1800, OIM | Full Circle with Telescope = D. | Clermont. | Brieux files. | |
| DELVEDEZ AINE | France, c.1810, NIM | Holland Circle = P.C. | Delvedez Aîné. | Clermont. | Brieux 1; Wheatland 3. |
| DEMAINBRAY, STEPHEN CHARLES TRIBOUDET | England; Scotland, 1710-82, | designed a microscope; collected instruments for George III. | Westminster, London; Edinburgh; Kew, London. | Chaldecott 1; Taylor 2(248); Gunther 6; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DEMEURIE | France, c.1820, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D. | Brest. | Brieux 1. | |
| DEMONGENET, FRANCISCUS | France; Italyfl.1552-1590, MIM | Pairs of Globes, 1552 = Drecker, ROM; Terrestrial Globe with Sundial and watch inside, 1552 = UTC; Gores for both a Celestial and Terrestrial Globe = ADL-A. | Vesow; Venice. | Stevenson; FOX; Yonge; Karrow 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| DENCH, THOMAS | England, c.1795, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on March 6, 1788; turned over to Thomas Lorkin, member of the Wheelwrights' Company, on March 16, 1789; free of the Grocers' Company, Oct. 1, 1795. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DENEGAN, JOHN | Italy; USA, c.1785, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; succeeded by Alloysius Ketterer. | Race and Fourth Streets, Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1 & 8; USNM; Middleton 1. | |
| DENEGAN, JOSEPH | Italy; USA, c.1785, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; may be same as John Denegan, which see. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1785). | D.J. Warner 5. | |
| DENGG, P. JOSEPHUS | Germany, 1752, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1752 = NUR-WI 1228. | Mondsee. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| DENISOR, FEDOR | Russia, 1789, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1789 = MOS-18463. | Chenekal 1. | ||
| DENN, WILLIAM | England, c.1695, | apprenticed to John Waite of the Grocers' Company on May 6, 1695. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DENNERT AND PAPE | England, c.1850, MIM | Instrument? = Soth. 10/4/77. | RSW. | ||
| DENNEWALT, GERHART | Germany, 1681, PHIM | Gold Balance, 1681 = HAM. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| DENNIS | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = FRK-T 163. | London. | Frank. | |
| DENNIS, GEORGE | England, c.1713, MIM | apprenticed to John Bennett 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 21, 1713; turned over to Thomas Baldwin. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DENNIS, J.C. | England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Calling card; see John Charles Dennis. | Bristol. | Chaldecott 3; RGO. | |
| DENNIS, JOHN CHARLES | England, fl.1825-61, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = KEN; Artificial Horizon = KEN; Microscope = CRI. | T.C.; made sextants with Becher's artificial horizon; the microscope is signed "Dennis 118 Bishopsgate Street, London"; some instruments signed "J.C. Dennis", which see; calling card has "Bristol" as an address. | 118 Bishopsgate Street (1839-49); 122 Bishopsgate Street (1850-61); both in London; Bristol. | Taylor 2(1534); KEN; Goodison 1; Chaldecott 3 & 4; RGO; Gunther 2; McConnell 4. |
| DENNIS, JOHN WILLIAM | England, c.1816, MIM | apprenticed to John Holyman of the Grocers' Company, April 4, 1816. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DENNS, J. | 1679, MIM | Sundial, circular, 6 annular rings, 1679 = Soth. 3/17/38 = P-B 10/31/52 = Koller 11/17/75. | may be Jodocus Deens. | RSW. | |
| DENORRY | France, 1588, | professor of mathematics; invented a "Compas Optique", a form of Radio Latino, with optical sight attached to one leg. | Paris. | Kraus Catalogue. | |
| DENT | England, PHIM | Depliedoscope = UTR; Altimeter and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79. | surely E.J. Dent. | 33 and 34 Cockspur Street, London. | RSW. |
| DENT, E., AND CO. | England, c.1820, NIM | Magnetic Compasses = Christie 7/16/68 (2), 10/8/68. | 61 Strand and 4 Royal Exchange, London. | RSW. | |
| DENT, E.I. | England, | see Edward John Dent. | |||
| DENT, EDWARD JOHN | England, 1790-1853, MIM NIM PHIM | Dipleidoscopes = HAY, ADL-W189, P.C., WHI (5), Soth. 11/9/59, Ineichen 5/3/74, etc.; Barometers with Thermometers = Soth. 7/26/65, K. and C. 3/19/75; Compass = Christie 7/28/70. | maker of "Big Ben"; named and made "E.I. Dent's Patent Meridian" which he called the dipleidoscope; author; a dipleidoscope shows the moment when the sun crosses the meridian; "Chronometer Maker to the Queen"; also invented a new magnetic compass and a chronograph. | 82 Strand and 33 Cockspur Street; 34 Royal Exchange; 61 Strand (post-1851); all in London. | Taylor 2(1310); Bryden 16; Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Whipple 1; Namur; Moskowitz; ADL; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| DENT, J. | England, c.1845, PHIM | see Edward John Dent. | Particular Mechanic and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, ppp. 100-01. | ||
| DENTON | England, | invented a level made by W. and S. Jones. | Whipple 1. | ||
| DENTON AND CO. | England, 1809, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, case, 1809 = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 11/16/22. | London. | RSW. | |
| DENTON, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Hull. | Goodison 1. | |
| DENTZEL, JOHANN | Germany, 1572-1625, | painter; devised a variant type of graphometer in 1616 with his brother, Melchior Dentzel. | Ulm. | Bedini 3. | |
| DENTZEL, MELCHIOR | Germany, 1585-1635, MIM SIM | Graphometer = Soth. 2/26/62 = USNM. | apprenticed to Michael Pauly Schmid, a master goldsmith, in 1599; passed his examination as a goldsmith in accessories in 1611; invented this type of graphometer in 1616 with his brother, Johann Dentzel; original case also includes some drawing instruments; author. | Ulm. | USNM; Price 2; Bedini 3; RSW. |
| DEPAGNET | France, c.1650, OIM | Dépagnet; made telescopes. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| DEPARCIEUX, ANTOINE | France, 1703-68, MIM | made sundials, instruments and watches; invented a lens-polishing machine; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Moskowitz 130. | |
| DEPETRIS, I., S.J. | France, 1753, MIM | Sundial, 1753 = ADL-A100. | ADL; RSW. | ||
| DEPEUILLE | France, 1786, PHIM | Thermometer on Barometer, 1786 = Drouot 11/19/70. | RSW. | ||
| DEPOUILLY | France, fl.1683-92, OIM | Microscopes = BIL, KEN (CRI). | see Depovilly and J. Pouilly; Coffeen thinks Pouilly and Depouilly are the same maker; Nachet thought it was Depovilly as the "u" is engraved as a "v". | Paris. | Nachet; Purtle; KEN; A.J. Turner 10; Nachet; Coffeen 46. |
| DEPOVILLY | France, | see J.Pouilly and Depouilly. | Paris. | Nachet; Purtle; KEN; A.J. Turner 10; Coffeen 46; RSW. | |
| DERBY, EDWARD | England, PHIM | T.C.; "Successor to the Ingenious Mr. Joseph Hickman." | Union Court, facing St. Andrews Church, Holborn, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| DEREGNI, ANGELO | Italy, 18th Century, OIM | Telescopes, pasteboard and horn = ADL-M449, P.C., Soth. 10/28/86; Telescope, vellum and paper = D. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW; Brieux 2. | ||
| DEREPAS | France, c.1850, OIM | Achromatic Spyglass = WHI; Reflecting Telescope = Hérmes Museum, Paris; Spyglasses = Soth. 12/13/65, FRK = Soth. 3/25/86. | Palais Royal 23 (25), Paris. | Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Frank; RSW. | |
| DERG, CAREL GUST. | Sweden, 1768, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1768 = NOR. | Stockholm. | RSW. | |
| DERHAM, WILLIAM | England, 1657-1735, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1678 = OXF; Wall Sundials = St. George's Chapel, Windsor (1723), Lincoln Chapel (1723), St. Laurence Church, Upminster. | quadrant signed "W. Durham", early form of his name; owner/maker?; designer of clocks and instruments; author. | Upminster. | Aked; Chamberlain. |
| DERING, G. | 1791, PHIM | Lodestone, 1791 = P.C. | Wheatland 3. | ||
| DERNER, I.M. | misreading for Dorner. | Lagos and Jozsef; Zinner 1; RSW. | |||
| DEROGY | France, OIM | made optical instruments. | Paris. | USNM. | |
| DERRIEN ET LEPRIEUR | France, NIM | Sextants = MYS (3). | Derrien et LePrieur. | RSW. | |
| DERRY, CHARLES | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 6 Leigh Street, Barton Crescent, London. | Taylor 2(2115). | ||
| DERVIE, DE | France, pre-1690, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker. | Lyon. | Clay and Court. | |
| DES BORDES & P.D.J.E. | France, c.1780, MIM | Surveyor's Square = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| DESAGNEAUX | France, c.1809, | invented a rapporteur, made by Marchois. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| DESAGULIERS, JOHN THEOPHILUS | England, 1683-1744, MIM | made and designed instruments. | Westminster; Plough Court, Fetter Lane; both in London. | Taylor 1(545); Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DESARGUES, GERARD | France, 1593-1661, OIM | Gérard Desargues; worked on objective lenses; author. | Paris. | Nachet; Daumas 1. | |
| DESCARTES, RENE | France, 1596-1650, | René Descartes; scientist and philosopher; designed microscopes; first to design scale for barometers; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Middleton 1 & 4; DSB. | |
| DESCOMBES, MAL(COLM) | England, NIM | Octant = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DESCRIVANI | Italy, c.1832, | designed a planetarium, made by Pierret and at CNAM. | Morpurgo 1; CNAM 2. | ||
| DESCROIZILLES, FRANCOIS ANTOINE HENRI | France, 1751-1825, | François Antoine Henri Descroizilles; chemist; invented a still for wine analysis, 1810. | Rouen. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DESCROLIERES, ADRIEN | Italy; Belgium; France, fl.1571-80, MIM | Astrolabes = VEN (1571)(ICA-503), GRE (1577)(ICA-455), TPD (1579)(ICA-525), SPI-2782 = BM (1580)(ICA-208), TIM (157?) = Christie-SK 4/14/88 = P.C.; Rule, folding with three legs, 1579 = OXF. | Adrien Descrolières. | Venice; Mantua (1577); Antwerp (1579); Paris (1580). | Michel 1 and 3; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Gunther 1 and 2; Nachet; Belgian Inv; Italian Inv; Ernst; Maison Française; A.J. Turner 8; RSW. |
| DESHARYS, JEAN | France, c.1790, | instrument maker? | Nachet. | ||
| DESILVA, WILLIAM | England, c.1850, NIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = PMS (3); Octant = USNM; Compass = D.(1965); Sextants = Maritime Museum, Philadelphia, Pa., MYS; Stick Barometer = VNN; Wheel Barometer = Soth.-C 10/9/86. | barometer signed "Desilva." | 37 Bath Street, Princes Dock and 126 Duke Street; 250 Great Howard Street; 38 Regent Street (1857); all in Liverpool. | USNM; Bryden 9; RSW. |
| DESLINCOURT, JEAN FRACTORENSIS | France, c.1680, MIM | Skaphe, 1680 = CNAM-929. | copy of a classic skaphe; Fractorensis may be a town. | CNAM 2. | |
| DESNOS, LOUIS-CHARLES | France, fl.1753-82, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Va.; Carte Odagraphique, 1763 = Balzekas Museum, Chicago; Sector = ADL-M89; Folding Square = USNM; Celestial Globes = LNB (1758), P.C. (1770); Butterfield-type Sundials = P. and S. 2/28/1896, FRY; Armillary Spheres = CNAM (1757), (1768), X (1754), DEU (2), Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Terrestrial Globe Clock, 1782 = DRE; Terrestrial Globes, 1757, 1772 = CNAM (2). | "on trouve chez Desnos toutes sortes D'instruments de Mathématiques"; son-in-law of Nicholas Hardy ? | Beauvais (1754); Chez Desnos, ingénieur géographe, rue St. Jacques St Severin à l'enseigne du Globe; rue St. Julien le pauvre, Quartier de la Place Maubert; both in Paris. | Michel 3; Engelmann 1; USNM; Nachet; Chenekal 3; Drechsler 2; Globus, Nov. 1954, June 1963; Pastoreau; ADL; RSW. |
| DESNOS, V.T. | France?, 1850, MIM | Goniometer, 1850 = MOS. | designed by Douglas. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. | |
| DESPAGNET | see Dépagnet. | Nachet. | |||
| DESROLIS | see Mlle. Ginot-Desrois. | RSW. | |||
| DESUOS | France, MIM | Goniometer = Koller, May 1962. | probably Desnos. | Paris. | RSW. |
| DETOUCHE | France, MIM | Pliers, engraved, iron = ROU-306; Planetarium = CNAM. | Sedan. | Michel 3. | |
| DETOUCHE ET HOUDIN | France, c.1850, MIM | in the Great Exhibition, 1851, London. | 228 and 230 Rue St. Martin, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DETURE | France, | cadran solaire de poche fin 18ème | Delure, fabriquant | Paris | Pugsley Sale. Corpechot. |
| DEUCHAR, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1815-33, PHIM | made chemical apparatus. | Lothian Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DEUERLIN, JOACHIM | Germany?, fl.1619-33, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1619 = OXFB; Drawing Compasses, 1633 = DRE (2). | one compass has micrometer divided by letters. | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Drechsler 2; Price 2; RSW. | |
| DEUR, JOHANNES | Holland, fl.1702-14, MIM | Terrestrial Globes, cases = KRA, LEY. | engraved maps. | Amsterdam. | Globus, Dec. 1956; Krogt 1; Edell 1. |
| DEVACHT, FRANCOIS | USA, c.1792, MIM | François Devacht; made sundials, compasses, etc.; worked with his brother, Joseph. | Gallipolis, Ohio. | Bedini 1. | |
| DEVACHT, JOSEPH | USA, c.1792, MIM | made sundials, compasses, etc.; worked with his brother, François. | Gallipolis, Ohio. | Bedini 1. | |
| DEVASTON, J. | England, 1790, MIM | Pantograph, 1790 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DEVAULX | France, 1583, MIM | Astrolabe, geographical, paper, 1583 = Giraudon. | Reichen. | ||
| DEVINPORT, ROBERT | variant of Robert Davenport. | Bryden 3. | |||
| DEVOT | France, NIM | Dry Card Compass = MYS. | Le Havre. | RSW. | |
| DEW, SAMUEL | USA, 1822, | patented nautical compass, 1822. | Romney, Va. | USNM. | |
| DEWAR, SIR JAMES | England, 1842-1923, | see Liveing and Dewar. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| DEWILDE, JOHN | England, c.1735, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Nov. 6, 1722; free in the Company, Mar. 23, 1735. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DEWRY | England, 1693, | zodiac band engraved on Coronelli globe by Dewry. | Grimaldi. | ||
| DEXTER, GEORGE | USA, 1846, PHIM | 57 State Street, Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| DEYERLIN | England, 1819, | see Holtzapffel and Deyerlin. | RSW. | ||
| DEYL | see Deijl; also found as Deyle. | ||||
| DHIDERIC, MISER | Germany, c.1200, MIM | Sundial on pillar of church = Niederurff. | "Dhideric Miser Fecit." | Niederurff. | Zinner 1. |
| DIAKOFF, GEORGE | Russia, MIM | made a new type of arithmometer. | St. Petersburg. | USNM. | |
| DIAS, JOAO | Portugal, fl.1614-38, | Joa~o Dias; thought to be the maker who signed mariner's astrolabes as "Y°. Dyas", which see; astrolabes dated 1614, 1619, and 1628; listed as astrolabe maker and examiner of Agostinhode Goes in 1630. | Lisbon? | A. Stimson 3. | |
| DIBBLEY | England, fl.1560-70?, MIM | also clock maker. | Taylor 1(28); Evans 1. | ||
| DIBOLD, JOH. CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1780, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1780 = Baden-Baden Neues Schloss-6897. | Durlach. | Zinner 1. | |
| DICAS 1 | England, c.1790, PHIM | Hygrometer = KEN; Proof Slide Rule, ivory = ADL-161. | see John Dicas who patented an accurate hygrometer; the slide rule at the ADL is marked "Dicas Patentee Liverpool." | Liverpool. | Wheatland 1; KEN; ADL; RSW. |
| DICAS 2 | England, c.1800, MIM | Slide Rules, ivory = BM, NMM-Gabb Coll., KEN (2). | London. | Price 3; Ward 4; KEN; RSW. | |
| DICAS AND ARSTALL | England, c.1807, PHIM | Mary Dicas and George Arstall; patent hydrometer makers. | 8 North Side Old Dock, Liverpool (1807). | Bryden 9. | |
| DICAS, ANN | England, fl.1797-1822, PHIM | Hygrometer = Soth. 10/17/60. | made patented hygrometers sold by John Bywater and Co.; Turner thinks she was daughter and successor to John Dicas. | 83 Brownlow Hill, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1535); RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| DICAS, I. | England, MIM | Compass = Christie-SK 3/31/83. | may be related to Ann Dicas; see John Dicas. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| DICAS, JOHN | England, fl.1774-97, MIM PHIM | Hydrometer, No. 986 = HAR. | patented Dicas Alcohol Hydrometer, June 1780; succeeded by his daughter, Mary Dicas, in 1797; T.C.; Turner thinks that Ann Dicas was his daughter; see Dicas 1. | Navigation Shop, 29 Pool Lane (1790); 27 Pool Lane (1796); both in Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DICAS, MARY | England, fl.1797-1806, MIM PHIM | succeeded her father in 1797; made hydrometers. | 27 Pool Lane (1800); 7 North Side Old Dock, Strand Street (1803); 7 North End Old Dock (1804-5); all in Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| DICEY | misreading for Dixey. | Soth.-S 10/19/89. | |||
| DICK, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1827-74, MIM SIM | made surveying chains; surveyor. | 101 Bridgegate (1827-32); Buchanan Court, 105 Stockwell (1833-74); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| DICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1723, MIM | apprenticed to John Dobson of the Clockmakers' Company, June 3, 1723. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DICKENS, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1740, NIM | Reflecting Circle = AMST. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |
| DICKENS, JOHN | England, c.1648, | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 12, 1648. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DICKINSON, EDMUND | USA, c.1772, MIM | made dip needles. | Williamsburg, Va. | Bedini 8. | |
| DICKINSON, S. | England, 1808, NIM | Compass Rose, 1808 = X. | Schück. | ||
| DICKMAN, JOHN 1 | Scotland, 1794-1855, NIM OIM | nautical instrument maker to Queen Victoria, 1845; made clocks, chronometers, telescopes, etc. | Kirkgate (1794-96); Bernard Street (1797-1813); 33 Shore (1814-40); all in Leith; 142 George Street (1841-42); 91 Princeses Street (1843); both in Edinburgh; 6 Charlotte Place (1844-48); 4 Charlotte Place (1849-54); both in Leith. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1829); USNM; Clarke et al. | |
| DICKMAN, JOHN 2 | England, pre-1830, MIM | see John Dickman and Son. | Quayside, West Shore, Sunderland. | Taylor 2(1829)(1829a). | |
| DICKMAN, JOHN, AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM | John Dickman 2 and his son. | Quayside, West Shore, Sunderland. | Taylor 2(1829a). | |
| DICKSON AND CARGILL | Ireland, OIM | Student Microscope = P.C. | optician. | Belfast. | RSW. |
| DIDDERICHSEN, JACOB | Denmark, MIM | Magnetic Compass, box = FRE. | cast pewter or tin. | Copenhagen. | Price 2. |
| DIEBOLDT | France, MIM | Drawing Instruments = LEY; Instrument = DEU. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| DIEGHEM, FRAN DE | Belgium, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = D.(1960); Quadrant = VEN. | sometimes signed "F.R. van Dieghem." | Brussels. | Bonelli 4; RSW. |
| DIEM, JAKOB | Germany, fl.1586-89, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Old Town Hall, Esslingen. | Esslingen. | Zinner 1. | |
| DIEN, CHARLES 1 | 1740, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1740 = P.C. | Globus, Dec. 1957. | ||
| DIEN, CHARLES 2 | France, 1809-70, MIM | Celestial Globes = MOS (1831), VNL (1840), MOS, Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Globe = D.; Terrestrial Globe, 1844 = Versailles 4/17/83. | "géographe"; see Delamarche et Dien. | rue Hauteville N. 13; Rue du Foin St. Jacques au Collège de Mtre. Gervais; both in Paris. | Chenakal 3; Globus, June 1962, Dec. 1957; Brieux 3; Tooley; RSW. |
| DIENERT, PAULUS | PHIM | balance maker; see "P.D." (1); may be Dierert. | RSW. | ||
| DIEPEL, HERMANN | Germany, fl.1558-77, MIM | Celestial Globes = KAS (1563), DRE. | Kassel. | Zinner 1. | |
| DIETA | France, PHIM | Barometer = Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg. | optician. | Strasbourg. | RSW. |
| DIETHELM, ABBOT | Switzerland, 1549, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1549 = St. Gallen. | "Abbot Diethelm u St. Gallen, 1549." | St. Gallen Abbey. | RSW. |
| DIETRICH, HANS | Austria, c.1628, MIM | see Johann Dietrich 1. | Zinner 1. | ||
| DIETRICH, JOHANN 1 | Czechoslovakia, 1611, MIM | Bow Compass, 1611 = Polytecnic Institute, Prague. | Cenipo. | Czech. Inv. | |
| DIETRICH, JOHANN 2 | Switzerland, fl.1751-55, MIM | Basle. | Evans 1. | ||
| DIETRICHSTEIN, VON | Germany, 1647, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1647 = BM. | owner; the dial is also marked "S.L.G.V.D." with the "G" raised slightly above the other initials. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. | |
| DIETSCHI, PANCRATZ | Germany, fl.1584-94, MIM | made an astronomical clock; "Passerace Troche" is alternative name. | Fribourg. | Baillie 1. | |
| DIETTE | France, c.1800, OIM | Telescope = Stuker, 1958. | Lyon. | RSW. | |
| DIEU, FRANCISCUS LE | Holland, b.1700 fl.1726, MIM | also made clocks. | Leiden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| DIGBY, CHARLES | England, fl.1729-67, MIM NIM | Backstaff, 1749 = Bowes Museum. | apprenticed to Benjamin Macy of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 12, 1721; T.C.; took over John Henshaw's shop. | The Globe, near Hermitage Stairs, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(465a); J. Brown 3; Weil 2(23); Crawforth 1. |
| DIGEON | see Pigeon. | CNAM 2. | |||
| DIGGES, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1650, MIM | worked with William Corderoy and Caspar Kalthoff. | Dordrecht. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| DIGGES, LEONARD | England, 1510-58, | devised a theodolite and other instruments; author. | Barham, East Kent. | Taylor 1(4); Daumas 1; Michel 3; Gunther 6; DSB; DNB. | |
| DIGGES, THOMAS | England, 1531-95, | son of Leonard Digges; designed instruments; author. | Daumas 1; DSB; DNB; A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| DIGUE | France, MIM SIM | Level = Soth. 6/9/39; Surveying Instrument = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| DIJK, VAN DEN | see Petrus ab Aggere. | Michel 3. | |||
| DIJON | France, c.1781, MIM | won a prize from the Royal Academy of Sciences, 1781; possibly Pigeon. | Daumas 1. | ||
| DIKAUF, JOHANN | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood = WUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| DILLER, BALTHASAR | Germany1780, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1780 = STU-8446. | Mergentheim. | Zinner 1. | |
| DILLON | England, c.1742, OIM | T.C.; optician. | in Long Acre, next door to the White Hart, London. | Calvert 2. | |
| DILLON AND TUTTLE | USA, fl.1820-40, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1980). | T.C.; formerly Kline and Co. | 74 Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DIMMOCK | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ryde. | Goodison 1. | |
| DINGLEY, JAMES | England, c.1770, | apprenticed to Joseph Edwards; ran away May 11, 1770. | Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| DININCKOFF, BERNARD | England, 1585, MIM | Sundial, stained-glass, 1585 = Gilling Castle, Yorkshire North. | Daniels 1. | ||
| DIONYSODORUS | Greece?, c.100 B.C., | invented the conical sundial. | Amisus. | Cousins. | |
| DIPHOP | Russia, 1775, MIM | Sundial, 1775 = GMELV-IM 3035. | Chenekal 1. | ||
| DIRCK, JOHAN | Germany, 1653, NIM | Compass Rose, 1653 = X. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| DIRCKXSEN, SYMEN | see Symen Dirckxsen Blocker. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| DIRICKSEN, DI | Germany, 1644, NIM | Compass Rose, 1644 = X. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| DISMORR, J. | England, MIM | Slide Rule = Soth. 10/28/86. | 42 Russell Street, Rotherhithe, London. | RSW. | |
| DIVINI, EUSTACHIO | Italy; France; Italy, 1620-95, OIM | Telescopes = ROM (1663), FLO (1664 and 1674), POB (1673), BM; Oculars = FLO (1665 and 1666); Microscopes, 1668 = ROM, BIL; etc. | developed a micrometer; tried fitting telescopic sights to surveying instruments in 1664. | Bologna; Paris; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 4; Purtle; Michel 3; Dewhirst; USNM; Nachet; Gunther 2; Italian Inv.; Daumas 1; Price 2; A.J. Turner 10. |
| DIVIS, P. | 1754, PHIM | made a thunder house (Paratonnerre). | ? | ||
| DIVISIOLI, G. AND F. | see Giovannes Franciscus Divizioli. | Forti. | |||
| DIVITIOLO, GIOAN. FRANCESCHO | see Giovannes Franciscus Divizioli. | Brieux 2. | |||
| DIVIZIOLI, GIOVANNES FRANCISCUS | Italy, fl.1593-1612, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1593 = Cabinet de physique du "Lycée d'Etudes Classiques Daniel Manin"; Reduction Compass with Protractor, 1612 = D.(1981). | Cremona. | Italian Inv.; Brieux 2. | |
| DIX, HENRY | England, c.1716, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 7, 1716. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DIXEY 1 | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer in clock = Soth. 12/15/83; Telescope, single-draw = Phillips 4/20/83; Telescopes = D. (1976)(2); Stick Barometer = D.(1977). | probably Charles Wastell Dixey; the clock is inscribed "Luke Briggs, Wisbeach 144". | New Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DIXEY 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| DIXEY 3 | England, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Phillips 6/15/76; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | see L. Dixey; Soth.-S marked "from London and Brighton." | Brighton; London. | RSW. |
| DIXEY 4 | see Willson and Dixey. | RSW. | |||
| DIXEY AND SON | England, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Proportional Dividers = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | surely Charles Wastell Dixey and Son. | 552 Oxford Street; Bond Street; both in London. | RSW. |
| DIXEY, C.W., AND SON | England, c.1845, MIM PHIM | Barographs =Christie 6/7/72, Phillips 10/26/83; Aneroid Barometer = D.(1976). | Charles Wastell Dixey; later became "C.W. Dixey and Sons"; "Opticians to the Queen." | 3 New Bond Street, London. | Gatty; RSW. |
| DIXEY, CHARLES WASTELL | England, 1798-1880, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1842 = NMM; Telescope = KEN; Barometers = X (4); Wheel Barometer = Buckingham Palace; Barograph = Melun 4/24/83; Microscope = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Stick Barometer and Thermometer = Longleat; Garden Sundial = Harlestone House, Northampton.; Sector, ivory = P.C.; Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80; Spirit Level = Soth. 7/21/87; etc. | T.C.; "Optician to the Queen and to H.R.H. Prince Albert"; Taylor thought he was successor to George and Charles Dixey; generally signed "C.W. Dixey." | 335 Oxford Street (1821); 78 New Bond Street (1822-23); 3 New Bond Street (1825-60); all in London. | Taylor 2(1536)(1537); Calvert 2; KEN; Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Earle; RSW. |
| DIXEY, EDWARD | England, 1757-1838, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/14/89. | apprenticed to George Linnell of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1771; free of the Company in 1778; succeeded Fraser and Son in 1817; was succeeded by George and Charles Dixey, sons or nephews. | 335 Oxford Street (1782); 370 Oxford Street (1808); 335 Oxford Street (1822); all in London. | Taylor 2(703); Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(202); RSW. |
| DIXEY, G. | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1987), Gersaint 7/20/96. | could be George Dixey 1 or 2; D. signed "Improved day or night." | London. | RSW. |
| DIXEY, G. AND C. | England, fl.1821-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = CRI; Pedometer = Koller Oct. 1970; Beam Compass = WHI; Mathematical Instrument Set = Soth. 6/23/64; Ellipsograph = WHI; Spy Glass, 1821 = D.(1972); Marine Barometer = VNN; Pocket Compass = Christie 12/18/74; Hodometer = Soth., Wilkinson and Hodge 12/5/24 = Soth. 2/6/25; Telescope = KEN; etc. | T.C.; George and Charles (Wastell?) Dixey, which see; "Opticians to the King"; twin sons and successors to Edward Dixey; signed as "Late Fraser"; "Mathematical Instrument Makers to the King." | 335 Oxford Street (1821); 78 New Bond Street (1822-23); 3 New Bond Street (1825-28); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1536, 1537); Whipple 1; Price 12; Gunther 2; KEN; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Crawforth 1. |
| DIXEY, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1810-32, OIM | Telescope, 1825 = D. | may be connected with Charles and George Dixey 2. | 20 Vine Street, Picadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1311); Coffeen II. |
| DIXEY, GEORGE 2 | England, 1798-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | twin brother of Charles Wastell Dixey? father of L. Dixey; optician to the Royal Family; T.C. | Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1536)(1537); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| DIXEY, GEORGE AND CHARLES | England, fl.1825-38, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = CRI; Pedometer = Koller Oct. 1970; Beam Compass = WHI; Mathematical Instrument Set = Soth. 6/23/64; Ellipsograph = WHI; Spyglass = Soth. 12/13/65;Telescope = KEN; Thermometer = KEN; Opera Glasses = KEN (2). | George Dixey 2 and Charles Wastell Dixey; "Opticians to the King"; successors to Edward Dixey; signed as "Late Fraser"; see G. and C. Dixey. | 3 New Bond Street (1825-38); 335 Oxford Street; 78 New Bond Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1536)(1537); Whipple 1; Price 12; Gunther 2; KEN; RSW. |
| DIXEY, L. | England, fl.1843-60, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer and Thermometer with clock = K. and C. 5/6/75. | optician; T.C.; son of George Dixey 2; see Dixey 3. | Bond Street, London; 62 Kings Road (1843); 21 Kings Road (1860); last two in Brighton. | Calvert 2; KEN; RSW; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| DIXON | England, | instrument maker. | NMM 1. | ||
| DIXON AND PICKERING | PHIM | Stick Barometer = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site, Mass. | RSW. | ||
| DIXON, HUGH | England, c.1785, OIM | patented improvements of optical instruments; made telescopes, microscopes, etc. | St. James's, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(827); Dewhirst. | |
| DIXON, JOHN | England, c.1822, MIM | 93 Newman Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| DIXON, WILLIAM | England, fl.1688-90, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; turned over William Roloson to Joseph Wells in 1690. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| DNS | Germany, 1562, | Ring Sundial, 1562 = ADL-M308. | marked "Anno Dns 1562"; "Dns" has a bar over the "ns"; shorthand for "Dominus." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| DO | France, c.1691, | enameler who sold barometers. | rue du Harley, Aux Armes de France, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| DO---- | England, NIM | Compass Card = NMM. | Minories, London. | RSW. | |
| DOBBIE, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1815-87, NIM OIM | Sextants = PEA, FRK(2) = RSM(1); Octant = Phillips 5/20/75; Telescopes = MYS, FRK = RSM(2); Chronometer = FRK = RSM. | also made watches; T.C.; retailed Chrichton octants. | 20 Clyde Place (1844-56); 24 Clyde Place, south side of Quay (1857-72); 24 and 25 Clyde Place (1873-85); all in Glasgow. | Brewington 1; Bryden 3; Frank; Clarke et al. RSW. |
| DOBBIE, ALEXANDER, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1886-1900+, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Compass Rose = AMST; Stick Barometer = P.C. | son was John Clark Dobbie. | 24 & 25 Clyde Place (1886-88); 18 & 19 Clyde Place (1889-91); 44 & 45 Clyde Place (1893-95); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DOBBIE, JOHN CLARK | Scotland, fl.1817-96, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of Alexander Dobbie; carried on the firm after his father's death in 1887; designed nautical instruments. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| DOBBIE, RICHARD | England, NIM | repaired Bianchetti sextant. | RSW. | ||
| DOBBIE, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1821-45, PHIM | made two barometers in 1845. | Falkirk. | Goodison 1. | |
| DOBERSCHITZ, LAUR. | Austria, 1734-99, MIM | Lunar Volvelle = KRM-FS32; Sector = KRM. | cleric. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| DOBINSON | England, c.1780, PHIM | Angle Barometer = P.-B. 4/28/39. | Wolsingham. | RSW. | |
| DOBLER, EUGENIUS | Austria, fl.1746-62, OIM | Gregorian Telescope = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. | |
| DOBLER, J.M. | Germany, fl.1690-1730, OIM | Telescopes = Gel-TX895, DRE; Binocular Telescopes = DRE (1730), MOS (2). | "opticus fecit." | Berlin. | Chenekal 4; Drechsler 2; RSW. |
| DOBROMIL | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Drecker. | RSW. | ||
| DOBSON 1 | USA, c.1798, MIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | Encyclopedia of Arts and Sciences, Vol. IX, Philadelphia, Pa. 1798. | ||
| DOBSON 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DOBSON AND BAKER | England, NIM | Quadrant = P.C. | London. | USNM. | |
| DOBSON, F. | misreading for J. Dobson 1. | RSW. | |||
| DOBSON, GLOVER AND CO. | England, c.1780, NIM OIM | Quadrant, case = D.(1983); Telescope = Portland Museum of Art, Me. | telescope marked "Improved Day or Night." | 144 Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| DOBSON, J. 1 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 10/22/87. | Finsbury Street, Finsbury Square, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| DOBSON, J. 2 | see John Dobson. | ||||
| DOBSON, JAMES | England, 1794, MIM | Chart Globe, 1794 = X. | based on Halley's observations. | Tooley. | |
| DOBSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1714-23, MIM | apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 15, 1698; free of the Company, Nov. 1, 1714; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DOBSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1828-46, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free in the Company. | 4 Great Suffolk Street (1828-29); 13 Newington Causeway (1830); 54 Newington Causeway (1836-46); all in London.. | Taylor 2(1830); Goodison 1; O'Mara; Crawforth 7. |
| DOBSON, LEONARD | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Lefever in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free in the Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DOD, DANIEL | USA, 1778-1823, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compendium = Fort Laramie Nat'l Monument, Wyoming; Surveying Compass = ADL- | son of Lebbeus Dod. | Mendham, New Jersey. | Smart 1; Bedini 8. |
| DOD, LEBBENS | see Lebbeus Dod. | Smart 1; USNM. | |||
| DOD, LEBBEUS | USA, 1739-1816, MIM SIM | Parallel Rule and Protractor = Guthman Coll.; Drafting Instrument = P.C.; Drawing Instrument Set = P.C. | sometimes signed "Lebbus Dod"; surveyor. | Mendham, New Jersey. | Smart 1; Guthman 1; USNM; Bedini 8. |
| DODASNE, DOMINIQUE | Belgium, 1697, OIM | Telescope, 1697 = Tomba. | Brussels. | RSW. | |
| DODD | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Andrew Dodd? | Glasgow. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| DODD, ANDREW | Scotland, fl.1837-47, MIM OIM PHIM | 70 Hutcheson Street (1837-38); 36 Glassford Street (1838-47); 88 Glassford Street 1847-48; all in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3. | ||
| DODD, S. | USA, 19th Century, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = New Haven Colony Historical Society, Conn. | USNM. | ||
| DOERRETY | England, 1727, PHIM | Barometer, 1727 = D.(1971). | London. | RSW. | |
| Dolberg & Hannay | Rostock, Germany | Octants | see Dolberg, Adolf | Rostock | |
| Dolberg & Petri | Rostock, Germany, c. 1858 | Theolodites | see Dolberg, Adolf | Rostock | |
| Dolberg, Adolf | Rostock, Germany, 1848-1863 | Octants, reflecting circle, chemical balances | continued as Dolberg & Petri, Dolberg & Hannay | Rostock, Munich, Stralsund, Greenwich | Hamel, Juergen, in Beitrag zur Astronomiegeschichte, Band 10 (2010) |
| DOLL, JOHAN GEORG | Germany, 1739, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1739 = OXF. | Evans 1; Esdaille. | ||
| DOLLAND | many optical and philosophical instruments signed "Dolland" are to be found; some are surely misreadings but others are deliberately mis-signed to take advantage of the great popularity of the Dollond name and avoid any legal action. | RSW. | |||
| DOLLARD | England, PHIM | Pocket Barometer = K. and C. 7/9/75. | misreading for Dollond? | London. | RSW. |
| DOLLON | England, c. 1780, NIM | Sextant = MOS. | probably Dollond. | London. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. |
| DOLLOND | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | a great many instruments are signed just "Dollond"; they could have been made by John 1, John 2, Peter or George (Huggins) (1) Dollond and covered a long period of time. | London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| DOLLOND AND SON | England, c.1752, MIM OIM | Orrery = Morrison Planetarium, San Francisco, Cal.; Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.(1972)(1977); Microscope = WHI. | John Dollond 1 and Peter Dollond. | London. | Whipple 1; RSW; O'Mara; Wynter 1. |
| DOLLOND, GEORGE (HUGGINS) 1 | England, 1774-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope, case = D.(1983); Microscope = Soth. 7/29/69; Instruments = OXF, WHI, NMM; Stick Barometers = City of Gloucester Museum, Erddig Park, Wrexham; etc. | born George Huggins 1, son of John Huggins 1; changed name 1805-06; nephew of Peter Dollond; apprenticed to him in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1788; turned over to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1788; turned over to Charles Fairbone 2 in the Company in 1802; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company by redemption in 1807; optician to William IV, Queen Victoria and the Honble. Board of Customs; F.R.S., 1819; author; succeeded Peter Dollond in 1820. | see Dollond, George (Huggins) 1 (continued). | |
| DOLLOND, GEORGE (HUGGINS) 1 (CONTINUED) | 28 New Surrey Street, Blackfriars Road; 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1804-54); 61 Paternoster Row (1854-56); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(955), (992a); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1 and 2; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Court and von Rohr 3(223); Robischon; Clay and Court; RSW. | |||
| DOLLOND, GEORGE (HUGGINS) 2 | England, fl.1827-64, MIM OIM | born George Huggins 2; apprenticed to George (Huggins) Dollond 1 (who was probably his father) in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1817; free of the Company on April 5, 1827; took name of Dollond in 1852 as George (Huggins) Dollond 2; succeeded George (Huggins) Dollond 1 in 1856; took apprentices. | London. | J. Brown 2; Robischon. | |
| DOLLOND, J., AND SON | England, c.1752, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.(1973); Microscope = WHI; Octant, wood, with Telescope = P.C.(1978). | John Dollond 1 and son, Peter. | London. | Whipple 1; RSW. |
| DOLLOND, JOHN 1 | France; England, 1706-61, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | French silk weaver; joined his son, Peter, in 1752; first to commercially produce achromatic lenses; F.R.S.; invented the splt objective micrometer; received the Copley medal. | Spitalfields (1750-52); Golden Spectacles and Sea Quadrant, Exeter Exchange, Strand (1752); both in London. | Taylor 2(164); Michel 3; Price 5; Dewhirst; Brewington 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Gunther 6; G.L'E. Turner 24; Multhauf 1; Court and von Rohr 3(XX); J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Robischon; RSW. |
| DOLLOND, JOHN 2 | England, 1740-1804, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | son of John Dollond 1; younger brother of Peter Dollond; admitted to the Spectaclemakers' Company on March 26, 1767 by redemption ; Master of the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1790 and 1792; partner of Peter Dollond from 1766 on; see Peter and John Dollond. | 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1766); Haymarket (1795); both in London. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Clay and Court; J. Brown 1; Bedini 8; Court and von Rohr 3(181); Robischon. | |
| DOLLOND, P. AND J. | England, fl.1766-1820, MIM OIM PHIM | Orreries = P.C., Christie 5/7/63;; Eckardt's Rolling Rules = Soth. 10/17/60, P.C. (1968); Telescopes = OXF (2); etc. | Peter and John 2 Dollond; sons of John Dollond 1; "Opticians to His Majesty"; also made barometers. | 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1766); 35 Haymarket (1795); both in London. | Taylor 2(469); Evans 1; RSW; Nachet; Daumas 1; Gunther 2; Goodison 1; |
| DOLLOND, PETER | England, 1730-1820, MIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including telescopes at RSM (1765), VCW, ARM (Kew mural quadrant and equatorial); barometers = Earl of Bute (1793) and English, Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd., London, etc.; sundial at MOS; compass at NMM; mariner's astrolabe at Gold and Silver Museum, Schoonhoven (NMM-53). | oldest son of John Dollond 1; admitted as a foreign Brother to the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1755; took over William Gilbert 2 as an apprentice, July 4, 1769; in business for himself 1750-52 and 1761-66; "Optician to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Duke of York", 1763; his father joined him, 1752-61; see Dollond, Peter (continued). | ||
| DOLLOND, PETER (CONTINUED) | nephew, George (Huggins) Dollond 1 was a partner, 1804-20, and succeeded him; T.C.; author; Warden of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1772; Master of the Company in 1774, 1778 and 1799; took apprentices; John Dollond 2 was partner, 1766-1804. | Vine Street, Spitalfields (1750); Golden Spectacles and Sea Quadrant, near Exeter Exchange, Strand (1752-63); at the Sign of the Prisms (1763); 59 St. Paul's Churchyard (1769-1820); 35 Haymarket (1784); all in London; Richmond Hills, Surrey. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(469); Brewington 1; Calvert 2; Nachet; Clay and Court; Chenekal 1; Chaldecott 1; Bryden 9; RSW; Crawforth 1; Purtle; Gunther 6; J. Brown 1; Court and von Rohr 3(155); J.A. Bennett 2; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10; A. Stimson 3. | ||
| DOLLOND, PETER AND GEORGE | England, 1804-20, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | St. Paul's Churchyard, London. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1. | |
| DOLLOND, THOMAS | England, c.1770, NIM | Compass = NMM. | name covered by P. Dollond mark. | RSW; NMM 2. | |
| DOLLOND, WILLIAM | England, post-1852, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant = Soth. 2/25/86-123. | instrument signed "Dollond London"; T.C.; "Mathematical and Optical Instrument Maker to Her Majesty"; perhaps son (or son-in-law, having changed his name) of George (Huggins) Dollond 1. | 59 St.Paul's Churchyard, London. | Moskowitz 2; RSW. |
| DOLLORD | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/19/75. | misprinting for Dollond. | London. | RSW. |
| DOLON | England, c.1780, OIM | Telescope = ADL-M436. | signed "Dolon à Londres"; probably a contemporary forgery. | London. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| DOLOND | England, OIM | Telescope = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass. | imitator of Dollond; "Day or Night." | Daumas 1; RSW. | |
| DOMBEY AND SON | England, 19th Century, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = WHI. | could be retailers; arm marked "W. and T. Gilbert, London." | London. | Fitzgerald; Gunther 3; RSW. |
| DOMENECUS, M. | Holland, 1770, MIM | Napier's Bones, 1770 = P.C. | sometimes spelled "Dominicus." | Amsterdam. | Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| DOMET DU MONT | France, fl.1801-23, OIM | amateur maker of achromatic lenses. | Nachet. | ||
| DOMINUIS, C.D. | Holland, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Christie April, 1978. | oak. | The Hague. | Mörzer Bruyns 2 |
| DONALDSON AND SONS | Scotland, c.1829, MIM | Pair of Globes, 1829 = Phillips 11/16/88. | published by Donaldson and Sons; engraved by W. and A.K. Johnston. | South Niddry Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| DONALDSON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1799-1830, MIM | toolmaker; made globes. | Cowgate (1799); South Niddry Street (1818-30); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DONALDSON, ALEXANDER, AND SON | Scotland, fl.1831-55, MIM | Alexander and his son John; globe makers and toolmakers. | South Niddry Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DONALDSON, JOHN | Scotland, c.1850, MIM | son of Alexander Donaldson. | South Niddry Street, Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| DONAUER | see Donaverus. | Zinner 1. | |||
| DONAVERUS | painter Hans Danauer; on stone calendar by Andreas Pleninger. | Zinner 1. | |||
| DONCKER, HENDRIK | Holland, 1626-99, MIM NIM | Cross-staff, 1698 = D.(1986). | also made protractors; hydrographer. | in de Nieuwbrugh Street, in't Stuurmans gereetschap, Amsterdam (1651-99). | Rooseboom 1; Tooley; Wynter 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| DONDI, GIOVANNI DI | Italy, 1318-80, MIM | made the astrarium (astronomical clock); author; several models of the astrarium have been made, examples are at KEN, TIM, USNM, etc. | Padua. | Maddison and Bedini; Morpurgo 1 and 2; Baillie 1. | |
| DONEGAN | variant spelling for "Denegan". | Bedini 1. | |||
| DONEGAN AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 94 Holborn Hill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980. | London. | RSW. | |
| DONEGAN, F. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Leicester. | RSW. | |
| DONEGAN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Joseph Donegan. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, JOSEPH | England, fl.1830-35, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Lad Lane, Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Taylor 2(1831); Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, L., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 3 Long Lane, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, PETER | England, c.1805, PHIM | probably seller of barometers. | 7 Union Court, Holborn, Lomdon. | Goodison 1. | |
| DONEGAN, PETER, AND CO. | England, c.1805?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X(2); Barometers = X. | one stick barometer is signed "Peter Donegan and Co."; others signed "P. Donegan and Co."; may be dealer only. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| DONEGANI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| DONEGANI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | perhaps Joseph Donegan. | Newcastle-under-Lyme. | Goodison 1. |
| DONEGANI, SANTINO | Italy, 18th Century, PHIM | Barometer = FLO. | Bonelli 1. | ||
| DONEGANY, JOSEPH | Italy; USA, c.1785, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | Philadelphia, Pa.; 54 Smith Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1 & 8. | |
| DONEVAN, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Donegan? | London. | Goodison 1. |
| DONI, CARLO | Italy, pre-1761, MIM SIM | Graphometer = FLO-619. | Bonelli 1; Italian Inv. | ||
| DONKIN, B. | England, 1768-1855, MIM | Slide Rule = KEN; Rule = KEN. | London. | KEN. | |
| DONN, BENJAMIN | England, 1729-98, MIM NIM | Gunter's Scales = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, D.(1995). | designed an improved Gunter's scale pre-1764 and wrote booklet about it; scales signed "Navigation Scale improved by B. Donn." | Bideford (until 1766); The Library House, King Street, Bristol; The Academy, Kingston (1774). | Taylor 2(470); Bryden 9; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 51; RSW. |
| DONNAGE | France, c.1810, PHIM | Barometer, stick = D.(1996). | Paris. | AH Vol. 23. | |
| DONNIGAN AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 2/2/84. | RSW. | ||
| DONOSTADIUS | see Simon Tunsted. | Michel 3. | |||
| DOOLITTLE, ENOS | USA, 1751-1806, MIM NIM SIM | Circumferentor = P.C. | made surveying and mariner's compasses; nephew of Isaac Doolittle 1. | Chapel Street, Hartford, Conn. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| DOOLITTLE, ISAAC 1 | USA, 1721-1800, MIM SIM | made surveying instruments, etc; Bedini lists some of the family as clockmakers. | New Haven, Conn. | Bedini 1, 8 & 17; Smart 1. | |
| DOOLITTLE, ISAAC 2 | USA, 1759-1821, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Vermont Historical Society. | 46 North Haven, New Haven, Conn. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | |
| DOOLITTLE, JAMES | USA, fl.1802-39, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Chester Count Historical Society. | son of Enos Doolittle. | Hartford, Conn. | Smart 1. |
| DOPPELMAYR AND PUSCHNER | Germany, 1730, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1730 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| DOPPELMAYR, JOHAN GABRIEL | Germany, 1671-1750, MIM | Celestial Globes = WOL (1718), Würzburg University (1720), PRA (2)(1728), DRE (1736), DEU, NMM (2), Innsbruck Stift, Wilton, KRO; Terrestrial Globes = NMM, DRE (1730, 1736), Soth. 3/10/87 (1728); Terrestrial and Celestial Globe Gores, 1728 = Drouot 12/19/66; Pair of Globes = D.(1989); etc. | "Mathem. Prof. Publ. Norib. exhibentur, concinnatus a Joh. Georg Puschnero Chalcographo Norib."; published a celestial atlas; translated Bion's book on instruments into German in 1717; had Georg Friedrich Brander as a pupil. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Horsky and Skopova; Stevenson; Drechsler 2; Globus Nov. 1954 and June 1962; NMM 2; A.J. Turner 10; Antiwue Collector May, 1989; RSW. |
| DORAL, D. ANTONIO | Spain, c.1850, NIM | Sighting Circle = MAN-I82. | Garcia Franco 2. | ||
| DORING, HANS | Poland, 1463-1470, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Marien Church, Danzig. | Danzig. | Zinner 1. | |
| DORMER, ROBERT | see Dorner. | Michel 3. | |||
| DORN, HANS | Austria, c.1430-1509, MIM | Astrolabes = BM (1491) (ICA-250), FLO (1483), KRA (1486) (ICA-642); Diptych Sundials = STU (1476), ADL-M288 (1476), OXF (1481), HAK; Celestial Globe, 1480 = KRA; Torquetum, 1486 = KRA. | Dominican friar; studied with Peurbach in Vienna; BM astro- labe has nocturnal, compass on the back, it is the only signed instrument; the others are identified because of the delicate, intricate strap-work decoration; BM & FLO astro- labes were divided by transversal lines; KRA instruments were left to the University by Martin Bylica, an alumnus. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Amiesenowa; Przypkowski 2; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Maddison 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Fox 1 and 2; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| DORNER, I.M. | Germany, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = BUD; Floating Sundial = Drouot 4/7/87. | Zinner 1; Lajos and Jozsef; RSW. | ||
| DORNER, P. AEGIDIUS | Austria, 1652-1727, MIM | may be "P.AE.D.P.K." signed on horizontal sundial at KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| DORNER, ROBERT | England; Italy, 1715, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1715 = FLO. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3. | |
| DORNSTRAUCH, ADAMAS | Germany?, 1677, MIM | Mining Compass and Sundial, 1677 = P.C. (1677). | it is also marked "M.F. 1677." | RSW. | |
| DORRINGTON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Truro. | Goodison 1. | |
| DORSEY, PHILIP | USA, fl.1793-1802, MIM NIM OIM | Sign of Hadley's Quadrant and Compass-Card, corner of Queen and Thames Streets (1793); Fell's Point, 20 Queen Street; both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10. | ||
| DORSMAN, SALING | Holland, 1750-1825, NIM | Compass = AMST. | Hoorn. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| DOTTI, G. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| DOTTI, G. 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Pulborough 3/1/83. | Carlisle. | RSW. | |
| DOTY AND BERGEN | USA, c.1840, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, volvelles = X. | engraved calendar devised by L.H. Corson. | 120 William Street, New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DOU, JAN PIETERSZ. | Holland, fl.1612-20, | invented the Holland circle in 1612. | Amsterdam. | Bryden 9; Zinner 1; Daumas 1. | |
| DOUBLET | England, OIM | Telescope, tripod = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79. | see T. and H. Doublet. | London. | RSW. |
| DOUBLET, HANNAH | England, c.1830, MIM NIM PHIM | 14 Shepperton Place, New North Street, London. | Taylor 2(1833). | ||
| DOUBLET, T. AND H. | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM | Transit Theodolite = Phillips 11/16/88; Telescope = Phillips 2/14/79; Microscope = Phillips 2/14/79; Pair of long Rules in cane = Soth.-B. 9/26/73; Magnetic Compass = Christie 12/16/69; Rule, ivory = D.; Rule = P.C.; Sextant = Bearnes 1/24/90. | Thomas and Henry or Thomas and Hannah Doublet; sextant marked "for W. and E. Seagrove Portsea." | 6 Moorgate Street, Bank; 48 City Road; Finsbury Square; all in London. | RSW. |
| DOUBLETT, HENRY | England, MIM | may be the H. Doublett in T. and H. Doublett. | London. | Gilliland. | |
| DOUBLETT, THOMAS | England, c.1830, MIM | see T. and H. Doublett. | London. | Gilliland. | |
| DOUBLOTT, HANNAH | see Hannah Doublet. | Gilliland. | |||
| DOUGALL, J. | Scotland, c.1778, MIM | Kirkaldy. | Evans 1; Bryden 3. | ||
| DOUGHTY | England, PHIM | Thermometer = TIM. | on ivory base. | 431 West Strand, London. | RSW. |
| DOUGLAS, HOWARD | England, c.1811, | Sir Howard Douglas; patented a protractor for plane table use in 1811. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; J.A. Bennett 2. | ||
| DOUGLAS, J. | England, 1724, | designed a surveying instrument called "The Infallible", in 1724. | Gunther 2. | ||
| DOUGLAS, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1788-93, OIM | grandson and successor to Thomas Short. | Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburg. | Bryden 3. | |
| DOULLON | imitator of Dollond. | Daumas 1. | |||
| DOULLY, JACQUES-ANTOINE CARLIER | 1755, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, slate, 1755 = X. | Namur. | ||
| DOVER, A.W. | England, fl.1890-1918, NIM | Dip Needle Compass = Gilbert 8/27/76; Inclinometers = USNM (5). | son of John Dover; T.C. | Westwich Road, Charlton, Kent. | Multhauf and Good; McConnell 3; RSW. |
| DOVER, JOHN | England, 1824-81, NIM PHIM | Inclinometer = USNM; Magnetometer = USNM; Dip Needle = Royal Greenwich Observatory, Cambridge. | father of A.W. Dover; apprenticed to Thomas Charles Robinson; balance maker; exhibited a balance at the Great Exhibition of 1851, in London. | 14 Little Street, London; Charlton, Kent. | Multhauf and Good; Bryden 8; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DOVIKH, FEDOR | see Fedor Dowich. | Chenakal 1. | |||
| DOWICH, FEDOR | Russia, fl.1788-95, MIM SIM | Sundials = MOS (1795), MOS (2); Circumferentor, 1788 = MOS. | Tula. | Chenakal 1; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. | |
| DOWLER, D.T. | England, NIM | Sextant = D. | RSW. | ||
| DOWLING | England, c.1826, MIM | tried to punch graduations and numerals on rules in one operation; probably William Dowling; which see. | Delehar 9. | ||
| DOWLING, MICHAEL | USA, 1790-1853, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | 158 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey. | Smart 1. | |
| DOWLING, ROBERT | Ireland, fl.1830-33, OIM | optician. | 21 Lower Sackville Street (1830-31); 8 George's Quay (1832-33); both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| DOWLING, WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-29, MIM OIM PHIM | Sundial = Soth. 12/8/69; Spyglass = D.(1968). | T.C.; "working optician." | Serle's Passage, West Gate, Lincoln"s Inn, London. | Taylor 2(1538); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 1. |
| DOWNIE, J. | Germany, c.1780, NIM | Octant = FRK. | Hamburg. | Frank. | |
| DOWNIE, THOMAS | Germany, c.1827, NIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = HAM; Marine Compass = HAM; Thermometer = MYS; Barometer = MYS. | telescope marked `Day or Night'; T.C. in box of ADL-A168. | No. 9 (or 19) Stebbinhur (or Stubbenhuk); Stuchvenhuk No. 9; both in Hamburg. | ADL; RSW. |
| DOWNING | England, | see Kull and Downing. | RSW. | ||
| DOWNING, SAMUEL | England, c.1829, MIM | rule maker; devised punch to mark gradations and numbers. | Delehar 2. | ||
| DOYLE, WILLIAM | England, 1815, MIM | Stained-glass Sundial, 1815 = Blackheath, London. | Daniels 1. | ||
| DRAGSTEDT, GUSTAF | Sweden?, c.1775, MIM | Pipping 1. | |||
| DRAKE, O.P. | USA, fl.1846-55, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| DRAKEFORD, DAVID | England, c.1716, OIM | apprenticed to George Bass in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company, 1716; worked with George Bass. | Fleet Ditch, London. | Robischon. | |
| DRANCHIJ, FILIPPO AND DE HAVERI | Italy, PHIM | Pneumatic Machine = FLO-831. | see Bianchi. | Bonelli 1. | |
| DRAPER AND KNOX | USA, fl.1837-38, MIM SIM | Edmund or George (his brother) Draper and Joseph Knox. | 60 Dock Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Miller. | |
| DRAPER, E.A. | USA, | see Edmund Draper. | Miller. | ||
| DRAPER, EDMUND | USA, 1805-82, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Talbot County Historical Society, Md., P.C., USNM, William Penn Memorial Museum, Ohio Historical Society, Transit = P.C. | first was partner with Benjamin Stancliffe as Stancliffe and Draper, 1830-33; worked alone 1833-38; thn he took Joseph Knox as a partner, see Draper and Knox; the Gurley Co. has repaired over thirty of his instruments; made his own dividing engine; T.C.; some of his small compasses were signed "E.A. Draper." | 80 South Third Street (1833-37); 25 Pear Street, near Third below Walnut Street (1839-50); 22 Pear Street (1850-82); all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 8; Miller; RSW. |
| DRAPER, EDWARD | USA, fl.1838-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | possibly Edmund Draper. | 25 Pear Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| DRAPER, GEORGE | USA, c.1844, MIM | brother of Edmund Draper who refused to recommend him for a job with the Coast Survey in 1844; may have been the Draper in Draper and Knox, 1837. | 60 Dock, Philadelphia, PA. | Miller. | |
| DRAPER, MURRAY AND FAIRMAN | USA, pre-1827, MIM | Gideon Fairman. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Bedini 1. | |
| DRAYCOTT, RICHARD | England, c.1727, MIM | apprenticed to John Gilbert 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 1, 1727. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DREBBEL, CORNELIUS JACOBSZ | Holland; England, 1572-1633, MIM OIM | Globe, 1621 = James I of England; Microscope, 1619 = X. | scholar who made a wide range of original instruments; invented baroscope; author; came to England in 1604-05 and was instrument maker to James I; made planetarium, etc; "Cor Drebel 1579" marked on diptych sundial, ADL-W236. | Alkmaar; Eltham, Ipswich. | Taylor 1(90); Rooseboom 1; Nachet; Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Dawson 207; Tooley; Michel 22; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. |
| DRECHSEL, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1611, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1611 = DRE. | surely Christoph Trechsler. | Dresden. | Lübke. |
| DRECHSLER | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Celestial Globe = DRE. | date on label wrong for Trechsler. | Dresden. | RSW. |
| DRECHSLER, E. | Austria, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975). | Vienna. | RSW. | |
| DRECHSLER, GEORG | Germany, fl.1775-82, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, case = PMM; Bloud-type Sundial = PMM. | installed Herschel telescopes at Lilienthal, 1782. | Hannover. | Zinner 1; Daumas 1. |
| DREEVEN, J.J. VAN | Holland, OIM | Microscope, base only = UTR. | Nijmegen. | Van Cittert 3. | |
| DRESCHER, LOUIS | USA, c.1850, MIM NIM PHIM | New York. | USNM. | ||
| DRESSLER | Czechoslovakia, c.1841, PHIM | Barometrograph = KEN. | the barometrograph was designed in 1841 by Karl Kreil of Prague and used at the Kew Observatory in 1845. | Prague. | KEN; Middleton 1. |
| DREUX, S.T. | France, c.1585, | see Thibault. | Higgens 3. | ||
| DREW, HENRY | Scotland, fl.1730-38, MIM | clockmaker. | Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| DRIELENBURG, JACOB | Holland, 1656, PHIM | Coin Balance, box, 1656 = Soth. 4/18/88. | many weights stamped "I.D." (2). | Amsterdam. | RSW. |
| DRIESSENS, P. | France, 1828, MIM | Tellurian, 1828 = Yale U., New Haven, Conn. | Paris? | Yonge. | |
| DRING AND FAGE | England, fl.1790-1940, MIM NIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including PEA, WHI, NMM, KEN, RSM, etc. | T.C.; John Dring and William Fage; used fouled anchor with D and F on either side as mark on ivory scales; "Hygrometer Makers to His Majesty's Honourable Board of Excise." | 6 Tooley Street, London Bridge, Borough, Southwark (1792-96); 248 Tooley Street, Southwark (1796-1804); 20 Tooley Street, Southwark (1804-44); 19-20 Tooley Street, Southwark (1846-60); 145 The Strand (1883-1902); 56 Stamford Street, S.E. (1903-38); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(958); Calvert 2; Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Price 12; Whipple 1; NMM 2; Brieux 3; KEN; Crawforth 1; RSW; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 58; Clifton 1. |
| DRING AND FAGE AND CO. | England, c. 1850, PHIM | Edward Hall and Edward Jenkin; appointed Hydrometer and Saccharometer Makers to the Board of Inland Revenue, 1850. | 19 and 20 Tooley Street, London Bridge, Londn. | McConnell 4. | |
| DRING, JOHN | England, fl.1784-90, MIM | freed by Patrimony, 1780, possibly in the Feltmakers' Company; worked with William Fage, 1790 on, as Dring and Fage, which see; produced ivory scales for octants, etc.; signed "I.D." (2), which see. | 4 Albion Place, Walworth (1784-90); Gracechurch Street; both in London. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; Moskowitz 122; Coffeen 15; Clifton 1; RSW. | |
| DRING, THOMAS | England; USA; England, fl.1786-98, MIM NIM PHIM | Barometer, 1796 = Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | optician; clockmaker. | West Chester, Pa. (1786-98). | Bedini 1 & 8. |
| DRIVER | England, PHIM | balance maker; apprenticed to Mr. Vandome; see Bastick and Driver. | Calvert 2. | ||
| DROOGTE, GROOTE | Holland, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| DROSCHEL | see Troschel; another variant is Droschell. | Gouk 1. | |||
| DRUNCKER, H. | Germany?, 1611, MIM | Diptych Sundial, oval, ivory, 1611 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DRURY, JAMES | England, c.1714, | member of the Clockmakers' Company; James Rowley (MIM) was turned over to him by Thomas Woods in 1714. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| DRURY, JEREMIAH | England, c.1616, MIM | he and John Harper worked with William Pratt to obtain a patent for Pratt's 'Arithmeticall Jewell', in 1616. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| DRURY, STEPHEN | USA, fl.1788-1809, MIM | also made clocks; took David Moritz as an apprentice, c.1802. | Huntingdon County, Pa. | James W. Gibbs. | |
| DRURY, WILLIAM 1 | England, c.1761, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 18, 1761; might be William Drury 2, which see. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DRURY, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1769-74, MIM | may be the same as William Drury 1, which see. | Dale Street (1769); North Side Old Dock (1772); both in Liverpool. | Bryden 9; Crawforth 7. | |
| DRYANDER, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1500-60, | expert instrument designer; "Cylindri usus et canones", 1543, is first known description of a portable cylinder sundial; Johann Eichmann, M.D. | RSW. | ||
| DRYDEN, JOHN | England, | Water Clock = X; Garden Sundial, 1677 = D.(1996). | water clock is modern work; sundial looks like Pearson Page work, has long motto. | Coventry. | MAD, April, 1996; RSW. |
| DRYER, C. | USA, c.1850, PHIM | made thermometers and clocks. | Louisville, Ky. | USNM. | |
| DU BOIS, A. | Belgium, NIM | T.C. in sextant box, OMM. | Antwerp. | RSW. | |
| DU BUC | see Buc, du. | ||||
| DU PONT | France, 1580, MIM | Horizontal Sundial inside watch lid = P.C.; Sundial in watch = Bernal Sale. | Baillie thought about 1650. | Castres. | Benson; Baillie 1. |
| DUBARY | France, c.1810, MIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Graphometer = P.C. | barometer signed "Dubarry Selon Toricelli". | Dijon. | Brieux 2; RSW. |
| DUBAS | France, c.1850, NIM | Octant, night = NMM-S.84; Octant = PMM; Sextant = D.(1985). | "breveté." | Nantes. | Coffeen 11; RSW. |
| DUBINI 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 8 North Place, Brunswick Place (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| DUBINI 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 25 Little College Street, West Camdentown (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| DUBINI, L. | England, c.1815, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87. | Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | |
| DUBINI, PETER | England, fl.1832-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also spelled Duhum and Dulbini (?). | 11 Beauchamp Street (1832-33); 12 Beauchamp Street (1836); both in Leather Lane; 47 Red Lion Street (1853-60); all in London. | Goodison 1. |
| DUBOIA | France, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = OXF. | possibly owner, engraving is different; may be misreading for Dubois. | Paris. | RSW; Soth. 2/28/80. |
| DUBOIN | France, 18th Century, | see Dubois. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| DUBOIS | France, fl.1771-74, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL, ROM, FLO, COR, NMM, etc. | Aux Génies, Paris. | Daumas 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 1 and 4; Nachet; Italian Inv.; Frank; Wynter 1; Courtanvaux; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW. | |
| DUBOIS, FREDERIC WILLIAM | Switzerland, 1811-69, MIM | Frédéric William Dubois; made several astronomical clocks. | Le Locle. | Baillie 1. | |
| DUBOIS, HENNON | France, c.1800, | invented a type of surveying instrument for triangulation; it was made by Charles Mercklein. | Libert et Castor 4/28/82; RSW. | ||
| DUBOSCQ, JULES | France, 1817-86, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Heliostats = WHI, Versailles 11/20/83, USNM; Microscopes = AMH, UTR, Versailles 11/20/83; Prism = La Rochelle 7/16/83; Goniometer = Soth. 3/10/87; Polariscope = USNM; etc. | "ingénieur, gendre et successeur de Soleil, opticien du Roy", 1849; "Appareil Breveté S.G.D.G."; also pupil and son-in-law of Soleil; traded as Duboscq- Soleil, which see; T.C.; took Ph. Pellin as a partner in 1883, until 1886 when Pellin took over. | 21, rue de l'Odéon au fond de la Cour, Paris (1849-83). | USNM; Calvert 2; Bonelli 1; Brieux 3; Fitzgerald; Paris 1900; Belgian Inv.; Van Cittert 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; Warner 13; RSW. |
| DUBOSCQ, L.J. | France, c.1850, OIM | perhaps related to Jules Duboscq. | 21 Rue de l'Odéon, Paris. | USNM. | |
| DUBOSCQ, TH. AND A. | France, c.1883, PHIM | J.W. Queen announced they were sole agents for the above; may have been disgruntled sons of Jules Duboscq. | Paris. | Warner 13. | |
| DUBOSCQ-SOLEIL, J. | France, 1851-75, PHIM | Solar Polariscope and Fresnel Press = Brown U., Providence, RI.; Saccharimeter = College of Charlston, SC; Fresnel Press = U. of Virginia; Cyanopolarimeter = Columbia College (University); etc. | "J. Duboscq-Soleil Brete S.G.D.G." | Paris. | Warner 13. |
| DUBOSE | France, MIM SIM | Graphometer = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DUBOSQ, G. | France, c.1831, PHIM | Polaiscope = FRK-M328. | polariscope; possibly J. Dubosq. | Paris. | Frank; G.L'E. Turner 24. |
| DUBOSQ, PROSPER EDMOND | France, MIM SIM | Surveying Square = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| DUBOSQ-SOLEIL, J. | France, c.1850, OIM | Microscopes = UTR, STM. | surely Jules Duboscq. | 35 Rue de l'Odéon, Paris. | Van Cittert 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DUBY, C. | France, 1724, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round, lead, 1724 = Schuhmann Sale. | Estavage. | RSW. | |
| DUCHAFFAT, A. | see Chaffat, a. du. | RSW. | |||
| DUCHASSAR, A. | see Chaffat, a. du. | RSW. | |||
| DUCHEMIN, EMILE | France, 19th Century, NIM | Compass Rose = AMST. | Paris. | Mörzer Bruyns. | |
| DUCHER | alternative spelling is Tucher. | ||||
| DUCHER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1582-1632, MIM | member of the compass makers' guild; became a pedlar. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, H. | Germany, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, octagonal, compass on top = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| DUCHER, HANNS | Germany, fl.1600-09, MIM | Sundial in watch case, 1600 = ADL-M287; Mining Compass, 1609 = ADL-M173. | ADL-M173 is signed "hanns ducher faci eh badt 1609"; ADL-M287 is signed "hanns ducher 1600"; punchmark is orb; Zinner confused him with Hans Ducher (Tucher), the ivory diptych sundial maker. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| DUCHER, HANS 1 | Germany, fl.1537-50, MIM | made ivory diptych sundials; Master in 1537; Ducher used a serpent as a mastermark; one of his sundials, signed "H.D." (2), is at OXF. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, HANS 2 | Germany, fl.1557-1615, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = OXF (1560, 1567), MERC-68 (1576) = Soth. 12/12/55. | became master in 1557; made ivory diptych sundials dating from 1560-97; hard to tell his work apart from Hans Ducher 3, his son, when their dates overlap; see H.D. 2. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gouk 1; Hamilton 1 and 2. |
| DUCHER, HANS 3 | Germany, 1549-1632, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = P.C. (1569), ADL-W20, ADL-DPW30, BM (5), UTO 11/2/76, Christie-G 5/3/86, WHI (1567), OXF (1578), (1588), Huelsmann Coll. (1580); Cube Sundial, brass, 1581 = WHI. | son of Hans Ducher 2; Master in 1580; made ivory diptych and brass sundials dating from 1569-1621; some of the dials prior to 1597 may be by Hans Ducher 2; used both plain and spotted snakes as mastermarks; sometimes signed "H.D." (2), or "Hans Tucher" (OXF, 1588, signed as the latter), which see; see H.T. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| DUCHER, HANS CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1584-post-1656, MIM | member of Compassmakers' Guild; became a city wait. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, JORG | Germany, c.1490, MIM | became Master compass maker in 1490; probably made ivory diptych sundials. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, JOSEF | Germany, 1614-44, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory, = STU (1641), OXF (1642), OXF, WHI, Drecker Coll. = DPW. | bird flying to left was his punchmark; several sundials with this punchmark are in the Huelsmann Coll. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; Bryden 16. |
| DUCHER, JOSEPH PLUMEN | Germany, 1642, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1642 = Phillips 10/20/82. | "Angst und Kumer ist aler menschen Driwsal"; probably same as Joseph Ducher. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| DUCHER, KATHARINA | Germany, fl.1530, MIM | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| DUCHER, THEODOR | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1600 = X. | compass maker. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. |
| DUCHER, THOMAS 1 | Germany, 1590-1645, MIM | Diptych Sundials, ivory = OXF (1620), HAK. | son of Hans Ducher 2; Master in 1613; a snake is the mastermark; see T.D.; HAK is signed "Thomas Tucher"; Bryden thinks there are two unsigned diptych sundials at WHI by this maker. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Syndram; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| DUCHER, THOMAS 2 | Germany, 1683, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1683 = NOR. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| DUCOMMUN, FRANCOIS | France, 1763-1839, MIM | Tellurian Clocks = CHF (1817), MIS, P.C., D.(1965); Universal Ring Sun Dials = P.C. (2). | François Ducommun-dit-Boudry. | La Chaux-de-Fonds. | NMM 2; RSW. Britten; Baillie 1; Musée d'Horlogerie. |
| DUCOMMUN-DIT-BOUDRY | see François Ducommun. | ||||
| DUCOMMUN-DIT-TINNON, DANIEL | France, 1728, | wrote of making sundials, 1728. | La Chaux-de-Fonds. | RSW; DRE Notes, 1973. | |
| DUDIER, HANS | Germany, 1578, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1578 = BASH. | the cover is 14th century work. | Augsburg. | Tardy. |
| DUDLEY | England, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1970). | RSW. | ||
| DUDLEY, JOHN | England, c.1731, | apprenticed to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 14, 1731. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| DUDLEY, ROBERT | England; Italy, 1573-1649, | Sir Robert Dudley; author, invented several instruments including a mariner's astrolabe (1596), an azimuth sundial, etc.; examples are in BM and FLO; exiled from England and went to Florence. | London; Florence. | Taylor 1(92); Bonelli 1; Michel 3, Boffito; Price 3; Italian Inv.; Ward 4; A. Stimson 3; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DUDMAN, T. | England, NIM | Sextant, ebony and ivory = Star of India Maritime Museum, San Diego, Cal. | London. | RSW. | |
| DUDUICT, JACQUES | France, fl.1599-1645, | author; invented a sciatere (quadrant) to lay out sundials. | Blois. | Baillie 1; Zeitlin and Ver Brugge 219. | |
| DUFFEY, JAMES P. | USA, fl.1844-57, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | also made chemical and engineering instruments. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| DUFOUR | France, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = P. and S. 11/21/1894. | Paris. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| DUFOUR, H. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sundials, oval, silver = OXF, Strozzi; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = Drouot 2/18/23; Sundial = AMST. | Blois. | Evans 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| DUGGLEBY, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | barometer maker. | Kirkby Moorside. | Loomes 1. | |
| DUGLAS, JACQUES | France, NIM | Compass Rose = D.(1972). | Honfleur. | Brieux 3. | |
| DUGUE | France, c.1620, MIM | Sundial in watch = Ilbert Coll. | Dugué; Duguet? | Paris. | Baillie 1. |
| DUHAMEL 1 | France, 18th Century, MIM OIM | Sectors = Soth. 12/12/55, Huelsmann Coll., Koller May, 1966; Sundial = Drouot 11/14/68; Folding Rule = Koller May, 1966; Set of Drawing Instruments, case = DEU. | made lenses and Butterfield-type sundials. | Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Evans 1; Nachet; Wheatland 2; Syndram; RSW. |
| DUHAMEL 2 | Germany, MIM | De Roias Sundial = DEU-1695. | DuHamel. | Munich. | Price 2; RSW. |
| DUHAMEL, CLEMENT | France; USA, 1818-86, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.; Augsburg-type Sundials = P.C., D.; Telescope = USNM. | optician. | 111 Canal Street, New Orleans, La. | Smart 1; USNM; Price 2; RSW. |
| DUHIM | England, c.1832-33, | see Dubini. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DUHRE, GABRIEL OSTEN | Sweden, fl.1763-81, MIM | apprenticed to C.H. Westberg. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| DUJARDIN, FELIX | France, 1801-68, | designed a microscope. | Nachet. | ||
| DULAC | France, c.1607, | invented a protractor with sundial and two movable arms; made by Vernie. | Hamilton 2; Whipple 1. | ||
| DULBINI | England, c.1836, | see Dubini. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| DULNIG, J. | Germany, c.1820, MIM | Astrolabe = Bleiberg. | Bleiberg. | Kirnbauer 2. | |
| DULOULIN | France, 1845, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, glass and metal, case, 1845 = Cincinnati Museum of Natural History. | "Cadran solaire analemmatique", 15"X12". | RSW. | |
| DULTON AND SMITH | England, 1828, PHIM | Set of Inspector's Standard Weights and Measures, 1828 = Phillips 10/26/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| DUMAYNE CADET | Switzerland, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Koller May, 1966. | Lausanne. | RSW. | |
| DUMONT D'URVILLE | France, c.1830, NIM | Artificial Horizon = PMM. | RSW. | ||
| DUMOTIEZ | France, c.1780, MIM OIM PHIM | Sector = PEA; Barometers = FLO (2); Microscope = CNAM; Augsburg-type Sundial = P. et J. Martin, Versailles 11/18/79; Electrometer = GEM. | one or the other of the Dumotiez frères. | Rue du Jardinet, no. 2; Rue Saint-André-des-Arts, both in Paris. | Brewington 1; Bonelli 1; Daumas 1; Moreau; A.J. Turner 10; USNM. |
| DUMOTIEZ FRERES | France, fl.1784-1815, PHIM | Hydrostatic Balance = P.C.; Air Pump = USNM. | Dumotiez Frères were Louis Joseph and Pierre François; succeeded by Nicholas Constant Pixii, 1815. | Rue du Jardinet; St André-des Arts; both in Paris. | Multhauf 1; USNM; Brewington 1; Daumas 1; Brieux 3; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| DUMOTIEZ, LOUIS JOSEPH | France, b.1757; fl.1784-1815, PHIM | see Dumotiez Frères. | Rue du Jardinet, Paris (1784). | Daumas 1; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DUMOTIEZ, PIERRE FRANCOIS | France, fl.1784-1815, PHIM | Pierre François Dumotiez; see Dumotiez Frères. | Rue du Jardinet, Paris (1784). | Daumas 1; NMM 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| DUNBARR | USA, 1795, MIM | Philadelphia, Pa. or Maryland or South Carolina. | Prime; USNM. | ||
| DUNCAN 1 | Scotland, | see William Duncan. | |||
| DUNCAN 2 | England, c.1781, MIM | Zakhorloge = X. | might be John Duncan 1. | London. | Mörzer Bruyns; Clarke et al. |
| DUNCAN, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1828-34, OIM | 4 King David Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1835); O'Mara. | ||
| DUNCAN, JOHN 2 | Scotland, pre-1856, OIM | Microscope = D.(1981). | Aberdeen. | Moskowitz 122. | |
| DUNCAN, WILLIAM | Scotland, fl.1841-49, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Microscope = CRI = RSM; Level = RSM. | microscope signed "W. Duncan, Aberdeen"; barometer signed "Duncan 92 Union Street, Aberdeen." | 46 Dee Street (1841); 92 Union Street (1842-49); both in Aberdeen. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Nachet; Gunther 2; Clarke et al. |
| DUNDAS | see Melville, Dundas and Whitson. | ||||
| DUNGAN, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| DUNKEN, THOMAS | England, c.1830, MIM | apprenticed to William Gilbert of the Grocers' Company, March 4, 1830. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DUNN 1 | England, pre-1794, NIM | Sextant, rosewood = Leigh and Soth. 4/10/1794-65. | possibly Samuel Dunn. | RSW. | |
| DUNN 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X; Theodolite = FRK = RSM. | may be John 2 or Thomas Dunn. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al. |
| DUNN, JOHN 1 | England, c.1758, MIM | apprenticed to John Parminter 1 of the Grocers' Company on May 17, 1751; free of the Company on June 6, 1758. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| DUNN, JOHN 2 | Scotland, fl.1824-43, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Level = RSM; Theodolite = Soth. 6/23/87; Graphometer, 1827 = Soth. 2/25/86 = RSM; Pyrometer = RSM; Magnetic Survey Compass = RSM; Transit for chronometer adjustment = RSM. | T.C.; made an improved air pump; older brother of Thomas Dunn; protractor, thermometer and telescope = Nisbet 4/4/1860; probably made barometer signed "Dunn Edinburgh"; RSM graphometer also marked "invt et fecit." | 7 West Bow (1824); 25 Thistle Street (1825-27); 52 Hanover Street (1828-31); Sign of the Gilded Globe, 50 Hanover Street 1832-42; all in Edinburgh; 157 Buchanan Street (1840); 28 Buchanan Street (1841); both in Glasgow. | Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Bryden 3; Taylor 2(1542); Clay and Court; Darius 3; Chaldecott 3; RGO; R.G.W. Anderson 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DUNN, MICHAEL | 1813, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| DUNN, SAMUEL | England, 1723-94, MIM NIM | designed an orrery within an armillary sphere, pre-1780; improved azimuth compass and Hadley's quadrant. | Crediton, Devon (-1751); Ormond House, Chelsea; Brompton Park, near Kensington (1763); 6 Clement's Inn, near Temple Bar (1774); 8 Maiden Lane, Covent Garden (1774); 1 Boar's Head Court, Fleet Street (1780-94); all in London. | Taylor 2(348); RSW. | |
| DUNN, THOMAS | Scotland, fl.1818-67, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Pantograph = Soth. 7/4/66; Telescopic Levels (2) = RSM; Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/77; Box Sextant, 1842 = Exhibit,"1000 Years of Navigation", Brussels, 1979; Calendar, elapsed-time, circular = P.C.; "Improved Pantograph" = RSM; Theodolite = P.C.(1987); Surveyor's Compass = P.C.(1987); Transit, incomplete = RSM. | worked with his brother, John Dunn 2, 1825-43; succeeded him, 1843-67; T.C.; in the London Exhibition of 1851; RSM transit marked "Edinburgh"; designed an accounting slide rule in 1818. | Glasgow (c.1818); 50 Hanover Street, Edinburgh (1843-67). | Taylor 2(1542); Goodison 1; Bryden 1; Delehar 2 and 9; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| DUNNETT | see Jack Dunning. | A.J. Turner 10. | |||
| DUNNING, JACK | England, fl.1674-78, MIM OIM | may have been an apprentice of Richard Reeves 1; member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; a Turner; had John Marshall 2 as an apprentice in the Turners' Company; made tubes for telescopes. | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(373); Evans 1; Crawforth 6; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| DUNOD, CLAUDE | France; Germany, 1672-1716, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = HAK (1711 1713 1714), DUS (1714), MERC = WHI (1713), NYM (1714), OXF (1716), NYC, KRM, Freiburg i Breisgau Museum, KRE, etc. | of French origin; an early maker of the mehanical equatorial sundial; some of these dials have cams to set the latitude. | Burgundy; Munich (1678-95); Düsseldorf (1711-16). | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Whipple 1; Art.; Chandler and Vincent; Gunther 6; Rabenalt; Belgian Inv.; Brieux 3; RSW; W. Eckhardt 3. |
| DUNSCOMBE AND HUSBANDS | England, pre-1876, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | M.W. Dunscombe and H. Husbands. | Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| DUNSCOMBE, M.W. | England, c.1855, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | apprenticed to John Braham in 1855; succeeded him. | Bristol. | Bryden 9. | |
| DUNSFORD, JAMES N. | England, c.1830, OIM | Fore Street, Devonport. | Taylor 2(1836). | ||
| DUNSTON, PAUL | England, c. 1695, MIM | apprenticed to Simon Chapman of the Clockmakers' Company on June 24, 1687 for eight years. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DUPEE, JOHN | USA, 1729-1773, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaves 1764 = X (1753), Kelton Coll. (1764)(1990); Octants = PEA (1755), X (1760); Surveyor's Compasses, wood = Bostonian Society, South Natick Historical Society, P.C., Andover Historical Society, Mass., etc. | father was a French Huguenot; PEA quadrant made for Patrick Montgomerie; made nautical compasses. | North Side of Swing Bridge, Boston, New Eng. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; Taylor 2(472); USNM; Brewington 1; Price 2; American Neptune, Jan. 1975; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| DUPRA | France, c.1770, PHIM | worked 18 years for the Abbé Nollet. | Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| DUPRESSOIR, C. | France, c.1850, MIM SIM | Mining Compass, box = P.C.(1987). | succeeded Baraban. | rue St. Honoré, 175, Paris. | RSW. |
| DUPRESSOIR, J.P.H. | France, MIM | Planetarium on clock = MLL. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| DUPUIS, JEAN | France, 17th Century, MIM SIM | Theodolite, wood = ROU-207; Theodolite, elaborate = CNAM; Astronomical Clock = ROU-260. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet. | |
| DUQUET | France, c.1733, | devised a water clock. | Baillie 1. | ||
| DUREN | USA, | see Henry Duren, Alder and Duren, Bassnet and Duren, Duren and Alder, Duren and Castigan, Duren and Mediger. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN AND ALDER | USA, | T.C.; dealers in nautical instruments. | 20 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN AND CASTIGAN | USA, NIM | Sextants = Mystic Seaport, Conn.(2). | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN AND MEDINGER | USA, c.1850, | T.C.; dealers in chronometers. | 20 Burling Slip, New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DUREN, HENRY | USA, fl.1852-61, MIM NIM PHIM | Quadrants = P.C., MYS; Octants = Whaling Museum, Nantucket, Mass., Newport Historical Society, R.I.; Sextants = MYS (2). | "S.B.R." signed on ivory scale of P.C. quadrant; "Importer"; may have made some instruments; machinist, 1860; nautical instrument maker, 1861; name stamped on a Spencer & Co. sextant at ADL; American agent for James Bassnett. | 39 Burling Slip, opposite Fulton Ferry, one door from South Street, New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz 104; ADL; RSW. |
| DUREN, T. | USA, c.1860, NIM | Octant, ebony, case = D. | probably a misreading; H. Duren T.C. in lid of box. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. |
| DURER, ALBRECHT | Germany, 1471-1528, | Altitude Sundials, round = WRAY, NYM, ADL-T4. | the sundials listed are all modern work, probably by D.B. Sheahan; Dürer designed sundials which are shown in his book on perspective; artist; author. | Nürnberg. | Lübke; Zinner 1; Baillie 1; Kurz; ADL; RSW. |
| DURHAM, W. | see William Derham. | Aked. | |||
| DURINGER | see Döring. | Evans 1. | |||
| DURKEE, C.D., AND CO. | USA, NIM | Boxed Dry Compass = MYS. | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| DURN | see Duru. | Evans 1. | |||
| DUROD, CLAUDE | see Claude Dunod. | Smith. | |||
| DURONI AND CO. | Italy, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | German work, so Duroni and Co. probably dealers. | Milan. | RSW. |
| DURRAN, JAMES HOPKINS | England, fl.1832-54, PHIM | advertised thermometers and barometers. | Banbury. | Beeson. | |
| DURROCH, W.F. | England, c.1850, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 3/4/82, Soth. 9/20/83. | Soth. one signed "H. Durroch." | 28 St. Thomas's Street, Borough, London. | RSW. |
| DURU | France, 1717, MIM | Sundial, in wooden box, 1717 = P. and S. 3/20/1896 = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | might be Durn. | RSW. | |
| DURU, L., ET FILS | France, OIM | Telescopic Level = Melun 4/24/83. | Bordeaux. | RSW. | |
| DUTCH, HENRY D. | USA, fl.1841-42, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| DUTRO | France, c.1850, MIM SIM | Y-Level = P.C. (1987); Mining Dial = P.C. (1987). | the instruments are signed "Dutro Fabt." | Bould. St. Germain, 94, Paris. | RSW. |
| DUTTON AND SMITH | England, c.1815, PHIM | Apothecary Balance = D. | "Scale Makers, late apprentice and foreman to Vincent and Co., London Bridge." | 248 Tooley Street, near London Bridge, London. | Coffeen II. |
| DUTTON, HENRY | England, c.1666, | misreading for Henry Sutton? | Evans 1. | ||
| DUTTON, MATTHEW | England, fl.1779-1800, MIM | free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1779; Master of the Company, 1800. | London. | Robischon. | |
| DUTTON, RICHARD | England, fl.1663-82, MIM | probably a sundial maker. | Sign of the Dial, Holborn, London. | Taylor 1(296); Evans 1. | |
| DUVAHN, CARL | Sweden; Denmark; Sweden, fl.1845-86, MIM | Lund (1845-49); Copenhagen (1849-); Lund (-1886). | Pipping 1. | ||
| DUVAL | France, c.1680, MIM NIM | Horizontal Sundial = SPI; Marine Compass, 1680 = SPI. | made table sundials with bubble levels; Pierre Duval? | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet; Ernst. |
| DUVAL, PIERRE | France, 1618-83, | wrote treatise on the sphere. | Michel 3. | ||
| DUYSTER, J.J. | Holland, 1761-1813, MIM | Rotterdam (c.1806). | Daumas 1. | ||
| DWELLE, E. | USA, c.1832, MIM OIM | USNM. | |||
| DWYER, R.O. | Canada, c.1790, NIM | Sextant = Royal Ontario Museum. | St. Johns, Newfoundland. | USNM. | |
| DYAS, Y°. | Portugal, fl.1614-28, NIM | Mariner's Astrolabes = Museo de las Casas Reales, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (16?9) (NMM-40), Dept. of Culture, St. John's, Newfoundland (1628) (NMM-44), Christie-NY 6/14/88 (Atocha)(1614)(NMM-60) = Museo de Marinha, Lisbon. | thought to be Joa~o Dias; the small "o" is directly over the "Y"; NMM is the National Maritime Museum Registry of Mariner's Astrolabes. | Stimson 3. | |
| DYER, SAMUEL | England, c.1696, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1696. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| DYSON, JOHN | England, c.1695, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Peter Collins of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 25, 1687; free of the Company, April 1, 1695. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| E. | Germany, C.1700, MIM | Compass Sundial, bone and brass = D.(1991). | signed on the brass chapter ring. | Coffeen 35. | |
| E.A. 1 | Germany, 1580, MIM | Gun Sight, 1580 = DRE-546. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| E.A. 2 | MIM | Vertical Sundial, silver = LOS. | in the shape of a cross; pin missing; also marked "Crux Victoria" and "SCT II ODA RKI". | RSW. | |
| E.A.M. | Germany, 1718, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1718 = Gymnasium, Linz. | Zinner 1. | ||
| E.B. * N.L. | 1732, MIM NIM | Cross-staff, 1732 = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | marked on one side only. | RSW. | |
| E.B. 1 | England, 1625, MIM | Sector, 1625 = BM-1880/8/20-17. | Taylor 1(150); Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| E.B. 2 | MIM | Cube Sundial, stone = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| E.B. AND R. | France, c.1849, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = PEA. | E. Burdon and Richards. | Paris. | Brewington 1. |
| E.C. | England, 1701, MIM OIM | Compass Sundial, ivory, 1701 = D.(1984); Compass Sundial, brass, 1701 = ADL-W255; Microscopes = D.(pre-1950), Soth. 10/3/88. | compass papers printed " E.C. fecit 1701"; surely Edmund Culpeper 1; Soth. microscope has shagreen case. | Moskowitz 130; Clay and Court; Weil 2(2); ADL; RSW. | |
| E.E. | England, c.1560, MIM | Ring Sundial = Evans Coll. = OXF. | probably Epiphanius Evesham; seal has pineapple and "A.P." | Earle; RSW. | |
| E.F. | England, MIM | Napier's Bones, wood = OXF. | perhaps Edward Fage. | RSW. | |
| E.F.H. | England, 1735, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1735 = Soth. 10/27/69. | RSW. | ||
| E.H. 1 | France, 1659, MIM | Astrolabe, 1659, steel = NMM-Caird. | Michel 3; MADEX. | ||
| E.H. 2 | see Erasmus Habermel. | ||||
| E.I. | England, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant = P.C. | lunar volvelle and calendar. | RSW. | |
| E.I.C. | England, MIM | Gunter's Scale = ADL-W146. | East India Company; marked "4 E.I.C."; see Chrichton 2. | ADL; RSW. | |
| E.J. | OIM | Spyglass, miniature = FRK. | Frank. | ||
| E.L.B. | PHIM | Spring Balance = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | ||
| E.M.G. | OIM | Telescope = Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Ga. | owner? | RSW. | |
| E.M.P. | Germany, 1630, MIM | Table Sundial, 1630 = INN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| E.P. | England, pre-1800, NIM | Octant = MYS. | the scale on the octant is signed " E.P." with an anchor; this probably is Edward Parker. | London. | RSW. |
| E.P.G. | "Elevati Poli Gradus." | RSW. | |||
| E.R.L. | MIM | Gunner's Quadrant = SKO; Instrument = SKO. | Price 2; RSW. | ||
| E.V.Z. | Germany, 1568, MIM | Artillery Rule, 1568 = DRE. | may be same as E.Z. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| E.Z. | Germany, 1568, MIM | Erhard Zimmermann; see E.V.Z. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | ||
| EADE, JONATHAN | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | Ship's Compasses = NMM-C145, Soth. 10/17/60; Slide Rule, ivory and silver = P.C. (Christie 5/5/70). | member of the Merchant Taylors' Company; took apprentices. | Wapping, London. | NMM; Crawforth 8; RSW. |
| EADE, WILTON AND ALLEN | England, 18th Century, NIM | Ship's Compass = Soth. 10/17/60. | Jonathan Eade, William Wilton 1 and Nathaniel Allen. | London. | RSW. |
| EAGLAND, JOSEPH | England, fl.1856-59, PHIM | barometer maker. | 3 Wellington Row, Bethnal Green, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EAMES | England, 19th Century, OIM | T.C. in the lid of a microscope box reads "By Eames Optician." | RSW. | ||
| EAMES, JAMES | USA, c.1835, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Cyr Auction, May, 1997. | patented a wooden theodolite, Feb, 11, 1835; signed "Eames Improved Patent Compass, Newry, Me." | Newry, Maine. | USNM; Coffeen B; MAD June 1997. |
| EARLE, CHRISTOPHER | England, MIM | Magnetic Compass = Evans Coll. | Gunther 2. | ||
| EARNSHAW, THOMAS | England, 1749-1824, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Skinner and Dyke, 2/5/1793-204. | the catalogue of the Earl of Bute's Coll. lists him as "L. Earnshaw"; watch and clockmaker noted for his chronometers. | 119 High Holborn (1791-1806; Chenies Street, Bedford Square; both in London. | Taylor 2(705); J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| EASLING | see Johann Ernst Essling. | Evans 1; P. & S. 4/3/1894; RSW. | |||
| EAST INDIA COMPANY | England, | Horizontal Sundial = CNAM. | oriental; see E.I.C.; see Chrichton 2. | RSW. | |
| EASTLAND AND CO. | England, OIM | Compound Microscope = UTR. | see William Eastland 2. | Taylor 2(166 & 349). | |
| EASTLAND, WILLIAM 1 | England, 1704-68, OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Gay 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1718; turned over to Thomas Lincoln in the Company in 1726; free of the Company in 1726; Assistant in the Company in 1737; father of William Eastland 2. | Clerkenwell, London (1764). | Taylor 2(166); Court and von Rohr 3(102); Robischon. | |
| EASTLAND, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1747-80, OIM | apprenticed to his father, William Eastland 1, c.1761, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; turned over to Henry R. Shuttleworth in the same Company in 1762; free of the Company, c.1768; Robischon thought he was free in 1773; some of his microscopes are signed "Eastland and Co." | London. | Taylor 2(349); Court and von Rohr 3(182); Robischon. | |
| EASTLANDT | Holland, c.1785, OIM | telescope maker. | The Hague. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| EASTMOND | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Redhill. | RSW. | |
| EASTON, EDWARD | England, c.1708, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on March 3, 1701; free of the Company, April 5, 1708. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| EASTON, JAMES | England, 1731, MIM SIM | Backstaff, 1731 = DNM. | made for Francis Harrison. | RSW. | |
| EATON | England, PHIM | see Bordessa and Eaton; also see Novati, Bordessa and Eaton. | Goodison 1. | ||
| EATON, A.K. | USA, c.1854, OIM | in partnership with Charle A. Spencer for a few years c.1854. | Canastoga, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| EATON, JOHN | England, c.1658, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on July 2, 1651; free of the Company on July 7, 1658. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| EBERBACH AND SON CO. INC. | USA, c.1843, PHIM | made physical, chemical and physiological apparatus. | Ann Arbor Mich. | USNM. | |
| EBERHARD, J.G. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = D. | Zinner 1. | ||
| EBERHARD, J.P. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = DEU. | this may be a misreading for J.G. Eberhard. | RSW. | |
| EBERHARD, P. AEGID | Germany, 1688, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1688 = KRM. | Raittenau. | Rabenalt. | |
| EBERHART, PHILLIPP | Switzerland, c.1602, MIM | designed a surveying instrument with Leonhart Zubler. | Zurich. | Dawson 216, 1971. | |
| EBERSPERGER, JOH. GEORG | Germany, c.1729-1755, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = Bernhard Canzler in 1750; Graphometer, 1729 = NUR-WI 252; Compass, 1737 = NUR-WI 697; Quadrant, steel with wooden tripod, 1739 = NUR-WI 207; Quadrant, 1751 = NUR-WI 584; Graphometer, 1755 = DEU-2893; Rule = ADL-M133; Alidade with Compass = NUR-WI 1268. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. | |
| EBLE | c.1850, NIM | Sextant, primitive = UTR. | Ellwangen | RSW. | |
| EBMER, SEBALD | Germany, b.1580-d.1613, MIM | amateur mathematician & instrument maker; a friend of F. Ritter. | Nürnberg. | Michel 3. | |
| EBSWORTH, GEORGE RICHARD | England, c.1827, OIM | optician. | 54 Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 2(1320); O'Mara. | |
| EBSWORTH, RICHARD | England, fl.1815-29, MIM OIM PHIM | Tellurians, miniature = HAY, ADL-W51, D.(1983); Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 5/6/69; Telescope, refracting = X; Telescope, reflecting = X; Microscope = Soth. 12/8/69; Astronomical Quadrant, miniature = D.(1983); Floating Sundial = Soth.-S 1/26/88. | T.C.; the telescopes and the microscope are signed "Ebsworth." | 68 Fleet Street and 41 Fleet Street, both in London. | Taylor 2(1320); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Goodison 1; Coffeen; ADL; RSW. |
| ECCLES, D. | England, | Water Clock, dated 1697 from the town of Salisbury = Hindley Shop, CMY. | modern work by Pearson Page of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| ECCLESTON | England, c.1750, OIM | made Newtonian telescopes. | London. | Taylor 2(473a); Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. | |
| ECHEVERRIA | Spain, MIM | Squadra Mobile = P.C. (1976). | Bilbao. | RSW. | |
| ECHO AND BARGOS | Spain, 18th Century, MIM | Armillary Sundial = P. & S. 4/21/1898. | RSW. | ||
| ECKERT | Germany, c.1850, MIM | Nürnberg. | USNM. | ||
| ECKHARDT, A. GEORGE | Holland; England, fl.1770-99, MIM | Dividers = Auction, 1799; Parallel Rules = Auction, 1799; Graphometer, mahogany = Auction, 1799. | A. George Eckhardt, junr. invented a rolling parallel rule in 1770 which was made by Dollond; held fifteen patents; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(706); Mörzer Bruyns 2; Millburn 8. | |
| ECKHARDT, DR. CHRISTIAN LEONHARD PHILIPP | Germany, 1784-1866, MIM | Globes = X. | Tooley. | ||
| ECKHARDT, H.E. | England, | see A. George Eckhardt. | Soth. 7/27/64. | ||
| ECKLING, JOHANN M. | Austria, c.1820, MIM NIM | Sextant = NMM-S.115; Sextant and an unidentified Instrument = MOS; Goniometer = P.C.(1979). | Vienna. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Maistrov 4; RSW. | |
| EDELMANN | Germany, MIM | Wiedemann-type Galvanometer = WHI. | Price 12. | ||
| EDEN, ALFRED | England, c.1830, OIM | Achromatic Microscope = WHI. | pupil of Pritchard. | 6 Langham Place, Regent Street, London. | Taylor 2(1838); Clay and Court; Whipple 1. |
| EDEN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1818-27, OIM | apprenticed, c.1811, in the Spectaclemakers' Company; free of the Company in 1818; pupil of Andrew Pritchard 1, 1818-27; optician. | 30 Castle Street, Holborn, London. | Taylor 2(1321); Court and von Rohr 3(243). | |
| EDGECUMBE | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer =X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDGEWORTH, HENRY | England, 1779, NIM | Octant, 1779 = NMM-Caird; Octant = Drouot 3/9/70; Compass = D; Wooden Magnetic Compass = P.C. | 51 on the Key, Bristol. | Taylor 2(707); Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| EDGINGTON | England, fl.1810-13, OIM | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company, 1803; free of the Company, 1810. | 7 Charterhouse Lane, London. | Taylor 2(828); Court and Rohr 3(236). | |
| EDKINS, JAMES 1 | England, c.1721, | apprenticed to Mark Rogers in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 9, 1721. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| EDKINS, JAMES 2 | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Kensington, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDKINS, SAMUEL SABINE | England, c.1838, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Melun 4/24/83, Bearnes 11/12/86. | signed "S.S. Edkins", son-in-law of, and successor to, William Bardin. | 16 Salisbury Square, London. | Taylor 2(2117); Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| EDWARDS AND HUNTER | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = Gloucester Museum. | Cornhill, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EDWARDS AND KILBINGTON | England, c.1789, NIM | compass makers. | Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(831). | |
| EDWARDS, FREDERICK | England, fl.1838, MIM | 2 Hackney Road, London. | Taylor 2(2118). | ||
| EDWARDS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1781-1803, MIM OIM | made mariner's compasses and position instruments; made improvements on reflecting telescopes. | Ludlow and Bristol. | Taylor 2(830). | |
| EDWARDS, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be the same as John Edwards 1. | Menai Bridge. | Goodison 1. |
| EDWARDS, JOSEPH | England, fl.1767-77, MIM | rule maker; had James Dingley as an apprentice. | Bull Street (1767); 46 Worcester Street (1770-77); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| EDWARDS, M. | Scotland, MIM OIM | Pantograph = FRK = RSM. | 209 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. | Frank; Clarke et al. | |
| EDWARDS, MATTHEW | England; USA, c.1850, MIM | "skilled instrument maker"; author. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6. | |
| EDWARDS, THOMAS | England, fl.1667-92, MIM | designed astrolabes, double horizontal dial with analemma; author. | Oxford. | Taylor 1(315); Gunther 2; Dawsons 204. | |
| EDWARDS, WILLIAM | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/1/86. | "Warranted." | Bishops Castle. | RSW. |
| EECKHOUT, JOSEPH VAN DEN | Holland, fl.1782-87, MIM | Grand Orrery = Zeeuws Museum, Middelburg. | Middelburg. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; Michel 3. | |
| EEDT, CORNELIUS VAN DEN | Holland, 1586, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, round, 1586 = BM (ex-SPI 2799). | compass markings are in English and Italian. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Nachet; BM-1895; Ernst; Michel 3. | |
| EEKSTROOM, JOHANNES | Holland, 1750, NIM | Backstaff = Dundee City Museum and Art Gallery. | marked "opt Schip de Swarte." | Adelaar. | RSW. |
| EFLING | Germany, 18th Century, MIM SIM | Graphometer = DEU-16613. | Berlin. | Zinner 1. | |
| EGER, G.K. | Holland, c.1840, MIM | Quadrant = Auction, 1906. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| EGGERICH, JOH. | Holland, c.1660, MIM | Sector = DRE (lost). | Leyden. | RSW. | |
| EGGERICH, JOHANNES | Germany, c.1725, MIM | Calculating Instrument = GEL; Drawing Instruments = HAK. | see Johann Eggerich Frers; drawing instruments signed "Johannes Eggrich". | Berlin. | Maistrov 2; RSW. |
| EGGERT AND SON | USA, fl.1848-50, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1971); Dry Card Compass = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | chronometer makers; Dominick Eggert and Son. | 239 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; RSW. |
| EGGERT'S, D., SONS | USA, c.1850, NIM | Chronometer = | New York, N.Y. | RSW. | |
| EGGERT, CHARLES | USA, fl.1850-51, NIM | associated with John and Dominick Eggert. | New York, N.Y. | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGGERT, D., AND SON | USA, fl.1850-59, MIM PHIM | Quadrant, ebony and ivory = D.1976). | "S.B. and C." stamped on the inside of the mirror housing. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz, Special Cat. 1. |
| EGGERT, DOMINICK | USA, fl.1834-51, MIM PHIM | watch, chronometer and barometer maker. | 239 Pearl Street, New York, N.Y.(1841-42). | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGGERT, JOHN | USA, fl.1850-51, NIM | associated with Charles and Dominick Eggert. | New York, N.Y. | Brewington; Moskowitz 103. | |
| EGIDI, DOMENICO | Italy, MIM | Horary Quadrant, marble = X. | Ancona. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| EGRET, MARTIN | France, 1713, MIM | Sundial, pottery, 1713 = Evans Coll. | Evans 1. | ||
| EHLING, LEOPOLD | England, 1847, MIM | 151 St.George Street, London. | O'Mara. | ||
| EHRARD | Germany, OIM | constructed burning glasses; succeeded Hoesen. | Dresden. | Spargo 1. | |
| EHREN, FRIED HALB | Germany, 1762, | maybe town, Ehrenfriedhal; marked on wooden diptych sundials, WHI-773 and one from DPW Coll., both dated 1762; WHI marked "EHREN/FRIED/HAL." | Whipple 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| EHRENBERG | see Ney and Ehrenberg. | Kosobutsky. | |||
| EICHEL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Dividers with pen points = AUG. | RSW. | ||
| EICHENS, WILLIAM | Germany; France, 1818-1884, MIM OIM | naturalized Frenchman; associate of Marc Secretan; established his own shop in 1866. | Paris. | Paris 1900; Daumas 1. | |
| EICHMANN | see Dryander. | ||||
| EICHNER, L.C. | USA, 1900-1967 ?MIM NIM OIM PHIM | engineer; made reproductions of many historic instruments, all signed and dated by him. | 437 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, New Jersey. | RSW. | |
| EICKERT, JOHAN | Germany, c.1588, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1588 = SPI = VIE. | signed also "I.E."; see I.E. 1. | Zinner 1. | |
| EIGHERT, W. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Marine Barometer = West of England Auctions 12/31/90. | Cardiff. | RSW. | |
| EIMMART, GEORG CHRISTOPH 1 | Germany, 1638-1705, MIM OIM PHIM | Celestial Globes, 1705 = VNL, NMM, ROM, P.C.; Planetarium, 1680 = NUR.; Terrestrial Globe, 1705 = VNL, NMM, P.C. etc. | apprenticed to J. von Sandrart, an engraver; made a wide range of instruments including sundials, armillary spheres, telescopes, and other astronomical items; had J. Ludtring as an assistant. | Regensburg (1638-60); Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Bonelli 4; Stevenson; Globus, Nov. 54 and June 62. |
| EIMMART, GEORG CHRISTOPH 2 | Germany, c.1680, MIM | Armillary Sphere = NUR. | called "der Junger." | Nürnberg. | Lunardi. |
| EINDE, C.K. | Holland, MIM | Vertical Sundial = P.C. | Hollands Glorie. | ||
| EISINGA, EISE | Holland, 1774-1818, MIM | Planetarium built into the ceiling of Eisinga's house in Franeker; Wall Sundial, 1801 & Demonstration Planetarium, 1818 = Eisinga's house; Vertical Sundial, stone, 1801 = 'tCoopmanshus, Franeker. | Franeker. | Zinner 1; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| EISINGA, JELTE STEPHANUS | Holland, 1789-1812, MIM | astronomical clock maker; brother of Eise Eisinga. | Dronrijp | Rooseboom 1. | |
| EISLAND | perhaps the same as Eastlandt. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| EISLAND, W., AND CORPA | Holland, c.1790, OIM | Microscope = P.C. (1798). | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| EIVILLIM (?), WILLIAM | England, c.1632, MIM | apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocer's Company on April 10, 1632. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| EJSER | France, MIM | Rule = Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Strasbourg. | Strasbourg. | RSW. | |
| EKLING | same as Eckling. | Maistrov 4. | |||
| EKSTROM, DANIEL | Sweden, 1711-55, MIM NIM | Equatorial Sundial = SWE; Hadley's Quadrant = SWE | Ekstrôm was apprenticed to Peter Rosenberg in 1727; he was sent to Englnd and France to study instrument-making in 1740. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1; Arvet; RSW. |
| ELCKNER SENIOR | Germany, c.1780, MIM PHIM SIM | Balance = DRE; Graphometer = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| ELDRED, JOSEPH E. | USA, 1831, MIM SIM | patented a surveying level with plumb 8/25/1831. | Rochester, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| ELEKES, FERENC | Hungary; Austriac.1835, MIM | globe maker. | Vienna. | Globus June, 1963. | |
| ELEKES, FRANZ V. | fl.1825-44, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1831 = P.C. | Globus Nov., 1954 and Dec., 1956. | ||
| ELEY, HODSON | England, fl.1856-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, = X. | clock and watch maker; the barometer is signed "H. Eley." | Wide Bargate, Boston. | Goodison 1. |
| ELFIMOV, P.A. | Russia, fl.1841-42, MIM | published globes. | Chenakal 3. | ||
| ELFORD, JAMES M. | USA, fl.1816-39, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Huntington Historical Society, N.Y. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, 119 East Bay, Charleton, S.C. | Bowditch; USNM; Bedini 8; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| ELFORD, JAMES M., AND SON | USA, c.1835, NIM | Crown Compass = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, P.A. | Charleston, S.C. | RSW. | |
| ELIAS, P. | Holland, 1804-78, | designed a galvanometer which was made by W.M. Logeman of Haarlem and which is now in Teyler's Museum; lawyer and amateur scientist. | G.L'E. Turner 7 & 24. | ||
| ELIOT, THOMAS | England, c.1686, | free in the Joiners' Company, c.1686; reported on John Patrick 1 on July 6, 1686. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ELIOT, WILLIAM | see William Elliott. | Taylor 2(1548). | |||
| ELKINGTON, GEORGE R. | England, 1801-65, OIM | 44 St. Paul's Square, Birmingham; 11 Berners Street, London (1836). | Taylor 2(1547); O'Mara. | ||
| ELKINGTON, J. | England, fl.1808-18, OIM | St. Paul's Square, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | ||
| ELKNER | 18th Century, MIM | Rapporteur = Drouot 11/14/68. | RSW. | ||
| ELLA, WILLIAM | England, 1711, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1711 = Soth. 7/26/65. | RSW. | ||
| ELLDING, THOMAS | England, 1733, NIM | Backstaff, 1733 = Musée Lombard, Geneva. | RSW. | ||
| ELLICOTT | England, pre-1794, MIM | Pyrometer, Thermometer = Christie 12/12/1794. | probably John Ellicott 2. | RSW. | |
| ELLICOTT, A., AND B. RITTENHOUSE | USA, c.1770, MIM | Surveyor's Compass = USNM. | Andrew Ellicott and Benjamin Rittenhouse. | USNM. | |
| ELLICOTT, ANDREW | USA, 1754-1820, MIM SIM | Transit, 1789 = USNM; Telescopic Quadrant = USNM; Surveying Compass, 1790 = State Historical Society of Wisconsin; etc. | noted American surveyor, fl.1774-1789; he was responsible for the mapping of Washington, D.C.; clockmaker. | 16 North Sixth Street, Philadelphia, Pa. and Ellicott Mills, Md. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; Gillingham 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM. |
| ELLICOTT, BENJAMIN | USA, 1765-1827, MIM SIM | Transit and Level = Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society. | brother of Andrew Ellicott; surveyor. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| ELLICOTT, GEORGE | USA, MIM | USNM. | |||
| ELLICOTT, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1696-1733, MIM | admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1696; succeeded by his son, John Ellicott 2. | Bodmin; London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(167). | |
| ELLICOTT, JOHN 2 | England, 1706-72, MIM PHIM | Pyrometer, 1736 = X; Astronomical Clock = X; Wheel Barometers in clocks = P.C. and VAA; Wheel Barometer, 1740 = P.C.; Variation Compass = Skinner and Dyke Auction, May 14-16, 1791. | succeeded his father, John Ellicott 1 in 1733; took his son as a partner in 1769; clockmaker to George III; invented a compensated pendulum; author; he was made an F.R.S. in 1738. | 17 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(167); RSW. |
| ELLICOTT, JOSEPH | USA, 1732-80, MIM | Orrery in tall-case clock, 1769 = P.C. | mill builder; father of Andrew Ellicott. | Buckingham, Bucks County, Pa. and Ellicott's Lower Mills, Baltimore, Md.(1774). | Baillie 1; Britten 1; Mones and Jones. |
| ELLINETT, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | T. C. inside the door of the John Ellicott 2 clock with barometer at the VAA; barometer signed "Ellinett." | Boston and Charing Cross, Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| ELLIOT BROS. | misreading for Elliott Bros. | ||||
| ELLIOT, JOHN | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | barometer and philosophical instrument maker. | 14 Stacy Street, Soho, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT 1 | England, c.1850, MIM | Wheatstone's Heliochronometers = KEN, WHI. | 30 Strand, London. | Bryden 16; G.L'E. Turner 24; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Ward 3. | |
| ELLIOTT 2 | England, c.1840, OIM | sold instruments to Mrs. Janet Taylor. | Stepney, London. | Taylor 2(1325). | |
| ELLIOTT 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be William Edward Elliott. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SON 1 | England, PHIM | Barometer = Gunston Hall, Lorton, Va. | Ashford. | USNM. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SON 2 | England, c.1880, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| ELLIOTT AND SONS | England, fl.1840-55, MIM NIM OIM | Pocket Sextant = DPW; Microscope = FRK; Architect's Rule, boxwood = ADL-W122. | William Elliott 2 and Sons, also known as Elliott Sons. | 50 and 56 Strand, London. | Frank; DPW 3; Coffeen A; Moskowitz 104; ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT BROTHERS | England, 1840-now, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | sons of William Elliott, they took over Watkins and Hill in 1857; T.C.; opticians to the Admiralty; sometimes signed "Elliott Bros." | 56 Strand (1840-58) and 5 Charing Cross (1856-58); 30 Strand (1858-60); 449 Strand; 101 St. Martin's Lane (c.1861); all in London. | Taylor 2(2121); Calvert 2; Price 12; Fitzgerald; Moskowitz 104; Coffeen G; G.L'E. Turner 24; Chaldecott 3 and 4; RGO; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ELLIOTT SONS | England, | see William Elliott and Sons. | RSW. | ||
| ELLIOTT, CLARK | USA, 1732-93, MIM NIM SIM | Backstaves = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (1764), Cranbrook Institute (1753), P.C. (4) (1761, 1762, 1765, 1768), MYS (1765), New London County Historical Society (1780), Wadsworth Athenaeum (1761); Octant, 1765, for Mr. Asa Waterman = MYS; Surveyor's Compass = X. | apprenticed to Thomas Greenough 1 in Boston to 1767; made 403 backstaffs; compiled almanacs. | Boston, Mass.; New London, Conn. | Price 2; USNM; Smart; Bedini 1 and 8; D.J. Warner 8; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 20 Haberdashers Walk, Hoxton. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLIOTT, W. | England, fl.1815-18, MIM | Ivory Rule = Ships of the Sea Museum, Savannah, Georgia; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 5/21/73; Architect's Rules = ADL-W120 (boxwood), ADL-W211 (ivory), ADL-N42 (ivory). | the drawing instrument set is marked "Elliott." | 20 Wilderness Road, Goswell Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1324); Price 12; ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM (2), AND SONS | England, pre-1849, MIM | Architect's Rule, boxwood = ADL-W121; Drawing Instrument Sets = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Phillips 12/12/89. | the rule at the Adler is signed "W. Elliott and Sons." | 56 Strand, London. | ADL; RSW. |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1795-1835, MIM | freed by patrimony in the Joiners' Company on the report by Charles Snart and William Medland in 1795; took apprentices. | 51 Artichoke Lane (1800); 19 Jane Street, Commercial Road; 3 Wright's Row, Pell Street, Ratcliff Highway (1830); all in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl. 1821-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Circumferentor = Kenny; Surveying Compass = Soth. 4/22/65; Dynamometer, Pantograph, Drawing Instrument Sets = KEN, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/22/65; Box Sextant = Brussels 1979. | 21 Great Newport Street (1821-25); 277 High Holborn (1825-33); 268 High Holborn (1834); all in London. | Taylor 2(1325 & 1548); Clay and Court; Exhibition-Maps; KEN; Moskowitz 104; RSW; Crawforth 7. | |
| ELLIOTT, WILLIAM EDWARD | England, fl.1825-72, MIM NIM PHIM SIM | Clinometer = VNN; Sextant, ebony, ivory = D.(1981). | 19 Upper Smithfield (1832); 36 Foxes Lane, Lower Shadwell (1836-40); 139 Shadwell High (1847-72); all in London. | Taylor 2(1549); O'Mara; RSW. | |
| ELLIOTTI, VINC. | Italy, 1733, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1733 = ROM. | RSW. | ||
| ELLIS, HENRY | England, fl.1748-49, NIM | devised an artificial horizon. | Taylor 2(254). | ||
| ELLIS, JOHN | England, c.1755, | improved the pocket aquatic microscope which was made by P. and J. Dollond; modified the Cuff-type microscope; F.R.S. | Wynter and Turner; Moskowitz; Soth. 4/29/77; RSW. | ||
| ELLISON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELLISON, F. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 6/8/72; Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer at the unknown location is signed "Ellison." | Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ELLISON, T. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 4 Little Bath Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ELMER, THEOBALD | England, c.1685, | apprenticed to Joseph Wells in the Joiners' Company, April 3, 1677; free in the Company, Mar. 2, 1685. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| ELMER, W. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ELMES, JOSEPH | England, c.1673, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on July 7, 1673. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| ELMES, WILLIAM | England, fl. pre-1668-82, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1667 = X; Ring Sundials = NMM, LAW; Astrolabe = NMM. | rulemaker; member of the Woodmongers' Company; one of 19 instrument makers admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1668; took apprentices. | Moorfields, London. | Taylor 1(316); J. Brown 1 & 3; Clay and Court ; Dewhirst; Baillie 1; Michel 3; NMM 2. |
| ELMSDEN, EDMUND | England, c.1764, OIM | Telescope = OXF. | Lynn, Norfolk. | Taylor 2(585). | |
| ELSGREN, J. | Sweden, MIM | Diptych Sundial = NOR. | Ganef ? | RSW. | |
| ELTON | England, 1817, MIM | Orrery, transparent, miniature, 1817 = OXF; Orrery, transparent = D.(1985). | Princes Street, Cavendish Square, London. | Taylor 2(1326); G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 11. | |
| ELTON, ANDREW | England?, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D. (1994) | could be owner. | Coffeen X (1994). | |
| ELTON, JOHN | England, fl.1728-32, NIM | designed a new quadrant for which he received a patent in 1728; devised a new artificial horizon in 1732. | Taylor 2(255); Gunther 2; Bedini 8; Millburn 8; RSW. | ||
| ELTON, THOMAS | England, 1819, MIM | Astrarium, 1819 = Soth. 11/27/72. | RSW. | ||
| ELVIUS, JOHAN | Sweden, c.1775, MIM | studied instrument-making in London. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| ELVIUS, PETRO | Sweden, fl.1695-1708, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = NOR; Horary Quadrant, 1708, wood and paper = SWE. | a mathematics professor who invented this particular form of instrument; author. | Uppsala. | RSW. |
| EMANUEL | France, 1666-1738, | author who published several papers on instruments and on the calendar; may be the same as C. Emanuel. | Toulouse. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| EMANUEL, C. | France, c.1727, MIM | Planisphere = Spitzer-2839 = ADL-M464. | may be the same as "Emanuel"; Michel thought the name was Emmanuel. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet; Ernst; ADL; RSW. |
| EMANUEL, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| EMANUEL, E. AND B. | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | probably Ezekiel and Emanuel Emanuel. | Portsmouth. | Goodison 1. |
| EMANUEL, EZEKIEL AND EMANUEL | England, c.1850, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Ivory Sector = NMM; Quintant = NMM; Tide Gauge = AMST; Spy Glass = Soth. 10/31/66; Barometer = DeLuca 10/24/87; Telescope, German silver = P.C. (1975) = PMS Auction June, 1989 = P.C.; Marine Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | "Goldsmiths and Jewellers to Her Majesty"; barometer makers; mostly signed "E. and E. Emanuel"; PMS marked "By appointment to Her Majesty","No. 5169" and "R.G." | 3 Common Hard; 3 The Hard; both in Portsea; Portsmouth. | Taylor 2(1550 & 1550a); Goodison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| EMANUEL, H.M. | England, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK. | Frank. | ||
| EMANUEL, M. AND E. | England, fl.1820-25, MIM | 1 Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe (1820). | Taylor 2(1550). | ||
| EMANUEL, M., AND CO. | England, c.1825, MIM | 9-10 Bevis Marks, St. Mary Axe. | Taylor 2(1550). | ||
| EMBERSON, THOMAS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer signed "T. Emberson" = X. | made and sold barometers and thermometers; T.C. | Long Sutton, Lincs. | Goodison 1. |
| EMBREY, WM. | England, c.1700, MIM | Artillery Quadrant, wood and brass = P.C. | repaired crudely; scales run 0°-90° and 0-12. | Moskowitz 6. | |
| 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. |
| EMDEN, JOHANN VAN | c.1590, | collaborator of Tycho Brahe; architect. | Michel 3. | ||
| EMERSON, WILLIAM | England, d.1782, MIM | made sundials; mathematician; author. | Hurworth, County Durham. | Gatty. | |
| EMERY, SAMUEL | USA, 1787-1882, NIM | Mariner's Compasses = PEA, BMM, Hart Nautical Museum, Cambridge, Mass.; Compass Card = PEA; Sextant = Old Gaol Museum, Maine. | T.C. in the case of a quadrant by Spencer and Co. (sold by H. Duren), ADL-A257; Joseph Callender engraved compass cards. | 12 Water Street (1809-); 162 Derby Street (1864); both in Salem Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; Brewington 1; Huber; Moskowitz 104; D.J. Warner 10 and 12; ADL; RSW. |
| EMMANUEL, EMMANUEL | England, 1851, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | also "Emanuel." | Upper Hill Street, Wisbech. | Goodison 1. |
| EMMER, JOHN H. | USA, c.1847, | awarded a Diploma for "an ingenious galvanometer" at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1847. | 61 Nassau Street, Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| EMMERICH | Holland, OIM | Microscope = UTR. | Delft. | Van Cittert 3. | |
| EMMOSER, GERHARD | Germany; Austria, fl.1562-83, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1566 = BUD; Vertical Sundial and Nocturnal, 1571 = NUR; Celestial Globe, 1579 = NYM. | Gebhardt Von Baeinen is a misreading for Gerhard (Emmosser) Von Raeinen. | Augsburg; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Neumann 1 & 2; Council of Europe 2; Chandler and Vincent 3; RSW. |
| EMOTT, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1667-69, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 6, 1659; turned over to John Marke in the Joiners' Company in Feb. 1667; free in the Company Dec. 2, 1667; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| ENBEECO | England, OIM | Refracting Telescope = FRK. | N.B. Co.? | London. | Frank. |
| ENDERLEIN, GEORG | Switzerland, 17th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, octagonal = BASH. | Basle. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| ENDERS | Enderesch. | Evans 1; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |||
| ENDERSBEE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1810-38, MIM | may be William Endersby, which see. | 1 Little Tower Street, Tower, London. | Taylor 2(1328). | |
| ENDERSBEE, WM., AND SON | England, fl.1810-38, MIM NIM PHIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1970); Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76. | London dealers for J.M. Kleman en Zoon; see William Endersbee. | 335 High Street, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(1328); Goodison 1; USNM; RSW. |
| ENDERSBY, WILLIAM | England, c.1781, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Garrard 1 in the Grocers' Company on Dec.6,1781. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| ENDERSCH, JOHANN FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1705-69, MIM | Pillar Dial, wood = ELB; Equatorial Sundial = HAK; Celestial Globes, 1740 = ELB, DEU, DAN; Celestial Globe = Konigsberg Wallenrodt Bibliothek; Terrestrial Globes = AOV. | engraved portrait. | Elbing. | Zinner 1; Rohde; Evans 1; Schück 1; Chenakal 3; Globus, June 1962, Dec. 1956, June 1963; RSW. |
| ENDICOTT, JOHN | England, fl.1832-50, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers. | 10 Norwich Court, Fetter Lane (1832-33); 23 Little Saffron Hill (1844-50); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ENEFER, ROBERT | England, c.1778, | apprenticed to Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1778. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| ENGELBERT | Czechoslovakia, MIM | Sundial, square = Hammer. | probably Engelbrecht. | Braune. | RSW. |
| ENGELBRECHT, ANTON | Czechoslovakia, fl.1825-29, MIM | Analemmatic Sundials = D.(1825), CZJ (1829); Inclinable Sundial, 1825 = PRA. | Melnik. | Horsky and Skopova; Zinner 1; Fischer 2; RSW. | |
| ENGELBRECHT, JOHANN 1 | Czechoslovakia, fl.1680-1702, MIM | Nocturnals = SPI (1684), HAK; Analemmatic Sundials = LIE (1680), Weimar Schloss Museum (1680); Azimuth Sundials = SPI (1681) = PRN, SPI (1684) = PRN; Table Sundials = ROU (1683) = VIE, LIN; Horizontal Sundials = P.C., SPI, MIL; Astronomical Clock = HAM. | Price thought there might be only one Johann Engelbrecht. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Fischer 2; Michel 1 and 3; Horsky and Skopova; Nachet; Ernst. |
| ENGELBRECHT, JOHANN 2 | Czechoslovakia, fl.1776-1804, MIM | made many brass horizontal, inclinable sundials dating from 1776 to 1804; examples may be seen at DEU, TGM, NUR, DRE, ADL, NYC, ZAG, PRA, MUN, STU, KEN, WHI, OXF, POTS, RSM, LIE, Huelsmann Coll., etc. | many of the instruments listed above have a notch in the gnomon to show the time of year; he is thought to have invented this type. | Brünn. | Zinner 1; Basserman-Jordan 1; Fischer 2; Horsky and Skopova; Price 3 and 12; Ward 3 and 4; Whipple 1; KEN; Chenekal 1; Coffeen G; Bryden 16; Syndram; ADL; RSW. |
| ENGELBRECHT, P. | Czechoslovakia, 1791, MIM | Armillary Sphere Clock, 1791 = PRA. | Seige. | Czech. Inv. | |
| ENGELHARDT, JOHANN | Germany, MIM | Sundial, portable = FIT. | Zinner 1; Gunther 3. | ||
| ENGELL, LEONHART CHRISTIAN VON | Germany, 1688, MIM | Squadra Mobile = FRA. | RSW. | ||
| ENGELMANN, G. | Germany, 1696, MIM | Celestial Globe = ZIT. | Meffersdorf. | Zinner 1. | |
| ENGELS | Holland, MIM | Rule = MLL. | Amsterdam. | RSW. | |
| ENGELSE, VAN | Holland, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = UTR; Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = UTR. | de Rijk. | ||
| ENGILL | MIM | Horizontal Sundial, equation of time = Kolding Castle Museum, Denmark. | RSW. | ||
| ENGLAND, J. | England, c.1835, OIM | Optical Instrument = WHI. | probably the son of Moses England. | Walsall, Lancs. | Taylor 2(1840). |
| ENGLAND, JOHN | England, fl.1698-1730, MIM NIM | Garden Sundial, 1703 = Trinity College, Cambridge; Sector, 1703 = Trinity College, Cambridge = WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = OXF, Trinity College, Cambridge = WHI; Analemmatic Sundial = WHI. | apprenticed to Robert Jole of the Stationers' Company on Aug. 4, 1690; made free in the Company; took apprentices; had a contract with the Navy to make compasses, from 1704 on. | Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 1(475); Gunther 2 and 3; Michel 3; Dewhirst; Price 12; Tyacke 1; Crawforth 6 & 7; Bryden 16. |
| ENGLAND, MOSES, AND SONS | England, fl.1830-34, OIM | Lower Russell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1840). | ||
| ENGLEFIELD, HENRY C. | England, fl.1778-1818, PHIM | Sir Henry Englefield; devised a mountain barometer in 1808. | Taylor 2(710); McConnell 1. | ||
| ENGLISH AND SONS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Brighton and Lewes. | Goodison 1. | |
| ENGLISH, NATHAN FREDERICK | USA, 1828-c.1904, OIM | made microscopes and telescopes, worked with his sons. | Hartland, Vermont. | USNM. | |
| ENGLISH, W., AND SON | England, OIM | Telescope = D.(1973). | Exchange, Brighton. | RSW. | |
| ENOCK AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76. | Norwich. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ENTWISTLE, JAMES | England, c.1801, | apprenticed to Thomas Bourne 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company, Mar. 17, 1801. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| EPISCHOFER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1580, MIM | Artillery Level, 1580 = VIG. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| EPRY, CHARLES ET JACQUELIN | France, post-1855, OIM | made telescopes; successors to the "Ancienne Maison Lerebours et Secretan, Fondée en 1789." | 18 Place de Pont-Neuf; 20 Blvd. St.Jacques; both in Paris. | USNM; Bulletin Soc. Astronomique de France, vol. 28, 1914. | |
| EPSWORTH, R. | misreading for Richard Ebsworth. | Taylor 2(1552). | |||
| ERBEN, JOSEF | Czechoslovakia, 1830-1910, MIM | globe maker. | Prague. | Globus, June 1963; Tooley. | |
| ERFINDER, STREBIN UND FERCHEL | Erfinder means inventor; see Strebin und Ferchel. | RSW. | |||
| ERHARD, JOSEFO | Germany, MIM | Proportional Compass = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| ERHARD, MATTHIAS | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Astrolabe Clock = P.C. | Augsburg. | Polish Inv. | |
| ERICSON, HAROLD | USA, 20th Century, MIM | Cross-staff = X. | reproduction. | Noank, Conn. | RSW. |
| ERICSSON, JOHN | USA, fl.1835-51, | Rangefinder of sextant design = D. (1994). | Signed"Inventor"; patented a type of sounding device; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen X (1994). | |
| ERIGNON, MAJ. | Belgium, 1822, MIM | Rule, folding, 1822 = P.C. (1988). | hollow square tubes. | Louvegné. | RSW. |
| ERKSTROM | c.1774, MIM | Quadrant = Greiswalde Observatory. | "Erkström." | Daumas 1. | |
| ERNLE, THOMAS | England, 17th Century, MIM | Azimuth Compass = MAN-I52. | Garcia Franco 1. | ||
| ERNST | France, fl.1830-50, NIM PHIM | Sextants = MOS, Ecole d'application de Fontainebleau; Stick Barometer = USNM; Marine Barometer = Meteorological Office,Bracknell. | rue de Lille 11, Paris. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; Paris 1900; Middleton 1 and 4. | |
| ERNST, HANS | Germany, c.1570, MIM | globe maker. | Globus, June 1963. | ||
| ERNST, PETER | Sweden, 1714-84, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Ventenskap Observatory; Pedometer = GOT. | Väuxjö and Stockholm. | Britten; Baillie 1. | |
| EROKHIN | Russia, c.1850, PHIM | Barometer = MOS. | St.Petersburg. | Maistrov 4. | |
| ERSKINE, THOMAS | England, 1764, MIM | Octant, wood, 1764 = EMA. | may be owner. | RSW. | |
| ERST, HANS | Germany, 1546, MIM | Celestial Globe, painted, 1546 = STR. | Bertele 1. | ||
| ERTEL | Germany, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Meridian Telescope = MLL; Theodolite = DRE; Rule = P.C.(1987). | probably Georg or Gustav. | Munich. | RSW. |
| ERTEL SOHN | Germany, MIM | Theodolite = MOS. | either Georg or Gustave Ertel. | Munich. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja. |
| ERTEL UND SOHN | Germany, fl.1834-58, MIM OIM | Transit Instrument and Mural Circle of the U.S. Naval Observatory, 1845; Naval Theodolite = ADL-L28; Plotting Scale = ADL-M133; Sextant = DEU; Computing Rule, 1843 = P.C.; Altazimuth Instrument = WHI; Level = WHI; Theodolites = KEN, P.C.(1987). | T.L. and Georg Ertel; sometimes spelled "Ertell"; trade catalogue, 1847. | Munich. | Engelmann 1; USNM; Italian Inv.; Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; ADL. |
| ERTEL, GEORG | Germany, 1813-63, MIM | worked with his father, T.L. Ertel, 1834-58. | Munich. | USNM; J.A. Bennett 2. | |
| ERTEL, GUSTAV | Germany, b.1829, MIM | son of T.L. Ertel. | Munich. | USNM. | |
| ERTEL, TRAUGOTT LEBRECHT | Germany, 1778-1858, MIM OIM | Repeating circles, 12" and 6" (1836) for Chas. Wilkes, for use on U.S. Exploring Expedition; Level = FLM; Theodolite, 1835 = Observatory of Kazan | worked with Reichenbach 1814-26; father of Georg and Gustav Ertel. | Munich. | Novokshanova-Soklovskaja and Horsky; Italian Inv.; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2. |
| ERTLING, L. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Hydrometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | may be L. Oertling. | London. | RSW. |
| ERVEN VAN HENDRICK MOOY | see Mooy. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |||
| ESCHSOUX | France, c.1840, MIM | Surveyors' Y-Level = DPW. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ESLING, JOHAN ERNST | Germany, MIM | see Johan Ernst Essling. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| ESPERANCE, A L' | France, MIM | Sectors = ADL-M89i, ADL-W124. | this is not a name but is an address, "à L'esperance." | Paris. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ESPLIN, E. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/89. | Wigan. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ESSEN, CHRISTIAAN PAULUS VAN | Holland, 1771-1840, MIM | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| ESSEN, HUGO | Holland, b.1798, MIM | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| ESSER, HERMAN | USA, 1845-1908, | see Keuffel and Esser. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| ESSER, L. | Switzerland, MIM | Protractor = FLO. | see Hommel and Esser. | Aarau. | |
| ESSEX, CHARLES, AND CO. | England, fl.1824-28, MIM | Floating Sundials = D.(1824); Christie 4/3/85 (1826) = Kelton Coll. (1990) (wood), Soth. 11/13/61 (1828), EGE, WHI, ADL-W191, etc. | patented this type of sundial, 1824; in round ivory or wooden boxes; Kelton has logo of "S" superimposed on "X" on label in lid of box which is also marked "Pantochronometer 1826." | London. | Whipple 1; Bryden 16; RSW; Price 12; Egestorff. |
| ESSLING, JOHANN ERNST | Germany, 1716, MIM | Sectors = P. and S. 4/3/94, 6/18/1894; Compass Sundial, 1716 = Soth. 2/5/53; Sundial = GOL; Augsburg-type Sundial, 1716 = Soth. 5/9/60; Universal Equatorial Sundial = GEL. | Berlin. | Chenekal 1; RSW. | |
| ESSLING, T.E. | Germany, | misreading for J.E. Essling. | Soth. 5/19/60. | ||
| ESTEVENIOT | France, 1768, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1976). | Paris. | RSW. | |
| ESTEVERY | France, 18th Century, MIM | Sector = D.(1970). | Merzbach. | ||
| ESTON, EDWARD | see Edward Easton. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| ETANG, CHARLES FRANCOIS, GOUVERNEUR L' | France, fl.1739-87, OIM | Gouverneur Charles François L'Etang; an amateur constructer; made achromatic lenses. | rue du Colombier, No. 1341, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| ETHERET | France, c.1792, MIM | Daumas 1. | |||
| ETSLAUB, JOHAN | Germany, 1599?, MIM | Mining Compass = FLO. | RSW. | ||
| ETTRICK | England, fl.1836, MIM NIM | proposed improvements to the astronomical clock and the mariner's compass. | Taylor 2(2122). | ||
| ETZ, HY | USA, c.1840, OIM | made telescope mirrors and cameras. | Baltimore. | USNM. | |
| ETZLAUB, ERHARD | Germany, fl.1484-1532, MIM | Diptych Sundial, wood, 1511 = NUR-WI28; Dyptych Sundial, wood, 1513 = Drecker = ADL-DPW22. | the dials are not signed but are ascribed to Etzlaub on the basis of the map and the early date; cartographer; sundials were much sought after. | Erfurt; Am Laufer Schlagturm, Nürnberg (1484). | Zinner 1; Michel 1 & 3; M. Behaim Cat. Nür. 1957; Willebois; Evans 1; A.J. Turner 10; Gouk 1; Schnelbögl; ADL; RSW. |
| EUDRISCH, NIKOLAUS | Germany, fl.pre-1528, MIM | compass maker | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| EULER, JOHANN ALBRECHT | Germany, c.1775, MIM | designed sundials. | Chenakal 1. | ||
| EULER, LEONARD | France, 1707-83, OIM | worked on developing the achromatic lens. | Daumas 1; Nachet . | ||
| EUPORUS, M. ANTISTIUS | Italy, 1st Century A.D., MIM | Pelikinon Sundial, monumental = Archaeological Museum, Aquileia. | horizontal sundial with a wind rose. | Aquileia. | Kenner; Gibbs 1; Price 2; Portaluppi. |
| EUSTACHI, BARTOLOMEO | Italy, c.1510-74, MIM | Oddi mentions a "Geometricus Gnomon" designed by Eustachi. | Urbino. | Belloni. | |
| EUSTACHIO | Italy, OIM | reputed to have made an eye-piece for a telescope. | Naples. | Dewhirst. | |
| EVA, RICHARD | England, fl.1755-80, MIM | Planetarium on a clock = X. | Falmouth. | Britten. | |
| EVAIN, A. | France, c.1850, MIM OIM | T.C.; advertsed telescopes, compasses and chronomerers. | Rule Ville-ez-Martin, St. Nazaire. | Christie_SK 11/19/87. | |
| EVANS 1 | England, c.1790, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 4/18/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS 2 | England, MIM | Compass Sundial = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS, A.G., AND CO. | see Goy Evans and Co. | RSW. | |||
| EVANS, BENJAMIN | USA, 1776-1836, MIM | nephew, apprentice and partner of Benjamin Rittenhouse; see Rittenhouse and Evans. | Norriton, Pa. (1791); Worcester Township, Pa. (1798-1800). | Bedini 1 and 8; B.R. Forman. | |
| EVANS, FREDERICK | England, fl.1830-38, MIM OIM PHIM | 12 Denzell Street, London. | Taylor 2(1841). | ||
| EVANS, GEORGE | England; USA, fl.1796-98, MIM PHIM | London; 33 North Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. (1796). | Bedini 1; Smart 1. | ||
| EVANS, GOY, AND CO. | England, c.1825, NIM | Octant, ebony, ivory and brass = Soth.-B 3/2/79. | catalogue says A.G. Evans and Co. | London. | RSW. |
| EVANS, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably John Evans 1 or 2. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| EVANS, JAMES | England, c.1749, MIM | apprenticed to John Wilson 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 5, 1736; free of the Company, May 1, 1749. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| EVANS, JOHN 1 | England, c.1809, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 in the Joiners' Company on June 3, 1759; free in the Company, June 12, 1768; "Rule Maker." | Sharrat Street, Golden Square (-1801); 8 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, (1809); both in London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| EVANS, JOHN 2 | England, c.1809, OIM | "Optician". | 88 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Taylor 2(1118); Crawforth 6. | |
| EVANS, REV. LEWIS | England, c.1824, MIM | Geometrical Curves = OXF; Mathematician's Tobacco Box, 1824 = OXF. | F.R.S.; ancestor of Lewis Evans who gave his collection of scientific instruments to OXF. | Gunther 2; USNM; RSW. | |
| EVANS, THOMAS 1 | Ireland, c.1825, PHIM | Barometer = X. | also a clockmaker. | Usk. | Peate. |
| EVANS, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1825, MIM | Sundial inside lid of box = OXF. | London. | RSW. | |
| EVANS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1792-1805, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company in 1765; free of the Company in 1792; took one apprentice. | Hand Court, Holborn (1792); 58 Rosomon Row, Clerkenwell (1795); 48 Rosomon Street, Clerkenwell (1805); all in London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 6; Baillie 1; Taylor 2(1842). | |
| EVANS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1805, MIM | 10 Dean Street, Fetter Lane, London. | Crawforth 6. | ||
| EVE, CLOVIS | England, c.1630, OIM | made astronomical telescopes. | Engelmann 1; Daumas 1. | ||
| EVE, GEORGE FREDERICK | England, fl.1851-60, PHIM | made barometers, etc. | 4 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1851-53); 90 1/2 Holborn Hill (1854-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| EVERARD, H.A. | England, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 10/18/71. | replica. | London. | RSW |
| EVERARD, P. AEGID. | Austria?, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = KRM. | RSW. | ||
| EVERARD, THOMAS | England, fl.1683-84, MIM | designed a new pattern of slide rule for the excise in 1683-4; duty was first charged on alcohol in 1643. | The Excise (London). | Taylor 1(429a); Whipple 1; Gunther 2; Evans 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Delehar 2 and 9; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| EVEREST, GEORGE | England, 1790-1866, | Surveyor-General of India; designed and gave his name to a type of plain theodolite. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| EVERINGHAM, RICHARD | England, c.1784, MIM | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company in 1773; free of the Company in 1784. | London. | J.Brown 1. | |
| EVESHAM, EPIPHANIUS | England, 1589, MIM | Sundial, 1589 = X. | Taylor 1(80); Michel 3; USNM. | ||
| EVIN AND H. RAILLE | misreading for Ewin and H. Raille, which see. | USNM; RSW. | |||
| EWART, HENRY | England, 1828, OIM | Refracting Telescope, 1828 = Soth.-Chester 6/26/85. | Tweedsmouth. | RSW. | |
| EWART, J. | England, c.1850, | designed "The Cattle Gauge and Key to weighing machine arranged by J. Ewart"; made by James Tree of London. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Coffeen h. | |
| EWESTASCE, RICHARD | England, c.1688, MIM | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1688. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| EWIN AND H. RAILLE | USA, c.1840?, MIM PHIM | Surveyor's Compass = Illinois State Museum, Springfield. | Baltimore, Md. | USNM; RSW. | |
| EWIN, JOHN | USA, fl.1840, MIM | 23 Thames Street (1840-41); 71 Thomas Street (1845-48); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1. | ||
| EWIN, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1833-42, MIM NIM OIM | Surveyor's Compass = D.(1982). | Ewin and Heartte, 1833-36; in business by himself, 1836-42; may have had access to a dividing engine. | 3 Commerce Street (1833); at the sign of the Quadrant, 53 South Street (1836-42); both in Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; Coffeen B; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. |
| EWIN, WILLIAM, AND ISAAC HEARTTE | USA, 1833-36, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = P.C.; Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | at the Sign of the Quadrant, 53 South Street, Baltimore Md. (1833-35). | Smart 1; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| EWING, JOHN | USA, 1732-1802, NIM | described and illustrated an improvement of Godfrey's quadrant; provost of the College of Philadelphia. | Philadelphia, Pa. | Cajori; USNM; D.J. Warner 10. | |
| EWINGTON, HENRY | England, c.1812, | invented and patented a navigational charting device, made by Still, Old, and Co. of Bristol. | Bath. | Coffeen 55. | |
| EYK, ISAAC VAN | Holland, c.1821, MIM | Amsterdam? | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| EYN DE PUESS, FRANS VAN DEN | Holland?, MIM | Sundial = WHI. | not listed by Bryden. | Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |
| EYRE, R., AND R. RUST | England, c.1785, NIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM-Gabb Coll. | Ye Minories, London. | NMM 2; RSW. | |
| EYRE, THOMAS | England, fl.1723-25, MIM | made hodometers. | Kettering, Northamptonshire. | Taylor 2(170). | |
| EYRE, W. | England, 1680-81, NIM | Compass Plate, brass, 1680 = D.(1994). | reverse side is a mirror image, including the signature with the date of 1681; this side could have been used to print compass cards. | Coffeen 46. | |
| EYSENBROEK | see Isenbroek. | RSW. | |||
| EZEKIEL | England, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = D.; Stick Barometers = X(2), Christie 4/19/78, Winterton's, 7/13/94. | probably Abraham Ezekiel or Cath and America Ezekiel. | Exeter. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| EZEKIEL, ABRAHAM | England, c.1791, PHIM | made or sold barometers. | Fore Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| EZEKIEL, AMERICA | England, | see Cath and America Ezekiel. | Goodison 1. | ||
| EZEKIEL, CATH AND AMERICA | England, fl.1809-30, PHIM | made or sold barometers? | Fore Street (1809-30); 179 Fore Street (1828); both in Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| F. 1 | may be "fecit". | ||||
| F. 2 | England, c.1790, NIM | Hadley's Quadrants = PEA(2). | F with a fouled anchor; Fage? | Brewington 1. | |
| F. ICW. | 1613, MIM | Regiomontanus-type Sundial on lid of box, 1613 = GHS. | Archinard 1; RSW. | ||
| F.A. 1 | Germany, 1728, MIM | Table Sundial, 1728 = KLA-4464. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.A. 2 | 1765, MIM | Zappeck-type Sundial, 1765 = LJU. | for 46°. | RSW. | |
| F.A. 3 | 1766, MIM | Altitude Sundial, 1766 = FIN-113. | with a combined nocturnal and sundial. | RSW. | |
| F.A. 4 | Denmark?, 1770, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1770 = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | RSW. | ||
| F.A. 5 | MIM | Garden Sundial, marble = TIM. | square. | RSW. | |
| F.A.B. | see F.A.R. | Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| F.A.J.C.P.S.R.C. | 1715, MIM | Sundial, stone, 1715 = P. and S. 2/9/1897. | RSW. | ||
| F.A.R. | Germany, fl.1768-74, MIM | Vertical Sundial, pin-gnomon, small, 1768 = GRA; Zappeck-type Sundial, 1774 = Koller 11/17/75. | Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | ||
| F.AE.G. | Austria?, MIM | Ring Sundial = KRM. | Rabenalt. | ||
| F.B. | c.1900, | Capuchin Sundial = ADL-T20. | probably made by D.B. Sheahan. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.B.F. | Germany, 1752, MIM | Azimuth Sundial, 1752 = Landsberg a. Lech Heimatmuseum. | "F.B. Fecit"? | Zinner 1. | |
| F.B.G. | MIM | Full Protractor = P.C. (1982). | owner? two odd scales. | RSW. | |
| F.B.P. | Germany, fl.1743-55, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1743 = CLU; Table Sundials, stone = TRA (1753), ADL-M279 (1755), Soth. 12/19/66. | Michel thought he might be Franz Bovius Presbyter. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.C. | 1701, MIM | Table Sundial, 1701 = Phillips 2/3/68. | "F.C. fecit, 1701". | RSW. | |
| F.C.R. | Germany, OIM | Nürnberg-type Microscope = NAC. | Daumas 1. | ||
| F.D.I. | Germany, 1774, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1774 = Huelsmann Coll. | Syndram. | ||
| F.E.D. | 1542, MIM | Astrolabe, May, 1542 = P.C. | Brieux 2. | ||
| F.E.D.P.F. | Italy, 1568, MIM | Instrumentum Primi Mobilis, 1568 = FLO. | "Frater Egnatius Dantes Praedictatorum Faciebat." | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Italian Inv. | |
| F.F.B. | 1705, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1705 = BUD. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.F.C.D.F. | 1697, MIM | Pillar Sundial, 1697 = Mercator Museum. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| F.F.F. 1 | 1629, MIM | Artillery Level, silvered brass, 1629 = OXF. | Evans 1; Gunther 2 and 6; RSW. | ||
| F.F.F. 2 | 1774, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, wood, bone, brass, 1774 = Koller 11/17/75 (Linton Coll.) = Libert et Castor 10/10/80. | RSW. | ||
| F.G. 1 | Holland, 1714, NIM | Cross-staff, 1714 = AMST. | might be owner. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| F.G. 2 | England, c.1784, NIM | Octant = NMM-S.127. | may be F. Gabourg or F. Goater. | Taylor 2(837); Clay and Court; NMM 2. | |
| F.G.P. | 1659, MIM | Protractor, 1659 = Soth. 5/24/71. | "Anno DNI 1659." | RSW. | |
| F.H. | Germany?, c.1600, MIM | Gunner's Scale = ADL-M122a. | also marked "553" and "I W.W.B." with the first "W" over the recumbant "B"; see "I.W.W.B." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.I. | Germany, MIM | Table Sundial, stone = Neuenberg-Schweiz, Museum. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.I.S. | 1781, MIM | Gauging Rod, 1781 = NYC. | RSW. | ||
| F.I.V. | Germany, 1698, MIM | Table Sundial, stone, 1698 = FIN-115 = P.C. | Zinner says 1766. | Zinner 1; Weil. | |
| F.J.F. | 1775, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, stone, 1775 = P. & S. 11/21/1894 = 2/28/1896. | RSW. | ||
| F.J.K.S.J. | Austria, 1729, MIM | Table Clock, 1729 = Linz Stadt Gymnasium. | Franz Jakob Knittl, Society of Jesus, which see. | Linz. | Zinner 1. |
| F.K. | Germany?, 18th Century, MIM | Ring Sundial = MADEX-211. | RSW. | ||
| F.L. | 1779, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1779 = SLM. | RSW. | ||
| F.M. | England?, c.1750, OIM | Refracting Telescope, three-draw = D. | Brophy. | ||
| F.M.B. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Dialing Instrument = ADL-M323. | the copper instrument is in the form of an anchor and is misdescribed by Engelmann as an Instrumentum Primi Mobilis. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.N. 1 | France, c.1820, MIM | Rule, gold = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| F.N. 2 | England, 19th Century, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood = GEP; AMST; P.C.(3). | All the dials include American cities in the latitude tables. | Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. | |
| F.P. | 1657, MIM | Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1657 = Soth. 7/29/69. | RSW. | ||
| F.P.B. 1 | 1743, MIM | Astrolabe, 1743 = CLU. | Cluny. | ||
| F.P.B. 2 | MIM | Diptych, wood = LID-M186. | Zinner 1. | ||
| F.P.G.P. | Germany, 1787, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, 1787 = PRA. | the F. is placed above the initals P.G.P.; the whole signature is surrounded by three decorative lozenges; a Penther-type sundial. | Horsky and Skopova. | |
| F.P.O.M. | Germany, 1676, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1676 = HAK. | Zinner 1; RSW. | ||
| F.R. 1 | Spain, 1585, MIM | Dividers, one-handed, 1585 = P.C./owner. | signed "F.R." with an anchor in between; marked with four dots and a circle, arranged with the circle at the top with three dots underneath and a single dot,in the middle, at the bottom. | A.J. Turner 10. | |
| F.R. 2 | Germany, 1683, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1683 = OXF. | Zinner says 1863. | Zinner 1; Evans 1. | |
| F.S. 1 | Germany, c.1580, MIM | Surveyor's Cross, in the form of an astrolabe = ADL-M43. | the dorsum has the form of an astrolabe but the face has two sighting tubes forming a surveyor's cross; misdescribed by Engelmann as an astrolabe. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| F.S. 2 | Germany, 1762, MIM | Bow Calipers, iron, 1762 = ADL-M80. | marked "Jesus Maria |