Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent ControversyRoutledge, 15 d’abr. 2016 - 424 pàgines 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. |
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... appear to have remained there for three years, receiving a thorough grounding in reading, writing and arithmetic together with some Latin and Greek, geography (ancient and modern), along with extra object lessons on topics such as 'the ...
... appear to have remained there for three years, receiving a thorough grounding in reading, writing and arithmetic together with some Latin and Greek, geography (ancient and modern), along with extra object lessons on topics such as 'the ...
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... appears to have benefited by a separate endowment from his father because , in 1752 , he was able to raise half of the £ 400 sale price for Cae Higgin , another farm at Clyro . Both these farms , occupying the same land , are still in ...
... appears to have benefited by a separate endowment from his father because , in 1752 , he was able to raise half of the £ 400 sale price for Cae Higgin , another farm at Clyro . Both these farms , occupying the same land , are still in ...
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... appears to have made his own arrangement to complete the final months under John Cox, a young optician working in Cow Lane (§ Chapter 2). 29 Generally, if a master died, the apprentice was maintained by the executor or administrator ...
... appears to have made his own arrangement to complete the final months under John Cox, a young optician working in Cow Lane (§ Chapter 2). 29 Generally, if a master died, the apprentice was maintained by the executor or administrator ...
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... appears to have been quick to comprehend and put into practice the latest ideas and techniques . In time , he may have been allowed contact with customers at Scarlett's shop , including persons from the Royal Society and eminent foreign ...
... appears to have been quick to comprehend and put into practice the latest ideas and techniques . In time , he may have been allowed contact with customers at Scarlett's shop , including persons from the Royal Society and eminent foreign ...
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... there for a further year in order to repay his debt of gratitude to this kindly family who had taken him in upon the death of his first master . During this period ( possibly earlier ) 35 it appears that a plan was put in place for.
... there for a further year in order to repay his debt of gratitude to this kindly family who had taken him in upon the death of his first master . During this period ( possibly earlier ) 35 it appears that a plan was put in place for.
Continguts
From Newtons Error to Halls Solution | |
The Rise of John Dollond and his Patent | |
Peter Dollond and his Further Disputes with Opticians | |
New Conflicts within the Spectaclemakers Company | |
The Unexpected Longevity of Chester Moor Hall | |
One Hundred Years at Charing Cross | |
After Watkins Hill | |
Appendices | |
Bibliography | |
Index | |
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Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy Mr Brian Gee Previsualització limitada - 2014 |
Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy Mr Brian Gee Previsualització limitada - 2014 |
Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy Brian Gee,edited by Anita McConnell Previsualització limitada - 2016 |
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achromatic lens achromatic telescope Addison Smith apparatus appears apprentice apprenticeship Archives Astronomical Attorney Author's italics Bass bill of complaint catalogue century Chancery Chapter Charing Cross Chester Moor Hall chromatic aberration City of London colours Company compound object glass concave crown glass Daily Advertiser different refrangibility dispersion Dollond his Executors Dollond patent Edward Scarlett electric machine Elliott Brothers engine Euler Exhibition experimental experiments father flint glass Francis Watkins Griffin Hall's History of Science improvement invention inventor James Champneys James Short Jesse Ramsden John Dollond Klingenstierna lenses Letters Patent Lord Mansfield Maskelyne master mathematical microscope Millburn Museum Newton opticians original paper partnership Peter Dollond petition philosophical instruments printed prism refracting telescope Rochon Royal Society Scarlett Scientific Instrument Society Sir Isaac sold Spectaclemakers Spectacles spherical Spitalfields Strand Street Veritas Watkins & Hill Watkins and Hill Watkins and Smith Watkins's Westminster