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Scientific instruments, 1500-1900 : an introduction / Gerard L'E. Turner.
LIBRA Q185 .T85 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Turner, Gerard L'Estrange.
- Standardized Title:
- Antique scientific instruments
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Scientific apparatus and instruments--Collectors and collecting.
- Scientific apparatus and instruments.
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : Philip Wilson ; Berkeley : University of California Press, 1998.
- Summary:
- The impulse to collect is universal. Collections containing natural curiosities date from the 16th century, and it was this type of collection in which scientific instruments found a home. This book traces the historical origins and development of instruments as they spread across the globe, explaining their manufacture, use, and adaptations. 91 color and 20 b&w plates.
- Notes:
- Originally published as: Antique scientific instruments. Poole [Eng.] : Blandford Press, 1980.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0856674915
- 0520217284
- OCLC:
- 39434601
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