Former Display Label - The Principal Makers of Instruments in the Orrery Collection
THE PRINCIPAL MAKERS OF INSTRUMENTS IN THE ORRERY COLLECTION
JOHN MARSHALL(1663-1725) was a London optical-instrument maker and a member of the Spectaclemakers company. By the end of the century, her had an outstanding reputation as a maker of telescopes and microscopes. He advertised that he was 'the only person that has, or ever has had, the approbation of the Royal Society etc. '. His successive addresses were: the Three Keys, Ivy Lane; the Gun, Ludgate Street; and the Sign of the Archimedes and Spectacles (later the Two Golden Prospects) in Ludgate, opposite the west end of St. Paul's.
JOHN ROWLEY (fl. 1698, ob. 1728) was one of the most prominent mathematical-instrument makers during the reign of Queen Anne, and at the beginning of the next reign was appointed Master of Mechanics to the King. He was noted for his accurate scales. In 1704 he worked at the Sign of the Globe 'under St. Dunstan's Church in Fleet Street; in 1710, he had a second address at Johnson's Court, Fleet Street.
HENRY SUTTON (fl. 1637, ob. 1665), a London instrument maker and one of the best known engravers of scales, quadrants, etc., was renowned for his accuracy, and in demand for drawing diagrams for mathematical books. His premises were behind the Royal Exchange, in Threadneedle Street, where he sold mathematical books as well as instruments.
JAMES WILSON (c. 1665-1730) was a London optical-instrument maker who made some improvements in microscope design, and who developed the screw-barrel pocket-microscope associated with his name. His address was the Willow Tree, Cross Street, Hatton Garden.
JOHN WORGAN (fl. 1686-1714), of London, specialised in surveying instruments and sundials. Worgan also made surveying instruments for other instrument makers. Rowley may have been his business partner. His premises were'under the Dial of St. Dunstan's Church, Fleet Street'.
THOMAS WRIGHT (1686-?1748) was mathematical-instrument maker to the Prince of Wales (1718), and to George III. He may have worked for Rowley. He compiled the inventory of the Orrery instruments after Lord Orrery's death. Examples of Wright's work in this Museum include: an orrery (c.1731), lent by Christ Church, and exhibited near this case; a circumferentor (in the surveying case (no.47)); and an analemmatic sundial (in case no.13).
Other narratives:
- Inventory no. 23348 - Former Display Label
- A group of instruments for practical mathematics
- Orrery Collection: 1731 Inventory
- Orrery Collection in print
- Accession Record : Extract from Annual Report for 1925
- Former Display Label - The Orrery Collection of Scientific Instruments
Related Objects:
- Inventory No. 14946, "Rectangular Protractor, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 14209, "Terrestial Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1725" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 14260, "Concave Black Marble Disc, for Lens Polishing?, c. 1700?" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 14776, "Sector, Attributed to Elias or John Allen, London, c. 1620-30" [1925-43], Allen, Elias
- Inventory No. 15386, "Ptolemaic Armillary Sphere, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 15472, "Simple Theodolite, by John Worgan, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Worgan, John
- Inventory No. 16400, "Plotting Scale, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 16699, "Circular Bubble Spirit Level, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 17260, "Screwbarrel Microscope, with Compass Microscope and Accessories, by James Wilson?, English, c. 1706" [1925-43], Wilson, James
- Inventory No. 17420, "Graphometer, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 17611, "Parallel Ruler, English?, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 17724, "Hyperbolic Curves Template, by Nairne & Blunt, London, c. 1760" [1925-43], Nairne & Blunt
- Inventory No. 18126, "Compound Microscope, by John Marshall, London, c. 1715" [1925-43], Marshall, John
- Inventory No. 18184, "Alidade, English, c. 1696" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 18184, "Plane Table by John Worgan, London, c. 1696" [1925-43], Worgan, John
- Inventory No. 18184, "Ball and Socket Joint, English, c. 1696" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 18872, "Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1720" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 18922, "Set of Drawing Instruments, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 19978, "Copernican Planetarium, Attributed to John Rowley, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 20020, "Gregorian Reflecting Telescope with Stand, English, c. 1710" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 20028, "Steelyard, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 20795, "Pulley Blocks, English?, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 21777, "Set of Geometric Solids, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 22252, "Copernican Armillary Sphere, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 22258, "Copernican Armillary Sphere, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 22318, "Telescope Micrometer Eyepiece, English, c. 1710" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 22409, "Globe and Accessories, c. 1700?" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 22764, "Spirit Level, English?, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 23106, "Gunter's Sector, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 23264, "Pair of Convex and Concave Mirrors in Mount, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 23348, "Globe, English?, Early 18th Century" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 23976, "Refracting Telescope, English, c. 1690" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 24303, "Trigonometrical Demonstration Spheres, English?, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 25257, "Quadrant, by Henry Sutton, London, 1658" [1925-43], Sutton, Henry
- Inventory No. 25281, "Sector, by John Rowley?, London, c.1700", Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 25400, "Globe, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 26114, "Quadrant, by Henry Sutton, London, 1660" [1925-43], Sutton, Henry
- Inventory No. 26702, "Circular Protractor, by J. Sisson, London, c. 1730" [1925-43], Sisson, J.
- Inventory No. 27956, "Slide Rule, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 27956, "Slide Rule, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 28201, "Proportional Compasses, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John, Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 28299, "Dotchin, Far East, 18th Century" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 28877.1, "Worm-Jack, Attributed to John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 28877.2, "Weight for Worm-Jack, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 28955, "Perspective Glass Telescope, English, c. 1725" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 29239, "Plane-Table Alidade, English, c. 1700?" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 29666, "Refracting Telescope, by John Marshall, London, c. 1715" [1925-43], Marshall, John
- Inventory No. 29920, "Tripod" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 29920, "Refracting Telescope by James Wilson, London, c.1700" [1925-43], Wilson, James
- Inventory No. 30120, "Tools, English?, c. 1700?" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 30151, "Ruler with Pencil and Dividers, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 30371, "Semi-Elliptical Trammel with Case, by Joseph Jackson, London, Early 18th Century" [1925-43], Jackson, Joseph
- Inventory No. 30755, "Pocket Balance, English?, Early 18th Century" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 30819, "Set of Microscope Slides, by James Wilson?, English, c. 1704" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 31785, "Quadrant, by J. Rowley, English, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 31922, "Dialling Sphere, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 32319, "Parallelogram Protractor, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 35757, "Orrery, by Thomas Wright, London, c. 1731" [1925-43], Wright, Thomas, Cushee, Richard
- Inventory No. 35757, "Terrestrial Globe Signed by Richard Cushee, London, c. 1731" [1925-43], Cushee, Richard
- Inventory No. 47160, "Gunner's Rule, by John Rowley, London, c. 1700" [1925-43], Rowley, John
- Inventory No. 50368, "Set of Military Tokens for Demonstrating Battalion Firing, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 54701, "Glass Specimen or Preparation Tubes for a Microscope, England, Early18th Century"
- Inventory No. 57576, "Gunter Chain, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 68353, "Ptolemaic Planetarium, Attributed to John Rowley, English, c. 1700" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 70935, "Telescope Tube Cap?"
- Inventory No. 74169, "Plotting Scale, 5-inch, by S. Horseman, English, Early 18th Century" [1925-43], Horseman, S.
- Inventory No. 75945, "Camera Obscura, English, c. 1710" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 78216, "Scioptric Ball or Sky Optick, English?, Early 18th Century" [1925-43]
- Inventory No. 80777, "Pulley Wheel, English?, c. 1700" [1925-43]