Instruments

Telescopes And Authority From Galileo To Cassini / Albert Van Helden -- Precision Instruments And The Demonstrative Order Of Proof In Lavoisier's Chemisty / Jan Golinski -- The Ohm Is Where Art Is: British Telegraph Engineers And The Development Of Electrical Standards / Bruce J. Hunt -- Terrestrial Magnetism: For The Glory Of God And The Benefit Of Mankind / Deborah Warner -- Stanford's Supervoltage X-ray Tube / Bruce Hevly -- Counting On Invention: Devices And Black Boxes During The Ming Dynasty / Robert W. Smith, Joseph N. Tatarewicz -- Instruments And Observation At The Imperial Astronomical Bureau During The Ming Dynasty / Thatcher Deane -- The Ocular Harpsichord Of Louis-bertrand Castel; Or, The Instrument That Wasn't / Thomas L. Hankins -- Machine Philosophy: Demonstration Devices In Georgian Mechanics / Simon Schaffer. Edited By Albert Van Helden And Thomas L. Hankins. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 237-242) And Index.