bokomslag At the Sign of the Compass and Quadrant: The Life and Times of Anthony Lamb Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 74, Part 1)
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At the Sign of the Compass and Quadrant: The Life and Times of Anthony Lamb Transactions, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 74, Part 1)

Silvio A Bedini

Häftad

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  • 84 sidor
  • 1984
This is a print on demand edition of a hard to find publication. A significant although little known figure in the history of early American science is Anthony Lamb, a maker of mathematical instruments who was active in NY from 1730 to 1784. He had been trained in a skill which was rare in his time even in England, and it was one which was virtually unknown in the American colonies in the early 18th cent. English-born and transported to Maryland as a convicted felon, Lamb emerged as the first professionally trained maker of scientific instruments in the American colonies, and the first to be established in NY. Contents of this study: The Apprentice and the Sorcerer; The Fate of Felons; The Brave New World; The Invention of the Octant; The Mid-Century Years; Then the Revolution. Illustrations.

  • Författare: Silvio A Bedini
  • Format: Häftad
  • ISBN: 9781422381953
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 84
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1984-01-01
  • Förlag: American Philosophical Society Press