Author: Florian CajoriPublisher:
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Category : Slide-rule
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments
Author: Florian CajoriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slide-rule
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A History of the Logarithmic Slide Rule and Allied Instruments, and On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century
Author: Florian CajoriPublisher:
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Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The slide rule, with its many variations, has been vital to mathematics and engineering since its invention in the 17th century. Interest in this field has grown dramatically and collectors can still find much material at affordable prices. Unfortunately there has been little information available except for manufacturers manuals and catalogs, making this reprint of Cajori's classic particularly valuable. Also included with this reprint of the 1910 edition is Cajori's extensive article On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule during the 17th Century, published by the University of California in 1920, which sets forth his subsequent findings. There is also a helpful explanatory introduction by Dr. Robert K. Otnes, editor of the Journal of the Oughtred Society
On the History of Gunter's Scale and the Slide Rule During the Seventeenth Century
Author: Florian CajoriPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Slide-rule
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Selling Science in the Age of Newton
Author: Jeffrey R. WigelsworthPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317057333
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Selling Science in the Age of Newton explores an often ignored avenue in the popularization of science. It is an investigation of how advertisements in London newspapers (from approximately 1687 to 1727) enticed consumers to purchase products relating to science: books, lecture series, and instruments. London's readers were among the first in Europe to be exposed to regular newspapers and the advertisements contained in them. This occurred just as science began to captivate the nation's imagination due, in part, to Isaac Newton's rising popularity following the publication of his Principia (1687). This unique moment allows us to see how advertising helped shape the initial public reception of science. This book fills a substantial gap in our understanding of science and the culture in which it developed by examining the medium of advertising and its function in the discourse of both early-modern science and commerce. It answers questions such as: what happens to science once it is a commodity; how are consumers tempted to purchase science amidst a sea of other commodities; how is the reading public encouraged to give social acceptance to facts of nature; and how did marketing campaigns craft newspapers readers into a source of validation for the items of science advertised? In an age where the production of scientific knowledge increasingly relied upon sales to many rather than the endorsement of a single wealthy patron, marketing was the key to success.
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 892
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Pittsburgh, Pa. Carnegie Free Library of AlleghanyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 638
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh. 1907-1911
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
Classified Catalogue of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1306
Book Description
Classified Catalogue
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1308
Book Description
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