John Dollond

Rarity: Uncommon

A topic a little better known than average, read and translated beyond its own country.

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What Wikipedia says

John Dollond (21 June [O.S. 10 June] 1706 – 30 November 1761) was an English optician known for his successful optics business and his patenting and commercialization of achromatic doublets.

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