| Authorised form of name | Short; James (1710 - 1768) |
| Surname | Short |
| Forenames | James |
| Dates | 1710 - 1768 |
| Nationality | British |
| Dates and places | Birth:
Edinburgh, Scotland (10 June 1710)
Death:
Newington Butts, London (14 June 1768) |
| Activity | Research Field:
Optics |
| Royal Society activity | Membership:
Fellow
Election Date:
24/03/1737 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
Richard Sorrenson, 'Towards a History of the Royal Society in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1996 vol 50 pp 29-46
A A Mills and R Hall, 'The Production of a Plane Surface. As Illustrated by Specula From Some Early Newtonian Telescopes' in NR 1982-83 vol 37 pp 147-166
Seymour L Chapin, 'Lalande and the Longitude: A Little Known London Voyage of 1763' in NR 1977-8 vol 32 pp 165-180
J R M Setchell, 'Further Information on the Telescopes of Hindley of York' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 189-192
J R M Setchell, 'The Friendship of John Smeaton, FRS, with Henry Hindley, Instrument and Clockmaker of York and the Development of Equatorial Mounting Telescopes' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 79-86
Sir Richard Woolley, 'Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus of 1769' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 19-32
D J Bryden, 'Note on a Further Portrait of James Short, FRS' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 109-112, plate
G L'E Turner, 'James Short, FRS, and his Contribution to the Construction of Reflecting Telescopes' in NR 1969 vol 24 pp 91-108
G L'E Turner, 'A Portrait of James Short, FRS, Attributable to Benjamin Wilson, FRS' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 105-112, plate
Notes:
DSB gives place of death as Stoke Newington, Essex. |
| Royal Society code | NA7447 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| RBO/21/13 | 'The Improvement of the Sand-Glass for the True measuring of Time, in order to find the Longitude' by John Morgan and James Short | 1737 |
| EC/1736/14 | Short, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| MM/10/146 | Receipt from James Short for instruments handed over by Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to the Royal Society | 16 May 1762 |
| IM/004161 | Short, James | nd |
| L&P/2/246 | Paper, 'Eclipse of the Moon on 21 Nov 1751' by James Short | 1751 |
| L&P/2/4/1 | Letter, 'Of an equatorial telescope' from James Short to Martin Folkes | 7 December 1749 |
| L&P/2/173 | Paper, 'The eclipse of the Moon of June 8 1750' by James Short and John Catlin | 1750 |
| L&P/2/4 | Paper, 'Of an equatorial telescope' by James Short | 7 December 1749 |
| L&P/1/218 | Paper, 'Eclipse of the Moon on 22 October 1743' by James Short | 1743 |
| L&P/3/168 | Letter, 'An account of Dr Wark's paper on improving refracting telescopes, which had been referred him' from James Short to Thomas Birch | 20 May 1756 |
| L&P/1/216 | Paper, 'The transit of Mercury over the Sun on 25 October 1743, observed at MR G Graham's house in Fleet Street' by James Short | 1743 |
| L&P/2/421 | Letter, 'Of an improvement in refracting telescopes' from John Dolland to James Short | 21 February 1753 |
| L&P/2/12 | Letter, 'On the diameter of the Moon' from James Short to Martin Folkes | 21 December 1749 |
| L&P/2/5 | Paper, 'The eclipse of the moon on 11-12 Dec 1749' by John Bevis and James Short | 1749 |
| L&P/2/533 | Paper, 'An account of Jean Jacques Megard's two memoirs sent to the Royal Society on a telescope and on a microscope' by James Short | 1754 |
| L&P/1/320 | Letter, 'Astronomical observations in Jamaica' from James Short to Martin Folkes | 25 November 1744 |
| L&P/2/192 | Paper, 'Remarkable appearance of the lunar spot Plato' by James Short | 22 April 1751 |
| L&P/2/290 | Letter, 'Of his method of working specula for reflecting and refracting telescopes' from James Short to Mr Daval | 30 April 1752 |
| L&P/2/437 | Letter, 'A mistake in Euler's theorum for correcting aberration in object-glasses for refracting telescopes' from John Dolland to JamesShort | 1753 |
| L&P/2/258 | Paper, 'Of Serson's horizontal top' by James Short | 6 February 1752 |
| L&P/2/308 | Letter, 'Of electricity from the clouds' from Pierre Charles Le Monnier to James Short | 14 June 1752 |
| L&P/2/375 | Letter, 'Of object-glassed for telescopes' from Leonhard Euler to James Short | 19 June 1752 |
| L&P/2/323 | Letter, 'The making of objective glasses for refracting telescopes' from James Short to Peter Duvell | 20 November 1752 |
| L&P/2/319 | Letter, 'Of the invention of the compensating pendulum' from James Short to R Davell | 1752 |
| L&P/2/451 | Paper, 'An account of Savery's paper' by James Short | 1753 |
| L&P/2/330 | Letter, 'On varied refrangibility and on telescopic object-glasses' from James Short and John Dollond | 9 April 1752 |
| L&P/2/346 | Letter, 'Of Gascoigne's invention of the micrometer' from John Bevis to James Short | 10 May 1753 |
| L&P/2/492 | Letter, 'A further explanation of a new instrument for measuing small angles' from John Dolland to James Short | 4 April 1754 |
| L&P/2/347 | Paper, 'On the transit of Mercury 8 May 1753' by James Short | 1753 |
| L&P/2/366 | Paper, 'Account of Melvill's views of the cause of the different refrangibility of the rays of light' by James Short | 1753 |
| L&P/2/382 | Paper, 'Astronomical observations - eclipses and occultations in 1753' by John Bevis and James Short | 1753 |
| L&P/2/485 | Paper, 'On John Chevalier's astronomical observations at Lisbon 1753' by James Short | 1754 |
| L&P/2/461 | Paper, 'Of the last transit of Mercury over the Sun; account of Barro's memoir read to the Paris Academy' by James Short | 1753 |
| L&P/3/117 | Letter, 'Of a meteoric shower of stones on 3 July 1753, near the village of Strkow' from Joseph Stepling to James Short | 15 April 1755 |
| L&P/4/30 | Paper, 'Of the eclipse of the Moon of 22 Nov 1780' by James Short | 1760 |
| L&P/5/1 | Letters, 'The approaching transit of Venus (includes copy of letter from the Empress Catherine to Count Orlow from Moscow)' from James Short to Matthew Maty | 14 January 1768 |
| L&P/5/9 | Paper, 'A note concerning the the cold of 1740 and of this year' by James Short and John Bevis | 3 February 1768 |
| L&P/5/147 | Paper, 'Of a method of working the object-glasses of refracting telescopes' by James Short | 1769 |
| CLP/8ii/50 | Paper, observations of the lunar eclipse made in Fleet Street, London by George Graham and by James Short of Edinburgh on 8 September 1736 | 1736 |
| MOB/027 | Reflecting telescope by James Short | 1750s |
| IM/004160 | Short, James | nd |
| L&P/2/397 | Paper, 'Account of an essay, 'Disquisitio mathematica in causam physicam figurae et magntiudinis telluris nostrae' [Mathematics inquiry into the physical shape of our planet and magnitudes] by Paolo Frisi' by James Short | 1753 |
| L&P/2/449 | Letter, 'Concerning a paper by Servington Savery as to his invention of a new micrometer' from James Short to George Parker | 10 May 1753 |
| L&P/3/115 | Letter, 'Of the change in the baths of Toplitz' from Joseph Stepling to James Short | 30 January 1756 |
| AB/1/2/1/51 | Mr [James] Short's Account | 3 June 1761 |