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Encyclopedia of antique scientific instruments
- Title
- Encyclopedia of antique scientific instruments / by John FitzMaurice Mills.
- Author
- Mills, John FitzMaurice, 1917-1991.
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 1983.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | Q184.5 .M54 1983 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- 255 pages, 16 pages of plates : illustrations (some color); 26 cm
- Summary
- Describes over 700 astronomical, navigational, chronological, linear, weight, volume, and temperature measuring devices. Includes an essay on the development of scientific instruments and appendices that discuss their preservation and care, and the identification of fakes.
- Subject
- Scientific apparatus and instruments > Dictionaries
- Scientific apparatus and instruments > Collectors and collecting
- Equipment and Supplies
- Science > history
- Scientific apparatus and instruments
- Scientific apparatus and instruments > Collectors and collecting
- Naturwissenschaftliches Instrument
- Wörterbuch
- Englisch
- Genre/Form
- Inventors.
- Encyclopedia
- Dictionary
- encyclopedias.
- dictionaries.
- Encyclopedias
- Dictionaries
- Dictionaries.
- Encyclopedias.
- Encyclopédies.
- Dictionnaires.
- Contents
- Introduction -- Entries A-Z -- Careof the collecton -- Forgery and fakes -- Table of events -- Instruments throughout the world -- Price guide.
- ISBN
- 0871967995
- 9780871967992
- LCCN
- 83005676
- OCLC
- ocm09412340
- 9412340
- SCSB-63029
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library