CHAPTER ONE. Instruments and Images: Subjects for the Historiography of Science

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. CHAPTER ONE. Instruments and Images: Subjects for the Historiography of Science 3
3. CHAPTER TWO. Athanasius Kircher's Sunflower Clock 14
4. CHAPTER THREE. The Magic Lantern and the Art of Demonstration 37
5. CHAPTER FOUR. The Ocular Harpsichord of Louis-Bertrand Castel; or, The Instrument That Wasn't 72
6. CHAPTER FIVE. The Aeolian Harp and the Romantic Quest of Nature 86
7. CHAPTER SIX. Science since Babel: Graphs, Automatic Recording Devices, and the Universal Language of Instruments 113
8. CHAPTER SEVEN. The Giant Eyes of Science: The Stereoscope and Photographic Depiction in the Nineteenth Century 148
9. CHAPTER EIGHT. Vox Mechanica: The History of Speaking Machines 178
10. CHAPTER NINE. Conclusion 221
11. NOTES 233
12. BIBLIOGRAPHY 287
13. INDEX 325