num_pages: 658
description: Unrivaled in its coverage and unique in its hands-on approach this practical guide to the design and construction of scientific apparatus or laboratory instruments is essential reading for every scientist and student of engineering and physical chemical and biological sciences. Featured in this great new edition are features including the physical principles governing the operation of the mechanical optical and electronic parts of an instrument new sections on detectors low-temperature measurements high-pressure apparatus and updated engineering specifications. 400 hand drawn figures and tables have been added to this edition which basically teaches scientists and engineers how to perform experiments.
language: English
title: Building Scientific Apparatus
publisher: Cambridge University Press