Instruments for Natural Philosophy
April 6, 2010 8:05 PM Subscribe
Nice stuff...
someone post this to bb and we'll watch the whole darn place explode!
posted by HuronBob at 8:10 PM on April 6, 2010
someone post this to bb and we'll watch the whole darn place explode!
posted by HuronBob at 8:10 PM on April 6, 2010
Go Lords!
posted by bardic at 8:15 PM on April 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by bardic at 8:15 PM on April 6, 2010 [1 favorite]
Nice!
posted by klangklangston at 8:20 PM on April 6, 2010
posted by klangklangston at 8:20 PM on April 6, 2010
Cool! The pneumatics section reminds me of Wright's famous "Experiment on a Bird in an Air-Pump," which places a pair of period Magdeburg hemispheres and a vacuum pump in a tableau of disquieting advancement.
posted by Iridic at 8:28 PM on April 6, 2010
posted by Iridic at 8:28 PM on April 6, 2010
Awesome.
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 8:51 PM on April 6, 2010
posted by fantabulous timewaster at 8:51 PM on April 6, 2010
"Epact is an electronic catalogue of medieval and renaissance scientific instruments from four European museums... Together, these museums house the finest collections of early scientific instruments in the world."
posted by ecurtz at 10:53 PM on April 6, 2010
posted by ecurtz at 10:53 PM on April 6, 2010
Really good. But it would be awesome as anything with higher resolution images available to click through to.
posted by howfar at 4:29 AM on April 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by howfar at 4:29 AM on April 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
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