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John Whitehurst

British clockmaker (1713-1788)

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  • John Whitehurst. Line engraving by A. Smith, 1788, after J. Wright of Derby.

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    Observations on the ventilation of rooms; on the construction of chimneys; and on garden stoves / Principally collected [by R. Willan] from papers left by the late John Whitehurst.

    Whitehurst, John, 1713-1788. | Date: 1794
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    An attempt toward obtaining invariable measures of length, capacity, and weight, from the mensuration of time / [John Whitehurst].

    Whitehurst, John, 1713-1788 | Date: 1792?]

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