29.19 Astronomy in God's own Country - Jesse Ramsden
Dec 24, 2022 ·
11m 59s
Jesse Ramsden was the great grand nephew of Abraham Sharp, there was clearly an astronomical gene running through this family. The instrumnets he made were of exceptional quality and he...
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Jesse Ramsden was the great grand nephew of Abraham Sharp, there was clearly an astronomical gene running through this family. The instrumnets he made were of exceptional quality and he even invented a type of eyepice, the Ramsden Eyepiece.
Alhough his instruments were very good one critism of Ramsden was that he was nearly always late in delivering the instruments that had been ordered.
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Alhough his instruments were very good one critism of Ramsden was that he was nearly always late in delivering the instruments that had been ordered.
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