Occupation
Place born
Organisation / Person
1687-1748, instrument maker, Dutch

Musschenbroek, Jan van

1687 - 1748

1901-1963, instrument maker; inventor, British

Grumble, Ron

1901 - 1963

1888-1966, instrument maker, British

King, Arthur Charles

1888 - 1966

active 1784-1791, optician; instrument maker, London England

Jones, William

1762 - 1831

1750-1831, physicist; instrument maker, French

Fortin, Jean Nicolas

1750 - 1831

1781-1873, instrument maker; artist; optical inventor, English; British

Varley, Cornelius

1781 - 1873

1744-1832, optical, mathematical & nautical instrument maker, Paris, France

Lenoir, Etienne

1744 - 1832

1803-1877, instrument-maker; inventor, German

Ruhmkorff, Heinrich Daniel

1803 - 1877

1846 -1925, instrument maker, German

Sartorius, Florenz

1846 - 1925

active 1830s-1850s, clock-maker; instrument maker, British

Breese, James

1800 - 1860

1801-1865, optician, instrument maker, Birmingham and London, England, English

Elkington, George Richards

1801 - 1865

1846-1913, instrument and compass maker, opticians, London, England, British

John Lilley & Son

1846 - 1913

1808-1864, pharmacist, physical, chemical and medical instrument maker, Delft, Holland, Dutch

Kipp, Petrus Johannes

1808

active 1885-?, instrument maker, Paris, France

Henry Galante et Fils

active late nineteenth century, inventor of Biophantascope with W Friese-Green, Bath

Rudge, John

active 1851, instrument maker, Paris, France

Collot Freres

active 1870s, instrument maker, Brusses, Belgium

Tilliere, Charles

active 1820, musical transposition calculator maker, England, British?

Wilson, J.

active 1890s-1906, instrument maker, Gottingham, Germany

Becker, August

active 1775, clock & instrument (?) maker, English; British

Davis, John

active 1823-1859, hydrometer/ instrument maker, patentee, London, American

How, Andrew Peddie

1800-1838, chemical and philosophical instrument maker, ironmonger, London, England, British

Richard & George Knight

active 1831-1858, mathematical/ nautical instrument maker, London, England, British

Taylor, Janet

active 1748, instrument maker, British

Pearce, Thomas

active c.1880-1930, instrument maker, Paris, France, French?

Frères, Richard