Scientific instruments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their makers. Translated and edited by Mary Holbrook.

Main entry:

Daumas, Maurice.

Title & Author:

Scientific instruments of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and their makers. Translated and edited by Mary Holbrook.

Publication:

London, Batsford [1972]

Description:

[vi], 361 pages illustrations 25 cm

Notes:
Translation of Les instruments scientifiques aux xviie et xviiie siècles.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-348).
Instrument-making industry in the seventeenth century -- Contributory factors in the evolution of the instrument-making industry (Economic & social factors ; Industrial & technical factors ; Major scientific problems ; The collections of philosophical instruments) -- The instrument-making industry in the eighteenth century (The evolution of optical instruments ; Surveying & astronomical instruments ; The technique of graduating the arcs & rules of instruments ; The evolution of physical instruments ; The English workshops ; The intrument industry of the Continent ; The French workshop).

ISBN:

0713407271
9780713407273

Subject:

Scientific apparatus and instruments.
Appareils et instruments scientifiques.
scientific instruments.
Scientific apparatus and instruments History.
Science History.
Geschichte 1600-1800

Holdings:

Location: Library main 123296
Call No.: ID:86-B5167
Status: Available

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