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"Looking Back: James H. Logan, First superintendent of the Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf"

Author:
Lang, Harry G  Search this
Subject:
Henry, Joseph 1797-1878  Search this
Gallaudet College  Search this
Western Pennsylvania School for the Deaf  Search this
Physical description:
Number of pages: 04; Page numbers: 1-4
Date:
1990
Topic:
Deafness  Search this
Hearing  Search this
Disabilities  Search this
People with disabilities  Search this
Inventions  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Microscopes  Search this
Patents  Search this
Inventors  Search this
Pennsylvania  Search this
Educators  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_14564
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"Vulgar and mechanick" : the scientific instrument trade in Ireland, 1650-1921 / J.E. Burnett and A.D. Morrison-Low

Author:
Burnett, James Eugene 1947-  Search this
Morrison-Low, A. D  Search this
Physical description:
ix, 166 p. : ill. ; 27 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Ireland
Date:
1989
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments industry--History  Search this
Call number:
Q185 .B96 1989
Q185.B96 1989
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_405425
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...IMPROVE YOUR SCIENTIFIC PHOTOGRAPHY AND MICROSCOPY WITH ORTHOPHOT... BULLETIN ORTHO NO. 210

Author:
SILGE & KUHNE  Search this
Type:
Books
Trade catalogs
Date:
1953
CA 1953
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
009707
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_220187
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18th annual Research Equipment Exhibit & Instrument Symposium : October 7 thru 10, 1968, Bethesda, Maryland, U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, National Institutes of Health

Author:
Research Equipment Exhibit and Instrument Symposium (18th : 1968 : Bethesda, Maryland)  Search this
National Institutes of Health (U.S.)  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 76 p. : maps ; 24 cm
Type:
Congresses
Exhibitions
Date:
1968
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
Q184 .R43 1968
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_468215
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A Philosopher Giving A Lecture On The Orrery

Previous owner:
Appleton, Charlotte D.  Search this
Referenced:
Ferrers, Earl of  Search this
Original artist:
Wright, Joseph  Search this
Graphic artist:
Pether, William  Search this
Publisher:
Boydell, Joseph  Search this
Object Name:
Print
print
mezzotint
Date made:
1768
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
Credit Line:
John Cranch collection
ID Number:
GA.08481
Accession number:
29209
Catalog number:
08481
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
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EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_1020445
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A Philosopher Giving a Lecture on the Orrery

Engraver:
Pether, William  Search this
Publisher:
Boydell, John  Search this
Original artist:
Wright, Joseph  Search this
Object Name:
Print
Other Terms:
Print; Intaglio; Mezzotint
Date made:
1768
Subject:
Science & Scientific Instruments  Search this
ID Number:
GA.23514
Catalog number:
23514
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Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
Art
Data Source:
National Museum of American History
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-bff7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmah_784917
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A brief guide to the Museum of the History of Science

Author:
Ashmolean Museum  Search this
Physical description:
59 p. plates. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1949
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
Q105.G72O98 1949
Q105.G72O98 1949
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_211098
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A brief history of science : as seen through the development of scientific instruments / Thomas Crump

Author:
Crump, Thomas  Search this
Physical description:
xxi, 425 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2001
Topic:
Science--History  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments--History  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_682438
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A catalogue of achromatic microscopes, barometers, thermometers, telescopes, opera glasses / made and sold by C. Baker

Author:
Baker, C  Search this
Physical description:
11 p. : ill. ; 19 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1858
[1858?]
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
QH205 .H72 1858
QH205.H72 1858
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_427860
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A catalogue of instruments and models in the possession of the American Philosophical Society. Compiled by Robert P. Multhauf assisted by David Davies

Author:
American Philosophical Society  Search this
Multhauf, Robert P  Search this
Physical description:
xi, 80 p. illus., port. 24 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1961
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
Q185 .A51
Q185.A51
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_59665
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A catalogue of optical, mathematical, and philosophical instruments / made and sold by W. and S. Jones, no. 30, Lower Holborn, London

Author:
W. and S. Jones (Firm)  Search this
Jones, William 1763-1831  Search this
Jones, Samuel III  Search this
Physical description:
15, [1] p. ; 22 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1822
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
46008
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_402685
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A catalogue of philosophical, astronomical, chemical and electrical apparatus / imported, manufactured and sold by Joseph M. Wightman, late Claxton and Wightman, nos. 33 Cornhill and 34 Brattle Street, corner of Franklin Avenue, Boston

Author:
Wightman, Joseph M (Joseph Milner) 1812-1885  Search this
Physical description:
44 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Date:
1853
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
TJ955 .W65 1853
TJ955.W65 1853
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_388633
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A catalogue of philosophical, astronomical, chemical and electrical apparatus / imported, manufactured and sold by Joseph M. Wightman, successor to Claxton & Wightman, no. 33 Cornhill, corner of Franklin Avenue, Boston

Title:
Philosophical, astronomical, chemical and electrical apparatus
Wightman's Catalogue of philosophical instruments
Author:
Wightman, Joseph M (Joseph Milner) 1812-1885  Search this
Donor:
Burndy Library DSI  Search this
Physical description:
70, [2] p. : ill. ; 20 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1842
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
QC760 .D26 1842
QC760.D26 1842
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_323256
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A catalogue of philosophical, astronomical, chemical and electrical apparatus imported, manufactured and sold by Joseph M. Wightman, successor to Claxton & Wightman

Title:
Wightman's Catalogue of philosophical instruments
Philosophical, astronomical, chemical and electrical apparatus
Author:
Wightman, Joseph M (Joseph Milner) 1812-1885  Search this
Subject:
Wightman, Joseph M (Joseph Milner) 1812-1885  Search this
Physical description:
48, 36 pages illustrations 19 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Trade catalogs
Place:
Massachusetts
Boston
Date:
1846
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
Q185.7 .W566 1846
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_976618
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A catalogue of some early scientific instruments at Harvard University; placed on exhibition in the Edward Mallinckrodt Chemical laboratory, February 12, 1949

Author:
Harvard University Edward Mallinckrodt Chemical Laboratory  Search this
Physical description:
32 p. illus. 25 cm
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1949
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments--Museums  Search this
Call number:
Q185.7 .H36Z
Q185.7.H36Z
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_247725
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A catalogue of surgical instruments and appliances manufactured and sold by Down Bros

Author:
Down Brothers, London  Search this
Physical description:
xix, 177 pages illustrations 1885
Type:
Catalogs
Date:
1885
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
Q185.7 .D74
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_277201
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A decade of accessions : selected instruments acquired by the Whipple Museum of the History of Science between 1980 and 1990 / J.A. Bennett

Author:
Bennett, J. A (James A.)  Search this
Subject:
Whipple Museum of the History of Science  Search this
Physical description:
[64] p. : ill. ; 30 cm
Type:
Exhibitions
Date:
1992
[1992]
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
Q185 .B47 1992
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_462884
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A descriptive catalogue of chemical and philosophical apparatus, chemical preparations, &c., &c. for sale by Dr. James R. Chilton [microform]

Author:
James R. Chilton (Firm)  Search this
Subject:
James R. Chilton (Firm) Catalogs  Search this
Physical description:
88 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Microforms
Catalogs
Date:
1958
1855
Topic:
Chemical apparatus  Search this
Scientific apparatus and instruments  Search this
Call number:
mfm 2012
mfm2012
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_418156
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A guide to instrument design. Produced by the Scientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain (SIMA) and the British Scientific Instrument Research Association (SIRA) Edited by the staff of SIRA

Author:
Scientific Instrument Manufacturers' Association of Great Britain  Search this
British Scientific Instrument Research Association  Search this
Physical description:
xii, 444 p. illus., diagrs. 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1963
Topic:
Scientific apparatus and instruments--Design and construction  Search this
Call number:
TS500 .S35X
TS500.S35X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_86304
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A history of engineering metrology / [by] Kenneth J. Hume

Author:
Hume, K. J (Kenneth John)  Search this
Physical description:
x, 220 p., plate : ill., ports. ; 25 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
1980
Topic:
Engineering instruments--History  Search this
Mensuration--History  Search this
Call number:
TA165 .H856X
TA165.H856X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_144170

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