Charles Augustus Schmalcalder

• Born: mar 29, 1781, Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, September, Germany
• Christened: mar 31, 1781, Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, September, Germany
• Marriage: Charlotte Ann Cochran may 24, 1804, St Andrews, Holburn, London, England
• Died: dec 25, 1843, Saint Martin In The Fields, Westminster, London, England at age 62
• Buried: The Strand, Westminster Borough Of Middlesex, (Pancras)

   Another name for Charles was karl August Schmalkalder.

  General Notes:

The prismatic compass was invented and patented by Charles Schmalcalder, a mathematical instrument maker in London, in 1812 (Turner 1983,257). As its name implies, it uses a prism, so that the angle could be read while the object was being sighted.

  Noted events in his life were:

He worked as a Mathematical Instrument Maker in 1806/1839 in The Strand, Tottenham, Borough Of Middlesex, (Pancras). 82 The Strand, London, Patented The Prismatic Compass, 1812 A great deal of his Instruments are on display in the British Science Museum, Whipple Museum and in some private collections
Charles Schmalcalder filed patent: No 3000 of 22 December 1806 for a Delineator a Tracing Device
Charles Augustus Schmalcalder filed No 3545 of 1812 for a Prismatic Compass
Later went to 399/400 the Strand from 1816-1839

He was baptized on mar 31, 1781 in Stuttgart, Neckarkreis, Wuerttemberg, Germany.

He had marriage banns published on may 24, 1804 in St Andrews, Holburn, London, England. and he married Ann Cochran

He was ill with a Disability in 1841 in The Strand Union Workhouse, Castle St. (St Pancras). stayed there un till he died in Dec 1843

FRO (Death Ref:): (1 124), dec 25th 1843, The Strand, Tottenham, Borough Of Middlesex, (Pancras). buried from the
Strand Union Workhouse, Castle Street, Leicester Square, at Camden Town
cemetery (the overflow burial ground for St Martin in the Fields parish.

Charles married Charlotte Ann Cochran on may 24, 1804 in St Andrews, Holburn, London, England.