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Isaiah Quinby Lukens (24 August 1779 – 12 November 1846) was an American clockmaker, gunsmith, machinist, and inventor from southeastern Pennsylvania. He was a founding member and first vice president of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He was elected to membership in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in June 1812, where he served as curator for multiple decades beginning in 1813. In 1820, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society.

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  • Isaiah Quinby Lukens (24 August 1779 – 12 November 1846) was an American clockmaker, gunsmith, machinist, and inventor from southeastern Pennsylvania. He was a founding member and first vice president of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He was elected to membership in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in June 1812, where he served as curator for multiple decades beginning in 1813. In 1820, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Lukens was blinded in one eye by "a chip of steel when dressing a grindstone" (c.1816), after which he took Joseph Saxton as his assistant. According to George Escol Sellers, whose father was close friends with Lukens, "he called [Saxton] his pupil, and he did honor to his preceptor". (en)
  • Isaiah Quinby Lukens, né le 24 août 1779 et mort le 12 novembre 1846, était un horloger, armurier, machiniste et inventeur américain du sud-est de la Pennsylvanie. Il a été membre fondateur et premier vice-président du Franklin Institute de Philadelphie. Il a été élu membre de l'Académie des sciences naturelles de Philadelphie en juin 1812, où il a servi comme conservateur pendant plusieurs décennies à partir de 1813. En 1820, il est élu à l'American Philosophical Society. Lukens a été aveuglé d'un œil par "un éclat d'acier lors de l'habillage d'une meule" (vers 1816), après quoi il a pris comme son assistant. Selon , dont le père était un ami proche de Lukens, « il appelait [Saxton] son élève, et il faisait honneur à son précepteur ». (fr)
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  • Horsham, Pennsylvania, U.S. (en)
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  • Daguerreotype of Lukens by Robert Cornelius, 1841 (en)
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  • Isaiah Quinby Lukens (24 August 1779 – 12 November 1846) was an American clockmaker, gunsmith, machinist, and inventor from southeastern Pennsylvania. He was a founding member and first vice president of the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. He was elected to membership in the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia in June 1812, where he served as curator for multiple decades beginning in 1813. In 1820, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. (en)
  • Isaiah Quinby Lukens, né le 24 août 1779 et mort le 12 novembre 1846, était un horloger, armurier, machiniste et inventeur américain du sud-est de la Pennsylvanie. Il a été membre fondateur et premier vice-président du Franklin Institute de Philadelphie. Il a été élu membre de l'Académie des sciences naturelles de Philadelphie en juin 1812, où il a servi comme conservateur pendant plusieurs décennies à partir de 1813. En 1820, il est élu à l'American Philosophical Society. (fr)
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  • Isaiah Lukens (fr)
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