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Science and Instruments in Seventeenth-Century Italy (Collected Studies Series, Cs448)
Science and Instruments in SeventeenthCentury Italy - Collected Studies Series, Cs448 Author:Silvio A. Bedini This text traces the process of change in the making of scientific instruments in the 17th century, which was prompted, through the invention of the telescope, by a transfer of skills from brass to glass. It draws upon unpublished archives.