Talk:John Theophilus Desaguliers

Birthday
I have an 1812 source that lists his birthday as March 12th, not 13th. &mdash; 0918 BRIAN • 2006-03-26 19:22

The "Dictionary of Scientific Biography" gives the birth date as 12 March 1683. It gives the death date as 10 March 1744, whereas "World Who's Who in Science", and Institute of Physics "Biographical Encyclopedia of Scientists" go with 29 Feb 1744. Is the difference between 29 February and 10 March merely the difference between O.S. and N.S. dates ?? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.132.194.255 (talk) 21:13, 26 February 2011 (UTC)

Grand Lodge
In the early decades of the premier Grand Lodge it is incorrect to refer to it as "the Grand Lodge of England." It was not so called during these early years, and it was not the intention of its founders that it be a "territorial" grand lodge with jurisdiction over all England or limited to England only. Rather, it was founded to govern its own constituent lodges in London and Westminster. Many years later it adopted the notion that its jurisdiction was "English" as opposed to Scottish or French. For accuracies sake, diligent historians simply refer to it as "the London Grand Lodge," "the Premier Grand Lodge," "the Grand Lodge of 1717," or simply "Grand Lodge," as there was only one. PGNormand 22:59, 16 October 2006 (UTC)

Dissertation concerning electricity
This free paper (OCLC 689117318) links the monography Dissertation concerning electricity with the Coupling Gold Medal received in 1741. THe WP article affirms the paper had been published a year later the Coupling, so that it couldn't be the motivation of the honour. However, the notice is unsourced and even not specified in the cited Michigan Quarterly Review. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.51.12.102 (talk) 06:42, 11 September 2020 (UTC)

Desagulier's Lodge
The current article states that Dr. Desaguliers was a member of the lodge at the Goose & Gridiron Tavern, and the endnote for that information cites Albert Mackey's Encyclopaedia of Freemasonry (1920 edition). However, I do not find that information in earlier editions of Mackey's Encyclopaedia, and I do not find it in the Revised and Enlarged edition of 1946. If it appears in any edition of Mackey's Encylopaedia, then I am afraid that Mackey and his editors were incorrect, as later scholarship shows that Desaguliers was a member of the lodge at the Rummer and Grapes Tavern, which moved to the Horn Tavern in 1723.

Dr. Ric Berman, a Past Master of Quatuor Coronati Lodge No. 2076, the premier research lodge, in his book, The Foundations of Modern Freemasonry, states: "Although his principal lodge was the Rummer & Grapes in Channel Row, which later transferred to the Horn tavern in New Palace Yard, he also joined the Duke of Montagu's lodge and the University lodge, both of which met at the Bear and Harrow, and the French Lodge at the Dolphin in Tower Street, which later met at the Swan in Long Acre, Covent Garden." (See page 58). PGNormand (talk) 16:23, 3 December 2023 (UTC)