Tools of Knowledge
Modelling the Creative Communities of the Scientific Instrument Trade, 1550-1914
Supply chains: lifting the lid on the scientific instrument trade Posted on 16 March 2022 by Boris Jardine On October 21, 1830, the Holborn optician and instrument maker William Harris confided to his assistant William Jonas that he was feeling ‘apprehensive’. The reason: debt. To the outside world, Harris’ business might have looked like itContinue reading
Instrument Makers as Corporate Identities: The Cary Microscope and Patrick Adie’s Extensometer Posted on 2 November 2021 by Matt Beros This is the first of a series of posts written by members of the Tools of Knowledge project. Our blog will deal with both scholarly and technical questions we encounter and give regular updatesContinue reading
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- Business History (1)
- Opticians (2)
- Scottish Instrument Makers (1)
- Supply chains (1)
- Technical Development (1)
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Tools of Knowledge: Modelling the Creative Communities of the Scientific Instrument Trade, 1550-1914 is a research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AH/T013400/1). Our header images are from the Science Museum Group Collection © The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0).
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