Book ID: CBB001420881

Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (2014)

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Granato, Marcus (Editor)
Lourenço, Marta C. (Editor)


Museu de Astronomia e Ciências Afins (MAST)
Publication date: 2014
Language: English


Publication Date: 2014
Physical Details: 393 pp.; e-book

Description Contents:


Includes Chapters

Chapter Figueirôa, Silvia F. de M. (2014) Uses and Circulation of Historical Scientific Instruments. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 15). unapi

Chapter Matsuura, Oscar T.; Zuidervaart, Huib J. (2014) America's Earliest (European-Style) Astronomical Observatory, Founded and Used by Georg Marggrafe in Dutch Colonial Brazil, 1638--1643. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 33). unapi

Chapter Gessner, Samuel (2014) The Use of Useless Instruments: The Gnomonic Inventions by V. Estancel (S. J.) in Transit through the Portuguese Empire (1650--1680). In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 53). unapi

Chapter Schechner, Sara J. (2014) How Telescopes Came to New England, 1620--1740. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 69). unapi

Chapter Dunn, Richard (2014) Heaving a Little Ballast: Seaborne Astronomy in the Late-Eighteenth Century. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 79). unapi

Chapter Malaquias, Isabel (2014) Instruments in Transit: The Santo Ildefonso Treaty and the Brazilian Border Demarcations. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 101). unapi

Chapter Kremer, Richard L. (2014) Talk, Tariffs and Trade: Restricting the Global Circulation of Scientific Instruments in Britain after the First World War. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 117). unapi

Chapter Capilé, Bruno; Vergara, Moema de Resende (2014) The Development of the Laussedat Phototheodolite and Its Use on the Brazil-Argentina Border. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 143). unapi

Chapter Freitas, Valeria; Rangel, Marcio (2014) The Trajectory of Chromatography in Brazil: The Case of the Gas Chromatograph. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 161). unapi

Chapter Almeida, Adriana Mortara (2014) Instituto Butantan's First Electron Microscope. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 173). unapi

Chapter Minor, Adriana (2014) Shaping “Good Neighbor” Practices in Science: Mobility of Physics Instruments between the United States and Mexico, 1932--1951. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 185). unapi

Chapter Granato, Marcus; Lourenço, Marta C.; Maia, Elias da Silva; Santos, Fernanda Pires; Castro, Gloria Gelmini de; Damasceno, Mariana S. (2014) Scientific Heritage in Brazil: Surveying Collections and Groups of Artefacts from the “Exact” Sciences and Engineering. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 207). unapi

Chapter Granato, Marcus; Santos, Liliane Bispo dos (2014) The Physics Teaching Instruments at Colégio Pedro Ii, Rio De Janeiro: Study and Preliminary Results. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 231). unapi

Chapter Meloni, Reginaldo Alberto (2014) Tools for Teaching Physics and Chemistry in Secondary Schools: The Case of the Colégio Culto à Ciência, Brazil, 1899--1902. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 247). unapi

Chapter Zancul, Maria Cristina de Senzi; Barreto, Elton de Oliveira (2014) Scientific Instruments for Physics Teaching in Brazilian Secondary Schools, 1931--1961. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 259). unapi

Chapter Braghini, Katya Mitsuko Zuquim (2014) The Collection of Scientific Instruments of the Colégio Marista Arquidiocesano Museum, São Paulo: Origins, Context and Significance. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 277). unapi

Chapter Jardim, Maria Estela; Peres, Marília (2014) Photographing Microscopic Preparations in the Nineteenth Century: Techniques and Instrumentation. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 299). unapi

Chapter Cravo, Télio (2014) Scientific Instruments, Booksellers and Engineers in Imperial Brazil: Building Bridges and Roads in Minas Gerais, 1835--1889. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 319). unapi

Chapter Soares, Pedro Paulo; Nogueira, Inês Santos (2014) Health Collections in Museums: The Case of the Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. In: Scientific Instruments in the History of Science: Studies in Transfer, Use and Preservation (p. 345). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Achermann, Silke
Braghini, Katya Mitsuko Zuquim
Burnett, Charles
Castro, Gloria Gelmini de
Cravo, Télio
Damasceno, Mariana S.
Journals
Archive for History of Exact Sciences
Aleph: Historical Studies in Science and Judaism
Early Science and Medicine: A Journal for the Study of Science, Technology and Medicine in the Pre-modern Period
Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences
Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage
Medieval Encounters
Publishers
Brill
Peter Lang
Princeton University Press
Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press
Univ. Chicago Press
Concepts
Scientific apparatus and instruments
Instruments, navigational
Instruments, astronomical
Museums
Science and technology, relationships
Astronomy
People
Galilei, Galileo
Andalò di Negro
William Nicolas Dawes (British Marines Officer)
Della Porta, Giovan Battista
Levi Ben Gershon
Marggrafe, Georg
Time Periods
16th century
17th century
19th century
20th century
18th century
Medieval
Places
Brazil
India
Canada
Europe
Germany
Italy
Institutions
Royal Astronomical Society
Instituto Oswaldo Cruz
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