MORGAN, JOHN 2 |
England, fl.1733-58, MIM NIM |
Gauging Scale = Soth. 10/17/60; Circles (2), Dividers, Protractors = UTO 11/2/76; Plate and Azimuth Circle = Aubert Sale, 1806. |
apprenticed to Lawrence Miles in the Joiners' Company on Sept. 7, 1726; free in the Company, Dec. 4, 1733; took apprentices; father of Francis Morgan; made compasses, octants, Hadley quadrants, etc.; original maker of Gowin Knight's Patent Compass; had James Watt as an apprentice c.1750-56. |
Finch Lane, Cornhill, London. |
Taylor 2(385 & 1665); Goodison 1; Dewhirst; Clay and Court; Crawforth 7; RSW. |
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