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Scientific Instrument Society: our international membership of individuals and institutions enjoy visits, Zoom talks, lectures and a quarterly learned journal
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A new exhibition "Sectors and precious mathematical and drawing instruments of the 17th and 18th c" is on now at the #Arithmeum in Bonn, Germany, until 5 May 2024 and should delight those SIS members interested in calculation devices. Catalogues cost €98 arithmeum.uni-bonn.de/en/exhibition/…
The Press is quoting our member James Hyslop that this may be the earliest dated English scientific instrument (1311) Part of a 'Valuable books and manuscripts' (!) sale in December christies.com/lot/lot-646325…
We are forty years old! The Society marked its Ruby Jubilee with a grand event at the #Royalautomobile Club in #London Here is our 2023 medal lecturer Bert Degenaar, who was generously introduced by the esteemed historian of #Dutchscience Huib Zuidervaart
Today's Fireside Chat by Yuval Goren on the Brandeis Microscope and copying from Zeiss will soon be available on the website member area. Join today for exclusive access to online events and the Bulletin archive. scientificinstrumentsociety.org
The history of science needs more histories of boxes and containers, says @simon_werrett
Gearing up for tonight's Medal Lecture with @stsucl's @simon_werrett
Oh hi there, would you be interested in reading a number 1 bestseller* about time, well let me just pop this here thanks *in History of Engineering & Technology amazon.co.uk/About-Time-His…
Come join @ahrcpress #ToolsofKnowledge! We are looking for a Research Assistant (80% FTE, 12 months @CambridgeHPS) for our project on modelling the history and communities of the scientific instrument trade jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28981/. Deadline for applications 19 April
The #ToolsofKnowledge AHRC project is hiring a research assistant (12 months, 80% FTE) working with the @CambridgeHPS/ @WhippleMuseum team. Interested in #histSTM, the scientific instrument trade 1550-1914, #collections data & #digitalhumanities? jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/28981/ #jobfairy
Amazing! Makes me think of the knife with an astronomical compendium in the handle at the BM: britishmuseum.org/collection/obj…
Astrolabe, plus pillar dial, armillary sphere and quadrant. Amazing! #mathematicalanimals
Each week, to warm up my students, I get them to do a visual analysis excecise on an image that will lead us into the theme, so this week for the material culture of medical practice this is my image of choice:
Sometimes instrument cases are as beautiful as the actual scientific instruments! This rural scene is on the case for a pocket horizontal dial made in 1670. Portable sundials were the wristwatches of their day & were popular with the upper class. #HistSci
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