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Science, Instruments, and Guilds in Early-Modern Britain (2005)

Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Volume: 10
Pages: 392--410

Publication Date: 2005
Edition Details: Part of a series on craft secrecy.
Language: English

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The emergence of instrument-making trades in early-modern England tested the power of established guilds. From the seventeenth century, instrument makers were able to exploit growing markets for scientific apparatus and attempted to exploit connections with the Royal Society. Given the growth in both local and international demand, and in new methods of manufacture, instrument makers were frequently able to evade the diminishing power of guilds to police the efforts of the makers.

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Article Davids, Karel (2005) Craft Secrecy in Europe in the Early Modern Period: A Comparative View. Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period (p. 341). unapi

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