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Jesse Ramsden
One of the most famous English scientific-instrument makers of the second half of the eighteenth century. In 1775, invented a semi-automatic dividing machine, capable of marking graduated scales on sextants and other nautical and astronomical instruments. Developed improvements in the manufacture of [...]
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Biography
- Biography
Date
- 1735-1800
- 1735/1800
- 1735/1800
- 1800
- 1735
Creator
- Europeana
Publisher
- Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Type of item
- Biography
- Biography
Date
- 1735-1800
- 1735/1800
- 1735/1800
- 1800
- 1735
Providing institution
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Rights
- © Museo Galileo - Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza
Places
- Halifax (Yorkshire) - Brighton (Sussex)
Identifier
- urn:imss:biography:300474
Language
- eng
- ita
References
- http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/itineraries/image/img19450.html
Is referenced by
- http://brunelleschi.imss.fi.it/itineraries/place/IstitutoTecnicoCommercialeStataleMichelangeloBuonarroti.html
Year
- 1735
- 1800
Providing country
- Italy