Waterworth
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Eric Newham Waterworth (1905-1990) was the first of three sons of John Waterworth, an optician who in 1918 founded the firm of Waterworth & Ross in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Eric's brother David became an opthalmologist and his other brother Philip an optometrist. Eric, having acquired some engineering design expertise, at the age of 20 invented and patented an automatic record changer. In July 1940 he and Philip were working with a team from the University of Tasmania when they were asked b