Early Scientific Instruments

Hawkes, Nigel; D. J. Bryden [introduction]

ISBN 10: 0896591921 / ISBN 13: 9780896591929

Published by New York: Abbeville Press, 1981., 1981

About this Item

First Edition. 11.5 x 9 inches. Lavish color illustrations throughout. Black cloth lettered in gilt at spine. Previous ownership signature to front free endpaper. Pictorial jacket. Lightly rubbed and toned. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. In mylar sleeve.

Seller Inventory # 4164

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Early Scientific Instruments
• Publisher: New York: Abbeville Press, 1981.
• Publication Date: 1981
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0896591921
• ISBN 13: 9780896591929
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

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Synopsis

"Among the highlights of the diverse and fascinating collection assembled here are a 16th-century sundial that keeps time according to five different systems; a model of Newton"s reflecting telescope; a 17th-century thermometer; an outrageously ornate silver microscope, bedecked with classical urns and a pair of mermaids; Ohm"s resistance apparatus; a Victorian stethoscope; and a Dewar vacuum flask, prototype of the thermos bottle...Each of the 73 instruments included is shown in a generous, full-color reproduction, accompanied by an informative commentary..."