first edition Staplebound wraps
1993 · Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA
by Warner, Deborah Jean; Marjorie Berry; Steven Turner; Thomas F. Peterson, Jr. (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA: David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, 1993. First Edition. Staplebound wraps. Fine. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS:
Cathetometers and Precision Measurement: The History of an Upright Ruler by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER.
Tempest in a Milk Pail: The Lactometer and 19th Century Dairy Disputes by MARJORIE BERRY.
The Reflecting Goniometer by STEVEN TURNER.
The Zealous Marketing of Rain-Band Spectroscopes by THOMAS F. PETERSON, JR.
The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments. (Inventory #: 25558)
Cathetometers and Precision Measurement: The History of an Upright Ruler by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER.
Tempest in a Milk Pail: The Lactometer and 19th Century Dairy Disputes by MARJORIE BERRY.
The Reflecting Goniometer by STEVEN TURNER.
The Zealous Marketing of Rain-Band Spectroscopes by THOMAS F. PETERSON, JR.
The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments. (Inventory #: 25558)