Important note: Most of these instruments are not in the Adler collection (which you can find more information about here). We know nothing about them beyond the information returned by searching this database. You may be able to learn more by contacting the institutions in the "Instruments" column, or by consulting the "References" listed.
Your search for signatures starting with W yielded 741 entries. Displaying entries 1–741.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| W. AND W. | England, c.1725, NIM | Backstaff = NMM. | Taylor thought this entry might have been William Wright. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220). | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| W.B. 2 | initials marked on side 1b of an Elias Allen compendium. | Soth. 7/7/78. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | |||
| W.B. 4 | England, 1781, MIM | Sundial, wood, 1781 = Lancaster City Museum. | a magnetic compass is inset into the cover. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| W.B.N. | Scotland, PHIM | Balance = K. and C. 12/15/72. | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| W.C.J. | 1612, NIM | Azimuth Compass, 1612 = OMM. | it does not look that early. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| W.C.S. | c.1850, NIM | Azimuth compass = OMM. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| W.D. | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Cloth Measure, wood = ADL-M489. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| W.F. 2 | 1707, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1707 = D.(1972). | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| W.F. 3 | England, | owner's initials on a nocturnal by Humphrey Cole in the BM. | Gunther 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | ||
| W.G. | Holland, c.1850, NIM | Log = AMST. | possibly William Geissler. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction |
| W.G.B.B.V.E. | marked on a 1584 astrolabe by Jost Bürgi in the KAS. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| W.H. 1 | marked on a 1641 garden sundial signed "G.R." (2). | Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18. | suggest correction | |||
| W.H. 2 | Ireland, 1741, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1741 = WRAY-99. | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| W.H. AND S. | Germany, MIM | Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/31/67. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| W.J. | MIM | Dividers = ADL-M136 | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| W.O. | USA, c.1780, MIM | Garden Sundial, slate = American Heriage Society Auction, 1972. | made for Charleston, South Carolina. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| W.O.R. | 1722, MIM | Pillar Sundial, wood, 1722 = Koller 11/17/75. | the "W" is written as two overlapping "Vs." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| W.P. 2 | marked on a finger ring sundial, signed "H.C." (1), at the NMM. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| W.R. 1 | England, 1620, MIM | Gunter's Quadrant, 1620 = Melun 4/24/83. | fake ? | RSW; Morrison-Low ? | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| W.R. 3 | 1794, OIM | Telescope, 1794 = Military Museum, Warsaw. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| W.R. 4 | England, c.1800, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | Last Acle. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| W.S. | on English and German ring sundials, in most cases it stands for "Winter" and "Summer." | Michel 3; Josten 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| W.V.S. | marked on a pantograph signed "M.G.A." | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WACHANO, P., AND STOPANI | Germany, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Hamburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WACHTER, ALBERT | Germany?, c.1850 ?, MIM | French Curve = D.(1985). | Coffeen 9. | suggest correction | ||
| WACHTER, EGBERT JACOBSEN | Holland, c.1600, NIM | delivered compasses and sounding lines to Jacob van Neck's expedition. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | ||
| WADDINGTON | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96. | Leeds. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WADHAM | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Bath. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WADSWORTH, HENRY | USA, 1877, MIM SIM | Circumferentor = MYS. | patented, 1877. | Duxbury, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WAGENAER, MAERTEN JOOSTEN | Holland, c.1617, | Enkhuisen. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WAGER, R. | England, 1783, MIM NIM | appointed master compass-maker to the Admiralty at Deptford Docks, succeeding Samuel Saunders 3. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WAGER, RICHARD | England, fl.1728-56, MIM NIM | compass maker. | Naval Dockyard, Deptford. | Taylor 2(216). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WAGNER, M. ZACH. | see Georg Vogt und M. Zach. Wagner. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| WAHLBOM, ANDERS | Sweden, c.1755, MIM | apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; worked in his shop untill 1755. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | suggest correction | |
| WAIT, GREENE AND CO. | USA, c.1828, | sold books, globes, etc. | Boston, mass. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WAKE, CHARLES | England, c.1833, MIM | made drawing instruments. | 11 Silver Street, Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(2269). | suggest correction | |
| WAKELIN | England, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 10/17/60. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WAL, JACOBUS VAN DE | Holland, d.1782, OIM | had an observatory at Leiden and made a large telescope. | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WALDEN, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WALDING, MARTIN | England, c.1770, | marked on a Hadley's quadrant at NMM, made by Thomas Leake, 1770. | Taylor 2(738); NMM 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WALDSTEIN, H. | Austria; USA, c.1840, OIM | Vienna and New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WALFORD, JOHN GEORGE | England, 1790-1832, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker. | Banbury. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| WALKER 1 | Ireland, c.1799, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = MERC-154; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 10/27/69. | Dublin. | Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WALKER 2 | England, NIM | see J. and A. Walker and Walker and Son (2). | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WALKER 3 | England, c.1800, NIM | Octant = Exhibition "1000 Years of Navigation ", Brussels, 1979. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WALKER AND SON 2 | England, NIM | Octant, ebony and brass = Phillips 5/20/75. | see Walker 2. | Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| WALKER, ALEXANDER, AND CO. | England, fl.1857-79, MIM NIM OIM | see J. and A. Walker. | 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WALKER, EZEKIEL | England, fl.1771-1816, OIM | amateur optician, interested in telescopes and micrometers. | Lynn, Norfolk. | Taylor 2(781). | suggest correction | |
| WALKER, F. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | see Francis Walker. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WALKER, F., AND J. HALL | England, 1834, NIM | Octant, ebony, brass and ivory, 1834 = Phillips 2/2/84. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WALKER, FRANCIS | England, fl.1810-46, MIM PHIM | see F. Walker. | 35 (later 17) Wapping Wall, London. | Taylor 2(1453). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WALKER, GEORGE | Ireland, fl.1841-48, MIM OIM | 6 Fade Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WALKER, JOHN | England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM | partner with Alexander Walker as J. and A. Walker, which see. | Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1731). | suggest correction | |
| WALKER, JOSEPH | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 43 Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2270). | suggest correction | ||
| WALKER, MATHEW | Ireland, fl.1721-22, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Georgia Historical Society, Atlanta. | Dublin. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WALKER, SAMUEL | England, 1739, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1739 = The Holmes, Rotherham. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WALKINS, W. | misreading for W. Watkins. | James Street, London. | Bonelli 4. | suggest correction | ||
| WALL, COL. GEORGE | USA, 1788, | invented "Wall's Trigonometer" in 1788. | Bucks County, Pa. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| WALL, THOMAS | USA, 1797-1854, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio. | Cleveland, Ohio (1845-54). | Smart 1; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WALLACE, JAMES | Scotland, OIM | Telescope = D.(1978). | Androssan. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WALLACE, WILLIAM | Scotland, 1768-1843, | invented the Eidograph in 1801; professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University. | Edinburgh. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| WALLER 1 | Germany, c.1690, OIM | Double Burning Glass = DRE. | Tschimhaüs. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WALLER 2 | see Woller. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| WALLINGFORD, RICHARD OF | see Richard of Wallingford. | Michel 3; Gunther 2; North 4. | suggest correction | |||
| WALLIS, JAMES | England, 1790, MIM | Vertical Sundial, 1790 = house in St. Ives. | St. Ives. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| WALMSLEY, W.H. | USA, OIM | microscope importer and dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WALPOLE, CHARLES | England; USA, c.1746, MIM | London; Wall Street, New York, N.Y. | Bedini 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WALPOLE, THOMAS | variant spelling for Thomas Walpool. | suggest correction | ||||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WALTER | Ireland, 1792, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84. | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WALTER, BERNHARD | Germany, 1434-1504, MIM | sundial maker. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi; Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| WALTER, JAMES | England, PHIM | made barometers and other weather indicators. | 14 Water Street, Liverpool. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WALTON, JAMES | England, OIM | Instrument = KEN. | Taylor 2(2271). | suggest correction | ||
| WALTON, JOHN | England, c.1713, MIM | apprenticed to John Wood in the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1713. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| WANNCK | Germany, 17th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = Drouot 6/2/49. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | ||
| WANSCHAFF | Germany, NIM | Reflecting Circle = KEN-1876-998. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WARD | England, fl.1843-51, | barometer maker. | 79 Bishopsgate Within, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WARD, JAMES 1 | England, fl.1675-1711, MIM | consructed sundials; engineer. | Langley. | Taylor 1(388). | suggest correction | |
| WARD, JAMES 2 | England, c.1792, | apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| 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). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WARD, JOHN 3 | England, c.1783, | apprenticed to Robert Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1783. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WARD, MACOCK | USA, 1702-83, MIM | made and repaired mathematical instruments; clockmaker; loyalist. | Wallingford, Conn. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| WARD, WILLIAM | England, c.1735, | worked with Caleb Smith to design a new sextant; see Ward and Smith. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WARDEN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | also a casemaker. | High Street (1767); Market Place (1770); both in Walsall. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WARLTIRE | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | possibly the owner. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WARMAN, THOMAS | England, c.1696, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1696. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WARMELO, JOH. | Holland, 1742, NIM | made cross-staffs. | Utrechtschestraat, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| WARNER 1 | England, 18th Century, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/13/71. | Lincoln's Inn Fields, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WARNER 2 | see Roach and Warner; see Henry Warner. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WARNER, JOHN 1 | England, c.1672, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Fage of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1672. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WARNER, JOHN 5 | England, post-1856, MIM OIM PHIM | 72 Fleet Street, London, E.C. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| WARRANTED | used by American instrument makers to guarantee the instrument they either made or bought. | Warner 14. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WARRENER, SOLOMON | England, c.1787, | apprenticed to John Karmock of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 6, 1787. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WARRICK, ENOCH | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WARRINER, CHAUNCEY | USA, c.1846, MIM | Washington, D.C. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| WARRIS, WILLIAM | England, fl.1804-22, OIM | held a patent on a mount for opera glasses. | Burgen Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1239); Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |
| WARWICK, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 16A Sloane Square, Chelsea, London. | Taylor 2(2036a). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WASHBOURNE | England, OIM | Lucernal Microscope = Clay Coll. | Clay and Court; Dewhirst. | suggest correction | ||
| 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). | suggest correction | ||
| WASSERLEIN, R. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = Christie-SK 6/2/83. | Berlin. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WATERMAN, GURDON | see Gurdon. | Pugsley Sale; RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WATKINS 1 | England, 1730, PHIM | Angle Barometer, 1730 = VAA. | London. | Grimaldi. | suggest correction | |
| WATKINS 2 | England, 1803, MIM | Pocket Compass, 1803 = Soth. 10/21/74. | could be Jeremiah or Francis (2) Watkins. | Charing Cross, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WATKINS 3 | England, fl.1825-30, MIM | Miner's Dial = D.(1967). | see William Watkins 1. | 16 Augustine's Parade, Bristol. | Bryden 9; Dewhirst. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WATKINS, A.W. | England, c.1808, PHIM | Inclined Barometer = USNM. | St. James Street, London (1808). | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WATKINS, FRANCIS 3 | England, fl.1828-35, MIM OIM PHIM | replaced Jeremiah Watkins in Watkins and Hill, 1828. | 5 Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WATKINS, J. AND H. | misreading of J. and W. Watkins. | Cristie-SK 4/17/86. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WATKINS, JOHN | England, c.1722, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov.28, 1722. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WATSON 2 | USA, c.1856, MIM | see William Burt and Watson. | Detroit, Mich. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WATSON AND SON | England, OIM | Microscope, # 1273 = Christie 12/8/76. | might be William Watson 1. | 313 high Holborn, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WATSON, D. FRASER | England, c.1905, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Soth.- Pulborough 3/1/83. | Manchester. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WATSON, HENRY | England, c.1860, | made Armstrong's hydro-electric machine. | Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WATSON, JAMES 1 | England, c.1719, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1708; free in the Company, 1719. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WATSON, JOHN | England, MIM | apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the company. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WATSON, N., AND SONS LTD. | misreading for W. Watson and Sons Ltd. | Soth. 7/18/73. | suggest correction | |||
| WATSON, R. | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Sight = Christie 7/5/71. | Newcastle. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WATSON, ROBERT 1 | England, c.1690, MIM | apprenticed to John Warner 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1690. | London. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |
| WATSON, ROBERT 2 | England, c.1830, MIM | Level = P.C. | Manchester. | Delehar 4. | suggest correction | |
| WATSON, ROGER | England, c.1634, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 14, 1634. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WATSON, W., AND SON LTD. | England, post-1850, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/14/79. | might be William Watson 1. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WATTLEWORTH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Whitehaven. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WATTS | England, 19th Century, MIM NIM | Dip Needle = Melun 4/24/83. | see E.R. Watts. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WATTS, E.R. | England, c.1880, MIM NIM SIM | Pocket Sextant = Phillips 5/20/75; Theodolite = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WATTS, E.R., AND CO. | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 1/27/75. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WATTS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WAULMAN, G.S. | USA, MIM OIM PHIM | T.C. | 116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WAUN, HARTOG | Holland, fl.1769-1815, MIM PHIM | worked with his son, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1802-15. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | suggest correction | |
| WAUN, JACOB | Holland, fl.1816-33, MIM PHIM | worked with his brother, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1816-33. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2. | suggest correction | |
| WAUQUIER | France, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | the barometer is signed "Wauquier-Soleil Paris." | Paris. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WAUTHIER, JULES | England, fl.1853-55, PHIM | barometer maker. | 45 Wilmington Square, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WAWEN, GERVAS | England, c.1689, MIM | apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 14, 1689. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| WAWRZNEIC, LAURENCE | Poland, 17th Century, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Polish Nat'l Collection, Montreal, Canada (1955). | Thorn. | Connoisseur, Sept. 1955. | suggest correction | |
| WEABER | England, c.1850, OIM | Cary-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEARDEN | variant of Warden. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |||
| WEATHERILL, WILLIAM | USA, c.1800, | mathematician. | 62 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1800). | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WEATHERSTON, JOHN | England, fl.1787-1801, MIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | clock and watch maker. | Woolmarket, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| WEBB 1 | England, MIM SIM | Theodolite = Soth. 2/26/68. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEBB 2 | see Killick and Webb. | Bell 2. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WEBB, HENRY | England. | naturalist; prepared microscope slides. | George Street, Balsall Heath, ca. 1858-66. | USNM; WEBDB. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WEBB, J. | England, MIM | Inclinable Sundial = P.C. (1982). | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WEBB, JOSEPH BENJAMIN | England, fl.1825-28, MIM NIM PHIM | 13 Charles Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1737). | suggest correction | ||
| WEBB, RICHARD | England, c.1842, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial = Denton. | Denton. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| WEBB, THOMAS | England, c.1793, MIM | Rule, folding, wood = D.(1988). | rule maker. | 8 Earl Street, St. James, Bristol. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction |
| WEBBER, JOHN | England, c.1800, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Webber London." | Woolwich. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEBSTER | England, c.1835, | improved the beam level; might be Henry Webster. | Moskowitz 104. | suggest correction | ||
| WEBSTER AND HAVENS | USA, c.1852, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEBSTER, J. | USA, fl.1853-56, PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| WECHIO, J. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Exeter. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WEDDERBURN, THOMAS | see Adie and Wedderburn. | Bryden 3. | suggest correction | |||
| WEDDIGEN, H.G. | Germany, c.1700, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial on ivory cube = KAS. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WEDGEWOOD, JOSIAH | England, 1730-95, PHIM | ceramicist; introduced a pyrometer consisting of fusable clay cones in 1782. | Burslem. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| WEED, B. | England, c.1850 z, NIM | Sextant = D.(1972). | Liverpool. | Moskowitz 104. | suggest correction | |
| WEEDEN, JOHN | England, c.1822, OIM | 18 Baldwyne Street, City Road, London. | Taylor 2(1738). | suggest correction | ||
| WEEDON, WILLIAM JOHN | England, fl.1822-32, MIM OIM PHIM | 7 Norman Street, St. Luke's, London. | Taylor 2(1739). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WEET, JOHN | England, 1728, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1728 = BM. | Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | ||
| WEETS, JOHNSON | misreading for Johnson Weekes. | Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |||
| WEGELIN, BARTHOLOMAEUS | Switzerland, 1683-1750, | author; wrote on cosmography and armillary spheres. | St. Gallen. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| WEGELIN, JOSUA | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Sundial on table clock = Auction, Munich 1933. | Augsburg. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEHMANN, T.E. | Germany, PHIM | Stick Barometer = OMM. | Vegasac. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEICHERT, WILLIAM | England, c.1830, NIM | Octant = Christie pre-1987; Sextant = D.(1978). | T.C. | Cardiff. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| WEICKERT 1 | Germany, c.1650, PHIM | Nest of Weights = DRE. | Cologne. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEICKERT 2 | Germany, c.1780, MIM | Protractor = DRE. | Leipzig. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEILBACH, JOHAN PHILIP | Denmark, c.1830, NIM | Crown Compass = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | made liquid compasses. | Copenhagen. | J.A. Bennett 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| WEILER, J. | marked later on gunner's level by Picart, at OXF. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEILER, MARTIN 2 | Universal Ring Sundial, (falsely dated 1590) = X. | fake, probably by the London forger. | Brieux 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |||
| WEIR, ROBERT | Ireland, fl. 1785-1846, OIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1785 = Ardrossan, Ayr. | 17 Bridge Street, Coleraine. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Somerville. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WEISS, GEORGE | USA, fl.1853-54, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WEIZSAEKER, V. | France, NIM | Sextant = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y. | Dunkerque. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WELCH, BENJAMIN | England, c.1700, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 of the Joiners' Company in 1700. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELCH, J. | England, 1716, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, silver, 1716 = WHI. | Bryden 16. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELDON | Weldon Range Finder Patent = Christie 5/26/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WELDON, EDWARD | England, OIM | Telescope, refracting = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | Tunbridge Wells. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELLER | England, c.1825, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Littlehampton. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WELLINGEN, H.G. | Germany, MIM | Ivory Sundials (2) = STU. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WELLS AND FOSTER 1 | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | L.T. Wells and James Foster 1. | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELLS, GRACE | England, fl.1690-1708, MIM | member of the Joiners' Company; widow of Joseph Wells, Joiner; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELLS, JOHN 1 | England, fl.1606-35, | author; designed accurate sundials. | Deptford. | Taylor 1(114). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELLS, JOHN 3 | England, fl.1748, PHIM | Angle Barometer = NMM. | glass toy maker. | Moor Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| WELLS, JONATHAN | England, c.1676, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1676. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELLS, L.T. | USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM | partner with James Foster 1 as Wells and Foster (1). | Cincinnatti, Ohio. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WELLS, NUGENT | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Phillips 11//16/88. | Newport. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WELLS, SAMUEL | England, fl.1817-30, MIM PHIM | 3 Clerkenwell Green; 139 Old Street, St. Luke's; both in London. | Taylor 2(1455). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WELPER, EBERHARD | Germany, 1619, MIM | Quadrant, paper on wood, 1619 = DOR. | Strassburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WELSH, WILLIAM | USA, 1832, PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WELTZIEN, DANIEL | Germany, fl.1754-77, MIM SIM | Graphometer = HAK. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WENGEMAYER, ODDO | Germany, 1622-1703, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = KRM. | Kremsmünster. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| WENHAM, F.H. | England, OIM | Binocular Microscope = X. | convertible to a single microscope. | Effra Vale Lodge, Brixton. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| WENL, EMANUELL | England, c.1686, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, July 5, 1686. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WERMELANDS BERGMASSARE CONTOIR | an agency which stamped its name on a magnetic compass made by I.G.H. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WERNER | Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1971) = P.C. | Diameter = 5 Rhineland inches = 14 cm.; "Werner fecit Köln"; a modern forgery. | Brieux 4; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WERNER, J. | Germany, 1574, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1574 = DRE. | "er J. Werner oder Hartmann"; master mark shows crossed swords on a shield. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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). | suggest correction |
| WERNHER | Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1976). | modern English forgery. | Brieux 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WERTHEIMER, M. | France, c.1845, | see Dr. Roth and M. Wertheimer. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WESE | England, late 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie 12/17/75. | West (?). | Fleet Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WESLEAK, WILLIAM | England, c.1691, | apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 31, 1691. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WESNLE, TOH. GEORG | misreading for Wernle. | P. & S. 6/18/1894. | suggest correction | |||
| WESSCHAGL, MANUEL | Germany, d.1728, MIM | Screw-Cutting Tool = USNM. | Augsburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WESSELL, I.J. | Norway, NIM | Traverse Board = OMM. | Christianafiord. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WESSLER INSTRUMENT CO. | USA, MIM SIM | Wye Level = GUR. | St. Louis, Mo. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WESSMAN, GUSTAVE | USA, fl.1852-53, MIM NIM PHIM | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEST 2 | England, | Protractor = Phillips 4/20/83. | Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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). | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WEST, J.C., AND CO. | England, NIM | T.C. in octant box. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WESTERMANN, B., AND CO. | USA, OIM | advertised a pocket microscope. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WESTERN, GEORGE | England, 1812, MIM | Map Meter, 1812 = X. | Delehar 3. | suggest correction | ||
| WESTIN, JOHANN FIEDLER VON | see Johann Fiedler. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WESTIN, LUDW. EDW. | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial = NOR. | owner?; the name is stamped twice in the case for the dial. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WESTLEY | England, | see Carpenter and Westley. | Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Coffeen B; Dewhirst. | suggest correction | ||
| WESTLEY, F. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/27/88. | 27a Old Bond Street, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WESTON, W. | England, c.1840, MIM | Rule, 48", folding, wood = D.(1983). | Coffeen C. | suggest correction | ||
| WESTON, WILLIAM | England, 1722, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, gilt-brass, 1722 = D.(1973). | for latitude 52°. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WETHERED, GEORGE | England, c.1677, MIM | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1677. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| WETHERELL, JOHN | England, 1690, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1690. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WETTER, CHR. | see Chr. Vetter. | Hamilton 1 & 2. | suggest correction | |||
| WETTES, DE | Holland?, 1639, MIM | Sundial, ivory, 1639 = Spitzer-47 (2806). | might be a variant of Wetter or Vetter. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| WETTON | England, c.1800, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Lempertz 6/14/76. | 21 Fleet Street, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEYDMAN, LUCAS | Poland, 1648, MIM | Instrument, 1648 = BM. | Cracow. | Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | |
| WEYER, JOHN | Poland, MIM | Table Clock = ADL-A11. | Danzig. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEYERMAN, J.H. | Germany, 1747, MIM | Universal Ring Sundial, 1747 = OXF. | Ronsdorff. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WEYK, JACOBUS | Holland, 1767, MIM | in de Kalverstraat bij de Luciessteeg, Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WEYMAN, DE | 1676, NIM | Tell-tale Compass, 1676 = Christie 6/7/72. | the compass is also marked "int. bos." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WEYS | see Weiss. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |||
| WHALEY | England, c.1840, NIM PHIM | Octant = D.; Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88; Marine Barometer and Thermometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93. | Hartlepool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHEATON, JOSEPH | England, c.1717, | apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1717. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WHEATON, SETH | USA, 1779, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1779 = Richard Bourne Auction 8/9/79. | Providence, R.I. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHEELER | England, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = La Rochelle 7/16/83. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHEELER, EDMUND | England, OIM | Microscopes = D.(1975), Melun 4/24/83. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHEELER, JOHN | England, c.1806, | apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 5, 1806. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHEELHOUSE AND BERCINI | England, c.1860, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded John Cetta. | 40 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WHIBLIN, JOHN | England, fl.1669-76, MIM | carpenter; made scales, rules and models. | Taylor 1(340); Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WHIFORD | England, c.1800, MIM | Rule, ivory, part of an architect's etui = Soth. 12/15/78. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHIPP, THOMAS | England, c.1834, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Whipp Rochdale." | Yorkshire Street, Rochdale. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHISTON, WILLIAM | England, 1667-1752, | author; designed several instruments including one called the "Copernicus." | Clare College, Cambridge; London. | Taylor 1(461) & 2(132). | suggest correction | |
| WHITAKER | England, MIM | Sector, ivory & brass = ADL-W114. | 12 Long Lane, Smithfield, London. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHITALL, HENRY | USA, c.1830, MIM | produced a "Movable Planisphere of the Heavens." | D.J. Warner 6. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITBREAD AND SEELING | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | 2 King Street, St. Luke's, London. | Taylor 2(2039). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITE | England, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial = KEN. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITE AND CO. | Scotland, c.1850, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87. | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHITE, JOHN 2 | England, c.1668, MIM | apprenticed to Humphrey Peirce of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1668. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITE, JOHN 3 | England, 1668, | admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITE, PHILIP | England, c.1817, | apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 28, 1817. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITE, S. | England, fl.1830-38, NIM | see William and S. White. | 17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(2041). | suggest correction | |
| WHITE, SAMUEL | England, 1707, NIM | compass maker for the Navy. | Ratcliff Cross, London. | Taylor 1(543). | suggest correction | |
| WHITE, THOMPSON AND CO. | Scotland, NIM PHIM | Mariner's Compass = Christie 7/5/71; Barometer and Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | Whyte ? | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WHITE, W. 1 | England, 1839, MIM | White's Plane Spherical Globe, 1839 = Phillips 9/10/86. | a planisphere. | 210 Brook Hill, Sheffield. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITE, WILLIAM | Ireland, c.1824, OIM | 17 Crow Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITE, WILLIAM SAMUEL | England, fl.1830-38, NIM | made sextants and quadrants. | 17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London. | Taylor 2(2041). | suggest correction | |
| WHITEAR, T. | England, 1770, PHIM | Stick Barometer, 1770 = P.C. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITEHEAD | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Market Harborough. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHITEHEAD, JAMES | England, c.1811, | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1811. | J. Brown 1 & 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITEHOUSE 1 | England, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 2/9/84. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHITEHOUSE 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 8 Coventry Street, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WHITEHOUSE 3 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89 | 43 Warwick Street, Pimlico, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITEHOUSE, J. | England, MIM | Protractor = Phillips 6/15/76. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WHITEHOUSE, JOHN T. | England, fl.1830-38, OIM | 13 St. John's Lane, London. | Taylor 2(2042). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHITEHOUSE, S. | England, fl.1814-16, OIM PHIM | made magnets. | 3 Green Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(1459). | suggest correction | |
| WHITEHURST | England, c.1750, PHIM | Chemical Balance = LEY. | could be James Whitehurst 1 or John Whitehurst 1. | Derby. | Daumas 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITEHURST, JAMES | England, c.1775, PHIM | father of John Whitehurst 2; brother of John Whitehurst 1; clock and barometer maker. | Derby. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITESCARVER, G.H. | USA, c.1850, MIM | Protractor with Rule, electrum = D.(1995). | signed "G.H. Whitescarver's Calculating Protractor." | Coffeen 51. | suggest correction | |
| WHITESCOVER, G.H. | USA, | patented a quadrant compass. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITING, W.G. | England, OIM | Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988). | 6 Market Street, Manchester. | Rinaldi 22. | suggest correction | |
| WHITMORE AND SON | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88. | Gold Street, Northampton. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WHITNEY, JOHN | USA, c.1801, MIM OIM | succeeded Thomas Whitney, might be his son. | 70 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WHITSON | see Melville, Dundas and Whitson. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WHITTAKER, THOMAS | USA, late 19th Century, MIM | Planisphere = D.(1982). | 2 and 3 Bible House, New York, N.Y. | Coffeen A. | suggest correction | |
| WHITTEMORE, AMOS | USA, 1759-1828, | received a patent for a "nautical perambulator" in 1796; perhaps a type of patent log. | Mass. | Bedini 8. | suggest correction | |
| WHITTEN, D.E. | USA, c.1850, NIM | Mariner's Compass = D.(1971). | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | |
| WHITTON, BENJAMIN | England, c.1750, | T.C.; copper and brass plate maker. | at the Crown in New Street, Shoe Lane, London. | Crawforth 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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.). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHORLETT, EDWARD | England, c.1767, | apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 6, 1767. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WHYTOCK | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dundee. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WICKINS, JOHN | England, c.1672, OIM | polished mirrors for Isaac Newton | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| WIDDESFIELD | USA, OIM | Telescope with stand = Campobello Nat'l Monument, New Brunswick, Canada. | misreading for Widdifield. | Boston, Mass. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WIDDIFIDD AND CO. | misreading for Widdifield and Co. | Soth.-PB pre-1980. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WIDDIFIELD, D.B. | USA, fl.1828-37, MIM OIM | see Widdifield and Co.; see Widdesfield. | Boston, Mass. | USNM; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WIDDIFIELD, D.B., AND CO. | USA, fl.1838-56, MIM OIM | see D.B. Widdifield, Widdifield and Co., and Widdesfield. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WIDEMAN, JACOB | Germany, c.1650, MIM | Table clock = OXF. | Augsburg. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WIDERROITER, SIGMUND | Germany, 1589, MIM | Horizontal Sundial and Calendar, chalk stone, 1589 = MUN. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WIEDHOLT | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Equatorial Table Sundial = DOR. | Münster. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| WIEKERA, CS. VAN | Holland, 1794, OIM PHIM | Hygrometer, 1794 = TEY. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WIGGINS | see Reynolds and Wiggins. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| WIGHT, E. | USA, c.1848, PHIM | also listed as a machinist. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WIGHTMAN, THOMAS | USA, c.1800, | "Wightman Sculp." appears on the compass cards of wooden surveyor's compasses by John Trundy 1. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WIGMORE, T. | c.1900, | Water Clock (falsely dated 1680) = X. | surely the modern work of Pearson Page of Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WIJK, C. VAN | Holland, 1756, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1756 = Delft Exhibition of Sundials in 1984 = UTR. | Utrecht. | de Rijk; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WIJK, JOHAN VAN | Holland, 1655, OIM | Huygens reported in 1655 that Jan van Wijk was grinding lenses. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | suggest correction | |
| WIKBOM, STEN | Sweden, 1767, MIM | Elvius-type Quadrant, wood and paper, 1767 = NOR. | Uppsala. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WIKKERA, WEDUWE VAN | Holland, c.1823, MIM | the widow Wikkera; probably the widow of Cs. van Wiekera, which see. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| WILCKENS, C.O. | Germany, PHIM | Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | Altona. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILCOX AND COYSGARNE | England, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant = VNN. | Hermitage, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILCOX, J. | England, pre-1731, MIM | made? and sold Gunter's quadrants. | at the Green Dragon in Little Britain, London. | Leadbetter. | suggest correction | |
| WILDBOARE, TOBIAS | England, c.1683, MIM | Triangular Quadrant, wood = KEN. | London. | Taylor 1(432); Calvert 3. | suggest correction | |
| WILDER | USA, PHIM | Thermometer = Vermont Historical Society. | Troy, New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WILDER, CHARLES | USA, c.1860, PHIM | Stick Barometers = MYS, USNM, P.C. | "Woodruff's patent, 1860." | Peterboro, New Hampshire. | USNM; Middleton 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| WILDPRET, JACOB | Austria, 1738, MIM SIM | made astrolabes, quadrants, compasses, surveying instruments, etc. | Lothringen; Vienna. | Michel 14. | suggest correction | |
| WILHELM VON HIRSAU | Germany, fl.1071-91, MIM | Astronomical Teaching Device, stone = Ulrichmuseum, Regensberg. | Hirsau. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| WILKENS, JOHN | England, 1614-72, | John Evelyn stated that Wilkens devised instruments. | Chester; Oxford. | Taylor 1(181). | suggest correction | |
| WILKES, THOMAS | see Thomas Wilks. | Taylor 2(425). | suggest correction | |||
| WILKINS, JOHN | England, fl.1851-52, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 1 Cropley Street, Hoxton. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WILKINSON | England, c.1824, NIM | Sextant = X. | London. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WILKINSON AND SONS | England, c.1830, NIM | Quadrant = D.(1971). | London. | Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILKINSON, THOMAS | England, c.1643, | devised an instrument similar in principle to an astrolabe and printed it in his almanac. | Northampton. | Taylor 1(207). | suggest correction | |
| WILKS, I. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant = Aubury Coll. = OXF. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILL, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1731-50, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1750 = DEU; Sundial, octagonal = KEN. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WILLANS, THOMAS | England, c.1739, | apprenticed to Robert Scott 1 of the Grocers' Company, on July 25, 1739. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILLARD, NICHOLAS | England, 1759, MIM | Slide Rule, 1759 = P.C. | signed "Nick Willard 1759"; deputy searcher for the Excise. | Delehar 9. | suggest correction | |
| WILLATS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Benjamin, Richard or Thomas Willats, which see. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WILLATS, BENJAMIN | England, c.1849, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 55 Bartholomew Close, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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.) | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILLEMSZ., CORNELIS, JR. | Germany, 1716-90, NIM | Octants = KRO, Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum. | Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| WILLET AND JEWEL | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscope = D.(1973). | West Street, Gravesend, London. | Moskowitz 107. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILLHELIM | see Haase and Willhelim. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WILLIAMS 1 | England, c.1835, NIM | Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1987). | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILLIAMS 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = x. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WILLIAMS 3 | USA, PHIM | see Safford and Williams. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| WILLIAMS AND HAYDON | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILLIAMS, ED. | England, c.1770, MIM | Sundial in watch lid = OXF. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WILLIAMS, GEORGE | England, c.1828, MIM | apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 7, 1828. | J. Brown 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILLIAMS, RICE | England, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Somerset House, by the New Church, Strand, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS 1 | England, | apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, June 25, 1627. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WILLIAMS, THOMAS 2 | England, MIM | "late apprentice and successor to Mr. Harrison dec'd"; T.C. | J. Collins 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WILLIAMS, W. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Devonport. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PAYNE | England, c.1825, MIM | apprenticed to Joseph Fairey in the Grocers' Company, Oct. 6, 1825. | J. Brown 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILLIAMSON, JOHN | England, c.1777, | watchmaker; noted as a mechanic a mathematician and a chemist. | Cumberland. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WILLIAMSON, ROBERT | England, fl.1766-69, | stationer and dealer in optical, philosophical, mathematical and musical instruments. | Near the Exchange, Castle Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WILLING, A., AND CO. | England, c.1840, NIM | Sextants = DOR, D.(1976). | West Hartlepool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILLINGTON | England, NIM | Sextant = Soth. 3/24/1834. | misreading for Wellington? | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILLIS, ROBERT | England, c.1830, MIM | Odontograph = OXF. | invented an odontograph; F.R.S. | Taylor 2(2046). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILLSON | see Wilson. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILS, PIETER | Holland, 1670, MIM | Nocturnal with Lansberg-type Quadrant, 1670 = DRE; Astronomical Compendium, 1670 = WHI. | Haarlem. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON 1 | see Christie and Wilson. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WILSON 2 | see Norie and Wilson. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILSON 4 | England, OIM | Telescope = Soth. 6/21/76. | possibly Jac. Wilson, which see. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON AND GILLIE | England, 1893-1900, NIM | Sextants = D.(1971). | certificates dated 1893 and 1900. | Quay, North Shields. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WILSON AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON'S AND CO. | USA, fl.1820-22, MIM | Pair of Globes = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan. | James Wilson 3. | Albany, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| WILSON, ALEXANDER | England, 1714-86, | invented the use of glass beads to measure specific gravity. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | ||
| WILSON, C. | England, c.1850, NIM | Quadrants, ebony and ivory = SUN, D.(1976). | "late Norie and Wilson". | London. | Rinaldi 2; RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, G. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | 4 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, GEORGE 1 | England, c.1825, NIM | Binnacle = D.(1955). | 20 Glasshouse Street, Picadilly Circus, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, GEORGE 2 | England, c.1838, MIM | 25 Merlin Place, Wilmington Square, London. | Taylor 2(2276). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, HUGH | Scotland, MIM | Sundial = Fenwick, near Falkirk. | Gatty. | suggest correction | ||
| WILSON, J. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Folkestone. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stamford. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WILSON, J.G. | USA, c.1830, | "J.G. Wilson patent" appears on a wooden square made by Belcher Brothers. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WILSON, J.J. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88. | 19 Hudson Road, Sunderland. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1816-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | watchmaker. | Peterborough (1816); Narrow Bridge Street; Peterborough (1830-41). | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, JOHN 4 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 12/12/73. | Appleby. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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 | suggest correction |
| WILSON, W.W. | USA, MIM | Garden Sundial = P.C. | Pittsburgh, Pa. | Price 2 (1965). | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, WARDEN AND CO. | England, PHIM | Barograph = Bearnes 12/6/71. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WILSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1663, MIM | Vertical Sundial = Moat House, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick. | assistant to Christopher Wren. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WIMBEE, N. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Jersey. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WIN | see Wynne. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WINCKFIELD, EDWARD | England, c.1629, | apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 29, 1629. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WINCKLER, JOHANN | Germany, 1703-70, | made improvements to electrical machines. | A.J. Turner 10. | suggest correction | ||
| WINDRED | see Moss and Windred. | Taylor 2(2188). | suggest correction | |||
| WINEMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Plymouth. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WINEMAN, MOSES | England, c.1830, OIM | 38 Butcher Street, Portsea. | Taylor 2(2047). | suggest correction | ||
| WINFIELD, ROBERT WALKER | England, fl.1829-60, PHIM | Postal Balance = P.C. | Birmingham. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | suggest correction | |
| WING, JOHN | England, c.1673-1715, MIM | made sundials; designed a portable plane table. | Pickworth, County Rutland. | Taylor 1(396). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| WINKEL, R. | Germany, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 2/22/77. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WINKLER, G. | Germany, c.1740, MIM | Augsburg-type Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Plane Table with Compass = DPW; Sundial = FIN-213. | Berlin. | Zinner 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WINKLER, GEORGE | Austria, c.1821, | developed a type of barometer. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WINNE, HENRY | England, MIM | Universal Ring Sundials = D., USNM. | Henry Wynne? | Brieux 2; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WINSLOW, SETH E. | USA, c.1840, PHIM | Balance = USNM. | the balance was patented by Winslow in 1840. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction |
| WINSOR AND NEWTON | England, c.1850?, MIM | Drawing Instrument Set = D.(pre-1982). | London. | Coffeen I. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WINTER, J.B. | England, c.1840, MIM OIM | Protractor = Versailles 4/17/83. | probably T.B. Winter. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WINTER, J.F. | Germany, 1750, MIM | Equatorial Sundials = KAS (1750), OXF (1750), MUN. | compassmaker. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WINTER, THOMAS 1 | England, fl.1797-1810, OIM | 6 Brewer Street, Golden Square, London. | Taylor 2(1060). | suggest correction | ||
| WINTER, THOMAS 2 | England, c.1810, MIM | apprenticed in 1810. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| WINTERHALDER, J. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 4/20/83. | Bishopsgate without, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WINTHROP, JAMES | USA, c.1786, PHIM | Barometer = X. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WINWOOD, DANIEL | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WISBERG, C.H. | PHIM | Air Pump Frame = NOR. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WISE | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WISE, J. | England, c.1900, NIM | Octant = Ineichen 10/20/75. | Hull. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WISELING, JOHN | see Johannes Weisel. | Dewhirst. | suggest correction | |||
| WISELIUS | Germany, pre-1690, | see Johannes Weisel. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| WISEMAN | England,MIM | Rule, wood, square, four-foot = RSM. | 81 ----------Road, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WISENPAITNER, GEORG IGNATIUS | Germany, 1776, MIM OIM | Telescope, 1776 = NUR; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BM. | Eichstätt. | Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WISKER | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometers = Christie-SK 4/17/86, X(3); Wheel Barometer = X. | York. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WISKER, J.T.R. | England, c.1860, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "J. Wisker York." | 13 Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WISKER, MATTHEW | England, fl.1777-1804, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | succeeded Berry, an optician; succeeded by his son, John Wisker. | Spurriergate, York. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WISSLER | USA, c.1880, MIM SIM | Wye level = GUR. | St. Louis, Mo. | Moskowitz 104; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WISTHOFF, JOHAN | misreading for J. Wüsthof. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WITHERING, WILLIAM | England, 1741-99, | author; designed a folding botanical microscope. | Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst. | suggest correction | ||
| WITHERSPOON | see Holland and Witherspoon. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| WITHNOLL | England, | see Wood and Withnoll. | Delehar 2. | suggest correction | ||
| WITHNOLL, T. | England, c.1767, | see Frost and Withnoll; Bryden lists him as William Withnoll. | Birmingham. | Taylor 2(591); Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| 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). | suggest correction | |
| WITJE, JOHANNES | Holland, c.1760, MIM | Amsterdam. | Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WITT, SIMEON DE | Holland?, 1780, MIM | Astrolabe, paper, 1780 = USNM (Archives). | for latitude 41° north. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WITTEVEEN, SYBRAND | Holland, 1793, NIM | Crown Compass, 1793 = USNM. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WOLF | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer in gimbals = New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass. | Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WOLF, ANDREAS | Germany, fl.1750-1800, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument = NUR. | Munich. | Evans 1. | suggest correction | |
| WOLF, CARTEN | Germany?, 1775, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1775 = DEU. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WOLF, DIRK DE | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Mariner's Compass = Frisian Maritime Museum, Leeuwarden. | Buitenkant, Amsterdam (1742). | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | suggest correction | |
| WOLF, EZEKIEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | barometer maker. | 206 Sherlock Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WOLF, JOHANN | Germany, c.1625, MIM SIM | Alidade = USNM. | Ulm. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOLFF, HEINRICH A. | Germany, 1770, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, 1770 = KAS. | the dial is also marked "H.A.W." | Lübke; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WOLLER, CHARLES | England, fl.1839-58, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 63 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WOLRICHE, CARYE | England, c.1608, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1608. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WOLSCHOTGESWORE, J.F. | Holland, 1750, PHIM | Balance, 1750 = DPW. | "J.F. Wolscholgeswore ycker van haere maiestyt munten en Balancan." | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WOLTHUYSEN, HENDRIK | Holland, d.1797, NIM | compass-maker. | Foelistraat 20/21, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WOOD 2 | see Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood. | Taylor 2(2196a). | suggest correction | |||
| WOOD AND CO. | England, c.1800, OIM | near the Mermaid, Hackney, London. | Taylor 2(1247). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOOD AND WITHNOLL | England, c.1770, MIM | Slide Rule, Coggeshall-type = P.C. | Delehar 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOOD, CHAS., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WOOD, E. | England, OIM | Microscope = Phillips 5/20/75. | probably Edward George Wood. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| WOOD, EDWARD | England, c.1838, MIM PHIM | 15 King Street, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(2277). | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WOOD, GEORGE | England, pre-1761, MIM | rule maker; succeeded by his widow, Mary Wood. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WOOD, HENRY | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker. | 29 Great Charles Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WOOD, I.V., AND SONS | England, MIM | Rope Gauge = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby. | Might be John Wood 2. | Birmingham. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WOOD, JOHN 2 | England, c.1777, MIM | rule maker. | 19 Lonon'-prentice Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WOOD, JOHN 3 | USA, c.1790, | advertised pocket compasses, needles and magnets; probably a dealer. | Philadelphia, Pa. (1790). | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| WOOD, JOHN 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WOOD, MARY | England, c.1761, MIM | the widow of George Wood; she continued the business under his name. | Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WOOD, THOMAS | England, fl.1767-70, MIM | rule maker. | Brickhill Lane (1767); Brick-Kiln Lane (1770); both in Wolverhampton. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| WOODE, JOHN | England, c.1627, MIM | Pearl Gauge = OXF. | Taylor 1(158); Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WOODHEAD, JOSEPH | England, fl.1858-60, PHIM | barometer maker. | 10 Little Warner Street, London. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| WOODROFFE, GEORGE, SEN. | USA, c.1845, MIM NIM PHIM | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | suggest correction | ||
| WOODRUFF | England, c.1825, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | watchmaker; barometer dealer. | High Street, Margate. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | suggest correction |
| WOODRUFF, L. | USA, c.1860, | patented a stick barometer made by Charles Wilder. | Ann Arbor, Mich. | Middleton 1. | suggest correction | |
| WOODS 1 | see Pinhey and Woods. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WOODS 2 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WOODS, H. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Warrington. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOODSIDE, PATT. | England, c.1755, MIM NIM | Nocturnal, wood = D. | made for Robert Jackson. | Wynter and Turner. | suggest correction | |
| WOODWARD 1 | USA, PHIM | earliest maker of philosophical apparatus in New York, N.Y. | New York, N.Y. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOODWARD, GEORGE 1 | England, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/6/73. | 18 Leather Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOOLER | see Woller. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |||
| WOOLEY, JAMES | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Guilford 8/24/93. | Manchester. | ATG 8/20/93. | suggest correction | |
| WOOLF | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WOOLF, LEWIS | England, NIM | Sextant = Eldred 10/11/75. | Liverpool. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WOOLY | see Louis Hooly. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WORBEY, T.G. | England, c.1850, NIM | Parallel Rule with Protractor = Soth. 9/20/83. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WORBOYS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Ashwell, Baldock. | Goodison 1. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WORTH, BENJAMIN | 1794, NIM | Hadley's Quadrant, 1794 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass. | might be the owner. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WORTH, E.B.S. | England, c.1850, MIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WORTHING | England, c.1830, NIM | Sextant, Ramsden-pattern = Soth. 2/25/86. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WORTHINGTON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Nathaniel Worthington. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WOUTERS, REMY | see Rennerus Valerius. | Michel 3. | suggest correction | |||
| WRAGER | 1695, MIM | Pedometer, 1695 = SPI-183. | Michel 3; RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WREY | misreading for Wray. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WRIGHT 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27, Soth. 10/19/87. | Ongar. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |||
| WRIGHT 3 | England, c.1760, MIM | Inclinable Sundial, with case = BM. | Taylor 1(96); Price 3; Ward 4. | suggest correction | ||
| WRIGHT 4 | England, post 1858, | see Baxter and Wright. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT AND HOOKE | England, MIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = P.C. | repaired by Gurley in 1930; owner lived in Roanoke, Va. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, A. | England, PHIM | Barometer = P.C.(1977). | Westminster, London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 1 | England, fl.1596-1613, MIM | probably an instrument maker; worked for John Blagrave. | Taylor 1(96); Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 2 | England, c.1663, | apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, March 25, 1663. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WRIGHT, DAVID | England, c.1830, OIM | partner in Chadburn and Wright. | 94 Fargate, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(2054). | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, E. | USA, c.1850, MIM PHIM | listed in the 1850 business directory. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, G. | see Gabriel Wright and George Wright 3. | Milburn 8. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WRIGHT, GEORGE 3 | a ghost; this is realy Gabriel Wright who published a paper on a universal sundial that he had invented. | Millburn 8. | suggest correction | |||
| WRIGHT, GEORGE E. | USA, 1892, MIM | Sun's Altitude Calculator, 1892 = ADL-G21. | Chicago, Ill. | ADL; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, JAMES | England, 1808, MIM | French Curve, 1808 = Phillips 11/11/81. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, JONAS | England, MIM | made a Ptolemaic armillary sphere. | North 2. | suggest correction | ||
| WRIGHT, R.W. | England, OIM | Microscope = Borough Museum, Newbury, Berks. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, ROBERT | England, fl.1821-32, | author; invented a hypsometer. | Jesus College, Cambridge; Winwick, Lancashire. | Taylor 2(219). | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WRIGHT, T. AND HUSBANDS (2) | England, | T.C. | Calvert 2. | suggest correction | ||
| 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.) | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| 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). | suggest correction |
| WRIGHT, WILLIAM 1 | England, fl.1720-30, MIM NIM | made a backstaff signed "W. and W." ? | Bristol. | Taylor 2(220). | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHT, WILLIAM 2 | England, fl.1797-1801, MIM | rule maker. | Philip Street (1797); 14 Philip Street (1801); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| WRIGHTMAN, THOMAS | USA, c.1800, | engraved compass cards for Gedney King, Baker and Hooper, Joshua R. Lincoln, and John Trundy. | Warner 12. | suggest correction | ||
| WRIGHTSON, WILLIAM | England, c.1593, | apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1593. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WULPARIA | misreading for Vulparia. | Gatty. | suggest correction | |||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WURSTER, CHR. FRIEDRICH | Germany, fl.1748-61, MIM | Cube Sundial, 1748 = Neuenstein Schloss; Regiomontanus-type Sundial, wood = STU. | pastor. | Wiltendorff. | Zinner 1. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction | |
| WUSTHOFF, CHRISTOPH | Germany, 1693, MIM | Augsburg type Sundials = KES (1693), HAK. | Christoph Wüsthoff. | Hamburg. | Zinner 1; Price 2; Rohde; RSW. | suggest correction |
| WYBARD, JOHN | England, fl.1630-74, | designed a surveying instrument. | Taylor 1(165); Evans 1. | suggest correction | ||
| WYCK, J.J. VAN | Holland, OIM | Dissecting Microscope = P.C. | could be J. or T. van Wyck. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| WYDLER, CONRAD | Germany, c.1720, MIM | Pantograph = DRE. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WYE, JOHN | England, c.1704, MIM | apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, Aug. 8, 1704. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| WYET, WILLIAM | England, c.1653, | apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1653. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | ||
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WYK, J.V. | see Jan van Wijk 2. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| WYLAN, HENRY | England, c.1629, MIM | free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices, c.1629. | London. | Crawforth 7. | suggest correction | |
| WYLD, J. AND W. | England, c.1858, MIM | Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 11/19/87. | see T. Wyld. | Charing Cross, East London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| 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. | suggest correction |
| WYNN AND TIMMINS | England, MIM | Bow Gauge = VCW. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| WYNNE, ELLIS | England, 1670-1734, MIM | Garden Sundial, 1711 = Welsh Folk Museum. | Wales. | Peate. | suggest correction | |
| 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. | suggest correction |
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