the Life And Times Of The Inventor John Crosfield Paperback -

John Crosfield Cbe Dsc Mathis Is The Story Of The Long Life Of An Inventor, Artist, Entrepreneur And Family Historian Born Into AProminent Quaker Family, As Seen Through His Own EyesHis Correspondence Begins At The Age Of Nine, When He Is Sent To ABoarding School Where He Is Bullied, Undernourished, Badly Housed And Frequently IllBut He Learns To Play The Violin, To Paint In Oils By An Inspiring Art Master And Takes An Early Interest In Engineering.he Describes His Days At Cambridge, Munich Under The Third Reich And Ww When He Develops New Mines For The Admiralty In PortsmouthWe See Him Working In His London Attic Developing Electronic Applications That Revolutionise Colour Printing And How He Builds Up ACompany To Make And Sell Them To Printers Around The WorldForty Years Ahead Of His Time, He Is The First Artist To Be Inspired By Images Of Nature Magnified Under An Electron MicroscopeHe Called Them ,micropaintings,.his Son Richard Links His Life To Contemporary Events, Beginning With John,s Father Witnessing AZeppelin Raid Over Hampstead In , And His Uncle Bertie,s Account Of Shooting Down Two Zeppelins Over England'