Project Gutenberg 2012-03-14 Public domain in the USA. 1166 Bedini, Silvio A. 1917 2007 64062352 Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers United States National Museum Bulletin, 231 Produced by Chris Curnow, Hunter Monroe, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Early American Scientific Instruments and Their Makers" by Silvio A. Bedini is a scholarly publication written in the mid-20th century. This work explores the history of scientific instruments used in America during its colonial period, focusing on both the tools and the artisans who crafted them. It seeks to document the evolution of instrument-making in the Americas, providing a comprehensive picture of how these instruments contributed to the development of science and technology in the colonies. The opening of the book introduces the reader to the importance of scientific instruments in early American society, highlighting their dual role as both educational tools and practical devices used by navigators and surveyors. The author discusses the initial reliance on imported instruments from England and France, followed by the emergence of native American craftsmen who began producing their own instruments as communities grew and the demand for such tools increased. Bedini establishes the groundwork for understanding the key figures in this field, the Rittenhouse brothers among them, as well as the broader implications of their work on the practices of science and mathematics that were developing in the New World. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/39141/39141-h/images/icover.jpg Reading ease score: 66.1 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Scientific apparatus and instruments Q Text Category: History - American Category: Science - Physics Category: Engineering & Technology 608912 2025-08-16T04:10:57.495346 text/html 607158 2012-03-14T07:35:30 text/html 1699440 2025-08-16T04:11:10.502208 application/epub+zip 1707590 2025-08-16T04:11:00.341267 application/epub+zip 169679 2025-08-16T04:10:58.910263 application/epub+zip 1884883 2025-08-16T04:11:16.239184 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1825348 2025-08-16T04:11:08.656234 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298105 2022-09-18T03:45:25.753103 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 338987 2025-08-16T04:10:55.314319 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 338865 2012-03-14T07:35:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 338872 2012-03-14T07:35:30 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20607 2025-08-16T04:11:16.403213 application/rdf+xml 13425 2025-08-16T04:10:59.099279 image/jpeg 1667 2025-08-16T04:10:59.005319 image/jpeg 110246 2012-03-14T07:35:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 2064882 2012-03-14T07:35:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 110216 2012-03-14T07:35:38 application/octet-stream application/zip 2090367 2025-08-16T04:10:57.721295 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia