| Authorised form of name | Nairne; Edward (1726 - 1806) |
| Dates | 1726 - 1806 |
| Date of birth | 1726 |
| Place of death | Chelsea, London |
| Date of death | 01 September 1806 |
| Research field | Mathematics |
| Optics |
| Physics |
| Activity | Career:
Established a shop as an Optical, Mathematical and Philosophical Instrument maker; friend of Joseph Priestley; designed 'Nairne's electrical machine'; one of the proprietors of the Royal Institution (1800)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/06/1776 |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
References:
John R Levene, 'Benjamin Franklin, FRS, Sir Joshua Reynolds, FRS, PRA, Benjamin West, PRA and the Invention of Bifocals' in NR 1972-3 vol 27 pp 141-163
W D Hackmann, 'The Design of the Triboelectric Generators of Martinus Van Marum, FRS. A Case History of the Interaction Between England and Holland in the Field of Instrument Design in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 163-181
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
T E Allibone, 'The Club of the Royal College of Physicians, the Smeatonian Society of Civil Engineers and their Relationship to the Royal Society Club' in NR 1967 vol 22 pp 186-192
Douglas McKie, 'Priestley's Laboratory and Library and Other of his Effects' in NR 1956-57 vol 12 pp 114-136 |
| Royal Society code | NA8264 |
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| IM/005260 | Nairne, Edward | 1994 |
| RSL/1/38 | Letter from Edward Nairne, London, to Sir Joseph Banks | 19 July 1782 |
| L&P/6/3 | Paper, 'Experiments with his electrical machine' by Edward Nairne | 1773 |
| L&P/7/160 | Paper, 'Effect of electricity in shortening wires' by Edward Nairne | 1780 |
| L&P/7/50/7 | Plate, 'Instruments placed under artificial cloud' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/39 | Letter, 'Firing a pistol charged with inflammable air by electricity' from Edward Nairne to | 7 May 1778 |
| L&P/5/216 | Paper, 'Of a new equatoreal telescope' by Edward Nairne | 1771 |
| L&P/7/50/2 | Plate, 'The electrical machine and the apparatus used in the following experiments' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/50/6 | Plate, 'Moveable artificial cloud in action' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/50/3 | Plate, 'Receiving rod' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/146 | Paper, 'A criticism of papers on electricity by Dr Musgrave and others' by Edward Nairne | 1780 |
| L&P/7/211/1 | Letter, 'Account of a hurricane at Roehampton, October 1780' from Edward Edwards to Edward Nairne | 1 March 1781 |
| L&P/7/239/1 | Report, 'Of the failure of eight pointed conductors to prevent the poor-house at Heckingham, Norfolk' by Charles Blagden and Edward Nairne | 7 February 1782 |
| L&P/6/250 | Paper, 'Experiments with Smeaton's air pump' by Edward Nairne | 1777 |
| L&P/7/26/1 | Papers, 'An accident by lightning at Purfleet' by Edward Nickson, Benjamin Wilson, William Henly, Edward Nairne, Timothy Lane, John Boddington and Joseph Planta | 19 June 1777 |
| EC/1776/16 | Nairne, Edward: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| L&P/7/50/1 | Paper, 'Electrical experiments - protection of buildings from lightning' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/50/4 | Plate, 'A moveable artifical cloud' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/50/5 | Plate, 'Moveable artificial cloud in action' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/50 | Paper, 'Electrical experiments - protection of buildings from lightning' by Edward Nairne | 1778 |
| L&P/7/26 | Papers, 'An accident by lightning at Purfleet' by Edward Nickson, Benjamin Wilson, William Henly, Edward Nairne, Timothy Lane, John Boddington and Joseph Planta | 19 June 1777 |
| L&P/7/239 | Paper, 'Of the failure of eight pointed conductors to prevent the poor-house at Heckingham, Norfolk' by Charles Blagden and Edward Nairne | 1782 |
| L&P/8/16 | Letter, 'The effect of lightning on metallic wires' from Edward Nairne to Joseph Banks | 22 January 1783 |
| L&P/6/155 | Letter, 'Of the ice of sea-water' from Edward Nairne to John Pringle | 1 February 1776 |