Scientific instruments, 1500-1900 : an introduction / Gerard L'E. Turner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press ; 1998Publisher: London : P. Wilson, 1998Description: 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0520217284
  • 9780520217287
  • 0856674915
  • 9780856674914
Subject(s): NLM classification:
  • W 26
Contents:
Astronomy and Time-telling -- Navigational Instruments -- Surveying Instruments -- Drawing and Calculating Instruments -- Optical Instruments -- Philosophical Instruments -- Weights and Measures -- Medical Instruments -- Practical Advice -- Museums and Collections.
Summary: This book traces the historical origins and development of instruments as they spread across the globe, explaining their manufacture, use, and adaptations. It gives practical advice on dealing with instruments and checking their authenticity, and features a comprehensive international list of major museums and instrument collections. Over 100 illustrations show the instruments to their full advantage.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Jost Bürgi Library Reading Room Q185 .T86 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 31560000048930

Originally published as: Antique scientific instruments. Poole [Eng.] : Blandford Press, 1980.

Includes bibliographical references and index (pages 137-14o).

Astronomy and Time-telling -- Navigational Instruments -- Surveying Instruments -- Drawing and Calculating Instruments -- Optical Instruments -- Philosophical Instruments -- Weights and Measures -- Medical Instruments -- Practical Advice -- Museums and Collections.

This book traces the historical origins and development of instruments as they spread across the globe, explaining their manufacture, use, and adaptations. It gives practical advice on dealing with instruments and checking their authenticity, and features a comprehensive international list of major museums and instrument collections. Over 100 illustrations show the instruments to their full advantage.

31560000048930 5557

New edition of the 1980s classic, then called Antique scientific Instruments. A well illustrated intruductory text to the serious study of scientifc instruments

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.