Author: Robert Geoffrey William Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Handlist of Scientific Instrument-makers' Trade Catalogues 1600-1914
Author: Robert Geoffrey William Anderson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The Queen Catalogues
Author:
Publisher: Norman Publishing
ISBN: 9780930405304
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Publisher: Norman Publishing
ISBN: 9780930405304
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy
Author: Brian Gee
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317133293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Francis Watkins was an eminent figure in his field of mathematical and optical instrument making in mid-eighteenth century London. Working from original documents, Brian Gee has uncovered the life and times of an optical instrument maker, who - at first glance - was not among the most prominent in his field. In fact, because Francis Watkins came from a landed background, the diversification of his assets enabled him to weather particular business storms - discussed in this book - where colleagues without such an economic cushion, were pushed into bankruptcy or forced to emigrate. He played an important role in one of the most significant legal cases to touch this profession, namely the patenting of the achromatic lens in telescopes. The book explains Watkins's origins, and how and why he was drawn into partnership with the famous Dollond firm, who at that point were Huguenot incomers. The patent for the achromatic telescope has never been satisfactorily explained in the literature, and the author has gone back to the original legal documents, never before consulted. He teases out the problems, lays out the evidence, and comes to some interesting new conclusions, showing the Dollonds as hard-headed and ruthless businessmen, ultimately extremely successful. The latter part of the book accounts for the successors of Francis Watkins, and their decline after over a century of successful business in central London.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317133293
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
Francis Watkins was an eminent figure in his field of mathematical and optical instrument making in mid-eighteenth century London. Working from original documents, Brian Gee has uncovered the life and times of an optical instrument maker, who - at first glance - was not among the most prominent in his field. In fact, because Francis Watkins came from a landed background, the diversification of his assets enabled him to weather particular business storms - discussed in this book - where colleagues without such an economic cushion, were pushed into bankruptcy or forced to emigrate. He played an important role in one of the most significant legal cases to touch this profession, namely the patenting of the achromatic lens in telescopes. The book explains Watkins's origins, and how and why he was drawn into partnership with the famous Dollond firm, who at that point were Huguenot incomers. The patent for the achromatic telescope has never been satisfactorily explained in the literature, and the author has gone back to the original legal documents, never before consulted. He teases out the problems, lays out the evidence, and comes to some interesting new conclusions, showing the Dollonds as hard-headed and ruthless businessmen, ultimately extremely successful. The latter part of the book accounts for the successors of Francis Watkins, and their decline after over a century of successful business in central London.
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon-General's Office, United States Army
Author: Library of the Surgeon-General's Office (U.S.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Incunabula
Languages : en
Pages : 1080
Book Description
Catalogue
Author: New South Wales Free Public Library, Sydney
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
Book Description
Index-catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General's Office, United States
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1072
Book Description
It's Part of What We Are - Volumes 1 and 2 - Volume 1: Richard Boyle (1566-1643) to John Tyndall (1820-1893); Volume 2: Samuel Haughton (18210-1897) to John Stewart Bell (1928-1990)
Author: Charles Mollan
Publisher: Charles Mollan
ISBN: 0860270556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1892
Book Description
Biographies of more than 100 Irish scientists (or those with strong Irish connections), in the disciplines of Chemistry and Physics, including Astronomy, Mathematics etc., describing them in their Irish and international scientific, social, educational and political context. Written in an attractive informal style for the hypothetical 'educated layman' who does not need to have studied science. Well received in Irish and international reviews.
Publisher: Charles Mollan
ISBN: 0860270556
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 1892
Book Description
Biographies of more than 100 Irish scientists (or those with strong Irish connections), in the disciplines of Chemistry and Physics, including Astronomy, Mathematics etc., describing them in their Irish and international scientific, social, educational and political context. Written in an attractive informal style for the hypothetical 'educated layman' who does not need to have studied science. Well received in Irish and international reviews.
Barometer Manual ... 1861 ... Fourth edition
Author: Robert FITZROY (Admiral.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 26
Book Description
Scribner's Magazine
Author: Edward Livermore Burlingame
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American periodicals
Languages : en
Pages : 1108
Book Description