Title: Science Preserved: A Directory of Scientific Instruments in Collections in the United Kingdom and Eire
Publisher: The Stationery Office/Tso
Publication Date: 1992
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0112900607
ISBN 13: 9780112900603
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: As New
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

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The Domesday Book of historical scientific instruments in the United Kingdom and Eire. At its core is an inventory in which are individually described some 3700 instruments from collections throughout the British Isles. Astronomical, mathematical, optical and other types of instrument are all covered, as well as philosophical, physical and chemical apparatus. The inventory is preceded by a substantial glossary in which more than 50 categories of instrument are described, from abacus and air pump to waywiser and wheel-cutting engine.

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