NavList:

Here is a preliminary list of sextant manufacturers.
Who of these are real manufacturers and who are just
dealers, I am not sure. But these people/companies
stamped their names on the arcs of the sextants I've seen
or heard of. I will appreciate any additions/comments on this list.

British:

Adams
Allan, London
Matthew Berge (Ramsden's successor)
Bate, London
John Bird
Spencer Browning
Cary (Pall Mall, London)
Cole (London)
T. Cooke & Sons (York)
W. C. Cox (Devonport)
W. Desilva (Liverpool)
George Dollond (London)
W. Gerrard, (Liverpool)
Gilbert and Co (London)
Gregory and Wright (London)
G. W. Heath and Co, (Crayford, London; New Eltham, London)
Hoppe (London)
Henry Hughes and Son, formerly Kelvin and Hughes,
(Fenchurch str., London)
Hill and Price (Bristol and Cardiff)
Th. Hummond
Thomas Jones (4 Rupert street, London)
Jonmes, Gray and Keen (Strand, Liverpool)
F. Limbach (Hull)
Benjamin Martin, Joshua Lover Martin, his son (London)
Jesse Ramsden (London)
Rust
Robinson and Barrow
Troughton and Simms (former Troughton), London
Wilson and Gillie, Bruce and sons (Cardiff)
G. Whitbread (Commercial rd., London)
Nathaniel Worthington (London)

French:

Dubas (Nant)
Gambey (Paris)
Hurliman
Lenoir (Paris)
Ponthus & Therrode
G. Santi (Marseilles)
Felix Vedy (Paris)

German:

Cassens and Plath
Freiberger
Ludolf
Pistor and Martens
C. Plath

Dutch:

Benjamin Ayres, Amsterdam
G. de Koningh
Observator

Honk Kong:

Gaupp

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