The History of the Barometer
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: May 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 511
ISBN-13: 9780801871542
Subjects: History of science; History of specific subjects; Meteorology; Precision instruments manufacture; Scientific equipment & techniques, laboratory equipment; Science/Mathematics; Science; Earth Sciences - Meteorology & Climatology; History; Scientific Instruments; Science / History
First sentence: THE invention of six valuable scientific instruments within a few decades of the seventeenth century undoubtedly had an immense effect in accelerating the development of science.