REFLECTING

[Thomas Short, inventor of dual reflecting telescope; Earl of Rochford; Manuscript] Petition for Letters Patent signed by Thomas Short (optitian) for invention (reflecting telescope for two view[er]s). Also signed (off) by the Earl of Rochford

Author: 
Thomas Short, inventor of telescopes, brother of James Short who invented a telescope used by Captain Cook.
Publication details: 
[Saint Clement Danes, 1774]
£380.00

Also signed on the reverse by [A.C. Cuddon?] AND the Earl of Rochford [William Henry Nassau de Zuylestein, 4th Earl of Rochford (1717 O.S. -1781) courtier, diplomat and statesman.]. TWO PAGES, sm. fol., fold marks, edges stained, discreet repairs, text clear and complete, commencing To the Kings most Excellent Majesty | The Humble Petition of Thomas Short […] That your Petitioner hath invented a method of making Reflecting Telescopes with more than two Speculums to be used by the same person at the same time […] or enabling two Persons to view the same object at the same time […].

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