Isbn: 9780896591929 - early scientific instruments (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

hardcover. Zustand: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 4to, 164 pp. Well-illustrated (illustrator).

First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 164 pages; A lively chronicle of the scientific frontier, abundantly and impressively illustrated. Description: 164 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. Subjects: Scientific apparatus and instruments industry --History. Timepieces. Telescopes. 2 Kg. Well-illustrated (illustrator). …

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 4to (29 cm), 164 pp. Publisher's cloth. With introduction by D. J. Bryden, curator, Whippe Museum of the History of Science, University of Cambridge. A lavishly illustrated survey of scientific instrumentation from the 16th through early 20th centuries, arranged chronologically by category. Chapters cover timekeeping and navigation (English Table Clock, German Astrolabe, sundials, marine chronometers, sextants, compasses), optics and astronomy (microscopes, telescopes, orreries, globes), mathematical instruments (theodolites, slide rules, calculating machines), and the development of electrical and chemical apparatus (Davy's battery, Faraday's coils, Wheatstone's telegraph, Crookes tubes, radiometers, and more). Objects drawn primarily from the Science Museum, London, the National Maritime Museum Greenwich, the Royal Institution, and the Kenneth Ullyett Collection. Well-illustrated (illustrator).…