Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers
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Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers

By Silvio A. Bedini
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Table of Contents
  • EARLY AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
  • EARLY AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
    • Acknowledgments
    • Preface
  • EARLY AMERICAN SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS
    • The Tools of Science
      • Philosophical and Practical Instruments
      • The Need for Instruments
      • Colonial Training in Instrument Making
    • Philosophical and Practical Instruments
    • The Need for Instruments
    • Colonial Training in Instrument Making
    • The Mathematical Practitioners
      • The Rittenhouse Brothers
      • Andrew Ellicott
      • Owen Biddle
      • Benjamin Banneker
      • Joel Baily
      • Reverend John Prince
      • Amasa Holcomb
    • The Rittenhouse Brothers
    • Andrew Ellicott
    • Owen Biddle
    • Benjamin Banneker
    • Joel Baily
    • Reverend John Prince
    • Amasa Holcomb
    • Instruments of Metal
      • Pre-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
      • Post-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
      • Native American Makers
        • New Hampshire
        • Vermont
        • Massachusetts
        • Rhode Island
        • Connecticut
        • Ohio
        • New York
        • New Jersey
        • Maryland and Virginia
        • Pennsylvania
      • New Hampshire
      • Vermont
      • Massachusetts
      • Rhode Island
      • Connecticut
      • Ohio
      • New York
      • New Jersey
      • Maryland and Virginia
      • Pennsylvania
    • Pre-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
    • Post-Revolutionary Immigrant Makers
    • Native American Makers
      • New Hampshire
      • Vermont
      • Massachusetts
      • Rhode Island
      • Connecticut
      • Ohio
      • New York
      • New Jersey
      • Maryland and Virginia
      • Pennsylvania
    • New Hampshire
    • Vermont
    • Massachusetts
    • Rhode Island
    • Connecticut
    • Ohio
    • New York
    • New Jersey
    • Maryland and Virginia
    • Pennsylvania
    • Instruments of Wood
      • The Use of Wood
      • Surviving Instruments
        • Compass Cards
        • Trade Signs
      • Compass Cards
      • Trade Signs
      • The Makers
        • Joseph Halsy
        • James Halsy II
        • Thomas Greenough
        • William Williams
        • Samuel Thaxter
        • John Dupee
        • Jere Clough
        • Andrew Newell
        • Aaron Breed
        • Charles Thacher
        • Benjamin King Hagger
        • Benjamin Warren
        • Daniel Burnap
        • Gurdon Huntington
        • Jedidiah Baldwin
        • Thomas Salter Bowles
      • Joseph Halsy
      • James Halsy II
      • Thomas Greenough
      • William Williams
      • Samuel Thaxter
      • John Dupee
      • Jere Clough
      • Andrew Newell
      • Aaron Breed
      • Charles Thacher
      • Benjamin King Hagger
      • Benjamin Warren
      • Daniel Burnap
      • Gurdon Huntington
      • Jedidiah Baldwin
      • Thomas Salter Bowles
    • The Use of Wood
    • Surviving Instruments
      • Compass Cards
      • Trade Signs
    • Compass Cards
    • Trade Signs
    • The Makers
      • Joseph Halsy
      • James Halsy II
      • Thomas Greenough
      • William Williams
      • Samuel Thaxter
      • John Dupee
      • Jere Clough
      • Andrew Newell
      • Aaron Breed
      • Charles Thacher
      • Benjamin King Hagger
      • Benjamin Warren
      • Daniel Burnap
      • Gurdon Huntington
      • Jedidiah Baldwin
      • Thomas Salter Bowles
    • Joseph Halsy
    • James Halsy II
    • Thomas Greenough
    • William Williams
    • Samuel Thaxter
    • John Dupee
    • Jere Clough
    • Andrew Newell
    • Aaron Breed
    • Charles Thacher
    • Benjamin King Hagger
    • Benjamin Warren
    • Daniel Burnap
    • Gurdon Huntington
    • Jedidiah Baldwin
    • Thomas Salter Bowles
    • The New Era
    • The National Collection
    • Appendix
      • SURVIVING WOODEN SURVEYING COMPASSES
      • MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS
    • SURVIVING WOODEN SURVEYING COMPASSES
    • MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS
    • MATHEMATICAL PRACTITIONERS AND INSTRUMENT MAKERS
      • TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR MAKERS
    • TYPES OF INSTRUMENTS AND THEIR MAKERS
    • Bibliography of Published Sources
      • FOOTNOTES:
    • FOOTNOTES:
    • Index
    • Transcriber's Notes
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