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
Norwich: Thomas Harland (1735-1807); surveying instruments and
clocks.
Windham: Gurdon Huntington (1763-1804); clocks and surveying
and other instruments.
Woodstock: Peregrine White (1747-1834); surveying instruments and
clocks.
----: Smith, Cordial (fl. 1775); surveying instruments.
DELAWARE
Wilmington: George Crow (c. 1726-1772); surveying instruments
and clocks.
MARYLAND
Baltimore: Benjamin Banneker (c. 1734-1806), practitioner.
Andrew Ellicott (1754-1820), practitioner; surveying
and astronomical instruments.
Benjamin K. Hagger (c. 1769-1834); mathematical and
surveying instruments.
Frederick: Frederick A. Heisely (1759-1839); clocks and
mathematical instruments.
Nottingham: Benjamin Chandlee, Jr. (1723-1791); clocks and
surveying instruments.
Chandlee & Bros. (fl. 1790-1791); clocks and surveying
instruments.
Ellis Chandlee (1755-1816); surveying instruments and
clocks.
Ellis Chandlee & Bros. (fl. 1791-1797); clocks and
surveying instruments.
Isaac Chandlee (1760-1813); surveying instruments and
clocks.
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston: Jedidiah Baldwin (c. 1777-1829); surveying instruments.
Aaron Breed (1791-1861); surveying instruments.
Bartholomew Burges (fl. 1789); scientific instruments.
Jere Clough (18th century); surveying instruments.
John Dabney, Jr. (fl. 1739); mathematical instruments.
Jonathan Dakin (fl. 1745); mathematical instruments
and balances.
John Dupee (fl. after 1761); surveying instruments.
Samuel Grainger (fl. 1719), practitioner.
Stephen Greenleaf (1704-1795); mathematical instruments.
Thomas Greenough (1710-1785); mathematical, surveying,
astronomical, and nautical instruments.
William Greenough (fl. 1785); surveying instruments.
Isaac Greenwood, Sr. (c.1725-1750), practitioner.
Isaac Greenwood, Jr. (1730-1803); mathematical
instruments.
Benjamin K. Hagger (c. 1769-1834); mathematical and
surveying instruments.
James Halsie I (fl. 1674), practitioner.
James Halsy II (1695-1767); mathematical and surveying
instruments.
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