Scientific Instruments

Nuttall (R.H.): The Arthur Frank Loan Collection - Early Scientific Instruments
O/P. 60 pages, illustrated, 1973. The catalogue of a large collection of scientific instruments collected by Arthur Frank, a trained optician and optical instrument maker. Good copy. (Ref: K2748 - BX12)  in stock.

Owen (G.A.): A Treatise on Weighing Machines
O/P. 207 pages, 175 illustrations, 1922. A good guide to the principles and construction of all types of weighing machines - beam scales, counter machines, steelyards, weighbridges, and many more. With a chapter on friction, knife-edges and bearings. Good copy. (Ref: K5247 - F3)  in stock.

Pearsall (R.): Collecting and Restoring Scientific Instruments
O/P. 278 pages, 127 illustrations, 1974. A good introduction to the wide range of scientific instruments made and their purpose. The appendices list instrument makers in eighteenth-century Britain and America as well as those working in London in 1843 and 1894. Good copy with dust jacket (very faded to spine). (Ref: K2482 - M1)  in stock.

Price (D. de Solla): Gears from the Greeks - The Antikythera Mechanism
O/P. 70 pages, 45 figures, 1974. In 1900 a mediterranean shipwreck was discovered off the small island of Antikythera in Greece. The shipwreck dates from 80 B.C. and the find included an assembly of corroded bronze gear wheel fragments believed to be a mechanical model of the solar system and able to calculate, astronomical positions, eclipses etc. A fine copy, card covers. (Ref: K5248 - G3)  in stock.

Rooseboom (M.): Microscopium
O/P. 59 pages, 115 illustrations, 1956. An erudite introduction to optical microscopy from the beginnings to 1956. The historical synopsis is followed by sections on optical design, illumination, microscope design and construction, the phase-contrast microscope and discoveries with the microscope of importance to medical science. A very good copy in original cardboard box. (Ref: K4565 - Z3)  in stock.

Tarplee (P.): Abinger and the Royal Greenwich Observatory
O/P. 16 pages, illus., 1996. Abinger, Surrey was the location of an outstation of the Greenwich Observatory from 1924 until 1957. The magnetic observatory moved to Abinger in 1924 and the Time Department relocated there just prior to World War II. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1244 - BX1)  in stock.

Taylor (E.G.R.): The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714 - 1840
O/P. 503 pages, 12 plates, 1st edition, 1966. One of the pioneering works on scientific instrument makers and still a very useful reference book to own. The first part sets the social and historical context of the period, the second part is a catalogue of over 2,200 makers or users of instruments with biographical details where known. Complete with a separate 23 page index. A very good copy, the dust jacket complete but worn to edges. (Ref: K3038 - M1)  in stock.

Taylor (E.G.R.): The Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714 - 1840
O/P. 503 pages, 12 plates, facsimile reprint 1989. One of the pioneering works on scientific instrument makers and still a very useful reference book to own. The first part sets the social and historical context of the period, the second part is a catalogue of over 2,200 makers or users of instruments with biographical details where known. A very good copy. (Ref: K2485 - H6)  in stock.

[Taylor (E.G.R.)], compiled by Bostock (K.) et al: An Index to the Mathematical Practitioners of Hanoverian England 1714 - 1840
O/P. 23 pages, 1980. This is a very useful index, with working dates, of the makers included in Eva Taylor's book published in 1966 and reprinted in 1989. A fine copy. (Ref: K3458 - BX7)  in stock.

Turner (G.L'E.): Collecting Microscopes
O/P. 120 pages, illustrated, 1981. This is a very useful and good introduction to a fascinating subject, covering British and European microscopes from the early 17th century to the late 19th century. A good copy with good dust jacket. (Ref: K416 - Z2)  in stock.

Turner (G.L'E.): The Practice of Science in the Nineteenth Century: Teaching and Research Apparatus in the Teyler Museum
O/P. 360 pages, illus., 1996. A catalogue, with 454 entries and illustrations, for the 19th century scientific instruments at Teyler's museum, Haarlem, Holland. This is an important collection especially for optics, acoustics and electricity. A very good copy, the dust jacket good but with small tear to top of (faded) spine. (Ref: K3237 - W1)  in stock.

Turner (G.L'E.): Van Marum's Scientific Instruments in Teyler's Museum - Descriptive Catalogue
O/P. Volume 1: Mechanics/Mechanical Models 56 pages, 80 items described and illustrated.
Volume 2: Magnetism/Electricity 6 pages, 72 items described and illustrated.
Volume 3: Astronomical Models/Optics 44 pages, 55 items described and illustrated.
Volume 4: Hydrostatics/Hydraulics/Pneumatics 40 pages, 85 items described and illustrated.
Volume 5: Chemical Apparatus/Heat/Miscellaneous 40 pages, 58 items described and illustrated.
An offprint, published in about 1973, from a much larger work (the Life and Work of Martinus Van Marum). This is an important reference as many of the 350 instruments in the collection have been dated by reference to inventories and other Teyler Museum records. A complete set of these catalogues, all in good condition, card covers. (Ref: K4595 - V1)  in stock.

Wunderlich (H.): Kursächsische Feldmeßkunst, artilleristische Richtverfahren und Ballistik im 16. und 17. Jahrhundert
O/P. 218 pages, 73 illus., 1977. Contributions to the history of practical mathematics, physics, artillery and ballistics in the Renaissance period on the basis of instruments, maps, manuals and pamphlets in the Mathematical-Physical Salon, Dresden. A very good copy with poor dust jacket. [German language] (Ref: K4687 - G2)  in stock.