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
George Ford II (fl. 1842); surveying and nautical
instruments.
Frederick A. Heisely (1759-1839); clocks and
mathematical instruments.
George Hoff (1740-1816); clocks, surveying instruments.
Thomas Mendenhall (fl. 1775); mathematical instruments
and clocks.
Norristown: David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), practitioner;
astronomical and surveying instruments.
Philadelphia: Owen Biddle (1737-1799), practitioner.
Thomas Biggs (fl. 1792-1795); surveying instruments.
Isaac Brokaw (fl. 1771).
Benjamin Condy (fl. 1756, d. 1798); mathematical
instruments and sand glasses.
William Davenport (1778-1829); surveying and
mathematical instruments.
William Dean (?-1797); surveying and nautical
instruments.
George Evans (fl. 1796, d. 1798); mathematical
instruments.
Martin Fisher (fl. 1790); glass instruments.
Joseph Gatty (fl. 1794); barometers, thermometers,
and philosophical instruments.
Bryan Gilmur (end of 18th century); mathematical
instruments and clocks.
Thomas Godfrey (1704-1749); improved reflecting
backstaff.
John Gould (fl. 1794); nautical, surveying,
and optical instruments.
Theophilus Grew (fl. 1753), practitioner.
James Ham (fl. 1754-1764); mathematical instruments.
James Ham, Jr. (fl. 1780); mathematical instruments.
Alloysius Ketterer (fl. 1789); glass instruments.
Anthony Lamb (1703-1784); mathematical instruments.
Thomas Pryor (fl. 1778); mathematical instruments.
Benjamin Rittenhouse (1740-c.1820); surveying and
astronomical instruments.
David Rittenhouse (1732-1796), practitioner;
astronomical and surveying instruments.
Christopher Sower [Sauer] (c. 1724-1740); mathematical
instruments and clocks.
Charles Taws (fl. 1795); mathematical instruments.
Henry Voight (1738-1814); clocks, watches, and
astronomical instruments.
John Whitney (fl. 1801); mathematical and optical
instruments.
Thomas Whitney (fl. 1798-1823); mathematical and
optical instruments.
John Wood (fl. 1790); compasses.
Pittsburgh: Frederick A. Heisely (1759-1839); clocks and
mathematical instruments.
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