Home › Authors › Edward Troughton Edward Troughton United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland · b. 1753 – d. 1835 · 1 book Biography Edward Troughton was a British instrument maker who was notable for making telescopes and other astronomical instruments. Books by Edward Troughton Comparison between the length Comparison between the length of the seconds pendulum as determined by Mr. Whitehurst and Captain Kater 1819