Zacharias Webbers ( - )

Field(s) of interest: mathematical instruments
Gender: male

Born: Leipzig,


Biography:
Webbers was a mathematical instrument maker of German descent, working in Amsterdam in the early 17th century. Between 1644 and 1650 three children were baptised in the Amsterdam Lutherian church.

Collection: Kungliga Vetenskapakademien, Stockholm ('column' and 'spherical dial', signed: 'Zacharias Webbers Lipsiensis. Ad Elevationem Poli. 52 Graden Amstelodomai 1639').

Occupations:
scientific instrument maker: ~1639 (Amsterdam)

Sources:
Mörzer Buyns, W.F.J. Alphabetical list of Dutch instrument makers compiled by W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns (Amsterdam 1986).

Pipping, Gunnar. The Chamber of Physics : instruments in the history of sciences collections of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm (Stockholm 1977).