Instruments Imagination by Hankins Thomas (47 results)
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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, NJ, 1995
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine Dust Jacket. First Printing. 337pp. Notes. Biblio. Index. Well illustrated. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall.
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paperback. Condition: Very Good. Princeton University Press, c.1999, 2nd.trade paperbk.prtg., 337pp., NF $.
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1995. Popular culture. Princeton University Press. Very good - fine paperback 337p.
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Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.Ê, 1995
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Hardback. Condition: As new. xiv + 337 pp. dj. book.
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Condition: Good. Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Shows some signs of wear but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.
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Language: English
Published by Princeton University Press, Princeton, 1995, 1995
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Seller: Horsham Rare Books, Horsham, United KingdomHorsham Rare Books
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. First edition 8vo 337 pages illustrated with black & white drawings. Fine cloth hard back with a fine dust jacket. No inscriptions or marks. "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 these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that "scientific instruments" first made their appearance as devices used to evoke wonder in the beholder, as in works of magic and the theater. The authors also demonstrate that these instruments, even though they were often "tricks, " were seen by their inventors as more than trickery. In the view of Athanasius Kircher, for instance, the sunflower clock was not merely a hoax, but an effort to demonstrate, however fraudulently, his truly held belief that the ability of a flower to follow the sun was due to the same cosmic magnetic influence as that which moved the planets and caused the rotation of the earth. The marvels revealed in this work raise and answer questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic, the meaning of demonstration, the role of language and the senses in science, and the connections among art, music, literature, and natural science. ".
Language: English
Published by Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1999
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broschiert. Condition: Sehr gut. first paperback printing. 337 Seiten abweichendes Cover, sehr guter Zustand, minimale Lagerspuren am Einband Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550.
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Language: English
Published by Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1995., 1995
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- First Edition
Seller: Ted Kottler, Bookseller, Redondo Beach, CA, U.S.A.Ted Kottler, Bookseller
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 1st Edition. First Edition. xiv, 337, [1] pp; text figs. Original cloth. Near Fine, in near fine dust jacket. 'Magnetic clocks that were said to operate by the movements of sunflower seeds, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords, Aeolian harps, and other instruments… of "natural magic" are among the marvels revealed in this book by Thomas L. Hankins and Robert J. Silverman. When instruments were a novelty in natural philosophy and it was unclear how they should be used, decisions about which instruments were acceptable were crucial in defining the boundaries of acceptable science. This book raises and answers fascinating questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic, the meaning of demonstration, and the role of language and the senses in science' (Princeton University Press Web site). 'This is an important, welcome, and brilliantly executed book. . . . One of the best available discussions of the ways in which Renaissance magic was transformed into forms of natural philosophical reasoning' (Simon Schaffer, Cambridge University). 'This imaginative and intellectually stimulating book reminds us that artifacts have an intellectual context, as well as a social one, and that a thick vein of the irrational runs through all of technology' (George Basalla, Technology and Culture). TABLE OF CONTENTS: Ch. 1 Instruments and Images: Subjects for the Historiography of Science 3 Ch. 2 Athanasius Kircher's Sunflower Clock 14 Ch. 3 The Magic Lantern and the Art of Demonstration 37 Ch. 4 The Ocular Harpsichord of Louis-Bertrand Castel; or, The Instrument That Wasn't 72 Ch. 5 The Aeolian Harp and the Romantic Quest of Nature 86 Ch. 6 Science since Babel: Graphs, Automatic Recording Devices, and the Universal Language of Instruments 113 Ch. 7 The Giant Eyes of Science: The Stereoscope and Photographic Depiction in the Nineteenth Century 148 Ch. 8 Vox Mechanica: The History of Speaking Machines 178 Ch. 9 Conclusion 221.
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Seller: Edinburgh Books, Edinburgh, United KingdomEdinburgh Books
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Original Brown Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good Plus. First Edition. 1995. xiv, 337pp. B&W illustrations. "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 these and the first recording instruments, the stereoscope, and speaking machines, the authors show that "scientific instruments" first made their appearance as devices used to evoke wonder in the beholder, as in works of magic and the theater. The authors also demonstrate that these instruments, even though they were often "tricks," were seen by their inventors as more than trickery. In the view of Athanasius Kircher, for instance, the sunflower clock was not merely a hoax, but an effort to demonstrate, however fraudulently, his truly held belief that the ability of a flower to follow the sun was due to the same cosmic magnetic influence as that which moved the planets and caused the rotation of the earth. The marvels revealed in this work raise and answer questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic, the meaning of demonstration, the role of language and the senses in science, and the connections among art, music, literature, and natural science." Book and unclipped jacket are in excellent condition, with no inscriptions.
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Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. Investigates an array of instruments from the 17th through the 19th century: magnetic clocks, magic lanterns, ocular harpsichords (machines that played different colored lights in harmonious mixtures), Aeolian harps, and other instruments of 'natural magic' des…igned to produce wondrous effects, to answer questions about the connections between natural science and natural magic. Numerous b&w illustrations. Notes. Biblio. Index. xiv, 337 pp. Hardcover Fine w/ Fine dj Size: 8vo.
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