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 | Huygens (C): Horologium Oscillatorium
O/P. 162 pages, figs., reprinted 1966. A high quality facsimile reprint of Christiaan Huygens' most famous work first published in 1673. A fine copy (with Francis Wadsworth's bookplate inside front cover). [Latin language] (Ref: K2994 - R1) in stock.
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 | Kent (P.) & Chapman (A.) Editors: Robert Hooke and the English Renaissance
NEW. 191 pages, illustrated, 2005. An interesting book about the life and work of Robert Hooke, whose genius is becoming more and more appreciated. Scientist, architect, town planner, microscopist, astronomer and inventor, Hooke was a true polymath. (Ref: N3515) in stock.
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Krogt (P van der): Old Globes in the Netherlands
O/P. 290 pages, illustrated, 1st English language edition, 1984. A catalogue of terrestrial and celestial globes made prior to 1850 and preserved in Dutch collections. A very good copy with good dust jacket (one small tear). (Ref: K4227 - G2) in stock.
Price: £35.00 |
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Leopold (J.H.): Christiaan Huygens and his Instrument Makers
O/P. pages 221 - 233, 3 figs., 1979. An offprint of a paper presented at a symposium on the Life and Work of Christiaan Huygens held in Amsterdam in 1979. Huygens had clocks made by Salomon Coster, Severyn Oosterwijk, Isaac Thuret, Johannes van Ceulen and others. Very good copy, paper covers. (Ref: K2604 - BX8) in stock.
Price: £16.00 |
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 | Le Syndicat des Constructeurs en Instruments D'Optique & de Précision: L'Industrie Française des Instruments de Précison Catalogue 1901 - 1902
O/P. 271 pages, illustrated, reprinted 1980. A very useful guide to French scientific instrument making at the start of the 20th century. A fine copy. [French language] (Ref: K2476 - A1) in stock.
Price: £75.00 |
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McConnell (A.): Jesse Ramsden (1735 - 1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker
O/P. 318 pages, illustrated, 2007. An excellent biography about the life and work of Jesse Ramsden who made scientific instruments for the major European observatories as well as private clients. This is a detailed account of the scientific instrument trade, in London, in the second half of the eighteenth century. The book also has a chapter on Ramsden's successors - Matthew Berge, James Allen and Nathaniel Worthington. A very good copy (corners lightly bumped) with good dust jacket. (Ref: K4716 - X2) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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McConnell (A.): R B Bate of the Poultry 1782 - 1847
O/P. 74 pages, 13 illustrations, 1993. The life and times of Robert Brettell Bate, a London scientific instrument maker and chart agent to the Admiralty. An excellent monograph. Very good copy, card covers. (Ref: K1177 - BX8) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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 | Mennim (E.): Transit Circle: The Story of William Simms 1793 - 1860
NEW. 303 pages, illus., no date. A biography of William Simms senior who entered into partnership with Edward Troughton in 1826. Troughton & Simms made all kinds of scientific instruments but are best remembered for their optical instruments which were sold to observatories around the world. Soft covers. (Ref: N399) in stock.
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 | Middleton (W.E.K.): A History of the Thermometer and Its Uses in Meteorology
NEW. 249 pages, figures, originally published in 1966 this is the recent paperback reprint. An interesting work on thermometers and thermometer scales and also a learned tome for weather buffs. Paperback. (Ref: N1801) in stock.
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 | Millburn (J.R.): Adams of Fleet Street - Instrument Makers to King George III
NEW. 420 pages, illustrated, 2000. An excellent study of the scientific instrument business founded by George Adams in 1734 and continued by his sons George junior and Dudley until 1817. Adams made some of the finest instruments of the 18th century and wrote several technical books. This book reproduces several catalogues by Adams and has a detailed list of publications by the family. With dust jacket. (Ref: N1373) in stock.
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 | Millburn (J.R.): Benjamin Martin: Author, Instrument-maker, and 'Country Showman'
O/P. 244 pages, frontis, 8 plates, 7 figs., 1976. Martin was a teacher, author, lecturer - demonstrator and started a scientific instrument making business in London. Martin also wrote tracts on table clocks and dialling as well as designing and making at least two clocks. A fine copy with very good dust jacket (faded to spine). This book is now hard to find.
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(Ref: K3020 - P1) in stock.
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Millburn (J.R.): Retailer of the Sciences - Benjamin Martin's Scientific Instrument Catalogues, 1756 - 82
O/P. 95 pages, 51 figs, limited to 500 copies only, 1986. Benjamin Martin was one of the first retailers of scientific instruments, the catalogues collated here show the wide range of instruments he could supply and their prices. The book also includes the auction sale of his stock in 1782. A very good copy. (Ref: K4224 - D2) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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Miniati (M.): Catalogo Museo Di Storia Della Scienza, Firenzi
O/P. 384 pages, illustrated, 1991. A good catalogue of the famous collection of scientific instruments in the Museum of the History of Science, Florence. A good copy, card covers (spine a little creased). [Italian language] (Ref: K2008 - G4) in stock.
Price: £40.00 |
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 | Nachet (A.): Collection Nachet
O/P. 145 pages, 16 plates, facsimile reprint, number 184 of 300 copies, 1976. Originally published in 1929 this book documents the famous Nachet collection of scientific instruments (mainly microscopes) and library of books on microscopes. The collection was sold and dispersed in 1971. The book has four sections: The invention of the microscope; description of the scientific instruments in the collection; catalogue of the books; list of instrument makers and important persons in the microscope world. A very good copy (bookplate inside front cover) with fair dust jacket. [French language]
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(Ref: K4607 - C2) in stock.
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Needham (J.), Gwei-Djen (L.), Combridge (J.H.) & Major (J.S.): The Hall of Heavenly Records - Korean Astronomical Instruments and Clocks 1380 - 1780
O/P. 201 pages, illustrated, 1st edition 1986. Between the 14th and 18th centuries, there was created under the Yi Dynasty in Korea a remarkable series of astronomical instruments, star-charts and clocks. This book demonstrates the context, purpose, nature and specific workings of these early instruments. Very good copy with very good dust jacket. (Ref: K1909 - G3) in stock.
Price: £50.00 |
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 | Negretti & Zambra: A Treatise on Meteorological Instruments
NEW. 176 pages, reprint of a book first published in 1864. A detailed work describing the principles and construction of barometers, hygrometers, rain guages, anemometers, ozonometers and other meteorological instruments. Paperback. (Ref: N224) in stock.
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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.
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(Ref: K2748 - BX12) in stock.
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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: £20.00 |
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 | Prinz (I.) editor: Slide Rules in the Arithmeum - The Schuitema Collection
NEW. 243 pages, illustrated, 2013. An interesting, well illustrated, new book about slide rules, with chapters on the invention of logarithms, the history of slide rules, slide rule manufacture and slide rules for special purposes, followed by descriptions and photographs of a wide range of rules. Card covers. (Ref: N3526) in stock.
Price: £25.00 |
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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.
Price: £12.00 |
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