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Published by University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1999
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Softcover. Condition: VG. Glossy color-illustrated softcover. xiii, 178 pp. BW and color illustrations. Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution in 1999. The exhibit highlighted the 18th century fascination with science and men of science.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 10 No. 2 (Issue 38): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise February 1996
Devorkin, David; Brandon Shackelford; Randall C. Brooks; Heather Bajdik; Deborah Jean Warner (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1996
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Contact seller5-star sellerStaplebound wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 33-64 . 8vo. Wraps. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Where did X-Ray Astronomy Come From? by DAVID DEVORKIN. That Magnetic Moment: The Birth of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Absorption by BRANDON SHACKELFORD. Precise Levels in Surveys of No…rth America by RANDALL C. BROOKS and HEATHER BAJDIK. Keith's American Heliostat by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 6 No. 2 (Issue 22): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise Feb 1992
Forman, Bruce R.; Joel Hodson; Dale R. Beeks; Budd J. LaRue; Deborah Jean Warner; (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1992
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Staplebound wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 33-64. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Laurence Charles Francis, Philadelphia Instrument Maker by BRUCE R. FORMAN. The Oersted Apparatus at The Smithsonian: Perkins, Oersted, and the Piezometer as an Exampl…e of the Transatlantic Exchange by JOEL HODSON. The American Railroad Goniometer by DALE R. BEEKS. The Microscopical Soirde of 1884 by BUDD J. LARUE. Richard Patten (1792-1865) by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 8 No. 1 (Issue 29): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise Nov 1993
Warner, Deborah Jean; Raymond V. Giordano; Steven Turner (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1993
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Contact seller5-star sellerStaplebound wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: French Instruments in the United States by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distri…buting knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 5 No. 3 (Issue 19): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise May 1991
Baird, Davis; Deborah Jean Warner (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1991
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Staplebound wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Baird Associates's Commercial Three-Meter Grating Spectrograph and the Transformation of Analytical Chemistry by DAVIS BAIRD. Everything from Watch to Locomotive by DE…BORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 10 No. 4 (Issue 40): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise August 1996
Genuth, Sara Schechner; Deborah Jean Warner (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1996
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Contact seller5-star sellerStaplebound wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 97-126. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Tools of Teaching and Research: John Prince, the Deerfield Academy, and Educational Reform in the Early Republic by SARA SCHECHNER GENUTH. William Wales; An Anglo-American… Microscope, Optician by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 7 No. 3 (Issue 27): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise May 1993
Warner, Deborah Jean; Marjorie Berry; Steven Turner; Thomas F. Peterson, Jr. (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1993
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Contact seller5-star sellerStaplebound wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 65-96. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Cathetometers and Precision Measurement: The History of an Upright Ruler by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Tempest in a Milk Pail: The Lactometer and 19th Century Dairy Disputes by M…ARJORIE BERRY. The Reflecting Goniometer by STEVEN TURNER. The Zealous Marketing of Rain-Band Spectroscopes by THOMAS F. PETERSON, JR. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 12 No. 4 (Issue 48), October 1998 : Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise
Sherman, Roger ; Senne, Joseph H. ; Kidwell, Peggy A. ; Greenhouse, Lisa (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Acton, MA, 1998
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Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 97-128 pages.Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Joseph Henry's Contributions to the Electromagnet and the Electric Motor by ROGER SHERMAN. Andrew Ellicott's Determination of Latitude and Longitude at the Confluence of the…Ohio and Mississippi Rivers by JOSEPH H. SENNE. Thomas Hill: Minister, Intellectual and Inventor by PEGGY A (Aldrich) KIDWELL. Hassler's Instruments at NIST by LISA GREENHOUSE. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 12 No. 1 (Issue 45), January 1998 : Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise
Warner, Deborah Jean; Miller, Robert C. ; Greenslade, Thomas B. Jr. ; Rindos, Noah; Eklund, Jon (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and Acton, MA, 1998
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Wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. 32 pages.Publisher's printed wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: John Bird and the Origin of the Sextant by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Circular Dividing Engines in the United States before 1900 by ROBERT C. MILLER. Thomas Alva Edison's Gift to Milan… High School by THOMAS B. GREENSLADE, Jr. A Constant Deviation Wavelength Spectrometer Made by Adam Hilger, Ltd. by NOAH RINDOS. The Beckman DU Spectrophotometer by JON EKLUND. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
Published by Smithsonian, 1968
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. First Edition. Hardcover. Page 69-72 has a minor stain, slight yellowing to edge of pages but otherwise sharp, attractive copy with clean, unmarked pages throughout with good black and white photography and illustrations. Binding is solid. Minor edgwear but still presentable.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 4 No. 1 (Issue 13): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise Nov 1989
Kidwell, Peggy A (Aldrich); Paul L. Ferraglio; Dale R. Beeks; A. James Hill; Deborah Jean Warner; Francis E. Griggs, Jr. (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1989
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Staplebound wraps. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 1-32. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: Elizur Wright's Arithmeter. An Early American Spiral Slide Rule by PEGGY A (Aldrich) KIDWELL. The Microscopes of Charles Fasoldt by PAUL L. FERRAGLIO. The Straight-Line… / Nadir Instrument of the Dorchester Bay Tunnel Project by DALE R. BEEKS and A. JAMES HILL. Microscopes and Medicine in the U.S., 1840-1860 by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Squire Whipple's Protracting Trigonometer by FRANCIS E. GRIGGS, JR. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
More imagesRittenhouse Vol. 8 No. 2 (Issue 30): Journal of the American Scientific Instrument Enterprise Feb 1994
Giordano, Raymond V.; Deborah Jean Warner; Steven Turner (contributors); Deborah Jean Warner (editor)
Published by David & Yola Coffeen and Raymond V. Giordano, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY and MA, 1994
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Contact seller5-star sellerStaplebound wraps. Condition: Fine. First Edition. First Edition. Pgs 33-64. 8vo. Wraps. Illustrated. Minor scuffing to rear cover. A bright clean copy. Staplebound wraps. ISSUE CONTENTS: The Holyoke Instruments at Harvard by RAYMOND V. GIORDANO. Alvan Clarks' Customers by DEBORAH JEAN WARNER. Applying a New Science to a New Ind…ustry: The Promise of Spectrum Analysis and the Reality of the Bessemer Process of Making Steel by STEVEN TURNER. The Rittenhouse Journal of the Scientific Enterprise was a scholarly journal focused on increasing and distributing knowledge about scientific instruments made and/or sold in the US and the Americas. Throughout its 23 years of publication (and a total of 70 issues), the journal covered areas including mathematical, optical and philosophical instruments, chemical, physical and electrical apparatus, sundials and globes; and time periods from the 17th to the mid-20th century. Authors of the various articles in the journal are well known scholars from major institutions, collectors, and dealers in the field of scientific instruments.
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Contact seller5-star sellerHardback. 1968. There are b&w illustrations and a list of Clark's paintings. 120 Good. Owner's name in ink. Light staining on both the front and rear free end papers. No dust wrapper.
History of Women in the Sciences: Readings from Isis
Paula Findlen, Deborah Jean Warner, Sally Gregory Kohlstedt & others. Edited by Sally Gregory Kohlstedt
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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. PAPERBACK 1999. 25x17cm. 379 pages with index. Black & white illustrations. Flat spine. Clean & tight. No inscriptions. Dispatched ROYAL MAIL FIRST CLASS with TRACKING next working day or sooner securely boxed in cardboard. ref o30.
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hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the remarkable story of a 19th-century American family who revolutionized astronomical observation. It chronicles the lives and work of Alvan Clark and his sons, George Bassett and Alvan Graham, who together formed the renowned firm Alvan Clark & Sons. The narrati…ve unfolds against the backdrop of a burgeoning public fascination with astronomy, fueled by scientific advancements and the desire to explore the cosmos. The Clarks rose to prominence by crafting exquisite lenses for some of the world's most powerful telescopes, including the still-unmatched 40-inch lens at Yerkes Observatory. Beyond their technical mastery, the book explores the Clarks' dedication to scientific inquiry and their contributions to practical astronomy. It details their meticulous methods, their pursuit of perfection, and their own astronomical observations, including the discovery of double stars and participation in solar eclipse expeditions. Ultimately, this book illuminates the legacy of the Clark family, not only as skilled artisans but as pioneers who helped shape the course of astronomical discovery and pushed the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.
Published by The Antiquarian Scientist / Jeremy Norman, 1984
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Published by Richmond: Willmann-Bell/ Washington, D.C.: National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, 1995., 1995
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. 2nd Edition. Second Edition (1st ed., 1968). 298 pp; 121 illus. Original laminated boards. Near Fine, without dust jacket (as issued).
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Published by Willmann-Bell & National Museum of American History Smithsonian Institution, 1995
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. Hardcover, second edition, v + 298 pages, copiously illustrated with b&w images, NOT ex-library. Minor handling wear. Book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- The book traces the fascinating history o…f the Clark family, renowned for their work in optical design and manufacturing in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The authors provide an insightful account of how the Clarks revolutionised telescope making, producing some of the most important astronomical lenses of their time. The book highlights the family's craftsmanship, scientific expertise, and artistic dedication to optics, which earned them international recognition. Through meticulous research, the authors recount the Clark family's contributions to astronomy, detailing their partnerships with leading observatories and the construction of large refracting telescopes. The text also explores the technical and artistic aspects of the Clarks' work, offering a unique perspective on how they balanced scientific precision with aesthetic beauty. This book is an invaluable resource for historians of science, astronomy enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the intersection of art and technology. -- "Alvan Clark & Sons was an American maker of optics that became famous for crafting lenses for some of the largest refracting telescopes of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Founded in 1846 in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts by Alvan Clark (1804-1887, a descendant of Cape Cod whalers who started as a portrait painter), and his sons George Bassett Clark (1827-1891) and Alvan Graham Clark (1832-1897). Five times, the firm built the largest refracting telescopes, Great refractors, in the world. The Clark firm gained "worldwide fame and distribution", wrote one author on astronomy in 1899. The 18.5-inch (470 mm) Dearborn telescope (housed successively at the University of Chicago, Northwestern University and Adler Planetarium) was commissioned in 1856 by the University of Mississippi. The outbreak of civil war prevented them from ever taking ownership. As a result it was being tested in Cambridgeport when Alvan Graham observed Sirius B in 1862. In 1873 they built the 26-inch (660 mm) objective lens for the refractor at the United States Naval Observatory. In 1883, they build the 30-inch (760 mm) telescope for the Pulkovo Observatory in Russia, the 36-inch (910 mm) objective for the refractor at Lick Observatory was made in 1887, and the 40-inch (1,000 mm) lens for the Yerkes Observatory refractor, in 1897, only ever exceeded in size by the lens made for Great Paris Exhibition Telescope of 1900. The company also built a number of smaller instruments, which are still highly prized among collectors and amateur astronomers. The company's assets were acquired by the Sprague-Hathaway Manufacturing Company in 1933, but continued to operate under the Clark name. In 1936, Sprague-Hathaway moved the Clark shop to a new location in West Somerville, Massachusetts, where manufacturing continued in association with the Perkin-Elmer Corporation, another maker of precision instruments. Most of Clark's equipment was disposed of as scrap during World War II.".
