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(Master) Compass maker from Harlingen, Friesland. He was active around the middle of the eighteenth century.

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• instrument maker 1749, Harlingen

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• Nieuwland, P., De quotisatiekohieren : namen, beroepen en welstand van de Friese bevolking in 1749, dl. 3 (Leeuwarden 1983), 78.

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Coppersmith from Leiden. From his workshop in the Choorsteeg he made also compass lamps for the Dutch Navy.

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• instrument maker 1860~, Leiden

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Willem Bruyn was a compass maker in Amsterdam, in 1776, when he became poorter (citizen). In 1778 his address was at the Oude Teertuinen, in 1789 on the Buitenkant near the Slijpersmarkt, in 1794 on the Zeedijk and in 1805 at the Oude Teertuinen near the Oudezijds Kapel (near to the Kapelsteeg) no.13. Willem was an alderman of the compass makers guild in 1789 and in 1793. His brother, Jan Joris Bruyn (1755-1827), was also a compass maker in Amsterdam. After Willem Bruyn's death, before 1826, his widow Margaretha Bosman continued the business until 1835 as 'Weduwe W. Bruyn, Instrument- en kompasmaker', at the same address. Thereafter it was continued by Jacob de Jong as 'Jb. De Jong & Bruyn', until about 1866. Several compasses by him have been preserved.

Collections: Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1778 - 1826

Occupation

• Instrument maker 1778 - 1826, Amsterdam

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• Kuile, S. ter and W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1580-ca.1850. (Amsterdam 1999), 53.

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Compass maker at the St. Oloffspoort, Amsterdam.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1585~

Occupation

• Compass maker 1585~, Amsterdam

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• Kuile, S. ter; W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca. 1580-1850 (Amsterdam 1999), 100.
• Elias, Johan E., De Vroedschap van Amsterdam, 1578-1795 (Amsterdam 1963).

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Instrument maker (of compasses) and engraver of astrolabes. It seems that he was influenced by Gualtherus Arsenius and Gemma Frisius. he worked in Venice, Antwerp and Paris.

Collection: The British Museum London, Museo Correr, Venice.

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• instrument maker 1571 - 1580

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• Michel, H. Traite de l'astrolabe (Paris 1947), 167.
• http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/term_details.aspx?bioId=91720
• Jan van Maanen & Geert Vanpaemel, ‘Migratie patronen van wiskundigen in de Lage Landen 1550-1650. Een voorlopige schets’, Scientiarum Historia 32 (2006) 75-98.

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• compasses
• scientific instruments

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Compass maker from Namen, Belgium, in the nineteenth century.

Residence

• Namen 1800~ - 1900~

Occupation

• Instrument maker [1800..], Namen

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Instrument maker in Antwerp who made compasses.

Residence

• Antwerpen 1826 - 1851

Occupation

• instrument maker 1826~ - 1851~, Antwerpen
• compass maker , Antwerpen

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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• nautical instruments
• compasses

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Nautical instrument maker from Hoorn around 1700.
He mostly made compasses.

Residence

• Hoorn 

Occupation

• instrument maker 1708~, Hoorn

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Provenance

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

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• Soil physical conditions and plant growth Year: . Pages: 26. (PDF format)
  

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Compass maker who lived and worked in Rotterdam between 1850 and 1900.

Collection: Visserijmuseum Vlaardingen (a mariner's dry compass (1882), signed 'H.P. Gerritsen Rotterdam'), Museum Scheveningen (a small dry compass, signed 'H.P. Gerritsen Rotterdam').

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• instrument maker 1850~ - 1900, Rotterdam
• compass maker , Rotterdam

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Johannes van Goenendaal was a compass maker in Rotterdam between about 1672 and 1702, he worked with compass maker Pieter de Velder, also in Rotterdam.

Collection: Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam (a hanging compass, made between 1690 and 1700, signed 'Pieter De Velder tot Rotterdam' en 'Joannes Van Groenendaal tot Rotterdam').

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• instrument maker 1700~, Rotterdam
• compass maker , Rotterdam

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• Gemeentearchief Rotterdam, brief nr. 50167.
• Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. 'Lijst van instrumenten in de verzameling van het Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum Amsterdam'. (Amsterdam 1971).
• Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. 'Alphabetical list of Dutch instrument makers compiled by W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns'. (Amsterdam 1986).
• Database Maritiem Digitaal

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Instrument maker from Amsterdam. In his workshop in the St Olofs Kapelsteeg, he made compasses.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1585

Occupation

• instrument maker 1585~, Amsterdam

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• Kuile S. ter, and W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca 1580-ca 1850 : bijdrage tot de kennis van de instrumentmakerij in Nederland (Amsterdam 1999).

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Johannes Dickens was a scientific instrument and compass maker near the Beurssluis in Amsterdam, in 1656, in 1657 in the Kalverstraat. A Holland circle by him is preserved, a compass by him was recorded in 1992.

Collection: Koninklijk Oudheidkundig Genootschap, Amsterdam.

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Occupation

• instrument maker 1656~ - 1675, Amsterdam

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• Kuile S. ter and W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1580-ca.1850. (Amsterdam 1999), 61.
• Mörzer Bruyns, W.F.J. 'Lijst van instrumenten in de verzameling van het Nederlandsch Historisch Scheepvaart Museum Amsterdam'. (Amsterdam 1971), 3.

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Instrument maker from Rotterdam. He probably made compasses.

Residence

• Rotterdam 1811 - 1820

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• instrument maker 1811 - 1820, Rotterdam

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Instrument maker from Antwerp. Dubois made compasses, mathematical instrument and sextants.

Residence

• Antwerpen 1856 - 1870

Occupation

• instrument maker 1856 - 1870, Antwerpen

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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• navigating instruments
• compasses

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Arent Avernink, from the village of Delden, was a compass maker on the Keizersgracht in Amsterdam, in 1743. His younger brother Hendrikus was also a compass maker at the same address. One compass signed 'Gebrs Avernink', and dated ca.1750, is preserved.

Collection: Arthur Frank Collection, Glasgow.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1743

Occupation

• compass maker 1743~, Amsterdam

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Provenance

• Nutall, R. and A. Frank, Early Scientific Instruments. (Glasgow 1973), 47.
• Kuile, S. ter and W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1500-ca.1800. (Amsterdam 1999).

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Weduwe W. Bruyn (Margaretha Bosman) was the widow of compass maker Willem Bruyn, in the Oude Teertuinen, in Amsterdam. After Willem's death, around 1826, she continued the business as 'Weduwe W. Bruyn, Instrument- en kompasmaker', until 1835. After that the firm was continued by Jacob de Jong under the name of 'Jb. De Jong & Bruyn', until about 1866. Several compasses with this name have been preserved.

Collections: Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam, Zuiderzeemuseum, Enkhuizen.

Residence

• Amsterdam 

Occupation

• Instrument maker 1826 - 1866, Amsterdam

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• Kuile, S. ter en W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, Amsterdamse kompasmakers ca.1580-ca.1850. (Amsterdam 1999).

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Compass maker in Amsterdam. Widow of Cornelis Bree 'de jonge'.

Residence

• Amsterdam 1700~ - 1744~

Occupation

• compass maker 1710 - 1744~, Amsterdam

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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Instrument maker who worked in Antwerp between approximately 1826 and 1856. His workshop, where he made compasses, was located on the following locations: 1826, Tavernierkade 2360, 1830, Rue des Brasseurs 2395, 1834, Plaine des façons 2177, 1838, Place Falcon 182, 1851, Rue des Brasseurs, 2463, 1856 Jordaenskade 40 | 6.

Collection: Nationaal Scheepvaart Museum Amsterdam.

Residence

• Antwerpen 1825 - 1856

Occupation

• instrument maker 1826 - 1856, Antwerpen

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• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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