Some account of the discovery, made by the late Mr. John Dollond, F. R. S. which led to the grand improvement of refracting telescopes, in Order to Correct some Misrepresentations, in Foreign Publications, of that Discovery: with an attempt to account for the mistake in an experiment made by Sir Isaac Newton; on which Experiment, the Improvement of the Refracting Telescope Entirely Depended. By Peter Dollond, Member of the American Philosophical Society at Philadelphia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dollond, Peter, 1730-1820.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dollond, John, 1706-1761.

Dollond, John.

Telescopes.

Achromatism--Early works to 1800.

Achromatism.

Optical instruments--Early works to 1800.

Optical instruments.

Physical Description:

iv,15 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : printed for J. Johnson, in St. Paul's Church-Yard, M.DCC.LXXXIX. [1789]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T65780.

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.