Astrolabes, orreries, chronometers; sextants, telescopes, prisms. Wynter and Turner have assembled an impressive array of...

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Astrolabes, orreries, chronometers; sextants, telescopes, prisms. Wynter and Turner have assembled an impressive array of scientific hardware from 17th-century Persia to 19th-century New York. Main categories: astronomy, navigation, sundials, surveying, optics.

Pub Date: March 1, 1976

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Publisher: Scribners

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Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1976

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