Scientific instruments on display /
This study examines the display of scientific instruments in venues beyond the laboratory or the classroom, in museums, fairs, universal exhibitions, theatres, movies, book frontispieces, and patent offices.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
[2014]
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Full text (MFA users only) |
| ISBN: | 9789004264403 900426440X |
| ISSN: | 1872-0684 ; |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Andrea Corsini and the Creation of the Museum of the History of Science in Florence (1930-1961); Chapter 2 "Not for their Beauty": Instruments and Narratives at the Science Museum, London; Chapter 3 "More Artistic than Scientific": Exhibiting Instruments as Decorative Arts in the Victoria and Albert Museum; Chapter 4 "Of Sufficient Interest . . ., but not of Such Value . . .": 260 Years of Displaying Scientific Instruments in the British Museum; Chapter 5 Instruments on Display at the Paris Observatory.
- Chapter 6 Looking at Scientific Instruments on Display at the United States Centennial Exhibition of 1876; Chapter 7 Permanent Demonstrations: The Science Teaching Museum at the University of Chicago; Chapter 8 The Display of Twentieth-Century Instruments at Humboldt State University; Chapter 9 Slide Rules on Display in the United States, 1840-2010; Chapter 10 "Exceedingly Ridiculous": Telescopes on Display on the Seventeenth-Century Stage; Chapter 11 Instruments on Movie Sets: A Case Study; Chapter 12 Display of Instruments on Seventeenth-Century Astronomical Frontispieces.