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Stancliffe, Benjamin, 1782-1834
Stancliffe, Benjamin, 1782-1834
Variants of the nameStancliffe, B., 1782-1834
Source data found1. WWW National Museum of American History, 22/06/2016 Benjamin Stancliffe (1782-1834) who was born in England, apprenticed with his uncle, John Stancliffe, a noted instrument maker in London, and worked for Edward Troughton making sophisticated geodetic instruments for the fledgling United States Coast Survey. Stancliffe then migrated to America, appearing in Philadelphia directories as early as 1817. In 1828 he went into partnership with his former apprentice, Edmund Draper. By 1832 Stancliffe was again in business on his own,. advertising that he manufactured "all kinds of mathematical, optical, and philosophical instruments," including surveyor's compasses, theodolites, sextants, and quadrants. http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_745754
2. WWW Virtual Museum of Surveying, 22/06/2016 Benjamin Stancliffe is first listed in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania directories in 1817 as an optician, philosophical and mathematical instrument maker. He is last listed in 1833. Stancliffe was born in 1782 and died in 1834." http://www.surveyhistory.org/benjamin_stancliffe1.htm
2. WWW Virtual Museum of Surveying, 22/06/2016 Benjamin Stancliffe is first listed in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania directories in 1817 as an optician, philosophical and mathematical instrument maker. He is last listed in 1833. Stancliffe was born in 1782 and died in 1834." http://www.surveyhistory.org/benjamin_stancliffe1.htm
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