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Timepiece maker from Leiden. Bernardus van der Cloesen studied in Leiden (1743). In 1753 he was appointed supervisor of the academy's tower and the Leidse sphaera, succeeding his father Jacobus. Bernardus was succeeded by Louis Pasche.

Residence

• Leiden 

Occupation

• instrument maker 1753~, Leiden

Education

• student 1743~ - Universiteit Leiden

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• Rooseboom, M., Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).
• Heiligenberg, Th.J.J., 'Een zonnewijzer van J. van der Croese', De Zonnewijzerkring 2 (1992), 37-45.
• Morpurgo, E., Nederlandse klokken- en horlogemakers vanaf 1300 (Amsterdam 1970), 28.

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Instrument maker from Amsterdam who was active in the second half of the eighteenth century. Often worked together with A. Steitz and J.C. Pelletier who worked on the metal parts of an instrument, while Kampman delivered the wooden parts. Presumably also worked with Wier, who made metal parts.

Collection: Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht and Teylers Museum Haarlem (pulley stands (with Pelletier), worm-drive (with Wier), coplaner forces and a parallelogram (with Steitz) and other wooden apparatus and models).

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• instrument maker [1750..], Amsterdam

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• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).
• Ebeling, E. Naamlijst en korte beschrijving van wis- en natuurkundige werktuigen, bij één verzameld door den weledelen heer Mr. E. Ebeling (Amsterdam 1789).

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Staes made coin weights, Antwerpen (address in 1701: Claverstraat neffens de Beir) early eighteenth century.

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• Antwerpen 

Occupation

• Coin weight maker 1701~, Antwerpen

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• Wittop Koning, D.A. en G.M.M. Houben. 2000 jaar gewichten in de Nederlanden (Lochem/Poperinge 1980).

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Soquet was 'IJkmeester" (person who determined and controlled measures) in Brugge: 1569-1576, 1582-1585 and 1590-1606.

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• Brugge 

Occupation

• IJkmeester 1569 - 1606, Brugge

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Somers was "IJkmeester" (person who determined and controlled measures) in Brugge, 1732-1748.

Residence

• Brugge 

Occupation

• IJkmeester 1732 - 1748, Brugge

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Levi was planeterium and clock maker in Leeuwarden and Groningen, from 1811.

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Occupation

• Instrument maker 1811~

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• Zuidervaart, H.J. Speculatie, wetenschap en vernuft : fysica en astronomie volgens Wytze Foppes Dongjuma (1707-1778), instrumentmaker te Leeuwarden (Leeuwarden 1995).

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Anthony Sneewins was born in Rotterdam. He married Aeltjen van Oostrum in Utrecht on 2 December 1637. From 1642 onwards he lived in Delft, at the Buitenwatersloot, where in 1648 he was recorded as an 'Oorijsermaecker' (maker of cap brooches). Over the years he became a very skilled mathematical and astronomical instrument maker. Anthony was a brother of Henricus Sneewins (Leiden) and Johannes Sneewins (Utrecht) and the father of Willem Sneewins (Delft).

Collections: Museum Boerhaave, Leiden (sector, carpenter's rule, graphometer, compendium, nocturnal and sundials), Universiteits Museum, Utrecht (Astronomical quadrant according to Lansbergen, dated 1645), Scheepvaartmuseum Amsterdam (astronomical compendium, 1670), Maritiem Museum, Rotterdam (nocturlabium 1673), Zuylenburgh planetarium, Oud Zuilen (astronomical compendium, dated 1666), Science Museum, London (Brass planispheric astrolabe with damaged compass mounted on the Kursi by Anthony Sneewins , dated 1650, Star and sundial, dated 1681), Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers (Astrolabium catholicum, 1661).

Residence

• Delft 1648~ - [1681..]
• Leiden 1642~

Occupation

• Instrument maker 1642~ - 1681~, Delft

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Provenance

• Servaas van Rooijen, A.J. De Navorscher 35 (Amsterdam 1885), 238.
• Rooseboom, Maria, Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden. (Leiden 1950).
• Gemeentearchief Leiden, Notarial archive nr. 739 (Notary Vredeburg) no. 100, d.d. 22-06-1658.
• Daumas, Maurice, Scientific instruments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their makers. (London 1972).
• Zinner, E. Deutsche und Niederländische astronomische Instrumente des 11.-18. Jahrhunderts. (München 1972).
• Dekker, Elly, 'No additions please, we are serious! : a sundial delineator by Anthony Sneewins', in: Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society 34 (1992).
• Gibbs, Sharon L. (e.o). A Computerized checklist of astrolabes. (New Haven/London 1973).
• Cittert, P.H. van, 'Proportionaalpassers', in: Nederlands Tijdschrift Natuurkunde 13 (1947).
• Michel, H. Traité de l'astrolabe. (Paris 1947).
• Wijk, W.E. van 'Antieke draagbare mathematische instrumenten in het Museum voor het Onderwijs te Den Haag' (1942).
• Borgesius, A.H., 'Een merkwaardige oude meet- en rekenliniaal' [van A. Sneewins], in: Mededeling uit het Rijksmuseum voor de Geschiedenis van de Natuurwetenschappen 25 (Uit: De Ingenieur 49 (1934) & 53 (1937), p. 484.
• mentioned in Bonboeken Leiden (~1642)
• Wijburg, W.A., 'Hoevenaer', in: De Nederlandsche Leeuw 90 (1973), p. 16 (noot 2)
• Database Maritiem Digitaal
• Helen Turner (ed), A Measure of Time: 25th Anniversary Trevor Philip & Sons (London: Trevor Philip & Sons, 1997).
• Cittert, Pieter Hendrik van, Astrolabes: A Critical Description of the Astrolabes, Noctilabes, and Quadrants in the Care of the Utrecht University Museum (Utrecht, 1954), p. 26.
• Christies, auction London, South Kensington, 10 June 1999 (Sundail, dated 1660).

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Schweig was optician and watch maker in Antwerpen (Pont de Meir) around 1851. In 1853 he received a patent (for 15 years) for an electrical watch.

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• Optician and watch maker 1851~ - [1853..], Antwerpen

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Schröder was nautical instrument maker in Den Helder (1858 -1876) and Rotterdam (from 1876). In Rotterdam he worked in the port at the opening of the North Sea Canal. He made (a.o.) sextants and octants.

Residence

• Rotterdam 
• Den Helder 
• Breda 

Occupation

• Nautical instrument maker 1858 - 1876, Den Helder
• Nautical instrument maker 1876, Rotterdam

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Arend Schokking junior was a scientific and optical instrument, and compass maker on the Oude Waal in Amsterdam, from 1869-1875, and from 1876-1894 on the Rokin, corner of the Langebrugsteeg. He was the son of Arend Schokking senior, whose firm he probably joined in 1862. In 1883 junior was the recipient of the Silver Medal of the city of Amsterdam, in 1889 the business was given the title 'Royal'. In 1894 they were called 'Koninklijke fabriek en magazijnen van natuur- en gezichtskundige instrumenten', that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 1912.
The Schokking firm delivered many instruments for physics and chemistry, as well as optical instruments to the newly founded 'Hoogere Burgerscholen'. His instruments were awarded prizes at international exhibitions. In 1909-1910 Schokking also worked in the Gierstraat in Haarlem, where he was succeeded by the Verpoorten brothers.

Collections: Koninklijk Huis Archief, The Hague (documdentation), Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam.

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Occupation

• Instrument maker 1862, Amsterdam
• instrument maker 1909 - 1910, Haarlem

Education

• student Hoogere Burgerschool 

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Provenance

• several letters written to and by Schokking in: Koninklijk Huisarchief Den Haag.
• Kuile, S. ter and W.F.J. Morzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1580-ca.1850. (Amsterdam, 1999), 98.

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Schmitz was the son of a smith. He worked as the assistant of Prof. J.G. Crahay, professor at the Athenaeum in Maastricht. In 1837 Schmitz moved from Maastricht to Delft, where he founded the 'Artillerie Constructiewerkplaatsen' (until 1874). Schmitz was friends with Karl Wilhelm Naundorff. In his spare time Schmitz made barometers, thermometers, and hygrometers.

Collection: Museum Boerhaave Leiden (several instruments).

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Occupation

• Founder of Artillerie Constructiewerkplaatsen, 1837 - 1874, Delft
• assistant of Prof. J.G. Crahay  - Athenaeum Maastricht, Maastricht

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Provenance

• Bolle, B. Barometers in beeld (Lochem 1983).
• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).

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Schagen was instrument maker in Alkmaar, in the second half eighteenth century. Schagen was a silversmith. In 1782 was curator of the instruments of the 'Wet. Gen. Solus Nemo Satis Sapit'. Between 1783-1789 he was a meteorological observer.

Collection: Universiteits Museum Utrecht (thunder house).

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Occupation

• urator of the instruments of the Wet. Gen. Solus Nemo Satis Sapit 1782
• meteorological observer 1783 - 1789
• Instrument maker [1750..], Alkmaar

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• Zuidervaart, H.J. Van 'konstgenoten' en hemelse fenomenen : Nederlandse sterrenkunde in de achttiende eeuw (Rotterdam 1999).

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Instrument maker from Brussels, who later lived and worked in Bruges. Corduanier made coin weights and coin weight boxes.

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Occupation

• instrument maker 1749~, Brussel
• instrument maker 1753, Brugge

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• Wittop Koning, D.A. en G.M.M. Houben, 2000 jaar gewichten in de Nederlanden (Lochem/Poperinge 1980).

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E. Sacré was instrument maker in Brussel, around 1841. He made precision instruments: microscopes, level instruments, optical instruments.

Residence

• Brussel 

Occupation

• Instrument maker 1841~, Brussel

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Ryff was instrument designer, working between 1650 and 1725.

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• Instrument designer 1700~

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Van Ruysschoet was instrument maker in Ghent around 1587. He made balances.

Residence

• Gent 

Occupation

• Instrument maker 1587~, Gent

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Rouma was watch maker in Luik, around 1820. Made a 'Horloge de marine'.

Residence

• Liège 

Occupation

• Watch maker 1820~, Liège

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Instrument maker who lived in Leiden and possibly in Cölln an der Spree (nowadays: Berlin-Neukölln). He was active around 1700 and made several instruments, such as a Hollandse cirkel (surveying device), a graphometer and a theodolite.

Collection: Museum für Astronomie und Technikgeschichte mit Planetarium, Kassel, Germany (a pair of proportional dividers signed 'Johannes Eggerich Frersz, Leiden', Hollandse cirkel).

Residence

• Leiden 
• Berlin Neukölln 

Occupation

• instrument maker 1666~, Leiden

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• E. Zinner, Deutsche und niederländische astronomische Instrumente des 11.-18. Jahrhunderts (München 1972).

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Instrument maker from Brussels who was active during the eighteenth century. He made an astronomical ring.

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• instrument maker 1750~, Brussel

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Pasché was a watch maker in Leiden, ca. 1768-1793. Registered in the "Poortersboek" in 1791. In 1782 he was responsible for winding the Leiden Sphera (he was the successor of Bernardus van der Cloese jr and was succeeded in 1793 by Felix Meylan).

Residence

• Leiden 

Occupation

• Watch maker 1782~, Leiden

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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