Scientific Instruments

[Technische Instrumente]. - [Findlay, Sir John]. The Sir John Findlay Collection. Catalogue of An Important Collection of Scientific Instruments. 2 Bände. London, Sotheby & Co., 1961-62. ; weicher Einband / soft cover; 1. Ed.
Erstausgabe. - Verzeichnet 266 Positionen, mit Index. - Beiliegend die Ergebnislisten. - Dazu: Catalogue of A Collection of Scientific Instruments. The Property of Cyril E. Kenney, Esq. - Watches and Objects of Vertu. The Property of Lady Rachel Redgrave [...]. Ebda., 1963. Mit zahlr. tlw. ganzs. Abbildungen auf 9 Tafeln. 56 S., OKart. (188 Positionen mit der beil. Ergebnisliste). -

Gr.-8°. Mit zahlr. tlw. ganzs. Abbildungen auf 46 Tafeln. 67 (1) S., 1 Bl., OKart.-Bde.

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K. Van Cleempoel: De Diversis Artibus DDA 65 (NS 28) A Catalogue Raisonne of Scientific Instruments from the Louvain School, 1530-1600, Brepols Verlag ; fester Einband / hard cover ISBN: 9782503512181
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De Diversis Artibus DDA 65 (NS 28) A Catalogue Raisonne of Scientific Instruments from the Louvain School, 1530-1600 K. Van Cleempoel XII+284 p., 100 b/w ill. + 26 colour ill., 200 x 260 mm, 2002 ISBN: 978-2-503-51218-1 Languages: English Hardback The publication is available. Retail price: EUR 75,00 How to order? This object-based study concentrates on scientific instruments made in Louvain between c. 1530 and c. 1600, a period in which the university fell from the peak of its importance into a state of decline. This object-based study concentrates on scientific instruments made in Louvain between c. 1530 and c.1600, a period in which the university fell from the peak of its importance into a state of decline. The instruments are characterised by elaborate decoration and by numerous technical innovations. The book comprises two parts: an introduction followed by a catalogue raisonne of almost ninety instruments from the Louvain masters, both signed and unsigned ones. The introduction outlines the circumstances of the foundation of this 'Louvain school of instrument makers', which entailed the merging of an intellectual center (based in the university) and a material culture (based in the workshops). A similar symbiosis occurred elsewhere in Europe, but never on the scale of Louvain. The presence of the Spanish Court in Brussels around 1540-1550 helped to provide the workshops with important commissions. Their role as a Maecenas is also discussed. The most important instrument makers were Gerard Mercator, Michael Piquer, Gualterus Arsenius, Adrian Descrolieres and Adrian Zeelst. Little was previously known about these men - apart perhaps from Mercator - and even less about the output of their workshops. This book attempts to present for the first time a comprehensive survey of these workshops and how they may have influenced one another. "Zijn studie opent de weg naar verder studie van wetenschappelijke instrumenten van andere oorsprong en andere tijdperken." (...) "De rijk geillustreerde Catalogue Raisonne is een uitstekend, baanbrekend werk dat in elke bibliotheek, die zich met zonnewijzers, astrolabia en 16 eeuwse mathematische instrumenten bezig houdt, thuis hoort." (J. De Graeve in Scientiarum Historia, 28, 2002, 2, p. 109-110) "As David King writes in his preface, 'The field desperately needs competent catalogues of instruments' (p. ix) - and here we find a worthy example." (H. Highton in British Journal for the History of Science, Vol. 38/2, June 2005, p. 225-226) Hardcover Buch

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Doody, Dave: Deep Space Craft An Overview of Interplanetary Flight, SPRINGER, BERLIN, März 2009 ISBN: 3540895094
Deep Space Craft opens the door to interplanetary flight. It looks at this world from the vantage point of real operations on a specific mission, and follows a natural trail from the day-to-day working of this particular spacecraft, through the functioning of all spacecraft to the collaboration of the various disciplines to produce the results for which a spacecraft is designed. These results are of course mostly of a scientific nature, although a small number of interplanetary missions are also flown primarily to test and prove new engineering techniques. The author shows how, in order to make sense of all the scientific data coming back to Earth, the need for experiments and instrumentation arises, and follows the design and construction of the instruments through to their placement and testing on a spacecraft prior to launch. Examples are given of the interaction between an instrument's science team and the mission's flight team to plan and specify observations, gather and analyze data in flight, and finally present the results and discoveries to the scientific community.This highly focused, insider's guide to interplanetary space exploration uses many examples of previous and current endeavors. It will enable the reader to research almost any topic related to spacecraft and to seek the latest scientific findings, the newest emerging technologies, or the current status of a favorite flight. In order to provide easy paths from the general to the specific, the text constantly refers to the Appendices. Within the main text, the intent is general familiarization and categorization of spacecraft and instruments at a high level, to provide a mental framework to place in context and understand any spacecraft and any instrument encountered in the reader's experience.Appendix A gives illustrated descriptions of many interplanetary spacecraft, some earth-orbiters and ground facilities to reinforce the classification framework. Appendix B contains illustrated detailed descriptions of a dozen scientific instruments, including some ground-breaking engineering appliances that have either already been in operation or are poised for flight. Each instrument's range of sensitivity in wavelengths of light, etc, and its physical principle(s) of operation is described. Appendix C has a few annotated illustrations to clarify the nomenclature of regions and structures in the solar system and the planets' ring systems, and places the solar system in context with the local interstellar environment.

NEUBUCH! 2009. XXIV, 440 S. 235 mm 251 mm x 179 mm x 30 mm; Springer Praxis Books in Astronautical Engineering

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Doody, Dave: Deep Space Craft An Overview of Interplanetary Flight, SPRINGER, BERLIN, November 2010, Besorgungstitel - vorauss. Lieferzeit 3-5 Tage. ISBN: 3642100465
Deep Space Craft opens the door to interplanetary flight. It looks at this world from the vantage point of real operations on a specific mission, and follows a natural trail from the day-to-day working of this particular spacecraft, through the functioning of all spacecraft to the collaboration of the various disciplines to produce the results for which a spacecraft is designed. These results are of course mostly of a scientific nature, although a small number of interplanetary missions are also flown primarily to test and prove new engineering techniques. The author shows how, in order to make sense of all the scientific data coming back to Earth, the need for experiments and instrumentation arises, and follows the design and construction of the instruments through to their placement and testing on a spacecraft prior to launch. Examples are given of the interaction between an instrument's science team and the mission's flight team to plan and specify observations, gather and analyze data in flight, and finally present the results and discoveries to the scientific community.This highly focused, insider's guide to interplanetary space exploration uses many examples of previous and current endeavors. It will enable the reader to research almost any topic related to spacecraft and to seek the latest scientific findings, the newest emerging technologies, or the current status of a favorite flight. In order to provide easy paths from the general to the specific, the text constantly refers to the Appendices. Within the main text, the intent is general familiarization and categorization of spacecraft and instruments at a high level, to provide a mental framework to place in context and understand any spacecraft and any instrument encountered in the reader's experience.Appendix A gives illustrated descriptions of many interplanetary spacecraft, some earth-orbiters and ground facilities to reinforce the classification framework. Appendix B contains illustrated detailed descriptions of a dozen scientific instruments, including some ground-breaking engineering appliances that have either already been in operation or are poised for flight. Each instrument's range of sensitivity in wavelengths of light, etc, and its physical principle(s) of operation is described. Appendix C has a few annotated illustrations to clarify the nomenclature of regions and structures in the solar system and the planets' ring systems, and places the solar system in context with the local interstellar environment.

NEUBUCH! 2010. XXIV, 440 S. 235 mm 235 mm x 155 mm x 24 mm; Springer Praxis Books / Astronautical Engineering

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