WASHINGTON, 1964
Contents
| Page | ||
| Acknowledgments | [ix] | |
| Preface | [xi] | |
| The Tools of Science | [3] | |
| Philosophical and Practical Instruments | [3] | |
| The Need for Instruments | [6] | |
| Colonial Training in Instrument Making | [8] | |
| The Mathematical Practitioners | [15] | |
| The Rittenhouse Brothers | [15] | |
| Andrew Ellicott | [19] | |
| Owen Biddle | [21] | |
| Benjamin Banneker | [22] | |
| Joel Baily | [24] | |
| Reverend John Prince | [24] | |
| Amasa Holcomb | [26] | |
| Instruments of Metal | [27] | |
| Pre-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers | [27] | |
| Post-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers | [30] | |
| Native American Makers | [33] | |
| New Hampshire | [34] | |
| Vermont | [34] | |
| Massachusetts | [36] | |
| Rhode Island | [43] | |
| Connecticut | [45] | |
| Ohio | [49] | |
| New York | [51] | |
| New Jersey | [53] | |
| Delaware | [54] | |
| Maryland and Virginia | [54] | |
| Pennsylvania | [58] | |
| Instruments of Wood | [65] | |
| The Use of Wood | [65] | |
| Surviving Instruments | [69] | |
| Compass Cards | [75] | |
| Trade Signs | [75] | |
| The Makers | [80] | |
| Joseph Halsy | [80] | |
| James Halsy II | [84] | |
| Thomas Greenough | [85] | |
| William Williams | [93] | |
| Samuel Thaxter | [97] | |
| John Dupee | [104] | |
| Jere Clough | [105] | |
| Andrew Newell | [106] | |
| Aaron Breed | [107] | |
| Charles Thacher | [107] | |
| Benjamin King Hagger | [109] | |
| Benjamin Warren | [112] | |
| Daniel Burnap | [117] | |
| Gurdon Huntington | [118] | |
| Jedidiah Baldwin | [123] | |
| Thomas Salter Bowles | [124] | |
| The New Era | [130] | |
| The National Collection | [131] | |
| Appendix | [153] | |
| Surviving Wooden Surveying Compasses | [153] | |
| Mathematical Practitioners and Instrument Makers | [155] | |
| Bibliography | [172] | |
| Index | [177] | |
Acknowledgments
The writer wishes to acknowledge his great indebtedness to the various compilations relating to clockmakers and instruments which have been consulted in the preparation of this work, and which have provided an invaluable basis for it.
He is especially grateful for the generous and interested assistance of the many who have cooperated in making this work possible. Particular credit must be given to Mrs. H. Ropes Cabot of the Bostonian Society; Mrs. Mary W. Phillips of the Department of Science and Technology of the U.S. National Museum; Prof. Derek J. de Solla Price, Avalon Professor of the History of Science at Yale University; Mr. Stephen T. Riley, Director of the Massachusetts Historical Society; and Mr. Charles E. Smart of Troy, New York.