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Edward Nairne

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English optician and scientific instrument maker (1726-1806)

ScientistsLived 1726 to 1806 · aged 80
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Edward Nairne was an English optician and scientific instrument maker.

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1783 illustration of Nairne and his electrical machine1783 illustration of Nairne and his electrical machine

Awards 1

Fellow of the Royal Society

Scientists born in the 1720s 6

Martinus Houttuyn44.4Pietro Arduino43.8Washington Shirley, 5th Earl Ferrers44.6Christian Gottlieb Kratzenstein43.8Dmitry Ivanovich Vinogradov45.2Georg Rudolf Boehmer43.3

About this person

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1726 to 1806 · aged 80
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6 languages

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