Fireside Chat
Fireside Chat ’Above and Below: the Cornish pendulum experiments to weigh the world’
On-line, for SIS-members only.Presented by Carolyn Kennett. Going down a Cornish mine with Carolyn Kennett. In 1826 and 1828 attempts were made by a group of eminent scientists including George Biddlell Airy and …
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Fireside Chat ‘Petrologic Microsopes’
On-line, for SIS-members only.A typical example of a Petrologic Microscope. Presented by Thomas Schwarz, Germany. The second part of my collection: Petrologic microscopes. Giving a short introduction to this special kind of microscopy, I …
Fireside Chat ‘A Case for Curiosity’
On-line, for SIS-members only.Henry P. Bowditch's “artificial waterfall” from c. 1893 (CHSI-WJ0216). Presented by Sara J. Schechner, the David P. Wheatland Curator of the Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University. The microscope …
Fireside Chat ‘Alva Mason, Philadelphia Instrument Maker, 1824-1860’
On-line, for SIS-members only.A brass plaque signed "A. MASON PHILADELPHIA". Presented by Steve Beare, USA. Abstract The first instrument that inspired the author to collect and study scientific instruments, an inclined plane, was …
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Fireside Chat ‘From Galvanometers to Oscilloscopes: The development of instruments to detect and record electrical signals 1850 to 1970’
On-line, for SIS-members only.Duddell double beam oscillograph, 1909. By Robert Whitworth. SynopsisThese days life is so dependent on electrical devices that we take them for granted. This chat will use instruments from the …
Fireside Chat ‘Exponential ex machine – a quest from history to action’
On-line, for SIS-members only.By Pietro Milici and Frédérique Plantevin. Abstract: In the late 17th century, scholars like Huygens and Leibniz sketched some machines to justify the existence of transcendental curves by solving inverse …
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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 …
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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 …
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 …
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Fireside Chat “Antique mineralogical instruments – the Medenbach collection”
On-line, for SIS-members only.Presented by Olaf Medenbach. Synopsis 3 petrographic microscopes by Nachet & Fils, Paris, ca. 1920, ca. 1880 and 1914 (from left). Mineralogy is a classical natural science and deals with …
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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 …
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