Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III by John R. Millburn (2000, Hardcover)

Routledge

0754600807

9780754600800

1656163

John R. Millburn

Hardcover

English

General, Manufacturing

2000

Textbook

Technology & Engineering, History

442 Pages

9.5in

1.1in

6.3in

40 oz

Q185.M48 2000

Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III

Contents: Part I: George Adams senior: Family background; Foundation and development of the Fleet Street business; Royal connections; Adams's globes; George Adams senior's last few years, 1767-1772; Part II: George Adams junior: Continuation of the business; Essays and lectures; Instruments for van Marum; Hannah Adams and the succession; Part III: Dudley Adams: Globe maker and instrument maker; Bankrupt: the end of the Adams instrument business; Electrician and political reformer; Appendices: George Adams senior's catalogue 1766; George Adams junior's last catalogue, 1795; Aids to dating Adams instruments and publications; Short-title list of publications by the Adams family; Bibliography; General index.

2000

College Audience

99-056586

Yes