G L’E Turner
Biographic Data
| ID | 5405228 |
|---|---|
| NAME | G L’E Turner |
| GIVEN NAMES | G L’E |
| FAMILY NAME | Turner |
| SIGNATURE | TURNER G L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1967 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gerard Mercator ́s Three Astrolabes
No scientific instruments made by Gerard Mercator (1512- 1594), the great cartographer, were known to exist, though it is recorded that he made astrolabes and other brass artefacts. In early 1992, the present author identified an unsigned astrolabe in Florence as being made in Mercstor's Duisburg workshop. By 1994, the 400th anniversary of Mercator's death, two fiírther astrolabes had been identified as being by his hand. They are in museums in A…
A Brief History of Geomagnetism and a Catalog of the Collections of the National Museum of American History
Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments
Obituary Derek John de Solla Price 1922–1983
Originals and Imitations A Study of Scientific Instruments
As inflation continues to increase, objets d'art including early scientific instruments offer an excellent investment to the connoisseur, but also tempt the forger to imitate them. Various grades of imitation must be distinguished and are here defined and illustrated by nocturnals, barometers, microscopes and quadrants. The growing challenge of these imitations must spur the museum curator to insist on provenance, to establish type specimen and t…
Herzog August Bibliothek
Martinus van Marum, Life and Work. Vol. IV, Van Marum's Scientific Instruments in Teyler's Museum
Henry Baker, F. R. S: Founder of the Bakerian Lecture
The Bakerian Lecture originated in 1774, as a result of the bequest of .£100 X to the Society by Henry Baker (1698-1774, F.R.S. 1741) (1) expressly for an oration or discourse to be spoken or read yearly by some one of the Fellows of the Society on such part of natural history or experimental philosophy and at such time and in such manner as the President and Council of the Society should order (2). The first three Bakerian Lectures were given fr…
Essay Review: The History of the Microscope: Das Mikroskop. Theorie, Gebrauch, Geschichte und gegenwärtiger Zustand desselben
J. J. Lister's Account Book
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Essay Review: The Apparatus of Science: The Apparatus of Science at Harvard 1766–1800. Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
James Short, F. R. S., and his contribution to the construction of reflecting telescopes
JAMES SHORT (1710-1768, F. R. S. 1737), the Scottish telescope-maker who achieved such eminence that he was at one time a favoured candidate for the office o f Astronomer Royal, was born in Edinburgh on 10 June 1710. In the entry of his baptism in the Edinburgh Parish Register the parents are described as ‘William Short, Wright, Burgess and Margaret Grierson, his spouse’. In 1720, James, now an orphan, was sent to Heriot’s Hospital, a school for …
The History of Optical Instruments: A Brief Survey of Sources and Modern Studies
Historical Aspects of Microscopy
A portrait of James Short, F. R. S. , attributable to Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S
THE Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, possesses a portrait in oils of James Short (1710-1768, F.R.S., 1738), (1), the renowned maker of reflecting telescopes. As far as can be discovered, this is the only extant portrait of Short (1a). Unfortunately, this painting has suffered some mutilation; it has been cut down and fixed to a wooden frame, not a stretcher, and there are some tears in it
A portrait of James Short, F. R. S. , attributable to Benjamin Wilson, F. R. S
THE Museum of the History of Science, Oxford, possesses a portrait in oils of James Short (1710-1768, F.R.S., 1738), (1), the renowned maker of reflecting telescopes. As far as can be discovered, this is the only extant portrait of Short (1a). Unfortunately, this painting has suffered some mutilation; it has been cut down and fixed to a wooden frame, not a stretcher, and there are some tears in it
Historical Aspects of Microscopy
James Short, F. R. S., and his contribution to the construction of reflecting telescopes
JAMES SHORT (1710-1768, F. R. S. 1737), the Scottish telescope-maker who achieved such eminence that he was at one time a favoured candidate for the office o f Astronomer Royal, was born in Edinburgh on 10 June 1710. In the entry of his baptism in the Edinburgh Parish Register the parents are described as ‘William Short, Wright, Burgess and Margaret Grierson, his spouse’. In 1720, James, now an orphan, was sent to Heriot’s Hospital, a school for …
The History of Optical Instruments: A Brief Survey of Sources and Modern Studies
Essay Review: The Apparatus of Science: The Apparatus of Science at Harvard 1766–1800. Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments, Harvard University
J. J. Lister's Account Book
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Essay Review: The History of the Microscope: Das Mikroskop. Theorie, Gebrauch, Geschichte und gegenwärtiger Zustand desselben
Henry Baker, F. R. S: Founder of the Bakerian Lecture
The Bakerian Lecture originated in 1774, as a result of the bequest of .£100 X to the Society by Henry Baker (1698-1774, F.R.S. 1741) (1) expressly for an oration or discourse to be spoken or read yearly by some one of the Fellows of the Society on such part of natural history or experimental philosophy and at such time and in such manner as the President and Council of the Society should order (2). The first three Bakerian Lectures were given fr…
Martinus van Marum, Life and Work. Vol. IV, Van Marum's Scientific Instruments in Teyler's Museum
Originals and Imitations A Study of Scientific Instruments
As inflation continues to increase, objets d'art including early scientific instruments offer an excellent investment to the connoisseur, but also tempt the forger to imitate them. Various grades of imitation must be distinguished and are here defined and illustrated by nocturnals, barometers, microscopes and quadrants. The growing challenge of these imitations must spur the museum curator to insist on provenance, to establish type specimen and t…
Herzog August Bibliothek
Obituary Derek John de Solla Price 1922–1983
Nineteenth-Century Scientific Instruments
A Brief History of Geomagnetism and a Catalog of the Collections of the National Museum of American History
Gerard Mercator ́s Three Astrolabes
No scientific instruments made by Gerard Mercator (1512- 1594), the great cartographer, were known to exist, though it is recorded that he made astrolabes and other brass artefacts. In early 1992, the present author identified an unsigned astrolabe in Florence as being made in Mercstor's Duisburg workshop. By 1994, the 400th anniversary of Mercator's death, two fiírther astrolabes had been identified as being by his hand. They are in museums in A…
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