Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)
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Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)
London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
McConnell, Anita
Taylor & Francis Ltd
11/2007
344
Dura
Inglês
9780754661368
15 a 20 dias
861
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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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Young Man;peter;Peter Dollond;dollond;Pole Star;achromatic;Henry King;telescopes;St Ann's Hill;nevil;Ann's Hill;maskelyne;TNA;john;John Dollond;mural;National Biography;quadrant;Hadley Sextant;edward;St James's Church;Achromatic Telescopes;Mathematical Instrument Maker;Mural Quadrants;East India Company;HEIC;Edward Troughton;Nevil Maskelyne;George III;Istituto Geografico Militare;La Caille;St George Hanover Square;Mr Hall;Chester Moor Hall;National Library
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.
Este título pertence ao(s) assunto(s) indicados(s). Para ver outros títulos clique no assunto desejado.
Young Man;peter;Peter Dollond;dollond;Pole Star;achromatic;Henry King;telescopes;St Ann's Hill;nevil;Ann's Hill;maskelyne;TNA;john;John Dollond;mural;National Biography;quadrant;Hadley Sextant;edward;St James's Church;Achromatic Telescopes;Mathematical Instrument Maker;Mural Quadrants;East India Company;HEIC;Edward Troughton;Nevil Maskelyne;George III;Istituto Geografico Militare;La Caille;St George Hanover Square;Mr Hall;Chester Moor Hall;National Library
