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Instrumental in War : Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World / / edited by Steven Walton
| Instrumental in War : Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World / / edited by Steven Walton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355/.07 |
| Collana | History of Warfare |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Technological innovations
Military research - History Scientific apparatus and instruments - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-86767-1
9786610867677 1-4294-5277-3 90-474-0703-2 1-4337-0683-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Volume Contributions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter One, Mathematical Instruments and the Creation of the Military Gentleman, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter Two, Surveying and the Cromwellian Reconquest of Ireland, William A. Lynch -- Chapter Three, Like Clockwork? Clausewitzian Friction and the Scientific Siege in the Age of Vauban, Jamel Ostwald -- Chapter Four, Calorimeters and Crushers: The Development of Instruments for Measuring the Behavior of Military Powder, Seymour H. Mauskopf -- Chapter Five, Telegraphing the Weather: Military Meteorology, Strategy, and 'Homeland Security' on the American Frontier in the 1870s, James R. Fleming -- Chapter Six, Remnants of Testing at the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Gerard P. Scharfenberger -- Chapter Seven, From Measuring Progress to Technological Innovation: The Prewar Annapolis Engineering Experiment Station, William M. McBride -- Chapter Eight, Dr. Veblen at Aberdeen: Mathematics, Military Applications and Mass Production, David Alan Grier -- Chapter Nine, National Naval Laboratories and the Development of Fire Control Gyrocompasses in Interwar Britain and France, Sebastien Soubiran -- Chapter Ten, Washouts: Electroencephalography, epilepsy & emotions in the selection of American aviators during the Second World War, Kenton Kroker -- Chapter Eleven, A Matter of Gravity: Military Support for Gravimetry during the Cold War, Deborah J. Warner -- Chapter Twelve, Physics Between War and Peace, Peter Galison -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910451165603321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Instrumental in War : Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World / / edited by Steven Walton
| Instrumental in War : Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World / / edited by Steven Walton |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355/.07 |
| Collana | History of Warfare |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Technological innovations
Military research - History Scientific apparatus and instruments - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-86767-1
9786610867677 1-4294-5277-3 90-474-0703-2 1-4337-0683-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Volume Contributions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter One, Mathematical Instruments and the Creation of the Military Gentleman, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter Two, Surveying and the Cromwellian Reconquest of Ireland, William A. Lynch -- Chapter Three, Like Clockwork? Clausewitzian Friction and the Scientific Siege in the Age of Vauban, Jamel Ostwald -- Chapter Four, Calorimeters and Crushers: The Development of Instruments for Measuring the Behavior of Military Powder, Seymour H. Mauskopf -- Chapter Five, Telegraphing the Weather: Military Meteorology, Strategy, and 'Homeland Security' on the American Frontier in the 1870s, James R. Fleming -- Chapter Six, Remnants of Testing at the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Gerard P. Scharfenberger -- Chapter Seven, From Measuring Progress to Technological Innovation: The Prewar Annapolis Engineering Experiment Station, William M. McBride -- Chapter Eight, Dr. Veblen at Aberdeen: Mathematics, Military Applications and Mass Production, David Alan Grier -- Chapter Nine, National Naval Laboratories and the Development of Fire Control Gyrocompasses in Interwar Britain and France, Sebastien Soubiran -- Chapter Ten, Washouts: Electroencephalography, epilepsy & emotions in the selection of American aviators during the Second World War, Kenton Kroker -- Chapter Eleven, A Matter of Gravity: Military Support for Gravimetry during the Cold War, Deborah J. Warner -- Chapter Twelve, Physics Between War and Peace, Peter Galison -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784183903321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Instrumental in War : Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World / / edited by Steven Walton
| Instrumental in War : Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World / / edited by Steven Walton |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (440 p.) |
| Disciplina | 355/.07 |
| Collana | History of Warfare |
| Soggetto topico |
Military art and science - Technological innovations
Military research - History Scientific apparatus and instruments - History |
| ISBN |
1-280-86767-1
9786610867677 1-4294-5277-3 90-474-0703-2 1-4337-0683-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Volume Contributions -- List of Contributors -- Introduction, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter One, Mathematical Instruments and the Creation of the Military Gentleman, Steven A. Walton -- Chapter Two, Surveying and the Cromwellian Reconquest of Ireland, William A. Lynch -- Chapter Three, Like Clockwork? Clausewitzian Friction and the Scientific Siege in the Age of Vauban, Jamel Ostwald -- Chapter Four, Calorimeters and Crushers: The Development of Instruments for Measuring the Behavior of Military Powder, Seymour H. Mauskopf -- Chapter Five, Telegraphing the Weather: Military Meteorology, Strategy, and 'Homeland Security' on the American Frontier in the 1870s, James R. Fleming -- Chapter Six, Remnants of Testing at the Sandy Hook Proving Grounds, Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Gerard P. Scharfenberger -- Chapter Seven, From Measuring Progress to Technological Innovation: The Prewar Annapolis Engineering Experiment Station, William M. McBride -- Chapter Eight, Dr. Veblen at Aberdeen: Mathematics, Military Applications and Mass Production, David Alan Grier -- Chapter Nine, National Naval Laboratories and the Development of Fire Control Gyrocompasses in Interwar Britain and France, Sebastien Soubiran -- Chapter Ten, Washouts: Electroencephalography, epilepsy & emotions in the selection of American aviators during the Second World War, Kenton Kroker -- Chapter Eleven, A Matter of Gravity: Military Support for Gravimetry during the Cold War, Deborah J. Warner -- Chapter Twelve, Physics Between War and Peace, Peter Galison -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Science, Research, and Instruments Between Knowledge and the World |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813458503321 |
| Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2005 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Musa musaei : studies on scientific instruments and collections in honour of Mara Miniati / a cura di Marco Beretta, Paolo Galluzzi, Carlo Triarico
| Musa musaei : studies on scientific instruments and collections in honour of Mara Miniati / a cura di Marco Beretta, Paolo Galluzzi, Carlo Triarico |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Firenze : Leo S. Olschki, 2003 |
| Descrizione fisica | viii, 486 p., [29] c. di tav. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Disciplina | 681.75 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
Beretta, Marco
Galluzzi, Paolo Triarico, Carlo |
| Collana | Biblioteca di Nuncius. Studi e Testi ; 49 |
| Soggetto topico | Scientific apparatus and instruments - History |
| ISBN | 8822252381 |
| Classificazione | 5(091) |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | mul |
| Record Nr. | UNISALENTO-991000852009707536 |
| Firenze : Leo S. Olschki, 2003 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. del Salento | ||
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