Science preserved
Subtitle: a directory of scientific instruments in collections in the United Kingdom and Eire
By: Mary Holbrook ; with additions and revisions by R.G.W. Anderson and D.J. Bryden.
Contributors: Anderson, R. G. W.; Bryden, D. J.; Science Museum (Great Britain); British National Committee for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.
Publisher: HMSO Books
Published: 1992
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: Scientific apparatus and instruments -- British Isles -- Directories.; Scientific apparatus and instruments -- British Isles -- Catalogs.
Description: The Domesday Book of historical scientific instruments in the United Kingdom and Eire. At its core is an inventory which are individually described some 3700 instruments from collections throughout the British Isles. Astronomical, mathematical, optical and other types of instrument are all covered, as well as philosophical, physical and chemical apparatus, nearly all dating from the period up to the mid- or late 19th century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-256) and indexes.
"Trustees of the Science Museum on behalf of the British National Committee for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine."