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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| V.A. | 1519, MIM | Miner's Compass, 1519 = MUN. | Price 2. | ||
| V.B. E.F. | France, 1821, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1821 = house in Chantignan. | Berton. | ||
| V.C. 1 | England, fl.1554-57, MIM | Astronomical Compendia = OXF (1554), ADL-M363 (1557). | the instrument at the Adler Planetarium was previously ascribed to Humphrey Cole, but it must have been the work of the, as yet unidentified, "V.C." | Engelmann 1; Gunther 2; Jane Turner; Michel 3; Dewhirst; ADL; Janin 1; RSW. | |
| V.C. 2 | 1784, MIM | Dividers, 1784 = Soth. 6/23/69. | RSW. | ||
| V.G.H. | 1751, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1751 = LEY. | Zinner 1. | ||
| V.G.M. | 1731, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1731 = LEY. | RSW. | ||
| V.H.M. | Germany, c.1800, MIM | Table Sundial, book-form = POTS. | also marked "IIII. R.G." | Körber 1. | |
| V.K. 1 | Germany, 1557, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1557 = MUN. | Ulrich Klieber 3. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; Price 2. |
| V.K. 2 | Holland?, 1777, NIM | Backstaff, 1777 = LEY. | could be van Keulen. | RSW. | |
| V.K. 3 | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BASH. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| V.M.N. | Germany, 1579, MIM | Horizontal Sundial on finger ring, 1579 = OXF; String-gnomon Sundial, 1579 = VAA. | the sundial at OXF has the arms of Franciscus Padoanis; the sundial at VAA is marked "Vergis Me in Nicht." | Zinner 1; Scarisbrick. | |
| V.R.3 | 1756, | marked on a Zappeck-type sundial signed "F.S.P." (1), dated 1756 at ZAG. | Zinner 1. | ||
| V.S. 1 | Germany, fl.1572-88, MIM | Pedometer = HAK; Horizontal Sundials = ADL-M243 (1572), DEU (1587); Diptych Sundials = HAK (1576), Soth 5/11/23 (1576), ADL-DPW9 (1577), BASH (1582), ADL-M244 (1582), Ecouen (1582), Soth. 3/27/72 (1586), DEU (1587), Christie 4/3/85 (1588), etc. | Ulrich Schniep. | Munich. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| V.S. 2 | Germany, late 16th Century, MIM | Pedometer = D.(1973). | the S is twisted around the right arm of the V. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| V.S. 3 | Viktor Stark, which see. | Zinner 1. | |||
| V.S.F. | Germany, 1632, MIM | Astrolabe, 1632 (ICA-2073) = P.C. | "Viktor Stark fecit." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; RSW. |
| V.S.M.F. | Germany, 1635, MIM | Artillery Level, 1635 = DRE. | "Viktor Stark Mechanicus fecit." | Dresden. | RSW. |
| V.S.W. | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Table Clock with Sundial = ADL-M379. | the signature is V.S. over W., as in a fraction; the "W" may be a city. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| V.T. | marked on horizontal sundial, dated 1739, signed "J.J.K.H.", at KRM. | RSW. | |||
| VACANO, JOSHUA | PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| VACCANO, HIACINT | Germany, c.1800, PHIM | Siphon Barometers = DEU (2). | Munich. | Middleton 1. | |
| VACHON, GM. VL. | France, NIM | Compass Roses (2) = D.(1972). | Honfleur. | Brieux 3. | |
| VAGNARELLI, LAURENTIUS | Italy, 1639, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1639 = SPI-2765 = HAK. | ADL-M153 is surely from Vagnarelli's workshop. | Urbino. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Spitzer 1 & 2; ADL; RSW. |
| VAGO, F. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2); Soth.-S 10/19/89. | Leeds. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| VAGO, F. 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Sussex 9/18/86. | marked "Warranted." | Perth. | RSW. |
| VAGO, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| VALE, GILBERT | USA, 1788-1866, MIM | Combination Terrestrial and Celestial Globe = Historic New Harmony, Indiana. | combination globe patented in 1843. | New York, N.Y. | Bedini 8; USNM; Warner ? |
| VALEE | France, OIM | Valée. | Rouen. | RSW. | |
| VALERIUS, JACOBUS | Holland, 1558, MIM | Astrolabe, 1558 (ICA-446) = BMR. | signed "Jacobus Valerius Rectificata Anno XPI 1558." | Oudewater; Utrecht. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3. |
| VALERIUS, PTOLOMAUS VON | Germany, c.1565, MIM | Planetarium, Ptolomaic = DRE (lost). | Coburg. | RSW. | |
| VALERIUS, RENNERUS | Belgium, 1607-87, | Latin form of Remy Wouters; wrote a treatise on sundials. | Malines. | Michel 3. | |
| VALK EN SCHENK | Holland, c.1700, MIM | Southern Celestial Map = D.(1973). | Gerhard Valk and P. Schenk. | Amsterdam. | RSW. |
| VALK, GERHARD | Holland, 1650-1720, MIM | Pairs of Globes = NMM-Caird (1750), D.(1973); Celestial Globe = DRE. | father of Leonard Valk; worked with P. Schenk making atlases 1683-1700; see Gerhard and Leonard Valk. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Zinner; Bagrow-Skelton; Yonge. |
| VALK, GERHARD EN LEONHARDT | Holland, fl.1715-50, MIM | Celestial Globes = MUN, Wolfenbüttel Offentl. Biblioteck, Linz Stadtmuseum, KAS, Harburg Schloss (1715), Freiburg Museum (1715), Pommersfelden Schloss (1715), AMST (1750), LEY (1750); Pairs of Globes = NMM (one dated 1745), Hispanic Society of America, N.Y. (3) (1715, 1715, 1750), P.C. (1750); Terrestrial Globe = AMST. | Leonhardt was the son of Gerhard; the terrestrial globe is the center of an armillary sphere by Covens; 1750 Hispanic Society pair marked "Revis. A. 1750" surely by Leonhardt Valk as his father had died in 1720. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Krogt 2; Edell 1; Bagrow-Skelton; Yonge; RSW. |
| VALK, LEENDERT | Holland, fl.1804-06, NIM | Compasses, 1804 and 1806 = Northern Maritime Museum, Groningen; Compass Cards = KAS, Altoona Museum. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| VALK, LEON | Holland, 1742, NIM | compass maker, 1742. | Houttvinen, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| VALK, LEONHARDT | Holland, 1675-1755, MIM | globemaker; worked with his father, Gerhard Valk. | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Bagrow-Skelton; Yonge. | |
| VALLANT, M. | France, c.1590, MIM | Sundial with Compass in lid of a watch case = Soth. 5/27/54. | Webster Sale, part 1. | RSW. | |
| VALLEE, P. | France, 1759, MIM | took Noël-Simon Carochez as an apprentice, 1759; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs." | Paris. | Augarde. | |
| VALLOT | France, c.1808, MIM PHIM | Paris. | Daumas 1. | ||
| VAN DE SYPE | see Sype, Laurentz van de. | ICA 2. | |||
| VANANDETSI, LUKAS | Armenia; Holland, late 17th Century, MIM | made an astrolabe. | Amsterdam. | USNM. | |
| VANDERMOELEN, PH.-M.-G. | Belgium, 1825-69, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 80 cm. = Congo Museum, Terruren, Belgium. | Brussels. | Michel 3. | |
| VANDOME, FILFORD AND CO. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Coin Balance = Phillips 2/2/84. | see Richard Vandome. | Leadenhall Street, London. | RSW. |
| VANDOME, RICHARD | England, c.1840, MIM PHIM | Balances = WHI; Weights = WHI; Balance, steel = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | T.C.; took apprentices. | 117 Leadenhall Street, London. | Taylor 2(2032); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| VANDOME, RICHARD, AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | balance makers; T.C. | 117 Leadenhall Street, London. | Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VANETTI AND BENZZONI | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | thermometer and hygrometer. | 22 North Street, Brighton. | RSW. |
| VANINI AND MONTINI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Peterborough. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANINO | England, | see Prestinari and Vanino. | RSW. | ||
| VANNINI, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 25 Spring Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANNINI, ANTHONY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | 7 Orange Street, West Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANNINI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| VANTE, L. | MIM | Protractor = DPW. | RSW. | ||
| VANTIER ET MARC | France, c.1840, MIM | "Ingénieurs-Opticiens"; succeeded by A. Lefrançois, which see. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| VARA, PULGADAS | Spain, 1806-07, MIM | Standard Meter, 1807 = MAA; Sliding Calipers, 1806 = MAA. | RSW. | ||
| VARLEY | England, c.1850, MIM | Horizontal Pedestal Sundial, plaster = WHI. | possibly Cornelius Varley. | London. | Bryden 16. |
| VARLEY AND SON | England, c.1850, MIM OIM | showed at the Great Exhibition of London in 1851; surely Cornelius Varley and Son. | 1 Charles Street, Clevendon Square, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VARLEY, CORNELIUS | England, 1781-1873, OIM | "Graphic Telescope" = OXF; Telescope = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa.; Microscope = Christie-SK 12/1/83. | not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; took Andrew Pritchard as an apprentice and later worked with him to cut the first diamond lens; had his son as a partner, c.1851; took his father, Samuel Alfred Varley as a partner in 1862; took out a patent in 1811 for a "Graphic Telescope." | Junction Place, Paddington, London. | Taylor 2(1236); Chaldecott 3; RGO; G.L'E. Turner 24; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXV); USNM; RSW. |
| VARLEY, SAMUEL ALFRED | England, c.1862, PHIM | Watch Wheel Depthing Tool = Soth. 10/21/74. | retired in 1862 from the Electric and International Telegraph Co. to become a partner of his son, Cornelius Varley. | 7 York Place, Kentish Town. | Chaldecott 3; RGO; RSW. |
| VARNEY, GEORGE D. | USA, c.1843, MIM SIM | Theodolites = D.(1971)(2). | marked "Patented June 24, 1843". | Moskowitz 102. | |
| VARTY, THOMAS | England, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Christie-SK 8/20/87. | 31 Strand, London. | RSW. | |
| VASSALI | see the entries on Vassalli. | ||||
| VASSALLI, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | might be Jerome Vassalli. | Goodison 1. | |
| VASSALLI, JEROME | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), Christie 12/16/82; Stick Barometer = Phillips 2/2/84. | the barometers are variously signed "Vassalli Scarborough", "J. Vassalli Scarborough" and "Vassali Scarborough, jeweler." | 49 Merchants Row, Scarborough. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| VASTENHOUT, AS. VAN | Holland, fl.1783-1828, NIM | Mariner's Compass = AMST; Hanging Compass = Zuiderzee Museum, Enkhuizen. | the AMST compass is marked on the case "I.V.B. 1783." | Haringpakkerij (1816-17); Texelse Kaai 18 (1826-28); both in Amsterdam; Oost Vriesland. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| VASTENHOUT, VAN WEDUWE | Holland, c.1820, NIM | widow of As. van Vastenhout. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| VASTENHOUT, VAN, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1828, NIM | As. van Vastenhout en Zoon. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| VASTRIK | Holland, c.1705, NIM | compass maker; father of Jan and Jacob Vastrik. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| VASTRIK, JACOB | Holland, c.1705, NIM | compass maker; worked with his father, Vastrik and his brother, Jan Vastrik. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| VASTRIK, JAN | Holland, c.1705, NIM | compass maker; worked with his father, Vastrik and his brother, Jacob Vastrik. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| VAUCANSON | France, | had Félix Rosa as a worker. | Daumas 1. | ||
| VAUGONDY, DIDIER ROBERT DE | France, 1756, MIM | Pocket Globe, 1756 = in a Paris museum. | à la Marché, rue du Foin, Paris. | Edell 1; Howse 2. | |
| VAULX, J. DE | c.1590, MIM SIM | made a form of theodolite. | X. | ||
| VAYRINGE | Italy, MIM | Sector = D.(1976). | marked "a Florence". | Brieux 3. | |
| VAYRINGE, PHILIPPE | France, 1685-1746, MIM | Tellurian = Natural History Museum, Vienna. | born at Longuyon; professor of physics. | Lunéville. | H.C. King 2; Mucke; Michel 3. |
| VEALE, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Exmouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| VEBRANDI | c.1900, MIM | Astrolabe = ADL-A111 (falsely dated 1595). | this instrument is somewhat reminescent of the astrolabes signed "Johannes Bos"; there is reference to a Vibrandi of Leeuwarden, Holland. | Rooseboom 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| VECCHI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1784-1846, PHIM | Instruments = Museo Civico, Modena. | Modena. | Brenni 1. | |
| VECCHIO 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | the stick barometer is signed "Vecchi, Nottingham." | Nottingham. | Goodison 1. |
| VECCHIO 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Shaftsbury. | Goodison 1. | |
| VECCHIO AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 22 Union Passage, Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| VECCHIO, DEL, AND DOTTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | one of the barometers is signed "del Vecchio and Dotti." | Shrewsbury. | Goodison 1. |
| VECCHIO, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| VECCHIO, J. DEL | England, fl.1810-38, PHIM | listed as a barometer maker in 1820-22. | 26 Westmoreland Street (1810-38); 187 and 188 Great Brunswick Street (1837-38); 6 D'Olier Street (1837-38); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| VECHIO, F. SALERI, AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1972). | 34 Holborn, London. | RSW. | |
| VECHIO, J. SALTERY, AND CO. | England, c.1820, | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | Misreading for F. Saleri Vechio and Co. | 94 Holborn hill, London. | RSW. |
| VECTIOLI, FRANCISCUS DI | Italy, 1577, MIM | Astronomical Quadrant, 1577 = OXF; Square, 1577 = BMR. | Michel listed the name as Vectiosi, Price showed him as di Vitioli. | Gunther 2; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 2. | |
| VECTIOSI | see Vectioli | Michel 3. | |||
| VEDY, FELIX | France, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = Christie 3/9/65 Versailles 11/19/78; Quadrant, "No. 3" = D.(1988). | Védy showed at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; Versailles is signed "No. 911." | 52 Rue de Bondy, Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen 20; RSW. |
| VEEN, AADRIAN | see Henricus Hondius and Veen. | RSW. | |||
| VEITCH, JAMES | Scotland, 1771-1838, OIM PHIM | Telescopes = Schumacher, Altona (c.1830), Nisbit 4/4/1860, RSM; Stick Barometer = RSM. | plowwright and telescope maker; made microscopes, clocks and jewel lenses; Inspector of Weights and Measures for Roxburgh. | Inchbonny, Jedburgh. | McKie; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Clarke et al. |
| VELAZQUEZ, JOAQUIN | Mexico, 1732-86, MIM | made astronomical instruments, c.1750. | USNM. | ||
| VELDE, JOHANNES VAN DE | Holland, fl.1810-23, NIM OIM | partner in the firm of Gerard Hulst van Keulen; telescope maker. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom. | |
| VELDER AND GROENENDAAL | Holland, fl.1672-1702, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST. | Pieter de Velder and Joannes van Groenendaal. | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1. |
| VELDER, PIETER DE | Holland, 1713-84, NIM | Crown Compass = AMST. | the reverse side of the compass card is marked "Johannes van Groenendaal tot Rotterdam." | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. |
| VELENNEL | probably a misreading of Ve (veuve) Lennel. | RSW. | |||
| VELLINGTON | misreading for Wellington. | Christie-SK 1/31/85. | |||
| VENEBRUCH | Germany, pre-1859, OIM | made and modified Cuff-type microscopes. | Berlin. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| VENETIANI, CAN. | Italy, 1778, MIM | Inclinometer, 1778 = ADL-M188. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| VENEZIA, OLIVE | Italy, 17th Century, OIM | Telescope = Gersaint, Nantes 10/28/88. | Venezia = Venice? | RSW. | |
| VENTOM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VENTOM, AZALIAH | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Venton in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the Company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| VENTOM, THOMAS | England, MIM | free of the Merchant Taylors' Company; took apprentices. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| VENTURINI, JULIANUS | Italy, fl.1793-1807, MIM NIM | Mariner's Compass, 1807 = Evans Coll.; Architectural Quadrant, 1793 = DPW; Gunner,s Level, 1793 = D.(1997); Dividers, 1785 = Sotheby's 5/11/94. | Dividers and gunner's level signed "Julianus Venturini fecit Romae", plus dates; dividers had box. | Rome. | Evans 1; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| VERBIEST, FERDINAND | Germany; China, 1623-88, | Armillary Sphere = Museum, Beijing. | Jesuit; Chinese name was Nan-Hoai-Gin; made six large astronomical instruments for the Emperor in Peking, including the one listed above, a 6' celestial globe, a quadrant, a sextant, an azimuth circle and another armillary sphere. | Beijing. | H.S. Jones; Hickey. |
| VERDY | France, c.1690, OIM | Telescope = NMM. | the telescope is marked "Verdy à l'Observatoire." | Paris. | Daumas 1. |
| VERGA, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| VERGA, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Soth. 7/30/25; Barometer = D.(1972). | Chester. | Goodison 1; John Bell. | |
| VERGA, J. 3 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VERGA, J. 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Exhibition, Park Street Antiques, Berkhamsted, May 8-16, 1993. | ATG, 1/5/93. | ||
| VERGA, J.L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| VERGA, JOHN MARIE | England, fl.1828-34, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/17/87. | listed as a "carver, gilder"; one of the barometers is signed "J.M. Verga Macclesfield." | Market Street (1828); Mill Street (1834); both in Macclesfield. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| VERGA, L. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer, mahogany = Soth.-Chester 1/31/85. | RSW. | ||
| VERGA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Huntington. | Goodison 1. | |
| VERICKE, C. | France, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 6/2/83, La Rochelle 7/16/83, Christie 4/3/85 (No. 346), BIL. | "Elève special de E. Hartnack, Paris"; La Rochelle signed "C. Verick." | rue de la Parcheminerie N° 3, Paris. | RSW. |
| VERIE, MR. | England, pre-1739, | excise officer; modified a type of slide rule; sometimes called "Mr. Vero." | Delehar 2. | ||
| VERMUNT | Holland, c.1811, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| VERNEDE | France, 1777, MIM | Micrometer, 1777 = ADL-M56. | Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| VERNET, JEAN | Germany, 1701, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, silver, 1701 = KAS. | mathematics teacher to the Cadet Corps in Kassel. | Kassel. | Zinner 1; Abeler 1; Evans 1; RSW. |
| VERNEY, JOHN | England, fl.1667-76, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; Master of the Company, 1671-72. | London. | Crawforth 6; Court and von Rohr 3(12). | |
| VERNIER, A. | France, fl.1607-30, MIM SIM | Graphometers = NMM (1607), (1630), WHI (1607). | type of graphometer invented by Dulac. | Hamilton 2; Whipple 1; Daumas 1; NMM 2. | |
| VERNIER, MICHAEL | France, c.1700, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = OXF. | Paris. | Michel 3; Nachet. | |
| VERNIER, PIERRE | France, 1584-1630, MIM | in 1631 invented a subsidiary scale to accurately subdivide the principal scale; it is still in use today; wrote a book on the quadrant. | Ornans. | A.J. Turner 10; Michel 3; Daumas 1. | |
| VERTHINGTON AND ALLAN | misreading for Worthington and Allam. | Christie 11/24/83. | |||
| VERWER, G.L. | Holland, 1789, MIM | Gauge, 1789 = BOM Auction, 1910. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | ||
| VESDY | France, c.1650, OIM | Binocular Telescope = GEL; Telescope = NMM. | "à l'Observatoire"; GEL is signed "Vesdi." | Paris. | RSW. |
| VESOUL, P. THEODULE DE | France, 16th Century, MIM | Vertical Sundial, ivory = D.(1975). | also marked "Capucin." | Wynter 1. | |
| VETTER, CHR. | Germany, fl.1630-39, MIM | Horary Quadrant, 1630 = GRA; Sundials, 1639 = MERC, Christie 4/3/85; Astronomical Compendium, 1639 = Soth.-NY 10/5/83. | the sundial in the Mercator Catalog was signed "Chr. Wetter." | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| VETTER, J.G. | Germany, MIM SIM | Graphometer = NOR. | Ansbach. | RSW. | |
| VEVIN, PIERRE | misreading for Pierre Sevin. | Evans 1; P. and S. 6/18/1894. | |||
| VIAL, J. | France, c.1914, OIM | telescope maker; successor to Maison Bardou; Ingénieur E.C.P. | 55 rue Caulaincourt, Paris. | USNM. | |
| VIALL, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1699-1730, MIM NIM | Nocturnal, 1724 = PEA. | Brewington 1; RSW. | ||
| VIANEN | 1619, MIM | Globe, silver, 1619 = Trippenhuis, Amsterdam. | Grimaldi(800). | ||
| VIANI, MATTEO | Italy, 18th Century, MIM | Pair of Globes = ROM. | Venice. | Bedini 12. | |
| VIARD | France, c.1800, PHIM | Balance = DPW. | "Viard Balancier Ajusteur rue des Tapissiers 21, Rouen." | rue des Tapissiers 21, Rouen. | RSW. |
| VIBERG, A.D. | Sweden, c.1850, PHIM | balance maker; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | Falun. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VIBRANDI | see Wijbrandtszn, Wijbe. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| VICK, CHARLEMAGNE 1 | see Viet, Charlemagne 1. | Evans 1. | |||
| VIDE | marked on mariner's astrolabe, NMM 39, signed "A. Goys", at Museu de Marinha, Lisbon. | A. Stimson 3. | |||
| VIDIE, LUCIEN | France, 1805-66, | invented the aneroid barometer, patented it in 1845; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brewington 1; Middleton 1. | ||
| VIEBIG, FRANCISCUS | see Franciscus Fiebig. | Zinner 1. | |||
| VIERBUCHEN, J. | USA, fl.1855-62, MIM | worked in the Instrument Shop of the U.S. Coast Survey; listed as "master instrument maker" in 1862; surely related to P. Vierbuchen. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| VIERBUCHEN, P. | USA, fl.1855-90, MIM | listed as an apprentice in 1855, and instrument maker later; employed in the Instrument Shop of the U.S. Coast Survey until 1890; surely related to J. Vierbuchen. | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| VIET, CHARLEMAGNE 1 | France, fl.1673-95, MIM | Sundial, 1680 = Soth. 3/14/57. | Blois. | Michel 3; RSW. | |
| VIET, CHARLEMAGNE 2 | France, fl.1680-1720, MIM | son of Charlemagne Viet 1. | Blois? | Michel 3; Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |
| VIGLOZZI, A., AND CO. | England, OIM | Telescope, brass and mahogany = Phillips 8/12/87. | "Day or Night". | London. | RSW. |
| VILLASANTE | Spain, PHIM | Barometer = MAN. | Madrid. | Garcia Franco 1. | |
| VILLETTE, MONSIEUR | France; Belgium, c.1690, OIM | "ingénieur, mecanicien"; optician to his Electoral Highness of Cologne, the Bishop and Prince of Liège; Villette's father was also known as Monsieur Villette. | Lyons; Liège. | RSW. | |
| VILLETTE, MONSIEUR [FRANCOIS] | France, 1621-98, OIM | Burning Glass, 34" = POB; Microscope = WHI. | François Villette; microscope and telescope maker; worked with his two sons, one of whom was also known as Monsieur Villette; WHI signed "F. Villette à Liège." | Lyons; Liège. | Daumas 1; Spargo 1; RSW. |
| VIMERCATO, GIOVANNI BATTISTA | Italy, 1557, | designed sundials; author. | Venice. | Lübke. | |
| VIN | see Joseph à Vin. | Michel 3. | |||
| VIN DROI | France, c.1790, MIM | Sector with caliber scales, iron points = Soth. 2/25/86. | RSW. | ||
| VINCARD | France, 1783, MIM SIM | Graphometers = DPW, Christie-SK = 10/24/83; Sector = P.C. (1968); Folding Square = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88; Goniometer, 1783 = X. | Vinçard. | à la Boussole, Paris. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| VINCENT, MR. | France, c.1830, PHIM | Hygrometer = P.C. | thermometer maker; Bougloux was first his pupil, then his successor. | Quay Pelletier, 30, Paris. | RSW. |
| VINCENT, SAMUEL | USA?, NIM | Backstaff = Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa. | probably owner. | RSW. | |
| VINCHS, CORNELIS | Belgium; Italyfl.1599-1623, MIM | Astrolabes = BM (1599) (ICA-223), BM (1600) (ICA-444), Specula Vaticana, 1616 (ICA-3029) = Johns Hopkins U.; Armillary Sphere, 1601 = OXF; Sundials = NMM (1623), LIE; Trigonometer with Sundial in handle, 1690 = ROM. | the 1660 inventory of the Bishop of Toledo showed another armillary sphere; the Specula Vaticana astrolabe was given to the Space Telescope Project at Johns Hopkins U., Baltimore, Md. and is signed "Vinck"; LIE is signed "Vinckx"; the 1560 astrolabe listed by Zinner as at BM was not listed by Price 3 or Ward; Zinner thought the 1599 BM astrolabe was dated 1559. | Antwerp; Naples (1601-23). | Zinner 1; Gunther 1 and 2; Price 1, 2 and 3; ICA 2; Michel 3; Maddison 1; Rooseboom 1; Ward 4; RSW. |
| VINCINO, RINALDO | Italy, MIM | Proportional Compass = Brescia. | Price 2. | ||
| VINCKX, L. | 16th Century, MIM | Sundial = X. | is this a ghost? | Rooseboom 1; Michel 3. | |
| VINER AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 23 Regent Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VINET, ELIE | France, 1525, MIM | Moreux. | |||
| VION, E. | France, c.1900, MIM OIM | Telescope, two-draw = Peron et Corsy, Melun 6/10/79; Telescopes = D.(1977), D.(1978); Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | 38 Rue de Turenne, Paris (1930). | Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| VIRET | France?, c.1840, MIM | Sector, case = Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88. | one meter in length; "pied mètrique", "pied ancien." | RSW. | |
| VISCHER, GELASIUS | Germany, 1712, MIM | Horizontal Table Sundial, chalk stone, 1712 = DEU. | Raunou. | Zinner 1. | |
| VISMARA, G.B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bury. | Goodison 1. | |
| VISSER | Holland, 1767, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, copper, 1767 = P.C. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| VITALIS, P. | 1753, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, chalk-stone, 1753 = SAL. | Zinner 1. | ||
| VITELLI, ALESSANDRO | Italy, MIM | Bonelli 1. | |||
| VITIOLI, FRANCISCUS DI | see Franciscus di Vectioli. | Price 2. | |||
| VITRUVIUS | Italy, fl.50-41 B.C., | Marcus Vitruvius Pollio; author of the era's pricipal work on architecture and engineering in which he discussed astronomy, sundials, waterwheels, etc.; invented a hodometer. | Rome. | Hellemans and Bunch; Pottage. | |
| VITTA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. (1978). | Stafford. | RSW. | |
| VITTORY AND DANNELLI | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| VITTORY AND LANETTI | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1990). | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| VIVIEN, NOEL | France, 17th Century, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = SPI-2795. | Noël Vivien. | Paris. | Michel 3; RSW. |
| VIZE, JEROME | France, fl.1567-86, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1567 = SPI-2906 = BM. | Jérôme Vize; "Hieronimus Vize, Menusier" (woodworker). | Pau; Paris. | Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| VLIET, SIEBRAND TEEKES VAN DER | Holland, 1740-1806, OIM PHIM | Gregorian Telescope = Eisinga's house, Franeker; Telescope = van Cleef en Scheurleer Auction, 1799. | Franeker. | Rooseboom 1; Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| VOGEL, J.H. | Switzerland, | "J.H. Vogel delineavit" is marked on a horary quadrant made by Johann Meylin. | Zinner 1. | ||
| VOGL., AND. | see Andreas Vogler; the signatures on many of Vogler's sundials are abbreviated in this way. | Zinner 1. | |||
| VOGLEN | see Vogler. | Evans 1. | |||
| VOGLER, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1766-1808, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, round = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = Linz Museum; Table Sundial, square = Zeiss Jena; Globe Sundial = STU; made many Augsburg-type sundials for the mass market, including ADL-W239. | the brother of Johann Georg Vogler, took over his workshop; the instructions are in French as well as in German | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3; USNM; Pipping 1; ADL; Syndram; RSW. |
| VOGLER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, fl.1740-65, MIM | Sundial, 1740 = Würzburg Luitpoldmuseum; Equatorial Sundial, octagonal, 1750 = BM; Horizontal Table Sundials = Berne Historical Museum, Mainz Altertumsammlung; Equatorial Sundials, square = AUG, MERC; made many Augsburg-type sundials for the mass market. | brother of Andreas Vogler; "Compassmacher" in 1745; many sundials are signed "I.G.V." or "J.G.V."; Ward did not list the 1750 sundial. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Hamilton 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| VOGLER, JOHANN MICHAEL | Germany, 1719, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = NMM; Astronomical Clock, 1719 = DEU; Sundial, gilt brass = Amsterdam Sale, 1933. | "Uhr- und Kompassmacher." | Ellingen. | Zinner 1 (Nachträge); Michel 3; Evans 1; RSW. |
| VOGLER, JOHN | USA, c.1830, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Old Salem, Inc., Wachovia Museum, North Carolina. | Salem, North Carolina. | USNM. | |
| VOGT, GEORG, UND M. ZACH. WAGNER | Germany, 1754, MIM | Azimuth Quadrant, 1754 = Breslau Sternwarte. | Zinner 1. | ||
| VOIGHT, F.W. | Germany, fl.1798-1802, PHIM | author; barometer maker. | Jena. | Middleton 1. | |
| VOIGHT, HENRY | Germany; USA, 1738-1814, MIM OIM SIM | Transit = USNM; Clock = U.S. Senate; Telescope, equal altitude = USNM. | repaired an orrery by Thomas Blunt 1; associated with John Fitch 2, 1786-92; Chief Coiner at Mint, 1793-1814; clockmaker. | Saxe-Gotha; Norriton, Pa.; Philadelphia, Pa. (1786). | Bedini 8; USNM; Wynter 1; RSW. |
| VOIGHT, JOHANN HEINRICH | Germany, 1613-91, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, wood and paper = MUN. | Stade. | Abeler 1; RSW. | |
| VOIGTLANDER | Austria, MIM SIM | Alidade = RSM. | probably Johan Christoph Voigtländer. | Vienna. | Darius 3. |
| VOIGTLANDER UND SOHN | Austria, c.1850, OIM | Microscope = DRE. | see W. Voigtländer. | Vienna. | RSW. |
| VOIGTLANDER, BRUDER | Austria, c.1840, MIM SIM | Mining Compasses = ADL-M176 (No. 356), ADL-M177 (No. 555); Proportional Dividers = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | dividers signed "Pol. Brüder Voigtländer in Wien." | Vienna. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| VOIGTLANDER, FRANZ | Austria, MIM SIM | son of W. Voigtländer; "Mekaniker"; may have worked with his father. | Engelmann 1; RSW. | ||
| VOIGTLANDER, J.F. | Austria, 1759-1839, | patented double Galilean achromatic opera glasses. | Dewhirst. | ||
| VOIGTLANDER, JOHAN CHRISTOPH | Austria, fl.1757-79, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Levels = X, Pressburg Museum; Magnetic Compasses = Christie-SK 4/17/86, UTO 9/29/75 (2), Pressburg Museum. | Johan Christoph Voigtländer. | Vienna. | Daumas 1; RSW. |
| VOIGTLANDER, W. | Austria, MIM SIM | Alidade Transit = Technical Museum, Warsaw. | W. Voigtländer; also signed "sel sohn Franz Mechaniker." | RSW. | |
| VOLANTERIO, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1976). | one of the Xs signed only "G. Volanterio"; may be same as Joshua Volanterio, which see. | Doncaster. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| VOLANTERIO, JOSHUA | Italy; England, fl.1822-41, PHIM | barometer maker. | Italy; Frenchgate (1822); High Street (1834); Baxter Gate (1841); last three in Doncaster. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1730). | |
| VOLKMER, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, 1616-93, MIM | probably the son of Johann Melchior Volkmer; discovered that the magnetic variation of Nürnberg in 1677 was 5° W instead of the 8° E used since the time of Hans Reinmann; made sundials. | Nürnberg. | Michel 2 & 3. | |
| VOLKMER, JOHANN MELCHIOR | Germany; Austria, fl.1634-47, MIM | Sundial, square, 1634 = P.C.; Sundial, 1647 = OXF; Mathematical Set, 1642 = VIE; Astronomical Compendia = ADL-M477 (1633), Lehmann Sale (1634). | goldsmith; OXF signed "Volkmair"; VIE signed "Volkmayer"; probably the son of Tobias Volkmer and the father of Johann Georg Volkmer. | Nürnberg; Vienna. | Zinner 1; Michel 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| VOLKMER, TOBIAS | Germany, fl.1581-1645, MIM SIM | made a wide variety of mathematical instruments including astrolabes, sundials, geometrical quadrants, artillery levels, surveying instruments which date from 1582 to 1645; examples may be seen at MUN, KRE, FLO, OXF, UTR, BUD, HAK, STU, WHI, DRE, BM, MAN, etc. | sometimes spelled "Volckmer"; mathmatician and goldsmith; probably the father of Johann Melchior Volkmer. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Bryden 11 and 16; Garcia Franco 1; Michel 3; Hollands Glorie; de Rijk; Gunther 2; Daumas 1; ICA 2; RSW. |
| VOLLAND, LIENHART | Germany, c.1544, MIM | "compassmacher." | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| VOLMAR, HANS | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Globe Sundial = WHI. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; Bryden 16. | |
| VOLONTE, C. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Crown Inn, Devizes. | Goodison 1. | |
| VOLPAIA 1 | the colloquial Italian form of Vulparia. | Yonge; RSW. | |||
| VOLPAIA 2 | see Ulpius. | Yonge. | |||
| VOLPELIUS, CASPAR | see Caspar Vopel | NMM 2. | |||
| VOLTZ, JOHANN JAKOB | Germany, 1621, MIM | clockmaker; delivered a sextant and a clock to Philipp of Hessen-Butzbach in 1621. | Butzbach. | Zinner 1. | |
| VONCARD, V. | France, 18th Century, MIM | Goniometer = Lempertz 6/14/76. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| VOODT, A. VAN DER | Belgium, NIM | Sextant = Phillips 5/20/75. | Antwerp. | RSW. | |
| VOOGHDIO, NICOLAS J. | Holland, c.1684, MIM | Planisphere, paper = ADL-A286. | designed an astronomical quadrant, made in wood by Han a Loon; two examples at UTR; there was a wood and paper quadrant at DRE (now lost) that was said to have been designed by Vooghdio and made by Johannes van Keulen 1; ADL signed "Auct N. Vooghdio Amsterdam by Johannes van Keulen (1) met privlégie vor 15 iaaren"; also marked "C.I. Voogt Geometra't Amsterdam by Johannes van Keulen (1) boekverkooper aand i nieux Brugh in de gekroon de Lootsman." | Amsterdam. | Zinner 1; van Cittert 1; Michel 3; D.J. Warner 2; Krogt 2; ADL; RSW. |
| VOOGT, CLAES JANSE | Holland, fl.1684-96, | "C.I. Voogt Geometra't, Amsterdam", marked on Nicolas Vooghdio's planisphere, ADL-A286. | Krogt 2. | ||
| VOPEL, CASPAR | Germany, 1511-61, MIM | Astrolabe, 1561 (ICA-614) = Harburg Schloss; Armillary Sphere with manuscript gores on Globe, 1543 = Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; made celestial globes, nocturnals, quadrants, etc, dating from 1532 to 1561; examples may be seen at the Köln Rheinisches Museum, KEN, USNM, NMM, SAL, DEU, BM, OXF, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., etc. | globe maker; variant is Volpelius. | Cologne. | Zinner 1; Price 1, 2 & 3; Ward 4; ICA 2; Maddison 1; Michel 3; Yonge; RSW. |
| VOPEL, GASPAR | see Caspar Vopel. | ||||
| VOS, WEDUWE J. | Holland, 1742, MIM | the widow Vos. | Warmoesstraat, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| VOSSIUS, ISAAC | Holland, 1618-89, OIM | mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an optical instrument maker; made a microscope with a high-power single lens; Monconys also refered to him. | the Hague; Leyden; Amsterdam. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | |
| VOSTER, ANN | Ireland, 1760, MIM | name known from an ad. | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| VOSTER, DANIEL | Ireland, fl.1742-51, MIM | Slide Rule, three-foot, 1742 = KEN; Sundial = X; Horizontal Sundial, 1751 = P.C. | P.C. signed "D. Voster Corke Fet 1751 Non regio nisi regar." | Cork. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett; Mollan. |
| VOSTER, ELIAS | Ireland, 1760, MIM | Cork. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| VREAM, WILLIAM | England, fl.1710-27, MIM PHIM | author; made barometers, air pumps, etc; worked for Francis Hauksbee 1. | Earl Street, near the Seven Dials, within two doors of the Royal Oak, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(559) & 2(127); A.J. Turner 10. | |
| VRETSCHER, MATTHIAS, P.S. | Germany, 1754, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1754 = Weinmuller 10/28/70 = WUP. | Mannheimer; RSW. | ||
| VRIES, JAN ROELLAS VAN | Holland, c.1641, MIM | Astrolabe = Michel Coll.; Sundial = Friesch Museum, Leeuwarden; Zappeck-type Sundial, 1641 = Eisinga's House, Franeker. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| VROESEN, ADRIEN | Holland, 1711, | astronomical broadside at USNM; description of a 1711 planetarium. | USNM. | ||
| VRYTHOFF, LAMBERTUS | Holland, c.1650, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, ten centimeters square = Spaulding Coll. (pre-1929) = Lempertz 6/14/76 = D.(1976). | The Hague. | Hamilton 2; Brieux 2; RSW. | |
| VUER, JAN CORNELYZ VAN | Holland, 1775, NIM | Octant, 1775 = MADEX = NMM. | Jan Cornelyz van Vüer; ex-Seguin Coll. | Bryden 9; Rooseboom 1; MADEX; NMM 2; RSW. | |
| VUILLAUME | France, c.1858, | violin maker; had Karl Rudolph Koenig as apprentice until 1858, which see. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| VULLIAMY | England, c.1787, MIM PHIM | Clock, 1787 = VAA; Barometer = VAA. | probably Benjamin Vulliamy, which see. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1775-1820, MIM PHIM | son of Justin Vulliamy and succeeded him; clockmaker to George III. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| VULLIAMY, BENJAMIN LEWIS | England, fl.1812-54, MIM PHIM | probably son of Benjamin Vulliamy; clock and barometer maker; Richard Thomas Jump worked for him; took Joseph Jump as apprentice; clockmaker to Queen Victoria. | London. | Goodison 1; Britten; Middleton 1. | |
| VULLIAMY, JUSTIN | England, fl.1730-90, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Nostell Priory, etc. | father of Benjamin Vulliamy; also made clocks. | Pall Mall, London. | Goodison 1. |
| VULPARIA, AMELLI | Italy, fl.1580-1600, MIM | Palermo. | Gunther 2. | ||
| VULPARIA, BENVENUTUS | Italy, 1486-1553, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1516 = Phillips 2/22/76 = TIM. | "Laurentii filius"; clockmaker; see B.V.; author | Florence; Rome. | Maccagni 1; Morpurgo 4; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, CAMILLUS | Italy, 1484-1560, MIM | Sundial, wood, 1542 = FLO. | father of Hieronymus Vulparia; clockmaker. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Maccagni 1; Morpurgo 4; Evans 1. |
| VULPARIA, EUPHROSYNUS | Italy; France, b.c.1500-53+, MIM | Astrolabe, 1525 (ICA-175) = BM; Nocturnals = NMM (1516), FLO (1520); Armillary Sphere, 1553 = VIE. | son of Laurentius Vulparia 1; NMM nocturnal from MADEX; made map of Roman country in 1547, now in Vatican; also a geographer and clockmaker; see Ulpius. | Florence; Lyon. | Bonelli 1; Michel 2 and 3; Morpurgo 1 and 4; Gunther 1; Price 1, 2 and 3; ICA 2; MADEX; Maccagni 1. |
| VULPARIA, EX OFFICINA | Italy, MIM | Nocturnal and Sundial = Paris Auction, 6/22/79. | could this be misreading for Euphrosynus Vulparia? | Florence. | RSW. |
| VULPARIA, GIROLAMO | see Hieronymus Vulparia. | RSW. | |||
| VULPARIA, HIERONYMUS | Italy, c.1527-1614, MIM | made astrolabes, armillary spheres, planetary Ptolemaic models, and a wide range of sundials, including ADL-M4, ADL-DPW11 and ADL-W91; other examples can be seen at FLO, BMR, Perugia Museum, OXF, HAR, KEN, etc. | son of Camillus Vulparia; clockmaker; author; worked in both ivory and brass; dates range from 1554-90. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Maddison 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Maccagni 1; Gatty; Yonge; ADL; Morpurgo 1 and 4; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, HIERONYMUS CAMILLI | Italy, | early version of Hieronymus Vulparia; armillary sphere (KEN, 1554) and planetarium (FLO, 1557) are signed thus; see Hieronymus Vulparia. | Maccagni 1. | ||
| VULPARIA, LAURENTIUS 1 | Italy, 1446-1512, MIM | Nocturnal and Sundial, 1511 = FLO. | father of Benvenutus and Euphrosynus Vulparia; clockmaker. | Florence. | Bonelli 1; Michel 3; Maccagni 1; Morpurgo 1 and 4; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, LAURENTIUS 2 | Italy, c.1500-66, MIM | Pin-gnomon Skaphe, 1560 = Josten Coll. = Soth. 3/14/57 = ADL-DPW14. | son of Camillus Vulparia; clockmaker. | Florence; Lyon (1553). | Michel 3; Maddison 3; Maccagni 1; ADL; Morpurgo 1 and 2; RSW. |
| VULPARIA, LORENZO | see Laurentius Vulparia 1. | A.J. Turner 10; Maccagni 1. | |||
| VULPIUS | see Ulpius. | Yonge. |
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