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100 1 _aBedini, Silvio A.,
_d1917-2007
245 1 0 _aEarly American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aUnited States National Museum Bulletin, 231
500 _aRelease date is 2012-03-14
508 _aProduced by Chris Curnow, Hunter Monroe, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _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.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScientific apparatus and instruments
830 0 _aUnited States National Museum Bulletin, 231
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39141
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