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Francis Watkins And The Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy
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Book Synopsis Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy by : Brian Gee
Download or read book Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy written by Brian Gee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-15 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Book Synopsis Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy by : Brian Gee
Download or read book Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy written by Brian Gee and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working from original documents consulted for the first time, Brian Gee has uncovered the life and times of an eighteenth-century mathematical and optical instrument maker, Francis Watkins, who played an important role in one of the most significant legal cases to touch this profession, the patenting of the achromatic lens in telescopes. The book explains Watkins origins and his partnership with the Dollond firm, who are shown to have been hard-headed and ruthless, before accounting for Watkins successors and their ultimate decline."
Book Synopsis The Whipple Museum of the History of Science by : Joshua Nall
Download or read book The Whipple Museum of the History of Science written by Joshua Nall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-08-22 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A window into cultures of scientific practice drawing on the collection of the Whipple Museum of the History of Science. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Book Synopsis A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy by : Wilson Wall
Download or read book A History of Optical Telescopes in Astronomy written by Wilson Wall and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-10-01 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is uniquely about the relationship between the optical telescope and astronomy as they developed together. It covers the time between the telescope's pivotal invention in the 1600's up to the modern era of space-based telescopes. Over the intervening centuries, there were huge improvements in the optical resolution of telescopes, along with changes in their positioning and nature of application that forever altered the course of astronomy. For a long time, the field was an exclusive club for self-motivated stargazers who could afford to build their own telescopes. Many of these leisure-time scholars left their mark by virtue of their meticulous observations and record keeping. Although they would now be considered amateurs, these figures and their contributions were pivotal and are covered in this book alongside professionals, for the first time giving a complete picture of the history of telescopic science.
Book Synopsis Transactions by : Optical Society (Great Britain)
Download or read book Transactions written by Optical Society (Great Britain) and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society by :
Download or read book Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Portfolio of 8 charts accompanies v. 83.
Book Synopsis Adams of Fleet Street by : John R. Millburn
Download or read book Adams of Fleet Street written by John R. Millburn and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2000 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'G. Adams in Fleet Street London' is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams senior and his two sons, George junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George senior's family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George junior's numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley's dabbling with 'medico-electrical therapeutics'. The book is richly illustrated with plates from the Adams's own publications and with examples of instruments ranging from unique museum pieces - such as the 'Prince of Wales' microscope - and globes to the more common, even mundane, items of the kind seen in salesrooms and dealers - the surveying, navigational and military instruments that formed the backbone of the business. The appendices include facsimiles of trade catalogues and an annotated short-title listing of the Adams family's publications, which also covers American and Continental editions, as well as the posthumous ones by W. & S. Jones.
Book Synopsis Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (pursuant to Statute 13 George II. C. 7). Ed. by M. S. Giuseppi ... by : Great Britain. Board of Trade
Download or read book Naturalizations of Foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian Colonies (pursuant to Statute 13 George II. C. 7). Ed. by M. S. Giuseppi ... written by Great Britain. Board of Trade and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A bibliography of some works relating to the Huguenot refugees, whence they came, where they settled": v. 1, pp. 130-149.
Download or read book The Griffith Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art by :
Download or read book English Mechanic and Mirror of Science and Art written by and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 1232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The History of the Telescope by : Henry C. King
Download or read book The History of the Telescope written by Henry C. King and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This remarkable history encompasses not only the achievements of the early inventors and astronomers but also the less frequently recounted stories of the instrument makers and of the actual instruments. A model of unsurpassed, comprehensive scholarship, this volume covers many fields, including professional and amateur astronomy. 196 black-and-white illustrations.
Book Synopsis English Mechanics and the World of Science by :
Download or read book English Mechanics and the World of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 638 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse by : R. Charles Mollan
Download or read book William Parsons, 3rd Earl of Rosse written by R. Charles Mollan and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-01 with total page 378 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a revealing account of the family life and achievements of the Third Earl of Rosse, a hereditary peer and resident landlord at Birr Castle, County Offaly, in nineteenth-century Ireland, before, during and after the devastating famine of the 1840s. He was a remarkable engineer, who built enormous telescopes in the cloudy middle of Ireland. The book gives details, in an attractive non-technical style which requires no previous scientific knowledge, of his engineering initiatives and the astronomical results, but also reveals much more about the man and his contributions – locally in the town and county around Birr, in political and other functions in an Ireland administered by the Protestant Ascendancy, in the development and activities of the Royal Society, of which he was President from 1848–54, and the British Association for the Advancement of Science. The Countess of Rosse, who receives full acknowledgement in the book, was a woman of many talents, among which was her pioneering work in photography, and the book includes reproductions of her artistic exposures, and many other attractive illustrations.
Book Synopsis English Mechanic and World of Science by :
Download or read book English Mechanic and World of Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Historic Scientific Instruments in Denmark by : Hemming Andersen
Download or read book Historic Scientific Instruments in Denmark written by Hemming Andersen and published by Kgl. Danske Videnskabernes Selskab. This book was released on 1996 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis A Popular Sketch of Electro-magnetism, Or Electro-dynamics by : Francis Watkins
Download or read book A Popular Sketch of Electro-magnetism, Or Electro-dynamics written by Francis Watkins and published by . This book was released on 1828 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III by : John R. Millburn
Download or read book Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III written by John R. Millburn and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ’G. Adams in Fleet Street London’ is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams senior and his two sons, George junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George senior’s family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George junior’s numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley’s dabbling with ’medico-electrical therapeutics’. The book is richly illustrated with plates from the Adams’s own publications and with examples of instruments ranging from unique museum pieces - such as the ’Prince of Wales’ microscope - and globes to the more common, even mundane, items of the kind seen in salesrooms and dealers - the surveying, navigational and military instruments that formed the backbone of the business. The appendices include facsimiles of trade catalogues and an annotated short-title listing of the Adams family’s publications, which also covers American and Continental editions, as well as the posthumous ones by W. & S. Jones.
