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
William, 77, 78, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 159, 161, 168, 169, 171
Williams College, 26
Willis, Arthur, 4, 5, 6, 159
Wilson, James, 8, 34, 35, 159, 165
Winthrop, John, 26
Wistar, Casper, 53
Wistar, Richard, 53, 159, 162, 166
Witt, Christopher, 62, 159, 163, 167, 168
Wollaston, Rev., 142
Wood, John, 63, 159, 164
Woods, Timothy, 25
Wright, Captain, 58
Yale University, 105, 114, 125, 126
Art Gallery, 106, 107, 153
Streeter Collection of Weights and Measures, 105, 114, 115, 117, 125,
126, 153
Yardley, Thomas, Jr., 60
Youle, James, 53, 76, 159, 163, 169
John, 53, 159, 163, 169
Young, Daniel, 113
Sarah, 113
zenith sector, 114, 145, 146, 147
Transcriber's Notes
Clear punctuation errors such as missing periods at the ends of
sentences have been silently corrected. Hyphenation has not been
standardized, for instance, Elizabeth-town, watch-maker, and over-all.
The spelling of proper names has not been standardized, for instance,
Blakslee and Blakeslee, Appalachicola and Apalachicola.
Figure 7 caption - "make" replaced with "made"
Page 38 - "Eliptical" replaced with "Elliptical"
Page 38 - "Guaging" replaced with "Gauging"
Page 98 - "Samue" replaced with "Samuel"
Page 146 - "worth" replaced with "worthy"
Page 146 - "Federick" replaced with "Frederick"
Page 162 - "Philadephia" replaced with "Philadelphia"
Page 162 - "Ephermeris" replaced with "Ephemeris"