The National Collection 



Early American Scientific Instruments and Related Materials 



in the United States National Museum^ 



Listed by Makers and Users 



Adams, George; Fleet Street, London. 



(See Ellicott, Andrew; Surveying Instrument.) 



Bardin, W. & T. M.; 16 Salisbury Square, Fleet Street, London. 

 (See Priestley, Joseph: Globes.) 



Bennet, N. (fl. 1777); Middleboro, Mass., or Middleboro, Pa. 

 Alidade, plane table, scale 7% in. radius, compass 5% in. long. 

 Brass scale and sights with compass in wooden box. Instrument 

 inscribed "N. Bennet — Middlebor 1777." Although the name of 

 this instrument maker does not appear on list of English or Amer- 

 ican makers, it is believed that he was American. 

 USNM 319076. 



Ellicott, Andrew (1754-1820); Baltimore, Md. 

 Instrument Box for astronomical instruments. Made of rosewood, 

 with a hinged top, green felt underlining, brass lock, size 3 in. by 

 3 in. by 11 in. Owned and used by Andrew Ellicott for storage 

 and transportation of small astronomical equipment. 



Gift of John E. Reynolds, Ellicott's great-grandson, of Mead- 

 ville, Pa., in 1932. USNM 310418. 



Journal and Astronomical Notebook, manuscript written by i\ndrew 

 Ellicott while locating the U.S. boundary line between the United 

 States and the Spanish territory of Florida, 1797-1801. Contains 

 day-by-day entries of experiences, field notes, and calculations 

 made by Ellicott. The major part of the manuscript was pub- 

 lished in The Journal of Andrew Ellicott}^^ Bound volume with 



'^^ The full title is The Journal of Andrew Ellicott^ Late Commissioner on behalf of 

 the United States During Part of the Year 1796, the Years 1797, 1798, 1799 and Part 

 of the Year 1800 For Determining the Boundary Between the United States and the 

 Possessions of His Catholic Majesty in America. It was published by Budd and 

 Barton for Thomas Dobson at "the Stone House, No. 41 South Second Street" 

 in Philadelphia in 1803 



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