Signature |
Maker |
Instruments |
Comments |
Location |
References |
POTTER, JOHN DENNETT |
England, b. 1810; fl.1830-69, MIM NIM OIM PHIM |
Box Sextant = Phillips 10/5/76; Hadley's Quadrant = NMM; Sextants = Phillips 10/26/83, Bearnes 1/24/90, Christie 7/5/71; Stick Barometer = K. and C. 12/15/72; Parallel Rules = MYS (1851), Whaler's Village Museum, Maui; Sectors = ADL-A285, KEN, Soth. 2/25/86; Telescope = Christie-SK 10/23/87; Octant = Soth. 3/10/87; Station Pointer = NMM. |
T.C.; shopman to R.B. Bate; "Hydrometer and Mathematical Instrument Maker and Chart Agent to the Rt. Hon.ble the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty"; Maui parallel rules marked "Capt. Fields Improved Reg. Jany 1854"; firm active to 1966. |
31 Poultry and Tower Hill; 145 Minories (1866); both in London. |
Taylor 2(1966); Calvert 2; Crawforth 1; G.L'E. Turner 24.; McConnell 4; ADL; RSW. |
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