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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... microscope, from Watkins's L'Exercise du Microscope (1754). Museum ofthe history ofscience, University of oxford plate showing 'le microscope solaire' from Watkins's L'Exercise du Microscope (1754). Museum ofthe history ofscience ...
... microscope in silver, signed on the solar plate 'Fra. Watkins charing cross london', 1754. Museum of the history ofscience, University ofoxford, inv. 53619 6 compound and simple microscope to Francis Watkins's design, 1754. Museum ofthe ...
... microscope makers Watson & co. instructed their leading employees to associate with professional users of scientific instruments, recognising that such men might be able to advise and suggest modifications or new designs. With the ...
... on the mirror ofa Culpeper microscope, c.1735. Court and von Rohr (1930), p. 81, entry 142; Turner (1989), pp. 34–35. 27 Murdoch (1985), pp. 74–76. There is some disagreement of On Becoming an Optical Instrument Maker 13.
... Microscope Made Easy, a work of immediate popularity which, inevitably, would have boosted scarlett's trade ... (microscopes in particular) had begun to fall in inverse proportion to their widening appeal. and so, despite the set-backs ...
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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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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 |
Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy Brian Gee,edited by Anita McConnell Previsualització limitada - 2016 |