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050 1 4 _aQ183.A1
_bD48 1989
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245 0 4 _aThe Development of the laboratory :
_bessays on the place of experiment in industrial civilization /
_cedited and introduced by Frank A.J.L. James.
260 _aBasingstoke, Hampshire :
_bMacmillan Press Scientific & Medical,
_c1989.
300 _axv, [1], 260 p. :
_bill. ;
_c25 cm.
500 _a"Most, but not all, of these papers were presented to a Royal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology three-day symposium held from 17 to 19 September 1986 under the title Laboratories: the Place of Experiment"--P. [xvi].
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aHumphry Davy / June Z. Fullmer -- The Lectureship in Chemistry and the Chemical Laboratory, University of Glasgow, 1747-1818 / David V. Fenby -- Amusement chests and portable laboratories / Brian Gee -- History in the laboratory / David Gooding -- The spirit of investigation / Lawrence Aronovitch -- J.J. Thomson and "Cavendish" physics / Isobel Falconer -- Astronomical observatories as practical space / Mari E.W. Williams -- The geopolitics and architectural design of a metrological laboratory / David Cahan -- Building England's first technical college / W.H. Brock -- Pragmatism in particle physics / Andrew Pickering -- Fermilab / Catherine Westfall -- The CERN beam-transport programme in the early 1960's / John Krige -- "Monsters" and colliders in 1961 / Dominique Pestre.
650 0 _aLaboratories
_xHistory
_xCongresses.
650 0 _aResearch
_xHistory
_xCongresses.
700 1 _aJames, Frank A. J. L.,
_d1955-
_4ed.
710 2 _aRoyal Institution Centre for the History of Science and Technology.
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