| Signature | Maker Info | Instruments | Comments | Location | References |
| C. 1 | France, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Koller 11/17/75. | punchmark is "C." | RSW. | |
| C. 2 | c.1550, MIM | Dividers = P.C.(1987). | RSW. | ||
| C. DES P. | France?, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | RSW. | ||
| C. KO. | see C.K.F. | RSW. | |||
| C.A.B. | Germany, 1600, | marked on an astronomical ring, dated 1600, at OXF signed "Succa"; also marked "I.A.D." and "A." (2). | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. | ||
| C.A.D. | 18th Century, MIM | Table Sundial, circular = Koller 11/17/75. | RSW. | ||
| C.B. | England, c.1650, MIM | probably Christopher Brookes; author. | Wadham College, Oxford. | Dewhirst; Clay and Court. | |
| C.B.A. 1 | see C.A.B. | Hamilton 2. | |||
| C.B.A. 2 | Germany, MIM | Rule with Level = TIM. | may be scale markings. | RSW. | |
| C.C. 1 | MIM | Compass Sundials, brass in round ivory boxes = NOR, OXF. | punchmark on hour scale. | Evans 1; RSW. | |
| C.C. 2 | c.1850, PHIM | Electrical Apparatus = D. | Brieux 2. | ||
| C.C., SIR | England, 1667, | see Sir Charles Cotterel. | RSW. | ||
| C.D. 1 | 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = LOS. | RSW. | ||
| C.D. 2 | MIM | Compass, three legs = ADL-M72. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | ||
| C.D. 3 | c.1830, MIM | Cannon Sundial = Versailles 2/28/82. | RSW. | ||
| C.D.P. | France, c.1800, | not an instrument maker; abbreviation for "Calibre Des Pieces." | Christie 4/3/85. | ||
| C.F.Z.K. | Germany, 1570, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1570 = Rosenheim Sale. | may be owner; sundial also marked "V.S." | RSW. | |
| C.G. 1 | Germany, fl.1572-76, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, wood, 1572 = VIE; Horary Quadrant, 1574 = BASH. | Zinner 1; Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 2 | ||
| C.G. 2 | Holland?, 17th Century, MIM | Compass Sundial, ivory box = OXFB. | Maddison 5; Evans 1. | ||
| C.G. 3 | England, c.1700, MIM | Vertical Sundial, east declining = OXF. | Cornwall. | RSW. | |
| C.H. | 1677, MIM | Compass Sundial in bone sphere, 1677 = WRAY-85; Capuchin Sundial, wood = SLM. | Zinner 1; RSW; Haupolter. | ||
| C.H.B. | Germany, MIM | Vertical Sundials = P.C., Soth. 12/17/62-112. | the Soth. instrument is like Roman "Ham" sundial. | Zinner 1; RSW. | |
| C.H.M.A.D. | Germany, 1601, MIM | Horizontal - Vertical Sundial, 1601 = Drecker Coll. | misreading for C.T.M.F.D.? | RSW. | |
| C.H.R.S.S. | Germany?, 1596, MIM | Sundial, 1596 = FLO-2511. | Bonelli 1 called it a sundial but Bonelli 5 picture is of artillery level. | Bonelli 1 and 5. | |
| C.I. | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Instrument = VIE-AR3102. | Zinner 4. | ||
| C.I.K./A.M. | MIM | Ring Sundial, cast pewter = NOR. | "C.I.K." over "A.M." (6). | RSW. | |
| C.I.R.S.T. | 1701, | see C.T.P.M.A. | Czech. Inventory. | ||
| C.K. | see C.K.F. | RSW. | |||
| C.K.F. | Germany, fl.1631-48, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1631 = MERC-105 = Soth. 12/12/55 = 3/27/72; Artillery Level, 1648 = KES; Instrument = Koller, Nov. 1967; Astronomical Compendium = Drouot 6/16/65. | Koller signed "C. Ko."; Drouot signed "C.K."; probably Christoph Köhler. | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; RSW. |
| C.L. 1 | 16th Century, MIM | Artillery Level = VIE-742. | Zinner 4. | ||
| C.L. 2 | 17th Century, MIM | Dividers = Soth.-P-B 6/14/76. | fleur-de-lys under monogram. | RSW. | |
| C.M. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | Portsmouth. | RSW. | |
| C.M. DE W. | Holland, 1797, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, marble, 1797 = UTR. | "C.M. de W. fec. et exc." | Amsterdam. | de Rijk; RSW. |
| C.N.A.L. | owner? on astrolabe at CLU, also signed "Nepos Gemmae Frisii fecit Lovani 1661"; re-engraved from 1561; ICA-234. | Price 1; ICA 2; Nachet; Cluny Cat. | |||
| C.P. 1 | Germany, 16th Century, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, box = P. and S. 3/20/1896. | probably the owner. | RSW. | |
| C.P. 2 | England, c.1800, | "C.P." is marked on the dial plate of a horizontal sundial, WHI-1191; the wind rose is marked "H." (4) and the compass card is marked "R.G." (1), perhaps Ralph Greatorex? | Bryden 16. | ||
| C.R. 1 | c.1663, MIM | Sundial, silver = Soth. 11/5/28-424. | epact tables for 1663-1700; tide table. | RSW. | |
| C.R. 2 | France, MIM | Horizontal Sundial = P.C. | signed "C. deposé R." | RSW. | |
| C.R. 3 | Germany, c.1750, OIM | Microscope = BIL. | Nürnberg. | Purtle. | |
| C.R.W. | c.1575, MIM | Astrolabe = BRN. | Louvain-type. | Czech. Inventory. | |
| C.S. 1 | Germany, fl.1546-1602, MIM | probably Christopher Schissler; many instruments signed this way; Zinner thought initials might also stand for Christopher Senft. | Augsburg. | Zinner 1; Evans 1; Bobinger 1; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| C.S. 2 | Germany, | this mark is inside the lid of a table clock signed "B.S." there is a sundial on the bottom plate of the clock. | Pippa. | ||
| C.S. 3 | Germany, 1646, MIM | Artillery Level, 1646 = AUG-3547. | dolphin on front; Christopher Schissler der Junger? | Price 2; RSW. | |
| C.S. 4 | Germany, | Astronomical Compendium, wood and silver, 1565 = Physics Institute, Padua. | modern work; see Georg Hartmann for similar sundial by same maker. | Augsburg. | RSW. |
| C.S. CO. | USA, | distributor or dealer for Stanley and Co. | Pine Meadow, Conn. | DATM. | |
| C.S.A.P. | 1633, MIM | Artillery Level, 1633 = HAK. | also marked "Elias Innsel." | RSW. | |
| C.S.L. | MIM | Full Protractor = D.1968). | RSW. | ||
| C.S.S. | Germany, fl.1578-87, MIM | Dividers with altimeter scale, 1578 = ZUS; Dividers with Sundials = VIG (1584), VIE (1587). | may be Christopher Schissler Senior. | Zinner 1; Egger; RSW. | |
| C.T. 1 | Germany, 1534, MIM | Rule, 1534 = DRE. | Drechsler 2. | ||
| C.T. 2 | the initials are marked on a nocturnal with sundial; the months have Italian initials; the owner was Caesar Sambara, Bishop of Tortona; WHI-734, 1548. | Hamilton 1; Whipple 1; Bryden 16. | |||
| C.T. 3 | England, 1581, MIM | Polyhedral Sundial, stone, 1581 = Corpus Christi College, Oxford. | Charles Turnbull, which see; author. | Lincolnshire. | Gatty. |
| C.T.C.F. | Germany, 1609, MIM | Micrometer, 1609 = DRE. | Christoph Trechsler or his son? | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.D. | Germany, 1598, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1598 = BEK. | "Christoph Trechsler, Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; RSW. |
| C.T.D.E.M. | Germany, fl.1611-24, MIM NIM SIM | many instruments signed this way within this period; "Christoph Trechsler Der Elder Mechanicus." | Zinner 1; Michel 15; Maddison 5; Josten; Drechsler 2; Société Belge; Czech. and Polish Inventories; Trois Siècles; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; ADL; Syndram; RSW. | ||
| C.T.D.E.M.F. | Germany, 1614, MIM | Artillery Level, 1614 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Der Elder Mechanicus Fecit." | Zinner 1. | |
| C.T.F. | Germany, 1589, MIM SIM | Surveying Instrument, 1589 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Fecit"; signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S."; it is "M.S." (5); also marked "A.B. Riesen." | Zinner 1 and 4; Josten; Gunther 2; Kirnbauer 2; Dreschler 2; Bonelli 1; RSW. | |
| C.T.M. | Germany, fl.1604-20, MIM | Rule, 1604 = DRE; Pairs of Dividers, 1604 = OXFB, Soth, 2/15/53; Artillery Levels = HAK (1605), DRE (1609); Range Finder, wood, 1605 = DRE; Circles = P.C. (1605), DAR (1620); Level, 1608 = Soth. 12/8/69; Dividers, 1623 = HAK. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus." | Zinner 1; Maddison 5; Drechsler 2; RSW. | |
| C.T.M.D. | Germany, fl.1607-09, MIM | Quadrant, 1607 = DRE; Artillery Level, 1609 = ADL-M200; Sundial = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Körber 1; Drechsler 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| C.T.M.F. | Germany, fl.1603-15, MIM SIM | Circle, 1603 = DEU; Nocturnal, 1603 = P.C.; Surveying Instrument, 1608 = OXF; Sector, 1615 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Fecit." | Dresden. | Zinner 1; Dewhirst; Gunther 2 and 6; Drechsler 2. |
| C.T.M.F.D. | Germany, 1609, MIM | Micrometer, 1609 = DRE. | "Christoph Trechsler Mechanicus Fecit Dresden." | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.P.M.A. | 1701, MIM | Analemmatic Sundial, 1701 = Museum of Arts and Sciences, Brno. | also marked "C.I.R.S.T." and "Bene Sociantur." | Czech. Inventory. | |
| C.T.S.M. | Germany, 1624, MIM | Diptych Sundial, 1624 = Goteborg Museum. | "Christoph Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus." | Dresden. | Zinner 1. |
| C.T.S.M.F. | Germany, 1623, MIM SIM | Graphometer, 1623 = DRE-521. | "Christoph Trechsler Sohn Mechanicus Fecit." | Zinner 1; Drechsler 2. | |
| C.V. | MIM | Horizontal Sundial = USNM. | may be "G.V." | USNM. | |
| C.W. 1 | England?, 1610, MIM | Astronomical Compendium = Christie 7/16/68 = P.C.; Case of Drawing Instruments = KEN. | both may be by Charles Whitwell. | Taylor 1(88); Wynter and Turner; RSW. | |
| C.W. 2 | Germany, 1694, MIM | Perpetual Calendar, 1694 = Koller 11/17/75. | Gotha. | RSW. | |
| C.W. 3 | c.1900, | Horary Quadrant = ADL-T27. | the work of D.B. Sheahan but in the style of Christopher Wren. | Fox 2; Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW. | |
| CABASSON | Germany, c.1850, MIM OIM SIM | Telescopic Levels = La Rochelle 7/16/83, Versailles 11/20/83; Mining Dial = P.C.(1987). | the telescopic levels may be one instrument. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CABEO, NICOLO | Italy, 1585-1650, | S.J.; developed a compass with a dipping needle; author; recognized and described electrical repulsion; professor of mathematics at Padua when Galileo was there. | Ferrara; Padua. | Zeitlin and Ver Brugge Cat.; DSB. | |
| CABER, CHARLES, AND CO. | USA, OIM | Telescope = MYS. | "Wanderer Telescope." | New Bedford, Mass. | RSW. |
| CABINET DU ROY | France, c.1650, | Armillary Sphere = ADL-M7. | an address, not a name. | Versailles. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| CABOGA, C. MARII | see G. Maru. | USNM; Thielmann; RSW. | |||
| CABRIER | Holland, c.1704, PHIM | made barometers and gave them English makers' names. | Amsterdam. | J. Brown 3. | |
| CABRIER, CHARLES | England, fl.1697-1724, MIM | Astronomical Clock = Feill Coll. | Lombard Street, London. | Baillie 1. | |
| CADDEI, GIOVANI | Italy, MIM | Garden Sundial, round = Delft Sundial Exhib. (1984). | RSW. | ||
| CADE, SIMON | England, fl.1688-1730, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, D.(1976), K. and C. 4/7/76. | apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 12, 1680; free of the Company, April 12, 1688; took apprentices; D. barometer is in olivewood. | Charing Cross, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 1(456); J. Brown 3; Baillie 1; Dewhirst; Evans 1; RSW. |
| CADENAZZI | England, | see Dangelo and Cadenazzi. | Winchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CADGELL, THOMAS | England, c.1682, MIM | apprenticed for eight years to William Elmes of the Clockmakers' Company on June 3, 1682. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CADOL | France, 18th Century, MIM | Artillery Instrument = Stuker (1961). | Cadot? | RSW. | |
| CADOT | France, fl.1747-53, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundial, 1751 = Versailles 4/17/83; Sector, 1747 = OXF; Sundial, 1748 = McVitty Coll. = P-B 1/22/54; Graphometer, 1753 = KEN. | does not appear to be Michel Cadot. | Lyon. | Gunther 2; Hamilton 2; RSW. |
| CADOT, MICHEL | France, fl.1730-53, MIM SIM | made many Butterfield-type sundials (including one dated 1742 in the Huelsmann Coll and another, 1740, in Soth. 12/12/55) and mathematical instruments, including sectors, theodolites and rules; examples may be seen in many museums including the ADL, BM, OXF, etc.; Sector, 1733 and Folding Square, 1733 = HAR | apprenticed to Jean-Baptiste-Nicolas Delure in the "Corporation des fondeurs, 1718; Master n the Corporation; son-in-law of Henry Macquart, 1720; see Macquart and Cadot. | Quay de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cité (1730); à l'Astrolabe (1734); both in Paris. | Daumas 1; Hamilton 1 and 2; Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Körber 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Engelmann 1; Syndram; Augarde; Giordano X; ADL; RSW. |
| CAELLINS, MARCUS ANTONIUS | Italy, 1684, MIM | Astronomical Instrument, 1684 = MIM-312. | Caellius? | Rome. | Chenakal 4. |
| CAESIUS | see Blaeu. | Zinner 1. | |||
| CAETANI | see Joseph-Maria Cavaliero, Baron of San Caetani. | Gunther 2; Evans 1. | |||
| CAFFIERI | Italy; France, c.1750, OIM | made the decorated brass tubes for Magny's microscopes; either Giacomo or Filipo. | Daumas 1; Morpurgo 1. | ||
| CAFFIERI, J. | France, c.1710, MIM | J. Caffiéri; signed on base of astronomical clock by Fardoil; also marked "A. Coypel." | Trois Siècles. | ||
| CAFSERA | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1979). | Cassera? | Stourbridge. | Antique Collector, Oct. 1979. |
| CAGNI, I. | Italy, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Middleton 1. | ||
| CAGNOLI | Italy, MIM | Quadrant = Bologna University Observatory. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CAHUET | France, fl.1770-72, OIM | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | ||
| CAIETANUS, P., CAPUC. | see P. David a San Cajetanus, Capuc. | Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. | |||
| CAIL | England, MIM NIM SIM | Protractor = Phillips 10/5/76; Surveying Level = Phillips 10/26/83; Level = Soth. 10/28/86; Sextants, pocket = Christie 7/29/76, Soth.-C. 6/26/85; Mining Dial = Soth. 6/23/87; Parallel Rules = ADL-W163; Rule = ADL-W160; etc. | either John or Septimus Anthony Cail. | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | ADL; RSW. |
| CAIL AND SONS | England, MIM NIM | Sextant, incomplete = Christie-SK 1/31/85. | Newcastle. | RSW. | |
| CAIL, JOHN | England, fl.1825-65, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | Stick Barometer = Soth-S 1/25/89; Theodolite = RSM; Quintant, 1825 = NMM; Octants, ebony = Rye Museum, Soth. 4/28/69; Telescope = Soth. 1/22/73; Circular Slide Rule = Cooke's Shop, CMY; Sextant, copper and wood = NMM; Circumferentor = Dean and Chapter, Durham Cathedral; Sector, ivory = ADL-W117; Protractor = ADL-W115; Parallel Rule = ADL-W163; etc. | worked for Troughton in London; partner with his brother, Septimus Anthony Cail, 1851-53; T.C.; Rye octant is marked "improved." | 2 New Bridge Street (1823-37); 44 Northumberland Street (1838-39); 61 Pilgrim Street (1841-53) and 45 Quay Street (1841-53); 21 Grey Street (1855-58); all in Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1500); Calvert 2; KEN; Moskowitz 115; Crawforth 1; Delehar 2; Coffeen 11; ADL; RSW. |
| CAIL, JOHN AND SEPTIMUS ANTHONY | England, fl.1851-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | brothers. | 45 Quay Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1095 and 1500); Moskowitz 115. | |
| CAIL, SEPTIMUS ANTHONY | England, fl.1857-84, MIM NIM PHIM | Hadley Quadrants = NMM, OMM; Sextant, ebony and ivory = ADL-W217; Octant = Glasgow Art Museum; | T.C.; usually signed "S.A. Cail." | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1095); Price 2; Moskowitz 115; Crawforth 6; ADL; RSW. |
| CAIRNS | England, c.1850, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Barometer = AMST; Telescope = D.(1974). | probably Alexander Cairns. which see. | 12 Waterloo Road, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW. |
| CAIRNS, ALEXANDER | England, pre-1842-c.1869, NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Sextant = San Francisco Maritime Museum; Octant = D.(1974); Quadrant = Mystic Seaport, Conn. | T.C.; optician; chronometer and watchmaker; sold nautical instruments. | 12 Waterloo Road; 13 Waterloo Road (1869); both in Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 108; RSW. |
| CAJETANUS, P. DAVID A SAN, CAPUC. | Austria, 1726-82, MIM | Horizontal Sundials, stone = Koller 11/17/75, BEK; Sundial, 1750 = Soth. 12/12/55 = Ader Picard 3/16/81; Horizontal Sundial, brass and marble, 1742 = ADL-M282. | the ADL instrument is signed "P. Caietanus Capuc." and probably was not made by David as he would have been only 16. | Vienna. | Zinner 1; Moreau; Price 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW. |
| CAL, DIRCK VAN | Holland, 1650, MIM | made a celestial globe in 1650. | Steenwijk. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CALANI AND CO. | PHIM | Thermometer = Soth. 10/17/60. | RSW. | ||
| CALDERA, SERAPHANO | see Serafino Antonio Maria Calderara. | Taylor 2(2091); Dewhirst. | |||
| CALDERARA, S. AND A. | England, PHIM | Angle Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83. | probably Serafino Calderara. | London, | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CALDERARA, SERAFINO ANTONIO MARIA | England, fl.1831-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95. | X is signed "S. Calderara London"; Soth. signed with address "Leather Lane, Holb., London." | 16 Kirby Street (1831-33); 78 Leather Lane, Hatton Garden (1834-51); 42 Baldwins Gardens (1852-60); 2 Kings Terrace, Bagnippe Wells Road (1854-55); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2091); Dewhirst; RSW. |
| CALDERON ES TARSA | Hungary, c.1850, MIM PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie 5/5/70; Compass = P.C.(1987). | Budapest. | RSW. | |
| CALDINI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, c.1780, PHIM | Electrostatic Machine = FLO. | "Mecanico." | Florence. | Bonelli 1; RSW. |
| CALE, WILLIAM | England, | Water Clock, 1700 = CAS. | modern work from Birmingham. | London. | RSW. |
| CALEHOF | see Kalthoff. | Dewhirst. | |||
| CALL 1 | England, MIM | Set of Drawing Instruments = Phillips 10/5/76. | surely misreading for "Cail." | Newcastle-on-Tyne. | RSW. |
| CALL 2 | see Bemis and Call Co. | ||||
| CALL, JAN BACHER VAN | Holland, fl.1644-67, MIM PHIM | Nocturnal, 1647 = OXF. | made sundials, clocks, pumps, etc; Zinner listed him as "Johan Bacher Van Call." | Batenburg; Nijmegen. | Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3. |
| CALL, JAN BECKER | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CALL, JAN VAN | Holland, MIM PHIM | see Jan Bacher van Call. | Batenburg; Nijmegen. | Rooseboom 1; Gunther 2; Zinner 1. | |
| CALLAGHAN 1 | England, c.1840, NIM OIM | Hadley Quadrant = PEA; Telescope, refracting = Soth.-S 7/23/87. | 45 Great Russell Street, London. | Brewington 1; RSW. | |
| CALLAGHAN 2 | England, c.1860, OIM PHIM | Barometer = X; Barograph = Christie-SK 2/9/79; Telescopes = FRK-T42, Phillips 2/14/79; Spyglass = Christie 2/12/72. | barometer signed "Callaghan." | 23a New Bond Street, corner of Conduit Street, London. | Goodison 1; Frank; RSW. |
| CALLAGHAN AND CO. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | RSW. | ||
| CALLAGHAN, W. | England, c.1850, MIM | may be the same as Callaghan 1. | 45 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London. | G.L'E. Turner 24. | |
| CALLCOTT, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Cotton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CALLENDER, J. | England, c.1820, OIM | made a sea-telescope and stand. | 19 Plough Court, Fetter Lane, London. | Taylor 2(1501). | |
| CALLENDER, JOSEPH | USA, 1751-1821, | Compass Cards = D, Eldred 10/11/75. | apprentice of Paul Revere; engraved compass cards for T.S. Bowles, Gedney King, Samuel Emery, D. Pearson, Newell and Son, etc. | Boston, Mass. | Brewington 1; Moskowitz 103; Bedini 8; Rudd; Warner 12; RSW. |
| CALLICUM, W. | England, 1598, NIM | Quadrant, 1598 = D.(1965?) = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| CALLOW, JOHN | England, fl.1797-1808, MIM NIM | also made compasses and dog collars. | Ashted Row (1797); 31 Ashted Row (1801-08); both in Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CALLOW, MARY ANN | England, c.1818, MIM NIM | also made compasses and dog collars; probably the widow of John Callow. | Steelhouse Lane, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CALLOW, R. | England, c.1750, MIM | Ring Sundial = WHI. | Bryden 16. | ||
| CALOMBO, LEONIDE | USA, c.1867, PHIM | New York, N.Y. | D.J. Warner 5. | ||
| CALONNE | France, c.1750, MIM | Architect's Etui with Instruments = Versailles 5/6/79. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CALTENBACK, FULLER AND CO. | England, c.1850?, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/22/87. | 77 Blackman Street, Borough, London. | Bell 2; RSW. | |
| CALTHOFF | see Kalthoff. | Rooseboom 1. | |||
| CALTIN, B. | 1728, MIM | Astronomical Clock and Sundial, 1728 = MADEX-16A = Strauss Coll. = NMM. | MADEX; NMM 2. | ||
| CALVI, DR. CARMELUS | Italy, 1755, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1755 = Stucker, 1958. | maker. | RSW. | |
| CAM | France, 19th Century, MIM | Equatorial Sundial = Christie-SK 9/11/86. | Rue de la Paix, 24, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAM, J. | England, OIM | Telescope = FRK-T133. | London. | Frank. | |
| CAMBON, BALTZER | 1642, MIM | Astrolabe, cardboard, 1642 = LUN. | ICA-613. | Price 1; Zinner 1; ICA 2. | |
| CAMDEN, WILLIAM | England, c.1710, MIM | Sundial inside lid of watch = OXF. | Weldon Coll. | London. | RSW. |
| CAMENADE, CAREL ANTHONIJ | Italy; Holland, 1761-1809, MIM PHIM | made barometers and calipers. | Milan; Delft. | Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1. | |
| CAMERON AND BLAKENEY | Scotland, fl.1853-60, MIM NIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 10/22/87; Sympiesometer = Soth 12/5/72; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 1/12/83; Octant = NMM; Telescope = FRK = RSM; Azimuth Dial = FRK = RSM. | Paul Cameron and John Blakeney. | Glasgow. | Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CAMERON, ALEXANDER | Scotland, fl.1818-48, NIM | Octant, with case = Christie 2/8/66-2 = FRK = RSM. | watch and clockmaker; probably only a dealer. | High Street (1818-24); Overgate (1829-48); both in Dundee. | Frank; Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| CAMERON, J.R. | England, fl.1840-52, NIM PHIM | Marine Barometer = Jared Coffin House, Nantucket, Mass.; Tell-Tale Compass = PEA; Sextants = PEA, Koller June, 1967, Soth. 12/19/66-10. | T.C. in case for Chrichton octant (1852) in Kelton Coll. (1990); octant was made for A. Dobbie. | 54 South Castle Street; 14 South Castle Street near the Customs House (1852); both in Liverpool. | Brewington 1; Calvert 2; USNM; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CAMERON, PAUL | Scotland, 1814-70, MIM OIM PHIM | Compass Card = NMM. | author, 1848; took John Blakeney as his partner, 1853-60; firm became Paul Cameron and Co., 1861-64, 1866-69; firm was Houston and Cameron in 1865; exhibited at the London Exhibition of 1851. | 87 London Street, Glasgow (1851-54). | Bryden 3; Clarke et al. |
| CAMERON, PAUL, AND CO. | Scotland, fl.1861-69, MIM NIM PHIM | interrupted in 1865 when firm's name was Houston and Cameron. | 11 and 19 Howard Street (1861-64); 25 Howard Street (1866-67); 2 York Place (1868); 178 Broomielaw (1869); all in Glasgow. | Clarke et al. | |
| CAMILLUS | Italy, 1554, MIM | Armillary Sphere = VAA. | could be Camillus Vulparia? | Florence. | Grimaldi (706). |
| CAMINADA | Italy; Holland, c.1790, PHIM | made barometers; glass blower. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CAMINADA GEBR. | Holland, c.1850, MIM | Linear Dividing Machine = P.C. (1973); Dividing Circle = P.C. (1973). | Rotterdam. | RSW. | |
| CAMINADA, J. | Holland, fl.1820-61, MIM PHIM | made barometers and calipers. | Delft. | Rooseboom 1. | |
| CAMINADA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMINADA, P. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(4), Soth.-S 1/10/90; Barometer = Soth. 7/3/70. | Taunton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CAMMACK | see Foster and Cammack. | RSW. | |||
| CAMMENADE, CAEL ANTHONY | see Carel Anthonij Camenade. | ||||
| CAMOTTA, MRS. ANN | England, c.1860, PHIM | made barometers; probably widow of Richard Camotta. | 14 Bull Green, Halifax. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMOTTA, RICHARD | England, fl.1830-41, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "Camotta Halifax." | 14 Bull Close (1830); 12 Bull Green (1841); both in Halifax. | Goodison 1. |
| CAMOZZI, CHARLES | England, fl.1830-52, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | all signed "C. Camozzi Bicester"; succeeded by his widow, Eleanor Camozzi, in 1852. | Market End (1830); Market Place (1832-50); both in Bicester. | Goodison 1. |
| CAMOZZI, ELEANOR | England, 1852, PHIM | succeeded her husband, Charles Camozzi, in 1852; barometer maker or dealer. | Bicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMP, ALB. U.D. | Holland, c.1742, NIM | Alb. u.d. Camp; compass maker. | Buitenkant, Amsterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 2. | |
| CAMPANI, GIOVANNI | Italy, | see Giuseppe Campani. | Baillie 1. | ||
| CAMPANI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1620-96, OIM | a renowned maker of telescopes and microscopes; his work is found in many museums, including KEN, KAS, NAC, POB (2)(1673), FLO, Zeiss Jena (1696) etc.; dated examples range from 1669-1696; brother of Matteo Campani; author; clockmaker. | Spoleto; Rome. | Bonelli 1 and 4; Morpurgo 1; Daumas 1; Nachet; Paris 1900; Gunther 2; Italian Inventory; Purtle; Trois Siècles; Bryden 11; Drechsler 2; Bedini 11; DSB; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10. | |
| CAMPANI, MATTEO | Italy, fl.1660-80, MIM | brother of Giuseppe Campani; made clocks and watches; author; devised instruments for his brother. | Rome. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Baillie 1; Britten; Zeitlin No. 214; Michel 3; Bedini 11 and 14. | |
| CAMPBELL 1 | England, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1989), Cardoza Auction 8/26/89. | see John Campbell 2. | Liverpool. | RSW. |
| CAMPBELL 2 | Germany, NIM | Compass Rose = HAM. | Hamburg. | Schück 2. | |
| CAMPBELL, CHARLES | USA?, 1798, MIM | Astronomical Clock, 1798 = X. | USNM. | ||
| CAMPBELL, J. 1 | England, c.1850, NIM | Octant = LIM. | Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| CAMPBELL, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gatehouse (York?). | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPBELL, JOHN 1 | England, 1720-90, | improved Hadley' quadrant; devised a sextant; Vice-Admiral in the Royal Navy. | Taylor 2(335); Brewington 1. | ||
| CAMPBELL, JOHN 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Campbell 1 and J. Campbell 1. | 6 South Castle Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CAMPBELL, W., AND CO. | Germany, NIM | Sextant = X. | see Campbell 2. | Hamburg. | Dewhirst; RSW. |
| CAMPI, GIO. BATTA | Italy, c.1750, OIM | T.C.; optician. | Genoa. | Calvert 2; KEN. | |
| CAMPI, JOHN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Wolverhampton. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPINI, JEAN-JUSTIN | Italy, 1639-98, OIM | lens maker; designed microscopes; author; nom de plume was Carlo di Napoli. | Naples. | Nachet; RSW. | |
| CAMPIONE 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Oxford. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPIONE 2 | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 12/17/75. | Christie signed "Campioni Edinburgh." | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CAMPIONI | Scotland, | see Campione 2. | RSW. | ||
| CAMPIONI AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAMPONOVO, ANGELO | England, c.1846, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Christie-SK 6/24/88. | one X signed "Camponovo Summers Town, Oxon."; the other X and Christie-SK signed "Camponovo Oxford." | St. Thomas's Parish, Oxford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANBY, J., AND SON | England, 19th Century, OIM | Telescope = Christie-SK 11/27/86. | South Castle Street, Liverpool. | RSW. | |
| CANISIUS, DANIEL | Holland, 18th Century, NIM | Reflecting Circle = AMST. | Daniél Canisius; owner? | Rotterdam. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; RSW. |
| CANIVET, JACQUES | France, fl.1743-74, MIM OIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including ADL; dated ones range from 1750-72. | nephew, pupil of, and successor to Claude Langlois; "Ingénieur du Roi" and "Ingénieur en Instruments de Mathématique de Messieurs de l'Académie Royale des Sciences" (1756-74); Master of the "Corporation des fondeurs, 1743; took over Jean-Baptiste Lordelle's shop sign; took apprentices; made many instruments for Courtanvaux; succeeded by Lennel. | Place de la Marché Neuf (1743); à la Sphère, Quai de l'Horloge (1747); both on the Ile de la Cité, Paris. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3; Courtanvaux; Trois Siècles; Wynter and Turner; Coffeen 14; Michel 3; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; ADL; Augarde; RSW. |
| CANNON, F.W. | England, | see W.F. Cannon. | RSW. | ||
| CANNON, W. | England, c.1820-40, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1980). | surely W.F. Cannon. | Shadwell. | RSW. |
| CANNON, W.F. | England, c.1850, NIM | Sextants = Christie-SK 4/17/86, Soth. 10/28/86, MYS, Seamans Institute, New York; Marine Compass = OMM; Octants, ebony = Pugsley Sale, Christie-SK 2/9/84. | compass and octant signed "W.F. Canon"; Institute sextant signed "W.K. Cannon"; surely the same man. | 177 Shadwell; 175 High Street, Shadwell; both in London. | USNM; RSW. |
| CANOVA, PETER | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Halesworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| CANTERO, FRAN. DE LA FUENTE | Spain, MIM | Dividers = MAA. | RSW. | ||
| CANTI, C.A. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 10/26/83, Soth. 4/28/88. | X has first address; Phillips has the other and may be for C.A. Canti 2. | Malling, Kent; 16 Brooke Street, Holborn (London). | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANTI, C.A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 2/4/77. | X signed "C.A. Canti, Jr." | 59 Shoe Lane, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CANTI, C.A., AND SON | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 16 Brooke Street, Holborn (London). | Goodison 1. | |
| CANTI, E. | England, c.1775, PHIM | Barometer = Christie 2/19/70. | Town Malling, Kent. | RSW. | |
| CANTLEY | England, c.1726, MIM | sundial maker; taught James Ferguson the art. | Earle. | ||
| CANTON, J. | England, 1753, PHIM | Electroscope, 1753 = DEU. | London. | Wheatland 2. | |
| CANTONI, B. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/19/87. | "Warranted." | Horsham. | RSW. |
| CANTY, C.A. | see C.A. Canti 2. | London. | RSW. | ||
| CANTZLER | Germany, c.1790, MIM | Kantzler? | Daumas 1. | ||
| CANVA, FRANCISCO ANTON | Spain, NIM | Marine Compass = ROM. | Barcelona. | Price 2. | |
| CANZ, GIOVANNI | Italy, MIM | Sandglass = TRE; Marine Compass = TRE. | Trieste. | RSW. | |
| CANZIUS, JACOB HENDRIK ONDERDEWYNGAART | see Onderdewyngaart Canzius. | Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Brieux 2; Crommelin 1; Multhauf 1; KEN; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Nachet. | |||
| CAPADORA, D. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 6/6/75. | may be variant spelling for "Capoduro." | Cirencester. | RSW. |
| CAPADURO | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Deal. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPADURO, DOMENICO | England, c.1830, OIM | Lombard Street, Margate. | Taylor 2(1793). | ||
| CAPELLA, J. | England, c.1780, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1975). | Coventry. | RSW. | |
| CAPELLA, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be L. Casella. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CAPELLA, MICHAEL | England, c.1854, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | signed "M. Capella" with address. | 53 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham. | Goodison 1. |
| CAPELLI | England, PHIM | made barometers; see Stringa and Capelli. | Newport. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPI | France, pre-1782, PHIM | Barometer = COR. | Paris. | Courtanvaux. | |
| CAPILUPI, GIULIO | Italy, 1609, MIM | Astronomical Compendium, 1609 = P.C. | designed a universal sundial; author. | Mantua. | Morpurgo 1; RSW. |
| CAPO, ANTHONY | Ireland, fl.1819-54, OIM PHIM | Barometer, 1819 = X. | spelled "Cappo" from 1839 on; optician. | 154 Millfield (1819-20); 164 Millfield 1839-40); 168 Millfield (1843-46); 160 Millfield (1850-54); all in Belfast. | G. Fennell; Morrison-Low and Burnett. |
| CAPPI, WILLIAM | England, fl.1844-50, PHIM | barometer and thermometer maker. | 11 Bakers Row, Clerkenwell, London. | Goodison 1; Dewhirst. | |
| CAPPO, JOSEPH 1 | Ireland, fl.1835-80, PHIM | weather-glass maker; philosophical and chemical instrument maker; may be related to and successor to Anthony Cappo. | 168 Millfield (1835); 202 North Street (1839); 164 Millfield (1840); 147 Millfield (1856); 24 Portland Street (1858); 14 Portland Street (1860-61); 5 Portland Place (1863-80); all in Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CAPPO, JOSEPH 2 | Scotland, fl.1847-53, PHIM | made hydrometers. | Buchanan Court, 75 Argyll Street (1847-52); 404 Parliamentary Road (1853); both in Glasgow. | Bryden 3. | |
| CAPPO, JOSHUA | Ireland, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Belfast. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CAPPY | France, 1767-80, PHIM | Thermometers = CNAM; Barometers = CNAM. | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPPY ET MOSSY | France, fl.1768-80, PHIM | Aerometer = CNAM; Thermometer = CNAM; Barometer = D.(1970); Weather Instrument = D.(1970). | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPPY ET NEVEU | France, 1776, PHIM | Thermometer, 1776 = CNAM. | Rue et Place Royale, Paris. | Daumas 1. | |
| CAPRA, ALLESSANDRO | Italy, c.1678, | invented a hodometer. | Bologna. | Morpurgo 1; Weil 2. | |
| CAPRA, BALDASSAR | Italy, c.1580-1626, | claimed to have been making sectors for six years in 1607. | Milan. | Daumas 1; DSB; Gunther 2. | |
| CAPRANI, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Norwich. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPRANI, L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Leicester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAPUCCINI, NETO | Italy, 1812, MIM | Sundial, 1812 = P.C. | USNM; RSW. | ||
| CAR. PL. | see Carolus Platus. | Michel 3. | |||
| CARACIA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Edenbridge. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARACIA, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie 1/26/90. | Edenbridge, Kent. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CARAFA, GIOVANNI | Italy, c.1550, MIM | globe maker. | Rome? | Globus, Dec., 1956. | |
| CARCANI | variant spelling for "Carcany", which see. | RSW. | |||
| CARCANO | France, | Carcanô; see Carcany. | |||
| CARCANY | France, c.1775, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1973), BEK; Barometers = P-B 3/18/39, Koller Nov. 1968; Stick Barometer = Soth. 6/4/92. | P-B signed "Carcanô"; Koller signed "Carcani"; Soth signed "Carcano." | Place Dauphine No. 2, Paris. | RSW. |
| CARD, CHARLES | England, fl.1785-1820, MIM | apprenticed to Robert Tangate 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1776; free in the Company, Nov. 1, 1785; took apprentices. | Martlett Court, Bow Street, Covent Gardens (1786); 10 Rolls Building, Fetter Lane (1788-20); both in London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CARDAN | England, c.1600, MIM | Gunther 2. | |||
| CARE | Italy, 1778, MIM | Quadrant, 1778 = X. | Venice. | Daumas 1; Nachet; Hamilton 2. | |
| CAREY | misreading for Cary. | ||||
| CAREY, J. AND W. | England, | misreadimg for J. and W. Cary. | Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 11/28/24. | ||
| CARGRAVE | England, 1778, MIM | Wall Sundial, 1778 = Leyburn, Yorks. | also signed "J.B."; full name may be "J.B. Cargrave." | RSW. | |
| CARINALLI, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Gloucester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARIOLI, A. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 4/17/86, 10/20/89. | Whitby. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CARITAT, H. | USA, c.1799, MIM | astronomical instrument maker? | 153 Broadway, New York. | Bedini 1. | |
| CARK, PAUL | MIM SIM | Graphometer = ZUR. | Zinner 1. | ||
| CARLAW, DAVID | Scotland, 1832-1907, MIM | Drafting Protractor = Soth. 12/19/66-38 = FRK = RSM. | apprenticed to Thomas Rankine Gardner in 1846; made instruments for Lord Kelvin. | South Portland Street (1860); Sydney Court, 62 Argyle Street (1865-71); Havelock Buildings, 75 East Howard Street (1872-74); Ropewalk Lane (1875-97); Finnieston Street (1897-1907); all in Glasgow. | Frank; House; Clarke et al; RSW. |
| CARLILL, JOHN | England, c.1837, MIM NIM OIM | Northside, Old Dock, Hull. | Taylor 2(2093). | ||
| CARLL, JOHANN | Germany, 1587-1665, MIM | Bow Compass = NUR WI-1532. | Nürnberg. | Zinner 1; Lunardi; RSW. | |
| CARLO DI NAPOLI | see Jean-Justin Ciampini. | Nachet. | |||
| CARLO, CRINDEL | misreading for Carlo Grindel. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CARMAN | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARNIVET | see Canivet. | Evans 1; RSW. | |||
| CARNOVA, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Charlesworth. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAROANI | France, c.1780, PHIM | Barometer = Koller Oct. 1969. | Rue et Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAROCHE, C. | France, c.1792, OIM | made a twenty-two-foot telescope; may be "Carochez." | USNM. | ||
| CAROCHET | France, | see Carochez. | Nachet. | ||
| CAROCHEZ, NOEL-SIMON | France, fl.1767-1813, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Folding Square = P.C.; Graphometer = Chayette 6/28/86; Telescope = Prin Coll; Angle Barometer = D.(1988). | Noël-Simon Carochez; apprenticed to P. Vallée, 1759; turned over to Berin de la Croix, 1761; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; "Ingénieur du Roi"; "Opticien de Monsieur"; inventoried Passsement's estate, 1769; made achromatic lenses and physical instruments, etc. | Le Pont Nôtre Dame, côte de Saint-Denys-de-la-Chartre (1769); Rue de la Pelleterie (1774); Quai de l'Horloge (1789);last two on the Ile de la Cité; Place de Cambrai (1792); Place de Grève, près l'Hôtel de Ville (no date); all in Paris. | Augarde; Daumas 1; Nachet. |
| CAROCHEZ, VEUVE | France, MIM | Sector = Drouot 4/26/67-71. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CARON, VEUVE | France, c.1770-72, OIM | Quai de l'Horloge, Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet. | ||
| CARONCHEZ | France, 18th Century, MIM | Square = P. and S. 3/8/1895. | probably Carochez. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CARONNI | France, PHIM | made wheel barometers. | Rue de Faubourg St. Antoine, à côte de la fontaine de la rue Charone, Paris. | ? | |
| CAROUCHER | France, MIM | Square = Evans Coll. | probably Carochez. | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| CARPANTIER, J. | France, 19th Century, MIM | Level = A-P 3/15/76. | possibly a misreading of J. Carpentier. | Paris. | RSW. |
| CARPENTER | England, OIM | Microscopes = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Soth.-S 7/23/87. | made an improved compound folding microscope; surely Philip Carpenter. | 24 Regent [Street], London. | RSW. |
| CARPENTER AND WESTLEY | England, fl.1835-1900+, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Barometers = X, KEN, OXF, D.(1972); Octant with telescopic sights = P.C.; Opera Glasses = WHI; Microscopes = BIL, Soth. 12/8/69, 2/8/83 and 10/3/88; Telescope = Soth. 12/13/65; Level = P. and S. 4/21/1898; Sector, Rule with Protractor, Parallel Rule, ivory = D.(1984). | Philip Carpenter; dealt also in globes; T.C. | 111 New Street, Birmingham (1835); 24 Regent Street (1838); 21 Regent Street; both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1795); Calvert 2; Dewhirst; Whipple 1; Purtle; Moskowitz 108; Coffeen B; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1 & 6; Middleton 1; RSW. |
| CARPENTER, PHILIP | England, fl.1817-38, MIM OIM | Compass = WHI; Spy Glass = Susquehanna County Historical Society, Pa.; Microscopes = KEN, P.C.(3), WHI, Christie 12/17/75, Soth. 3/25/86, D.(1995); Telescope, 7-draw = D. (1997). | optician; made Brewster's kaleidoscope; T.C.; see Carpenter and Westley; the London shop was called "Microcosm"; D. signed "Carpenter's Improved Microscope for Opake and transparent Objects, 24 Regent Street, London." | Bath Row (1817); 111 New Street (1824); 33 Navigation Street (1829); all in Birmingham; 24 Regent Street, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1794); KEN; Calvert 2; USNM; Gunther 2; Whipple 1; Moskowitz 108; Bryden 9; Crawforth 1; Coffeen 58; RSW. |
| CARPENTER, THOMAS | England, c.1830, NIM | compass maker. | New Canal Street, Birmingham. | Taylor 2(1794). | |
| CARPENTER, WILLIAM | England, c.1808, OIM | optician. | Inge Street, Birmingham. | Bryden 9. | |
| CARPENTIER, J. | France, c.1877, PHIM | Galvanometer = D. | succeeded Ruhmkorff at his death. | Paris. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Brieux 1. |
| CARPENTIERE, ANDRIES | France, c.1750, MIM | garden sundial at Dunham Massey attributed to him. | RSW. | ||
| CARR, GRIFFITH | England, c.1718, | apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1718. | Crawforth 7. | ||
| CARR, H. | England, MIM | Horary Quadrant, wood = Newcastle Science and Engineering Museum. | RSW. | ||
| CARR, JOHN | England, c.1823, | devised way to increase field of view of telescopes. | Bristol. | Taylor 2(1503). | |
| CARRARESI, GIOVANNI | Italy, fl.1851-54, PHIM | made electrical apparatus. | Florence. | Brenni 1. | |
| CARRE, E. | Germany, c.1840, PHIM | Electrostatic Apparatus = D. | E. Carré. | Brieux 3. | |
| CARRE, PAUL | France, 1652, NIM | Holland Circle, 1652 = OXF. | Paul Carré; punchmark is a heart pierced by an arrow. | Paris. | Maison Française. |
| CARREW, JOHN WILLIAM | England, fl.1836-58, MIM PHIM | Taylor thought he was John Carrew. | 18 Wapping Lane (1836-40); 13 Wapping Lane (1842-58); both in London. | O'Mara; Taylor 2(2094). | |
| CARRIEU | France, c.1840, MIM SIM | Surveying Circle = D.(1986). | "Ecole de chalons." | Coffeen 13. | |
| CARROCHEZ | see Carochez. | Daumas 1. | |||
| CARROLL, NICHOLAS | England, 1842, MIM | Sundial, slate, 1842 = P.C. | Rattoo. | RSW. | |
| CARRON, JEAN FRANCOIS | France, 1787, MIM | Mathematical Instrument Set, 1787 = MADEX-473. | Jean François Carron. | MADEX. | |
| CARRY | see Cary. | Daumas 1; Brieux 3. | |||
| CARSARTELLY | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably variant of "Casartelli." | Goodison 1. | |
| CARSATELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | probably a variant of "Casartelli." | Goodison 1. | |
| CARTA, GEORGE | England, fl.1839=52, OIM PHIM | optician; barometer maker. | 252 High Street, Exeter. | Goodison 1. | |
| CARTAILIER | France, MIM SIM | Graphometers = PSH, Soth. 11/13/61 = D.(1965), Ineichen 6/7/75, 10/20/75. | some may be same instrument. | Avignon. | Paris 1900; RSW. |
| CARTARIUS | see Mario Cartaro. | ||||
| CARTARO, MARIO | Italy, fl.1560-91, MIM | Celestial Globes, 1577 = ROM(2), FLO; Terrestrial Globe, 1577 = ROM. | also signed as "Cartarius." | Viterbo; Rome; Naples. | Bonelli 4; Michel 3; Italian Inventory; Globus, Dec. 1956; Tooley 1; Bedini 12. |
| CARTE, JOHN | England, fl.1695-1703, MIM | Altitude Sundials with perpetual calendars = OXF; KEN. | member of the Clockmakers' Company; author; advertised a "Great Geographical Clock." | Coventry; Dial and Crown near Essex Street, Strand; Lombard Street (1696); Garden Court, Middle Temple; all in London. | Taylor 1(495); Dewhirst; Britten; Gunther 2 and 6; Michel 3. |
| CARTER | Englandc.1740, PHIM | Barometer = D.(1968). | Ripon. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, FREDK. | England, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72. | Hart Street, Bloomsbury, London. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, G. | England, c.1830, OIM | Refracting Telescope = Bearne's 2/17/92. | with stand and case. | Exeter. | RSW. |
| CARTER, HENRY | England, fl.pre-1717 to post-1724, MIM | took Anthony Lamb, his nephew?, as an apprentice, 1717-24. | near St. Clement's Church, Strand, London. | Taylor 2(154a); Baber; Smart 1; Bedini 7. | |
| CARTER, J. | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87. | 61 Cornhill (London). | RSW. | |
| CARTER, N. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/7/86. | Salisbury. | RSW. | |
| CARTER, THOMAS | England, fl.1784-1811, | made instrument cases. | Crawforth 1. | ||
| CARTILLA, CARMELO | Italy, 1720, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1720 = ROM. | Turin. | Michel 3; Tooley; Globus, Dec. 1956. | |
| CARTLAND, GEORGE | Ireland, 1824, OIM | optician. | 8 Rosemary Street, Dublin. | Morrison-Low and Burnett. | |
| CARTON, WILLIAM | England, c.1721, | free in the Joiners' Company in 1721; took apprentices. | London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CARTWRIGHT AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer with Thermometer = Soth.-Bearne 4/4/78. | see C. Cartwright and Son. | Preston. | RSW. |
| CARTWRIGHT, C., AND SON | England, c.1840, OIM PHIM | Student's Microscope = Soth. 6/8/70. | Preston. | RSW. | |
| CARUGHI | England, | see Gugeri and Carughi. | |||
| CARUGHI, PAUL | England, fl.1839-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = D.(1976), Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87. | also made thermometers; see Gugeri and Carughi; see Paul Carughi and Co.; Phillips-Leeds signed "P. Carughi, High Holborn." | 15 Brook Street (1839); 128 Holborn (1841-43); 16 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1844-45); 38 Brook Street (1846-47); 139 High Holborn (1852-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CARUGHI, PAUL, AND CO. | England, pre-1846, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers. | London. | Dewhirst. | |
| CARVALHO DA COSTA, ANTONIO | Portugal, 1650-1714, | designed a mariner's astrolabe. | Lisbon. | Weil 2(25). | |
| CARVER | see Baker, Carver and Morrell. | RSW. | |||
| CARVER, ISAAC | England, fl.1667-1728, MIM | Sectors, ivory = KEN (1683), P.C. (1704); Everard-type Slide Rules = P.C. (1686), OXF (1688), KEN (1689); Level, 1696 = GEL; Goniometer, 1696 = GEL; Slide Rules = KEN (1700, 1713), OXF, Soth. 7/15/63; Triangular Sector, 1704 = D.(1975); Globe Sundial, 1708 = X; Log Slide Rule, wood, 1710 = P.C.; Drawing Instrument = GEL. | author, 1687; T.C.; watchmaker; admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668; took apprentices. | Sign of the Globe Dial, Horseley Down, Southwark, London, (1696-1728). | Taylor 1(313); Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; Calvert 2; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Maistrov 3; Novokshanova-Soklovskaja; KEN; Crawforth 1; J. Brown 1 & 3; A.J. Turner 10; Delehar 9; RSW |
| CARVER, JACOB | England, c.1715, MIM | son of Isaac Carver; T.C.; made slide rules and gauges. | Globe Dial, Horseleydown, Southwark; Atlas and Quadrant, near Cherry-Garden Stairs on Rotherhith Wall; both in London. | Taylor 2(33); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; KEN; Daumas 1. | |
| CARVER, SAMUEL | misprint for Jacob Carver in Index. | Daumas 1. | |||
| CARWARDINE, PHILIP | England, c.1674, OIM | member of the Spectaclemakers' Company. | London. | Crawforth 6. | |
| CARY 1 | England, 1783-1859, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, globes, sextants, microscopes, theodolites, etc. | family of instrument makers; it is difficult to distinguish between the work of John (1), John (2), William, George (1), or George (2) Cary. | 181 Strand; 272 Strand (1786-91); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(810, 935, 1290); Wynter 1; Coffeen C; Gunther 2 and 6; Moskowitz 103; Whipple 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Pipping 2; Yonge; RSW. |
| CARY 2 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = VNN. | Andrew Cary. | London. | RSW. |
| CARY AND CO. | England, fl.1856-1900+, MIM OIM | T.C.; established in 1765; last owned by Henry Porter; "late of 181 Strand, London, W.C." | 7 Pall Mall, two doors east from Waterloo Place, London, S.W. | Calvert 2; Moskowitz 132. | |
| CARY'S | England, 1811, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, miniature, 1811 = ADL-W56. | made by one of the Carys. | RSW. | |
| CARY, ANDREW | see Cary 2. | RSW. | |||
| CARY, FRANCIS | England, 1756-1836, MIM | brother of John (1), George (1), and William Cary; globemaker. | London. | Yonge. | |
| CARY, G. AND L. | England, | misreading for George (20) and John (2) Cary. | Chenekal 3. | ||
| CARY, GEORGE (2) AND JOHN (2) | England, fl.1821-53, MIM SIM | Pairs of Globes = MLL, Soth. 2/25/86; Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 9/20/83 (1821), USNM(2) (1828), USNM(2) (1838). | brothers; George Cary 2 and John Cary 2; succeeded their uncle William Cary, in 1825 and their father, John Cary 1, in 1831; usually signed "G. and J. Cary." | 86 St. James's ; 181 Strand (1825-56); both in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(695, 810, 1290); Chenekal 3; KEN; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Yonge; RSW. |
| CARY, GEORGE 1 | England, d.1830, MIM | brother of John (1), Francis and William Cary; globemaker. | London. | Yonge. | |
| CARY, GEORGE 2 | England, fl.1821-59, MIM NIM OIM | son of John Cary 1; brother of John Cary 2; see George (2) and John (2) Cary; globe maker; succeeded by George Frederick Cruchley. | 86 St. James's; 181 Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(1290); KEN; Yonge. | |
| CARY, J. AND C. | misreading for J. and W. Cary. | USNM. | |||
| CARY, J. AND W. | England, fl.1780-1828, MIM NIM | makers of globes and nautical instruments, their work is found in many museums. | John (1) and William Cary; brothers, and father and uncle, respectively, to John (2) and George (2) Cary. | 181 Strand (1780); 272 Strand (to 1820); both in London. | Taylor 2(695 and 810); USNM; Chenekal 1; KEN; Catalogus der Bibliotheek; Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CARY, JOHN 1 | England, 1754-1835 fl.1783-1831, MIM NIM | globe and map maker; worked with his brothers, William Cary and George Cary 1; retired in 1831; father of George (2) and John (2) Cary; see J. and W. Cary. | 181 Arundel Street, Strand (1783); 181 Strand (1792); 85/6 St. James's Street (1821); all in London. | Taylor 2(695); KEN; Price 3; Ward 4; Yonge. | |
| CARY, JOHN 2 | England, fl.1791-1853, MIM | globe maker; worked with his brother, George (2), as G. and J. Cary; son of John Cary 1. | 86 St. James's; 181 Strand; both in London. | Taylor 2(1290); Moskowitz 103; KEN; Yonge. | |
| CARY, W. AND J. | England, c.1822, MIM | Terrestrial (1815) and Celestial (1822) Globes on clock = Town Museum, Oslo. | William and John (1) Cary; clock by James Shearer. | 272 The Strand, London (1786). | RSW. |
| CARY, WILLIAM | England, 1759-1825, MIM NIM OIM | Terrestrial Globe = Custis-Lee Mansion, Arlington, Va.; Slide Rule for currency conversion, wood and paper, 1815 = OXF; Stand for Astronomical Sextant = CMY; Microscope = CMY; Meridian Telescope = DRE; Slide Rule, chemical = P.C. | apprenticed to Jesse Ramsden; worked with older brother, John Cary 1, 1786; T.C.; worked alone from 1789; the name of the shop continued as William Cary until 1891; also brother of George (1) and Francis Cary. | 272 Strand (1786); No.182 Strand near Norfolk Street (1794); 181 Strand (1794-1825); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(810); Maddison 1; Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Wheatland 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Moskowitz 103; Pipping 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1 & 6; J.A. Bennett 2; Delehar 9; RSW; Yonge. |
| CARZATELLI | France, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Longleat House, Wilts. | à la Tour d'Argent, rue et Faubourg St. Antoine, Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAS. BU. | see Caspar Buschmann 1. | Michel 2; Bobinger 2; Engelmann 1; RSW. | |||
| CASA, C. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CASARETELLI | England, | probaly the same as Casartelli. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CASARTELLI 1 | England, MIM PHIM | Anemometer = P.C.; Level = Phillips 10/5/76. | mining instrument maker; could be Joseph or Lewis (2) Casartelli. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| CASARTELLI 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | similar to one by Charles Molliner. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI 3 | England, c.1847, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | could be Anthony or Joseph Casartelli. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| CASARTELLI 4 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 5/1/86. | London. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CASARTELLI, A. 1 | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = VNN; Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Anthony Casartelli 1 or 2. | Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, A. 2 | Ireland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | 2 Fade Street, Dublin. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY (1) AND JOSEPH | England, fl.1845-49, OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Soth.-West Sussex 12/13/83; Marine Barometers = X(2), Soth. 6/6/75; Telescope = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Stick Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88. | instruments signed "A. and J. Casartelli"; opticians. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY 1 | England, 1802-59, PHIM | optician; made barometers and thermometers; Antonio Giovanni Casartelli; worked from 1845-59. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105. | |
| CASARTELLI, ANTHONY 2 | England, 1830-81, PHIM | Giovanni Antonio Santino Casartelli; worked with Anthony (1) and Joseph Casartelli; made barometers. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASARTELLI, J., AND SON 1 | England, MIM SIM | Miner's Surveying Compasses = D.(1970), Christie-SK 4/17/86. | surely Joseph L. Casartelli and Son. | Manchester. | RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, J., AND SON 2 | England, OIM | Microscope, simple = FRK-M331. | Salford. | Frank. | |
| CASARTELLI, JOSEPH L. | England, 1822-1900, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/83; Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972); Bubble Level = D.(1973); Surveying Instruments = Soth.-NY 2/23/79, RSM; Dickinson's Anemometer = Christie-SK 5/10/77; Miner's Surveying Compass = Phillips 2/2/84; Theodolite = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Mining Dial = P.C. (1987); Soho-type Slide Rule = P.C. | barometer signed "J.L. Casartelli"; the rest signed "J. Casartelli"; Giuseppe Luigi Casartelli, great-nephew of Lewis Casartelli 1; worked with Anthony Casartelli 1, 1845-49, in Liverpool; succeeded to the business of his brothers-in-law, John B. and Joshua Ronchetti (2), in Manchester in 1851; T.C. | 20 Duke Street, Liverpool (1845-49); 42 Market Street, Manchester (1851-on). | Goodison 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 105; Delehar 9; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, LEWIS 1 | England; Italy, 1784-1860 fl.1810-45, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Octant = GEP; Stick Barometer = Soth.-C 10/31/90. | Luigi Antonio Casartelli; succeeded by his nephew and great-nephew, Anthony Casartelli 1 and Joseph L. Casartelli; retired to Italy in 1845; also made thermometers. | 37 King Street (1820-32); 39 King Street (1821, 1824, 1826); 37/8 King Street (1823); 36 King Street (1827, 1829); 30 King Street (1832); 132 King Street (1834-43); 134 Duke Street (1834); 133 King Street (1834-37); 20 Duke Street (1835-43); all in Liverpool. | Taylor 2(1505); Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105; Crawforth 6; RSW. |
| CASARTELLI, LEWIS 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | Market Street, Manchester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASATI | Italy, c.1800, PHIM | made thermometers. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CASATI, FRERES | France, NIM | Octant = LAS. | Casati Frères. | Marseilles. | RSW. |
| CASATI, PIERRE | France, c.1750, PHIM | Thermometer of Lyons = KEN. | Lyon. | KEN. | |
| CASBOIS, DOM | France, c.1793, PHIM | designed a new type of barometer tube. | Metz. | Middleton 1. | |
| CASE | Holland, c.1685, OIM | made telescopes; optician. | Amsterdam. | Daumas 1; Huygens. | |
| CASE, WILLIAM | England, c.1827, MIM | 22 Crown Street, Finsbury Square, London. | Taylor 2(1506). | ||
| CASELLA | England, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums. | a firm that still exists today; originated with Louis Paschel Casella. | London. | Price 12; Whipple 1; Gunther 2; Moskowitz 105; RSW. |
| CASELLA AND CO. 1 | England, post-1840, PHIM | Lewis Casella; specialized in thermometers. | Taylor 2(1796). | ||
| CASELLA AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Louis Casella and Co. | London. | Goodison 1; Moskowitz 105. |
| CASELLA AND TAGLIABUE | England, fl.1846-48, PHIM | Louis Casella and Caesar Tagliabue; barometer makers; succeeded Tagliabue and Casella; succeeded by Louis Casella and Co. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASELLA, C.F., AND CO. LTD. | England, c.1875, MIM | Alidade = ADL-W165. | London. | ADL; RSW. | |
| CASELLA, LEWIS | Scotland; England, fl.1833-38, MIM PHIM | Diptych Sundial, boxwood = WHI. | marked "Sundial and Compass"; specialized in thermometers; later became Casella and Co. 1. | London. | Taylor 2(1796); Bryden 16; Morrison-Low. |
| CASELLA, LOUIS PASCHEL | England, fl.1844-97, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, including barometers, sextants, sundials, microscopes, etc. | "Maker to the Admiralty"; "Maker to the Admiralty and Ordnance"; most instruments signed "Casella London" or "L. Casella London"; worked with Tagliabue from 1846-48. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1796); Brewington 1; Moskowitz 108; Middleton 4; Coffeen D; Pipping 1; Price 12; Whipple 1; Gunther 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 2; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CASELLA, LOUIS, AND CO. | England, fl.1848-60, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = D.(1983). | barometer makers; succeeded Casella and Tagliabue; "Instruments Makers to the Admiralty and Government of America", 1856; "Instrument makers to the East India Co.and Board of Trade", 1860. | 23 Hatton Garden, London. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CASELLI, ANTONIUS | Italy, c.1692, MIM | Sectors = D.(1965), Musée Lombard, Geneva. | the dealer's sector is signed "Antonius Caselli faciabat Luiz." | Luiz. | Brophy; RSW. |
| CASERTELLI | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely one of the Casartellis. | Liverpool. | Goodison 1. |
| CASHEE, R. | misreading for Richard Cushee. | Christie 10/31/67; Yonge. | |||
| CASS, DANIEL | England, c.1798, MIM | apprenticed to William Moris of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 2, 1794; turned over to John Fentiman, member of the Tiler and Bricklayers' Company on June 23, 1798. | London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CASSARD, ANDRE | France, 1423, MIM | Astrolabe Clock, 1423 = Saint-Etienne Church, Bourges. | André Cassard; worked under the direction of Johanne Fusoris. | Bourges. | Gunther 1. |
| CASSAROTI | England, PHIM | see Bordoli and Cassaroti. | Stampford. | Goodison 1. | |
| CASSEGRAIN, GUILLAUME | France, c.1672, | Sieur Guillaume Cassegrain; developed the type of reflecting telescope which carries his name. | Chartres; Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; H.C. King 1; L. Bell; DSB. | |
| CASSELI | Italy, MIM | Military Compass = P.C. | RSW. | ||
| CASSELLIS | MIM | Universal Ring Sun Dial = SWE. | mathematics and optics professor. | RSW. | |
| CASSEVA, GENERA | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Phillips 10/26/83. | Stourbridge. | Taylor 2(1797); RSW. | |
| CASSINI, GIAN DOMENICO | Italy; France, 1625-1712, OIM | Cassini I; first Director of the Paris Observatory, 1669-c.1710; repaired the meridian of Bologna in 1655; designed telescopes; author; made a 136-foot telescope; made an improvement to the barometer in 1673. | Bologna; Paris. | Nachet; Morpurgo 1; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; Middleton 1; DSB. | |
| CASSINI, JACQUES | France, 1677-1756, OIM | Cassini II; directed the Paris Observatory from c.1710 to 1740; helped his father, Gian Domenico Cassini, in the restoration of the meridian of the Church of San Petronio in Bologna, in 1695. | Paris. | DSB. | |
| CASSINI, JACQUES DOMINIQUE | France1748-1845, OIM | Cassini IV; director of the Paris Observatory from 1784 to 1793; attempted to have a seven-foot quadrant cast in one piece; The DSB says that his name was Jean Dominique Cassini. | Daumas 1; DSB. | ||
| CASSINI, P. GIOVANNI MARIA, C.R.S. | Italy, fl.1790-92, MIM | Set of Celestial Gores, 1792 = ADL-A302; Pair of Globes = D.(1976); Celestial Globes, 1792 = ROM, etc.; Terrestrial Globes, 1790 = ROM, NMM, P.C., Bib. Mun., Ancona. | ADL gores are for an 8.5 cm. globe. | Rome. | Bonelli 4; Daumas 1; Italian Inventory; NMM 2; Globus, Nov. 1954; ADL; RSW. |
| CASSON, GEORGE | England, fl.1814-22, OIM | George Terrace, Commercial Road, London. | Taylor 2(1291). | ||
| CASSON, RUSSELL | England, 1727, MIM | Sundial, 1727 = X. | Evans 1. | ||
| CASTEL, JACQUES THOMAS | France, 1710-72, MIM | Orrery Clock, 1763 = Christie 6/22/89; Analemmatic Sundial, 1769 = PMM; Sundial, 1769 = Lab. de Physique du Collège de France; Meridian Sundials = MADEX-176, 178 = PSH. | secretary to the King, 1758-74; designed window sundial at Oxford, made by Baradelle; invented and made sundials giving true time. | Rue Neuve Saint Roch (1758-71); Rue Neuve des Bons Enfants; both in Paris. | Michel 1 and 3; Nachet; Paris 1900; MADEX; Gunther 6; RSW. |
| CASTELLA, L. | England, MIM | Compass, ivory = Christie 11/8/66-11. | probably misreading for L. Casella. | London. | RSW. |
| CASTELLETTI, JOHN | England, c.1841, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | barometer signed "John Casteleti." | High Street, Leicester. | Goodison 1. |
| CASTELLI, CARLO | Italy, c.1800, | devised philosophical instruments. | Milan. | Offenbacher 22, 1970. | |
| CASTIGONE | France, c.1831, OIM | Opera Glass = WHI. | Paris. | Whipple 1. | |
| CASTLEMAINE, EARL OF | England, | see Roger Palmer, Earl of Castlemaine. | Bryden 11; Gunther 3; Taylor 1(402, 406). | ||
| CASWELL | England, c.1690, | devised a nocturnal, made by Prujean. | Gunther 2. | ||
| CATAILIER | France, | see Cartailier. | Ineichen, 1975. | ||
| CATALINI, SIMONE | Italy, 1720, NIM | Marine Compass, 1720 = GEP. | Livorno. | RSW. | |
| CATELLI AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | may be C. Catelli and Co. or Catelli and Co. 2. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATELLI AND CO. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATELLI, C., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, D.(1976). | D. is signed "Catelli and Co. Hereford." | Hereford. | Goodison 1; RSW. |
| CATELLI, G. | England, c.1820, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 11/21/95. | see C. Catelli and Co. | Hereford. | RSW. |
| CATMUR, BENJAMIN | England, fl.1838-40, MIM OIM PHIM | 28 Chamber Street, Goodman's Field, London. | Taylor 2(2096). | ||
| CATON, W. | England, c.1825, OIM | Microscope = Clay Coll. | Taylor 2(1507); Clay and Court. | ||
| CATTANEO | England, fl.1830-60, PHIM | family of barometer makers including Austin, Henry, John, Joseph and Philip in various partnerships. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. | England, c.1840, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97. | Leeds. | RSW. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reigate. | Goodison 1; Baillie 1. | |
| CATTANEO AND CO. 2 | England, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers, watches and clocks; partnership of Henry and Philip Cattaneo and Joseph Fattorini. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, AUSTIN | England, pre-1838, OIM PHIM | optician; made barometers; in partnership with Henry and John Cattaneo, Peter Ballarini and Joseph Fattorini. | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, H., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Henry Cattaneo and Co. | York. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTANEO, HENRY | England, 1806-60, PHIM | in partnership with Joseph Cattaneo, 1838-48; see Austin Cattaneo; see Cattaneo and Co. 2. | Kings Staith (pre-1838); 12 Castlegate (1838-48); 2 St. Martins Lane (1851); all in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOHN | England, pre-1838, PHIM | see Austin Cattaneo. | Kings Staith, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOSEPH | England, fl.1838-51, PHIM | see Joseph and Henry Cattaneo; bankrupt, 1849; in business on his own, 1851. | 12 Castlegate (1838); Minster Gates (1849); 1 South Entrance (1851); all in York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, JOSEPH AND HENRY | England, fl.1838-48, OIM PHIM | opticians; made barometers. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANEO, PHILIP | England, c.1848, PHIM | made barometers, clocks and watches; see Cattaneo and Co. 2. | 12 Castlegate, York. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, A. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/23/88. | Worcester. | RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, A. AND L. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | may be Austin Cattaneo; `L' may be `H'. | York. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTANIO, ANTHONY 1 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X(2). | also made thermometers. | Blackhall Street, Kidderminster. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1801). |
| CATTANIO, ANTHONY 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips-Leeds 12/16/87, Phillips 8/12/87, Christie 4/28/89. | Market Place, Malton. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, C., AND DOTTI | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Braintree. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, P. 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X (2). | Croyden. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANIO, P. 2 | England, 18th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 10/6/86. | Chester. | RSW. | |
| CATTANIO, V. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Worcester. | Goodison 1. | |
| CATTANO, ANTHONY | England, c.1830, | see Anthony Cattanio 1. | Taylor 2(1801). | ||
| CATTELY AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | stick has address. | 81 Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CATTELY, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CATTENCO, A. | misreading for A. Cattanio 2. | Phillips 12/16/87. | |||
| CATTIN, JEAN-BAPTISTE | France, 1726, MIM | Planetarium, 1727 = P.C.; Celestial Globes with clockwork = NMM-G.136 (1727), NMM-G.137 (1728), CNAM (1727), Nouveau Drouot 6/3/83 (1727), D.(1995) (1726). | "Mécanicien Horloger"; the clockwork globes were invented by Abbé D.Reginald Outhier of Besançon; the D.(1995) globe was presented to the French Royal Academy of Sciences in 1727. | Fort de Plasne en Franche-Comté, Jura; Paris. | MADEX; NMM 2; Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW. |
| CAUCHOIS | France, c.1830, MIM | Garden Sundial, marble = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CAUCHOIX, ROBERT AGLAE | France, 1776-1845, OIM | Lunette Murals, 1818 = USNM; Prism = USNM; Telescopes = NAC, D.; Achromatic Lens = NAC; Microscope = P.C.; Prospect Glass, with double eyepiece = D.(1976). | Robert Aglaé Cauchoix; instruments signed "Cauchoix à Paris"; made telescopes for Cambridge Observatory in 1835. | rue de la Loi (1803); rue des Amandiers-Sainte-Geneviève; 27 Quai Voltaire (1819); Quai Voltaire No. 17; all in Paris. | Daumas 1; Nachet; USNM; Gunther 3; Moskowitz 113; RSW. |
| CAUCIGH, R.P. MICHAEL | Austria, 1726, | invented a type of celestial globe, 1726, made by J. Beckher. | Linz. | Zinner 1; Globus Dec., 1956. | |
| CAUMONT, M. | France, c.1820, MIM | Sundial, large = Dijon. | laid out on the ground. | Gatty; Earle. | |
| CAUS, SALOMAN DE | France, 1644, MIM | author; made sundials. | Moreux. | ||
| CAVAGNOLI, GIUSEPPE | Italy, 1665, MIM SIM | Alidade with altimeter scale, 1665 = BRP; Cicumferentor, 1665 = BRP. | Piace. | RSW. | |
| CAVALIERI | Italy, c.1660, | developed a type of telescope. | Daumas 1. | ||
| CAVALIERO, JOSEPH-MARIA | Italy, 1770, MIM | Polyhedral Sundials in shape of casket = OXF (1770), U. of Naples (1769). | Baron of San Caetano; owner; U. of Naples is silver. | Naples. | Michel 3; Gunther 2; Regozzino and Schettino; RSW. |
| CAVALLERI | Italy, c.1845, OIM | made reflecting microscopes. | Clay and Court. | ||
| CAVALLI, ATANAGIO | Italy, PHIM | made meteorological instruments. | Asti; Rome. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| CAVALLO, TIBERIUS | Italy; England, 1749-1809, | invented an electrometer in 1777; modified the air pump; lived most of his life in England; F.R.S.; author. | Naples; London. | Wolf; G.L'E. Turner 24; DSB; DND; Middleton 1. | |
| CAVE, THOMAS | Ireland, fl.1750-80, MIM SIM | Compasses = X, P.C.; Butterfield-type Sundial, 1780 = WHI; Horizontal Sundial, oval = WHI; Mathematical Instrument = WHI; Circumferentors = Soth. 3/11/63-115, Soth.-PB pre-1980; Surveying Compass = D.(1982). | WHI horizontal sundial probably instrument mentioned by Clay and Court. | Dublin. | Taylor 2(811); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Price 12; Egestorff; Moskowitz 123; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CAVELLATI | Italy, MIM | Table Sundial = POR. | RSW. | ||
| CAVENDISH, SIR CHARLES | England, 1591-1652, | physicist; designed lenses. | London. | Taylor 1(124). | |
| CAVENS | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Carlisle. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAVERHILL AND CO. | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Berwick-on-Tweed. | Goodison 1. | |
| CAVINET | France, c.1771, MIM | Micrometer = X. | probably Canivet; instrument maker of the Royal Academy of Sciences. | Paris. | Dewhirst; USNM. |
| CAVOT | France, 1747, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1747 = Soth. 5/10/54. | surely "Cadot." | Paris. | RSW. |
| CAWDLE, W. | England, c.1850, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Soth.S 1/27/88. | Torquay. | RSW. | |
| CAWOOD, FRANCIS | England, fl.1709-12, MIM | made mathematical instruments; author. | Bartholomew Lane, near the Royal Exchange, London. | Taylor 1(555); Dewhirst; Evans 1. | |
| CAYGILL, CHRISTOPHER | England, 1747-1803, MIM | made sundials; clockmaker. | Askrigg. | Loomes. | |
| CAYTHORP | England, 17th Century, PHIM | Bell Weight = Soth. 10/3/88. | weighs twenty-eight pounds. | RSW. | |
| CECH | see Czech. | Czech. Inventory. | |||
| CEDEBORG, ANDREW | England, c.1798, MIM | St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London. | Taylor 2(936). | ||
| CEDERSTEN, NILS GABRIEL | Sweden, c.1770, OIM | optician; apprenticed to Carl Lehnberg. | Stockholm. | Pipping 1. | |
| CELEBRINI, P. | Italy, c.1680, OIM | Microscope = D. | also made telescopes. | Weil 2(19, 23). | |
| CELI, MARCUS ANTONIUS | see Marcantonio Cellio. | Clay and Court. | |||
| CELLA, AUGUSTINUS | Sweden, PHIM | Stick Barometer = NOR. | RSW. | ||
| CELLA, PHILIPP | Germany, 1831, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1831 = VNL. | Munich. | Globus, Dec. 1956, June 1962. | |
| CELLIO, MARCANTONIO | Italy, 1685, OIM | Objective Lens, 1685 = Bologna University Observatory; Microscope = D. | Bologna. | Bonelli 4; Nachet; Weil 2(19); Price 2; Clay and Court. | |
| CELLIS, M.A. | see Marcantonio Cellio. | Weil 2(23). | |||
| CELSIUS, ANDERS | Sweden, 1701-44, | designed the centigrade scale for thermometers. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 4; DSB. | ||
| CELVI, DOMENICO | misreading for Domenico Selva. | KRE; RSW. | |||
| CERF, H. | Belgium, MIM PHIM | Compass and Barometer, each in shape of watch = Soth.-NY 2/23/79. | 59 Rue de la Madeleine, Brussels. | RSW. | |
| CERI AND PINI | Scotland, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably Ciceri and Pini. | Edinburgh. | Goodison 1. |
| CERMANATI AND BERNARDA | USA, c.1807, OIM PHIM | T.C.; made and sold telescopes and thermometers. | Essex Street, Salem; No. 2 State Street Boston (1807); both in Mass. | RSW. | |
| CERMENATI AND MONFRINO | USA, c.1810, OIM PHIM | Bernard Cermenati and Monfrino; made telescopes, barometers and thermometers. | No. 2 State Street, Boston, Mass. | Comstock; USNM. | |
| CERUELLATI, LUIGI | misreading for Luigi Cervellati. | RSW. | |||
| CERUTTY, JOHN | England, PHIM | Barometer with Thermometer = Longleat House, Wilts. | At the Tuns Lodging House, Bath. | RSW. | |
| CERVALATI, LUIGI | Italy, 1572, MIM | Horizontal Sundial, 1572 = Stuker (1958). | Jesuit. | RSW. | |
| CERVELLARI, GUIDO | Italy, 1805, MIM | Armillary Sphere, 1805 = ROM. | Bonelli 4. | ||
| CERVELLATI, LUIGI | Italy, c.1824, MIM | Magnetic Compass, gilt, 1824 = Soth. 2/1/79; Armillary Sphere = D.(1975); Sundial, pin-gnomon, in wooden box = OXF; Table Sundial = POR. | table sundial is for 44°30'; armillary sphere is marked "forma" and is of wood and paper, manuscript, Copernican. | Bologna. | Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW. |
| CESARINO, CESARE | Italy, 1483-1543, | claimed to have invented a hodometer. | Milan; Ferrara. | Weil 2(15). | |
| CESPEDES, DR. ANDRES GARCIA DE | 1560-1611, MIM | made reflection sundials; author. | Michel 14; Zeitlin 224. | ||
| CETTA AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | probably J. and J. Cetta. | Stroud. | Goodison 1. |
| CETTA, G., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Dursley. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTA, J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86. | Stroudwater. | RSW. | |
| CETTA, J. AND J. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Stroud. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTA, J., AND CO. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CETTA, JOHN | England, fl.1838-60, PHIM | made barometers and thermometers; took over Paul Carughi's shop at 15 Brook Street in 1839; was succeeded by Wheelhouse and Bercini at 40 Hatton Garden. | 7 Union Court, Black Hill, Holborn (1838); 15 Brook Street (1839-44); 14-15 Brook Street (1845-46); 40 Hatton Garden (1847-60); all in London. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(2097). | |
| CETTEA | England, | see Gobbi and Cettea. | Nottingham. | Bell 2. | |
| CETTI 1 | Italy; England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Henley. | Goodison 1; Morpurgo 1; NAWCC Bull. | |
| CETTI 2 | England, c.1853, PHIM | see Pastorelli and Cetti. | 11 Brook Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI AND CO. 1 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Sotheby 12/15/94. | may be same as Cetti and Co. 2, before they moved to London. | Leeds. | RSW. |
| CETTI AND CO. 2 | England, c.1830, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2), Phillips 4/10/83; Soth-S 7/23/87; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/21/83. | probably John or Joseph Cetti. | 54 Red Lion Street; 25 Red Lion Street; both in Holborn, London. | Goodison 1; NAWCC, April 1969; RSW. |
| CETTI, A. 1 | Denmark, c.1770-80, OIM PHIM | Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus. | T.C. in Danish and French. | corner of Gothersgade and Storekongensgade No. 29, Copenhagen. | Price 2; RSW. |
| CETTI, A. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Reading. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, DUDLEY | England, c.1850, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth. 6/6/75. | RSW. | ||
| CETTI, E. | England, c.1740, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(3). | London. | USNM; Goodison 1; "Antiques" Nov. 1942. | |
| CETTI, FRA | Italy; Sweden, 1803-79, PHIM | Stick Barometer, No. 353, 1818 = NOR; Stick Barometer = NOR; Thermometers = STM(2). | Francesco Cetti; meteorological instrument maker to the Swedish Royal Academy, 1830; partner with C.E. Collin. | Stockholm (1821 on). | Pipping 1; RSW. |
| CETTI, J. 1 | England, PHIM | physical instrument maker. | Buckingham. | Morpurgo 1. | |
| CETTI, J. 2 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | 81 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 1 | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | either Joseph or John Cetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 2 | England, fl.1816-39, PHIM | Wheel Barometers = X(2). | probably Joseph Cetti. | 25 Red Lion Street, Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 3 | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | John Cetti and Co.; succeeded Joseph Cetti and Co. | 25 Red Lion Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, J., AND CO. 4 | England, c.1810, PHIM | Marine Barometer = D.(1977). | 24 Bullion Street, Holborn, London. | Wynter 1. | |
| CETTI, JOHN | England, PHIM | see J. Cetti and Co. 1 and 3. | RSW. | ||
| CETTI, JOHN, AND CO. | England, fl.1840-48, PHIM | barometer makers; succeeded Joseph Cetti. | 25 Red Lion Street, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOS | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | surely Joseph Cetti. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOSEPH | England, PHIM | Stick Barometer = X. | London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, JOSEPH, AND CO. | England, fl.1802-39, PHIM | barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded by John Cetti and Co. | 3 Long Lane, Smithfield (1802); 54 Red Lion Street (1803-15); 25 Red Lion Street (1816-39); all in London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CETTI, P. | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | Goodison 1. | ||
| CEULEN, JAN VAN, THE ELDER | Holland, fl.1682-1715, MIM | Terrestrial Globe, 1682 = Soth. 3/5/59; Planetarium = LEY; Clock = LEY. | The Hague. | Michel 3. | |
| CEULEN, JEAN VAN, LE JEUNE | Holland, MIM | Astronomical Table Clock = ADL-M390; Repetition Watch = Pierpont Morgan Coll. | The Hague. | Engelmann 1; Rooseboom 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW. | |
| CEULEN, JOHANNES VAN | see Johannes van Keulen. | Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2. | |||
| CEULL, JOHANN | c.1630, MIM | Proportional Compass = NUR. | Price 2. | ||
| CEVIN | misreading for Sevin. | Soth. 7/31/58. | |||
| CEVIN, P. | misreading for "P. Sevin." | Soth. 6/23/87; Christie-G 5/13/86. | |||
| CHACOT | France, c.1775, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | Paris. | RSW. | |
| CHADBURN 1 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = P.C. | probably A. Chadburn, which see; see Chadburn and Co.; see Chadburn and Wright; see Chadburn Brothers. | Sheffield. | G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW. |
| CHADBURN 2 | England, c.1840, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1971); Microscope = Soth. 3/22/76; Telescope = Phillips 10/5/76; Proportional Dividers and Sector, ivory = Soth. 10/27/69; Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/20/88; Wheel Barometer = New House 9/10/93. | optician; "Instrument Maker to H.R.H. Prince Albert"; branch of the Sheffield business. | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. | Bryden 9; ATG 8/28/93; RSW. |
| CHADBURN AND CO. | England, fl.1830-33, MIM OIM PHIM | succeeded William Chadburn. | 40 Ladys Bridge, Nursery Street (1830); 23 Nursery Street (1833); both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHADBURN AND SON | England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM | Level = Phillips 4/20/83; Stick Barometer = Bearnes 11/12/86; Telescope = Soth. 2/8/83. | "Opticians." | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool. | RSW. |
| CHADBURN AND WRIGHT | England, c.1830, OIM | Achromatic Telescope = D. | 40 Nursery Street; The Wicker; both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1509); RSW. | |
| CHADBURN BROTHERS | England, fl.1837-84, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometers = X(3), Soth.-C 10/9/86; Martin-type Microscope = Soth. 6/23/69; Telescopes = MIM, MLL; etc. | "opticians to H.R.H., the Late Prince Consort"; T.C.; see Chadburn 1. | 26 Nursery Street (1842); Albion Works, Nursery Street; both in Sheffield; 71 Lord Street; 7 Lord Street; both in Liverpool. | G.L'E. Turner 24; Goodison 1; Calvert 2; Chenekal 4; KEN; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHADBURN, A. | England, c.1830, PHIM | Model of a Beam Engine = Levens Hall, Kendal, Cumbria. | Sheffield. | RSW. | |
| CHADBURN, CHARLES HENRY | England, fl.1845-57, MIM OIM PHIM | Stick Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84. | optician and instrument maker to Prince Albert; factory at Sheffield is now Chadburns Ltd; T.C.; barometer is signed "C.H. Chadburn Liverpool." | 71 Lord Street, Liverpool; Albion Works, Nursery Street, Sheffield. | Goodison 1; Calvert 2; RSW. |
| CHADBURN, JOHN | England, fl.1830, OIM | 3 Mulberry Street, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1802). | ||
| CHADBURN, WILLIAM | England, fl.1816-30, PHIM | made barometers; succeeded by Chadburn and Co. | 81 The Wicker (1816-17); Albion Works, 27 Nursery Street, Ladys Bridge (1830); both in Sheffield. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHADBURN, WILLIAM, AND CO. | England, c.1830, MIM NIM OIM PHIM | sold telescopes,barometers,sextants, compasses, etc.; wholesalers. | Albion Works, 27 Nursery Street, Ladys Bridge, Sheffield. | Taylor 2(1803). | |
| CHAFFAT, ANT. DU | France, Germany, fl.1720-52, MIM | Graphometer, 1720 = ULM; Instrument, 1721 = P.C.; Protractors, with arms, 1732 = ULM(2); Drawing Set in etui = AUG; Sector, 1723 = Soth. 7/15/82-11; Sector and Level = HAK. | various signatures, "Lieutenant", "Ingénieur Lieutenant de la Ville d'Ulm", "Capitaine", "Capitaine et ingénieur de la ville d'Ulm." | Ulm; Nürnberg. | Maurice 1; Zinner 1; Baillie 1; RSW. |
| CHAIZY | misreading for Choizy. | Holbrook 1. | |||
| CHALAMONT | Francec.1646, OIM | made telescopes. | Aix. | Nachet. | |
| CHALKHILL, JOHN | England, c.1729, MIM | apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company, Feb. 7, 1720; insolvent in 1729. | St. Giles in the Fields, London. | Crawforth 7. | |
| CHALLAND, WILLIAM | England, 1749, MIM | (Shalland); apprenticed to Henry Burdett in the Clockmakers's Company, 1737/38-1749. | Green Arbour Court, London, 1749. | Clifton 1. | |
| CHALLEN, WM. | England?, 1777, NIM | Hadley Quadrant, 1777 = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway. | RSW. | ||
| CHALLICUM, W. | England, 1598, MIM | Quadrant, 1598 = D.(1965?) = Soth. 6/8/70. | RSW. | ||
| CHALLONERE, WYLLYAM | England, c.1700, MIM | Horary Quadrant, ivory, for 52° = P.C. | London? | RSW. | |
| CHALMEL | France, 18th Century, OIM | Telescope = P. and S. 5/19/1896. | RSW. | ||
| CHALMERS, JAMES S. | Scotland, fl.1843-44, NIM | also made clocks and atches; successor to Brown and Chalmers. | 48 Bridge Street, Leith. | Bryden 3. | |
| CHALONS, JEAN DE | France, d.1414, MIM | there is a circumflex over the "a" in Chalons; an associate of Johanne Fusoris. | Paris. | Poulle 1. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN AND RITCHIE | USA, fl.1850-54, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compass = HAR. | Nathan B. Chamberlain and Edward Samuel Ritchie. | 313 Washington Street, Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; USNM; Moskowitz, 1976. |
| CHAMBERLAIN AND SON | England, fl.1852-60, PHIM | James Bradley Chamberlain and Son. | 203 High Holborn, London. | Goodison 1. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, D.H. | USA, c.1850, | patented a type of dividers. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, JAMES BRADLEY | England, fl.1830-60, MIM OIM PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X(2); Wheel Barometer, with clock = Soth. 5/14/87. | one of the stick barometers is signed "Chamberlain"; T.C. | 37 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, opposite the London and Manchester Hat Warehouse; 203 High Holborn; both in London. | Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N. AND N.B. | USA, fl.1841-58, MIM NIM PHIM | Hygrometer, 1855 = PEA. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N.B. AND D. | USA, fl.1844-45, MIM | Mechanical Orrery = USNM. | Boston, Mass. | USNM. | |
| CHAMBERLAIN, N.B., AND SONS | USA, fl.1860-84, MIM | Boston, Mass. | Moskowitz, 1976. | ||
| CHAMBERLAIN, NATHAN B. | USA, 1810-78, MIM OIM PHIM SIM | Vacuum Pump = D.(1976). | listed as a machinist in 1832; partner of Edward Samuel Ritchie, 1850-54. | 9 School Street,(1832-50); 313 Washington Street (1850-54); both in Boston, Mass. | Smart 1; Brewington 1; USNM; Moskowitz, 1976. |
| CHAMBERLAND, CH. | France, | invented a universal equatorial sundial. | Guyot. | ||
| CHAMBERLIN, HENRY W. | USA, 1849, SIM | Chamberlin's Improved Draughting Table = D.(1996). | patent model. | Pittsfield, Mass. | Coffeen 55. |
| CHAMBERY | France, 1750, MIM SIM | Circumferentor, 1750 = P. and S. 6/18/1894. | Chambéry. | Paris. | Evans 1. |
| CHAMPAGNE | France, c.1725, MIM | Amplitude Compass = NMM. | NMM 2; RSW. | ||
| CHAMPIO, ANDA | variant spelling for Andrea Championi. | Goodison 1. | |||
| CHAMPION AND CO. | Ireland, c.1800, PHIM | Stick Barometer = Bearnes 9/17/86. | Belfast. | RSW. | |
| CHAMPIONI, ANDREA | England, c.1780, PHIM | Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth. 7/16/76. | Goodison 1; RSW. | ||
| CHAMPLIN, JOHN R. | USA, 1878-93, OIM | made telescopes. | Lanconia, NH. | DATM. | |
| CHAMPNESS, JAMES | England, | misreading for James Champneys. | Clay and Court; Daumas 1. | ||
| CHAMPNEYS | see Cuthbertson and Champneys. | RSW. | |||
| CHAMPNEYS, JAMES | England; Holland, fl.1764-70, MIM OIM | Telescopes = Soth. 10/17/60, D.; Telescope, reflecting = Soth. 6/23/87. | T.C.; member of the Stationers' Company; took John Cuthbertson as his apprentice in 1761; became his father-in-law in 1768 and his partner by 1770; opposed Dollond patent in 1764; was successfully sued for infringing it in 1766 and went bankrupt. | near the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London; Amsterdam (1770). | Taylor 2(583); Rooseboom 1; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Hackmann 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Crawforth 1; RSW. |
| CHAMPNEYS, JOSEPH | misreading for James Champneys. | Court and von Rohr 2. | |||
| CHANCELLOR, RICHARD | England, fl.1520-56, MIM | Quadrant, 5-foot = Dr. John Dee. | also designed instruments. | Bristol. | Taylor 1(13); USNM; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Clay and Court. |
| CHANDLEE AND BROTHERS | USA, fl.1790-91, MIM SIM | sons of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE AND HOLLOWAY | USA, fl.1819-22, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C.(1993). | Benjamin Chandlee 3 and Robert Holloway. | Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen 1. |
| CHANDLEE AND SONS | USA, fl.1788-90, MIM SIM | Benjamin Chandlee 2 and his sons. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 1 | USA, c.1680, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | apprenticed to Abel Cottie, 1680; clockmaker. | RSW. | |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 2 | USA, 1723-91, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C., Chester County Historical Society, Pa., Kentucky Historical Society; Circumferentor = P.C. | father of Goldsmith, Isaac, and John Chandlee; clockmaker. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1, 8 and 17; Smart 1; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, BENJAMIN 3 | USA, 1780-1822 fl.1814-22, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Witte Memorial Museum. | son of Goldsmith Chandlee; partner in Chandlee and Holloway, 1819-22; clockmaker. | Winchester, Va.; Baltimore, Md. | Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 17. |
| CHANDLEE, E. AND I. | USA, fl.1797-1804, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = Chester County Historical Society, Pa. | Ellis and Isaac Chandlee. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1; Smart 1. |
| CHANDLEE, ELLIS | USA, 1755-1816, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = P.C. | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2; made Churchman's perpetual motion machine. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1. |
| CHANDLEE, ELLIS, AND BROTHERS | USA, 1791-97, MIM SIM | sons of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLEE, GOLDSMITH | USA, 1751-1821, MIM PHIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = P.C. (3), Mount Vernon, Ohio State Museum (2), GUR, Logan County Archaeological and Historical Society, USNM, ADL-W279. | apprenticed to his father, Benjamin Chandlee 2; developed an improved type of surveying compass; ADL appears to be an early model, with needle lift, and without the later scales. | Nottinghan, Md; Winchester, Va. | Bedini 1 & 8; Smart 1; USNM; ADL; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, ISAAC | USA, 1760-1813, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = Ohio State Museum, P.C.(1978), P.C.(1982), George Wilson and Son, Auctioners, Chester Heights, Pa. (1984), Adena, Chillicothe, Ohio. | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Chester County, Md. | Bedini 1; Smart 1; RSW. |
| CHANDLEE, JOHN | USA, fl.1790-97, MIM SIM | son of Benjamin Chandlee 2. | Nottingham, Md. | Bedini 1. | |
| CHANDLER, ABIEL | USA, 1807-81, MIM SIM | Surveying Compasses = D.(1984), New Hampshire Historical Society Museum, Henry Ford Museum, Dearborn, Mich.; Transit = Old Sturbridge Village. | instruments signed "A. Chandler"; son of Timothy Chandler, clockmaker; DATM says he flourished 1844-50. | Main Street; South Street; both in Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen H; DATM; RSW. |
| CHANDLER, TIMOTHY | USA, 1762-1848, MIM SIM | father of Abiel Chandler; clockmaker; silversmith; made Merrill's quadrant, surveying compasses and mathematical instruments. | Concord, New Hampshire. | Smart 1; DATM. | |
| CHANGEUX, P.N. | France, 1740-1800, | designed a barometer and a barometrograph; author. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Middleton 1. | |
| CHANIERE, LT. | France, 1767, | Lt. Chanière; invented a magnetometer, 1767. | Paris. | NMM 1. | |
| CHANTREY, ROBERT | England, c.1716, MIM | apprenticed to John Johnson 3, of the Grocers' Company on April 11, 1704; free of the Company Nov. 10, 1716; took one apprentice. | Tower Hill, London. | J. Brown 1. | |
| CHAPETOT | misreading for Chapotot. | Drechsler 2; RSW. | |||
| CHAPIN'S SON AND CO., H. | USA, 1897-1901, MIM | partners were Hermon M. Chapin 2 and Frank Chapin, sons of Edward M. Chapin; Rufus E Holmes was also a partner; merged with L.C. Stephens and Co., 1901. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, EDWARD M. | USA, fl.1853-1897, MIM | joined his father Hermon M. Chapin, a rule maker, c.1853; the firm changed its line of rules and its numbering system at that time; the company merged with Stephens and Co. in 1901 to become Chapin-Stephens; see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, FRANK | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, H., AND SONS | USA, fl.1860-65, MIM | made rulers, planes, etc.; sons of Hermon M. Chapin 1 were Edward M., George W., and Philip E. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, HERMON M. 1 | USA, 1799-1866; fl.1835-53, MIM | Folding Rule, ivory and brass, 1839 = The Hermitage, Nashville, Tenn.; Folding Rule, wood = D.(1976). | the 1839 rule has an inscription about Andrew Jackson; Hermon M. Chapin's son, Edward M., joined the firm c.1853; the line of rules and the numbering system were changed at that time; see H. Chapin and Sons. | Union Factory, New Hartford, Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM; RSW. |
| CHAPIN, HERMON M. 2 | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN, HERMON. M., 2 | USA, | see H. Chapin's Son and Co. | New Hartford, Conn. | DATM. | |
| CHAPIN-STEPHENS | USA, fl.1901-29, MIM | a merger of H. Chapin's Son and Co. with Stephens and Co.; makers of wood and ivory rules. | Conn. | Philip E. Stanley; DATM. | |
| CHAPITOL | misreading for Chapotot; Vienna Museum Sale-839. | Christie 3/12/1860. | |||
| CHAPITOT | misreading for Chapotot. | Soth.-Wilkinson and Hodge 11/28/23. | |||
| CHAPLAIN | England, c.1736, OIM | made reflecting telescopes. | Dewhirst; Court and Von Rohr 3(xvi). | ||
| CHAPMAN 1 | England, 19th Century, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83. | possibly W. Chapman 2, which see. | Alresford. | RSW. |
| CHAPMAN 2 | England, MIM SIM | Surveying Compass = D.(1986). | James Chapman 1 or 2? | London. | Coffeen 13. |
| CHAPMAN, EDWARD | England, c.1805, MIM | also iron-monger. | Bridge Street, Westminster, London. | Taylor 2(1097). | |
| CHAPMAN, G. | England?, OIM | Telescope = ROM. | may be James Chapman 2. | Bonelli 4. | |
| CHAPMAN, GEORGE A. | USA, 1768, OIM | Lens, 1768 = Charleston Museum, South Carolina. | New York, N.Y.. | USNM. | |
| CHAPMAN, JACQUES | England, c.1750, NIM | Octant = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Mich. | may be James Chapman 1; made for French market? | London. | USNM. |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES 1 | England, c.1760, NIM | T.C.; father of James Chapman 2? | Sign of the Hadley's Quadrant, opposite the King's Storehouse, St. Catherine's Street, London. | Taylor 2(812). | |
| CHAPMAN, JAMES 2 | England, fl.1775-1804, MIM NIM OIM | Octants, ebony and ivory = PEA (1775), RSM (1788); Sextant, 1788 = X; Telescope, one draw = X; Telescopes = La Rochelle 7/16/83, CMY, ROM, D.(1988); Telescope, decahedral, wood = D.(1988). | son of James Chapman 1? they may be one person; T.C. in English, French and Dutch; member of the Stationers' Company? D. telescope has a decahedral wooden tube. | The Hadley Quadrant, opposite the King's Storehouse in St. Catherine's (1776); 5 St. Catherine's Street; 41 St. Catherine's Street; St. Catherines Street near the Tower; all in London. | Taylor 2(812); Brewington 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; J. Brown 1; Crawforth 1; RSW; Nautical Brass, Vol. VIII, No. 3. |
| CHAPMAN, JOHN | England, c.1714, MIM | apprenticed to John Dobson of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 25, 1714. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CHAPMAN, SIMON | England, fl.1675-87, MIM | apprenticed by turnover to John Nash of the Clockmakers' Company on March 5, 1668; free of the Company, March 29, 1675; took apprentices. | J. Brown 3. | ||
| CHAPMAN, THOMAS | England, fl.1659-89, MIM | Sector, wood, 1689 = P.C. | apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on June 6, 1659. | J. Brown 3; Loomes 2; Waterman 1; RSW. | |
| CHAPMAN, W. 1 | England, c.1869, OIM | Microscope = Soth. 10/27/69. | 21 Featherstone Buildings, Holborn, London. | O'Mara; RSW. | |
| CHAPMAN, W. 2 | England, PHIM | Wheel Barometer = X. | see Chapman 1. | Goodison 1; RSW. | |
| CHAPOTEAU | misreading for Chapotot. | Gersaint. | |||
| CHAPOTOT FILS | France, fl.1690-1721, MIM OIM | Butterfield-type Sundial = LOS; Microscope = NAC. | son of Louis Chapotot; may be Jean Chapotot; continued his father's practice of making astronomical quadrants etc. | Paris. | Daumas 1; Thielmann; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, I. | France, MIM SIM | Universal Ring Sundial, variant = GEL; Plane Table = GEL; Sundial = Christie 5/8/79; Butterfield-type Sundial, silver = ADL-W45. | surely Jean Chapotot. | Paris. | ADL; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, JEAN | France, fl. 1690-1721, MIM | Butterfield-type Sundials, silver = NOR, WHI; Table Sundial, oval, silver = Rosenheim Sale; Telescopic Quadrant = Chevalier de Louville. | may be Chapotot fils, son of Louis Chapotot; see I. Chapotot; Master in the "Corporation des fondeurs"; juryman, 1701-03; the quadrant was invented by de Louville and the lenses were made by Jean Lebas. | à la Sphère, Quai de l'Horloge, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1690). | Augarde; Daumas 1; Bryden 16; RSW. |
| CHAPOTOT, LOUIS | France, fl.1670-1700, MIM OIM | instruments mainly signed |