Directory Of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550 1851

Author : Gloria Clifton
Publisher : Philip Wilson Publishers
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : STANFORD:36105010514730

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Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers, 1550-1851 by Gloria Clifton Pdf

This publication lists over 5,000 scientific instrument makers and retailers working in the British Isles, together with a further 10,000 names of apprentices and associates. The directory transforms our understanding of the history of the scientific instrument-making trades in Britain. Each entry includes estimated working dates, specific trades, addresses, training, apprentices, types of instruments made and brief biographical details. As such this volume not only provides essential information for collectors, dealers, museum curators and scholars, but it will also have much to offer economic, social and family historians, with its evidence about master-apprentice links, trade connections and family relationships.

Author : Gloria Clifton
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:717713289

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Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers, 1550-1851 by Gloria Clifton Pdf

Author : Arne Hessenbruch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 965 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2013-12-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781134262946

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Reader's Guide to the History of Science by Arne Hessenbruch Pdf

The Reader's Guide to the History of Science looks at the literature of science in some 550 entries on individuals (Einstein), institutions and disciplines (Mathematics), general themes (Romantic Science) and central concepts (Paradigm and Fact). The history of science is construed widely to include the history of medicine and technology as is reflected in the range of disciplines from which the international team of 200 contributors are drawn.

Author : A.D. Morrison-Low
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351920742

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Making Scientific Instruments in the Industrial Revolution by A.D. Morrison-Low Pdf

At the start of the Industrial Revolution, it appeared that most scientific instruments were made and sold in London, but by the time of the Great Exhibition in 1851, a number of provincial firms had the self-confidence to exhibit their products in London to an international audience. How had this change come about, and why? This book looks at the four main, and two lesser, English centres known for instrument production outside the capital: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Sheffield, along with the older population centres in Bristol and York. Making wide use of new sources, Dr Morrison-Low, curator of history of science at the National Museums of Scotland, charts the growth of these centres and provides a characterisation of their products. New information is provided on aspects of the trade, especially marketing techniques, sources of materials, tools and customer relationships. From contemporary evidence, she argues that the principal output of the provincial trade (with some notable exceptions) must have been into the London marketplace, anonymously, and at the cheaper end of the market. She also discusses the structure and organization of the provincial trade, and looks at the impact of new technology imported from other closely-allied trades. By virtue of its approach and subject matter the book considers aspects of economic and business history, gender and the family, the history of science and technology, material culture, and patterns of migration. It contains a myriad of stories of families and firms, of entrepreneurs and customers, and of organizations and arms of government. In bringing together this wide range of interests, Dr Morrison-Low enables us to appreciate how central the making, selling and distribution of scientific instruments was for the Industrial Revolution.

Author : Alun C. Davies
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000571905

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The Rise and Decline of England's Watchmaking Industry, 1550–1930 by Alun C. Davies Pdf

This survey of the rise and decline of English watchmaking fills a gap in the historiography of British industry. Clerkenwell in London was supplied with 'rough movements' from Prescot, 200 miles away in Lancashire. Smaller watchmaking hubs later emerged in Coventry, Liverpool, and Birmingham. The English industry led European watchmaking in the late eighteenth century in output, and its lucrative export markets extended to the Ottoman Empire and China. It also made marine chronometers, the most complex of hand-crafted pre-industrial mechanisms, crucially important to the later hegemony of Britain’s navy and merchant marine. Although Britain was the 'workshop of the world', its watchmaking industry declined. Why? First, because cheap Swiss watches were smuggled into British markets. Later, in the era of Free Trade, they were joined by machine-made watches from factories in America, enabled by the successful application to watch production of the 'American system' in Waltham, Massachusetts after 1858. The Swiss watch industry adapted itself appropriately, expanded, and reasserted its lead in the world’s markets. English watchmaking did not: its trajectory foreshadowed and was later followed by other once-prominent British industries. Clerkenwell retained its pre-industrial production methods. Other modernization attempts in Britain had limited success or failed.

Author : Giorgio Strano,Stephen Johnston,Mara Miniati
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 263 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009-01-26
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004172708

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European Collections of Scientific Instruments, 1550-1750 by Giorgio Strano,Stephen Johnston,Mara Miniati Pdf

These selected studies on sixteenth and eighteenth centuries European collections of scientific instruments, which were part of the princely ‘wunderkammern’, delineate an up-to-date-panorama about the formation of the most important museums of the history of science.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789004324930

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How Scientific Instruments Have Changed Hands by Anonim Pdf

This collection of essays discusses the marketing of scientific and medical instruments from the eighteenth century to the First World War. It features case-studies from the United Kingdom, the Americas and Europe.

Author : Gerard L'Estrange Turner
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Science
ISBN : 0520217284

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Scientific Instruments, 1500-1900 by Gerard L'Estrange Turner Pdf

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.

Author : Lesley B. Cormack,Steven A. Walton,John A. Schuster
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-03-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319494302

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Mathematical Practitioners and the Transformation of Natural Knowledge in Early Modern Europe by Lesley B. Cormack,Steven A. Walton,John A. Schuster Pdf

This book argues that we can only understand transformations of nature studies in the Scientific Revolution if we take seriously the interaction between practitioners (those who know by doing) and scholars (those who know by thinking). These are not in opposition, however. Theory and practice are end points on a continuum, with some participants interested only in the practical, others only in the theoretical, and most in the murky intellectual and material world in between. It is this borderland where influence, appropriation, and collaboration have the potential to lead to new methods, new subjects of enquiry, and new social structures of natural philosophy and science. The case for connection between theory and practice can be most persuasively drawn in the area of mathematics, which is the focus of this book. Practical mathematics was a growing field in early modern Europe and these essays are organised into three parts which contribute to the debate about the role of mathematical practice in the Scientific Revolution. First, they demonstrate the variability of the identity of practical mathematicians, and of the practices involved in their activities in early modern Europe. Second, readers are invited to consider what practical mathematics looked like and that although practical mathematical knowledge was transmitted and circulated in a wide variety of ways, participants were able to recognize them all as practical mathematics. Third, the authors show how differences and nuances in practical mathematics typically depended on the different contexts in which it was practiced: social, cultural, political, and economic particularities matter. Historians of science, especially those interested in the Scientific Revolution period and the history of mathematics will find this book and its ground-breaking approach of particular interest.

Author : Phil Stanley
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2021-12-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9781493064724

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A Source Book for Rule Collectors with Rule Concordance and Value Guide by Phil Stanley Pdf

Rule collectors rejoice! In A Source Book for Rule Collectors with Rule Concordance and Value Guide, Philip Stanley has crafted a masterfully comprehensive illustrated reference guide to the history, uses, and values of measuring instruments. ASource Book for Rule Collectors includes reprints of the best articles from the past 100 years dealing with rules and measurement; extensive coverage of the materials, construction, graduations and uses of rules; a detailed table of the European measures used before the metric system, for identifying rules by size and county of origin; a thorough cataloging of rule accessories; and a complete bibliography of reprints, articles, books, and publications dealing with measuring instruments. The included Rule Concordance and Value Guide gives complete information for identifying and comparing all rules by all major American makers; estimates for each rule’s value based on condition and maker; extensive information on rule value, including condition, selling environment, and charisma. This book is an essential reference. Rule enthusiasts will find the combination a pleasure to read. Mr. Stanley’s breadth of knowledge and his regard for the rules he discusses are apparent throughout. For the antique tool dealer, rule collector, and student of the history of technology, this book is essential.

Author : Charles Mollan
Publisher : Charles Mollan
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1995-11-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781898706052

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Irish National Inventory of Historic Scientific Instruments by Charles Mollan Pdf

Carried out over a period of ten years, this is a listing of scientific instruments dating before 1920, preserved in many collections throughout the island of Ireland. It gives location, date, and description for each of the more than 5,000 entries, together, where appropriate, with relevant accompanying detail. It demonstrates clearly that Ireland has an important resource which hitherto had not been appreciated. It also preserves information about collections which have since been lost, sold, or otherwise dispersed.

Author : Jed Z. Buchwald,Robert Fox
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 956 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780199696253

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The Oxford Handbook of the History of Physics by Jed Z. Buchwald,Robert Fox Pdf

Presents a history of physics, examining the theories and experimental practices of the science.

Author : Anita McConnell
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781351925365

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Jesse Ramsden (1735–1800) by Anita McConnell Pdf

Jesse Ramsden was one of the most prominent manufacturers of scientific instruments in the latter half of the eighteenth century. To own a Ramsden instrument, be it one of his great theodolites or one of the many sextants and barometers produced at his London workshop, was to own not only an instrument of incredible accuracy and great practical use, but also a thing of beauty. In this, the first biography of Jesse Ramsden, Dr Anita McConnell reconstructs his life and career and presents us with a detailed account of the instrument trade in this period. By studying the life of one prominent instrument maker, the entire practice of the trade is illuminated, from the initial commission, the intricate planning and design, through the practicalities of production, delivery and, crucially, payment for the work. The book will naturally be of immeasurable interest to historians of science and scientific instruments but, as it also sheds light on the increasing commercialisation of the scientific trade on the cusp of the Industrial Revolution, should also interest social and economic historians of the eighteenth century.

Author : Peter De Clercq,Kurt Moller Pedersen
Publisher : Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2010-12-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9788779343467

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An Observer of Observatories by Peter De Clercq,Kurt Moller Pedersen Pdf

Thomas Bugge, director of the observatory in Copenhagen, kept a diary during his travels in Germany, Holland and England in 1777. He described his meetings with leading scientists, artists and instrument makers, and the many scientific institutions he visited. The diary is also full of drawings of the buildings, technical devices and instruments he saw. Bugge's diary is now available in an English translation with an introduction and notes by historians of science Kurt Moller Pedersen and Peter de Clercq.

Author : Charles Mollan
Publisher : Charles Mollan
Page : 1887 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780860270553

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It's Part of What We Are - Volumes 1 and 2 - Volume 1: Richard Boyle (1566-1643) to John Tyndall (1820-1893); Volume 2: Samuel Haughton (18210-1897) to John Stewart Bell (1928-1990) by Charles Mollan Pdf

Biographies of more than 100 Irish scientists (or those with strong Irish connections), in the disciplines of Chemistry and Physics, including Astronomy, Mathematics etc., describing them in their Irish and international scientific, social, educational and political context. Written in an attractive informal style for the hypothetical 'educated layman' who does not need to have studied science. Well received in Irish and international reviews.