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Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments
• microscopes

Biography:
English instrument maker from eighteenth century. Moved to The Hague around 1768 after a court decision that granted Peter Dollond a patent on the achromatic doublet. Eastland himself continued to make telescopes, microscopes and binoculars. Many thought Eastland invented the achromatic telescope, although Eastland never claimed this invention. It is possible Eastland had worked in The Hague before, in 1764 an instrument maker named Wm. de la Haye sold mirrors, lenses and a microscope to the Fundatie van Renswoude in the Hague. It is quite possible that this was in fact William Eastland, who advertised under the name Wm Eastland. Eastland had several apprentices, who would never work under his own name, but under Wm. Eastland & Comp.

Collection: Museum Boerhaave Leiden (microscope).

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Occupation

• optician 1768~, Den Haag

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Provenance

• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).
• Fournier, M. Early microscopes; A descriptive Catalogue (Leiden 2003), 208.
• E.G.R. Taylor, The mathematical practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714-1840 (Cambridge 1966), 156.
• Vries, D. de, G. Schilder and W.F.J. Mörzer Bruyns, The Van Keulen Cartography Amsterdam 1680-1885 (Alphen a/d Rijn 2005).
• Zuidervaart, H.J. 'De doos van Pandora', in: Studium 3 (2011), 171-180.
• Zuidervaart, H., (2011). De opmerkelijke geschiedenis van de Haagse instrumentmakersfirma ‘Eastland & Regenboog’(c.1768-1839), of hoe het beruchte Engelse patent voor de achromatische telescoop in Nederland werd ontdoken. Studium. 4(3), pp.171–180. DOI: http://doi.org/10.18352/studium.1511

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BIO

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Highest degree: N/A

Fields of interest:

• optical instruments
• microscopes

Biography:
Optical instrument maker in Amsterdam who collaborated with his father, Jan van Deijl. Together they made optical instruments, mostly achromatic telescopes and microscopes. Harmanus made instruments for Felix Merites. His widow continued the business.

Collections: Museum Boerhaave, Leiden, Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht, Teylers Museum, Haarlem.

Residence

• Amsterdam 

Occupation

• optical instrument maker 1780~ - 1809, Amsterdam

Education

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Membership

• Hollandsche Maatschappij der Wetenschappen - Haarlem
  Member 1781

Provenance

• Mensert, W., Verhandeling aangaande de uitvinding, het gebruik en het misbruik der brillen, benevens algemeene aanwijzingen, om eenen bril te kiezen en wat men vooral bij het gebruik van dezelve heeft in acht te nemen (Amsterdam 1831), 41-43.
• Roosenboom, M., 'Die Holländischen Optiker Jan und Harmanus van Deijl und ihre Mikroskope', Janus 44 (1940), 185–197.
• Daumas, M., Les instruments scientifiques aux XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles (Paris 1953), translated into English as Scientific instruments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their makers (Batsford 1972).
• Cittert, P.H. 'Achromatische microscopen', De natuur: populair geïllustreerd maandschrift, gewijd aan de natuurkundige wetenschappen en hare toepassingen 49 (1929), 109-111.
• Fournier, M., Early microscopes : a descriptive catalogue (Leiden 2003).
• Zuylen, J. van, 'Jan en Hermanus van Deijl: een optische werkplaats in de achttiende eeuw', Tijdschrift voor de geschiedenis der geneeskunde, natuurwetenschappen, wiskunde en techniek 10:4 (1987), 208-228.
• Frison, E., 'A Dellebarre microscope made by Chevallier', The microscope (1953).
• Deiman, J.C., ‘A Myth Revealed: the case of the ‘Beeldsnyder Achromatic Objective’, Annals of Science 48 (1991), 577–81

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• astronomy
• scientific instruments
• telescopes
• microscopes

Biography:
Very accomplished instrument maker. In 1663-1664, he developed a compound eyepiece that established him as the outstanding optician of the day. Developed a lens grinding machine and a silent night clock. Cassini made all of his discoveries with Campani telescopes.

Collection: Museum Boerhaave Leiden.

Residence

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Occupation

• instrument maker 1700~, Rome

Education

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Membership

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Provenance

• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments
• microscopes

Biography:
Microscope maker from France who moved to Leiden in 1769, where he continued making microscopes. In 1770 he moved to The Hague, where he worked in the Dronkemansstraat. In 1776 he returned to Paris, but moved back to Leiden in 1796. From that time on, his microscopes were made by Onderdewijngaart Canzius, they were signed with both names. Later, his microscopes were copied by Baijens in Delft and Chevallier in Paris. After spending some time in The Hague, Dellebarre again returned to France, where he passed away in 1805.

Collections: Museum Boerhaave Leiden, Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht, Planetarium Zuylenburg, Oud Zuilen

Residence

• Leiden 1769 - 1770
• Den Haag 1770 - 1776
• Paris 1776 - 1796
• Leiden 1796 - 1797
• Den Haag 1801

Occupation

• instrument maker 1769~

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Provenance

• Frison, E. 'A Dellebarre microscope made by Chevallier', in: The microscope, afl. july/aug. (1953).
• Rooseboom, M. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).
• Onderscheidene werkingen van het groote algemeene achromatische microscoop (1771).
• Fournier, M. Early microscopes: A desciptive catalogue (Leiden 2003), 207.
• Usage du microscope Dellebarre perfectionne en 1796 (1796).
• Ebeling, E. Naamlijst en korte beschrijving van wis- en natuurkundige werktuigen, bij één verzameld door den weledelen heer Mr. E. Ebeling (Amsterdam 1789), 73.

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments
• microscopes

Biography:
Instrument maker who lived and worked in Utrecht. Fokkenberg made microscopes.

Residence

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Occupation

• instrument maker 1777~, Utrecht

Education

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Membership

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Provenance

• M. Fournier, Early microscopes: a Descriptive Catalogue (Leiden 2003).
• R.W.T. Gunther, Early Science in Oxford, Vol. 1 (Oxford 1923).
• M. Rooseboom, Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).

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BIO

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Fields of interest:

• scientific instruments
• microscopes

Biography:
Instrument maker or retailer from Maastricht. Goffin's company sold laboratory glassware and microscopes.

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Occupation

• instrument maker 1926~, Maastricht

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Provenance

• Archive Museum Boerhaave

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