Equipping the Radcliffe Observatory : Thomas Hornsby and his instrument-makers

Author

Bennett, J. A.

Document type

Article (livre)

Language

English

Book title

Making instruments count : essays on historical scientific instruments presented to Gerard L'Estrange Turner

Author (monograph)

Anderson, R. G. W. (Editor, Collective Author); Bennett, J. A. (Editor, Collective Author); Ryan, W. F. (Editor, Collective Author)

Source

Making instruments count : essays on historical scientific instruments presented to Gerard L'Estrange Turner. 1993, 232-241

Publisher

Variorum, Aldershot (gbr)

Publication country

United Kingdom

Abstract (en)

Examination of correspondence between the professor of astronomy and John Bird and other instrument makers, provides evidence on the commissioning and building of the foundation instruments of the Radcliffe Observatory, and on the working practices of instrument makers in the 18th c.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Decorative arts -- Other media and forms -- United Kingdom
• Bird, John, 1709-1776
• Hornsby, Thomas, 1733-1810
• Astronomical instruments
• Great Britain
• 1700-1800
• Scientific instruments
• Patronage
• Oxford University, Radcliffe Observatory||Oxford (GBR)
• Founders (patrons)

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Arts décoratifs -- Autres formes d'art -- Royaume-Uni
• Bird, John, 1709-1776
• Hornsby, Thomas, 1733-1810
• Instrument d'astronomie
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1700-1800
• Instrument scientifique
• Mécénat
• Oxford University, Radcliffe Observatory||Oxford (GBR)
• Fondateurs

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19941001-00348976

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