Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers

by Silvio A. Bedini

[127] Information from Prof. Alfred F. Whiting, Dartmouth College Museum.

[128] Rev. James Hill Fitts, History of Newfields, New Hampshire, 1638-1911, (Concord: Rumford Press, 1912).

[129] Price, op. cit. (footnote 1), p. 64.

[130] The full title is The Journal of Andrew Ellicott, Late Commissioner on behalf of the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799 and Part of the Year 1800 For Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America. It was published by Budd and Barton for Thomas Dobson at "the Stone House, No. 41 South Second Street" in Philadelphia in 1803.

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Index

Abbott, Katherine M., [98]
Adams, Augustus, [99]
Adams, George, [131], [134], [136]
Allen, John Johnson, [148]
almanac, [22], [24], [25]
American Antiquarian Society, [38], [112]
American Philosophical Society, [11], [12], [16], [21], [22], [24]
Amherst College, [26]
Annals of Salem, [43]
Antiques, [43], [45]
apparatus, scientific teaching, [3]
astronomical observatory, [15], [24]
Atwell, George, [10]
backstaff, [58], [96], [139]
Backus, Ebenezer, [120]
Bailey, Calvin, [39]
Bailey, John, [39], [51], [155], [162], [169], [170]
John II, [39], [155], [161], [170]
Lebbeus, [39]
Baily, Joel, [21], [22], [24], [155], [164]
Baldwin, Jabes, [123]
Jedidiah, [123], [124], [154], [155], [160], [162], [170]
Jeduthan, [94]
Ballard, Mehitable, [109], [110]
Samuel, [109]
William, [109], [110]
Baltimore American & Commercial Advertiser, [110]
Banks, Sir Joseph, [140]
Banneker, Benjamin, [22], [23], [24], [25], [155], [160]
Barclay, Thomas, [146]
Bardin, W. & T. M., [131], [141], [142], [143]
barometer, [31], [32], [33]
Bassett, Preston R., [74], [75], [153]
Bedini, Silvio A., [29], [113]
Banneker's ... Almanac and Ephemeris, For ... [179], [24], [25]
Bennet, N., [131]
Benson, John, [28], [155], [169]
Bentley, William, [36], [37]
Bethune, Nathaniel, [87]
Biddle, Owen, [21], [22], [24], [155], [163]
Biggs, Thomas, [59], [155], [162], [163], [170]
Bion, Nicolas, [10]
Blakslee, Ziba, [47], [155], [160], [170]
Blundy, Charles, [29], [155], [165], [166]
Boston Annual Advertiser, [99]
Boston Evening Post, [27]
Boston Gazette, The, [6], [27], [38], [39], [40], [82], [87], [95], [105]
Bostonian Society, [42], [77], [78], [79], [99], [100], [101], [105], [153]
Bouchette, Col., [146], [148]
boundsgoer, [7]
Bowdoin, James, [81], [86]
Bowles, Hannah, [124]
Samuel, [124]
Thomas Salter, [75], [124], [125], [126], [127], [129], [153], [154], [155], [162], [170]
Braddock, Gen., [149]
Bradley, Abiah Emerly, [125]
Brainard, Newton C., [5], [6]
Breed, Aaron, [75], [107], [153], [155], [160], [170]
Brewington, M. V., [85]
Brewster, Charles W., [125]
Bridenbaugh, Carl, [29], [53]
Brigham, Clarence S., [38], [97]
Brighton, Ray, [124]
Brokaw, Isaac, [53], [155], [163]
Brown, Benjamin, [94], [96]
Sam, [102], [104]
Brown University, [26]
Bucks County Historical Society, [90], [153]
Bulmain & Dennies, [51], [155], [162], [168]
Burges, Bartholomew, [40], [155], [160]
Burnap, Daniel, [69], [117], [118], [119], [155], [160], [166], [170]
Cabot, Mrs. H. Ropes, ix
camera obscura, [28]
Campbell, Colin, [146]
Cape Henlopen, [21], [22], [24], [58]
Carey, W., [51]
Caritat, H., [51], [155], [162], [165]
Carter, Henry, [28]
Chandlee, Benjamin, Jr., [54], [155], [161], [166], [170]
Benjamin, Sr., [54]
Edward E., [55]
Ellis, [55], [155], [161], [166], [170]
Ellis, & Bros., [54], [55], [155], [161], [170]
Goldsmith, [54], [55], [56], [57], [155], [165], [166], [170]
Isaac, [55], [59], [155], [161], [170]
John, [55]
Chandlee & Bros. [John and Isaac Chandlee], [161], [166], [170]
Chandlee [Benjamin, Jr.] & Sons, [54]
Chapin, Howard M., [43], [44], [45]
Charleston Evening Gazette, [31]
Cheney, Benjamin, [67]
Chester County Historical Society, [24], [31], [32], [54], [55]
Chronicle [E.A.I.A.], [6]
Churchill, Frank C., [126], [129]
Clark, Robert, [31], [165], [168], [169], [170]
William, [152]
Clark County Historical Society, [60]
Clarke, Martha, [85]
Sarah, [85]
William, [85]
clockmaker, [10], [11], [15], [16], [19], [21], [24], [29], [30], [31], [34], [39], [40], [45], [47], [49], [54], [57], [59], [62], [63], [67], [117], [118], [123], [124], [125], [129], [146]
Clough, Jere, [75], [105], [154], [155], [161], [170]
Joseph, [99], [105]
Cohen, I. Bernard, [40]
Cole, Benjamin, [149], [150]
Collison, Peter, [58]
Columbia Centinel, [98], [99]
compass, [53], [54], [63], [152]
compass card, [75], [76], [82], [83], [90], [92], [102], [104], [106], [107], [113], [115]
Comstock Memorial Collection, [139]
Condorcet, Marquis de, [24]
Condy, Benjamin, [59], [155], [163], [167], [168]
Connecticut Courant, [47]
Connecticut Gazette, [120], [121]
Connecticut Historical Society, [5], [6], [93], [118], [119], [121]
Connecticut Journal, [45]
Conrad, Henry C., [54]
Cosgrove, James, [7]
Cotes, Roger, [149]
Crittenden, A. R., [139]
Crockett, Roberson, [87]
Crow, George, [54], [155], [160], [166], [170]
Curtis, Charles B., [134]
Cushing, A. T., [101]
S. T., [99], [101]
Custis, George Washington Parke, [144]
Dabney, John, Jr., [27], [156], [161], [167]
Dakin, Jonathan, [38], [76], [156], [161], [167]
Dartmouth College, [26], [36], [72], [124]
Museum, [70], [71], [72], [126], [129], [153]
Davenport, Michael, [61]
William, [61], [156], [164], [167], [168], [170]
Davis, William T., [113]
Davis quadrant, [13], [37], [44], [58], [66], [92], [97], [139]
Day, J., [10]
Dean, William, [60], [61], [156], [164], [168], [170]
Denegan, John, [33]
De Negani, [33]
Devacht, Francois, [49], [156], [163], [166]
Joseph, [49], [156], [163], [166]
Dewie, Captain Solomon, [118]
dialing rule, [4], [5]
Diary, or Evening Register, [33]
Dinwiddie, Gov., [150]
Dix, John Ross, [34]
Dixon, Jeremiah, [24]
Donegan, [or Denegan] John, [33], [156], [162], [166]
Donegany, Joseph, [33], [156], [162], [166]
Donnel, Henry, [60]
Jonathan, [60], [61]
Doolittle, Amos, [36]
Enos, [47], [156], [160], [166], [168], [170]
Isaac, [45], [47], [156], [160], [166], [167]
Isaac, Jr., [45], [156], [160], [166], [170]
Dorsan, Sarah Halsy, [80], [81]
Dougherty, John, [60], [61]
Douglass, Andrew Ellicott, [134], [136], [145]
David Bates, [134]
Henry B., [142]
Dow, George Francis, [106]
Draper, Murray & Fairman, [43]
Dring, Jeptha, [31]
Thomas, [31], [32]
Duffield, Edward, [62]
Dunglison, Dr., [62]
Dupee, Isaac, [105]
John, [69], [75], [104], [105], [153], [154], [156], [161], [170]
Duvall, Samuel, [144], [145]
Dyherty, John, [60]
Early American Industries Association, [6], [89]
Eckhardt, George H., [15], [62], [63]
Eichner, Laurits C., [90], [91], [137], [138], [153]
Eldridge, Elizabeth, [80]
Joseph, [80]
Ellicott, Andrew, [18], [19], [20], [22], [24], [62], [131], [132], [133], [134], [135], [137], [139], [142], [144], [145], [147], [156], [160], [165], [170]
Charles, [134]
George, [22], [23]
Jane Judith, [134]
Joseph, [19], [22]
Ellicotts Mills, [19], [21]
Ellis, Mary N., [137]
Orange Warner, [137], [138]
Emery, Samuel, [43], [156], [164], [167], [168]
Endicott, John, [84]
equal altitude instrument, [20]
Evans, David, [146]
George, [31], [62], [156], [163], [167]
Ewer, Sarah, [129]
Fairchild, Adah, [49]
Fairman, Gideon, [42], [156], [157], [162], [167], [168](see also Hooker and Fairman)
Farmer's Museum, [73], [153]
Felt, Joseph B., [43], [94]
Ferguson, James, [22]
Fisher, Joshua, [58]
Martin, [62], [156], [164], [166]
Fitch, Eunice, [98]

John, [62]
Fitts, Rev. James Hill, [129]
Flint, Abel, [10], [72]
Folger, Nathaniel, [45]
Peter, [40], [156], [162]
Walter, Jr., [40], [156], [162], [165]
Folwell, John, [16]
Footes, Nathaniel, [4], [5]
Ford, George, [63], [156], [163], [168], [170]
George, II, [63], [156], [163], [168], [170]
Fosbrook, W., [31], [156], [162], [169]
Franklin, Benjamin, [40], [53], [58]
Franklin Institute, [40], [89], [90], [139], [153]
Frizell, John, [81]
Frye, Joseph, [90], [91], [137], [138], [139]
Joseph, Jr., [91], [137]
Fryeburg, [90], [137], [138]
Gardner, Will, [40]
Gatty, Joseph, [33], [156], [162], [164], [166]
Gerry, Capt., [27]
Gilbert, Joseph, [80], [81]
Mary, [81]
Gillingham, Harold E., [30], [33], [59], [61], [66]
Gilman, Benjamin C., [34], [156], [162], [166], [167]
Gilmur, Bryan, [63], [156], [164], [166], [167]
Gilpin family, [54]
glass and thermometric instruments, [53], [59], [62]
globes, [8], [34], [35], [36], [53], [131], [140], [142], [143]
Goddard & Angell, [22]
Godfrey, Thomas, [58], [59], [88], [156], [164], [168]
Godfrey's quadrant, [28]
Gottesman, Rita S., [33], [51], [66]
Gould, John, [30], [76], [156], [164], [168], [170]
Graham, George, [145]
Grainger, Samuel, [6], [156], [161]
Greene, Joseph, [96]
Peter, [109]
Greenleaf, Stephen, [37], [38], [157], [161], [167]
Greenough, David, [86]
Elizabeth, [85]
Jerusha, [85]
John, [85]
Newman, [85]
Thomas, [69], [75], [85], [86], [87], [88], [89], [90], [92], [93], [137], [138], [153], [157], [160], [165], [167], [169], [170]
Thomas, Dr., [88], [89]
William, [86], [87], [88], [89], [157], [161], [170]
Greenwood, Dr. & Mrs. Arthur, [150]
Isaac, Jr., [38], [157], [161], [167]
Isaac, Sr., [38], [39], [157], [161]
Grew, Theophilus, [8], [157], [164]
Griffith, Nathaniel S., [125]
Griffith & Bowles, [124]
Gross, Huldah, [84]
Thomas, [84]
Gruchy, Thomas James, [87]
gunnery calipers, [40]
Gurley, W. & L. E., [43], [118]
Gurnet lighthouse, [115], [116]
Gutridge, Anna, [84]
Guyol, Philip N., [82]
Hadley, James, [58]
Hadley quadrant, [66], [82]
Hagger, Benjamin King, [109], [110], [111], [154], [157], [160], [161], [167], [170]
John W., [110]
Mary, [43]
William Guyse, [43], [44], [72], [109], [110], [139], [157], [158], [164], [169]
William King, [109]
Hall, Andrew, [98]
Stephen, [86]
Halley, Edmond, [58]
Halsie, Hannah, [84]
James, I, [4], [80], [81], [157], [161]
Nathaniel, [80], [84]
Halsy, Anna, [81]
James, II, [75], [80], [81], [82], [84], [85], [154], [157], [161], [167], [170]
John, [80], [81], [82], [157], [167]
Joseph, [75], [80], [81], [82], [83], [153], [157], [161], [170]
Rebecca, [80]
Sarah, [80]
Ham, George, [125]
Hannah, [125]
Henry, [125]
James, [65], [157], [163], [164], [167], [169]
James, Jr., [66], [164], [167], [169]
Supply, [125]
William, [125]
Hamilton, Alexander, [58], [65]
Hamlin, William, [44], [45], [46], [76], [157], [164], [165], [167], [169]
Hanks, Benjamin, [47], [157], [160], [170]
Truman, [47], [157], [160], [170]
Harland, Thomas, [10], [29], [30], [117], [123], [157], [160], [166], [170]
Harvard University, [8], [26], [35], [40], [41], [95], [99]
Hayes, Fanny, [49]
Rutherford B., [49]
Heckewelder, John, [49]
Heisely, Frederick A., [57], [58], [61], [157], [160], [163], [166], [167], [170]
George, [57], [157], [163], [166], [167], [170]
Helyer, Joseph, [94], [96]
Polly, [98]
Henry Ford Museum, [107]
Hicks, Edward, [31], [32]
Hannah, [31], [32]
Hillman, George, [109]
William, [109]
Hindle, Brooke, [8], [15], [58]
Hinton, William, [66], [76], [157], [163], [167]
Historical Society of Pennsylvania, [55]
Hoadley, Silas, [68]
Hobby, Sir Charles, [6]
Hoff, Catherine, [57]
George, [163], [166]
John, [57], [157]
Holbecher, John, [139]
Holcomb, Amasa, [26], [157], [162], [165], [171]
Holland, Captain, [145]
Hood, Joseph, [80]
Hooker, William, [42], [157]
Hooker & Fairman [William Hooker and Gideon Fairman], [42], [157], [162], [167]
Hoopes, Penrose R., [30], [45], [47], [67], [117], [118], [120]
Hopkins, Joseph, [68]
Houghton, Rowland, [27], [38], [157], [161], [171]
Houghton Library, [35]
Hunter, Frederick W., [53]
Huntington, Gurdon, [75], [118], [120], [121], [122], [154], [157], [160], [162], [166], [171]
Hezekiah, [120]
Submit, [120]
Hurd, Nathaniel, [106], [107]
Hutzlar, Dr. Donald A., [60]
hydrometer, [28]
hygrometer, [33]
Independent Journal, or The General Advertiser, [53]
Irving, Washington, iv
Jacks, James, [63], [158], [165], [167], [171]
James, Arthur E., [24]
Jay, Daniel, [30]
Jayne, John, [43], [158], [162], [167], [169]
Jefferson, Thomas, [19], [24], [62]
Jerome, Chauncey, [68]
Jess, Z., [10]
Johnson, John, [139], [146], [148]
Jones, Samuel, [135]
William, [135]
W. & S., [135], [137], [139]
Journal of Andrew Ellicott, [20], [131], [132], [133], [136], [142], [144], [145]
Keese, Samuel, [149]
Kennard, John, [126], [129], [158], [162], [166], [171]
Ketterer, Alloysius, [61], [158], [164], [166]
Kiely, Edmond R., [7]
Kimball, LeRoy E., [8], [36]
Kimmel, Anthony, [144], [145]
King, Benjamin, I, [37], [43], [44], [109], [158], [169]
Benjamin, II, [43] [158] [162] [164], [167], [169]
Daniel, [36], [43], [158], [162], [168], [169]
Mary, [43]
Mehitable, [43]
Rufus, [43]
Samuel, [43], [158], [164], [168], [169]
King & Hagger [Benjamin King and William Guyse Hagger], [43], [44], [158], [164], [167], [169]
Kizer, David J., [60]
Thomas J., [60]
Knowlton, Mary, [43]
Kugler, Charles, [62], [76]
Lamb, A., & Son, [29], [158], [163], [168], [169], [171]
Anthony, [10], [28], [158], [163], [164], [165], [168], [169], [171]
John, [29], [158], [163], [168], [169], [171]
Lane, Gladys R., [45]
Latrobe, Benjamin, [150]
John H. B., [24]
Laudonet, Mary, [54]
Leadbeater, [22]
Leake, Isaac Q., [29]
Lee, Billy, [149]
L'Enfant, Pierre Charles, [19]
LePhillips, Philip, [24]
Lewis, John, [7]
Lawrence, [149]
Leybourn, William, [10]
Library Company of Philadelphia, [21]22
Lloyd, Anna, [81]
loadstones, [27], [38]
Loftan, Thomas, [150], [151]
Logan, James, [58]
Love, J., [10], [72]
Lovering & Sons, Joseph, [98]
Ludlow, I., [60]
Lyle, Robert, [54], [56]
Lyon, Mrs. Eliza R., [142]
Madison, James, [19]
Magee, D. F., [63]
magic lantern, [27]
magnets, [63]
maps, [7], [53]
Mariner's Museum, [107], [108], [153]
Maryland Historical Society, [23]
Maryland Journal and Baltimore Daily Advertiser, [21]
Maskelyne, Nevil, [142], [146]
Mason, Charles, [24]
Mason-Dixon Line, [19]
Massachusetts Historical Society, [80], [82], [83], [84], [86], [87], [94], [96], [102], [104], [109], [116], [117]
Massachusetts Magazine, [40]
Matchett's Baltimore Directory, [110]
Mather, Rev. Cotton, [82], [84]
Mathews, Catherine Van C., [21]
Maupertius, de, [146]
Maverick, Jotham, [93], [94]

Samuel, [94]
Mayer's Tables, [22]
McCabe, William, [49]
McHenry, James, [22]
Memoirs of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, [40]
Mendenhall, Thomas, [63], [158], [163], [166], [168]
Mercer Museum, [90], [153]
Merrill, P., Esq., [126], [129]
Miller, Aaron, [53], [158], [162], [166], [171]
Mirick, McAndrew, [87]
Mitchell, Edwin Valentine, [36]
Maria, [40]
Moore, S., [10]
Moor's Indian Charity School, [72]
Morey, John, [113]
Morris, M., [53], [158], [163]
Morton, Charles, [82], [83]
Mount Vernon, [54], [57], [144]
Mount Vernon Ladies Association of the Union, [57]
Nantucket, [40]
National Maritime Museum, [150]
Newell, Andrew, [106], [107], [154], [158], [161], [168], [169], [171]
Charles, [107], [161]
Joseph, [107], [161]
New Hampshire Historical Society, [81], [82], [153]
New York Daily Advertiser, [28], [33], [53]
New York Gazette, [28], [51], [53], [66]
New York Historical Society, [33], [39], [66]
New York Mercury, [66]
New York Packet, [29], [51], [53]
Noble, James, [81]
Norwich Courier, [30]
Norwood, R., [10]
Odell, [146]
Ohio Historical Society, [55], [61]
Ohio State Museum, [16], [51], [52], [55], [59], [60], [61]
Old Sturbridge, [90], [107], [153]
optical instruments, [26], [28]
orrery, [15], [16], [39], [40], [41]
Osborn, John, [96]
Paine, Robert Treat, [82]
Thomas, [82], [83]
Palmer, Brooks, [39], [47], [63], [123]
Parker, N., [153]
Parmele, Ebenezer, [67]
Partridge, Marty, [81]
Paul, Amos, [129]
Temple, [129]
Peabody Museum, [85], [96], [97], [139], [153]
Peale, Charles Wilson, [14]
Pease, Elizabeth Folger, [45]
Paul, [45], [158], [164], [169]
Pell, Edward, [84]
Pemberton, James, [30]
Pennsylvania Evening Herald, [33]
Pennsylvania Magazine, [30]
Pennsylvania Packet, The, [15]
Pennsylvania, University of, [8], [15], [16]
perpetual log, [51]
Phillips, John M., [107]
Jonathan, [99]
Mrs. Mary W., ix
Pierce, Abner, [139]
Pierpont, John, [68]
Pitt, William, [24]
Pitts, James, [86]
planetarium, [36]
planisphere, [51]
Platt, Adah, [49]
Augustus, [49], [52], [158], [163], [168], [171]
Benjamin, [49], [51], [158], [160], [162], [163], [167], [171]
William Augustus, [49]
Plymouth Journal & Massachusetts Advertiser, [112], [113]
Pope, Joseph, [39], [41], [158], [161], [167]
Potter, John, [43], [158], [161], [171]
Potts, Thomas, [12]
W. L., [158], [163]
Power, Alexander, [7]
Price, Derek J. de Solla, ix, [3], [130]
Priestley, Frances D., [140], [142]
Dr. Joseph, [131], [140], [141], [143]
Prime, Alfred Coxe, [29], [31], [63]
Prince, John, [24], [158], [161], [162]
Nathan, [8], [158]
Princeton University, [15]
Pryor, Thomas, [59], [159], [164], [168]
Quincy, Abraham, [96]
Rathborne, Aaron, [9], [10]
Ratsey, Widow, [65]
Revere, Paul, [38], [39], [40], [41], [42], [97], [113], [116], [117], [159], [161], [168]
Reynolds, John E., [131], [134]
William, [134]
Reworth, Captain, [87]
Rhode Island Historical Society, [45], [46], [139]
Riley, Stephen T., ix
Ritchie & Co., Bern C., [139]
Rittenhouse, Benjamin, [11], [15], [16], [142], [144], [159], [164], [165], [171]
David, [11], [12], [14], [15], [16], [20], [21], [47], [62], [142], [144], [145], [146], [147], [159], [163], [164], [165], [171]
Rittenhouse & Evans [David Rittenhouse & David Evans], [139], [146], [148], [159], [171]
Roberts, Gideon, [67]
Nathaniel, [85]
Romaine, Lawrence, [88]
Royal Pennsylvania Gazette, [59]
Royal Society of London, [58]
Rutgers University, [26]
Salter, Titus, [124]
sand glasses, [59]
Savage, James, [4], [80], [84]
Schiff, Henry G., [107]
Schoen, H. H., [7]
Seybold, R. F., [7]
Shampeny, Worth, [153]
Shepley Library, [139]
Sheppard, Jack, [29]
Shillcock, Hannah, [94]
Joyce, [94]
Robert, [93]
Shoemaker, Mrs. Francis D., [140]
Shrimpton, Shute, [87]
Sibley, Asa, [120], [121]
Sibley & Marble [Clark Sibley and Simeon Marble], [47], [159], [160], [167], [168]
Sign of the Cross-Knives and Gun, At the, [53], [76]
Sign of "Hadley's Quadrant," At the, [66], [76]
Sign of the Hand & Beam, At the, [38], [76]
Sign of the Mathematical Instruments, At the, [43]
Sign of the Quadrant, At the, [30], [45], [76], [107]
Sign of the Seven Stars, At the, [62], [76]
Sission, Jonathan, [27]
Skillin, John, [77], [78], [79]
Simeon, [39], [41], [78]
Sloane, Sir Hans, [58]
Smart, C. E., ix, [118]
Smith, Cordial, [159], [160]
Society for the Promotion of Useful Arts of Albany, [21]
Solebury, [19]
Sommer, Widow Balthaser, [28], [159], [163], [169]
South Natick Historical Society, [104], [153]
Sower, Christopher, [63], [159], [163], [164], [167], [168]
Stargazers' Stone, [24]
Steele, A.P., [60], [61]
Stevenson, D. Alan, [115]
Stiles & Storrs [Nathan Storrs and Jedidiah Baldwin], [123], [159], [162], [171]
Stiles & Baldwin [Jedidiah Baldwin], [123], [159], [162], [171]
Stimpson, Charles Jr., [99]
Stoddard, Sarah, [86]
Stone, Edmund, [10]
Storrs, Nathan, [123]
Streeter Collection of Weights and Measures [Yale University], [105], [114], [115], [117], [125], [126], [153]
Stretch, Carolyn Wood, [63]
Struik, Dirk J., [26]
Stubbs, Roleigh L. [72], [153]
sundial, [4], [38], [49], [54], [149]
surgical instruments, [31], [47], [51], [53], [54]
Sutton, Henry, [4]
Swan, Joseph, [139]
Symes, Jno. C., [60]
Taws, Charles, [61], [159], [164], [168]
Taylor, E. G. R., [67]
telescope, [11], [21], [40], [45], [54], [60], [62], [64], [136], [137], [148], [149], [150]
Terry, Eli, [117]
Thacher, Charles, [107], [108], [153], [159], [161], [171]
Thaxter, Bathsheba, [97]
Samuel, [69], [75], [76], [77], [78], [79], [97], [98], [99], [101], [102], [104], [154], [159], [161], [168], [169], [171]
Samuel, Sr., [98]
Thomas, [98]
Thaxter & Son, S., [103]
theodolite, [38], [52], [64], [137], [138]
thermometer, [28], [29], [33]
Thomas, Richard, [22]
Thompson, George Andrews, [148]
Samuel Rowland, [148]
"Thwing Catalogue," [80], [82], [84], [86], [94], [96], [109]
Todd, Eli, [49]
Towle, Jeremiah, [129]
trade cards, [46], [100]
trade signs, [30], [38], [43], [45], [53], [62], [66], [75], [76], [77], [78], [79], [96], [99], [101], [107]
(see also under Sign)
transit of Venus, [11], [15], [16], [21], [22], [24], [59]
Turner, Charles Jr., [146]
Tyler, Thomas, [105]
Union College, [26]
United States National Archives, [116]
United States National Museum, [15], [57], [62], [90], [91], [134], [139], [140], [144], [149]
Van Ness, Cornelius P., [146]
Vassar College, [40]
Voight, Henry, [62], [64], [148], [159], [164], [165], [167]
Wall, George, Jr., [63], [159], [163], [171]
Wallis, Thomas, [109]
Walpole, Charles, [28], [159], [163], [168]
Walton, Joseph, [125]
Warren, Benjamin, [75], [112], [114], [115], [116], [154], [159], [162], [169], [171]
William L., [6]
Washington, George, iv, [19], [54], [62], [63], [142], [144], [145], [149], [150], [151]
Lawrence Augustine, [54], [57]
weather glass, [33]
Welles, Arnold, [94]
Wienberger, Bernard W., [38]
Wheelock, Rev. Eleazar, [70], [72]
Whipple Museum, [150]
White, John, [85]
Peregrine, [47], [48], [150], [159], [160], [167], [171]
Whiting, Alfred F., [126]
Whitney, John, [30], [159], [164], [168], [169]
Thomas, [30], [152], [159], [168], [169], [171]
William & Mary College, [150]
Williams, John, [93]
Marvin, [120]
Samuel, [26]
Temperance, [120]