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Creator:
Hunter, Michael, 1949-
Title(s):

The image of Restoration science : the frontispiece to Thomas Sprat's History of the Royal Society (1667) / Michael Hunter ; with a chapter on the instruments / by Jim Bennett.

Published/Created:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Physical Description:
xvi, 150 pages ; 24 cm
Holdings:
Reference Library
Q222 .H8625 2017 (LC)
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
An interpretation of scientific achievement, based on the image from a book published in 1667.
Subject Terms:
England -- London.
Frontispiece.
Frontispiece.
Frontispiz Buchdruck.
Great Britain.
History of the Royal-society of London, for the improving of natural knowledge (Sprat, Thomas)
Science -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
Science.
Scientific illustration -- England -- London -- History -- 17th century.
Scientific illustration -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
Scientific illustration.
Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713. History of the Royal Society of London for the improving of natural knowledge.
Sprat, Thomas, 1635-1713. History of the Royal-Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge.
Form/Genre:
History.
Contributors:
Bennett, J. A. (James A.), writer of supplementary textual content.
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