John Dollond
From: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
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Date: 2008
John Dollond , 1706-61, English optician and inventor. A silk weaver, he taught himself languages, mathematics, and science, becoming a noted scholar as well as a scientist. He invented the achromatic lens, which led to the construction of telescopes free of color fringes, and the heliometer, used in astronomical measurement.
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... how we've got where we are today. If you rely on past glories, that's when a recession can hurt." For high street opticians Dollond & Aitchison, a commitment to change and innovation is also seen as integral to success. Although the company is 200 years old ...
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ARTS: FANTASIA NUMBER ONE It is bizarre, surreal and satisfyingly strange, says Stephen Bayley. But what secrets lie behind the exquisite clutter of Sir John Soane's Museum?
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... many other ways he resembles, John Soan (1753 - 1837) was born ... but as history would reveal, John Soane found in the insanity ... watchwords. Soane used mirrors from Dollond's the optician, his folding ... Drawing Office in the back of Sir John Soane's Museum. There is the ... plaster cast, once ...
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&type=1 "Birmingham Evening Mail (England)")
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Optician bosses focus on bike ride.
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Winners of the Junior Cup two seasons ago Dollond & Aitchison have booked their place in the final again with ... and fellow promotion hopefuls Aldridge Parish. With goals from John Colebourne and two from Simon Jamieson they ran out 3-1 winners ...
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... Division Two Britannic Assurance who beat Division One opposition Dollond & Aitchison 5-2. Two for Wilkes and one a piece for Stanley ... after a crushing 6-0 win at struggling Digby Amateurs. Four from John Carroll and one each from Brian Ardron and James Rooke. St Phillips ...
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&type=1 "Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)")
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Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England); 8/30/2001; 139 words;
TODAY marks the opening of a new shop by optician Dollond & Aitchison on Lord Street, Liverpool. The new shop, in ... 250,000 investment, replaces an older D&A branch in St John's Precinct. The optician, which claims to be the oldest in ...
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Birthdays
The Independent - London; 12/24/1998; 337 words;
... 66; Mrs Mair Barnes, chairman, Dollond and Aitchison, 54; Mr John Barron, actor, 78; Professor Anthony ... Lawrence QC, former MP, 62; Dr John Marek MP, 58; Miss Suzy Menkes ... Norman Rossington, actor, 70; Mr John D. Taylor MP, 61; Miss Carol Vorderman ...
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Final whistle: Football: BBGR do it again B'HAM AFA
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... except the senior, in their various past lives as Yardley Optical and Dollond & Aitchison. But that should not have worried Old Wolfs, last year ... more comfortable for Rangers where two each from Craig Clinton and John McGuire sealed victory.
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... except the senior, in their various past lives as Yardley Optical and Dollond & Aitchison. But that should not have worried Old Wolfs, last ... more comfortable for Rangers where two each from Craig Clinton and John McGuire sealed victory.
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... independent practitioners and half a dozen or so multinationals. The multis come and go. Boots, for example, are pulling out, while Dollond and Aitchison have been taken over by an Italian company who've franchised off their smaller practices. "Jack Brown's don't ...
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&type=1 "Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England)")
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Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 4/4/1999; Revill, John; 325 words;
... there will be a 95 per cent eclipse which is actually more dangerous because the light is concentrated. Sue Clark, of opticians Dollond & Aitchison said: We are not recommending anything at all for people to watch the eclipse with. The rays can burn out the ...
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