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Sphaerae Mundi

By: David M. Stewart Museum,Edward H. Dahl,Jean-François Gauvin

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Sphaerae Mundi

By: David M. Stewart Museum,Edward H. Dahl,Jean-François Gauvin

From the Renaissance to well into the nineteenth century, finely crafted, scientifically valuable, and aesthetically sumptuous terrestrial and celestial globes held a place of honour in the libraries and cabinets of curiosities of the aristocracy, wealthy merchants, and centres of research and learning. Over the past thirty years the Stewart Museum at the Fort in Montreal has assembled one of North America's most important collections of these now-rare and fascinating objects. In Sphæræ Mundi Edward Dahl and Jean-François Gauvin tell the stories of these globes, explaining their iconography and introducing us to the most important European globe makers of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773521666

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9780773521667

Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century

By: B. Barry Levy,Jewish Public Library (Montréal, Québec),David M. Stewart Museum

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Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century

By: B. Barry Levy,Jewish Public Library (Montréal, Québec),David M. Stewart Museum

Planets, Potions, and Parchments is a heavily illustrated and informative catalogue published in conjunction with a major exhibition of the same name. The exhibition, presented by the Jewish Public Library, runs from May to September at the David M. Stewart Museum in Montreal. Both catalogue and exhibition explore the important yet often neglected Jewish contribution to the history of science.

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154

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773507930

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9780773507937

Altered Sensations

Rudolph Koenig’s Acoustical Workshop in Nineteenth-Century Paris

By: David Pantalony

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Altered Sensations

Rudolph Koenig’s Acoustical Workshop in Nineteenth-Century Paris

By: David Pantalony

Rudolph Koenig was one of the more prolific and colourful instrument makers in the renowned nineteenth-century precision instrument trade of Paris. Beginning his career as a violin maker, in 1858 the young Prussian immigrant shifted his talents towards the growing field of acoustics. Altered Sensations is a portrait of his vibrant atelier, a place of construction, commerce and experiment. For over forty years it was also a popular meeting place for scientists, artisans, musicians and teachers. Using archival and collection research from across North American and Europe, David Pantalony has traced the material and social influences of this space on the development of modern acoustics. In particular, he has detailed the manner in which Koenig modified, extended, spread and challenged Hermann von Helmholtz's Sensations of Tone. A large part of the research on Koenig comes from the actual products of his workshop which survive in museums and collections around the world. The second section of Altered Sensations provides a Catalogue Raisonné of Koenig’s entire line of instruments, including their history, details from specific examples, locations, and references in the literature. This catalogue will serve as a practical guide for curators and researchers as well as a comprehensive overview of nineteenth-century acoustical practice.

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400

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Springer Science & Business Media

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9048128161

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9789048128167

The Life and Legend of James Watt

Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine

By: David Philip Miller

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The Life and Legend of James Watt

Collaboration, Natural Philosophy, and the Improvement of the Steam Engine

By: David Philip Miller

The Life and Legend of James Wattoffers a deeper understanding of the work and character of the great eighteenth-century engineer. Stripping away layers of legend built over generations, David Philip Miller finds behind the heroic engineer a conflicted man often diffident about his achievements but also ruthless in protecting his inventions and ideas, and determined in pursuit of money and fame. A skilled and creative engineer, Watt was also a compulsive experimentalist drawn to natural philosophical inquiry, and a chemistry of heat underlay much of his work, including his steam engineering. But Watt pursued the business of natural philosophy in a way characteristic of his roots in the Scottish “improving” tradition that was in tension with Enlightenment sensibilities. As Miller demonstrates, Watt’s accomplishments relied heavily on collaborations, not always acknowledged, with business partners, employees, philosophical friends, and, not least, his wives, children, and wider family. The legend created in his later years and “afterlife” claimed too much of nineteenth-century technology for Watt, but that legend was, and remains, a powerful cultural force.

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469

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University of Pittsburgh Press

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0822986795

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9780822986799

History of Modern Design

Graphics and Products Since the Industrial Revolution

By: David Raizman

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History of Modern Design

Graphics and Products Since the Industrial Revolution

By: David Raizman

An exploration of the parallel development of product and graphic design from the 18th century to the 21st. The effects of mass production and consumption, man-made industrial materials and extended lines of communication are also discussed.

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406

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Laurence King Publishing

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1856693481

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9781856693486

North American Amphibians

Distribution and Diversity

By: David M. Green,Linda A. Weir,Gary S. Casper,Michael J. Lannoo

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North American Amphibians

Distribution and Diversity

By: David M. Green,Linda A. Weir,Gary S. Casper,Michael J. Lannoo

The frogs, toads, salamanders, and newts that inhabit North America, numbering nearly 300 species, represent immense variation in form, habitat, distribution and ecology. This volume discusses the diversity of these animals in relation to the historical geography of the North American continent and portrays all of the formally recognized amphibian species to be found in the United States and Canada within a geographical context. Each species is presented with a color photograph, an account of its range, habitat and conservation status, and an up-to-date, full color range map that depicts its known occurrences in relation to the topography of the landscape. This volume reflects the enormous growth in interest about amphibians and increased intensity of scientific research into their biology and distribution that has occurred during the past two decades"--

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352

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Univ of California Press

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0520266722

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9780520266728

Mammals of Africa

By: Jonathan Kingdon,David Happold,Thomas Butynski,Michael Hoffmann,Meredith Happold,Jan Kalina

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Mammals of Africa

By: Jonathan Kingdon,David Happold,Thomas Butynski,Michael Hoffmann,Meredith Happold,Jan Kalina

Mammals of Africa (MoA) is a series of six volumes which describes, in detail, every currently recognized species of African land mammal. This is the first time that such extensive coverage has ever been attempted, and the volumes incorporate the very latest information and detailed discussion of the morphology, distribution, biology and evolution (including reference to fossil and molecular data) of Africa's mammals. With 1,160 species and 16 orders, Africa has the greatest diversity and abundance of mammals in the world. The reasons for this and the mechanisms behind their evolution are given special attention in the series. Each volume follows the same format, with detailed profiles of every species and higher taxa. The series includes some 660 colour illustrations by Jonathan Kingdon and his many drawings highlight details of morphology and behaviour of the species concerned. Diagrams, schematic details and line drawings of skulls and jaws are by Jonathan Kingdon and Meredith Happold. Every species also includes a detailed distribution map. Extensive references alert readers to more detailed information. Volume I: Introductory Chapters and Afrotheria (352 pages) Volume II: Primates (560 pages) Volume III: Rodents, Hares and Rabbits (784 pages) Volume IV: Hedgehogs, Shrews and Bats (800 pages) Volume V: Carnivores, Pangolins, Equids and Rhinoceroses (560 pages) Volume VI: Pigs, Hippopotamuses, Chevrotain, Giraffes, Deer and Bovids (704 pages)

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3500

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A&C Black

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1408189968

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9781408189962

Borderland Jaguars

By: David Earl Brown

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Borderland Jaguars

By: David Earl Brown

A natural history of the jaguar that discusses its distribution, habitats, hunting and breeding characteristics, folklor, and the status and management of Arizona-Mexico borderland jaguars.

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0874806968

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9780874806960

Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century

By: B. Barry Levy,Jewish Public Library (Montréal, Québec),David M. Stewart Museum

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Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Scientifica Hebraica from the Dead Sea Scrolls to the Eighteenth Century

By: B. Barry Levy,Jewish Public Library (Montréal, Québec),David M. Stewart Museum

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Book's by David M. Stewart Museum

Sphaerae Mundi

Sphaerae Mundi

Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Altered Sensations

Altered Sensations

The Life and Legend of James Watt

The Life and Legend of James Watt

History of Modern Design

History of Modern Design

North American Amphibians

North American Amphibians

Mammals of Africa

Mammals of Africa

Borderland Jaguars

Borderland Jaguars

Planets, Potions, and Parchments

Planets, Potions, and Parchments

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