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MAKING INSTRUMENTS COUNT: ESSAYS ON HISTORICAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS PRESENTED TO GERARD L'ESTRANGE TURNER
[Buy it!] | Anderson R. G. W. Editor; Bennett J. A. Editor; Ryan W. F. Editor | USD 75.00
(Sat Jun 1 18:32:48 2024) | ABAA | Second Story Books, ABAA | Aldershot: Variorum, Date: 1993. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xix, 492 pages. In Very Good condition with a Very Good dust jacket. Spine green with gold lettering. Dust jacket protected with a mylar covering. Rubbing to edges and corners of dust jacket. Light scuffing to dust jacket. Minor shelf wear to boards. Mild age toning to textblock. Shelved in Science. From the collection of Silvio Bedini. Bedini spent twenty five years at the Smithsonian Institution, serving as curator in the Department of Mechanical and Civil Engineering in the new Museum of History and Technology (now the National Museum of American History) before serving as first Assistant Director then Deputy Director of the National Museum of History and Technology. He then served as Keeper of Rare Books at the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, a branch of the Smithsonian Institution Libraries, before becoming a Historian Emeritus. He specialized in early scientific instruments. 1378963. Shelved Dupont Bookstore. 1993. Variorum ISBN 0860783944 US |
