Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers [Illustrated]

by Silvio A. Bedini

Overview

This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents, linked Footnotes, and linked Index

CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Preface
The Tools of Science
Philosophical and Practical Instruments
The Need for Instruments
Colonial Training in Instrument Making
The Mathematical Practitioners
The Rittenhouse Brothers
Andrew Ellicott
Owen Biddle
Benjamin Banneker
Joel Baily
Reverend John Prince
Amasa Holcomb
Instruments of Metal
Pre-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
Post-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
Native American Makers
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Ohio
New York
New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland and Virginia
Pennsylvania
Instruments of Wood
The Use of Wood
Surviving Instruments
Compass Cards
Trade Signs
The Makers
Joseph Halsy
James Halsy II
Thomas Greenough
William Williams
Samuel Thaxter
John Dupee
Jere Clough
Andrew Newell
Aaron Breed
Charles Thacher
Benjamin King Hagger
Benjamin Warren
Daniel Burnap
Gurdon Huntington
Jedidiah Baldwin
Thomas Salter Bowles
The New Era
The National Collection
Appendix
Surviving Wooden Surveying Compasses
Mathematical Practitioners and Instrument Makers
Bibliography
Index

Product Details

BN ID:	2940014180191
Publisher:	VolumesOfValue
Publication date:	03/30/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Silvio A. Bedini was Curator of Mechanical and Civil Engineering Museum of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution, Washington