John Dollond

John Dollond (1706-1761) was an English mathematical instrument-maker, born in Spitalfields, London, of Dutch descent. He began life as a silk-weaver. He made good use of his leisure hours in studies bearing mainly on physics. He went into partnership with his son, who was an optician. Known for making a study of the telescope, he suggested improvements which commended themselves to the Royal Society, and in especial how, by means of a combination of lenses, to get rid of the coloured fringe in the image.

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