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Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman.

Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and...

Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman.

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Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman.

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Full title

Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman.

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Publisher

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.

Call Numbers

T0390838

Record Identifier

74VvDNmN380d

MMS ID

991005001629702626

Language

English

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Physical Description

Physical content

xiv, 337 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Contents

Ch. 1. Instruments and Images: Subjects for the Historiography of Science -- Ch. 2. Athanasius Kircher's Sunflower Clock -- Ch. 3. The Magic Lantern and the Art of Demonstration -- Ch. 4. The Ocular Harpsichord of Louis-Bertrand Castel; or, The Instrument That Wasn't -- Ch. 5. The Aeolian Harp and t...

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Publisher

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1995.

Place of Publication

New Jersey

Date Published

c1995.

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Full title

Instruments and the imagination / Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-323) and index.

Transferred from N502.8094/1.

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Date Copyright

c1995.

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

T0390838

Record Identifier

74VvDNmN380d

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvDNmN380d

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ISBN

0691005494 (pbk.)

9780691029979

0691029970

9780691005492 (pbk.)

DDC

502.80940903

MMS ID

991005001629702626

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