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| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| Z. | Germany, 1741, MIM | Pedometer, 1741 = DRE. | the work of J.G. Zimmer. | RSW. | |
| Z. ET B. | MIM | Terrestrial Globe = A-P 3/15/76. | the globe is marked "Edit." | RSW. | |
| Z.B. | owner's initials on a 1773 Spencer, Browning and Rust octant in the HAK. | RSW. | |||
| Z.G.F. | Italy, c.1840, | see Giovanni Francesco Zarbula; also see G.Z.F. and Z.J.F. | Piedmont. | Gatty. | |
| Z.J.F. | Italy, c.1840, | see Giovanni Francesco Zarbula; also see Z.G.F. and G.Z.F. | Gatty. | ||
| ZABEUS, BERNARDINUS | Italy, fl.1552-59, MIM | Astrolabes = DES (1558), ADL-M21 (1558)(ICA-177); Horizontal Sundial, 1552 = Goldschmied Coll. = MADEX-52 = NMM-Caird. | the astrolabe at the Adler planetarium is signed on the rim. | Padua. | Engelmann 1; Gunther 1; Michel 3; Price 1; ADL; RSW. |
| ZACH | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial = DRE. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2. | |
| ZACHARIUS | Germany, 1550, MIM | Wall Sundials, 1550 = Görlitz. | the dials are signed "Zacharius Scultetus." | Görlitz. | Lübke. |
| ZACHARY, JOHN | England, 1687, | apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 of the Clockmakers' Company in 1687. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| ZACUTO, ABRAHAM | Portugal, c.1510, MIM NIM | made mariner's astrolabes for Vasco da Gama's voyage. | Maddison 6. | ||
| ZAHN, JOANNES | Germany, c.1685, | author; designed telescopes. | Dewhirst. | ||
| ZALLINGER, JOS: G. A: LEON: | Italy, 1755, MIM | Sundial, 1755 = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | the dial is also marked "G 46 Z M 30." | Bolzano. | RSW. |
| ZAMBRA 1 | see Negretti and Zambra. | RSW. | |||
| ZAMBRA 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (3). | see J.C. Zambra. | London. | Goodison 1. |
| ZAMBRA, CESARE | England, fl.1820-22, PHIM | barometer maker; father of Joseph Warren Zambra. | Saffron Walden, Essex. | Taylor 2(1755). | |
| ZAMBRA, G. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, K. & C. 9/20/71. | 51 Spear Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| ZAMBRA, G.J. | England, fl.1919-21, PHIM | partner with M.W. Zambra 2 and P.E. and H.N. Negretti. | London. | W.J. Read. | |
| ZAMBRA, J.C. | England, fl.1879-92, MIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2), Soth. 2/19/87. | eldest son of J.W. Zambra, and his partner together with H.P.J. Negretti from 1879 to 1888; the firm was run by H.P.J. Negretti, J.C. Zambra and M.W. Zambra from 1888 to 1892. | 23 Brook Street, Holborn, London. | W.J. Read. |
| ZAMBRA, JOSEPH WARREN | England, 1822-97, MIM OIM PHIM | son of Cesare Zambra; apprenticed to a glassblower in Hatton Garden; worked for C. Tagliabue; formed a partnership with Henry Negretti in 1850 which lasted until 1879; was a partner with H.P.J. Negretti and J.C. Zambra fron 1879 to 1888; Joseph W. Zambra retired in 1888. | London. | W.J. Read; G.L'E. Turner 24; Taylor 2(1755); Goodison 1. | |
| ZAMBRA, M.W. 1 | England, fl.1888-1909, MIM OIM PHIM | J.W. Zambra retired in favor of his second son, M.W. Zambra 1 in 1888; he was a partner with his brother, J.C. Zambra and H.P.J. Negretti from 1888 to 1892; then a partner with H.P.J. Negretti from 1892 until 1909 when M.W. Zambra retired. | London. | W.J. Read. | |
| ZAMBRA, M.W. 2 | England, fl.1909-35, PHIM | a partner with H.P.J. Negretti and his sons, P.E. and H.N. Negretti from 1909 to 1919; the partners were, M.W. Zambra 2, P.E. and H.N. Negretti together with G.J. Zambra from 1919 to 1921; the firm was, M.W. Zambra 2 plus P.E. & H.N. Negretti from 1921 to 1935. | London. | W.J. Read. | |
| ZAMNITZER | misreading for Jamnitzer. | RSW. | |||
| ZAMORA | the name "Negretti and Zamora" was read on a barometer with a perpetual calendar starting at 1773; this is surely a mis- reading of Negretti and Zambra. | Christie 4/19/78. | |||
| ZAMORANO, RODRIGUEZ | Spain, c.1528, MIM | Seville. | Michel 3. | ||
| ZANDRA, G. | surely G. Zambra. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |||
| ZANETTI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Victoria Hall, 8/11/97. | ATG 8/2 & 9/97. | ||
| ZANETTI AND AGNEW | England, fl.1817-25, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = P.-B. 4/14/38. | Vittore Zanetti and his former apprentice, Thomas Agnew. | 94 Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ZANETTI, JOSEPH | England, c.1841, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | probably the son of Vittore Zanetti; partner with Thomas Agnew as Agnew and Zanetti. | 100 King Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. |
| ZANETTI, V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = New House 9/10/93. | surely Vincente or Vittore Zanetti, which see. | Manchester. | ATG 8/28/93. |
| ZANETTI, VINCENT | England, fl.1822-26, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (4). | may be the same as Vincente Vittore Zanetti. | 5 Wrights Court, Market Street, Manchester. | Taylor 2(1756); Goodison 1. |
| ZANETTI, VINCENTE VITTORE | England, PHIM | barometer maker; may be the same as Vitto Zanetti and Vittore Zanetti, which see. | 98 Market Street Lane; 87 Market Street Lane; both in Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZANETTI, VITTORE | England, fl.1810-25, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Vincent Vittore Zanetti; had Thomas Agnew as an apprentice in 1810; took him as a partner from 1817 to 1825 as Zanetti and Agnew. | 94 Market Street; 87 market Street Lane; both in Manchester. | Goodison 1 & 5. |
| ZANFRINI AND GUGERI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Blandford. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZANG | Holland?, MIM | Perpetual Calendar = Evans Coll. | Maijnstockheim. | Esdaille; Evans 1. | |
| ZANGIUS, PHILIPP | Belgium, 1602, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1602 = ROM. | Louvain. | Zinner 1; Price 2. | |
| ZAPPA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| ZAPPECK, F. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Zappeck-type Vertical Sundials = BUD, Linz Museum (2), OXF, PRZ, Prague Narodni Museum, GRA, WUP, Soth. 12/16/63, etc. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Price 2; Ithaca; Czech. Inventory; RSW. | ||
| ZARBULA, GIOVANNI FRANCESCO | Italy, c.1840, MIM | mason and painter; designed and painted many sundials in Dauphiné. | Piedmont. | Gatty. | |
| ZAVAGLIA, SEBASTIANO | Italy, 1823-76, PHIM | doctor; made mechanical models and electrical apparatus; director of the Gabinetto Aldini in Bologna, 1863. | Bologna. | Brenni 1. | |
| ZECH | Czechoslovakia, 1525, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1525 = James Ferguson = Society of Antiquaries. | Prague. | Grimaldi. | |
| ZECH, IGNATZ JOSEPH | Germany, c.1791, MIM | Bobinger 3. | |||
| ZECH, JAKOB | Germany, 1550, MIM | Clock, portable = OXF. | Augsburg. | Bobinger 3; RSW. | |
| ZECH, JEREMIAS | Germany, c.1600, MIM | Sundial = DRE (lost). | Augsburg. | RSW. | |
| ZECH, JOHANNES GEORGIUS | Germany, 1699, MIM | Ring Sundial, 1699 = D.(1974). | Wynter 1. | ||
| ZECH, ZACHARIUS | Germany, MIM | Equatorial Sundial, large = Ehrensberger Coll. | Zinner 1. | ||
| ZEELST, ADRIAN | Belgium, fl.1569-1602, MIM | Astrolabe, 1569 = MAA (ICA-462); Cruciform Sundials, = MAN (1572), P.C. (1573), OXF (1588); Surveying Instrument, 1593 = P.C.; Astronomical Ring = D.(1972). | Zinner put him under E. Zeelstius but the instruments are signed "A. Zeelstius" or "A. Zeelst." | Louvain. | Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Garcia Franco 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Brieux 2; A.J. Turner 10; RSW. |
| ZEHAVA | Russia, 1850, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set, silver, 1850 = GEL. | Tula. | RSW. | |
| ZEIHER, JOHANN ERNST | Russia, fl.1762-98, | designed a metallic thermometer and a marine barometer. | St. Petersburg. | Chaldecott 4; Middleton 1. | |
| ZEILMAKER, KEIMPE EN TJEPKE BLOK | Holland, c.1796, NIM | maritime compass makers. | Harlingen. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| ZEINER | see Hen. | Dewhirst. | |||
| ZEISS, CARL | Germany, 1816-88, OIM | apprenticed to Friedrich Körner in Jena; opened shop in 1846; developed various types of microscopes; firm still running in East and West Germany. | Jena. | Pipping 1. | |
| ZEITZ AND CO. | USA, 1850, MIM PHIM | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM. | ||
| ZENONE AND BUTTI | Scotland, fl.1823-24, | Refracting Telescope = FRK = RSM. | John Zenone and Louis Joseph Batti were dealers. | 5 Calton Street, Edinburgh. | Clarke et al. |
| ZENONE, JOHN | Scotland, fl.1823-32, | Stick Barometers = X (2); Wheel Barometers = Soth. 7/21/83, Phillps-E 10/28/88; Telescope = Phillips 7/23/88. | carver, gilder and looking glass maker; partner with Louis Joseph Butti in 1823; probably dealer; one of the stick barometers is signed "Lenone"; other stick barometer and Soth. wheel barometer are signed "I. Zenone." | 5 Calton Street 1823-30); 7 Calton Street (1827-30); 5 and 6 Calton Street and 77 Princes Street (1830); 9 Calton Street (1832); all in Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| ZENTMAYER, JOSEPH | Germany; USA, 1826-88, OIM | Microscope, No. 621 = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | Philadelphia, Pa. | USNM; RSW. | |
| ZERBONI AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 4/28/88. | London. | RSW. | |
| ZERBONI, ANTHONY | England, fl.1833-36, PHIM | barometer maker; partner in Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli. | 24 Cross Street, Hatton Garden; 13 Baldwins Gardens; 106 Hatton Garden; all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZERBONI, BATTISTESSA, MOLTENI, ETC | England, fl.1835-36, PHIM | Anthony Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; barometer makers; by 1840 the firm was Battistessa and Co. | 24 Cross Street, Hatton Garden (1835); 13 Baldwins Gardens (1835); 106 Hatton Garden (1836); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZERBONIE, BATTISTESSA AND CO. | Scotland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87. | Calton Street, Edinburgh. | RSW. | |
| ZEYDLER, PANGRATZUS | Germany, c.1557, MIM | made sundials; Master in 1557. | Nürnberg. | Gouk 1. | |
| ZEZEL, MICHAEL | 1628, MIM | Evans 1. | |||
| ZICK, JOHANNES ANDREAS | Germany, 1664, MIM | Sandglass, 1664 = VIU. | Nürnberg. | Lunardi; Abeler 1; RSW. | |
| ZICKH, JOHANN | Germany, fl.1760-90, MIM | Planetarium with Armillary Sphere and Sundial, 1760 = WUR. | Würzburg. | Zinner 1. | |
| ZIEGENGEIST, ALBRECHT | Germany, c.1700, PHIM | weight maker. | Nürnberg. | RSW. | |
| ZIEHNER | Germany, c.1780, MIM OIM | Telescopic Quadrant = DRE. | RSW. | ||
| ZIMMER, J.G. | Germany, fl.1741-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Pedometer, 1741 = DRE; Löser-type Metalic Thermometer, 1747 = DRE; other undated thermometers at DRE, KEN; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = DRE. | mathematical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Löser at Schloss Reinharz; see Merklein und Zimmer. | Dresden; Schloss Reinharz. | Zinner 1; Chaldecott 4; RSW. |
| ZIMMERMAN, A. | Germany, 18th Century, MIM | Mechanical Equatorial Sundial, triangular = OXF. | Augsburg. | Evans 1; Bobinger 2; Michel 3. | |
| ZIMMERMANN, ERHARD | Germany, 1568-88, MIM | Leveling Compass, 1568 = X; Artillery Level, 1588 = DRE. | Michel 3; RSW. | ||
| ZIMMERMANN, JOHANN JAKOB | Germany, 1644-93, MIM | Celestial Astroscopicums, 1692 = Lindau Stadtmuseum, DEU. | Rosicrucian; astronomer; astroscopicums translate as cones or gores; Zimmermann once held the "Bowl of Ahaz" which was made by Chrisopher Schissler and is now in the APS. | Heidelberg. | Zinner 1; Multhauf 1. |
| ZINGG, MICHAEL | Switzerland., 1599-1676, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1648 = X. | Glarus. | Zinner 1. | |
| ZIPFEL, GEORGE | England, c.1822, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | the barometer is signed "G. Zipfel 11 Cockey Lane, Norwich." | 11 Cockey Lane; Little Cockey Lane; both in Norwich. | Goodison 1. |
| ZIRKEL | the name of the instrument; marked on a pair of dividers in the USNM; also marked "Nürnberg." | USNM. | |||
| ZOLLSTOCK | Germany, c.1760, MIM | Hamburg. | Rohde. | ||
| ZONDERVAN, H. | Holland, PHIM | Barometer, mahogany = Soth.-Mak van Waay, March 1976. | Sittard. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| ZORN, GEORG | Germany, fl.1609-28, MIM SIM | Sectors = KRE (1609), BEK (1613), AUG (1614); Sundials = FLO (1613), NUR (1624); Astronomical Compendia, 1628 = Drecker Coll. = ADL-DPW15 (1628), UTO 11/2/76 (1626); Artillery Levels = BM (1619), OXF (1624), Berlin Zeughaus (1625), P.C. (1628); Surveying Instrument = STU; Reduction Compass = FLO (1618); Quadrant = P.C. (1611); etc. | see G.Z. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Price 3; Ward 4; ADL; RSW. |
| ZUBLER, LEONHARD | Switzerland, 1563-1609, MIM SIM | Vertical Sundial = WUP; Recipiangle = WHI; Pedometer = NUR. | author; designed a surveying instument with Phillipp Eberhart in 1602. | Zürich. | Zinner 1; Bryden 11; Michel 3; RSW. |
| ZUCCANI, EMILIO | England, fl.1841-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1977). | the X barometer is signed "Emilio Zuccani London." | 41 Brick Lane (1841-45); 32-33 Mansell Street (1849); 17 Mansell Street (1851-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| ZUCCHI, NICOLO | Italy, 1586-1670, | Jesuit; experimented with mercury, filled tubes for barometers. | Rome. | Middleton 1. | |
| ZUMBACH, LOTHAR, VON KOESFELD | Germany; Holland, 1661-1727, MIM | Planetolabiums, cardboard = KAS, Leiden Sternwarte; Lunaelabium = KAS. | Trier (1661); Leiden; Kassel (1708). | Zinner 1. | |
| ZURAGHI, FELIX | England, fl.1832-33, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 9 City Road, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| ZURNER, ADAM FREDERICK | invented an odometer. | Beckmann. | |||
| ZWICKER, CHRISTOPH | Germany, c.1660, | author; wrote on sundials. | Danzig. | Zinner 1. |
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