Daumas, Maurice, <br/><br/>
Scientific instruments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their makers. 
Translated and edited by Mary Holbrook. 
 - [First English edition]. 
 - [vi], 361 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> Translation of Les instruments scientifiques aux xviie et xviiie siècles. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-348). 
<br/><br/>Instrument-making industry in the seventeenth century -- Contributory factors in the evolution of the instrument-making industry (Economic and social factors ; Industrial and technical factors ; Major scientific problems ; The collections of philosophical instruments) -- The instrument-making industry in the eighteenth century (The evolution of optical instruments ; Surveying and astronomical instruments ; The technique of graduating the arcs and rules of instruments ; The evolution of physical instruments ; The English workshops ; The intrument industry of the Continent ; The French workshop). 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0713407271 9780713407273 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>72185739  
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Scientific apparatus and instruments.<br/>Scientific apparatus and instruments.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>Geschichte  1600-1800 Instruments Astronomical Holbrook Mary [Translator] Scientific instrument History Scientific apparatus and instruments 
<br/><br/><label>Universal Decimal Class. No.: </label>53.084 D24