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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Main Author: Hawkes, Nigel.
Format: Book
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Published: New York Abbeville Press 1981
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Institutions: Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ

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