{"id":602,"count":1,"description":"Yeates & Son (1832-1922)<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThis was an Irish company founded in Dublin by Samuel Yeates (1762-1834). He had been apprenticed to Seacombe Mason, another Irish optician, and their families remained close, inter-marrying for several generations. In 1790, he opened a shop on Grafton Street in Dublin which was to be the base of the Yeates business until 1922. Like other opticians, Yeates did not limit himself to optics but also produced mathematical and philosophical instruments.\r\n\r\nA couple of Yeates\u2019 sons followed their father into the business. George (1796-1882) ran the business after his father, and also designed and improved instruments associated with surveying such as theodolites. They exhibited some of their products including a barometer, theodolites, an air pump, compasses and spectacles at the 1851 Chrystal Palace Exhibition. The company described itself as \u201cinstrument makers to the University\u201d. George was succeeded by his son, Stephen (1832-1901) who extended his interests into the developments of telephones.\r\n\r\nHis 3rd<\/sup> son, Andrew Yeates (1800-1876) was influenced by the series of lectures given by Sir Humphrey Davy and concentrated on the theory and construction of instruments necessary for optics, mapping and surveying. In 1821 he moved to London and worked with Edward Trout and. By 1833 he was responsible for the instruments at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, as well as running the Yeates London branch. His 2nd<\/sup> wife was Elizabeth Varley, the daughter of Andrew Prichard\u2019s cousin Cornelius Varley (see above). Andrew Yeates was a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and the Royal Microscopical Society.","link":"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/yeates-en\/","name":"YEATES","slug":"yeates-en","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nYEATES Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/stichtinghistorischemicroscopie.nl\/en\/category\/yeates-en\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"YEATES Archieven - Stichting voor Historische Microscopie\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yeates & Son (1832-1922) This was an Irish company founded in Dublin by Samuel Yeates (1762-1834). 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His 3rd son, Andrew Yeates (1800-1876) was influenced by the series of lectures given by Sir Humphrey Davy and concentrated on the theory and construction of instruments necessary for optics, mapping and surveying. In 1821 he moved to London and worked with Edward Trout and. By 1833 he was responsible for the instruments at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, as well as running the Yeates London branch. His 2nd wife was Elizabeth Varley, the daughter of Andrew Prichard\u2019s cousin Cornelius Varley (see above). 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