02429cam a22003373u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000060011910000340012524500590015926400510021830000470026933600260031633700260034233800360036849000480040450000310045250801270048352012870061053400450189765300410194283000480198385600430203199900170207439141UtSlPG20260610133909.0mcr n260607r2012||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a64062352  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aQ1 aBedini, Silvio A.,d1917-200710aEarly American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2012  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aUnited States National Museum Bulletin, 231  aRelease date is 2012-03-14  aProduced by Chris Curnow, Hunter Monroe, Joseph Cooper and
the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at
http://www.pgdp.net  a"Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers" by Silvio A. Bedini is a scholarly publication written in the mid-20th century. This work explores the history of scientific instruments used in America during its colonial period, focusing on both the tools and the artisans who crafted them. It seeks to document the evolution of instrument-making in the Americas, providing a comprehensive picture of how these instruments contributed to the development of science and technology in the colonies.  The opening of the book introduces the reader to the importance of scientific instruments in early American society, highlighting their dual role as both educational tools and practical devices used by navigators and surveyors. The author discusses the initial reliance on imported instruments from England and France, followed by the emergence of native American craftsmen who began producing their own instruments as communities grew and the demand for such tools increased. Bedini establishes the groundwork for understanding the key figures in this field, the Rittenhouse brothers among them, as well as the broader implications of their work on the practices of science and mathematics that were developing in the New World. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScientific apparatus and instruments 0aUnited States National Museum Bulletin, 23140uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39141  c79980d79980