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George Adams the younger (1750-95)
Essays on the microscope : containing a practical description of the most improved microscopres ... and the configuration of salts when under the microscope / George Adams. 1789
28.5 x 4.5 cm (book measurement (inventory)) | RCIN 1091180
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After the death of George Adams, senior in 1772, the family business of making scientific instruments passed to his son, also named George. The business retained its position as instrument makers to the king, and, in 1787, was also appointed optician to the Prince of Wales (the future George IV). In the 1780s Adams began to write handbooks on various aspects of science.
Provenance
From the library of George III at Windsor
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Creator(s)
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Measurements
28.5 x 4.5 cm (book measurement (inventory))
Other number(s)
ESTC : English Short Title Catalogue Citation Number – ESTC T8505
