Fireside Chat: Restoring Scientific Instruments – Aims and Methods
On-line, for SIS-members only.A petrographic microscope No. II made by R. Fuess, Berlin/Steglitz before and after the restoration. The authentic restoration of scientific instruments is a technique, which needs comprehensive knowledge of technical methods and genuine recipes as well as craftsmanship and professional machinery. This talk presents the different degrees of restoration beginning from gentle cleaning to complete …
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Long Study Tour to Boston and New England, USA
Boston Harbour (Photo by Mohan Nannapaneni, Pexels.com) Our Long Study Tour for 2023 will be an opportunity to discover historic collections and sites across Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Connecticut. We are investigating visits to the following places (also available as a flyer): - Harvard Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments - Harvard College Observatory, including …
Fireside Chat ‘Russian exploration and British navigational instruments in the beginning of the 19th century’
On-line, for SIS-members only.By Feliks Gornischeff Synopsis Eight-day marine chronometer by Barrauds, London, c.1822 (Science Museum, inv.no. L2015-3494). My presentation will look at the use of British navigational instruments by Russian explorers in the beginning of the 19th century. In the talk, I will cover different British makers and their instruments, look at the role of Russian diplomatic …
Fireside Chat ‘About Rare Masters of Nuremberg Ivory Diptych Dials’
On-line, for SIS-members only.By Alexander Thekale Synopsis Numerous ivory diptch sundials are known in the standard literature and can be found in various museum collections. Most of them are made by members of the well-known families Karner, Miller, Tucher, Troschel and Reinman, and a few others with a limited number of surviving pieces. This is not, of course, …
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Fireside Chat: Creating digital records on shared public storage
On-line, for SIS-members only.Presented by Tom Jackson, UK Example of an object owned by an institution (image by T. Jackson). This presentation provides one possible answer to the question of how to create and where to store digital records about objects of historical interest including the restoration of historic scientific instruments. In particular objects which are not owned …
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