Catalogue of the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus at the South Kensington Museum 1876
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- Date Published: December 2011
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- isbn: 9781108042437
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In 1876 the South Kensington Museum held a major international exhibition of scientific instruments and equipment, both historical and contemporary. Many of the items were retained and eventually formed the basis of important collections now held at the Science Museum, London. This is the 1877 third edition of the exhibition catalogue, which was expanded to include a 'large number of objects' received since the publication of the second edition, and which also included corrections in order to 'afford a complete record of the collection for future reference'. In two volumes and twenty sections comprising over 4,500 entries, the catalogue lists a huge variety of items, ranging from slide rules and telescopes to lighthouse parts and medical equipment. It gives detailed explanations of how they were used, and notes of their ownership and provenance, while the opening pages comprehensively record the contributing individuals and institutions in Britain, Europe and America.
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- Date Published: December 2011
- format: Multiple copy pack
- isbn: 9781108042437
- length: 1170 pages
- dimensions: 216 x 140 x 67 mm
- weight: 1.57kg
- contains: 6 b/w illus.
- availability: Temporarily unavailable - available from TBC
Table of Contents
Volume 1: Preface to third edition
Introduction, lists of committees, etc.
List of contributors
1. Arithmetic
2. Geometry
3. Measurement
4. Kinematics, statics, and dynamics
5. Molecular physics
6. Sound
7. Light
8. Heat
9. Magnetism
10. Electricity
11. Astronomy
12. Applied mechanics. Volume 2:
13. Chemistry
14. Meteorology
15. Geography
16. Geology and mining
17. Mineralogy, crystallography, etc.
18. Biology
19. Educational appliances
20. Miscellaneous
Notes on the model of Newcomen's Steam-Engine (1705) exhibited in the Special Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus, South Kensington Museum, 1876 Thomas Lidstone.
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