Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)
London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
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ISBN-13:
9781138278356
Veröffentl:
2016
Erscheinungsdatum:
28.11.2016
Seiten:
344
Autor:
Anita McConnell
Gewicht:
481 g
Format:
234x156x18 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Jesse Ramsden was one of the most prominent manufacturers of scientific instruments in the latter half of the eighteenth century. In this, the first biography of Jesse Ramsden, Dr Anita McConnell reconstructs the great instrument maker's life and career and presents us with a detailed account of the instrument trade in this period.
Contents: Preface; Foreword; Introduction; Early life; Entering trade; The dividing engines; 'At the sign of the golden spectacles': the Piccadilly workshop; Observatory instruments and expeditions, before 1786; Observatory instruments and expeditions, after 1786; A miscellany of instruments; Surveying and the great geodetic theodolites; Roy and Ramsden: dispute over his standard of work; Final years; Ramsden's will and probate; Sarah and John Ramsden; The craft inheritors at Piccadilly; Tales of a great man; Bibliography; Appendices; Index.
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