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Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers · Silvio A. Bedini — chapter 28 of 70 · ~184 words · public domain

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Thomas Greenough (1710-1785); mathematical, surveying, astronomical, and nautical instruments.

William Greenough (fl. 1785); surveying instruments.

Isaac Greenwood, Sr. (c.1725-1750), practitioner.

Isaac Greenwood, Jr. (1730-1803); mathematical instruments.

Benjamin K. Hagger (c. 1769-1834); mathematical and surveying instruments.

James Halsie I (fl. 1674), practitioner.

James Halsy II (1695-1767); mathematical and surveying instruments.

John Halsy (fl. 1700); mathematical instruments.

Joseph Halsy (fl. 1697-1762); surveying instruments.

Rowland Houghton (1678-1744); surveying instruments.

Andrew Newell (1749-1798); surveying instruments.

Joseph Newell (fl. 1800-1813); surveying instruments.

Joseph Pope (1750-1826); scientific instruments and clocks.

Nathan Prince (fl. 1743), practitioner; scientific instruments.

Paul Revere (1735-1818); gunnery instruments.

Charles Thacher (18th century); surveying instruments.

Samuel Thaxter (1769-1842); surveying, nautical, and mathematical instruments.

William Williams (1737/8-1792); mathematical and nautical instruments.

Brookfield: John Potter (1746-1818); surveying instruments.

Hanover: John Bailey II (1752-1823); surveying instruments.

Lanesboro: Benjamin Platt (1757-1833); surveying instruments, clocks, and compasses.

Lynn: John Bailey II (1752-1823); surveying instruments.

Nantucket: Peter Folger (1617-1690), practitioner(?).

Walter Folger (1765-1849), practitioner; clocks and astronomical instruments.

Newburyport: Gideon Fairman (1774-1827); mathematical instruments.

Hooker & Fairman (before 1810); mathematical instruments.

Northampton: Jedidiah Baldwin (c.1777-1829); surveying instruments.

Stiles & Baldwin (fl.1791); surveying instruments.

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