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Theophilus took lodgings at the Bedford Coffee House in Covent Garden and carried on his lectures there. The Desaguliers had four sons and three daughters, for most of whom they acquired aristocratic godparents, but only two children survived beyond infancy: John Theophilus jnr (1718–1751) graduated from Oxford, became a clergyman, and died childless, while
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in London. The chapel was probably chosen for its
Huguenot associations and in memory of Desaguliers's origins. The press announcements of his death referred to him as 'a gentleman universally known and esteemed'. In his will Desaguliers left his estate to his elder son who organised the publication
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Theophilus Desaguliers married Joanna Pudsey, daughter of William and Anne Pudsey of Kidlington, near Oxford. For most of their married life, the couple lived at Channel Row, Westminster where Desaguliers gave the majority of his lectures. When forced to leave due to work on
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Channel Row, Westminster, although that lodge later moved to the Horn Tavern in New Palace Yard. According to Rev. James Anderson, this lodge joined with three other lodges on 24 June 1717 to form what would become
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Desaguliers applied his knowledge to practical applications. As well as his interest in steam engines and hydraulic engineering (in 1721 he cured a problem in the
Edinburgh city water supply) he developed expertise in ventilation. He devised a more efficient fireplace which was used in the House of
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Chandos on many projects and appears to have been distracted from his parochial duties by his other interests. The Duke once complained that there were unreasonable delays in burying the dead but this was attributed to the curate who was left in charge of the church.
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In 1712, Desaguliers moved back to London and advertised courses of public lectures in
Experimental Philosophy. He was not the first to do this, but became the most successful, offering to speak in English, French or Latin. By the time of his death, he had given over 140 courses of some 20 lectures
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History of Hydraulics and what it reveals about the first Pump-Driven Fountains", pp.331–347 in James W.P. Campbell, Nina Baker, Karey Draper, Michale Driver, Michael Heaton, Yiting Pan, Natcha Ruamsanitwong and David Yeomans (eds.),
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Saunders A. M. at his school of Sutton Cofield". Saunders was master at Bishop Vesey’s Grammar School. See Bodleian Library, Oxford: Rawlinson MS J f3 fols
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Lords and also invented the blowing wheel which removed stale air from the House of Commons for many years. Desaguliers studied the movements made by the human body when working as a machine. He befriended the strong man,
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of the second edition of his "Course of Experimental Philosophy". Although never a wealthy man, he did not die in poverty as suggested by the oft-quoted but inaccurate lines of the poet
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A Description of the Machine for the Fireworks, with all its Ornaments, and a Detail of the Manner in which they are to be Exhibited in St James's Park, Thursday 27 April 1749
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Mariotte, Edmé; translated by J T Desaguliers (1718).
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1539:Baron Byron
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161:Engineering
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1956:Baron King
1836:John Senex
1751:John Byrom
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181:John Keill
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121:hydraulics
60:1683-03-12
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326:In 1714,
246:Biography
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96:, England
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220:engineer
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486:Thomas
479:Family
153:Fields
131:Awards
94:London
1376:Grand
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537:knew,
535:Bacon
531:Boyle
1223:ISBN
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758:2017
529:All
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