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Adams of Fleet Street : instrument makers to King George III
- Title
- Adams of Fleet Street : instrument makers to King George III / John R. Millburn.
- Author
- Millburn, John R.
- Publication
- Aldershot ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2000.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xix, 420 p. : ill., facsims., geneal. tables, map; 25 cm.
- Series Statement
- Scientific instrumement Society London
- Uniform Title
- Scientific instrumement Society London.
- Subject
- Adams family
- Adams, Dudley 1760-1826
- Adams, George 1709-1772
- Adams, George 1750-1795
- Adams, George (Naturwissenschaftler, 1709-1772)
- Adams, George (Naturwissenschaftler, 1750-1795)
- Adams, Dudley
- 1700-1799
- Geschichte 1734-1817
- Scientific apparatus and instruments > England > London > History > 18th century
- Instrument manufacture > England > London > History > 18th century
- Instrument manufacture > England > Biography
- Instrument manufacture
- Scientific apparatus and instruments
- Herstellung
- Naturwissenschaftliches Instrument
- Instrument manufacture > Great Britain > Biography
- Appareils et instruments scientifiques > Grande-Bretagne > 18e siècle
- England
- England > London
- London
- Genre/Form
- Biographies.
- History.
- Note
- "With the kind support of the Scientific Instrument Society, London."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 399-405) and index.
- Contents
- Part I George Adams Senior -- 1 Family Background 3 -- 2 Foundation and Development of the Fleet Street Business 14 -- 3 Royal Connections 75 -- 4 Adams's Globes 107 -- 5 George Adams Senior's Last Few Years, 1767-72 133 -- Part II George Adams Junior -- 6 Continuation of the Business 159 -- 7 Essays and Lectures 198 -- 8 Instruments for van Marum 250 -- 9 Hannah Adams and the Succession 263 -- Part III Dudley Adams -- 10 Globe Maker and Instrument Maker 273 -- 11 Bankrupt: the End of the Adams Instrument Business 307 -- 12 Electrician and Political Reformer 318 -- Appendix I George Adams Senior's Catalogue 1766 362 -- Appendix II George Adams Junior's Last Catalogue 1795 367 -- Appendix III Aids to Dating Adams Instruments and Publications 383 -- Appendix IV Short-Title List of Publications by the Adams Family 386.
- ISBN
- 0754600807
- 9780754600800
- LCCN
- 99056586
- OCLC
- ocm42771952
- 42771952
- SCSB-1130248
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library