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Jun 10, 2024 · James Short (born June 10, 1710, Edinburgh, Scot.—died June 14, 1768, London, Eng.) was a British optician and astronomer who produced the first truly parabolic—hence nearly distortionless—mirrors for reflecting telescopes.
Learn about James Short, a prolific 18th-century telescope maker and astronomer, and his reflecting telescope with handwritten instructions. See his observations of comets, transits of Venus, and Northern Lights.
James Short FRS (10 June O.S. (21 June N.S.) 1710 – 14 June 1768) was a Scottish mathematician and manufacturer of optical instruments, principally telescopes. During his 35-year career as a telescope-maker he produced approximately 1,360 scientific instruments.
Jun 21, 2023 · Learn about James Short, a pioneer of reflecting telescopes, who was born on June 21, 1710. He made over 1300 instruments, became a fellow of the Royal Society, and befriended other astronomers.
How did the instrument maker James Short, who made reflecting telescopes, support the clock and watch maker John Harrison, who solved the longitude problem? The article explores the issues of genius, skill and public knowledge in the eighteenth-century context of astronomy and horology.
Apr 7, 2024 · The Gregorian Reflector telescope was created by James Short, the pre-eminent telescope maker of the 18th Century. By Rachel Candlin. BBC News, West of England. An 18th-Century telescope,...
Two telescopes produced by James Short went on voyages with Captain James Cook to observe the Transit of Venus in 1761 and 1769.
