User:Michael Daly

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 - 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)