- The variety of terms and their origin is discussed by Heal Ambrose London Tradesmen's Cards of the 18th Century London 1925
- The variety of terms and their origin is discussed by Heal Ambrose London Tradesmen's Cards of the 18th Century London 1925
- Calvert , H.R. 1971 . Scientific Trade Cards in the Science Museum Collection London
- Conway , Michael . 1959 . “ Trade Cards and Bill Heads ” . In The Concise Encyclopaedia of Antiques Vol. IV , 242 – 243 . London in
- Lewis , John . 1962 . Printed Ephemera Ipswich
- Larwood , J. and Hotten , J.C. 1866 . The History of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day , third edition London
- Lillywhite , Bryant . 1972 . London Signs: A reference book of London signs from the earliest times to about the mid-eighteenth century London
- Other examples include Beale John SM 3 36.38 36.38 No. 76 Maid Lane near the Borough and Walter Gough, No. 21 Middle Row, Holborn, London (Heal: 105.45)
- Similar weak drawings are seen on the cards of Lincoln C. SM 4 90.238 90.238 No. 62 Leadenhall Street, Londons Alexr. Wellington, at the Globe, Crown Court, St. Ann's, Soho, London (SM: Vol. 2, p. 23.434); and Thomas Ripley. At the Globe, Quadrant & Spectacles near Hermitage Bridge, below the Tower, London (MHS). A poor perspective drawing of an azimuth compass was a central feature on the card of Henry Gregory, Figure 20.
- September 1974 . Sotheby's auction London September , 25 lot 270
- Further examples of good perspective drawings were on the cards of Melling & Co. Figure 33, S. Moss, 150 High Street, adjoining the Arcade, Cheltenham SM 4 144.280 144.280 Newton & Son, 66 Chancery Lane, London, (SM: Vol. 1, p. 81.286). Good drawings were marred by poor pictorial composition on the cards of Edward Scarlett (C.44), James Champneys, near the Royal Exchange, Cornhill, London (Heal: 105.20) and Peter Dollond, at the Golden Spectacles & Sea Quadrant near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, London (Heal: 105.40).
- Heath , Thomas . SM , 4 83.187 – 83.187 . at the Hercules & Globe, next the Fountain Tavern in the Strand
- Brown , Joyce . 1979 . Mathematical Instrument-Makers in the Grocers' Company 1688–1800 London
- Taylor , E.G.R. 1954 . The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England 362 – 362 . Cambridge 363, 366, 367, 386
- Collier , W. Heal , 105.27 – 105.27 . the end of Wood Street, Facing Cripple Gate, London
- Cushee , Richard . 105.12 – 105.12 . Banks . at the Globe and Sun between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, and Tho. Wright at the Orrery and Globe near Salisbury Court, Fleetstreet, London
- Bates , Richard . Heal , 105.8 – 105.8 . at the Quadrant without Newgate facing the Old Bailey, London
- Richard Gearing, at the same address; card illustrated in Broadley A.M. The Knowledge of the Makers of Scientific Instruments in the 17th and 18th Centuries: Their Trade-cards and other Rariora Knowledge 1912 August xxxv 306 312 in 529, new series IX, Part 8 The relationship, if any, between Combes, Bates and Gearing is not indicated by the cards.
- This fascinating view of instruments and surveyors at work appeared in The Description and Explanation of Mathematical Instruments' by Thomas Tuttell London 1701
- Brown . 1979 . Mathematical Instrument-Makers in the Grocers' Company 1688–1800 35 – 35 . London
- A bill in the Guildhall Library collection of trade cards shows that Jefferys Thomas 1760 engraver of St Martin's Lane, London, c. charged £1 for altering the name on a printer's plate
- Bate , R.B. SM , 3 30.34 – 30.34 . 21 Poultry, London
- Dring and Fage . SM , 3 110.133 – 110.133 . 20 Tooley Street, London
- The first men to publish a book of rococo designs are said to have been Copland and Bucksher in 1746. Wills Geoffrey A Note on H. Copland Apollo 1984 119 421 423
- Cuff's new solar microscope was described by Henry Baker in The Microscope Made Easy London 1742 22 22 and was illustrated in later editions, bound in at the end
- Richardson , Geo. Heal , 105.81 – 105.81 . No 7 St. Catherines Street, near the Tower, London
- Somalvico , J. and & Co. Hatton Garden, London . SM , 5 46.368 – 46.368 . Another example was ‘Prince Albert's Walking Stick. It is very small and light … weighing about twenty ounces. The price is £5.5s. which is less than a stand telescope of equal power … The inventors are Messrs. Davis [Brothers], 33 New Bond Street, London' (SM: Vol. 3, p.94.119).
- A. Dollond triple prism is illustrated by Turner G.L'E Levere T.H. Van Marum's Scientific Instruments in Tyler's Museum Martinus van Marum :Life and Work Leyden 1973 IV 292 292
- Cole's adversary was George Adams, who had just had a series of advertisements promoting his quadrant in the Daily Advertiser a prominent London newspaper
- Advertisement by Brandreth Willdey Daily Courant London 1707 March 3
- Patrone signed a telescope ‘Pierre Patroni a Milan' on the lens and on the ivory lens mount Sotheby's auction London 1984 September 25 lot 236
- Marshall , John . MHS . At the Sign of the Archimedes and two Golden Spectacles in Ludgate-street, near St. Paul's Church-yard, London, the House being new-built. Copy of a trade card
- Dixey , L. SM , 1 57.129 – 57.129 . 62 King's Road, Brighton
- Holliwell , William . SM , 4 44.196 – 44.196 . 14 North Side Salthouse Dock, Liverpool
- Cail , John . 1838 . Directory of the Towns of Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead , Newcastle upon Tyne : M. A. Richardson . 44 Northumberland St, Newcastle on Tyne s.v. Opticians
- Turner , G.L'E. 1981 . Collecting Microscopes 49 – 49 . London
- Digby , Charles . 105.14 – 105.14 . Banks . at the Globe near ye Hermitage Bridge in Wapping, London
- For a detailed account of this card, see Whipple R.S. John Yarwell or the Story of A Trade Card Annals of Science 1951 7 62 69
- Royal Society letter dated Jan. 18th, 1693/4, in the Pepys Samuel Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley Oxford 1932 233 233 Collection, Magdalene College, Cambridge. Printed in edited by Eugene Fairfield MacPike
- Reproduced in Gunther R.T. Early Science in Oxford Oxford 1923 II 298 298
- Handbill titled Description & Use of Culpeper's new invented Sett of double Microscopes, Made & Sold by him only, at the Black and White House, in Middle-Moore-Fields, and under the Royal Exchange, London MHS
- Morse , S. SM , 4 142.279 – 142.279 . No. 3 Tenter Terrace, Prescot Street, London Some other examples are A. Davis (SM: Vol. 3, p. 92.120), G. Morris (SM: Vol. 4, p. 140.278), and D. Solomon (SM: Vol. 5, p. 42.366).
- Warnings were also given by Radford over against the East End of the New Church in the Strand, London … avoid the Shops of Toymen, Comb-makers and such Ignorant Pretenders … Guildhall Library
- Illustrated by Court T.H. von Rohr M. On the Development of Spectacles in London from the End of the Seventeenth Century Transactions of the Optical Society 1928–29 30 1 21 (p. 18)
- Court , T.H. and von Rohr , M. 1928–29 . On the Development of Spectacles in London from the End of the Seventeenth Century . Transactions of the Optical Society , 30 : 19 – 19 .
- In The North of England Maritime Directory, Shipping Register and Commercial Advertiser Thomas Marwood Sunderland 1854
- In A Book of Reference to the Maritime Plan or Chart of the River Tyne including the entire Tidal Flow from the Mouth of the Harbour to Head Win Streams … With Fordyce's Maritime book of Reference Advertiser William Fordyce Newcastle upon Tyne 1846
- H. G. Blair & Co. SM , 1 55.49 – 55.49 . 95 Bute Street, Cardiff For an account of the transmission of time signals, see Derek Howse, Greenwich Time and the Discovery of the Longitude (Oxford, 1980).
- Illustrated by Collins Jeremy An Introduction to Trade Labels Bulletin of the Scientific Instrument Society Winter 1984 2 3 3
- A smaller group of three cards was printed for Clarke E.M. SM 3 74.89 74.89 two rectangular and one a complete compass rose about 75 mm in diameter bearing Clarke's address
- Collier , William . Guildhall Library at ye Atlas next the Fountain Tavern without New Gate, London
- William Harris & Co. SM , 1 25.177 – 25.177 . 50 High Holborn corner of Brownlow Street, London
- Taylor . 1954 . The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor and Stuart England 373 – 373 . Cambridge
- The brass scales were required by the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Science in Paris, to compare the standards of length of England and France. The comparison was reported in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1742 42 185 185 The dates in the quotation are written in the margin; BM Add. MS 4444. fo. 129.
- Gunter , Edmund . 1624 . Description and use of the Sector, Cross-staff and other Instruments London facsimile copy Amsterdam, 1971), advertisement facing p. 1
- Some other examples are Ashley Thomas SM 1 35.108 35.108 Figure 4; Thomas Heath Figure 24, Edmund Culpeper and George Adams (C.2)
- Court , T.H. and von Rohr , M. 1929–30 . Contributions to the History of the Worshipful Company of Spectaclemakers . Transactions of the Optical Society , 31 : 53 – 90 . (p. 61)
- Ridley , Mark . 1617 . Magnetical Animadversions to certain Magnetical Advertisements … London Quoted by Taylor (footnote 15), p. 344
- Illustrated by Goodison Nicholas English Barometers: A History of Domestic Barometers and their Makers, 1680–1860 London 1969 35 35 Plate 8
- Patrick , John . Ship Court in the Old Baily London Goodison (footnote 65), Plate 8, p. 35
- Senex , Iohn . Heal , 105.89 – 105.89 . over against, St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, London
- Cushee , Richard . 105.12 – 105.12 . Banks . at the Globe and Sun between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, and Tho. Wright at the Orrery and Globe near Salisbury Court, Fleetstreet, London
- Bestall . SM: , 1 37.47 – 37.47 . 1 Victoria Cottages, Royal Road, Kennington Park near Beresford St.
- Gough , Walter . Heal , 105.45 – 105.45 . No. 21 Middle Row, Holborn, London
- Clarke , E.M. SM , 3 74.89 – 74.89 . 428 Strand, Londons
- Cutts , I.P. SM , 3 82.112 – 82.112 . Sheffield
- Cutts , I.P. 1828 . The Sheffield Directory and Guide , 24 – 24 . Sheffield : John Blackwell . Division St. near the National School, Sheffield
- Dring & Fage SM 3 110.136 110.136 20 Tooley Street, London
- Dring & Fage SM 6 108.135 108.135 19 & 20 Tooley Street, London Bridge, London
- Dring & Fage SM 3 110.133 110.133 20 Tooley Street, London
- Hudson , John . SM , 4 46.200 – 46.200 . 112 Leadenhall Street, near Saint Mary Axe and at 9 Saint Martin's Court, Leicester Square, London
- Other such makers include Griffith William SM 4 20.169 20.169 at No. 4 Dolphin-court, Ludgate Hill, London and Aslin, 15 Lower Smith Street, Northampton Square, Clerkenwell (SM: Vol. 3, p. 14.15)
- Tappenden and Hanby . Heal , 85.289 – 85.289 . at the White Lion the Corner of George Street in Foster Lane, Cheapside, London
- Whitton , Benjamin . private collection at the Crown in New Street, Shoe Lane, London
- Bradford , George . SM , 1 13.58 – 13.58 . No. 99 near Tower Hill, Minories, London
- Digby , Charles . 105.14 – 105.14 . Banks . at the Globe near ye Hermitage Bridge in Wapping, London
- On the back of the card of Chapman James Mathematical Instrument Maker and Ship Chandler was a bill for ‘a large Ensign 208 yards the best Bunting £14.11s.0d’, dated 1776 (Guildhall library).
- Crawforth , Michael A. 1976 . Weighing Coins—Folding Gold Balances of the 18th & 19th Centuries 16 – 23 . London
- Watkins , Francis . Heal , 105.105 – 105.105 . at Charing Cross, Londons
- Syeds , John . SM , 1 64.392 – 64.392 .
- J.R. and Stebbing , H. SM , 5 64.379 – 64.379 . No. 63 High Street, Southampton For an explanation of ‘touching’ see Section 9 below.
- Cushee , Richard . Banks . at the Globe and Sun between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, and Tho. Wright at the Orrery and Globe near Salisbury Court, Fleetstreet, London 105.12
- Prandi . 1825 . A New General and Commercial Directory of Sheffield and its Vicinity , 69 – 69 . Manchester : R. Gell . No. 32 Church Street, Sheffield
- Mastaglio and Tacchi . 1862 . Ward's North of England Directory accompanied by Almanacs and Town and Country Guide and Commercial Advertiser , Newcastle upon Tyne : Robert Ward . 132 High Street, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland
- Woller , Matthew . 39.136 – 39.136 . Banks . 51 Edgbaston Street, Birmingham
- Chapman , James . Saint Catherine's near the Tower London (JJ Box xv)
- Hugh M'Coll, 5 King Street, South Shields, in Fordyce A Book of Reference to the Maritime Plan or Chart of the River Tyne including the entire Tidal Flow from the Mouth of the Harbour to Head Win Streams … With Fordyce's Maritime book of Reference Advertiser William Fordyce Newcastle upon Tyne 1846 See also, James Henley, Stationer & Bookseller, ‘…N.B. Mathematical Instruments, Sea Books and Charts' (Guildhall Library).
- Soderberg . 105.50 – 105.50 . Banks . No. 2 Crown Court, Crown Street, Westminster, London
- Philip Carpenter's premises, at 24 Regent Street, London, had the name ‘Microcosm’. Altick Richard The Shows of London Cambridge Mass. and London 1978 369 369 W. Storer's ‘Royal Delineator’ which ‘…obviates the Defects of the Camera Obscura…’ was demonstrated to the public ‘…attendance from 11 to 4, No. 14 Lisle Street, Leicester Fields for the delivery of tickets’. (In the lid of the delineator, C. 715, MHS Oxford). Tickets were the means of admission to such shows and were sold at several places in London.
- Scatliff , Samuel . Heal , 105.88 – 105.88 . at Frier Bacon's Head, the corner of St. Michael's Alley, Cornhill, London
- This card was printed after 1747: Combs announced his change of address from Court St Martin's Daily Advertiser November 1747 1747 to his new shop within two doors of Essex Street in the Strand, in the 5
- Lilley , John and Terrace , Jamaica . Heal , 105.62 – 105.62 . Commercial Road, near the West India Docks, London
- Chapman , James . 1776 . Guildhall Library . at the Hadley's Quadrant opposite the King's Store House, St. Catherines, London, Dated
- Patoun , Archibald . 1735 . Treatise on Practical Navigation London further editions in 1739 and 1759. See E. G. R. Taylor, The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714–1840 (Cambridge, 1966), p. 164
- Barry , Richard . SM , 3 26.32 – 26.32 . Navigation Warchouse, No. 106 Minories, London
- Martin , Benjamin . SM , 4 122.265/122.266 – 122.265/122.266 . at the New Invented Visual Glasses, Fleet Street, London and p. 120.263/4
- Adams , Dudley . Heal , 105.1 – 105.1 . No. 60 Fleet Street, London
- Chamberlain , J.B. Guildhall Library . 37 Broad Street, Bloomsbury, opposite the London and Manchester Hat Warehouse
- Blunt , Thos . Guildhall Library . No. 22 Cornhill, Opposite the Royal Exchange, London Other examples include Thomas Reed & Co. of Sunderland, who offered ‘Second-hand Sextants & Quadrants’, William Lister of Newcastle on Tyne, and Geo. H. & C. Gowland of Sunderland, who both sold second-hand chronometers.
- Cole , Benjamin and Son . Heal , 105.23 – 105.23 . at the Orrery next the Globe Tavern in Fleet Street, London
- Watkins , Francis . 105.105 – 105.105 . at Charing Cross, London
- Tulley , Chas. SM , 5 83.406 – 83.406 . bill dated 1817
- Bird , John . Heal , 105.10 – 105.10 . at the Sea Quadrant, near the new Exchange Buildings in the Strand, London
- Harris , John . 1736 . Lexicon Technicum , fifth edition London i. s. v. Azimuth Compass
- Moxon , Joseph . 1692 . A Mathematical Dictionary , second edition 193 – 193 . London
- Bailey , N. 1789 . An Universal Etymological English Dictionary , twenty-sixth edition Edinburgh Thomas Tuttell also gives this meaning in The Description and Explanation of Mathematical Instruments (London, 1701).
- The dogfish is any of various small sharks. Shagreen is the rough skin of various sharks and rays when covered with small close-set tubercles (Webster's 7th New Collegiate Dictionary). Shagreen is described as the skin of the sting-ray family Dasyatis, by van Seters W.H. Shagreen on Old Microscopes Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society 1951 71 433 439
- Ogilvie , John . 1950 . The Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological and Scientific London i, 197, s. v. Binacle [sic]
- On the card of Brothers Davis' SM 1 37.118 37.118 No. 33 New Bond Street, Londons
- Martin , Benjamin . 1756 . An Essay on Visual Glasses (vulgarly called Spectacles) wherein it is shewn…that the Common Structure of those Glasses is Contrary to the Rules of Art…and very prejudicial to the Eyes London
- Potts , Thos. 105.38 – 105.38 . Banks . No. 371 Strand near Southampton Street, Londons
- Ottway , John . Heal , 105.77 – 105.77 . No. 6 York Street, Covent Garden, Londons
- G. and Dixey , C. Heal , 105.35 – 105.35 . No. 3 New Bond Street, London, Bill
- Ogilive . 1950 . The Imperial Dictionary, English, Technological and Scientific London ii, 342, s. v. Pebble
- Ayscough , James . SM , 3 16.20 – 16.20 . at the Great Golden Spectacles in Ludgate Street, near St. Paul's, London
- Ayscough , James . Heal , 105.5 – 105.5 . ditto
- For an account of the chronometer industry, see Davies Alun C. The Life and Death of a Scientific Instrument: The Marine Chronometer, 1770–1920 Annals of Science 1978 35 509 525
- June 1983 . Sotheby's auction June , London 21 lot 263
- June 1983 . Sotheby's auction June , London 21 lot 296
- Martyn , Thomas . Heal , 108.14 – 108.14 . No. 208 near King Edward Stairs, Wapping, London Valentine Grimstead at the Black Swan in St. Paul's Church Yard, London; James Lewer, at ye Elephant & Rising Sun, five doors from Friday Street in Cheapside, London; Walter Robotham, at the Red M & Dagger in Pope's Head Alley against the Royal Exchange in Cornhill, London (all c. 1710–1750, in private collection).
- McIntosh , Thomas . 105.30 – 105.30 . Banks . at the Archimedes and Golden Spectacles, Great Queen Street, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London
- Potts , Thos. 105.38 – 105.38 . Banks . No. 371 Strand near Southampton Street, Londons
- Gough , Walter . Heal , 105.45 – 105.45 . No. 21 Middle Row, Holborn, London
- Cox , J. Heal , 105.30 – 105.30 . No. 5 Barbican, London
- Blackman , Henry . 1887 . Barker's Wolverhampton Trade Directory and Guide , Wolverhampton : Francis W. Barker . opposite Art Gallery, Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton. In
- Bennett , John . 105.5 – 105.5 . Banks . at the Globe in Crown Court, St. Ann's, Soho, London
- Marshall , John . MHS , at the Sign of the Archimedes and two Golden Spectacles in Ludgate-street near, St.Paul's Church-yard, London
- Mason , Thomas H. SM , 1 55.269 – 55.269 . 5 & 6 Dame Street (near the Castle), Dublins
- Wright , Tho. Heal , 105.119s – 105.119s . at his Shop in Fleet-Street, London
- Hudson . Guildhall Library . No. 26 Charing Cross nearly Opposite the Admiralty,
- Heath , Thomas . 105.23 – 105.23 . Banks . Heath & Wing, Figure 25; and Benjamin Cole & Son (Heal: 105.23).
- Priestley's microscope is now in the Gabb Collection in the Science Museum London
- Watkins , Francis . Heal , 105.105 – 105.105 . at Charing Cross, Londons
- Adams , Dudley . Heal , 105.1 – 105.1 . No. 60 Fleet Street, London
- M'Coll , Hugh . 1846 . A Book of Reference to the Maritime Plan or Chart of the River Tyne including the entire Tidal Flow from the Mouth of the Harbour to Head Win Streams … With Fordyce's Maritime book of Reference Advertiser , Newcastle upon Tyne : William Fordyce .
- Geo. , H. and Gowland , C. 1854 . Marwood , Sunderland : Thomas Marwood . 178 High Street, Sunderland, In
- Prandi . 1825 . A New General and Commercial Directory of Sheffield and its Vicinity , Manchester : R. Gell . No. 32 Church Street, Sheffield
- Morgan , Francis . SM , 3 25.277 – 25.277 . at the Sign of Archimedes and Three Spectacles, 27 Ludgate-street near St. Paul's, London
- Cary , William . Heal , 105.18 – 105.18 . No. 182 near Norfolk Street, Strand, Londons
- Willson and Dixey . 105.63 – 105.63 . Banks . 9 Wardrobe Place, Doctors Commons, Londons
- Cushee , Richard and Wright , Tho. Banks . at the Globe and Sun between St. Dunstan's Church and Chancery Lane, and Tho. Wright at the Orrery and Globe near Salisbury Court, Fleetstreet, London 105.12
- Carpenter and Westley . SM , 3 64.72 – 64.72 . No. 111 New Street, Birmingham, (& Carpenter 24 Regent St. London)
- Other people with two addresses include: J. Abraham in Bath and Cheltenham, Figure 1 Hudson John SM 5 46.200 46.200 in Leadenhall Street and in St. Martin's Court, London Joseph Moxon in Warwick Lane and in Westminster Hall, London (Heal: 105.75); and Edmund Culpeper in Middle Moor Fields and under the Royal Exchange, London (MHS).
- Other makers who recorded changes of address include Davenport Stephen Heal 105.33 105.33 and 34 Thomas Barnett (SM: Vol. 2, p.13.29 and 30); and John Cuff (MHS)
- Digby , Charles . 105.14 – 105.14 . Banks . at the Globe near ye Hermitage Bridge in Wapping, London
- Heal , Ambrose . 1947 . Signboards of Old London Shops: 17th & 18th C. 11 – 11 . London
- According to Larwood Hotten The History of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day , third edition London 1866 26 26 some of the more elaborate signs extended right across a narrow street, and cost, in 1719, upwards of one hundred guineas.
- Heal . 1947 . Signboards of Old London Shops: 17th & 18th C. 11 – 11 . London
- John Cox at the Cock & Garter, Long Acre, London. Heal Ambrose London Shop Signs other than those given by Larwood & Hotten Notes & Queries 1939 176 78 78
- Millburn , John R. 1976 . Benjamin Martin—Author, Instrument-Maker, and Country Showman 117 – 117 . Leyden
- Ripley , Thomas . MHS , At the Globe, Quadrant & Spectacles near Hermitage Bridge, below the Tower, London A poor perspective drawing of an azimuth compass was a central feature on the card of Henry Gregory, Figure 20.
- Dollond , Peter . Heal , 105.40 – 105.40 . the Golden Spectacles & Sea Quadrant near Exeter Exchange in the Strand, London
- Cuff , John . SM , 2 23.102 – 23.102 . At the Reflecting Microscope & Spectacles against Serjeant's Inn Gate, Fleet Street, London
- Taylor , E.W. and Wilson , J.S. 1960 . At the Sign of the Orrery , second edition 21 – 21 . York
- Heal . 1925 . London Tradesmen's Cards of the 18th Century 9 – 13 . London
- Conway . 1959 . “ Trade Cards and Bill Heads ” . In The Concise Encyclopaedia of Antiques Vol. IV , 242 – 243 . London in
- Hill , Nathaniel . Heal , 105.54 – 105.54 . At the Globe and Sun in Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, London
- Heal . 1925 . London Tradesmen's Cards of the 18th Century 15 – 15 . London
- Illustrated by Turner G. L'E. Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments London 1983 23 23
- Lewis . 1962 . Printed Ephemera 18 – 18 . Ipswich
- The Electoral bonnet over the shield of Hanover was changed to a crown when Hanover became a Kingdom in 1816. Scott-Giles C. Wilfrid The Romance of Heraldry London 1967 197 197
- The instruments shown are confined to mechanics and the air-pump. General manufacture of electrical apparatus began in the mid-eighteenth century, largely in response to the popular demand created by itinerant lecturers. See Hackmann W.D. Electricity from Glass: the History of the Frictional Electrical Machine 1600–1850 Alphen aan den Rijn 1978 172 179
- Quoted by Whipple R.S. Edgar Allen News 1952 June 31 161 161 (no date given) in 360
- Heal . 1925 . London Tradesmen's Cards of the 18th Century 2 – 3 . London
- Heath , Thomas . Hercules & Globe next door to ye Fountain Tavern in the Strand, London , 105.22 – 105.22 . Banks .
- William Haris & Co. SM , 1 25.177 – 25.177 . 50 High Holborn corner of Brownlow Street, London
- Bedington , John . 1850 . A History, Gazeteer and Directory of Warwickshire , Sheffield : Francis White & Co. . No. 40 Digbeth, Birmingham. In
- For many illustrations of three initials see Berry George Taverns and Tokens of Pepys' London London 1978
- This appears to be part of an original card now showing only the shop sign with the initials Y/IM and the date 1671. The maker's name and address are missing. At the top is a crown over the cipher CC, back-to-back (Charles II), and in the centre Archimedes. It is the earliest dated scientific trade card known to the author (Heal: 105.71; copied from a card in the Pepys' Collection Correspondence and Papers of Edmond Halley Oxford 1932 233 233 edited by Eugene Fairfield MacPike
- Heal , Ambrose . July 1927 . “ The Trade Cards of Engravers ” . In Print Collector's Quarterly July , 20 – 20 . 26
- Ripley , Thomas . MHS , At the Globe, Quadrant & Spectacles near Hermitage Bridge, below the Tower, London
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