| Description |
1 online resource (xxxiv, 231 pages) : illustrations (some color). |
| Series |
History of science and medicine library,
1872-0684 ;
volume 46
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Scientific instruments and collections ; volume 4
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History of science and medicine library ; v. 46.
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History of science and medicine library. Scientific instruments and collections ; v. 4.
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| Summary |
This study examines the display of scientific instruments in venues beyond the laboratory or the classroom, in museums, fairs, universal exhibitions, theatres, movies, book frontispieces, and patent offices. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Andrea Corsini and the Creation of the Museum of the History of Science in Florence (1930-1961); Chapter 2 "Not for their Beauty": Instruments and Narratives at the Science Museum, London; Chapter 3 "More Artistic than Scientific": Exhibiting Instruments as Decorative Arts in the Victoria and Albert Museum; Chapter 4 "Of Sufficient Interest . . ., but not of Such Value . . .": 260 Years of Displaying Scientific Instruments in the British Museum; Chapter 5 Instruments on Display at the Paris Observatory. |
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Chapter 6 Looking at Scientific Instruments on Display at the United States Centennial Exhibition of 1876; Chapter 7 Permanent Demonstrations: The Science Teaching Museum at the University of Chicago; Chapter 8 The Display of Twentieth-Century Instruments at Humboldt State University; Chapter 9 Slide Rules on Display in the United States, 1840-2010; Chapter 10 "Exceedingly Ridiculous": Telescopes on Display on the Seventeenth-Century Stage; Chapter 11 Instruments on Movie Sets: A Case Study; Chapter 12 Display of Instruments on Seventeenth-Century Astronomical Frontispieces. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Scientific apparatus and instruments.
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Exhibitions -- Social aspects.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ackermann, Silke, writer of introduction, editor, author.
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Kremer, Richard L. (Richard Lynn), writer of introduction, editor, author.
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Miniati, Mara, writer of introduction, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Scientific instruments on display. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2014] 9789004264397 (DLC) 2014024624 (OCoLC)880237889 |
| ISBN |
9789004264403 (e-book) |
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900426440X (e-book) |
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9789004264397 (hardback acid-free paper) |
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9004264396 (hardback acid-free paper) |
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