Early American Scientific Instruments and Their MakersBedini, Silvio A.
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Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers
Bedini, Silvio A.
Scientific apparatus and instruments
[87] SAVAGE, op. cit. (footnote 2), vol. 2, p. 341; "Joseph Halsy," in
Thwing Catalogue, and "Cotton Mather" in Record of Marriages,
Massachusetts Historical Society.
[88] Land deeds listed in Thwing Catalogue, Massachusetts Historical
Society.
[89] Massachusetts Historical Society, Inventory L.450, S.P.R. 92.505.
[90] Description courtesy of Mr. M. V. Brewington, Peabody Museum,
Salem, Mass.
[91] Called the "r r Co.," which has not been further identified but is
believed to have been one of the many militia companies that were formed
in Boston during this period.
[92] "Thomas Greenough," in Thwing Catalogue, Massachusetts Historical
Society.
[93] M.S. identified as Folio 495, Massachusetts Historical Society.
[94] _The Chronicle_ (Early American Industries Association), December
1939, vol. 2, no. 12, p. 96.
[95] Ibid.
[96] Description courtesy of Dr. Thomas Greenough, Cooperstown, N. Y.
[97] ROBERT P. MULTHAUF, "Early Instruments in the History of Surveying:
Their Use and Invention," _Surveying and Mapping_ (October-December
1958), pp. 401, 403.
[98] "Report of the Committee on the Rooms," _Proceedings of the
Bostonian Society_ (1917), no. 1, p. 14.
[99] Ibid., p. 15.
[100] FELT, op. cit. (footnote 38), p. 173.
[101] "William Williams," in Thwing Catalogue, Massachusetts Historical
Society.
[102] Land record data from Thwing Catalogue, Massachusetts Historical
Society.
[103] "Report of the Committee on the Rooms," _Proceedings of the
Bostonian Society_ (1917), no. 1, p. 16.
[104] BRIGHAM, op. cit. (footnote 32), p. 121.
[105] _History of Hingham_ [Massachusetts], Hingham [n. d.], vol. 3, p.
236.
[106] KATHERINE M. ABBOTT, _Old Paths and Legends of New England_ (New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1909), pp. 341-342.
[107] _Proceedings of the Bostonian Society_ loc. cit. (footnote 103).
[108] Photograph and records in the collection of the Bostonian Society.
[109] Land records, Massachusetts Historical Society.
[110] GEORGE FRANCIS DOW, _The Arts and Crafts in New England 1704-1775_
(Topsfield, Mass.: The Wayside Press, 1927), p. 256.
[111] JOHN M. PHILLIPS, "An Unrecorded Engraving by Nathaniel Hurd,"
_Bulletin of the Associates in Fine Arts at Yale University_ (June
1936), vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 26-27.
[112] Land records on Benjamin King Hagger listed in Thwing Catalogue,
Massachusetts Historical Society.
[113] Marriage Document no. 101, Report of the Record Commissioners of
Boston, p. 298.
[114] _The Baltimore American and Commercial Advertiser_, November 9,
1834.
[115] SILVIO A. BEDINI, "A Compass Card by Paul Revere (?)", _Yale
Library Gazette_ (July 1962), no. 2. pp. 36-38; WILLIAM T. DAVIS,
_Ancient Landmarks of Plymouth_ (Boston: A. Williams & Co., 1883).
[116] D. ALAN STEVENSON, _The World's Lighthouses before 1820_ (London:
Oxford University Press, 1959), p. 179.
[117] PAUL REVERE, _Day Books_, MS., Massachusetts Historical Society.
[118] HOOPES, op. cit. (footnote 50), pp. 7-8.
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