Jacobina Short

Jacobina Short, was a scientific instrument maker from Edinburgh and mother to Maria Theresa Short who established a wooden observatory and camera obscura on Calton Hill in 1835, followed by its successor on Castlehill in 1851.
Jacobina was married to Thomas Short and also associated with Charles Spalding, as well as Vincenzo Lunardi, albeit better known for forcibly attempting to take back her former home from her deceased husband's grandson that had inherited the property upon his death.