SHORTGRAVE, RICHARD |
England, fl.1658-76, PHIM |
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made wheel and stick barometers, thermometers etc.; worked for Robert Hooke; became "Operator to the Royal Society", succeeded in that job by Harry Hunt; devised a new water level. |
Gresham College, London. |
Taylor 1(274); Goodison 1; Daumas 1; Evans 2. |
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