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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| W. | England, 1823, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1823 = D.(1983). | the barometer in signed "W" in a triangle on the scale and on the back. | RSW. | |
| W. AND W. | England, c.1725, NIM | Backstaff = NMM. | Taylor thought this entry might have been William Wright. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220). |
| W. M. F.S | England, 1838, MIM | Cruciform Sundial, wood, 1838 = D. | "W. m. F.s Sculp. 1838"; latitude is 53° 21'; painted wood. | Moskowitz 121. | |
| W., THOMAS | England, c.1330, MIM | Sundial, on the back of the Rosenwald astrolabe = USNM (ICA-2006)(ex-N. Giles Coll.). | the dial is signed "Thomas * W. fecit"; for lat. 53° 15'. | Price 1 & 2; ICA 2; USNM. | |
| W.B. 1 | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Artillery Level = ADL-M214. | three punches in a row are assembly marks on ADL; "W.B." also marked on artillery level signed "W. Burucker" at OXF. | Engelmann 1; ADL; Tarrasuk 1; Price 2; RSW. | |
| W.B. 2 | initials marked on side 1b of an Elias Allen compendium. | Soth. 7/7/78. | |||
| W.B. 3 | William Brown or William Buckley; the initials are marked on a 1551 quadrant signed "T.G." in the British museum; the quadrant is also marked "J.C." (1). | Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Taylor 1(18); Clay and Court. | |||
| W.B. 4 | England, 1781, MIM | Sundial, wood, 1781 = Lancaster City Museum. | a magnetic compass is inset into the cover. | RSW. | |
| W.B.N. | Scotland, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| W.C.I.V.E. | Holland, MIM | Perpetual Calendar on a silver writing tablet = Soth. 6/25/68. | signed "W.C.I.v E." | RSW. | |
| W.C.J. | 1612, NIM | Azimuth Compass, 1612 = OMM. | it does not look that early. | RSW. | |
| W.C.S. | c.1850, NIM | Azimuth compass = OMM. | RSW. | ||
| W.D. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Cloth Measure, wood = ADL-M489. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| W.F. 1 | Germany, 1563, MIM | Pillar Sundial, rock crystal and silver, 1563 = Soth. 12/8/69 = TIM. | calendar on parchment inside the rock crystal cylinder; dubious. | RSW. | |
| W.F. 2 | 1707, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1707 = D.(1972). | RSW. | ||
| W.F. 3 | England, | owner's initials on a nocturnal by Humphrey Cole in the BM. | Gunther 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| W.G. | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Log = AMST. | possibly William Geissler. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. |
| W.G.B.B.V.E. | marked on a 1584 astrolabe by Jost Bürgi in the KAS. | Zinner 1. | |||
| W.H. 1 | marked on a 1641 garden sundial signed "G.R." (2). | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. | |||
| W.H. 2 | Ireland, 1741, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1741 = WRAY-99. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| W.H. AND S. | Germany, MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/31/67. | RSW. | ||
| W.J. | MIM | Dividers = ADL-M136 | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| W.O. | USA, c.1780, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate = American Heriage Society Auction, 1972. | made for Charleston, South Carolina. | RSW. | |
| W.O.R. | 1722, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1722 = Koller 11/17/75. | the "W" is written as two overlapping "Vs." | RSW. | |
| W.P. 1 | Germany, fl.1591-98, MIM | Mining Compasses = NUR-WI1033 and NUR-WI1149; Instrument, ivory, 1598 = NUR. | made four engravings of sundials; an instrument, dated 1591, appears in a painting by von Kessel in the NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1. |
| W.P. 2 | marked on a finger ring sundial, signed "H.C." (1), at the NMM. | RSW. | |||
| W.R. 1 | England, 1620, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1620 = Melun 4/24/83. | fake ? | RSW; Morrison-Low ? | |
| W.R. 2 | Ireland, 1667, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass, wood, 1667 = OXF. | also marked "Dublini latitude 53°20'". | Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Simcock 1. |
| W.R. 3 | 1794, OIM | Telescope, 1794 = Military Museum, Warsaw. | RSW. | ||
| W.R. 4 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Last Acle. | RSW. | |
| W.S. | on English and German ring sundials, in most cases it stands for "Winter" and "Summer." | Michel 3; Josten 1; RSW. | |||
| W.V.S. | marked on a pantograph signed "M.G.A." | RSW. | |||
| WACHANO, P., AND STOPANI | Germany, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Hamburg. | RSW. | |
| WACHTER, ALBERT | Germany?, c.1850 ?, MIM | French Curve = D.(1985). | Coffeen 9. | ||
| WACHTER, EGBERT JACOBSEN | Holland, c.1600, NIM | delivered compasses and sounding lines to Jacob van Neck's expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | ||
| WADDINGTON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| WADHAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | |
| WADSWORTH, HENRY | USA, 1877, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = MYS. | patented, 1877. | Duxbury, Mass. | RSW. |
| WAECHTLER, FERDINAND FREDERICK | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Celestial Globe box, silver = LAW-300; Pairs of Globes = Soth. 12/7/51, MADEX-28 (silver), (ex-Chadenat). | Furth. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW. | |
| WAGENAER, MAERTEN JOOSTEN | Holland, c.1617, | Enkhuisen. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| WAGER, R. | England, 1783, MIM NIM | appointed master compass-maker to the Admiralty at Deptford Docks, succeeding Samuel Saunders 3. | RSW. | ||
| WAGER, RICHARD | England, fl.1728-56, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Naval Dockyard, Deptford. | Taylor 2(216). | |
| WAGNER, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1538-40, MIM | Astrolabe, 1538 (ICA-257) = OXF; Armillary Sphere, 1540 = NUR. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Lunardi; GHP. | |
| WAGNER, M. ZACH. | see Georg Vogt und M. Zach. Wagner. | Zinner 1. | |||
| WAHLBOM, ANDERS | Sweden, c.1755, MIM | apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; worked in his shop untill 1755. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| WAIT, GREENE AND CO. | USA, c.1828, | sold books, globes, etc. | Boston, mass. | USNM. | |
| WAITE, JOHN | England, fl.1668-95, MIM | apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 17, 1679; free of the Company on May 17, 1688; took an apprentice. | at Smithfield Bar, London (1688-95). | J. Brown 1. | |
| WAKE, CHARLES | England, c.1833, MIM | made drawing instruments. | 11 Silver Street, Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(2269). | |
| WAKELIN | England, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 10/17/60. | RSW. | ||
| WAKELY, ANDREW | England, fl.1631-65, | author; advertized in 1633; Taylor lists Wakely as a member of the Joiners' Company who took James Akinson 1 as an apprentice; Crawforth found no record of this; see A.W. 1 for possible instruments. | Redriff Wall, near Cherry Garden Stairs, London. | Taylor 1(169); Crawforth 7. | |
| WAL, JACOBUS VAN DE | Holland, d.1782, OIM | had an observatory at Leiden and made a large telescope. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| WALCHERLING, B.J.R. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Horizontal Sundials = BRA, P.C.; Analemmatic Sundial = BRA; Horizontal Sundial and Table Sundial on square plate = BRA; Azimuth Sundial = BRA. | Braunschweig. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| WALDEN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1. | |
| WALDING, MARTIN | England, c.1770, | marked on a Hadley's quadrant at NMM, made by Thomas Leake, 1770. | Taylor 2(738); NMM 2. | ||
| WALDSEEMULLER, MARTIN | Germany; France, c.1470-1518, MIM | Terrestrial Globe Gores, 1507 = Kraus, N.Y., U. of Minnesota; Gores for Globe, 1509 = X. | Waldseemüller. | Rudolfzell; St. Dié; Freiburg. | Edell 1; Yonge. |
| WALDSTEIN, H. | Austria; USA, c.1840, OIM | Vienna and New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WALES, WILLIAM | England; USA, fl.1850-93, OIM | pupil of Smith and Beck; came to America in the late 1850's; made microscope objectives. | Fort Lee, New Jersey (1891-93). | USNM. | |
| WALFORD, JOHN GEORGE | England, 1790-1832, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker. | Banbury. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WALGRAVE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1668-81, | designed an artillery instrument. | Two White Posts, near Little Queen Street, in Newton Street, St. Giles, London. | Taylor 1(329). | |
| WALKER 1 | Ireland, c.1799, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = MERC-154; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 10/27/69. | Dublin. | Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | |
| WALKER 2 | England, NIM | see J. and A. Walker and Walker and Son (2). | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; RSW. | |
| WALKER 3 | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = Exhibition "1000 Years of Navigation ", Brussels, 1979. | RSW. | ||
| WALKER AND SON 1 | Ireland, c.1800, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. (1982); Sundial = KEN. | see Walker 1. | 16 1/2 Temple Bar, Dublin. | Egestorff 1; RSW. |
| WALKER AND SON 2 | England, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass = Phillips 5/20/75. | see Walker 2. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| 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. | |
| WALKER, EZEKIEL | England, fl.1771-1816, OIM | amateur optician, interested in telescopes and micrometers. | Lynn, Norfolk. | Taylor 2(781). | |
| WALKER, F. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | see Francis Walker. | London. | RSW. |
| WALKER, F., AND J. HALL | England, 1834, NIM | Octant, ebony, brass and ivory, 1834 = Phillips 2/2/84. | London. | RSW. | |
| WALKER, FRANCIS | England, fl.1810-46, MIM PHIM | see F. Walker. | 35 (later 17) Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(1453). | |
| WALKER, FREDERICK | Ireland, fl.1832-50, MIM | 7 Trinity Place (1832-33); 31 Clarendon Street (1834-40); 29 Clarendon Street (1841-50); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| WALKER, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1841-48, MIM OIM | 6 Fade Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| WALKER, J. AND A. | England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant = WHI. | John and Alexander Walker; could be dealers; T.C. | 47 Bernard Street, London; Navigation and Stationery Warehouse, 33 Pool Lane, Liverpool (1823-27); 34 Castle Street (formerly Pool Lane), Liverpool (1837-39); 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 6. |
| WALKER, JOHN | England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM | partner with Alexander Walker as J. and A. Walker, which see. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731). | |
| WALKER, JOSEPH | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 43 Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2270). | ||
| WALKER, MATHEW | Ireland, fl.1721-22, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Georgia Historical Society, Atlanta. | Dublin. | USNM. | |
| WALKER, RALPH | Jamaica; England, 1749-1824, NIM | Azimuth Compass = NMM; Universal Ring Sundial, mounted over a Compass = PEA. | invented a tide calculator that was made by George Adams 2, an example is at the NMM. | Jamaica; London. | Taylor 2(782); J.A. Bennett 2; Dewhirst; Bedini 8; Brewington 1; RSW. |
| WALKER, SAMUEL | England, 1739, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1739 = The Holmes, Rotherham. | RSW. | ||
| WALKER, THOMAS | England, 1805-73, NIM | Harpoon Log = WHI; Patent Log = ADL-A57; Log, Model A-2 = D.(1972). | nephew of Edward Massey; the A-2 model log was patented in 1866; it was marked "London." | Birmingham; London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 104; G.L'E. Turner 24; ADL; RSW. |
| WALKER, THOMAS FERDINAND | England, fl.1861-1912, NIM | son of Thomas Walker; joined the firm in 1861; made taffrail logs. | Birmingham; London. | J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 104. | |
| WALKER, WILLIAM 1 | Ireland, fl.1775-1819, MIM | Miner's Dial, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84; Circumferentor, 1797 = P.C.; Mathematical Instrument Set, etui, 1779 = Soth. 10/22/69. | see William Walker and Son (1805-19); father of William Walker 2. | 15 Temple Bar (1776-88); 17 Temple Bar (1791-1819); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. |
| WALKER, WILLIAM 2 | Ireland, fl.1805-26, MIM | son of William Walker 1; see William Walker and Son. | 17 Temple Bar, Dublin (1819-26). | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| WALKER, WILLIAM, AND SON | Ireland, fl.1805-19, MIM | Circumferentors = P.C., P.C. (1802), DUB (1807). | William Walker 1 and his son, William Walker 2. | 17 Temple Bar; 16 1/2 Temple Bar; both in Dublin. | Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| WALKINS, W. | misreading for W. Watkins. | James Street, London. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| WALL, COL. GEORGE | USA, 1788, | invented "Wall's Trigonometer" in 1788. | Bucks County, Pa. | Bedini 8. | |
| WALL, THOMAS | USA, 1797-1854, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | Cleveland, Ohio (1845-54). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WALLACE, JAMES | Scotland, OIM | Telescope = D.(1978). | Androssan. | RSW. | |
| WALLACE, WILLIAM | Scotland, 1768-1843, | invented the Eidograph in 1801; professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University. | Edinburgh. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WALLER 1 | Germany, c.1690, OIM | Double Burning Glass = DRE. | Tschimhaüs. | RSW. | |
| WALLER 2 | see Woller. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WALLINGFORD, RICHARD OF | see Richard of Wallingford. | Michel 3; Gunther 2; North 4. | |||
| WALLIS, JAMES | England, 1790, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1790 = house in St. Ives. | St. Ives. | Gatty. | |
| WALMSLEY, W.H. | USA, OIM | microscope importer and dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WALPOLE, CHARLES | England; USA, c.1746, MIM | London; Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1. | ||
| WALPOLE, THOMAS | variant spelling for Thomas Walpool. | ||||
| WALPOOL, THOMAS | England, fl.1683-1703, MIM | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1677; free of the Company on March 7, 1683; took apprentices. | at the Mariner and Compass, Minories, London (1696-1715). | J. Brown 1; Taylor 1(505) & 2(128); Evans 1. | |
| WALTER | Ireland, 1792, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84. | Dublin. | RSW. | |
| WALTER, BERNHARD | Germany, 1434-1504, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi; Gatty. | |
| WALTER, JAMES | England, PHIM | made barometers and other weather indicators. | 14 Water Street, Liverpool. | USNM. | |
| WALTON | England, | wheel barometer signed "J. Browning Walton Glastonbury"; Walton was probably a dealer who carried the work of John Browning (3). | Glastonbury. | Soth. 7/21/87. | |
| WALTON, JAMES | England, OIM | Instrument = KEN. | Taylor 2(2271). | ||
| WALTON, JOHN | England, c.1713, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood in the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1713. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WANNCK | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = Drouot 6/2/49. | Michel 3. | ||
| WANSCHAFF | Germany, NIM | Reflecting Circle = KEN-1876-998. | RSW. | ||
| WARD | England, fl.1843-51, | barometer maker. | 79 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WARD AND SMITH | England, c.1735, | William Ward and Caleb Smith; designed a sextant in 1735 which was made by Thomas Heath 1. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, HENRY | England, fl.1755-1820, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | watch and clockmaker; author; the barometer is signed "H. Ward Blandford." | Blandford. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WARD, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1675-1711, MIM | consructed sundials; engineer. | Langley. | Taylor 1(388). | |
| WARD, JAMES 2 | England, c.1792, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1722-55, OIM | apprenticed to Timothy Brandreth of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1714; free of the Company, Jan. 11, 1722; Master of the Company from 1737 to 1744. | Court and von Rohr 3(94). | ||
| WARD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1734, MIM | apprenticed to James Parker in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 26, 1714; free of the Company, Jan. 22, 1735 by Mrs. Elizabeth Parker. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, JOHN 3 | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to Robert Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARD, MACOCK | USA, 1702-83, MIM | made and repaired mathematical instruments; clockmaker; loyalist. | Wallingford, Conn. | Bedini 8. | |
| WARD, WILLIAM | England, c.1735, | worked with Caleb Smith to design a new sextant; see Ward and Smith. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARDEN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | also a casemaker. | High Street (1767); Market Place (1770); both in Walsall. | Bryden 9. | |
| WARE AND HIREMAN | USA, fl.1855-58, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Henry Ware and the brothers, Hy W. and John H. Hireman. | 25 East 4th Street, Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| WARE, HENRY | USA, 1810-85, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = DPW. | worked alone, 1839-55; partner with Hy W. and John H. Hireman as Ware and Hireman (1855-58); alone again (1858-85); early maker of Burt's solar compass; bought a transit from Gurley in 1864. | at Shawk's boards, corner of 5th and Sycamore (1839-55); 25 East 4th Street (1855-56); East Fourth Street (1858-85); all in Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| WARE, RICHARD | England, c.1716, MIM | apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1708; free in the Company, June 5, 1716 | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WAREHAM, ROBERT | England; USA, 1825-92, MIM | Surveying Compass = X; Transit = X. | apprenticed to Edmund Draper c.1839, and was his foreman until Draper died in 1882. | England; 226 Pear (1867-90); 402 Locust (1891); both in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Miller. |
| WARLTIRE | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | possibly the owner. | Goodison 1. | |
| WARMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1696, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1696. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WARMELO, JOH. | Holland, 1742, NIM | made cross-staffs. | Utrechtschestraat, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WARNER 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/13/71. | Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. | RSW. | |
| WARNER 2 | see Roach and Warner; see Henry Warner. | Smart 1. | |||
| WARNER, HENRY | USA, 1810-57, MIM NIM PHIM | worked alone from 1834 to 1840 and from 1846 to 1857; took John Roach as a partner, 1841-45; the firm was known as Roach and Warner. | 293 Broadway (1838-42); 105 Fulton (1842-43); 68 Fulton Street; all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WARNER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Fage of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1672. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WARNER, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1682 to + or - 1700, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on March 29,1675; free of the Company, April 3, 1682; took apprentices; author; barometer maker; made improvements to the type of slide rule which he manufactured; Taylor and Goodison indicate that he was in business until 1722 but this is not confirmed. | at the Sign of the King's Arms and Globe, Little Lincols's Inn Fields, end of Portugal Row, London. | Taylor 1(449) & 2(129); Goodison 1; Robischon; J. Brown 3. | |
| WARNER, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1697-1705, MIM | apprenticed to Edward Norris of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company Jan. 8, 1697; may have taken Richard Hamilton as an apprentice, Sept. 1705. | Lomdon. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WARNER, JOHN 4 | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 7, 1712; may have been turned over to Richard Hamilton of the Clockmakers' Company. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WARNER, JOHN 5 | England, post-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | 72 Fleet Street, London, E.C. | USNM. | ||
| WARRANTED | used by American instrument makers to guarantee the instrument they either made or bought. | Warner 14. | |||
| WARREN, BENJAMIN | USA, 1740-1825, MIM NIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, wood = Streeter Coll., Yale University. | compass card printed by Paul Revere. | Plymouth, New Engd. (Mass). | Smart 1; Price 2; Bedini 8 & 16; USNM; Warner 12. |
| WARRENER, SOLOMON | England, c.1787, | apprenticed to John Karmock of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 6, 1787. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WARRICK, ENOCH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | RSW. | ||
| WARRINER, CHAUNCEY | USA, c.1846, MIM | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | ||
| WARRIS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1804-22, OIM | held a patent on a mount for opera glasses. | Burgen Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1239); Dewhirst. | |
| WARWICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 16A Sloane Square, Chelsea, London. | Taylor 2(2036a). | ||
| WASH, EDWARD | England, c.1801, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1801; free of the Company June 2, 1808. | London. | J. Brown 2. | |
| WASHBOURNE | England, OIM | Lucernal Microscope = Clay Coll. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | ||
| WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM | England, c.1650, MIM | may be the maker of several instruments signed "A.W." (1); alternate choices would be Andrew Wakely or Abraham Watlington; the instruments are quadrants dated 1639, 1640 and 1644, also a terrestrial globe dated 1652. | Taylor 1(214a); Weil 2 (17). | ||
| WASSERLEIN, R. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | Berlin. | RSW. | |
| WAST, PAULUS | Holland, c.1793, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = van Cleef en Scheurleer Auction, 1799; Plate from Thermometer = OXF; Barometer = LEY. | Langebrugsteeg over O.Z. Heenenlogment, Amsterdam (1793). | Mörzer Bruyns 2; van Cittert 2; Maddison 1; Daumas 1; USNM. | |
| WAST, PAULUS, EN ZOON | Holland, c.1800, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; Triple Tube Barometer = Bonhams 9/2/77. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW. | |
| WATER AND CO. | England, 19th Century, MIM | Sundial = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | marked "Caernarvon Lat'e 53° 7', Long. 4° 15' west." | Caernarvon. | RSW. |
| WATERMAN, GURDON | see Gurdon. | Pugsley Sale; RSW. | |||
| WATKINS 1 | England, 1730, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1730 = VAA. | London. | Grimaldi. | |
| WATKINS 2 | England, 1803, MIM | Pocket Compass, 1803 = Soth. 10/21/74. | could be Jeremiah or Francis (2) Watkins. | Charing Cross, London. | RSW. |
| WATKINS 3 | England, fl.1825-30, MIM | Miner's Dial = D.(1967). | see William Watkins 1. | 16 Augustine's Parade, Bristol. | Bryden 9; Dewhirst. |
| WATKINS 4 | England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments are signed "Watkins Charing Cross, London." | several instrument makers named Watkins used this address, it is difficult to differentiate between them. | Charing Cross, London. | RSW. |
| WATKINS 5 | England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | many instruments are signed "Watkins London"; could be the same as Watkins 4; the same comments apply. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATKINS AND HILL | England, fl.1819-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, examples at TEY, OXF, KEN, VNN, WHI, etc. | the firm started as Jeremiah Watkins and a descendant of Nathaniel Hill (1819-28); their trade card says they were "Mathematical, Optical and Philosophical Instrument Makers to Their Royal Highnesses The Dukes of York and Clarence"; they succeeded J. and W. Watkins; c.1828 Jeremiah was replaced by Francis Watkins 3; MIMs to the University of London; the firm's air pump won a prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; they were succeeded by the Elliott Brothers, c.1857. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(423); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 122; Wynter 1; Coffeen C and 43; RSW. |
| WATKINS AND SMITH | England, 1764-77, MIM OIM PHIM | Gunner's Calipers = Evans Coll.; Telescope = X; Odometer = Soth. 4/29/77; Stick Barometer = Audley End; Angle Barometers = D.(1978), KEN (1763). | Francis Watkins 1 and Addison Smith. | Charing Cross, London. | USNM; Evans 1; Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Moskowitz 122; McConnell; RSW. |
| WATKINS, A.W. | England, c.1808, PHIM | Inclined Barometer = USNM. | St. James Street, London (1808). | USNM. | |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 1 | England, before 1723-84, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Microscopes = KEN, LEY, Christie 12/17/75; Telescopes = KEN, CMY; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 5/12/75; Circumferentor = Soth. 5/12/75; Angle Barometers = OXF, D., Christie 12/6/78 (1753), Phillips-Scot. 3/29/90; Stick Barometers = VCW, KEN; Theodolite = WHI; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96; etc. | apprenticed to Nathaniel Adams in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1737; free of the Company, 1746; took Addison Smith as an apprentice in 1750 and as a partner from 1764 to 1777; succeeded by Jeremiah and William (1) Watkins (Sons?) in 1782; balance maker; introduced the angle barometer in 1752. T.C. | Sir Isaac Newton's Head, Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(423); Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Moskowitz 122; Goodison 1; Pipping 1; Court and von Rohr 3(142); Robischon; RSW. |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 2 | England, c.1763, OIM PHIM | nephew of Francis Watkins 1; apprenticed to Addison Smith in the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 6, 1763. | Charing Crosss, London. | Taylor 2(1733); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3186); G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 3 | England, fl.1828-35, MIM OIM PHIM | replaced Jeremiah Watkins in Watkins and Hill, 1828. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WATKINS, HENRY M. | USA, c.1847, PHIM | received a diploma for his electromagnetic machines at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct., 1847. | 167 William Street, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WATKINS, J. AND H. | misreading of J. and W. Watkins. | Cristie-SK 4/17/86. | |||
| WATKINS, J. AND W. | England, fl.1784-98, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Telescope = D.(1976); Solar Microscope = D.(1973); Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Ellipsograph = Phillips 9/10/86; Garden Sundial, 1785 = Soth.10/19/64; Theodolite = Soth.7/15/63; Graphometer = PEA; Hodometer = RSM. | Jeremiah and Walter Watkins; they succeeded their uncle, Francis Watkins 1 in 1784; instrument makers to the Duke and Duchess of York and to the Duke of Clarence; T.C.; Taylor listed this firm as Jeremiah and William (1) Watkins. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1052) & (1053); Moskowitz 122; Wynter 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| WATKINS, JEREMIAH | England, fl.1785-1828, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hodometer = Christie-SK 8/20/87; Hadley's Quadrant = CMY; Case of Drawing Instruments = DPW; etc. | nephew of Francis Watkins 1; brother of Walter Watkins; cousin or brother of William Watkins 1; worked with his brother, Walter Watkins, from 1784 to1798, as successors to Francis Watkins 1; worked alone 1799-1819; took Hill as a partner in Watkins and Hill in 1819; T.C.; instrument makers to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Clarence and to the Hone. East India Company. | No. 5 Charing Cross, London. | Taylor 2(1052) & (1053); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 122; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXV); USNM; RSW. |
| WATKINS, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov.28, 1722. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WATKINS, THOMAS | England, c.1746, NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = VCU. | apprenticed to James Tomlinson in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 2, 1746; the barometer is signed "T. Watkins." | Clay and Court; RSW. | |
| WATKINS, WALTER | England, fl.1784-1808, MIM OIM PHIM | from 1784 to 1798 he was a partner with his brother, Jeremiah, as J. and W. Watkins; they succeeded their uncle, Francis Watkins 1, | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1. | |
| WATKINS, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1784-1809, MIM OIM PHIM | Hodometer = OXF; Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Telescope = Christie 12/18/74; Instrument = NMM; Sundial = ROM; Angle Barometer = USNM; Stick Barometers = Earl Spencer Coll., X. | grandson of William Berry; brother or cousin of Jeremiah and Walter Watkins. | 22 St. James (1784-99); 70 St. James (1800-09); both in London. | Taylor 2(1053a); Middleton 1; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WATKINS, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1825-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Sundial, wooden case = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/9/59; Wheel Barometer = X; Instrument = NMM; Telescope = D.(1978). | 16 Augustine Parade; St. Augustine's Back; both in Bristol. | Taylor 2(1734); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WATLINGTON, ABRAHAM | England, 1644, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1644 = BM. | signed "Abraham Watlington fecit umbra sum"; see A.W. 1. | Ward 4; Price 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| WATSON 1 | England, c.1815, OIM | Telescopes = KEN, D.(1973), Soth. 4/24/45. | probably James Watson 2. | 4 Saville Place, opposite Lambeth Terrace, London. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst; USNM; RSW. |
| WATSON 2 | USA, c.1856, MIM | see William Burt and Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | RSW. | |
| WATSON 3 | England, post-1865, PHIM | Barometer and Altimeter = Christie 12/18/74. | marked "invented by H.A.H., 1865." | 4 Pall Mall, London. | RSW. |
| WATSON AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, # 1273 = Christie 12/8/76. | might be William Watson 1. | 313 high Holborn, London. | RSW. |
| WATSON, D. FRASER | England, c.1905, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Soth.- Pulborough 3/1/83. | Manchester. | RSW. | |
| WATSON, HENRY | England, c.1860, | made Armstrong's hydro-electric machine. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | USNM. | |
| WATSON, JAMES 1 | England, c.1719, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1708; free in the Company, 1719. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1771-1824, OIM | Telescopes = P.C. (1975), P.C. (1982), KEN, Soth. 3/25/86, Christie 12/17/75, D.(1976). | the telescopes are often signed "J. Watson London"; he was also a telescope maker for the trade. | London. | Taylor 2(1241); Moskowitz ; USNM; RSW. |
| WATSON, JOHN | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the company. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, N., AND SONS LTD. | misreading for W. Watson and Sons Ltd. | Soth. 7/18/73. | |||
| WATSON, R. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Sight = Christie 7/5/71. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| WATSON, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to John Warner 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1690. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WATSON, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1830, MIM | Level = P.C. | Manchester. | Delehar 4. | |
| WATSON, ROGER | England, c.1634, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 14, 1634. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, SAMUEL | England, fl.1674-1712, MIM NIM | Garden Sundial, 1688 = TIM. | devised a machine to find longitude at sea; made astronomical clocks. | Coventry; Long Acre, London. | Taylor 1(381); Evans 1; J. Brown 3; RSW. |
| WATSON, THOMAS | USA, 1832-1906, MIM | partner with William Burt, 1857-58, worked alone, 1859. | 214 Jefferson (1857-58); 34 Montcalm (1859); both in Detroit, Mich. | Smart 1. | |
| WATSON, THOMAS N. | USA, fl.1867-70, MIM SIM | partner in William J. Young and Co. with William J. Young and Charles S. Heller. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | |
| WATSON, W., AND SON LTD. | England, post-1850, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/14/79. | might be William Watson 1. | RSW. | |
| WATSON, W., AND SONS | England, fl.1837-99, MIM OIM | Eidograph = Christie 7/23/80; Microscopes = D.(1972), Christie 12/8/76 (# 1150) & (# 2761), Christie 5/26/76 (#3380), Phillips 4/20/83 (# 1578) and 12/12/89, K. and C. 9/29/76; Sundial = Christie 12/8/76. | might be William Watson 1. | 313 High Holorn, London. | Taylor 2(2272); RSW. |
| WATSON, W., AND SONS LTD. | England, fl.1900-27, MIM OIM | Microscope, # 66907 = Christie 12/8/76; Binocular Microscope, # 69798 = Christie 12/8/76; Telescope, 1918 and Microscopes (3) = Christie 5/26/76; Microscopes = D.(1972, Soth. 7/18/73; Telescope = D.(1976); Oxford Astrolabes, aluminum and paper = WHI, P.C., etc. | this firm may have been started by William Watson 1; the 1927 catalogue was the 41st edition; the astrolabe was designed by Jenkin. | 313 High Holborn, London. | Moskowitz 104; USNM; Bryden 16; Gunther 1; RSW. |
| WATSON, WILLIAM 1 | England, MIM OIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free of the Company; may be the founding Watson in W. Watson and Son(s). | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WATSON, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1755, NIM | Compass Card = X. | T.C.; compasses and nautical instruments. | Church Lane Stairs, Hull. | C.N. Robinson; Bryden 9. |
| WATSON, WILLIAM 3 | England, d.1857, MIM | Vertical Sundials (2) = Church and house in Seaton Ross, East Riding, Yorkshire. | farmer. | Seaton Ross, Yorkshire. | Gatty; Flamank. |
| WATT, JAMES | Scotland; England, 1736-1819, NIM | Sextant = Christie-SK 5/8/86; Sector = John Rathbone and Sons, Brmingham, 1880. | apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company, c.1750-56; trained to be a rule maker; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham. | London. | Rathbone 1; RSW. |
| WATT, JAMES 1 | Scotland; England, 1736-1819, MIM PHIM | Sector = KEN; Stick Barometer = RSM; Set of register plates = KEN. | apprenticed to John Morgan in London; returned to Glasgow in 1756; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the College of Glasgow", 1757 to 1771; the engineer who developed the steam engine; invented several mathematical instruments; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham, 1775. | Greenock; London; Saltmarket, Glasgow (1759-64); Irongate, Glasgow (1764-71); Birmingham (1775); Heathfield. | Taylor 2(548); Bryden 3 & 11; Goodison 1; Delehar 2; Dewhirst; RSW. |
| WATT, JAMES 2 | Scotland, fl.1827-63, MIM SIM | made measuring lines and survey chains. | 407 Argyll Street (1827-35); 179 Argyll Street (1836); 7 South Albion Street and 179 Argyll Street (1837-40); 11 St. Enoch Square and 179 Argyll Street (1841); 3 and 11 St. Enoch Square (1842); 3 St. Enoch Square (1843-53); 16 Croy place (1854-61); 11 Turner's Court (1862-63); all in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| WATTLEWORTH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Whitehaven. | Goodison 1. | |
| WATTS | England, 19th Century, MIM NIM | Dip Needle = Melun 4/24/83. | see E.R. Watts. | London. | RSW. |
| WATTS, E.R. | England, c.1880, MIM NIM SIM | Pocket Sextant = Phillips 5/20/75; Theodolite = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATTS, E.R., AND CO. | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 1/27/75. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATTS, E.R., AND SON | England, post-1850, MIM SIM | Theodolites = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87, K. & C. 4/7/76; Self-Adjusting Level = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87; Sextant = Soth. 6/21/76. | London. | RSW. | |
| WATTS, J. | USA, MIM | Gauge, wood, 45" and Rule, wood, 48" = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site. | the gauge is shod in steel. | corner of City Square and Chelsea Street, Charlestown, Mass. | RSW. |
| WATTS, JOHN | England, c.1712, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1698; free of the Company, Nov.3, 1712. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WATTS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WAULMAN, G.S. | USA, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | 116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| WAUN, ABRAHAM HARTOG | Holland, 1769-1833, MIM PHIM | worked with his father, Hartog Waun (1802-15), and with his brother, Jacob Waun (1816-33). | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| WAUN, HARTOG | Holland, fl.1769-1815, MIM PHIM | worked with his son, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1802-15. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| WAUN, JACOB | Holland, fl.1816-33, MIM PHIM | worked with his brother, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1816-33. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | |
| WAUQUIER | France, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | the barometer is signed "Wauquier-Soleil Paris." | Paris. | RSW. |
| WAUTHIER, JULES | England, fl.1853-55, PHIM | barometer maker. | 45 Wilmington Square, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WAWEN, GERVAS | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 14, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WAWRZNEIC, LAURENCE | Poland, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Polish Nat'l Collection, Montreal, Canada (1955). | Thorn. | Connoisseur, Sept. 1955. | |
| WEABER | England, c.1850, OIM | Cary-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| WEARDEN | variant of Warden. | Bryden 9. | |||
| WEATHERILL, WILLIAM | USA, c.1800, | mathematician. | 62 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1800). | USNM. | |
| WEATHERSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1787-1801, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clock and watch maker. | Woolmarket, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. |
| WEBB 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 2/26/68. | London. | RSW. | |
| WEBB 2 | see Killick and Webb. | Bell 2. | |||
| WEBB, AMBROSE | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 10, 1712; free of the Company, March 5, 1722. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WEBB, HENRY | England. | naturalist; prepared microscope slides. | George Street, Balsall Heath, ca. 1858-66. | USNM; WEBDB. | |
| WEBB, ISAAC | England, fl.1669-95, MIM | admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1669; took apprentices; turned Benjamin Owen over to William Newton 1. | London. | J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. | |
| WEBB, J. | England, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = P.C. (1982). | London. | RSW. | |
| WEBB, JOHN | England, 1760-1846, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Theodolite = Phillips 2/2/84; Instrument = X. | T.C. | Old Established Shop, 408 Oxford Street; 192 Tottenham Court Road, opposite the chapel (1817); 28 Francis Street; all in London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; Taylor 2(665); RSW. |
| WEBB, JOSEPH | England, c.1751, MIM | apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 2, 1744; made free in the Company on Christopher Stedman's report on Nov. 12, 1751. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WEBB, JOSEPH BENJAMIN | England, fl.1825-28, MIM NIM PHIM | 13 Charles Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1737). | ||
| WEBB, RICHARD | England, c.1842, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Denton. | Denton. | Gatty. | |
| WEBB, THOMAS | England, c.1793, MIM | Rule, folding, wood = D.(1988). | rule maker. | 8 Earl Street, St. James, Bristol. | Bryden 9. |
| WEBBER, JOHN | England, c.1800, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Webber London." | Woolwich. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WEBBERS, ZACHARIAS | Holland, 1639, MIM | Pillar and Spherical Sundial, 1639 = SWE. | the sundial is signed "Zacharias Webbers Lipsiensis ad Elavationem Poli 52 Graden Amsteldami: Anno 1639." | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Pipping 1; RSW. |
| WEBSTER | England, c.1835, | improved the beam level; might be Henry Webster. | Moskowitz 104. | ||
| WEBSTER AND HAVENS | USA, c.1852, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| WEBSTER, HENRY | England, fl.1843-60, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | looking-glass, and thermometer maker. | 3 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell (1843-46); 37 Coppice Row (1847-60); both in London. | Goodison 1. |
| WEBSTER, J. | USA, fl.1853-56, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| WECHIO, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| WEDDERBURN, THOMAS | see Adie and Wedderburn. | Bryden 3. | |||
| WEDDIGEN, H.G. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial on ivory cube = KAS. | Zinner 1. | ||
| WEDGEWOOD, JOSIAH | England, 1730-95, PHIM | ceramicist; introduced a pyrometer consisting of fusable clay cones in 1782. | Burslem. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WEED, B. | England, c.1850 z, NIM | Sextant = D.(1972). | Liverpool. | Moskowitz 104. | |
| WEEDEN, JOHN | England, c.1822, OIM | 18 Baldwyne Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1738). | ||
| WEEDON, WILLIAM JOHN | England, fl.1822-32, MIM OIM PHIM | 7 Norman Street, St. Luke's, London. | Taylor 2(1739). | ||
| WEEKES, JOHNSON | England, fl.1683-84, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Robert Cooke of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1671; free of the Company Dec. 3, 1683; took an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3; Clay and Court. | |
| WEET, JOHN | England, 1728, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1728 = BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| WEETS, JOHNSON | misreading for Johnson Weekes. | Dewhirst. | |||
| WEGELIN, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Switzerland, 1683-1750, | author; wrote on cosmography and armillary spheres. | St. Gallen. | Michel 3. | |
| WEGELIN, JOSUA | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial on table clock = Auction, Munich 1933. | Augsburg. | Michel 3. | |
| WEHMANN, H. | Germany, NIM | Octants = BRE, D.(1976); Compass Card = BRE. | instrument maker and dealer; the dealer's octant was marked "sold by." | Vegasac. | RSW. |
| WEHMANN, T.E. | Germany, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | Vegasac. | RSW. | |
| WEICHERT, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Christie pre-1987; Sextant = D.(1978). | T.C. | Cardiff. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| WEICKERT 1 | Germany, c.1650, PHIM | Nest of Weights = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | |
| WEICKERT 2 | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Protractor = DRE. | Leipzig. | RSW. | |
| WEIGEL, ERHARD | Germany, 1625-99, MIM | Celestial Globes inside Armillary Spheres, 1699 = BASH, KAS, Breslau Universitäts Sternwarte, NUR, etc.; Globe, silver with coat-of-arms and weather vane = MUN; Celestial Globes, 1699 = NMM, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (copper); Terrestrial Globe, 1699 = FLO; Celestial Globe = FLO. | author; wrote on globes. | Jena. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| WEILBACH, JOHAN PHILIP | Denmark, c.1830, NIM | Crown Compass = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | made liquid compasses. | Copenhagen. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. |
| WEILER, J. | marked later on gunner's level by Picart, at OXF. | RSW. | |||
| WEILER, MARTIN 1 | Germany, 1590, MIM | Astrolabe, 1590 (ICA-3025) = SKO. | "Iochemus Haertsberch Lybeck.....", owner. | Eisleben. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; Price 2; Brieux 2; RSW. |
| WEILER, MARTIN 2 | Universal Ring Sundial, (falsely dated 1590) = X. | fake, probably by the London forger. | Brieux 2. | ||
| WEINMANN, CHRISTOPH | Germany, fl.1678-88, MIM SIM | Sector, 1678 = HAK; Rules (2), 1688 = ROU; Graphometers = Schloss Moosham, Salzburg, the Königsberg Stadt. Sammlung; Artillery Level, 1685 = DRE. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| WEINMAYSTER, GEORGIO | astrolabe ICA-256 is inscribed "Valentinus Sonthalmer Georgio Weinmayster dono 1535"; it is also marked "H.G. 1537" (1); the long inscription is marked in the mater; the astrolabe was formerly in the Nachet Coll. | Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Zinner 1; MADEX; Nachet. | |||
| WEIR, ROBERT | Ireland, fl. 1785-1846, OIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1785 = Ardrossan, Ayr. | 17 Bridge Street, Coleraine. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Somerville. | |
| WEISS AND SON | England, c.1850, PHIM | showed in the Great London Exhibition of London in 1851. | 62 Strand, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WEISS, GEORGE | USA, fl.1853-54, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WEISS, GOTFRIED | Germany, c.1730, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = VIE, GRA, OXF; Equatorial Sundial = Breslau Sternwarte; Table Sundial = KEN; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87; Particular Sundial, with case = Soth. 4/17/61; Equatorial Sundial = GRA. | Nürnberg | Zinner 1; Maddison 1; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| WEIZSAEKER, V. | France, NIM | Sextant = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y. | Dunkerque. | USNM. | |
| WELCH, BENJAMIN | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 of the Joiners' Company in 1700. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WELCH, GEORGE | England, c.1796, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on Jan.4, 1781; free of the Company on April 7, 1796. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| WELCH, J. | England, 1716, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver, 1716 = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| WELCH, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1838-43, PHIM | Atwood Machine = USNM. | 54 Chrystie (1838-39); 43 Eldridge (1841-43); both in New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WELDON | Weldon Range Finder Patent = Christie 5/26/76. | RSW. | |||
| WELDON, EDWARD | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. | |
| WELKER, JOHN | USA, 1797, MIM | clock, watch and instrument maker. | Market Street; across from Mrs. Kimboll's Tavern, Patrick Street (1797); both in Washington, D.C. | USNM. | |
| WELLER | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Littlehampton. | RSW. | |
| WELLINGEN, H.G. | Germany, MIM | Ivory Sundials (2) = STU. | RSW. | ||
| 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. |
| WELLS AND FOSTER 1 | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | L.T. Wells and James Foster 1. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| WELLS AND FOSTER 2 | USA, fl.1838-52, MIM OIM PHIM | William Wells and James Foster 2. | Third Street, near Sycamore (1838-); Walnut, between third and Fourth Streets (-1852); both in Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WELLS, GRACE | England, fl.1690-1708, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; widow of Joseph Wells, Joiner; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, JAMES | England, c.1664, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Worral of the Joiners' Company in 1656; turned over to Richard Sanders in the Company in 1656; free in the Company, 1664; took an apprentice. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, JEREMIE | England, fl.1703-35, MIM | apprenticed to his mother, Grace Wells, in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 3, 1690; free of the Company, Sept. 7, 1703. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1606-35, | author; designed accurate sundials. | Deptford. | Taylor 1(114). | |
| WELLS, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1682-1714, MIM | "Rulemaker"; apprenticed to John White 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 13, 1672; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1682; took apprentices; | London? | J. Brown 3. | |
| WELLS, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1748, PHIM | Angle Barometer = NMM. | glass toy maker. | Moor Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. |
| WELLS, JONATHAN | England, c.1676, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1676. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WELLS, JOSEPH | England, fl.1667-90, MIM | apprenticed to John Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 20, 1660; free of the Company July 6, 1668; Brother in the Clockmakers' Company, 1668; succeeded by his widow, Grace Wells; took apprentices; rulemaker. | London. | Taylor 1(333); Clay and Court; Loomes; J. Brown 1 & 3; Crawforth 7. | |
| WELLS, L.T. | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | partner with James Foster 1 as Wells and Foster (1). | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | |
| WELLS, NUGENT | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Phillips 11//16/88. | Newport. | RSW. | |
| WELLS, SAMUEL | England, fl.1817-30, MIM PHIM | 3 Clerkenwell Green; 139 Old Street, St. Luke's; both in London. | Taylor 2(1455). | ||
| WELLS, WILLIAM | USA, fl.1838-52, MIM OIM PHIM | see Wells and Foster 2; was the partner of James Foster 2. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | Smart 1. | |
| WELPER, EBERHARD | Germany, 1619, MIM | Quadrant, paper on wood, 1619 = DOR. | Strassburg. | RSW. | |
| WELSH, WILLIAM | USA, 1832, PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WELTIN, MELCHIOR | Austria, 1744, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = HAK (1744), VIE; Artillery Level = VIE. | HAK has sights for gnomon. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; W. Eckhardt 3; Rohde; Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| WELTZIEN, DANIEL | Germany, fl.1754-77, MIM SIM | Graphometer = HAK. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| WENCKEBACH, EDUARD | Holland, 1813-74, NIM | Prismatic Compass, Schmalcalder-type = AMST; Azimuth Compass = NMM; Quintants = TEY (# 46), P.C. (# 27); Bearing Compasses = Auction BOM 1906 & 1910; Sextants = TEY, P.C., Christie 6/17/72; Reflecting Circles = LEY (2), UTR, Poly- technic School, Delft. | Oude Teertuinen 30 (1841-42); Hoek Nieuwebrug en Nieuwe- brugsteeg (1843-52); both in Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 & 5; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| WENGEMAYER, ODDO | Germany, 1622-1703, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. | |
| WENHAM, F.H. | England, OIM | Binocular Microscope = X. | convertible to a single microscope. | Effra Vale Lodge, Brixton. | USNM. |
| WENL, EMANUELL | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, July 5, 1686. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WERMELANDS BERGMASSARE CONTOIR | an agency which stamped its name on a magnetic compass made by I.G.H. | RSW. | |||
| WERNER | Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1971) = P.C. | Diameter = 5 Rhineland inches = 14 cm.; "Werner fecit Köln"; a modern forgery. | Brieux 4; RSW. | ||
| WERNER, J. | Germany, 1574, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1574 = DRE. | "er J. Werner oder Hartmann"; master mark shows crossed swords on a shield. | Nürnberg. | RSW. |
| WERNER, JOHANNES | Germany, 1468-1522, MIM | Astrolabe, 1516 (ICA-551) = NUR. | author; sundial maker; made improvements to the cross-staff in 1514. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; ICA 2; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Lunardi; Price 1; Behaim Cat.(1957). |
| WERNHER | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1976). | modern English forgery. | Brieux 2. | ||
| WERNLE, JOHANN GEORG | Germany, c.1750, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = ADL-M297. | may have been item 58 in the Puttick and Simpson Cat., 6/18/1894. | Pressburg. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Fischer; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. |
| WERTHEIMER, M. | France, c.1845, | see Dr. Roth and M. Wertheimer. | Daumas 1. | ||
| WESE | England, late 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/17/75. | West (?). | Fleet Street, London. | RSW. |
| WESLEAK, WILLIAM | England, c.1691, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 31, 1691. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WESNLE, TOH. GEORG | misreading for Wernle. | P. & S. 6/18/1894. | |||
| WESSCHAGL, MANUEL | Germany, d.1728, MIM | Screw-Cutting Tool = USNM. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| WESSELL, I.J. | Norway, NIM | Traverse Board = OMM. | Christianafiord. | RSW. | |
| WESSLER INSTRUMENT CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Wye Level = GUR. | St. Louis, Mo. | USNM. | |
| WESSMAN, GUSTAVE | USA, fl.1852-53, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | ||
| WEST 1 | England, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1971); Stick Barometers = Christie 11/16/55, D.(1988); Surveying Instrument = ADL-T40; Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1976); Walking Stick Barometer = NMM; Microscope = Christie-SK 7/10/80. | could be Charles or Francis West. | London. | Goodison 1; ADL; RSW. |
| WEST 2 | England, | Protractor = Phillips 4/20/83. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| WEST, CHARLES | England, fl.1814-30, MIM OIM PHIM | Telescopes = WHI, Phillips 2/2/84, Soth. 5/21/73, D.(1971); Stick Barometer = X. | T.C.; may have been in partnership with Charles Robert West. | Serle's Passage, Lincoln's Inn; 5 Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane and 83 St. James Street, Pall Mall (1814-25); all in London. | Taylor 2(1456); Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW. |
| WEST, CHARLES ROBERT | England, fl.1806-24, OIM | Telescope = P.C. | may have been associated with Charles West; worked with William Bruce on a portable telescope; received a patent on it in 1806. | 78 Cornhill and Plow Court, Fetter Lane; Gateway of Lincoln's Inn and St. James, Pall Mall; all in London. | Taylor 2(1242). |
| WEST, FRANCIS | England, fl.1828-59, MIM OIM PHIM | Barometer = KEN, Meteorological Office, Bracknell; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/24/83; Camera Lucida = Exeter; Adams Universal Microscope = Soth. 4/28/69; Horizontal Sundial = Pugsley Sale; Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T40; Cuff-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' company in 1821; free of the Company, July 8, 1828; sold the log-log slide rule for accounting, invented by Peter Mark Roget in 1815, and divided by John Rooker. | 17 Rupert Court, Drury Lane; 83 Fleet Street (1830-44); 41 Strand (1844-56); 92 and 93 Fleet Street (1849-59); all in London. | Taylor 2(1243); Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Court and von Rohr 3(247); Tomlinson 1; Delehar 9; ADL; RSW. |
| WEST, FRANCIS LINNELL | England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer, oak = Soth. 5/1/86; Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/17/75; Microscopes = D.(1972), Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | 31 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London. | USNM; RSW. | |
| WEST, J.C., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in octant box. | RSW. | ||
| WESTBERG, CARL HINDRIC | Sweden, 1720-69, OIM | Telescope = STM. | instrument maker; apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; active from c.1750 untill 1763 when he retired. | Stockholm. | Pipping; RSW. |
| WESTERMANN, B., AND CO. | USA, OIM | advertised a pocket microscope. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WESTERN, GEORGE | England, 1812, MIM | Map Meter, 1812 = X. | Delehar 3. | ||
| WESTIN, JOHANN FIEDLER VON | see Johann Fiedler. | RSW. | |||
| WESTIN, LUDW. EDW. | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = NOR. | owner?; the name is stamped twice in the case for the dial. | RSW. | |
| WESTLEY | England, | see Carpenter and Westley. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Coffeen B; Dewhirst. | ||
| WESTLEY, F. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/27/88. | 27a Old Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WESTON, W. | England, c.1840, MIM | Rule, 48", folding, wood = D.(1983). | Coffeen C. | ||
| WESTON, WILLIAM | England, 1722, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, gilt-brass, 1722 = D.(1973). | for latitude 52°. | RSW. | |
| WETELING, JAN | Holland, fl.1760-71, NIM | "I. Weteling" is marked on a cross-staff signed "J.V.K. 1760"; pupil in the Utrecht Society. | Utrecht. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WETHERED, GEORGE | England, c.1677, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1677. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WETHERELL, JOHN | England, 1690, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1690. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WETTER, CHR. | see Chr. Vetter. | Hamilton 1 & 2. | |||
| WETTES, DE | Holland?, 1639, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1639 = Spitzer-47 (2806). | might be a variant of Wetter or Vetter. | Michel 3. | |
| WETTON | England, c.1800, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Lempertz 6/14/76. | 21 Fleet Street, London. | RSW. | |
| WEYDMAN, LUCAS | Poland, 1648, MIM | Instrument, 1648 = BM. | Cracow. | Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| WEYER, JOHN | Poland, MIM | Table Clock = ADL-A11. | Danzig. | ADL; RSW. | |
| WEYERMAN, J.H. | Germany, 1747, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1747 = OXF. | Ronsdorff. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | |
| WEYGAND, F.J. | Holland, c.1816, MIM | Terrestrial Globe Gores (attached) = Free Library, Philadelphia, Pa. | "Globe artificiel et méchinique à l'usage du Petit Géographer à Amsterdam." | Amsterdam; The Hague. | Yonge. |
| WEYK, JACOBUS | Holland, 1767, MIM | in de Kalverstraat bij de Luciessteeg, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| WEYMAN, DE | 1676, NIM | Tell-tale Compass, 1676 = Christie 6/7/72. | the compass is also marked "int. bos." | RSW. | |
| WEYS | see Weiss. | Zinner 1. | |||
| WHALEY | England, c.1840, NIM PHIM | Octant = D.; Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88; Marine Barometer and Thermometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| WHEATON, JOSEPH | England, c.1717, | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WHEATON, SETH | USA, 1779, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1779 = Richard Bourne Auction 8/9/79. | Providence, R.I. | RSW. | |
| WHEATSTONE, CHARLES | England, 1802-75, | physicist; developed an electric telegraph in 1831; invented the stereoscope in 1832; developed the Wheatstone bridge in 1843; many other philosophical instruments. | Gloucester; d. Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1. | |
| WHEELER | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHEELER, EDMUND | England, OIM | Microscopes = D.(1975), Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHEELER, JOHN | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 5, 1806. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WHEELER, JOHN H. | USA, fl.1825-36, MIM NIM OIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = ADL-N55, D.(1983); Marine Compass, dry-card = PEA. | T.C.; in the trade card he claimed to be a "real manufacturer" of instruments; Robert Ludlow Shaw may have been his apprentice; succeeded by Addington D. Frye and Robert Ludlow Shaw. | 7 Thames (1825); 218 Water (1825-26); 220 Water (1827); 156 and 220 Water (1828); 220 Water (1829-35); 222 Water (1835-38); all in New York, N.Y. | Preuss and Treworgy 2; USNM; Coffeen D; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| WHEELHOUSE AND BERCINI | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded John Cetta. | 40 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHIBLIN, JOHN | England, fl.1669-76, MIM | carpenter; made scales, rules and models. | Taylor 1(340); Evans 1. | ||
| WHIFORD | England, c.1800, MIM | Rule, ivory, part of an architect's etui = Soth. 12/15/78. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHIPP, THOMAS | England, c.1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Whipp Rochdale." | Yorkshire Street, Rochdale. | Goodison 1. |
| WHIPPLE, SQUIRE | USA, 1804-88, MIM SIM | made and sold surveying instruments after he moved to Albany, N.Y.; graduated from Union College in 1830. | Hardwich, Mass. (1804-); Albany, N.Y. (-1888). | Smart 1; USNM. | |
| WHISTON, WILLIAM | England, 1667-1752, | author; designed several instruments including one called the "Copernicus." | Clare College, Cambridge; London. | Taylor 1(461) & 2(132). | |
| WHITAKER | England, MIM | Sector, ivory & brass = ADL-W114. | 12 Long Lane, Smithfield, London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| WHITALL, HENRY | USA, c.1830, MIM | produced a "Movable Planisphere of the Heavens." | D.J. Warner 6. | ||
| WHITBREAD AND SEELING | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 2 King Street, St. Luke's, London. | Taylor 2(2039). | ||
| WHITBREAD, GEORGE | England, fl.1828-50, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Hadley's Quadrant = NMM; Artificial Horizon = NMM (2); Quintants = AMST (2); Octant, ebony = Soth. 6/19/75; Sextant, pocket = Soth. 10/20/75; Sextant, case = Soth. 10/3/88 = Soth.-C 7/25/90. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1821; free of the Company on July 17, 1828. | 11 Exmouth Street, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(17410; Court and von Rohr 3(248); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| WHITCOMB, RASSELAS PRINCE | USA, 1808-84, MIM SIM | Transit Compass = P.C.(1863). | fl.1851-78; took Herman Pfister as a partner in the firm "R. Whitcomb and Co"; sold out to Pfister in 1878; | 121 Walnut (1851-52); 137 W. 5th (1855); northwest corner of 5th and Plum (1856); southwest corner of 5th and Race (1857-77); 119 W. 5th, Room 6 (1877-78); all in Cincinnati, Ohio. | Smart 1. |
| WHITE | England, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = KEN. | RSW. | ||
| WHITE AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| WHITE, JAMES | Scotland, fl.1850-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Mining Compasses = D.(1972), D.(1974); Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972); Microscope = D.(1976); Altimeter and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79; Dry Card Compass = Maritime Museum of British Columbia. | made instruments for Lord Kelvin; see Kelvin and James White Ltd. | 24 Renfield Street (1850-52); 14 Renfield Street (1853-56); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3; Wynter and Turner; Moskowitz 112; USNM; RSW. |
| WHITE, JOHN 1 | England, c.1670, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Loomes of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1663; turned over to Thomas Bagley of the same Company; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1670; took John Wells 2 as an apprentice. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WHITE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1668, MIM | apprenticed to Humphrey Peirce of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1668. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WHITE, JOHN 3 | England, 1668, | admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WHITE, MR. | England, 1661, MIM | John Brown 1 reported that White had invented a slide rule; might be John White 3. | Taylor 1(407) or (489); J. Brown 3. | ||
| WHITE, PEREGRINE | USA, 1747-1834, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = P.C.(1957), P.C.(1975), USNM, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. (2), etc; Protractor with Rule = P.C.; Surveying Instrument = Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | silversmith; clockmaker; instruments are dated from 1774-1834. | Woodstock, Conn. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; RSW. |
| WHITE, PHILIP | England, c.1817, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 28, 1817. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WHITE, S. | England, fl.1830-38, NIM | see William and S. White. | 17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(2041). | |
| WHITE, SAMUEL | England, 1707, NIM | compass maker for the Navy. | Ratcliff Cross, London. | Taylor 1(543). | |
| WHITE, THOMPSON AND CO. | Scotland, NIM PHIM | Mariner's Compass = Christie 7/5/71; Barometer and Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Whyte ? | Glasgow. | RSW. |
| WHITE, W. 1 | England, 1839, MIM | White's Plane Spherical Globe, 1839 = Phillips 9/10/86. | a planisphere. | 210 Brook Hill, Sheffield. | RSW. |
| WHITE, W. 2 | England, c.1845, NIM | Octant = Christie-SK 10/23/87. | T.C.; "late Northen"; succeeded Richard Northen and Son, c. 1845. | 50 Lowgate, Hull. | RSW. |
| WHITE, WILLIAM | Ireland, c.1824, OIM | 17 Crow Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | ||
| WHITE, WILLIAM SAMUEL | England, fl.1830-38, NIM | made sextants and quadrants. | 17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(2041). | |
| WHITEAR, T. | England, 1770, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1770 = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| WHITEHEAD | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Market Harborough. | RSW. | |
| WHITEHEAD, CHARLES | England, c.1693, MIM | Gunner's Calipers = D.(1997). | apprenticed to his father, Richard Whitehead, of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1693; instrument signed "Cha: Whitehead Fec." | J. Brown 3; Clifton 1; Coffeen 56. | |
| WHITEHEAD, JAMES | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1811. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | ||
| WHITEHEAD, RICHARD | England, fl.1671-93, MIM SIM | Butterfield-type Sundials = ADL-W203, P.C. (1990), Soth. 11/9/59 & 12/20/28; Sundials, silver = OXF (1671), Barrett Coll.; Circumferentor = WHI. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 5, 1663; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1671; took apprentices, including his son, Charles; his name is shown as Charles Whitehead in the apprenticeship papers; worked for George Graham. | Gunpowder Alley, Shoe Lane, off Fleet Street, London. | Taylor 1(300); J. Brown 3; Robischon; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Dewhirst; J. Evans 1; Clifton 1; ADL; RSW. |
| WHITEHOUSE 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | London. | RSW. | |
| WHITEHOUSE 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 8 Coventry Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHITEHOUSE 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89 | 43 Warwick Street, Pimlico, London. | RSW. | |
| WHITEHOUSE, HON. GEORGE LEIGHTON | USA, 1797-1887, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses, wood = P.C., D.(1989), P.C., D.(1983); Surveying Compass = P.C.; Magnetic Compass = Gun House, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. | land surveyor. | Farmington, N.H. (1824-87). | Smart 1; Coffeen C; Moskowitz 132. |
| WHITEHOUSE, J. | England, MIM | Protractor = Phillips 6/15/76. | RSW. | ||
| WHITEHOUSE, JOHN T. | England, fl.1830-38, OIM | 13 St. John's Lane, London. | Taylor 2(2042). | ||
| WHITEHOUSE, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1825-46, OIM PHIM | Telescope = D.(1974); Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | 2 Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square; 3 (1) Cross Street, Hatton Garden; 1 Castle Street, Great Newport Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1742); USNM; RSW. | |
| WHITEHOUSE, S. | England, fl.1814-16, OIM PHIM | made magnets. | 3 Green Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1459). | |
| WHITEHURST | England, c.1750, PHIM | Chemical Balance = LEY. | could be James Whitehurst 1 or John Whitehurst 1. | Derby. | Daumas 1. |
| WHITEHURST AND SON | England, fl.1810-34, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie 5/5/83, Christie-SK 10/20/89, Phillips 12/12/89; Wheel Barometer = X. | John Whitehurst 2 and his son, John Whitehurst 3. | 22 Irongate, Derby. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WHITEHURST, JAMES | England, c.1775, PHIM | father of John Whitehurst 2; brother of John Whitehurst 1; clock and barometer maker. | Derby. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHITEHURST, JOHN 1 | England, 1713-88, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1977); Angle Barometers, 1749,1768, 1772 = X; Angle Barometer = Hardwick Hall; Angle Barometer, 1772 = Salford City Art Museum (lost0; Wheel Barometers = Luton Hoo, D.(1988), X; Angle Barometer, 1776 = P.C. | made F.R.S. in 1779; "Stamper of Money Weights" at the London Mint, 1775; probably succeeded in Derby by his brother, James Whitehurst of Derby and then by his nephew, John Whitehurst 2; clockmaker; made a member of the American Philosphical Society in 1786; friend of James Ferguson 1. | 22 Irongate, Derby; 4 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London (1776-88). | Taylor 2(318); Gunther 2; Goodison 1; Symonds; R.J. Morris; DNB; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| WHITEHURST, JOHN 2 | England, 1761-1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = P.C.(2), Untermyer Coll., P-B 1962; Angle Barometers = OXF, BM, X; Stick Barometer = X; Wind-vane, 1791 = X. | see Whitehurst and Son; succeeded his father, James, and later his uncle, John Whitehurst 1; clockmaker; Middleton thought John Whitehurst 1 had made OXF barometer. | 22 Irongate, Derby. | Goodison 1; MacQuoid and Edwards; Middleton 1. |
| WHITEHURST, JOHN 3 | England, 1788-1855, MIM PHIM | son of John Whitehurst 2; partner with his father, 1810-34; clockmaker, also made barometers, thermometers, etc. | 22 Irongate; 1 Cherry Street (after 1843); both in Derby. | Goodison 1. | |
| WHITELEY, FRANCIS | USA, c.1836, MIM | Surveying Instrument, No. 147 = P.C. | patented a compass quadrant and protractor, Dec. 6, 1836. | Standardsville, Va. | Smart 1; USNM; RSW. |
| WHITESCARVER, G.H. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Protractor with Rule, electrum = D.(1995). | signed "G.H. Whitescarver's Calculating Protractor." | Coffeen 51. | |
| WHITESCOVER, G.H. | USA, | patented a quadrant compass. | USNM. | ||
| WHITFORD, SAMUEL | England, fl.1750-72, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer and hygrometer maker; probably father of Thomas Whitford; T.C. | Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(549); Goodison 1; Coffeen 41. | |
| WHITFORD, THOMAS | England, fl.1743-92, MIM OIM | Telescope = D.(1993). | apprenticed in 1736; probably related to Samuel Whitford, which see; John Bleuler succeeded him, still at the same address; T.C. | 27 Ludgate Street, St. Paul's, London. | Taylor 2(549); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Coffeen 41. |
| WHITING, W.G. | England, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988). | 6 Market Street, Manchester. | Rinaldi 22. | |
| WHITMORE AND SON | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Gold Street, Northampton. | RSW. | |
| WHITNEY, JOHN | USA, c.1801, MIM OIM | succeeded Thomas Whitney, might be his son. | 70 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WHITNEY, THOMAS | England; USA, fl.1790-1821, MIM OIM SIM | Surveyor's Compasses = Chicago Historical Society, D.(1987) (No. 321, 1817), Franklin Institute, P.C., D.(1984) (1818), GUR (1810), P.C. (No. 63, 1810), D.(1994) (1815); Magnetic Compasses = USNM, Winterthur Museum, | apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2 in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1782; free of the Company, Jan. 7, 1790; went to Philadelphia, Pa. before 1798; owned a dividing engine made by George Adams 2; took William J. Young as an apprentice in 1813 until 1820; T.C.(2)(one in 1798); succeeded John Gould. | London; 72 South Front (Mr. Gould's); 74 South Front Street; North Sixth Street, continued a little above the Mill Pond; 70 South Front Street; all in Philadelphia, Pa. | J. Brown 1; Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 1 & 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen I; R.W. Miller; Moskowitz 130; Garcelon 33; RSW. |
| WHITON, ELIJAH | USA, 1799-1871, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1824 = GUR; Instrument, No. 33 = Markle Museum, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa. | Gurley serviced a surveying compass in 1874. | Groton; Hingham; both in Mass. | Smart 1; USNM. |
| WHITSON | see Melville, Dundas and Whitson. | RSW. | |||
| WHITTAKER, THOMAS | USA, late 19th Century, MIM | Planisphere = D.(1982). | 2 and 3 Bible House, New York, N.Y. | Coffeen A. | |
| WHITTEMORE, AMOS | USA, 1759-1828, | received a patent for a "nautical perambulator" in 1796; perhaps a type of patent log. | Mass. | Bedini 8. | |
| WHITTEN, D.E. | USA, c.1850, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D.(1971). | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| WHITTON, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, | T.C.; copper and brass plate maker. | at the Crown in New Street, Shoe Lane, London. | Crawforth 1. | |
| WHITWELL, CHARLES | England, fl.1590-1611, MIM NIM | Quadrant, 1595 = FLO; Astrolabe, 1595 = FLO; Nautical Hemi- spheres = FLO (2); Vertical Sundial with Perpetual Calendar, 1595 = SPI = OXF; Universal Sundial, 1606 = OXF; Astronomical Compendia = NMM (1600), WHI (1604); Diptych Sundial = BM; Drawing Instrument = FLO; Noc- turnal = FLO; Computing Instrument on a Plane Table = WHI; Compass Rose = FLO. | apprenticed to Augustine Ryther of the Grocers' Company, Dec. 17, 1582; free of the Company on Nov. 10, 1590; took apprentices; engraver; cartographer; the FLO instruments belonged to Sir Robert Dudley in 1608, the astrolabe is very similar to ADL-M33; the 1593 sundial at OXF was designed by Torporley; also see C.W. (1). | see Whitwell, Charles (cont.). | |
| WHITWELL, CHARLES (CONT.) | over against Essex House (1597); Without Temple Bar, against St. Clement's Church (1598); both in London. | Taylor 1(88); J. Brown 1; Hamilton 1; Price 3; Ward 4; GHP; G.L'E. Turner 26 & 29; A.J. Turner 10; J.A. Bennett 2; Evan 1; Michel 3; Bryden 16; RSW. | |||
| WHITWORTH AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | balance makers; awarded a prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London. | London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WHORLETT, EDWARD | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 6, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WHYTE, THOMSON AND CO. | Scotland, 19th Century, NIM PHIM | Liquid Compass in Binnacle = PMS; Marine Barometer = Christie- SK 11/27/86; Compass and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Glasgow. | RSW. | |
| WHYTOCK | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dundee. | Goodison 1. | |
| WICKINS, JOHN | England, c.1672, OIM | polished mirrors for Isaac Newton | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| WIDDESFIELD | USA, OIM | Telescope with stand = Campobello Nat'l Monument, New Brunswick, Canada. | misreading for Widdifield. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. |
| WIDDIFIDD AND CO. | misreading for Widdifield and Co. | Soth.-PB pre-1980. | |||
| WIDDIFIELD AND CO. | USA, fl.1847-68, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980; Telescopes = Eldred 10/11/75, Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| WIDDIFIELD, D.B. | USA, fl.1828-37, MIM OIM | see Widdifield and Co.; see Widdesfield. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | |
| WIDDIFIELD, D.B., AND CO. | USA, fl.1838-56, MIM OIM | see D.B. Widdifield, Widdifield and Co., and Widdesfield. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| WIDEMAN, JACOB | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Table clock = OXF. | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| WIDENHAM, R. | England, c.1824?, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Widenham Lombard Street, London." | Lombard Street, London. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WIDERROITER, SIGMUND | Germany, 1589, MIM | Horizontal Sundial and Calendar, chalk stone, 1589 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | ||
| WIEDHOLT | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Table Sundial = DOR. | Münster. | Zinner 1. | |
| WIEKERA, CS. VAN | Holland, 1794, OIM PHIM | Hygrometer, 1794 = TEY. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | |
| WIESEL, JOHANNES | Germany, 1583-1660+, OIM | Telescope = SKO. | the telescope is also marked "I.W.A.O.F."; pupil of and instrument maker to Rheita; microscope maker; Daumas lists him as the father-in-law of Campani; refered to as an instrument maker by Bonami in 1690; variant spellings were Wiselius or Wiseling. | Augsburg. | Daumas 1 & 6; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; RSW. |
| WIGGINS | see Reynolds and Wiggins. | RSW. | |||
| WIGGINS, FREDERICK | England, 1814-87, NIM PHIM | apprenticed to Mrs. Janet Taylor; worked for Imray and Co., c.1835; partner with William Reynolds as Reynolds and Wiggins, c.1840. | 102-104 Minories (Mrs. Janet Taylor's address); 102 Minories (c.1835); 82 Minories (c.1840); all in London. | Taylor 2(2273). | |
| WIGHT, E. | USA, c.1848, PHIM | also listed as a machinist. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WIGHTMAN, JOSEPH MILNER | USA, fl.1830-61, MIM NIM PHIM | Air Pump = D.(1982). | Wightman made a self-registering tide-gauge that was used by the U.S. Coast Survey c.1845; partner with Timothy Claxton as Claxton and Wightman; they made philosophical apparatus for schools; he succeeded Claxton. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6; Coffeen B; USNM. |
| WIGHTMAN, THOMAS | USA, c.1800, | "Wightman Sculp." appears on the compass cards of wooden surveyor's compasses by John Trundy 1. | RSW. | ||
| WIGLIUS, D. | England, 1626, MIM | Sectors = London Museum (1626), P.C. (1988). | the sector in the London Museum came with a collection of Cromwelliana. | Didcock 1; Brieux 2; RSW. | |
| WIGMORE, T. | c.1900, | Water Clock (falsely dated 1680) = X. | surely the modern work of Pearson Page of Birmingham. | RSW. | |
| WIJBRANDTSZN, WIJBE | Holland, c.1600, MIM | made clocks and astronomical instruments; variant form is Vibrandi from which the name "Vebrandi" on ADL-A111, a fake, was taken. | Leeuwarden. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| WIJK, C. VAN | Holland, 1756, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1756 = Delft Exhibition of Sundials in 1984 = UTR. | Utrecht. | de Rijk; RSW. | |
| WIJK, CORNELIS VAN | Holland; France, fl.1779-88, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Microscope, 1783 = UTR; Holland Circle, 1785 = UTR; Pneu- matic Pump, 1787 = UTR. | Utrecht; Haarlem; Paris. | Mörzer bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| WIJK, JACOBUS VAN | Holland, fl.c.1750-70, MIM NIM | Octant, 1763 = AMST; Azimuth Compass = ROT. | Kalverstraat bij de St. Luciessteg, Amsterdam (1767). | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| WIJK, JAN VAN | Holland, fl.1759-85, MIM NIM SIM | Octants = LEY, P.C., Göteborg Maritime Museum, Schleswig- Holstein Landesmuseum (1785); Surveying Instrument = AMST; Circumferentors = P.C. (2); Holland Circle, 1759 = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; RSW. | |
| WIJK, JOHAN VAN | Holland, 1655, OIM | Huygens reported in 1655 that Jan van Wijk was grinding lenses. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| WIKBOM, STEN | Sweden, 1767, MIM | Elvius-type Quadrant, wood and paper, 1767 = NOR. | Uppsala. | RSW. | |
| WIKKERA, WEDUWE VAN | Holland, c.1823, MIM | the widow Wikkera; probably the widow of Cs. van Wiekera, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WILCKENS, C.O. | Germany, PHIM | Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Altona. | RSW. | |
| WILCOX AND COYSGARNE | England, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = VNN. | Hermitage, London. | RSW. | |
| WILCOX, J. | England, pre-1731, MIM | made? and sold Gunter's quadrants. | at the Green Dragon in Little Britain, London. | Leadbetter. | |
| WILDBOARE, TOBIAS | England, c.1683, MIM | Triangular Quadrant, wood = KEN. | London. | Taylor 1(432); Calvert 3. | |
| WILDER | USA, PHIM | Thermometer = Vermont Historical Society. | Troy, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WILDER, CHARLES | USA, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometers = MYS, USNM, P.C. | "Woodruff's patent, 1860." | Peterboro, New Hampshire. | USNM; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| WILDPRET, JACOB | Austria, 1738, MIM SIM | made astrolabes, quadrants, compasses, surveying instruments, etc. | Lothringen; Vienna. | Michel 14. | |
| WILHELM VON HIRSAU | Germany, fl.1071-91, MIM | Astronomical Teaching Device, stone = Ulrichmuseum, Regensberg. | Hirsau. | Zinner 1. | |
| WILKENS, JOHN | England, 1614-72, | John Evelyn stated that Wilkens devised instruments. | Chester; Oxford. | Taylor 1(181). | |
| WILKES, THOMAS | see Thomas Wilks. | Taylor 2(425). | |||
| WILKINS, JOHN | England, fl.1851-52, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 1 Cropley Street, Hoxton. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILKINSON | England, c.1824, NIM | Sextant = X. | London. | USNM. | |
| WILKINSON AND SONS | England, c.1830, NIM | Quadrant = D.(1971). | London. | Moskowitz 103. | |
| WILKINSON, ANTHONY | England, fl.1774-82, PHIM | Money Balances = Christie-SK 7/10/80, Christie 3/31/83, Phillips 9/10/86, Versailles 11/20/83, Soth. 4/16/56, Koller 11/17/75, D.(1985), etc. | invented the folding gold balance c.1775; succeeded by Stephen Houghton and Son. | Kirkby; Ormskirk. | Taylor 2(1057); Coffeen 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| WILKINSON, JOHN | England, c.1830, OIM | Telescope, single-draw = Phillips 1/30/84. | the telescope is signed "J. Wilkinson." | 54 Briggate, Leeds. | Taylor 2(2044); RSW. |
| WILKINSON, THOMAS | England, c.1643, | devised an instrument similar in principle to an astrolabe and printed it in his almanac. | Northampton. | Taylor 1(207). | |
| WILKS, I. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Aubury Coll. = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| WILKS, THOMAS | England, fl.1725-47, MIM | Sundial = OXF; Sundial, 1725 = Christie 12/12/72 | Evans states that Wilks made a geared sundial for Lord Lichfield. | Pebworth. | Taylor 2(425); Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW. |
| WILL, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1731-50, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1750 = DEU; Sundial, octagonal = KEN. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1. | |
| WILL, JOHN | England, 1757, MIM | Rowley published "A treatise containing a description and use of a curious quadrant made by John Will", London, 1757. | USNM. | ||
| WILLANS, THOMAS | England, c.1739, | apprenticed to Robert Scott 1 of the Grocers' Company, on July 25, 1739. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WILLARD, AARON, JR. | USA, 1786-1864, MIM | Orrery, 1821 = West Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | author; clockmaker; made orrery invented by John Locke and a cometarium invented by James Dean. | Boston, Mass. | D.J. Warner 6; Bedini 8; USNM; 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. |
| WILLARD, NICHOLAS | England, 1759, MIM | Slide Rule, 1759 = P.C. | signed "Nick Willard 1759"; deputy searcher for the Excise. | Delehar 9. | |
| WILLATS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Benjamin, Richard or Thomas Willats, which see. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLATS, BENJAMIN | England, c.1849, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 55 Bartholomew Close, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLATS, RICHARD | England, fl.1850-60, OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker; partner with Thomas Willats as Thomas and Richard Willats (1850-53). | 98 Cheapside (1850); 28 Ironmonger lane (1851-56); 2 Church Lane, Homerton (1857-60); all in London. | ||
| WILLATS, THOMAS | England, fl.pre-1850-53, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "T. Willats"; see Thomas and Richard Willats. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| WILLATS, THOMAS AND RICHARD | England, fl.1850-53, MIM OIM PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | 98 Cheapside (1850); 28 Ironmonger Lane (1851-53); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLCOX, WALTON | England, fl.1772-83, MIM | apprenticed to John Urings 2 of the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1765; free of the Company, Nov. 3, 1772; took apprentices; Richard Lekeux was turned over to him, Aug. 22, 1775, from Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company. | Hermitage, London. | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7. | |
| WILLDEY, GEORGE | England, fl.1702-37, OIM | apprenticed to John Yarwell in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1695; free of the Company, March 26, 1702; Master of the Company in 1722 and 1733; took apprentices of both sexes; partner with Timothy Brandreth, 1707-10; partner with Charles Price 1, 1710-13; published and sold maps. | at the Archimedes and Globe in Ludgate Street, the corner next to St. Paul's (1707-09); at the Archimedes and Globe next the Dog Tavern (1709-13); and at the Archimedes and Globe over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill (1711-13); at the Print Shop the corner of Ludgate Street next St. Paul's and at his Spectacle and Toy Shop next the Dog Tavern in the same street (1718-37); the West end of St. Paul's; all in London. | see Willdey, George (cont.) | |
| WILLDEY, GEORGE (CONT.) | Taylor 1(498) & 2(134); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Court and von Rohr 3(70); Evans 1; Robischon; Clay and Court. | ||||
| WILLDEY, THOMAS | England, fl.1739-48, MIM OIM | son of and successor to George Willdey; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1732; free of the Company on Oct. 4, 1739, by Patrimony. | Ludgate Street, London. | Taylor 2(319); Court and von Rohr 3(134); Crawforth 6; Robischon. | |
| WILLEBRAND, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1682-1720, MIM | Calendars = P.C., Frankfort Gewerbe Museum; Pedometers = AUG, ADL-M228; Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = OXF (2), AUG, HAK, KAS, LIE, PAM; Globe Sundial = WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = ADL-A95, ADL-DPW5, ADL-W85, AUG, OXF, BM, SAL, VIE; made many beautiful Augsburg-type sundials which may be found in most of the principal museums, one of the ones at WHI has a cam. | he was one of the most accomplished instument makers of his time; step-brother of Johann Martin; probably the father of Johann Martin Willebrand. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Bobinger 2; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Monreal; Maddison 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Wynter; USNM; Abeler 1; Bryden 16; Syndram; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW. |
| WILLEBRAND, JOHANN MARTIN | Germany, fl.1720-26, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, INN, STU; Equatorial Sundials = BEK, MUN; Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG (4), Evans Coll., etc; Crescent Sundial = AUG. | probably the son of Johann Willebrand; Willebrand made a miniature Augsburg-type sundial in gold to fit the back of a pocket watch by Nicholas Della at TIM. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; NMM 2; Evans 1; Syndram; RSW. |
| WILLEMSZ., CORNELIS, JR. | Germany, 1716-90, NIM | Octants = KRO, Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum. | Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WILLET AND JEWEL | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscope = D.(1973). | West Street, Gravesend, London. | Moskowitz 107. | |
| WILLEVAUX, P. PETRUS FRAN:US DE | France?, 1703, OIM | Telescope, parchment, 1703 = ADL-M430. | "P. Petrus Frañ:us de Willevaux; also marked "Sacerdus Capuccinus Fecit Anno. 1703." | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| WILLHELIM | see Haase and Willhelim. | RSW. | |||
| WILLIAMS 1 | England, c.1835, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1987). | London. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMS 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = x. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WILLIAMS 3 | USA, PHIM | see Safford and Williams. | USNM. | ||
| WILLIAMS AND HAYDON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMS, DAVID | USA, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Newport Historical Society, R.I. | clockmaker. | Newport, R.I. | Newport Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 45 # 1; RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, ED. | England, c.1770, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = OXF. | RSW. | ||
| WILLIAMS, GEORGE | England, c.1828, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 7, 1828. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| WILLIAMS, J.F. | England, 1832, NIM | Marine Compass, 1832 = National Museum of Canada; Octant, ebony = Christie 7/28/70. | 63 Broadquay, facing the Sun Dial, Bristol. | Bryden 9; USNM. | |
| WILLIAMS, RICE | England, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Somerset House, by the New Church, Strand, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLIAMS, SAMUEL PORTER | USA, 1807-77, | may have been a partner in Young and Co. was partner in Young, Smith and Co. by 1837-43;apparently worked alone as a dealer in hardware from then on. | 4 Maiden Lane (1837-43); 17 Maiden Lane (1844-45); 19 Maiden Lane (1846-49); 74 Broadway (1850); 29 Maiden Lane; 15 John Street (1875); all in New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| WILLIAMS, T.J. | England, NIM | Sextant, lattice framed = Christie-SK 4/14/89. | chronometer maker and optican; sextant signed "T. Williams" plus address. | Bute Dock, Cardiff. | RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS 1 | England, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, June 25, 1627. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS 2 | England, MIM | "late apprentice and successor to Mr. Harrison dec'd"; T.C. | J. Collins 1. | ||
| WILLIAMS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Devonport. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILLIAMS, W.R. | England, c.1825, NIM PHIM | Sextants = Phillips 4/20/83, Soth. 5/11/23, MYS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Stick Barometer = MYS; Octant = MYS. | 9 Dock Street, Newport, Monmouthshire. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 1 | USA, 1738-92, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Backstaff, 1768 = PEA. | succeeded by Samuel Thaxter who married Williams' niece, and may have been his apprentice; advertised nautical compasses, Boston, 1770. | King Street, two doors east of the Sign of Admiral Vernon, near the Head of Long Wharf, Boston, Mass; the Mathematical Shop, next door to Major Read's, opposite the Town House, Marblehead, Mass. (1774); Boston, Mass. | Bedini 1 & 8; Brewington 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Price 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Balances = D.(1976), Soth.-C 9/22/83. | T.C. | 71 Cannon Street and 4 Alschurch Yard; both in London. | RSW. |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 3 | England, c.1801, MIM | free in the Coopers' Company; reported on Thomas Bourne of the Joiners' Company with Michael Dancer of the Joiners' Company in 1801. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PAYNE | England, c.1825, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey in the Grocers' Company, Oct. 6, 1825. | J. Brown 2. | ||
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, AND SONS | England, c.1860, PHIM | William Williams (2) and Sons; balance makers; T.C. | 127 Cannon Road and 4 Alschurch Yard; both in London E.C. | RSW. | |
| WILLIAMSON, JOHN | England, c.1777, | watchmaker; noted as a mechanic a mathematician and a chemist. | Cumberland. | Bryden 9. | |
| WILLIAMSON, ROBERT | England, fl.1766-69, | stationer and dealer in optical, philosophical, mathematical and musical instruments. | Near the Exchange, Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | |
| WILLING, A., AND CO. | England, c.1840, NIM | Sextants = DOR, D.(1976). | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | |
| WILLINGTON | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 3/24/1834. | misreading for Wellington? | RSW. | |
| WILLIS, ARTHUR | USA?, 1674, MIM | Plotting Rule, 1674 = Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford. | Price thought it might have come from Sutton's workshop. | Bedini 1 & 8; Price 2; USNM. | |
| WILLIS, ROBERT | England, c.1830, MIM | Odontograph = OXF. | invented an odontograph; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(2046). | |
| WILLSMERE, JESSE | England, c.1827, MIM PHIM | apprenticed to James Gardner in the Grocers' Company on March 1, 1827. | 2 Gloucester Terrace, London. | Taylor 2(2275); J. Brown 2. | |
| WILLSON | see Wilson. | J. Brown 3. | |||
| WILLSON AND DIXEY | England, c.1800, MIM OIM | Telescope, pocket = Christie 4/3/85. | marked "late Appre to J. Ramsden"; T.C. | 9 Wardrobe Place, Doctors Commons, London. | Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| WILLSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1810-25, OIM | Telescopes = D.(1974), Christie-SK 11/15/79, Soth. 7/23/87. | "working optician" in directory; telescopes usually signed "G. Willson London." | 44 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. |
| WILLSON, JOHN | England, c.1772, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Hill in the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1765; free of the Company, July 7, 1772. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WILMOT, GEORGE | England, fl.1844-46, PHIM | barometer maker. | 46 Gee Street (1844); 14 Willow Row, Gee Street (1845-46); both in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILS, PIETER | Holland, 1670, MIM | Nocturnal with Lansberg-type Quadrant, 1670 = DRE; Astronomical Compendium, 1670 = WHI. | Haarlem. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | |
| WILSON 1 | see Christie and Wilson. | RSW. | |||
| WILSON 2 | see Norie and Wilson. | RSW. | |||
| WILSON 3 | USA, 1850, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1850 = D.(1988); Pair of Globes = Norwich University, Conn. | probably James Wilson. | Albany, N.Y. | Rinaldi 22; Price 2; RSW. |
| WILSON 4 | England, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 6/21/76. | possibly Jac. Wilson, which see. | RSW. | |
| WILSON AND GILLIE | England, 1893-1900, NIM | Sextants = D.(1971). | certificates dated 1893 and 1900. | Quay, North Shields. | RSW. |
| WILSON AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILSON'S AND CO. | USA, fl.1820-22, MIM | Pair of Globes = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan. | James Wilson 3. | Albany, N.Y. | USNM. |
| WILSON, ALEXANDER | England, 1714-86, | invented the use of glass beads to measure specific gravity. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | ||
| WILSON, C. | England, c.1850, NIM | Quadrants, ebony and ivory = SUN, D.(1976). | "late Norie and Wilson". | London. | Rinaldi 2; RSW. |
| WILSON, DAVID | USA, pre-1833, MIM | partner with his father, James Wilson 3, and his brothers, Samuel and John Wilson; globe makers; business closed in 1833. | Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| WILSON, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | 4 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1825, NIM | Binnacle = D.(1955). | 20 Glasshouse Street, Picadilly Circus, London. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1838, MIM | 25 Merlin Place, Wilmington Square, London. | Taylor 2(2276). | ||
| WILSON, GEORGE W. | USA, 1821-1910, MIM OIM SIM | Surveying Cross = GUR; Transit, 1886 = D.(1971); Wye Level = D.(1970). | Bradford, Vt.; Concord, N.H. (1864-1901). | Smart 1; Moskowitz 103; USNM. | |
| WILSON, HUGH | Scotland, MIM | Sundial = Fenwick, near Falkirk. | Gatty. | ||
| WILSON, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Folkestone. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILSON, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stamford. | Goodison 1. | |
| WILSON, J., AND SONS | USA, fl.1825-30, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1826 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., P.C.(1973); Terrestrial Globes, 1828 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., P.C. (1973); Celestial Globe, 1831 = Nat'l Geographic Society. | James Wilson 3 and his sons, David, Samuel and John (3). | Albany, N.Y. | USNM; RSW. |
| WILSON, J.G. | USA, c.1830, | "J.G. Wilson patent" appears on a wooden square made by Belcher Brothers. | RSW. | ||
| WILSON, J.J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | 19 Hudson Road, Sunderland. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, JAC. | England, pre-1731, OIM | Telescope, wood = OXF. | Orrery Coll; may be James Wilson 1 or , less likely, James Wilson 2. | London. | A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| WILSON, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1665-1723, MIM OIM | Telescope, reflecting = OXF; Microscope = OXF. | author; developed the screw-barrel microscope in England; a microscope at KEN, signed "I.W." (6) is by this maker. | at the Sign of the Willow Tree, in Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Taylor 1(450) & 2(137); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1. |
| WILSON, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1723-59, MIM | apprenticed to John Sedley of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 19, 1707; turned over to Cuthbert Lee of the same Company; free of the Company July 1, 1723; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WILSON, JAMES 3 | USA, 1763-1855, MIM | Pairs of Globes = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H., D.(1982); Terrestrial Globes = Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USNM (1811). | the first American globemaker, 1799; Wilson sold his first globes in 1809; dated ones range 1809-45; by 1815 the factory was in Albany, N.Y.; the firm became "J. Wilson and Sons" when his sons, Samuel, John, and David Wilson joined as partners; the direction of the business was turned over to Cyrus Lancaster, his son-in-law, after 1833; made a planetarium in 1846. | Bradford, Vt.; Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 1 & 8; Yonge; USNM; D.J. Warner 6; RSW. |
| WILSON, JAMES AND SONS | USA, fl.1826-33, MIM | James Wilson 3 and his sons, Samuel, David and John (3) Wilson. | Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WILSON, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1714-59, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 4, 1707; free of the Company, Jan. 17, 1715; took apprentices. | King's Head Court, Holborn, London. | J. Brown 1 and 3; Robischon. | |
| WILSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1816-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | watchmaker. | Peterborough (1816); Narrow Bridge Street; Peterborough (1830-41). | Goodison 1. |
| WILSON, JOHN 3 | USA, d.1833, MIM | globe maker; partner with his father, James Wilson 3 and his brothers, Samuel and David Wilson. | Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| WILSON, JOHN 4 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Appleby. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, SAMUEL | USA, d.1833, MIM | globe maker; partner with his father, James Wilson (3) and his brothers, John and David. | Albany, N.Y. | Bedini 8. | |
| WILSON, T. | England, c.1780, MIM | Gunter's Rule, boxwood = ADL-A247. | marked "Navigtion Scale - improved by B. Donn." First name "Thomas". | London. | ADL; RSW. WEBDB |
| WILSON, W.W. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Price 2 (1965). | |
| WILSON, WARDEN AND CO. | England, PHIM | Barograph = Bearnes 12/6/71. | London. | RSW. | |
| WILSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Moat House, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick. | assistant to Christopher Wren. | Gatty. | |
| WILTON, WILLIAM 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM NIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Eade in the Merchant Taylors' Company; partner with Eade and Allen, as Eade, Wilton and Allen. | London. | Crawforth 8; RSW. | |
| WILTON, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1825-66, MIM NIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = Soth. 1/22/73; Miner's Level = OXF; Full Protractor = D.(1982); Dip Circle = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby; Theodolite = D.(1982). | T.C.; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; clockmaker; succeeded by E.T. Newton in St. Day and also by A. Jeffery in Cambourne. | St. Day and Cambourne, Cornwall. | Taylor 2(1246); Coffeen B; Bryden 9; Crawforth 1 & 4; H.M. Brown; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| WIMBEE, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1. | |
| WIMHURST, JAMES | England, 1799-1886, PHIM | Electrostatic Machine = D.; Electrical Machine, belt-driven = Royal Institution. | the Wimhurst Machine was invented c.1882; F.R.S. | Moskowitz 104; RSW. | |
| WIN | see Wynne. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WINCH, W. | England, c.1700, | name marked on a quadrant signed by John Rowley; Taylor and Wilson stated that Rowley might have been Winch's apprentice, while other sources give Joseph Howe as Rowley's master; it is likely that Winch was the owner of the quadrant. | Taylor and Wilson. | ||
| WINCKFIELD, EDWARD | England, c.1629, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 29, 1629. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WINCKLER, JOHANN | Germany, 1703-70, | made improvements to electrical machines. | A.J. Turner 10. | ||
| WINDRED | see Moss and Windred. | Taylor 2(2188). | |||
| WINEMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | |
| WINEMAN, MOSES | England, c.1830, OIM | 38 Butcher Street, Portsea. | Taylor 2(2047). | ||
| WINFIELD, ROBERT WALKER | England, fl.1829-60, PHIM | Postal Balance = P.C. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| WING, JOHN | England, c.1673-1715, MIM | made sundials; designed a portable plane table. | Pickworth, County Rutland. | Taylor 1(396). | |
| WING, TYCHO | England, 1726-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 27, 1741; free of the Company, Sept. 5, 1751; became Heath's partner and son-in-law c.1751; the firm continued as Heath and Wing untill 1773; see Heath and Wing. | the Strand, London. | Taylor 2(320); J. Brown 1. | |
| WINGFIELD, JOHN | England, fl.1669-71, MIM | instrument maker?; see I.W. (1). | against St. Olaf's Church in Crutched Friars, London. | Taylor 1(341). | |
| WINKEL, R. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/22/77. | RSW. | ||
| WINKLER, G. | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Plane Table with Compass = DPW; Sundial = FIN-213. | Berlin. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| WINKLER, GEORGE | Austria, c.1821, | developed a type of barometer. | Middleton 1. | ||
| WINNE, HENRY | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = D., USNM. | Henry Wynne? | Brieux 2; USNM. | |
| WINSLOW, SETH E. | USA, c.1840, PHIM | Balance = USNM. | the balance was patented by Winslow in 1840. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. |
| WINSOR AND NEWTON | England, c.1850?, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = D.(pre-1982). | London. | Coffeen I. | |
| WINTER, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH | Germany, 1696-1753, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C.(1903); Equatorial Sundials = MUN, OXF, KAS; Augsburg-type Sundial = MUN. | goldsmith. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Abeler 1; RSW. |
| WINTER, J.B. | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | Protractor = Versailles 4/17/83. | probably T.B. Winter. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. |
| WINTER, J.F. | Germany, 1750, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = KAS (1750), OXF (1750), MUN. | compassmaker. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. |
| WINTER, T.B. | England, fl.1857-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Garden Sundial = Wallington Museum, Northumberland; Clock and Barometer = Crayside, Rothbury, Northumberland; Sympiesometer # 2811 = Soth. 10/22/88; Level = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A185, D.(1983), DPW; Sextants, miniature = D.(1983), D.(1988); Full Protractor = ADL-N48; Stick Barometers = Soth.1/19/73, Phillips 12/12/89. | T.C.; "Winter late Cail." | 21 Grey Street; 27 Grey Street; 55 Grey Street, corner of High Bridge; all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Crawforth 1; Rinaldi 22; Coffeen C; ADL; RSW. |
| WINTER, T.B., AND SON | England, c.1860, PHIM | Barograph = Soth.-WS 6/21/80; Air Meter = Christie-SK 7/10/80; mining dial plate = PC. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW; WEBDB. | |
| WINTER, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1797-1810, OIM | 6 Brewer Street, Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(1060). | ||
| WINTER, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1810, MIM | apprenticed in 1810. | Clay and Court. | ||
| WINTER, THOMAS 3 | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | may be the same as Thomas Winter 4. | 4 Ebenezer Place, Commercial Road, Limehouse, London. | Taylor 2(2048). | |
| WINTER, THOMAS 4 | England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM | Instrument = WHI. | 9 Wells Street, Oxford Street; 5 Market Street, Oxford Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(2049). | |
| WINTERHALDER, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 4/20/83. | Bishopsgate without, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WINTHROP, JAMES | USA, c.1786, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Middleton 1. | ||
| WINWOOD, DANIEL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WISBERG, C.H. | PHIM | Air Pump Frame = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| WISE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WISE, J. | England, c.1900, NIM | Octant = Ineichen 10/20/75. | Hull. | RSW. | |
| WISELING, JOHN | see Johannes Weisel. | Dewhirst. | |||
| WISELIUS | Germany, pre-1690, | see Johannes Weisel. | Clay and Court. | ||
| WISEMAN | England,MIM | Rule, wood, square, four-foot = RSM. | 81 ----------Road, London. | RSW. | |
| WISENPAITNER, GEORG IGNATIUS | Germany, 1776, MIM OIM | Telescope, 1776 = NUR; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BM. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | |
| WISENPAITNER, JOHANN ANTON | Germany, 1782, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = WUR, ROU; Pedometers = DEU, OXF (1782); Atwood Machine = DEU; Elasticity Law Machine = DEU. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; Michel 3. | |
| WISKER | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie-SK 4/17/86, X(3); Wheel Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WISKER, ELIZABETH | England, fl.1822-27, PHIM | barometer maker; widow of John Wisker; succeeded him and took their son, Matthias, into the firm. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| WISKER, J.T.R. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Wisker York." | 13 Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. |
| WISKER, JOHN | England, fl.1804-22, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Garden Sundial = D.(1975). | succeeded his father, Matthew Wisker; was succeeded by his widow and his son, Elizabeth and Matthias Wisker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1; Wynter 2; RSW. |
| WISKER, MATTHEW | England, fl.1777-1804, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | succeeded Berry, an optician; succeeded by his son, John Wisker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. |
| WISKER, MATTHIAS | England, fl.1822-51, OIM PHIM | with his mother, Elizabeth Wisker, he succeeded his father, John Wisker; he worked with his mother from 1822 to 1827; he worked alone from 1827 to 1851. | Spurriergate (1822-29); 13 Spurriergate (1830-51); both in York. | Taylor 2(2050); Goodison 1. | |
| WISSKEMANN, LUDWIG | Germany, fl.1800-11, MIM OIM PHIM | made microscopes, telescopes and pumps; took Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek as an apprentice from 1808 to 1811; "Court Optician and Mechanic." | Philippsthal. | Weil and Baden. | |
| WISSLER | USA, c.1880, MIM SIM | Wye level = GUR. | St. Louis, Mo. | Moskowitz 104; USNM. | |
| WISTHOFF, JOHAN | misreading for J. Wüsthof. | RSW. | |||
| WITHAM, NATHANIEL | England, fl.1713-20, MIM | Garden Sundial = Ripple Churchyard, Gloucestershire; Universal Ring Sundials = NMM-D223, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sundial, gilt-brass = Soth. 11/9/59; Ring Sundial = NMM-Caird; Magnetic Compass = KEN. | Chancery Lane, London. | Taylor 1(568) & 2(140); Gatty; RSW. | |
| WITHERING, WILLIAM | England, 1741-99, | author; designed a folding botanical microscope. | Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst. | ||
| WITHERSPOON | see Holland and Witherspoon. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WITHNOLL | England, | see Wood and Withnoll. | Delehar 2. | ||
| WITHNOLL, T. | England, c.1767, | see Frost and Withnoll; Bryden lists him as William Withnoll. | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(591); Bryden 9. | |
| WITHNOLL, WILLIAM | England, c.1777, MIM | see Frost and Withnoll; rule makers; Taylor lists him as T. Withnoll. | 20 Anne Street, on Mount Pleasant, Birmingham. | Bryden 9; Taylor 2(591) & (671a). | |
| WITJE, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1760, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | ||
| WITT, SIMEON DE | Holland?, 1780, MIM | Astrolabe, paper, 1780 = USNM (Archives). | for latitude 41° north. | USNM. | |
| WITTEVEEN, SYBRAND | Holland, 1793, NIM | Crown Compass, 1793 = USNM. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; USNM. | |
| WOLF | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer in gimbals = New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass. | Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| WOLF, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1750-1800, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = NUR. | Munich. | Evans 1. | |
| WOLF, CARTEN | Germany?, 1775, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1775 = DEU. | RSW. | ||
| WOLF, DIRK DE | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Frisian Maritime Museum, Leeuwarden. | Buitenkant, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| WOLF, EZEKIEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | barometer maker. | 206 Sherlock Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOLF, JOHANN | Germany, c.1625, MIM SIM | Alidade = USNM. | Ulm. | USNM. | |
| WOLFE AND CLARK'S | USA, c.1870, OIM | Telescopes = St. Genévieve Museum, Missouri, D.(1989). | the telescope in the St. Genévieve Museum is said to have been used to watch the race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee in 1870. | New York, N.Y. | Moskowitz 132; RSW. |
| WOLFE, JOHN | England, c.1729, MIM | apprenticed to Edward Preston in the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to William Bennett of the same Company; free of the Company on Jan. 20, 1729. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WOLFF, HEINRICH A. | Germany, 1770, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1770 = KAS. | the dial is also marked "H.A.W." | Lübke; RSW. | |
| WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE | England, 1766-1828, | devised a logarithmic slide rule for chemical equivalents in 1814, made by William Cary; designed a goniometer in 1809; invented a form of camera lucida in 1806; first to produce a doublet lens. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Multhauf -; Clay and Court; Delehar 9. | ||
| WOLLER | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = D.(1975); Wheel Barometer = D.(1997). | could be either Charles or Matthew Woller. | Birmingham. | ATG 3/29/97; RSW. |
| WOLLER, CHARLES | England, fl.1839-58, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 63 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOLLER, MATTHEW | England, fl.1809-17, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 11/27/86; Stick Barometer = X. | T.C.; clock and watch maker. | 51 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| WOLMESLEY, JOHN | England, c.1715, MIM | George Sparkes was turned over to Wolmesley by Edmund Culpeper 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 21, 1715. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WOLRICHE, CARYE | England, c.1608, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1608. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WOLSCHOTGESWORE, J.F. | Holland, 1750, PHIM | Balance, 1750 = DPW. | "J.F. Wolscholgeswore ycker van haere maiestyt munten en Balancan." | RSW. | |
| WOLTHUYSEN, HENDRIK | Holland, d.1797, NIM | compass-maker. | Foelistraat 20/21, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | |
| WOOD 1 | England, NIM OIM | Octants, ebony = Christie-SK 11/15/79; D.(1976); Telescope = MYS. | could be Benjamin or Benjamin J. Wood. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| WOOD 2 | see Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood. | Taylor 2(2196a). | |||
| WOOD AND CO. | England, c.1800, OIM | near the Mermaid, Hackney, London. | Taylor 2(1247). | ||
| WOOD AND LORT | England, c.1767, MIM | Jointed Rule with slide = OXF. | "New Improved Sliding Rule"; succeeded by Frost and Withnoll in 1767. | Taylor 2(553); Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD AND WITHNOLL | England, c.1770, MIM | Slide Rule, Coggeshall-type = P.C. | Delehar 2. | ||
| WOOD, BENJAMIN 1 | England, fl.1810-45, MIM NIM PHIM | Octant = Phillips 10/26/83; Wheel Barometer = X. | "teacher of navigation." | 41 Wapping (1810); 51 Wapping (1816); 50 Wapping (1822-32); 21 Bath Street and 49/50 Wapping (1834); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WOOD, BENJAMIN 1 AND BENJAMIN WOOD 2 | England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM | Benjamin Wood and Benjamin Wood Jr. | 7 Bath Street, Liverpool (1845). | Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, BENJAMIN 2 | England, fl.1834-47, MIM NIM OIM | son of Benjamin Wood 1, he was known as Benjamin Wood Jr.; the entry for Benjamin J. Wood in Taylor probably refers to Benjamin Wood Jr.; see Benjamin Wood 1 & Benjamin Jasper Wood. | 46 Wapping (1834); 7 Bath Street (1845-47); both in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, BENJAMIN JASPER | England, fl.1796-1828, MIM | apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 2, 1788; free in the Company, Feb. 2, 1796; the London directories show him as a MIM from 1797 to 1820; the Liverpool directories show a father and son, Benjamin Wood 1 and 2 and Crawforth thought that the first one could have been B.J. Wood, but he (B.Wood 1) had started in Liverpool in 1810. | 10 Pared Buildings, Leaden Hall Market, London (1797-1800); Liverpool (1828). | Crawforth 7; RSW. | |
| WOOD, CHAS., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WOOD, E. | England, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 5/20/75. | probably Edward George Wood. | London. | RSW. |
| WOOD, EDWARD | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 15 King Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2277). | ||
| WOOD, EDWARD GEORGE | England, fl.1852-93, OIM PHIM | Microscope = Versailles 4/17/83; Telescopes = Phillips 10/26/83, Christie 11/15/79; Stick Barometer = Soth.-Pul- borough 3/1/83. | his instruments are usually signed "E.G. Wood" with one of his addresses; was he a partner in Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood? | 7 Shepperton Street, New North Road; 74 Cheapside; both in London. | Taylor 2(2278); RSW. |
| WOOD, GEORGE | England, pre-1761, MIM | rule maker; succeeded by his widow, Mary Wood. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, HENRY | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker. | 29 Great Charles Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, I.V., AND SONS | England, MIM | Rope Gauge = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | Might be John Wood 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. |
| WOOD, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1701-13, MIM | apprenticed to John Nash 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 20, 1690; free of the Company on April 7, 1701; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| WOOD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker. | 19 Lonon'-prentice Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, JOHN 3 | USA, c.1790, | advertised pocket compasses, needles and magnets; probably a dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1790). | USNM. | |
| WOOD, JOHN 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WOOD, MARY | England, c.1761, MIM | the widow of George Wood; she continued the business under his name. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOOD, RICHARD | England, c.1723, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1711; free in the Company in 1723. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WOOD, THOMAS | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | rule maker. | Brickhill Lane (1767); Brick-Kiln Lane (1770); both in Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | |
| WOODALL, THOMAS | England, c.1604, MIM | free in the Grocers' Company from Charles Whitwell on April 27, 1604; never formally bound as an apprentice. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WOODE, JOHN | England, c.1627, MIM | Pearl Gauge = OXF. | Taylor 1(158); Evans 1. | ||
| WOODHEAD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1858-60, PHIM | barometer maker. | 10 Little Warner Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOODROFFE, GEORGE, SEN. | USA, c.1845, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | ||
| WOODRUFF | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | watchmaker; barometer dealer. | High Street, Margate. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. |
| WOODRUFF, L. | USA, c.1860, | patented a stick barometer made by Charles Wilder. | Ann Arbor, Mich. | Middleton 1. | |
| WOODS 1 | see Pinhey and Woods. | RSW. | |||
| WOODS 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | London. | RSW. | |
| WOODS, H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Warrington. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOODS, ROBERT CARR | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 9/23/88, X; Barometer (incomplete) = KEN. | "Meteorological Instrument Maker"; an original member of the Meteorological Society. | 47 Hatton Garden, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| WOODS, THOMAS | England, c.1714, | clockmaker; had James Rowley (MIM) as an apprentice in the Clockmakers' Company, in 1714, but turned him over to James Drury of the same Company. | London. | J. Brown 3. | |
| WOODSIDE, PATT. | England, c.1755, MIM NIM | Nocturnal, wood = D. | made for Robert Jackson. | Wynter and Turner. | |
| WOODWARD 1 | USA, PHIM | earliest maker of philosophical apparatus in New York, N.Y. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | |
| WOODWARD 2 | England, 1846, MIM | Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 2/7/72 and 5/21/73 (1846). | the 1846 globe is 5" d.; see George Woodward 2. | RSW. | |
| WOODWARD, GEORGE 1 | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/6/73. | 18 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| WOODWARD, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1851-60, MIM PHIM | made barometers, thermometers and globes; see Woodward 2. | 5 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| WOODWARD, JOHN THOMAS | England, fl.1823-56, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 1 Clements Inn Passage (1823-28); 8 Clements Inn Passage (1830-56); both in London. | Taylor 2(2051); Goodison 1. | |
| WOOLER | see Woller. | Goodison 1. | |||
| WOOLEY, JAMES | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Guilford 8/24/93. | Manchester. | ATG 8/20/93. | |
| WOOLF | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| WOOLF, LEWIS | England, NIM | Sextant = Eldred 10/11/75. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| WOOLMAN, G.S. | USA, c.1852, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C.; his instruments were sold in the U.S.A. by James W. Queen and Co. and by W. & L.E. Gurley; in Britain his agent was R. & J. Beck of London. | 116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | |
| WOOLY | see Louis Hooly. | RSW. | |||
| WORBEY, T.G. | England, c.1850, NIM | Parallel Rule with Protractor = Soth. 9/20/83. | London. | RSW. | |
| WORBOYS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ashwell, Baldock. | Goodison 1. | |
| WORGAN, JOHN | England, fl.1682-1714, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = OXF; Gunter's Quadrant, 1695 = OXF; Gunter's Quadrant and Sundial = ADL-W88; Sectors = Soth. 7/10/67, DPW, OXF, ADL-W246; Universal Ring Sundial = ADL-W86; Plane Table, 1696 = OXF; Box Compass, 1696 = Soth. 4/22/65 = D.(1994); etc. | apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on Nov.8, 1669; free of Walter Hayes of the same Company on Dec. 6, 1682; took apprentices; author; "Master of the Mechanics to King George I." | Under the Dial of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street (1688); Fetter Lane against Clifford's Inn back gate (1693); Fleet Street (1700); all in London. | Taylor 1(451); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10; Taylor and Wilson; Coffeen 32 and 46; ADL; RSW. |
| WORKMAN, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Augsburg-type Sundial with cam for latitude setting = BM. | "late servant to Mr. Hauksbee"; T.C. | near Tom's Coffee-House in Russel Street, Covent Garden, London. | Price 3; Ward 4; RSW. |
| WORRALL, THOMAS | England, fl.1634-56, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Spencer in the Joiners' Company in 1627; free in the Company in 1634; took William Sutton as an apprentice in 1642. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WORTH | USA, c.1850, OIM | in 1849 Worth started a shop in New York making lenses and telescopes for engineering instruments; the business was bought by a Mr. Young who moved it to Philadelphia where it continued at least until 1911 as Young and Sons; Worth broke off and started a new optical shop. | New York, N.Y; Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WORTH, BENJAMIN | 1794, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1794 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass. | might be the owner. | RSW. | |
| WORTH, E.B.S. | England, c.1850, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87. | RSW. | ||
| WORTHING | England, c.1830, NIM | Sextant, Ramsden-pattern = Soth. 2/25/86. | London. | RSW. | |
| WORTHINGTON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Nathaniel Worthington. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| WORTHINGTON AND ALLAM | England, fl.1821-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/7/55; Telescopes = Christie 5/26/76, Versailles 11/20/83; Sextants = MAN, Soth. 10/20/75; Stick Barometers = X, Christie 11/24/83; Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 1/10/90. | Nathaniel Worthington and Allam; probably successors to Matthew Berge. | 196 Piccadilly, London. | Taylor 2(1749); Goodison 1; Garcia Franco 1; RSW. |
| WORTHINGTON, NATHANIEL | England, c.1838, MIM NIM OIM | Sextant, # 2071 = D.(19830; Beechley's Improved Sextant, 1838 = X; Sundial = X; Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83; Telescope = D.(1993). | worked for Ramsden; successor to Berge; one sundial is marked "Explorer's dial; telescope is signed "Worthington, London." | London. | Taylor 2(1749); Wynter 2; Coffeen 43; RSW. |
| WOUTERS, PYBE | Holland, fl.1580-1635, MIM | Astrolabes = GRO, Friesch Museum, Leeuwarden (1606), Eisinga's House, Franeker (1606); Globe = Franeker. | Franeker astrolabe signed "P. Gualtherus Matheseos studiosi",is Louvain-type; a variant of the name is Pibo Gualtheri. | Franeker; Leeuwarden (1603). | Michel 3; Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| WOUTERS, REMY | see Rennerus Valerius. | Michel 3. | |||
| WRAGER | 1695, MIM | Pedometer, 1695 = SPI-183. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| WRAY, WILLIAM | England, 1829-85, OIM | Telescopes = K. & C. 3/28/73, Christie 4/9/75, Phillips 6/15/73 and 11/16/88. | showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; the telescopes are signed "Wray"; F.R.A.S. in 1862. | 43 Havering Street, Commercial Road East, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| WREN, CHRISTOPHER | England, 1632-1723, MIM | Vertical Wall Sundial = All Souls College, Oxford; Reflecting Sundial, 1648 = X. | Sir Christopher Wren; architect, mathematician and astronomer; invented a mechanical tracing device in 1663. | London. | Gatty; Latham and Mattews (vol. 7); Middleton 1. |
| WRENCH'S | England, MIM | Pair of Globes, 6" = Phillips 4/20/85. | marked "Wrench's Six Inch Globe, Constructed from the Latest Authorities, London"; probably Edward Wrench. | London. | RSW. |
| WRENCH, EDWARD | England, fl.1822-53, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Pantograph = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Telescope = Christie 12/18/74; Surveyor's Compass = D.(1973); Theodolite = Soth. 7/15/63; Wheel Barometer = D.(19760; Marine Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89; Terrestrial Globe, miniature = D(1996). | globe signed "Wrench's Miniature Globe, London." | 6 Gray's Inn Terrace, London. | Taylor 2(2280); Wynter 2; Coffeen 55; RSW. |
| WREY | misreading for Wray. | RSW. | |||
| WRIGHT 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27, Soth. 10/19/87. | Ongar. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT 2 | see Gregory and Wright; Gilbert, Wright and Hooke; Gilbert and Wright; Gregory, Gilbert and Wright; Moore and Wright. | Taylor 2(839); Clay and Court. | |||
| WRIGHT 3 | England, c.1760, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, with case = BM. | Taylor 1(96); Price 3; Ward 4. | ||
| WRIGHT 4 | England, post 1858, | see Baxter and Wright. | RSW. | ||
| WRIGHT AND COLE | England, pre-1748, MIM | Thomas Wright and Benjamin Cole 1; see T. Wright and B. Cole; Cole succeeded Wright in 1748. | London. | Taylor and Wilson. | |
| WRIGHT AND HOOKE | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | repaired by Gurley in 1930; owner lived in Roanoke, Va. | Smart 1. | |
| WRIGHT, A. | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.(1977). | Westminster, London. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 1 | England, fl.1596-1613, MIM | probably an instrument maker; worked for John Blagrave. | Taylor 1(96); Evans 1. | ||
| WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 2 | England, c.1663, | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, March 25, 1663. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WRIGHT, DAVID | England, c.1830, OIM | partner in Chadburn and Wright. | 94 Fargate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(2054). | |
| WRIGHT, E. | USA, c.1850, MIM PHIM | listed in the 1850 business directory. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | |
| WRIGHT, EDWARD | England, 1558-1615, MIM OIM | designed and made mathematical instruments using telescopic sights; made the "Celestial Automaton." | Caius College, Cambridge. | Taylor 1(53); Waters 2; North 2; Bedini 8. | |
| WRIGHT, G. | see Gabriel Wright and George Wright 3. | Milburn 8. | |||
| WRIGHT, G., AND WILLIAM BARDIN | England, 1782, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1782 = Chicago Historical Society, Ill. | "Wright's New Improved Celestial Globe, ----- G. Wright and William Bardin, London, 1782." | London. | Yonge. |
| WRIGHT, GABRIEL | England, fl.1781-1803, | member of the Girdlers' Company; claimed to have worked for Benjamin Martin 1 for eighteen years; author; patented a universal gimballed compass, c.1790; invented a universal sundial in 1781. | Millburn 8 and 11; Coffeen E. | ||
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 1 | England, fl.1720-39, MIM | apprenticed to James Swetman 1 in the Grocers' Company on April 8, 1707; free of the Company on Jan. 21, 1720; took apprentices; turned over John Atkinson 2, an apprentice, to John Farmer 2 of the Joiners' Company on Sept. 25, 1739. | Clerkenwell, London (1736). | J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Millburn 8. | |
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 2 | England, 1740-1805, MIM NIM | Terrestrial Globes = PEA, Soth. 11/16/87; Pair of Globes = Manchester Historic Association, N.H. | author; associated with W. Bardin; invented a heliochrono- meter which was made by B. Martin; possibly invented Wright's Patent Quintant but this may by another Wright; see Wright 2; see Gilbert and Wright. | Mr. Martin's Fleet Street; The Navigation Warehouse, 148 Leadenhall Street; both in London. | Taylor 2(909); Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Yonge; RSW. |
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 3 | a ghost; this is realy Gabriel Wright who published a paper on a universal sundial that he had invented. | Millburn 8. | |||
| WRIGHT, GEORGE E. | USA, 1892, MIM | Sun's Altitude Calculator, 1892 = ADL-G21. | Chicago, Ill. | ADL; RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, JAMES | England, 1808, MIM | French Curve, 1808 = Phillips 11/11/81. | London. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, JOHN 1 | England, 1740, MIM | Sundial, 1740 = Blaise Castle Folk Museum, Henbury. | this might be John Wright 2 if the date on the sundial was misread. | Bristol. | Stevena and Aked. |
| WRIGHT, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1753-60, MIM | possibly related to Thomas Wright 1; apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 1 in the Merchant Taylor's Company, c.1753; by 1756 he had moved to Bristol; succeeded by Joshua Springer by 1759; T.C.; see John Wright 1. | London; The Sphere and Hadley's Quadrant, near St. Stephen's Church, Bristol (1756). | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1. | |
| WRIGHT, JONAS | England, MIM | made a Ptolemaic armillary sphere. | North 2. | ||
| WRIGHT, R.W. | England, OIM | Microscope = Borough Museum, Newbury, Berks. | London. | RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, ROBERT | England, fl.1821-32, | author; invented a hypsometer. | Jesus College, Cambridge; Winwick, Lancashire. | Taylor 2(219). | |
| WRIGHT, SUSAN | England, c.1730, NIM | Backstaff, lignum vitae and boxwood = Soth. 9/20/83. | signed "Made at Sus. Wrights in Bristol"; might be the widow of William Wright. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220); RSW. |
| WRIGHT, T. | c.1900, | Sundial = ADL-T42. | signed "T. Wright, Dublin" but is the work of D.B. Sheahan of New York, N.Y. | Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| WRIGHT, T. AND COLE, B. | England, fl.1740-48, MIM | Grand Orrery = Dr. Coopman's house, Franeker, Holland. | Thomas Wright 1 and Benjamin Cole 1. | at the Orrery in Fleet Street, London. | RSW. |
| WRIGHT, T. AND HUSBANDS (2) | England, | T.C. | Calvert 2. | ||
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1715-48, MIM OIM PHIM | Wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including grand orreries at KEN, OXF, BRM, Royal Academy, Portsmouth and Dunham Massey, Altringcham (also armillary sphere); mechanical equatorial sundials at ADL, NYM; hodometers at VCW, Longleat House; microscope at RSM. | apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company, April 13, 1707; free in the Company by testimony of Rowley and John Coggs 1, Feb. 1, 1715; took Benjamin Cole 1 as an apprentice; MIM to George, Prince of Wales; MIM to the King; took over Rowley's work shop; partner with William Wyeth and later with Benjamin Cole 1; author and publisher; Wright was succeeded by Benjamin Cole 1 in 1748; T.C.; see Thomas Wright 1 (cont.) | see Wright, Thomas 1 (cont.) | see Thomas Wright 1 (cont.) |
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 1 (CONT.) | armillary sphere has two civil calendars. | at the Orrery and Globe, next the Globe and Marlborough Head Tavern, Fleet Street (1718); at the Orrery and Globe, Fleet Street, opposite Water Lane; at the Orrery and Globe, near Salisbury Court, Fleet Street; all in London. | Taylor 1(552), 2(143); Goodison 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Michel 3; Chandler and Vincent; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Price 2; Brieux 3; USNM; A.J. Turner 10; Clay and Court; Taylor and Wilson; Cajori; Royal Oak brochure; Coffeen 46 and 56; ADL; RSW. | ||
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 2 | England, 1711-86, MIM PHIM | author; trained as a philosophical instrument maker; worked at Heath's and Sisson's workshops; taught astronomy. | London; Biar's Green, near Brancepeth, Durham. | Taylor 2(321); Michel 3. | |
| WRIGHT, THOMAS 3 | England, fl.1830-38, MIM | Instrument = OXF. | the following addresses may be for two different makers. | 28 City Terrace, City Road, London; 1 Worship, Finsbury, London. | Taylor 2(2055). |
| WRIGHT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1720-30, MIM NIM | made a backstaff signed "W. and W." ? | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220). | |
| WRIGHT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1797-1801, MIM | rule maker. | Philip Street (1797); 14 Philip Street (1801); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| WRIGHTMAN, THOMAS | USA, c.1800, | engraved compass cards for Gedney King, Baker and Hooper, Joshua R. Lincoln, and John Trundy. | Warner 12. | ||
| WRIGHTSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1593, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1593. | J. Brown 1. | ||
| WRIGLESWORTH, WILLIAM | England, fl.1688-91, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1688 = WHI. | sold a small astrolabe which "registered perpetual time." | Rising Sun and Globe, Upper Moorfields, London. | Taylor 1(462); Bryden 16. |
| WULPARIA | misreading for Vulparia. | Gatty. | |||
| WURDEMANN, WILLIAM | Germany; USA, 1811-1900, MIM NIM OIM SIM | Theodolites = P.C., Hagley Museum, Del.; Meridian Telescopes = West Point Museum, Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of the Interior; Transits = Cornell University, ADL-L31; Sextant = MYS. | Würdemann; studied in Heidelberg; came to the U.S.A in 1834 and worked for the U.S. Coast Survey; on his own from 1840; made many improvements to instruments; made his own dividing engine. | Bremen (1811-34); Washington, D.C. (1834-1900). | Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW. |
| WURSCHING | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Diptych Sundials, wood & paper = ADL-A150, Phillips 2/14/79, Christie 12/18/74 & 4/9/75, X. | Würsching. | Furth, Bavaria. | Zinner 1; ADL; RSW. |
| WURSTER, CHR. FRIEDRICH | Germany, fl.1748-61, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1748 = Neuenstein Schloss; Regiomontanus-type Sundial, wood = STU. | pastor. | Wiltendorff. | Zinner 1. |
| WURTZELBAU, JOHANN PHILIPP VON | Germany, 1651-1725, MIM | Sextant, wood, six-foot radius = DEU. | he was reported to have made quadrants and rules which are now lost, as well as many astronomical instruments. | Nürnburg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi. |
| WUSTHOF, J. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Altitude Sundial and Perpetual Calendar = ADL-A106; Perpetual Calendar = Soth.10/28/86. | "J. Wüsthof fecit" signed on ADL; Soth signed :J. Wisthof." | ADL; RSW. | |
| WUSTHOFF, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1693, MIM | Augsburg type Sundials = KES (1693), HAK. | Christoph Wüsthoff. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Rohde; RSW. |
| WYBARD, JOHN | England, fl.1630-74, | designed a surveying instrument. | Taylor 1(165); Evans 1. | ||
| WYCK, J.J. VAN | Holland, OIM | Dissecting Microscope = P.C. | could be J. or T. van Wyck. | RSW. | |
| WYDLER, CONRAD | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Pantograph = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| WYE, JOHN | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, Aug. 8, 1704. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WYET, WILLIAM | England, c.1653, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1653. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| WYETH, WILLIAM | England, fl.1715-41, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C. (1978). | apprenticed to John Coggs 1 in the Pewterers' Company; free of the Company c.1715; became partner of John Coggs 1; later was partner with Thomas Wright 1; made Shirtcliffe's slide rule. | Globe and Sun, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street; Orrery and Globe, Fleet Street; Orrery near Water Lane; all in London. | Taylor 1(463) and (581), 2(144); Cajori 1; Crawforth 7; Taylor and Wilson; RSW. |
| WYK, J.V. | see Jan van Wijk 2. | RSW. | |||
| WYLAN, HENRY | England, c.1629, MIM | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices, c.1629. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| WYLD, J. AND W. | England, c.1858, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see T. Wyld. | Charing Cross, East London. | RSW. |
| WYLD, T. | England, 1858, MIM | Celestial Globe, 1858 = D.(1972). | T. might have been read for J., or vice versa; see J. Wyld. | Charing Cross East, London. | RSW. |
| WYNN AND TIMMINS | England, MIM | Bow Gauge = VCW. | RSW. | ||
| WYNNE, ELLIS | England, 1670-1734, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1711 = Welsh Folk Museum. | Wales. | Peate. | |
| WYNNE, HENRY | England, fl.1662-1709, MIM PHIM | Universal Ring Sundials = P.C.; Soth. 7/27/64; Sundial, silver = Soth. 12/13/71; Garden Sundials = GEL, D.(1976), Soth. 7/7/55, Windsor (near the Star "building"); Quadrants = P.C., ADL-L14 (returned); Protractor and Pantograph = Pepys (1669); Oughtred-type Sundial (1692) = Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries. | apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex in the Clockmakers' Company in 1654; free of the Company in 1662 and Master in 1690; took apprentices; worked with Richard Glynne, according to Clay and Court; ADL-L14 returned to lender. | near the Sugarloaf, Chancery Lane; near Searjeant's Inn; near the Rolls; at the Pope's Head, Chancery Lane; all in London. | Taylor 1(266); J. Brown 3; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9; Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 9; USNM; Earle; Robischon; Clay and Court; ADL; RSW; Somerville. |
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