Can a scientific instrument be regarded as a failure? Why and how? By shelling light on the complexity of these questions, the volume marks a step forward in the way historical scientific instruments can be analysed and displayed....Lasīt vairāk
At the start of the Industrial Revolution, it appeared that most scientific instruments were made and sold in London, but by the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, a number of provincial firms had the self-confidence to exhibit their products in L...Lasīt vairāk
At the start of the Industrial Revolution, it appeared that most scientific instruments were made and sold in London, but by the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, a number of provincial firms had the self-confidence to exhibit their products in L...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 16-Nov-2000, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198565666)
The first part of this book describes the development of the trade in scientific instruments in Elizabethan London. In the second part, the author describes in detail the provenance and context of all the existing scientific instruments from this pe...Lasīt vairāk
Explores various aspects of the relationship between patrons and artisans in the production of scientific instruments, and of their preservation by collectors in private collections and early science museums. They include the evolution of science mus...Lasīt vairāk
