J. van Wyck (1732 - 1795)

Field(s) of interest: scientific instruments
Gender: male

1732
1795

Biography:
Mathematical, nautical and scientific instrument maker in the Kalverstraat at St. Luciensteeg in Amsterdam (1767). He sold octants to the VOC. Son of Jacobus van Wijk (1), watch maker, and brother of Jacobus van Wijk (2), scientific instrument maker, both in Amsterdam.

Collections: Museum Boerhaave Leiden (demonstration apparatus for principle of Roberval balance, Holland circle and an octant); Scheepvaartmuseum, Amsterdam; Jakobstads Museum, Finland; Landes Museum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany; Science Museum and Universiteitsmuseum Utrecht (various instruments).

Occupations:
Nautical instrument maker: ~1760 - 1795 (Amsterdam)

Sources:
Rooseboom, M., Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der instrumentmakerskunst in de noordelijke Nederlanden (Leiden 1950).

Morzer Bruyns, W.F.J. Schip Recht door Zee. (Amsterdam, 2003).