Edward Troughton
Edward Troughton | |
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| Born | October 1753 |
| Died | 12 June 1835 |
| Occupation | astronomical instrument maker |
| Awards | Copley Medal |
Edward Troughton FRS FRSE FAS (October 1753 – 12 June 1835) bụ onye Britain na emepụta ngwá ọrụ bụ onye a ma ama maka ime teliskop na ngwa ndị ọzọ gbasara mbara igwe.
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A mụrụ Troughton na Corney, Cumberland, nke ọdụdụ n'ime ụmụaka isii nye Francis Troughton, onye ọrụ ugbo na nwunye ya, Mary Stable. N'ịbụ onye a zụlitere ịzụ anụ ụlọ, Edward gara London na 1773. O wee soro nwanne nna ya, John Troughton (c.1716) na nwanne ya nwoke nke okenye, nakwa John Troughton, na 1779, ọ ghọrọ onye ọlụlụ ya n'oge na adịghị anya wee guzobe onwe ya dị ka onye na azụ ahịa. Onye kacha arụ ọrụ ụgbọ mmiri, nyocha na ngwa mbara igwe na Britain. Ha dabere na 136 Fleet Street na etiti London. A na akpọ ụlọ ahịa ha "Ihe ịrịba ama nke Orrery".
N'afọ 1795, o butere ihe a maara ugbu a dị ka Troughton Equatorial telescope na Armagh Observatory, teliskop aperture refractor nke anụ ọhịa 2 nke etinyere n'equatorially, na ngwa mbụ ya kemgbe mmalite ya na 1790 (Ọ dịgidere na narị afọ nke 21). O kere Groombridge Transit Circle na 1806, nke Stephen Groombridge ji chịkọta katalọgụ kpakpando ya. Ọ bụghị nanị na ọ rụrụ ngwá ọrụ, kama ọ chepụtara ma chepụta ndị ọhụrụ.
Troughton was awarded the Copley Medal of the Royal Society in 1809. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1810, a member of the American Philosophical Society in 1817, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1822.
Na 1826, mgbe John nwụsịrị na n'onwe ya na adịghị ahụ ike, ọ weere William Simms dị ka onye mmekọ na ụlọ ọrụ ahụ bịara mara dị ka Troughton & Simms.
Troughton tinyere aka na ikpe megide Sir James South, onye na enweghị afọ ojuju maka ogo nke mgbago equatorial nke Troughton mere maka ya. Troughton gbara akwụkwọ maka ịkwụ ụgwọ, yana ndụmọdụ ndụmọdụ gbasara iwu nke Richard Sheepshanks nyere, o meriri.
Ọ nwụrụ na London na 12 June 1835 wee lie ya na Kensal Green Cemetery na ndịda London. Ọ lụọghị nwaanyị, ọ mụtaghịkwa ụmụ.
Nkwanye ugwu[dezie | dezie ebe o si]
Troughton Rocks in Antarctica are named after Edward Troughton. Troughton Road near to the location of the Charlton Troughton & Simms Mathematical Instrument Works was also named after Edward Troughton.[1]
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- Ndepụta nke ndị na-emepụta ngwa mbara igwe
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- ↑ Royal Greenwich Local Heritage List – Community Group/Individual nomination submissions. Royal Borough of Greenwich (28 September 2018). Retrieved on 13 February 2022.