George W Adams

George W. Adams

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs

• Categories: Bills, Private

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1934
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• Publisher: Unknown

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George W. Adams. April 26, 1906. -- Ordered to be Printed

• Author(s): United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Pensions

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1906
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• Publisher: Unknown

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George W. Adams. April 25, 1934. -- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and Ordered to be Printed

• Author(s): United States. Congress. House. Committee on Military Affairs

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1934
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Plates to the Geometrical and Graphical Essays of the Late George Adams

• Author(s): George Adams

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1813
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• Publisher: Unknown

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Adams of Fleet Street, Instrument Makers to King George III

• Author(s): John R. Millburn

• Categories: Art

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2017-07-05
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• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

’G. Adams in Fleet Street London’ is the signature on some of the finest scientific instruments of the eighteenth century. This book is the first comprehensive study of the instrument-making business run by the Adams family, from its foundation in 1734 to bankruptcy in 1817. It is based on detailed research in the archival sources as well as examination of extant instruments and publications by George Adams senior and his two sons, George junior and Dudley. Separate chapters are devoted to George senior’s family background, his royal connections, and his new globes; George junior’s numerous publications, and his dealings with van Marum; and to Dudley’s dabbling with ’medico-elect...