Book ID: CBB000773371

The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (2006)

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Taub, Liba Chaia (Editor)
Willmoth, Frances (Editor)


Cambridge University Press


Publication Date: 2006
Physical Details: xx + 492 pp.; ill.; bibl.; index
Language: English

Description Contributors include: Frances Willmoth, Alex Keller, and David W. Dewhirst. Partial contents:


Reviewed By

Review Morrison-Low, A. D.; Morrison-Low, A. D. (2007) Review of "The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge". Journal for the History of Astronomy (p. 245). unapi

Review Delft, Dirk van (2008) Review of "The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (p. 227). unapi

Review Winterburn, Emily (2008) Review of "The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge". British Journal for the History of Science (p. 313). unapi

Review Steadman, Mark (2008) Review of "The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge". Metascience: An International Review Journal for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science (p. 503). unapi

Includes Chapters

Chapter Haley, Christopher (2006) Making Waves: A History of the Wave Machine. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 159). unapi

Chapter Hart, Graham (2006) Nineteenth-Century Wave Motion Machines. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 173). unapi

Chapter Jenks, Robert A. (2006) An Early Italian Globe? A Critical Study of a Terrestrial Globe in the Whipple Museum. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 211). unapi

Chapter Eagleton, Catherine; Downes, Jennifer; Harloe, Katherine; Jardine, Boris; Jardine, Nick; Mosley, Adam (2006) Instruments of Translation. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 255). unapi

Chapter Lyall, Kenneth (2006) Precision Electrical Instruments, 1870--1900. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 283). unapi

Chapter Rich, Mike (2006) Representing Euclid in the Eighteenth Century. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 319). unapi

Chapter Willmoth, Frances (2006) “The Ingenious and Unwearied Mr. Abraham Sharp”: A Transitional Figure in the Making of Precision Instruments. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 427). unapi

Chapter Bryden, David J. (2006) A “Hidden” Cambridge Jewel. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 95). unapi

Chapter Chart, David (2006) Models and Understanding. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 113). unapi

Chapter Gouk, Penelope (2006) Pictures at an Exhibition: Or What Ivory Sundials Can Teach an Intellectual Historian. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 139). unapi

Chapter Higton, Hester (2006) The Legacy of Elias Allen. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 195). unapi

Chapter Johnston, Stephen (2006) Reading Rules: Artefactual Evidence for Mathematics and Craft in Early-Modern England. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 233). unapi

Chapter Mosley, Adam (2006) Spheres and Texts on Spheres: The Book--Instrument Relationship and an Armillary Sphere in the Whipple Museum of the History of Science. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 301). unapi

Chapter Schaffer, Simon (2006) Time Machines. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 345). unapi

Chapter Staley, Richard (2006) Napier Shaw and the Invention of the Cloud Chamber. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 367). unapi

Chapter Taub, Liba (2006) Are Orreries “Newtonian”? A Consideration of the Material, Textual and Pictorial Evidence. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 403). unapi

Chapter Dunn, Richard (2006) Made to Measure: Some Thoughts on the Design of Scientific Instruments. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 121). unapi

Chapter Bennett, Jim (2006) “Braggers That by Showe of Their Instrument Win Credit”: The Errours of Edward Worsop. In: The Whipple Museum of the History of Science: Instruments and Interpretations, to Celebrate the 60th Anniversary of R. S. Whipple's Gift to the University of Cambridge (p. 79). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Di Lorenzo, Pietro
Romano, Paola
Cavaliere, Maria Rosa
Petillo, Maria Candida
Molisso, Gioia
Nordenmark, Nils Viktor Emanuel
Concepts
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Physics
Astronomy
Museums
Science education and teaching
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Time Periods
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20th century
16th century
Qing dynasty (China, 1644-1912)
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Italy
Naples (Italy)
Cambridge (England)
United States
Russia
Germany
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Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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