Anita McConnell

Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800)

London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 344
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. November 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 658g
• ISBN-13: 9780754661368
• ISBN-10: 0754661369
• Artikelnr.: 42583334

Autorenporträt

Anita McConnell

Inhaltsangabe

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.