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George Adams (II)

English, 1750 - 1795

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Mathematical instrument maker to George III of England, succeeding his father George Adams in the post

After Adams's death the business was continued first by his widow, Ann, and George Adams junior (1750–1795). The latter, who had been apprenticed to his father in 1765;

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" Adams family (per. 1734–1817), makers of scientific instruments and globes ", Oxford Dictionart of National Biography, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Adams_%281750-1795%29 (accessed 08/15/2014)
Index and Plates to Lectures on Natural and Experimental Philosophy, Considered in It's Present State of Improvement
A Catalogue of Mathematical, Philosophical, and Optical Instruments...George Adams

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