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Table of Contents
ОглавлениеAcknowledgments
Preface
EARLY AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
The Tools of Science
Philosophical and Practical Instruments
The Need for Instruments
Colonial Training in Instrument Making
The Mathematical Practitioners
The Rittenhouse Brothers
Andrew Ellicott
Owen Biddle
Benjamin Banneker
Joel Baily
Reverend John Prince
Amasa Holcomb
Instruments of Metal
Pre-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
Post-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
Native American Makers
Instruments of Wood
The Use of Wood
Surviving Instruments
The Makers
The New Era
The National Collection
Appendix
SURVIVING WOODEN SURVEYING COMPASSES
MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS
MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS
TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR MAKERS
Bibliography of Published Sources
Index
