Henry Pyefinch
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Reflecting telescope on display at Prague National Technical Museum, 2018
Henry Pyefinch (c1739-1790), English maker of mathematical and optical instruments.
1753 Apprenticed to Francis Watkins.
Traded in London at the Golden Quadrant, Sun and Spectacles (1765), No. 67 Cornhill, between Bishopsgate Street and the Royal Exchange, 64 Cornhill (1765), 67 Cornhill (1772-82), 45 Cornhill (1782-91).[1]
1790 Published 'The Pentagraph; Improved by Henry Pyefinch, Optician, Cornhill, London'. 8pp.
1791 'A Leasehold Estate, situate on the North Side of Cornhill in the City of London, consisting of a Messuage or Tenement, late in the Occupation of Henry Pyefinch, Optician, deceased,'[2]
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Sources of Information
- ↑ [1] Science Museum - Henry Pyefinch
- ↑ https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/13284/page/116 The London Gazette Publication date:19 February 1791 Issue:13284 Page:116