Worth Shampeny * * * * * Jedidiah Baldwin of Hanover, N.H. (c. 1777-1829)
South Natick Apple or 13-16 * * 4-7/8 John Dupee of Historical walnut Boston (after Society 1761)
Streeter Coll., Birch 13 6 * 4 Thomas S. Bowles Yale University of Portsmouth, N.H. (c.1765-1821)
Cherry 11-5/6 6 4 * Jere Clough of Boston (18th century)
Cherry 12 6 3-1/2 * Benjamin Warren of Plymouth, Mass. (fl. 1740-1790)
Roleigh L. Cherry 7-1/2 3-3/4 3 * Unsigned Stubbs
Silvio A. Walnut 12 5-3/8 5 4 Thomas S. Bowles Bedini of Portsmouth, N.H. (c. 1765-1821)
Pine 5-3/4 3-1/2 2-1/2 * Unsigned (18th century)
Mahogany * * * * Unsigned (18th century)
Basswood 12 5-3/4 2-3/4 4 Thomas Greenough of Boston (1710-1785)
Birch 18 7-1/2 7-1/2 6 Samuel Thaxter of Boston (1769-1842)
Mahogany 13 7-1/4 4-1/4 6 Samuel Thaxter of Boston (1769-1842)
Yellow 8-1/4 4 * 4-1/4 Benjamin K. Hagger birch of Boston and Baltimore (c. 1769-1834)
Cherry 14 5-1/2 6-3/8 4-3/4 Gurdon Huntington of Windham, Conn. and Walpole, N.H. (1763-1804)
Yale Gallery Mahogany 11-1/2 5 * * Andrew Newell of of Fine Art Boston (1749-c. 1798)
MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS
Alphabetical List
(Asterisk denotes information unavailable.)
Name Period Place Types of instruments
Bailey, John fl. 1778 Fishkill, N. Y. Surveying; surgical
Bailey, John, II 1752-1823 Hanover and Lynn, Surveying Mass.
Baily, Joel 1732-1797 West Bradford, (practitioner) Pa.
Baldwin, Jedidiah c. 1777-1829 Salem, Boston, Surveying and Northampton, Mass.; Hanover, N. H.
Banneker, Benjamin c. 1734-1806 Baltimore (practitioner)
Benson, John fl. 1793-1797 * Optical
Biddle, Owen 1737-1799 Philadelphia (practitioner)
Biggs, Thomas fl. 1792-1795 New York and Surveying Philadelphia
Blakslee, Ziba 1768-1834 Newtown, Conn. Surveying
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