Notebook, 1764-[ca. 1854].

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Notebook, 1764-[ca. 1854].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/173466263

This notebook contains astronomical calculations and accounts of numerous observations, including transits of Venus and Mercury, eclipse of the moon in July 1776, a comet of August 1797. There is also a record of the birth of John Freeman Milward Dovaston (1782-1854), with a note on his death written in an unknown hand.

1 (ca. 135 p.). v.

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Dovaston, John, 1740-1808.

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John Dovaston was a British savant and writer. From the description of Notebook, 1764-[ca. 1854]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 173466263 ...

Dovaston, John Freeman Milward, 1782-1854

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The amateur astronomer and scientific instrument maker John Dovaston was born into a long-established Shropshire family on April 25, 1740, the son of John Dovaston and Margaret (Rogers). While still in his twenties, Dovaston used the proceeds from his sugar plantations in Jamaica to build "The Nursery," an estate near West Felton, near Shrewsbury, where he lived until his death on April 4, 1808. He left a son John Freeman Millward Dovaston. His wife Ann (Hoper) had died in the previ...