Carel Ruspinus (1722 - 1771)
Field(s) of interest: scientific instrumentsGender: male
Born: Rotterdam, 1722
Died: Amsterdam, 1771
Biography:
Ruspinus was thermometer and barometer maker working in Amsterdam (originated from Rotterdam), ca 1746-1771. In 1751 he was associated with Paulus Wast, who in 1747, 1748 en 1759 was a witness at the baptism of one of Ruspinus' children. In 1758 Dominus Sala was also witness at such a baptism, as was his colleague Ludovicus Primavesi in 1766.
Collection: Museum Boerhaave Leiden (mercury thermometer); A barometer dated 1759 is in private hands. A thermometer by Ruspinus was auctioned in 1799.
Occupations:
Thermometer and barometer maker: ~1746 - 1771 (Amsterdam)
Sources:
Ebeling, E., Naamlijst en korte beschrijving van wis- en natuurkundige werktuigen, bij één verzameld door den weledelen heer Mr. E. Ebeling (Amsterdam 1789)
Bolle, B., Barometers in beeld (Lochem 1983), 65 en 237 (vt.nt. 138).
advertisemnet in the Leydse courant, 8 Jan. 1751