The Apparatus of Science at Harvard, 1765-1800 by Wheatland, David P.; Barbara Carson - 1968

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1968. Hardcover. First edition. NEW clothbound hardcover with gilt on black titling to the spine and a gilt design to the front in the original glassine jacket in the original mailing box. This copy is from the estate of an employee of the printer, Meriden Gravure, and appears to have been hardly opened before we acquired it. BOOKS SHIP THE NEXT BUSINESS DAY, WRAPPED IN PADDING, IN A BOX. Photographs of about 85 items related to many of the scientific disciplines, drawn from the collection of Harvard University. The instruments are grouped by discipline and include telescopes, astronomical measurement equipment, astronomical models, clocks, surveying and drafting tools, microscopes, biological specimens, mineralogical specimens, and items related to mechanics, hydraulics, vacuum, light, sound, electricity, magnetism, and chemistry. The text "gives details of purchase and use, providing quotations from letters and from account books in the university archives, thus supplying valuable details of the history of the instruments and the part they played in the development of science at Harvard." Text by David P. Wheatland with Barbara Carson. xi + 204 pages; 4 tipped-in color plates + many b&w illustrations; 8.75 x 11.25 inches. Index.