Jesse Ramsden, 1735-1800
Subtitle: London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker (Science, Technology and Culture, 17001945)
Publisher: Ashgate Pub Co; Ashgate
Published: December 31, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780754661368
Subjects: Biography: general; History of science; Precision instruments manufacture; Modern - General; History; Biography; Great Britain; Instrument manufacture; Machinists; Optical engineering; History: World
Description: "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 his life and career and presents us with a detailed account of the instrument trade in this period."--Jacket.