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ocm32131326, OCoLC, 2014-11-19, 950208s1995 njua b 001 0 eng, 95004301, , , GB95-94014, , , 35207905, , , 0691029970, 9780691029979, , , , , (OCoLC)32131326, , , (OCoLC)35207905, DLC, eng, DLC, UKM, SDA, NLGGC, BTCTA, YDXCP, BAKER, HEBIS, OCLCQ, ZWZ, OCLCQ, BDX, UKBOL, , , e------, , , Q 185, H25 1995, 0, 0, Q 185, P3314, Hankins, Thomas,, 1, , Instruments and the imagination /, Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman., 1, 0, Princeton, N.J. :, Princeton University Press,, 1995., , , Princeton, N.J. :, Princeton University Press,, 1995., xiv, 337 p. :, ill. ;, 24 cm., , , Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-323) and index., , , Instruments and images: subjects for the historiography of science -- Athanasius Kircher's sunflower clock -- The magic lantern and the art of demonstration -- The ocular harpsichord of Louis-Bertrand Castel; or, the instrument that wasn't -- The Aeolian harp and the romantic quest of nature -- Science since Babel: graphs, automatic recording devices, and the universal language of instruments -- The giant eyes of science: the stereoscope and photographic depiction in the nineteenth century -- Vox mechanica: the history of speaking machines -- Conclusion., 0, , In this book, the authors investigate an array of instruments from the 17th to the 19th century that seem at first to be marginal to science. By looking at these, they show that "scientific instruments" first made their appearance as devices used to evoke wonder in the beholder., , , 1995.084, , , Scientific apparatus and instruments, Science, Science, Science, Creative ability in science., , , , , , 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, History., History., Historiography., Methodology., Europe, Europe, Silverman, Robert J., 1, , Table of contents, Publisher description, 4, 4, 1, 2, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/prin031/95004301.html, http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/95004301.html, Baker and Taylor, BTCP, , , 95004301, HELD BY AP$ - 535 OTHER HOLDINGS, , , c, a, m, a, a32131326zDLCdURIhFulliLCCkDDCnSummarytContentsu20120621, a224456527zCLSbHARVARD UNIV, CABOT SCI LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20110827, a241625358zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20110827, a241625361zHLSbHARVARD UNIV, HARVARD COL LIBRhLess-than-full batchiLCCkDDCu20110827, a487018051zN15bNEW YORK UNIV, GROUP BATCHLOADhFulliLCCkDDCu20100728, a176262456zPULbPRINCETON UNIVhFulliLCCkDDCu20100712, a370601454zUBYbBRIGHAM YOUNG UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100720, a154420225zMDAVPbAMERICAN INST OF PHYSICShFullu20100727, a231950833zCNNGCbNATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA LIBRhFulliLCCu20100725, a154963019zAOWbAMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOC LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100706, a275124555zSTFbSTANFORD UNIV LIBRhFulliLCCkDDCu20100804, a689608114zYUMbYALE UNIV MED LIBRdURIhFulliLCCkDDCu20130322, a189517516zPAUbUNIV OF PENNSYLVANIAhFulliLCCkDDCu20100719, a477116070zTEUbTEMPLE UNIVhFullu20100720, a265590190zCUDbCAMBRIDGE UNIVhFullu20110901, aZ0bAP$, Q185 .H25 1995, Q185 .H25 1995 c.2
