LINDSAY, GEORGE |
England, fl.1728-76, OIM |
Microscopes = PYM, WHI (1742), Royal Microscopical Society, P.C., Soth. 7/29/69 and 6/9/80; Telescope = OXF; Microscope, pocket, silver = KEN. |
T.C.; invented a type of simple microscope; held the first patent on a portable microscope in 1743; "Watchmaker to His Majesty and the Princess Dowager"; clockmaker to George II; some of the microscopes are marked "Geo: Lindsay Inv. & Fec." |
at the Dial, facing the Fountain Tavern, near St. Catherine's Street, in the Strand, London. |
Taylor 2(193); Evans 1; Maddison 1; Nachet; Clay and Court; Daumas 1; Bryden 11; A.J. Turner 10; Millburn 8; RSW. |
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