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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| 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. |
| AFFLECK, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1800-02, MIM | Glasgow. | Taylor 2(1071). | ||
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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). | |
| BROURBER, ALEXANDER | see Alexander Brourbrer. | Michel 3. | |||
| BROURBRER, ALEXANDER | MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, small = Roussel Sale-234. | Michel 3; 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. | |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| CHARLES, JACQUES-ALEXANDRE-CESAR | France, 1746-1823, OIM | Jacques-Alexandre-César Charles; made achromatic lenses; physician. | Paris. | Nachet. | |
| 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. | |
| DATHEE, ALEXANDRE ET JEAN | France, fl.1769-72, OIM | Alexandre et Jean Dathée. | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | |
| DAWSON, ALEXE | Ireland, OIM | in telescope case; owner? | Dublin. | NMM 2. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. |
| 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. | |
| FERONI, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1809-10, PHIM | barometer maker; 1809 directory showed his name as "Ferony." | 49 Fleet Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| FITTON, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1780-87, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1780 = P.C. | worked with Francis Fitton. | 36 Grafton Street; 60 Paul Street (1787); both in Cork. | Taylor 2(834); Brewington 1; Jannasch; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| FITTON, ALEXANDER AND FRANCIS | Ireland, fl.1784-87, MIM NIM | 36 Grafton Street, Cork. | Taylor 2(834). | ||
| FRASER, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1840-70, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1840, stone = Bredisholm. | sundial maker; mason. | Gatty; Somerville. | |
| GARDEN, ALEXANDER | England, c.1800, PHIM | partner of Fredrick Accum; made and sold chemical and philosophical apparatus. | Old Compton Street, Soho, London. | G. L'E. Turner 24; Clarke et al. | |
| GERRARD, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1855, MIM | exhibited in the Paris Exposition of 1855. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| GRANT, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1807-22, MIM | made a spiral fitting for Gower's patent log; Gower called him a "mechanist." | 2 Winckworth Buildings, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1137); Dewhirst. | |
| HERSCHEL, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1774-1800?, OIM | brother of William and Caroline Herschel; made telescopes, zone clocks, etc; see William and Alexander Herschel. | Germany; Bath; Slough. | NMM 2; H.C. King 1. | |
| HERSCHEL, WILLIAM AND ALEXANDER | England, OIM | Mirrors and Eyepieces = NMM. | Alexander was William's younger brother. | Slough. | NMM 2; DSB. |
| HUGHES, ALEXANDER | England, post-1840, MIM | son of Henry Hughes. | London. | Taylor 2(1894); Moskowitz 122. | |
| IRVING, ALEXANDER | England, 1695, MIM | apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1688; free of the Company, Sept. 30, 1695; an alternative spelling was "Irwing." | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| JOHNSTON, ALEXANDER KEITH | Scotland; England, c.1826, MIM | globe maker; partner of William Johnston, his brother; see W. and A.K. Johnston. | Edinburgh; London (1851). | Lister; Morrison-Low; A.D.C. Simpson; RSW. | |
| KEITH, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1795, | designed a self-registering maximum-minimum thermometer and a surveying level. | Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(678 & 1000). | |
| KEMP, ALEXANDER | Scotland, 1822-54, PHIM | with Kemp and Co. from 1841-54, with his older brothers, James and Kenneth Treasurer Kemp, which see; author; made chemical equipment. | 53 South Bridge (1841-44); 12 and 13 Infirmary Street (1845-54); both in Edinburgh. | Morrison-Low 2. | |
| KERR, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clockmaker. | Annan. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| KILPATRICK, ALEXANDER | Scotlandfl.1820-32, PHIM | maker of chemical apparatus; started as a tinsmith before 1820. | 14 Crosscauseway (1826-32); 1 Hope Street (1832); both in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3. | |
| KING, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1840, NIM | 37 High Street, Dundee. | Bryden 3. | ||
| LEBRUN, ALEXANDRE | France, c.1850, MIM | displayed at the 1851 Great Exhibition in London; Salomon was his agent at 22 Red Lion Square, London. | 3 rue Chapon, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| LECLERC, ALEXIS | France, 1715, | instrument maker? | Paris. | Doucet Cat. | |
| MACKAY, ALEXANDER SPENCE | Scotland, 1857-1914, NIM | James Berry took Alexander Spence Mackay as a partner in Berry and Mackay, 1879-90, which see. | Aberdeen. | Clarke et al. | |
| MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1816-58, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscopes = D.(1984) (with case), Soth. 10/3/88; Sextant = WHI; Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88. | worked with Suggart at Cheapside; microscope case has T.C. for Mackenzie and Co; sextant signed "Mackenzie 15 Cheapside, London"; Clay and Court thought he was "Mckenzie"; Soth. microscope signed "A. MacKenzie." | 15 Cheapside, London (1816-30); 38 De Beaur'r Square, Kingsland (1856-58). | Taylor 2(1381); Coffeen F; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; O'Mara; Bennett 1; Clay and Court; RSW. |
| MAGAREY, ALEXANDER | misreading for Alexander Megary. | RSW. | |||
| MAGARY, ALEXANDER | misreading for Alexander Megary. | RSW. | |||
| MAGEAREY, ALEXANDER | England, c.1802, | apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 2, 1802; possibly same as Alexander Megary and Alexander Megeary which see. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 2; RSW. | ||
| MAGNY, ALEXIS | France, 1712-c.1777, OIM | Microscope, 1754 = SPI-2926; Microscope, Culpeper-type, No.18, 1755 = NOR; Microscopes = P-B-Monte Carlo 6/23/76 (leather case), P.C., Getty Museum (leather case), FLO. | the P-B-Monte Carlo entry said to have been given to Mme. de la Pompadour by Louis XV, probably silver; his microscopes date from 1751-55; see Magni. | Paris. | Michel 3; Antique Dealer Collectors Guide, August, 1976; Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Ronfort 1; RSW. |
| MEGARY, ALEXANDER | Ireland; England; USA, 1790-1850, MIM NIM SIM | Wye Levels = D.(1976), Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Western Reserve Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (1965), P.C. (1958), Pugsley Coll., Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio, etc.; Transit = U. of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Dry Card Compass = MYS; Plain Compass = D.(1993). | apprenticed to William Morris in London before 1820; variant spellings are Megeary and Mageary; some of his instruments were probably bought, not made, by him. | 54 Grand (1825-27); 64 Lispenard (1827-28); 3 Thames (1828-29); 19 Pearl (1829-30); 196 Water (1830-31); 238 Water (1831-35); 190 Water (1835-43); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. | USNM; Smart 1; Warner 14; Crawforth 1; Garcelon 33, 34; RSW. |
| MEGEARY, ALEXANDER | see Alexander Magearey; see Alexander Megary; may all three be same person; Crawforth said he may have come to the U.S.A. after serving an apprenticeship in London. | Crawforth 2; RSW. | |||
| MILNE, ALEXANDER | England, 1806-96, PHIM | Barometers = NMM, KEN. | Admiral Sir Alexander Milne. | Bell 2; NMM 2; Middleton 1. | |
| MOLLISON, ALEXANDER | England, c.1825, MIM PHIM | 17 Chapman Street, Islington, London. | Taylor 2(1651). | ||
| MOLTENI, ALEX | England, fl.1829-36, PHIM | thermometer and barometer maker; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni; see Mastaglio and Molteni. | 13 Baldwin Gardens, London. | Goodison 1; Bell 2. | |
| MORTON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1832-46, PHIM | 'Windmill Experiment' for Air Pump = RSM. | 29 Richmond Place (1832-33); 2 Roxburgh Place (1834-37); 9 Drummond Street (1838); 11 Hill Square (1839); 71 Adam Square (1840-42); 7 South College Street (1845-46); all in Edinburgh. | Bryden 3; Taylor 2(2187); Morrison-Low 1. | |
| NESBIT, ALEXANDER | England, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| PONGUETA, ALEXANDER | Spain, 1633, MIM | Sundial, 1633 = D.(1986). | Madrid. | Queries, SIS Bull., No. 12., 1986. | |
| RAVILIUS, ALEX | Italy, 1542, MIM | Skaphe, ivory and brass, 1537 = OXFB; Armillary Sphere, 1542 = ADL-M2. | the armillary is also marked "Io. Thomae Manfredo", probably the owner. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Yonge; ADL; RSW. | |
| REID, ALEXANDER | Scotland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/8/76. | barometer signed "Alex Reid." | 66 Nicholson Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. |
| RIVOLTA, ALEX | England, fl.1817-19, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | signed "A. Rivolta 32 Brook Street." | 11 Brook Street (1817-18); 32 Brook Street (1819); both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| RUSSELL, ALEXANDER, AND CO. | Scotland, 1834, MIM | Sundial, 1834 = Kirkaldy Museum. | "Kirkaldy Foundry." | 43 High Street, Kirkaldy. | Stevens and Aked. |
| SCHNIEP, ALEXIUS | Germany; Austria, fl.1571-1613, MIM | Diptych Sundials = SPI (1571), OXF (1578), Ecouen, Soth. 5/11/23; Sundials = Triebold Coll., Hannover (1583), Upsala Bibliothek (1586), VIE, POB, EMA. | clockmaker; son of Ulrich Schniep; the dials in the VIE and the POB were made in Vienna. | Munich (1571-82); Vienna (1583-1613). | Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Michel 2 & 3; Madex; Dewhirst. |
| STEPHENS, ALEXANDER | Ireland, fl.1747-81, MIM NIM | Backstaves = WHI, Soth. 18/6/85 (1747). | the backstaff at the WHI was made for George Waddington, the Soth. example was made for Gyles Fearon. | Temple Barr, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. |
| STEPHENS, ALEXANDER AND JOHN | Ireland, fl.1760-81, MIM NIM | Temple Bar (1760-74); 31 Temple Bar (1775-81); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | ||
| SWAN, ALEXANDER | Scotlandfl.1829-36, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 75 High Street (1829); 22 Gallowgate (1830); 112 Gallowgate (1831); 106 Gallowgate (1834-36); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Bryden 3. | |
| TOURNANT, ALEXANDRE | France; Germany; Englandc.1730-92, OIM | glass-grinder and turner; worked in France and Germany, then moved to England; worked for Matthew Boulton, 1770-72; succeeded by his widow and daughter; invented machines to reproduce and to polish lenses. | Paris; Berlin; Birmingham (1770-72); Paris. | Taylor 2(543); Daumas 1. | |
| WALKER, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1810-47, MIM NIM OIM | partner with John Walker in J. and A. Walker. | 33 Pool Lane (later 34 Castle Street), Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731). | |
| WALKER, ALEXANDER, AND CO. | England, fl.1857-79, MIM NIM OIM | see J. and A. Walker. | 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| WELLINGTON, ALEXANDER | England, fl.1792-1825, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Octant = D.(1978); Telescope = Phillips 2/22/77; Pantograph = Soth.-S 4/24/87; Microscope = Phillips 4/20/83; Sundial in case = Soth. 7/10/67; Drawing Instrument Sets = Soth. 5/6/69, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Stick Barometer = P.C. | most of his instruments signed simply "Wellington" but one of his microscopeswas signed "Alex Wellington, Mathematical Instrument Maker, Crown Court, Soho, London"; had one of the Jones' as an apprentice; joined by his son 1814-15; T.C.; succeeded by Laban Cooke in 1825. | Crown Court, Abinger Street, St. Anne's, Soho, London. | Taylor 2(1056); Crawforth 1; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; ATG 1/16/93; RSW. |
| WILLARD, ALEXANDER TARBELL | USA, 1774-1850, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = New Ipswich Historical Society, N.H. | clockmaker; also made theodolites etc. | Ashburnham (1774-1800); Ashby (1800-50); both in Mass. | Smart 1. |
| WILSON, ALEXANDER | England, 1714-86, | invented the use of glass beads to measure specific gravity. | G.L'E. Turner 24. |
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