8886 - Collecting and Restoring Scientific Instruments

Scientific instruments have always attracted discriminating collectors, but because of their nature they have managed to avoid being involved in the antique price spiral that has forced many categories of antiques out of the range of the average collector. Despite the number of different instruments, they fall into a few neat categories, such as surveying, navigation, astronomy and microscopy - all invented to find out about things and enlarge man's knowledge. Also included a list of eighteenth and nineteenth century makers, a comprehensive glossary of instruments and a section on restoration and refurbishing draws.

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Verlag : 1974