Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers

Name: Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers
Author: Bedini, Silvio A.

Bedini, Silvio A.

Scientific apparatus and instruments

Cherry     12      6    3-1/2    *    Benjamin Warren of
                                                         Plymouth, Mass.
                                                         (fl. 1740-1790)

  Roleigh L.       Cherry    7-1/2  3-3/4    3      *    Unsigned
  Stubbs

  Silvio A.        Walnut     12    5-3/8    5      4    Thomas S. Bowles
  Bedini                                                 of Portsmouth,
                                                         N.H. (c.
                                                         1765-1821)

                    Pine     5-3/4  3-1/2  2-1/2    *    Unsigned (18th
                                                         century)

                  Mahogany     *      *      *      *    Unsigned (18th
                                                         century)

                  Basswood    12    5-3/4  2-3/4    4    Thomas Greenough
                                                         of Boston
                                                         (1710-1785)

                    Birch     18    7-1/2  7-1/2    6    Samuel Thaxter of
                                                         Boston (1769-1842)

                  Mahogany    13    7-1/4  4-1/4    6    Samuel Thaxter of
                                                         Boston (1769-1842)

                   Yellow    8-1/4    4      *    4-1/4  Benjamin K. Hagger
                    birch                                of Boston and
                                                         Baltimore (c.
                                                         1769-1834)

                   Cherry     14    5-1/2  6-3/8  4-3/4  Gurdon Huntington
                                                         of Windham, Conn.
                                                         and Walpole, N.H.
                                                         (1763-1804)

  Yale Gallery    Mahogany  11-1/2    5      *      *    Andrew Newell of
  of Fine Art                                            Boston (1749-c.
                                                         1798)




MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS

_Alphabetical List_


(Asterisk denotes information unavailable.)

  _Name_              _Period_       _Place_           _Types of
                                                       instruments_

  Bailey, John        fl. 1778       Fishkill, N. Y.   Surveying; surgical

  Bailey, John, II    1752-1823      Hanover and Lynn, Surveying
                                     Mass.

  Baily, Joel         1732-1797      West Bradford,
  (practitioner)                     Pa.

  Baldwin, Jedidiah   c. 1777-1829   Salem, Boston,    Surveying
                                     and Northampton,
                                     Mass.; Hanover,
                                     N. H.

  Banneker, Benjamin  c. 1734-1806   Baltimore
  (practitioner)

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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

Cherry     12      6    3-1/2    *    Benjamin Warren of
                                                         Plymouth, Mass.
                                                         (fl. 1740-1790)

  Roleigh L.       Cherry    7-1/2  3-3/4    3      *    Unsigned
  Stubbs

  Silvio A.        Walnut     12    5-3/8    5      4    Thomas S. Bowles
  Bedini                                                 of Portsmouth,
                                                         N.H. (c.
                                                         1765-1821)

                    Pine     5-3/4  3-1/2  2-1/2    *    Unsigned (18th
                                                         century)

                  Mahogany     *      *      *      *    Unsigned (18th
                                                         century)

                  Basswood    12    5-3/4  2-3/4    4    Thomas Greenough
                                                         of Boston
                                                         (1710-1785)

                    Birch     18    7-1/2  7-1/2    6    Samuel Thaxter of
                                                         Boston (1769-1842)

                  Mahogany    13    7-1/4  4-1/4    6    Samuel Thaxter of
                                                         Boston (1769-1842)

                   Yellow    8-1/4    4      *    4-1/4  Benjamin K. Hagger
                    birch                                of Boston and
                                                         Baltimore (c.
                                                         1769-1834)

                   Cherry     14    5-1/2  6-3/8  4-3/4  Gurdon Huntington
                                                         of Windham, Conn.
                                                         and Walpole, N.H.
                                                         (1763-1804)

  Yale Gallery    Mahogany  11-1/2    5      *      *    Andrew Newell of
  of Fine Art                                            Boston (1749-c.
                                                         1798)




MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS

_Alphabetical List_


(Asterisk denotes information unavailable.)

  _Name_              _Period_       _Place_           _Types of
                                                       instruments_

  Bailey, John        fl. 1778       Fishkill, N. Y.   Surveying; surgical

  Bailey, John, II    1752-1823      Hanover and Lynn, Surveying
                                     Mass.

  Baily, Joel         1732-1797      West Bradford,
  (practitioner)                     Pa.

  Baldwin, Jedidiah   c. 1777-1829   Salem, Boston,    Surveying
                                     and Northampton,
                                     Mass.; Hanover,
                                     N. H.

  Banneker, Benjamin  c. 1734-1806   Baltimore
  (practitioner)

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Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers

Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers

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