Francis Watkins and the Dollond Telescope Patent Controversy (Hardcover)

1: On Becoming an Optical Instrument Maker; 2: The Optical Community in Eighteenth-century London; 3: At the Sign of Sir Isaac Newton's Head; 4: The Chromatic Problem: From Newton's Error to Hall's Solution; 5: The Rise of John Dollond and his Patent; 6: Peter Dollond and his Conflict with Watkins & Smith; 7: Peter Dollond and his Further Disputes with Opticians; 8: New Conflicts within the Spectaclemakers' Company; 9: The Unexpected Longevity of Chester Moor Hall; 10: One Hundred Years at Charing Cross; 11: After Watkins & Hill