Dollond, John (17061761)

Dollond, John, a mathematical instrument-maker, born in Spitalfields, London, of Dutch descent; began life as a silk-weaver; made good use of his leisure hours in studies bearing mainly on physics; went into partnership with his son, who was an optician; made a study of the telescope, suggested improvements which commended themselves to the Royal Society, and in especial how, by means of a combination of lenses, to get rid of the coloured fringe in the image (17061761).

Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)

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Dôle
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Dollart Zee
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Dolmen
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Dombasle
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Domenichi`no
Domesday Book
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