SUTTON, HENRY |
England, fl.1648-69, MIM |
made a wide range of fine, interesting instruments including astrolabes, sundials, horary quadrants, sectors, globes, etc; examples may be seen at ADL, OXF, CMY, AMST, VNN, CNAM, BM, KEN, WHI, USNM, RSM, etc. |
apprenticed to Thomas Brown 1 in the Joiners' Company, 1638; free of the Company in 1647-1648; took apprentices; made calculating machines with Samuel Knibb; some of the horary quadrants are printed from a copper plate, to be mounted on wood by the customer. |
Threadneedle Street at the back of the Royal Exchange, near St. Christopher's Church, London. |
Crawforth 7; Gunther 1; ICA 2; A.J. Turner 10; J.A. Bennett 2; Michel 3; Mörzer Bruyns 1; USNM; Price 1 and 3; Ward 4; Clay and Court; Taylor 1(188); Maddison 1; Bryden 16; ADL; RSW. |
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