Fireside Chat ’Precious French drawing and mathematical instruments and their makers, 1650-1850’
On-line, for SIS-members only.Presented by Patrick Rocca. Architect's case by Pierre (I) Le Maire, Paris 1717-1722. Signed silver instruments. This talk traces the history of these instruments through a large number of recent …
Long Study Tour to Turin and Milan
Long Study Tour to Turin and Milan, 15-21 May 2022 inclusive. Photo by Stefano Parisi from Pexels. Week-long Study Tour to northern Italy to visit various scientific instrument collections held …
Scientific Instrument Society AGM 2022
Science Museum, London Exhibition Rd, South Kensington, London, United KingdomAn opportunity to attend the Society’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) and to see the new instrument-rich ‘Science City 1550-1800’ gallery. More images and info available at https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/see-and-do/science-city-1550-1800-linbury-gallery#gallery-highlights Time Event …
Special on-line event for September: William Herschel and the Universe
On-line, for SIS-members only.**Exclusively for SIS Members** Saturday 3 September 2022 5pm London Time (BST = UTC+1) Online via Zoom This year is the 200th anniversary of the death of astronomer William …
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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 …
10th Gerard Turner Memorial Lecture 2022 ‘Two Enlightenment collections of scientific instruments in Hanoverian Britain’
Society of Antiquaries Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United KingdomPresented by Dr Alison Morrison-Low, National Museums Scotland Variable microscope, in silver, by George Adams the Elder, signed by C.W. Dixey, associated with John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. NMS.T.1987.344 …
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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