Signature	Maker Info	Instruments	Comments	Location	References
W.	England, 1823, PHIM	Stick Barometer, 1823 = D.(1983).	the barometer in signed "W" in a triangle on the scale and on the back.		RSW.
W. AND W.	England, c.1725, NIM	Backstaff = NMM.	Taylor thought this entry might have been William Wright.	Bristol.	Taylor 2(220).
W. M. F.S	England, 1838, MIM	Cruciform Sundial, wood, 1838 = D.	"W. m. F.s Sculp. 1838"; latitude is 53° 21'; painted wood.		Moskowitz 121.
W., THOMAS	England, c.1330, MIM	Sundial, on the back of the Rosenwald astrolabe = USNM (ICA-2006)(ex-N. Giles Coll.).	the dial is signed "Thomas * W. fecit"; for lat. 53° 15'.		Price 1 & 2; ICA 2; USNM.
W.B. 1	Germany, c.1650, MIM	Artillery Level = ADL-M214.	three punches in a row are assembly marks on ADL; "W.B." also marked on artillery level signed "W. Burucker" at OXF.		Engelmann 1; ADL; Tarrasuk 1; Price 2; RSW.
W.B. 2			initials marked on side 1b of an Elias Allen compendium.		Soth. 7/7/78.
W.B. 3			William Brown or William Buckley; the initials are marked on a 1551 quadrant signed "T.G." in the British museum; the quadrant is also marked "J.C." (1).		Price 2 & 3; Ward 4; Evans 1; Dewhirst; Taylor 1(18); Clay and Court.
W.B. 4	England, 1781, MIM	Sundial, wood, 1781 = Lancaster City Museum.	a magnetic compass is inset into the cover.		RSW.
W.B.N.	Scotland, PHIM	Balance = K. and C. 12/15/72.		Glasgow.	RSW.
W.C.I.V.E.	Holland, MIM	Perpetual Calendar on a silver writing tablet = Soth. 6/25/68.	signed "W.C.I.v E."		RSW.
W.C.J.	1612, NIM	Azimuth Compass, 1612 = OMM.	it does not look that early.		RSW.
W.C.S.	c.1850, NIM	Azimuth compass = OMM.			RSW.
W.D.	Germany, 17th Century, MIM	Cloth Measure, wood = ADL-M489.			Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
W.F. 1	Germany, 1563, MIM	Pillar Sundial, rock crystal and silver, 1563 = Soth. 12/8/69 = TIM.	calendar on parchment inside the rock crystal cylinder; dubious.		RSW.
W.F. 2	1707, MIM	Garden Sundial, 1707 = D.(1972).			RSW.
W.F. 3	England,		owner's initials on a nocturnal by Humphrey Cole in the BM.		Gunther 1; Price 3; Ward 4.
W.G.	Holland, c.1850, NIM	Log = AMST.	possibly William Geissler.	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
W.G.B.B.V.E.			marked on a 1584 astrolabe by Jost Bürgi in the KAS.		Zinner 1.
W.H. 1			marked on a 1641 garden sundial signed "G.R." (2).		Strand Magazine, 1893, pp. 308-18.
W.H. 2	Ireland, 1741, MIM	Ring Sundial, 1741 = WRAY-99.		Dublin.	RSW.
W.H. AND S.	Germany, MIM	Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/31/67.			RSW.
W.J.	MIM	Dividers = ADL-M136			Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
W.O.	USA, c.1780, MIM	Garden Sundial, slate = American Heriage Society Auction, 1972.	made for Charleston, South Carolina.		RSW.
W.O.R.	1722, MIM	Pillar Sundial, wood, 1722 = Koller 11/17/75.	the "W" is written as two overlapping "Vs."		RSW.
W.P. 1	Germany, fl.1591-98, MIM	Mining Compasses = NUR-WI1033 and NUR-WI1149; Instrument, ivory, 1598 = NUR.	made four engravings of sundials; an instrument, dated 1591, appears in a painting by von Kessel in the NUR.	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1.
W.P. 2			marked on a finger ring sundial, signed "H.C." (1), at the NMM.		RSW.
W.R. 1	England, 1620, MIM	Gunter's Quadrant, 1620 = Melun 4/24/83.	fake ?		RSW; Morrison-Low ?
W.R. 2	Ireland, 1667, MIM SIM	Surveying Compass, wood, 1667 = OXF.	also marked "Dublini latitude 53°20'".	Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Simcock 1.
W.R. 3	1794, OIM	Telescope, 1794 = Military Museum, Warsaw.			RSW.
W.R. 4	England, c.1800, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87.		Last Acle.	RSW.
W.S.			on English and German ring sundials, in most cases it stands for "Winter" and "Summer."		Michel 3; Josten 1; RSW.
W.V.S.			marked on a pantograph signed "M.G.A."		RSW.
WACHANO, P., AND STOPANI	Germany, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus.		Hamburg.	RSW.
WACHTER, ALBERT	Germany?, c.1850 ?, MIM	French Curve = D.(1985).			Coffeen 9.
WACHTER, EGBERT JACOBSEN	Holland, c.1600, NIM		delivered compasses and sounding lines to Jacob van Neck's expedition.		Mörzer Bruyns 2.
WADDINGTON	England, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96.		Leeds.	RSW.
WADHAM	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Bath.	Goodison 1.
WADSWORTH, HENRY	USA, 1877, MIM SIM	Circumferentor = MYS.	patented, 1877.	Duxbury, Mass.	RSW.
WAECHTLER, FERDINAND FREDERICK	Germany, c.1600, MIM	Celestial Globe box, silver = LAW-300; Pairs of Globes = Soth. 12/7/51, MADEX-28 (silver), (ex-Chadenat).		Furth.	Zinner 1; Michel 3; RSW.
WAGENAER, MAERTEN JOOSTEN	Holland, c.1617,			Enkhuisen.	Rooseboom 1.
WAGER, R.	England, 1783, MIM NIM		appointed master compass-maker to the Admiralty at Deptford Docks, succeeding Samuel Saunders 3.		RSW.
WAGER, RICHARD	England, fl.1728-56, MIM NIM		compass maker.	Naval Dockyard, Deptford.	Taylor 2(216).
WAGNER, JOHANN	Germany, fl.1538-40, MIM	Astrolabe, 1538 (ICA-257) = OXF; Armillary Sphere, 1540 = NUR.		Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Gunther 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Michel 1, 2 and 3; Lunardi; GHP.
WAGNER, M. ZACH.			see Georg Vogt und M. Zach. Wagner.		Zinner 1.
WAHLBOM, ANDERS	Sweden, c.1755, MIM		apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; worked in his shop untill 1755.	Stockholm.	Pipping 1.
WAIT, GREENE AND CO.	USA, c.1828,		sold books, globes, etc.	Boston, mass.	USNM.
WAITE, JOHN	England, fl.1668-95, MIM	apprenticed to Walter Hayes in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 17, 1679; free of the Company on May 17, 1688; took an apprentice.		at Smithfield Bar, London (1688-95).	J. Brown 1.
WAKE, CHARLES	England, c.1833, MIM		made drawing instruments.	11 Silver Street, Golden Square, London.	Taylor 2(2269).
WAKELIN	England, MIM	Perpetual Calendar = Soth. 10/17/60.			RSW.
WAKELY, ANDREW	England, fl.1631-65,		author; advertized in 1633; Taylor lists Wakely as a member of the Joiners' Company who took James Akinson 1 as an apprentice; Crawforth found no record of this; see A.W. 1 for possible instruments.	Redriff Wall, near Cherry Garden Stairs, London.	Taylor 1(169); Crawforth 7.
WAL, JACOBUS VAN DE	Holland, d.1782, OIM		had an observatory at Leiden and made a large telescope.	Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1.
WALCHERLING, B.J.R.	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Horizontal Sundials = BRA, P.C.; Analemmatic Sundial = BRA; Horizontal Sundial and Table Sundial on square plate = BRA; Azimuth Sundial = BRA.		Braunschweig.	Zinner 1; RSW.
WALDEN, J.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Jersey.	Goodison 1.
WALDING, MARTIN	England, c.1770,		marked on a Hadley's quadrant at NMM, made by Thomas Leake, 1770.		Taylor 2(738); NMM 2.
WALDSEEMULLER, MARTIN	Germany; France, c.1470-1518, MIM	Terrestrial Globe Gores, 1507 = Kraus, N.Y., U. of Minnesota; Gores for Globe, 1509 = X.	Waldseemüller.	Rudolfzell; St. Dié; Freiburg.	Edell 1; Yonge.
WALDSTEIN, H.	Austria; USA, c.1840, OIM			Vienna and New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WALES, WILLIAM	England; USA, fl.1850-93, OIM		pupil of Smith and Beck; came to America in the late 1850's; made microscope objectives.	Fort Lee, New Jersey (1891-93).	USNM.
WALFORD, JOHN GEORGE	England, 1790-1832, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	clockmaker.	Banbury.	Goodison 1; Baillie 1.
WALGRAVE, WILLIAM	England, fl.1668-81,		designed an artillery instrument.	Two White Posts, near Little Queen Street, in Newton Street, St. Giles, London.	Taylor 1(329).
WALKER 1	Ireland, c.1799, MIM	Horizontal Sundial = MERC-154; Set of Drawing Instruments = Soth. 10/27/69.		Dublin.	Hamilton 1 & 2; RSW.
WALKER 2	England, NIM		see J. and A. Walker and Walker and Son (2).	Liverpool.	Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; RSW.
WALKER 3	England, c.1800, NIM	Octant = Exhibition "1000 Years of Navigation ", Brussels, 1979.			RSW.
WALKER AND SON 1	Ireland, c.1800, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = P.C. (1982); Sundial = KEN.	see Walker 1.	16 1/2 Temple Bar, Dublin.	Egestorff 1; RSW.
WALKER AND SON 2	England, NIM	Octant, ebony and brass = Phillips 5/20/75.	see Walker 2.	Liverpool.	RSW.
WALKER, ALEXANDER	England, fl.1810-47, MIM NIM OIM		partner with John Walker in J. and A. Walker.	33 Pool Lane (later 34 Castle Street), Liverpool.	Taylor 2(1731).
WALKER, ALEXANDER, AND CO.	England, fl.1857-79, MIM NIM OIM		see J. and A. Walker.	72 South Castle Street, Liverpool.	Bryden 9.
WALKER, EZEKIEL	England, fl.1771-1816, OIM		amateur optician, interested in telescopes and micrometers.	Lynn, Norfolk.	Taylor 2(781).
WALKER, F.	England, c.1820, PHIM	Marine Barometer = VNN.	see Francis Walker.	London.	RSW.
WALKER, F., AND J. HALL	England, 1834, NIM	Octant, ebony, brass and ivory, 1834 = Phillips 2/2/84.		London.	RSW.
WALKER, FRANCIS	England, fl.1810-46, MIM PHIM		see F. Walker.	35 (later 17) Wapping Wall, London.	Taylor 2(1453).
WALKER, FREDERICK	Ireland, fl.1832-50, MIM			7 Trinity Place (1832-33); 31 Clarendon Street (1834-40); 29 Clarendon Street (1841-50); all in Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
WALKER, GEORGE	Ireland, fl.1841-48, MIM OIM			6 Fade Street, Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
WALKER, J. AND A.	England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM	Sextant = WHI.	John and Alexander Walker; could be dealers; T.C.	47 Bernard Street, London; Navigation and Stationery Warehouse, 33 Pool Lane, Liverpool (1823-27); 34 Castle Street (formerly Pool Lane), Liverpool (1837-39); 72 South Castle Street, Liverpool.	Taylor 2(1731a); Bryden 9; Moskowitz 102; Crawforth 6.
WALKER, JOHN	England, fl.1823-79, MIM NIM OIM		partner with Alexander Walker as J. and A. Walker, which see.	Liverpool.	Taylor 2(1731).
WALKER, JOSEPH	England, c.1838, MIM PHIM			43 Skinner Street, Clerkenwell, London.	Taylor 2(2270).
WALKER, MATHEW	Ireland, fl.1721-22, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = Georgia Historical Society, Atlanta.		Dublin.	USNM.
WALKER, RALPH	Jamaica; England, 1749-1824, NIM	Azimuth Compass = NMM; Universal Ring Sundial, mounted over a Compass = PEA.	invented a tide calculator that was made by George Adams 2, an example is at the NMM.	Jamaica; London.	Taylor 2(782); J.A. Bennett 2; Dewhirst; Bedini 8; Brewington 1; RSW.
WALKER, SAMUEL	England, 1739, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial, 1739 = The Holmes, Rotherham.			RSW.
WALKER, THOMAS	England, 1805-73, NIM	Harpoon Log = WHI; Patent Log = ADL-A57; Log, Model A-2 = D.(1972).	nephew of Edward Massey; the A-2 model log was patented in 1866; it was marked "London."	Birmingham; London.	J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 104; G.L'E. Turner 24; ADL; RSW.
WALKER, THOMAS FERDINAND	England, fl.1861-1912, NIM		son of Thomas Walker; joined the firm in 1861; made taffrail logs.	Birmingham; London.	J.A. Bennett 2; Moskowitz 104.
WALKER, WILLIAM 1	Ireland, fl.1775-1819, MIM	Miner's Dial, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84; Circumferentor, 1797 = P.C.; Mathematical Instrument Set, etui, 1779 = Soth. 10/22/69.	see William Walker and Son (1805-19); father of William Walker 2.	15 Temple Bar (1776-88); 17 Temple Bar (1791-1819); both in Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9.
WALKER, WILLIAM 2	Ireland, fl.1805-26, MIM		son of William Walker 1; see William Walker and Son.	17 Temple Bar, Dublin (1819-26).	Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
WALKER, WILLIAM, AND SON	Ireland, fl.1805-19, MIM	Circumferentors = P.C., P.C. (1802), DUB (1807).	William Walker 1 and his son, William Walker 2.	17 Temple Bar; 16 1/2 Temple Bar; both in Dublin.	Bryden 9; Morrison-Low and Burnett.
WALKINS, W.			misreading for W. Watkins.	James Street, London.	Bonelli 4.
WALL, COL. GEORGE	USA, 1788,		invented "Wall's Trigonometer" in 1788.	Bucks County, Pa.	Bedini 8.
WALL, THOMAS	USA, 1797-1854, MIM PHIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio.		Cleveland, Ohio (1845-54).	Smart 1; USNM.
WALLACE, JAMES	Scotland, OIM	Telescope = D.(1978).		Androssan.	RSW.
WALLACE, WILLIAM	Scotland, 1768-1843,		invented the Eidograph in 1801; professor of mathematics at Edinburgh University.	Edinburgh.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
WALLER 1	Germany, c.1690, OIM	Double Burning Glass = DRE.		Tschimhaüs.	RSW.
WALLER 2			see Woller.		Goodison 1.
WALLINGFORD, RICHARD OF			see Richard of Wallingford.		Michel 3; Gunther 2; North 4.
WALLIS, JAMES	England, 1790, MIM	Vertical Sundial, 1790 = house in St. Ives.		St. Ives.	Gatty.
WALMSLEY, W.H.	USA, OIM		microscope importer and dealer.	Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
WALPOLE, CHARLES	England; USA, c.1746, MIM			London; Wall Street, New York, N.Y.	Bedini 1.
WALPOLE, THOMAS			variant spelling for Thomas Walpool.
WALPOOL, THOMAS	England, fl.1683-1703, MIM		apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on March 7, 1677; free of the Company on March 7, 1683; took apprentices.	at the Mariner and Compass, Minories, London (1696-1715).	J. Brown 1; Taylor 1(505) & 2(128); Evans 1.
WALTER	Ireland, 1792, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass, 1792 = Phillips 2/2/84.		Dublin.	RSW.
WALTER, BERNHARD	Germany, 1434-1504, MIM		sundial maker.	Nürnberg.	Lunardi; Gatty.
WALTER, JAMES	England, PHIM		made barometers and other weather indicators.	14 Water Street, Liverpool.	USNM.
WALTON	England,		wheel barometer signed "J. Browning Walton Glastonbury"; Walton was probably a dealer who carried the work of John Browning (3).	Glastonbury.	Soth. 7/21/87.
WALTON, JAMES	England, OIM	Instrument = KEN.			Taylor 2(2271).
WALTON, JOHN	England, c.1713, MIM		apprenticed to John Wood in the Clockmakers' Company on July 6, 1713.		J. Brown 3.
WANNCK	Germany, 17th Century, MIM	Table Sundial = Drouot 6/2/49.			Michel 3.
WANSCHAFF	Germany, NIM	Reflecting Circle = KEN-1876-998.			RSW.
WARD	England, fl.1843-51,		barometer maker.	79 Bishopsgate Within, London.	Goodison 1.
WARD AND SMITH	England, c.1735,		William Ward and Caleb Smith; designed a sextant in 1735 which was made by Thomas Heath 1.		J. Brown 1.
WARD, HENRY	England, fl.1755-1820, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	watch and clockmaker; author; the barometer is signed "H. Ward Blandford."	Blandford.	Goodison 1; Baillie 1.
WARD, JAMES 1	England, fl.1675-1711, MIM		consructed sundials; engineer.	Langley.	Taylor 1(388).
WARD, JAMES 2	England, c.1792,		apprenticed to Ebenezer Rust 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 7, 1792.		J. Brown 1.
WARD, JOHN 1	England, fl.1722-55, OIM		apprenticed to Timothy Brandreth of the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1714; free of the Company, Jan. 11, 1722; Master of the Company from 1737 to 1744.		Court and von Rohr 3(94).
WARD, JOHN 2	England, c.1734, MIM		apprenticed to James Parker in the Grocers' Company on Feb. 26, 1714; free of the Company, Jan. 22, 1735 by Mrs. Elizabeth Parker.		J. Brown 1.
WARD, JOHN 3	England, c.1783,		apprenticed to Robert Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on July 3, 1783.		J. Brown 1.
WARD, MACOCK	USA, 1702-83, MIM		made and repaired mathematical instruments; clockmaker; loyalist.	Wallingford, Conn.	Bedini 8.
WARD, WILLIAM	England, c.1735,		worked with Caleb Smith to design a new sextant; see Ward and Smith.		J. Brown 1.
WARDEN, WILLIAM	England, fl.1767-70, MIM		also a casemaker.	High Street (1767); Market Place (1770); both in Walsall.	Bryden 9.
WARE AND HIREMAN	USA, fl.1855-58, MIM OIM PHIM SIM		Henry Ware and the brothers, Hy W. and John H. Hireman.	25 East 4th Street, Cincinnatti, Ohio.	Smart 1.
WARE, HENRY	USA, 1810-85, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = DPW.	worked alone, 1839-55; partner with Hy W. and John H. Hireman as Ware and Hireman (1855-58); alone again (1858-85); early maker of Burt's solar compass; bought a transit from Gurley in 1864.	at Shawk's boards, corner of 5th and Sycamore (1839-55); 25 East 4th Street (1855-56); East Fourth Street (1858-85); all in Cincinnatti, Ohio.	Smart 1; USNM; RSW.
WARE, RICHARD	England, c.1716, MIM		apprenticed to John Crooke 1 in the Joiners' Company on July 6, 1708; free in the Company, June 5, 1716	London.	Crawforth 7.
WAREHAM, ROBERT	England; USA, 1825-92, MIM	Surveying Compass = X; Transit = X.	apprenticed to Edmund Draper c.1839, and was his foreman until Draper died in 1882.	England; 226 Pear (1867-90); 402 Locust (1891); both in Philadelphia, Pa.	Smart 1; Miller.
WARLTIRE	England, 18th Century, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	possibly the owner.		Goodison 1.
WARMAN, THOMAS	England, c.1696,		apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1696.		Crawforth 7.
WARMELO, JOH.	Holland, 1742, NIM		made cross-staffs.	Utrechtschestraat, Amsterdam (1742).	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
WARNER 1	England, 18th Century, MIM	Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 12/13/71.		Lincoln's Inn Fields, London.	RSW.
WARNER 2			see Roach and Warner; see Henry Warner.		Smart 1.
WARNER, HENRY	USA, 1810-57, MIM NIM PHIM		worked alone from 1834 to 1840 and from 1846 to 1857; took John Roach as a partner, 1841-45; the firm was known as Roach and Warner.	293 Broadway (1838-42); 105 Fulton (1842-43); 68 Fulton Street; all in New York, N.Y.	Smart 1; USNM.
WARNER, JOHN 1	England, c.1672, MIM		apprenticed by turnover to Edward Fage of the Clockmakers' Company on July 4, 1672.		J. Brown 3.
WARNER, JOHN 2	England, fl.1682 to + or - 1700, MIM PHIM		apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on March 29,1675; free of the Company, April 3, 1682; took apprentices; author; barometer maker; made improvements to the type of slide rule which he manufactured; Taylor and Goodison indicate that he was in business until 1722 but this is not confirmed.	at the Sign of the King's Arms and Globe, Little Lincols's Inn Fields, end of Portugal Row, London.	Taylor 1(449) & 2(129); Goodison 1; Robischon; J. Brown 3.
WARNER, JOHN 3	England, fl.1697-1705, MIM		apprenticed to Edward Norris of the Clockmakers' Company; free of the Company Jan. 8, 1697; may have taken Richard Hamilton as an apprentice, Sept. 1705.	Lomdon.	J. Brown 3.
WARNER, JOHN 4	England, c.1712, MIM		apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on April 7, 1712; may have been turned over to Richard Hamilton of the Clockmakers' Company.		J. Brown 3.
WARNER, JOHN 5	England, post-1856, MIM OIM PHIM			72 Fleet Street, London, E.C.	USNM.
WARRANTED			used by American instrument makers to guarantee the instrument they either made or bought.		Warner 14.
WARREN, BENJAMIN	USA, 1740-1825, MIM NIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass, wood = Streeter Coll., Yale University.	compass card printed by Paul Revere.	Plymouth, New Engd. (Mass).	Smart 1; Price 2; Bedini 8 & 16; USNM; Warner 12.
WARRENER, SOLOMON	England, c.1787,		apprenticed to John Karmock of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 6, 1787.		J. Brown 1.
WARRICK, ENOCH	England, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth.-S 4/24/87.			RSW.
WARRINER, CHAUNCEY	USA, c.1846, MIM			Washington, D.C.	USNM.
WARRIS, WILLIAM	England, fl.1804-22, OIM		held a patent on a mount for opera glasses.	Burgen Street, Sheffield.	Taylor 2(1239); Dewhirst.
WARWICK, WILLIAM	England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM			16A Sloane Square, Chelsea, London.	Taylor 2(2036a).
WASH, EDWARD	England, c.1801, MIM		apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield of the Grocers' Company on May 7, 1801; free of the Company June 2, 1808.	London.	J. Brown 2.
WASHBOURNE	England, OIM	Lucernal Microscope = Clay Coll.			Clay and Court; Dewhirst.
WASHINGTON, ABRAHAM	England, c.1650, MIM		may be the maker of several instruments signed "A.W." (1); alternate choices would be Andrew Wakely or Abraham Watlington; the instruments are quadrants dated 1639, 1640 and 1644, also a terrestrial globe dated 1652.		Taylor 1(214a); Weil 2 (17).
WASSERLEIN, R.	Germany, OIM	Microscope = Christie-SK 6/2/83.		Berlin.	RSW.
WAST, PAULUS	Holland, c.1793, MIM OIM PHIM	Barometer = van Cleef en Scheurleer Auction, 1799; Plate from Thermometer = OXF; Barometer = LEY.		Langebrugsteeg over O.Z. Heenenlogment, Amsterdam (1793).	Mörzer Bruyns 2; van Cittert 2; Maddison 1; Daumas 1; USNM.
WAST, PAULUS, EN ZOON	Holland, c.1800, MIM OIM PHIM	Barometer = Fries Museum, Leeuwarden; Triple Tube Barometer = Bonhams 9/2/77.		Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; RSW.
WATER AND CO.	England, 19th Century, MIM	Sundial = Christie-SK 4/17/86.	marked "Caernarvon Lat'e 53° 7', Long. 4° 15' west."	Caernarvon.	RSW.
WATERMAN, GURDON			see Gurdon.		Pugsley Sale; RSW.
WATKINS 1	England, 1730, PHIM	Angle Barometer, 1730 = VAA.		London.	Grimaldi.
WATKINS 2	England, 1803, MIM	Pocket Compass, 1803 = Soth. 10/21/74.	could be Jeremiah or Francis (2) Watkins.	Charing Cross, London.	RSW.
WATKINS 3	England, fl.1825-30, MIM	Miner's Dial = D.(1967).	see William Watkins 1.	16 Augustine's Parade, Bristol.	Bryden 9; Dewhirst.
WATKINS 4	England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	many instruments are signed "Watkins Charing Cross, London."	several instrument makers named Watkins used this address, it is difficult to differentiate between them.	Charing Cross, London.	RSW.
WATKINS 5	England, c.1790, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM		many instruments are signed "Watkins London"; could be the same as Watkins 4; the same comments apply.	London.	RSW.
WATKINS AND HILL	England, fl.1819-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums, examples at TEY, OXF, KEN, VNN, WHI, etc.	the firm started as Jeremiah Watkins and a descendant of Nathaniel Hill (1819-28); their trade card says they were "Mathematical, Optical and Philosophical Instrument Makers to Their Royal Highnesses The Dukes of York and Clarence"; they succeeded J. and W. Watkins; c.1828 Jeremiah was replaced by Francis Watkins 3; MIMs to the University of London; the firm's air pump won a prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; they were succeeded by the Elliott Brothers, c.1857.	5 Charing Cross, London.	Taylor 2(423); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Goodison 1; USNM; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 122; Wynter 1; Coffeen C and 43; RSW.
WATKINS AND SMITH	England, 1764-77, MIM OIM PHIM	Gunner's Calipers = Evans Coll.; Telescope = X; Odometer = Soth. 4/29/77; Stick Barometer = Audley End; Angle Barometers = D.(1978), KEN (1763).	Francis Watkins 1 and Addison Smith.	Charing Cross, London.	USNM; Evans 1; Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Moskowitz 122; McConnell; RSW.
WATKINS, A.W.	England, c.1808, PHIM	Inclined Barometer = USNM.		St. James Street, London (1808).	USNM.
WATKINS, FRANCIS 1	England, before 1723-84, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Microscopes = KEN, LEY, Christie 12/17/75; Telescopes = KEN, CMY; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 5/12/75; Circumferentor = Soth. 5/12/75; Angle Barometers = OXF, D., Christie 12/6/78 (1753), Phillips-Scot. 3/29/90; Stick Barometers = VCW, KEN; Theodolite = WHI; Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 5/15/96; etc.	apprenticed to Nathaniel Adams in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1737; free of the Company, 1746; took Addison Smith as an apprentice in 1750 and as a partner from 1764 to 1777; succeeded by Jeremiah and William (1) Watkins (Sons?) in 1782; balance maker; introduced the angle barometer in 1752. T.C.	Sir Isaac Newton's Head, Charing Cross, London.	Taylor 2(423); Crawforth 1; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Moskowitz 122; Goodison 1; Pipping 1; Court and von Rohr 3(142); Robischon; RSW.
WATKINS, FRANCIS 2	England, c.1763, OIM PHIM		nephew of Francis Watkins 1; apprenticed to Addison Smith in the Spectaclemakers' Company on July 6, 1763.	Charing Crosss, London.	Taylor 2(1733); Goodison 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3186); G.L'E. Turner 24.
WATKINS, FRANCIS 3	England, fl.1828-35, MIM OIM PHIM		replaced Jeremiah Watkins in Watkins and Hill, 1828.	5 Charing Cross, London.	Goodison 1.
WATKINS, HENRY M.	USA, c.1847, PHIM		received a diploma for his electromagnetic machines at the Fair of the American Institute, Oct., 1847.	167 William Street, New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WATKINS, J. AND H.			misreading of J. and W. Watkins.		Cristie-SK 4/17/86.
WATKINS, J. AND W.	England, fl.1784-98, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Telescope = D.(1976); Solar Microscope = D.(1973); Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Ellipsograph = Phillips 9/10/86; Garden Sundial, 1785 = Soth.10/19/64; Theodolite = Soth.7/15/63; Graphometer = PEA; Hodometer = RSM.	Jeremiah and Walter Watkins; they succeeded their uncle, Francis Watkins 1 in 1784; instrument makers to the Duke and Duchess of York and to the Duke of Clarence; T.C.; Taylor listed this firm as Jeremiah and William (1) Watkins.	5 Charing Cross, London.	Goodison 1; Taylor 2(1052) & (1053); Moskowitz 122; Wynter 1; Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; RSW.
WATKINS, JEREMIAH	England, fl.1785-1828, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Hodometer = Christie-SK 8/20/87; Hadley's Quadrant = CMY; Case of Drawing Instruments = DPW; etc.	nephew of Francis Watkins 1; brother of Walter Watkins; cousin or brother of William Watkins 1; worked with his brother, Walter Watkins, from 1784 to1798, as successors to Francis Watkins 1; worked alone 1799-1819; took Hill as a partner in Watkins and Hill in 1819; T.C.; instrument makers to their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of York and Clarence and to the Hone. East India Company.	No. 5 Charing Cross, London.	Taylor 2(1052) & (1053); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24; Moskowitz 122; Court and von Rohr 3(XXXV); USNM; RSW.
WATKINS, JOHN	England, c.1722, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 of the Grocers' Company on Nov.28, 1722.		J. Brown 1.
WATKINS, THOMAS	England, c.1746, NIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = VCU.	apprenticed to James Tomlinson in the Spectaclemakers' Company on Oct. 2, 1746; the barometer is signed "T. Watkins."		Clay and Court; RSW.
WATKINS, WALTER	England, fl.1784-1808, MIM OIM PHIM		from 1784 to 1798 he was a partner with his brother, Jeremiah, as J. and W. Watkins; they succeeded their uncle, Francis Watkins 1,	5 Charing Cross, London.	Goodison 1; Crawforth 1.
WATKINS, WILLIAM 1	England, fl.1784-1809, MIM OIM PHIM	Hodometer = OXF; Microscope = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Telescope = Christie 12/18/74; Instrument = NMM; Sundial = ROM; Angle Barometer = USNM; Stick Barometers = Earl Spencer Coll., X.	grandson of William Berry; brother or cousin of Jeremiah and Walter Watkins.	22 St. James (1784-99); 70 St. James (1800-09); both in London.	Taylor 2(1053a); Middleton 1; Goodison 1; RSW.
WATKINS, WILLIAM 2	England, fl.1825-30, MIM OIM PHIM	Sundial, wooden case = OXF; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/9/59; Wheel Barometer = X; Instrument = NMM; Telescope = D.(1978).		16 Augustine Parade; St. Augustine's Back; both in Bristol.	Taylor 2(1734); Evans 1; Dewhirst; Goodison 1; RSW.
WATLINGTON, ABRAHAM	England, 1644, MIM	Gunter's Quadrant, 1644 = BM.	signed "Abraham Watlington fecit umbra sum"; see A.W. 1.		Ward 4; Price 3; Bryden 16; RSW.
WATSON 1	England, c.1815, OIM	Telescopes = KEN, D.(1973), Soth. 4/24/45.	probably James Watson 2.	4 Saville Place, opposite Lambeth Terrace, London.	Clay and Court; Dewhirst; USNM; RSW.
WATSON 2	USA, c.1856, MIM		see William Burt and Watson.	Detroit, Mich.	RSW.
WATSON 3	England, post-1865, PHIM	Barometer and Altimeter = Christie 12/18/74.	marked "invented by H.A.H., 1865."	4 Pall Mall, London.	RSW.
WATSON AND SON	England, OIM	Microscope, # 1273 = Christie 12/8/76.	might be William Watson 1.	313 high Holborn, London.	RSW.
WATSON, D. FRASER	England, c.1905, PHIM	Aneroid Barometer = Soth.- Pulborough 3/1/83.		Manchester.	RSW.
WATSON, HENRY	England, c.1860,		made Armstrong's hydro-electric machine.	Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	USNM.
WATSON, JAMES 1	England, c.1719,		apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1708; free in the Company, 1719.		Crawforth 7.
WATSON, JAMES 2	England, fl.1771-1824, OIM	Telescopes = P.C. (1975), P.C. (1982), KEN, Soth. 3/25/86, Christie 12/17/75, D.(1976).	the telescopes are often signed "J. Watson London"; he was also a telescope maker for the trade.	London.	Taylor 2(1241); Moskowitz ; USNM; RSW.
WATSON, JOHN	England, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; free of the company.		Crawforth 7.
WATSON, N., AND SONS LTD.			misreading for W. Watson and Sons Ltd.		Soth. 7/18/73.
WATSON, R.	England, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Sight = Christie 7/5/71.		Newcastle.	RSW.
WATSON, ROBERT 1	England, c.1690, MIM		apprenticed to John Warner 2 of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 24, 1690.	London.	J. Brown 3.
WATSON, ROBERT 2	England, c.1830, MIM	Level = P.C.		Manchester.	Delehar 4.
WATSON, ROGER	England, c.1634,		apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 14, 1634.		Crawforth 7.
WATSON, SAMUEL	England, fl.1674-1712, MIM NIM	Garden Sundial, 1688 = TIM.	devised a machine to find longitude at sea; made astronomical clocks.	Coventry; Long Acre, London.	Taylor 1(381); Evans 1; J. Brown 3; RSW.
WATSON, THOMAS	USA, 1832-1906, MIM		partner with William Burt, 1857-58, worked alone, 1859.	214 Jefferson (1857-58); 34 Montcalm (1859); both in Detroit, Mich.	Smart 1.
WATSON, THOMAS N.	USA, fl.1867-70, MIM SIM		partner in William J. Young and Co. with William J. Young and Charles S. Heller.	43 North Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa.	Smart 1.
WATSON, W., AND SON LTD.	England, post-1850, OIM	Microscope = Phillips 2/14/79.	might be William Watson 1.		RSW.
WATSON, W., AND SONS	England, fl.1837-99, MIM OIM	Eidograph = Christie 7/23/80; Microscopes = D.(1972), Christie 12/8/76 (# 1150) & (# 2761), Christie 5/26/76 (#3380), Phillips 4/20/83 (# 1578) and 12/12/89, K. and C. 9/29/76; Sundial = Christie 12/8/76.	might be William Watson 1.	313 High Holorn, London.	Taylor 2(2272); RSW.
WATSON, W., AND SONS LTD.	England, fl.1900-27, MIM OIM	Microscope, # 66907 = Christie 12/8/76; Binocular Microscope, # 69798 = Christie 12/8/76; Telescope, 1918 and Microscopes (3) = Christie 5/26/76; Microscopes = D.(1972, Soth. 7/18/73; Telescope = D.(1976); Oxford Astrolabes, aluminum and paper = WHI, P.C., etc.	this firm may have been started by William Watson 1; the 1927 catalogue was the 41st edition; the astrolabe was designed by Jenkin.	313 High Holborn, London.	Moskowitz 104; USNM; Bryden 16; Gunther 1; RSW.
WATSON, WILLIAM 1	England, MIM OIM		apprenticed to Thomas Ventom in the Merchant Taylors' Company; made free of the Company; may be the founding Watson in W. Watson and Son(s).		Crawforth 7.
WATSON, WILLIAM 2	England, c.1755, NIM	Compass Card = X.	T.C.; compasses and nautical instruments.	Church Lane Stairs, Hull.	C.N. Robinson; Bryden 9.
WATSON, WILLIAM 3	England, d.1857, MIM	Vertical Sundials (2) = Church and house in Seaton Ross, East Riding, Yorkshire.	farmer.	Seaton Ross, Yorkshire.	Gatty; Flamank.
WATT, JAMES	Scotland; England, 1736-1819, NIM	Sextant = Christie-SK 5/8/86; Sector = John Rathbone and Sons, Brmingham, 1880.	apprenticed to John Morgan 2 in the Joiners' Company, c.1750-56; trained to be a rule maker; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham.	London.	Rathbone 1; RSW.
WATT, JAMES 1	Scotland; England, 1736-1819, MIM PHIM	Sector = KEN; Stick Barometer = RSM; Set of register plates = KEN.	apprenticed to John Morgan in London; returned to Glasgow in 1756; "Mathematical Instrument Maker to the College of Glasgow", 1757 to 1771; the engineer who developed the steam engine; invented several mathematical instruments; worked with Matthew Boulton in Birmingham, 1775.	Greenock; London; Saltmarket, Glasgow (1759-64); Irongate, Glasgow (1764-71); Birmingham (1775); Heathfield.	Taylor 2(548); Bryden 3 & 11; Goodison 1; Delehar 2; Dewhirst; RSW.
WATT, JAMES 2	Scotland, fl.1827-63, MIM SIM		made measuring lines and survey chains.	407 Argyll Street (1827-35); 179 Argyll Street (1836); 7 South Albion Street and 179 Argyll Street (1837-40); 11 St. Enoch Square and 179 Argyll Street (1841); 3 and 11 St. Enoch Square (1842); 3 St. Enoch Square (1843-53); 16 Croy place (1854-61); 11 Turner's Court (1862-63); all in Glasgow.	Bryden 3.
WATTLEWORTH	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Whitehaven.	Goodison 1.
WATTS	England, 19th Century, MIM NIM	Dip Needle = Melun 4/24/83.	see E.R. Watts.	London.	RSW.
WATTS, E.R.	England, c.1880, MIM NIM SIM	Pocket Sextant = Phillips 5/20/75; Theodolite = Auction, Honfleur 6/17/79.		London.	RSW.
WATTS, E.R., AND CO.	England, MIM SIM	Theodolite = Soth. 1/27/75.		London.	RSW.
WATTS, E.R., AND SON	England, post-1850, MIM SIM	Theodolites = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87, K. & C. 4/7/76; Self-Adjusting Level = Phillips-Leeds 6/24/87; Sextant = Soth. 6/21/76.		London.	RSW.
WATTS, J.	USA, MIM	Gauge, wood, 45" and Rule, wood, 48" = Salem Maritime Nat'l Historic Site.	the gauge is shod in steel.	corner of City Square and Chelsea Street, Charlestown, Mass.	RSW.
WATTS, JOHN	England, c.1712, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on April 4, 1698; free of the Company, Nov.3, 1712.		J. Brown 3.
WATTS, W.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
WAULMAN, G.S.	USA, MIM OIM PHIM		T.C.	116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y.	Smart 1.
WAUN, ABRAHAM HARTOG	Holland, 1769-1833, MIM PHIM		worked with his father, Hartog Waun (1802-15), and with his brother, Jacob Waun (1816-33).	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2.
WAUN, HARTOG	Holland, fl.1769-1815, MIM PHIM		worked with his son, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1802-15.	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2.
WAUN, JACOB	Holland, fl.1816-33, MIM PHIM		worked with his brother, Abraham Hartog Waun, 1816-33.	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2.
WAUQUIER	France, c.1825, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth. 12/15/72.	the barometer is signed "Wauquier-Soleil Paris."	Paris.	RSW.
WAUTHIER, JULES	England, fl.1853-55, PHIM		barometer maker.	45 Wilmington Square, London.	Goodison 1.
WAWEN, GERVAS	England, c.1689, MIM		apprenticed to Richard Conyers of the Clockmakers' Company on Nov. 14, 1689.		J. Brown 3.
WAWRZNEIC, LAURENCE	Poland, 17th Century, MIM	Astronomical Clock = Polish Nat'l Collection, Montreal, Canada (1955).		Thorn.	Connoisseur, Sept. 1955.
WEABER	England, c.1850, OIM	Cary-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88.		London.	RSW.
WEARDEN			variant of Warden.		Bryden 9.
WEATHERILL, WILLIAM	USA, c.1800,		mathematician.	62 Broadway, New York, N.Y. (1800).	USNM.
WEATHERSTON, JOHN	England, fl.1787-1801, MIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	clock and watch maker.	Woolmarket, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Goodison 1.
WEBB 1	England, MIM SIM	Theodolite = Soth. 2/26/68.		London.	RSW.
WEBB 2			see Killick and Webb.		Bell 2.
WEBB, AMBROSE	England, c.1722, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Feilder of the Clockmakers' Company on Dec. 10, 1712; free of the Company, March 5, 1722.		J. Brown 3.
WEBB, HENRY	England,		naturalist; prepared microscope slides.	George Street, Balsall Heath.	USNM.
WEBB, ISAAC	England, fl.1669-95, MIM		admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 18, 1669; took apprentices; turned Benjamin Owen over to William Newton 1.	London.	J. Brown 3; Clay and Court.
WEBB, J.	England, MIM	Inclinable Sundial = P.C. (1982).		London.	RSW.
WEBB, JOHN	England, 1760-1846, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Stick Barometer = X; Wheel Barometer = X; Theodolite = Phillips 2/2/84; Instrument = X.	T.C.	Old Established Shop, 408 Oxford Street; 192 Tottenham Court Road, opposite the chapel (1817); 28 Francis Street; all in London.	Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; Taylor 2(665); RSW.
WEBB, JOSEPH	England, c.1751, MIM		apprenticed to Joshua Bourne in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 2, 1744; made free in the Company on Christopher Stedman's report on Nov. 12, 1751.	London.	Crawforth 7.
WEBB, JOSEPH BENJAMIN	England, fl.1825-28, MIM NIM PHIM			13 Charles Street, City Road, London.	Taylor 2(1737).
WEBB, RICHARD	England, c.1842, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial = Denton.		Denton.	Gatty.
WEBB, THOMAS	England, c.1793, MIM	Rule, folding, wood = D.(1988).	rule maker.	8 Earl Street, St. James, Bristol.	Bryden 9.
WEBBER, JOHN	England, c.1800, MIM PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Webber London."	Woolwich.	Goodison 1; Baillie 1.
WEBBERS, ZACHARIAS	Holland, 1639, MIM	Pillar and Spherical Sundial, 1639 = SWE.	the sundial is signed "Zacharias Webbers Lipsiensis ad Elavationem Poli 52 Graden Amsteldami: Anno 1639."	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; Pipping 1; RSW.
WEBSTER	England, c.1835,		improved the beam level; might be Henry Webster.		Moskowitz 104.
WEBSTER AND HAVENS	USA, c.1852, PHIM			Boston, Mass.	USNM.
WEBSTER, HENRY	England, fl.1843-60, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	looking-glass, and thermometer maker.	3 Vineyard Walk, Clerkenwell (1843-46); 37 Coppice Row (1847-60); both in London.	Goodison 1.
WEBSTER, J.	USA, fl.1853-56, PHIM			Boston, Mass.	USNM.
WECHIO, J.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		Exeter.	Goodison 1.
WEDDERBURN, THOMAS			see Adie and Wedderburn.		Bryden 3.
WEDDIGEN, H.G.	Germany, c.1700, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial on ivory cube = KAS.			Zinner 1.
WEDGEWOOD, JOSIAH	England, 1730-95, PHIM		ceramicist; introduced a pyrometer consisting of fusable clay cones in 1782.	Burslem.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
WEED, B.	England, c.1850 z, NIM	Sextant = D.(1972).		Liverpool.	Moskowitz 104.
WEEDEN, JOHN	England, c.1822, OIM			18 Baldwyne Street, City Road, London.	Taylor 2(1738).
WEEDON, WILLIAM JOHN	England, fl.1822-32, MIM OIM PHIM			7 Norman Street, St. Luke's, London.	Taylor 2(1739).
WEEKES, JOHNSON	England, fl.1683-84, MIM		apprenticed by turnover to Robert Cooke of the Clockmakers' Company on June 5, 1671; free of the Company Dec. 3, 1683; took an apprentice.	London.	J. Brown 3; Clay and Court.
WEET, JOHN	England, 1728, MIM	Perpetual Calendar, 1728 = BM.			Price 3; Ward 4.
WEETS, JOHNSON			misreading for Johnson Weekes.		Dewhirst.
WEGELIN, BARTHOLOMAEUS	Switzerland, 1683-1750,		author; wrote on cosmography and armillary spheres.	St. Gallen.	Michel 3.
WEGELIN, JOSUA	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Sundial on table clock = Auction, Munich 1933.		Augsburg.	Michel 3.
WEHMANN, H.	Germany, NIM	Octants = BRE, D.(1976); Compass Card = BRE.	instrument maker and dealer; the dealer's octant was marked "sold by."	Vegasac.	RSW.
WEHMANN, T.E.	Germany, PHIM	Stick Barometer = OMM.		Vegasac.	RSW.
WEICHERT, WILLIAM	England, c.1830, NIM	Octant = Christie pre-1987; Sextant = D.(1978).	T.C.	Cardiff.	J.A. Bennett 2; RSW.
WEICKERT 1	Germany, c.1650, PHIM	Nest of Weights = DRE.		Cologne.	RSW.
WEICKERT 2	Germany, c.1780, MIM	Protractor = DRE.		Leipzig.	RSW.
WEIGEL, ERHARD	Germany, 1625-99, MIM	Celestial Globes inside Armillary Spheres, 1699 = BASH, KAS, Breslau Universitäts Sternwarte, NUR, etc.; Globe, silver with coat-of-arms and weather vane = MUN; Celestial Globes, 1699 = NMM, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, Pa. (copper); Terrestrial Globe, 1699 = FLO; Celestial Globe = FLO.	author; wrote on globes.	Jena.	Zinner 1; Price 2; Yonge; RSW.
WEILBACH, JOHAN PHILIP	Denmark, c.1830, NIM	Crown Compass = Den Gamle By, Aarhus.	made liquid compasses.	Copenhagen.	J.A. Bennett 2; RSW.
WEILER, J.			marked later on gunner's level by Picart, at OXF.		RSW.
WEILER, MARTIN 1	Germany, 1590, MIM	Astrolabe, 1590 (ICA-3025) = SKO.	"Iochemus Haertsberch Lybeck.....", owner.	Eisleben.	Zinner 1; ICA 2; Price 2; Brieux 2; RSW.
WEILER, MARTIN 2		Universal Ring Sundial, (falsely dated 1590) = X.	fake, probably by the London forger.		Brieux 2.
WEINMANN, CHRISTOPH	Germany, fl.1678-88, MIM SIM	Sector, 1678 = HAK; Rules (2), 1688 = ROU; Graphometers = Schloss Moosham, Salzburg, the Königsberg Stadt. Sammlung; Artillery Level, 1685 = DRE.		Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; Michel 3; Lunardi; RSW.
WEINMAYSTER, GEORGIO			astrolabe ICA-256 is inscribed "Valentinus Sonthalmer Georgio Weinmayster dono 1535"; it is also marked "H.G. 1537" (1); the long inscription is marked in the mater; the astrolabe was formerly in the Nachet Coll.		Price 1; ICA 2; Gunther 1; Zinner 1; MADEX; Nachet.
WEIR, ROBERT	Ireland, fl. 1785-1846, OIM	Polyhedral Sundial, 1785 = Ardrossan, Ayr.		17 Bridge Street, Coleraine.	Morrison-Low and Burnett; Somerville.
WEISS AND SON	England, c.1850, PHIM		showed in the Great London Exhibition of London in 1851.	62 Strand, London.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
WEISS, GEORGE	USA, fl.1853-54, MIM NIM PHIM			New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WEISS, GOTFRIED	Germany, c.1730, MIM	Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = VIE, GRA, OXF; Equatorial Sundial = Breslau Sternwarte; Table Sundial = KEN; Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87; Particular Sundial, with case = Soth. 4/17/61; Equatorial Sundial = GRA.		Nürnberg	Zinner 1; Maddison 1; Lunardi; RSW.
WEIZSAEKER, V.	France, NIM	Sextant = Seamans Institute, New York, N.Y.		Dunkerque.	USNM.
WELCH, BENJAMIN	England, c.1700,		apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 of the Joiners' Company in 1700.		Crawforth 7.
WELCH, GEORGE	England, c.1796, MIM		apprenticed to Richard Rust of the Grocers' Company on Jan.4, 1781; free of the Company on April 7, 1796.	London.	J. Brown 1.
WELCH, J.	England, 1716, MIM	Perpetual Calendar, silver, 1716 = WHI.			Bryden 16.
WELCH, WILLIAM	USA, fl.1838-43, PHIM	Atwood Machine = USNM.		54 Chrystie (1838-39); 43 Eldridge (1841-43); both in New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WELDON			Weldon Range Finder Patent = Christie 5/26/76.		RSW.
WELDON, EDWARD	England, OIM	Telescope, refracting = Christie-SK 11/27/86.		Tunbridge Wells.	RSW.
WELKER, JOHN	USA, 1797, MIM		clock, watch and instrument maker.	Market Street; across from Mrs. Kimboll's Tavern, Patrick Street (1797); both in Washington, D.C.	USNM.
WELLER	England, c.1825, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie's 2/19/97.		Littlehampton.	RSW.
WELLINGEN, H.G.	Germany, MIM	Ivory Sundials (2) = STU.			RSW.
WELLINGTON, ALEXANDER	England, fl.1792-1825, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Octant = D.(1978); Telescope = Phillips 2/22/77; Pantograph = Soth.-S 4/24/87; Microscope = Phillips 4/20/83; Sundial in case = Soth. 7/10/67; Drawing Instrument Sets = Soth. 5/6/69, Drouot Richelieu 4/28/88; Stick Barometer = P.C.	most of his instruments signed simply "Wellington" but one of his microscopeswas signed "Alex\r Wellington, Mathematical Instrument Maker, Crown Court, Soho, London"; had one of the Jones' as an apprentice; joined by his son 1814-15; T.C.; succeeded by Laban Cooke in 1825.	Crown Court, Abinger Street, St. Anne's, Soho, London.	Taylor 2(1056); Crawforth 1; Wynter and Turner; NMM 2; ATG 1/16/93; RSW.
WELLS AND FOSTER 1	USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM		L.T. Wells and James Foster 1.	Cincinnatti, Ohio.	USNM.
WELLS AND FOSTER 2	USA, fl.1838-52, MIM OIM PHIM		William Wells and James Foster 2.	Third Street, near Sycamore (1838-); Walnut, between third and Fourth Streets (-1852); both in Cincinnatti, Ohio.	Smart 1; USNM.
WELLS, GRACE	England, fl.1690-1708, MIM		member of the Joiners' Company; widow of Joseph Wells, Joiner; took apprentices.	London.	Crawforth 7.
WELLS, JAMES	England, c.1664, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Worral of the Joiners' Company in 1656; turned over to Richard Sanders in the Company in 1656; free in the Company, 1664; took an apprentice.	London.	Crawforth 7.
WELLS, JEREMIE	England, fl.1703-35, MIM		apprenticed to his mother, Grace Wells, in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 3, 1690; free of the Company, Sept. 7, 1703.	London.	Crawforth 7.
WELLS, JOHN 1	England, fl.1606-35,		author; designed accurate sundials.	Deptford.	Taylor 1(114).
WELLS, JOHN 2	England, fl.1682-1714, MIM		"Rulemaker"; apprenticed to John White 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on March 13, 1672; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1682; took apprentices;	London?	J. Brown 3.
WELLS, JOHN 3	England, fl.1748, PHIM	Angle Barometer = NMM.	glass toy maker.	Moor Street, Birmingham.	Goodison 1.
WELLS, JONATHAN	England, c.1676, MIM		apprenticed by turnover to Isaac Carver of the Clockmakers' Company on June 1, 1676.		J. Brown 3.
WELLS, JOSEPH	England, fl.1667-90, MIM		apprenticed to John Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 20, 1660; free of the Company July 6, 1668; Brother in the Clockmakers' Company, 1668; succeeded by his widow, Grace Wells; took apprentices; rulemaker.	London.	Taylor 1(333); Clay and Court; Loomes; J. Brown 1 & 3; Crawforth 7.
WELLS, L.T.	USA, pre-1838, MIM OIM PHIM		partner with James Foster 1 as Wells and Foster (1).	Cincinnatti, Ohio.	USNM.
WELLS, NUGENT	England, 19th Century, OIM	Telescope = Phillips 11//16/88.		Newport.	RSW.
WELLS, SAMUEL	England, fl.1817-30, MIM PHIM			3 Clerkenwell Green; 139 Old Street, St. Luke's; both in London.	Taylor 2(1455).
WELLS, WILLIAM	USA, fl.1838-52, MIM OIM PHIM		see Wells and Foster 2; was the partner of James Foster 2.	Cincinnatti, Ohio.	Smart 1.
WELPER, EBERHARD	Germany, 1619, MIM	Quadrant, paper on wood, 1619 = DOR.		Strassburg.	RSW.
WELSH, WILLIAM	USA, 1832, PHIM			New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WELTIN, MELCHIOR	Austria, 1744, MIM	Equatorial Sundials = HAK (1744), VIE; Artillery Level = VIE.	HAK has sights for gnomon.	Vienna.	Zinner 1; W. Eckhardt 3; Rohde; Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW.
WELTZIEN, DANIEL	Germany, fl.1754-77, MIM SIM	Graphometer = HAK.		Hamburg.	Zinner 1.
WENCKEBACH, EDUARD	Holland, 1813-74, NIM	Prismatic Compass, Schmalcalder-type = AMST; Azimuth Compass = NMM; Quintants = TEY (# 46), P.C. (# 27); Bearing Compasses = Auction BOM 1906 & 1910; Sextants = TEY, P.C., Christie 6/17/72; Reflecting Circles = LEY (2), UTR, Poly- technic School, Delft.		Oude Teertuinen 30 (1841-42); Hoek Nieuwebrug en Nieuwe- brugsteeg (1843-52); both in Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1, 2 & 5; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7.
WENGEMAYER, ODDO	Germany, 1622-1703, MIM	Horary Quadrant, wood and paper, 1695 = KRM.		Kremsmünster.	Zinner 1.
WENHAM, F.H.	England, OIM	Binocular Microscope = X.	convertible to a single microscope.	Effra Vale Lodge, Brixton.	USNM.
WENL, EMANUELL	England, c.1686, MIM		apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, July 5, 1686.		Crawforth 7.
WERMELANDS BERGMASSARE CONTOIR			an agency which stamped its name on a magnetic compass made by I.G.H.		RSW.
WERNER		Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1971) = P.C.	Diameter = 5 Rhineland inches = 14 cm.; "Werner fecit Köln"; a modern forgery.		Brieux 4; RSW.
WERNER, J.	Germany, 1574, MIM	Diptych Sundial, 1574 = DRE.	"er J. Werner oder Hartmann"; master mark shows crossed swords on a shield.	Nürnberg.	RSW.
WERNER, JOHANNES	Germany, 1468-1522, MIM	Astrolabe, 1516 (ICA-551) = NUR.	author; sundial maker; made improvements to the cross-staff in 1514.	Nürnberg.	Zinner 1; ICA 2; J.A. Bennett 2; A.J. Turner 10; Lunardi; Price 1; Behaim Cat.(1957).
WERNHER		Universal Ring Sundial = P.C. (1976).	modern English forgery.		Brieux 2.
WERNLE, JOHANN GEORG	Germany, c.1750, MIM	Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = ADL-M297.	may have been item 58 in the Puttick and Simpson Cat., 6/18/1894.	Pressburg.	Zinner 1; Engelmann 1; Fischer; Michel 3; ADL; RSW.
WERTHEIMER, M.	France, c.1845,		see Dr. Roth and M. Wertheimer.		Daumas 1.
WESE	England, late 19th Century, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie 12/17/75.	West (?).	Fleet Street, London.	RSW.
WESLEAK, WILLIAM	England, c.1691,		apprenticed to John Patrick 1 in the Joiners' Company on Mar. 31, 1691.		Crawforth 7.
WESNLE, TOH. GEORG			misreading for Wernle.		P. & S. 6/18/1894.
WESSCHAGL, MANUEL	Germany, d.1728, MIM	Screw-Cutting Tool = USNM.		Augsburg.	RSW.
WESSELL, I.J.	Norway, NIM	Traverse Board = OMM.		Christianafiord.	RSW.
WESSLER INSTRUMENT CO.	USA, MIM SIM	Wye Level = GUR.		St. Louis, Mo.	USNM.
WESSMAN, GUSTAVE	USA, fl.1852-53, MIM NIM PHIM			New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WEST 1	England, MIM OIM PHIM	Telescope = D.(1971); Stick Barometers = Christie 11/16/55, D.(1988); Surveying Instrument = ADL-T40; Universal Ring Sundial = D.(1976); Walking Stick Barometer = NMM; Microscope = Christie-SK 7/10/80.	could be Charles or Francis West.	London.	Goodison 1; ADL; RSW.
WEST 2	England,	Protractor = Phillips 4/20/83.		Liverpool.	RSW.
WEST, CHARLES	England, fl.1814-30, MIM OIM PHIM	Telescopes = WHI, Phillips 2/2/84, Soth. 5/21/73, D.(1971); Stick Barometer = X.	T.C.; may have been in partnership with Charles Robert West.	Serle's Passage, Lincoln's Inn; 5 Cursitor Street, Chancery Lane and 83 St. James Street, Pall Mall (1814-25); all in London.	Taylor 2(1456); Crawforth 1; Court and von Rohr; Goodison 1; Moskowitz 102; RSW.
WEST, CHARLES ROBERT	England, fl.1806-24, OIM	Telescope = P.C.	may have been associated with Charles West; worked with William Bruce on a portable telescope; received a patent on it in 1806.	78 Cornhill and Plow Court, Fetter Lane; Gateway of Lincoln's Inn and St. James, Pall Mall; all in London.	Taylor 2(1242).
WEST, FRANCIS	England, fl.1828-59, MIM OIM PHIM	Barometer = KEN, Meteorological Office, Bracknell; Wheel Barometer = X; Stick Barometers = X, Soth. 2/24/83; Camera Lucida = Exeter; Adams Universal Microscope = Soth. 4/28/69; Horizontal Sundial = Pugsley Sale; Inclinable Sundial = ADL-T40; Cuff-type Microscope = Soth. 10/3/88.	apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' company in 1821; free of the Company, July 8, 1828; sold the log-log slide rule for accounting, invented by Peter Mark Roget in 1815, and divided by John Rooker.	17 Rupert Court, Drury Lane; 83 Fleet Street (1830-44); 41 Strand (1844-56); 92 and 93 Fleet Street (1849-59); all in London.	Taylor 2(1243); Goodison 1; Middleton 1; Court and von Rohr 3(247); Tomlinson 1; Delehar 9; ADL; RSW.
WEST, FRANCIS LINNELL	England, c.1850, MIM OIM PHIM	Stick Barometer, oak = Soth. 5/1/86; Equatorial Sundial = Christie 12/17/75; Microscopes = D.(1972), Soth.-West Sussex 10/18/83.		31 Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, London.	USNM; RSW.
WEST, J.C., AND CO.	England, NIM		T.C. in octant box.		RSW.
WESTBERG, CARL HINDRIC	Sweden, 1720-69, OIM	Telescope = STM.	instrument maker; apprenticed to Daniel Eckström; active from c.1750 untill 1763 when he retired.	Stockholm.	Pipping; RSW.
WESTERMANN, B., AND CO.	USA, OIM		advertised a pocket microscope.	New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WESTERN, GEORGE	England, 1812, MIM	Map Meter, 1812 = X.			Delehar 3.
WESTIN, JOHANN FIEDLER VON			see Johann Fiedler.		RSW.
WESTIN, LUDW. EDW.	England, MIM	Universal Ring Sundial = NOR.	owner?; the name is stamped twice in the case for the dial.		RSW.
WESTLEY	England,		see Carpenter and Westley.		Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; Coffeen B; Dewhirst.
WESTLEY, F.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometers = X, Soth.-S 1/27/88.		27a Old Bond Street, London.	Goodison 1; RSW.
WESTON, W.	England, c.1840, MIM	Rule, 48", folding, wood = D.(1983).			Coffeen C.
WESTON, WILLIAM	England, 1722, MIM	Horizontal Sundial, gilt-brass, 1722 = D.(1973).	for latitude 52°.		RSW.
WETELING, JAN	Holland, fl.1760-71, NIM		"I. Weteling" is marked on a cross-staff signed "J.V.K. 1760"; pupil in the Utrecht Society.	Utrecht.	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
WETHERED, GEORGE	England, c.1677, MIM		apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Sept. 29, 1677.		J. Brown 3.
WETHERELL, JOHN	England, 1690,		apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company, 1690.		Crawforth 7.
WETTER, CHR.			see Chr. Vetter.		Hamilton 1 & 2.
WETTES, DE	Holland?, 1639, MIM	Sundial, ivory, 1639 = Spitzer-47 (2806).	might be a variant of Wetter or Vetter.		Michel 3.
WETTON	England, c.1800, MIM	Terrestrial Globe = Lempertz 6/14/76.		21 Fleet Street, London.	RSW.
WEYDMAN, LUCAS	Poland, 1648, MIM	Instrument, 1648 = BM.		Cracow.	Price 3; Ward 4.
WEYER, JOHN	Poland, MIM	Table Clock = ADL-A11.		Danzig.	ADL; RSW.
WEYERMAN, J.H.	Germany, 1747, MIM	Universal Ring Sundial, 1747 = OXF.		Ronsdorff.	Evans 1; Gunther 2; Michel 3.
WEYGAND, F.J.	Holland, c.1816, MIM	Terrestrial Globe Gores (attached) = Free Library, Philadelphia, Pa.	"Globe artificiel et méchinique à l'usage du Petit Géographer à Amsterdam."	Amsterdam; The Hague.	Yonge.
WEYK, JACOBUS	Holland, 1767, MIM			in de Kalverstraat bij de Luciessteeg, Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1.
WEYMAN, DE	1676, NIM	Tell-tale Compass, 1676 = Christie 6/7/72.	the compass is also marked "int. bos."		RSW.
WEYS			see Weiss.		Zinner 1.
WHALEY	England, c.1840, NIM PHIM	Octant = D.; Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88; Marine Barometer and Thermometer = Soth.-Bill. 4/21/93.		Hartlepool.	RSW.
WHEATON, JOSEPH	England, c.1717,		apprenticed to Edmund Blow in the Joiners' Company on Aug. 6, 1717.		Crawforth 7.
WHEATON, SETH	USA, 1779, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant, 1779 = Richard Bourne Auction 8/9/79.		Providence, R.I.	RSW.
WHEATSTONE, CHARLES	England, 1802-75,		physicist; developed an electric telegraph in 1831; invented the stereoscope in 1832; developed the Wheatstone bridge in 1843; many other philosophical instruments.	Gloucester; d. Paris.	G.L'E. Turner 24; Middleton 1.
WHEELER	England, PHIM	Aneroid Barometer = La Rochelle 7/16/83.		London.	RSW.
WHEELER, EDMUND	England, OIM	Microscopes = D.(1975), Melun 4/24/83.		London.	RSW.
WHEELER, JOHN	England, c.1806,		apprenticed to John Browning 1 of the Grocers' Company on June 5, 1806.		J. Brown 1.
WHEELER, JOHN H.	USA, fl.1825-36, MIM NIM OIM	Octants, ebony and ivory = ADL-N55, D.(1983); Marine Compass, dry-card = PEA.	T.C.; in the trade card he claimed to be a "real manufacturer" of instruments; Robert Ludlow Shaw may have been his apprentice; succeeded by Addington D. Frye and Robert Ludlow Shaw.	7 Thames (1825); 218 Water (1825-26); 220 Water (1827); 156 and 220 Water (1828); 220 Water (1829-35); 222 Water (1835-38); all in New York, N.Y.	Preuss and Treworgy 2; USNM; Coffeen D; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW.
WHEELHOUSE AND BERCINI	England, c.1860, PHIM		barometer and thermometer makers; succeeded John Cetta.	40 Hatton Garden, London.	Goodison 1.
WHIBLIN, JOHN	England, fl.1669-76, MIM		carpenter; made scales, rules and models.		Taylor 1(340); Evans 1.
WHIFORD	England, c.1800, MIM	Rule, ivory, part of an architect's etui = Soth. 12/15/78.		London.	RSW.
WHIPP, THOMAS	England, c.1834, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Whipp Rochdale."	Yorkshire Street, Rochdale.	Goodison 1.
WHIPPLE, SQUIRE	USA, 1804-88, MIM SIM		made and sold surveying instruments after he moved to Albany, N.Y.; graduated from Union College in 1830.	Hardwich, Mass. (1804-); Albany, N.Y. (-1888).	Smart 1; USNM.
WHISTON, WILLIAM	England, 1667-1752,		author; designed several instruments including one called the "Copernicus."	Clare College, Cambridge; London.	Taylor 1(461) & 2(132).
WHITAKER	England, MIM	Sector, ivory & brass = ADL-W114.		12 Long Lane, Smithfield, London.	ADL; RSW.
WHITALL, HENRY	USA, c.1830, MIM		produced a "Movable Planisphere of the Heavens."		D.J. Warner 6.
WHITBREAD AND SEELING	England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM			2 King Street, St. Luke's, London.	Taylor 2(2039).
WHITBREAD, GEORGE	England, fl.1828-50, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Hadley's Quadrant = NMM; Artificial Horizon = NMM (2); Quintants = AMST (2); Octant, ebony = Soth. 6/19/75; Sextant, pocket = Soth. 10/20/75; Sextant, case = Soth. 10/3/88 = Soth.-C 7/25/90.	apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1821; free of the Company on July 17, 1828.	11 Exmouth Street, Commercial Road, London.	Taylor 2(17410; Court and von Rohr 3(248); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Mörzer Bruyns 1; RSW.
WHITCOMB, RASSELAS PRINCE	USA, 1808-84, MIM SIM	Transit Compass = P.C.(1863).	fl.1851-78; took Herman Pfister as a partner in the firm "R. Whitcomb and Co"; sold out to Pfister in 1878;	121 Walnut (1851-52); 137 W. 5th (1855); northwest corner of 5th and Plum (1856); southwest corner of 5th and Race (1857-77); 119 W. 5th, Room 6 (1877-78); all in Cincinnati, Ohio.	Smart 1.
WHITE	England, MIM	Analemmatic Sundial = KEN.			RSW.
WHITE AND CO.	Scotland, c.1850, NIM	Sextant = Soth. 3/10/87.		Glasgow.	RSW.
WHITE, JAMES	Scotland, fl.1850-56, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Mining Compasses = D.(1972), D.(1974); Rolling Parallel Rule = D.(1972); Microscope = D.(1976); Altimeter and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-Geneva 11/20/79; Dry Card Compass = Maritime Museum of British Columbia.	made instruments for Lord Kelvin; see Kelvin and James White Ltd.	24 Renfield Street (1850-52); 14 Renfield Street (1853-56); both in Glasgow.	Bryden 3; Wynter and Turner; Moskowitz 112; USNM; RSW.
WHITE, JOHN 1	England, c.1670, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Loomes of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 3, 1663; turned over to Thomas Bagley of the same Company; free of the Company, Oct. 7, 1670; took John Wells 2 as an apprentice.	London.	J. Brown 3.
WHITE, JOHN 2	England, c.1668, MIM		apprenticed to Humphrey Peirce of the Clockmakers' Company on Feb. 8, 1668.		J. Brown 3.
WHITE, JOHN 3	England, 1668,		admitted as a Brother to the Clockmakers' Company in 1668.		J. Brown 3.
WHITE, MR.	England, 1661, MIM		John Brown 1 reported that White had invented a slide rule; might be John White 3.		Taylor 1(407) or (489); J. Brown 3.
WHITE, PEREGRINE	USA, 1747-1834, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compasses = P.C.(1957), P.C.(1975), USNM, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass. (2), etc; Protractor with Rule = P.C.; Surveying Instrument = Old Sturbridge Village, Mass.	silversmith; clockmaker; instruments are dated from 1774-1834.	Woodstock, Conn.	Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; RSW.
WHITE, PHILIP	England, c.1817,		apprenticed to John Corless in the Joiners' Company on Oct. 28, 1817.		Crawforth 7.
WHITE, S.	England, fl.1830-38, NIM		see William and S. White.	17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London.	Taylor 2(2041).
WHITE, SAMUEL	England, 1707, NIM		compass maker for the Navy.	Ratcliff Cross, London.	Taylor 1(543).
WHITE, THOMPSON AND CO.	Scotland, NIM PHIM	Mariner's Compass = Christie 7/5/71; Barometer and Sympiesometer = Soth. 7/19/88.	Whyte ?	Glasgow.	RSW.
WHITE, W. 1	England, 1839, MIM	White's Plane Spherical Globe, 1839 = Phillips 9/10/86.	a planisphere.	210 Brook Hill, Sheffield.	RSW.
WHITE, W. 2	England, c.1845, NIM	Octant = Christie-SK 10/23/87.	T.C.; "late Northen"; succeeded Richard Northen and Son, c. 1845.	50 Lowgate, Hull.	RSW.
WHITE, WILLIAM	Ireland, c.1824, OIM			17 Crow Street, Dublin.	Morrison-Low and Burnett.
WHITE, WILLIAM AND S.	England, fl.1830-38, NIM		made sextants and quadrants.	17 Anchor and Hope Alley, Wapping, London.	Taylor 2(2041).
WHITEAR, T.	England, 1770, PHIM	Stick Barometer, 1770 = P.C.			RSW.
WHITEHEAD	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88.		Market Harborough.	RSW.
WHITEHEAD, CHARLES	England, c.1693, MIM	Gunner's Calipers = D.(1997).	apprenticed to his father, Richard Whitehead, of the Clockmakers' Company on July 3, 1693; instrument signed "Cha: Whitehead Fec."		J. Brown 3; Clifton 1; Coffeen 56.
WHITEHEAD, JAMES	England, c.1811,		apprenticed to Joseph Fairey of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1811.		J. Brown 1 & 2.
WHITEHEAD, RICHARD	England, fl.1671-93, MIM SIM	Butterfield-type Sundials = ADL-W203, P.C. (1990), Soth. 11/9/59 & 12/20/28; Sundials, silver = OXF (1671), Barrett Coll.; Circumferentor = WHI.	apprenticed to Henry Wynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Oct. 5, 1663; free of the Company, Sept. 29, 1671; took apprentices, including his son, Charles; his name is shown as Charles Whitehead in the apprenticeship papers; worked for George Graham.	Gunpowder Alley, Shoe Lane, off Fleet Street, London.	Taylor 1(300); J. Brown 3; Robischon; Evans 1; Baillie 1; Dewhirst; J. Evans 1; Clifton 1; ADL; RSW.
WHITEHOUSE 1	England, OIM	Telescope = Christie-SK 2/9/84.		London.	RSW.
WHITEHOUSE 2	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		8 Coventry Street, London.	Goodison 1.
WHITEHOUSE 3	England, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 1/27/89		43 Warwick Street, Pimlico, London.	RSW.
WHITEHOUSE, HON. GEORGE LEIGHTON	USA, 1797-1887, MIM SIM	Surveying Compasses, wood = P.C., D.(1989), P.C., D.(1983); Surveying Compass = P.C.; Magnetic Compass = Gun House, Old Sturbridge Village, Mass.	land surveyor.	Farmington, N.H. (1824-87).	Smart 1; Coffeen C; Moskowitz 132.
WHITEHOUSE, J.	England, MIM	Protractor = Phillips 6/15/76.			RSW.
WHITEHOUSE, JOHN T.	England, fl.1830-38, OIM			13 St. John's Lane, London.	Taylor 2(2042).
WHITEHOUSE, NATHANIEL	England, fl.1825-46, OIM PHIM	Telescope = D.(1974); Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87.		2 Cranbourne Street, Leicester Square; 3 (1) Cross Street, Hatton Garden; 1 Castle Street, Great Newport Street; all in London.	Taylor 2(1742); USNM; RSW.
WHITEHOUSE, S.	England, fl.1814-16, OIM PHIM		made magnets.	3 Green Street, Clerkenwell, London.	Taylor 2(1459).
WHITEHURST	England, c.1750, PHIM	Chemical Balance = LEY.	could be James Whitehurst 1 or John Whitehurst 1.	Derby.	Daumas 1.
WHITEHURST AND SON	England, fl.1810-34, PHIM	Stick Barometers = Christie 5/5/83, Christie-SK 10/20/89, Phillips 12/12/89; Wheel Barometer = X.	John Whitehurst 2 and his son, John Whitehurst 3.	22 Irongate, Derby.	Goodison 1; RSW.
WHITEHURST, JAMES	England, c.1775, PHIM		father of John Whitehurst 2; brother of John Whitehurst 1; clock and barometer maker.	Derby.	Goodison 1.
WHITEHURST, JOHN 1	England, 1713-88, MIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = D.(1977); Angle Barometers, 1749,1768, 1772 = X; Angle Barometer = Hardwick Hall; Angle Barometer, 1772 = Salford City Art Museum (lost0; Wheel Barometers = Luton Hoo, D.(1988), X; Angle Barometer, 1776 = P.C.	made F.R.S. in 1779; "Stamper of Money Weights" at the London Mint, 1775; probably succeeded in Derby by his brother, James Whitehurst of Derby and then by his nephew, John Whitehurst 2; clockmaker; made a member of the American Philosphical Society in 1786; friend of James Ferguson 1.	22 Irongate, Derby; 4 Bolt Court, Fleet Street, London (1776-88).	Taylor 2(318); Gunther 2; Goodison 1; Symonds; R.J. Morris; DNB; Middleton 1; RSW.
WHITEHURST, JOHN 2	England, 1761-1834, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = P.C.(2), Untermyer Coll., P-B 1962; Angle Barometers = OXF, BM, X; Stick Barometer = X; Wind-vane, 1791 = X.	see Whitehurst and Son; succeeded his father, James, and later his uncle, John Whitehurst 1; clockmaker; Middleton thought John Whitehurst 1 had made OXF barometer.	22 Irongate, Derby.	Goodison 1; MacQuoid and Edwards; Middleton 1.
WHITEHURST, JOHN 3	England, 1788-1855, MIM PHIM		son of John Whitehurst 2; partner with his father, 1810-34; clockmaker, also made barometers, thermometers, etc.	22 Irongate; 1 Cherry Street (after 1843); both in Derby.	Goodison 1.
WHITELEY, FRANCIS	USA, c.1836, MIM	Surveying Instrument, No. 147 = P.C.	patented a compass quadrant and protractor, Dec. 6, 1836.	Standardsville, Va.	Smart 1; USNM; RSW.
WHITESCARVER, G.H.	USA, c.1850, MIM	Protractor with Rule, electrum = D.(1995).	signed "G.H. Whitescarver's Calculating Protractor."		Coffeen 51.
WHITESCOVER, G.H.	USA,		patented a quadrant compass.		USNM.
WHITFORD, SAMUEL	England, fl.1750-72, MIM OIM PHIM		barometer and hygrometer maker; probably father of Thomas Whitford; T.C.	Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate Street, London.	Taylor 2(549); Goodison 1; Coffeen 41.
WHITFORD, THOMAS	England, fl.1743-92, MIM OIM	Telescope = D.(1993).	apprenticed in 1736; probably related to Samuel Whitford, which see; John Bleuler succeeded him, still at the same address; T.C.	27 Ludgate Street, St. Paul's, London.	Taylor 2(549); Calvert 2; Clay and Court; Crawforth 6; Coffeen 41.
WHITING, W.G.	England, OIM	Telescope, four-draw = D.(1988).		6 Market Street, Manchester.	Rinaldi 22.
WHITMORE AND SON	England, c.1840, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Phillips 11/16/88.		Gold Street, Northampton.	RSW.
WHITNEY, JOHN	USA, c.1801, MIM OIM		succeeded Thomas Whitney, might be his son.	70 South Front Street, Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
WHITNEY, THOMAS	England; USA, fl.1790-1821, MIM OIM SIM	Surveyor's Compasses = Chicago Historical Society, D.(1987) (No. 321, 1817), Franklin Institute, P.C., D.(1984) (1818), GUR (1810), P.C. (No. 63, 1810), D.(1994) (1815); Magnetic Compasses = USNM, Winterthur Museum,	apprenticed to Samuel Browning 2 in the Grocers' Company on Sept. 5, 1782; free of the Company, Jan. 7, 1790; went to Philadelphia, Pa. before 1798; owned a dividing engine made by George Adams 2; took William J. Young as an apprentice in 1813 until 1820; T.C.(2)(one in 1798); succeeded John Gould.	London; 72 South Front (Mr. Gould's); 74 South Front Street; North Sixth Street, continued a little above the Mill Pond; 70 South Front Street; all in Philadelphia, Pa.	J. Brown 1; Smart 1; USNM; Bedini 1 & 8; J.A. Bennett 2; Coffeen I; R.W. Miller; Moskowitz 130; Garcelon 33; RSW.
WHITON, ELIJAH	USA, 1799-1871, MIM SIM	Graphometer, 1824 = GUR; Instrument, No. 33 = Markle Museum, Lafayette College, Easton, Pa.	Gurley serviced a surveying compass in 1874.	Groton; Hingham; both in Mass.	Smart 1; USNM.
WHITSON			see Melville, Dundas and Whitson.		RSW.
WHITTAKER, THOMAS	USA, late 19th Century, MIM	Planisphere = D.(1982).		2 and 3 Bible House, New York, N.Y.	Coffeen A.
WHITTEMORE, AMOS	USA, 1759-1828,		received a patent for a "nautical perambulator" in 1796; perhaps a type of patent log.	Mass.	Bedini 8.
WHITTEN, D.E.	USA, c.1850, NIM	Mariner's Compass = D.(1971).		Boston, Mass.	Moskowitz 103.
WHITTON, BENJAMIN	England, c.1750,		T.C.; copper and brass plate maker.	at the Crown in New Street, Shoe Lane, London.	Crawforth 1.
WHITWELL, CHARLES	England, fl.1590-1611, MIM NIM	Quadrant, 1595 = FLO; Astrolabe, 1595 = FLO; Nautical Hemi- spheres = FLO (2); Vertical Sundial with Perpetual Calendar, 1595 = SPI = OXF; Universal Sundial, 1606 = OXF; Astronomical Compendia = NMM (1600), WHI (1604); Diptych Sundial = BM; Drawing Instrument = FLO; Noc- turnal = FLO; Computing Instrument on a Plane Table = WHI; Compass Rose = FLO.	apprenticed to Augustine Ryther of the Grocers' Company, Dec. 17, 1582; free of the Company on Nov. 10, 1590; took apprentices; engraver; cartographer; the FLO instruments belonged to Sir Robert Dudley in 1608, the astrolabe is very similar to ADL-M33; the 1593 sundial at OXF was designed by Torporley; also see C.W. (1).	see Whitwell, Charles (cont.).
WHITWELL, CHARLES (CONT.)				over against Essex House (1597); Without Temple Bar, against St. Clement's Church (1598); both in London.	Taylor 1(88); J. Brown 1; Hamilton 1; Price 3; Ward 4; GHP; G.L'E. Turner 26 & 29; A.J. Turner 10; J.A. Bennett 2; Evan 1; Michel 3; Bryden 16; RSW.
WHITWORTH AND CO.	England, c.1850, PHIM		balance makers; awarded a prize at the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London.	London.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
WHORLETT, EDWARD	England, c.1767,		apprenticed to Tycho Wing of the Grocers' Company on Oct. 6, 1767.		J. Brown 1.
WHYTE, THOMSON AND CO.	Scotland, 19th Century, NIM PHIM	Liquid Compass in Binnacle = PMS; Marine Barometer = Christie- SK 11/27/86; Compass and Aneroid Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86.		Glasgow.	RSW.
WHYTOCK	Scotland, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Dundee.	Goodison 1.
WICKINS, JOHN	England, c.1672, OIM		polished mirrors for Isaac Newton		A.J. Turner 10.
WIDDESFIELD	USA, OIM	Telescope with stand = Campobello Nat'l Monument, New Brunswick, Canada.	misreading for Widdifield.	Boston, Mass.	RSW.
WIDDIFIDD AND CO.			misreading for Widdifield and Co.		Soth.-PB pre-1980.
WIDDIFIELD AND CO.	USA, fl.1847-68, OIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = Soth.-PB pre-1980; Telescopes = Eldred 10/11/75, Maria Mitchell Science Library, Nantucket, Mass.		Boston, Mass.	USNM; RSW.
WIDDIFIELD, D.B.	USA, fl.1828-37, MIM OIM		see Widdifield and Co.; see Widdesfield.	Boston, Mass.	USNM; RSW.
WIDDIFIELD, D.B., AND CO.	USA, fl.1838-56, MIM OIM		see D.B. Widdifield, Widdifield and Co., and Widdesfield.	Boston, Mass.	USNM.
WIDEMAN, JACOB	Germany, c.1650, MIM	Table clock = OXF.		Augsburg.	RSW.
WIDENHAM, R.	England, c.1824?, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	clockmaker; the barometer is signed "Widenham Lombard Street, London."	Lombard Street, London.	Goodison 1; Baillie 1.
WIDERROITER, SIGMUND	Germany, 1589, MIM	Horizontal Sundial and Calendar, chalk stone, 1589 = MUN.			Zinner 1.
WIEDHOLT	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Equatorial Table Sundial = DOR.		Münster.	Zinner 1.
WIEKERA, CS. VAN	Holland, 1794, OIM PHIM	Hygrometer, 1794 = TEY.		Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; G.L'E. Turner 7.
WIESEL, JOHANNES	Germany, 1583-1660+, OIM	Telescope = SKO.	the telescope is also marked "I.W.A.O.F."; pupil of and instrument maker to Rheita; microscope maker; Daumas lists him as the father-in-law of Campani; refered to as an instrument maker by Bonami in 1690; variant spellings were Wiselius or Wiseling.	Augsburg.	Daumas 1 & 6; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; RSW.
WIGGINS			see Reynolds and Wiggins.		RSW.
WIGGINS, FREDERICK	England, 1814-87, NIM PHIM		apprenticed to Mrs. Janet Taylor; worked for Imray and Co., c.1835; partner with William Reynolds as Reynolds and Wiggins, c.1840.	102-104 Minories (Mrs. Janet Taylor's address); 102 Minories (c.1835); 82 Minories (c.1840); all in London.	Taylor 2(2273).
WIGHT, E.	USA, c.1848, PHIM		also listed as a machinist.	Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
WIGHTMAN, JOSEPH MILNER	USA, fl.1830-61, MIM NIM PHIM	Air Pump = D.(1982).	Wightman made a self-registering tide-gauge that was used by the U.S. Coast Survey c.1845; partner with Timothy Claxton as Claxton and Wightman; they made philosophical apparatus for schools; he succeeded Claxton.	Boston, Mass.	D.J. Warner 6; Coffeen B; USNM.
WIGHTMAN, THOMAS	USA, c.1800,		"Wightman Sculp." appears on the compass cards of wooden surveyor's compasses by John Trundy 1.		RSW.
WIGLIUS, D.	England, 1626, MIM	Sectors = London Museum (1626), P.C. (1988).	the sector in the London Museum came with a collection of Cromwelliana.		Didcock 1; Brieux 2; RSW.
WIGMORE, T.	c.1900,	Water Clock (falsely dated 1680) = X.	surely the modern work of Pearson Page of Birmingham.		RSW.
WIJBRANDTSZN, WIJBE	Holland, c.1600, MIM		made clocks and astronomical instruments; variant form is Vibrandi from which the name "Vebrandi" on ADL-A111, a fake, was taken.	Leeuwarden.	Rooseboom 1.
WIJK, C. VAN	Holland, 1756, MIM	Universal Equatorial Sundial, 1756 = Delft Exhibition of Sundials in 1984 = UTR.		Utrecht.	de Rijk; RSW.
WIJK, CORNELIS VAN	Holland; France, fl.1779-88, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Microscope, 1783 = UTR; Holland Circle, 1785 = UTR; Pneu- matic Pump, 1787 = UTR.		Utrecht; Haarlem; Paris.	Mörzer bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1.
WIJK, JACOBUS VAN	Holland, fl.c.1750-70, MIM NIM	Octant, 1763 = AMST; Azimuth Compass = ROT.		Kalverstraat bij de St. Luciessteg, Amsterdam (1767).	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1.
WIJK, JAN VAN	Holland, fl.1759-85, MIM NIM SIM	Octants = LEY, P.C., Göteborg Maritime Museum, Schleswig- Holstein Landesmuseum (1785); Surveying Instrument = AMST; Circumferentors = P.C. (2); Holland Circle, 1759 = Christie-SK 11/19/87.		Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 1 & 2; Rooseboom 1; RSW.
WIJK, JOHAN VAN	Holland, 1655, OIM		Huygens reported in 1655 that Jan van Wijk was grinding lenses.	Delft.	Rooseboom 1; Daumas 1.
WIKBOM, STEN	Sweden, 1767, MIM	Elvius-type Quadrant, wood and paper, 1767 = NOR.		Uppsala.	RSW.
WIKKERA, WEDUWE VAN	Holland, c.1823, MIM		the widow Wikkera; probably the widow of Cs. van Wiekera, which see.	Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
WILCKENS, C.O.	Germany, PHIM	Barometer = Den Gamle By, Aarhus.		Altona.	RSW.
WILCOX AND COYSGARNE	England, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant = VNN.		Hermitage, London.	RSW.
WILCOX, J.	England, pre-1731, MIM		made? and sold Gunter's quadrants.	at the Green Dragon in Little Britain, London.	Leadbetter.
WILDBOARE, TOBIAS	England, c.1683, MIM	Triangular Quadrant, wood = KEN.		London.	Taylor 1(432); Calvert 3.
WILDER	USA, PHIM	Thermometer = Vermont Historical Society.		Troy, New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WILDER, CHARLES	USA, c.1860, PHIM	Stick Barometers = MYS, USNM, P.C.	"Woodruff's patent, 1860."	Peterboro, New Hampshire.	USNM; Middleton 1; RSW.
WILDPRET, JACOB	Austria, 1738, MIM SIM		made astrolabes, quadrants, compasses, surveying instruments, etc.	Lothringen; Vienna.	Michel 14.
WILHELM VON HIRSAU	Germany, fl.1071-91, MIM	Astronomical Teaching Device, stone = Ulrichmuseum, Regensberg.		Hirsau.	Zinner 1.
WILKENS, JOHN	England, 1614-72,		John Evelyn stated that Wilkens devised instruments.	Chester; Oxford.	Taylor 1(181).
WILKES, THOMAS			see Thomas Wilks.		Taylor 2(425).
WILKINS, JOHN	England, fl.1851-52, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	1 Cropley Street, Hoxton.	Goodison 1.
WILKINSON	England, c.1824, NIM	Sextant = X.		London.	USNM.
WILKINSON AND SONS	England, c.1830, NIM	Quadrant = D.(1971).		London.	Moskowitz 103.
WILKINSON, ANTHONY	England, fl.1774-82, PHIM	Money Balances = Christie-SK 7/10/80, Christie 3/31/83, Phillips 9/10/86, Versailles 11/20/83, Soth. 4/16/56, Koller 11/17/75, D.(1985), etc.	invented the folding gold balance c.1775; succeeded by Stephen Houghton and Son.	Kirkby; Ormskirk.	Taylor 2(1057); Coffeen 9; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW.
WILKINSON, JOHN	England, c.1830, OIM	Telescope, single-draw = Phillips 1/30/84.	the telescope is signed "J. Wilkinson."	54 Briggate, Leeds.	Taylor 2(2044); RSW.
WILKINSON, THOMAS	England, c.1643,		devised an instrument similar in principle to an astrolabe and printed it in his almanac.	Northampton.	Taylor 1(207).
WILKS, I.	England, MIM	Horary Quadrant = Aubury Coll. = OXF.			RSW.
WILKS, THOMAS	England, fl.1725-47, MIM	Sundial = OXF; Sundial, 1725 = Christie 12/12/72	Evans states that Wilks made a geared sundial for Lord Lichfield.	Pebworth.	Taylor 2(425); Evans 1; Michel 3; RSW.
WILL, JOHANN	Germany, fl.1731-50, MIM	Astronomical Clock, 1750 = DEU; Sundial, octagonal = KEN.		Heidelberg.	Zinner 1.
WILL, JOHN	England, 1757, MIM		Rowley published "A treatise containing a description and use of a curious quadrant made by John Will", London, 1757.		USNM.
WILLANS, THOMAS	England, c.1739,		apprenticed to Robert Scott 1 of the Grocers' Company, on July 25, 1739.		J. Brown 1.
WILLARD, AARON, JR.	USA, 1786-1864, MIM	Orrery, 1821 = West Chester County Historical Society, Pa.	author; clockmaker; made orrery invented by John Locke and a cometarium invented by James Dean.	Boston, Mass.	D.J. Warner 6; Bedini 8; USNM; RSW.
WILLARD, ALEXANDER TARBELL	USA, 1774-1850, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = New Ipswich Historical Society, N.H.	clockmaker; also made theodolites etc.	Ashburnham (1774-1800); Ashby (1800-50); both in Mass.	Smart 1.
WILLARD, NICHOLAS	England, 1759, MIM	Slide Rule, 1759 = P.C.	signed "Nick Willard 1759"; deputy searcher for the Excise.		Delehar 9.
WILLATS	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	probably Benjamin, Richard or Thomas Willats, which see.		Goodison 1.
WILLATS, BENJAMIN	England, c.1849, PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker.	55 Bartholomew Close, London.	Goodison 1.
WILLATS, RICHARD	England, fl.1850-60, OIM PHIM		barometer and thermometer maker; partner with Thomas Willats as Thomas and Richard Willats (1850-53).	98 Cheapside (1850); 28 Ironmonger lane (1851-56); 2 Church Lane, Homerton (1857-60); all in London.
WILLATS, THOMAS	England, fl.pre-1850-53, MIM OIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	the barometer is signed "T. Willats"; see Thomas and Richard Willats.	London.	Goodison 1.
WILLATS, THOMAS AND RICHARD	England, fl.1850-53, MIM OIM PHIM		barometer and thermometer makers.	98 Cheapside (1850); 28 Ironmonger Lane (1851-53); both in London.	Goodison 1.
WILLCOX, WALTON	England, fl.1772-83, MIM		apprenticed to John Urings 2 of the Joiners' Company on Sept. 3, 1765; free of the Company, Nov. 3, 1772; took apprentices; Richard Lekeux was turned over to him, Aug. 22, 1775, from Thomas Ripley 1 of the Grocers' Company.	Hermitage, London.	J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7.
WILLDEY, GEORGE	England, fl.1702-37, OIM		apprenticed to John Yarwell in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1695; free of the Company, March 26, 1702; Master of the Company in 1722 and 1733; took apprentices of both sexes; partner with Timothy Brandreth, 1707-10; partner with Charles Price 1, 1710-13; published and sold maps.	at the Archimedes and Globe in Ludgate Street, the corner next to St. Paul's (1707-09); at the Archimedes and Globe next the Dog Tavern (1709-13); and at the Archimedes and Globe over against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill (1711-13); at the Print Shop the corner of Ludgate Street next St. Paul's and at his Spectacle and Toy Shop next the Dog Tavern in the same street (1718-37); the West end of St. Paul's; all in London.	see Willdey, George (cont.)
WILLDEY, GEORGE (CONT.)					Taylor 1(498) & 2(134); Tyacke 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Court and von Rohr 3(70); Evans 1; Robischon; Clay and Court.
WILLDEY, THOMAS	England, fl.1739-48, MIM OIM		son of and successor to George Willdey; apprenticed in the Spectaclemakers' Company in 1732; free of the Company on Oct. 4, 1739, by Patrimony.	Ludgate Street, London.	Taylor 2(319); Court and von Rohr 3(134); Crawforth 6; Robischon.
WILLEBRAND, JOHANN	Germany, fl.1682-1720, MIM	Calendars = P.C., Frankfort Gewerbe Museum; Pedometers = AUG, ADL-M228; Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = OXF (2), AUG, HAK, KAS, LIE, PAM; Globe Sundial = WHI; Universal Ring Sundials = ADL-A95, ADL-DPW5, ADL-W85, AUG, OXF, BM, SAL, VIE; made many beautiful Augsburg-type sundials which may be found in most of the principal museums, one of the ones at WHI has a cam.	he was one of the most accomplished instument makers of his time; step-brother of Johann Martin; probably the father of Johann Martin Willebrand.	Augsburg.	Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4; Bobinger 2; Engelmann 1; Michel 3; Monreal; Maddison 1; Hamilton 1 & 2; Wynter; USNM; Abeler 1; Bryden 16; Syndram; Coffeen 46; ADL; RSW.
WILLEBRAND, JOHANN MARTIN	Germany, fl.1720-26, MIM	Universal Ring Sundials = NMM, INN, STU; Equatorial Sundials = BEK, MUN; Augsburg-type Sundials = AUG (4), Evans Coll., etc; Crescent Sundial = AUG.	probably the son of Johann Willebrand; Willebrand made a miniature Augsburg-type sundial in gold to fit the back of a pocket watch by Nicholas Della at TIM.	Augsburg.	Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; NMM 2; Evans 1; Syndram; RSW.
WILLEMSZ., CORNELIS, JR.	Germany, 1716-90, NIM	Octants = KRO, Schleswig-Holstein Landesmuseum.		Föhr, Schleswig-Holstein.	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
WILLET AND JEWEL	England, c.1825, OIM	Microscope = D.(1973).		West Street, Gravesend, London.	Moskowitz 107.
WILLEVAUX, P. PETRUS FRAN:US DE	France?, 1703, OIM	Telescope, parchment, 1703 = ADL-M430.	"P. Petrus Frañ:us de Willevaux; also marked "Sacerdus Capuccinus Fecit Anno. 1703."		Engelmann 1; ADL; RSW.
WILLHELIM			see Haase and Willhelim.		RSW.
WILLIAMS 1	England, c.1835, NIM	Octant, ebony and ivory = D.(1987).		London.	RSW.
WILLIAMS 2	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = x.			Goodison 1.
WILLIAMS 3	USA, PHIM		see Safford and Williams.		USNM.
WILLIAMS AND HAYDON	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Christie-SK 9/11/86.		London.	RSW.
WILLIAMS, DAVID	USA, c.1780, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Newport Historical Society, R.I.	clockmaker.	Newport, R.I.	Newport Historical Society Bulletin, Vol. 45 # 1; RSW.
WILLIAMS, ED.	England, c.1770, MIM	Sundial in watch lid = OXF.			RSW.
WILLIAMS, GEORGE	England, c.1828, MIM		apprenticed to Benjamin Mansfield in the Grocers' Company, Feb. 7, 1828.		J. Brown 2.
WILLIAMS, J.F.	England, 1832, NIM	Marine Compass, 1832 = National Museum of Canada; Octant, ebony = Christie 7/28/70.		63 Broadquay, facing the Sun Dial, Bristol.	Bryden 9; USNM.
WILLIAMS, RICE	England, PHIM	Barometer = X.		Somerset House, by the New Church, Strand, London.	Goodison 1.
WILLIAMS, SAMUEL PORTER	USA, 1807-77,		may have been a partner in Young and Co. was partner in Young, Smith and Co. by 1837-43;apparently worked alone as a dealer in hardware from then on.	4 Maiden Lane (1837-43); 17 Maiden Lane (1844-45); 19 Maiden Lane (1846-49); 74 Broadway (1850); 29 Maiden Lane; 15 John Street (1875); all in New York, N.Y.	Smart 1.
WILLIAMS, T.J.	England, NIM	Sextant, lattice framed = Christie-SK 4/14/89.	chronometer maker and optican; sextant signed "T. Williams" plus address.	Bute Dock, Cardiff.	RSW.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS 1	England,		apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, June 25, 1627.		Crawforth 7.
WILLIAMS, THOMAS 2	England, MIM		"late apprentice and successor to Mr. Harrison dec'd"; T.C.		J. Collins 1.
WILLIAMS, W.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Devonport.	Goodison 1.
WILLIAMS, W.R.	England, c.1825, NIM PHIM	Sextants = Phillips 4/20/83, Soth. 5/11/23, MYS, Philadelphia Maritime Museum, Pa.; Stick Barometer = MYS; Octant = MYS.		9 Dock Street, Newport, Monmouthshire.	RSW.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 1	USA, 1738-92, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	Backstaff, 1768 = PEA.	succeeded by Samuel Thaxter who married Williams' niece, and may have been his apprentice; advertised nautical compasses, Boston, 1770.	King Street, two doors east of the Sign of Admiral Vernon, near the Head of Long Wharf, Boston, Mass; the Mathematical Shop, next door to Major Read's, opposite the Town House, Marblehead, Mass. (1774); Boston, Mass.	Bedini 1 & 8; Brewington 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Price 2; USNM; D.J. Warner 8, 10 and 12; RSW.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 2	England, c.1850, PHIM	Balances = D.(1976), Soth.-C 9/22/83.	T.C.	71 Cannon Street and 4 Alschurch Yard; both in London.	RSW.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM 3	England, c.1801, MIM		free in the Coopers' Company; reported on Thomas Bourne of the Joiners' Company with Michael Dancer of the Joiners' Company in 1801.	London.	Crawforth 7.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM PAYNE	England, c.1825, MIM		apprenticed to Joseph Fairey in the Grocers' Company, Oct. 6, 1825.		J. Brown 2.
WILLIAMS, WILLIAM, AND SONS	England, c.1860, PHIM		William Williams (2) and Sons; balance makers; T.C.	127 Cannon Road and 4 Alschurch Yard; both in London E.C.	RSW.
WILLIAMSON, JOHN	England, c.1777,		watchmaker; noted as a mechanic a mathematician and a chemist.	Cumberland.	Bryden 9.
WILLIAMSON, ROBERT	England, fl.1766-69,		stationer and dealer in optical, philosophical, mathematical and musical instruments.	Near the Exchange, Castle Street, Liverpool.	Bryden 9.
WILLING, A., AND CO.	England, c.1840, NIM	Sextants = DOR, D.(1976).		West Hartlepool.	RSW.
WILLINGTON	England, NIM	Sextant = Soth. 3/24/1834.	misreading for Wellington?		RSW.
WILLIS, ARTHUR	USA?, 1674, MIM	Plotting Rule, 1674 = Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford.	Price thought it might have come from Sutton's workshop.		Bedini 1 & 8; Price 2; USNM.
WILLIS, ROBERT	England, c.1830, MIM	Odontograph = OXF.	invented an odontograph; F.R.S.		Taylor 2(2046).
WILLSMERE, JESSE	England, c.1827, MIM PHIM		apprenticed to James Gardner in the Grocers' Company on March 1, 1827.	2 Gloucester Terrace, London.	Taylor 2(2275); J. Brown 2.
WILLSON			see Wilson.		J. Brown 3.
WILLSON AND DIXEY	England, c.1800, MIM OIM	Telescope, pocket = Christie 4/3/85.	marked "late Appr\e to J. Ramsden"; T.C.	9 Wardrobe Place, Doctors Commons, London.	Crawforth 1; RSW.
WILLSON, GEORGE	England, fl.1810-25, OIM	Telescopes = D.(1974), Christie-SK 11/15/79, Soth. 7/23/87.	"working optician" in directory; telescopes usually signed "G. Willson London."	44 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London.	RSW.
WILLSON, JOHN	England, c.1772, MIM		apprenticed to Joseph Hill in the Grocers' Company on June 4, 1765; free of the Company, July 7, 1772.		J. Brown 1.
WILMOT, GEORGE	England, fl.1844-46, PHIM		barometer maker.	46 Gee Street (1844); 14 Willow Row, Gee Street (1845-46); both in London.	Goodison 1.
WILS, PIETER	Holland, 1670, MIM	Nocturnal with Lansberg-type Quadrant, 1670 = DRE; Astronomical Compendium, 1670 = WHI.		Haarlem.	Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Bryden 16; RSW.
WILSON 1			see Christie and Wilson.		RSW.
WILSON 2			see Norie and Wilson.		RSW.
WILSON 3	USA, 1850, MIM	Celestial Globe, 1850 = D.(1988); Pair of Globes = Norwich University, Conn.	probably James Wilson.	Albany, N.Y.	Rinaldi 22; Price 2; RSW.
WILSON 4	England, OIM	Telescope = Soth. 6/21/76.	possibly Jac. Wilson, which see.		RSW.
WILSON AND GILLIE	England, 1893-1900, NIM	Sextants = D.(1971).	certificates dated 1893 and 1900.	Quay, North Shields.	RSW.
WILSON AND SON	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		London.	Goodison 1.
WILSON'S AND CO.	USA, fl.1820-22, MIM	Pair of Globes = Cranbrook Institute of Science, Michigan.	James Wilson 3.	Albany, N.Y.	USNM.
WILSON, ALEXANDER	England, 1714-86,		invented the use of glass beads to measure specific gravity.		G.L'E. Turner 24.
WILSON, C.	England, c.1850, NIM	Quadrants, ebony and ivory = SUN, D.(1976).	"late Norie and Wilson".	London.	Rinaldi 2; RSW.
WILSON, DAVID	USA, pre-1833, MIM		partner with his father, James Wilson 3, and his brothers, Samuel and John Wilson; globe makers; business closed in 1833.	Albany, N.Y.	Bedini 8.
WILSON, G.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 4/17/86.		4 Kirby Street, Hatton Garden, London.	RSW.
WILSON, GEORGE 1	England, c.1825, NIM	Binnacle = D.(1955).		20 Glasshouse Street, Picadilly Circus, London.	RSW.
WILSON, GEORGE 2	England, c.1838, MIM			25 Merlin Place, Wilmington Square, London.	Taylor 2(2276).
WILSON, GEORGE W.	USA, 1821-1910, MIM OIM SIM	Surveying Cross = GUR; Transit, 1886 = D.(1971); Wye Level = D.(1970).		Bradford, Vt.; Concord, N.H. (1864-1901).	Smart 1; Moskowitz 103; USNM.
WILSON, HUGH	Scotland, MIM	Sundial = Fenwick, near Falkirk.			Gatty.
WILSON, J. 1	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Folkestone.	Goodison 1.
WILSON, J. 2	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Stamford.	Goodison 1.
WILSON, J., AND SONS	USA, fl.1825-30, MIM	Celestial Globes, 1826 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., P.C.(1973); Terrestrial Globes, 1828 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass., P.C. (1973); Celestial Globe, 1831 = Nat'l Geographic Society.	James Wilson 3 and his sons, David, Samuel and John (3).	Albany, N.Y.	USNM; RSW.
WILSON, J.G.	USA, c.1830,		"J.G. Wilson patent" appears on a wooden square made by Belcher Brothers.		RSW.
WILSON, J.J.	England, c.1850, PHIM	Stick Barometer = Christie-SK 2/26/88.		19 Hudson Road, Sunderland.	RSW.
WILSON, JAC.	England, pre-1731, OIM	Telescope, wood = OXF.	Orrery Coll; may be James Wilson 1 or , less likely, James Wilson 2.	London.	A.J. Turner 10; RSW.
WILSON, JAMES 1	England, fl.1665-1723, MIM OIM	Telescope, reflecting = OXF; Microscope = OXF.	author; developed the screw-barrel microscope in England; a microscope at KEN, signed "I.W." (6) is by this maker.	at the Sign of the Willow Tree, in Cross Street, Hatton Garden, London.	Taylor 1(450) & 2(137); Clay and Court; Dewhirst; Daumas 1.
WILSON, JAMES 2	England, fl.1723-59, MIM		apprenticed to John Sedley of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 19, 1707; turned over to Cuthbert Lee of the same Company; free of the Company July 1, 1723; took apprentices.		J. Brown 3.
WILSON, JAMES 3	USA, 1763-1855, MIM	Pairs of Globes = New Hampshire Historical Society, Concord, N.H., D.(1982); Terrestrial Globes = Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., USNM (1811).	the first American globemaker, 1799; Wilson sold his first globes in 1809; dated ones range 1809-45; by 1815 the factory was in Albany, N.Y.; the firm became "J. Wilson and Sons" when his sons, Samuel, John, and David Wilson joined as partners; the direction of the business was turned over to Cyrus Lancaster, his son-in-law, after 1833; made a planetarium in 1846.	Bradford, Vt.; Albany, N.Y.	Bedini 1 & 8; Yonge; USNM; D.J. Warner 6; RSW.
WILSON, JAMES AND SONS	USA, fl.1826-33, MIM		James Wilson 3 and his sons, Samuel, David and John (3) Wilson.	Albany, N.Y.	USNM.
WILSON, JOHN 1	England, fl.1714-59, MIM		apprenticed to Richard Glynne of the Clockmakers' Company on Aug. 4, 1707; free of the Company, Jan. 17, 1715; took apprentices.	King's Head Court, Holborn, London.	J. Brown 1 and 3; Robischon.
WILSON, JOHN 2	England, fl.1816-41, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	watchmaker.	Peterborough (1816); Narrow Bridge Street; Peterborough (1830-41).	Goodison 1.
WILSON, JOHN 3	USA, d.1833, MIM		globe maker; partner with his father, James Wilson 3 and his brothers, Samuel and David Wilson.	Albany, N.Y.	Bedini 8.
WILSON, JOHN 4	England, 19th Century, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = K. and C. 12/12/73.		Appleby.	RSW.
WILSON, SAMUEL	USA, d.1833, MIM		globe maker; partner with his father, James Wilson (3) and his brothers, John and David.	Albany, N.Y.	Bedini 8.
WILSON, T.	England, c.1780, MIM	Gunter's Rule, boxwood = ADL-A247.	marked "Navigtion Scale - improved by B. Donn."	London.	ADL; RSW.
WILSON, W.W.	USA, MIM	Garden Sundial = P.C.		Pittsburgh, Pa.	Price 2 (1965).
WILSON, WARDEN AND CO.	England, PHIM	Barograph = Bearnes 12/6/71.		London.	RSW.
WILSON, WILLIAM	England, c.1663, MIM	Vertical Sundial = Moat House, Sutton Coldfield, Warwick.	assistant to Christopher Wren.		Gatty.
WILTON, WILLIAM 1	England, 18th Century, MIM NIM		apprenticed to Jonathan Eade in the Merchant Taylors' Company; partner with Eade and Allen, as Eade, Wilton and Allen.	London.	Crawforth 8; RSW.
WILTON, WILLIAM 2	England, fl.1825-66, MIM NIM SIM	Surveying Instrument = Soth. 1/22/73; Miner's Level = OXF; Full Protractor = D.(1982); Dip Circle = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby; Theodolite = D.(1982).	T.C.; showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; clockmaker; succeeded by E.T. Newton in St. Day and also by A. Jeffery in Cambourne.	St. Day and Cambourne, Cornwall.	Taylor 2(1246); Coffeen B; Bryden 9; Crawforth 1 & 4; H.M. Brown; G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW.
WIMBEE, N.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Jersey.	Goodison 1.
WIMHURST, JAMES	England, 1799-1886, PHIM	Electrostatic Machine = D.; Electrical Machine, belt-driven = Royal Institution.	the Wimhurst Machine was invented c.1882; F.R.S.		Moskowitz 104; RSW.
WIN			see Wynne.		Goodison 1.
WINCH, W.	England, c.1700,		name marked on a quadrant signed by John Rowley; Taylor and Wilson stated that Rowley might have been Winch's apprentice, while other sources give Joseph Howe as Rowley's master; it is likely that Winch was the owner of the quadrant.		Taylor and Wilson.
WINCKFIELD, EDWARD	England, c.1629,		apprenticed to Elias Allen of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 29, 1629.		J. Brown 1.
WINCKLER, JOHANN	Germany, 1703-70,		made improvements to electrical machines.		A.J. Turner 10.
WINDRED			see Moss and Windred.		Taylor 2(2188).
WINEMAN	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Plymouth.	Goodison 1.
WINEMAN, MOSES	England, c.1830, OIM			38 Butcher Street, Portsea.	Taylor 2(2047).
WINFIELD, ROBERT WALKER	England, fl.1829-60, PHIM	Postal Balance = P.C.		Birmingham.	G.L'E. Turner 24.
WING, JOHN	England, c.1673-1715, MIM		made sundials; designed a portable plane table.	Pickworth, County Rutland.	Taylor 1(396).
WING, TYCHO	England, 1726-76, MIM NIM OIM PHIM		apprenticed to Thomas Heath 1 in the Grocers' Company on May 27, 1741; free of the Company, Sept. 5, 1751; became Heath's partner and son-in-law c.1751; the firm continued as Heath and Wing untill 1773; see Heath and Wing.	the Strand, London.	Taylor 2(320); J. Brown 1.
WINGFIELD, JOHN	England, fl.1669-71, MIM		instrument maker?; see I.W. (1).	against St. Olaf's Church in Crutched Friars, London.	Taylor 1(341).
WINKEL, R.	Germany, OIM	Microscope = Phillips 2/22/77.			RSW.
WINKLER, G.	Germany, c.1740, MIM	Augsburg-type Sundial = Drecker Coll. = DPW; Plane Table with Compass = DPW; Sundial = FIN-213.		Berlin.	Zinner 1; RSW.
WINKLER, GEORGE	Austria, c.1821,		developed a type of barometer.		Middleton 1.
WINNE, HENRY	England, MIM	Universal Ring Sundials = D., USNM.	Henry Wynne?		Brieux 2; USNM.
WINSLOW, SETH E.	USA, c.1840, PHIM	Balance = USNM.	the balance was patented by Winslow in 1840.	Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
WINSOR AND NEWTON	England, c.1850?, MIM	Drawing Instrument Set = D.(pre-1982).		London.	Coffeen I.
WINTER, CHRISTIAN FRIEDRICH	Germany, 1696-1753, MIM	Universal Ring Sundial = P.C.(1903); Equatorial Sundials = MUN, OXF, KAS; Augsburg-type Sundial = MUN.	goldsmith.	Augsburg.	Zinner 1; Bobinger 2; Evans 1; Michel 3; Abeler 1; RSW.
WINTER, J.B.	England, c.1840, MIM OIM	Protractor = Versailles 4/17/83.	probably T.B. Winter.	Newcastle-on-Tyne.	RSW.
WINTER, J.F.	Germany, 1750, MIM	Equatorial Sundials = KAS (1750), OXF (1750), MUN.	compassmaker.	Augsburg.	Zinner 1; Bobinger 2.
WINTER, T.B.	England, fl.1857-78, MIM NIM OIM PHIM SIM	Garden Sundial = Wallington Museum, Northumberland; Clock and Barometer = Crayside, Rothbury, Northumberland; Sympiesometer # 2811 = Soth. 10/22/88; Level = Christie-SK 4/17/86; Surveyor's Compasses = ADL-A185, D.(1983), DPW; Sextants, miniature = D.(1983), D.(1988); Full Protractor = ADL-N48; Stick Barometers = Soth.1/19/73, Phillips 12/12/89.	T.C.; "Winter late Cail."	21 Grey Street; 27 Grey Street; 55 Grey Street, corner of High Bridge; all in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.	Crawforth 1; Rinaldi 22; Coffeen C; ADL; RSW.
WINTER, T.B., AND SON	England, c.1860, PHIM	Barograph = Soth.-WS 6/21/80; Air Meter = Christie-SK 7/10/80.		Newcastle-on-Tyne.	RSW.
WINTER, THOMAS 1	England, fl.1797-1810, OIM			6 Brewer Street, Golden Square, London.	Taylor 2(1060).
WINTER, THOMAS 2	England, c.1810, MIM		apprenticed in 1810.		Clay and Court.
WINTER, THOMAS 3	England, c.1830, MIM OIM PHIM		may be the same as Thomas Winter 4.	4 Ebenezer Place, Commercial Road, Limehouse, London.	Taylor 2(2048).
WINTER, THOMAS 4	England, fl.1830-46, MIM OIM PHIM	Instrument = WHI.		9 Wells Street, Oxford Street; 5 Market Street, Oxford Street; both in London.	Taylor 2(2049).
WINTERHALDER, J.	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X, Phillips 4/20/83.		Bishopsgate without, London.	Goodison 1.
WINTHROP, JAMES	USA, c.1786, PHIM	Barometer = X.			Middleton 1.
WINWOOD, DANIEL	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
WISBERG, C.H.	PHIM	Air Pump Frame = NOR.			RSW.
WISE	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
WISE, J.	England, c.1900, NIM	Octant = Ineichen 10/20/75.		Hull.	RSW.
WISELING, JOHN			see Johannes Weisel.		Dewhirst.
WISELIUS	Germany, pre-1690,		see Johannes Weisel.		Clay and Court.
WISEMAN	England,MIM	Rule, wood, square, four-foot = RSM.		81 ----------Road, London.	RSW.
WISENPAITNER, GEORG IGNATIUS	Germany, 1776, MIM OIM	Telescope, 1776 = NUR; Mechanical Equatorial Sundial = BM.		Eichstätt.	Zinner 1; Price 3; Ward 4.
WISENPAITNER, JOHANN ANTON	Germany, 1782, MIM	Mechanical Equatorial Sundials = WUR, ROU; Pedometers = DEU, OXF (1782); Atwood Machine = DEU; Elasticity Law Machine = DEU.		Eichstätt.	Zinner 1; Michel 3.
WISKER	England, c.1800, PHIM	Stick Barometers = Christie-SK 4/17/86, X(3); Wheel Barometer = X.		York.	Goodison 1; RSW.
WISKER, ELIZABETH	England, fl.1822-27, PHIM		barometer maker; widow of John Wisker; succeeded him and took their son, Matthias, into the firm.	Spurriergate, York.	Goodison 1.
WISKER, J.T.R.	England, c.1860, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	the barometer is signed "J. Wisker York."	13 Spurriergate, York.	Goodison 1.
WISKER, JOHN	England, fl.1804-22, MIM PHIM	Stick Barometer = X; Garden Sundial = D.(1975).	succeeded his father, Matthew Wisker; was succeeded by his widow and his son, Elizabeth and Matthias Wisker.	Spurriergate, York.	Goodison 1; Wynter 2; RSW.
WISKER, MATTHEW	England, fl.1777-1804, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	succeeded Berry, an optician; succeeded by his son, John Wisker.	Spurriergate, York.	Goodison 1.
WISKER, MATTHIAS	England, fl.1822-51, OIM PHIM		with his mother, Elizabeth Wisker, he succeeded his father, John Wisker; he worked with his mother from 1822 to 1827; he worked alone from 1827 to 1851.	Spurriergate (1822-29); 13 Spurriergate (1830-51); both in York.	Taylor 2(2050); Goodison 1.
WISSKEMANN, LUDWIG	Germany, fl.1800-11, MIM OIM PHIM		made microscopes, telescopes and pumps; took Friedrich Wilhelm Schiek as an apprentice from 1808 to 1811; "Court Optician and Mechanic."	Philippsthal.	Weil and Baden.
WISSLER	USA, c.1880, MIM SIM	Wye level = GUR.		St. Louis, Mo.	Moskowitz 104; USNM.
WISTHOFF, JOHAN			misreading for J. Wüsthof.		RSW.
WITHAM, NATHANIEL	England, fl.1713-20, MIM	Garden Sundial = Ripple Churchyard, Gloucestershire; Universal Ring Sundials = NMM-D223, Christie-SK 4/17/86; Sundial, gilt-brass = Soth. 11/9/59; Ring Sundial = NMM-Caird; Magnetic Compass = KEN.		Chancery Lane, London.	Taylor 1(568) & 2(140); Gatty; RSW.
WITHERING, WILLIAM	England, 1741-99,		author; designed a folding botanical microscope.		Clay and Court; Wynter and Turner; Dewhirst.
WITHERSPOON			see Holland and Witherspoon.		Goodison 1.
WITHNOLL	England,		see Wood and Withnoll.		Delehar 2.
WITHNOLL, T.	England, c.1767,		see Frost and Withnoll; Bryden lists him as William Withnoll.	Birmingham.	Taylor 2(591); Bryden 9.
WITHNOLL, WILLIAM	England, c.1777, MIM		see Frost and Withnoll; rule makers; Taylor lists him as T. Withnoll.	20 Anne Street, on Mount Pleasant, Birmingham.	Bryden 9; Taylor 2(591) & (671a).
WITJE, JOHANNES	Holland, c.1760, MIM			Amsterdam.	Rooseboom 1.
WITT, SIMEON DE	Holland?, 1780, MIM	Astrolabe, paper, 1780 = USNM (Archives).	for latitude 41° north.		USNM.
WITTEVEEN, SYBRAND	Holland, 1793, NIM	Crown Compass, 1793 = USNM.		Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; USNM.
WOLF	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer in gimbals = New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass.		Castle Street, Liverpool.	RSW.
WOLF, ANDREAS	Germany, fl.1750-1800, MIM SIM	Surveying Instrument = NUR.		Munich.	Evans 1.
WOLF, CARTEN	Germany?, 1775, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant, 1775 = DEU.			RSW.
WOLF, DIRK DE	Holland, c.1742, NIM	Mariner's Compass = Frisian Maritime Museum, Leeuwarden.		Buitenkant, Amsterdam (1742).	Mörzer Bruyns 2.
WOLF, EZEKIEL	England, c.1854, PHIM		barometer maker.	206 Sherlock Street, Birmingham.	Goodison 1.
WOLF, JOHANN	Germany, c.1625, MIM SIM	Alidade = USNM.		Ulm.	USNM.
WOLFE AND CLARK'S	USA, c.1870, OIM	Telescopes = St. Genévieve Museum, Missouri, D.(1989).	the telescope in the St. Genévieve Museum is said to have been used to watch the race between the Natchez and the Robert E. Lee in 1870.	New York, N.Y.	Moskowitz 132; RSW.
WOLFE, JOHN	England, c.1729, MIM		apprenticed to Edward Preston in the Clockmakers' Company; turned over to William Bennett of the same Company; free of the Company on Jan. 20, 1729.	London.	J. Brown 3.
WOLFF, HEINRICH A.	Germany, 1770, MIM	Polyhedral Sundial, 1770 = KAS.	the dial is also marked "H.A.W."		Lübke; RSW.
WOLLASTON, WILLIAM HYDE	England, 1766-1828,		devised a logarithmic slide rule for chemical equivalents in 1814, made by William Cary; designed a goniometer in 1809; invented a form of camera lucida in 1806; first to produce a doublet lens.		G.L'E. Turner 24; Multhauf -; Clay and Court; Delehar 9.
WOLLER	England, c.1825, PHIM	Stick Barometer = D.(1975); Wheel Barometer = D.(1997).	could be either Charles or Matthew Woller.	Birmingham.	ATG 3/29/97; RSW.
WOLLER, CHARLES	England, fl.1839-58, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		63 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham.	Goodison 1.
WOLLER, MATTHEW	England, fl.1809-17, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X, Christie-SK 11/27/86; Stick Barometer = X.	T.C.; clock and watch maker.	51 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham.	Goodison 1; Crawforth 1; RSW.
WOLMESLEY, JOHN	England, c.1715, MIM		George Sparkes was turned over to Wolmesley by Edmund Culpeper 1 of the Grocers' Company on Sept. 21, 1715.		J. Brown 1.
WOLRICHE, CARYE	England, c.1608,		apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on June 24, 1608.		J. Brown 1.
WOLSCHOTGESWORE, J.F.	Holland, 1750, PHIM	Balance, 1750 = DPW.	"J.F. Wolscholgeswore ycker van haere maiestyt munten en Balancan."		RSW.
WOLTHUYSEN, HENDRIK	Holland, d.1797, NIM		compass-maker.	Foelistraat 20/21, Amsterdam.	Mörzer Bruyns 2; Rooseboom 1.
WOOD 1	England, NIM OIM	Octants, ebony = Christie-SK 11/15/79; D.(1976); Telescope = MYS.	could be Benjamin or Benjamin J. Wood.	Liverpool.	RSW.
WOOD 2			see Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood.		Taylor 2(2196a).
WOOD AND CO.	England, c.1800, OIM			near the Mermaid, Hackney, London.	Taylor 2(1247).
WOOD AND LORT	England, c.1767, MIM	Jointed Rule with slide = OXF.	"New Improved Sliding Rule"; succeeded by Frost and Withnoll in 1767.		Taylor 2(553); Bryden 9.
WOOD AND WITHNOLL	England, c.1770, MIM	Slide Rule, Coggeshall-type = P.C.			Delehar 2.
WOOD, BENJAMIN 1	England, fl.1810-45, MIM NIM PHIM	Octant = Phillips 10/26/83; Wheel Barometer = X.	"teacher of navigation."	41 Wapping (1810); 51 Wapping (1816); 50 Wapping (1822-32); 21 Bath Street and 49/50 Wapping (1834); all in Liverpool.	Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9; Goodison 1; RSW.
WOOD, BENJAMIN 1 AND BENJAMIN WOOD 2	England, c.1845, MIM NIM OIM		Benjamin Wood and Benjamin Wood Jr.	7 Bath Street, Liverpool (1845).	Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9.
WOOD, BENJAMIN 2	England, fl.1834-47, MIM NIM OIM		son of Benjamin Wood 1, he was known as Benjamin Wood Jr.; the entry for Benjamin J. Wood in Taylor probably refers to Benjamin Wood Jr.; see Benjamin Wood 1 & Benjamin Jasper Wood.	46 Wapping (1834); 7 Bath Street (1845-47); both in Liverpool.	Taylor 2(1464); Bryden 9.
WOOD, BENJAMIN JASPER	England, fl.1796-1828, MIM		apprenticed to Michael Dancer in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 2, 1788; free in the Company, Feb. 2, 1796; the London directories show him as a MIM from 1797 to 1820; the Liverpool directories show a father and son, Benjamin Wood 1 and 2 and Crawforth thought that the first one could have been B.J. Wood, but he (B.Wood 1) had started in Liverpool in 1810.	10 Pared Buildings, Leaden Hall Market, London (1797-1800); Liverpool (1828).	Crawforth 7; RSW.
WOOD, CHAS., AND CO.	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
WOOD, E.	England, OIM	Microscope = Phillips 5/20/75.	probably Edward George Wood.	London.	RSW.
WOOD, EDWARD	England, c.1838, MIM PHIM			15 King Street, Clerkenwell, London.	Taylor 2(2277).
WOOD, EDWARD GEORGE	England, fl.1852-93, OIM PHIM	Microscope = Versailles 4/17/83; Telescopes = Phillips 10/26/83, Christie 11/15/79; Stick Barometer = Soth.-Pul- borough 3/1/83.	his instruments are usually signed "E.G. Wood" with one of his addresses; was he a partner in Horne, Thornthwaite and Wood?	7 Shepperton Street, New North Road; 74 Cheapside; both in London.	Taylor 2(2278); RSW.
WOOD, GEORGE	England, pre-1761, MIM		rule maker; succeeded by his widow, Mary Wood.	Wolverhampton.	Bryden 9.
WOOD, HENRY	England, c.1777, MIM		rule maker.	29 Great Charles Street, Birmingham.	Bryden 9.
WOOD, I.V., AND SONS	England, MIM	Rope Gauge = Pannett Park Museum, Whitby.	Might be John Wood 2.	Birmingham.	RSW.
WOOD, JOHN 1	England, fl.1701-13, MIM		apprenticed to John Nash 1 of the Clockmakers' Company on Jan. 20, 1690; free of the Company on April 7, 1701; took apprentices.		J. Brown 3.
WOOD, JOHN 2	England, c.1777, MIM		rule maker.	19 Lonon'-prentice Street, Birmingham.	Bryden 9.
WOOD, JOHN 3	USA, c.1790,		advertised pocket compasses, needles and magnets; probably a dealer.	Philadelphia, Pa. (1790).	USNM.
WOOD, JOHN 4	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
WOOD, MARY	England, c.1761, MIM		the widow of George Wood; she continued the business under his name.	Wolverhampton.	Bryden 9.
WOOD, RICHARD	England, c.1723, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Cooke 2 in the Joiners' Company in 1711; free in the Company in 1723.		Crawforth 7.
WOOD, THOMAS	England, fl.1767-70, MIM		rule maker.	Brickhill Lane (1767); Brick-Kiln Lane (1770); both in Wolverhampton.	Bryden 9.
WOODALL, THOMAS	England, c.1604, MIM		free in the Grocers' Company from Charles Whitwell on April 27, 1604; never formally bound as an apprentice.		J. Brown 1.
WOODE, JOHN	England, c.1627, MIM	Pearl Gauge = OXF.			Taylor 1(158); Evans 1.
WOODHEAD, JOSEPH	England, fl.1858-60, PHIM		barometer maker.	10 Little Warner Street, London.	Goodison 1.
WOODROFFE, GEORGE, SEN.	USA, c.1845, MIM NIM PHIM			Boston, Mass.	USNM.
WOODRUFF	England, c.1825, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.	watchmaker; barometer dealer.	High Street, Margate.	Goodison 1; Baillie 1.
WOODRUFF, L.	USA, c.1860,		patented a stick barometer made by Charles Wilder.	Ann Arbor, Mich.	Middleton 1.
WOODS 1			see Pinhey and Woods.		RSW.
WOODS 2	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Soth. 7/21/87.		London.	RSW.
WOODS, H.	England, PHIM	Stick Barometer = X.		Warrington.	Goodison 1.
WOODS, ROBERT CARR	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = Christie-SK 9/23/88, X; Barometer (incomplete) = KEN.	"Meteorological Instrument Maker"; an original member of the Meteorological Society.	47 Hatton Garden, Holborn, London.	Goodison 1; Middleton 1; RSW.
WOODS, THOMAS	England, c.1714,		clockmaker; had James Rowley (MIM) as an apprentice in the Clockmakers' Company, in 1714, but turned him over to James Drury of the same Company.	London.	J. Brown 3.
WOODSIDE, PATT.	England, c.1755, MIM NIM	Nocturnal, wood = D.	made for Robert Jackson.		Wynter and Turner.
WOODWARD 1	USA, PHIM		earliest maker of philosophical apparatus in New York, N.Y.	New York, N.Y.	USNM.
WOODWARD 2	England, 1846, MIM	Terrestrial Globes = Soth. 2/7/72 and 5/21/73 (1846).	the 1846 globe is 5" d.; see George Woodward 2.		RSW.
WOODWARD, GEORGE 1	England, MIM PHIM	Wheel Barometers = X, Soth. 7/6/73.		18 Leather Lane, Holborn, London.	Goodison 1; RSW.
WOODWARD, GEORGE 2	England, fl.1851-60, MIM PHIM		made barometers, thermometers and globes; see Woodward 2.	5 Charles Street, Hatton Garden, London.	Goodison 1.
WOODWARD, JOHN THOMAS	England, fl.1823-56, OIM PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		1 Clements Inn Passage (1823-28); 8 Clements Inn Passage (1830-56); both in London.	Taylor 2(2051); Goodison 1.
WOOLER			see Woller.		Goodison 1.
WOOLEY, JAMES	England, c.1830, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = Phillips-Guilford 8/24/93.		Manchester.	ATG 8/20/93.
WOOLF	England, PHIM	Marine Barometer = X.			Goodison 1.
WOOLF, LEWIS	England, NIM	Sextant = Eldred 10/11/75.		Liverpool.	RSW.
WOOLMAN, G.S.	USA, c.1852, MIM OIM PHIM		T.C.; his instruments were sold in the U.S.A. by James W. Queen and Co. and by W. & L.E. Gurley; in Britain his agent was R. & J. Beck of London.	116 Fulton Street, New York, N.Y.	Smart 1.
WOOLY			see Louis Hooly.		RSW.
WORBEY, T.G.	England, c.1850, NIM	Parallel Rule with Protractor = Soth. 9/20/83.		London.	RSW.
WORBOYS	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.		Ashwell, Baldock.	Goodison 1.
WORGAN, JOHN	England, fl.1682-1714, MIM SIM	Circumferentor = OXF; Gunter's Quadrant, 1695 = OXF; Gunter's Quadrant and Sundial = ADL-W88; Sectors = Soth. 7/10/67, DPW, OXF, ADL-W246; Universal Ring Sundial = ADL-W86; Plane Table, 1696 = OXF; Box Compass, 1696 = Soth. 4/22/65 = D.(1994); etc.	apprenticed to Nathaniel Anderton in the Grocers' Company on Nov.8, 1669; free of Walter Hayes of the same Company on Dec. 6, 1682; took apprentices; author; "Master of the Mechanics to King George I."	Under the Dial of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street (1688); Fetter Lane against Clifford's Inn back gate (1693); Fleet Street (1700); all in London.	Taylor 1(451); J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Gunther 2; Michel 3; A.J. Turner 10; Taylor and Wilson; Coffeen 32 and 46; ADL; RSW.
WORKMAN, BENJAMIN	England, c.1750, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Augsburg-type Sundial with cam for latitude setting = BM.	"late servant to Mr. Hauksbee"; T.C.	near Tom's Coffee-House in Russel Street, Covent Garden, London.	Price 3; Ward 4; RSW.
WORRALL, THOMAS	England, fl.1634-56, MIM		apprenticed to Thomas Spencer in the Joiners' Company in 1627; free in the Company in 1634; took William Sutton as an apprentice in 1642.		Crawforth 7.
WORTH	USA, c.1850, OIM		in 1849 Worth started a shop in New York making lenses and telescopes for engineering instruments; the business was bought by a Mr. Young who moved it to Philadelphia where it continued at least until 1911 as Young and Sons; Worth broke off and started a new optical shop.	New York, N.Y; Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
WORTH, BENJAMIN	1794, NIM	Hadley's Quadrant, 1794 = Dukes County Historical Society, Edgartown, Mass.	might be the owner.		RSW.
WORTH, E.B.S.	England, c.1850, MIM	Universal Equatorial Sundial = Soth. 11/16/87.			RSW.
WORTHING	England, c.1830, NIM	Sextant, Ramsden-pattern = Soth. 2/25/86.		London.	RSW.
WORTHINGTON	England, PHIM	Wheel Barometer = X.	probably Nathaniel Worthington.	London.	Goodison 1; RSW.
WORTHINGTON AND ALLAM	England, fl.1821-46, MIM NIM OIM PHIM	Universal Ring Sundial = Soth. 7/7/55; Telescopes = Christie 5/26/76, Versailles 11/20/83; Sextants = MAN, Soth. 10/20/75; Stick Barometers = X, Christie 11/24/83; Marine Barometer = Soth.-S 1/10/90.	Nathaniel Worthington and Allam; probably successors to Matthew Berge.	196 Piccadilly, London.	Taylor 2(1749); Goodison 1; Garcia Franco 1; RSW.
WORTHINGTON, NATHANIEL	England, c.1838, MIM NIM OIM	Sextant, # 2071 = D.(19830; Beechley's Improved Sextant, 1838 = X; Sundial = X; Inclinable Sundial = Soth. 9/20/83; Telescope = D.(1993).	worked for Ramsden; successor to Berge; one sundial is marked "Explorer's dial; telescope is signed "Worthington, London."	London.	Taylor 2(1749); Wynter 2; Coffeen 43; RSW.
WOUTERS, PYBE	Holland, fl.1580-1635, MIM	Astrolabes = GRO, Friesch Museum, Leeuwarden (1606), Eisinga's House, Franeker (1606); Globe = Franeker.	Franeker astrolabe signed "P. Gualtherus Matheseos studiosi",is Louvain-type; a variant of the name is Pibo Gualtheri.	Franeker; Leeuwarden (1603).	Michel 3; Rooseboom 1; Zinner 1; Price 1; ICA 2; Baillie 1; RSW.
WOUTERS, REMY			see Rennerus Valerius.		Michel 3.
WRAGER	1695, MIM	Pedometer, 1695 = SPI-183.			Michel 3; RSW.
WRAY, WILLIAM	England, 1829-85, OIM	Telescopes = K. & C. 3/28/73, Christie 4/9/75, Phillips 6/15/73 and 11/16/88.	showed in the Great Exhibition of 1851 in London; the telescopes are signed "Wray"; F.R.A.S. in 1862.	43 Havering Street, Commercial Road East, London.	G.L'E. Turner 24; RSW.
WREN, CHRISTOPHER	England, 1632-1723, MIM	Vertical Wall Sundial = All Souls College, Oxford; Reflecting Sundial, 1648 = X.	Sir Christopher Wren; architect, mathematician and astronomer; invented a mechanical tracing device in 1663.	London.	Gatty; Latham and Mattews (vol. 7); Middleton 1.
WRENCH'S	England, MIM	Pair of Globes, 6" = Phillips 4/20/85.	marked "Wrench's Six Inch Globe, Constructed from the Latest Authorities, London"; probably Edward Wrench.	London.	RSW.
WRENCH, EDWARD	England, fl.1822-53, MIM OIM PHIM SIM	Pantograph = Christie-SK 11/27/86; Telescope = Christie 12/18/74; Surveyor's Compass = D.(1973); Theodolite = Soth. 7/15/63; Wheel Barometer = D.(19760; Marine Barometer = Phillips 12/12/89; Terrestrial Globe, miniature = D(1996).	globe signed "Wrench's Miniature Globe, London."	6 Gray's Inn Terrace, London.	Taylor 2(2280); Wynter 2; Coffeen 55; RSW.
WREY			misreading for Wray.		RSW.
WRIGHT 1	England, c.1850, PHIM	Wheel Barometers = SPI-Anderson 3/25/27, Soth. 10/19/87.		Ongar.	RSW.
WRIGHT 2			see Gregory and Wright; Gilbert, Wright and Hooke; Gilbert and Wright; Gregory, Gilbert and Wright; Moore and Wright.		Taylor 2(839); Clay and Court.
WRIGHT 3	England, c.1760, MIM	Inclinable Sundial, with case = BM.			Taylor 1(96); Price 3; Ward 4.
WRIGHT 4	England, post 1858,		see Baxter and Wright.		RSW.
WRIGHT AND COLE	England, pre-1748, MIM		Thomas Wright and Benjamin Cole 1; see T. Wright and B. Cole; Cole succeeded Wright in 1748.	London.	Taylor and Wilson.
WRIGHT AND HOOKE	England, MIM SIM	Surveyor's Compass = P.C.	repaired by Gurley in 1930; owner lived in Roanoke, Va.		Smart 1.
WRIGHT, A.	England, PHIM	Barometer = P.C.(1977).		Westminster, London.	RSW.
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 1	England, fl.1596-1613, MIM		probably an instrument maker; worked for John Blagrave.		Taylor 1(96); Evans 1.
WRIGHT, BENJAMIN 2	England, c.1663,		apprenticed to Henry Sutton in the Joiners' Company, March 25, 1663.		Crawforth 7.
WRIGHT, DAVID	England, c.1830, OIM		partner in Chadburn and Wright.	94 Fargate, Sheffield.	Taylor 2(2054).
WRIGHT, E.	USA, c.1850, MIM PHIM		listed in the 1850 business directory.	Philadelphia, Pa.	USNM.
WRIGHT, EDWARD	England, 1558-1615, MIM OIM		designed and made mathematical instruments using telescopic sights; made the "Celestial Automaton."	Caius College, Cambridge.	Taylor 1(53); Waters 2; North 2; Bedini 8.
WRIGHT, G.			see Gabriel Wright and George Wright 3.		Milburn 8.
WRIGHT, G., AND WILLIAM BARDIN	England, 1782, MIM	Celestial Globe, 1782 = Chicago Historical Society, Ill.	"Wright's New Improved Celestial Globe, ----- G. Wright and William Bardin, London, 1782."	London.	Yonge.
WRIGHT, GABRIEL	England, fl.1781-1803,		member of the Girdlers' Company; claimed to have worked for Benjamin Martin 1 for eighteen years; author; patented a universal gimballed compass, c.1790; invented a universal sundial in 1781.		Millburn 8 and 11; Coffeen E.
WRIGHT, GEORGE 1	England, fl.1720-39, MIM		apprenticed to James Swetman 1 in the Grocers' Company on April 8, 1707; free of the Company on Jan. 21, 1720; took apprentices; turned over John Atkinson 2, an apprentice, to John Farmer 2 of the Joiners' Company on Sept. 25, 1739.	Clerkenwell, London (1736).	J. Brown 1; Crawforth 7; Millburn 8.
WRIGHT, GEORGE 2	England, 1740-1805, MIM NIM	Terrestrial Globes = PEA, Soth. 11/16/87; Pair of Globes = Manchester Historic Association, N.H.	author; associated with W. Bardin; invented a heliochrono- meter which was made by B. Martin; possibly invented Wright's Patent Quintant but this may by another Wright; see Wright 2; see Gilbert and Wright.	Mr. Martin's Fleet Street; The Navigation Warehouse, 148 Leadenhall Street; both in London.	Taylor 2(909); Calvert 2; Wynter and Turner; USNM; Yonge; RSW.
WRIGHT, GEORGE 3			a ghost; this is realy Gabriel Wright who published a paper on a universal sundial that he had invented.		Millburn 8.
WRIGHT, GEORGE E.	USA, 1892, MIM	Sun's Altitude Calculator, 1892 = ADL-G21.		Chicago, Ill.	ADL; RSW.
WRIGHT, JAMES	England, 1808, MIM	French Curve, 1808 = Phillips 11/11/81.		London.	RSW.
WRIGHT, JOHN 1	England, 1740, MIM	Sundial, 1740 = Blaise Castle Folk Museum, Henbury.	this might be John Wright 2 if the date on the sundial was misread.	Bristol.	Stevena and Aked.
WRIGHT, JOHN 2	England, fl.1753-60, MIM		possibly related to Thomas Wright 1; apprenticed to Benjamin Cole 1 in the Merchant Taylor's Company, c.1753; by 1756 he had moved to Bristol; succeeded by Joshua Springer by 1759; T.C.; see John Wright 1.	London; The Sphere and Hadley's Quadrant, near St. Stephen's Church, Bristol (1756).	Goodison 1; Crawforth 1.
WRIGHT, JONAS	England, MIM		made a Ptolemaic armillary sphere.		North 2.
WRIGHT, R.W.	England, OIM	Microscope = Borough Museum, Newbury, Berks.		London.	RSW.
WRIGHT, ROBERT	England, fl.1821-32,		author; invented a hypsometer.	Jesus College, Cambridge; Winwick, Lancashire.	Taylor 2(219).
WRIGHT, SUSAN	England, c.1730, NIM	Backstaff, lignum vitae and boxwood = Soth. 9/20/83.	signed "Made at Sus. Wrights in Bristol"; might be the widow of William Wright.	Bristol.	Taylor 2(220); RSW.
WRIGHT, T.	c.1900,	Sundial = ADL-T42.	signed "T. Wright, Dublin" but is the work of D.B. Sheahan of New York, N.Y.		Tomlinson 1; ADL; RSW.
WRIGHT, T. AND COLE, B.	England, fl.1740-48, MIM	Grand Orrery = Dr. Coopman's house, Franeker, Holland.	Thomas Wright 1 and Benjamin Cole 1.	at the Orrery in Fleet Street, London.	RSW.
WRIGHT, T. AND HUSBANDS (2)	England,		T.C.		Calvert 2.
WRIGHT, THOMAS 1	England, fl.1715-48, MIM OIM PHIM	Wide range of instruments that may be seen in many museums including grand orreries at KEN, OXF, BRM, Royal Academy, Portsmouth and Dunham Massey, Altringcham (also armillary sphere); mechanical equatorial sundials at ADL, NYM; hodometers at VCW, Longleat House; microscope at RSM.	apprenticed to John Rowley in the Broderers' Company, April 13, 1707; free in the Company by testimony of Rowley and John Coggs 1, Feb. 1, 1715; took Benjamin Cole 1 as an apprentice; MIM to George, Prince of Wales; MIM to the King; took over Rowley's work shop; partner with William Wyeth and later with Benjamin Cole 1; author and publisher; Wright was succeeded by Benjamin Cole 1 in 1748; T.C.; see Thomas Wright 1 (cont.)	see Wright, Thomas 1 (cont.)	see Thomas Wright 1 (cont.)
WRIGHT, THOMAS 1 (CONT.)			armillary sphere has two civil calendars.	at the Orrery and Globe, next the Globe and Marlborough Head Tavern, Fleet Street (1718); at the Orrery and Globe, Fleet Street, opposite Water Lane; at the Orrery and Globe, near Salisbury Court, Fleet Street; all in London.	Taylor 1(552), 2(143); Goodison 1; Crawforth 1 & 7; Michel 3; Chandler and Vincent; Dewhirst; Daumas 1; Price 2; Brieux 3; USNM; A.J. Turner 10; Clay and Court; Taylor and Wilson; Cajori; Royal Oak brochure; Coffeen 46 and 56; ADL; RSW.
WRIGHT, THOMAS 2	England, 1711-86, MIM PHIM		author; trained as a philosophical instrument maker; worked at Heath's and Sisson's workshops; taught astronomy.	London; Biar's Green, near Brancepeth, Durham.	Taylor 2(321); Michel 3.
WRIGHT, THOMAS 3	England, fl.1830-38, MIM	Instrument = OXF.	the following addresses may be for two different makers.	28 City Terrace, City Road, London; 1 Worship, Finsbury, London.	Taylor 2(2055).
WRIGHT, WILLIAM 1	England, fl.1720-30, MIM NIM		made a backstaff signed "W. and W." ?	Bristol.	Taylor 2(220).
WRIGHT, WILLIAM 2	England, fl.1797-1801, MIM		rule maker.	Philip Street (1797); 14 Philip Street (1801); both in Birmingham.	Bryden 9.
WRIGHTMAN, THOMAS	USA, c.1800,		engraved compass cards for Gedney King, Baker and Hooper, Joshua R. Lincoln, and John Trundy.		Warner 12.
WRIGHTSON, WILLIAM	England, c.1593,		apprenticed to Charles Whitwell of the Grocers' Company on Dec. 25, 1593.		J. Brown 1.
WRIGLESWORTH, WILLIAM	England, fl.1688-91, MIM	Perpetual Calendar, 1688 = WHI.	sold a small astrolabe which "registered perpetual time."	Rising Sun and Globe, Upper Moorfields, London.	Taylor 1(462); Bryden 16.
WULPARIA			misreading for Vulparia.		Gatty.
WURDEMANN, WILLIAM	Germany; USA, 1811-1900, MIM NIM OIM SIM	Theodolites = P.C., Hagley Museum, Del.; Meridian Telescopes = West Point Museum, Bureau of Land Management, Dept. of the Interior; Transits = Cornell University, ADL-L31; Sextant = MYS.	Würdemann; studied in Heidelberg; came to the U.S.A in 1834 and worked for the U.S. Coast Survey; on his own from 1840; made many improvements to instruments; made his own dividing engine.	Bremen (1811-34); Washington, D.C. (1834-1900).	Smart 1; Bedini 8; USNM; ADL; D.J. Warner 10; RSW.
WURSCHING	Germany, c.1790, MIM	Diptych Sundials, wood & paper = ADL-A150, Phillips 2/14/79, Christie 12/18/74 & 4/9/75, X.	Würsching.	Furth, Bavaria.	Zinner 1; ADL; RSW.
WURSTER, CHR. FRIEDRICH	Germany, fl.1748-61, MIM	Cube Sundial, 1748 = Neuenstein Schloss; Regiomontanus-type Sundial, wood = STU.	pastor.	Wiltendorff.	Zinner 1.
WURTZELBAU, JOHANN PHILIPP VON	Germany, 1651-1725, MIM	Sextant, wood, six-foot radius = DEU.	he was reported to have made quadrants and rules which are now lost, as well as many astronomical instruments.	Nürnburg.	Zinner 1; Lunardi.
WUSTHOF, J.	Germany, 18th Century, MIM	Altitude Sundial and Perpetual Calendar = ADL-A106; Perpetual Calendar = Soth.10/28/86.	"J. Wüsthof fecit" signed on ADL; Soth signed :J. Wisthof."		ADL; RSW.
WUSTHOFF, CHRISTOPH	Germany, 1693, MIM	Augsburg type Sundials = KES (1693), HAK.	Christoph Wüsthoff.	Hamburg.	Zinner 1; Price 2; Rohde; RSW.
WYBARD, JOHN	England, fl.1630-74,		designed a surveying instrument.		Taylor 1(165); Evans 1.
WYCK, J.J. VAN	Holland, OIM	Dissecting Microscope = P.C.	could be J. or T. van Wyck.		RSW.
WYDLER, CONRAD	Germany, c.1720, MIM	Pantograph = DRE.			RSW.
WYE, JOHN	England, c.1704, MIM		apprenticed to Jonathan Roberts in the Broderers' Company, Aug. 8, 1704.		Crawforth 7.
WYET, WILLIAM	England, c.1653,		apprenticed to John Brown 6 in the Joiners' Company, 1653.		Crawforth 7.
WYETH, WILLIAM	England, fl.1715-41, MIM	Butterfield-type Sundial = P.C. (1978).	apprenticed to John Coggs 1 in the Pewterers' Company; free of the Company c.1715; became partner of John Coggs 1; later was partner with Thomas Wright 1; made Shirtcliffe's slide rule.	Globe and Sun, near St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street; Orrery and Globe, Fleet Street; Orrery near Water Lane; all in London.	Taylor 1(463) and (581), 2(144); Cajori 1; Crawforth 7; Taylor and Wilson; RSW.
WYK, J.V.			see Jan van Wijk 2.		RSW.
WYLAN, HENRY	England, c.1629, MIM		free in the Joiners' Company; took apprentices, c.1629.	London.	Crawforth 7.
WYLD, J. AND W.	England, c.1858, MIM	Terrestrial Globe = Christie-SK 11/19/87.	see T. Wyld.	Charing Cross, East London.	RSW.
WYLD, T.	England, 1858, MIM	Celestial Globe, 1858 = D.(1972).	T. might have been read for J., or vice versa; see J. Wyld.	Charing Cross East, London.	RSW.
WYNN AND TIMMINS	England, MIM	Bow Gauge = VCW.			RSW.
WYNNE, ELLIS	England, 1670-1734, MIM	Garden Sundial, 1711 = Welsh Folk Museum.		Wales.	Peate.
WYNNE, HENRY	England, fl.1662-1709, MIM PHIM	Universal Ring Sundials = P.C.; Soth. 7/27/64; Sundial, silver = Soth. 12/13/71; Garden Sundials = GEL, D.(1976), Soth. 7/7/55, Windsor (near the Star "building"); Quadrants = P.C., ADL-L14 (returned); Protractor and Pantograph = Pepys (1669); Oughtred-type Sundial (1692) = Drumlanrig Castle, Dumfries.	apprenticed to Ralph Greatorex in the Clockmakers' Company in 1654; free of the Company in 1662 and Master in 1690; took apprentices; worked with Richard Glynne, according to Clay and Court; ADL-L14 returned to lender.	near the Sugarloaf, Chancery Lane; near Searjeant's Inn; near the Rolls; at the Pope's Head, Chancery Lane; all in London.	Taylor 1(266); J. Brown 3; Latham and Matthews, Vol. 9; Goodison 1; Taylor and Wilson; A.J. Turner 10; Bryden 9; USNM; Earle; Robischon; Clay and Court; ADL; RSW; Somerville.