Importance of glass and brass
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Authors
Dugan, David
Publication Date
2004-08-17Language
en_GB
Type
Video
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Dugan, D. (2004). Importance of glass and brass [Video file]. http://www.dspace.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/651
Abstract
The importance of scientific instruments in the scientific revolution, especially brass and glass. Precise lenses and lens grinding, glass vessels for chemical experiments, the advances in astronomy, microscopy and many other areas due to glass, as explained by Simon Schaffer
Keywords
industrial revolution, science, Enlightenment
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