Part 32

Benjamin King (1707-1786); mathematical and nautical instruments.

Samuel King (1748-1819); mathematical instrument.

Paul Pease (fl. 1750); quadrants.

Providence: William Hamlin (1772-1869); mathematical, astronomical, and nautical instruments.

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston: Charles Blundy (fl. 1753); thermometric instruments.

Robert Clark (fl. 1785); nautical, surveying, and optical instruments.

James Jacks (fl. 1780's); mathematical and surveying instruments.

VERMONT

Bradford: James Wilson (1763-1855); globes.

VIRGINIA

Winchester: Goldsmith Chandlee (c.1746-1821); surveying and astronomical instruments and clocks.

Anthony Lamb (1703-1784); mathematical instruments.

TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR MAKERS

(Categories based on specific designations noted in advertisements)

ASTRONOMICAL

Caritat, H. (fl. 1799), New York.

Chandlee, Goldsmith (c.1746-1821), Winchester, Va.; also made surveying instruments and clocks.

Ellicott, Andrew (1754-1820), Baltimore; also made surveying instruments.

Folger, Walter, Jr. (1765-1849), Nantucket, Mass.; also made surveying instruments.

Greenough, Thomas (1710-1785), Boston; also made mathematical, surveying, and nautical instruments.

Hamlin, William (1772-1869), Providence, R.I.; also made mathematical and nautical instruments.

Holcomb, Amasa (1787-1875), Southwick, Mass.; also made surveying instruments.

Rittenhouse, Benjamin (1740-c.1820), Philadelphia; also made surveying instruments.

Rittenhouse, David (1732-1796), Philadelphia and Norristown, Pa.; also made surveying instruments.

Voight, Henry (1738-1814), Philadelphia; also made clocks and watches.

GLASS AND THERMOMETRIC

Blundy, Charles (fl. 1753), Charleston, S.C.; also made watches.