STOKES, GABRIEL |
Ireland, c.1682-1768, MIM NIM |
Horary Quadrant, 1738 = NMM; Slide Rule, 1713 = NMM; Gunter Sliding Rule, 1719 = WHI; Sundial, 1742 = Willis Museum, Basingstoke; Miner's Theodolite, 1717 = Court Coll. |
invented the "Pantometron", a surveying instrument; wrote pamphlet about his latitude-finding invention for the univrsal ring dial. |
Essex Street, Dublin. |
Morrison-Low and Burnett; Bryden 9; Taylor 2(657); NMM 2; Coffeen 51; RSW. |
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