Instruments of science : an historical encyclopedia / editors, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner ; ass...
Instruments of science : an historical encyclopedia / editors, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner ; ass...
Instruments of science : an historical encyclopedia / editors, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner ; associate editor, Stephen Johnston ; managing editor, Betsy Bahr Peterson ; picture editor, Simon Chaplin.
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Publisher
New York : Science Museum, London, and National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Garland Pub., 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
G 2014/904
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
xxv, 709 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Publication information
Publisher
New York : Science Museum, London, and National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, in association with Garland Pub., 1998.
Series
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1998.
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Scope and Contents
Summary
"This authoritative work on the history of scientific instruments brings together information from hundreds of primary sources and specialized studies in many languages. Written by 223 scientists, instrument designers, and historians, the Encyclopedia's 327 entries cover instruments from the beginnings of science to the present day and explore devi...
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Full title
Instruments of science : an historical encyclopedia / editors, Robert Bud, Deborah Jean Warner ; associate editor, Stephen Johnston ; managing editor, Betsy Bahr Peterson ; picture editor, Simon Chaplin.
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Notes
General note
Garland encyclopedias in the history of science ; vol. 2.
Garland reference library of social science ; v. 936.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N502.84/1.
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Call Numbers
G 2014/904
Record Identifier
74VMb0DOB7E3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMb0DOB7E3
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ISBN
0815315619 (alk. paper)
9780815315612 (alk. paper)
DDC
502.84
MMS ID
991000915449702626
