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On this day in 1710 – June 10th – Scottish optician, mathematician, telescope maker and astronomer James Short was born in Edinburgh.

He is best remembered as a prolific manufacturer of scientific and optical instruments. Short produced over 1,350 instruments in his lifetime.


Mona Evans
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