SMITH, JOHN 1 |
England, fl.1674-94, MIM PHIM |
Universal Ring Sundial = FIN = Weil = USNM. |
toolmaker in Lancashire; came to London, c.1673; admitted to the Clockmakers' Company in 1674; wrote two books on horology including the earliest horology book in English and two on "baroscopes"; may or may not have made barometers; clockmaker; Britten said that he died before 1730. |
Lancashire; St. Augustine, London. |
Goodison 1; Evans 1; USNM; Taylor 1(413); Britten; Middleton 1; Baillie 1; Aked. |
|
|
|
|
|
|