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
Gilmur, Bryan (end of 18th century), Philadelphia; also made clocks.
Greenleaf, Stephen (fl. 1745), Boston.
Greenough, Thomas (1710-1785), Boston; also made surveying,
astronomical, and nautical instruments.
Greenwood, Isaac, Jr. (1730-1803), Boston.
Hagger, Benjamin K. (c.1769-1834), Boston and Baltimore; also made
surveying instruments.
Halsy, James, II (1695-1767), Boston; also made surveying instruments.
Halsy, John (fl. 1700), Boston.
Ham, James (fl. 1754-1764), New York and Philadelphia.
Ham, James, Jr. (fl. 1780), Philadelphia.
Hamlin, William (1772-1869), Providence, R.I.; also made nautical and
astronomical instruments.
Heisely, Frederick (1759-1839), Frederick, Md., and Lancaster,
Harrisburg, and Pittsburgh, Pa.; also made clocks and surveying
instruments.
Heisely, George (1789-1880), Harrisburg, Pa.; also made clocks.
Hinton, William (fl. 1772), New York.
Hooker & Fairman (before 1810), Newburyport, Mass.
Jacks, James (fl. 1780's), Charleston, S.C.; also made surveying
instruments.
Jayne, John (late 18th century), Salem, Mass.
King & Hagger (1759/60 to early 1760's), Newport, R.I.; also made
nautical instruments.
King, Benjamin (1707-1786), Newport, R.I.; also made nautical
instruments.
King, Daniel (1704-1790), Salem, Mass.
King, Samuel (fl. 1786), Newport, R.I.
Lamb, A. & Son (1780's), New York.
Lamb, Anthony (1703-1784), Virginia, Philadelphia, New York, and
Hunter's Key, N.Y.; also made surveying and nautical instruments.
Lamb, John (1735-1800), New York; also made nautical and surveying
instruments.
Mendenhall, Thomas (fl. 1775), Lancaster, Pa.; also made clocks.
Newell, Andrew (1749-1798), Boston; also made compasses and surveying
instruments.
Platt, Augustus (1809-1886), Columbus, Ohio; also made surveying
instruments.
Pryor, Thomas (fl. 1778), Philadelphia.
Revere, Paul (1735-1818), Boston, Mass.
Sibley & Marble (late 18th century), New Haven, Conn.; also made clocks
and watches.
Sower, Christopher (c. 1724-1740), Germantown and Philadelphia, Pa.;
also made clocks.
Taws, Charles (fl. 1795), Philadelphia.
Thaxter, Samuel (1769-1842), Boston; also made surveying and nautical
instruments.
Walpole, Charles (fl. 1746), New York.
Whitney, John (fl. 1801), Philadelphia; also made optical instruments.
Whitney, Thomas (fl. 1798-1821), Philadelphia; also made optical and
surveying instruments.
Williams, William (1737/38-1792), Boston; also made nautical
instruments.
Witt, Christopher (fl. 1710-1765), Germantown, Pa.; also made clocks.
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Bulmain & Dennies (fl. 1799), New York.
Clark, Robert (fl. 1785), Charleston, S.C.; also made surveying and
optical instruments.
Condy, Benjamin (fl. 1756-92, d. 1798), Philadelphia; also made
mathematical instruments.
Davenport, William (fl. 1800-1820), Philadelphia; also made mathematical
and surveying instruments.
Dean, William (?-1797), Philadelphia; also made surveying instruments.
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