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| Autore principale: | Gee, Brian.
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| Titolo: | Francis Watkins and the Dollond telescope patent controversy / Brian Gee ; edited by Anita McConnell and A.D. Morrison-Low. |
| Pubblicazione: | Aldershot : Ashgate, c2014. |
| Descrizione fisica: | XXVI, 392 p., [12] p. di tav. : ill., ritr. ; 24 cm |
| Serie: | Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945 |
| Contiene: | Indice: List of figures and tables. List of colour plates. Foreword. A note on prices and dimensions and on the Specaclemakers' company. Author's acknowledgements. Abbreviations. Editors' introduction. 1. On becoming an optical istrument maker 2. The optical community in eighteenth-century London 3. At the sign of sir Isaac Newton's head 4. The chromatic problem: from Newton's error to Hall's solution 5. The rise of John Dollond and his patent 6. Peter Dollond and his conflct with Watkins & Smith 7. Peter Dollond and his further disputes with opticians 8. New conflicts within the Spectaclemakers' company 9. The unexpected longevity of Chester Morr Hall 10. One hundred years at Charing cross 11. After Watkins & Hill. Appendices: 1. John Dollond's refrangibility experiments (1757-1758) 2. Fees charged at Chancery in procuring letters patent 3. John Dollond's patent for the invention of a new method of making object glasses of refracting telescopes 4. Articles of co-parternship between Mr francis Watkins and Mr John Dollond (29 May 1758) 5. Klingenstierna's admonishment of John Dollond (30 May 1761) 6. Ten reasons why telescopes with combined object glasses should be avoided. Bibliography. Index |
| ISBN: | 9781409466437 |
| Altri autori: | McConnell, Anita.
Morrison Low, Alison D. |
| Discipline: | Ottica--Persone. Astronomia--Strumenti. |
| Persone: | Watkins, Francis, 1723-1792. Dollond, John, 1706-1761. Dollond, Peter, 1730-1820. |
| Keyword: | Strumenti--Astronomia e Cosmografia. |
| Sudd. cronologiche: | Secolo XVIII. |
| Collocazione: | LS 19709 |
| Nota di esemplare: | Mostra nota di esemplare |
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