Thomas Godfrey (inventor)

American optician and inventor

1704 CE to 1749 CE

Thomas Godfrey (December 1704 – December 1749) was an optician and inventor in the American colonies, who around 1730 invented the octant.

At approximately the same time an Englishman, John Hadley, also invented the octant independently.

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