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John Dollond - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In 1752 he abandoned silk-weaving and joined his eldest son, Peter Dollond, who in 1750 had started in business as a maker of optical instruments. His reputation grew rapidly, and in 1761 he was appointed optician to the king. ... John Kelly (1750-1809), the Manx scholar, who married one of his granddaughters.
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John Dollond was a British telescope maker who patented the discovery of the achromatic lens in the middle eighteenth century. ... John Dollond; (1706-1761)
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Encyclopedia article about Dollond, John and George. Information about Dollond, John and George in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Dollond, John and George; dolly; dolmen; Dolmetsch; Dolmetsch, Arnold; dolocast; Dolomieu, Déodat Guy Silvain Tancrède Gratet de; dolomite;
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Encyclopedia article about Dollond, John. Information about Dollond, John in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... Dollond, John (dŏl`ənd), 1706–61, English optician and inventor. A silk weaver, he taught himself languages, mathematics, and science, becoming a noted scholar...
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JOHN (1290-c. 1320) ... Dollond (1730-1820), who in 1750 had started in business as a maker of See also: ... fellows . Dollond also published two papers on apparatus for measuring small angles (Phil .
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English: John Dollond (10 June O.S. (21 June N.S.) 1706 - 30 November 1761) was an English optician, known for his successful optics business and his discovery of achromatic doublets ... Media in category "John Dollond" ... John Dollond.jpg; 72,879 bytes;
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Optician and maker of scientific instruments that provided him with a prosperous business, Dollond was also an excellent theoretical specialist; he gave an impressive paper on light refraction at the Royal Society of London in 1758, which was later published. ... Imagine: John Dollond...
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