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James Short 1710 - 1768

occupation:
Optical instrument maker
Nationality:
British; Scottish
born in:
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Traded at Edinburgh, Scotland (1734-8) & Surrey St., Strand, London (1734-68). Son of William Short, Wright, known to have sold telescopes

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Reflecting telescope with trolly stand, 1767-1768 (telescope - Cassegrain; telescope - Newtonian; telescope - Gregorian; telescope - reflecting)

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Mirror for Short's reflecting telescope (components; concave mirrors; metal mirrors)

Speculum mirror for Gregorian telescope (components; concave mirrors; metal mirrors)

Cassegrain reflecting Telescope of 2 1/2-inch aperture (telescope - Cassegrain; telescope - reflecting; heliometer)

Gregorian 3-inch aperture reflecting telescope (instrument component; telescope - Gregorian; telescope - reflecting)

Case for Short's split-lens micrometer (instrument case)

Divided object-lens micrometer by Peter Dollond for cassegrain reflecting Telescope of 2 1/2-inch aperture (instrument component; heliometer)

Speculum mirror of 2 1/2-inch aperture (components; concave mirrors; metal mirrors)

Brass eyepiece for the reflecting telescope of 9-inch aperture by James Short (components; eyepieces; astronomical instruments)

Brass eyepiece for the reflecting telescope of 9-inch aperture by James Short (components; eyepieces; astronomical instruments)

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