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| Welcome Nook, Waberthwaite | ||
| Welcome Nook | ||
| locality:- | Corney | |
| civil parish:- | Waberthwaite (formerly Cumberland) | |
| county:- | Cumbria | |
| locality type:- | buildings | |
| coordinates:- | SD11939308 | |
| 1Km square:- | SD1193 | |
| 10Km square:- | SD19 | |
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| evidence:- | old map:- OS County Series (Cmd 85 4) placename:- Welcome Nook |
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| source data:- | Maps, County Series maps of Great Britain, scales 6 and 25
inches to 1 mile, published by the Ordnance Survey, Southampton,
Hampshire, from about 1863 to 1948. |
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| hearsay:- |
Edward Troughton was born at Welcome Nook, Corney, 1753; colour blind and deaf from
birth. He became a well known scientific instrument maker, sextants, telescopes, barometers,
etc. A sundial by him was in this garden. He invented a new way of graduating arcs
of circles. Some of his instruments are in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, where
there is a sculpture of him by Sir Francis Chenty. Edward Troughton was awarded the
Copley Medal by the Royal Society. He died 1835, age 82; buried in Kensal Cemetery,
London. |
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| personal | ||
| person:- | instrument maker : Troughton, Edward |
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| place:- | birthplace | |
| date:- | 1753 |
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