This user comes from Canada.

This user is a participant in WikiProject History of Science.

I hosted KayakWiki - a wiki devoted to various forms of kayaking.

Interests include

• History of navigation
• History of astronomy
• History of science
• History of scientific instruments

Pages I've created

• Astronomy
  • Filar micrometer
  • Sextant (astronomical)
  • Mural instrument

• Instrument making
  • Dividing engine
  • Transversal (instrument making) (in progress - want to add drawing of circ transversals)
  • Screw-cutting lathe
  • Graduation (instrument)

• Navigation
  • Mariner's astrolabe
  • Quadrant (instrument)
  • Reflecting instrument
  • History of longitude based in large part on merging parts of other articles.
  • Elton's quadrant

• Surveying
  • Level staff
  • Surveyor's wheel
  • Stadia mark
  • Tripod (surveying)
  • Plane table
  • Radio latino

• People
  • George Bass (optician)
  • Etienne Lenoir (instrument maker)

Pages I've contributed to significantly

• Octant (instrument)
• Backstaff
• Stadia (length)
• Chip log
• Alidade
• Theodolite#History - rewrote the history section.

Things to do

• Add two Sisson bios
• Add Orsini bio
• Add Hood bio
• Hooke vs Hadley on first Gregorian telescope (see Talk:John Hadley)