Illuminating Instruments (Artefacts: Studies in the History of Science and Technology)

Morris, Peter J. T. (EDT)/ Stauberman, Klaus (EDT)/ Collins, Martin (E

Smithsonian Inst Scholarly Pr（2009/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 174 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780978846039
• DDC分類 681.75

Full Description

This 7th volume in the Artefacts series_a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution, the Deutches Museum, and the London Science Museum_looks at a number of significant instruments that were created to serve various scientific purposes. The contributors examine the roles these instruments played both as scientific devices developed to advance our knowledge of the world and as cultural artifacts manufactured and used in specific settings.

Contents

Chapter 1 Series Preface Chapter 2 Introduction Part 3 Instruments in Practice Chapter 4 Instrument and Image: Inside the Nineteenth Century Scientific Lantern Slide Chapter 5 The Enlightened Microscope: Working with Eighteenth Century Solar Microscopes Part 6 Instruments in Industry Chapter 7 Refractometers and Industrial Analysis Chapter 8 Regional Styles in Pesticide Analysis: Coulson, Lovelock, and the Detection of Organochlorine Insecticides Part 9 Instruments in Motion Chapter 10 Hard Times: The Difficult Lives of Three Instruments in the Museum Chapter 11 Why Display? Representing Holography in Museum Collections Chapter 12 Inside the Atom: Two Sides of a Story Chapter 13 Looking into (the) Matter: Scientific Artifacts and Atomistic Iconography Chapter 14 Select Listing of Museum Instrument Collections