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Your search for signatures starting with Y yielded 47 entries. Displaying entries 1–47.| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References | Suggest Correction |
| YARWELL, JOHN | England, fl.1669-1712, OIM | Telescopes = KEN, WHI, OXF, Soth. 12/16/63, etc.; Microscopes = KEN, WHI, OXF, etc. | apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Dec. 9, 1662; turned over to Nicholas Shield of that Company on April 2, 1688; free of the Company in 1669; Master of the Company in 1684; took apprentices; had Ralph Sterrop as a partner from 1697 until 1708 under the name Sterrop and Yarwell; T.C. | at ye Archimedes and Spectacles in St. Paul's Churchyard (1672-83); Archimedes and three Golden Prospects, in St. Paul's Churchyard; at the Sign of Archimedes in Ludgate Street, the first Spectacle Shop next Ludgate (1697); at the Archimedes and Crown (1698); all in London. | Taylor 1(343); Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(29); Dewhirst; USNM; Whipple 2; Robischon; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YARWOOD, JOHN | England, c.1680, | first to illustrate his trade card; misprint for Yarwell? | Darius 3. | suggest correction | ||
| YATES | misreading for Yeates. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| YEAMAN, JOHN | Scotland, c.1756, OIM | Level = RSM. | may have taken James Clark 1 and John Miller as apprentices. | Behind the Weigh-House in the Lawn-Market, Edinburgh. | Taylor 2(675a); Morrison-Low 1. | suggest correction |
| YEATES 1 | Ireland, c.1843, MIM | the name is stamped on the gnomon of a garden sundial by John Cruise. | Dublin. | Moskowitz 122. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES 2 | Ireland, c.1800, MIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie 11/22/78; Dumpy Level = Phillips 2/22/77; Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 10/19/89. | possibly Samuel Yeates. | Dublin. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| YEATES AND SON 1 | Ireland, fl.1834-39, OIM | Samuel Yeates and Son; T.C. | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Crawforth 1; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES AND SON 2 | Ireland, fl.1865-1922, MIM OIM | Universal Equatorial Sundial = WHI. | Yeates and Son (2) succeeded George Yeates 2 and Son; Stephen M. Yeates may have been the "son" in Yeates and Son (2); the firm was "Mathematical Instrument Makers to the University." | 2 Grafton Street (1865-1922); and 136 St. Stephen's Green West (1875-79); and 33 Nassau (1911-13); and 51 Nassau Street (1914-22); and 32A Dawson Street (1914); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 16; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YEATES, ANDREW | Ireland, fl.1823-40, MIM SIM | Transit = DPW. | son of Samuel Yeates; worked with Edward Troughton 2 in 1832. | Dublin (1823); 12 Brighton Place, New Kent Road, London (1832). | Bryden 9; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YEATES, GEORGE 1 | Ireland, fl.1825-37, OIM PHIM | might be the same as George Yeates 2. | 70 Camden Street (1826-27); 70 Charlmont Street (1828-37); both in Dublin. | Morrisom-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES, GEORGE 2 | Ireland, fl.1843-58, MIM OIM PHIM | made air pumps; exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the University"; see George Yeates and Son. | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin (1840-46) & (1859-64). | Morrison-low and Burnett; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES, GEORGE, AND SON | Ireland, 1840-64, MIM OIM | George Yeates 2 and Son; succeeded George Yeates 2 and were succeeded by Yeates and Son 2; "Mathematical Instrument Makers to the University." | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES, HORATIO | Ireland, fl.1859-64, OIM | 29 Wicklow Street (1859-62); 23 Dawson Street (1863); 13 Leinster Street (1864); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| YEATES, KENDRICK | Ireland, fl.1804-39, OIM | listed as an optician through 1826; brass founder and brass merchant from 1827-39. | 22 Henry Street (1804-11); 27 Stafford Street (1816); 26 Stafford Street (1819-35); 24 Suffolk Street (1836); 26 Stafford Street (1837-38); 33 Stafford Street (1839); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES, SAMUEL | Ireland, fl.1790-1834, MIM OIM PHIM | Microscope = Crisp Coll.; Equatorial Sundials = Bearnes 12/6/71, Linton Sale 10/9/80; Garden Sundial = Cristie 9/11/86; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometer = X. | see Samuel Yeates and Son, Yeates and Son (1). | 4 Upper Ormond Quay (1790-94); 29 Capel Street (1795-1810); 89 Dame Street (1811-26); 2 Grafton Street (1827-31); all in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YEATES, SAMUEL, AND SON | Ireland, fl.1832-39, MIM OIM PHIM | Dissecting Mocroscope = Wellcome Institute; Wheel Barometer = X; Sundial = D.(1976). | see also Yeates and Son (1); T.C. | 2 Grafton Street (1832-39); and 9 Nassau Street (1839); both in Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Crawford 1; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 122; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YEATES, STEPHEN M. | Ireland, fl.1865-1902, MIM OIM | perhaps the son in Yeates and Son (2); grandson of George Yeates 2 ? | 2 Grafton Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | |
| YEATES, THOMAS | Ireland, c.1848, OIM | 119 Abbey Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| YEATES, WILLIAM | Ireland, fl.1827-28, OIM | 18 Capel Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | suggest correction | ||
| YEFF, ROBERT | England, fl.1702-12, MIM NIM | Nocturnals, wood = NMM, KEN (1702); Gunter's Rule, 1712 = WHI. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(535); J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YEOMAN, JOHN | England, | check on him in cards and old print-outs. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| YERMOUTH, WILLIAM | England, c.1797, | apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 4, 1797. | J. Brown 1. | suggest correction | ||
| YLLMER, ANDREAS | Austria, 1559, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1559 = INN. | Innsbruck. | Neumann 1. | suggest correction | |
| YORKE, THOMAS | England, c.1738, | took Joseph Jackson 3 as an apprentice c.1738. | Clay and Court. | suggest correction | ||
| YORKE, WILLIAM | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed to Hilkiah Bedford in the Stationers' Company on June 6, 1662; free of the Company in 1669. | A.J. Turner 9. | suggest correction | ||
| YOULE, WILLIAM | England, fl.1822-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Theodolite = Christie-SK 11/19/87; Map Pointer = Soth. 12/15/78;; Sextants = MYS, D.(1989); Inclinable Sundial = LIM; Wheel Barometer = X; Drum Microscope = D.(1983). | 22 Fieldgate Street, Whitechapel (1822-33); 79 Leadenhall Street (1845); 83 Leadenhall Street (1845-60); A1 Grace- church Street; all in London. | Taylor 2(1752); Goodison 1; Coffeen C; Rinaldi 23; RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG 1 | see Sewill and Young. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| YOUNG 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1995). | Swaffam. | ATG 7/22/95. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG AND CO. | USA, fl.1830-74, MIM SIM | Henry Young and his son, James Hyde Young; James continued the firm after his father joined with William Henry Smith in 1834. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG AND SON 1 | England, c.1840, PHIM | Balances = OXF, Phillips 5/2/75; Diamond Balance = Phillips 4/16/76; Balances and Weights = CAR. | T.C.; balance makers to Queen Victoria. | 5 Bear Street, Leicester Square, London. | Taylor 2(2282); Dewhirst; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YOUNG AND SON 2 | Scotland, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = OMM. | possibly David Young or R. Young and Son. | Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| YOUNG AND SONS | USA, fl.1881-1918, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Transits (# 8589) & (# 88090) = GUR. | the firm was founded by William J. Young in 1820; Alfred Young, his eldest son, ran the business in 1881 and 1882, his son, Alfred C. Young took over at the death of his father in 1882; the firm was sold to Keuffel and Esser of Hobken, N.J. in 1918 when Alfred C. Young died. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; USNM. | suggest correction |
| YOUNG, DAVID | Scotland, NIM | Sextants = D.(1975), K. & C. 6/12/75. | South Shields and Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG, HENRY | USA, 1792-1874, MIM SIM | fl. 1817-58; Henry Young and his son, James Hyde Young, were together, 1830-34 as Young and Co.; listed as Young, Smith and Co., 1834-45, when firm was Henry Young and William Henry Smith; became Smith, Young and Co. from 1852-57; retired in 1858. | 4 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. (1820-58). | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG, JAMES HYDE | USA, fl.1830-74+, MIM SIM | was a partner with his father, Henry Young, from 1830 to 1834; he continued to run the firm, as Young and Co. until after 1874. | New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG, R. AND SON | Scotland, c.1850?, NIM | Sextant = D.(1968). | 59 Clyde Place, Glasgow. | RSW. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG, RICHARD | England, c.1669, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to Edward Fage of the Clockmakers' Company on June 4, 1669. | J. Brown 3. | suggest correction | ||
| YOUNG, SMITH AND CO. | USA, f.1834-45, MIM SIM | Henry Young and William Henry Smith. | 4 Maiden Lane, New York, N.Y. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG, THOMAS | England, 1773-1829, | Optometer, 1801 = Royal Institution. | author; wrote on optics and experimented with barometer tubes. | London. | Middleton 1; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YOUNG, WILLIAM J., AND CO. | USA, fl.1867-70, MIM SIM | William J. Smith, Thomas N. Watson and Charles S. Heller continued the firm under its old name. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1. | suggest correction | |
| YOUNG, WILLIAM J., AND SONS | USA, fl.1871-80, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveyor's Compass = Oklahoma Historical Society. | the firm was formed by Alfred and T. Benton Young after the death of their father, William J. Young, in 1870; T. Benton Young left the firm in 1880 and Alfred Young changed the name to Young and Sons, which see; William J. Young left his dividing engine to Alfred Young. | 43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM; Moskowitz 103. | suggest correction |
| YOUNG, WILLIAM JAMES | Scotland; USA, 1800-70, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | made a wide range of surveying and drafting instruments; the earliest are dated 1835; examples are found in many museums. | apprenticed to Thomas Whitney, by then, of Philadelphia, from 1813 to 1820; remained a journeyman to him until 1823; he got a dividing engine made by George Adams from Whitney; he invented a new transit in 1831 for the Baltimore and Ohio RR; was the first maker of Burt's Solar Compass; founded the firm of William J. Young and Co. in 1867, with Thomas N. Watson and Charles S. Heller as partners; on his death the firm became William J. Young and Sons, ie. Alfred and T. Benton Young. | 224 South Second Street (1825); 9 Dock (1837-55); 43 North Seventh Street; all in Philadelphia, Pa. | Smart 1; Bedini 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 14; USNM; D.J. Warner 11; RSW. | suggest correction |
| YOUNGHUSBAND | see Palmer, Steele and Younghusband. | RSW. | suggest correction | |||
| YOUNGS' | England, c.1850, PHIM | Letter Balance = Christie 12/21/71. | surely Young and Son 1. | London. | RSW. | suggest correction |
| YPELAAR, ABRAHAM | Holland, 1736-1811, OIM | Microscope = P.C. | Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1. | suggest correction | |
| YSAEUS, MAGNUS | MIM | Protractor, silver, in etui = NOR. | RSW. | suggest correction | ||
| YSENBROEK, PIETER | Holland, 1701-76, MIM PHIM | Planetarium, 1738 = ADL-M392; Tellurian = UTP; Pyrometer = LEY; Barometer = X; Heliostat = X. | "textiel fabrikant"; author; itebtingf Ledenlijst Natuurkundig College, c.1737-76; the 1738 planetarium was improved in 1793 by Jan Peres in Haarlem. | Haarlem. | Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Fox 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Crommelin 1; Middleton 1; ADL; Teyler Museum Exhibition, 1988; RSW. | suggest correction |
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