Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Alexander James Adie FRSE MWS (1775, Edinburgh – 1859, Edinburgh) was a Scottish maker of medical instruments, optician and meteorologist. He was the inventor of the sympiesometer, patented in 1818.Apprenticed in 1789 to his uncle John Miller, they went into business together as Miller and Adie until 1822. Adie supplied lenses to Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin and Sir David Brewster and was optician to William IV and to Queen Victoria.. }
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- Alexander_Adie comment "Alexander James Adie FRSE MWS (1775, Edinburgh – 1859, Edinburgh) was a Scottish maker of medical instruments, optician and meteorologist. He was the inventor of the sympiesometer, patented in 1818.Apprenticed in 1789 to his uncle John Miller, they went into business together as Miller and Adie until 1822. Adie supplied lenses to Joseph Hooker, Charles Darwin and Sir David Brewster and was optician to William IV and to Queen Victoria.".