John Cuff

John Cuff (c. 1708 – c. 1772) was an important English scientific instrument maker, particularly of microscopes. "(1737-57) & Double Microscope, three Pairs of Golden Spectacles & Hadley's Quadrant opposite Salisbury Court (1757-8) both in Fleet St & Strand, all in London, England." and like them, it still "suffered from severe chromatic and spherical aberration."

Unfortunately, Cuff was apparently not much of a businessman: despite Baker's support, he had to declare bankruptcy in 1750. Whipple Museum of the History of Science, Cambridge, England: five microscopes Museo Galileo, Florence, Italy: two microscopes Golub Collection, University of California, Berkeley, United States: one compound microscope National Museum of American History, Washington, D.C., United States: a 1752 aquatic microscope Musée d'histoire des sciences de la Ville de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland: an aquatic microscope.