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008 980911s1998 caua b 001 0 eng
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035 _a(OCoLC)41663368
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_bT946a 1980a
100 1 _aTurner, Gerard L'Estrange,
_eauthor.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79150385
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245 1 0 _aScientific instruments, 1500-1900 :
_ban introduction /
_cGerard L'E. Turner.
264 1 _aBerkeley, Calif. :
_bUniversity of California Press ;
_c1998.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bP. Wilson,
_c1998.
300 _a144 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
336 _astill image
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337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
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500 _aOriginally published as: Antique scientific instruments. Poole [Eng.] : Blandford Press, 1980.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index (pages 137-14o).
505 0 _aAstronomy 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.
520 _aThis 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.
562 _331560000048930
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590 _aNew edition of the 1980s classic, then called Antique scientific Instruments. A well illustrated intruductory text to the serious study of scientifc instruments
650 0 _aScientific apparatus and instruments
_xCollectors and collecting.
650 7 _aScientific apparatus and instruments
_xCollectors and collecting.
_2fast
_0(OCoLC)fst01108813
653 0 _aHistory
653 5 _aUnited Kingdom
653 3 _aOverview scientific instruments history
653 0 _aScientific instrument
700 1 _aTurner, Gerard L'Estrange.
_tAntique scientific instruments.
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