Makers and manufacture
Most instruments were made by professionals, often to the designs of others [5]. Amateurs occasionally made their own [3]. An instrument can carry more than one maker's name, sometimes through revisions and additions [1], sometimes through a division of labour [2]. As the scale of production increased, a single maker's name could stand for an object that had been worked on by many hands [4].
Other narratives:
Related Objects:
- Inventory No. 53966, "Geographical Astrolabe, by F. Morillard, Narbonne, 1600, and Pierre Sevin, Paris, c. 1670" [1957-84/178], Morillard, F., Sevin, Pierre
- Inventory No. 35313, "Astrolabe, by Khalil Muhammad and `Abd al-A'imma, Persian, c. 1700" [1957-84/166], Muhammad, Khalil
- Inventory No. 35381, "Gunter Horary Quadrant, by Charles Parsons, Bradford-on-Avon?, 1674" [1924-0/part], Parsons, Charles
- Inventory No. 77049, "Circular Protractor, by George Adams, London, Mid-18th Century", Adams, George
- Inventory No. 43098, "Dunkin's 'Anglometer' Sector, by C. West, London, c. 1813" [1986-12], West, C.