Download or read book Scientific Instruments 13th 19th Century written by University of Oxford. Museum of the History of Science and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Renaissance Astrolabes and their Makers written by Gerard L'E. Turner and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-10-28 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is about the archaeology of science, or what can be learnt from the systematic examination of the artefacts made by precision craftsmen for the study of the natural world. An international authority on historical scientific instruments, Gerard Turner has collected here his essays on European astrolabes and related topics. By 1600 the astrolabe had nearly ceased to be made and used in the West, and before that date there was little of the source material for the study of instruments that exists for more modern times. It is necessary to 'read' the instruments themselves, and astrolabes in particular are rich in all sorts of information, mathematical, astronomical, metallurgical, in addition to what they can reveal about craftsmanship, the existence of workshops, and economic and social conditions. There is a strong forensic element in instrument research, and Gerard Turner's achievements include the identification of three astrolabes made by Gerard Mercator, all of whose instruments were thought to have been destroyed. Other essays deal with the discovery of an important late 16th-century Florentine workshop, and of a group of mid-15th-century German astrolabes linked to Regiomontanus.
Download or read book World maps for Finding the Direction and Distance to Mecca written by David King and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2021-09-06 with total page 670 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two remarkable Iranian world-maps were discovered in 1989 and 1995. Both are made of brass and date from 17th-century Iran. Mecca is at the centre and a highly sophisticated longitude and latitude grid enables the user to determine the direction and distance to Mecca for anywhere in the world between Andalusia and China. Prior to the discovery of these maps it was thought that such cartographic grids were conceived in Europe ca. 1910. This richly-illustrated book presents an overview of the ways in which Muslims over the centuries have determined the sacred direction towards Mecca (qibla) and then describes the two world-maps in detail. The author shows that the geographical data derives from a 15th-century Central Asian source and that the mathematics underlying the grid was developed in 9th-century Baghdad.
Download or read book The Cambridge History of Iran written by Peter Jackson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1986-02-06 with total page 1206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Covers all aspects of the history of Iran from the collapse of the Il-Khanid empire (c.1335) to the second of quarter of the 18th century
Download or read book Scientific Instruments in Art and History written by Henri Michel and published by New York : Viking Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Scientific Instruments written by Peter R. De Clercq and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin of the British Scientific Instrument Research Association written by British Scientific Instrument Research Association and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Library of Congress Catalog written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 652 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cumulative list of works represented by Library of Congress printed cards.
Download or read book The Ivory Sundials of Nuremberg 1500 1700 written by Penelope Gouk and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Concise Encyclopedia of Antiques written by L. G. G. Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 1961 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bulletin written by British Scientific Instrument Research Association and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Concise Encyclopaedia of Antiques written by L. G. G. Ramsey and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patrons Artisans and Instruments of Science 1600 1750 written by Silvio A. Bedini and published by Routledge. This book was released on 1999 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second volume by Silvio Bedini pursues themes set out in his previous collection; the main focus is, again, on Italy, but the scope is broadened to include other parts of Europe. Three elements combined in the evolution and production of scientific instruments: purpose or function, the patron, and the artisans. The first studies here look at the patrons of science, the collections they established and their evolution into museums, and then at some of the artisans who made fine instruments. The second section deals with techniques and instruments. With the adoption of mathematical techniques for measurement - of time, in navigation and surveying and weighing - came the development of tools which grew in precision to the degree that they became part of science. From the toys and curiosities of princes and wealthy prelates, instruments became more functional in response to the new requirements resulting from each new discovery.
Download or read book Science Preserved written by Mary Holbrook and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Catalogue written by Warburg Institute. Library and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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