John Bird of London
Inscription: "John Bird of London, who finished the Chief Observatories of the World, with the most Capital Astronomical Instruments divided by him after an improved method of his own, in a manner superior to any executed before, for which, and many other improvements in the construction of Astronomical Instruments, he was honoured with a considerable recompence from the commissioners of Longitude."
Object Details
| ID: | PAJ1679 |
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| Type: | |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Creator: | Green, N.; Lewis |
| Date made: | 2 December 1776 |
| People: | Green, N.; Lewis Bird, John |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
| Measurements: | Sheet: 430 x 301 mm; Plate: 354 x 254 mm |
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