Scientific instruments between East and West /

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Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019.
Description:1 online resource
Language:English
Series:Scientific instruments and collections ; volume 7
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12872179
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Other authors / contributors:Brown, Neil (Christopher Neil), editor.
Ackermann, Silke, editor.
Günergun, Feza, editor.
Scientific Instrument Symposium (35th : 2016 : Istanbul, Turkey)
ISBN:9789004412835
9004412832
9789004412842
9004412840
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Scientific Instruments between East and West is a collection of essays on aspects of the transmission of knowledge about scientific instruments and the trade in such instruments between the Eastern and Western worlds, particularly from Europe to the Ottoman Empire. The contributors, from a variety of countries, draw on original Arabic and Ottoman Turkish manuscripts and other archival sources and publications dating from the fifteenth to the twentieth centuries not previously studied for their relevance to the history of scientific instruments. This little-studied topic in the history of science was the subject of the 35th Scientific Instrument Symposium held in Istanbul in September 2016, where the original versions of these essays were delivered"--
Other form:Print version: Scientific instruments between East and West. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2019 9789004412835