Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent ControversyAshgate Publishing, Ltd., 28 de juny 2014 - 430 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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... company Wey court east 110 cherry street Union road suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, vt 05401-3818 surrey, GU9 7pt Usa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data a catalogue record for this book is available ...
... Company Author'sAcknowledgements Abbreviations Editors'Introduction 1 on Becoming an optical instrument Maker 1 2 The optical community in eighteenth-century london 3 at the sign of sir isaac newton's head 4 The chromatic problem: From ...
... company decided on 28 June 1759'. transcript courtesy of the city of london, london Metropolitan archives 6 edward scarlett's trade card c.1738. © The college of optometrists/British optical association Museum charing cross: detail from ...
... company; tracing the upheaval throughout the nineteenth century, too, have given me the most to think about. The national archives library and (luckily) the record office library at hereford (where i have spent several respite breaks) ...
... company's early records were destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 but have survived thereafter, with occasional gaps, continuing to the present time. over the years, its title has been variously expressed as spectacle Makers' company ...
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From newtons error to halls solution | 73 |
The rise ofJohn dollond and his patent | 101 |
peter dollond and his conflict with Watkins smith | 145 |
peter dollond and his Further disputes with opticians | 175 |
new conflicts within the spectaclemakers company | 205 |
The Unexpected longevity of chester Moor hall | 231 |
one hundred years at charing cross | 253 |
after Watkins hill | 293 |
Articles of Copartnership between Mr Francis Watkins | 331 |
Index | 375 |
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