Early scientific instruments

Among the highlights of the diverse and fascinating collection assembled here are a 16th-century sundial that keeps time according to five different systems; a model of Newton"s reflecting telescope; a 17th-century thermometer; an outrageously ornate silver microscope, bedecked with classical u...

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1. Verfasser: Hawkes, Nigel.
Format: Buch
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Veröffentlicht: New York Abbeville Press 1981
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100 |a Hawkes, Nigel. 
245 0 |a Early scientific instruments 
245 0 |c by Nigel Hawkes ; introduction by D.J. Bryden. 
260 |a New York 
260 |b Abbeville Press 
260 |c 1981 
520 |a Among the highlights of the diverse and fascinating collection assembled here are a 16th-century sundial that keeps time according to five different systems; a model of Newton"s reflecting telescope; a 17th-century thermometer; an outrageously ornate silver microscope, bedecked with classical urns and a pair of mermaids; Ohm"s resistance apparatus; a Victorian stethoscope; and a Dewar vacuum flask, prototype of the thermos bottle...Each of the 73 instruments included is shown in a generous, full-color reproduction, accompanied by an informative commentary..." 
650 |a Scientific apparatus and instruments industry,Trang thiết bị khoa học 
650 |x History. 
904 |i Tuyến 
980 |a Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ