Hankins, Thomas L. (Author)
Silverman, Robert J. (Author)
Princeton University Press
Physical Details: xiv + 337 pp., illus., notes, bibl., index
Description Contents: Instruments and images: Subjects for the historiography of science. Athanasius Kircher's sunflower clock. The magic lantern and the art of demonstration. The ocular harpsichord of Louis-Bertrand Castel; or, The instrument that wasn't. The Aeolian harp and the romantic quest of nature. Science since Babel: Graphs, automatic recording devices, and the universal language of instruments. The giant eyes of science: The stereoscope and photographic depiction in the 19th century. Vox mechanica: The history of speaking machines.
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