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Instruments and the Imagination

Instruments and the Imagination( )
Author: Hankins, Thomas L.
Silverman, Robert J.
Series title:Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN:978-0-691-02997-9
Publication Date:Sep 1995
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $75.00
Book Description:

Thomas Hankins and Robert Silverman investigate an array of instruments from the seventeenth through the nineteenth century that seem at first to be marginal to science--magnetic clocks that were said to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps (a form of wind chime), and other instruments of "natural magic" designed to produce wondrous effects. By looking at...
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Book Details
Pages:352
Detailed Subjects: Science / Scientific Instruments
Science / History
Science / Research & Methodology
Science / General
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6 x 9 x 1.23 Inches
Book Weight:1.562 Pounds



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