Signature	Maker Info	Instruments	Comments	Location	References
M'CALL, JOHN	England, c.1830, MIM OIM		see A. Chislett and M'Call.	8 Postern Row, Tower Hill, London.	Taylor 2(1932).
M'COLL	Scotland, c.1818, MIM		see Miller and M'Coll.	116 Stockwell, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
M'COLL, HUGH	England, c.1846,		T.C.; book and instrument seller.	5 King Street, South Shields.	Crawforth 1.
M'MILLAN, PETER	Scotland, fl.1824-51, NIM	Sextant = FRK = RSM.		11 Guestrow (1824); Waterloo Quay (1828); 43 Quay (1829-33); 49 Quay (1834-39); 52 Quay (1840-41); 45 Regent Quay, (1842-51); all in Aberdeen.	Taylor 2(2180); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1.
M'MILLAN, WILLIAM, AND CO.	Scotland, fl.1847-48, MIM		watch and clockmaker; in partnership with Ogg as Ogg and M'Millan 1844-46.	28 Marischal Street, Aberdeen.	Bryden 3.
M. 1	Germany, 17th Century, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory, round = VIE.			Zinner 1.
M. 2	NIM	Octant = SFM.	anchor is mastermark.		RSW.
M., IOHA	Poland, 1637, MIM	Wall Sundial, 1637 = Church in Wodzislaw.		Wodzislaw.	Polish Inventory.
M.A.Z.L.	1713, MIM	Armillary Sphere, 1713 = AMST.			Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2.
M.B. 1	Germany, 1626, MIM	Artillery Level, 1626 = NUR-WI1135; Sundial in ivory barrel = MUN-15 Phys; Artillery Level = DEU-49897; Artillery Level = FRA.	possibly Michael Bumel.		Zinner 1.
M.B. 2			see M. Burleigh.		RSW.
M.B. 3			could be Martin Bayer of Annaberg or Moritz Behaim of Vienna; both were clockmakers.		Bobinger 2.
M.B.I.N.	Germany, fl.1627-30, MIM SIM	Graphometer, 1627 = NUR-WI 1758; Graphometer, 1630 = STU- 12870; Quadrant = STU-12867.	possibly Michael Bumel.		Zinner 1.
M.C. 1	Austria (?), MIM	Ring Sundial = SAL.			Zinner 1.
M.C. 2	Germany, 1570, MIM		see Michael Chaspar.		Bobinger 2.
M.C.K.C.R.P.	1601, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial, 1601 = OXF.	the initials may be in a different hand than the sundial.		RSW.
M.D.Z. O.H.P.			see O.H.P.		Moran 1; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; RSW.
M.E. 1	1686, MIM		marked on an artillery level signed "H.R." (2) at OXF; there is a crown over the "M."		Maddison 1; Evans 1; RSW.
M.E. 2	Germany, 1802, MIM	String-gnomon Sundial, round, wood, lid, 1802 = D.(1987).			Coffeen 16.
M.E.A.	Spain?, MIM	Calipers = PRM; Calipers, sliding = D.(1968).			RSW.
M.E.D.F.	16th Century, MIM	Astrolabe = SWF.	ICA-634.		Price 1; ICA 2.
M.F.	Germany?, 1677,		marked on mining compass signed "Adamas Dornstrauch."		RSW.
M.F.P.	France, 1770, MIM	Diptych Sundial, 1770 = LIM.	Dieppe work.		RSW.
M.G.	Germany, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory = OXF.	star is mastermark.	Nürnberg.	RSW.
M.G.A.	MIM	Pantograph = D.(1975).	also marked "W.V.S."		RSW.
M.G.C.G.	MIM	Diptych Sundial = FIN-82 = Thorban.			RSW.
M.H. 1			may be H.M. 2, which see.		RSW.
M.H. 2	Germany, 1630, MIM	Diptych Sundial, gilt-copper, 1630 = OXF.			Michel 3.
M.H. 3	USA, 1775, MIM	Gunter's Quadrant = PEA.	dated "Jan. 3, 1775."	Danvers, Mass.	Brewington 1.
M.H.F.	Czechoslovakia, 1630, MIM	Diptych, gilt-copper, 1630 = OXF.	Martin Habermel?	Prague.	Zinner 1; Evans 1.
M.I.C.A.	Germany?, 16th Century, MIM	Armillary Sphere, with compass = NUR-WI 1226.			Zinner 1.
M.I.M.	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Horizontal Sundial, stone = Landsberg a. Lech Heimatmuseum.	also marked "I.H.S."		Zinner 1.
M.I.M.R.	Germany?, fl.1568-91,		this mark appears on finger-ring sundials, one at WHI and the other at NMM; WHI is dated 1568 and marked "H.R." (1) and signed "H.C." (1); NMM is dated 1591 and marked "W.P." (2) and signed "H.C." (1).		Btyden 16; RSW.
M.J.	MIM	Dividers, iron = VCW.			RSW.
M.K. 1	Germany, c.1550, MIM	Table Clock with Sundial on bottom = P.C.	probably Melchior Kleinhemmel of Annaberg.	Annaberg.	Pippa.
M.K. 2	Germany, 1577, MIM		misreading by Engelmann and Zinner for "T.K." 3, marked on ADL-M304 which is signed "M.V.S." 1.		Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW.
M.K. 3	Germany, fl.1680-1700, MIM	Diptych Sundials, ivory 1680 = NOR, Soth. 12/8/69; Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1700 = MUN.	Melchior Karner; mastermark is a "4."	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Price 2; Gouk 1; RSW.
M.K. 4	Germany, 1689, MIM	Artillery Level, 1689 = OXF.	date is "MDCLXXXIX"; may be same as "M.K. 5" but that date is in Arabic numerals.		RSW.
M.K. 5	France, 1688, MIM	Artillery Level, 1688 = Huelsmann Coll.	signed "16 M.K. 88"; also marked "A.G." 3, the "A." is under the one and "G." is under the last eight; possibly same as "M.K." 4 but that date is in Roman numerals.		Syndram.
M.L.			marked on an instrument signed "M. Lewelin."		RSW.
M.N.J. + C.	1772, MIM	Dividers, 1772 = Chevau 10/10/75.			RSW.
M.O.	Germany, 1774, MIM	Artillery Level, 1774 = USNM.			RSW.
M.P. 1	1542, MIM	Astrolabe, 1542 = USNM.	ex-Hoffman Coll; ICA-221; A.J. Turner thinks it was made by F. Michael Piquer.		Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Gibbs and Saliba; Michel 2; A.J. Turner 12.
M.P. 2	fl.1591-96,		see H.K. 3; may be Marcus Purmann; see also "M.P." 3.		Dewhirst; Michel 3; Price 2; Evans 1; Technica, March, 1956.
M.P. 3	Germany, fl.1591-1616, MIM	Horizontal Sundials, round = MUN (1591), MUN; Diptych Sundials = LIE (1594), Soth. 5/11/23 (1595); Cruciform Sundials = OXF (1598), MUN (1601); Sundial, 1597 = Evans Coll.; Sundial, string-gnomon, 1615 = NOR; Sundial with Calendar, 1616 = BM; Chalice Sundial = KEN.	probably Marcus Purmann; may be same as M.P. 2; usually signed "*M*P*"; NOR is for 48 °; 1591 MUN has Butterfield-type gnomon; undated MUN is for 48°.	Munich.	Zinner 1; Price 2; Evans 1; RSW.
M.P. ET ROCHETTE	France, c.1780, MIM SIM	Graphometer = D.(1993).		Quai del'horloge à Paris.	Coffeen 41.
M.P.S.	Germany, 18th Century, PHIM	Cup Weight Set = Phillips 5/20/75.		Nürnberg.	RSW.
M.R. 1	1645-46, OIM	Telescope, 1645-46 = NMM.	attributed to Anton Maria Schyrle, Rheita, Bohemia.		NMM 1; RSW.
M.R. 2			misprint for "M.P." 4.		Koller 11/17/75; RSW.
M.S. 1	Germany, 1553, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial, with compass, 1553 = BM-1922-7/5-2.	also marked "Simon Schmidlkofer der Junger 1577"; owner.		Zinner; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW.
M.S. 2	1597, MIM	Sector, 1597 = Soth. 5/11/23.			RSW.
M.S. 3	England, MIM	Ring Sundial, small = Weil 2(29).	misreading for "S.W."; summer, winter.		RSW.
M.S. 4	Germany, 1585,		marked on lid of folding mining sundial, ivory and wood, 1585, probably owner; Huelsmann Coll.		Syndram.
M.S. 5	Germany, 1589,		surveying instrument signed "C.T.F. Anno 1589 M.S." at DRE; it is "M.S." (5).	Dresden.	RSW.
M.T.A.	Germany, c.1530, MIM	Astrolabe Orpheus Clocks = ADL-M377, Luton Hoo; Table Clocks = STU, Bobinet = Soth.-NY 2/11/89.		Bavaria.	Coole and Neumann; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
M.T.K.	1574, MIM	Altitude Sundial, gilt-brass, round, 1574 = Evans Coll.			Evans 1; RSW.
M.V. 1	Germany, c.1740, MIM		see M.Z.		Coffeen 46.
M.V. 2	Germany, fl.1751-54, MIM	Vertical Sundials = GRA (1751), Koller 11/17/75 (1754).			Zinner 1; RSW.
M.V.S. 1	Germany, 1577, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial, 1577 = ADL-M304.	"Mechanicus Ulrich Schniep"; also marked "T.K." (3), misread by Engelmann and Zinner as "M.K." 2.		Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW.
M.V.S. 2			possibly "Mechanicus Ulrich Schniep" or "Mechanicus Victor Stark."		Michel 3; RSW.
M.Z.	Germany, c.1740, MIM	Compass Sundial, ivory, round = D.(1994).	possibly M.V. 2, which see.	Nürnberg ?	Coffeen 46.
MA	Germany,		Morgen Abend, morning and night, found on mining compasses.		RSW.
MA----, D.	USA, MIM	Terrestrial Globe = Old Colony Historical Soc.,Taunton, Mass.	the rest of the name is illegible.		RSW.
MAAS, F.M.	Germany, MIM	Sundials = LIE, PRA.			Zinner 1.
MAASS, HANSS MATTHIAS	Germany, NIM	Compass Rose = OMM.		Hamburg.	RSW.
MABIRE	France, 18th Century, MIM	Folding Rule = Soth. 7/8/54; Artificial Horizon = Chayette 6/28/86.	pupil and successor of Lenoir.	Rue Cassette No. 14, près la Croix-Rouge fg. St. Germain, Paris.	RSW.
MACALL	England, c.1770, MIM		see Gilkerson and Macall.	Tower Hill, London.	Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1.
MACARIUS, IOHANNES	Italy, fl.1668-89, MIM	Pantograph, 1668 = ROM; Graphometer, 1678 = P.C.; Sectors = ADL-M89o (1678), ADL-W107 (1671), ADL-W108 (1674), MAD (1686), ROU-4 (1685), HAK; Armillary Sphere, 1689 = Liceo Spallanzi, Regio Emilia; Dividers = CNAM (1686); Circumferentor, 1676 = KEN; Proportional Compass, 1685 = HAK.	ADL-W107 signed "Ioannes Maccarius."	Mirandolanus (Modena).	Evans 1; Price 2; Michel 3; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
MACAULAY AND SON	USA, c.1850, PHIM	Electro-medical Induction Coil = WHI.		39 Redeness Street, New York, N.Y.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
MACDONALD, DR.	England,		MacDonald; described an instrument to facilitate finding the longitude at sea.	4 Coburg Place, Kennington Lane (London?).	USNM.
MACDONALD, JNO.	Scotland, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		Edinburgh.	Goodison 1.
MACDONALD, THOMAS	Scotland, c.1844,		Macdonald; invented an optical enlarging and reducing instrument.	Glasgow.	Practical Mechanics and Engineer's Magazine, Vol. IV, pp. 124-25.
MACEY			see Benjamin Macy.		J. Brown 3.
MACGREGOR AND CO.	Scotland and England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89.	MacGregor and Co.; probably misreading for McGregor and Co.; see D. McGregor and Co.	Glasgow and Liverpool.	RSW.
MACHIR, JACOB BEN			see Profatius.		Gunther 2.
MACKAY			see Berry and Mackay; may be relative of Andrew Mackay.		Taylor 2(866); RSW.
MACKAY, ALEXANDER SPENCE	Scotland, 1857-1914, NIM		James Berry took Alexander Spence Mackay as a partner in Berry and Mackay, 1879-90, which see.	Aberdeen.	Clarke et al.
MACKAY, ANDREW	Scotland; England, 1760-1819,		mathematician; determined the latitude and longitude of Aberdeen in 1781; may be relative of the Mackay in Berry and Mackay; author.	Aberdeen; George Street, Trinity Square, Great Tower Hill, London.	Taylor 2(866); DNB; J.S. Reid.
MACKENZIE AND CO.	England, c.1817, MIM OIM		T.C. in Mackenzie microscope case; see Alexander Mackenzie.	London.	Taylor 2(1381); O'Mara; RSW.
MACKENZIE AND SUGGART	England, c.1816, MIM OIM	Inclinable Sundial = NOR; Telescope = Soth. 12/2/74.	Alexander Mackenzie.	15 Cheapside, London.	Taylor 2(1381); RSW.
MACKENZIE, ALEXANDER	England, fl.1816-58, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Microscopes = D.(1984) (with case), Soth. 10/3/88; Sextant = WHI; Telescope = Phillips 11/16/88.	worked with Suggart at Cheapside; microscope case has T.C. for Mackenzie and Co; sextant signed "Mackenzie 15 Cheapside, London"; Clay and Court thought he was "Mckenzie"; Soth. microscope signed "A. MacKenzie."	15 Cheapside, London (1816-30); 38 De Beaur'r Square, Kingsland (1856-58).	Taylor 2(1381); Coffeen F; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; O'Mara; Bennett 1; Clay and Court; RSW.
MACKENZIE, CALEB	USA, fl.1807-08, MIM			21 Thomas Street F.P., Baltimore, Md.	Smart 1.
MACKENZIE, COLIN	England, c.1791, OIM		free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 5, 1791; made spectacles.		Clay and Court.
MACKENZIE, MURDOCH	England, c.1774,		surveyor for the Admiralty; invented the station-pointer in 1774; author.		Taylor 2(377); G.L'E. Turner 24; Bedini 8; Wynter and Turner.
MACKI AND GOBBI	England, PHIM		barometer makers.	Swaffham.	Bell 2.
MACKINTOSH, THOMAS	England, fl.1780-82, MIM		Mackintosh.	Archimedes and Globe, opposite Long Acre, four doors from Great Queen Street; 7 Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Field; both in London.	Taylor 2(867); Clay and Court.
MACKNEIL	England, fl.1790-1801, NIM OIM	Telescope, three-draw = D.(1984); Sextant = X; Telescope = OXF.	"apprentice of the late Mr. Ramsden"; OXF telescope and sextant signed "MacKneil."	London.	Dewhirst; Taylor 2(1010); Coffeen G; Clay and Court; RSW.
MACKROW, J.	England, c.1780, NIM	Octants, ebony = DRE, P.C.; Hadley's Quadrant = OMM.	quadrant signed "Mackrow London."	4 Upper East Smithfield, London.	RSW.
MACNEAL, THOMAS	England, c.1776,		apprenticed to Edward Roberts 1 in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1776.		Crawforth 7.
MACNEIL			MacNeil; see MacKneil.		RSW.
MACQUART ET CADOT	France, 1730, MIM	Equatorial Sundial, 1730 = OXF.	sundial signed "son genre"; Henry Macquart was father-in law to Michel Cadot.	Paris.	RSW.
MACQUART, H.	France, c.1710, MIM SIM	Graphometer = P.C.	if he is the Macquart listed above, this date may be too early.	Paris.	RSW.
MACQUART, HENRY	France, fl. 1685-1720, MIM NIM SIM	made wide range of instruments including armillary spheres, sundials of various types, quadrants, graphometers, dip needles, gunner's levels, etc; may be seen in LIE, LOU, NMM, ADL, BM, OXF, KEN, WHI, etc.	pupil of Pierre Sevin; father-in-law of Michel Cadot and partner; sometimes signed "H. Macquart"; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs"; Master in 1688; received title of "Marchand fondeur, Ingénieur d'instruments suivant la Cour et Conseils de sa Majesté."	à l'Astrolabe, Quai des Morfundus, Ile de la Cité, Paris (1720).	Michel 3; Price 2 and 3; Evans 1; Daumas 1; Stevens and Aked; MADEX; Olivia Brown 1; Spitzer 1 and 2; Bryden 16; Augarde; ADL; RSW.
MACQUART, RENE	France, c.1730, MIM		René was a son of Henry Macquart; apprenticed to Nicolas Bion in 1720; member of the "Corporation des fondeurs."	Paris.	Augarde.
MACRAE	England, c.1840, PHIM	Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 7/23/87; Wheel Barometers = D.(1979), X (2).		29 Royal Exchange, London.	Country Life, 6/14/79; Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW.
MACRAE, HENRY	England, fl.1832-60, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Telescope = D.(1985); Sympiesometer = Soth. 5/1/86; Stick Barometer = X; Octant = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87; Microscope = Phillips 11/16/88.	instruments signed "Macrae" plus address.	34 Aldgate Street, London.	O'Mara; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Coffeen 9; RSW.
MACY, BENJAMIN	England, fl.1713-31, MIM NIM	Backstaves = PEA (1719), NMM (1720), RSM (1728); Sextant, 1728 = NMM; Compass, dry-card = D.(1994).	apprenticed to John Henshaw of the Clockmakers' Company on June 12, 1704; free of the Company, July 6, 1713; took apprentices; also sold nautical books.	Hermitage Bridge, Wapping, London.	Taylor 1(523), 2(88a); Hill and Padget-Tomlinson; NMM 2; Brewington 1; Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; USNM; J. Brown 3; Coffeen 46.
MACY, ROBERT F.	USA, b.1822, PHIM	Polyangular Kalaidoscope = Seamen's Bethel Museum, Vineyard Haven, Mass.	he invented and patented this form of the kalaidoscope, signed "R.F. Macy."	Nantucket, Mass.; Westport Point, Mass. before 1868.	J. Haring; RSW.
MADAUER, BARTHOLOMAEUS	Germany, fl.1552-79, MIM	Sundial, 1554 = BM.	Abbot of Aldersbach.	Aldersbach.	Zinner 1.
MADER, FRAN. JOSE	Germany, 1709, MIM	Pedometer, 1709 = DEU.			RSW.
MAELCOTE, ODON VAN	Belgium; Italy, 1572-1614,	Copper discs (2), stereographic projections for 75° and 66°30' latitude = CNAM C-913.	author; are these printer's plates for Regnartius' book on the astrolabe? Zinner thought that there was an unsigned rete in BMR.	Brussels; Rome.	Zinner 1; Michel 2 and 3; Regnartius; RSW.
MAELZEL, JOHANN NEPOMUK	Germany, 1772-1838,		invented the metronome in 1816.		G.L'E. Turner 24; Webster's New International Dictionary, 2nd Ed., 1955.
MAENNER, STURT. GUTHIHR	Germany?, MIM	Plate, copper, for compass rose = HAK.	Stürt. Guthihr Maenner.	Barth.	RSW.
MAESTLIN, MICHAEL	Germany, 1579, MIM		built a fourteen-foot cross-staffin 1579; author.		A.J. Turner 10.
MAFFIA	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80.	could be A. or C. Maffia.	London.	RSW.
MAFFIA, A.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MAFFIA, C.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MAFFIA, DOMINIC	England, post-1850, PHIM		barometer maker; see Peter and Dominic Maffia.	Monnow Street, Monmouth; Abergavenny.	Bell 2.
MAFFIA, P., AND CO.	England, PHIM		barometer makers.	Monmouth.	Bell 2.
MAFFIA, PETER	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (2).	signed "P. Maffia."	Monmouth.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MAFFIA, PETER AND DOMINIC	England, post-1850, PHIM		barometer makers.	Monmouth.	Bell 2.
MAGALHAES, JOAO JACINTO	Portugal, c.1790, MIM		Jo~o Jacinto Magalh~es; also clockmaker.		RSW.
MAGAREY, ALEXANDER			misreading for Alexander Megary.		RSW.
MAGARY, ALEXANDER			misreading for Alexander Megary.		RSW.
MAGEAREY, ALEXANDER	England, c.1802,		apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 2, 1802; possibly same as Alexander Megary and Alexander Megeary which see.		J. Brown 1; Crawforth 2; RSW.
MAGELLAN, J.H. DE AND FIERI	England, MIM			London.	COO notes, 1968; RSW.
MAGELLAN, JEAN HYACINTHE DE	Portugal; France; England, 1723-90, NIM	Repeating Circle = NMM.	invented a type of repeating circle; made Gowin Knight's compasses with George Adams 2; took out a patent for an improvement for the barometer with Henry Pyefinch in 1765; agent for some London instrument makers; F.R.S.	Paris; London (by 1765).	Taylor 2(378); DNB; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10; RSW.
MAGER, G.	NIM	Sextant = MYS.			RSW.
MAGGI	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X.	may be J. Maggi or I. Maggi.		Goodison 1.
MAGGI AND CO., MICH	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 6/24/88.		London.	RSW.
MAGGI AND ORTELLI	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MAGGI, I.	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Phillips 12/2/87.	see Maggi.	15 Union Court, Holborn Hill, London.	RSW.
MAGGI, J.	England, PHIM		barometer maker.	Grays Inn Lane, London.	Bell 2.
MAGGI, M.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Exeter.	Goodison 1.
MAGGIAIOLI	Italy, 1599, MIM	Armillary Sphere, 1599 = Soth. 1972	made for the Company of Saint Matthew in Paltugnones.		Hillier, the London Times, 7/22/72.
MAGGIO 1	England, PHIM		barometer maker.	Michael Square, Southampton.	Bell 2.
MAGGIO 2	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		London.	Goodison 1.
MAGGIRIUS, SILVIUS	Italy, c.1700,		invented a recipiangle, a surveying instrument made by Petrus Blondeus, ADL-M107.	Rome.	Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL: RSW.
MAGINUS, GIOVANNI ANTONIO	Italy, 1546-1618, MIM OIM	Quadrants = Evans Coll., Soth. 2/13/58 = Christie 3/29/60 (1592).	born in Padua; made burning glasses.	Bologna; Mantua.	Gunther 2; Michel 3; Spargol; RSW.
MAGNELLI, JOHANNES BAPTISTA	Italy, 1692, MIM	Sundial, stone, 1692 = FLO-3189 (99).		Florence.	Bonelli 1; Michel 3.
MAGNI	France, pre-1782, OIM	Optical Machine = COR; Microscope = COR.	probably Alexis Magny, which see.	Paris.	Courtanvaux; RSW.
MAGNI, VALERIO	Italy, 1587-1661,		experimented with vacuum tube for barometer, c.1645.		A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1.
MAGNIAC, FRANCIS	England, c.1765,		apprenticed to Francis Morgan in the Joiners' Company on Feb. 5, 1765.		Crawforth 7.
MAGNIE, JEAN-BAPTISTE	France, c.1786, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant = PEA-10975.	Magnié; "dessin d'un quartier de réduction presenté au Roi, 1786."	Dunquerque.	American Neptune, Jan., 1975; Brewington 1; Daumas 1.
MAGNUS, CHRISTOPH, N.P.	Germany, 1608, MIM	Astrolabes, = BASH (ICA-2071) (1602), HAM (ICA-285) (1608),	Krabbe-type retes.	Hamburg.	Zinner 1; Michel 2; Gunther 1; Price 1; GHP; ICA 2; RSW.
MAGNY, ALEXIS	France, 1712-c.1777, OIM	Microscope, 1754 = SPI-2926; Microscope, Culpeper-type, No.18, 1755 = NOR; Microscopes = P-B-Monte Carlo 6/23/76 (leather case), P.C., Getty Museum (leather case), FLO.	the P-B-Monte Carlo entry said to have been given to Mme. de la Pompadour by Louis XV, probably silver; his microscopes date from 1751-55; see Magni.	Paris.	Michel 3; Antique Dealer Collectors Guide, August, 1976; Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Ronfort 1; RSW.
MAGOR AND CO.	England, c.1830, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/28/80.			RSW.
MAGRINI, LUIGI	Italy, 1802-68, PHIM		professor of mathematics; made electrical apparatus.	Florence.	Brenni 1.
MAGWALD	Germany, 19th Century, MIM	Magnetic Azimuth Sundial = DES.		Berlin.	Industrial Museum Cat.; RSW.
MAHIER			see Spinelli, Mahier and Co.		RSW.
MAHLER, JOSEF	Germany, 1795-1845, MIM SIM	Theodolite = Dillingen Lyzeumssammlung.	managed the Benediktbeuren workshop 1826-38; in partnership with George Metz he managed this workshop fron 1838 to 1845.	Mönch in Ottobeuren.	Zinner 1; J.A. Bennett 2; USNM; RSW.
MAHLER, P. ILDEPHONSUS	Germany, 1759,		see B.A. 2; manuscript note on paper, "P. Ildephonsus Mahler Monachus Benedictins ursini fecit has Machinas D.P. Domenico beck oxenhusano episde ordinis Religioso, 1759 Ursini Math/esi operadon --- esdem Scib Magistro"; may be replacement as instrument appears to be mid-sixteenth century.	Munich.	Price 3; Ward 4; RSW.
MAHON, CHARLES	England, 1753-1816,		Viscount Mahon, later Earl Stanhope, designed an arithmetic machine (OXF), a calculator (1777) (KEN, P.C.), microscope lens and a logic demonstrator (OXF); F.R.S., 1807; see James Bullock.	Chevening, Kent.	Taylor 2(744); RSW.
MAHR, JACOB ANDREAS	Germany, 1763, MIM	Table Sundial, 1763 = Wiesbaden Museum; Sundial = Darmstadt Landesmuseum.		Wiesbaden.	Zinner 1.
MAIEL			see Lloyd, Payne and Maiel.		RSW.
MAIGNAN, EMMANUEL	France; Italy, 1601-76, MIM OIM		wrote "Perspectiva Hororia" in 1648; mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker; interested himself in barometer experiments.	Toulouse (1601-36); Rome (1636-50); Toulouse (1651-76).	Dewhirst; Gunther 2; Clay and Court; Middleton 1.
MAIGNE, P.	France, c.1803, PHIM		Maigné; instrument maker; devised a method to make a portable barometer.	rue Aumaire, Paris.	Middleton 1.
MAILE, WILLIAM	England, c.1704,		apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on May 2, 1704.		Crawforth 7.
MAILHAT	France, c.1860, OIM	Telescope, large = D.(1976).		Paris.	RSW.
MAILLET, ABRAHAM	England, c.1745,		apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company on March 4, 1745.		Crawforth 7.
MAIN, PETER	Scotland, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		Edinburgh.	Goodison 1.
MAINGAUT	France, c.1763, OIM		worked for the Duc de Chaulnes for 20 years; then worked for Dom Noël.	Paris.	Daumas 1.
MAIR, JOHN			see John Marr 1.		Taylor 1(129).
MAISON CHEVALLIER			see Queslin.		RSW
MAISON VANTIER ET MARC			see Vantier et Marc, Maison; see A. Lefrançois.		RSW.
MAKEPEACE, G.	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = Soth. 12/15/72 and 5/4/73.		London.	RSW.
MALACIDA, CHARLES			misreading for Malacrida.		Bell 2.
MALACRIDA 1	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	could be same as Malacrida 2.		Goodison 1.
MALACRIDA 2	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		237 Holborn, London.	Goodison 1.
MALACRIDA 3	England, fl.1805-20, MIM PHIM	Compass = X; Platina Thermometers = X (2).	made instruments for William Hyde Wollaston.		Chaldecott 3.
MALACRIDA AND CO.	Ireland; England, c.1805, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/14/87.	see C. Malacrida and Co.	Dublin and London.	RSW.
MALACRIDA, C., AND CO.	Ireland, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Dublin.	Goodison 1.
MALACRIDA, CHARLES	England, c.1845, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X; Hydrometers, glass = Christie-SK 3/31/83.	barometer signed "Malacrida" with full address; others signed "C. Malacrida Manchester"; see Malacrida and Co.	4 Withy Grove, Manchester.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW.
MALBY	England, 1886, MIM	Terrestrial Globe, 1886 = Christie 9/11/86.		London.	RSW.
MALBY AND CO.	England, fl.1842-48, MIM	Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1842 = Soth. 2/25/86, Phillips 9/10/86 ; Celestial Globes, 1845 = U. of Utah, N.Y. State Historical Assoc., Cooperstown, New York; Terraqueous Globe = U. of Utah; Celestial Globe = Soth. 4/18/88.		Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand, London.	USNM; Yonge; RSW.
MALBY AND SONS	England, post 1828-46, MIM	Celestial Globes = VNN (one is 1846); Terrestrial Globe, 1846 = VNN.		London.	Yonge.
MALBY'S	England, c.1850, MIM	Planisphere = Soth. 2/25/86; Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 9/11/86.		London.	RSW.
MALBY, CHARLES	England, fl.1840-62, MIM	Terrestrial Globes, miniature = La Rochelle 7/16/83 (1842), Melun 4/24/83; Terrestrial Globe, 1848 = D.(1973); Pairs of miniature Globes, 1862 = H.M Queen Elizabeth II, D.(1974); Celestial Globe, 1850 = Dartmouth College, New Hampshire.	all signed "Malby"; worked with his sons.	37 Parker Street; Houghton Street, Newcastle Street, Strand; East Stanford (1862); all in London.	Yonge; Wynter 1; Wynter and Turner; RSW.
MALBY, THOMAS	England, 1854-67, MIM	Pair of Globes, 1854 = X; Terrestrial Globe, 1867 = Athenaeum, Philadelphia, Pa.	the pair of globes is marked "for the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge", 12" diameter; Thomas may be the son of Charles Malby.	London.	Bryden 9; RSW.
MALBY, THOMAS, AND SON	England, 1877, MIM	Terrestrial Globe, 1877 = D.(1977).	"Makers to the Admiralty."	London.	RSW.
MALCOTIUS			see Maelcote.		Michel 2.
MALE, GEORGE	England, c.1721,	apprenticed to George Wright 1 of the Grocers' Company on Aug. 31, 1721.			J. Brown 1.
MALER, JACOB HOFMAN	Germany, 1616, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial, 1616 = KAS.	for 49°30' latitude.	Schwabisch Hall.	Basserman-Jordan 1.
MALICE	France, PHIM	Money Balance = La Rochelle 7/16/83.	marked "Marchand Balancier."	rue de la Ferronière a l'A couronné, Paris.	RSW.
MALIZARD	France, c.1850, MIM OIM	Inclinable Sundial = Auction, Honfleur, 6/17/79.	T.C.; optician.	Quai de l'Horloge 37 ter., Paris.	RSW.
MALLAGANI			see Mallugani.		Bell 2.
MALLETT	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Woodbridge.	Goodison 1.
MALLING			see Melling.		Goodison 1.
MALLUGANII, MARK	England, fl.1830-40, PHIM		barometer maker?; umbrellas; perhaps just a retailer.	New Street, Dudley.	Bell 2; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1926).
MALORIDA			see J. Gatty and Malorida.		Bell 2.
MALORIDA, J.	England,		barometer maker.	High Holborn, London.	Bell 2.
MALT, JAMES	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (2).	one signed "J. Malt Wisbech."	Wisbech.	Goodison 1.
MALTBY			see Malby.		RSW.
MALTWOOD, R.	England, c.1790, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie 12/6/78	this is probably a too early guess of an instrument by Richard Austen Maltwood.	3, Orange Row, Kennington, Surrey.	RSW.
MALTWOOD, RICHARD AUSTEN	England, fl.1829-59, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	also made thermometers.	19 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1829-44); 3 Orange Row, Kennington Row (1842-45); 22 Charles Street, Hatton Garden (1845); 129 Great Saffron Hill (1846-48); 5 Cross Street (1854-59); Shoe Lane. all in London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2 (2174).
MANASSER, DAVID	Germany, 1635, MIM	Dialing Instrument, 1635 = Evans Coll.		Augsburg.	Evans 1.
MANCARROW	USA, MIM				Bedini 8.
MANCHE	France, 1775, MIM	Horizontal Sundial, octagonal, 1775 = Schuhmann-133.	style is triangular with plumb-bob; same as Mancher?	Paris.	RSW.
MANCHER	France,	Sundial = OXF.	same as Manche?	Paris.	Michel 3.
MANCINUS, IOHANNES MAR.	Italy, c.1550, MIM	Radio Latino = Michel Coll.			Michel 3.
MANDATO, REGIO	Spain, 1787, OIM	Telescope, 1787 = MAN-I 182.		Madrid.	Garcia Franco 1.
MANDER, GEORGE	England, c.1838-40, MIM PHIM		see Aston.	21 Great Crown Street, Soho, London.	Taylor 2 (2175); O'Mara.
MANDERN, CARL VON	Denmark, 18th Century, MIM	Horizontal Sundial = OXF; Protractor and Rule = Christie-SK 4/17/86.	protractor is marked "Hafnia."	Copenhagen.	Maddison 5; RSW.
MANDL, GEORG	Germany, 1759,		Georg Mändl; author; wrote on sundials.		Zinner 1.
MANEGANI, ANTONIO AND PAULO			see Mantegani.		Bell 2.
MANERSPERG, ANTON VON	Austria, 1734, MIM		Anton von Mänersperg, Abbot of Admont, the sundial at BM is dated 1734 and signed "A.D.G.A.A." = "Ad Dei Gloriam Admonti Abbas."	Admont.	Price 3; Ward 4.
MANFRED, SEPTALA			mentioned in Bonanni; misreading for Manfred de Settala.		Dewhirst.
MANGACAVALI, JNO.	England, c.1836, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	5 Greville Street, London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MANGAVALI, JOHN			see Jno. Mangacavali.		Bell 2.
MANGAVEL	France, OIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = VNN; Telescope = Melun 4/24/83.	signed "Mangavel, opticien à Bordeaux"; also see Manguel.	Bordeaux.	RSW.
MANGHETTI, ANTONIUS	Italy, MIM		engraved a graphometer by Bernardinus Pavolini which is now at USNM.		RSW.
MANGIACAVALLI, J. 1	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/76.		17 Leather Lane, Holborn, London.	RSW.
MANGIACAVALLI, J. 2	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Leeds.	Goodison 1.
MANGIN, CLEMENT CYRIAQUE DE	France, c.1621,		author; his pseudonym was "Denis Henrion"; wrote on the sector.		RSW.
MANGUEL	France, NIM	Marine Compass = OMM.	see Mangavel.	Bordeaux.	RSW.
MANN AND AYSCOUGH	England, fl.1743 - 49, OIM	Telescopes = KEN, OXF; Solar and Scroll Microscopes, 1743 = Court Coll.	T.C.; James Mann 2 and James Ayscough.	Ludgate Street; Sir Isaac Newton and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, near the West End of Saint Paul's, (1747); both in London.	Taylor 2(90 & 2266); Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Maddison 1; Calvert 2; RSW.
MANN, I. 1	England, OIM	Telescope, pasteboard and brass = VCW.	could be James Mann 1, 2, or 3.	London.	RSW.
MANN, I. 2	England, 19th Century, OIM	Telescope = Christie-SK 11/19/87.	see William Mann.	Liverpool.	RSW.
MANN, JAMES 1	England, fl.1660-1730, OIM	Microscope = KEN; Telescope = WHI; Pillar Sundial on handle of cane, 1679 = P.C.	apprenticed to Thomas King 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Nov. 5, 1674; turned over to John Hicketts of the Company, March 20, 1682; Master of the Company, 1716-17.	St. Martins (1693); Angel Street (1695); Sign of the Archimedes and Pair of Golden Spectacles, Butcher Hall Lane, a little nearer St. Paul's, Fleet Street; all in London.	Court and von Rohr 3(46); Taylor 1(480) and 2(89); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Robischon; A.J. Turner 10..
MANN, JAMES 2	England, fl.1707-51?, OIM PHIM	Telescopes = Christie 4/9/75 (wood), WHI (3-refracting); Astroscope = Caleb Smith (1734); Stick Barometer = D.(1989).	son of James Mann 1; apprenticed to Matthew Cooberow of the Spectaclemakers' Company on April 4, 1699; free of the Company, June 28, 1707; Master of the Company 1725 and 1737; took apprentices; in partnership with James Ayscough as Mann and Ayscough, 1743-47; Ayscough had been his apprentice, 1732-40; T.C.; author; made thermometers and barometers.	Archimedes and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles near the Castle Tavern, Fleet Street (1735); Sir Isaac Newton's Head and Two Pairs of Golden Spectacles, 23 Ludgate Street (1743, 1751); all in London.	Taylor 1(480) & 2(90); Court and von Rohr 3(73)(129); Daumas; Bennett 1; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Goodison 1; Coffeen 27.
MANN, JAMES 3	England, 1763, OIM	Telescope, 1763 = P.C. (1979).	succeeded his father, James Mann 2; the 1763 telescope might have been made by James Mann 2.	London.	Taylor 2(89 and 90); RSW.
MANN, JAMES 4	England, c.1743, MIM		apprenticed to Robert Cole 1 in the Stationers' Company; turned over to John Farmer 2 in the Joiners' Company on Dec. 6, 1743; could he be the same as James Mann 3?		Crawforth 7.
MANN, JOHN 1	Scotland, fl.1693-1709, MIM		succeeded his uncle, James Paterson.	at the Sign of the Globe, Cross-staff and Quadrant, Castle Hill, Edinburgh (1694-98); at the Sign of the Globe, Cross-staff and Quadrant, on the Shore, Leith (1699-1704).	Bryden 3; Clarke et al.
MANN, JOHN 2	England, fl.1723-60, OIM		son of James Mann 2; free of the Spectaclemakers' Company by Patrimony, April 1, 1723; succeeded by Samuel Johnson, c. 1760.	London	Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(96); Dewhirst; Daumas 1.
MANN, JOHN 3	Scotland, d.1770, NIM		barber and compass maker.	Leith.	Bryden 3.
MANN, W.	England?, NIM	Octant = Soth. 2/2/70.	may be same as W.C. Mann.	Gloucester.	RSW.
MANN, W.C.	USA, NIM	Octant = MYS.	may be same as W. Mann.	Gloucester, Mass.	RSW.
MANN, WILLIAM	England, c.1774, MIM NIM	Hadley's Quadrant = OMM.		56 Cable Street, Liverpool.	Bryden 9; RSW.
MANNASSE, L., AND CO.	USA, MIM SIM	Surveying Transit = D.(1976).		Chicago, Ill.	Rinaldo 2.
MANNHEIM, AMEDEE	France, 1831-1906,		Amedée Mannheim; invented the modern slide rule in 1851.		G.L'E. Turner 24.
MANNING AND MANNING	England, PHIM	Barometer = D.(1971).		Malvern; Worcester.	RSW.
MANNING, CHARLES	England, c.1720, MIM		apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1720.		J. Brown 3.
MANNING, J.	England, 1861, MIM	Terrestrial Globe, miniature = Christie 12/21/71; Planetarium, geared, case, 1861 = Soth. 4/18/88.	planetarium marked "published by J. Manning."		RSW.
MANSELL 1	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Fakenham.	Goodison 1.
MANSELL 2	England, PHIM		see Newcomb and Mansell	Wapping and Liverpool.	Goodison 1.
MANSELL, JOHN	England, 1770, MIM		rule maker; had as apprentice, Samuel Haycock, who ran away May 16, 1770.	Wolverhampton.	Bryden 9.
MANSFIELD, BENJAMIN	England, fl.1795-1828, MIM		apprenticed to John Atkinson 2 of the Grocers' Company on Nov. 6, 1788; free of the Company, Dec. 3, 1795; took apprentices after 1800.	103 Pennington Street, Ratcliffe Highway, London.	J. Brown 1 and 2.
MANSVELT, PAULUS	Holland; France1783-1851, MIM		inspector of weights and measures; studied in the Hague; assisted Lenoir in Paris for four years.	The Hague; Paris; The Hague.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1.
MANTAGANI			see Manntegani.		Bell 2.
MANTEGANI, ANTONIO	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (2).	watch and clock maker; X signed "A. Mantegani" and "Mantegani."	High Street, Wisbech.	Bell 2; Goodison 1.
MANTEGANI, ANTONIO AND PAULO	England, c.1850, PHIM		clock, watch and barometer makers.	Wisbech.	Bell 2.
MANTENANT	France, 18th Century, MIM	Sectors = Neumarkt, 10/8/71, 5/5/72; Butterfield-type Sundial = P-B 10/3/57 #219.		Paris.	RSW.
MANTICHA 1	England, PHIM	Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 7/16/76; Wheel Barometer = Christie 4/19/78.	may be Dominick Manticha or Manticha 2.		Goodison 1; RSW.
MANTICHA 2	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, KEN.	stick barometers signed "Manticha London."	281 Holborn, London.	Goodison 1.
MANTICHA 3	England, c.1800, PHIM	Bottle Barometer = KEN.			McConnell 1.
MANTICHA AND CO.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometers = X (2), Soth.-S 10/19/89.	possibly Dominick Manticha; Soth.-S signed "Manticha and Co. Fecit."		Goodison 1; RSW.
MANTICHA, A.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MANTICHA, D., AND CO.	England, c.1805, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = D.(1968), P.C. (1968).	see Dominick Manticha.	11 Ely Court, Holborn, London.	Goodison 1 & 5.
MANTICHA, DOMINICK	England, fl.1781-1805, PHIM	Stick Barometers = KEN, D.(1977), Bearnes 9/17/86; Double Barometer, 1781 = KEN.	the double barometer is signed "D. Manticha"; see Manticha and Co. and D. Manticha and Co.	11 Ely Court, Holborn, London.	Goodison 1 & 5.
MANTICHA, J.	Scotland, OIM	Telescopes = D.(1975), D.(1981), Dossin Great Lakes Museum, Detroit, Michigan; Set of Philosophical Bubbles = RSM.	D.(1975) telescope is marked "improved day or night."	Greenock.	Morrison-Low 1; RSW.
MANTICHA, JOSEPH	England, c.1800, PHIM	Barometer = KEN.			Bell 2.
MANTICHA, PETER	England, PHIM	Double Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X.	the stick barometer is signed "P. Manticha."	Crown Feathers Court, Holborn, London.	Goodison 1.
MANTON, JOSEPH	England, c.1810, OIM		took out a patent on a telescope improvement.	Davies Street, Berkely Street, London.	Taylor2(1382).
MANTOVA, P.	England, c.1780, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth. 2/4/74; Wheel Barometers = Christie 12/18/74, X (2).		Luton.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MANUEL, JOSEPH	England, c.1830,		designed a Wye-level made and sold by W. and S. Jones.		Taylor 2(858).
MANZINI			see Ambrosini and Manzini.		Goodison 1.
MANZOCHI, GIROLAMO	England, c.1838, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	looking glass maker.	22 Brook Street, Hull.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MAPLE	Francec.1850, PHIM	Barometer = Soth. 11/22/72.	stamped "Maple 28."		RSW.
MAPPIN	England, c.1880, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Phillips 7/20/83.		61 Newhall Street, Birmingham.	RSW.
MAR, ANDREAS	Italy, 1589, MIM	Diptych Sundial, gilt-brass, 1589 = OXF.	Evans thought that "Mar" might be an abbreviation; may be "A.M." 5.		Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3.
MARALEE, W.H.	England, c.1750, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant = OMM.		North Shields.	RSW.
MARBLE			see Sibley and Marble.		USNM.
MARC	France, c.1840, MIM		see Vantier et Marc; see A. Lefrançois.	Paris.	Soth. 1969; RSW.
MARCEL, ARNOLD	Holland, 1672-1748, OIM		nephew of Antoni van Leeuwenhoek; mathematician and physicist; made lenses.	Dordrecht.	Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1.
MARCELLI, J.	Italy, c.1600, MIM	Dividers, iron = D.(1972).	also marked with a combined "IH."		Moskowitz 103.
MARCHAL, J.	France, 1975, MIM	Astrolabe, 1975 = D.(1975).	astrolabes made to order.	Paris.	RSW.
MARCHE, FELIX DE LA	France, 1785-1821, MIM	Terrestrial Globes = CNAM-3851 (1785), Soth. 12/17/62-131; Celestial Globe = CNAM-7432.			Cons. Nat'l 1; RSW.
MARCHOIS	France, c.1809, MIM SIM	Graphometers = D.(1972), X; Table Sundial = Soth. 12/12/55.	X may be in the USNM; made a protractor, in 1809, designed by Desagneaux.	Paris.	Roux Devilas 73; Daumas 1; RSW.
MARCHONI, ALBERTO	Italy?, MIM	Triangular Instrument = OXFB-127.	may be owner.		Zinner 1; Josten.
MARCKS, C., AND CO.	India, PHIM	Aneroid Barometer with clock = K. and C. 12/12/73.		Bombay and Poona.	RSW.
MARCUS ANTONIUS			see Antonius, Marcus.		Michel 1.
MARELLI	Italy, 1818, PHIM	Barometer, 1818 = Linceo G. Beccaria, Milan.	signed and dated on float.	Milan.	Middleton 1.
MARETZ, J.	France, c.1600, MIM SIM	Graphometer = ADL-M157; Protractor with sights = P.C.; Graphometer on a rectangular plate = LOS.	the LOS graphometer has sine and cosine tables and a list of towns with their latitudes, it is signed "Maretz Aix."	Aix.	Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Israel; ADL; RSW.
MARGAS, JOHN	England; Ireland, fl.1742-67, MIM OIM	Solar Microscope = KEN; Compass = Christie-SK 3/5/87; Sundial, 1767 = X; Instrument = WHI.	apprenticed to Nathaniel Adams 1 of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1735; turned over to John Cox 2; free of the Company, Dec. 30, 1742; bankrupt in London, 1758; sundial signed "Margas Dublin 1767."	Rose Street, Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London (1758); Capel Street, Dublin (1761-67).	Dewhirst; Court and von Rohr 3; Clay and Court; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(634); Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MARGES, JOHN			see John Margas		Bryden 9.
MARGETTS AND NICHOLSON	England, c.1803, MIM		George Margetts and Nicholson; made a double length sliding Gunter's scale, c.1803.	London.	Taylor 2(868).
MARGETTS, GEORGE	England, fl.1748-1804, MIM	Astronomical Watches = P.C., NMM, OXF.	P.C. is "No 1"; NMM is lost; author of a work on lunar distances; invented a navigational slide rule; watchmaker.	42 Penton Street, Islington (1789); 21 King Street, Cheapside (1792); 3 Cheapside (1801); all in London.	Taylor 2(868); Moskowitz 130; RSW.
MARGUERY	France, 1793, MIM	Odometer with clockwork, 1793 = DEU.		Paris.	RSW.
MARIANI, IACOPO	Italy, 1690, MIM SIM	Squadra Mobile, 1690 = ADL-M109.	"fac in Galli di D.S.A.S. in Florenza l'Anno 1690."	Florence.	Engelmann 1; Michel 3; ADL; RSW.
MARICOURT, PIERRE DE	France, 1269, NIM		made a magnetic compass in 1269?		Michel 19.
MARIE	France, 1736-60, OIM	Microscopes = CNAM, P.C.	furnished a lens to l'Observatoire in 1736.	Paris.	Daumas 1.
MARIE PUTOIS, ROCHETTE JEUNE	France, c. 1800, MIM OIM PHIM SIM		T.C. in box of graphometer signed "M.P. et Rochette", which see; T.C. signed "Mathémathique, Optique et Phisique" plus address.	Quai de l'Horloge la 3me Boutique en entrant par le Pont Neuf, à Paris.	Coffeen 41.
MARIE VEUVE	France, c.1760, OIM		widow of Marie.	Quay de l'Horloge, Paris.	Daumas 1.
MARII, G.			misreading for C. Maru.		USNM; Thielmann; RSW.
MARING, FRANCIS	England, c.1654,		apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1654.		Crawforth 7.
MARINONE, C.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Bedford.	Goodison 1.
MARINONI, J.J.	Austria, 1676-1755, MIM	Mural Quadrant = D.(1965).	assembled a large collection of instruments, 1746; quadrant may have been ordered by him.	Vienna.	Brieux; A.J. Turner 10.
MARION JEUNE	France, PHIM	Thermometer = P.C.	"breveté."	passage de l'Opera 15, Paris.	RSW.
MARIOT, JAMES	Italy; Scotland, c.1742, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	Sign of the Crown, Gallowgate, Glasgow (1742).	Bryden 3; Goodison 1.
MARIOTTA, GIG LI	Italy, 1589, MIM	Nocturnals = LOS (1589), van Alfen Coll. (1591).	LI is with a small I half way up the open L; LOS is very similar to the nocturnal ADL-M331 by A. Giamin; probably both are modern work.	Rome.	USNM; Hollands Glorie; RSW.
MARITZ, J.	Holland, d.1807, MIM			The Hague.	Rooseboom 1.
MARIUS, SIMON	Germany, 1609, OIM	Telescope, 1609 = DEU.		Ansbach.	Price 2.
MARK AND CO.	England, c.1840, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/19/88.		Peterborough.	RSW.
MARKDAINEL, JOHN	England, c.1718,		apprenticed to John Urings 1 in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 11, 1718.		Crawforth 7.
MARKE, JOHN	England, fl.1664-79, MIM OIM SIM	Universal Ring Sundials = TIM, Watney Coll; Protractor = OXF; Sundial, 1679 = Drummond Castle, Scotland; Morland Calculating Machine, 1670 = FLO; Scale = BRU; Sutton-type Quadrant = Koller 11/17/75; Gunter Quadrant = D.(1976); Tympan (52°25') for Humphrey Cole's Astrolabe = SAN; Sector = ADL-A244; Plane Table, 1674 = X.; Telescopic Level, 1674 = X; etc.	apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, Nov. 5, 1655; free of the Company, April 4, 1664; admitted as a Brother into the Clockmakers' Company in 1667; succeeded Henry Sutton in 1665; took apprentices.	at the Sign of the Golden Ball, near Somerset House, the Strand, London.	Taylor 1(305); Bryden 15; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Somerville; Wynter 1; J. Brown 1 & 3; Crawforth 7; Daumas 1; ADL; RSW.
MARKS AND CO.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie 1/26/90.	may be same as Mark and Co.		RSW.
MARKS, A.J.	England, c.1850, PHIM	Barometer = NMM.			Bell 2.
MARKS, JOHN MATHEW			confusion!; the name should be John Marke.		Clay and Court; Daumas 1.
MARKS, L.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 5/18/89.		York.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MARKS, SOLOMON	England, fl.1822-60, NIM PHIM	Octant, ebony and ivory = P.C.; Marine Barometer = X.	watch and clockmaker; see Solomon Marks and Co.	Broad Street, Cardiff.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MARKS, SOLOMON, AND CO.	England, NIM PHIM	Marine Barometer = X; Sextant = D.(1990).		Cardiff.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MARKWICK, JACOBUS	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	probably James Markwick 1 or 2.		Goodison 1.
MARKWICK, JAMES 1	England, fl.1656-98, MIM		free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1666; his son was James Markwick 2.	Royal Exchange, London.	Goodison 1; Robischon.
MARKWICK, JAMES 2	England, fl.1692-1730, MIM		son of James Marwick 1; free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1692 by Patrimony; Master of the Company, 1720.	Royal Exchange, London.	Goodison 1; Robischon.
MARLAND, MICHAEL			see Michael Marlow 2.		Taylor 1(142); RSW.
MARLO, M.			see Michael Marlow 2.		Taylor 1(142); RSW.
MARLOW, MICHAEL 1	England, fl.1620-50, MIM	Compass Card, engraved = Gardener Sale.	father of Michael Marlow 2; compass maker.	King Edward's Stairs, Wapping, midway between the two Gravel Lanes, London.	Taylor 1(142); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court.
MARLOW, MICHAEL 2	England, fl.1682-95, MIM		son of Michael Marlow 1; apprenticed to John Seller 1 in the Merchant Taylors' Company on Mar. 28, 1666; free of the Company, Dec. 17, 1673; compass maker.	Wapping, London.	Taylor 1(142); Crawforth 8.
MARLOYE	France, fl.1840-56, PHIM		specializes in acoustic apparatus.	Paris.	Warner 13.
MARNONI, ANTHONI	Scotland, fl.1844-49, PHIM		spirit hydrometer maker.	34 Brunswick Place, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MARQUART, BALTUS	Germany, 1552, MIM	Astrolabe Clock, 1552 = P.C.	Gunther No. 326.	Augsburg; Berlin.	Zinner 1; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Bobinger 2 & 3.
MARQUART, JAKOB 1	Germany, c.1527-75, MIM	Sundial on base of clock, 1567 = VAA.		Augsburg.	Evans 1; Bobinger 2 & 3.
MARQUART, JAKOB 2	Germany, c.1580, MIM	Sundial on table clock = ADL-M381.		Augsburg.	Engelmann 1; Bobinger 2 and 3; ADL; RSW.
MARQUIS, T.	England, c.1790, MIM	Set Square with Rules = D.(1983).	invented a type of plotting system much used by the military; "Teacher of the Military Sciences."	N° 1 Charing Cross, London.	Wynter 1; Coffeen 27.
MARR AND ANDERSON	Scotland, 1859, PHIM		made chemical apparatus; could be either John Marr 2 or Robert Marr.	14 Renfield Street, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MARR, J. AND R., AND CO.	Scotland, fl.1849-58, PHIM		made chemical apparatus; John Marr 2 and Robert Marr.	27 North Albion Street, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MARR, JOHN 1	Scotland, fl.1614-47, MIM		made compasses and sundials, possibly the dials in the Hampton Court gardens; father or uncle of William Marr.		Taylor 1(129); Evans 1.
MARR, JOHN 2	Scotland, fl.1842-45, PHIM		made chemical instruments; see J. and R. Marr and Co.	35 Montrose Street (1842-44); 17 Canon Street (1845); both in Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MARR, ROBERT	Scotland, fl.1849-61, PHIM		worked with John Marr 2 as J. and R. Marr and Co. (1849-58); may have been the Marr in Marr and Anderson (1859); worked as Robert Marr and Co. (1860-61).	27 North Albion Street, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MARR, ROBERT, AND CO.	Scotland, fl.1860-61, PHIM			27 North Albion Street, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MARR, WILLIAM	England, fl.1640-84, MIM	Garden Sundials = Royal Garden, Whitehall (c.1660).	court dialist; nephew or son of John Marr 1.	London.	Taylor 1(194); Evans 1.
MARRAND	England, 1827, MIM	Window Sundial, 1827 = Evans Coll.		London.	Evans 1.
MARRATT AND SHORT	England, 1860-69, MIM PHIM	Rule, boxwood = Christie-SK 11/27/86.	barometer makers; see John Marratt.		Goodison 1; O'Mara; RSW.
MARRATT, J.S.	England, c.1820-69, PHIM	Stick Barometer = P.B. 12/3/48.	showed in the Great London Exhibition, 1851; see John Marratt.	63 King William Street, London Bridge, London.	G.L'E. Turner 24; O'Mara; RSW.
MARRATT, JOHN	England, fl.1833-60, MIM OIM PHIM	Stick Barometers = X (2); Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86.	became Marratt and Short in 1860; probably J.S. Marratt; microscope signed "Marratt 63 King William Street, London Bridge, London."	54 Shoe Lane (1833); 15 Great Winchester Street (1841-44); 63 King William Street, London Bridge (1845-60); all in London.	Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1636); RSW.
MARRAUD	France; England, c.1824, MIM	Sundial, vertical, 1824 = OXF.	signed "Marraud Londres Février 1824."	London (1824).	Taylor 2(1824).
MARRIOTT	France, c.1850, PHIM		balance maker.	Paris.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
MARRIOTT, WILLIAM 1	England, fl.1822-40, MIM OIM			38 New Montague Street, Brick Lane, London.	Taylor 2(1639); O'Mara.
MARRIOTT, WILLIAM 2	England, c.1822, OIM			12 Market Street, Sheffield.	Taylor 2(1639).
MARSCH, ULRICH	Germany, fl.1528-pre-1543, MIM	Diptych Sundial, wood = NUR-L85.	compass maker.	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Gouk 1; RSW.
MARSDEN, THOMAS	England, 1749, MIM NIM	Backstaff, 1749 = Dr. Jobson Horne Coll.			Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Taylor 2(380).
MARSH, B.	England, c.1858, PHIM		barometer maker.	83 Coleshill Street, Birmingham.	Goodison 1.
MARSH, HOWARD	England, c.1796,		apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company, 1796.		Crawforth 7.
MARSH, HUMPHREY	England, c.1690, MIM	Wheel-cutting Machine = NMM.		Highworth.	Taylor 1(468); Evans 1.
MARSHALL, JNO., AND CO.	England, 1787, MIM	Armillary Spheres, cardboard, case, 1787 = ADL-W245.	"Published April 12th, 1787, and sold by Jno. Marshall and Co. Aldermany Church Yard, Bow Lane, London": "Special Additions to Miss Cowley's Pocket Sphere."	Aldermary Church Yard, Bow Lane, London.	Soth. 10/22/76; ADL; RSW.
MARSHALL, JOHN 1	England, c.1682,		apprenticed to Daniel Quare 1 in the Clockmakers' Company in 1682.		J. Brown 3.
MARSHALL, JOHN 2	England, fl.1685-1722, OIM	Telescopes = ADL-M424, KEN (1715), OXF, etc; Microscopes = KAS, Longleat House, Phillips 10/5/76, Soth. 4/28/69, etc.	apprenticed to Jack Dunning, a turner; free of the Turners' Company; worked as a turner in Ivy Lane; not a member of the Spectaclemakers' Company; made microscopes for Boyle; T.C.; "Optician to His Majesty" (1720); "Maker of Optic Glasses to His Majesty"; succeeded by John Smith 2.	The 3 Keys,Ivy Lane; at the Sign of the Gun, Ludgate Street (1688-89); Archimedes and two Golden Spectacles in Ludgate Street near St. Paul's Churchyard, the house being new built (1693); Two Golden Prospects, Ludgate Street; all in London.	Taylor 1(435) & 2(91); Court and von Rohr 3(VIII); USNM; Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Crawforth 1 & 7; Calvert 2; Daumas 1; Engelmann 1; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; ADL; RSW.
MARSHALL, JOHN 3	England, c.1758, PHIM	Wilson Electrical Machine = Burton Constable.		Beverly.	Elizabeth Hall; RSW.
MARSHALL, JOHN 4	USA, 1730-1802,		invented an instrument in 1772 to measure magnetic deviation; Thomas Jefferson called it a "meridian instrument"; surveyor.	Fauquier, Va.	Bedini 8.
MARSHALL, P.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MARSHALL, THOMAS	USA, c.1772,		invented a type of dip needle; surveyor.	Virginia.	Bedini 8.
MARSHALL, THOMAS HANSON	England or USA, c.1830, MIM SIM	Surveying Instrument = Soth.-PB pre-1980.			RSW.
MARSON, F.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie 12/6/78.		London.	RSW.
MARTEL, P.G.	Switzerland, MIM SIM	Alidade = GEM.		Geneva.	Delehar 6.
MARTEL, PIERRE	Switz.; England; Jamaica, fl.1723-61, MIM PHIM	Gunner's Instrument Set = USNM; Sector, 1755 = U. of Glasgow in 1756.	thermometer maker; the USNM set is signed "Martel à Genève"; author.	Lausanne; Genève (1723-43); London (1743-46); Jamaica (1746-61).	Taylor 2(381); Middleton 2; Bryden 6; Evans 1; USNM.
MARTIGNONI L'AINE	France, c.1840, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88.	Martignoni l'aîné.	Mans.	RSW.
MARTIN 1			see Benjamin Martin.		RSW.
MARTIN 2	France, MIM OIM SIM	Telescopic Level = CNAM.		Versailles.	Soth. 6/25/68-57 note; Daumas 1.
MARTIN 3	France, c.1750, MIM	Sundial = HOF-236; Sundial, white enamel = PAK-139.	could be two makers; the Parkington Coll. sundial shows the address.	244 rue St. Martin, Paris.	RSW.
MARTIN 4	France, pre-1782, MIM SIM	Graphometers = P.C., P.C. (1987); Sector, ivory and silver = ADL-M132d; Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 6/25/68-57; Astronomical Ring = COR; Protractor = COR; Logarithmic Rule = COR.	sector signed "Martin à Tempel"; graphometer signed "Martin au Temple."	à Tempel, or au Temple, Paris.	Engelmann 1; Courtanvaux; Michel 3; ADL; RSW.
MARTIN 5	France, 18th C., MIM		not a member of any Corporation; lived in a privileged enclave; could be Martin 3 or 4, which see.	Paris.	Augarde.
MARTIN AND SON	England, fl.1779-82, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	Microscope = D.(1977).	Benjamin and Josua Lovell Martin, 1780; invented the "Dromometer" a type of log.	Fleet Street, London.	Wynter 1; Bell 2; Court and von Rohr 3(XXX); Clay and Court; Bedini 8; RSW.
MARTIN VON HALL			see Hall, Martin von
MARTIN, BENJAMIN	England, 1714-82, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums.	had a large workshop which produced instruments under his name; made improvements to the microscope and wrote extensively in the field of natural philosophy; T.C.; opposed Peter Dollond's patent in 1764; see Martin and Son; member of the Goldsmiths' Company.	Chichester (to 1740); N°. 171 Fleet Street; shop near Crane Street; at the New Invented Visual Glasses (1716); at the Sign of Hadley's Quadrant and Visual Glasses; Newtons Head, 171 Fleet Street; all in Fleet Street, London.	Taylor 2(289); Millburn 1, 2 & 3; Goodison 1; Engelmann 1; USNM; Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Wynter 1; D. Bachman; Yonge; Maddison 1; Coffeen 9; Moskowitz; J.A. Bennett 1 and 2; ADL; Daumas 1; Olivia Brown 4; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 16; RSW.
MARTIN, C. FRANCOIS	France, c.1807,		C. François Martin; invented a slide rule for conversion of weights and measures to the metric system; author.	Toulon.	Offenbacher 29, 1977.
MARTIN, FELIX	England, c.1825, MIM NIM			Wind Street, Swansea.	Peate.
MARTIN, FRANCIS	England, c.1683, MIM		apprenticed to John Wells 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 13, 1683 for eight years.	London.	J. Brown 1.
MARTIN, HENRY	England, c.1850, PHIM		scale maker.	Reading.	RSW.
MARTIN, I.	Germany, 1693, MIM	Universal Ring Sundial, 1693 = Musée Historique de Neuchatel.	probably Johann Martin.		RSW.
MARTIN, JAMES	England, fl.1784-94, MIM		probably the brother of John Martin 1; apprenticed to John Troughton 2 of the Grocers' Company on July 5, 1768; free of the Company May 6, 1784; took apprentices.	25 Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1787); Great New Street, Fetter Lane (1792); 23 Dean Street, Fetter Lane (1794); all in London.	J. Brown 1.
MARTIN, JOHANN	Germany, 1642-1721, MIM SIM	made a great variety of sundials of very high quality; examples may be seen in many museums including ADL, OXF, NMM, WHI, USNM, DEU, FLO, AUG, LEY, HAK, etc.; also made pedometers and an astronomical clock at MUN.	step-brother of Johann Willebrand; step-uncle to Johann Martin Willebrand; invented the crescent sundial; some of his sundials are signed "Masig"; P. Masig was his agent in London; dated instruments are 1693, 1706 and 1710.	Frankfort; Augsburg.	Bobinger 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; Hamilton 1; NMM 2; USNM; Engelmann 1; Daumas 1; W. Eckhardt 3; Syndram; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW.
MARTIN, JOHN 1	England, c.1766, MIM		apprenticed to Charles Fairbone 1 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 2, 1766; probably brother of James Martin who was also in the Grocers' Company.	London.	J. Brown 1.
MARTIN, JOHN 2	England, fl.1839-50, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (3).	watchmaker; clockmaker; jeweler; sometimes signed "Jno. Martin."	High Street, Maidstone.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; Baillie 1.
MARTIN, JOSHUA LOVER	England, fl.1774-82, MIM NIM OIM	Quadrant = KEN; Telescope = KEN.	son of Benjamin Martin; see Martin and Son; patented an improvement on Hadley's quadrant in 1774; took out a patent for drawing brass tubes, 1782; quadrant signed "Martin Invt. et fecit London."		Taylor 2(289); H.C. King 2; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Millburn 8.
MARTIN, PETER	England, c.1800, MIM		apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 6, 1792; free of the Company May 1, 1800.		J. Brown 1.
MARTIN, THOMAS	England, c.1794,		apprenticed to James Martin of the Grocers' Company on Feb. 6, 1794.		J. Brown 1.
MARTIN, W.B.	USA, c.1850,		engraved globes made by Gilman Joslin.	Boston, Mass.	Yonge.
MARTINDALE, ADAM	England, 1623-86,		invented a dialing instrument; author.	Warrington, Lancashire (1663); Rotherton, Cheshire; Leigh, Lancashire.	Taylor 1(211).
MARTINELLE, L., AND SONS	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 3/28/73.	probably a misreading of L. Martinelli and Sons.		RSW.
MARTINELLI	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 1/25/89.		London.	RSW.
MARTINELLI AND SON	England, post-1838, OIM PHIM		barometer makers; see Lewis Martinelli (3) and Son.	62 King Street, Borough, London.	Taylor 2(1929).
MARTINELLI, A., AND WM. DAY AND CO.	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87.	probably Alfred Martinelli.	70 Union Street, Borough, London.	RSW.
MARTINELLI, ALFRED	England, fl.1839-51, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 5/18/89.	thermometer maker; succeeded by his widow, Mrs. E. Martinelli in 1851.	43 Union Street, Borough (1839); 96 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth (1843-44); 18 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth (1845-51); all in London.	Bell 2; Goodison 1.
MARTINELLI, B.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MARTINELLI, D.	England, c.1802, PHIM		barometer maker.	Grays Inn Road, London.	Bell 2.
MARTINELLI, JR.	England, c.1846, OIM PHIM		barometer maker.	London.	Taylor 2(1929).
MARTINELLI, L.	England, c.1840, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 1/27/88.	marked "Warranted"; could be Lewis Martinelli 1 or 3.		RSW.
MARTINELLI, LEWIS (3), AND SON	England, fl.1838-46, OIM PHIM	Wheel Barometer, rosewood = Christie-SK 4/17/86.	opticians; looking glass maker; thermometer makers; see Lewis Martinelli 3.	62 King Street, Borough, London.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MARTINELLI, LEWIS 1	England, fl.1830-38, OIM PHIM		barometer maker.	102 London Road, Brighton.	Bell 2; Taylor 2(1929); Dewhirst.
MARTINELLI, LEWIS 2	England, fl.1803-11, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 6/27/88 (No. 82).	carver; gilder; print seller; barometer and thermometer maker.	82 Leather Lane, London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW.
MARTINELLI, LEWIS 3	England, fl.1834-46, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X (4).	thermometer maker; Bell thought that Lewis Martinelli 2 and 3 were the same person; the clock in one of the barometers is signed "T. Combe, Camberwell."	62 King Street, Borough, London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MARTINELLI, MRS. E.	England, fl.1851-53, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker; succeeded her husband, Alfred Martinelli, in 1851.	18 Vauxhall Street, Lambeth. London.	Goodison 1.
MARTINELLI, P.	Scotland, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Edinburgh.	Goodison 1.
MARTINELLI, P., RONCHETTI AND CO.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X.		Coventry.	Goodison 1.
MARTINELLI, P.L.D., AND CO.	England, fl.1799, PHIM		barometer makers.	82 Leather Lane, London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MARTINELLI, W., AND SONS	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	see William Martinelli.	54 Snows Fields, Borough, London.	Goodison 1.
MARTINELLI, WILLIAM	England, fl.1840-59, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (2), D.(1970).	some of the barometers are signed "W. Martinelli, Snows Fields, Bermondsey", others just "W. Martinelli."	21 Wells Street, Oxford Street (1840); 5 Friars Street, Blackfriars (1841); 120 Snows Fields, Bermondsey (1853-59); all in London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW.
MARTINEZ, D. FRANCISCO	Spain, 1781, NIM	Lodestone, 1781 = MAN-I 23.			Garcia Franco 1.
MARTINEZ, JOSE	Spain, 1853, NIM	Binnacle, 1853 = MAN-I 51; Compass, 1853 = MAN- I 60.		Ferrol.	Garcia Franco 1.
MARTINOIA, G.	England, PHIM		barometer maker.	York.	Bell 2.
MARTINOIA, G., AND CO.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		York.	Goodison 1.
MARTINOLA, G.			misreading for G. Martinoia.		Bell 2.
MARTINOT	France, MIM	Armillary Sphere = X.		Paris?	Pastoreau.
MARTINOT, GILLES	France, MIM	Instrument = D.(1964).		Paris.	RSW.
MARTINOT, LUDOVICUS	France, fl. 1598-1631, MIM	Astrolabe, 1598 = ADL-M31; Astronomical Volvelle, 1631 = Soth. 6/25/68-14.	ICA-212.	Sens.	Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Gunther 1; Price 1; GHP; ICA 2; ADL; RSW.
MARTINS			see Pistor and Martins.		Weil and Baden; RSW.
MARTYN, THOMAS	England, late 18th Century,		T.C.; ship's chandler.	No. 208 near King Edward Stairs, Wapping, London.	Crawforth 1.
MARU, G.	Italy, fl.1743-47, MIM	Armillary Sphere with Planetarium, 1747 = LOS; Astronomical Ring, 1743 = LOS.	Louvain-type astronomical ring is c.1580; Maru is certainly owner; armillary sphere signed "G. Maru Caboga"; signed on base of stand "G.M.F.C." and "G. Maru fecit C."; planetarium has two planets, one with a ring.	Caboga.	USNM; Thielmann; RSW.
MARX AND PETLEY	Australia, NIM	Dividers, navigational = P.C.		Sydney.	USNM.
MARZORATI AND CO.	England, PHIM		barometer makers.	Holborn, London.	Bell 2.
MARZORATI, E.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MARZORATTI AND RIVOTTA	England, PHIM		barometer makers; may be Marzoratti and F. Rivolta 2.	Reading.	Bell 2.
MASCAGNE, DANGELO	Italy, PHIM	Measure = Koller 11/7/63.		Certosino.	RSW.
MASEFIELD, ROBERT	England, 1767, PHIM	Stick Barometer, 1767 = X.		Birmingham.	Goodison 1.
MASIC			see Masig.		RSW.
MASIG, P.	England, c.1720,	Crescent Sundials = OXFB-106, NMM, Roussel-98, OXF, Soth. 9/20/83; Augsburg-type Sundials = ADL-M301, OXF, NMM.	these instruments were made by Johann Martin and sold in England by his agent, P. Masig.	London.	Maddison 5; Engelmann 1; Taylor 1(525); Gunther 2; Michel 3; Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; ADL; RSW.
MASKELYNE, NEVIL	England, 1732-1811,		Astronomer Royal; claimed to have designed a prism micrometer; author.		Taylor 2(507); Dawsons 205; Phil. Trans. Vol. LXVII, 1777; Howse 3.
MASON 1	England, fl.1809-60, MIM NIM SIM	Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/8/76; Sundial, circular = Christie 5/6/69; Mariner's Compass = EGE; Surveying Compass = Soth. 11/13/61-65.	may be Seacombe 2, Jonathan 2 or Thomas 1 Mason; mariner's and surveying compasses show address and signature.	6 Essex Bridge, Dublin.	RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASON 2			see Rabone and Mason.		Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MASON 3			see Stanley, Belcher and Mason Ltd.		RSW.
MASON AND CO.	Ireland, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometers = Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83, and 12/13/83; Surveying Level = Christie-SK 2/5/87; Microscope = D.	see Mason 1.	11 Essex Bridge, Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett; Coffeen; RSW.
MASON AND TYLER	USA, c.1820, PHIM		made small tools.	Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
MASON AND WRIGHT	USA, c.1853, MIM OIM PHIM			13 Quarry, Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
MASON, ALVA	USA, fl.1834-57, MIM PHIM		made chemical apparatus; probably related to T.W. Mason.	24 Greenleaf's Court (1837); 89 South Fifth Street (1844); 91 South Fifth Street (1849); 89 South Fifth Street (1856-57); all in Philadephia, Pa.	Bryden 9 and 18; Reingold; USNM.
MASON, G.	Scotland, c.1850, OIM	Telescope = DeLuca 8/1/87.		Glasgow.	RSW.
MASON, GEORGE 1	England, c.1674, OIM		apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers'Company; free in the Company, 1674.	London.	Crawforth 6.
MASON, GEORGE 2	England, fl.1832-58, MIM PHIM			52 Squirrus Street, Bethnal Green Road, London.	Taylor 2(2176); O'Mara.
MASON, J. AND E.	England, PHIM		barometer makers.	Worcester.	Goodison 1.
MASON, JAMES 1	England, 1816, OIM		apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 2 of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 7, 1809, served for seven years.	London.	J. Brown 2.
MASON, JAMES 2	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie 4/28/89.		14 Capel Street, Dublin.	RSW.
MASON, JOHN ABRAHAM	England, c.1836,		designed "Masons' Hygrometer" in 1836; surgeon.	Pentonville, London.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
MASON, JONATHAN 1	USA, 1757-1808, MIM		son-in-law of Benjamin King 2; continued King's business after King's death in 1804; sea captain.	Lynde Street, Salem, Mass.	Bedini 8; Brewington 1.
MASON, JONATHAN 2	Ireland, 1784-1849, OIM		optician; see T. and J. Mason; on his own, 1809-12 and 1818-22.	8 Arran Quay (1809); 9 Ormond Quay (1811); 14 Capel Street (1819-22); all in Dublin; 6 Patrick Street, Limerick (1846).	Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASON, S. AND T.	Ireland, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	surely Seacombe 2 and Thomas C. Mason.	3 Essex Bridge, Dublin.	Goodison 1.
MASON, SAMUEL	England, fl.1712-14, MIM		apprenticed to Nathaniel Smith of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1704,for eight years; free of the Company Sept. 29, 1712; took an apprentice.	London.	J. Brown 3.
MASON, SEACOMBE (2) AND THOMAS 1	Ireland, fl.1836-80, MIM OIM PHIM		firm still going in 1880.	6 Essex Bridge, Dublin.	Taylor 2(2176a).
MASON, SEACOMBE 1	Ireland, 1748-1804, OIM		established his business in 1780; succeeded by Thomas (1) and Jonathan (2) Mason.	8 Arran Quay, Dublin (1780-1804).	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASON, SEACOMBE 2	Ireland, 1808-92, MIM OIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = WHI.	optician until 1836, then joined with Thomas Mason 1, making optical and mathematical instruments.	6 Essex Bridge (1838-44); 11 Essex Bridge (1845-64); both in Dublin.	Bryden 9; Taylor 2(2176a); RSW; J.A. Bennett 2; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASON, STANDISH	Ireland, fl.1839-41, MIM OIM PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Phillips 2/15/89.	optician; son of Thomas Mason 1.	2 Upper Ormund Quay, Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett; RSW.
MASON, T. AND J.	Ireland, fl.1805-17, OIM		Thomas Mason 1 and Jonathan Mason 2.	8 Arran Quay (1805-08); 3 Essex Bridge (1813-17); both in Dublin.	Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASON, T.W.	USA, fl.1850-64, MIM NIM PHIM		probably related to Alva Mason.	89 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
MASON, THOMAS 1	Ireland, fl.1780-1840, MIM OIM PHIM	Telescope = D.(1971).	T.C.; succeeded Seacombe Mason 1; established in 1780; listed as an optician until 1836, then as an optical and mathematical instrument maker with Seacombe Mason 2; "Instrument Maker to His Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Court."	4 Essex Bridge (1809) & (1820); 3 Essex Bridge (1810-19) & (1821-36); 6 Essex Bridge (1827-38); all in Dublin.	Bryden 9; Calvert 2; Taylor 2(2176a); RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASON, THOMAS 2	England, fl.1852-56, MIM PHIM		succeeded Henry Nelson.	2 Gloucester Street, Queen Square, London.	O'Mara.
MASON, THOMAS H.	Ireland, 1877-1958, MIM PHIM	Polar Planimeter = OXF.	T.C.; "Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument Maker to His Excellency, the Lord Lieutenant and the Irish Court"; surely a descendent of Thomas Mason 1; the planimeter is signed "T. Mason, 5 Dame Street, Dublin."	21 Parliament Street; 5 and 6 Dame Street near the Castle; both in Dublin.	Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MASPOLI			see Soldini and Maspoli		Goodison 1.
MASPOLI, A., AND CO.	England, OIM PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	see Augustus Maspoli.	Hull.	Goodison 1.
MASPOLI, AUGUSTUS	England, fl.1826-51, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	Wheel Barometers = X (5), Soth.-S 4/24/87, Soth. 12/13/88, etc.	also made themometers and telescopes; signed variously "Augustine Maspoli"," Augustino Maspoli" or "A. Maspoli, 79 Lowgate, Hull"; T.C.	49 Salthouse Lane (1826-31); 79 Lowgate (1835-51); both in Hull.	Taylor 2(2177); Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW.
MASPOLI, AUGUSTUS AND JAMES	England, fl.1831-35, PHIM		barometer makers.	49 Salthouse Lane (1831); 79 Lowgate (1835); both in Hull.	Goodison 1.
MASPOLI, G.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	probably a misreading of James Maspoli.	Hull.	Goodison 1.
MASPOLI, JAMES	England, fl.1826-59, PHIM	Wheel Barometer =X.	the barometer is signed "J. Maspoli"; also sold looking glasses and jewelry; partner with Pasqual Soldini as P. Soldini and Maspoli; partner with Augustus Maspoli, which see.	49 Salthouse Lane (1831); 79 Lowgate (1835); 17 Robinson Row (1839-48); 9 Robinson Row (1851-59); all in Hull.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MASPOLI, MONTI AND CO.	England, c.1825, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	clockmakers; the partner may have been P. Monti.	Sandwich.	Goodison 1.
MASPOLI, P.	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/6/73.		13 John Street, Westgate, Bradford.	RSW.
MASPOLI, P. AND V.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Canterbury.	Goodison 1.
MASSE, IOANNES	Italy, 1559, MIM SIM	Surveying Square, 1559 = P.C.	signed "Ioannes Masse, Lombardellus Castellanus", the last two names being a region and/or a town.	Lombardy.	RSW.
MASSET, LOUIS	Switzerland, c.1857, MIM		showed in the Great London Exhibition of 1851.	Yverdon.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
MASSEY, EDWARD	England, fl.1790-1857, NIM	Log = AMST; Sounder = WHI.	called himself "the Younger"; invented a mechanical log in 1802 which was used by the Admiralty from 1807 to 1815; invented a deep sea sounder; author; T.C.	Newcastle-on-Tyne; Stanley; Newcastle, Staff.; Scholes near Prescot; Liverpool; Coventry; Hanley, Staff.; Saracen's Head, Snow Hill (1818); Clerkenwell (1834-38); last two in London.	Taylor 2(1181); Bedini 8; Treherne; Mörzer Bruyns 1; Wynter and Turner; G.L'E. Turner 24; J.A. Bennett 1 & 2.
MASSI, CHARLES	England, c.1838, MIM PHIM			38 Seward Street, Goswell Street, London.	Taylor 2(2178).
MASSINO, PETER	Scotland, fl.1805-15, PHIM	Barometer = X; Stick Barometer = X; Set of Philosophical Bubbles = P.C.		Canongate (1808); West College Street (1809-11); Fountain Close (1812-14); North College Street (1815); all in Edinburgh.	Bryden 3; Goodison 1; Morrison-Low 1.
MASSUCCI, PAUL	Italy, 1604, MIM	Goniometer, 1604 = FLO-461.		Lucca.	Bonelli 1; Michel 3.
MASSY, HENRY	England, MIM	Butterfield-type Sundial = Soth. 8/7/54.		London.	RSW.
MASTAGLIO AND MOLTENI	England, fl.1841-47, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		24-25 Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MASTAGLIO AND TACCHI	England, fl.1853-62, PHIM		T.C.; barometer and thermometer makers.	132 High Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland.	Crawforth 1.
MASTAGLIO, FORNELLI AND MOLTENI	England, fl.1837-41, PHIM		barometer makers; Taylor described it as a London firm and spelled Molteni as Moltani; V. Mastaglio, Fornelli and C. Molteni.	Grainger Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(2179).
MASTAGLIO, V.	England, fl.1850-60, PHIM		barometer maker; probably a partner in Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni and in Mastaglio and Molteni.	24 Grainger Street (1851-53); 45 Grainger Street (1855-60); 4 Carliol Square (1857-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MASTERS, J.N.	England, PHIM	Aneroid Barometer in clock = K. and C. 7/13/73.		Rye.	RSW.
MATHER	England, c.1850, OIM	Telescope = MSI.		Liverpool.	USNM.
MATHER, JOHN	England, c.1824, MIM		see Critchley and Mather.	3 North Side Old Dock, Liverpool.	Crawforth 6.
MATHER, S.P.	USA, fl.1845-60,		held two patents for submarine telescopes; may be the same as the Mather from Liverpool.	Brooklyn, N.Y.	USNM.
MATHERS, THOMAS	Scotland, c.1848, MIM OIM			88 Glassford Street, Glasgow (1848).	Bryden 3.
MATHESON AND CO.	Scotland, NIM	Octant = MYS.	T.C. in octant box in the Maritime Museum, Horten, Norway.	68 Tolbooth Wynd, Leith.	RSW.
MATHEWS, JOHN	England, c.1742,		apprenticed to John Tracy of the Grocers' Company on March 31, 1742.		J. Brown 1.
MATHEWS, SAMUEL	England, c.1694, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Grocers' Company on June 19, 1694.		J. Brown 3.
MATHIESEN AND RITTER	England, c.1840, NIM	Marine Compass in gimbals = DeLuca 8/1/87.	marked "By Royal Letters Patent."	17 Gracechurch Street, London.	RSW.
MATINELLI, W.			see William Martinelli.		RSW.
MATLOCK, TIMOTHY	USA, c.1734-1829, MIM				Bedini 8.
MATTEY, JEAN PIERRE	France, 1798, MIM	Rule, 1798 = Accademia delle Scienze, Turin.	signed "In. Pre. Mattey"; also marked "Inspe. re Gene. des Poids et Mesures" and "Piede Liprando di Piemonte"; mechanician.		Sartori.
MATTHEWS, ALFRED	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Leighton.	Goodison 1.
MATTHEWS, T.	Australia, NIM	Artificial Horizon = Cabrillo Marine Museum, Cal.		Sydney.	USNM.
MATTHEWS, T.B.	England, OIM	Microscope = Christie-SK 11/15/79.		9 Athol Place, Pentonville, London.	RSW.
MATTHEWS, W. AND J.	England, c.1834, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	probably William Matthews a watch and clockmaker of Penrith, c.1834.	Burrowgate, Penrith and Kendal.	Goodison 1.
MATTHEY	England, c.1851, MIM		see Johnson and Matthey.		G.L'E. Turner 24.
MATTIE, P., BROS.	England, NIM	Octant, ebony = D.(1974).		North Shields and Cardiff.	RSW.
MATTMULLER, GERVASIUS	Germany; Austria, fl.1645-87, OIM		Gervasius Mattmüller; made telescopes for Rheita; "Imperial Court Optician", c.1687.	Augsburg; Vienna.	Daumas 1; Dewhirst.
MAUGHAN, J.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Beverly.	Goodison 1.
MAULEVANT	France, c.1750, MIM SIM	Pocket Sundial, gilt-brass = Wray; Sectors = BASH, P.C.; Rule = Chevau 10/10/75; Butterfield-type Sundial = ADL-DPW43d; Cube Sundial = WHI.	made sundials and topographical instruments.	Paris.	Michel 3; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW.
MAULEVAUT			see Maulevant		Michel 3; RSW.
MAURITJ, JOANNIS, DE TISSOTIS	c.1800, MIM SIM	Surveying Compendium = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88.	Drouot said "Italie?".		RSW.
MAURSTOTTER UND STERR	Germany, 1719, OIM	Telescopes, parchment = DEU-56898, DEU (1719).	Mathies Maurstotter and Johann Sterr; what about Mur und Sterr? same date, same instrument, same town.	Freising.	Price 2.
MAURSTOTTER, MATHIES	Germany, c.1719, OIM		see Maurstotter und Sterr.	Freising.	Price 2.
MAUTEVAUT			misreading of Maulevant.
MAVER, J.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		281 Holborn, London.	Goodison 1.
MAVER, JOHN	England, fl.1832-33, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	46 Baldwin Gardens, London.	Bell 2; Goodison 1.
MAVER, T.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 10/8/75.		London.	RSW.
MAVERICK, SAMUEL	USA, d.1770,		apprenticed to Isaac Greenwood 2; killed in the Boston Massacre.	Boston, Mass.	Bedini 8.
MAVERLEY, T.	England, 18th Century, PHIM	Balance = Phillips 10/5/76.			RSW.
MAVERO, J.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		11 Brook Street, Holborn, London.	Goodison 1.
MAW AND SON	England, OIM	Microscope = D.(1972).	see S. Maw, Son and Thompson.	Aldersgate Street, London.	Moskowitz 104.
MAW, S., AND SON	England, c.1890, PHIM	Fitzroy-type Barometer = Meteorological Station, Bracknell.		London.	Middleton 1.
MAW, S., SON AND THOMPSON	England, 19th Century, OIM PHIM	Microscope = Phillips 2/2/84; Balance = Christie 10/6/76.	see Maw and Son; the balance is signed "S. Mawson and Thompson"; probably a misreading!	Aldersgate Street, London.	RSW.
MAWE	England, c.1820, PHIM		made sets of solids.	149 Strand, London.	Bryden 9.
MAWSON AND SWAN	England, OIM	Microscope = K. and C. 12/15/72.		Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	RSW.
MAWSON, JOHN	England, c.1860,		T.C.; retailer of optical instruments.	9 Mosley Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Calvert 2.
MAWSON, S., AND THOMPSON			misreading of S. Maw, Son and Thompson.		Christie 10/6/76.
MAXAM, RICHARD	England, c.1655,		apprenticed to Hugh Bolter in the Woodmongers' Company in 1645; free of the Company, 1655.		Crawforth 6.
MAXWELL, JOHN	England, c.1712, MIM		globe maker; see Senex and Maxwell; also worked with Charles Price; T.C.	at the Globe in Salisbury Court, London.	Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner.
MAY, JOHANNES	Holland, MIM	Horizontal Sundial, gilt and silver = PAK-126.		Amsterdam.	Zinner 1; Parkington Cat.; RSW.
MAYCOCK, S.M.	England, MIM	Compass with prism = La Rochelle 7/16/83.			RSW.
MAYEN, JOACHIM FREDERIK	Germany, c.1744, OIM	Microscope = NAC.	author; described a type of simple microscope.	Dresden.	Daumas 1.
MAYER 1	France, pre-1782, MIM		made a stage for a Magni (Magny) microscope.	Paris.	Courtanvaux.
MAYER 2		Universal Ring Sundial = TIM = Soth. 12/3/76.	with an alidade instead of a bridge; Williams' work?		RSW.
MAYER, JACOP	Austria, 18th Century, MIM	Pedometer = LOS.		Vienna.	USNM.
MAYER, JOSEF DANILE			see Josef Danile Mayr.		Lübke; Bobinger 2.
MAYER, LAURENTIUS	Germany, 1648, MIM	Cannon Sight, 1647 = SKO; Artillery Level, 1648 = SKO; Table Sundial, 1648 = SKO.	marked "Stuckhaubtman."		Price 2; RSW.
MAYER, MATTHEW JAMES	England, c.1811, MIM		held a patent for an "instantaneous light machine."	Pentonville, London.	Taylor 2(1386).
MAYER, TOBIAS	Germany, 1723-62, MIM SIM	Geodetic Instruments = X.	invented a repeating circle to be used in his method of determining longitude from lunar distances; author; F.R.S.	Göttingen.	Taylor 2(636); Forbes; USNM; Bedini 8; G.L'E. Turner 24.
MAYLIN, JOHN	England, c.1770, MIM		apprenticed to John Gilbert 2 of the Grocers' Company on April 12, 1763; free of the company on July 3, 1770.		J. Brown 1.
MAYNARD, WILLIAM	France, pre-1690, MIM		mentioned by Bonanni in 1690 as an instrument maker.	Paris.	Dewhirst; Clay and Court.
MAYNESTONE, JOHN	England, c.1661, MIM		apprenticed to Walter Hayes of the Grocers' Company on Jan. 25, 1653 (os); free of the Company on July 5, 1661.		J. Brown 1.
MAYNOTT	England, 1826, PHIM	Set of weights, 1826 = Soth. 9/20/83.			RSW.
MAYO			see Lawrence and Mayo.
MAYO, HENRY	USA, c.1850, NIM		T.C. in Spencer, Browning and Co. octant box.	No. 28 atlantic Avenue, east of Lewis Wharf, Boston, Mass.	RSW.
MAYO, THOMAS	Scotland, fl.1710-d.1719, NIM		ship's chandler; may have made nautical instruments.	on the Shore, Leith.	Bryden 3.
MAYO, WILLIAM	England, c.1750,		apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company, July 3, 1756.		Crawforth 7.
MAYR, JOSEF DANILE	Germany, 1713-73, MIM	Augsburg-type Sundial = KAS.		Augsburg.	Bobinger 2; Lübke; Zinner 1.
MAYR, WOLFGANG	Germany, 1604, MIM	Multiple Sundial, 1604 = VIE.		Munich.	Zinner 1; Evans 1; Michel 3.
MAZILIER	France, MIM	Planetarium on top of clock = Drouot 12/21/66.		Metz.	RSW.
MAZZOLENI, MARC ANTONIO	Italy, fl.pre-1597-1610, MIM		worked in the Arsenal in Venice, pre-1597-99; made Galileo's military sector, 1599 on; worked in Galileo's home in Padua, 1599-1610.	Venice; Padua (1599-1610).	Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10; Bedini.
MAZZOLETTI	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88.		81 High Holborn, London.	RSW.
MAZZUCHI	England, PHIM		see A. Satorelli and Mazzuchi.	Aylesbury.	Goodison 1.
MAZZUCHI AND CO.	England, c.1820, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 5/19/88.	see B. Mazzuchi and Co.	Gloucester.	RSW.
MAZZUCHI, B., AND CO.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Gloucester.	Goodison 1.
MCALL			misreading for M'Call.		RSW.
MCALLISTER 1	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		London.	Goodison 1.
MCALLISTER 2	USA, c. 1875, OIM	Telescope = D.(1987).	"optician."	New York, N.Y.	Coffeen 15.
MCALLISTER AND BARETTA	USA, c.1850, MIM SIM	Transit = X.			Smart 1.
MCALLISTER AND BROTHER	USA, fl.1854-79, MIM OIM PHIM	Telescopes = D.(1971), P.C. (2).	William Y. and J. McAllister; moved to New York before 1867.	Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.	Moskowitz 103; USNM; RSW.
MCALLISTER AND CO.	USA, fl.1838-53, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM		telescope, microscope, thermometer, barometer, hydrometer and saccharometer makers; wholesale; firm established in 1783 by William Y. McAllister.	48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
MCALLISTER, J.	USA, fl.1854-79, OIM		in partnership with older brother, William Y. McAllister; moved to New York before 1867; see McAllister and Brother.	Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.	USNM.
MCALLISTER, T.H.	USA, pre-1867, OIM	Microscope = D.(1987).	may be a misreading for, or a son of, W.Y. McAllister.	New York, N.Y.	Purtle; Coffeen 15.
MCALLISTER, WILLIAM Y.	USA, fl.1783-1854, MIM OIM	Magnetic Compass = D.(1977).	established his firm in 1783; James Queen joined him in 1852, becoming a partner in 1853; the partnership was dissolved in 1854 when William's younger brother, J. McAllister took over; see McAllister and Brother, and McAllister and Co.; the magnetic compass was signed "McAllister."	48 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM; Giordano.
MCARTHUR	OIM	Compact Microscope = Christie 10/6/76.			RSW.
MCCANN, JAMES	USA, c.1837, MIM SIM	Circumferentor = USNM.	McCann was granted a patent on a circumferenter in 1837; married in 1824.	Newmarket, Va.	USNM; Smart 1.
MCCLUER, H.	USA, c.1834,		McCluer patented a sundial in 1834.	Hamburg, N.Y.	USNM.
MCCORMICK, JAMES	USA, c.1854, MIM NIM PHIM			New York, N.Y.	USNM.
MCCOSKRIE, JAMES	USA, c.1846, MIM		won a diploma for a spirit level at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct. 1846; Davenport, Quincy and Co. acted as his New York agents.	Cambridgeport, Mass.	USNM.
MCCREARY, B.F.	USA, 1847, PHIM		received a silver medal "for the best electric Machines" in 1847.	107 Norfolk Street, New York, N.Y.	USNM.
MCCULLOCH, A.	England, c.1840, OIM	Microscope = KEN.		18 Blucher Street, Birmingham.	Bryden 9.
MCCULLOCH, KENNETH	England, fl.1776-1802, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Azimuth Compass, 1788 = MAN-I 50	McCulloch; T.C.; "Compass-Maker to His Royal Highness the Duke of Clarence"; granted a patent in 1788.	38 Minories, London (1791).	Taylor 2(869); Crawforth 1; Garcia Franco 1; Clay and Court.
MCDONALD, JAMES 1	England, 1797,	Sextant, 1797 = PEA.	probably the owner.		Brewington 1; RSW.
MCDONALD, JAMES 2	Scotland, fl.1847-52, PHIM			56 Potteror (1847-48); 36 Lothian Street (1849-50); 4 Hill Place (1852); all in Edinburgh.	Bryden 3.
MCDONALD, JAMES 3	Scotland, fl.1854-57, PHIM			37 Union Street (1854); 192 Argyle Street (1855-57); both in Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MCDONALD, P., AND CO.	Scotland, PHIM	Sike's Hydrometer = Christie-SK 7/10/80.		Glasgow.	RSW.
MCEVOY, GEORGE	Ireland, c.1743, NIM	Backstaves = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby, X (1743).	McEvoy; the backstaff in the Pannett Park Museum was supposedly used by James Cook when an apprentice in Whitby.	Temple Bar, Dublin.	RSW; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MCGREAVES AND CO.	Scotland; England, NIM	Sextant = Soth. 12/2/74.		Glasgow; Greenock?; Liverpool.	RSW.
MCGREGOR AND GARDNER	Scotland, c.1834, MIM PHIM		Robert Gardner moved his business to London in 1885, it was carried on by his grandson, Malcolm Gardner, who dealt in rare books.	Glasgow.	Taylor 2(1934); USNM.
MCGREGOR, D., AND CO.	Scotland, fl.1848-1900, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Hadley's Quadrant = OMM; Octants = D., FRK = RSM (2), etc; Sextants = D.(1972), FRK = RSM (2); Telescopes = Custom House, Barnstable, Mass., D.(1976), FRK = RSM (2); Stick Barometers = Christie 5/26/76; Christie-Chester 3/9/83; Sympiesometer, Adie-type = Larvik Marine Museum, Norway; Compasses = FRK = RSM (2); Azimuth Compass = FRK = RSM; Tell-tale Compass = Soth. 6/1/88, D.(1989); etc.	"Nautical Instument Maker to the Royal Navy."	38, 39 and 40 Clyde Place, Glasgow; branches in Greenock, Liverpool and London.	Bryden 3; Calvert 2; USNM; Morrison-Low 1; Rinaldi 23; RSW.
MCGREGOR, DUNCAN	Scotland, fl.1844-55, MIM OIM PHIM	Stick Barometers = SFM, FRK = RSM; Marine Barometer = VNN; Pelorus = MSI; Telescopes = D.(1968), FRK = RSM; Marine Compass = Soth. 6/21/83; Octant = FRK = RSM; Sextant = FRK = RSM.	chronometer maker; became D. McGregor and Co. (1848-1900); T.C.; most instruments signed "D. McGregor"; "Nautical Instrument Maker to the Royal Navy"; see Heron and McGregor.	24 Clyde Place (1844-54); 38 Clyde Place (1855); both in Glasgow; 8 William Street, Greenock (1855).	Calvert 2; Bryden 3; Bell 2; USNM; Morrison-Low 1; Clarke et al; RSW.
MCHUGH, M.	England, c.1840, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	McHugh.	Staleybridge.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MCINTOSH, THOMAS	England, fl.1763-84, MIM OIM	Microscope = D.(1983).	T.C.; microscope signed "McIntosh Real Maker."	at the Archimedes and Golden Spectacles, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; at the Archimedes and Globe, opposite Long Acre, four doors from Great Queen Street; both in London.	Crawforth 1; Calvert 2; Coffeen C; USNM; Clay and Court.
MCLACHLAN, JOHN	England, 1791, MIM		apprenticed to Colin Mackenzie; free of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 5, 1791.		Clay and Court.
MCNUTT, WM.	MIM	Bevel Gauge, wood = PMS.			RSW.
MCPHERSON, R.	Scotland, fl.1825-26, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X.	McPherson, carver and gilder.	High Street, Dumfries.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MCQUAY, WILLIAM	Ireland, fl.1815-20, MIM			29 Great Strand Street (1815-17); Bridgefoot Street (1818-20); both in Dublin.	Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MCQUIBAN, JAMES	Scotland?, MIM	Orrery, brass = P.C. (1983) = Auction, London.			RSW
MCQUIBAN, WILLIAM	Scotland, NIM	Octant, large, ebony = Christie 6/7/72.		Forres.	RSW.
ME	1802, MIM	Pocket Sundial, 1802, round, wood = Pugsley Sale.			RSW.
MEADES, THOMAS	England, fl.1687-98, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Brown 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on May 5, 1679; free of the Company, April 4, 1687; took an apprentice.		J. Brown 3.
MEARS, JNO.	England, c.1770, MIM	Garden Sundial = P.C.		Cloth Lane, London.	Queries, S.I.S. Bull. 1, 1983.
MEARS, JOS.		Water Clock, dated 1697 = ADL-A121.	modern work.		ADL; RSW.
MEARS, R.	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometer and Thermometer = K. & C. 3/19/75; Wheel Barometer = X.		Boston.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MEATING			misreading for Heating.		RSW.
MEBEL			misreading for Nebel		Mystic Seaport, Conn.; RSW.
MEDCALF, S.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Steeple Bumstead.	Goodison 1.
MEDICI, PETER	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Newcastle.	Goodison 1.
MEDICI, RUDOLF	Germany, d.1430, MIM	Equatorium = Stams Stift.		Augsburg.	Zinner 1.
MEDINA, PEDRO	Spain, c.1540,		author of books on navigation.	Seville.	Michel 3.
MEDINGER, EUGENE F.	USA, c.1850, MIM NIM		T.C.; chronometer maker; see Duren and Medinger; Henry Duren.	115 Broad Street, near Front Street; 130 (or 180) Water Street; both in New York, N.Y.	Moskowitz 102; RSW.
MEDINGER, F.	USA,		T.C.	New York, N.Y.	Moskowitz 101.
MEDLAND, WILLIAM	England, c.1795,		citizen and gunmaker; reported favorably on William Elliot 1 in the hearing to grant Elliot the freedom of the Joiners' Company by Patrimony, on Dec. 1, 1795.	London.	Crawforth 7.
MEDTMAN, ANTONIUS			see T.M.		Olivia Brown 2.
MEEKE	England,	Garden Sundial, 1665 = Christie 9/11/86.	reproduction.	Dover.	RSW.
MEER, I. VAN DER	Holland, 1767, MIM	Wall Sundial, 1767 = Fundatie van Renswoude.		Utrecht.	Rooseboom 1; de Rijk.
MEEUWIG, H.	Holland, c.1865, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Cross = D.(1982).		Haarlem.	Coffeen A.
MEGAREY			variant spelling for Megary, which see.		RSW.
MEGARY, ALEXANDER	Ireland; England; USA, 1790-1850, MIM NIM SIM	Wye Levels = D.(1976), Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Western Reserve Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (1965), P.C. (1958), Pugsley Coll., Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio, etc.; Transit = U. of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Dry Card Compass = MYS; Plain Compass = D.(1993).	apprenticed to William Morris in London before 1820; variant spellings are Megeary and Mageary; some of his instruments were probably bought, not made, by him.	54 Grand (1825-27); 64 Lispenard (1827-28); 3 Thames (1828-29); 19 Pearl (1829-30); 196 Water (1830-31); 238 Water (1831-35); 190 Water (1835-43); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y.	USNM; Smart 1; Warner 14; Crawforth 1; Garcelon 33, 34; RSW.
MEGEARY, ALEXANDER			see Alexander Magearey; see Alexander Megary; may all three be same person; Crawforth said he may have come to the U.S.A. after serving an apprenticeship in London.		Crawforth 2; RSW.
MEGELE	France, MIM	Compass Sundial, round = Soth. 5/10/54.		Vienne.	RSW.
MEGELE, JOSEPH	Italy, 1775, OIM		mechanician at the Milan Observatory, 1775.	Milan.	Daumas 1.
MEGNIE LE JEUNE			Mégnié le Jeune; see Pierre Bernard Mégnié.		Daumas 1.
MEGNIE, PIERRE BERNARD	France; Spain, 1751-1807, MIM OIM PHIM	Barometers = CNAM (3); Equatorial Telescope = POB.	Mégnié; instrument maker for Lavoisier and Cassini IV; made balances, telescopes, etc.; also signed as "Mégnié le Jeune"; Daumas thought it was to distinguish himself from his father and his uncle who were both master locksmiths in Dijon.	Paris; Madrid (1786-93); Paris.	Daumas 1; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10.
MEHLHOM UND SOHN	Germany, fl.1845-46, PHIM	Thermometer = DRE.		Dresden.	RSW.
MEHR, GEO.	USA, MIM		patented and made a type of sundial, made of marble and showing the time of day and the distance of 19 cities from Philadelphia.	Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
MEIKLE, HENRY	England, fl.1819-28, MIM PHIM		made a syphon-hydrometer in 1828.	London.	Taylor 2(1387).
MEINUNG, CARL LUDWIG	USA, fl.1743-1817, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Scale = Old Salem, Inc., North Carolina.	surveyor.	Salem, North Carolina.	Bedini 8.
MEISSNER, A.	Germany, c.1861, MIM OIM	Telescope = Duke's County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.; Skaphe Sundial, 1861 = Koller 11/17/75 = WHI.	sundial invented by H. Schmeisser.	Berlin.	Bryden 16; RSW.
MEISTER, EDWARD	Germany; USA, 1853-1928, MIM SIM		successor to F.W. and R. King, 1876; worked in Baltimore from 1876 to 1928.	Kassel; 226 West Baltimore, Baltimore Md. (1876-1928).	Smart 1.
MEKKEN, JAN	Holland, MIM		made astronomical clocks.	Wieringen.	Rooseboom 1.
MELA AND CO.	England, PHIM		barometer makers.		Bell 2.
MELBOURNE, RICHARD	England, 1631, MIM	Astrolabe, 1631, ICA-438 = KEN.	another astrolabe, 1631 at the BM is signed "R.M." 1 which see.		Taylor 1(167); Price 1; ICA 2.
MELIA	France, c.1820, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = D.(1989).			RSW.
MELLEN			see Melling.		RSW.
MELLER, JOSEPH	England, fl.1825-26, PHIM		barometer maker.	28 Princes Street, Birmingham.	Bell 2; Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1642).
MELLIN			see Melling.		Goodison 1.
MELLIN, JOHN			see John Melling.		Court and von Rohr 3(V); Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Goodison 1.
MELLING			see Dawson and Melling.		RSW.
MELLING AND CO.	England, fl.1846-51, MIM NIM		T.C.; successors to Bywater and Co.; "Chart agents to the Rt. Honble., the Lords Commissers. of the Admiralty."	39 South Castle Street, Liverpool.	Crawforth 1.
MELLING AND PAYNE	England, c.1850, MIM NIM	Sextant, ebony = FRK.	see Edward Melling and Co.	39 South Castle Street, Navigation Warehouse, Liverpool.	Bryden 9.
MELLING, EDWARD, AND CO.	England, fl.1847-51, MIM			Liverpool.	Bryden 9.
MELLING, JOHN	England, fl.1680-1703, OIM PHIM		made very fine lenses, microscopes and barometers; variant spellings are; Mellins, Mellin or Malling.	Abchurch Lane, Lombard Street, London.	Taylor 1(359); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(V).
MELLINGER, JOHANN	Germany, fl.1567-93, MIM	Sundial, round, wood = Braunschweig Stadtische Museum.		Halle; Jena; Celle.	Zinner 1.
MELLINS			see Melling.		Goodison 1.
MELLISH, MR.			probably Melling.		Taylor 1(359); Goodison 1.
MELLONI, MACEDONIO	Italy; France1798-1854,		improved the design of the thermopile.	Parma; Paris (1831-39); Italy.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
MELLORIO, JOAO AND M.ALZ	Portugal, c.1800, NIM	Compass = LIM.			RSW.
MELVILLE	England, c.1800, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Bearne's 2/17/92.		London.	RSW.
MELVILLE, DUNDAS, AND WHITSON	England, MIM SIM	Surveying Instrument = Soth. 1/27/75.			RSW.
MELVILLE, GEORGE, AND CO.	England, c.1830, OIM			126 Great Hampton Street, Birmingham; 17 Thavies Inn, Holborn, London.	Taylor 2(1935).
MELVILLE, RICHARD	Scotland; England; Ireland, fl.1843-51, MIM	Sundial, nine gnomons = RSM; Garden Sundial, slate , "Glasgow" = X; Garden Sundial, slate, 51°31',"London" = Soth. 2/2/76; Garden Sundial, slate, = Phillips 2/14/79; Garden Sundial, stone = Soth. 7/22/64; Garden Sundial, "Liverpool" = D.(1976); Sundials = RSM (5), FRK = RSM, X.	most of the dials are signed "R. Melville."	Glasgow; London; Liverpool; Dublin.	Moskowitz; Bryden 9; Darius 3; Morrison-Low 1; Somerville; RSW.
MELVIN, RICHARD	Ireland; Scotland, fl.1842-71, MIM	Sundials = William Brown Museum, Liverpool, Cathedral of the Isles, Millport (1851); Sundials = X (1864), (1871).	his dials are reminescent of Richard Melville.	Armagh (1842); 9 Little Wellington Street, Dublin; Glasgow (1846).	D. Crawforth; Somerville.
MENAN			misreading for Menant?		Wray.
MENANT, T.	France, fl.1720-43, MIM SIM	made many sundials, mainly Butterfield-type; sundial, large, square, 1743, constructed for Clermont; also made sectors, folding squares and graphometers; his work can be seen in many museums including NOR, PAK, BM, VEN, etc.		au Butterfield, Paris.	Morpurgo; Moskowitz; Coffeen F; Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW.
MENARD			see Le Bas et Ménard.		Daumas 1.
MENARD, GUILLAUME, L'AINE	France, fl.1663-91, OIM		Guillaume Ménard l'aîné; made microscopes and telescopes; worked with Philippe-Claude Le Bas as Le Bas et Ménard; worked with Chapotot to make the binocular telescope for Chérubin.	Quay de l'Horloge-du-Palais, à l'enseigne du Bon Pasteur, Paris.	Daumas 1.
MENAUT			misreading for Menant.		Drouot 11/7/75.
MENDE	Germany, c.1780, MIM	Sundial = FIN-177.		Freiburg.	RSW.
MENDELSSOHN	England, c.1810, MIM PHIM		made air pumps and mathematical instruments.	Great College Street, Blackfriars Road, London.	Taylor 2(1388); USNM; Dewhirst; Clay and Court.
MENDELSSOHN, KARL THEODOR NATHAN	Germany, 1782-1852, NIM PHIM		his workshop flourished, 1808-13; it produced sextants, balances and air pumps; Karl Philipp Heinrich Pistor worked for him, and took over the workshop.	Berlin.	Weil and Baden.
MENDENHALL, THOMAS	USA, fl.1770-91, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass, No.4 = Chester County Historical Society, West Chester, Pa.		King and Queen Street, Lancaster, Pa. (1770-80); 28 Strawberry Alley, Philadephia, Pa. (1790-91).	USNM; Smart 1.
MENEELY AND CLATHOUT			misreading for Oothout		RSW.
MENEELY AND OOTHOUT	USA, fl.1836-38, MIM SIM	Wye Level = Christie 4/3/85; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C.(2), GUR, USNM (1837); Transit = P.C., D.(1838).	Andrew Meneely and Jonas Volkat Oothout, who retired in 1838; instruments signed "Warranted" probably were bought elsewhere.	West Troy, N.Y.	USNM; Smart 1; Giordano 21; Warner 14.
MENEELY'S SONS, ANDREW	USA, fl.1852-63, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = P.C.	Edwin Andrew and George Rodney Meneely.	West Troy, N.Y.	Smart 1.
MENEELY, ANDREW	USA, 1802-51, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compasses = Milwaukee, Wis. Public Museum (1833), D.(1983), Western Reserve Historical Society Museum, Ohio (1850), P.C.,State Education Building, Albany, N.Y., GUR; Theodolites = D.(1984) (1833), RSM.	apprenticed to Julius Hanks, c.1817-23; worked with Horatio Hanks; partner of Jonas V. Oothout, 1836-38; T.C.; also made church bells; see Andrew Meneely and Son.	West Troy, N.Y.	Smart 1; USNM; Coffeen E & F; RSW.
MENEELY, ANDREW, AND SON	USA, fl.1849-51, MIM SIM		Andrew and Edwin Andrew Meneely, his eldest son and partner in firm, 1849-51.	West Troy, N.Y.	Smart 1.
MENEELY, EDWIN ANDREW	USA, 1828-87, MIM SIM		elder son of Andrew Meneely; see Andrew Meneely and Son; see Andrew Meneely's Sons.	West Troy, N.Y.	Smart 1.
MENEELY, GEORGE RODNEY	USA, 1831-1915, MIM SIM		younger son of Andrew Meneely; see Andrew Meneely's Sons.	West Troy, N.Y.	Smart 1.
MENNGER, HANS	Germany, 1567, MIM		member of compass maker guild; Master, 1567.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MENNINGER, HANS	Germany, 1542, MIM		member of compass maker guild; Master, 1542.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MENUSIER, HIERONIMUS			see Jérôme Vize.		Michel 3; Evans 1; Price 3; Ward 4; RSW.
MENZEL, WILIBALDUS	Germany?, 1566, MIM	Astrolabe, ICA-630, 1566 = St. Paul Stiftsgym.			Price 1; ICA 2; Zinner 1.
MENZIES, A.	England, NIM	Telescope, nautical = D.(1976).		King's Parade, Cambridge.	RSW.
MERAS, HIERONYMOUS	Italy, 17th Century, MIM	Pin-gnomon Sundial = VEN-14.	for 45° latitude.	Venice.	Price 2; Evans 1.
MERCATOR, GERARD	Belgium, 1512-94, MIM	Terrestrial Globes, 1541 = NMM, DRE, BASH, NUR, POB, HAR, ROM, etc.; Celestial Globes, 1541 = NMM, DRE, POB, NUR, ROM, etc.; Celestial Globes, 1551 = ADL-A255, NMM, BASH, AMST, NMM, POB, NUR, HAR; etc.	introduced Italianate script into northern Europe; developed the map projection named after him; real name was Gerhard de Cremer, the globes at the NMM are from the Mensing Collection; he was the director of Gemma Frisius' workshop to 1552.	Rupelmondanus; Louvain; Duisberg (1552).	Owsley 1; Michel 3; Maddison 2; Wynter 1; Zinner 1; A.J. Turner 10; Rooseboom 1; Yonge; ADL; RSW.
MERCER, J.H.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Appleby.	Goodison 1.
MERCHANT, ROBERT	England, fl.1740, MIM NIM	Backstaff, 1740 = CNAM.	might have been a Frenchman.		Ithaca; Daumas 1; Taylor 2(383); RSW.
MERCKLEIN, CHARLES	France, MIM SIM	Surveying Instruments = Libert et Castor 4/28/82, CNAM, P.C.(1987).	made a surveying instrument for triangulation that was invented by Hennon Dubois; instruments signed "Ch. Mercklein."		RSW.
MEREDITH, NICHOLAS	England, fl.1791-1801, MIM OIM	Telescopes = Soth. 2/8/83, La Rochelle 7/16/83; Microscope = X; etc.	telescopes signed "Meredith, Bond Street London"; optical and mathematical instrument maker to the Duke of York; author.	91 New Bond Street, London.	Taylor 2(1011); Dewhirst; Clay and Court; RSW.
MERIDITH, JOHN	England, fl.1782-1800, OIM		apprenticed to Henry Pyefinch of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 6, 1763; free of the Company, Oct. 10, 1782.		Court and von Rohr 3(187).
MERIGOT	France; Englandc.1807, MIM PHIM		may be J. Mérigot, a French engraver living in London in 1798; was a partner with Monk, a clockmaker; they made pyrometrical thermometers.	London (1798).	Taylor 2(747), (1182).
MERILL AND DAVIES			see Merrill and Davis		RSW.
MERKLEIN UND ZIMMER	Germany, 1742-46, PHIM	Metallic Thermometer, 1746 = DRE; Telescope, Gregorian, 1742 = DRE.	J.S. Merklein and J.G. Zimmer; telescope marked "H.L." (3).	Schloss Reinharz.	RSW.
MERKLEIN, J.S.	Germany; Russia, fl.1742-74, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Thermometer DRE; Artificial Lodestone = DRE; Telescope, 1761 = DRE; Circumferentor, 1774 = DRE; Mathematical Instrument Set, silver = Wray.	mathematical and optical instrument maker to Count Hans Loeser at Reinharz; the Wray instrument set is marked "St. Petersburg"; the thermometer and lodestone are marked "Schloss Reinharz"; worked with J.G. Zimmer as Merklein und Zimmer, which see.	Dresden; Schloss Reinharz; St. Petersburg.	Zinner 1; Chaldecott 4; RSW.
MERLIN, JOHN JOSEPH	Belgium; England, b.1735-94, MIM PHIM	Lever Balance = Soth. 1/22/73.	harpsichord maker and inventor; made a mechanical gouty-chair in 1794; invented the first barbecue; made a nail violin in 1785; made fine timepieces.	Liège; Hanover Square, London (post-1760).	Maine Antique Digest, June 1987; RSW.
MERLINE, PAOLI	England, c.1858, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	72 Hatton Garden, London.	Bell 2; Goodison 1.
MERONE, JOSEPH	England, fl.1816-41, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	barometer signed "Merone"; looking glass maker.	98 Market Street (1816-22); 28 Market Street (1822-41); both in Manchester.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1643).
MERRIAM	USA, 1852, MIM	Celestial Globe, 1852 = D.		Troy, N.Y.	Coffeen II.
MERRIAM AND MOORE	USA, 1852, MIM	Celestial Globe = Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass.; Pair of Globes, 1852 = D.(1968).	the Maria Mitchell globe is also marked "The Franklin Improved Globe."	Troy, N.Y.	USNM; RSW.
MERRIAM AND TROY			misreading for Merriam, Troy, N.Y.		Coffeen II.
MERRIAM, MOORE AND CO.	USA, 1852, MIM	Pair of Globes, 1852 = D.(1883).	it seems odd that Merriam, Merriam and Moore, and Merrian, Moore and Co. all made globes dated 1852?	Troy, N.Y.	Maine Antique Digest, Oct. 1983.
MERRICK, JOHN M., AND CO.	USA, post-1857, PHIM	Stick Barometers = MYS, BMM, Fall River Historical Society, Mass.	Timby's Patent, Nov. 3, 1857.	Office No. 7, Central Exchange, Worcester, Mass.	RSW.
MERRIFIELD AND CO.	USA, c.1825, MIM	Gunter's Scales, wood = BMM, D.(1996), D.(1982); Rule = MYS.	the "Gunter" at the BMM is marked "Boston"; the rules at MYS and D.(1996) are marked "New York."	Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.	Moskowitz 103; Coffeen 55; RSW.
MERRILL			see Morrell		RSW.
MERRILL AND DAVIS	USA, fl.1835-37, MIM NIM SIM	Sandglass, twenty-eight seconds = MYS; Surveyor's Compasses = Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, LOS.	label on sandglass reads William C. Davis and Robert Merrill.	36 Oak (1835-36); 255 Front Street (1836-37); both in New York, N.Y.	USNM; Smart 1; RSW.
MERRILL AND SONS			see Robert Merrill and Sons.		Moskowitz 103.
MERRILL'S SONS CO., INC., R.	USA, fl.1918-23, MIM NIM PHIM		T.C.; firm established in 1835.	66 South Street, New York, N.Y.	Smart 1; RSW.
MERRILL'S SONS, ROBERT	USA, c.1860?, NIM OIM		T.C.; "Manufacurers and Importers of Nautical and Optical Instruments."	179 Water Street, Cor. Burdon? Slip, New York.	Coffeen 56.
MERRILL, GEORGE W.	USA, 1838-1905 z, MIM NIM		younger son of Robert Merrill; see Robert Merrill and Sons.		Smart 1.
MERRILL, PHINEHAS	USA, 1767-1815,		invented a type of quadrant which was made by Timothy Chandler and also by John Kennard.	Stratham, New Hampshire.	Smart 1.
MERRILL, ROBERT	USA, 1804-76, MIM NIM PHIM	Sandglass = D.(1972); Marine Compasses = PMS, PEA(2), P.C. D.(1971), D.(1984), Focke Museum, Germany, MYS, Pacific House, Monterey, Cal.; Barometer = P.C. (1957).	made marine compasses; imported sextants, quadrants, etc.; he firm was Merrill and Davis 1835-38; Merrill worked alone from 1838 until 1865; T.C.	Newburyport, MA; 255 Front Street (1837-38); 138 Water Street (1838-39); 163 Water Street (1841-42); 141 Maiden Lane (1842-64); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y.	USNM; Moskowitz 104; Brewington 1; Coffeen F; Smart 1; Warner 12; RSW.
MERRILL, ROBERT, AND SONS	USA, 1865-99, MIM NIM	Dry Card Compasses = MYS (2).	Robert Merrill and his sons, William G. and George W. Merrill.	149 Maiden Lane (1865-77); 179 Water Street (1877); both in New York, N.Y.	Smart 1; RSW.
MERRILL, ROBERT, SONS	USA, fl.1900-1923, MIM NIM		the continuation of the firm "Robert Merrill and Sons" after the death of the sons.	100 Wall Street; 66 South Street; 68 South Street; all in New York, N.Y.	Smart 1.
MERRILL, WILLIAM G.	USA, 1828-1898, MIM NIM		older son of Robert Merrill; see Robert Merrill and Sons.		Smart 1.
MERTHEN	Germany, 17th Century, MIM	Astronomical Compendium = BUD.			Zinner 1.
MERUAND			misreading for Meurand.		Roux-Devilas, 1967.
MERULA, CAROLUS JOSEPH	Italy, 1727, MIM	Micrometer, 1727 = ADL-M113.		Milan.	Michel 3; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
MERZ UND SOHNE	Germany, fl.1845-58, OIM	Telescope = DRE.	Georg Merz with Ludwig and Sigmund Merz; exhibited in the London Great Exhibition of 1851.	Munich.	USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW.
MERZ, G. & S.	Germany, fl.1850-61, OIM	Telescope = Christie-SK 11/27/86.	Georg and Sigmund Merz; "vorm Utzschneider & Fraunhofer".	Munich.	RSW; Chaldecott 3; RGO.
MERZ, G., UND MAHLER	Germany, fl.1839-45, OIM	Telescopes, refracting, large = Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (1839), Observatories in Pulkova, Kiev, Washington, D.C., Cincinnatti, Ohio; Heliometers = Observatories in Pulkova and Bonn.	George Merz und Josef Mahler.	Munich.	USNM; RSW.
MERZ, G., UND SOHN	Germany, fl.1857-67, OIM	Telescopes, refracting = Harvard, Mass. and Capstadt.	Georg and Sigmund Merz; the USNM records show that they worked together from 1845 to 1847; a trade catalogue for the French market in 1857 is under the name "G. Merz et Fils."	Munich.	USNM; Chaldecott 3; RGO.
MERZ, GEORG	Germany, 1793-1858, OIM	Telescopes, refracting = Berlin, DEU, Kasan, Munich; Heliometer = Königsberg; etc.	worked with Utzschneider and Fraunhofer; director of optical work at the institute after Fraunhofer's death in 1826; Merz and Joseph Mahler bought and ran the Utzschneider optical institute from 1839 until Mahler's death in 1845; work carried on as Merz and Sons (1845-58); succeeded by his son, Sigmund Merz.	Munich.	USNM; Repsold; Pipping 1; J.A. Bennett 2.
MERZ, LUDWIG	Germany, 1817-58, OIM		worked with his father, Georg Merz and his brother, Sigmund, from 1845 to 1858.	Munich.	USNM.
MERZ, SIGMUND	Germany, 1824-xx, OIM		son of Georg Merz and his successor at the optical institute; worked with his father from 1845 to 1867; his brother, Ludwig was in the firm from 1845 to 1858.	Munich.	USNM.
MERZ, UTZSCHNEIDER UND FRAUENHOFER	Germany, fl.1826-39, OIM	Telescope = Palermo Observatory; Refracting Telescope, with case = D.(1995).		Munich.	Serrio; Chaldecott 3; RGO; Coffeen 51.
MESSER, BENJAMIN	England, fl.1792-1825, MIM PHIM	Sextant, 1792 = Christie 11/22/78; Octants = WHI, Hart Nautical Museum, MIT, Boston, Mass.; Air Pump = WHI.		76 or 75 Bell Dock, Wapping (1792-96); 155 Minories (1810-25); both in London.	USNM; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Clay and Court; Bennett 1; Taylor 2(1012); RSW; J.A. Bennett 2.
MESSER, J.J.	England, c.1845, MIM OIM	Telescopes = Seamen's Bethel Museum, Vineyard Haven, Mass., Phillips 4/20/83; Octants = D.(1974), D.(1976), Naval Museum, Faro, Portugal.	the telescope at Phillips is signed "Messer, London."	London.	RSW.
MESSIER	France, 1800, MIM	Celestial Globe, 1800 = CNAM-769.			Con. Nat'l 1.
MESSIN, C.	France?, 1613, MIM	Astronomical Compendium, gilt brass and wood, red leather case, 1613 = HAY.			RSW.
MESSITER, JOHN	MIM	Dividers, steel points, 1698 = VCW.			RSW.
MESTREL, ANTHOINE	France, 1551, MIM	Astrolabe, 1551 = OXF B-22.	ICA-414.	Paris.	Bonelli 1; Price 1; ICA 2.
MESTRII, ANTHONY			see Anthoine Mestrel.		Bonelli 4; RSW.
METCALF	England, 1652, MIM	Sundial, square, copper, 1652 = Soth. 7/7/55		London.	RSW.
METCALFE	USA, 1710, MIM	Garden Sundial, 1710 = American Heritage Society Auction, 1972.			RSW.
METCALFE, JO.	England, fl.1765-66, MIM				Evans 1.
METINIER MD.	France, c.1825, MIM	Sector = Christie 9/11/86.	Metinier Md.	à la Flotte d'Angleterre, Paris.	RSW.
METIUS, ADRIAAN	Holland, 1571-1635, MIM OIM		made a telescope in 1608; microscope maker; desgned mathematical instruments; Michel called him "Adriaan Metius the younger"; author.	Alkmaar, Franeker.	Daumas 1; Michel 2; Clay and Court.
METIUS, JACOB ADRIAENSZ.	Holland, c.1580-1628, OIM		brother of Adriaan Metius; one of the claimants for the invention of the telescope in 1608; spectaclemaker.	Alkmaar.	Rooseboom 1; A.J. Turner 10.
METIUS, JAMES	Holland, 1608, OIM		claimed to have invented the telescope in 1608.		Michel 3; Dewhirst.
METTEL, GEORG	Germany, fl.1740-75, PHIM	Barometer with Thermometer = DRE.		Nürnberg.	RSW.
METTEL, JOHANN	Germany, d.1730, MIM	Horizontal Sundial = H. Gouse Coll., Paris.		Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Lunardi; MADEX.
METTEL, JOHANN-GEORG	Germany, MIM	Perpetual Calendars = DRE, Gotha, NUR, MUN, Evans Coll.; Rule and Protractor = Evans Coll.	Evans thought that ADL-M371, though unsigned, was by Mettel.	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Evans 1; ADL; RSW.
METTELIN, M.			see Mettlin, M.		Zinner 1.
METTLIN, M.	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Perpetual Calendars = FIN-109, Evans Coll.(2).	one of Evans calendars is the cover for an aide-memoire.		Evans 1; RSW.
METZ	Holland, early 18th Century, MIM SIM	Universal Ring Sundials = Christie-Amst. 10/22/81, Christie 4/3/85; Compass Sundial, ivory box = P.C.; Circumferentor = P.C.; Sector = D.(1994).	this is a large family of instrument makers, it is hard to ascribe an instrument only signed "Metz."	Amsterdam.	USNM; Coffeen 46; RSW.
METZ, C. AND D.			Zinner thought that this entry was a misreading for C.D. Metz; Rooseboom thought it might be Coenraad Metz 2 and his son, Dirk Metz.		Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1.
METZ, C.D.	Holland, 18th Century, MIM SIM	Sector = AMST; Quadrant = UTR; Circumferentors = UTR, P.C.		Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Van Cittert; Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Wynter and Turner.
METZ, COENRAAD 1	Poland; Holland, 1643-1711, MIM OIM	Sextant, large, 1685 = Leiden Observatory.		Danzig (1643-65); Amsterdam (1665-1711).	Zinner 1; Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1.
METZ, COENRAAD 2	Holland, c.1690-1742, MIM SIM	Circumferentors = NMM, ADL-M154, MMG; Chest of Instruments, large = UTR; Chest of Instruments, small = LEY; Quadrant = UTR; Sector = AMST; Universal Equatorial Sundial = MMG; Astrolabe = X; Graphometer = LOS.		Kalverstraat, Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Van Cittert; Daumas 1; NMM 2; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
METZ, COENRAAD FIBUS 1	Holland, b.1703, MIM OIM		grandson of Coenraad Metz; continued the workshop; may be Coenraad Metz 2; Daumas and Rooseboom thought there were Coenraad Fibus Metz 1 and 2, son and grandson of Coenraad Metz 1.	Amsterdam.	Daumas 1; Rooseboom 1.
METZ, COENRAAD FIBUS 2	Holland, b.1732, MIM		married in 1753.	Kalverstraat, Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1.
METZ, D.C.	Holland, 17th Century?, MIM	Ring Sundials = WRAY (2), one of silver; Universal Ring Sundial, silver = Soth. 7/24/45; Sector = MAN-I168.		Amsterdam.	Garcia Franco 2; RSW.
METZ, DIRK	Holland, fl.1730-67, MIM NIM SIM	Azimuth Compass = AMST; Astronomical Ring = P.C.; Set of Surveying Instruments = X; Circumferentor with sundial = TIM; Sundial, Sutton-type = ADL-W49.	friend of Musschenbroek for whom he made instruments.	Kalverstraat, Amsterdam (1742-67).	Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2; Rooseboom 1; Moskowitz; ADL; RSW.
METZBER			misreading for Metzger.		Moreux.
METZGER, JEREMIAS	Germany, 1564, MIM	Astrolabe Clocks, = UTR-UM394 (1564), VIE.	many elctrotype copies were made of the "Metzger Clock"; it is possible that the UTR clock is one of them as it has modern works.	Augsburg.	Van Cittert; Moreux; Neumann 2.
MEULAN	France, c.1790,		dealer in physical and chemical apparatus.	Paris.	Daumas 1.
MEULEN, A.H. VAN DER	Holland, fl.1850-53, MIM NIM PHIM		T.C.; a binnacle, compass, six magnetic bars, barometer and a thermometer were exhibited in Rotterdam in 1852; he was succeeded by his widow.	Rotterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 and 2.
MEULEN, CORNELIS JACOBS VAN DER	Holland, 1805-78, MIM	Tellurium, Lunarium and Planispherium = Eise Eisinga's house, Franeker.		Sneek.	Rooseboom 1; RSW.
MEULEN, WEDUWE A.H. VAN DER	Holland, c.1853, MIM NIM PHIM		continued the firm after her husband's death.	Rotterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2.
MEUNIER	France, 18th Century, MIM	Waywiser = Koller 11/7/63; Folding Rule = BM; Drawing Instrument = D.(1970); Rule = P.C.; Protactor = ADL-A269; Sector = ADL-A270; Folding Square = ADL-A271.	"Meunier Md."; protactor probably a forgery; all ADL instruments have "à la flotte française à Paris" as the address.	à la Flotte d'Angleterre; à la flotte française; both in Paris.	Merzbach; Ward 4; Price 3; ADL; RSW.
MEURAND, ANTOINE-JOSEPH	France, fl. 1750-80, MIM	Garden Sundial, 1777 = Picard, Drouot Richelieu, 12/11/91.	father of Charles-Joseph Meurand; Master in the "Corporation des Fondeurs", c.1750; juror, 1770-72; took an apprentice; sun dial made for 48°51'(Paris).	au Compas des Génies; Rue de Cloître St. Jacques (1766); Rue Saint Louis, Ile de la Cité (1769); Quay de l'Horloge du Palais, Paris, (1771).	Augarde; RSW.
MEURAND, CHARLES-JOSEPH	France, fl.1771-94, MIM OIM SIM	Equatorial Sundials, 1780 =.NMM, GEM, Soth. 3/14/57, etc.; Graphometers = Evans Coll. (1780), Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88, Nouveau Drouot 5/20/88, USNM, etc.; Telescopic Graphometer = VNN; Universal Quadrant = COO; Sectors = ADL-M89d, ADL-M89n, P.C., etc.; Mathematical instrument Sets = Soth. 12/12/62 and 7/15/63; Alidade with Bubble Level, 1788 = ADL-M190; Square, folding = Drouot 4/17/87; etc.	never breveted an "ingénieur"; member of Corporation des fondeurs; Master in the Corporation, 1771.	Quay de l'Horloge du Palais; Quai du Nord (1790); both in Paris.	Daumas 1; USNM; Pipping 1; Price 2; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Engelmann 1; Augarde; ADL; RSW.
MEUREUS, G.	Italy, fl.1590-1620, MIM	Universal Ring Sundial = OXF.		Rome.	Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3.
MEURIS, GUILLAUME	Belgium, 1683, MIM SIM	Quadrants = CNAM (1683), Oliva Museum, Danzig (1681); Augsburg-type Sundial = X; Protractor = MAA; Sundial = BEK; Circumferentor, military = P.C.	the Augsburg-type sundial and the protractor are signed "G. Meuris"; there is a very similar circumferentor at OXF signed "G.M." (2).	Brussels.	Zinner 1; Daumas 1; RSW.
MEURON	France, 1779, MIM	Equatorial Sundial, 1779 = Christie 12/18/74.		Paris.	RSW.
MEURS, HENDRIK VAN	Holland, fl.1742-67, NIM		compass maker.	Teertuinen (1742); Hoek van de Lestagie en de Oude Waal (1767); both in Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1.
MEURS, RUTGERUS VAN	Holland, c.1775, MIM		made a clockwork planetarium.	Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1.
MEURTHIN, J.	Sweden, c.1830, MIM SIM	Mining Compass = X.	watchmaker.	Gärle.	Pipping 1.
MEWES, PHILIPPE DE	France, 17th Century, MIM	Horizontal Sundial, silver = Bernard Coll. = NMM-Caird.		Paris.	RSW.
MEYEN			see Mayen		Daumas 1.
MEYER	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Abingdon.	Goodison 1.
MEYER AND FRAUNHOFER	Germany, c.1836, OIM	Telescope, refracting = U.S. Exploring Expedition, 1836.	purchased by Chas. Wilkes for the Expedition.		USNM.
MEYER, EUGENE	MIM	Sundial = MYS.			RSW.
MEYER, HENDRIK	Holland, fl.1723-29, PHIM	Pyrometer = UTR.		Utrecht.	Rooseboom 1.
MEYER, J.S.	Holland, c.1750, MIM	Instrument = LEY.		Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1; USNM.
MEYERS, GEORGE	Ireland, fl.1819-20, PHIM		barometer maker.	104 High Street, Belfast.	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MEYERS, PHILIP			see Philip Myers.		Taylor 2(1945); Goodison 1.
MEYERSTEIN, M.	Germany, 20th Century, NIM	Borda Circle = BRE.		Göttingen.	RSW.
MEYJES JEREMIASZ, FRANS	Holland, 1782-1823, NIM	Crown Compasses = AMST, KRO, P.C.,etc.	brother of Johannes Meyjes Jeremiasz.	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2.
MEYJES JEREMIASZ, JOHANNES	Holland, 1776-1856, NIM		compass maker; founded Johannes Meyjes & Zoon, sail makers; brother of Frans Meyjes Jeremiasz.	Haringpakkerij, Amsterdam (1816-17).	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
MEYLAN, FELIX	Switzerland; Holland, fl.1774-1809, PHIM		clock and physical instrument maker; (Charles Louis) Felix Meylan; worked on the Leidse Sphera.	Valée du Lac de Joux, Berne Canton; Leiden (1776).	Rooseboom 1.
MEYLIN, JOHANN	Switzerland., 1671-1712, MIM	Horary Quadrant = Zurich Observatory.	the quadrant is signed "Meylin in Zurich fecit"; also marked "J.H. Vogel delineavit - J. Co. Keller sculpsit."	Zurich.	Zinner 1.
MEYNIER 1	France, 1724, MIM SIM		made an odometer in 1724.	Paris.	Beckmann.
MEYNIER 2			see Mégnié.		Daumas 1.
MEYRICK, WILLIAM	England?, 1788, PHIM	Guinea Balance, 1788 = Soth. 10/3/88.	signed "William Meyrick Cesn (or Cefn) Côch Cir. 1788"; adjusted by Charles de Grave.		RSW.
MEYSEL, JO. GE.	Austria, c.1810, MIM	Drawing Instrument = Koller, May 1972.		Vienna.	RSW.
MICELI, ANTONIO	c.1850, MIM	Sandglass, 14-second = D.(1983).			Coffeen C.
MICHAEL, LEWIS	USA, c.1830, MIM SIM	Surveying Compass = D. (1992).	"Made By Lewis Michael . SOMERSET PA."; clockmaker; bubble level at south point.	Somerset, Pa.	RSW.
MICHALON	France, 18th Century, MIM	Compass, spherical = SPI-2826.		Paris.	Michel 3.
MICHAULT	France, c.1730, MIM	Butterfield-type Sundials = D.(1972), Soth.-NY 6/8/87; Augsburg-type Sundial = P.C. (1981); Garden Sundial = OXF-B203.		à la Flotte d'Angleterre, rue St. Denis, vis-à-vis celle de la Chanverrerie près St. Magloire, Paris.	Maddison 5; Roux Devilas 73; RSW.
MICHEL	France, fl.1764-94, MIM		in 1764 Michel was authorized by the Académie des Sciences to make mechanical devices in metal; first worked for Lennel Veuve; in 1794 he was attached to the Section of Mechanics of the Commission temporaire des Arts.	Paris.	Daumas 1.
MICHEL, JOHAN JOST	Holland, fl.1763-72, MIM		made metal instruments.	The Hague.	Rooseboom 1.
MICHELL, LEWIS	USA, MIM SIM	Surveying Instrument, open sights = P.C.	patterned after a Rittenhouse instrument.		Price 2.
MICHL, ANT. JOHANN	MIM	Sundial, octagonal = FIN-214.			RSW.
MIDDLETON, CHRISTOPHER	England, fl.1720-41,		R.N.; F.R.S., 1727; devised an azimuth compass.		Taylor 2(290); DNB.
MIDGLEY, JONATHAN	England, MIM	Rule, eight-inch = Evans Coll.			Evans 1.
MIELER, LIENHART	Germany, fl.1621-25, MIM	Diptych Sundials, ivory = Nouveau Drouot 5/28/88 (1621), NMM, LAW-296 (1625).	may be same man as Lienhart Miller.	Nürnberg.	Vivielle 2; RSW.
MIELLER, LIENHART	Germany, 1621, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1621 = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/23/94.	surely Lienhart Mieler.		RSW.
MIGON	France, c.1678, MIM OIM	Universal Equatorial Sundials = D., Versailles 5/6/79.	made an azimuth instrument for Cassini I at the Paris Observatory in 1678.	Paris.	Brieux 2; Daumas 1; RSW.
MILBOURNE, WILLIAM	England, fl.1620-43,		Leybourne said Milbourne invented the form of slide rule made by Thomas Brown 1; designed other instruments as well.	Brancepath, Co. Durham.	Taylor 1(143); Evans 1.
MILCHMEYER	Germany, c.1760, OIM	Microscope, simple = X.		Frankfort-am-Main.	Daumas 1.
MILER, JORG	Germany, c.1610, MIM	Sundial, ivory = Goldschmied Coll. = NMM-Caird.	may be Jorg Miller.		Zinner 1; NMM 2; RSW.
MILER, LIENHART			variant spelling for Lienhart Miller.		RSW.
MILER, LINHARD			variant spelling for Lienhart Miller.		RSW.
MILES AND CO.	England, PHIM	Balance, iron and brass = Christie-SK 11/27/86.			RSW.
MILES, LAWRENCE	England, fl.1717-53, MIM		apprenticed to John Crooke l in the Joiners' Company, Dec. 9, 1701; free in the Company, Sept. 3, 1717.	Ditchside (1737-42); Fleur-de-Lis Court, Fleet Street (1743-53); both in London.	Crawforth 7.
MILES, SEPTIMUS	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = D.(1976).		Ludgate Street, London.	RSW.
MILESIO, D.	Ireland, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Belfast.	Goodison 1.
MILESON, ABEL	England, fl.1838-68, MIM PHIM			23 Emmett Street, Limehouse Hole, London.	Taylor 2(2182); O'Mara.
MILESSIO, D.	Ireland, fl.1812-25, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 12/2/77; Stick Barometer = X.	carver and gilder; may have been a retailer.	Dublin.	Goodison 1; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MILIETUS, CHRISTOPHORUS	1575, MIM	Astrolabe, 1575 = P.C.	ICA-3038.		ICA 2; RSW.
MILLAR, RICHARD, JR.	Scotland, fl.1845-68, NIM		also made clocks and watches.	45 Bridge Street (1845-51); 58 Bridge Street (1852-68); both in Leith.	Bryden 3.
MILLARD AND SON	England, fl.1836-38, MIM OIM PHIM		Joseph Millard and Son; barometer makers.	24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London.	Bell 2.
MILLARD AND SONS	England, fl.1838-47, MIM OIM PHIM		Joseph Millard and Sons; barometer makers.	24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell and Oxford Street, London.	Bell 2; Taylor 2(1645).
MILLARD, JOSEPH	England, fl.1825-36, MIM OIM PHIM		barometer maker; see Millard and Son, Millard and Sons.	24 Coppice Row, Clerkenwell, London.	Bell 2; Taylor 2(1645).
MILLARD, THOMAS	England, fl.1851-57, OIM	Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988).	"Optician."	334 Oxford Street (London).	Rinaldi 22.
MILLER			see the various members of the German and Scottish Miller family; see also Miler and Müller.		Gouk 1; RSW.
MILLER AND ADIE	Scotland, fl.1802-23, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	Microscope, Cuff-type = RSM; Surveying Compasses = Melun 4/24/83, D.; Compass = Phillips 11/11/81; Theodolites = Soth. 1/27/75, RSM; Sextant = Christie 10/12/65; Stick Barometer = X; Level = FRK = RSM; Telescope, reflecting = FRK = RSM; Telescopes = RSM; Dip Circle = FRK = RSM; Hydrometer = RSM; etc.	John Miller and Alexander Adie, his nephew.	94 Nicholson Street (1804-07); 96 Nicholson Street (1807-09); 8 Nicholson Street (1810-11); 15 Nicholson Street (1811-22); all in Edinburgh.	Taylor 2(1069); Goodison 1; Bell 2; Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst; G.L'E. Turner 24; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW.
MILLER AND M'COLL	Scotland, c.1818, MIM		George Miller and M'Coll.	116 Stockwell, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MILLER, A.P. CARLO			see A.P. Carlo Müller.		Evans 1.
MILLER, CASPAR	Germany, 1564, MIM	Diptych Sundial = X.	member of compass maker guild; Master, 1564.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MILLER, GEORGE	Scotland, c.1819, MIM		worked with M'Coll as Miller and M'Coll in 1818.	116 Stockwell, Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
MILLER, HANS 1	Germany, d.1555, MIM		member of the compass maker guild; may or may not be the same as Hans Müller who compiled an inventory in 1538, which see.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MILLER, HANS 2	Germany, 1564, MIM		member of the compass maker guild; Master in 1564.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MILLER, HANS 3	Germany, 1613, MIM		member of compass maker guild; married in 1613.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MILLER, HANS 4	Germany, fl.1614-19, MIM		member of compass maker guild; married in 1614, 1616, 1618, and 1619; probably more than one man.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1; RSW.
MILLER, HANS 5	Germany, 1587, MIM		member of compass maker guild; married daughter of Hieronymus Reinmann in 1587; possibly Hans Miller 2 or 6.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1; RSW.
MILLER, HANS 6	Germany,	Diptych Sundial = X.	member of compass maker guild; mark is shield with flower and star.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1; RSW.
MILLER, JOHN	Scotland, fl.1771-1825, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Circumferentor = Soth. 7/15/63; Stick Barometers = X (2), RSM, etc; Mountain Barometer = KEN; Terrestrial Globes, miniature, 1793 = X, RSM, etc; Surveyor's Compasses = Weschler 5/22/76, Ineichen 5/10/76; Surveying Quadrant = OXF; Orrery = RSM; Cometarium = RSM; Sundial, Air Pump = RSM; Level = FRK = RSM.	may have been apprenticed to John Yeoman; journeyman under George Adams 1; took his nephew, Alexander Adie, as an apprentice and later as partner (1804-12).	back of Fountain Well (1774); Parliament Close (1775-95); 38 South Bridge (1795-1800); 86 South Bridge (1803-05); George IV Bridge (pre-1803); Nicholson Street, 94 (1804-07), 96 (1807-09), 8 (1810-11), 15 (1811-12); all in Edinburgh.	Bryden 3, 9 and 17; Goodison 1; Bell 2; Darius 3; USNM; RSW; Krogt 2; Taylor 2(1013); Morrison-Low 1; Taylor 2(675a).
MILLER, JORG	Germany, 1564, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory = X.		Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MILLER, JOSIAH	USA, fl.1750-75, MIM	Horizontal Sundials, pewter = X (1973), D.(1975), D.(1979).	X and D.(1979) are for 42°; the dealer in 1979 thought Miller worked near Plymouth Mass.	Connecticut.	Moskowitz ; RSW.
MILLER, JOST	France, fl.1609-16, MIM	Gunnery Level, 1609 = BM; Sector, 1616 = FLO.		Strasburg.	Michel 3; Price 3; Ward 4; Bonelli 1.
MILLER, LEONHARD	Germany, fl.1627-64, MIM	made ivory diptych sundials; dates ranged from 1637-51; examples can be seen at BM, OXF, INN, HAK, WHI, EMA, BEK, AUG, ROM, SAL, LIE, KEN, ADL, etc.	punchmark is a fleur-de-lys; Zinner and Gouk treated Leonard and Lienhart Miller as one person but we feel the date spread is too wide; Leonhard is some times spelled Leonhart or Leonhardt; sometimes signed "L.M." with insignia in between.	Nürnberg.	Zinner,1; Gouk 1; Price 2; MADEX; Hamilton 2; Bobinger 2; NMM 2; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW.
MILLER, LIENHART	Germany, fl.1600-34, MIM	made many ivory diptych sundials dated from 1600 to 1634; examples may be seen at PAK, KES, EMA, NOR, GRA, VIT, DEU, BM, WUR, STU, BASH, STO, NMM, WHI, NUR, LAW, etc.	possibly the father of Leonhard Miller; the dials are marked with a fleur-de-lys; the dial in the NMM is signed "Lienhart Mieler", probably a mis-stamping for Miller; LAW is signed "Lienhart Miler 1616."	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Stewart; Price 2; Bryden 16; RSW.
MILLER, NIKOLAUS 1	Germany, 1605, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory, 1605 = X.	Zinner thought that Nikolaus Miller 1 and 2 were the same person.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1.
MILLER, NIKOLAUS 2	Germany, fl.1642-61, MIM	made many ivory diptych sundials, dating from 1642-61; examples may be seen at FRA, INN, NOR, VIT, WHI, EMA, MUN, OXF, JENA, etc.	the punchmark is a crown; some of his dials are signed "N.M." with the crown.	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Gouk 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3; Moreau; Bryden 16; RSW.
MILLER, S.R.	USA, c.1835,		designed a surveying compass; submitted it to the Patent Office on Oct. 22, 1835.	Front Royal, Va.	USNM.
MILLESIO, D.	England, c.1820, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93.		Kendal.	RSW.
MILLIKAN AND LAWLEY	England, 19th Century, MIM	Drawing Instrument Set = Christie 4/3/85.		161 Strand, London.	RSW.
MILLINGTON, JOHN	England; USA, c.1832,		M.D.; science educator from England; announced he was going to open a shop of philosophical instruments, some to be made by him.	Philadelphia, Pa.	D.J. Warner 6.
MILLIS, WILLIAM	England, c.1750,		T.C.; wire-drawer.	at the Black Horse, opposite the Church in Crooked Lane, London.	Crawforth 1.
MILLS, GEORGE 1	England, fl.1790-99, MIM		apprenticed to Walton Willcox in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 10, 1782; turned over to William Spencer 1 in the Grocers' Company, May 23, 1783; free in the Joiners' Company, Jan. 12, 1790; took an apprentice.	Hermitage Yard, Wapping, London.	Crawforth 7.
MILLS, GEORGE 2	England, fl.1825-38, MIM PHIM			82 Parsons Street, Ratcliff Highway, London.	Taylor 2(1646).
MILLS, HARRIET	England, OIM		T.C.; widow of Robert Mills.	London.	RSW.
MILLS, J.	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Phillips 1/30/84.		Bury.	Bell 2; RSW.
MILLS, JOHN	England, c.1714, MIM		apprenticed to Samuel Mason of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1714.		J. Brown 3.
MILLS, ROBERT	England, fl.1822-46, OIM	Telescope, case = Phillips 10/5/76.	optician; signed "Mills" plus address.	35 Duke Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields; 49 Southampton Street, Pentonville; both in London.	RSW; Taylor 2(1647).
MILLS, WILLIAM	England, fl.1799-1824, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	signed "W. Mills London."	London.	Goodison 1.
MILNE, ALEXANDER	England, 1806-96, PHIM	Barometers = NMM, KEN.	Admiral Sir Alexander Milne.		Bell 2; NMM 2; Middleton 1.
MILNE, JOHN, AND SON	Scotland, c.1767, MIM PHIM	Sundial = Mr. Mackenzie (1767); Balance = RSM (2).	T.C.; founders and iron-mongers.	at the Golden Church Branch, Bishops Land, High Street, Edinburgh.	Calvert 2; Morrison-Low 1.
MILNER, HANS 1	Germany, c.1625, MIM	Diptych Sundials, ivory = ADL-W29, BASH.	the punchmark is a bat.	Nürnberg.	Ackermann 1; ADL; RSW.
MILNER, HANS 2	Germany, 17th Century, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory = Flensburg Kunstgewerbe Museum.	the punchmark is a shield with a flower and star.	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1.
MILNER, JASPER	Germany, 16th Century, MIM	Diptych Sundial, ivory = KEN (inv. 1938-371).			RSW.
MILNER, KASPAR			variant reading for Jaspar Milner.		Zinner 1.
MILNER, LIENHART			misreading for Lienhart Miller.		Soth. 2/26/62.
MILSDOERFFER, JEAN GEORG	Germany, c.1750, OIM			Berlin.	Clay and Court.
MINGUET, PABLO	Spain, c.1763, OIM		T.C.; may be Paulus.	Madrid.	Calvert 2.
MINOLLA, G.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		39 Leather Lane, London.	Goodison 1.
MINORETTI, JOHN	England, fl.1845-50, PHIM		barometer maker.	Loseby Lane; Hotel Street; both in Leicester.	Bell 2.
MINOSA, S.	England, c.1790, PHIM		barometer maker.	Leather Lane, London.	Bell 2.
MINOT	France, 17th Century, MIM	Astrolabe = CNAM (ICA-219); Capuchin Sundial = CNAM			Michel 2; Price 1; Gunther 1; GHP; Cons. Nat'l 1; ICA 2; MADEX.
MINSHULLS	England, c.1820, MIM	Terrestrial Globes, miniature = Soth. 6/25/68, 6/19/72 and 3/21/73, Christie 7/5/71.	some may be duplicates.		RSW.
MIOTTI, VINCENTIUS	Italy, 1717, MIM SIM	Sundial, 1717 = X; Alidade = LOS.		Rome.	Evans 1; USNM.
MIRANDA, JOSEP' DA COSTA	Portugal, 1711, MIM	Marine Compass, 1711 = WHI.		Lisbon.	Maddison 6; Bryden 17; J.A. Bennett 1.
MIRE, LEONHARDT			misreading for Leonhardt Miller.		Phillips 9/16/81.
MIRVAULT	France, 19th Century, NIM	Repeating Circle = La Rochelle 7/16/83.		47 rue Grenéta, Paris.	RSW.
MITAINE	France, c.1855, MIM	Equatorial Sundial = Versailles 4/17/83.	signed "l'Ingénieur Mitaine Opticien fabricant."	Place Vendome No 2, Paris.	RSW.
MITCHELL AND BALE	England, fl.1814-15, MIM			65 Lower East Smithfield, London.	Taylor 2(1389).
MITSDORFER, JOHANN GEORG	Germany, fl.1740-60, OIM	Microscope = KEN; Heliostat, 1753 = DEU.	Mitsdörfer.	Berlin.	Daumas 1; A.J. Turner 10.
MITTELSTENSCHEID, JOHANN CASPAR	Germany, 1803, PHIM	Beam Balance, portable, with case = Christie-SK 2/9/84; Balances = DRE (1803), Markisches Museum, Berlin; Coin Balance = WHI.	the case for the beam balance has the maker's label.	In der Bergischen Hauptstadt, Lennep.	Olivia Brown 2; RSW.
MITZKO, HENRY THOMAS	England, c.1838, MIM PHIM			36 St. John's Lane, Clerkenwell, London.	Taylor 2(2183).
MODD	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Donnington.	Goodison 1.
MODESTIN, JOSEPH	Czechoslovakia, 18th Century, MIM	Equatorial Mechanical Sundial = KEN.		Chrudin, Bohemia.	Michel 3.
MOELLINGER, K.H.	Germany, MIM			Berlin.	Evans 1.
MOFFETT AND BLACKBURN	England, PHIM		T.C.; scale makers.	126 Minories, London.	Calvert 2.
MOGEY, W. AND D.	USA, c.1850, OIM	Telescope, refracting = Soth. 3/10/87.		Bayonne, N.J.	RSW.
MOGG, EDWARD	England, fl.1803-48, MIM	Globe, dissected, cardboard = D.(1992).	"Published March 1st 1812 by Edwd. Mogg" plus address; engraver, publisher and mapseller.	14 Little Newport Street, Leicester Square.	Coffeen 36.
MOGINIE	England, OIM	Microscopes = Melun 4/24/83, Christie-SK 5/10/77.		14 Ridinghouse, London.	RSW.
MOGINIE, SAMUEL	England, fl.1820-42, PHIM		barometer maker.	Pimlico, London.	Bell 2.
MOISETTE			see Gaggini et Moisette		RSW.
MOLARBY, MICHAEL	England, PHIM		barometer maker.	Builth.	Bell 2.
MOLBERG, P. MEN.	Sweden, PHIM	Stick Barometer = NOR.		Stockholm.	RSW.
MOLE, WILLIAM	England, c.1740, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 1, in the Joiners' Company, March 13, 1721; made a Leadbetter's slide rule.	at ye Axe in Grub Street; at the Mariner and Globe, in Chiswell Street; both in London.	Darius 2; Crawforth 7.
MOLER, JACOB	Germany, MIM	Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW.	marked "Aquius Civitas."	Aachen.	Zinner 1; Evans 1.
MOLESWORTH	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MOLETTI, GIUSEPPE	Italy, 1531-88, MIM		a list of instruments made or designed by him is in the Ambrosiana Library in Milan.	Padua.	Michel 3.
MOLINARI, A.	England, fl.1836-40, PHIM		barometer maker.	Leather Lane, London.	Bell 2.
MOLINARI, ANTONIO 1	England, fl.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X(3), D.(1976).	also a thermometer maker; the barometers are usualy signed "A. Molinari Halesworth."	Halesworth.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; RSW.
MOLINARI, ANTONIO 2	Italy; Denmark, fl.pre-1780- 89, PHIM	Thermometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus.	the firm was in business in Copenhagen, 1787 -1889.	Italy (pre-1780); Copenhagen (1787-89).	RSW.
MOLINARI, B.	England, c.1840, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96.		Plymouth.	RSW.
MOLINARI, D.	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86.		Halesworth.	RSW.
MOLINER, CHARLES	Scotland, fl.1784-1801, PHIM	Stick Barometers = X (2); Angle Barometer = X; Barometer = D.(1975).	sometimes spelled "Molliner."	Baillie Grant's Close (1784); Netherbow (1786-90); High Street (1794); Baron Grant's Close (1799-1801); all in Edinburgh.	Goodison 1; Bryden 3; Morrison-Low 1; RSW.
MOLL, HERMAN	Holland; England, c.1680-1732, MIM	Terrestrial Globes, miniature = P.C. (1719), P.C., Hispanic Society, New York, N.Y. (1703), Chicago Historical Society.	T.C.; map maker; geographer; "A Correct Globe with Trade Winds"; California is shown as an island.	London (1719-27).	Calvert 2; Yonge; Warner 2; Krogt 2; Stevenson.
MOLLER, HEINRICH MATTHIAS	Germany, c.1800, PHIM	Gold Balance = HAK.	Heinrich Matthias Möller.	Hamburg.	RSW.
MOLLER, JOHANNES	Germany, fl.1660-87, MIM	Graphometer, 1660 = DAR; Quadrant, 1670 = Colburg Gymnasium; Armillary Sphere, geared, 1687 = DRE.	Johannes Möller.	Gotha.	Zinner 1; RSW.
MOLLER, M.	England, c.1800, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/14/95.		Birmingham.	RSW.
MOLLINGER, JOSEPH	Germany, MIM OIM	Microscopes = LEY, DEU; Sundial = Bernal-3962.		Neustadt.	Clay and Court; RSW.
MOLLISON, ALEXANDER	England, c.1825, MIM PHIM			17 Chapman Street, Islington, London.	Taylor 2(1651).
MOLLO, TRANQUILLO	Austria, fl. 1816-34, MIM	Mechanical Universe, 1834 = D.(1993); Terrestrial Globe with compass = Soth. 6/9/39.	mapmaker.	Vienna.	Coffeen 42; RSW.
MOLT, JOH. ALBERT	Germany, 1756, MIM	Diptych Sundial, wood, 1758 = ULM.	marked "Gnomonicus Lauracensis."		Zinner 1.
MOLTANI 1			see Molteni		Taylor 2(2179); Bell 2.
MOLTANI 2			see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Moltani.		Taylor 2(2179).
MOLTEN, F., AND CO.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	might be Francis Molton.		Goodison 1.
MOLTEN, JOSEPH	Holland, 1779, PHIM	Stick Barometer, 1779 = Christie-NY 4/19/89.	"inv. et fecit."	Amsterdam.	RSW.
MOLTENI ET SIEGLER	France, c.1851, PHIM		Molteni et Siégler; showed at the Great Exhibition, London, 1851.	62 rue neuve St. Nicolas, Paris.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
MOLTENI, A. 1	England, fl.1850-58, PHIM		barometer maker.	185 Pilgrim Street (1851-53); 154 Pilgrim Street (1855); 152 Pilgrim Street (1857-58); 91 Clayton Street (1857-58); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MOLTENI, A. 2	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Wigan.	Goodison 1.
MOLTENI, A. 3	France, fl.1782-1900, MIM NIM	Sextant = LIM; Octant = MYS; Solar Chronometer = D.(1981).	the octant is signed "Molteni Molteni" according to Price; Molteni was advertising photography in 1897.	44 rue du Chateau d'Eau, Paris.	USNM; Price 2; Moskowitz 122; RSW.
MOLTENI, ALEX	England, fl.1829-36, PHIM		thermometer and barometer maker; see Zerboni, Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Battistessa, Molteni and Guanziroli; see Mastaglio, Fornelli and Molteni; see Mastaglio and Molteni.	13 Baldwin Gardens, London.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MOLTENI, C.	England, fl.1850-60, PHIM		barometer maker; may have been a partner in Mastaglio and Molteni.	25 Grainger Street (1851-53); Collingwood Street (1851-53); 47 Grainger Street (1855-60); all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MOLTENI, J.	France, c.1855, NIM	Sextant, No. 2429 = Gersaint 7/20/96.		Paris.	RSW.
MOLTENI, J. AND A. (3)	France, c.1830, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth., 6/6/96.		Paris.	RSW.
MOLTENI, J., ET CIE.	France, OIM	Telescope = AMST.		Paris.	Mörzer Bruyns 1.
MOLTENO	France, MIM	Cannon Sundial = CAS.	for latitude 51° 30'; might be a misreading for Molteni.		RSW.
MOLTEUL, J.	France, c.1851, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM		USNM suggested that this might be a misprint for J. Molteni.	rue du Chateau-d'Eau, 62, Paris.	Catalogue Officiel, Section Française, Great Exhibition of 1862; USNM.
MOLTHER, JOHANNES	Germany, c.1619,		designed a tricuspid compass and a proportional compass.	Hesse.	Offenbacher 37.
MOLTIN			see Molton.		Bell 2.
MOLTON, FRANCIS	England, fl.1801-42, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X (2); Wheel Barometers = X (5), Christie 12/17/75, D.(1975), D.(1976), Soth.-S 7/23/87, Phillips 11/16/88.	also a thermometer maker.	Dove Lane (1822-30); St. Lawrence Steps; both in Norwich.	Goodison 1; Bell 2; Taylor 2(1936); RSW.
MOLTON, FRANCIS, AND CO.	England, c.1820, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = D.(1975).			Bell 2; RSW.
MOLYNEUX	England, fl.1824-36, MIM	Alt-azimuth Instrument = Wesleyan University (1836).	made astronomical clocks and chronometers; provided equipment for Charles Wilkes in 1836 for a U.S. exploring expedition; see Molyneux and Cope.	London.	USNM.
MOLYNEUX AND COPE	England, fl.1820-40, MIM		made sidereal clocks; see Molyneux.	London.	USNM.
MOLYNEUX, EMERY	England, fl.1587-1605, MIM NIM	Terrestrial Globes, 1592 & 1603 = BM; Celestial Globes = BM, KAS; Astrolabe, paper = P.C.(1970).	also a compass and nautical instrument maker; Edward Wright and William Sanderson joined him in making a large terrestrial globe.	Lambeth, London.	Taylor 1(79); Bedini 8; Wynter 1.
MOLYNEUX, SAMUEL	England, 1687-1728, OIM	Reflecting Telescope = King John V, Portugal.	made improvements in speculum metal; F.R.S.; he may have had the telescope made to his order.	Kew House, Richmond, Surrey.	Taylor 2(94).
MOMPUTO MORI		Sundial = K. and C. 11/24/76.	probably a motto: "Non Puto Mori."		RSW.
MONAGHAN, JAMES	Ireland, fl.1760-62, PHIM		weather-glass maker.	Winetavern Street, Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MONASTERI, L., AND CO.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (3).		Darlington.	Goodison 1.
MONCONYS, BALTHAZER DE	France, 1611-65,		designed a microscope with a field lens, c.1660.		Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10; Middleton 1.
MONFRINO	England, c.1810, PHIM		see Cermenati and Monfrino.	Boston.	Comstock; USNM.
MONGENET, FRANCOIS DE	France; Italy, fl.1552-pre-92, MIM	Terrestrial Gores, 1552 = X; Celestial Globe, silver, 1552 = ADL-G15; Pairs of Gores = ADL-A344 and A345, BM-Map Room, New York Public Library, PBN; Terrestrial Gores = NUR; Celestial Globes (2) = ROM; Terrestrial Globe = ROM; Pair of Globes = Drecker; Terrestrial Globe with Sundial and watch inside, 1552 = UTC.	François De Mongenet; the ADL celestial globe had later additions made to it and is marked "Elaborabat Franciscus De Mongenet 1605" with the original date erased; the globes at ROM were stolen in 1984; unsigned terrestrial globe, ADL-M17, made from de Mongenet gores, c.1560.	Vesoul; Besançon; Venice.	Fox 1 and 2; Bedini 12; Yonge; Stevenson; Ruge; Karrow; ADL; RSW.
MONILLER	France, MIM	Instrument = BM.		Paris.	Evans 1.
MONK	England, fl.1772-85, MIM PHIM		made pyrometers; clockmaker.		Taylor 2(747).
MONK AND MERIGOT	England, 1807, MIM PHIM	Pyrometrical Thermometer = Auction, 1807.	Monk and Mérigot.		Taylor 2(747).
MONNS, ELIZABETH	USA, 1820, MIM	Terrestrial Globe, 1820 = Yale U., Conn.		Setauket, Long Island, N.Y.	Yonge.
MONTANARI, GEMINIANO	Italy, 1633-87,		invented "stadia", an idea of putting parallel cross hairs in a telescope.		Wynter and Turner.
MONTAUBAN, A.	France, c.1720, MIM	Water Level = P.C. (1987).			RSW.
MONTAUDON, J.	USA, c.1838, MIM		invented an instrument to measure distance.	Washington, D.C.	Taylor 2(2185).
MONTGOMERY, ROBERT	USA, fl.1683-1713, NIM	Davis Quadrant = P.C. (1978); Davis Quadrant, 1711 = P.C. (stolen).		New Amsterdam (New York), N.Y.	RSW.
MONTHI	England,		see Barnaschoni and Monthi or Bernaschoni and Monthi.		Goodison 1.
MONTI			see Maspoli, Monti and Co; see Bernasconi and Monti.		RSW.
MONTI AND BESERGA	England, PHIM		barometer makers.		Bell 2.
MONTI, ANTHONY	England, fl.1847-60, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (4).	watch and clockmaker; the barometers are signed "A. Monti."	Palace Street, Canterbury.	Goodison 1; Bell 2.
MONTI, FRANCOIS, ET FILS	Italy, c.1850, OIM	Telescope, refracting = Christie 9/11/86.	signed "François Monti et Fils à Turin."	Turin.	RSW.
MONTI, JOSEPH	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 10/19/87, Soth.-S 1/27/88.	the Soth. barometers are signed "Joseph Monti Canterbury"; the barometer identified by Goodison, (X), was signed "J. Monti Canterbury."	Canterbury.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MONTI, P.	England, c.1835, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X (2); Marine Barometer = VNN.	watchmaker?; possibly a partner in Maspoli and Monti.	Sandwich.	Goodison 1; Baillie 1; RSW.
MONTI, P., AND CO.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer with Thermometer = Soth. 5/14/87.		Lewes.	RSW.
MONTIGNY, ARLES DE	France, 1753,		invented a type of perpetual motion machine in 1753; gave permission to make it to Joseph Solvaique, a Swiss, then to Lacroix, later to Sulpice Cuvillier and then again to Solvaique.	Paris.	Augarde.
MONTINI	England, PHIM		see Vanini and Montini; barometer makers.	Peterborough.	Goodison 1.
MOODY	England, c.1870,	Sundial = Evans Coll.	also marked "J. Jewsbury Birmingham" a noted manufacturer of reproductions.	Birmingham.	Evans 1; Price 2.
MOODY, JAMES E.	USA, 1848-1913, MIM OIM SIM	Transits = GUR (2).	worked for John H. Temple ; he finished the incomplete instruments Temple left in his workshop.	Boston, Mass.	Smart 1.
MOOLEN, S. VANDE	Holland, 1701, MIM	Quadrant, Roias projection on reverse, 1701 = Soth. 11/16/87.			RSW.
MOON SENR.	England, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie 12/8/76.	"from Dollonds"; probably John Moon.	215 High Street, Islington.	RSW.
MOON, J. 1	England, 1786, MIM	Garden Sundial, stone, 1786 = VCW.	marked "Sarum Lat. 51° 6'."	Salisbury.	Price 2.
MOON, J. 2	England, c.1852, NIM		may be the same as John Moon.	31 1/2 Limekiln Hill, London.	O'Mara.
MOON, JOHN	England, fl.1830-52, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Sextant = D.(1982); Garden Sundial, 1833 = D.(1979); Wheel Barometer = Soth. 12/17/87.	sextant signed "Moon" and "Moon from Dollonds"; the sundial is signed "Moon" and marked "Isaac Scartii"; see J. Moon 2 and Moon Senr.	3 Lucas Road, Commercial Road; 28 Green Street, Stepney (1838); 76 Minories (1846) and at Limehouse; all in London.	Taylor 2(1937); Coffeen A; RSW.
MOON, THOMAS	England, c.1669, NIM		"an ingenious smith."	Bristol.	Sturmy; Clay and Court.
MOON, WILLIAM	England, fl.1791-1811, OIM		apprenticed to John Dollond 2 of the Spectaclemakers' Company on Feb. 4, 1782; free of the Company, Oct. 16, 1791.	35 Northhampton Street, Clerkenwell, London.	Court and von Rohr 3(214).
MOOR, ANN	England, c.1762, MIM	Set of Regular Solids, boxwood = Burton Constable.			Elizabeth Hall; RSW.
MOOR, JAMES	Scotland, fl.1788-1801, OIM			opposite the Guard (1788-90); 17 Parliament Close (1793); 15 Parliament Close (1794); Robertson's Close (1801); all in Edinburgh.	Bryden 3.
MOOR, WILLEM	Holland, c.1600, MIM	Astrolabes and Quadrants, 1600 = Jacob van Neck's Expedition.			Mörzer Bruyns 2.
MOORE 1			see Merriam and Moore.		RSW.
MOORE 2	USA, PHIM		"Patented Eagle Balance for 1/2 and 1/4 eagles for sale at the office of Moore's"; "Price Current."	12 Merchants Exchange, Philadelphia, Pa.	RSW.
MOORE AND NIMS	USA, c.1850, SIM	Terrestrial Globe = D.(1976).	see also Merriam and Moore.	Troy, N.Y.	RSW.
MOORE AND WRIGHT	England, MIM	Micrometer = Christie 10/6/76.			RSW.
MOORE, CHARLES	England, c.1862, NIM		invented or made an indicator to determine magnetic devation.	Quay Parade, Swansea.	USNM.
MOORE, F.	USA, MIM	Garden Sundial = P.C. (1975).		Kensington, Conn.	RSW.
MOORE, F.C.	England, OIM	Telescopes, refracting = Phillips 5/20/75 & 2/22/77.		Leeds.	RSW.
MOORE, FRANCIS M.	Ireland, c.1830, NIM		T.C. in octant case.	Belfast and Dublin.	RSW.
MOORE, GEORGE W.	USA, c.1870, MIM	Sundial with Compass in watch-form = MYS.	signed "Moore's Sundial watch and compass."	44 Farnsworth Street, Boston, Mass.	RSW.
MOORE, JOHN	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Worthington.	Goodison 1.
MOORE, JOHN G.	USA, c.1865, MIM	Orrery = D.(1989).	patented an "Improved Orrery" in 1865.	Philadelphia, Pa.	Moskowitz 132.
MOORE, JONATHAN	England, c.1701,		apprenticed to Grace Wells in the Joiners' Company on May 27, 1701.		Crawforth 7.
MOORE, P., AND CO.	NIM		label in a case for an octant at MYS.		RSW.
MOORE, SIR JONAS	England, c.1681,		author; "A New System of Mathematics" (1681) has drawings of nocturnals.		Perry.
MOORE, THOMAS	England, c.1669, MIM			Bristol.	Taylor 1(336).
MOORE, WILLIAM	England, fl.1751-88, MIM NIM	Backstaff, 1751 = X; Backstaff = Soth. 7/7/55.		55 Paternoster Row, London.	Taylor 2(513); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; RSW.
MOOY, ERVEN VAN HENDRIK	Holland, fl.1765-95, NIM	Cross-staff, 1775 = ROT.	widow of Hendrik Mooy; the cross-staff is signed "H. Mooy 1775"; as this was after Hendrik's death it was from his old stock or made by his widow.	Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
MOOY, HENDRIK	Holland, 1715-65, NIM		made cross-staves; succeeded his second cousin, Isaac Swigters in 1750; firm continued by his widow, Erven van Hendrik Mooy, (1765-95).	Nieuwebrugsteeg, Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2 and 4; Rooseboom 1.
MOQUIN ET AMIEL	Switzerland, c.1790, MIM	Sundial in back of watch = CHF.		Geneva.	RSW.
MORALES, JUAN BAUTISTA	Spain, fl.1605-21, MIM	Equatorial Sundial, 1605 = X; Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1621 = OXFB.			Basanta; Maddison 5; Michel 3; MADEX.
MORCAR, FRANCOIS	France, 1620, MIM	Vertical Sundial, 1620 = Church in Murs.	François Morcar.		Gatty.
MORDEN, R., BERRY, W., AND LEA, P.	England, c.1690, MIM	Celestial Globes = NMM (2); Terrestrial Globes = NMM, WHI.	Robert Morden, William Berry and Philip Lea.	London.	NMM 2, Olivia Brown 3.
MORDEN, ROBERT	England, fl.1666-1703, MIM		globe maker; member of the Weavers' Company, c.1666; may have been apprenticed to Joseph Moxon; worked with John Rowley.	At the Atlas in New Cheapside (1669); At the Atlas in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange (1671-1702); both in London.	Tyacke 1; Taylor 1(242).
MORDENTE, FABRITIO	Italy, b.1532, MIM	Reduction Compasses = ADL-M69, ADL-DPW36.	Mordente invented this type of instrument; designed a type of quadrant, plate found in atlas by Paulus de Furlanis, which see; author.		Engelmann 1; A.J. Turner 10; Bonelli 10; Woodward 1; ADL; RSW.
MORE, JAMES	Scotland, c.1850?, MIM SIM	Suveyor's Chain = D.(1985); Level = FRK = RSM.	"Chain Maker."	Glasgow.	Morrison-Low 1; Coffeen 9.
MOREAU	France, 19th Century, MIM	Augsburg-type Sundial = ADL-A48.		Rue de Seine, 16, Paris.	ADL; RSW.
MOREAU, JEHAN	France, 1622, MIM	Astrolabes, wood and paper, 1622 = ADL-W98, USNM.	Moreau republished Philippe Danfrie's 1584 paper astrolabe in 1622 using the same plates but adding his (Moreau's) name and address; see Philippe Danfrie.	"à Paris chez Jehan Moreau rue St.-Jacques à la Croix blanche."	Gibbs 2; USNM; Price 1; Gunther 1; Gibbs and Saliba; ICA 2; ADL; RSW.
MORELEY AND SONS	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		Guildford.	Goodison 1.
MORELLI, F.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		London.	Goodison 1.
MORELLI, FELICE	France, MIM	Le Roy-type Inclinable Sundial = WHI (FIT).	invented by Julien Le Roy.	Paris.	Bryden 16.
MORETTI	England, fl.1826-46, PHIM		barometer maker; hardware man, etc.	Pierrepont Place; Walcot Street; both in Bath.	Bell 2.
MORETTI AND ABATTE	England, c.1810, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = Bearne, 6/29/92, Soth. 6/6/75.	Soth. signed "Moretti and Batti"; possibly J. Abatte 1 or J. Abatte 2 of Peterborough or Moretti of Bath.		RSW.
MORETTI AND BATTI	England, c.1780, PHIM		probably misreading for Moretti and Abatte, which see.		Soth. 6/6/75; RSW.
MORETTI, J.C.	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Wheel Barometer, Thermometer and Hygrometer = Phillips 1/30/84; Stick Barometer = X.		Lynn.	Goodison 1; RSW.
MORETTI, R.	England, c.1850, NIM	Octant, ebony = MYS.		Cardiff.	USNM; Price 2.
MORGAN 1	England, pre-1793, NIM	Sextant = Herring Auction, May 1, 1793.	probably John Morgan 2.		RSW.
MORGAN 2	MIM	Square, iron = VCW.			RSW.
MORGAN, FRANCIS	England; Russia, fl.1764-1804, MIM OIM	Inclinable Sundials = OXF, D.(1983); Mathematical Instrument Set, silver = Soth. 12/15/78.	apprenticed to his father, John Morgan 2, in the Joiners' Company, 1757; free by Patrimony on testimony by Robert Tangate 1 and Robert Croome in the Company, 1764; took apprentices; emigrated in 1771; scientific instrument maker to the (Russian) Admiralty (1772-1801); T.C. in English and French; the dealer's sundial was made in London, the others were made in St. Petersburg.	Carey Street (1765); New Street Square (1766); At the Sign of Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate Street near St. Paul's, (1767-71); all in London; St. Petersburg (1772-1804).	Maddison 1; Crawforth 1 and 7; Calvert 2; G.L'E. Turner 24; Coffeen C; Taylor 2(748); Chenakal; Millburn 11; RSW.
MORGAN, HENRY	England, c.1682, MIM		clock and watchmaker; member of the Clockmakers' Company, 1682.		Robischon.
MORGAN, JOHN 1	England, c.1682, MIM		apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton of the Grocers' Company; might have been turned over to another master; free of Nathaniel Anderton on Dec. 6, 1682.		J. Brown 1; RSW.
MORGAN, JOHN 2	England, fl.1733-58, MIM NIM	Gauging Scale = Soth. 10/17/60; Circles (2), Dividers, Protractors = UTO 11/2/76; Plate and Azimuth Circle = Aubert Sale, 1806.	apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 7, 1726; free in the Company, Dec. 4, 1733; took apprentices; father of Francis Morgan; made compasses, octants, Hadley quadrants, etc.; original maker of Gowin Knight's Patent Compass; had James Watt as an apprentice c.1750-56.	Finch Lane, Cornhill, London.	Taylor 2(385 & 1665); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7; RSW.
MORGAN, JOHN 3			misprint for John Margas.		Bryden 9.
MORGAN, JOHN THOMAS	England, c.1838, MIM PHIM			7 Crown Street, Hucton Square, London.	Taylor 2(2186).
MORGAN, SYLVANUS	England, 1620-93, MIM		he was an accomplished dialist; author.	at the Sign of the Coat, behind the Royal Exchange, London.	Taylor 1(198).
MORGAN, W. DE	England, MIM	Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 7/29/69.			RSW.
MORGANTI, B.	England, c.1825, MIM PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X(2).		Brighton.	Goodison 1.
MORIANI	Italy, PHIM	Thermometer = WHI.			Bryden 11.
MORICE, DAVID AND SON	England, c.1825, PHIM		barometer makers.	London.	Bell 2.
MORICE, DAVID AND WILLIAM	England, fl.1804-25, PHIM		barometer makers.	Royal Exchange, London.	Bell 2.
MORILLARD	France, 1600, MIM	Astrolabe, 1600, ICA-528 = MADEX-265.	the astrolabe was corrected by Sevin of Paris.	Lyon.	Price 1; ICA 2; GHP; Michel 2; MADEX.
MORIN, HENRI	France, c.1880, MIM	Rule, wood = Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Staff Transit = D.(1994); Telescope, marine = Versailles 11/19/78; Surveying Instrument = Gersaint, La Rochelle 7/20/96.	telescope is signed "3 Rue Boursault"; surveying instrument is signed "Atelier H. Morin et Gensse à Paris."	11 Rue Dulong; 3 Rue Boursault; both in Paris.	Garcelon 33; Bennett 2; RSW.
MORIN, J.-B.	France, 1583-1656,		proposed, in 1634, to use telescopes on astronomical instruments.		A.J. Turner 10.
MORISON	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
MORITZ AND IMMISCH	England, PHIM	Thermometer = Christie 5/26/76.	"from the inventor to Capt. W.B. Phillimore---."	London.	RSW.
MORK, A.F.	Sweden, c.1800, MIM	Pantograph = X.	A.F. Mörk.	Stockholm.	Pipping 1.
MORLAND	England, 1731, PHIM	Angle Barometer, 1731 = DRE.			RSW.
MORLAND, SAMUEL	England, 1625-95,		Sir Samuel Morland; invented a perpetual calendar in 1650, example at BM; invented a "Poor man's Dial" (sundial), also a variant of Napier's Rods and a calculating machine in 1666; Sutton and Knibb made examples of the calculating machines now at KEN and FLO; "Master of Mechanics to King Charles II."	Bloomsbury; Vauxhall (1677); both in London.	Taylor 1(219); G.L'E. Turner 24; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9; DNB; DSB; Middleton 1; A.J. Turner 10.
MORLEY	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Cardoza 8/26/89.		London.	RSW.
MORLEY, GEORGE	England, 1836, MIM OIM		Taylor 2 equated this man with George Motley.	84 High Street, Whitechapel (1836); 80 High Street Whitechapel; both in London	Taylor 2(2189); O'Mara.
MORLEY, JOSEPH	England, fl.1805-06, MIM		apprenticed to William Morris 1 of the Grocers' Company on April 7, 1796; Taylor listed a J. Morley with these dates and address.	1 little Thames Street, Wapping, London.	J. Brown 1; Taylor 2(1184).
MORRELL 1	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Whitby.	Goodison 1.
MORRELL 2			see Baker, Carver and Morrell.		RSW.
MORRELL 3	England?; USA?, NIM	Compass Card = D.(1978).		Portsmouth.	RSW.
MORRICE, JOSEPH	England,		an ivory turner in the Merchant Taylors' Company; had George Hicks. an OIM, as an apprentice.		Crawforth 7.
MORRIS, G.	England, OIM		T.C.; spectacle maker.	No. 9, Bedford Square, East London.	Calvert 2; Crawforth 1.
MORRIS, ISAAC	England, c.1830, OIM			Kendal.	Taylor 2(1940).
MORRIS, J.	England, OIM	Stick Barometer = X.		Kendal.	Goodison 1.
MORRIS, JOHN B.	England, fl.1825-43, MIM PHIM	Rule, Coggeshall-type, 1843 = Christie-SK 2/9/84.	the rule is signed "J.B. Morris London."	14 New Walnut Tree Walk, London.	Taylor 2(1652); RSW.
MORRIS, JOSEPH	England, c.1788,		apprenticed to Dudley Adams of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1788.		J. Brown 1.
MORRIS, LEWIS	England, 1701-65, OIM		improved Wilson's pocket microscope.	Holyhead, Anglesea.	Taylor 2(198).
MORRIS, WILLIAM 1	England, fl.1771-1803, MIM NIM	Octant, 1791 = Museum of Science, Boston, Mass.	apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Feb.7, 1764; free of the Company on May 7, 1771; took apprentices.	Strand (1771); Cooper's Row, St.Catherine's (1783); St.Catherine's Square (1794-1801); Upper East Smithfield (1802); 54 East Smithfield (1803); all in London.	J. Brown 1; USNM.
MORRIS, WILLIAM 2	England, fl.1801-18, MIM		rule maker.	Great Charles Street (1801); Summer Row (1808-18); both in Birmingham.	Bryden 9.
MORRISON, A.	England, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Level = Christie-SK 2/9/84.		Manchester.	RSW.
MORS, THOMAS	England, fl.1730-50, MIM NIM		T.C.; bookseller.	at the Sign of the Lute on the Northside of St. Paul's Church Yard, London.	Crawforth 1.
MORSE, SAMUEL 1	England, fl.1838-50, OIM		T.C.; spectaclemaker.	No. 3 Tenter Terrace, Prescot Street, London.	Calvert 2; Crawforth 1.
MORSE, SAMUEL 2	England, c.1840, MIM			50 Mansell Street, Minories, London.	O'Mara.
MORSS, ANTHONY S.	USA, fl.1850-80, MIM NIM	Rope Guage = PMS; Dry Card Marine Compasses = D.(1961), D.(1972).	the rope guage is also marked "Hardware."	210 and 212 Commercial Street, Boston, Mass.	Moskowitz 104; USNM; RSW.
MORTIMER, CROMWELL	England, c.1698-1752,		invented a metallic thermometer.	London.	Chaldecott 2.
MORTIMER, JOHN	England, c.1862,		devised a compass with both azimuth and dip needles.	Pippinford Park, Maresfield, Sussex.	USNM
MORTON AND CO.	Scotland, fl.1847-51, OIM PHIM		Alexander Morton.	7 South College Street, Edinburgh.	Bryden 3.
MORTON, A.			misreading for Thomas Morton 2.		A.J. Turner 1; Morrison-Low 1.
MORTON, ALEXANDER	Scotland, fl.1832-46, PHIM	'Windmill Experiment' for Air Pump = RSM.		29 Richmond Place (1832-33); 2 Roxburgh Place (1834-37); 9 Drummond Street (1838); 11 Hill Square (1839); 71 Adam Square (1840-42); 7 South College Street (1845-46); all in Edinburgh.	Bryden 3; Taylor 2(2187); Morrison-Low 1.
MORTON, DANIEL JAMES	England, c.1803,		apprenticed to Thomas Bourne 1 or 2 in the Joiners' Company. Jan. 11, 1803.		Crawforth 7.
MORTON, JAMES	England, MIM		chronometer maker; worked with his brother, Thomas Morton 1.	Sunderland and South Shields.	RSW.
MORTON, JOHN, AND CO.	Scotland, NIM	Marine Compass = Christie-SK 3/31/83.		Glasgow.	RSW.
MORTON, THOMAS 1	England, MIM		worked with his brother James.	Sunderland.	RSW.
MORTON, THOMAS 2	Scotland, 1783-1862, OIM	Telescope, wood = P.C. (1974); Telescopes = RSM, FRK = RSM (3).	designer and maker of textile machinery.	Kilmarnock.	Bryden 3; A.J. Turner 1; Morrison-Low 1.
MORZIERES, JOSEPH LOUIS	France, MIM	Table Sundial, octagonal = FIN-217.	Morzières.	Paris.	RSW.
MOSCHINO, GIUSEPPE	Italy, c.1650, OIM	Telescope = Roussel-22 = Prin Coll. = NMM-Caird; Opera Glass, ivory = Soth. 3/25/86. .		Genoa.	Michel 3; Daumas 1; RSW.
MOSER	Czechoslovakia, 1727, MIM	Instrument, 1727 = PRA.		Prague.	RSW.
MOSHAMMER, JOHANN MICHAEL	Germany, 1731, PHIM	Pyrometer, 1731 = DEU.		Regensberg.	Daumas 1.
MOSLEY	Ireland, PHIM	Pocket Barometer = K. & C. 7/9/75.		Waterford.	RSW.
MOSS AND WINDRED	England, c.1838, MIM PHIM			8 Crescent Street, Southwark, London.	Taylor 2(2188).
MOSS, BENJAMIN	England, fl.1828-36, MIM OIM PHIM			Waterloo Place, Commercial Road (1828-29); 7 Catherine Street, Commercial Road (1830); 55 1/2 Houndsditch (1836); all in London.	Taylor 2(1941); O'Mara.
MOSS, CONRAD	Germany, 1588, PHIM	Nest of Weights, 1588 = DRE.		Nürnberg.	RSW.
MOSS, J.	England, c.1750, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant = X.			Taylor 2(2188).
MOSS, S.	England,		T.C.; experimental chemist.	150 High Street, adjoining the Arcade, Cheltenham.	Calvert 2; Crawforth 1.
MOSSY	France, fl.1780-1821, MIM PHIM	Thermometer and Calendar = Ader Picard Tajan 3/15/83; Barometers = CNAM (2, 1780), (1789); Thermometer, 1782 = CNAM; Barometer and Thermometer, 20 Janvier, 1791 = Pescheteau-Badin-Godeau-Leroy -de Ricqlès 7/8/97.	worked with Cappy before 1780; see Cappy and Mossy; breveté ingénieur in 1788; "constructeur des instruments de phisique en verre de la Société Roial del' Medicine"; worked for Lavoisier; barometer and thermometer signed "Mossi à Paris" plus date.	Quay Pelletier à la Croix d'or, Paris.	Daumas 1; Middleton 1; ATG 8/2-9/97; RSW.
MOTEL, JEAN-FRANCOIS-HENRI	France, 1786-1859, MIM	Chronometer = ADL-N62.	Jean-François-Henri Motel.	Paris.	J.A. Bennett 2; Baillie 1; ADL; RSW.
MOTLEY, GEORGE			see George Morley.		Taylor 2(2189); O'Mara.
MOTTER, JOHANN	Belgium, 1602, MIM	Astronomical Rings = BRO (1602), KEN, VIE, NUR.		Flanders.	Michel 3; Maddison 1; Zinner 1.
MOUNT, WILLIAM	England, c.1692, MIM		apprenticed to Withers Cheney of the Clockmakers' Company on July 20, 1682; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1692.		J. Brown 3.
MOUROUX	France, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97.		Bordeaux.	RSW.
MOUY, DE	Holland, 18th Century, MIM	Artillery Level = ROU-125.	Michel put him down as French.	Amsterdam.	Michel 3; RSW.
MOWER			see Short and Mower.		RSW.
MOWRE	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth.-Chester 1/31/85.		Liverpool.	RSW.
MOXON, JAMES	England; Scotland, fl.1646-91, MIM		worked with his brother, Joseph Moxon, in 1646 and 1647 (Bryden thought Joseph was his father); free of the Weavers' Company by Patrimony before 1646; successfully petitioned to become a member of the Stationers' Company in 1646; active in Edinburgh in 1690.	at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf in Houn's ditch at the end of Houn's ditch near Bishopsgate, London; Lawrence Ord's Close, foot of the Canongate, Edinburgh (1690); London (1691).	Tyacke 1; Bryden 3 and 15.
MOXON, JOHN			misreading for Joseph Moxon.		Wynter and Turner.
MOXON, JOSEPH	England, 1627-1700, MIM	Celestial and Terrestrial Globes, including miniatures, which may be seen in many museums including KAS, SKO, ADL, WHI, BEK, Winchester Cathedral Library, etc.; Quadrant, wood and paper, with a Volvelle = Burton Constable.	free of the Weavers' Company by Patrimony before 1646; transferred to the Stationers' Company in 1646; admitted to the Livery of the Weavers' Company in 1664; had been taking apprentices in that Company; worked with his brother, James, 1646-47; worked with John Sugar (1653-65); T.C.; F.R.S. in 1678; "Hydrographer to the King"; made "Particular" and Copernican spheres from Blaeu's design; developed the miniature terrestrial globe in England.	see Moxon, Joseph (Cont.)	see Moxon, Joseph (Cont.)
MOXON, JOSEPH (CONT.)			terrestrial globe at Winchester designed by Roger Palmer.	at the Sign of the Sugar-loaf in Houns-ditch, at the upper end of Houns-ditch near Bishopsgate (1647); the Netherlands (-1651); near St. Michael's in Cornhill, at the Sign of the Atlas on Parnassus Hill (1652-65); on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge at the Sign of the Atlas (1666); Covent Garden (1667); at the Atlas in Russell Street (1670-71); at the Sign of Atlas on Ludgate Hill near Fleet Bridge on the west side of Fleet Bridge; Westminster Hall over against Parliament Stairs (1694); Warwick Lane (1699); all in London.	Taylor 1(228); Tyacke 1; Elizabeth Hall; Crawforth 1; USNM; Millburn 5; Wynter 1; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 4; Krogt 2; Edell; Olivia Brown 3; A.J. Turner 10; Yonge; ADL; RSW.
MUCKLOW, BENJAMIN	England, c.1830, OIM			Rea Mill, Lawley Street, Birmingham.	Taylor 2(1942).
MUDGE, JOHN	England, 1721-93, OIM		brother of Thomas Mudge; made several reflecting telescopes.	Plymouth.	Taylor 2(386).
MUDGE, THOMAS	England, 1717-94, MIM		apprenticed to George Graham of the Clockmakers' Company on May 4, 1730; free of the Company, Jan. 15, 1738; took apprentices; clock and chronometer maker; succeeded George Graham; from 1750 Mudge had William Dutton as a partner.	67 (later 151) Fleet Street, London; Plymouth (1771).	Dewhirst; J. Brown 3; Clay and Court; Taylor 2(294).
MUETER			see Motter.		Zinner 1.
MUGGENAST, SEBASTIAN	Germany, 1714, MIM	Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1714 = GEM.	clockmaker.	Strengen?	Zinner 1.
MUIR, JOHN	Scotland, fl.1682-d.1695, NIM		ship's chandler and nautical instrument maker.	Leith.	Bryden 3.
MULLALLY, LUKE	Ireland, c.1751, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	Capel Street, Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
MULLER	Germany, PHIM	Hygrometer = DEU.	Müller.	Berlin.	Daumas 1.
MULLER, F. HENRICH	Germany, fl. 1672-78, MIM	Sundial, round, silver = OXF; Sundial, octagonal = Zeiss, Jena; Perpetual Calendar (1663-1700) = Evans Coll.-OXF; Horizontal Sundial, round, silver = Soth. 4/16/56-134.	F. Henrich Müller; Zinner called him "J. Heinrich Müller."	Kassel.	Zinner 1; Evans 1; Gunther 2; RSW.
MULLER, FRANZ ERNST	Germany, 17th Century, MIM	Equatorial Sundial, wood = Wolfenbüttel Bibliothek.	Franz Ernst Müller.		Zinner 1.
MULLER, H., AND CO.	China, NIM	Sextant = Soth. 12/13/71.		Shanghai.	RSW.
MULLER, HANS	Germany, 1538, MIM		Hans Müller; member of compass maker guild; compiled aninventory in 1538; Linhart Gresel was one of the guardians of his children.	Nürnberg.	Gouk 1; RSW.
MULLER, JOHANNES			see Regiomontanus.		Zinner 1; RSW.
MULLER, LUDOVICUS D.			see Ludwig Theodor Müller.		Hamilton 1.
MULLER, LUDWIG THEODOR	Germany, fl.1710-70, MIM	Augsburg-type sundials by this maker can be found in most museums and collections.	Ludwig Theodor Müller; or Ludwig Theodatus Müller; the dials are often signed "L.T.M."; an early example of a cottage industry, most examples have assembly marks on the various parts to aid in the final reassembly; they come in leather covered cardboard boxes with instruction sheets in German, French and English with a long list of towns and their latitudes; "Kompassmacher, Mechaniker."	Augsburg.	Bobinger 2; Zinner 1; USNM; Syndram; ADL; RSW.
MULLER, MARTIUS	Italy, pre-1690, OIM		mentioned by Bonani in 1690 as an instrument maker.	Genoa.	Clay and Court.
MULLER, P. CAROLUS	Germany, c.1600, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial = ADL-M316; Pillar Sundial = WRAY-97; Pillar Sundial, wood and paper = St. Gall.	P. Carolus Müller; Zinner called him "Karl Müller."		Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
MULLER, SEBASTIAN	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Universal Rule = Stuker 11/22/66.	Sebastian Müller.	Ebersbach.	RSW.
MULLER, THEODAT G.			misreading for L.T. Müller.		RSW.
MULLER, WALDEMAR	Denmark, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus.		Randers.	RSW.
MULLINER, ABRAHAM	England, c.1712, MIM		apprenticed to Joseph South of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1712.		J. Brown 3.
MUNCK, FRANCIS	England, c.1652, MIM	apprenticed to John Blighton 1 of the Grocers' Company; free of the Company on Sept.28, 1652.			J. Brown 1.
MUNDAY, THOMAS	England, c.1850, NIM	Sextant = Soth. 10/28/86.			RSW.
MUNGER, ASAHEL	USA, c.1835,		he received a patent on a pendulum level in 1835.	Oberlin, Ohio.	USNM.
MUNNICH, GEORGE	Holland, 1766-1829, MIM		George Münnich; instruments at LEY.	Utrecht.	Rooseboom 1.
MUNRO	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = Soth. 2/4/77, X.		12 York Place, Lambeth, London.	Taylor 2(1943); Goodison 1; RSW.
MUNRO, JAMES	England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM			4/5 High Street Lambeth, London.	Taylor 2(1943); Goodison 1.
MUNSTER, SEBASTIAN	Germany, 1489-1552, MIM	Diptych Sundial, wood and paper = Weil = Zeitlin = USNM.	author; wrote many books on dialing and mathematics which often included instruments to be cut out and mounted by the reader.		Zinner 1; Price 2; RSW.
MUR UND STERR	Germany, 1719, OIM	Telescope, parchment, 1719 = DEU.	Christian Mur and Johann Sterr; what about Maurstotter und Sterr? same date, same instrument, same town.	Freising.	Daumas 1; Price 2.
MURDOCK, ALBERT	USA, c.1835, MIM		globemaker; partner with his father, David Clark Murdock; see D.C. and A. Murdock.	West Boylston, Mass.	Yonge; Bedini 8; USNM.
MURDOCK, D.C. AND A.	USA, fl.1800-40, MIM	Terrestrial Globes = P.C., P.C.	David Clark Murdock and his son, Albert; globe makers.	West Boylston, Mass.	Yonge; Bedini 8; USNM.
MURDOCK, DAVID CLARK	USA, 1805-86, MIM	Terrestrial Globes = P.C. Yale U., P.C.	made many globes, 1830 on; second son, Albert, became his partner in 1835; see D.C. and A. Murdock.	West Boylston, Mass.	Yonge; Bedini 8.
MURER, JOHANN	Germany, 1556-1641, MIM	Sundial, glass = ZUR.		Oberwinther (1581); Rickenbach (1612).	Zinner 1.
MURIS, JEAN DE	France, fl.1318-23,		astronomer; used a kardaya, a kind of sextant.	Paris.	Michel 3.
MURPHY	England, PHIM		barometer maker.	Cottenham, Cambs.	Bell 2.
MURRAY			see Draper, Murray and Fairman.	Philadelphia, Pa.	Bedini 1.
MURRAY, JOHN 1	Scotland, fl.1824-41, NIM		also a clock and watchmaker.	40 Quay (1824-27); 37 Quay (1828-35); 30 Quay (1836-41); all in Aberdeen.	Taylor 2(2191); Bryden 3; Morrison-Low.
MURRAY, JOHN 2	Scotland, c.1834, NIM		compass maker.	Dock Street, Dundee (1834).	Bryden 3.
MURRAY, MUNGO	England, fl.1754-72,		invented a shipwright's sector; author.	His Majesty's Yard, Deptford, Kent; London.	Lefkowicz Bulletin No.6, 1977; Taylor 2(514).
MURRAY, WALTER	Scotland, fl.1945-75, NIM		see Berry and Mackay.	Aberdeen.	Clarke et al.
MURRELL, JOHN	England, fl.1836-46, OIM			13 Albion Place, St.John's Lane, London.	Taylor 2(2192); O'Mara.
MURREY, WILLIAM	England, fl.1810-21, MIM		apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on May 1, 1810.	Haymarket, London (1821).	Crawforth 7.
MURRY, WILLIAM	England, c.1755, MIM		member of the Joiners' Company; took Robert Bancks 1 as an apprentice in 1755; turned him over to Philip Jones of the Framework Knitters' Company, in 1757.		Crawforth 7.
MUSSCHENBROEK, JAN VAN	Holland, 1687-1748, OIM PHIM	Microscope, 1702 = X; Air Pumps = LEY (1708) & (1722), KAS, DEU (1708).	made a wide range of philosophical instruments; worked for 's Gravesande; son of Johann Joosten van Musschenbroek and succeeded him in 1707.	Leyden.	Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; Dewhirst; USNM; RSW; G.L'E. Turner 24.
MUSSCHENBROEK, JOHAN JOOSTEN VAN	Holland, 1660-1707, OIM PHIM	Air Pumps = LEY (1698), UTR (1706), DEU; Microscope, aquatic = LEY; Microscopes = KEN, LEY.	succeeded his brother, Samuel van Musschenbroek; father of Jan van Musschenbroek; his master mark was a lamp with crossed keys; KEN and LEY microscopes are signed "Johann van Musschenbroek", but with proper master marks.	Leiden.	Crommelin 1; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; USNM; Clay and Court; A.J. Turner 10.
MUSSCHENBROEK, JOHANN VAN			may be same as Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek.		A.J. Turner 10.
MUSSCHENBROEK, PIETER VAN	Holland, 1692-1761,		physicist; invented a pyrometer; son of Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek; interested in the luminescence of barometers.	Leiden.	Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1.
MUSSCHENBROEK, SAMUEL VAN	Holland, 1639-81, OIM PHIM	Air Pump, 1675 = LEY.	older brother of Johan Joosten van Musschenbroek; his master mark was a lamp with crossed keys; the keys represent the city of Leiden.	Leiden.	Rooseboom 1; Crommelin 1; Daumas 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; USNM.
MUSTON	England, c.1850, PHIM	Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980.		Bristol.	RSW.
MUTH	Germany, c.1720, MIM	Sector, with compass = P.C.; Universal Ring Sundial = SWE.	probably H.L. or J.P. Muth; "Opticus Professor fecit."	Kassel.	Zinner 1; Pipping 1; RSW.
MUTH, H.L. AND J.P.	Germany, 1721, MIM	Celestial Globe, silver, 1721 = KAS.	Heinrich Ludwig and J.P. Muth were brothers.	Kassel.	Zinner 1.
MUTH, HEINRICH LUDWIG	Germany, 1673-1754, MIM	Equatorial Sundial, 1720 = KAS.	brother of J.P. Muth.	Kassel.	Zinner 1.
MUTH, J.P.			see H.L. and J.P. Muth.		Zinner 1.
MUTI	Czechoslovakia, 1716, MIM	Sun and Moon Dial, 1716 = Christie 4/3/85.	Willebrand-type; the first letter of the name is not clear it might be Huti or Vuti.	Prague.	RSW.
MUXTON AND PALLANT	England, pre-1843, MIM	Bubble Level = USNM.	W. Muxton and John Pallant.	44 Museum Street, London.	USNM; RSW.
MUXTON, W.	England, pre-1843, MIM SIM		worked with John Pallant.	44 Museum Street, London.	USNM; RSW.
MYBOOM, PAULUS	Holland, MIM	Compass Sundial, in ivory barrel = Eisinga's house, Franeker.		Amsterdam.	RSW.
MYERS	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Yarmouth.	Goodison 1.
MYERS, H. AND J.	England, PHIM		barometer makers.	Winchester.	Bell 2.
MYERS, P.	England, MIM	Sector, ivory = Auction, 1960.	may be Philip Myers, having moved from Nottingham to London.	London.	Taylor 2(1945).
MYERS, PHILIP	England, c.1830, MIM OIM			1 Okeham Street, Nottingham.	Taylor 2(1945).
MYLIUS, A. DE	England, 1791, MIM		finished a planetarium invented and started by Philipp Matthaeus Hahn.	London.	Taylor 2(601).
MYLNE, JOHN	Scotland, fl.1630-40, MIM	Polyhedral Sundials = Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Stobhall, Perthshire; Obelisk Sundials = Wemyss Castle, Drummond Castle (1630).	a stone mason.	Perth.	Gatty; Somerville.