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Grace's Guide To British Industrial History
Edward Nairne () was an important maker of scientific instruments.
Born in Sandwich, Kent. Apprenticed to the optician Matthew Loft in Established his own business at 20 Cornhill in London after Loft's death in
Spectacle maker; took Samuel Nicholls as an apprentice[1]
Took Thomas Blunt as an apprentice
he took a former apprentice Thomas Blunt into partnership as Nairne and Blunt, a relationship that lasted until when Blunt opened his own shop at 22 Cornhill.
Nairne patented several electrical machines, including an electrostatic generator consisting of a glass cylinder mounted on glass insulators, intended for medicinal use.
NAIRNE, EDWARD (–), electrician, born in , was probably a member of the family of Nairne resident at Sandwich, Kent.He also made improvements to the Cuff microscope, building it into a portable case and calling it a chest microscope.
In the early s, Edward Nairne constructed the first successful marine barometer by constricting the glass tube between the cistern and register plate.
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