SHORT, THOMAS |
Scotland; England, c.1712-88, OIM |
Reflecting Telescopes = ADL-W18, KEN, etc. |
succeeded his older brother, James Short in 1768; took out a patent in 1774 for a reflecting telescope with more than two specula. |
Foot of the Broad Wynd, Leith (1748); Surrey Street, Strand, London (1768-76); Calton Hill Observatory, Edinburgh (1776-88). |
Taylor 2(308); Bryden 3; Daumas 1; Clay and Court; Court and von Rohr 3(XIV); ADL; RSW. |
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