Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) : London's leading scientific instrument maker / Anita McConnell.
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) : London's leading scientific instrument maker / Anita McConnell.
Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) : London's leading scientific instrument maker / Anita McConnell.
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2007.
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N681.75092/1
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 318 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Early Life -- 2. Entering Trade -- 3. The Dividing Engines -- 4. 'At the Sign of the Golden Spectacles': The Piccadilly Workshop -- 5. Observatory Instruments and Expeditions, before 1786 -- 6. Observatories and Expeditions after 1786 -- 7. A Miscellany of Instruments -- 8. Surveying and the Grea...
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Publisher
Aldershot : Ashgate, c2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"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."--BOOK JACKET....
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Jesse Ramsden (1735-1800) : London's leading scientific instrument maker / Anita McConnell.
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Science, technology and culture, 1700-1945.
Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N681.75092/1
Record Identifier
74VK37dlDPR3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK37dlDPR3
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ISBN
0754661369 (hbk.) :
9780754661368 (hbk.) :
DDC
681.75092
MMS ID
991023744409702626
